Chapter Seventy-Four: The Main Play (Part II)

Lin Yuyan naturally knew the changes on the battlefield, and it was this muddy battle, although it was said that nearly a thousand people were killed or surrendered, but for the bandit army with 4,000 people, it was not to the point of breaking the muscles and bones.

But it is undeniable that the muddy battle wiped out the most elite front army of the bandit army, curbed the offensive momentum of the bandit army, and let the bandit army flee directly.

Ge Bao took a fancy to this and ordered the bandit army to retreat to the rear of the Shuyang military camp.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the barracks, Ge Bao arranged for a group of men and horses to lock the gate of the barracks, and the number of people was not much, but two or three hundred people.

Ge Bao held Ma Dalong, looked at his arrow wound again, and said, "The arrow needs to be pulled out!" But there are no herbs to stop bleeding in the army, I'm afraid ......"

Hearing this, Ma Dalong said: "Brother Leopard, your life was saved by you, and you are afraid of any herbs that do not stop bleeding, even if you do it, Lao Tzu will not be reluctant to give up that little blood!" ”

Hearing this, Ge Bao instructed left and right: "Hurry up and find some grass ashes to burn!" ”

Then his eyes fell on the arrow on Ma Dahu's back, and he looked at it carefully, it was not an injury that penetrated into the bone, but three points below the shoulder, just avoiding the vital position.

Ge Bao held the tail end of the arrow, waited for the grass ash, and immediately said to Ma Dalong: "You bear with it......"

Hearing this, Ma Dalong nodded, and closed his eyes.

Ge Leopard held the tail end of the arrow, and quickly withdrew his hand, and the arrow pulled out, Ma Dalong also screamed in pain, and then Ge Leopard looked left and right and said: "Cover the wound with grass ash, and then find some clean cloth to bandage the wound!" ”

"Yes!" The left and right answered, which was to treat Ma Dalong's wounds.

Ge Bao glanced at the door of the commotion of the barracks, immediately pulled out the long sword on his waist, and instructed Ma Dalong: "The military situation is urgent, you sit here for the time being, I will go and straighten out the soldiers and horses first!" ”

Ma Dalong nodded, and then said to his side: "Erlong, go and help your brother leopard, if the people in the village are disobedient, just kill them!" ”

Ma Erlong also nodded, and then followed Ge Bao's side, preparing to rectify the military horses.

Ge Bao came to the point platform, surrounded by anxious bandit soldiers, and there was now a stalemate outside the barracks, but Ge Bao knew that there were still a thousand Shuyang officers and soldiers waiting to work outside the village, as well as three thousand young men from the Shuyang side who had been used as bait before, and they were constantly rushing from the rear and the hills to the west, or it would not be long before they surrounded the three sides of the barracks.

If the reorganization of the bandit army is not completed, it will be a fatal blow to the bandit army that has lost its elite front army.

Ge Bao glanced at it, then pulled out his long sword and said sharply: "You still have a sword in your hand, and Ge, we still have so many people, what are you panicking about!" ”

Suddenly, the surroundings stopped, and the wails that were originally full of mourning were contained.

Ge Bao said again: "Your relatives are still in the Gou Clan's territory and the Jianyang Mansion not far from here, if you defeat the battle and put these people in Jianyang, think about your father, your brothers and sisters, think about whether the officials and soldiers can let them go!" ”

Ge Bao walked to the front, pulled out his long sword and said: "It is impossible for the officials and soldiers to let them go, the court will kill you, kill your family, even if you don't kill, they will sell you as slaves to those old clans, think about it, the old clans, you can give you a full meal!" ”

I have to say that Ge Bao's words are very inflammatory, and at the moment, there are left and right cooperation to raise the sword and say: "This battle must not be defeated!" You can't be defeated! ”

Ge Bao nodded and said, "Yes, you must not be defeated!" We still have 3,000 men, which is about the same number as the other side, and even if we can't defeat them, they can't stop us if we want to go, so take your swords and fight your way with me! ”

"Kill the Bloody Road! Kill the Bloody Road! Kill the Bloody Road! Kill the Bloody Road ......"

More and more bandit soldiers were boiled by Ge Bao's words, and they immediately shouted.

The momentum can even be heard by Lin Yuyan, who is far away in the mountains and dense forests, and the momentum of this Ge Leopard in the military camp can also be vaguely seen, and he also appreciates a general like Ge Leopard in his heart, but it is a pity that he was born in the enemy army.

