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The grass army was defeated and fled, and Cao Cunshi, the forward soldier and horse of the Tianping Army, ordered the pursuit, and at this time, the first general of the forward came out and said loudly: "General, don't chase the poor, be careful of deception?" ”

Cao Cunshi immediately looked over, but saw that it was Zhu Xuan, the junior colonel under his command, who persuaded him. Zhu Xuan was originally a native of Songzhou, and the Zhu family was also a strong party in Songzhou, his father was the leader of the Songzhou Salt Gang, and was later arrested and executed by the government, Zhu Xuan and his brothers Zhu Jin, Zhu Qiong, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Han defected to Wang Jingwu in Qingzhou. A few years ago, the Tianping Army mutinied, and Wang Jingwu was ordered by the imperial court to send Cao Quanhui into the Tianping Army, and the Zhu Xuan brothers also went together. Later, Cao Quanyang stayed in the Tianping Army, and the Zhu Xuan brothers also stayed together. Because of his bravery and outstanding performance, Zhu Xuan was promoted to general with his military exploits, and is now Cao Cunshi's direct subordinate.

For Zhu Xuan, Cao Cunshi is still relatively polite, when he was in Xichuan, he almost died under the guns of Nanzhao people once, and it was Zhu Xuan who used his body to help him block a shot.

"What is the basis for Captain Zhu's words?" Cao Cunshi asked patiently.

Zhu Xuan said loudly: "My subordinates thought that this grass thief obviously had 20,000 people, but it was obvious that there was a problem with my army coming and fighting with thousands of people." This is most likely a ploy by the thieves to lure the enemy, and there are mountains and forests ahead, so you must be careful of ambushes. ”

"Hahaha!" Cao Cunshi laughed for a while, "Lao Zhu, it's not wrong for you to be cautious, but there is no need to be too cautious." You also have to see who our opponents are, just grass thieves, forgive them for not being able to think of such a plan to lure the enemy. Besides, if it's a lure for the enemy, then they won't fight to the death. At most, a few hits will lead to defeat and escape. But now you see. Just a war. The grass thieves can have the appearance of deception, and there are at least six or seven hundred people who have fallen on this ground, and even if they surrender by deception, they are reluctant to pay this capital. You don't need to say any more, chase after it, and don't let the thieves escape. ”

The three brothers of Cao Cunshi led a thousand cavalry to pursue the vanguard, and Zhu Xuan saw that Cao Cunshi could not listen to his advice, so he had to take Zhu Jin and others. Each of the five brothers led his troops to follow the pursuit. Along the way, many backward grass troops were defeated, and they pursued and killed more than 100 people.

In the afternoon, the sun is shining.

Cao Cunshi's 1,000 cavalry had reached 20 miles east of Qianfeng County, and the scout cavalry Pegasus came to report: "Report to the general, the grass thieves in Qianfeng City are fleeing to the east, they are not holding on to the county seat, but are fleeing eastward, and are crossing the Wen River." ”

Hearing that the grass thieves actually abandoned the city and left, Cao Cunshi sneered. "Quickly report to Xue Shuai and learn that the rest of the cavalry will immediately follow me to kill."

In his opinion. The grass thieves who had gone before had lost their hearts, and after they brought back the news of the arrival of the Tianping army, the thieves and others in the city would definitely not dare to fight, so they abandoned the city and left.

Immediately led the vanguard cavalry to gallop wildly and gallop forward. When they arrived at the north bank of the Wenshui River, the north bank was full of grass thieves and hungry people. Cao Cunshi was not in the mood to care about the thieves, so he only blindly killed the grass thieves at this time.

Wang Xianzhi had already led most of the soldiers and horses across the river at this time, and the rest were some old and weak, Cao Cunshi killed, the grass thieves could not take care of each other, Wang Xianzhi had no intention of turning back to rescue, and led the soldiers and horses across the river to the south. Cao Cunshi saw that he couldn't catch up, so he had to turn around and strangle him before crossing the river.

