Zhang Xutuo's soldiers were highly disciplined, with guns and shields, and just moving forward made the thieves cold.

Judging from the banner, from the pace, and from the momentum, this is an elite division, irresistible, and the momentum is calm, and people can't even notice how many people and horses, in the eyes of the thieves, they can only see the Sui army coming, endlessly.

But there are many thieves, after all, there are still people who don't know Zhang Xutuo and are not afraid of Zhang Xutuo.

Zhai Rang gave an order, and the two teams of thieves had more than 2,000 people, taking the lead in outflanking from the left and right flanks, but in the middle was another team of warriors, wanting to block Zhang Xutuo's army.

The owner of the village commanded, Pushan Gong has an order, today it is said that either you die, or I die, kill Zhang Xutuo, and the reward is 100 taels!

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, but the thieves are known as tens of thousands, but at least they are gathered from more than 100 places, and they are definitely called a rabble, and the orders are uneven. At this moment, they are swarming up, also armed with swords and guns, but no matter the formation, the momentum is far inferior to Zhang Xutuo's army.

But recently plundered from the county government, these people's equipment seems to be much stronger than it was at the beginning.

The Sui army was not in a hurry, the thief soldiers stepped forward, the two sides finally contacted, but there was no imaginary shocking collision, the shield stood sideways, the Sui soldiers quickly gave way to a passage, spread up, and quickly grabbed the current thief soldiers, and in an instant, the shield was closed, and the phalanx was dusty.

Thousands of thieves poured into the phalanx of the Sui army, only to kick off the yellow dust and smoke, the Sui army finally stopped, the smoke and dust rose, and the shields stood in a forest, blocking the sight of the thieves, making people unable to see the movement inside.

Some of the bandits stepped forward, some retreated, some were excited, some were afraid, and so on...... Seeing thousands of thieves wrapped in the camp of the Sui army, they couldn't get out, and they were afraid of the camp of the Sui army, feeling that they were facing a monster in front of them, and they opened their mouths and waited for the prey to send them.

The corpses, heads, broken knives and guns of thieves kept flying out of the monsters, and the bandits were watching from afar, at a loss.

The trapped bandits had nothing to do with them, and they couldn't sacrifice their lives to save them.

Zhai Rang looked at the slaughter from afar, and forgot to give orders for a while, he was not a person who commanded thousands of troops and horses, when he encountered this kind of cold-blooded battle, he had a lot of blood in vain, and it was slowly becoming cooler, he was already remorseful, he should not follow Li Mi's orders, lead troops to block the enemy, he did not have this strength at all.

The yellow dust slowly dispersed, and the robbers who resisted were completely gone. The Sui army didn't seem to have changed much in formation, and it devoured the lives of thousands of bandits, but the Sui army didn't seem to hurt the roots. Slowly walking, the footsteps of 'rubbing' continued to sound, approaching the thieves again, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, but in a firm and incomparable, like Mount Tai pressing the top of the people can not resist.

"Eight Winds Camp!"

"Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Camp!"

"Invincible Formation...... Run......"

"If you don't run for your life, it's too late!"

**

One of the bandits shouted, and more bandits shouted, and the panic spread rapidly, and the group of thieves began to waver, and the thieves could no longer command.

If the more than 100,000 bandits are divided into more than a dozen camps, some come from Benwagang, some come from Li Mi, and some hear that Wang Deren, Peng Xiaocai, Meng Rang and others are coming, and they follow the original leader. But without exception, they all want to loot, not to die. Their number is more than ten times more than that of Zhang Xutuo's army, but the discipline order is too far behind, and now the scattered sand is generally retreating, and in an instant, it is chaotic, colliding with each other, and people are called horses neighing.

There are those who know the Eight Winds Battalion, have you ever seen the Eight Winds Battalion, you can see that the Sui army camp is rushing over like a meat grinding monster, and those who don't know also know.

Zhai Rang's heart couldn't help but be shocked, of course he had heard the name of the Eight Winds Battalion.

