7. Send troops to rescue Qi Wei

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The fierceness of Zhou Dazhu's first team, the delicacy of Wei Hong's second team, the calmness of Liu Chongsan's team, and the good defense of Luo Chao's fourth team, and the courage of the scout team.

It can be said that Li Zixiao's subordinate generals have to form their own fighting style, which is related to the character of each of them, and Li Zixiao also supports this.

In this way, these recruits can get acquainted with their future fighting style as soon as possible, and they will be able to join this team.

It is convenient for these recruits to adapt to the run-in as soon as possible once they are added to the team to ensure combat effectiveness.

Among them, Li Zixiao arranged for Liu Chong to stay in Zhouzhuang with his three teams and 500 recruits, while training recruits and improving Zhouzhuang's defense.

In Li Zixiao's plan, the geographical location of Zhouzhuang is too important, holding the main road of Yongcheng north to Defu, and if the Kaifeng government wants to encircle and suppress Li Zixiao again, it can hardly bypass Zhouzhuang from the north.

It's a pity that the terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend, and fortunately there is such a fort as Zhouzhuang now, otherwise this place is not suitable for garrisoning at all.

In Li Zixiao's plan, it is to let Zhou Zhuang take the lead, attract the attention of the officers and soldiers for the second encirclement and suppression, and share the pressure of the White Snake Village.

After all, if the officers and soldiers coming from the direction of Kaifeng want to encircle and suppress the White Dragon Army in the White Snake Village of Mangdang Mountain, they must first uproot Zhouzhuang to ensure the safety of their rear roads.

Otherwise, with Zhou Zhuang on their back road, Liu Chong could cut off their logistical supplies at any time, and even cooperate with the White Dragon Army of White Snake Village to stab the officers and soldiers behind.

It can be said that once the officers and soldiers arrive, Zhouzhuang is bound to become a must for the officers and soldiers, and it is precisely because he knows the arduous task of guarding Zhouzhuang that Li Zixiao arranged Liu Chong here.

And Liu Chong also knew this, but he did not hesitate to accept Li Zixiao's appointment.

Because he understands that if this battle is fought well, it will increase his status in Li Zixiao's heart, and his position in the White Dragon Army will also be consolidated.

Time passed quickly, and most of the months passed in a hurry, and the thousands of recruits under Li Zixiao had already shown the appearance of a strong army in his non-stop drills day and night.

At the beginning of May of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the spring ploughing will be busy, but at this time, Han Tong of the scout team brought Li Zixiao a shocking news.

"The big boss, when the captain was patrolling the north before, he encountered a wounded cavalryman, who claimed to be Qi Wei's subordinate and came to ask for help.

The wounded rider was followed by a dozen cavalrymen of unknown origin who pursued him, but we repulsed them.

Our captain knew the relationship between the big boss and Qi Wei, so he didn't dare to delay, so he asked a few of us to escort the injured rider back to the cottage first, and they stayed behind. ”

A White Dragon Army scout knelt on one knee in the hall of the White Snake Village at this time, and reported to Li Zixiao on the first seat.

"What about the wounded rider?" As soon as Li Zixiao heard that it was someone sent by Qi Wei, he immediately paid attention to it.

"Back to the big boss, the medical soldier is bandaging and healing the wounded horseman, but the injured rider is very hard, regardless of the injuries on his body, he has been clamoring to see the big boss."

"It may be that something happened to Qi Wei's people, bring them up, I have something to ask him." Li Zixiao's face changed, and he said in a deep voice.

After a while, a man wrapped in white cloth was carried up by two white dragon army stretchers.

Li Zixiao stepped down from the chair, came to the wounded soldier, squatted down and asked, "Are you Qi Wei's person?" I'm Li Zixiao. ”

The wounded soldier had many large and small knife wounds and arrow wounds on his body, and at this time he was bandaged to stop the bleeding, but he only had one breath left.

But when he heard Li Zixiao's words, he suddenly raised his head with wide eyes and looked at Li Zixiao, and said excitedly: "Master Li, go and save our boss, it's too late, our brothers will be finished." ”

The wounded soldier spoke, his eyes watering with tears and hissing.

"Don't rush, talk slowly, what the hell is going on? Has someone attacked you? How many people are on the other side? Li Zixiao's face sank, and sure enough, something happened to Qi Wei.

"It was our old enemy who attacked us, a team of rogue horses, numbering nearly a hundred people, all of them cavalry, who had been crisscrossing the Huaiqing area before.

Now after they learned our news, they rushed all the way over, we were not outnumbered, we were defeated, and we were besieged in Laozui, so Boss Qi asked me to break through and come to Li Da Boss for help. ”

The wounded soldier said these words intermittently, and immediately fainted.