By the time Xue Chong led most of the troops to arrive, the entire north bank of Wenshui had accumulated corpses on the twenty-mile river beach, and the river water was dyed red. After Xue Chong arrived, not only did he not stop it, but ordered the army to kill all the people who were attached to the thieves on the north bank. Then the soldiers and horses entered the already empty Qianfeng County, and the following statistics reported that this battle was 700 thieves killed before the foot of Tingting Mountain. Then the forward army killed more than 100 people along the road, and rushed to the Wenshui River at the end of the road, killing more than 3,700 'grass thieves'. The Tianping Army, which arrived later, also killed a total of more than 8,000 'grass thieves' and recovered the county seat of Qianfeng.

After killing tens of thousands of grass thieves in a battle, Xue Chong was even more excited, and after having dinner in the city, he left more than 100 men and horses to guard the city and seal the city, and led more than 7,000 troops to cross Wenshui and pursue south.

Zhu Xuan once again made a statement to Cao Cunshi, saying that south of Wenshui, Lailai Mountain and Liangfu Mountain are very dangerous, especially the Wolf and Tiger Valley in the northeast of Liangfu Mountain, the terrain is even more dangerous, and you must be extremely careful. It is best to wait for the 8,000 soldiers and horses of the capital to arrive and attack together. However, Cao Cunshi, who had just won a big victory, listened to it and sent him away with a few random words.

The Tianping army crossed Wenshui, and Wang Xianzhi had already been reported by Tanma.

At this time, Wang Xianzhi tied the ten carriages of soldiers and horses between Lailai Mountain and Liangfu Mountain, and the ten carriages of soldiers and horses were deployed in turn, and from Shang Rang led 3,000 direct elites in the center, nearly 13,000 soldiers and horses lined up to meet the battle.

When it was almost dusk, the vanguard cavalry of Cao Cunshi's division of the Tianping Army arrived first, and when they saw the army of grass thieves lined up for several miles, not only was they not frightened, but they were very excited. The previous battle had already made him full of contempt for the grass thieves, and no matter how many grass thieves there were, they were not afraid at all.

However, after a long time in battle, he did not attack immediately, but stopped two miles away, and the cavalry dismounted and waited for Xue Chong's soldiers and horses to arrive. Half an hour later, Xue Chong arrived, and when he saw the grass thieves leaning against the mountain to meet the battle, he couldn't help but laugh.

The order to attack was immediately issued, and more than 7,000 Tianping troops attacked in formation, steadily advancing all the way. Relying on a large number of archers and crossbow machines, coupled with a strong shield array, excellent armor, and excellent training, the Tianping Army marched all the way and was unstoppable.

The battle lasted less than two hours, and the 13,000 grass army was routed, and the defeated army was routed to the northeast.

At this time, it was completely dark, and the army was in the mountains, which was not conducive to attacking, but Xue Chong did not want to miss the great achievement of completely annihilating the grass thieves. He ordered the whole army to light torches and pursue, and after more than 30 miles, a group of routed soldiers under the banner of the king fled into a valley.

Xue Chong asked, "Where is this place?" ”

"Report to the big marshal, the valley here is called the Wolf and Tiger Valley, it is very dangerous, but it is a gourd valley, the mouth of the valley outside is small, and the place inside is large, but it is a dead valley, and there is only one way out outside."

Hearing this report, Xue Chong was overjoyed, the team of cavalry just now was waving the king's flag, it must be the thief leader Wang Xianzhi. Among the grass thieves, there are very few who can ride horses, so many cavalry guards are still holding the Wang Zi flag, not Wang Xianzhi, who else. Present. Xue Yuan shouted a loud order to chase into the valley.

The army entered and pursued into the valley. It's about to be chased. But the cavalry did not flee, but turned their horses and stood there waiting.

