Chapter 15: Mountain Road Encounter

"Report the ——!!" The scout rushed over, turned over and dismounted and knelt in front of the army, "Thousands of soldiers and horses appeared in front, only ten miles apart, and they are marching this way!"

"What kind of banner?" Liu Bao was in a bad mood now.

"The front is playing with a song and a big flag, and the back is a mess. ”

"Pang Lishan bandits?" Zhao Tong hurriedly said, "Lord, what should I do?" The thief army is afraid that they got advantage yesterday and want to take advantage of the situation to attack Huajun. If we encounter our army, this will be troublesome! There is only one road ahead, so it is better to retreat first......"

"Retreat?" Liu Bao's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, "Where are you going?" Do you want to return to the outside of Huajun City and let the Liang family see the jokes?"

"The Pang Lishan bandits have just defeated Liang Chun, and their morale is booming......"

"So what? A group of rabble, lucky to win the night attack, is that Liang Chun himself incompetent! I have elite soldiers, why be afraid?" Liu Bao directly ordered, "Array to meet the enemy! When I exterminate the bandits, I will just take credit from the imperial court, and let Liang Chun's old puppet lose face!"

"The Lord is bold, and I am ashamed of myself. ”

"Still not having an order?"

"Whoa!"

On the other side, Qu Tan and Zhang Chang led their troops down the mountain and quickly advanced in the direction of Huajun, wanting to catch him off guard before the other party reacted.

Halfway through the army, a bandit scout flew back: "Report ——! found Huajun soldiers and horses in front of them, and lined up ten miles away. ”

"What?!" Qu Tan was taken aback, ordered to suspend the march, and turned his head to look at Zhang Chang.

"What banner did the other party play?" Zhang Chang was also surprised and hurriedly asked.

"The main flag is a Liu character!"

Liu ...... Cavalry Lieutenant Liu Bao?" Zhang Chang pondered for a moment, "Could it be that the other party expected that our army would come, and he was prepared?"

"What should I do?" Qu Tan was a little worried.

"Why don't you ask Mr. You?"

"Hmm~" Qu Qin immediately turned his head and shouted, "Please come over Mr. You." ”

"Please Mr. You——!!" The thieves behind him passed the words one by one.

A horse at the back of the team passed through the crowd and came to Qu Qin Zhang Chang: "Why did the two generals suddenly stop?"

"Mr. You, there are Huajun soldiers and horses ten miles ahead, and it is Liu Bao who leads the army!" Qu Qin said respectfully.

"Oh?" the literati looked down and pondered, "Could it be that Liang Chun is fine? If he falls, Liu Bao will definitely seize power, how can he lead his troops out of the city? Or is he already in power in Huajun......

"Mr. You, what now?" Zhang Chang asked, "Since the official army is prepared, will we retreat to the mountains?"

"Yes, I wanted to take the opportunity to take Huajun, but the other party had already prepared......" Qu Qin also hesitated.

"How many soldiers and horses does the other side have, but it is united with the Liang family?" the literati asked.

"This ......" Qu Qin and Zhang Chang looked at each other.

If the Liang family and Liu Bao abandon their previous suspicions and work together, our side should retreat to Pang Lishan and find another opportunity. If it's just Liu Bao, he just designed to swallow it and attack Huajun again with the power of victory. Nowadays, Huajun is strong when it is united, and weak when it is divided, depending on the situation. ”

"That makes sense!" Qu Tan nodded, then instructed the scout, "Order you to explore again!"

"Whoa!"

One mile is not 1,000 meters, and according to the unit of measurement of the current dynasties in this world, it is only about four or five hundred meters.

Therefore, ten miles is at most 5,000 meters, which is considered very close. If there are not a few mountains blocking it, and the plain terrain is replaced, it is estimated that the two armies can see each other from a distance.

The scout rode to the high place to investigate, and then returned: "There are about four or five thousand officers and soldiers in the ——!, and there is no Liang Zi banner, and there are no other troops around. ”

"It seems to be Liu Bao and his men!" Qu Qin asked, "Mr. You, what do you think is going on?"

