Li Yu extinguished a few small thieves, and walked around Lingchuan again, after these things were done, he immediately marched day and night in concealment, and quietly advanced to Yangcheng, he was still worried about Guo Yu, although there was no news of the thieves coming, but he was sure that the thieves would go sooner or later, that piece of fat was too tempting, and the township soldiers would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the thieves' elite.

Li Yu spent four nights secretly moving to the vicinity of Guoyu, Guoyu is one of the richest villages in Yangcheng, composed of more than a dozen small villages, Yangcheng to Zezhou, Gaoping, Qinshui road passes through here, along the Qinshui River there is also an official road to Taiyuan, the traffic is very convenient, Fengzhou Army in the camp under the guidance of the township soldiers, looking for a hidden road to sneak to a valley by the Qinshui River to hide, here is about thirty miles away from Guo Yu, along the official road can directly kill Guo Yu, it is already May, the weather is hot, The Fengzhou army carried a month's worth of fried rice, and as long as there was a water source, Li Yu had the patience to wait for the thieves to come out of the mountain, and then the fighters would arrive.

The soldiers are tired, all the way over the mountains and mountains, the night march can not ride horses, sometimes even have to carry the belt to push the cattle over the mountain, in order to avoid exposing the target torch can not be lit, the chiefs in order to prevent someone from falling behind, with a rope to tie the people together to march, the whole army is almost step by step to move over, to the camp on the staggered lie down a large area, especially those trained township soldiers can hardly get up, the veterans told them, the Fengzhou soldiers are boiled out like this, sometimes the march for a month can not get off the horse, You follow us to fight a few battles and learn some skills, there is no problem at all in mixing up in the pass, and the township soldiers can't help but think about it when they hear it.

The officers also got together to chat, after Sun Shoufa went to work as a cavalryman, Du Hongfang took over the position of the new battalion officer, and his battalion was so tired that he was going to vomit blood, this guy couldn't help but complain: "What the hell is Yuzi doing, Lao Tzu is going to be tired to death!" ”

"Take a puff of cigarettes, this thing is a relief," said Monk as usual to the people around him, and took a few beautiful puffs, "We have played too much with the hidden march and the long run, and if you want to mix with us, you must be able to walk, or you will get home as soon as possible." ”

"Who said you were going home, you dare to look down on me!" Du Hongfang was anxious.

"Go back to rest, don't talk nonsense here!" Li Yuzheng, Zhang Chuanjie, Bai An, and Sun Shoufa were discussing matters on the map, and when they heard a noise, they angrily scolded Meng Ke, Du Hongfang and the others.

"Will the thieves beat Guo Yu? If they don't go out of the mountain, we'll have to work hard in vain! "Sun Shoufa is a little lacking in confidence.

"Lure the enemy to suddenly attack the city again, this hand has been played a few times, we are lucky, we have never missed, this time it should be okay." Zhang Chuanjie rubbed his hands and said.

"Be patient, be patient, tens of thousands of them are hiding in the mountains, and eating and dressing are big problems, I don't believe they don't panic." Li Yu's voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself.

The luck of the Fengzhou army is really good, two days later, the scouts who went out to investigate and the township soldiers who accompanied the battalion ran back to report, the thieves came out of the mountain, and the black pressure came to a large area, not ten thousand but also seven or eight thousand people, the leader of the way is the Lingchuan thief nine dragons, and there are eight kings, Lao Huihui, Cao Cao's banner, they blocked the intersection of several township soldiers sentry card, and now they have arrived at Guo Village and Wei Town, it seems that tomorrow morning will attack Guo Yu's Zhao Village.

"The one who is looking for death is coming!" Li Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, clapped his hands and ordered the generals, the whole army immediately sorted out the horses and ordnance, and killed Guo Yu directly along the official road and the Qinshui River Valley before dawn tomorrow.