When Xue Chongzheng was wondering, he suddenly heard countless horns sounding, and countless yellow-clothed soldiers and horses suddenly poured out from the slopes on both sides, surrounding them. What made him even more embarrassed was that the other party had obviously prepared to ambush here, in addition to the soldiers and horses, there were countless large grass balls on the mountain that were drenched in fire oil and rolled down. There are also boulders of rolling wood in between.

The Tianping Army was caught off guard and suffered many casualties at one time.

"The thieves are in ambush, big marshal, the terrain in the valley here is narrow, which is not conducive to our army's battle, so it is better to withdraw out of the valley first and then fight." Cao Cunshi rushed to Xue Chong, and at this time he regretted that he should not have listened to Zhu Xuan's persuasion. However, the grass thieves ambushed the troops, although they suffered some losses, but as long as they withdrew outside the valley, they surrounded the valley mouth. The thieves will still fall into their hands.

Xue Chong was panicked at this time, hearing Cao Cunshi's words. Nodded hurriedly.

The Tianping army fought and retreated, retreating to the valley. As soon as he retreated to the mouth of the valley, suddenly countless shouts of killing sounded, countless torches suddenly lit up, and a large army killed from outside the valley. Through the bright firelight, I saw a large flag embroidered with the word king hunting in the night wind, and I couldn't stop scrolling.

Then there were countless dazzling knives and guns, and then there were Qizhou soldiers dressed in red. After Xue Chong finally discovered that the soldiers and horses with the banner of the Typing King were not the soldiers of the Grass Thief King Xianzhi, but the soldiers and horses of King Jingwu of Qizhou, his face turned pale and he was speechless in fear. At this time, this divine army descended from the sky, and the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared had already been killed from outside the valley.

Flanked from both sides, the Tianping Army, which was besieged in the valley, collapsed and was defeated before it lasted for a moment. Cao Cunshi used to be under the command of Wang Jingwu, and the Qizhou soldiers were originally Qingzhou Tooth Army, and their strength is unspeakable, otherwise, Song Wei would not have fought until now, and he had not been able to exterminate them.

Cao Cunshi had no intention of fighting again, and led the cavalry to escort Xue Chong to break through the siege with a desperate battle, and they fought desperately to fight a bloody road, rushed out of the valley, and fled all the way along the original road. They went all the way, but the Tianping army behind them had become headless flies, and after losing their command, they were surrounded and killed by the grass army and Qizhou soldiers who had received reinforcements, and most of them were killed, and a small number were captured.

When the battle was over, the ground was littered with captured weapons, armor, and flags.

Wang Xianzhi looked at all this, and he didn't dare to believe it, they actually defeated the elite soldiers and horses of the Eight Thousand Tianping Army. Standing laboriously on the blood-stained battlefield with his sword in hand, he was stunned.

Huang Chao, who was dressed in golden armor, led the Qizhou reinforcement general, and Wang Jingwu's nephew Wang Yanwen came closer. "General, we've won!"

"We won." Wang Xianzhi muttered.

When Huang Chao proposed this bold and crazy plan, Wang Xianzhi found it difficult to accept, but now it seems that they have succeeded.

"It's a pity that I escaped Xue Chong, a dog thief!"

At this time, Xue Chong, under the escort of more than 1,000 cavalry led by the three brothers Cao Cunshi and the five brothers Zhu Xuan, was fleeing all the way to the Qianfeng City. Until now, he still can't figure out that Wang Jingwu actually sent troops to support the grass thieves.

Thinking wildly, the soldiers and horses had reached Wenshui and waded across the river. After crossing Wenshui safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a feeling of the rest of their lives. It will be the dry city soon, as long as you retreat into the city and hold on a little longer, then Cao Quanhui will be able to arrive.

The head of the city nodded a few torches, and it was extremely dim, and several soldiers were standing at the head of the city with guns.

"Open the city gate quickly, Xue Shuai is back!" Zhu Xuan rode his horse to the city gate and shouted loudly.

