Since Liang Shidu became the leader of the three divisions of Jinshan Palace six years ago, he had never suffered such a big loss, and he actually killed thirty-four of his subordinates, and more than twenty people were killed or wounded, which almost made him mad.

He had sacked the caravans going north countless times, and as long as they appeared, the merchants of which caravan did not obediently kneel on the ground and let them dispose of them, more docile than a flock of sheep, and today this group of merchants dared to rise up and resist, and also severely injured his men, it is simply incredible.

Liang Shidu immediately realized that there must be a special person among these merchants, he squinted at the Xuansha Stone Forest under the night, he remembered the young man who wielded the knife, ruthless and agile like a cheetah, it was he who led a large group of merchants to repel the attack of his men, and at least a dozen people died at his hands, who was this person?

"Commander, what do we do next?" One henchman asked in a low voice.

"What should I do?"

Master Liang gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't kill them all, how can you get out of the evil anger in my heart!" ”

Although Liang Shi swore to kill all the merchants, but he couldn't bear this big loss, dozens of dead and wounded, it was difficult for him to explain to Mr. Beijing, if the casualties increased, Mr. Beijing would never let go of himself, thinking of Mr. Beijing's cruel methods to punish his subordinates, Liang Shi shuddered.

He took a few steps, and the best way was to use the cover of night to sneak up on this group of merchants, as long as his men could kill a dozen people, they could break through the opponent's defense line and slaughter all the merchants.

Liang Shi squatted on the ground and drew a topographic map on the sand with a wooden stick, he had found that the south entrance was relatively flat, and the cavalry could directly kill it, the key was to seize the south entrance, and they would win.

After pondering for a long time, he beckoned, called a few of his subordinates, and whispered a few words to them, several of his subordinates hugged their fists and agreed, and immediately ran to the stone forest, knowing themselves and knowing their opponents, in order to win a hundred battles, Liang Shi must first find out the situation to deal with, he must no longer underestimate the enemy, blindly charge.

Half an hour later, the subordinates who ran to investigate the situation came back and reported to him the situation in the mausoleum, which surprised Liang Shidu, the south entrance actually had no defense, how could it be?

He immediately turned on his horse and waved his hand, "Follow me!" ”

He led fifty cavalry to slowly move towards the stone forest, and after a short time, Liang Shi brought a large group of cavalry to a stone forest about seventy paces away from the south entrance.

Liang Shidu concentrated on the south entrance to observe, in the bright moonlight, there was no obstacle at the one-zhang wide entrance, the mausoleum was very quiet, there was no guard in sight, Liang Shidu secretly wondered in his heart, could it be that the other party was singing an empty city plan with himself?

He sneered slowly, he wanted to try, what means could the other party have to stop the impact of his cavalry, he turned back to several cavalrymen and shouted: "Kill it!" ”

Several cavalrymen urged the horses, and the horses rushed out and ran in the narrow stone forest, the speed was not fast at first, but the closer to the entrance, the wider the road, and the speed of several cavalrymen became faster and faster, like the wind galloping, and the sound of horses' hooves was as dense as a drum.

But at the moment when the cavalry at the head of the army rushed into the south entrance, the ground was 'tense! A tripwire popped up on the ground, and the horses neighed miserably, stumbled forward, and rolled out with the cavalry, and the two horses behind were unable to regain momentum, and they were also tripped one after another, and several black shadows flashed on both sides, and stabbed the fallen cavalry to death with their spears.

Liang Shi could see it clearly, he snorted heavily, it was just a few tripwires, could he stop his horseback?

He shouted, "Get in there, watch out for the tripwires on the ground!" ”

Dozens of cavalry marched out together, galloping forward in turn like a long snake, for a well-trained cavalry, the tripping rope was not terrible, as long as they could be detected in advance, they could generally avoid it, if they already knew that there was a tripping rope at the entrance, how could they still be fooled.

The first few cavalrymen rushed faster and faster, and instantly rushed to the entrance, and the tripping horse bounced again, but the war horse jumped high, avoided the tripping rope very sensitively, and rushed into the open space of the mausoleum, and the second and third war horses also did the same, and they all rushed into the mausoleum smoothly.

The Liang divisions in the back were so excited that they struck each other with fists, as long as the fifty cavalry rushed in, they would wash this group of merchants in blood tonight, and let out this evil breath in their hearts.

The stumbling rope failed, and the cavalry rushed into the mausoleum clearing one after another, and the situation suddenly became tense, Zhang Xuan, who was standing on the high platform, watched the cavalry rush in coldly, and he shouted, "Do it!" ”

I saw that on the top of the entrance, several long ropes pulled together, and a stone pillar on the right that had been hollowed out in advance began to shake, slowly tilting, and several cavalrymen below were frightened and scattered, turned around and fled, but the cavalry behind blocked the retreat, and the stone pillar fell violently, accompanied by a terrible scream.

