Except for the first day of leaving the city, the army marched forty miles, after which the speed of the official army's advance slowed down significantly, especially after leaving the official road, and it only advanced less than twenty miles a day. Although this slowed down the time, the combat strength of the army was excellently preserved, and the whole army was able to maintain a defensive phalanx along the way, always paying attention to the movements around it.

This is precisely the result of more than two months of daily training in the military formation, and these 1,000 sergeants have long been accustomed to obeying military orders, and almost no one is tired or slack. That's just the way it is for the elite soldiers.

Of course, in addition to the main force needing to slow down the pace of progress, Sun Tu still sent a scout team to be one step ahead to investigate the news, and they tend to go faster, more than ten miles faster than the main force in the rear.

Today, it was Cao Zheng who led more than a dozen scouts to explore the way. Because of his previous performance, coupled with his careful training in the army later, he quickly stood out in the scout camp and became the captain of this fifteen-person team. And with experience, he was now engrossed in staring at the narrow and rough road ahead, in case anything happened.

The more than ten people under his subordinates did not dare to slack off at this time, the scouts were the elite of the Qingzhou soldiers, they received double salaries, and their status was higher, so their responsibilities were naturally greater when they needed to fight, and it was their duty to open the way to investigate like this.

Suddenly, the ears of one of the scouts who were following Cao Zheng suddenly moved, and he immediately leaned over and listened to the ground. This move immediately made the other people stop, and while drawing their knives, they had already put on a defensive formation, and Cao Zheng looked even more solemn: "What do you say?" ”

"There are a large number of people coming quickly towards this side......" The scout, who has far more hearing than ordinary people, played his role at this time, and got up as he spoke: "There should be as many as fifty or sixty, it should not be the people nearby." "Along the way, although they have passed through several villages and towns, there are not many people in them, and they have long been plagued by bandits and bandits, and how many people are willing to stay in this place and wait for death.

What to do? The others all looked at Cao Zheng, waiting for him to come up with an idea. And after Cao Zheng thought for a while, he spoke: "Ding San, you go back and report to the capital eunuchs, and the others are scattered on both sides, drag them down first!" "If only fifty or sixty people are not a threat, he is only worried that there are still a large number of enemies behind him, then this battle will not be easy to fight when the enemy occupies a favorable position, and he must first buy time for the main force behind him.

The scouts immediately received the order, quickly dispersed, and hid behind a tree on the side of the path, while Na Ding San had already turned and ran back.

But after a meal, a slightly chaotic team of people had already walked quickly, and the first two were Kong Ming and Kong Liang brothers. Unlike the officers and soldiers who always maintain a vigilant posture, these people seem to be very casual, and they don't mean to probe around, and some people are even talking loudly: "It's really useless to say that these officers and soldiers from Qingzhou are really useless, it's been two days, and they haven't met us yet." Two village owners, we will definitely win a big victory this time! ”

Kong Liang laughed: "That's right, those officials and soldiers are all decorations." If you want me to see that they sent troops this time, they are bluffing so that they can give one of those officials a handover

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If you really want to fight us, dozens of our brothers can kill him by thousands! As he spoke, the footsteps of these people did not slow, and they had already entered the encirclement on both sides of the scouts.

Cao Zheng's eyes flashed with essence, and after calculating the opponent's footsteps, he had already taken out the short bow he was carrying and aimed, and then he shouted in a low voice: "Kill!" As soon as the words came out, the fingers loosened, and the arrows swooped straight towards the hole in front of the head.

The other scouts had already wound their arrows like him, and when they saw that the captain had made the first move, they did not hesitate at all, and released their arrows one after another, and more than a dozen feathered arrows were fired at the gang of thieves from both sides in the blink of an eye.

Kong Liang suddenly heard this shout, and then there was an arrow wind, which made him suddenly startled, and hurriedly leaned around to raise his knife, going back and forth to the arrow. When the sound really made him block this fatal arrow, but it also shocked him into a cold sweat.

The other minions beside him didn't have the ability to react, and just as they raised their knives in exclamation, the arrows had already shot into their bodies, and although they didn't hit the vital point, they were already screaming in pain, and hurriedly retreated.

Kong Ming's reaction was also extremely fast, and after a few slashes and arrows were fired, he shouted loudly: "It's a sneak attack by the official army!" Let's kill them, don't let them fire arrows again! As he spoke, he raised his sword and rushed towards the woods on the left. Kong Liang's eyes were already red at this time, and he immediately shouted violently, and with the sword light, the person had already swept up like a cheetah, and rushed straight to the forest on the right.

Cao Zheng and the others saw that these guys were so fierce after being attacked, and they also knew that they had encountered an opponent, and it was obviously inappropriate to flee at this time, so they quickly released the last arrow they put on their hands, and they all abandoned their bows and drew their knives to meet each other in formation. Although there were fewer of them, the round military formation that was conducive to self-defense was formed in the blink of an eye.