Ge Bao pulled out the long sword, and the left and right were full of excitement, and Ge Bao arranged available people and began to rectify the people on the spot.

This time there is no need to supervise, Thorn Yang now has about seven or eight thousand bandit troops, half of which stayed in the hinterland of Thorn Yang, the Gou clan leader and the Thorn Yang official mansion, etc., and the ones brought out to attack Thorn Yang are considered elite, which is also to leave some old and weak in the rear of Thorn Yang, most of these old and weak are relatives present, Ge Bao has used both soft and hard threats, and finally mobilized the morale of this bandit army under his hands.

Ge Bao roughly selected a few hundred elites, re-formed the front army, and then divided into three large teams, the front, middle and back, Ge Bao did not intend to entangle with the official army of Shuyang, what he wanted was to retreat directly to the hinterland of Jianyang.

Ma Dalong stopped the bleeding, rushed over, waved Changge, and signaled that he was okay to show that he could fight.

Ge Bao glanced around, then commanded a breakthrough, held a long sword, let the left and right open the gate, and rushed out.

The officers and soldiers of Shuyang entered through the back door, and immediately covered up these bandits again.

Although Ge Bao arranged a group of men and horses to go to block the cover of the official army of Shuyang, he still could not survive a few rounds in the hands of the Shuyang army set up according to the regular army of Wuguo, and was taken, completely opposite the previous situation, and became a battle for the Shuyang army to pursue the bandit army.

Jing Yi, who was far away on the hill, reminded Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, the bandits have withdrawn!" ”

"I'm watching myself!" Lin Yuyan said a word to Jing Yi, and then glanced at the battlefield, until now, he has not escaped Lin Yuyan's control.

Jing Yi also said with pity: "It would be good if there was an army ambushed in the rear of the retreat of this bandit, and it would be best to stop the retreat of these bandits a little, and wait for the Shuyang army to catch up." ”

Lin Yuyan turned his head and looked at Jing Yi and suddenly laughed: "Hmm...... I didn't expect you to still know, why don't you come and lead these Shuyang troops to suppress bandits next time? ”

Jing Yi listened to what His Royal Highness said, and his face was also stupid, and when he wanted to go back, he found that there seemed to be some movement in the direction of the thorny sun.

"Uh......h Woo......"

Sure enough, there was a trumpet!

"Your Highness, Your Highness, there is a horn sound in Thorn Yang, could it be that the royal city guards of the imperial court have called!" Jing Yi shouted.

However, Jing Yi was stunned to find that His Royal Highness had no feelings about it, as if he had already known about it.

"Stop ...... a little"

Jing Yi didn't expect that his always steady self would be reprimanded by His Royal Highness who was radical.

"Isn't it the imperial court or His Royal Highness Gongzixin quietly sent a letter to his Royal Highness, and agreed on the date of sending troops, His Royal Highness is so fearless to enter the army, it should be like this......" Jing Yi also thought in his heart, and then held his breath and stared at the bandit army without blinking.

"Uh......h Woo......"

The sound of the horn was long and thick, resounding under this sky, and suddenly the atmosphere of the battlefield was slightly chaotic.

Ge Bao looked at the direction he came, his pupils also shrank, and he saw a beam of black shadows slowly moving in from the hinterland of Thorn Yang, too far away to see it was not real, but the sound of the horn was true, and the dust raised by it could show that there were not a few people who came.

When will the official army of the imperial court hit Thorn Yang?

Ge Bao couldn't imagine, after all, his second uncle retreated from Xiaochang'an, and also left some back-ups, the most unfortunate, his second uncle originally wanted to follow him to conquer Shuyang, but he was arranged by Ma Bo to the northwest of Jianyang, in order to prevent the imperial court's Wangcheng guards from killing Jianyang.

Where did the regular army of this martial country come from!

Ge Bao was puzzled.

Ma Dalong and Ge Bao were not far away, and when they heard the sound of the horn, they suddenly asked, "Brother Leopard, what is the movement?" ”

"It's the enemy." Ge Bao said lightly, but he didn't say that it might be the officials and soldiers of Wangcheng, for fear that the morale that had been hard to get up would collapse again!

However, as long as the people present are people with active minds, who can't guess this result, after all, the officials and soldiers who came from Jianyang are other places besides Wangcheng!

