He Tao immediately gave an order, leaving three hundred soldiers on duty, and the others all went back to sleep. Sure enough, before a market, another gong sounded in all directions, and the soldiers on duty were alert, and no longer shouted to the sleeping soldiers to get up, but the thieves shouted, the shouting was very loud, and they beat the drums, knock knock, knock knock, and beat the gong, dangdang, dangdang. The sound was very loud, and the noisy officers and soldiers couldn't sleep even after tossing and turning in the tents.

In the mountains and forests not far away, Fan Rui, Li Gon, and Xiang Chong were resting under the trees, watching the minions in front of them beat gongs and drums and dance like gods.

Li Gon said: "The team is led by He Tao and Huang Fu, two straw bales, who went in and killed them for a while, and they still need to work so hard." ”

Fan Rui smiled and said, "You think things are simple, do you think our short-term training minions are really capable of robbing the camp?" If there is a hard war, the officers and soldiers who swallow these 1,200 people will have to dispatch at least 2,000 people, what are 2,000 people? ”

Xiang Chong said: "What are 2,000 people, it's our family, and we really can't afford to make money." ”

Li Gon was still puzzled: "They won't kill it." ”

Fan Rui said: "He Tao still has his brain, it is dark all around, it is easy to ambush when he kills, arrange for the brothers to make trouble again, it is time to retreat, go back and prepare our Rolling Stone Tepe, and prepare them to attack the mountain at dawn." ”

It turned out that Fan Rui, Li Gon, and Xiang Chong became stronger and stronger after settling in Mangdang Mountain, and they ate a lot of money after breaking a few big households. and continue to recruit manpower, and now there are 3,000 people, of course, there are 1,000 old and weak, and there are 2,000 minions to fight. Fan Rui recently robbed Jeju of more than 100,000 yuan in taxes taken to the east, so he was more careful, it is not easy to send people to Jeju to keep an eye on it, Jeju ground security is very good, the investigation is tight, and the boat capsized and was caught if he was not careful, so Fan Rui did not plan to send people to watch in Jeju, but stared at the necessary way for officers and soldiers from Yanzhou and Teng County in the south of Jeju to come to Mangdang Mountain. Sure enough, the day before yesterday, the spies came to report that the Jeju government had sent 1,200 soldiers, led by He Tao and Huang Fu, so this welcoming feast was arranged.

There were three times in one night, when the morning was almost dawn, the bandits left, and the drowsy gods of the officers and soldiers also came, He Tao and Huang Fu out of the consideration of the soldiers' mental state, let everyone sleep for a while, and only got up at about eight o'clock, and then lit a fire to make food, ate the war meal, and directly pulled out the camp, 1,200 people under the guidance of local guides to pull out Mangdang Mountain.

I suffered a big loss last time, this time He Tao and others were very careful, not long after entering the mountain, there was a barren grassland in front of them, and now the weather in late autumn has withered and yellowed, and it will burn when you see a fire.

He Tao waved his long knife: "Stop." ”

Stopping the team, He Tao pointed to the barren grass in front of him and said: "The barren grass in front is too lush, if we suddenly set fire to the enemy when we cross the meadow, we will definitely suffer heavy losses." ”

Huang Fu said: "That's true, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate to take a detour." ”

He Tao said: "Attack with fire." ”

Immediately, He Tao sent fifty soldiers to set fire to the four corners, and a large area of barren grassland instantly fell into a sea of fire, and there were dozens of rabbits and pheasants in it that were burned and jumping wildly.

Huang Fu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Thanks to our carefulness, otherwise we will be like pheasants and hares in this meadow, and we will become a barbecue." ”

He Tao was very proud: "Of course, you must be careful everywhere when you are a soldier fighting." ”

The fire in the barren grassland is fast, and it is extinguished quickly, and a wide road will be burned out after a while, He Tao and Huang Fu will continue to move forward with the soldiers, and then you can see the cottage of Mangdang Mountain, the cottage is built according to the mountain, it was a stone temple in the early years, Fan Rui and others took over and mainly repaired the wall, and it looks quite spectacular from a distance.

The team lined up in the middle of the infantry and the cavalry on both wings, He Tao and Huang Fu rode a war horse and held a weapon in front of the team, waved the flag, and said: "Call the formation." ”

Immediately, several soldiers with loud voices shouted at the mountain with iron horns: "Listen to the thieves above, you are so bold and bold that you dare to rob the court of taxes, and you don't want to come down and die quickly." ”

The thieves above also scolded: "You scoundrels who robbed the people of their money and food, hurry up the mountain and die." ”

It's a scolding war, from the civilized language at the beginning, to the women of the eight generations of ancestors, what is ugly and scolding. Among the bandits, Fan Rui sat on the chair, shaking the feather fan, looking confident, next to Li Gon and Xiang Chong walking back and forth, Li Gon said in an atmosphere: "Brother, let me lead someone to fight, take the dog's head of these two people." ”

Fan Rui said: "Heavy gas, when you are fighting, it is not the time yet." ”

As he was talking, the minions came to report: "Some of the officers and soldiers under the mountain have already sat on the ground to rest." ”

When Fan Rui went to the city, it turned out that the officers and soldiers were tired of standing and sitting on the ground to rest.

Fan Rui said: "Li Gon Xiang Chong, go to war." ”

"Order." The two of them hugged their fists and went down. Li Gon Xiang Chong rushed down the mountain with a thousand minions, holding a variety of weapons, and set up a formation.

