Thinking of this, Cui Guiyuan said: "You try to be as affectionate as possible, know it with reason, isn't it because the rogue militia robbed the grain and grass the first few times? The little officials below understood the meaning of the leader, kowtowed, and lowered his head.

Cui Yuanyuan sneered a few times and said, "Look at how you escaped from my palm, I will pinch you to death." ”

Hu Quan's Chinese army camp, Hu Quan sat high, watching the cadres below the army general run, Hu Quan issued general orders from time to time, transferred a certain department in a certain direction, and from time to time there were generals who stepped forward to report to Hu Quan on the dynamics of the march, more than 100,000 people were mobilized together is a major event, requiring coordination and cooperation in all aspects, this kind of thing is not good to do, and the color boy once wanted Hu Quan to retreat from this command center, but he could not find anyone who could replace Hu Quan.

The next general entered the tent and said loudly: "Marshal, our army has captured the horsemen sent from the direction of Licheng to ask for help from Tai'an, and they are now being held in the camp, and it seems that the direction of Licheng has begun to be afraid. The next group of generals also nodded frequently, since the decision to send troops to Licheng, first cut off the rear, and captured dozens of fortresses one after another, the officers and soldiers inside either fled, or died in battle, none of them could be carried, and now the morale of the militia is very strong, and they have also grabbed a lot of grain and grass in the fortress.

Hu Quan said: "Who wants you to catch the horseman who asked for help, you find an opportunity to let him go, the general is to transfer all the limited field soldiers in Tai'an to the north, force them to fight with our army in the plains, and give full play to the advantages of our army, you will arrest the envoy, isn't it bad for our army's plan?" The general was so frightened that his face turned white, and Zuo Mingyu said: "You can deliberately relax the guards and let these messengers run out, so that the goal will be achieved." Hu Quan said: "That's right, you wait to do this well, if you can't do it, the head will be raised." The general took the order and did not dare to say more.

Hu Quan said again: "All departments march, not to seek speed, but to seek stability, this commander wants all departments to advance together, if anyone dares to attack first, even if they win, they will be killed." The generals below led the order in unison, and Hu Ji said: " At this time, if it is a small defeat, it may damage the morale of our army, the morale of our army is rare, our army to the city, with the personality of Cui Guiyuan, will not dare to fight, shrink all the troops into the city, if it is determined to enter the army, in case of encountering the officers and soldiers who have not had time to withdraw into the city, there is a battle, if there is damage, but the morale of the officers and soldiers, damage the prestige of our army, our army only needs to make a dare to fight posture, then the officers and soldiers do not dare to fight with our army, naturally retreat, this can be won without a fight, if someone breaks the marshal's plan, the marshal will naturally not be polite. ”

This Qin bandit arrived at the door of the big tent, said a few words to the guard, the guard went to Hu Quan's ear, whispered a few words, Hu Quan's face changed, got up, and when he arrived outside the tent, he saw the Qin bandit, Qin Bandit saw Hu Quan arrive, pulled Hu Quan, to the side, whispered a few words, Hu Quan's face changed, and said: "Don't you really let go of Tianliang?" Qin Bandit said leisurely: "This is what the Lord means, do it as soon as possible, and be sure to do it without leaving a trace." Hu Quan frowned and said, "I know, it's just like this, but it's a pity that there are many troops who can fight, and it also damages the morale of our army." Qin Bandit said: "Then what's the pity, after breaking through Licheng, people will grab grain and grass at will, morale, just hide it for the time being." ”

Hu Quan returned to the tent, drew a general's order, and said loudly to the below: "Zhang Shun and Guo Tianliang obeyed the order, and the horse probe reported that Sun Yuanhua's township soldiers and some Liao soldiers were found in the east direction of our army, and you two should each take their headquarters to prevent officers and soldiers from attacking the flank of our army." Zhang Shun received the order loudly, Guo Tianliang hesitated, and also bowed his head to receive the order, the two took the order, each went out of the camp, ordered the soldiers and horses, and gathered to the flank.

Guotianliang out of the big tent, back to the sub-camp, gather drums and gather generals, not long, the following captain, Wu Chang all arrived, although the Tianliang Department after the last defeat, but later after several additions, but not decreased but increased, now there are about 3,000 people, there are more than 100 cavalry, but now Hu Quan will be the cavalry unified call, so that he can only be with a few cronies of the general Zuo Ma can ride, the others are foot soldiers, after the soldiers, the soldiers outside the tent will come to report, said that the golden egg Zhang Shunbu has been opened.

One of the following captains said: "Big brother, this matter is a little wrong, hasn't the side always been the sweeping king in charge? Why did you want us to go into battle today, is it that the lord has the heart of a suspicious big brother?" Several other generals below also had this question, and they all said that something was wrong, and the supply of food, grass and weapons had dropped in the past few days, and something was wrong.

