25. Troops were sent to intercept and kill

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After Cai Xuanguang heard the news, his long eyebrows jumped a few times, and the fingers on the armrest also flicked a few times involuntarily.

The long nails on the fingers gently and rhythmically tapped on the armrests of the chair, and a cold light flashed in the slender eyes, and then quickly disappeared.

"So I underestimated the one surnamed Li, I didn't expect him to really have some ability, not only defeated Lin Jiabao, but even the one-eyed dragon group can swallow it, it seems that this guy's ability to swallow elephants is really not small.

This person is estimated to get a lot of money and grain after beating Lin Jiabao, Lin Laocai's stinginess is famous, and Lin Jiabao is so rich!

If you continue to let this bandit sit down, I'm afraid it will eventually become a big disaster, it seems that this matter has to be discussed in the long run, you send someone to the Liu family to pay a visit, let's discuss how this matter should be!

You can't watch this pole run rampant in our realm, I believe the Liu family will be interested, after all, they are also worried that this pole will attack them next time.

As for the Wang family, forget it, the old thing in the county order is better than a monkey, I want to say that he is too difficult, and we just have a grudge with the Wang family, it is estimated that the Wang family will not join forces with us, in that case, the county government will not produce officers and soldiers, so we will do it ourselves. ”

Cai Xuanguang has some ability after all, and his temperament is also calm, but he was nervous for a while, so he picked up the tea bowl, took a small sip, and commanded the subordinate.

His subordinate immediately nodded in agreement and cautiously retreated.

After his subordinates left, Cai Xuanguang 'snapped', threw the tea bowl to the ground, his eyes burned with anger, and he sneered: "You must not continue to sit idly by, this surnamed Li is too evil, how can his strength expand so quickly."

It seems that he must send a message to Liu Qianhu of the Suiyang Guard, urging him, as long as this winter is over, the officers and soldiers of the Suiyang Guardhouse will arrive.

If you unite the forces of my Cai and Liu families, you surnamed Li won't be able to jump for a few days, you shouldn't be wrong, you shouldn't provoke our Cai family, there is only one end for those who offend our Cai family, and that is death! ”

Li Zixiao waited for Zhang Ergouzi's information in the cottage, and at the same time ordered his soldiers to be ready at any time, once Zhang Ergouzi sent detailed information, they would immediately show a retaliatory action in response.

At the same time, he sent Dong Zhuang out, and continued to recruit strong homeless people to the surrounding counties to expand the strength of his subordinates, but at this time he still felt that his strength was insufficient.

Before he led 300 soldiers out to attack Linjiabao, the village was empty, once he led his troops to fight again next time, he should at least be guarded by more than 100 soldiers in the village.

This Dazhai is where all his capital is, and he must not be lost.

This Li Zixiao laid down Lin Jiabao, and now he has hoarded enough food in his White Snake Village, which is the capital for him to expand his strength.

In this year of war and chaos, natural disasters have ruined countless families, betrayed and left their hometowns to beg for a living, so at this time, the most important thing in Daming is to eat.

A whole day passed, and there was no movement, and he didn't see Zhao Ergouzi send someone to send back information, Li Zixiao was a little anxious, and ordered Liu Zhong to send out all the dozen or so scouts that his subordinates had just selected.

Early the next morning, Li Zixiao was woken up by Lin Yuluo, and now Lin Yuluo has become a maid who specializes in serving Li Zixiao, in addition to taking care of Li Zixiao's daily life.

I learned to sew and cook with the old mothers in the back kitchen, and my life was peaceful, and I gradually walked out of the shadow of losing my relatives.

Li Zixiao was woken up and learned that it was Zhang Ergouzi who sent someone to send back the information, so he hurriedly got up, and as soon as he came out of his room, he saw a circle of people around the door.

Qian Guangyuan, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, Liu Chong, Dong Zhuang, and all the henchmen arrived, and at this time, Han Tong walked up to him, handed him a note, and said: "Big boss, this is the information that the two dog brothers asked me to send back."

He said that the matter was urgent and asked me to return to the cottage overnight, and I rode back overnight. ”

"Okay, you've worked hard." As he spoke, Li Zixiao took the note and opened it.

"Haha, okay, Zhang Ergouzi really lives up to my expectations, you can take a look." After Li Zixiao read the note that Zhang Ergouzi asked Han Tong to send back overnight, he laughed and applauded, and then handed the note to everyone to see.

Everyone saw that the note said that the foreign officers and soldiers who assisted the Cai family in attacking Baihu Village this time came from Kaifeng Mansion and went to Fengyang, led by a general named Zhao Jie, with a number of about one hundred and thirty people.