There was a panicked response from the city, and then the city gate slowly opened, and Xue Chong and the others rode into the city. As soon as he entered the city, Zhu Jin immediately felt that something was not right, although the city had already become an empty city, with only more than 100 soldiers and horses guarding the city, but now the city was a little too quiet. So many soldiers and horses entered the city, but they didn't hear the sound of cats barking and dogs barking. He approached Zhu Xuan and expressed the worry in his heart.

Zhu Xuan hurriedly turned his head to look at the city, but was shocked to find that none of the defenders on the city knew anyone at all.

"There's an ambush!" Zhu Xuan shouted.

With this shout, the peace was broken, and countless archers suddenly poured out from the head of the city and near the city gates, and arrows rained down. Ge Congzhou jumped down from the city and shouted: "Dog thief, take your life!" ”

Lin Yan and Meng Kai also emerged from the darkness of the city gate tower, each holding a longbow.

During the day today, according to Huang Chao's military order, they first lured the enemy with Ge Congzhou's rear carriage soldiers and horses, and fled into Tingting Mountain after the defeat, where Lin Yan's front compartment was hidden. When it was dark and midnight, several teams of grass troops hidden in the underground secret room in the city came out, attacked the more than 100 Tianping troops left in the city, and opened the door to welcome Zige from Zhou and others into the city. Then he disguised himself as the Tianping Army, and the rest of the men and horses hid at the city gate, and finally waited for the defeat of the Tianping Army, killed it in one fell swoop, and ambushed the Tianping Army.

The Tianping army was ambushed, and the two sides started a melee in the city, on the one hand, more than 1,000 soldiers and horses led by Ge Congzhou, Lin Yan, and Meng Kai, in order to achieve the maximum lethality, when the troops were divided before, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao transferred almost all the bows and arrows of the grass army to Lin Yan's front compartment. At this time, the arrows are raining down, and they don't care about the accuracy, just nervous about the bow and arrows.

On the narrow streets, the cavalry of the Tianping Army did not have much advantage, they were divided and fought desperately with the grass army.

The newly defeated division of the Tianping Army had no intention of fighting after the ambush, and was only worried that the thieves of the Wolf and Tiger Valley would chase and kill. After a desperate fight, Cao Cunshi once again broke out of the siege and escorted Xue Chong to escape from the city. fled all the way to Jeju, Ge chased and killed Zhou Linyan for a while, but he couldn't catch up, so he collected his troops and returned to the city.

Xue Chong and others fled for a day and night before fleeing back to Pyongyin County on the banks of the Jishui River in Jeju. After counting the men and horses, 8,000 elite soldiers and horses, 5,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, the result was that only 300 horsemen were left who fled to Pingyin City. After Pingyin was frightened for a day, the grass thieves did not come to Jeju, but Cao Quanhui swept away all kinds of small bandits along the way, and led his troops and horses to Pingyin City.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw Xue Chong, who had returned from defeat, Cao Quanyang was stunned. This is 8,000 elites, and without this army, the Tianping Army is really going to be slaughtered. Xue Chong was already frightened by this battle, and immediately asked Cao Quanyang to return to Shiyuncheng with his subordinates, and at this time, he couldn't control the matter of attacking the troops with the Li Department of the Taining Army.

As soon as Xue Chonggang returned to Yuncheng, he immediately reported that after the grass thieves and Wang Jingwu's soldiers and horses defeated his Tianping army in the Wolf and Tiger Valley, they did not return to Jeju because they went to Yizhou. The day after his defeat, the grass thieves joined forces with Wang Jingwu's rebel army and defeated the 5,000 Taining army led by Li under the Xintai city on the border between Yizhou and Yanzhou south of the Wolf and Tiger Valley. The whole army of the Li Department was annihilated, and only led dozens of horsemen to flee south into Yizhou City, and the grass army pursued all the way, and now Yizhou has been besieged! (To be continued......)