Guo Tianliang said: "I also know this, but this time the golden rooster is also around, even if there is any conspiracy, it will not harm him, and if our army does not win a battle, our status within the army will be lower and lower, there is still Elder Wang secretly taking care of it, but Elder Wang is gone, and there is no one in the army to take care of it, if we don't win a battle to prove the value of our wait, I am afraid that in the future, there will be less and less food and grass, and weapons and armor will become worse and worse." ”

The following Wu Chang said: "That's right, I heard that it was this Fang Yuanhua township soldier who ambushed Elder Wang and all the brothers in Jingliang Village, and beheaded thousands of brothers, we can't help but avenge this revenge, big brother, if we really meet Fang Yuanhua's township soldiers this time, we will just catch Fang Yuanhua and avenge Elder Wang and Elder Zhang." "This Wu Chang is a member of the White Lotus Sect, and naturally supports Wang Yingjia and the others, as soon as these words came out, the next group leader Wu Chang agreed and shouted.

Guo Tianliang said: "We are careful in this battle, I don't think there will be mistakes, we have engaged a lot of officers and soldiers in the past few days, that time these officers and soldiers guarding the fort are not fleeing from the wind, and now the morale of our battalion is also strong, I don't believe that we will lose the battle, we will start the camp when the battalion is established, but we must guard against Zhang Shun, this guy has a lot of eyes, do you know?"

In the army of the wandering militia, a force of more than 3,000 people was divided into a group to attack to the east, and outside the brigade of the wandering militia and Zhang Shun's department, after the two armies gathered, they went to the east, which was the direction of the Fang Yuanhua Department reported by Tanma.

Zhang Shunbu is about more than two thousand, most of the assembly is better, the golden rooster Zhang Shun has already led the troops in front, seeing Zhang Shun in the front army, Guo Tianliang also put his mind at ease, and said: "If the Lord doubts me, he will definitely not put Zhang Shunbu in front, and he will definitely let my army be cannon fodder." ”

The following scouts rode their horses to Zhang Shun's side, and the scouts reported loudly: "General Guo, those Liao soldiers' scouts saw the arrival of our army, so they retreated, and now our army's spies are pursuing." Guo Tianliang looked at the team around him, according to Hu Quan's requirements, now it is a regular march, the speed is not fast, the flow militia has to save physical strength, in front of the brawl of horsemen, they are just catching up, and they can't help much, and when they arrive, the war must be over, and then said: "How is the battle? The second half of the sentence is only kind words, you must know that the horses and the night are all delicate soldiers, all led by Hu Quan and Deng Yi, and they have always put their noses in the sky, and this horse is also the role of a horse captain, and the horse is also a horse captain, and the horse said: "And no, although the Liao soldiers have strong combat skills, they are only fewer than our soldiers, and now our soldiers are pursuing, and they will definitely cut off the heads of Zhang Shujiao." Hu Quan said: "You have met Zhang Shujiao. The probe said: "Exactly, we saw the banner of Zhang Shujiao, he personally brought more than ten personal guards to observe our army, and was discovered by our army spies, and now hundreds of horsemen of our army are chasing and killing, and we can take off Zhang Shujiao's head." Guo Tianliang heard this, his heart was hot, this Zhang Shujiao since he arrived in Tai'an, many times with a small force of cavalry raids on the militia, the militia died in his hands is not a few, the Liumin army heard the name of Zhang Shujiao, all of them hated itchy, if they can take down Zhang Shujiao's head, then it is really a great achievement, in the full camp of generals, there will never be any more look down on themselves, food and grass equipment should never be short of things, thinking of this, Guo Tianliang turned the horse, and said to the soldiers behind him:" Speed up the march, be sure to capture Zhang and lead the teaching, before the Lord. The soldiers below naturally complied.

The team of more than 3,000 people accelerated their speed and began to march rapidly, thousands of people marched together, raising the dust on the road, the people and horses were shrouded in smoke and dust, and they couldn't see people's faces clearly. ”