"Kill!" Kong Ming took the lead in rushing in front of Cao Zheng, and slashed towards his front door with a knife, Cao Zheng did not avoid it, followed by a broken drink, waved the knife to meet the attack, and the two knives intersected, he was slightly inferior, and in a moment, his body retreated. But just when Kong Ming was about to stab him again, the two short guns on the side had already stabbed him quickly, and as long as he didn't save him, he would be hit hard.

In desperation, Kong Ming could only give up the pursuit and swing his knife to block. But before he could regain his breath, another knife came from the side, so that he could only retreat. Only then did his men arrive, shouting and rushing over to kill the scouts who were guarding Cao Zheng's retreat.

In this confrontation, the power of the military formation was immediately revealed. Although the number of scouts was far inferior to that of the White Tiger bandits, they were well-founded in advance and retreat, complementing each other's offense and defense, not only did not let those bandits who rushed over to kill take advantage, but took advantage of their scattered scattering and injured several people in a row, so that the attack of the thieves was slowed down.

On the other side, Kong Liang's situation was also average, four or five times as many thieves surrounded the scouts and fought with all their might, but they failed to break through their military formation, but instead let the men and horses on both sides keep moving and approaching, and then merged together in one place, forming a larger circle formation.

During this time, only two scouts were besieged and killed because they were a little slow to move by the leg, but the other thirteen were already in one place. However, the people of Baihu Mountain, more than a dozen people have fallen in a pool of blood before and after, and the casualty ratio of five for one is too terrible.

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"When did these Qingzhou officers and soldiers become so difficult to gnaw. And this turtle formation, where did you learn it......" Kong Ming saw this, his heart was shocked, knowing that this time it was not easy to do, and he really wanted to eat this army of officers and soldiers, and he didn't know how much it would cost him.

"I knew I should have brought a repeater." Kong Liang said hatefully. He believed that as long as he had this big killing weapon in his hand, such an empty place would be enough to shoot all the more than ten people in front of him in the blink of an eye. But just think about it, it's really difficult to annihilate this official army at this time.

"We slowly retreated, mainly procrastinating." Cao Zheng also regretted it in his heart at this time, the opponent's combat strength was actually not small, and the number of people on his side was too small, and he couldn't last too long to fight hard, so he could only slowly retreat and delay, so as to wait for the main force in the rear to come to the rescue.

And when they retreated, they reminded the Kong brothers, and Kong Ming immediately strode forward and shouted: "Kill them all, we will leave!" As the owner of the village, he took the lead in killing the past, and the other minions were not unwilling, so they screamed and pounced. Over the years, they have formed a superior psychology for the officers and soldiers, so that they are not afraid even if they have suffered a small loss before.

And seeing dozens of thieves rushing at him again, Cao Zheng's heart was even more tense, but turning around and running away at this time would only lead to faster death, so he had to fight hard to the end. He immediately shouted, raised his step and swung his knife, and met Kong Ming, who was slashed at with a knife. The scouts around him quickly filled in to help him defend against attacks from the flanks, and the two sides quickly fought together.

As in the situation just now, with the solid defense of the circle formation, the scout team with fewer people actually blocked the fierce impact of the thieves, but they also paid a certain price, especially in the face of Kong Liang, who had no one to contain him, two people were stabbed, and they had lost the strength to fight again, so they could only shrink to the center of the circle first.

"If only there were more people, then you can use the hollow array to shoot arrows to kill the enemy!" Cao Zheng thought bitterly. But even so, they still wounded seven or eight more enemies, repelled another round of attack, but with all their might, the elite of these armies were also slightly wounded, and their strength was weak.

Kong Ming, who retreated again, shook his heart after seeing the panting appearance of these officers and soldiers in front of him: "They are running out of strength, follow me, and destroy them in one go!" ”

The Kong brothers took the lead again, and the two knives beckoned to Cao Zheng at the same time, this time Cao Zheng couldn't parry anymore, and just blocked Kong Liang's knife, he was hit by Kong Ming's knife in the shoulder, and the person staggered back. And as soon as he retreated, a gap was quickly revealed in front of the circle array.

Kong Ming's reaction was extremely fast, and he immediately rushed forward, and the knife in his hand slashed through a large arc, forcing those scouts who still wanted to fill the position to dodge in a hurry. In this way, the gap was even greater, and the bandits behind them had already understood, and immediately rushed to kill with all their might, and with a few pops, three more scouts were killed and fell to the ground. And with their fall, the circle finally broke!

"Run!" Seeing this, Cao Zheng didn't care about his injury, shouted, and turned around and ran back. The other scouts were not slow to react, and despite the enemy attack behind them, they turned around and ran. If you can't fight hard, running for your life is the wisest choice......

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