This tiger battalion is 2,500 light cavalry, except for the orthodox leader who is a delicate and good female general, Li Ai and the rest are all tall, all of them are strong, silver helmets and silver armor, each person has a hook spear, a long-handled ghost head knife, a short scimitar with a handle on the left side of the waist, and a five-clawed iron hook, a tiny crossbow and a leather quiver hanging close to the right side of the waist. Each saddle was hung with a leather bag of water, a bag of dry food, and a roll of mattresses. This is the light cavalry tiger battalion created by Shen Zhongyue with reference to the Qin army that year, which can travel 500 miles a day, and dares to go deep into the hinterland of the enemy country alone. At this moment, the tiger camp rode his horse and galloped, and he went all the way to Yangzhou Qianjiazhuang without saying anything and asked the owner, Shen Zhongyue learned that the young master went to Luzhou Mansion with the crazy old road yesterday, saying that he would not be able to come back until half a month later. "Let's go, go to Luzhou Mansion. Shen Zhongyue jumped into the saddle, waved his spear, and led people away. But he said that since Shen Zhongyue took away the Tiger Xiao camp, Zhong Lei has always been worried, just afraid that something will happen to the young master, this heart hangs all day long, and he is still waiting at the gate of the mansion with the peony sisters and Jasper. This scene caused the whole house to be worried, and the chief manager was also worried, and he couldn't eat this meal, and he couldn't sleep well. A few days later, Deng Jia Pegasus rushed back and sent another unfortunate news, saying that Gonggong Cheng asked his cronies to send a letter from the palace, and the Empress Dowager Li had imprisoned Mo Guifei's mother and daughter in **, and secretly sent the general army of Liangjiang to intercept and kill Tianbo Mansion. "Okay. Zhong Lei sneered and immediately ordered the master and servant of Tianbo Mansion and all the soldiers and horses to quickly transport all the things in the mansion to the dock, and wait carefully after loading the ship. Then let Nian Bo rush to Ningguo Mansion with new recruits and horses to the coast of Zhoushan to find Bai Zizong, send a letter to Qin Yin to prepare to receive the ships of Tianbo Mansion into the sea, and send a message to Yang Biao and Guan Zishen to immediately bring troops to Pukou City to protect the lord. After dealing with what should be done in a hurry, Zhong Lei summoned Zhao Hu and their families to the main hall of Yingtian Palace, and said with a heavy heart: "The hateful Empress Dowager Li has imprisoned Mo Guifei's mother and daughter in the cold palace, and also secretly sent the Liangjiang General Army to intercept and kill my Tianbo Mansion. This Pukou City, I can't stay anymore, I have to go to Lianzhou, where the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion have already occupied a lot of cities. It's just that the young master hasn't come back yet, and I don't know if the Tiger Xiao camp in the middle of the moon has received the young master, so I have to rush to Yangzhou Mansion to see in person. The affairs of Tianbo Mansion will be handled by Zhao Hu, Wang Bao, Lei Long, Jiao Yi, and Yingchun. The thunder dragon immediately shouted, "No." Boss, Tianbo Mansion can't do without you, or I will go to Yangzhou to find the young master, and then go to the coast of Zhoushan to meet you. Zhao Hu waved his hand and said: "You can't do it if you go to the thunder dragon, you can take care of the food and drink in the house, and you can't do without you." I am a big idler now, and my wife's kung fu is not weak, so we will go to Yangzhou to pick up the young master. Mrs. Jiao said: "In this extraordinary period, Tianbo Mansion is indispensable for you old men, so I and Mrs. Lei, Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Qu, and Mrs. Wei rushed to Yangzhou to pick up the young master." How about rushing to Zhoushan to meet you again?" Yingchun nodded and said, "Sister is right. But for the sake of safety, you must put on your armor and take with you a hundred and fifty men. In this way, there is also a guarantee in case of trouble. Zhong Lei felt that this matter was feasible, so he personally selected two hundred astute soldiers and handed them over to Mrs. Jiao, and then selected five good horses, each of which was 1,000 taels of silver and 30,000 taels of silver tickets, in case of accidents. The people of Pukou City did not know what had happened in the city, but they saw that the people of Tianbo Mansion were constantly carrying supplies to the wharf, and more than 300 large ships were blocked