At dawn the next day, the thieves who rested for the night joined forces and besieged Guo Yu Zhao Zhai - Guo Yu's village is the most dangerous in the Zhao Zhai Village, and the wall is also the most solid, the gentry and rich families with money are almost all hiding in the Zhao Village, the thieves have been in Guo Village, Wei Town for a night, killing people, ** things have done a lot, but from the poor people can not squeeze much oil and water, Zhao Zhai is the fat in their eyes, but the Zhao Zhai is not easy to fight, Guo Yu This place has iron and coal, and the roads extend in all directions, Hundreds of years down to create a large number of rich businessmen and wealthy people, imperial examination eunuchs, they are rich and powerful, the village of hiding to build a strong fortress, the wall of the wall is three zhang high, two zhang wide, it is also covered with large and small perforations, the village soldiers guarding the village are also well-equipped, guns and crossbows have everything, they also hold the Ming army standard knives and spears in their hands, sharp weapons in the palm of the hand do not panic, Guo Yu people face the thieves who are many and powerful, and dare to fight hard, the guns and arrows are split and cover the face of the thieves to fight down. The thieves carried the dirt bags to the wall, were knocked down one after another, the walls were full of corpses and dirt bags, of course the thieves refused to let go of the fat in their mouths, and still attacked with their lives, they drove the people from the surrounding villages to the front, and behind them were the black pressure on a large area of homeless people who mixed rice to eat, the people piled up soil in front, and the thieves took the elite bandits to hide in the last pressure to supervise the battle, and the people who dared to retreat immediately slashed and killed. The earthen bag and the corpses are piled higher and higher under the wall-this set of frenzied fighting methods is their usual trick, and it has repeatedly worked, and the people who recruit the village can not take care of the villagers, and they shoot arrows mercilessly at the dense crowd, desperately preventing the other party from piling up soil and climbing the wall, and the two sides fight to the death, and the sound of killing in front of the village is shocking, and the blood flows like a river.

Hit close to noon, the sky suddenly rained, and then the valley fog, the sound of guns on the wall gradually stopped, the thieves were overjoyed, the beginning of spring to now not a drop of rain, but at this time there was suddenly rain, God is helping them, the nine dragons shouted excitedly, with their own elite to pounce under the wall, the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Cao Cao Luo Rucai also seized the opportunity to order the elite attack, the village was quickly broken through several gaps, the bandits stepped on the pile of mound and corpses jumped on the wall, A more bloody hand-to-hand battle began, and the local soldiers who had never been out of the house had never seen this kind of scene, and they were killed by the bandits in fear, and some people began to flee, and the township soldiers were about to collapse, and the village was in danger.

When the thieves cheered and rushed towards Zhaoqiuzhai, Zhang Xianzhong was stunned by a sudden news, Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai were with him at this time, and when they saw that his face was wrong, they hurriedly asked what was wrong.

"My scouts have reported that thousands of officers and soldiers have been killed from the other side of the valley, and they are the officers and soldiers who are fighting the Black Eagle Banner." Zhang Xianzhong replied in despair, he seemed to see Meng Ke and Qiu Xianzheng walking towards him with a cruel smile, it was terrible, these two horse thieves were simply not human, they shot too hard, and they almost beat him half to death last time.

Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai were also taken aback, after the thieves were beaten a few times, they were almost terrified of the officers and soldiers who played the Black Eagle Banner, Luo Rucai stammered and said: "Brother Zhang, we, let's run, don't ask for the village." ”

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai turned their heads and ran, and Ma Shouying shouted from behind: "What are you running, the nine dragons, they, and many of our brothers are in front, we must immediately gather the team to retreat." ”

"I can't take care of it, it's important to escape, run with us!" Zhang Xianzhong shouted without looking back, Ma Shouying scolded "cowardice", and ran after him - the Shaanxi thief ran away, but left the banner in place, and the nine dragons of the Shanxi thief were going to be unlucky.

The Fengzhou army finally arrived, but it was much later than the original time - to Guoyu Road was far more rugged and difficult to walk than they imagined, and there was a rain on the way, and then there was fog, they almost went the wrong way, but fortunately, the shouting and killing sound in front of them was earth-shattering, and they followed the sound to Guoyu, when the rain stopped and the fog dispersed, and the black eagle flags were unfurled in the wind, the horns and horns were heard one after another, the iron cavalry quickly outflanked along the periphery of the battlefield, and the infantry lined up in battle formations to press the thieves under the village - the thieves had been surrounded.

At this time, the Guo Yu people were facing a desperate situation, nine dragons with a group of bandits on the wall, the township soldiers scattered and fled, the wall was about to be lost, the former Shuntian governor Zhang Pengyun who retired and returned to his hometown held a sharp sword, and the commander Ding rushed to the wall to make a last fight, but his family was obviously not an opponent, one after another was cut down by the bandits to the ground, Zhang Pengyun was almost desperate.

"Master, look, Black Eagle Banner, the officers and soldiers are here, we are saved!" The housekeepers suddenly shouted excitedly.