As the name suggests, the Eight Winds Camp is the wind from all directions, which sounds pleasant, but it is really in it, it can be said that life is better than death. When the thief Marshal Zuo Xiaoyou led 100,000 people to guard the Squatting Dog Mountain, Zhang Xutuo led the troops to encircle and suppress, although there were only more than 10,000 people, but they could hold the main road, and the front was to fight the enemy with the Eight Winds Battalion, and the result was that Zuo Xiaoyou led the troops to rush more than ten times and could not break the formation, and was trapped in the Squatting Dog Mountain, and the soldiers were exhausted, and they were forced to surrender!

Among the bandits, there were obviously also Zuo Xiaoyou's subordinates back then, who knew how powerful Zhang Xutuo was in the formation with soldiers, and when he heard the words Bafeng Camp and Zhang Xutuo, he couldn't help but be shocked and inexplicable, and the soles of his shoes were oiled. Zhang Xutuo fought for many years, and had long adjusted the infantry of the Great Sui Dynasty to fight iron, and he used all kinds of blades in the Sui Dynasty to cross-use, and flexibly combined shield hands, knife and axe hands, spearmen, archers, hook bearers and other types of troops to derive the Eight Wind Array, attacking and defending in one, which can resist the sudden attack of cavalry, and can also win more with less. Although the infantry he led did not have the speed of cavalry, it was rare to say that it was the strongest and sharpest of the three.

The GI continued to advance, and the bandits in front fled in panic, although the speed of the GI's advance was slow, but the bandits still kept getting involved, but the bandits involved in it would be difficult to survive.

All the bandits panicked and forgot to resist, they can be cold-blooded, but they must not be so iron-blooded!

"Owner, what should I do?" Bing Yuan really asked anxiously.

Zhai Rang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Pushan Gong misunderstood me, Yuan Zhen, quickly order Wang Deren, Peng Xiaocai, and Meng to let them resist for a while, let's go first!" ”

Bing Yuanzhen responded positively, in fact, he had always disagreed with Li Mi's resistance strategy, and when he heard this, he stepped forward to find Wang Dangren, but Wang Dangren did not find it, but he found Peng Xiaocai.

At the first glance of Peng Xiaocai, Bing Yuanzhen almost didn't recognize him. Everyone felt that the day was precarious, they only cared about robbery, and they didn't want to get any Wagang positions, but Peng Xiaocai was also a thief, and he still had a bright armor and a tall head.

But at this time, Peng Xiaocai was in tattered clothes, the armor on his body had long been missing, and his face was smeared with flowers like a refugee fleeing the famine, obviously wanting to escape among the thieves. He fought with Zhang Xutuo and the officers and soldiers of the Great Sui, and knew that these people were good at catching the leaders of the bandits, and he pretended to be a small soldier, and his hope of escaping was much greater.

When he was stopped by Bing Yuanzhen, his face was full of embarrassment, "Yuan Zhen ......"

"Master Peng, the owner of the village has an order, let you take your men down to stop Zhang Xutuo."

"Yuan Zhen, what are you kidding, how can I beat Zhang Xutuo? This is the Eight Winds Battalion, invincible, and if you go, you will be sent to death. ”

"But you ......"

"You said that you would come to the next day, and Lao Tzu would not go." Peng Xiaocai put on a scoundrel face, "In Wagang, you are the oldest, how can you be qualified to order Lao Tzu." You say the order of the owner of the village, well, you take the order of the owner of the village, or let the owner of the village come in person, but I am only afraid...... The owner of the village also ...... at this time Ran away from the wind, right? ”

Peng Xiaocai was full of mockery, Bing Yuan was really angry, but he had nothing to say, the banner of Wagang had already retreated quickly in the direction of Dahai Temple, and the bandits were like flies without a head, some followed the banner, and some fled for their lives. Bing Yuan was really stunned, Peng Xiaocai had already disappeared, grabbed a person casually and asked, "Have you seen Meng Rang?" ”

The man's face was full of embarrassment, although it was as black as charcoal, Bing Yuanzhen still recognized that it was Meng Rang.

"Meng Dangjia ......"

"I'm not in charge, whoever wants to be in charge is in charge." Meng Rang waved his hand again and again. He and Peng Xiaocai both have the same idea, they just want to pretend to be a thief and slip away. Seeing that Bing Yuanzhen didn't run for his life, but ran around looking for someone, thinking that there was some mystery, he came over to listen, but he didn't expect to be caught by Bing Yuanzhen.