on the two wharves of the government and the people. But there are too many things in Tianbo Mansion, and they haven't been moved for three days. Zhong Lei couldn't see it, and just when he was about to let the defenders go to carry it, Yue Xiaoxuan suddenly came to the dock to find him, and first gave him some of the silver tickets he had sold, about 8 million taels, and then said that he had just arrived from the General Military Mansion, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from Liangjiang were killing Benpukou City at this time. Among them, 37,800 horsemen have cut off the way to the three city gates, and it is said that they will use sunken ships to block the waterway. "Thank you, Brother Yue, the future business of Tianbo Mansion is in Lianzhou, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to support, and millions of people need food and clothing, so this business will be done by you. Zhong Lei thanked Yue Xiaoxuan and asked him to go to the Cloud Hall to take away his niece Jasper, so as not to get lost in the chaos. Immediately let all the three armies of Pukou rush to the dock to board the ship, and all that Tianbo Mansion left in Pukou City was a huge industry, and a lot of household goods that were too late to take away. "Sail the boat. Jiao Yi shouted, and three hundred and twenty-eight big boats left the dock of Pukou City and rushed to Hukou of the Huai River. But just after traveling more than ten miles, I don't want the river to be blocked by several big boats, and when Lei Long was just about to let people take away the big boats, he saw two groups of soldiers and horses along the river killing at the same time, about 34,500. There was a general in the formation who shouted loudly: "Whoever kills Zhu Tianxiao, the officer who is a soldier will be promoted to three levels, and the official will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver." When the soldiers and horses on both sides of the strait heard this, they bravely came forward to grab the ships, and fought a bloody battle with the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion on both sides of the strait, and the battle was inextricably linked. Fortunately, there are more than 13,000 soldiers and horses in Tianbo Mansion, Feng Guo and Feng Guang took 5,000 to kill on the left bank, Hu Yanxue took 5,000 to fight on the right bank, and the remaining 3,000 people were led by Wang Qiliang, Zhu Cong, Nian Bo, and Deng Jia to guard the ships. By dusk, more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in Tianbo Mansion had been killed and wounded, while the Ming army had 27,000 reinforcements. Zhong Lei saw that it was not good, and hurriedly asked people to rush the injured to the boat for treatment, and then shouted loudly: "Lei Long, Jiao Yi, you two quickly lead people to open the river and leave this Jedi." So he and Wang Bao and Zhao Hu took the wives and children of their families who knew kung fu to leave the ship and go ashore to fight the enemy. There were too many Ming troops, and in the evening, Tianbo Mansion suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and Feng Guo was also killed. Fortunately, at this time, seven or eight hundred people were killed, but it was Guan Ziqing who led the troops to arrive, first helped the fleet open up the river, and then braved the rain of arrows to escort the fleet along the road slowly. It's just that the arrows are like locusts, and the soldiers and horses of the escort ship keep being hit by arrows and falling, and in the end there are only forty or fifty people left, and Guan Ziqing is still killed by three arrows in his body. Just as night fell, Qin Yin arrived in time with 8,000 men from his headquarters, and finally joined Feng Guang's soldiers and horses after several rushes. Because it was dark, the Ming army couldn't figure out where so many soldiers and horses from Tianbo Mansion came from, and how many there were, and they didn't dare to act rashly when it was dark, so they only let the soldiers and horses surround the people of Tianbo Mansion, and only wait for tomorrow to be killed tomorrow. Zhong Lei took the opportunity to get all the injured on the boat, and then cooked vegetables, fed and drank water for the horses. In the middle of the night, two small groups of soldiers and horses broke through the siege of the Ming army and fought to the death, but it was the Yangzhou general Shi Xiongmin who led more than 500 people to come to the savior and the more than 300 Mulan troops in Guan Kui. "Well done. Zhong Lei praised Shi Xiongmin first, asking his brother to eat and rest quickly, nourish his spirits, and prepare to fight to the death tomorrow. Subsequently, he asked Guan Kui.

