Junshan's men and horses have always been well-trained, and even if they march in the middle of the night, the speed of gathering is quite fast. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info army divided into two routes, Wu Wanfeng led his sailors from Tanxi, tracking the fleet of Shaohua Mountain, Hua Chong and Zhong Xiong ordered 2,000 troops, led ten Jun Zhai lords to go straight to a hundred miles away, Shen Zhongyuan was responsible for defending the city, and then prepared 3,000 men and horses, as the second echelon, sent troops early in the morning to meet Hua Chong and others.

On the way, Hua Chong asked Zhong Xiong: "How do you know that Feng Kuizhang is here to pick up Lei Ying?"

"Feng Kuizhang of Shaohua Mountain is also a water thief, I know a little about him, this person is across the Yangtze River, the Lei family's Perak Hall is engaged in the sale of firearms, once something happens on the water, the goods will be destroyed, so they need a bodyguard for the waterway, Feng Kuizhang is a very suitable candidate. ”

"He has always had business dealings with the Lei family?"

"Well, the Lei family's trading by waterway is all done by Shaohua Mountain's boat, and other halls and gangs are Feng Kuizhang's banner, so they have to give some face, after all, they are all green forest roads, is it for the sake of trading?"

"How long have they been working together?"

"It's been a long time, Feng Kuizhang has been settled in Shaohua Mountain for more than ten years, and he can make the cottage bigger, and a large part of the financial resources are the Lei family's business. It is said that his cottage was built by Lei Ying for him to design sketches, as if they were still brothers. ”

"I see. Hua Chong has read the martial arts secret book written by Le Tiancheng for him, Feng Kuizhang's Shaohua Mountain can be ranked in the top ten among the water thieves, but after the battle at Hongze Lake, his power should be much stronger than two years ago, and it is not just the top ten.

"Zhong Taibao, after the accident in Hongze Lake, did this Shaohua Mountain gather the remnants of other cottages?"

"Yes, since the vitality of those big cottages has been greatly damaged, he has recruited nearly 1,000 people in the past few months, most of whom are Yu Kou who escaped from Hongze Lake. ”

"This is strange, it is said that since he has ambitions to become bigger, after those few families are destroyed, he should be more and more careful!" Hua Chong discovered Feng Kuizhang's abnormality: "Do you think, if you are Feng Kuizhang, now do you want to provoke the King of Xiangyang or provoke us, or do you choose to honestly retreat in the cottage? When the matter of the King of Xiangyang is over and the world is peaceful, when the water thieves are mentioned in the rivers and lakes, he will be the boss!"

Zhong Xiong thought for a while and said to Hua Chong: "Do you think he will come to surrender? He will answer Lei Ying, there will be no two people to go to Shaohua Mountain, Lei Ying is not an ambitious person, the little Shaohua Mountain has not been put in his eyes, I think it should be Feng Kuizhang who he took the initiative to recruit, the two of them cooperated, it is very likely that they took advantage of this mutiny to surrender!"

Hua Chong didn't answer, he didn't think there would be such a thing, Lei Ying surrendered so easily, and brought a Shaohua Mountain? There should be a conspiracy that he couldn't think of!

A hundred miles away, although it was not too far, the 2,000 men and horses with the majority of the infantry army still arrived at the twilight sky before rushing to Lei Ying's camp. By the time they came, the fire was much smaller, the corpses were everywhere, and the barracks were in disarray, so Hua Chong ordered 2,000 men and horses to enter the barracks, check whether there were any live mouths, and clean up the scene to check the corpses.

Zhong Xiong came to Hua Chong's side and said to Hua Chong with some doubts: "Lei Ying actually ran away, where will he go?"

Hua Chong shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that it must be related to Feng Kuizhang of Shaohua Mountain, Zhong Taibao, order the cavalry to prepare, leave the infantry to clean up the battlefield, let's lead the cavalry to chase!"

Zhong Xiong was stunned for a moment, "Where are we going to chase it?"

"Go where there's water!

Like a whirlwind, the eight hundred cavalry left Lei Ying's camp and rushed towards the river. After running for dozens of miles again, facing the rising sun, Hua Chong vaguely saw a black spot on the road ahead!

The horses continued to gallop wildly, and the black dots enlarged, and they were people! It was cavalry! It was hundreds of cavalry! Hundreds of cavalry lined up with long snakes!

Zhong Xiong hurriedly pulled the reins and took the mount, Hua Chong also stopped, and the eight hundred cavalry behind also stopped one after another, and the two sides were separated by more than 100 meters, not moving!

Zhong Xiong's right hand was raised high, and Yang Tai, the master of the Jun Cottage behind him, shouted: "Array!"

Eight hundred men and horses lined up in a sharp arrow formation in a matter of moments, ready to charge at any moment. Hua Chong secretly admired the well-trained people and horses of Junshan, and at the same time, the opponent's troops also moved, and the long snake formation turned into a two-dragon water array, and the two wings of the men and horses were lined up, and each person had a crossbow in his hand, aiming at Hua Chong's side.

Hua Chong was stunned, he originally thought that this group of men and horses was Lei Ying's remnants or the water thieves of Shaohua Mountain, but it was obvious that this was a well-trained army!

Zhong Xiong didn't expect the other party's military appearance to be like this, and reminded Hua Chong in a low voice: "Be careful, the other side is not an ordinary person, well-trained, the formation changes extremely quickly, and the one who leads the troops is a master, this may be the main force of the King of Xiangyang!"