Ma Dalong walked up to Ge Bao and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, isn't there a father and a second uncle in Jianyang?" It will take at least a day to gather from Xiaochang'an to Jianyang, and we haven't received any news in the morning......"

Ge Bao shook his head, but it was the pursuing officials and soldiers of Shuyang who made a move again.

"Those who descend will not be killed! Those who kneel on the ground will not be killed! Those who descend will not be killed! Those who fall to the ground do not kill ......"

The officers and soldiers of Shuyang said in unison, and some of them shouted, "The royal army of the imperial court has arrived, and you can save your life if you surrender now!" Words like this made the bandit army who were flanked on the back suddenly lose their will to fight.

Ge Bao didn't have time to think carefully about where this army came from, the situation was urgent, and he couldn't help but say to Ma Dalong: "Gather your henchmen and prepare to break through!" ”

When Ma Dalong heard this, he glanced at it, and sure enough, under the threat of the official army in Shuyang, some people began to kneel on the ground one after another, and even the people who came in front of him suppressed the bandits who supervised them on weekdays, and suddenly realized that this defeat was defeated, so he called on his henchmen and bandits to come to his side to stand by.

Ge Bao looked at the officers and soldiers in the direction of Thorn Yang, and he could already see it clearly, and the officers and soldiers with bright swords and armor in the front could not be seen in the rear, because the rear was obscured by the dust raised by the officers and soldiers walking.

Ge Bao was shocked, and roughly estimated that there were at least thousands of officers and soldiers who came to reinforce the army.

This will be a fatal blow to the bandit army that has been pursued by the official army of Shuyang!

"Break out to the east! Break through to the east! Ge Bao shouted.

In the south is the pursuing Shuyang official army, plus the young Zhuang Shao said that there are more than four or five thousand people, and in the north from the direction of Jianyang is the Wangcheng guards who do not know the number, and now they can only escape, and the west is Shuishui, so many people under their hands will definitely not be able to cross the Shuishui, so they can only retreat to the east.

Hearing Ge Bao say this, Ma Dalong did not doubt that he recruited his henchmen and bandits to follow Ge Bao to break through to the east, but the official army of Shuyang had already caught up, and in front of him were the official army of Wangcheng who did not know the details, and more people chose to throw out the weapons in their hands and began to fall to the ground and surrender to the official army.

"These bitches raised them!" Seeing this, Ma Dalong also scolded angrily.

However, Ge Bao stopped Ma Dalong who was scolding angrily, and said: "Don't worry about them, let's take our own people to withdraw from the east first!" ”

When Ma Dalong heard this, he beckoned and began to break through from the east with Ge Leopard.

Those "Wangcheng Guards" who came from Jianyang saw that the bandits were about to run, and sure enough, they sent out the vanguard, and an elite force of several hundred people killed the fleeing bandit army.

Later, the Shuyang army did not take into account the bandits kneeling on the ground, but planned to hand them over to the follow-up Qingzhuang and the old clan of Jianyang to surrender, and continue to pursue a bandit army that fled eastward.

The bandit army was like a frightened bird, and when it saw the two bandit armies chasing around him, and there were only four or five hundred people left around him, he was so frightened that he immediately scattered and fled eastward, not daring to resist in the slightest.

When the two armies of the north and south converged in one place, they suddenly stopped the momentum of continuing to pursue and defeat the bandit army.

Xiang Ying stared at the "vanguard" sent by the reinforcements of the "Wangcheng Guard", and said in surprise: "Deputy Lieutenant Xiao, how could it be you?" ”

The "Pioneer of Reinforcements" is none other than Xiao Kun!

Xiao Kun smiled, and then pointed to the two figures who had returned from the front chasing and defeating the bandit army and explained to Xiang Ying: "Du Wei, these two are Zongwei Baifu next to His Highness, Ji Wu Baifu, and Chun Yu Qi Baifu. ”

After listening to the explanation, Xiang Ying knew that the so-called "Wangcheng Guard" reinforcements would actually be arranged by His Royal Highness the Sixth Son of the Emperor, and there was no Wangcheng Guard at all!

Thinking of this, Xiang Ying couldn't help but feel a little worried, just now these people were chasing after the bandit army of thousands of people, if the bandit army wanted to come back and fight, wouldn't these people be no different from sending them to death?