The Black Eagle Banner and the Flying Tiger Banner have appeared, not long ago, the young acting chief soldier led the troops to Guo Yu, Zhang Pengyun still remembered these two flags, he couldn't help but burst into tears, waved his sword and shouted: "Children, the chief soldier is here, the officers and soldiers are here, drive the thieves down, and reward the thieves!" ”

The morale of the township soldiers was greatly boosted, brandishing swords and spears to pounce on the thieves, and the nine dragons also found that the official army had arrived, and they were frightened, and looked back, the banner of the Eight Great Kings, Cao Cao and Lao Huihui was still there, so they felt a little at ease, shouted tightly, and jumped off the wall with the bandits to find their accomplices.

The Fengzhou army has launched an attack on the thieves, the two sides are not dealing with each other for the first time, each other's details are clear, the Flying Tiger Battalion is slowly advancing in a cavalry formation, according to the rhythm of the trumpet, the rain of arrows will be poured on each other round after round, the Flying Tiger Rider is all good at making a strong bow immediately, not putting the opponent's strength in his eyes at all, coldly watching the other party fall one by one, Sun Fuhu's cavalry battalion is mostly born of horse thieves, and his riding and archery skills are not bad, learning the appearance of the Flying Tiger Battalion to block the other party's way with a rain of arrows, And Sun's law-abiding cavalry took the Yansui cavalry as the backbone, maintaining the style of the Northwest cavalry rushing and fighting, rushing into the crowd of thieves and slashing wantonly, and rushing the thieves into chaos, Li Yu looked straight and shook his head, this Sun Shoufa will still be an infantry in the future, this kind of fighting casualties are too great, how many strong I have to make you waste, if you encounter a strong Jin soldier, you must suffer a big loss!

The infantry of the Fengzhou army fought more chaotically, Zhang Chuanjie and the two battalions of Man Zhu maintained the previous steady style, listening to the sound of the trumpet and advancing neatly, spearmen, sword players and archers cooperated with each other, crushing the opponent like a mill, the opponent's strength was too weak, their formation was relatively open, Ding Qiming's artillery team finally got the opportunity, and took turns to insert the gap in the team to fight a row of guns. The four battalions of the "Shanxi Suppression of Thieves Army" are fighting according to their own methods, Bai An and Zhou Yuji can also follow the cat painting the tiger to learn the appearance of the Fengzhou infantry army, and the two battalions of Hu Dawei and fierce as the tiger are shouting and slashing and killing, Du Hongfang began to be quite honest, seeing the tiger Dawei, fierce as a tiger beating happily, but also a little itchy, with the new battalion also rushed into the thief group to beat hard, the most obedient is still the seven or eight hundred township soldiers, these people were still touching the hoe not long ago, and they were at a loss when they saw this bloody scene, Hou Shijie and Ma Danian were holding sticks to teach on the spot.

"Listen to the trumpet and follow the camp flag, who dares to run around, Lao Tzu is not welcome, the front row only stabs the thief in the stomach with a spear, the knife player protects the spearman, and when he sees the thief who is not dead, he cuts it for me, and the archer listens to the command to shoot at the place where there are many people." Hou Shijie waved a stick and scolded repeatedly.

"Don't yell, stupid, don't use your mouth to kill." Ma Danian was also scolding.

The bandits in the thieves followed Lao Huihui, the Eight Kings and Cao Cao ran a lot, and the remaining people had much worse combat power, the Fengzhou army gradually compressed the thieves into a piece, several rows of arrows rained over, the thieves finally couldn't bear it, some people began to bow to the ground and ask for surrender, the horn of the Fengzhou army stopped abruptly, and the army stopped advancing, "Those who surrender do not kill!" The shouts of "those who surrender will not be killed" suddenly rose, and more thieves threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

"Your nine dragon grandfather will not descend, dog officer, grandpa will fight with you." The nine stripped dragons rushed out of the crowd and pounced in the direction of the Flying Tiger Banner.

"This thief belongs to me, and no one is allowed to rob me." Hu Dawei happily rushed to catch up, Li Yu secretly scolded "eventful", waved his hand to signal Ding Qiming's team of bird guns to retreat.

The battlefield was quiet all of a sudden, Hu Dawei and the nine dragons walked to the center of the battlefield, the two did not answer, they fought together with a knife, the nine dragons learned martial arts since childhood, and they knew that they would die with their lives, a knife was as fast as a knife, the knife pointed to the vital point of Hu Dawei, Hu Dawei was tall and powerful but not good at foot combat, a heavy armor looked clumsy on his body, and he was a little out of breath by the nine dragons after a while, and the Fengzhou army was booed here, Sun Fuhu, Sun Shoufa and others simply shouted that Hu Dawei should hurry down and don't be ashamed, Fierce as a tiger couldn't hold it on his face, he stepped forward to help his brother, the two of them fought nine dragons, and the thief immediately rushed out of five or six people to help his accomplices. Li Yu was impatient, and with a wave of his hand, Mo Rige and Ding Qiming excitedly rushed out with a few people each, and a row of sharp arrows and guns hit them, and the few bandits who wanted to help fell in a pool of blood.

