Chapter Forty-Six: Back to the Fort (Collect!) Ask for recommendations! ）

Yunguam is only more than 30 miles away from Pingshan Fort. After He Tengxiao learned the news of the attack on Pingshan Fort, he immediately got on his horse and galloped to Pingshan Fort.

He Tengxiao led more than a dozen horsemen to the north with the wind and dust. On the horse, He Tengxiao has been thinking about the attack on Pingshan Fort by deserters and fugitives. He has been in charge of Pingshan Fort for almost three months, and these deserters and fugitives did not come to look for trouble at the beginning of his tenure, but they did look for trouble after he took office for almost three months, and there must be something strange about this.

After thinking about it, it could only be that someone was making trouble for him and making him stumble. The person He Tengxiao offended the most in Gaizhou was He Shizhong, and this incident reminded He Tengxiao of the incident when the horse bandits attacked the refugee camp at night a few years ago. It is very likely that this deserter and fugitive riot were planned by He Shizhong to take revenge on him.

The road from Yunguam to Pingshan Fort was smooth and easy to walk, and He Tengxiao galloped along the way, and soon arrived at Pingshan Fort. Yunguam Island is for him to find a way out for himself, and Pingshan Fort is where he is now living and living, and it is where his foundation is. Before the construction of Yunguam Island is completely completed, if something goes wrong with Pingshan Fort, the blow to him will be fatal.

Outside Pingshan Fort, there were several fields that had been trampled in a mess, and from time to time you could see fresh blood stains of crimson on the fields. Tell him there had been a bloody clash here not long ago. Fortunately, He Tengxiao did not find a body in the field, indicating that the soldiers and civilians who had not yet been killed in Pingshan Fort were killed in this conflict.

As he got closer and closer to Pingshan Fort, the noisy curses from near Pingshan Fort also reached He Tengxiao's ears more and more clearly. The swearing grew louder and louder, with the occasional cannon shot, and the cursing was quickly suppressed after the run.

Along the way, the horse galloped, greatly consuming horsepower, He Tengxiao changed to a war horse, raised his whip and pointed at the deserters in front of him, and ordered: "Follow me to rush in!" ”

More than a dozen relatives are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are naturally not afraid of these rabble in front of them. Chang Qing raised the battle flag, the battle flag stretched out in the wind, and after He Tengxiao gave an order, more than a dozen horsemen and horses flew towards Pingshan Fort like arrows off the string.

"He is Pingshan Fort Qianhu He Tengxiao!"

He Tengxiao took the lead and rushed into the crowd, the crowd was attracted by the sound of horses' hooves, and almost everyone shot their eyes on He Tengxiao and them. He Tengxiao usually did not have the habit of wearing the official uniforms of thousands of households, and he was wearing arrow-sleeved robes that were easy to move, and some people in the crowd still recognized He Tengxiao.

"Stop him! Don't let him into the fort! Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Take him down as a hostage!"

He Tengxiao sneered secretly, these deserters and fugitives, chaotic and lax discipline, it is strange to be able to stop him!

More than a dozen daring deserters grabbed wooden sticks in front of He Tengxiao, trying to stop He Tengxiao. Chang Qing scattered these deserters on He Tengxiao's side, and before He Tengxiao could rush in front of them, these deserters had already dispersed.

"A rabble!" He Tengxiao did not slow down, and galloped straight towards the castle gate.

The deserters and fugitives were not willing to let He Tengxiao storm the fort like this, and a leader led more than 100 backbone deserters to hastily form a rungs in front of He Tengxiao to prevent He Tengxiao from entering the fort.

"Let's get closer! Rush over! He Tengxiao ordered.

Seventeen or eighteen horses quickly approached, almost galloping in a straight line towards the military formation that was blocking in front of them.

The horse's hooves clanged, and the knight on the horse looked grim and murderous, and the horse's hooves stepped over the dust and rushed towards the deserters.

These deserters had no weapons, and the weapons in their hands were nothing more than a club, and they were a little lacking in confidence when they looked at the dozen or so elite horsemen who were rushing over. The formation of the deserters began to loosen, and three or five deserters escaped from the formation, only to be swept down by a few sturdy deserters with a stick, and the formation barely stabilized.