Facing the gaze of Qu Qin and Zhang Chang, the literati closed their eyes and pondered for a moment, and the corners of their mouths turned up slightly: "Presumably, Liu Bao failed to seize power, suffered a loss on the side of the Liang family, and wanted to go to Ju County to wait for an opportunity to take revenge!"

"Is it? Since Liu Bao and the Liang family have fallen out, can you persuade them to surrender to our army and work together to attack the city?" Zhang Chang's eyes lit up.

The literati shook his head slightly: "Although Liu Bao fell out with the Liang family, he will not abandon his official body, he is an official, and we are thieves." What's more, the dignified cavalry captain is also under one person in Huajun. ”

"That's right," Zhang Chang nodded.

"Mr. You, in your opinion......" Qu Tan asked seriously.

"Presumably, the Liang family and Liu Bao have fallen out, and they will not send troops to rescue. The literati smiled, "The lips are cold and the teeth are dead, I don't even understand this truth, Huajun is destined to fall into the hands of our army." Two generals, I have a plan to capture Liu Bao!"

"Please also ask Mr. for advice!!" Qu Qin and Zhang Chang hurried over.

"Just so, so, so, ......"

After listening to the literati's strategy, an expression of admiration appeared on Qu Qin Zhang Chang's face, and he immediately gave the order.

At this moment, Liu Baojun is in formation.

The scout of the "report ——!!" kept inquiring and reporting, this is already the seventh wave, "The front army of the bandit army is the rear army, and the rear army is the front army, turn around and retreat!"

"Oh?" In fact, the two sides met ten miles apart, and during the stalemate, the scouts kept probing, and Liu Bao was quite nervous here, thinking that the other party would attack. Who would have thought that the bandits would be instigated and turn around and leave? What a surprise!

"Lord, that Qu Qin Zhang Chang is afraid that he has heard of your prestige and knows that he is invincible. Zhao Tong hurriedly said, "It seems that winning Liang Chun yesterday was just a fluke, and it will be a rabble after all!"

Liu Bao stretched out his hand and touched his beard, and a smug smile appeared on his face: "Really?"

"It must be so!" Zhao Tong nodded excitedly, "How can the Pang Li Mountain Rat Thief not be afraid of the Lord Tiger's might?"

"Hahaha~" Liu Bao laughed proudly, "It's really not enough to worry about a stupid thief!"

"The lord is just taking the opportunity to pursue, if he can obtain the heads of Qu Qin and Zhang Chang, it will be a great achievement!" Zhao Tong said, "Liang Chun returned defeated, but the lord exterminated the thief army, and at that time spread rumors, the people of the world will believe in the lord's ......."

"Hmm~" Liu Bao narrowed his eyes, "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will attack!"

"Ride the commander's order, the whole army will attack!"

......

Liu Bao personally led the troops and hurried along the winding avenue, and soon found the retreating Pang Li Mountain bandits.

Seeing the flag of Qu and Zhang, he immediately led his troops to chase after him, shouting all the way: "The thief is gone, leave your life!!"

"Kill ——!!"

"Hurry back to Pang Li Mountain, I'll come to the back of the palace!" Zhang Chang turned his horse's head and shouted, "Shoot the arrows!"

"Boom!!" the bandit archers lined up, and the arrows were densely packed under the protection of the spearmen behind.

"Rush! It's just a group of rabble, kill me!!" Liu Bao raised his knife.

"Kill ——!!" led the charge of his subordinates, the cavalry took the lead, the infantry followed, and the archers covered.

"Traitor Zhang Chang, dare to fight with me!" Liu Bao shouted in front of the battle.

"Archery, archery!" Zhang Chang ignored.

"Bandits!" Liu Bao laughed, "No one can leave today!"

Under the repeated charges, it seemed that he could not resist, Zhang Chang showed a look of panic, and quickly turned the horse's head: "Withdraw!

The bandits immediately turned around and fled with them from the battle.