"The owner of the village asked you to lead troops to resist Zhang Xutuo." Bing Yuanzhen used the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and said sincerely.

Meng Rang's expression was the same, "The owner of the village is really joking, didn't the owner of the village hand over the command to Pushan Gong, how can he be qualified to order me, Pushan Gong, I want to see Pushan Gong!" Now that the army is defeated, he really has an unshirkable responsibility. ”

Bing Yuanzhen said angrily: "Now saving soldiers is like fighting fires......"

Meng Rang sneered: "Bing Yuanzhen, you don't tell me these big truths, saving soldiers is like fighting fires, so why don't you save them?" You are wishful thinking, let me wait to die, and you will run for your life? Well, my subordinates are under your jurisdiction, you want to be a hero, you go and stop Zhang Xutuo. ”

Shaking off Bing Yuanzhen's arm vigorously, Meng Rang fled in the wilderness, Bing Yuanzhen saw that the bandits around him were like a stream, and Baichuan was going to the East China Sea, knowing that he could not be restrained, so he could only follow and flee, and for a while he was noisy, crying for his father and mother, and the bandits were defeated like a mountain.

Said the head hangs high, only to see the sonorous armor, the chasing bandits are all over the mountains, chickens and dogs jump, Zhang Xutuo's army is still not in a hurry to move forward, the direction of the chase is the Great Sea Temple!

**

When the soldiers at the head of the city saw the bandits fleeing, they couldn't help but cheer.

"General Zhang is here......"

"We have saved ......"

"Xingyang County has relieved the siege of ......"

The army was covered, and General Zhang's army did not stop in the cheers, but quickly followed the bandits away, and gradually disappeared.

The soldiers of Xingyang City were not surprised, General Zhang focused on fighting bandits, of course, he went to pursue the bandits first, and several partial generals in the city had already discussed, "We should go to assist General Zhang!" ”

"Why does General Zhang need your help, just don't make trouble for General Zhang. You see that General Zhang has a neat lineup, and we are afraid that it will have an impact if we venture to join. ”

"You can't say that, many people have a lot of strength, even if we don't join the battle to suppress the bandits, it's always okay to help General Zhang wave the flag and shout, and beat the drum to cheer?"

"What you said also makes sense, let's go to Yang Taishou?" The generals said.

Yang Qing didn't know when he silently came behind everyone, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang's suppression of bandits is enough, and our holding on to the city is the best way, and General Zhang will definitely not blame." When General Zhang returns, it will not be too late for me to come back to greet him. ”

The generals were speechless, and their hearts said that Yang Taishou was bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and was taken by Li Mi to Jindi Pass, and he no longer dared to go out of the city easily. Yang Qing muttered in his heart, this General Zhang called, and he didn't say hello in advance, although he said that there was a reason for chasing the thief, but why didn't he come to contact him personally, could it be that the matter of his year reached the ears of General Zhang again, he defeated Li Mi this time, and the next target to deal with is himself?

Thinking of Yang Qing here, his heart was like numbness, like sitting on pins and needles, looking up at the sun, it was hanging brightly, but his heart was as cold as ice.

Suddenly, a soldier came to the city and shouted: "Yang Taishou, General Zhang has an order, please stick to the city, don't act rashly, in case the thieves take advantage of the weakness." ”

After the soldier gave the order, he quickly turned around and ran in the direction of Dahai Temple, Yang Qing glanced around everyone, and said in a deep voice: "You have also heard, General Zhang has an order, we should not open the city gate easily." Just hold on and wait for General Zhang to turn around. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and although they had doubts, they finally fell silent.

**

Zhang Xutuo laid down the net of heaven and earth, led the troops to pursue, and did not think too much, only Dao Luo Shixin, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Yanjin never lived up to his trust, and this time will not be an exception.

The soldiers are fast, the four of them join forces to attack, see the direction of the bandits' escape, it is the Great Sea Temple, if the three can lead the troops to arrive in time, when they can destroy all the bandits near the Great Sea Temple.

