Half a month ago, Guo Fang, a bandit from Beihai County, went down to Niushan again, trying to come to Zichuan at the end of the year to get a big vote. Zhang Xutuo led the brothers of Qi County to reward the rebels with a "violent chisel", and chased them all the way to Yaoshan before returning with armor. Last night, in the middle of the night, a large group of people entered the city and scattered to go home to rest. Unexpectedly, just after breakfast this morning, a horse scouted back and reported that Pei Changcai and Shizihe, two big thieves, had attacked Changqing County in Jibei County three days ago and plundered all the grain and livestock in the city. (Note 1)

The incident happened in a hurry, and it was too late to gather the county soldiers. Zhang Xutuo had no choice but to implore the county guard Pei Caozhi to reorganize the army on his behalf, and he led his henchmen Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin out of the city to investigate the enemy's situation. As soon as everyone arrived at the West Crane Pavilion, they saw the thieves rolling from the sky like dark clouds. A few people couldn't bear to watch the fathers and villagers who had not had time to retreat into the city being slaughtered by thieves, so they were in a hurry and pulled up the battle flag directly next to the pavilion. The thief army was afraid of Zhang Xutuo's reputation, and saw that there were only three subordinates under his command, so they were afraid of being ambushed, so they stopped their soldiers and horses near the Xifang Crane Pavilion and did not dare to attack. Just when the enemy and us were in a stalemate, there was a sudden earth-shattering shout of killing from behind the thief army, and a warrior rode through the formation.

Zhang Xutuo admired this person's bravery, and hurriedly ordered Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin to go to answer. As a result, this time, he just took the arm sent to him by the imperial court.

"The last general, Li Zhongjian, was ordered to come and wait for General Zhang's dispatch!" Li Xu saw that there was an old general wearing the iron clothes of the four military generals of the Great Sui under the pavilion, and knew that this person must be Zhang Xutuo. Jumped off the horse, took two quick steps, and hugged his fists in greeting.

The old man heard that the imperial court had sent General Li to help, and he looked forward to it day and night. Unexpectedly, General Li actually killed the old man from behind the enemy army at a critical moment! Zhang Xutuo saw Xu Zi breaking through the enemy formation alone just now, and he also admired his bravery very much. At this moment, hearing his name and surname, he immediately turned over and dismounted, stood solemnly, and solemnly returned a military salute.

"Dugu Lin, the deputy governor of the Licheng County Army, has seen General Li!" Another military general who was following Zhang Xutuo also stepped forward to say hello. His official position is slightly lower than Li Xu's, and according to military regulations, he must take the initiative to salute his superiors. But the county soldiers have never been in the same system as the government soldiers, and the court suddenly put down a general from Sipinlang to them, which is really uncomfortable.

"I've seen Captain Dugu!" Li Xu turned sideways, clasped his fists with both hands, and returned the salute. When he first arrived, he was sensitive to the reaction of the local generals. Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin had just fought side by side with him, and they had seen each other's skills, so they naturally felt more cordial. Zhang Xutuo is known as a tolerant person, and he is his boss, so he will not have too much rejection of him. But this Dugu Governor feels cold, and his demeanor reveals an attitude of rejection thousands of miles away.

At the moment of the great enemy, Xuzi has no time to worry about others. He looked around, quickly observing the situation on both sides of the enemy. I found that the pavilion around me was not far from Licheng, and the wall of Licheng could be faintly seen here. The people of the brigade were swarming towards the city, and two groups of soldiers stood with weapons in their hands, as if to maintain order in the city. Other than that, I don't see any soldiers of my own side. And under the mound, there were at least 15,000 thieves swarming. Look at the flags from two forces, one holding a gray flag, and the other has a dark red flag.

"The enemy is menacing!" Li Xu hugged his fists to Zhang Xutuo and summarized in a low voice. The mound at your feet is just in the way of the city. If the enemy does not want to go far, he must pass through the official road near the pavilion. Veteran Zhang chose a very ideal blocking point, but Li Xu didn't see any of the soldiers under his command where they were ambushed.

Before he could continue to ask, the thieves at the foot of the mountain shouted loudly. They had heard for a long time that the city was rich and turbulent, but they were blocked by four people under a small mound, and after a long time, they were inevitably irritable. At this moment, seeing that the other party didn't take himself in his eyes at all, and was "chatting" by himself, he was so angry that he scolded. The foul language in the southern and northern tones came in waves one after another, so noisy that people couldn't hear face-to-face speech.

Luo Shixin was furious, said hello to Zhang Xutuo, and once again picked up the lance and rushed down the mound. While galloping in front of the enemy, he shouted and scolded: "If you have the courage to come out and fight alone, are you all shrews who sell meat, and you can't do anything but scold the street!" ”

The battle between the two armies is a comparison of the generals' strategy and the quality of the army. It's not a hooligan grabbing territory, where is there such a tactic as heads-up. But at this moment, the county soldiers are being assembled, and they will not be able to go out of the city to meet the battle for a while. Therefore, Zhang Xutuo and others can delay the footsteps of the rebels, so they naturally have to delay for a little longer.

The rebels didn't know about the Roshi messenger's deception, and were startled by his sudden move, and their voices instantly dimmed. He had the heart to rush up, but Luo Shixin refused to stand still and be beaten, and instigated the war horse to quickly circle in front of the enemy, spread his majesty enough, and turned around and ran back to the halfway waist of the mound. Then, he spun around his mount and rushed down again, scolding as he rushed, "If there is a kind of going up, you will come up and fight alone, and the girls are cheaper than whoever has a mouth!" ”。 Without waiting for the other party to react, he quickly went back and forth. was so angry that Pei Changcai, Shi Zihe and others were furious, but there was nothing they could do about him.

