Zhu Youzhen and Qi Meifeng led five hundred Qi family troops, against the howling north wind, following the footprints left by the murderer of the villagers, all the way to the north.

It has been more than three hours since everyone set off from Jizhou in the morning, and they are all tired and hungry. But the rush to catch the murderer made them not care about resting at all.

Fortunately, the snow gradually became smaller at this time, and changed from goose feather snow to thin snow droplets. The road covered by fresh snow also covers the frozen ice below, making it slightly easier to walk.

The crowd had hurried forward for about ten miles, and suddenly two steep ridges, one on the left and one on the right, suddenly appeared in front of them, and between the ridges of the mountains was a zigzag canyon, winding and stretching northward. Those chaotic human and horse footprints entered the canyon from here.

Zhu Youzhen was just about to continue riding his horse forward, but Qi Meifeng hurriedly stopped: "Your Highness, please wait a moment!" The terrain here is dangerous, and if the enemy sets up an ambush here, and we enter the canyon, we may be blocked by the enemy with trees, boulders, etc., blocking the way out of the canyon at both ends. These two mountains are so steep and difficult to climb that the enemy can attack us from a high position, but we are almost powerless to fight back, then it will be difficult to fly! ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank, and then he realized that he was too reckless, but he was unwilling to give up, and asked with a pant: "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" Don't you chase it? ”

Qi Meifeng said calmly: "Your Highness, there is an open area in front of the mouth of the canyon, we might as well form a formation here first and rest for a while." At the same time, scouts were sent to investigate in the valley. Then send people to climb these two mountains to look out and see if there is anything suspicious. If there is no ambush, it will not be too late for the brigade to pass. Anyway, the murderer left footprints in the snow, and he will not chase them away. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to what she said reasonably, and immediately acted according to the plan.

After a short time, the Qi family army had once again formed a circle formation with chariots, leaving most of the soldiers to rest in the formation, but sent a few scouts to climb to the peaks of the two mountain ranges first.

The soldiers were as agile as apes, and although there were no roads in the mountains, and they were covered in ice and snow, and it was extremely dangerous to climb the mountains, they could always find a place to stay, and then grab a few tree trunks or a tuft of dead grass with their hands, and continue to the summit.

At the same time, dozens of men in leather jackets, fur hats, and swords in their hands prostrate down from the top of the mountain, nervously watching the movement below.

Seeing that someone was coming to them, one of the strong men with a scar on his face couldn't hold back, and eagerly said to an old man in his fifties beside him, with deep sunken eye sockets and wrinkles on his face like knives and axes: "Big boss, this group of officers and soldiers is quite a thief!" If they don't enter the Wolf Valley, we won't be able to use our ambush or anything! You see, they've sent people to us, and if they come up, they'll see it all!" What to do? ”

The big boss scolded viciously: "Second brother, you fucking shut up for me!" Could it be that my Xiao Lao Diao is blind and can't see? No more nonsense, I'll kick you down! ”

Although he scolded the second master, he was actually very nervous in his heart, and his brows were twisted into two big bumps.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qi family army who were in charge of reconnaissance marched up a lot, and after a while, they were really about to reach the top of the mountain.

Xiao Laodiao bit his teeth, pressed the leather hat on the bald door, and said with a cruel smile: "Isn't his grandmother's the official army?" Wealth and danger are sought, this big business is sent to the door, if you don't do his vote, Lao Tzu will not be willing to die! Second, since they don't enter the Wild Wolf Valley, let's rush out! Anyway, there are more than 6,000 of us, and there are only more than 500 of them in total, and the leader is a half-grown child, a girl, I'm afraid of them! As long as this ticket is completed, there will be several lifetimes of money that will not be spent! Do you dare to do it? ”

Dozens of outlaws, led by the second master, saw that the big boss had made up his mind, and they all went out, and they all got up and said: "Dare to do it!" Let's all listen to the big bosses! ”

Xiao Laodiao was overjoyed and said: "Second child, send a signal, let our people rush out!" ”

The second master immediately took out a large firework cannon that had been prepared long ago, and lit the medicine twist with a fire fold. With a loud bang, the fireworks flew high into the sky and exploded in the low-hanging clouds.

The valley in the snow was extremely silent, and the artillery battle was like a thunderclap. Zhu Youzhen was sitting on a big rock, holding a cowhide water bag to drink, but at this time he was so frightened that he shivered, and dropped the cowhide water bag between his legs, and the cold water gurgled out, soaking all the crotch of this product, as if he had peed his pants.

Qi Meifeng couldn't care about him, raised her sword eyebrows, and shouted: "Sure enough, there is an ambush!" All troops on alert! ”

Before the words fell, the sound of killing in the canyon and on the two mountain ridges was everywhere, and I don't know how many people rushed out from behind the stone fences or caves where they were hiding, holding swords and guns in a bright way, and surrounded the officials and soldiers!

"It turned out to be bandits! Probably they slaughtered the villagers! Qi Meifeng said coldly.