The army marched in a hurry for a while, and met Zhang Shun's department head-on, Zhang Shun came head-on, rode his horse to the side of the Tianliang horse, and said urgently: "Why should the eldest brother be in a hurry, the younger brother has already sent people and horses, presumably Zhang Shujiao will be captured alive in the near future, and please stay for a while." Guo Tianliang said: "This is not to pick the hair is to monopolize the great merit, how can I let him get his wish, and so on to kill Zhang Shujiao, my department will make a great contribution, even if the color boy is really suspicious, he will not dare to attack me, military merit in the heart, if you don't reward it, how can you convince the public, then it is not impossible to get Hu Quan's military power." At the moment, he said: "Brother, Zhang Shujiao must not come alone, there must be someone behind to answer, if your department goes, it must be ambushed, your department has few people, not as many people as my department, I will step forward, if there is something, then rely on my brother to support." Jin Rooster suddenly scolded: "Old thief, do you want to rob your grandfather of military merits?" Guo Tianliang saw that the other party turned his face, and also shouted: "Who can grab the ability, what can you do?" If you have the ability, just go forward and rob it, if something happens, don't ask me to save you. Guo Tianliang said with a smile: "It's up to you, I'll put the words here, my department doesn't need you, and I can capture Zhang Shujiao alone." At this time, the commander of the horse warrior shouted and rode over and said: "We surrounded Zhang Shujiao, we surrounded Zhang Shujiao, just five miles ahead, our cavalry surrounded Zhang Shujiao and more than ten of his personal guards on Niubeiyan. Guo Tianliang grabbed the spy and shouted, "Make it clearer." The spy shouted, "We chased after Zhang Shujiao, and Zhang Shujiao had few people, so they abandoned their horses and ran up Niubei Rock, guarding the path up the mountain, and now we are trying to storm it." When Guo Tianliang heard this, he shouted: "Hurry up, the enemy is in Niubeiyan." ”

At this time, it has been more than 20 miles away from the camp of the Liumin Army, into the hills, originally the soldiers of the Ministry after a long march, have been tired, but now when they hear the news, the morale of the soldiers of the Ministry has risen again, the trumpeter soldier blew a trombone, the whole Department of thousands of people on the knife on the soldiers and horses moved, thousands of soldiers and horses rushed up with amazing momentum, over the Tianliang to the back of the soldiers, throw down the baggage, full speed and rapid march, we have to rush before the horses capture the Niubei Rock. The baggage soldiers behind them threw down the cart, which was full of food and a lot of heavy armor, which was originally used for battle.

When the soldiers heard that the enemy commander was not far away, they were all elated, and they rushed to the front of the sky, and thousands of people in front and behind, like a long smoke dragon, marched on the road.

An hour later, after walking for a few miles, Guotianliang suddenly saw the figure in front of him running, and took a closer look, it was the horsemen who rushed back, there were about hundreds, and many horsemen rode their horses and ran, while throwing down the leather armor on their bodies, and they were not in formation.

When these horsemen passed by the militia of the brigade, they did not say hello, and said loudly: "What happened in front? What happened in front? Why did you run? Did you catch Zhang Shujiao?" These cavalrymen of the brigade did not answer his words, they all ran wildly, they were all horsemen, they ran fast, and after a short time, they ran away from the Tianliang Department, and it didn't take much time to run from the head of the Tianliang Department to the end of the team.

Seeing that all the horsemen had run away, but no one told him what had happened? Seeing that one of them had not run away at the end, he said loudly: "Block him, block him." Several of the soldiers under the Tianliang pulled a tripwire and pulled it on both sides, and the last horseman rode over, the horse neighed, and the horse fell off the horse, and without waiting for the Tianliang command, the soldiers on both sides had already stepped forward and tied up the horseman.

Guo Tianliang looked behind him, his subordinate militia all stopped, and the horsemen who rode by just now made Guo Tianliang's men feel confused for a while, they didn't know what was going on, they all stood behind Guo Tianliang, looking at Guo Tianliang and the others.

Guo Tianliang stepped forward and said, "What happened, what about Zhang Shujiao?" The horse soldier looked around, and then looked at the large number of soldiers who surrounded him, and suddenly shouted wildly: "Run, the officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers of the brigade are coming, they are ambushing in front, waiting for us to go, we were just trying to catch that Zhang Shujiao, but we didn't expect to rush out of thousands of Liao soldiers at once, they scattered us, many brothers are dead, all dead, all dead, everyone run." ”

As if to confirm the words of this horse soldier, the front suddenly raised a cloud of smoke and dust, and the sound of killing was faintly visible, and experienced people knew that this was a sign that the soldiers and horses of the brigade were coming.

Guo Tianliang's face suddenly turned pale.

He glanced back, just now his soldiers had run for nearly five miles, all panting, and the people under his command were not very in formation, and now they were huddled together, and for the sake of speed, they had already thrown away the baggage, grain and grass, and even the rare heavy armor, and now the soldiers only had the simplest weapons in their hands.

As soon as the horseman spoke, some of the soldiers below began to look uncertain, and many of them looked panicked, all of them staring at the road behind them, calculating to run quickly, and everyone's eyes showed panic.

Guo Tianliang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his face was angry, and he scolded: "You guy, you dare to report the military situation in a panic, it's really bold." The horseman shouted: "The small one doesn't, the small one doesn't have ......" Before he finished speaking, Guo Tianliang swung out a knife, and the horse soldier was suddenly in a different place, and blood splashed Guo Tianliang's face.