readx; Huang Dequan led 150 cavalry and launched a surprise attack on the thieves in the small village. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Infon∈n∈ Wen N∈ Xiao N∈ said that the number of thieves in this group was not large, only thirty or forty people, and they were burning and killing silver loot in the village, and they did not expect that there would be a surprise attack by the official army in the middle of the night. Caught off guard, they didn't even have the courage to resist, and they jumped on their horses and fled. But at least half of them were killed by arrows fired by the officers and soldiers before they could escape, or they rushed over and cut them down.

However, there were still more than ten thieves who escaped from the village and fled north, and Huang Degong hurriedly led the army to chase after him. But then the problem of his subordinates was revealed: they were all infantry soldiers and could not ride horses at all. During this time in Zhulongqiao, although I had horses and carried out riding and archery training every day, after all, I was still far from the standard of training. At this time, the horse galloped, and the weakness of poor riding skills was exposed, and the war horses of the official army rushed to this place from Zhulong Bridge today, and they had already driven nearly a hundred miles, and the physical consumption was also very large, so they could only see the thieves running farther and farther, and finally disappeared.

With the advantage but failed to completely annihilate the enemy army, Huang Degong couldn't help but be so angry that he scolded. His subordinates also felt that the battle had not been fought well, and their faces were all red, and no one dared to say anything. Fortunately, although Huang Degong was short-tempered and his mind was quite sober, since the remnants of the enemy had fled, it was useless to regain anger, so he hurriedly led the team back to the village to clean up the battlefield.

After counting, there were no casualties on the part of the officers and soldiers, and 26 thieves were killed. For the Yangzhou Guard Army, who participated in the actual battle for the first time in his life, this record is actually very good, Huang Degong's face softened a little, and encouraged everyone: "See? Don't look at the number of thieves, they are all such a rabble, they run away as soon as they fight, there is nothing to be afraid of! With that, the morale of the cavalry was reinvigorated.

Next, Huang Degong inquired about the news from the people in the village, and then he knew: this village is called Chai Wangcheng, according to legend, after five dynasties and ten kingdoms, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong led the army to the south to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, and once stationed troops here to hoard grain, so it was named. However, there is no place to find the historical relics of that time, and today it is just an ordinary small village with only a few dozen families. As soon as the thieves arrived, they plundered the village, killed several people, ordered two houses, and raped several women. Fortunately, Huang Degong came by chance, otherwise I don't know what the village would have been ruined.

Huang Degong was furious when he heard this, and ordered his subordinates to kill all the thieves and vent their anger for the innocent people. Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "There is a person here who is not dead, pretend to be dead here!" ”

"Bring it here!" Huang Degong said murderously.

The man was carried over by two officers and soldiers, and his legs were already paralyzed with fright, and his excrement and urine flowed together, begging for mercy again and again. Huang Degong sneered and said: "Now I know that I have to spare my life, when you killed the people just now, did you spare their lives?" ”

"Master Jun, don't do the villain's business, the villain didn't do anything, they did it!" The man wept bitterly.

"Oh?" Huang Degong laughed mockingly, "Then you will tell me honestly, which of the thieves are you, and where is the big army?" If you tell the truth, this thousand households may spare you from dying. ”

In order to save his life, that person naturally knew everything. It turned out that he was one of the thirteen families who "shot the sky" Li Wanqing's subordinate, and this time the thieves agreed to attack Nanjing, and Li Wanqing was also one of them. However, because in the previous battle of Dangshan, Li Wanqing's troops suffered heavy losses, and now there are less than 20,000 people left, and the old and weak women and children still account for more than half, Li Wanqing naturally had a strong fear of the official army, and once wanted to surrender.

Later, although under the half-pampering and half-coercion of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, Li Wanqing finally raised troops and marched to Nanjing, but he was far less active than other leaders. Others are several families in one place, but he would rather go all the way by himself, one can go slower, let others fight first; Second, it is not uncommon for "black to eat black" among thieves, and he Li Wanqing didn't care about being strong in the past, but now his strength is greatly damaged, so he has to be a little more careful.

And Li Wanqing's current residence happens to be Nüshanhu Town, where Huang Degong is going. Originally, this Nüshan Lake is one of the tributaries of Hongze Lake, the Chihe River Transit Lake, the shape of the whole lake, like a horseshoe that opens to the south, Nüshan Lake Town is in the "horseshoe", surrounded by water on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack. After Li Wanqing led his troops here, he felt that this place was relatively safe, so he simply stopped and did not leave, and only sent a small force to the vicinity of Chuzhou to reconnoitre, and this group of thieves who came to Chai Wang City was one of them. These dozens of people were led by one of Li Wanqing's brothers, but in the battle just now, this guy was a little slower because he was raping a silver woman, and he was already shot dead on the spot.

Huang Degong fell into deep thought after hearing this, and only asked after a while: "You said that one of these heads is Li Wanqing's clan brother?" What is their usual relationship, if he is dead, will Li Wanqing rush to take revenge? ”

"Big... The person who is in charge of the plate is very righteous, and he has nothing to say about his brother. The man shuddered, "The little one is scheming... He's probably coming..."

"Good! Very good! Hahaha..."Huang Degong suddenly burst out laughing.

The man saw that Huang Degong seemed to be in a good mood, so he asked timidly: "Master Jun, can you spare the villain..."

"I forgot about you." Huang Degong put away his smile and glared, "You gangs of thieves are really hateful, it's just a matter of robbing homes and houses, and you actually insult women, it's not as good as beasts!" You say you didn't do anything, don't you look at it? You can't look at it! ”

As he spoke, Huang Degong suddenly poked out the two fingers of his right hand and thrust into the man's eye socket. His two fingers were about the same as iron chopsticks, and he only pulled out a pair of eyes with a slight force, and he pulled out a pair of eyeballs alive! There is a saying that "the eye is the seedling of the heart", and it is usually uncomfortable to mix in a grain of sand, not to mention that it is dug out hard, and the person immediately screamed heartbreakingly, rolling on the ground in pain.

"Look at your unproductiveness!" Huang Degong looked at the man with disdain, "Xiahoudun can kill the enemy with his eyes, even if you are not as good as Xiahoudun, you will not howl like killing a pig." I originally wanted to spare your life, but I also suffered to see that you were alive, go, reward him with a knife! ”

The soldier immediately stepped forward and slashed the man's rank. Huang Degong slowly got up, raised the two blood-dripping eyes high, looked around at the army and said: "You also remember to Lao Tzu: I, Huang Degong, am a bloody man, if you violate military discipline, I will spare everything else I can, who told you to follow Lao Tzu to die." But as long as you commit the insult to women, this rabbit will be the end! ”

As he spoke, he slammed his eyes on the ground, raised his foot and stepped on it heavily, and immediately stepped on two blood cakes. All the armies were horrified.

"Alright, it's important to get down to business." Huang Degong clapped his hands with satisfaction and said, "Gather all the people in the village!" ”