Wrong! Xiang Ying, who sensed that something was wrong, glanced at the reinforcements who were still in the distance and asked Xiao Kun: "What's going on, how can there be so many people raising so much dust?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Kun smiled even more: "This is what His Royal Highness meant, behind the Zongwei and Shushui Yicong, arrange more than 100 people to use branches...... Sweep up the dust, that's why it's ......"

"This is really ......" Xiang Ying couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and then glanced at the scattered bandit army and said: "Poor Kou Mo chase, arrange some people to patrol here, let's go back and watch a little, after all, there are many bandits who have stopped......"

Xiao Kun nodded, and then Xiang Ying arranged for two hundred soldiers from Shuyang to patrol the surrounding area to prevent those scattered bandits from turning back and making trouble.

Then several groups of men rushed back.

Thousands of former bandit soldiers were kneeling on the ground, discarding the bloodstained weapons in their hands, these people were no different from civilians, and the Yang Order began to incorporate the surrendered bandit soldiers under the protection of dozens of Shuyang soldiers.

Who knows, some clan leaders of the old clan of Jianyang saw these kneeling bandit soldiers on the ground, and immediately exposed the essence of disdain, shouting words such as "untouchables" and "foolish peasants" in their mouths, while punching and kicking the surrendered bandits who knelt on the ground.

Thorn Yang ordered Lu Yuan to persuade him, but it was to no avail.

It was only when a figure came that Lu Yuan's face changed: "His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince......

This title made the old clan leader and clan elder who punched and kicked the surrendered bandits all look nervous, and immediately turned to look behind him, where stood the sixth son of the emperor, Lin Yuyan, who was under the protection of many sect guards.

"Your Highness......" The faces of several old clan leaders and clan elders of Jianyang trembled, and then they still greeted Lin Yuyan.

Lin Yuyan's face was strange, and he looked at these people and said, "A few of them are really majestic......

Several clan leaders are also old and sophisticated, where would they not hear the meaning of Lin Yuyan's words, but they were completely fearless, and actually stepped forward to Lin Yuyan and replied with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, now that the royal city guards of the imperial court have recovered Jianyang, what His Highness said before about the collection of Jianyang land by the Luoyang army, I'm afraid it won't be counted......"

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan raised a smile, it turned out that these old clans had such an idea, and immediately said: "Wangcheng Guard? I didn't get any news......"

The clan leader's face trembled, and said: "How can Your Highness be like a gangster in the market, now it is the royal city guards of the imperial court who have recovered Thornyang, not His Royal Highness's Shuyang Army, His Royal Highness also promised in the military camp before, if it is not for the Shuyang Army to recover Thornyang, I wait for the land of the old clan of Thornyang, His Royal Highness has no right to ask, and now the reinforcements of the imperial court are not far away, His Royal Highness is so rebellious, it is not something that the royal bloodline does!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan pretended to have just discovered those "Wancheng reinforcements", pointed over there and asked the old clan: "Does the old clan refer to the soldiers over there?" ”

"Exactly, the military flag and military horn of the Wangcheng Guards are in front of you, and Your Highness is probably difficult to deny......" The old clan leader said directly.

"Then I'm afraid I'll disappoint your old clans......" Lin Yuyan paused, then pointed in the direction of the "Wangcheng Guards" and said, "Those are not the Wangcheng Guards, but the Sect Guards under the command of this prince and the Yicong of Shuishui!" ”

"So far, why is Your Highness still talking nonsense, Your Highness's Sect Guards and Shushui Yicong are only a few people, and the reinforcements are thousands, I'm afraid it is not as good as the number of people Your Highness said, it must be the Wangcheng Guard!" The people of the old clan all believed in this answer.

However, soon, the answer that the old clan believed in was shattered, and the two of Zongwei Baifu Ji Wu and Chun Yuqi stepped forward and replied to Lin Yuyan: "Ji Wu (Chun Yuqi) did not dishonor His Highness's entrustment and successfully prevented the bandit army from withdrawing to Jianyang!" ”

The dozens of sect guards behind all clenched their fists and returned to their lives.

"This ......" Many old clans all looked at each other, and there was even a fainting clan elder.

Lin Yuyan didn't take another look at these old clans like clowns, but after letting Ji Wu and Chun Yuqi get up, he looked at the bandit soldiers who were kneeling on the ground.