Looking at the hillside that was stained red with blood by the brothers, Pei Changcai couldn't stop muttering in his heart. "Will this old stone pit me? He originally said that Zhang Xutuo fell for Guo Fangpre's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and ran to the edge of Zishui! Why did Zhang Xutuo rush back at this time, and he still had four demons who killed people without blinking! ”

Zhang Xutuo is powerful, Pei Changcai has personally experienced it. At that time, he was still working as a brigade leader under the command of King Bo of Zhishilang, and his life was happy. Wang Bo claimed to be a descendant disciple of Nanhua Lao Xian, and knew all the things that had happened in the first thousand years and what was to happen in the next five hundred years. can calculate how much money and how much wealth can be obtained in this life. He calculated that the Great Sui army would be defeated in Liaodong, so he led a wave of brothers to rebel. He calculated everyone's thoughts, so he made up a song to tell everyone that they could eat and drink spicy food with him. He calculated almost everything, but he just didn't count Zhang Xutuo of Qi County as his nemesis. When he heard that the Qi County was rich, he brought his brothers to get a vote. As a result, Zhang Xutuo was driven from Huashan to Daishan, and from Daishan to Linyi on the north bank of the Yellow River, and even lost one of the fast boots wrapped in three leather cords. Thanks to the dense reeds near Linyi, he was able to find a life under the wild duck's nest.

That time, Pei Changcai squatted in the mud for three days and three nights, only to be so hungry that his chest was pressed against his backbone, and then he had the courage to climb ashore. After going ashore, he heard that Wang Bo was gathering the old troops again, and deduced that everyone would be able to follow him to be a marquis in the future. Pei Changcai had a heart this time, and he didn't listen to Wang's flicker. He collected the remnants of the 100th and pulled up a team on the edge of Junoze in Dongping County.

Being a bandit is like fighting in a group on the street, whoever is ruthless and bold, and who has more brothers under his command, can eat well. Pei Changcai used him to learn the true meaning of those things under Wang Bo and his own experience of being a gangster on the street, and the rumor became popular, and in just over half a year, the team around him grew from more than 100 people to tens of thousands.

He is a clever man who likes to move from village to village. After choosing the target, he will leave with one vote, if the other party knows each other and is willing to spend money to avoid disasters, he will not force people to smash the pot and sell iron. Because of the principle of harmony and wealth, his team has never suffered any setbacks. On the contrary, he has a very good reputation on the green forest road, and deserves the reputation of rebels.

Originally, Pei Changcai said that he didn't want to gnaw on this bone of Qi County, but he couldn't bear Shizihe's pouting. That Shizihe is a person with great ambitions, and he thinks that looking at the counties of Henan, there are more than 100 cottages of all sizes, and if they continue to fight for each other like this, no one will be able to achieve any climate. In the past two years, the imperial court has been busy fighting the Goguryeo people, and they have not freed up their hands to clean up the place, and everyone can still live freely. If the imperial court doesn't fight Goguryeo one day and targets all the heroes, everyone will become grasshoppers after the autumn, and no one will be able to jump for too long.

If you don't want to be exterminated by the imperial court one by one, everyone can only unite to seek wealth and prosperity. But there is a key problem that is difficult to solve in one place, that is, who will be the big leader. Originally, Wang Bo was a good candidate, but with his defeat, the fortune-telling rhetoric was no longer available. Therefore, Shi Zihe thought that before the imperial court began to withdraw its attention from Liaodong, whoever broke out the most reputation would be able to replace Wang Bo as the chief scoop of the green forests of Henan counties. And the most convenient way to increase fame is to find a person who is more famous than anyone else to deal with, once you succeed in taking advantage of this person, even a small victory is enough to convince other heroes.

Looking all over the counties of Henan, the most famous person is Zhang Xutuo. For more than a year, there have been dozens of good men with names and surnames in the hands of this person. defeated Zhang Xutuo head-on, and no one of them had that ability. But stabbing him from behind while he was unprepared was not a problem.

Therefore, Shizihe went all the way to Juyeze and joined forces with Pei Changcai to conspire for a great cause. His plan was to lead the soldiers and horses around the junction of Qi County, Lu County and Jibei County. As soon as he got the news that Zhang Xutuo had left Licheng, all the heroes immediately sent troops to raid his lair. Zhang Xutuoguan worshiped Qi Juncheng, if he lost the city of Qi County, he didn't need to do it with the heroes of the green forest, and the civil and military officials of the Great Sui Dynasty would not be able to spare him.