Tiger Dawei, fierce as a tiger two big horse thieves are too uncompetitive, two hit one did not have the upper hand, fierce as a tiger was also kicked by nine dragons on their backs to the sky, provoked the Fengzhou soldiers to laugh, Hu Dawei's eyes were red, and he used brute force to tightly press the big knife of the nine dragons, fierce as a tiger was also shameless, rolled over to the feet of the nine dragons and flew up a knife, one of the nine dragons was unloaded, screaming and falling, Hu Dawei took the opportunity to cut off the heads of the nine dragons with a knife, the thieves were frightened to the point of colorlessness, but the Fengzhou army was a ridicule and insult, Fierce as a tiger climbed up with his head in his arms, and shouted to the generals with a red face: "What do you know, this is a big thief, the head is worth five hundred taels of silver, our brothers have made a fortune, you just wait for your eyes to be red!" ”

The war is over, the living thieves have no leader, they have abandoned their weapons and surrendered, nearly 10,000 thieves may have run away 2,000 people, and the others will either die or surrender, at this time Zhang Daojun and Yang Zhenyuan, the magistrate of Yangcheng County, rushed over with 2,000 people. Guo Yu won a great victory in suppressing thieves, the gate of the village was opened, gongs and drums, guns and cannons rang out in unison, celebrating the victory for the officials and soldiers, and the gentry and wealthy businessmen were also glad to have escaped a catastrophe, Zhang Pengyun also sighed unsatisfied, the acting general soldier was really merciful, he should not keep prisoners, he should kill all the thieves, Zhang Daojun and Yang Zhenyuan also felt the same way.

However, they soon knew that Li Yu was not merciful, as soon as the battle was over, the people of the surrounding villages came to accuse the thieves of their crimes - this time the thieves went down the mountain and made the people miserable, ** burning and killing are all evil, especially the people of the eight kings are the most vicious, robbing property is a trivial matter, and forcing the people to be thieves with them, and they don't want to be dragged out from the thieves to kill, and the women in the village are also robbed and ruined by them, even if they are pregnant with children, they don't let go, hundreds of people are killed in a day's work, and the people can't control their anger, Rushing into the captives and dragging out those who had done bad things and beating them to death, the soldiers guarding the captives could not stop them at all.

"The **** also harmed the poor, asked the people to identify them, found out all those who had done bad things, and did not let any of them go, and slaughtered them all for me." Li Yu stomped his feet and roared.

As soon as Li Yu's military order was issued, the common people took the soldiers into the prisoner pile to arrest people, and immediately tied up and dragged them out, and after a while, six or seven hundred prisoners were tied up by the five flowers, and knelt in the open space in front of the stockade.

"Those who have never killed anyone are out of the ranks, when you are a soldier, you must first train your courage, this gang of thieves deserves death, you line up and take turns to cut off your head, if you coax, Lao Tzu will kill him!" Hou Shijie and Ma Danian began to wave sticks again to teach on the spot, and the township soldiers in the camp were rushed to the execution ground one by one with pale faces, and took the big knife from the veterans in a trembling manner.

The execution ground became a slaughterhouse, the heads were full of blood, the terrible howls were endless, and the gentry and rich businessmen who were shouting and shouting to kill just now were so frightened that they were colorless - this chief soldier was ruthless enough, he had killed so many people, and there was no expression on his face, even Zhang Daojun was strange, after this guy arrived in Zezhou, it seemed that it had become difficult to understand.

Dashuai said that some people are born bad people, and the chaos in the world is when bad people come out to do evil, and it is none of my business for you to rebel, but if you harm people, I will kill one by one, the Eight Great Kings, Lao Huihui, Cao Cao, count if you run fast, and this account will be calculated later-Li Yu thought in his heart.

"The method of acting chief soldier is good, and the recruits should train like this," Zhang Pengyun spoke highly of Li Yu's behavior, and then said to the gentry and wealthy businessmen, "Each county has township soldiers sent to the battalion for training, and it is terrible to continue training like this, it is only stronger than the official army, not weaker, and it is also our own children, which can be deployed freely, what do you think?" ”