"Big boss, what should we do, should we go to the rescue of Qi Wei?" After listening to the wounded soldier's words, Zhou Dazhu leaned over and asked.

"If you want me to say, of course you want to, Qi Wei has a good relationship with our cottage, and if a friend is in trouble, we should help each other.

Besides, isn't the big boss trying to pull Qi Wei's small elite cavalry into our White Dragon Army, this is a rare opportunity!

Moreover, the cavalry team of our cottage has also been established, but there has never been a suitable main general to lead, so we can't always let Han Tong's scout team lead.

I think Qi Wei is good, if we send troops to rescue them this time, I guess Qi Wei will be embarrassed to leave our White Dragon Army.

When the time comes, let Qi Wei be the captain of our cavalry team, there is no more suitable candidate than him, isn't it, the big boss. ”

Dong Zhuang looked at Li Zixiao and said seriously.

"Dong Zhuang's words are right, this time Qi Wei is in trouble, we need to help, not only because Lao Tzu appreciates Qi Wei, as Dong Zhuang's said.

Qi Wei is a rare talent, if he commands our cottage cavalry team, he can turn our newly established cavalry into a pack of wolves.

Moreover, taking advantage of this opportunity, we can also let the new cavalry of our cottage see blood, otherwise they will never be able to become brave knights.

I have already decided to send troops to rescue Qi Wei, this time to rescue Qi Wei, the road is a little far, and I can only send all the cavalry to hurry.

Ordered the cavalry team to be ready, and this time I decided to personally lead the cavalry team to Laozuikou, rescue Qi Wei, and let Luo Chao go with me.

Just take that group of rogue horse bandits and hone our newly formed cavalry team, so that these recruits can also see blood, which is good for them. ”

Although Li Zixiao's face was solemn, he was very excited at this time.

He had long wanted to subdue Qi Wei's gang, but unfortunately he never found a chance, and now he has a rare opportunity to send it to the door, of course he has to seize it.

"Big boss, you can't leave the cottage, just leave it to us to deal with this gangster.

Don't worry, I will lead the cavalry team to bring the Qi Wei brothers back safely. Luo Chao came out and took Li Zixiao's order, and said worriedly.

At this time, Li Zixiao's newly established cavalry team had reached 600 people, all of which were equipped with war horses, except for some of these 600 war horses, which were saved by Li Zixiao's continuous plunder.

The other half was purchased by Dong Zhuang in Xuzhou City through the Xie family within this month, and these two or so war horses alone cost Li Zixiao more than 30,000 taels of silver.

In addition to the high price of buying horses, they also need to use silver to buy off a series of corrupt officials in the court, otherwise how can it be so easy to get such a war horse.

"It's okay, with you, there are so many of us, I'm still afraid of the hundred rogues, my life is not so delicate, go down and order all the people, after a stick of incense, let's go."

In the end, Luo Chao did not convince Li Zixiao, he still insisted on leading the team in person.

The reason why Li Zixiao insisted on leading the team himself this time was to let Qi Wei see that he attached great importance to others, so that he could attract others later.

On the other hand, the reason is that Li Zixiao followed those cavalrymen and accepted the training of the old cavalrymen by Luo Chao, Han Tong and other scouts for nearly a month.

Having mastered a series of cavalry movements and tactics such as horse charging, he found that he liked the cavalry more and more, and liked the thrill of leading thousands of iron cavalry to charge behind him.

Therefore, this time, after hearing that the besieging of Qi Wei was only a hundred Liukou, he immediately knew that this was an opportunity for him to personally train his troops, and he didn't want to miss such an opportunity.

Otherwise, the next time they had to face the cavalry of the imperial court, there would definitely be no chance for him to personally lead the charge.

Li Zixiao's cavalry team assembled very quickly, and after a stick of incense, Li Zixiao and Luo Chao led three hundred cavalry to rush out of the cottage.

For the cavalry, the journey of more than 30 kilometers will not take long, half a day is enough for Li Zixiao and them to arrive.

"Luo Chao, how far is it to reach the old mouth?" Li Zixiao, who was galloping on a horse, asked Luo Chao.

"Qiyu is in charge, not far in front of Laozuikou, the terrain here has become complicated, and Laozuikou is a dangerous place with no entry and exit.

It seems that Qi Wei is desperate, he chose such a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also difficult to escape, it is estimated that all hope has overwhelmed us. ”

Luo Chao said to Li Zixiao after studying the dangerous terrain of Laozuikou.

"You mean that if we rush in directly now, we will block that stream of rogues inside, and if they want to rush out, they can only fight us head-on?"