He didn't look for Yang Qing, it was not arrogant, it was just that the military situation was urgent, but if he wasn't in a hurry to exterminate the bandits, he only needed to go back to Xingyang City and fight steadily, maybe the changes in the future would be completely different.

But Zhang Xutuo was also anxious, knowing the importance of morale, he didn't know that the soldiers were eager to return to their hearts, and they just wanted to defeat the bandits, fulfill their promises, and let the soldiers return to Qi County.

Although he used more than 5,000 people as the main force to feint, he was experienced and like an iron fist, and he could collapse the bandits with just one blow. But he did not underestimate the enemy, and when he ordered his soldiers to go forward and chase after him, he was looking into the distance.

When approaching the Great Sea Temple, Zhang Xutuo was on the horse, his brows were deeply locked, and he said softly: "Rest for a while." ”

The soldiers obeyed the order, and although they were puzzled, they immediately rested in place and did not dare to disobey it.

Zhang Xutuo immediately glanced at the generals, and saw that they were all covered in blood-stained clothes, somewhat tired, but full of excitement, knowing that they listened to their promises and knew that this was the last battle before returning to their hometown, they were inevitably excited.

Zhang Xutuo looked at the direction of Dahai Temple, but there was some uneasiness in his heart, he and his three generals made an appointment to release smoke as a number, and attacked back and forth, how come so far, there is no response in the three directions?

The doubts in his heart were even greater, Zhang Xutuo didn't blink his eyes, just looked into the distance, and clenched the spear in his hand...... When the soldiers saw that the general was still on the horse, they also felt uneasy in their hearts, Zhang Xutuo had experienced a hundred battles, and they were born and died, but they had never seen such a solemn expression. This one has been won, why is the general still uneasy?

"General Qiyu, there is a holy decree to arrive." A horse galloped forward, but it was from the direction behind Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo turned his horse around, his brows furrowed, the sadness on his face was even stronger, and he asked suspiciously, "Holy decree ......"

The iron-beaten soldier finally had a little uneasy, followed by the rangers was a person who was a person, but Zhang Xutuo knew that this person was called Zhang Lingke, and he had been responsible for contacting him, and he had handled the portrait back to the Eastern Capital in the past, and it could be said that he was a caring person around the saint.

"The holy decree has arrived, and General Zhang Xutuo has received the decree." The order is keke, and the decree is immediately announced.

Zhang Xutuo immediately saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Forgive the old minister for fighting on horseback, and he can't dismount because he is armoured." ”

Zhang Lingke laughed, "It's okay, General Zhang defeated Wagang again this time, to protect the peace of my Great Sui, a great achievement, just a small matter, how can the saint take it to heart." ”

"I don't know what the Holy One wills?" Zhang Xutuo frowned.

"The holy decree says that if General Zhang pacifies the Wagang people, he should immediately go to Xiangyang to quell the rebellion......"

The soldiers were in an uproar, Zhang Xutuo was stunned, and said in a lost voice: "Xiangyang is thousands of miles away, who is there to rebel, and the old man must go?" ”

Zhang Lingke continued to read the holy decree, "Xiao Buyi is a disaster and attacked Xiangyang City. Xiangyang County Shoudou Yiju County surrendered, and Long Yan was furious. In order to eliminate the disaster, General Zhang was specially ordered to defeat the bandits, and immediately led his troops to Xiangyang to level the bandits. ”

The soldiers were in an uproar at first, then silent, but their eyes were all on Zhang Xutuo's body.

Zhang Xutuo muttered the holy decree, the corners of his mouth twitched, but Zhang Lingke rolled up the holy decree and was about to hand it to Zhang Xutuo, but Zhang Xutuo did not urge the horse to go to receive the decree, Zhang Lingke frowned and said: "General, I actually arrived a long time ago, and now I see that General Zhang has defeated the bandits, so I must have chosen to go to Xiangyang......

"Is this the will of God?" Zhang Xutuo asked in a condensed voice.

Zhang Lingke was stunned and said loudly: "Of course it is the will of the saint, does General Zhang even ...... me?"

Before he could finish speaking, he only heard a loud 'snort', and a long arrow pierced his heart, passing through his body, bringing out the blood and rushing into the distance.

