Chapter 32: Conquering Zuoxi
Hearing that Shi Luosheng was going to lead troops to encircle and suppress his lair, Dong Liang immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army and rushed back to Xiaqiu to garrison. At the same time, An Zhihai also received the same news and felt that this was a good opportunity for revenge, so he ordered to pursue Dong Liang.
An Zhihai pursued all the way in the direction of Dong Liang's withdrawal, Dong Liang seemed to be worried that his nest would be raided, and he left in a very hurry, carrying heavy baggage and equipment everywhere along the way, and the more he chased forward, the more things fell on the ground.
After all, An Zhihai's people are all from mountain bandits, how can they not pick up good things on the ground, An Zhihai can't even kill a few people, and finally has to give up, anyway, being a mountain bandit is also to grab things, and now there are ready-made, it is better than fighting with his life.
Just when An Zhihai ordered to stop the pursuit and began to collect the loot on the ground, Dong Liang led his troops back to kill.
An Zhihai saw that Dong Liang had killed a horse pistol, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to meet the battle. But for a while, where was there time, An Zhihai's army had already dispersed in order to grab the spoils on the ground, and it was even more chaotic when it was hit by Dong Liang's army.
Seeing that the situation was not good, An Zhihai ordered the whole army to retreat. Where is Dong Liang willing to give up, chasing An Zhihai is a fierce slash, An Zhihai has no intention of fighting with Dong Liang, fighting and retreating, and finally kills a bloody road, and hears a shout of killing on the right side.
An Zhihai was surprised: "Could it be that Dong Liang still has ambush soldiers?" "As far as the eye can see, the army in front of him is about 3,000 men, the leader of whom is watching him on a white horse, and a large flag is erected next to him, on which is written the word "stone".
Hum, An Zhihai's head is a little numb, this is Shi Luosheng, an officer and soldier. It turned out that Dong Liang had surrendered to the imperial court a long time ago, and colluded with Shi Luosheng to plot against himself. An Zhihai was angry and afraid, there were Dong Liang's pursuers behind him, and Shi Luosheng's forbidden army in front of him intercepted him. An Zhihai turned his heart and shouted: "Brothers, we only have one way to go, if we can't get out, we have to die here, everyone follow me to kill together." ”
An Zhihai took the lead in killing Shi Luosheng, Shi Luosheng raised his hand, and the three thousand forbidden troops met An Zhihai's bandits. An Zhihai knew that Shi Luosheng was also from the Heavenly Sword Sect, and secretly thought that his martial arts would definitely not be the opponent of the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, so he didn't dare to contact Shi Luosheng and bypassed Shi Luosheng to break through. Shi Luosheng didn't plan to step forward to compete with An Zhihai, but just watched him from afar.
It was another scuffle, An Zhihai finally broke out of the encirclement, and he didn't dare to turn his head back, and ran in the direction of his Zuoxi camp. After running for most of the day in one breath, An Zhihai estimated that he had already distanced himself from Shi Luosheng, so he dared to order to rest on the spot, drink some water, and then rush back.
An Zhihai looked at the remaining remnants of his soldiers, who brought more than 10,000 people when they came out, and now there are less than 2,000 people left, this time it really hurts his vitality. An Zhihai secretly scolded Dong Liang in his heart, thinking about how to gather people after he went back, and then find Dong Liang to fight to the death.
An Zhihai looked at the low morale of his soldiers, so he said: "Brothers, it's not a big deal to lose a battle, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we still have more than 10,000 brothers in the cottage, after going back, our people are still more than Xiaqiu's, are you worried that you can't fight back next time?" Okay, a frustrated one, all packed up, and we're ready to go back to the cottage. ”
When the mountain bandits heard An Zhihai's words, they also cheered up, packed up their things, and prepared to return to the village. At this time, there was another sound of horses' hooves in front, and An Zhihai was overjoyed when he heard the voice: "Brothers, do you hear it?" The brothers from the cottage came to pick us up, cheered up, and we went home. ”
When the two armies got closer, they saw that the people on the opposite side were not the people from their own Zuoxi Village, but the officers and soldiers. The leader was looking at himself with a smile: "Lord Anzhai, Xun has been waiting here for a long time on the order of General Shi, today the Lord of Anzhai in Zuoxi is afraid that he will not be able to go back, it is surrender, it is a battle, you can make up your own mind." ”
An Zhihai saw that there were as many as 8,000 people on the opposite side, and he was afraid that his two thousand remnants would not be able to kill, An Zhihai was a little disappointed: "Am I going to die here today?" General Xun, Dong Liang and I don't share the same sky, since he surrendered to you, I have no reason to surrender, come on, I want to fight you alone. ”
Xun Yuqing nodded and agreed: "Since the owner of Anzhai has decided, then Xun will do as you wish, come, make a move." ”
An Zhihai slapped his horse and rushed towards Xun Yuqing, and when he was still a few meters away from Xun Yuqing, he jumped off the horse's back, and slashed at Xun Yuqing's horse leg with a sword. Xun Yuqing pulled up the reins, raised the horse's front feet, and dodged An Zhihai's long sword. Xun Yuqing shook the spear in his hand, and instantly shook out more than a dozen spears and shrouded An Zhihai, An Zhihai couldn't dodge, and was shot several times in his body.