Li Zixiao also remembered the terrain of Laozuikou, which was like a gourd that was blocked from the mouth of the gourd, with only one exit, Qi Wei was planning to put it to death and be born.

"For the sake of prudence, let's send a sentry to reconnoiter carefully, if we are sure that the gangsters are all in the old mouth, then we will go in directly, block this group of rogues, and leave no one behind."

Li Zixiao's eyes were full of murder, he didn't plan to let go of any of these rogues, not because he hated them so much.

Instead, he wants to use the population of these rogues to win over Qi Wei and eliminate harm for the people by the way.

The most important thing is that Li Zixiao took a fancy to the hundred war horses under the buttocks of these people, which is the most important thing.

Luo Chao personally arranged for the two old cavalrymen to go to reconnoiter and come back later to report.

That stream of rogues was all in the old mouth's mouth at this time, and they didn't seem to realize that someone would rush to rescue Qi Wei.

"Okay, all of them get on the horse, sort out the formation, and kill with Lao Tzu, and don't let anyone go."

Thundered......

Li Zixiao took three hundred cavalry and rushed directly into the old mouth, and was soon discovered by the rogue inside, after all, the three hundred cavalry ran fast, and the movement caused was still very large.

"Big boss, a large group of cavalry suddenly came from outside, and they are rushing towards us." A rogue minions rode up to a strong black man and said in horror.

"What? This damn Qi Wei is fucking playing tricks with Lao Tzu again, where did this guy get a helper, go, kill out, can't be blocked in here. ”

This thick black strong man unwillingly glanced at the steep hill in front of them, and Qi Wei and the remnants of a dozen of his men were now besieged on it.

If he was given a little more time, he would be completely terrible to let his men dismount and attack him, but unfortunately there was no time now.

This stout black man also knew that if he and his men were trapped in this valley, he would not be able to let his cavalry run and speed up in time.

Then when they face the cavalry rushing in from outside, they will become the target of slaughter, so at this time he can only lead people to rush out and speed up the horses.

Thundered......

At this time, if you look down from the top of this valley, you will see that there are two black dots, one of which is rushing rapidly from the outside, and the other is a slightly smaller black dot that is rushing from the inside out.

The horses' hooves were bursting, and two groups of cavalry rushed to kill, causing a particularly large movement in the valley.

On a hill not far away, Qi Wei was covered in injuries, and there were still half arrows stuck in his arms and back, and he didn't dare to pull them out, otherwise it would cause large-scale bleeding.

At this time, there was such a big commotion outside, of course he could hear it, standing on a big rock, Qi Wei's eyes flickered, and finally sighed, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the contrary, Li Tianba next to him was covered in blood, and when he heard the movement outside, he said to Qi Wei excitedly: "Boss, it must be Master Li who brought someone to save us, Xiao Yu'er successfully broke through and found Li Zixiao." ”

"Yes." Qi Wei still nodded calmly.

"Boss Qi, Mr. Lu is dying." At this time, a scarred Qi Wei's subordinate walked up to Qi Wei and said in a low voice.

After hearing the words of this subordinate, Qi Wei didn't say a word, and rushed over directly, not far away Lu Wen had a long arrow in his chest, lying there.

"Lao Lu, Lao Lu, you must not have anything to do!"

Qi Wei rushed to Lu Wen, looked at Lu Wen's pale face, and shed tears in a hurry.

Lu Wen's arrow was blocked for him, otherwise he would be lying here waiting to die at this time, and it was probably Qi Wei.

"Boss, the days we have known each other have not been short, I have never seen you cry, today I can see you shed tears for me, I Lu Wen is very moved.

I can't do it anymore, it's a return to light, I understand for myself, I can live until now and earn it.

If it weren't for Boss Qi, you came to the rescue, I would have been a pile of bones.

It's a pity, I can't see the day when Boss Qi will make a new contribution, and before he dies, Lu Wen still wants to persuade Boss Qi to say a word to you.

Today's imperial court is really hopeless, although your Qi family has been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations.

But that's just foolish loyalty, and the idea that the boss wants to continue to serve the court is not advisable.

If you are willing to listen to Boss Qi, Lu Wen's last words of persuasion, let go of your illusions about the court.

If Boss Qi is willing, I think you can take refuge in Li Zixiao.

This Li Zixiao, I can't see through him.

From the time we met him in Linjiabao before, until what he did in Yongcheng County later, I sent someone to inquire about it.

I have a hunch that there is no limit to what this person can accomplish in the future.

If Boss Qi wants to show what he has learned in his life, instead of pinning his hopes on the current court, it is better to follow Li Zixiao.

Look at this person at this time, he can bring people from such a distance and so quickly to help us.

At first glance, he is also a person who values love and righteousness, and the boss may be able to achieve a career by following him! ”