About three miles north of the pier there was also a large wood, and at the moment there were a thousand infantry soldiers in ambush, armed with bows and crossbows or spears, waiting for orders.

Just half an hour ago, an enemy general led a thousand soldiers to the dock, this was not their goal, a thousand infantry soldiers were still waiting patiently, waiting for reinforcements from the Liangshan army in the direction of Xincheng.

At this time, there was already a fierce battle in the direction of the dock, and shouting and shouting were faintly heard, most of the infantry were participating in the battle for the first time, and their hearts were extremely nervous, and their palms were sweating.

The sound of horses' hooves came from outside the woods, Li Yanqing led dozens of cavalry into the woods, and Wang Ping, the head of the capital, hurriedly stepped forward to report: "There is no change in the county town for the time being!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I estimate that deserters will come from the dock immediately, so that the brothers are ready to intercept it." ”

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "The defeated army is coming!" ”

Li Yanqing turned around, only to see a mile away dusty, countless soldiers were fleeing in this direction in a panic, Li Yanqing looked at the direction of the county again, there was still no movement on the county side, it was estimated that the reinforcements were too late to arrive, he immediately decided, "Attack and stop!" ”

"Attack!" The muffled sound of antlers blowing.

A thousand soldiers came out of the woods like a tidal wave, and the deserters were too long to pull away, and only a few deserters could be intercepted with bows and crossbows, and the maximum number of deserters had to be intercepted.

The Xuanwu infantry quickly opened a mile-long interception line in a unit, "Kill!" The soldiers shouted loudly, emboldening themselves with fierce shouts of killing.

The more than 300 lucky soldiers who had just escaped, when they were saving a warehouse on the far side, when the cavalry came to kill, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran wildly, avoiding the first wave of slaughter by the cavalry.

But the soldiers never dreamed that an army had been killed in front of them, cutting off their retreat, and the soldiers were so frightened that hundreds of soldiers had discarded their armor and spears, and their fighting spirit collapsed, and they fell to their knees and surrendered, begging for mercy.

At this time, a cavalryman rushed to the scene and shouted: "The commander has an order, those who surrender can spare their lives, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

However, not all the Liangshan soldiers surrendered, and dozens of soldiers with armor and spears tried to break through, and when they saw that the other side was relatively scattered, they concentrated their forces to kill a weak point, and the two sides fought fiercely.

At this time, a horse general galloped from a distance, it was Guan Sheng, the main general of the Liangshan army, he killed more than a dozen cavalry in a row, but he was outnumbered, so he had to flee in embarrassment, dozens of steps behind him, Wang Gui personally led more than a hundred cavalry in hot pursuit.

Guan Sheng secretly pulled an arrow, stretched his bow and set up an arrow, and was about to shoot back at Wang Gui, when suddenly an arrow came, so fast that Guan Sheng couldn't dodge, this arrow hit his helmet and shot his helmet away.

Guan Sheng was taken aback, he saw a general holding a bow and arrow a hundred steps away, glaring at him, Guan Sheng recognized the person, it was Li Yanqing who participated in the bow and horse competition together, Guan Sheng felt ashamed in his heart, he knew that Li Yanqing had spared himself once, with Li Yanqing's riding and shooting, how could he dodge?

Guan Sheng bowed to Li Yanqing, urging the horse to gallop away, Li Yanqing did not intercept, and watched him run away coldly, not long after, Wang Gui chased after him, Li Yanqing stopped him, "Don't chase, let him go!" ”

"This bastard killed a dozen of our brothers, and I have to skin him!" Wang Gui stared at Guan Sheng's back with resentment.

"You also killed him a thousand people, don't chase him."

Wang Gui cursed, and poured all his anger on the dozens of enemy soldiers who refused to surrender, he swung his knife and rushed forward, slashing several people in a row like a ruthless man, and more than 100 of his subordinates also rushed to kill, and in a short time, dozens of soldiers were all killed.

At this time, Niu Gao also escorted more than a hundred prisoners over, "Commander, the dock has been cleaned up." ”

"Retreat!"

Li Yanqing gave an order, and the soldiers quickly evacuated to the northwest with more than 300 prisoners of war.

If you don't count the victory of Qing Shizhai, this actual battle is the first big victory since the establishment of the Xuanwu battalion, although they also paid the price of dozens of casualties, but they completely annihilated a thousand Liangshan army, so that the morale was greatly boosted.

In a wooded area about thirty miles away from the docks, the soldiers rested for a while, and most of the soldiers' excitement had not yet passed, and they gathered in twos and threes, talking excitedly about the battle that had not happened before.

The reason why Li Yanqing let the soldiers rest was because they captured a personal soldier of Guan Sheng, who was carrying an arrow and could not save his life if he did not treat it, and the personal soldier was willing to exchange an important piece of information for life-saving treatment.