In order to achieve this goal, Shizihe invited Guo Fangzhu, a good man from Beihai County, at the price of ten cows, thirty young and beautiful women, and fifty copper coins, and he sent troops to lure Zhang Xutuo away from Licheng. Then, the two heroes Shi and Pei took advantage of Zhang Xutuo's absence to rush to Licheng. Halfway through, everyone also made a deal and ransacked Changqing County at the junction of Jibei County and Qi County, raising sufficient military rations for the two teams.

Unexpectedly, it was delayed for a day longer than originally planned, and he was actually driven back by Zhang Xutuo. Right now, this person is blocked in the Crane Pavilion on the Crane Ridge on the west side of Licheng, which is less than five miles away. If you want to say that the Crane Ridge is not very big, the brothers will waste an hour at most to go around the ridge. But who is that Zhang Sutuo, there is no ambush and after-move, he dares to face the army of 20,000 with four people?

From the very beginning of the battle, Pei Changcai felt that there was something greasy here. He specially had a little more eyes and sent his eldest son Pei Guang to search the side with scouts. As expected, not long after the scouts were dispatched, a fierce general who was more ruthless than Zhang Xutuo killed everyone from behind. Fortunately, this person did not bring any soldiers and horses, otherwise the 20,000 brothers under the Heling Ridge would have to let people make dumplings.

From the moment the strong man riding a black horse and carrying a black knife passed through the formation, Pei Changcai wanted to withdraw his troops. A good fighter doesn't fight a battle that he is not sure of, who can guarantee that the big black man is not a messenger, and behind his war horse, there are still a large number of officers and soldiers who will kill him at any time. But his idea was forced down by Shizihe. Shi Zihe thinks that Zhang Xutuo may be bluffing, if the two come this time with great fanfare and leave without testing each other's strength, they will definitely be used as a laughing stock by the heroes of the three mountains and five mountains after the news spreads.

"Phew! You can't bear those thirty women and fifty dollars! Pei Changcai rolled his eyelids and shouted. Angry, he couldn't resist Shizihe in the end, so he had to agree with the other party, and the two sides sent people to test it in shifts. The number of people in each wave should not exceed 300, and once the enemy army was found to be in ambush, the troops should be withdrawn immediately.

This strategy is very fair, Shi Zihe not only has no opinion, but also takes the initiative to send the gray shirts under his command to take the lead. Pei Changcai saw that the other party was acting righteously, and he temporarily dispelled the idea of retreating. But after three rounds of testing, he found that he had suffered a big loss again. Zhang Xutuo and his generals bullied people, and when they encountered Shizihe's gray shirts coming forward, they usually dispersed the matter. And when it was his turn to come out of the White Belt Army, he mercilessly killed the killer.

In the first three rounds of temptation, Shi Zihe lost less than 40 brothers in total. And his white belt soldiers were stabbed to death with long lances by the god-damn Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin, and more than 70 wounds. None of those who escaped from the spear of Roesin were willing to rush forward again. The emotions of the others were also infected by the defeated people, and Ren Pei Changcai raised the reward for a charge from six white coins to ten meat, but he could not mobilize the morale of the brothers.

Shi Zihe believes that even if the five people on the other side are beaten with iron, there are times when they are tired of killing people. If the ambush does not appear at that time, it means that there is no ambush ahead at all. Therefore, despite Pei Changcai's opposition, he quickly organized a fourth round of attacks.

"Left and right, they look at your old stone people pleasing to the eye!" Pei Changcai snorted quietly. At this time, he was very suspicious that Shizihe had colluded with the government, otherwise, why did Zhang Xutuo rush back to Licheng from Zishui so quickly, and who would report to him? That Guo Fangyu is also a big man, and there are more than 7,000 brothers under his command. If he was serious about entangling with Zhang Xutuo, would he have been defeated so quickly? Also, every time Shizihe's people attacked, it was like acting, and they almost walked the same way. First grinded up the dirt slope, and was shot down while crawling the flag. Then the Sui general who made the long lance hit the left, and the Sui general who made the black knife hit the right, and the two sides were like an agreement, and before they could fight each other, the battle ended easily.

The more he looked, the more reasonable Pei Chang found his suspicions. Seeing that, the people of Shizihe were defeated again. This time they lost even fewer people, and except for the pawn who held the flag and the leader of the group, the others were almost unscathed. And the two Sui generals, one with a yellow face and a black beard, and the other with a black face and beard, actually didn't seriously chase and kill. Boom followed the rout like a duck for a few steps, and then swaggered back to the pavilion.

"Dad, something isn't right. Look at those officers and soldiers, why only kill our people? Pei Zicai's second son, Pei Gan, stepped forward and reminded in a low voice. His views were very similar to those of his father, and if the White Belt Army's attack failed, the other party would not be so kind. Luo Shixin almost chased the rout's butt, and it was not until he was about to rush into the army's main formation that he reluctantly put his horse back.

