Chao Gai wanted to take Li Kui and Pang Wanchun to kill them together, Li Kui shouted happily and said, "You should have killed me a long time ago, suffocated me." ”

Jiao Ting persuaded: "If it is dark today, I am afraid that the bandits have tricks, and my brother is tied to the safety of the Yuncheng regimental training, so it is better to let me go, my horse battle has also been practiced for a while." ”

Chao Gai said: "As the main general, how can you be afraid of danger and not come to battle, Wu Yong, Jiao Ting, Xu Guanzhong, you three guard the hall, I will come when I go." ”

Chao Gai rode out on a horse riding on the dark clouds and stepping on the snow, flanked by Pang Wanchun and Li Kui. Chao Gai's long weapon is the Golden Dragon Swallowing Heavenly Halberd, Pang Wanchun uses a steel spear, and Li Kui holds a battle axe.

Although the number of three horsemen is not much, but the morale is amazing, the horse's hooves trample on the ground to make a trampling sound, the distance of more than two hundred meters is in a blink of an eye, the courage of the bandits is good, but the equipment is too poor, the bows and arrows are old-fashioned hunting bows, and the arrows shot are soft and have no strength.

Chao Gai rushed into the bandits' ranks, the horses knocked several bandits who tried to block them one after another, the halberd stabbed three bandits to death, the bandit team was in chaos, and then Li Kui killed the rise, and the big axe split the bandits in half from the galloping horse. Pang Wanchun is much more civilized, and he can only poke a hole in a steel gun to kill people.

The three horsemen quickly killed through the bandits' team, and there were still people who dared to stop it at the beginning, but later the bandits scattered and fled, Li Kui couldn't help but chase and kill in all directions, and after killing for a quarter of an hour, Chao Gai saw that the bandits no longer had any morale, and immediately ordered to go back.

When I returned to the temple, I saw that the horses were covered in blood, and Jiao Ting said, "Hurt? ”

Li Kui shook his head: "I don't feel it, I shouldn't have hurt it." ”

After checking Li Kui's body, he was not injured, but he was shot in the buttocks, but fortunately, the injuries were not serious, and there was no major problem after applying some ointment.

Wu Yong said: "The morale of the bandits is gone, but it has not dispersed for a long time, and it is likely that their leader has not yet arrived." ”

"It makes sense, it is estimated that they will not attack before dawn, they will all take a rest, and there may be a fierce battle at dawn tomorrow morning." Chao Gai said.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Pang Wanchun, who was on duty, woke everyone up, it turned out that the bandits had gathered the remnants of the defeated soldiers and gathered together again, led by a leader on horseback, this person rode a flower horse, wearing cowhide armor, holding a long knife in his hand, looking very majestic.

This man believed that when he came to a place more than 100 meters away in front of the temple gate, he didn't dare to move forward anymore, and shouted to this side: "Down there is Zhang Xiong, the big boss of Feihu Mountain, a few people who are not careful, don't they just ask you to borrow some money and food, and kill dozens of my brothers." ”

Chao Gai is all happy, being a thief and robbing people's things, and being killed can only blame his own bad life, can he say that others are not particular? It turned out that this guy's name was Zhang Xiong, and he seemed to have a little nickname, and later took refuge in Tian Hu.

"Zhang Da is in charge, fortunately, with your logic, your brother will rob us of money and horses, we have to offer it with both hands, and we have to kneel down and say thank you for sparing my life." Chao Gai said.

Zhang Xiong said: "Yes, the caravans we met in the past were like this, and they also said that we are benevolent and righteous, where do you eat raw rice like you, you don't want money to die." ”

Li Kui said with a smile: "Straight lady thief, be a big boss and hide behind all day long, let the little brother come out and die, are you embarrassed to say what kind of benevolence and righteousness, Lao Tzu is not benevolent, what can you do, dare to fight." ”

"Why don't you dare?" Zhang Xiong said.

Li Kui was about to go out on horseback, but Jiao Ting next to him took the lead, and a horse flew out and said, "You just killed it last night, and you gave it to me this time." ”

Jiao Ting flew out on horseback, the war hammer in his hand was raised, Zhang Xiong over there also sped up the speed of the horse, the two horses staggered, only to see the war hammer in Jiao Ting's hand fly out and slam into Zhang Xiong's chest, and when he fell off the horse, he saw that the cowhide armor had collapsed, his ribs were broken, and the corners of his mouth were bloody. Jiao Ting scolded: "I was going to cut off your head, I saw that you were going to die, so forget it." ”

Jiao Ting rode back, and Li Kui scolded: "Why don't you cut off his head, you idiot, you won't die if you fight a snake." ”

Jiao Ting said: "The ribs are smashed in, and it is cruel to cut the head again." ”

Chao Gai said: "It's okay, the bandit leader is seriously injured, the bandits are finished, let's kill them together and annihilate this gang of bandits." ”

Chao Gai and the others got on their horses one after another, and even Wu Yong followed closely and took a cavalry knife and pretended to be.

The thieves had already snatched the injured Zhang Xiong, and when they saw Chao Gai and the others killed, they knew that they no longer dared to stop them, and they ran around one by one, and Chao Gai and the others were not interested in chasing and killing for a while.

The thieves retreated, and the wounded corpses on the ground, Chao Gai and the others, were not able to take care of it, but if such a big thing happened, they naturally couldn't just leave, and they had to wait for the people from the government to come, and this place was still under the management of Guan Sheng.