"Tell me quickly, what's the situation ahead?" Guan Lu, who was covered in blood, first asked his soldiers to pull out an arrow on his left arm, and said while letting his soldiers bandage his wounds: "Boss, Zhang Yan is even more ghostly than I thought, and he actually sank a ship on the fourth section of the river. Alas, the river has been fully opened, and the Mulan Army is left with us, Zhang Feng, Sun Yan, and Zhao Fen are all killed in battle. Zhong Lei knew that Guan Kui regarded everyone in the Mulan Army as sisters, but there were more than 2,000 sisters in an instant, and three deputy generals died, so he must be sad in his heart, so he comforted: "How can there be immortals in war." What's more, your Mulan Army has made miraculous achievements and opened up the river. Otherwise, the more than 300 big ships in Tianbo Mansion and the five or six thousand people on board will become the target of the Ming army. Value. It's worth it. When you arrive in Lianzhou, you are the founder of the country. ”

In the second half of the night, the dynasty rushed to the Ming army with 6,200 soldiers and horses. Although Zhong Lei didn't know which soldiers and horses were attacking the Ming army camp at night, he knew that it must be reinforcements from Tianbo Mansion, so he asked Qin Yin to take his subordinates to rush and kill, and the two armies tore up in a frenzy in the night. Killed until dawn, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses arrived in Liangjiang, Zhang Yan found that the main general in the Tianbo Mansion array turned out to be his subordinate Qin Yin, and when he was angry, he was just about to transfer troops to send generals, and two more soldiers and horses were killed, about 6,000 people, but it was Hu Yanren and Wang Changzu who were sent by Zhong Lei to occupy the mountain as the king. In this way, in addition to the wounded, Tianbo Mansion also has 22,000 soldiers and horses available, so naturally it is not very afraid of the more than 140,000 people of the Ming army. Zhang Yan saw that the ships of Tianbo Mansion were gone, but the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion came to reinforce one after another, and they reached 17,800 in just one night, and I am afraid that there will be soldiers and horses arriving soon. He didn't dare to be careless for a while, so he let the soldiers and horses surround Tianbo Mansion, and if anyone who broke through the siege shot him with arrows, he must not let the people of Tianbo Mansion escape. I thought that as long as I surrounded and did not fight for four or five days, Tianbo Mansion would be cut off from food and water, and all of them would inevitably starve to death, and even if they did not die, they would not be able to fight again. After a night of siege, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from Huizhou, Ningguo, Fengyang, Luzhou, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing arrived, but only Yang Biao, the guard general of Runing Mansion, did not arrive. Zhang Yan was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly summoned more than 30 people from all the prefectures to the big tent, first talked about the strength of both sides, and then said: "Everyone, this official was ordered by the Empress Dowager Li to intercept and kill the anti-thief Zhu Tianxiao here, and I hope that the generals will do their best to move forward bravely, first besiege and kill the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion, and then send the navy into the sea to capture Zhu Tianxiao alive, this great achievement is yours." "In this way, the 100,000 Ming army besieged the 25,000 soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion in the land of projectiles for three consecutive days. The soldiers of Tianbo Mansion did not eat or drink, and the wounded had no medicine to treat, which made the whole army very tired, but they also had to prevent the Ming army from attacking. When Zhong Lei saw it, he arranged the soldiers and horses into seven phalanxes, led by Qin Yin, Hu Yanxue, Feng Guang, Shi Xiongmin, Wang Dynasty, Hu Yanren, and Wang Changzu. "Brothers, I know that the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion are far away in Lianzhou, and the sailors are also in the East China Sea, and all the soldiers and horses who can come have arrived. I just feel that Zhong Lei, as the chief manager, takes the lead in everything, that is, for the sake of him, he can't be a greedy breed who is afraid of death, in short, he has to die together. The days without food and drink were really difficult, and they were so hungry that they couldn't even pee, and many people couldn't even hold knives. But Zhong Lei kept interspersing in the phalanx, cheering for the generals from morning to night, and he didn't know how tired he was. "Brothers, there is no end to the sky. As long as everyone grits their teeth and survives this night, it will be bittersweet. "It's strange to say, just when the soldiers were hungry and drowsy, I saw that the Ming army camp suddenly burst into flames, and then I saw that there were soldiers and horses in the firelight, which was very brave. The front and rear are light horses, the middle is a carriage, and the left and right sides are shield troops, taking advantage