473: Hostaged

Cheng Qing's eyes were too scary, as if Rong Jiu didn't kill the scarf thief, Cheng Qing would kill him first.

Rong Jiu was pushed to the place where the two armies were fighting, picked up the knife in his hand and slashed indiscriminately, Cheng Qing didn't know kung fu, and rushing to the front line with a knife was also sent to death, she practiced bows and arrows for a period of time when she was in the capital, and the archery was so-so, and the time was not accurate, even if she couldn't shoot, she could interfere with the scarf thief.

Sun An's archery skills were outstanding, aiming at the scarf thieves, shooting at their faces without armor and stomach protection, and every time the arrow was shot, a thief screamed and fell off the horse.

Although the number of scarf thieves is large, it is not as disciplined as Cheng Qing's side, and with a stick of incense, Cheng Qing's side gradually gained the upper hand.

Some scarf thieves began to be timid and retreated, affecting other scarf thieves.

A scarf thief on horseback, with a new shining armor on his body, a weapon in his hand, and a burly physique, rushed into the guards on horseback, and the long knife in his hand was like the scythe of death, taking the lives of several guards soldiers.

"Kill this dog official, he is the champion of the dog court, and killing him to sacrifice the flag is a great achievement!"

This bandit boosted the morale of the scarf thief, and the thief who did not die fought back desperately.

The promotion of the army of the scarf thief is unique, and whoever kills more officials and gentry will climb faster.

The higher the rank of the official killed, the greater the credit!

Wherever the scarf thieves went, the local officials were frightened, and now it is not easy to catch a big official and kill him, Cheng Qing's 'champion' is a great achievement for this group of scarf thieves, most of these thieves can't distinguish the official rank, only know that the dog court only produces a 'champion' every three years, and if they can meet one, they must be caught!

Cheng Qing was particularly eye-catching in her official uniform, and she became the target of all the scarf thieves.

She tried to aim at the leader of the scarf thief who was shouting, but the other party's riding skills were good, and Cheng Qing's three-legged cat's archery skills were not sure of hitting.

Whoosh –

As soon as Sun An let go, the arrow left the string and went straight to the direction of the thief's head.

This arrow is not a man, but a horse!

The horse's neck was shot in half, the thief head fell off the horse, Li Baihu jumped to the side and cut off the thief's head with a knife!

Li Baihu had no companions behind him, and was slashed by other scarf thieves, but fortunately, Li Baihu was wearing chain mail, and most of the knife strength was removed by the chain mail, and the others were not in serious trouble.

Li Baihu picked the severed thief head into the air with the tip of his knife, shouting "The thief is dead", and the scarf thief was really in chaos, and the attacking queue began to collapse.

"Your Excellency?"

Sun An kept pulling the bow and shooting arrows, his arms were sore, and when he saw the scarf thief fleeing, he subconsciously asked Cheng Qing for instructions.

Cheng Qing hardened his heart: "Pursue the thieves with all your might, and leave no one behind!" ”

Let these scarf thieves leave, the news of the 20,000 stone grain here will still leak, and there will be more than six or seven hundred thieves who will come to loot next time!

Li Baihu also felt that it was time to pursue.

There were many casualties among the soldiers in the guard, and the dead soldiers were Li Baihu's subordinates and friends, and Li Baihu was red-eyed.

"Kill the enemy, make meritorious service, take revenge!"

The guard is not a border army, and there are few opportunities to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions if they don't fight on weekdays.

Only by killing this group of thieves can we avenge the dead and wounded soldiers, let the surviving soldiers make meritorious contributions, and prevent future troubles.

This time, Sun An and Wu Er both rushed forward with people, and only two members of the Cheng family stayed behind to protect Cheng Qing.

At any time, the Cheng family puts Cheng Qing's safety first, and it is not uncommon for them to make meritorious contributions.

Rong Jiu fell to the ground like a puddle of mud, and his three guards had already fainted.