A group of bandits couldn't bear it anymore and took the lead in attacking. They followed in the footsteps of Roshixin, trying to return the favor. On the pavilion, Dugu Lin saw that Luo Shixin was lonely, and he also rushed up with his horse. As he approached Luo Shixin, he picked up his horn bow and shot three of the pursuing enemy soldiers in an instant. Welcome to visit

The enemy's momentum was stopped by the feathered arrows, and it suddenly slowed down. Luo Shixin suddenly grabbed his mount, spun on the spot, and the lance spun around like an oolong, poking into the chest of the person closest to him. It was a monk with an iron rod in his hand, and he ran too fast, so he was out of touch with the team. Seeing a long lance suddenly appear in front of him, he didn't have time to dodge, so he had to use an iron rod to dial it. Luo Shixin was willing to let him smash the lance, and his arm shook slightly, letting go of the iron rod. Then the backhand was another blow, and the unbearable loneliness of the flower monk was stabbed through the cold.

"Yikes!" Luo Shixin shouted loudly and struggled to provoke the monk's body. Straight to the gang that rushed up the mound. Several rebels were running against the hillside and were panting, when suddenly a person suddenly fell down in mid-air, and he couldn't dodge, and two more were knocked down on the spot. Without waiting for the others to calm down, Luo Shixin's lance had arrived. "Poof!" "Poof!" With two sounds, he stabbed the two thieves who were facing him, and then stabbed the other two who fell to the ground to death with a long lance downward.

These few blows happened between lightning and fire, and the thief had no time to react correctly. When they found out that they had suffered a loss, Luo Shixin beat his horse and walked away again, and after Dugu Lin broke the horn bow for him, someone dared to chase him, and he was headed by an arrow.

The rebels returned with their bows, but the quality of their bows and arrows was too poor to aim at fast-moving targets. Occasionally, two arrows were on target, but the strength was too weak to penetrate the iron armor on Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin.

"Why did General Zhang bring three people to fight?" Li Xu looked around, and found that there were no signs of ambushes around, so he lowered his voice and asked.

"The county soldiers only dispersed home to rest in the middle of the night last night, and it was difficult to gather among the hastily soldiers!" Zhang Xutuo shook his head with a wry smile and explained.

"Oh my God!" Li Xu, who understood the real situation, secretly admired in his heart, he thought that he was bold enough, but he didn't expect to meet someone who was even more courageous. Under the city of Liyang, the Xiongwu battalion with 5,000 against 30,000 has created a miracle in the combat of the Great Sui officials and troops in recent years. At this moment, Zhang Xutuo actually shook 20,000 bandits with four people, no matter whether this battle is won or lost, future generations are enough to take it as a legend.

"Is General Li afraid, when I saw you protecting your luggage just now, you were not afraid!" Dugu Lin just ran back to the pavilion on his horse, and when he heard that Li Xu thought that there were few people on his side, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Among the luggage are the military letters and seals of the imperial court. Although Li was timid, he didn't dare to let it fall into the hands of thieves! Li Xu smiled, took out the military book and seal letter from his luggage and handed them to Zhang Xutuo for inspection. Dugu Lin and Luo Shixin are both guys with eyes above the top, which can be seen from their performance when fighting. In front of the proud, Xuzi doesn't want to be underestimated by others.

Zhang Xutuo inspected the military book and the seal letter, and returned it to Li Xu. He never doubted the authenticity of Li Xu's identity from the beginning, the horse, the black knife, and the young man with a long face and beard, these characteristics are too obvious, if the thief army wants to find someone to impersonate, it is really difficult to find it.

"You're injured, go back to the city and rest first." He has always been generous, and seeing that the wound on Xuzi's shoulder was still bleeding, he suggested in a low voice.

Xuzi shook her head lightly and slowly put away the seal. The experience in the army told him that if he withdrew first today, he would never have to think of speaking loudly in front of the soldiers of Qi County after that. Thinking of this, he glanced around the mounds again, and found that the arrogance of the subordinates under the mound was no longer as arrogant as just now, and they had suffered a big loss at the hands of Luo Shixin, and they were making a more prudent offensive strategy.

"The end will take a little time!" Xuzi explained to everyone as she took out a short blade from her luggage. Under the astonished gaze of everyone, he swung his knife to cut the clothes on the wounded shoulder, and then used the tip of the knife to gently pick out the remaining wooden thorns in the flesh. Then, a packet of gold sore medicine was taken and the wound was sealed. Then, cut off a section of the sleeve and wrap the wound and the powder together.

"Here, there are enough of four of us!" Qin Shubao saw that Li Xu was sweating in pain, but he didn't say a word, and he admired him a little in his heart, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and suggested.

"Since I'm here, even if I'm one." Li Xu smiled back with a generous smile. At the same time, he took out the armor given by Tang Gong from his luggage, "Brother Uncle Bao will take a hand and help me tie a series of stumbling armor silk silk behind my back!" He smiled and pleaded, meticulously dressing the iron armor neatly.

Note 1: Niushan, near today's Zibo, Shandong. Jibei County, in the area of Pingyin in today's Shandong. Changqing County is today's Changqing County, less than 100 miles away from Licheng.

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