He Tengxiao's relatives are all the old bottoms left by the Xiao cavalry battalion, and their momentum is not inferior to the iron cavalry of the Liao army, and the deserters in the military formation looked at the rolling cavalry with a pale face with fright, and the hand holding the wooden stick trembled. Some of the deserters tried to escape, but after being swept away by a few sturdy deserters, they had to fight their spirits and face the dozen or so cavalry that were getting closer and closer.

There was no suspense, the huge impact of the horse tore apart the hastily formed military formation of the deserters, and He Tengxiao rushed to the front and hit a way in the crowd. The knocked down deserter crawled on the ground and wailed.

The deserter who was not knocked down rushed up and waved the stick in his hand to stop He Tengxiao, and He Tengxiao raised the whip in his hand to disperse the deserters who were close to him.

Several leading people with deserters kept rushing towards He Tengxiao, trying to stop He Tengxiao.

Seeing this, Chang Qing commanded more than a dozen horsemen to wave their scabbards to disperse the deserters who were close to He Tengxiao, and then entered Pingshan Fort to cover He Tengxiao's retreat into Pingshan Fort.

The gate of Pingshan Fort was opened, Ling Feng put down the drawbridge and led dozens of old soldiers to rush out of Pingshan Fort to meet He Tengxiao, the deserters still did not give up, and chased straight to the gate of Pingshan Fort, Ling Feng ordered the archers to release arrows to force back the chasing deserters.

Dozens of arrows whizzed out of the air, and the charging ranks of the deserters were relatively dense, and the arrows fell to the ground among the dozen or so deserters in front. These deserters were not armor-piercing, and the lethality of the rifle bow was relatively high, and the arrows could easily penetrate their bodies. The deserter who was hit by the arrow was lucky enough to be shot in the vital point and was killed on the spot, and the unlucky one was wounded by the arrow and crawled and wailed.

After the first wave of arrows was fired, the second wave of arrows was sprayed at the deserters. These deserters were not determined in the first place, and they did not have much combat effectiveness, and they only dared to risk their lives to charge only by relying on the courage of their people. The deserters soon broke down, scrambling to escape the range of their bows and arrows.

He Tengxiao had no intention of entanglement with these deserters, and after these deserters retreated, they entered Pingshan Fort with their soldiers, put away the drawbridge, and closed the city gate.

Ling Feng has been waiting for He Tengxiao to come back to get an idea, he is just the Zuo Qianhu of Pingshan Fort who can't make decisions about many things, all he can do is to hold Pingshan Fort before He Tengxiao comes back.

"What to do with those people outside the fort?" Ling Feng followed behind He Tengxiao and asked.

The robe on He Tengxiao's body was covered with dust, and several scratches were made on his body, revealing the chain mail covered in the robe.

"People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, this is someone in Gaizhou who is blocking me." He Tengxiao said as he walked.

"It must be He Shizhong!" Ling Feng said hatefully, "No one else but him would do such an outrageous thing!" ”

"I also guessed that it was him, but now we have no evidence to prove that these deserters and fugitives were instructed by He Shizhong." He Tengxiao said.

"What then? We can't watch these deserters and fugitives blocking our door. Ling Feng asked.

"Of course you can't let them block the door!" He Tengxiao's tone was cold, "Organize all the trained people in Pingshan Fort, and I will take them to clear these pickles." ”

"Why don't you use the old pawn? Some of those people outside have served as soldiers, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with them with the people. Ling Feng was a little worried. When the army was formed, He Tengxiao trained 400 people, in addition to the 100 people scattered in Zibao, there were about 300 people in the main fort of Pingshan Fort. Although these people have received three months of military training, in the final analysis, they are still just people, they have never been on the battlefield and seen blood, and their combat effectiveness is not at the same level compared with the old soldiers.

"If there is no blood, the people will always be the people." He Tengxiao said, "These lands also belong to them, if they want to keep the land that belongs to them, let them defend the land under their feet with their own blood!" ”