Chapter 479 Ambush
But when Song Jiang received the pigeon letter from Zhou Tong, he immediately called his military advisor Lai Yong'er and showed Lai Yong'er the pigeon letter.
Song Jiang said: "Military advisor, Liangshan Prefecture and Zengtou City's horse army have left Laiwu Prison, but are they coming here?"
Lai Yong'er frowned and said, "According to Brother Zhou Tong, Zhao Daguan only blocked the road to the Laiwu Prison and only surrounded but not attacked. They should have kept their promise and did not want to be enemies of us. Zengtou City was not convinced by Ling. The two regiment training envoys from the state must not be here to assist Hu Yanzhuo. They may have gone to Qingzhou."
After hearing this, Song Jiang said with a gloomy face: "Qingzhou cannot be in chaos, military advisor, how can this be a good thing?"
Lai Yong'er said: "Brother, just past Laiwu Prison is the Lushan Mountains. It's the easiest place to ambush..."
After the two murmured for a while, a homing pigeon flew out of Laiwu. At three o'clock that night, the east gate of Laiwu quietly opened, but it was Lai Yong'er who led Huangfu Xiong, Fatong, and Zhao Fu, commanding 3,000 elite men. The men were wearing soft clothes and the horses were picking luan bells. They quietly left the city and took advantage of the moonlight to hold the medals in their hands. Run quickly.
At dawn, everyone sneaked into Mount Lu and ambush in the dense forests on both sides of a canyon.
Huangfu Xiong changed his clothes, pretended to be a hunter, and went to inquire about the whereabouts of a group of horse troops coming from Laiwu Prison.
Not to mention Songjiang, he still pretended that nothing happened and fought with Hu Yanzhuo, Shan Tinggui, Wei Dingguo and others in the city every day. It is only said that Zeng Tu and Zeng Mi led their cavalry troops into Qingzhou along the horse hoof prints left by Shi Wengong and others. After leaving Lushan, they saw Shi Wengong's troops heading southeast, and the two brothers turned around and headed north.
Along the way, skipping villages, the two brothers only targeted the larger villages and attacked Chishang Township and Yuanquan Township one after another. Most of the cavalry troops under the two men were from the Jin Kingdom, and they drove seven or eight thousand people from the two places back along the way they came.
Zeng Mi led more than 300 people to clear the way first, while Zeng Tu led the remaining sergeants to supervise the chariots and guard the left and right sides.
All the sergeants were in high spirits. There were not many casualties, but they got a lot of money. Zeng Tu also promised that the men and women in custody would be demoted as slaves after being sent back to Zengtou City, and they could be purchased by the sergeants. Even [Optimus Prime] Ren Yuan, who followed after hearing the news, led five thousand Qingzhou thieves, and the sergeants were not afraid.
Relying on the speed of his horses, Zeng Tu led an army of 1,500 horses to counterattack for a while. Unfortunately, he had already received instructions from Song Jiangge and the defense was tight, so Zeng Tu could not succeed.
After following for another two days, Ren Yuan turned around and returned.
Zeng Mi saw it and said to Zeng Tu: "Brother, these Qingzhou thieves are indeed courageous bandits. The thieves in the front can't retreat, and the thieves in the back don't dare to fight."
Zeng Tu laughed after hearing this and said: "The infantry is our opponent to the cavalry army. If we can follow them for two days, it will be considered good."
Entering Lushan, the two of them couldn't help but relax and urged the captive villagers to hurry towards Laiwu prison. Zeng Mi, who was leading the group, was even more arrogant, riding slowly only a mile away from the group.
Unexpectedly, they arrived at the place where Lai Yong'er was ambush. With Huangfu Xiong's information, the Qingzhou thieves had already cocked their crossbows. Let go of Zeng Mi's group at the front, and wait for the large group of people to come over. With the sound of a gong, on the hillsides on both sides, there is Fa Tong on one side and Zhao Fu on the other. The crossbow arrows are shooting at the future like rain. Even a very heroic man can't escape this. Many arrows. Poor Zeng Tu, the leader of the five tigers in Zengtou City, was very powerful in martial arts, but he never showed it. He was shot to death in Lushan together with the yellow fat horse that sat down.
Zeng Mi saw an accident at the front and fought hard to save Zeng Mi. However, when there was a hail of arrows, half of the 300-horse army fell. Seeing that he was not the leader, Zeng Mi, a close sergeant, tried his best to protect Zeng Mi and hit his horse to escape.
Of the 2,500 cavalry troops in Zengtou City, only 500 to 700 people escaped from the ambush. Most of them fled back to Laiwu Supervisory City, and the rest followed the people towards Qingzhou. Although the captured Qingzhou people were not the targets of crossbow attacks, many were accidentally injured. In addition, people and horses collided, trampled on each other, abandoned their property, and fled in all directions. Five or six of the ten stops had been reached.