Hua Chong was surprised: "It's impossible, I saw the big camp just now, Lei Ying should have used a lot of firearms last night, but we didn't see a cannon, and we didn't see fire, this one in front of me is armed with a crossbow and a knife, it should be a serious cavalryman, could it be that Lei Ying came prepared, and actually ambushed a broken army here? Where did he come from? With this equipment, the Lei family can't afford to raise a few thousand even if they have money, and there must be 500 people? He is actually willing to use such an elite 500 people to break the queen? ”

Among the cavalry opposite, a red war horse came out of the ranks, and immediately a tall and strong man, if this person stood on the flat ground, he had to be at least nine feet tall, wearing dazzling golden armor, and the whole person looked like a gold-armored god, but the more ruinous image was his belly, if he had a weight of two hundred catties, the belly would have to take up at least fifty catties. Although the armor is shiny, the belly is even shinier, and the armor leaves on the belly are held high, coupled with the fiery red beard on the chin, if he is not wearing armor and riding on a horse, he is more like a warlord during the Republic of China.

The man urged the horse forward, seeing that he wanted to talk to Hua Chong and them, and Hua Chong and Zhong Xiong also carried the horse forward, and the two sides were ten steps away, and each took their mounts. The fat man in the golden armor took off a Xuanhua giant axe from the ring of the incident, and put the big axe on the back of his neck very unfiguratively, and the whole person sat on the horse and raised his chest and raised his head, and said to Hua Chong: "On the other side, which one is Hua Chong? Which one is Zhong Xiong?"

Hua Chong only wore a pair of soft armor and carried a sword at his waist, and when he saw the fat man asking, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword, pointed at him and said: "This sword is called Chunjun, it is my sword, I am Hua Chong!"

The fat man said impatiently, "I know what this thing is called, ask who you are, you said Hua Chong, isn't it over?"

Hua Chong, who thought he was very embarrassed, was despised by the fat man, so he withdrew his sword, put his hands around his chest, stopped talking, and continued to pretend to be 13.

The fat man looked at Zhong Xiong again, after all, Zhong Xiong was a civil and military jinshi, and he had a set of leading troops to fight, and naturally his armor was also neat. This time it came out in full bright silver armor, a bright red cloak, and inside the cloak, there was a secret weapon of his fame - an eight-pole three-foot-long flying fork, and a five-hook god flying silver spear hung on the ring. The fat man looked at him a few times and said, "Are you Zhong Xiong or Shen Zhongyuan?" I heard that these two are little white faces, which one are you?"

"Zhong Xiong. ”

"Oh, you're the Flying Fork Taipo. Okay, got it. ”

"Which green onion are you?" Hua Chong asked disdainfully.

The fat man actually laughed, and he laughed, and said to Hua: "This kid, why didn't you talk like that just now?

Hua Chong's whole person is ossified, just pretending to be 13 to make people spit, and now scolding the street, people love to listen, this fat man is stupid, right?

"Listen, sit firmly for Lao Tzu, don't hear your master's name for a while, fall off the horse in fright, and pull the reins steadily, don't startle the horse for a while. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, who the hell are you!" Hua Chong also found out, it was very difficult to talk to him well.

"Lao Tzu's surname is Cheng! My name is Cheng Yu!

"Wo Cao!" Hua Chong really almost fell off his horse, and he licked his face and said that it was a jade like a flower......

"I'm not done yet!

"You continue to ......" Hua Chong was no longer able to complain.

"You may not have heard of Lao Tzu's name, but it doesn't matter, Lao Tzu hasn't been to the Central Plains for many years, it's not strange that you don't know, but I'm here, I'm going to let you know!

"You don't have to listen to his nonsense!" From Cheng Yu's back, another war horse came out, this time it was a yellow-maned horse, and he was also a big man immediately, but this person looked much more pleasing to the eye than Cheng Yu, his face was like pale gold, three strands of long hair were fluttering, and he was also wearing a golden helmet and gold armor, carrying a pair of double maces on his back, and a spear hanging on the ring.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

"My name is Qin Xi, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called Sai Shubao, and I, like Cheng Yu, are all under the command of Master Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

"What! The Southern Tang Dynasty is still there!" Hua Chong and Zhong Xiong are both stupid! The Southern Tang Dynasty is a legendary country, in history, this country has long been wiped out by Zhao Kuangyin, but in all kinds of quyi and storytelling, the Southern Tang Dynasty, like the Western Xia and the Great Liao, is a country that has been torturing the Northern Song Dynasty. They would appear every few decades and invade the south, although they were exterminated by the Great Song Dynasty each time, but then a descendant surnamed Li would appear......

"Yes, we are the people of Nantang. ”

Hua Chong could clearly feel his heartbeat quickening, and a terrifying thought blurted out: "You are here to save Lei Ying!"

"Exactly, Lei Ying we want to take away, he is the person named by the prince, and he is also our future coach!"

Hua Chong is really scared, the king of Xiangyang wants to rebel, the Western Xia wants to help, if the remnants of the Southern Tang Dynasty also take the opportunity to raise troops, the entire Great Song Dynasty will fall into war!

Zhong Xiong on the side looked more calm, and said to Qin Xi: "General Qin, you are the descendant of Hu Guogong of the Tang Dynasty, right?"

"It is the descendant of the Qin family, this General Cheng, who is also the founding father of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Very good, Zhong is fortunate to have a glimpse of the demeanor of the former famous generals, and it is not in vain. ”

"What's the matter? Zhong Taibao wants to compete with our brothers?"

"How about a bet, we lose, we retreat, you lose, hand over Lei Ying and his firearms!"

Behind Qin Xi and Cheng Yu, a white horse flew out, and a white-robed young general held a bright silver plate dragon spear, pointed at Zhong Xiong and shouted: "Okay, we will fight this bet!"