Xun Yuqing took back the spear and asked, "Master Anzhai, do you want to try again?" ”
An Zhihai closed his eyes and said: "My martial arts are far inferior to you, there is no need to compare, An is willing to commit suicide, just ask the general to let me go of these brothers." ”
Xun Yuqing said: "Most of them were persecuted to become mountain bandits, as long as they are willing to lay down their arms and surrender, how can I kill them." ”
An Zhihai understood the meaning of Xun Yuqing's words, so he said to the mountain bandits behind him: "Brothers, we are defeated, but it doesn't matter, you just need to put down your weapons, this General Xun promised not to hurt everyone, everyone go back to their hometown to farm, don't be a mountain bandit anymore." ”
An Zhihai said behind him: "Village master, you also surrender with us, don't fight anymore." ”
An Zhihai shook his head with a smile and said: "I understand everyone's kindness, but An Mou's mind has been decided, don't persuade you anymore." After saying that, he picked up the long sword and was about to wipe it on his neck.
Xun Yuqing separated An Zhihai's long sword with a shot, and said: "Wait a minute, Lord Anzhai, Xun still has something to ask the owner of the village to help, there are still 10,000 horses on Zuoxi Village, the owner of Anzhai committed suicide like this, they have to avenge you, and then there will be a fierce battle, please also ask the owner of Anzhai to persuade them to surrender." ”
An Zhihai pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I'll repair a book now, you send someone to the cottage, they will surrender." ”
Xun Yuqing nodded with satisfaction: "Then there is the master of the village." ”
An Zhihai finished writing the letter and handed it to Xun Yuqing, laughed three times, drew his sword and killed himself. On the one hand, Xun Yuqing asked An Zhihai to bury him, and on the other hand, he sent someone to take An Zhihai's letter to Zuoxi to persuade the remaining mountain bandits to surrender.
After reading the letter, the second master of Zuoxi Village saw that three of the bandit leaders of the five major forces in Dongshan had died, and the remaining Li Ming was captured, Dong Liang surrendered, and he was a second master, and it was useless to resist again, so he surrendered.
After Xun Yuqing ordered the demolition of Zuoxi Village, he also rushed to Xiaqiu and Shiluosheng with his troops.
In Jeju City, Zhang Mancheng said angrily to the housekeeper: "So many days have passed, why is there no news of Li Ming, whether he is alive or dead now, have you found out?" ”
Steward Yu said in a panic: "Master, the spy said that Li Ming was still in a coma and had not woken up. Commander Ziming also wanted to lead troops into the barracks to check, but was blocked by Liu Zixuan, saying that the army camp was forbidden, and outsiders were forbidden to enter, and if they forcibly entered, they would be punished for the crime of treason. It's not time to tear your face yet, and Commander Ziming will give up. ”
Zhang Mancheng began to be a little suspicious: "Haven't woken up yet?" It's been ten days, and if he was really seriously injured, he would have died a long time ago without the doctor's treatment, how could he still be in a coma? ”
Steward Yu seemed to think of something: "Could it be that the news we got from the beginning was fake, Yin Ruoyang didn't shoot Li Ming at all that day, and Liu Zixuan said to the outside world that Li Ming was unconscious just to delay time." Coincidentally, Guo Xu suddenly went back to the Dongshan military camp when we just decided to arrest him that day, and he must have known something in advance. ”
Zhang Mancheng became even more angry after listening to the analysis of the housekeeper, and shouted: "Then what are you still doing here, don't send someone to investigate, let Yin Ruoyang take someone to sneak in to see, whether he is dead or unconscious, he must go up to make up for the two swords, and make sure that he is dead." ”
Since Yue Yun and Yue Lei were killed by the masked man, Yin Ruoyang no longer dared to underestimate the strength of Liu Zixuan's side, and summoned three elders from the Seven Peerless Sects, feeling that the combined efforts of these three people could at least hold back the masked man for a while, and this time was enough to kill Li Ming by himself.
In the Dongshan camp, Yin Ruoyang sneaked into the barracks again with the three elders, this time he was familiar with the road and went straight to Li Ming's camp.
The four of them easily infiltrated Li Ming's camp, Yin Ruoyang saw a person lying on the bed, and he didn't say a word, so he went up directly to the two swords. The people on the bed didn't snort, Yin Ruoyang felt that something was wrong, lifted the quilt and saw that it was a straw man, and shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick, withdraw quickly." ”
The four of them hurriedly withdrew from the camp tent, but found that the outside of the camp tent had been surrounded by the Song Corps, only to see Liu Zixuan smiled and said: "Your Excellency is finally here, Zixuan has been waiting for you for many days, so stay this time." ”
Yin Ruoyang looked around and found that the masked man from last time was not there, so he felt a little relieved, and he didn't say anything, so he stabbed towards Liu Zixuan with his sword. At this time, a person jumped out behind Liu Zixuan and shouted: "Let the old man come and learn your Excellency's tricks." "The person who came was Lin Wenying of the Heavenly Sword Gate, Liu Zixuan's uncle. In the past, Liu Zixuan called Elder Lin Wenying, but since he was accepted as a disciple by Deng Yuanjue, he changed his name to Uncle Shi.
It turned out that in the ten days that Zhang Mancheng was waiting, Liu Zixuan's letter had been delivered to Tiandaomen, and after Ding Jiaxuan read the letter, he asked Lin Wenying to take Wu Ying and Ao Qing to Dongshan to help Liu Zixuan, and these three people were also Liu Zixuan's old acquaintances.
At the foot of Dongshan, although Zhang Ziming sent people to block the entrance to the upper and lower mountains, how could this level of blockade be difficult to hold a few masters of the Heavenly Sword Gate, and the three of them came to the barracks very easily.
Lin Wenying and Yin Ruoyang have already fought together, and the two are opponents in chess, on par. The three elders of the Seven Peerless Sects also raised their swords to join the battle circle, and Wu Ying, Liu Zixuan, and Ao Qing each stopped one person. The rest of the Song soldiers couldn't intervene, so they surrounded the four of them.