Besides, the sergeants and common people who were escaping to Qingzhou just ran out of the mountains and met Shi Wengong and his party who were returning. The fleeing sergeants and common people were all frightened.
There were many people who recognized Shi Wengong, and they boldly stepped forward and told them about the ambush ahead. Shi Wengong listened, and after discussing with Tang Bin and Wang Tianba, Wen Zhongrong and Yang Tengjiao were left to lead an army of 300 horses. Then he gathered the sergeants and common people to guard the gold and silver treasures that Wu Yong had taken from the silver cellars of several wealthy families in Yiyuan.
Shi Wengong and others led the rest of the cavalry troops and rushed to the ambush site at high speed. The people and sergeants who fled along the way gave way to get out of the mountain.
The Qingzhou thieves who were cleaning up the battlefield heard the sound of galloping horse hooves in the mountains. Under Lai Yong'er's shout, they quickly put down the collected weapons, gold, silver and cloth, and gathered the sergeants.
There are many greedy thieves in Qingzhou who are not willing to listen. They are procrastinating and refuse to part with the money they have obtained.
During the pushing and shoving, Shi Wengong, Tang Bin and other cavalry officers and soldiers were approaching. While the horses were galloping, the Qingzhou thieves were unable to form their formation. They saw the Liangshan flag clearly, shouted and fled in all directions.
Fortunately, the car battles left behind on the battlefield, with corpses and dead horses everywhere, blocked the Liangshan army from catching up. Seeing the corpses on the ground and the war horses and cloth scattered everywhere, Shi Wengong and others chased for a while, but the Qingzhou thieves turned their horses' heads after a few of them had not been killed. Send sergeants to Yiyuan to inform Wu Yong of the situation here.
A group of horse soldiers guarded the place and waited for Wu Yong to arrive with 3,000 sergeants before treating the wounded and cleaning up the battlefield.
The dead bodies were buried on the spot, and the rest that could be taken away were sent to Yiyuan.
Shi Wengong and others also supervised Cha Zhan all the way and followed Wu Yong back to Yiyuan.
After a light harvest, there were still more than 3,000 people who fled in all directions. Wu Yong divided them into villages south of Yiyuan County according to their households, and divided them into fields and houses.
Some of the seized wealth, silk, grain and rice were also distributed to the people, and people were encouraged to publicize the grace of Zhao Zhen in Liangshan.
The remaining money and silk were sent to the county treasury, waiting for Zhao Zhen to send someone to calculate the merits and reward those with merit.
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Wu Yong also transferred salt from the Yishui River, skinned the dead horses, and distributed them to the troops. The excess was salted into bacon and sent to various places. More than 600 good horses were seized and fed. It's a pity that Zeng Tu's head has never been found. I wonder if it was taken away by Qingzhou thieves. Only Zeng Tu's body and a steel gun were found.
After the inventory was clear, Fei Ge passed the letter to Xintai and forwarded it to Zhao Zhen three days later.
But it was said that Zeng Mi returned to Dazhai, Zengtou City, under the supervision of Laiwu City in embarrassment with an arrow wound. Zeng Sheng was shocked when he saw it, and quickly asked the doctors accompanying the army to debridement and apply medicine to Zeng Mi. After bandaging, Zeng Sheng asked: "Second brother, where is the eldest brother?"
Zeng Mi cried loudly and recounted the whole situation. After Zeng Sheng heard this, he shouted: "Brother is guarding the stronghold here to recover from his injuries. I will lead people to find him."
With that said, without waiting for Zeng Mi's consent, Zeng Sheng ordered the remaining 500 horse troops to leave the camp. From time to time, he encountered sergeants who were fleeing back on the road. One of the sergeants reported that he saw Zeng Tu being shot and killed. Zeng Sheng gritted his teeth and shouted: "You will lead the way, and I swear to avenge my brother!"
Another two to three hundred people gathered along the way. Many sergeants lost their helmets and armor, and their horses were also lost. Zeng Sheng became angrier as he watched.
Coincidentally, Zeng Sheng hurriedly hurriedly encountered the Qingzhou bandits running out of the mountains. The two armies followed and fought in chaos. There were many thieves in Qingzhou, and they were even more tired after a quick journey. There were few people here in Zeng Sheng, but they were mostly fresh troops and horse troops. Both sides fought for a while, each suffering injuries.
Seeing that he couldn't take advantage, Zeng Sheng had no choice but to retreat. They were all foot soldiers when they came to Yong'er, so they didn't dare to catch up. They packed up and hurried back to Laiwu City with great fanfare.