The long arrow was very powerful, and the crossbow was not as strong, Zhang Xutuo held the longbow in his hand, and his face was solemn.

He was originally armed with a spear, and he could shoot arrows with a different bow, and his movements were so fast that people couldn't even turn their thoughts around.

Zhang Lingke's eyes were full of disbelief, but a big hole was pierced in his chest, blood gushed like a spring, and he slowly planted the horse, and there was no sound.

Zhang Xutuo said in a deep voice: "The chapter order can be falsely proclaimed the holy decree, and there is no forgiveness for killing!" ”

The soldiers were silent, Zhang Xutuo looked at Zhang Lingke's eyes with a hint of apology, turned his head and looked in the direction of the Great Sea Temple, and saw a puff of black smoke rising straight into the sky, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "The soldiers will get up and send troops to the Great Sea Temple!" ”

The soldiers hesitated for a moment, and finally got up and packed up, and walked in the direction of the Great Sea Temple with guns and shields.

**

The scale of the sea temple is not small, there is a dense forest next to it, and there is a mountain behind the temple to block it, but the scale is not large. The left side of the mountain leads to Xingze, and the right side of the mountain goes to Guanzhou.

The dense forest was continuous, there were people crowded, everyone looked fierce, holding machetes in their hands, covering the light of the knife with weeds, and nervously looking at the direction of Xingyang City in front of them.

The first person is Wang Bodang, he can not hide his excitement, according to the instructions of Pushan Gong, Shan Xiongxin went to lure the enemy, ambushed himself, and Shan Xiongxin joined forces to resist Zhang Xutuo.

Pushan Gong said that there are many people in Wagang, and only Shan Xiongxin dares to lure the enemy alone. Although Zhang Xutuo is fierce, Wang Bodang is not afraid, and the more than 1,000 knife and axe hands around him are selected by a thousand, which is enough to fight with Zhang Xutuo's elite soldiers.

There was a sudden cacophony ahead, from far to near, gradually becoming clear. Shan Xiongxin immediately waved his lance, led more than 1,000 people to swarm, and quickly went to the right of the mountain, which was the direction of Guanzhou.

Zhang Xutuo's army arrived immediately, not in a hurry, Wang Bodang waited until the soldiers passed through the forest, and shouted angrily, "Above, kill Zhang Xutuo, a reward of one hundred taels!" ”

The warriors swarmed out of the forest and rushed into the battle of the Sui army in an instant, swords and swords.

Although Shan Xiongxin fled for his life, he paid attention to the movement behind him, and when he saw Wang Bodang killed, he was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately shouted, "Victory or defeat is in this move, Wagang Erlang should step forward bravely." He did not hesitate to lead the troops back, and the bandits also hesitated slightly, seeing the courage of the master, they followed closely!

Zhang Xutuo people in the array, sharp eyes, see the ambush in the forest, but not panicked, a spear in his hand, two flag officers around him waving the flag, the soldiers were in the phalanx forward, see the flag swinging, the left wing Huo Ran changed the formation, has Wang Bodang led the ambush soldiers all trapped in the formation, the flag is changing, the front soldiers are poking shields to protect the front army, archers gushing out, long arrows like rain, blocking Shan Xiongxin's attack.

The formation of the Sui army changed very quickly, Wang Bodang with a knife and axe hand was exhausted, but in an instant, he fell into Zhang Xutuo's formation, only to see countless spears stabbing from all directions, and all the elites he led were trapped, fighting separately, and more than 100 people died in an instant. Wang Bodang shouted angrily, waved his knife to block sharply, blood gushed out, muffled humming, spear into the flesh, the sound of a single knife breaking bones made people's teeth sour, and in front of the entire Dahai Temple, blood flowed like a river. After all, the people who ambushed in the forest were Li Mi, who was said to be the best people at the time, and they were by no means comparable to ordinary bandits, but under the death of the bandits, the speed of the bandits' sharp reduction in death was far better than that of the Sui army, and in an instant, more than 1,000 people lost most of their swords and axes, Wang Bodang was stabbed by random guns, and no matter how high his martial arts were, he could not use it, although he killed several people, but he was also shot several times in his body, although he escaped the vital point, he was covered in blood, despair surged into his heart, and he secretly thought that he had Li Mi's trust, but this Eight Winds Camp was definitely not broken by these thousand people.