When He Tao saw that he was coming, he hurriedly asked the resting soldiers to stand up one after another, He Tao and Huang Fu whispered: "Fighting generals, neither of us is a strong point, why bother fighting generals, just rush up and fight." ”

Huang Fu said: "That's right, there is a way for the general to hold back, let the leaders lead the soldiers to rush forward, and the two of us will be delayed." ”

Anyway, the two commanded the infantry to meet the enemy head-on, but due to the narrow area, the cavalry could not flank it. Eight hundred officers and soldiers faced a thousand minions, and immediately sparks flew everywhere, Li Gon and Xiang Chong were both ruthless people, and almost no one could stop the pace of the two of them, but the minions were not well trained, and they were far less than the officers and soldiers cooperating well, so they showed a stalemate as soon as they came up, and soldiers and minions continued to fall, and the blood quickly stained the earth.

Li Gon saw that the situation was unfavorable, and the officers and soldiers cooperated well, and the casualties were too serious if they fought hard, and immediately said: "Xiang Chong, you lead people to retreat, and I will break off." ”

After the two retreated one after the other, they quickly retreated up the hillside.

Later, Huang Fu saw that the enemy was defeated and retreated, he was very happy, and a whip came to the horse under the crotch, and the war horse rushed forward violently, and then came to the top of the hill to boost morale, and shouted: "Kill, break the enemy today, and the reward for the first kill is 5,000 yuan." ”

Five thousand is an astronomical amount for ordinary big-headed soldiers, there is a way to be a brave man under the heavy reward, immediately these officers and soldiers fought fiercely as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and now the minions couldn't resist, after all, they were all refugees who had just put down their hoes, and their will to fight was weak.

Li Gon saw that the situation was not good, and then let this guy shout a few more times The cottage will be broken, and immediately pulled out two flying knives from his waist, these flying knives are more than a foot long, and weigh more than a catty, Li Gon shouted: "Go." The flying knife was thrown out and went straight to Huang Fu.

Huang Fu was shouting vigorously, when he suddenly felt a shock in his chest, there was an extra short knife on his armor, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell off his horse and fell unconscious.

Later, He Tao saw clearly that the last time he attacked Renjiazhuang, Huang An, who was a regimental training in Jeju, was killed, but he didn't expect Huang Fu to die again today.

He Tao hurriedly organized people to snatch Huang Fu back, and then retreated down the hillside, the minions still wanted to chase, so He Tao commanded the cavalry to rush, and immediately the minions were killed and wounded, and they had no choice but to retreat to the hillside.

The death of Jeju regimental training Huang Fu is a major event, and He Tao, as the commander-in-chief, has an unshirkable responsibility. Immediately, He Tao didn't dare to fight anymore and retreated with his soldiers and horses, and returned to the place where he camped yesterday.

He Tao didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up camp, dig trenches, erect horse-repellent antlers, etc., and the strong bow and crossbow were also ready.

According to the results of the battle, 1,200 people went out, 1,000 and 50 returned, and the infantry with a loss of 150 men was estimated to have been killed. There were also more than 60 infantry who came back with minor injuries, and He Tao estimated that the minions in Mangdang Mountain had at least more than 200 casualties, after all, the minions' individual combat ability was very poor, and they couldn't cooperate, so there must be more casualties. Casualties are inevitable, the problem is that Huang Fu is dead, and this is a big trouble.

He Tao looked depressed and demoralized. Youdu Tou proposed: "Let's retreat today, the enemy will definitely come to rob the camp tonight, why don't we ambush the cavalry into the woods outside the camp, and when the enemy comes to rob the camp, we will use the cavalry to disperse their minions." ”

He Tao thought for a while and said, "That's true, if this strategy becomes a big credit for you." ”

That night, He Tao sent 200 cavalry out of the camp secretly and hid in the nearby woods. After midnight, sure enough, Fan Rui led more than 1,000 people to come. Fan Rui was also very distressed in this battle, and the two strategies he prepared were useless, and he was originally going to burn it, but who knew that He Tao would burn the weeds first. The rolling stone henge on the mountain was useless, and the deception turned into a real defeat, fortunately Li Gon stabbed Huang Fu to death, otherwise it would have been a loss, Rao was so killed 200 soldiers, and hundreds of people were injured, just for the sake of morale, he said that it was a big victory for the minions, and Huang Fudu was killed in the Jeju regiment.

Fan Rui only brought Xiang Chong, Li Gon was tired during the day today, so he stayed to watch the house.

Fan Rui looked at the sky, the moonlight was hazy tonight, which was suitable for a sneak attack, with the light of the fire in the camp, Fan Rui observed the camp, frowned, shook his head and said to Xiang Chong: "No, we have to go back." ”

Xiang Chong said: "I've come here, why do you want to go back." ”

"Look at it, they dug a trench, buried the horses, and the soldiers patrolling inside were all holding bows and arrows, so the damage must have been great if we attacked it, not to mention that He Tao suffered such a big loss during the day and must have been prepared at night." Fan Rui said.

Xiang Chong said: "What my brother said makes sense, let's retreat." ”

There was nothing to do that night, He Taobai was ambushed, and he was very depressed. After breakfast the next day, He Tao was in a dilemma, take people to attack the mountain, the barracks were unguarded, and if you don't attack the mountain, the prefect gave another death order.

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