Cheng Qing didn't care about Rong Jiu, but asked Cheng Jiading to carry Rong Jiu's three guards to the carriage, and he and the two Cheng Jiading started to help the injured to wrap their wounds, and after more than half an hour, Li Baihu and Wu Er and others turned back, they snatched the horse of the scarf thief, and peeled off the scarf on the thief's waist to tie the head, and Li Baihu had the most heads tied behind him, about twenty or thirty.

In addition to the head of the thief, Li Baihu also captured several scarf thieves as prisoners.

"Master Cheng, the situation is not very good."

From the mouths of the captives, Li Baihu learned that these turban thieves were just a small group of guerrillas, and the large army of the scarf thieves was heading in the direction of Huai'an City.

"Are they going to attack Huai'an City?"

Cheng Qing was surprised.

The scarf thief is also too rampant.

Huai'an City is where the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun is located, and there are more than 100,000 Cao troops in Great Wei, and tens of thousands are stationed in Huai'an City.

The existence of the Cao army is to transport grain, not an elite combat unit, but the scarf thief is also a hasty army, can he take Huai'an City?

"How many thieves are there?"

"Lord Hui, the thief prisoner said that there were 50,000 troops, and I thought that the real strength of the thief was only half at most!"

The prisoner captured by Li Baihu is not an important figure of the scarf thief, how can the little soldier know the plan above, the battle between the two armies is inseparable from a blow, squeezing the water, and it is difficult for half of the 50,000 thief army to be able to fight.

Of course, the true number of Caojun in Huai'an City is tens of thousands, and I am afraid that only Governor Shi knows, and the Caojun Guard is not under the jurisdiction of Commander Qi.

There is a phenomenon of empty salaries in every guardhouse, and Li Baihu only hopes that the Caojun guards in Huai'an City will not be too erosive.

If Huai'an City is lost, it will not be good for everyone.

Li Baihu thought of the grain stored in the Huai'an Grain Warehouse, as well as the importance of Huai'an City to the canal, and now Huai'an City was only possible to be lost, and he was scared to sweat.

Cheng Qing thought more.

Huai'an City is naturally good to hold, the defeat of the turban thieves is beneficial to the overall situation, but the defeated scarf thieves will definitely have to withdraw to the Huainan nest, when they fled, didn't they just turn around and meet the grain transport team?

50,000 scarf thieves, not to mention half of the strength is boasting, even if it shrinks ten times, there are 5,000.

5,000 against a few hundred, does it need to be said who wins and who loses?

Rong Jiuyi heard that 50,000 scarf thieves had gone to attack Huai'an City, and struggled to get up from the ground to report back to Huai'an City.

Cheng Qing asked Wu Er to hold him down:

"You caused this mess and you still want to run? Takeuji, tie him up for me and bring him into the city! ”

Rong Jiu scolded, and Wu Er took a rag to gag Rong Jiu's mouth.

Rong Jiu was actually very anxious, there was his sister Rong Yuniang in Huai'an City, as well as three nieces and a niece, as well as his brother-in-law...... But his mouth was blocked, and people were tied into zongzi, even if he wanted to be soft to Cheng Qing, he couldn't do it.

Cheng Qing didn't let Rong Jiu go back, but she wouldn't watch Huai'an City being attacked by the scarf thief, she asked Wu Er to turn over Rong Jiu's body, and pulled out a beautiful jade pendant, which was engraved with the word 'Rong', which should be able to be used as an identity certificate, threw the jade pendant to Sun An, and asked Sun An to send two guards from the Maoguo Mansion back to Huai'an City to report the news.

"You must bring the token to the Governor's Palace, and if you can't see the Governor, at least you must see Rong Jiu's sister."

Cheng Qing's move was not only a quick horse to report to Huai'an City, but also a request for help.

She took Rong Jiu hostage, and if the Governor's Mansion wanted to save Rong Jiu, she had to save Cheng Qing and the others together!