The stone pillar smashed down heavily, broken into several pieces, dusty, the three cavalry below couldn't dodge, were smashed to pieces, and there was a sudden chaos at the south entrance, and the merchants hiding in the shadows rushed out under the leadership of Cheng Yanjin.

"Split your head!"

Cheng Biting Jin roared, the big axe swung over, and the head of one of the cavalrymen was split, and the other three cavalrymen who rushed into the open space of the mausoleum were also surrounded by regiments, and the spears poked indiscriminately, stabbing all three cavalrymen to death.

On the two walls, dozens of hidden archers all appeared, opened their bows and shot arrows, and the dense arrows shot at the horse thief cavalry in the middle of the chaos, and suddenly there was a scream, and the horses were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and Liang Shi was so anxious that he shouted: "Withdraw!" Retreat! ”

The horse thieves and cavalry retreated one after another, leaving behind more than a dozen wounded or shot dead companions, and exited the stone forest in embarrassment, Chai Shao led more than 20 people to rush out, and killed all the cavalrymen who were not killed by the arrows, peeled off their leather armor, and picked up all their weapons.

In a beautiful counter-sneak attack, the horse thieves lost twenty men again, but the caravan did not hurt a single person, which greatly boosted the morale of the merchants, and everyone pinned their last hope on Zhang Xuan.

But Zhang Xuan did not have time to enjoy the support of the merchants, so he ordered the merchants to block all the entrances with boulders, and selected fifty able-bodied men from among the merchants and his henchmen, and made them wear captured leather armor and arrange them in a spear formation with spears in their hands, and Cheng Yanjin trained them.

Zhang Xuan is very aware of the severity of the situation, once the sneak attack fails, the horse thieves are likely to attack as much as during the day, they will inevitably turn in from all directions, there are not many businessmen who can fight, only more than 180 people, if a one-on-one situation is formed, they will be dangerous.

Only by training into a formation as soon as possible can there be a glimmer of hope for self-preservation, Zhang Xuan gathered the rest of the people together, he stood on the high platform and said loudly to them: "The horse thieves have been killed by us more than fifty people, they are not terrible, what is terrible is our own cowardice, as long as we have the courage to fight to the death with them, we can live." ”

"For the sake of our wives and children, we must live!"

Under the encouragement of Zhang Xuan, everyone's blood began to boil, they thought of their wives and children, in order to let them live in troubled times, they did not hesitate to come out to do business, if they died at the hands of horse thieves, what should their wives and children do?

"Live!"

A businessman raised his arms and shouted, and everyone was excited, raising his weapon and shouting, "Fight to the death, we will live!" ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand to calm everyone down, and he said to everyone: "The battle of life and death often depends on who is more ruthless and fierce, but our strength alone is not as good as the other party, if we want to defeat each other, there is only one way, a few people together, I ask you to be companions with each other, or two, or three, or four, as long as the other party turns in, you rush up and kill each other, without any hesitation." ”

The merchants began to look for companions to form a team, and at this time, Chai Shao walked up to Zhang Xuan and asked in a low voice, "Do you think this is useful?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I don't know, but I can only do my best, and how much I can live depends on God's will." ”

Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder again, "You are with Second Uncle Li, try to protect him." ”

Chai Shao looked back, there were only five people left under Li Shentong, they couldn't leave their master, they couldn't provide assistance to Zhang Xuan anymore, Chai Shao nodded, got up and left quickly.

Zhang Xuan felt another burst of boredom in his chest and abdomen, and he restrained the discomfort in his body and walked quickly towards the fifty spearmen who were training

The sneak attack at night caused the dark horse thief to suffer another heavy blow, and Liang Shidu suffered a great humiliation that he had never had since his debut, making it difficult for him to ride a tiger, and he had to let go, no matter what the price was, he had to kill the other party.

Now the other side has sealed several entrances with boulders, so that his cavalry can no longer charge in, and they can only turn into them and fight to the death.

Liang Shidu only left more than 20 people to take care of the war horses, and the remaining 120 horse thieves all went out to surround the open space of the mausoleum from three directions.

In fact, Liang Shidu also thought of another way, that is, to attack the merchants' livestock, disturb them to cause chaos, but the other party obviously had full precautions, and concentrated the livestock in the northeast, where the terrain was the highest, and the cliffs were so steep that they could not climb from the outside, and all the livestock were blindfolded by cloth, and all kinds of goods surrounded them, so that they could not run around, and could only stay quietly in the corner.

But no matter which plan, Liang Shi can't try them one by one, he can only use the simplest and most effective way to let everyone turn in and slaughter, although there will be a certain loss, but Liang Shi can't take care of it.

He carried a large iron spear in his hand and personally led his subordinates to the central area of Xuansha Tomb step by step.

The time is almost four watches, in the open space of the mausoleum, everyone is sitting on the steps and waiting silently, they are not sleepy, there is no despair, Zhang Xuan gave them hope, everyone believes that as long as they fight to the death, they can live.

"It's coming!"

I don't know who shouted, and everyone stood up and clenched the weapons in their hands.