Later, it was written that this army of officers and soldiers would leave Yongcheng County and go south to Fengyang before midnight tomorrow morning, and as for the Cai family's fields and minerals outside the county seat, they were still being statistically verified, and then they were delivered.

After Li Zixiao saw the information sent back by Zhang Ergouzi, the first thought that came to him was to find an opportunity to eat this southbound army of officers and soldiers to avenge the slaughter of Baihuzhai.

Because this officer and soldier is only about 130 people, and there are not many troops, they have the strength to eat him at this time, which is also the main reason why Li Zixiao laughed happily.

Then, Li Zixiao told his henchmen what he thought in his heart, and they were all moved when they heard it, if they set up an ambush halfway, they could completely eat more than 100 officers and soldiers quietly.

"I agree to fight, eat this group of officers and soldiers, and let the Cai family know that if you offend our White Snake Village, you will also have to pay a price, and this Mangdang Mountain is not their Cai family's territory."

Zhou Dazhu was the first to respond, of course he agreed to fight, the opportunity is rare!

"I agree with that."

"I have a hard time agreeing." Soon Wei Hong and Liu Zhong also agreed.

Qian Guangyuan heard the opinions of Zhou Dazhu's three main generals, and after taking a look at Li Zixiao's face, he knew that Li Zixiao was determined to fight this group of officers and soldiers who had left.

"If the big boss wants to ambush this army of officers and soldiers, then there is not much time left for us, and tomorrow morning this army of officers and soldiers will leave the Yongcheng County Government and go south.

We must get to the place where we want to ambush before they do, and prepare for the ambush in advance, otherwise we won't be able to stop them. ”

"Well, Mr. Wenrun is right, there are still about eight hours before tomorrow morning, and with our marching speed, it is enough to kill the ambush on the official road south of Yongcheng County.

Where exactly to set up an ambush, let's go and observe the terrain, since everyone agrees, then it is urgent to gather the brothers immediately and prepare to go.

This time I only took 250 men, and the rest of the soldiers stayed in the cottage, and the new recruits did not need to go, and all the soldiers who went out to fight were each going to have enough food and water for three days.

Ordered the old lady in the kitchen to make another batch of steamed buns now, let us go and bring it, Dazhu and Wei Hong will go with me to fight, Liu Chong, you are responsible for guarding the cottage, and no one is allowed to approach our cottage.

I understand everything, I understand it, and now I will act immediately, and after half a while, we will set off. Li Zixiao's determination to eat this group of officers and soldiers has been made, and he said to everyone.

"Yes, boss."

Li Zixiao gave an order, and all his subordinates took action, making dry food for those who made dry food, gathering his subordinates to gather his subordinates, wiping weapons with shawls and armor, and the entire cottage was running at high speed.

Then an hour later, one hundred and fifty pikemen and one hundred sword and shield soldiers lined up neatly on the cottage playground, Li Zixiao looked at the morale of his subordinates, and the appearance of the army was neat, and he was also very proud.

This is the result of his past two months, he finally went from nothing to the capital that stood in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Let's go!"

Li Zixiao waved his hand, and then rode a horse led by Dong Xiang himself, and left the cottage with these people.

Li Zixiao had intercepted more than a dozen horses from the one-eyed dragon before, and in addition to distributing them to the scout team, he also equipped himself, Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu and others with a horse each, after all, this could show the identity of their leader.

"Boss, wait a minute."

Just when Li Zixiao was leading people out of the cottage, there was a shout from behind, and Li Zixiao looked back and saw that it was Luo Chao riding a horse, followed by five domestic servants chasing after him.

"Brother Luo, what are you?"

"Big boss, Luo Chao asks to act with you." Luo Chao rode to Li Zixiao and said respectfully with his fists clenched.

"Oh? Do you want to play with us? Do you know what we're going to do this time? We want to intercept and kill the officers and soldiers, and you dare to attack the officers and soldiers? ”

"This ......, I dare!"

When Luo Chao heard that Li Zixiao was going out to intercept and kill officers and soldiers this time, he immediately frowned and hesitated a little, but then gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Young Master......"

At this time, a middle-aged man on horseback who was following behind Luo Chao heard that Luo Chao was going to go out with Li Zixiao and them to intercept and kill officers and soldiers, and he was suddenly a little anxious and pulled Luo Chao's sleeve.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao beat Lin Jiabao, Luo Chao was intercepted by Qi Wei from outside, and he did not confiscate the six horses he was riding, which can be regarded as Li Zixiao deliberately wanting to leave a good impression on Luo Chao.

"Sixth Uncle Luo, I know what I'm doing." But Luo Chao obviously had made up his mind, and the middle-aged man sighed and didn't say anything.

"Okay, then you can follow us."

Li Zixiao is happy to see Luo Chao act with him, as long as Luo Chao has the blood of officers and soldiers on his hands, it will be difficult for him not to take refuge in himself.

