"Woohoo!"

Rocket after rocket shot at the houses lining the streets, each wave reaching nearly two thousand.

Soon, all the houses on both sides of the east and west streets of Yanzhou City were flooded by the fire.

However, Wang Cheng and the others did not retreat there, and they fired arrows along the streets in the north-south direction.

Somewhere in the yard.

There are three figures standing inside, one old and two middle-aged, it is Liang Shan, Tuoba Liang, and Liu Zheng.

"Second Uncle Liang, are we just going to let them burn it? If it burns again, the entire Yanzhou City will really be burned down! Liu Zheng said urgently.

"Why don't you stop it, the old man will press you down!" Liang Shan's words blocked his mouth.

Liu Zheng grinned and smiled awkwardly.

Just kidding, not to mention the two thousand cavalry, the young man in black alone could clean him up.

"Second Uncle Liang, the little nephew thinks that even if we don't make a move, we must not let that group of people act so easily!" Tuoba Liang said.

"Not bad!"

Liu Zheng took over and said: "There is an old saying in the Great Zhou, the thief captures the king first, and the cavalry of the Zhou people is nothing, as long as the leader is slaughtered, they will not attack themselves!" ”

"That's right! Second uncle, our three martial arts masters, you are a great grandmaster, can't you even kill a fierce general in the army? Tuoba Liang said.

Liang Shan's head was twisted into the word "Chuan", and he quickly stretched it out again, and said: "What a thief captures the king first!" ”

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Without the help of sergeants and Wu Zong, the houses on both sides of the north and south streets were quickly set across.

It was six o'clock in the afternoon, and after the heat of the day, the evening finally ushered in coolness.

The evening breeze blows the fire of Yanzhou City and the hearts of Yanzhou people.

This historic ancient city is on fire, like a giant volcano erupting in the night, and people can see it from hundreds of miles away.

The city was already in chaos, full of shouts and people fighting fires.

The initiators of the arson are no longer in the city, they are outside the east gate.

Zhu Pengfei sat on horseback, looked at the fire burning in the city, and said with a smile: "This fire is burning so strongly, I don't believe that Li Yuanqing of that dog day still has the heart to attack the city!" ”

Yanzhou has many industries and is an important city in the northeast of the Xia Kingdom, and many forces in the Xia Kingdom are involved, including Li Yuanqing's own family.

If it is really ruined, Li Yuanqing will inevitably usher in the punishment of the Xia State court.

Therefore, when Wang Cheng was thinking about how to deal with Li Yuanqing's 30,000 horses attacking the city of Jizhou that night, he quickly decided on the strategy of "raiding Yanzhou".

He knew very well that with the two thousand or so people in his hands, he couldn't stop Li Yuanqing's heavy troops at all, because they didn't even have a heavy weapon to defend the city.

Instead of dying in Jizhou City, it is better to go out to find opportunities and give the upcoming Zhu Bangguo some time.

When the fire was completely ignited, Wang Cheng knew that his plan had succeeded.

"Let's go!"

One last glance at Yanzhou City, which had become a sea of fire, Wang Cheng led his troops to the east.

The plan to raid Yanzhou was successful, but the plan was only half complete, and he was still unsure whether the city of Jizhou was still in their hands.

Therefore, after completing the raid on Yanzhou, they needed to return urgently, and if the city of Jizhou fell into the hands of the Xia army, they would take him by surprise by surprise in the night.

In this way, even if Li Yuanqing knew afterwards that he would not be able to catch up at all after traveling hundreds of miles back and forth.

At that time, Jianwei Zhonglang also led the army to Jizhou, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in Jizhou, even if Li Yuanqing rushed to Jizhou, they were not afraid.

It's just that what he didn't know was that Zhu Bangguo came ahead of schedule, and Jizhou City did not fall into the hands of Li Yuanqing.

Night is falling.

Wang Cheng led a group of cavalry to rush across the vast plains, because one man had three horses, and they did not need to worry that their horses would not be able to run or die of exhaustion.

However, it was not the horses that stood in their way, but the approaching night.

Night is the biggest obstacle to night marching, because the view will be obstructed, and the direction is difficult to identify.

In fact, horses are nothing, the horse's eye is six times more focused and sensitive than a human, and it can see objects clearly in weak light, so it can see the road at night.

The point is that the sight of a person on horseback will be affected, and the slightest movement of them will affect the horse's bearing, especially if it is a rapid march.

Some of the cavalry were still night blind, and the cattle and sheep had only been eaten for a few days, but they could not get rid of their symptoms.

As the night deepened, the team began to disperse, and some people began to be unable to keep up.

"Brother Wang, this can't be done, there is no fire to illuminate, and the brothers are easily injured." Zhu Pengfei said worriedly.

Wang Cheng slowed down, but a faint trace of melancholy appeared between his eyebrows.

Zhu Pengfei knew what Wang Cheng was worried about, and said, "Brother Wang, let the brothers light the torches!" This area is so big, it is impossible to meet Li Yuanqing who returned to the army so coincidentally. ”

From beginning to end, the biggest enemy of their gang was Li Yuanqing's 30,000 horses.