"It's wrong, I feel that Shi Dangjia is playing to drive the tiger and devour the wolf!" Pei Changcai's third son, Pei Jing, has read for a few days and has the most thorough insights.

"Don't talk too much, and tell our brothers to take it easy. If you can't attack it, don't fight! Pei Changcai looked around and commanded in a very low voice.

With the words of the big boss, how can the minions really play with their lives. As soon as Luo Shixin's mount rushed down the hillside, the brethren of the White Belt Army had already collectively turned backwards under the leadership of the small leader. Only two escaped in a panic, and those who fell halfway were chased and poked to death by Luo Shixin, and the others successfully completed their mission.

"The thieves raised by the little lady, is this all there is to it?" Luo Shixin couldn't enjoy killing, so he picked up his head with a long lance and shouted challenges in the middle of the mountain. Dugu Lin was riding a bow flat, with wolf teeth and arrows on the bow arm, aiming at the crowd at the foot of the mountain. Today's battle was fought more happily than any previous battle. The only thing that makes people feel dissatisfied is that there are people whose archery skills are still above them.

"Li Lang will hardly have to aim when he shoots!" Dugu Lin calculated the gap with Li Xu in archery in his heart. In the future, I have to redouble my efforts, and the people of the Dugu family can't be compared to a nameless boy.

He casually shot down one of the hapless bastards at the foot of the hill, then looked back at the gazebo. In the next vicious fight, it was Qin Shubao and Li Zhongjian's turn, and with him and the two of them, he could rest assured that he could go to the pavilion to take a breath.

"Why haven't the county soldiers arrived yet, if it goes on for a long time, I'm afraid that the rogues will jump off the wall in a hurry!" In the Crane Pavilion, Qin Shubao reminded the main general in a low voice while tidying up the saddle of the war horse. The group had been out of the city for more than an hour, and during this time, the soldiers of the county who lived in and around the city should have received news and assembled. Taishou Pei Caozhi is a shrewd person, he should know that with the strength of four people, he can't stop 20,000 enemy troops.

"Lao Pei, how can your people run away without a fight?" Under the mound, Shizihe was also full of suspicion. "Retreat without waiting for a fight, isn't this a loss of face for our Henan heroes?"

"I think there's definitely some fraud here!" Pei Changcai was weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to answer Shi Zihe's question directly, so he talked about him left and right. "Let's withdraw, Zhang Xutuo is a fine person, how could he be so risky!"

In order to make his argument more convincing, Pei Changcai pointed to a few people in the pavilion. "You see, Zhang Xutuo has been muttering to the black-faced man. Look, the big man riding the yellow fat horse, how did he turn around and lead the war horse down the mountain! ”

Pei Changcai was referring to Qin Shubao, who was leading his mount to the other side of the mound. It seems that he is not in a hurry, as if he is playing in the mountains and rivers alone. This strengthened his judgment that he thought that there was a trap in front of him, "Let's do business and accept it when we see it, anyway, Changqing County has been laid, and we have enough votes!" ”

Shi Zihe ignored Pei Changcai's words, and his gaze also turned to Qin Shubao. What is this person going to do? Is there really an ambush near the gazebo? He overturned his judgment over and over again, succumbing to temptations from the depths of his heart again and again. "What if I kill it at all costs?" Suddenly, a crazy and bold idea surged in Shi Zihe's heart. "Kill Zhang Xutuo to avenge the brothers, and command the world to ....... with the head of the old thief"

As if sensing the crazy gaze at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Xutuo suddenly moved. Immediately after, he took two quick steps and caught up with Qin Shubao.

"You said to Lord Taishou, Tang Duke Li Yuan's nephew, His Majesty's favorite generals Li Xu Li Zhongjian has arrived, and he is by my side. Also, Dugu Lin, the clan brother of General Dugu Kai of Shangzhu State, refused to retreat to the city alone! Zhang Xutuo looked down the mountain and admonished in a voice that only two people could hear.

Note 1: Wenhua Mountain is Huashan Mountain in Shandong, on the edge of Licheng. Not Shaanxi Huashan.

Note 2: According to historical records, at the beginning of the battle, Zhang Xutuo did not have time to gather soldiers and horses, and only brought four people to fight. Later, the soldiers arrived and routed the enemy. Non-alcoholics make it up at will. In addition, some readers believe that there were no stirrups in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and according to relevant historical data, stirrups appeared in China no later than the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are already side images of cavalry and stirrups in the murals of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

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