"Boss, I want to ask you for something?" Luo Chao said with a little hesitation.

"You say."

"I want to borrow a hundred taels of silver from the big boss, and I will pay it back later." At this time, Luo Chao said his true purpose for meeting Li Zixiao this time.

"A hundred taels of silver? No problem, Brother Luo. Li Zixiao deliberately showed a very embarrassed look first, but then agreed.

You must know that the one hundred taels of silver at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not a small amount, and of course Li Zixiao also knows what Luo Chao borrowed this one hundred taels of silver for, it was for his mother's treatment.

"Thank you, boss."

As a result, Li Zixiao added Luo Chao and his five domestic servants in this operation.

He is clear about Luo Chao's ability, and even the five domestic servants who followed Luo Chao, these two also opened Li Zixiao's eyes, and they were really extraordinary in martial arts.

This made Li Zixiao more curious about Luo Chao's identity, judging from Luo Chao's speech and demeanor, and his deliberate letting Qian Guangyuan test Luo Chao, showing his profound knowledge.

This shows that Luo Chao has a good education and is likely to be the son of an official eunuch, as for why Luo Chao and his mother appeared here, Li Zixiao didn't figure it out.

This strengthened Li Zixiao's idea of taking Luo Chao under his command, it was a pity that such a talent was lost, so Li Zixiao had to play a small trick.

In the past two days, Luo Chao's mother has obviously improved her condition after taking the prescription prescribed by Li Langzhong, which makes Luo Chao excited.

However, then Li Langzhong told Luo Chao that he wanted him to pay the consultation fee and medical fees, and when Luo Chao heard it, he agreed without saying a word, and he had to pay for medicine and medical treatment, there was nothing wrong with it, and it was justified.

However, he didn't expect Li Langzhong to open his mouth and ask Luo Chao for one hundred taels of silver for the diagnosis and medicine, saying that it was his unique prescription, and many precious medicinal materials were added to the prescription, of course it was expensive.

Although Li Langzhong's asking price was outrageous, Luo Chao, who was eager to save his mother, finally agreed, so there was a scene where Luo Chao borrowed money from Li Zixiao.

However, Luo Chao is not easy to ask for help, he is willing to follow Li Zixiao to fight this time, which can be regarded as a reward for Li Zixiao for lending him silver.

As for why Luo Chao dared to hear that they were going to intercept and kill officers and soldiers, and dared to agree to fight together, Li Zixiao didn't understand, it seems that he is also a person with a story!

And it seems that Luo Chao doesn't have a good impression of the Ming officers and soldiers, which makes him secretly happy again.

Li Zixiao is not worried that Luo Chao will take the opportunity to escape, if he wants to escape, he has a chance to escape in the past two days, and now if you let him go, he will not leave, and he is still counting on Li Langzhong to help cure his mother's illness!

"Wei Hong, you take Han Tong and a few other scouts to take a step ahead and go to the official road south of Yongcheng to reconnoitre, looking for a suitable location for our ambush."

After leaving the cottage, Li Zixiao said to Wei Hong.

"Understood, boss." Wei Hong responded, then turned to Han Tong and several other scouts on horseback, and shouted, "You guys come with me, drive." ”

Li Zixiao and his family left the cottage in the morning and did not come to rest in a forest next to the official road eight miles south of Yongcheng County until the evening.

Then Li Zixiao asked his subordinates to rest on the spot, and then ate their own dry food with this water, that is, some meatloaf and steamed buns, drank cold boiled water, and did not dare to live, it was too close to the county seat, and the fire would be discovered.

"Found Wei Hong, right?" Li Zixiao asked when he saw a scout returning.

"Captain of the guard, just behind, he asked me to come back and report to the boss, the captain of the guard has found a suitable place for an ambush." The scout on horseback reported to Li Zixiao.

After a while, Li Zixiao waited for Wei Hong.

"Big boss, according to your order, I led people to look for a suitable ambush location along the official roads in the south of this county, and really let me find an excellent ambush site.

Just ten miles to the southeast from here, there is a narrow area, on one side of the official road is a low and high slope, suitable for cavalry to dive and attack, and on the side of the official road there is a small forest, just suitable for our pikemen to hide. ”

"yes, let's go, take us to see."

Half an hour later, Li Zixiao led people to rush to the ambush site chosen by Wei Hong before the sun set, and after seeing the terrain here, he was also very satisfied.

"Well, it's indeed a good place for an ambush, then choose here, now let's wait for those officers and soldiers to come to the door, this time Lao Tzu will take more than 100 officers and soldiers to pay tribute to the more than 20 brothers who died in Baihu Village."

Li Zixiao's face was cold, and he said in a cold tone.