Shan Xiongxin had already seen Wang Bodang's embarrassment outside the formation, and he was in a hurry, and he just wanted to rush in and join him. Everyone is already desperate, knowing that if they can't help Zhang Xutuo today, there will be no way to turn over! But let him attack in every way, the Eight Winds Camp just didn't move, resisting him to the outside of the battle.

The Sui army gradually gained the advantage, but Zhang Xutuo frowned, and suddenly his eyebrows were raised, and in an instant, the divine light in his eyes was great, and the sound of the left hooves of the mountain rumbled, as fast as a shower, and more than a thousand cavalry were killed. Zhang Xutuo calculated the time, only thinking that Cheng Yanjin arrived with the troops, but he didn't expect to be the first person, with a sharp forehead, black and white eyes, and contempt for the common people in the world, and shouted: "Zhang Xutuo, Li Mi is here, and today is the time when you die!" ”

He led the soldiers and horses all in armor, well-equipped, holding a horse lance, and the people took advantage of the horse's momentum, and it was not far from the Eight Winds Camp in an instant.

In an instant, the Sui army was already an enemy on three sides, and it was under heavy siege, but the direction of Xingyang City was a commotion, dust and smoke were everywhere, and the banner of the bandits was erected again.

When Zhang Xutuo heard that Li Mi had killed, he took a long breath, but he still did not move in the formation, but the flag of the flag officer next to him changed again, and the formation of the Sui army changed again, and the shield players arrived at the rear army in a row, and in an instant, Li Mi's way was blocked.

Li Mi held a long lance, took the lead, but it was castration, and all his subordinates suddenly hit in front of the shield, 'boom' a loud sound, the two armies collided, and the shield-wielding soldiers couldn't resist the cavalry momentum after all, some flew up, some retreated again and again, and in an instant, they snorted, drowning under the iron cavalry of Li Mi and others.

Li Mi was overjoyed, knowing that success or failure was in one fell swoop, Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Camp was broken, and his power was greatly reduced.

But he was fast, and suddenly the horse neighed, and fell to the ground with a 'coo'.

The cavalry who followed him were not spared, and the horses neighed to the ground one after another, screaming incessantly.

Li Mi was shocked, his eyes flashed, only to find that the cold light on the ground was flickering, covered with hard-thorned iron thistles, only to know that when the Sui soldiers resisted with shields, they had already secretly laid an ambush on the ground, and he just wanted to defeat Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Camp with cavalry in a battle, where did he think that it would still fall within Zhang Xutuo's calculations.

The mount fell, but Li Miren rose up on the horse, and rushed backwards in reverse, he knew that he must not go deep alone at this moment, otherwise his life would be worried, and the cavalry he relied on to win fell to the ground in an instant, screaming again and again, Li Miren was in the air, and his heart was in great pain.

People in the air, suddenly saw Zhang Xutuo pick up the bow, Li Mi's heart was cold, the line changed in the air, and he had already slanted into one of his subordinates, and a fierce cold wind passed by, with blood flowers flying. Li Miren was on the horse, and he didn't stop, his toes connected the dots, his body shape changed, and he rushed out a few feet away in an instant, and there were several winds behind him, but he didn't shoot Li Mi in the end.

Zhang Xutuo saw that Li Mi's body was very fast, his face changed slightly, but he didn't chase after him, and countless people finally came to the direction of Xingyang, but they were all dressed as ordinary people, seeing the fierce fighting here, the moon was dark, and he turned a blind eye, but he opened his voice and sang: "Qi County's father and mother want to be a son, crying and crying at night, and crying and breaking their bowels, and their wives and children have no one to support them at home, and they are full of tears!" It is difficult for the soldiers to turn around, they are panicked, the road is vast, if they don't go at this time, where is the road?! ”

Don't be surprised when you encounter bandits, don't be shocked when you encounter ambushes, and don't be shocked when you are in trouble, but Zhang Xutuo heard these people singing songs and ballads, and finally he was shocked and changed his face!

(To be continued)