Li Yanqing asked the pro-soldier, and Wang Gui and Niu Gao stepped forward and asked, "What did the pro-soldier say?" ”

"It's about the pigeon letter sent by Song Jiang yesterday!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Song Jiang asked the Liangshan army to stick to the Daimyo's mansion, and at the same time, he will give up Bozhou and let the three thousand troops of Bozhou rush to Shen County to converge!" ”

"This information is very valuable!"

Wang Gui had been the head of the intelligence battalion, and he was already able to judge the value of intelligence, and he immediately judged that this was a very valuable piece of information.

Li Yanqing nodded, "It is indeed very valuable, at least it points out the direction of our next move." ”

Wang Gui and Niu Gao glanced at each other, and both of them understood the deep meaning of Li Yanqing's words.

Li Yanqing then sent 100 cavalry to escort the prisoners of war to Daimyocheng, while he himself led the rest of the army to turn north and run northeast to Bozhou.

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Bozhou is located in the northeast of the Daimyo's Mansion, before the Liangshan Army attacked the Daimyo's Mansion, Bozhou has always been the foundation of the Liangshan Army in Hebei, a few months ago, the Liangshan Army was in Bozhou Gaotang County defeated Hebei officers and soldiers.

When the Song army led the main force to withdraw to Yunzhou, it only left 3,000 garrisons in Gaotang County, but now in order to keep the Daimyo's Mansion, Song Jiang decided to abandon Bozhou and ordered the 3,000 soldiers of Gaotang County to gather in Shen County, the Daimyo's Mansion.

The 3,000 Liangshan army in Gaotang County was commanded by Yang Xiong, the commander of the capital, and the day after he received Song Jiang's order, he led the 3,000 troops to leave Gaotang County and move to Shen County, the capital of the Daimyo.

Gaotang County is located in the northernmost part of Bozhou, not close to Shen County in the Daimyo Prefecture, more than 200 miles, and it takes at least three days of marching to arrive.

In the evening of this day, 3,000 troops arrived in Liaocheng County, Bozhou Prefecture, Liaocheng County is also the county seat occupied by the Liangshan army, but there is no garrison, only the county governor and county Cheng appointed by Song Jiang, the army crossed, and the county magistrate Sun Zhi hurriedly prepared more than 100 fat pigs and hundreds of sheep to reward the three armies, and scraped hundreds of jars of good wine from several restaurants in the county town to send to the army.

This is still in the territory of Bozhou, there are still seventy miles away from the Daimyo's mansion, there is no need to be too nervous, Yang Xiong received the favor of the county, and decided not to enter the city to harass, he immediately ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, set up more than 100 tents, and did not have time to use the camp fence, so he let the soldiers dig a trench around the camp, bury the antlers, and send more than a dozen patrols to guard everywhere.

That night, the Liangshan army slaughtered pigs and sheep, drank heartily, and the three thousand soldiers ate until one watch, all of them were full of wine and food, and they fell asleep when they entered the tent, washing the hard work of the two-day march.

Just ten miles away from Liaocheng County, Li Yanqing had led the army to wait in a forest for a whole day, the forest is close to the official road, it is the only place to go to Shen County, Li Yanqing wanted to think that the Liangshan army would march overnight, he could fight an ambush battle, but the Liangshan army was stationed in Liaocheng, which made him have to change the original plan.

"Commander, the spies are back." The soldiers who were on guard outside the woods came to Li Yanqing with two spies.

Li Yanqing was discussing the plan of attacking the camp at night with several commanders, and when he heard that the scouts had returned, he hurriedly said to everyone: "Listen to the situation!" ”

The scout stepped forward and saluted: "Commander Qiqi, the Liangshan army is stationed outside the eastern city, and about one hundred and thirty big tents have been set up, which can be seen to be very casual. ”

"What's the arbitrary method?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"They didn't erect a fence or arrange a spear array, but simply dug a trench three feet wide and two feet deep, and buried antlers in it, which was considered a perimeter defense."

"Did you sprinkle thistle thorns?" Wang Gui next to him asked.

"There were no thistle thorns, and they drank a lot of wine, and hundreds of empty wine jars were piled up in a corner of the camp, and the smell of wine and meat in the whole camp was very strong."

"They don't even have the most basic military knowledge, and they actually indulge soldiers to drink during the war?" Niu Gao said angrily.

Li Yanqing smiled: "They were originally outlaws who were loners, and they fled to Liangshan to fall into the grass after committing an accident, how could it be possible if you want them to be proficient in the art of war?" Besides, there are officers and soldiers in the Daimyo's Mansion, but there are none in Bozhou, so they don't have to worry. ”

Niu Gao sighed, "So we are here to suppress bandits, not to fight against the Western Xia Army, and I didn't join the Intelligence Department, so it's really a big loss." ”

"Lao Li, let's do it!" Wang Gui rubbed his hands and was impatient.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Since you are here, you want to wipe out this army, don't be in a hurry now, let them sleep a little more." ”