They must be rushing back now, opposite Wang Cheng and their direction, once the two sides of the people and horses meet together, Wang Cheng and they will die.

That's a full 30,000 cavalry, each of them is skilled in archers and horses, it wasn't made up by Wang Cheng's gang temporarily, not to mention the combat power, they can be crushed in terms of numbers alone.

"Let's go again!"

Wang Cheng was still reluctant to let people put up torches, even if he knew that the probability of encountering Li Yuanqing and the others was very small.

But even with the slightest probability, he didn't dare to take this risk, after all, it was a matter of life and death for two thousand people.

After running for several more miles, Wang Cheng slowed down his march again, and more and more people could not keep up.

"Brother Wang!" Zhu Pengfei persuaded again.

Wang Cheng grabbed the reins, slowed down, and said to Zhu Pengfei: "You take the brothers back first!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Pengfei couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Wang Cheng finally relented, but then realized that something was wrong and said, "What do you mean?" Let me go back with my brethren, what will you do? ”

Wang Cheng said: "Don't ask so much! Let's go! ”

He didn't want to say more, and slapped Zhu Pengfei's sweaty BMW under his crotch.

The sweaty BMW was in pain, and Zhu Pengfei jumped out of more than ten meters with a "whoosh".

Zhu Pengfei hurriedly tightened the reins, he always felt that Wang Cheng had something hidden in his heart, and he wanted to ask for clarification.

At this moment, Wang Cheng's voice sounded in his ears.

"Remember! Keep going east! You can slow it down a bit, but you definitely can't use a torch! ”

When the words fell, Wang Cheng had already turned around and left on Qinglei, followed by a big black horse.

"What the hell is going on?"

Zhu Pengfei looked back at Wang Cheng's distant figure, he wanted to rush up and ask for clarification, but when he thought that there were nearly 2,000 people under his hand waiting for him to bring back safely, he completely dispelled this idea.

The night was like ink, splashing on the white paper in the air, and soon the surrounding area was so black that you couldn't see your fingers.

Zhu Pengfei led a group of cavalry all the way forward, and the speed was not controlled quickly.

He remembered Wang Cheng's instructions when he left, and even if he turned to leave, he didn't light the torch.

A group of nearly 2,000 people marched in the dark, and there was no superfluous sound on the ground except for the sound of horses' hooves.

Fortunately, there are some veterans in this group of cavalry, and they can use Sinan and the stars in the sky to distinguish the direction.

Perhaps because they were too lucky, they didn't meet Li Yuanqing's 30,000 horses along the way, and in the second half of the night, when they were asleep, they returned to Jizhou City safely.

I didn't encounter any twists and turns on the way back, but I was almost injured when I entered the city.

One was not sure who the people in the city were, and the other was not sure if the people outside the city were really the returning cavalry.

At a critical time, it was Zhu Pengfei who played a role, after all, he was Zhu Bangguo's own son, and Zhu Bangguo would not doubt the identity of his own son no matter how much he doubted it.

After entering the city, Zhu Pengfei complained to his father Zhu Bangguo: "Dad! We have done so many things in Yanzhou City to kill and injure less than a hundred brothers, do you know that with just one order, those iron-armed crossbows on the wall can beat us into a sieve! ”

Zhu Bangguo slapped Zhu Pengfei on the shoulder and said, "Don't complain to Lao Tzu, you kid, you tell Lao Tzu first, you really set Yanzhou City on fire?" ”

"Is that fake?"

Zhu Pengfei patted his chest and said: "Let's go to Yanzhou City not to kill people, but to set fire." Li Yuanqing's 30,000 horses were transferred away by us again, or who can stop our 2,000 cavalry? ”

Zhu Bangguo nodded secretly, but he was still skeptical, and said, "I really didn't encounter any danger?" ”

Zhu Pengfei groaned: "It's not that I haven't met, there are actually three martial arts masters in Yanzhou City. If it weren't for Brother Wang, we don't know how many brothers would have died. ”

"The boy?"

Zhu Bangguo narrowed his eyes, he had not been with Wang Cheng for a long time, but he knew that Wang Cheng's strength was very strong, he had the potential of a peerless fierce general, and he would definitely be able to fight with a martial arts master.

Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "Don't you say that Lao Tzu almost forgot, why didn't you see that kid coming back with you?" ”

At that moment, Zhu Pengfei recounted the experience on the way back, and said his guess again: "I think the peace and security of our group along the way must be related to Brother Wang's sudden departure." ”

Zhu Bangguo was silent for a long time before he spoke: "That kid has extraordinary skills, and there must be a reason for his sudden departure, otherwise it is impossible to leave the team without permission at the risk of killing his head." ”

He looked into the void and said, "Your guess should be right, he may have sensed something in advance and lured the enemy away." The reason why I didn't tell you clearly was because I was afraid that you would be worried and refused to let him go. ”

"Dad, what should I do? That's a few hundred miles of Yanzhou, he has to face Li Yuanqing's 30,000 horses, and many martial arts, we can't let him stay there alone! Zhu Pengfei said worriedly.

Zhu Bangguo smiled bitterly: "What can I do?" I don't even know where the others are, so I can only resign myself to fate! ”

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