Seeing that the bandits were defeated and fled, Zhao Tong rode forward and shouted loudly.

"Riding the Captain Huwei! Riding the Captain Huwei!!" The subordinates around him spoke in unison, and the morale of the officers and men soared.

Liu Bao raised his sword high and rushed forward: "Don't leave a single one, kill!!"

"Kill ——!!"

Zhang Chang led his troops to flee, following Qu Tan's pace, followed by Liu Bao and his troops in hot pursuit.

During the pursuit, the infantry and archers behind could not catch up with the cavalry and slowly fell behind, the cavalry generals led by Liu Bao, and the accompanying nearly 100 cavalry did not realize this, only Qu Qin, Zhang Chang, and the cowardly fleeing bandits in their eyes.

After chasing along the road for a while, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums on the mountains on both sides, followed by countless bandits killing left and right, appearing behind the officers and soldiers.

The sudden appearance of the bandit army made Liu Bao and his subordinates quickly turn around.

At this moment, Qu Tan and Zhang Chang, who were fleeing in a hurry in front, turned their horses' heads and quickly rushed over.

"Liu Bao, you have been tricked! Why don't you get off your horse and surrender?" Qu Qin laughed.

"Oh no!" Zhao Tong rode on his horse and looked around, his face was a little pale, "Protect the lord!"

The surrounding generals rode horses to surround Liu Bao and protect him.

"It's fun to chase it, right?" Zhang Chang said with a smile, "Mr. Zhongyou's deceitful plan! Get off the horse and surrender quickly, and you can spare your life!"

"Arrogance!" Liu Bao found out about the plan, and was even more angry, "The generals will break through with me!"

"Whoa!"

"Hugh is leaving, Liu Bao!" Qu Qin ordered loudly, "Release the arrow!"

"Boom!!" The bandits surrounding the officers and soldiers fired a volley.

"Protect the lord!" Zhao Tong raised his gun to cover.

"The lord will break through with us!" The surrounding generals were loyal, and used eighteen kinds of martial arts to cover Liu Bao's raid backwards, and for a while, the sword and sword shadow were very intense.

Paying a tragic price, Liu Bao really died, under the cover of Zhao Tong and others, he was seriously injured and successfully broke through, reopened the rear to block the road bandits, and desperately escaped.

Dozens of generals and hundreds of elite cavalry did not escape. Fortunately, he successfully rushed back to the large army, and immediately ordered the whole army to advance.

Before the army could rush to the sky, rockets flooded the sky in an instant, directly disrupting the formation.

Qu Qin Zhang Chang personally led the army of bandits, and fought out from the avenue and the mountain roads on both sides, and the two armies fought, fighting and shaking the sky.

Liu Bao was injured, and the generals around him also suffered a lot of losses, seeing that the thief army was so fierce, he couldn't resist it, and he was stunned.

He couldn't see the morale attribute, and of course he didn't know that the morale of the bandit troops was several times that of the officers and soldiers, and it was completely suppressed.

What's more, the leading generals had problems with their command because of the deaths and injuries they were killed, and after resisting for a while, their morale fell to the bottom, and they even began to flee for their lives. The formation was instantly overwhelmed, and no matter how much you shouted, it was useless.

Seeing Qu Qin and Zhang Chang leading the troops to come, Zhao Tong hurriedly stepped forward: "The lord leaves quickly, and the last general is behind!"

The words fell, and the horse rushed towards the thief army.

Liu couldn't keep it so much, so he turned the horse's head and fled frantically.

The officers and soldiers were defeated, and Qu Qin and Zhang Chang led the army to pursue and met Zhao Tong head-on.

"Get out of the way!" Qu Tan raised his axe and rushed forward.

"Don't think about the past!" Zhao Tong gritted his teeth to fight.

The two sides fought for three rounds, and Qu Qin came down with an axe, and Zhao Tong turned over and fell off the horse.

"Chase, don't let Liu Bao escape!" The bandits followed Qu Qin all the way to kill and headed in the direction of Huajun.