It wasn't until breakfast that I saw Guan Sheng late with a hundred cavalry, only to see more than 30 corpses scattered on the ground, and more than 50 bandits who were injured and did not escape. Chao Gai and the others were having breakfast in the temple, and when they saw Guan Sheng coming, Chao Gai saluted and said: "Guan Inspection, have you had breakfast, if you haven't eaten, come and eat some." ”

Guan Sheng said: "I didn't eat breakfast, and someone reported early in the morning that a large group of bandits attacked the village and robbed the door panel, so I rushed over, but I didn't expect you to be killed." ”

Wu Yong said: "Yesterday we missed the stay, had to rest in this broken temple, who would have thought that the bandits came to the door in the middle of the night, had no choice but to fight, the bandits were afraid of bows and arrows, so they planned to go to the nearby villages to rob the door panel, this morning we took the opportunity to kill out, wounded a bandit leader called Zhang Xiong. ”

Guan Sheng said: "Oh, it turned out to be Zhang Xiong from Flying Tiger Mountain, no wonder he has such great strength to dare to come to Pudong to make trouble, but I didn't expect to be kicked to the iron plate when I met Chao Tuanlian." ”

Chao Gai said: "The bandits have been dispersed by us, and I am afraid that they will endanger the people nearby." ”

"So-and-so will bring someone to chase it up, be sure to catch it all, you don't leave first, and wait for me to come back to ask you for credit." Guan Sheng said, leaving twenty people to arrest all the bandits who were injured by Chao Gai and others, and then led people to catch the bandits who fled in all directions.

Nearly 100 people were killed and injured, which can be regarded as a big case in Shanxi, of course, the laws of the Great Song Dynasty are still very fair in terms of defense, and for the bandits, how many kills are only credited, and they will not be held responsible. It's inevitable to stay and record a confession, so Chao Gai and the others stayed in the small temple and waited for Guan Sheng. These bandits ran around, and although Guan Sheng and the others were cavalry, it was impossible for them to fight quickly.

It wasn't until noon that Guan Sheng hadn't come back, but Hao Siwen came, riding a horse and carrying a big burden, and saw Chao Gai and the others smiled happily: "I heard early this morning that a group of bandits were defeated by six people, and I guessed that it was a few brothers, so I came to take a look." ”

"Hehe, Brother Lao Hao is missing." Chao Gai said.

Hao Siwen said: "No one of the brothers was injured." ”

Li Kui said: "My horse's butt is injured, and I guess I won't be able to ride it for a few days." ”

"Then I'll give you my horse." Hao Siwen said.

Chao Gai said: "Don't listen to him, he still has a spare horse, don't send him." ”

Hao Siwen said: "Yesterday, everyone was in a hurry, and there was nothing to send, but today I brought some bacon flatbread, a special product of the city, and I also had to make rations along the road, so as not to find a store and starve." ”

Hao Siwen's big package was actually full of bacon and flatbread, not to mention more than 30 catties, which was really enough. Chao Gai thanked him repeatedly.

Everyone sat on the ground in the main hall, and Hao Siwen was also surprised when he heard that Jiao Ting had seriously injured Zhang Xiong, and said: "This Zhang Xiong is a famous bandit in Shanxi, with more than 300 people under his command, and he has been robbing houses for several years. ”

Li Kui said: "Then why did you let Jiao Ting beat the horse with a hammer." ”

Wu Yong said: "This is the light enemy, he definitely didn't expect Jiao Ting to be so powerful, so he was careless, and he was beaten half to death at once, you all remember it in the future, don't underestimate the enemy." ”

After waiting for another hour, Guan Sheng came back, the harvest was not small, and more than 50 thieves were arrested, but Zhang Xiong, the leader of the bandits, did not catch it, and let people record the confessions of Chao Gai and others.

Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen said goodbye to Chao Gai and the others and went back to Pudong, leaving only Chao Gai and others.

Li Kui said: "Let's do him such a big favor, he won't invite us to dinner?" ”

Wu Yong said: "Guan Sheng has such a temper, let's hurry." ”

Chao Gai has no intention of joining in this excitement, there are bandits of two or three hundred people all over the country, and the reason for this is that the official family is not properly governed, the people are not happy, and the officials are forced to rebel against the people.

The farther west it goes, the more desolate it becomes, and the people are poorly clothed and hungry, and they are all covered with vegetables. After the autumn harvest, as soon as the land rent is paid, many people will start selling their sons and daughters.

The group walked for more than ten days, and finally arrived at Yan'an Mansion, Yan'an Mansion is a military powerhouse, no more than other small cities, the inventory is very strict, it is impossible to enter the city with long weapons, and the identity of Chao Gai's small place is not easy to use here.

Xu Guanzhong found an inn five miles away from the city, medium in size, but it looked spacious and bright. Wu Yong and Pang Wanchun volunteered to leave the guards and salute items, and Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Li Kui, and Xu Guanzhong entered the city.

As an important town in the west, the concentration of soldiers created a prosperous business, and there were many people coming and going in the streets, and there were many merchants of all kinds, and of course, many beggars.

Li Kui said: "My brother came thousands of miles to find this Luda, how powerful is it. ”

"You'll know in a while, let's find a tavern to eat first, and then find a junior to ask about Luda's whereabouts." Chao Gai said.

Xu Guanzhong said: "Could it be that this Luda people are good wine? ”

"Haha, Brother Xu is meticulous, and it's true, I heard that this Luda loves to drink the most." Chao Gai said.