of the chaos of the Ming army to kill a way. Zhong Lei saw that Yang Biao, who was holding the Qinglong Sword, the first to ride, raised his arms and cheered: "Brothers, the reinforcements from my Tianbo Mansion have arrived." The arrival of Yang Biao greatly encouraged the soldiers of Tianbo Mansion in a desperate situation. "The chief steward, the last general will bring 3,000 shields, 2,000 light horsemen, and 1,000 infantry troops, and 500 wagons to eat and drink, so it is too late. Is the young master okay?" Hearing Yang Biao's words, Zhong Lei didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod and smile vaguely, and then punched him twice in the chest, and shouted to the soldiers: "I've been hungry for two days, while the Ming army is still in chaos, let's eat quickly." In the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Yan suddenly changed his strategy for some reason, and actually instigated a large army to attack from all sides and fight to the death with the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion. But the two armies fought until night, and there was no victory, and the Ming army could only give up, still surrounded by groups, buried in the pot to cook, and then made plans after the meal. Fortunately, the people in Tianbo Mansion had a full meal last night, and even if they stopped eating and drinking today, they could still carry it for at least two days. Shi Xiongmin felt that if this continued, it would inevitably make people die, so he found Zhong Lei and said: "Chief, you take the main force and leave while it is dark, leaving a general to deal with more than a thousand soldiers and horses and I to fight the enemy." "Feng Guang is right to think about it, the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion are fighting less and less, and the reinforcements of the Ming army are gathering more and more, if it is dawn, I am afraid that no one will be able to leave, so I am willing to stay and break off with Shi Xiongmin. Zhong Lei knew that if Shi Xiongmin and Feng Guang were left behind, then they and the soldiers and horses left behind would have no chance of survival.

If you don't leave soldiers and horses to confuse the Ming army, then as Shi Xiongmin said, no one will be able to get out when it comes to dawn. Thinking about it left and right, it was also helpless, so I had to find Wang Bao, Zhao Hu, bring Qin Yin, Wang Dynasty, Hu Yanxue, Hu Yanren, Wang Changzu, and Guan Kui to lead the main force to try to take advantage of the night to forcibly cross the river and go first, leaving 800 horse troops and 500 archers to Feng Shi and the two generals. But who expected that those wounded soldiers shouted that they would also stay, saying that moving together would drag down the main force, and they were willing to deal with Feng Guang and Shi Xiongmin against the enemy. Everyone was moved when they heard it, and Zhong Lei had no choice but to agree. Unexpectedly, the Ming army had already taken precautions, and when they saw that the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion wanted to break through and leave, there was a burst of drums, and the army covered up from all directions in the shouting. How could the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion be stopped, they were pressed back, and more than a thousand soldiers and horses were broken. "Damn, I don't believe in this evil. After Zhong Lei scolded, he asked half of the people to rest first, found Wang Bao, Zhao Hu, and brought Qin Yin, Wang Dynasty, Hu Yanxue, Hu Yanren, Wang Changzu, and Guan Kui, and said: "I decided to try my luck in the second half of the night, and I might be able to stand out." Guan Kui nodded and said, "Chief Administrator, it's not difficult to stand out, but you have to give me two thousand horse troops." Zhong Lei knew that she was a wise and brave female general, so he nodded and asked, "Then how are you going to fight?" Guan Yu let out a long breath and said, "The chief manager, the soldiers are not tired of cheating."

In the second half of the night, when you beat all the drums and the officers and men of the whole army shouted hard, Zhang Yan would not be able to understand the intentions of our army. As for me, I will take 2,000 horse troops to the north to kill first, where there is Zhang Yan's camp, and I will be able to lead the Ming army to the north. At that time, you will take the opportunity to break through to the south with your army, and you will be able to kill them. Everyone understood that Guan Kui's plan to attack the east and west was indeed very good, but she and the 2,000 horse army had no chance of survival, so no one interacted with each other. After a moment of silence, Wang Bao said, "Your plan is good, but it is too sinister, let's discuss it again and see what other ways there are." Zhao Hu said, "Yes." Your brother is not sure whether he is alive or dead with several arrows in his body, if you go to danger again, you let us see how the young master explains. Zhong Lei also said: "This plan can't be gone, think of another idea." Guan Kui was a little angry, and said angrily: "There is no other way except this method." No one should stop mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and the breakout matter is decided. ”