Zhu Youzhen has been full of anger along the way, and he can't wait to catch up with the murderer immediately. But when he saw a large group of bandits rushing towards him, not to mention thousands, he was immediately frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Beauty... Meifeng, there are too many of them, I'm afraid we are not opponents! Or, first... Let's withdraw first! ”

Qi Meifeng said categorically: "Your Highness, you can't retreat at this time!" The confrontation between the two armies is based on the word 'qi'. If you leave without a fight, the morale of the army will be weakened, and the soldiers will flee in a panic, and it will be difficult to survive! Your Highness, don't worry, don't look at the number of them, but they are all rabble, and my Qi family army hasn't taken this gang of bandits in their eyes yet! Come! The cavalry rushed forward and took the scouts back to the battle first! ”

When the five hundred soldiers of the Qi family army finally entered the battlefield, they suddenly became excited as if they had taken stimulants, and they were already impatient. At this time, listening to the order of the commander, thirty cavalrymen immediately flew on their horses, and when the door of the chariot array opened, they immediately rushed out like arrows.

And those scouts, who were being chased by hundreds of bandits at this time, desperately ran back.

After the thirty cavalry rushed out of the chariot formation, they immediately divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right to approach the scouts. They clenched their long-poleed machetes in both hands, their blades glittering with a dazzling cold light.

In less than half a minute, the two groups of cavalry had already galloped past the scouts, and then merged into one group from behind them, and thrust fiercely into the bandits.

And those scouts were out of danger under the protection of the cavalry, and quickly rushed back to their main formation, panting and saying loudly: "Your Highness, Lord Qianhu, there are about five or six thousand bandits, and the weapons are mainly knives and guns, as well as bows and arrows and birds!" The bandit leader should be on the top of the mountain! ”

Qi Meifeng's face was like frost, and she shouted loudly: "Soldiers! My Qi family army has been an army since the Jiajing period, invincible, invincible, and has never tasted defeat! Although there are many bandits today, we have the heavy responsibility of defending His Highness, even if we fight to the last person, we must swear to kill the enemy and protect Your Highness from danger! ”

"Kill the enemy! Fight the enemy! Fight the enemy!!! The Qi family army in the circle was moved by her impassioned speech, and they all erupted into an earth-shattering roar!

At this moment, the thirty cavalry had swept through the group of bandits who rushed to the front like a violent wind sweeping away leaves. They didn't wield their knives at all, they just held their heavy broadswords flat. Everywhere you go, it's like cutting leeks, sweeping down a large piece of it.

Some of the bandits had just raised their knives, and before they could make the next move, they were swept to the neck by a large blade nearly two feet long. The horse galloped on all fours, unstoppable, and could not be stopped by flesh and blood. With a click, the bandits' heads were cut off in unison and flew far away. And the headless cavity could still dangle in place for a while before it collapsed, stirring up a rain of blood.

And the bandits who narrowly escaped the first wave of big blade attacks were immediately faced with the second, third, and fourth waves of "pruning" in the back. All of a sudden, people flew on the battlefield and blood flowed like a river!

Some clever bandits, seeing that they couldn't stop the cavalry of the Qi family's army at all, simply lay on the ground. In this way, the large blades of the cavalry could not hurt them.

However, they could not avoid the horses after evading the people, and this small group of cavalry had undergone five or six years of training, and was very skilled in controlling horses. They don't need the reins at all, but they just use their legs to push their horses as they please, and where there are many people lying down, they trample through them.

Pity those bandits, who have not undergone formal combat training, and have very little protective equipment on their bodies, most of them are just wearing ordinary cotton clothes. Although the war horse of the Qi family army is a Mongolian horse breed and belongs to a medium-sized horse, it weighs at least 500 catties. Coupled with the warriors on horseback, it was six or seven hundred pounds. The bandits who were lying on the ground were kicked and trampled by the huge horses' hooves, some of their faces were kicked to pieces, some of their stomachs were broken, and even their eyes were popping out, and their deaths were very horrifying.

And these thirty cavalrymen, having rushed through the enemy line, turned their horses and rushed back. This group of bandits didn't have any concept of "formation" in the first place, and it turned out that they just gathered together like a nest of ants. Rushed by the cavalry, they had already rushed into chaos, and the remnants of the bandits were also frightened, running around the battlefield like headless flies.

At this time, the cavalry went through it again, and there were less than 50 of the original 300 bandits, and they ran back in a hurry, only hating their parents for giving birth to a leg.

And the rest of the more than 200 people have turned into terrifying corpses, left in this ice and snow forever.

And the thirty cavalrymen did not give up, and came up from behind, to kill the dozens of people who had escaped.

At this time, the big boss nicknamed "Xiao Lao Diao" had also led a large number of bandits to rush out from the top of the mountain and the canyon.

Seeing that these more than 300 people were killed in an instant, Xiao Laodiao's eyes were red, and he roared frantically: "Release the arrows, release the arrows to Lao Tzu!" ”