The Golden Age Chapter 97: Broken

Amid the screams, more than a dozen spears stabbed at Zhou Yuanbao at the same time. Zhou Yuanbao's hammer swept away and the spears were swept away. The officers and soldiers were well-trained, followed by several spears. Zhou Tianbao was stabbed. With a roar, a little underfoot, and his body swept back.

The bandits behind him couldn't keep up with Zhou Yuanbao's speed, nor could they cooperate with Zhou Yuanbao. They could not rush into the gap in time. When Zhou Yuanbao swept back, the left and right shield soldiers immediately closed in and blocked the gap. , Then counted the spears and poked them out from behind the shield again.

At this moment, when he heard the sound of horseshoes, Zhou Yuanbao was shocked. He followed the sound and heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the flanks.

His pupils constricted.

Don't say that the Black Mountain bandits are chaotic. Even if the formation is formed, the most feared is the cavalry cutting in from the flanks.

In the dark night, a team of cavalry came from the east, the number was not large, only two hundred to ride, but this cavalry suddenly appeared at such a time, for the Black Mountain bandits, it was a fatal destruction. Many of the bandits who fled eastward in order to avoid the officers and soldiers met the cavalry and were dumbfounded, but this cavalry did not hesitate at all.

Du Zitong also followed at this time, and saw Zhou Yuanbao looking at the cavalry team. He was already panicked at this time, and said anxiously: "Yuanbao, what should I do?"

"Follow me." Zhou Yuanbao didn't hesitate, and went west. Countless bandits saw the fourth master and the fifth master running westward, and they followed behind. The cavalry team came fast, chasing behind, the bandits It was crowded, you pushed me and trampled on each other, and the cavalry behind was covered and killed, and another head fell to the ground.

Zhou Yuanbao looked back as he ran, holding a sledgehammer of hundreds of kilograms in his hand, but he was faster than anyone else. Seeing that the cavalry behind was getting closer and closer, some cavalry sprinted because of slashing with knives. Slowing down, Zhou Yuanbao turned abruptly, flying under his feet, and rushed straight to a cavalryman. When the cavalryman reacted, Zhou Yuanbao's sledgehammer had been swung out and hit the man’s chest. The horse flew out like a stone. Zhou Yuanbao flew on his horse, flicked the horse's rein, rushed to another cavalryman, hit the cavalry again, knocked the cavalry into the air, reached out and grabbed the horse's rein, shouting Said: "Fourth brother, fourth brother...!"

Du Zitong saw Zhou Yuanbao's supernatural power, called himself after seeing him more dismounted, and immediately rushed with the knife. Zhou Yuanbao threw the horse's rein to Du Zitong. Du Zitong had just taken the horse's rein, and he rushed out from the side and swung the knife. He slashed towards Du Zitong, Du Zitong didn’t react slowly, waved his knife to block, "choked", and the two knives fought against each other, sparks splashed all over, Du Zitong only felt a pain in the tiger’s mouth, but the other party had already slammed the knife again, Zhou Yuanbao But he had already slammed the hammer at that person.

The man hurriedly retracted the knife. Although the speed was fast, half of the blade was still swept away by the wolf head hammer. He immediately swept the knife away. Zhou Yuanbao didn't wait for the opponent to react. He swung the sledgehammer diagonally towards the man. Hit his chest.

At this moment, with a "poof", the sharp arrow hit Zhou Yuanbao's right shoulder all the time. Although the arrow also had leather armor, the arrow penetrated the leather armor and was submerged in the flesh.

This arrow made Zhou Yuanbao's wolf-head hammer pause for a while, and the knight had already reacted, turning his horse's head around, slapped his horse and left.

Zhou Yuanbao is not in love with war, and shouted: "Run west!"

In the distance, Lu Xiaolou put away his longbow, looked to his side, and said: "Why not shoot it directly? I am confident that I can penetrate his neck with an arrow."

"This man is brave and brave, not a mortal." Qin Xiao riding on horseback, watching Zhou Yuanbao protect Du Zitong while leading the bandits

Withdrawing westward, a trace of respect appeared in his eyes: "It is a pity that such a person was shot in this way."

Lu Xiaolou nodded and said: "I have never seen such a brave person. I never thought that the Black Mountain bandits still have such a person."

"He should be an important leader of the Black Mountain Bandit." Qin Xiao said: "If you kill him, you will really have a life and death vengeance with the Black Mountain Bandit, and there is no room for it."

"The general didn't mean that only if they were afraid of fighting, would they compromise and seek peace from us?" Lu Xiaolou said: "Killing this person, wouldn't it make the Black Mountain bandits more fearful?"

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "After the war tonight, the black mountain bandits fear us more than resentment, but if this person is killed, resentment will be greater than fear."

Lu Xiaolou lowered his head and thought for a moment.

Zhou Yuanbao ran west for dozens of miles with the broken-hearted Black Mountain bandits. The officers and soldiers behind him did not continue to chase and kill them, but there were only five thousand people. At this time, there were only more than one thousand people behind. Others were either buried in the Songyang Grassland, or they flew around in a panic. He knew that he would definitely not be able to gather all his subordinates at this moment, and those who survived naturally knew how to return to the mountain.

Turn to the north. Although many people are exhausted, they can only continue to flee towards Montenegro for fear of the officers and soldiers chasing them.

Walking out dozens of miles more, many bandits really couldn't hold it, their speed became extremely slow, and some even sat on the ground directly.

"Let’s rest for a while." Du Zitong looked back and saw a bleak scene, both angry and sad. He stopped his horse and looked up at the night sky. Then he looked at Zhou Yuanbao and said with a wry smile: "Yuanbao, Thank you very much. Without you, I would not be able to return to Montenegro."

Zhou Yuanbao shook his head and said: "The Long Rui Army is different from the Liaodong Army, completely different."

"It's really different." Du Zitong sighed: "I really didn't expect that they set us such a vicious trap."

Zhou Yuanbao glanced at Du Zitong and said: "Second brother insists that he can't attack Long Ruijun. It really makes sense."

Du Zitong frowned, he stopped talking.

"The Liaodong Army has a family and a career, they are afraid of death." Zhou Yuanbao said indifferently: "It was never because we were really able to fight with each other, but the Liaodong Army was more afraid of death than us, and the second brother was well dispatched. Only then can we be able to fight and win again and again. The Long Rui Army...not only is not afraid of death than the Liaodong Army, I am afraid that it is not afraid of death than us."

"What the **** is thunder?" Du Zitong changed the subject and said: "What kind of weapon is that and why is it so powerful?"

Zhou Yuanbao shook his head and said: "I have never seen it either. I only heard of thunder and lightning from the sky, but I have never heard of thunder and lightning on the ground. Those weapons are buried underground, but...underground There can be no people, how can those weapons kill themselves?"

Du Zitong said bitterly: "It's not that we can't fight, it's that the officers and soldiers used malicious weapons."

"Compared with what those weapons are, I want to know more, how did the Long Ruijun know about the plan of the night attack tonight?" Zhou Yuanbao's eyes were cold, and he whispered: "Their trap is not hurriedly completed. In Weapons were buried in the barracks. When we launched the night attack, they walked around behind us. We were sure that we would panic to the north and also ambush the cavalry on the flanks...!" After a pause, he looked at Du. Sub-channel: "These can't be temporary intentions. They have made careful arrangements in advance. Also, all the materials in the warehouse have been transported away. All of this is definitely not the same.

It can be done in days. "

"You mean they knew our plan at least one or two days in advance?"

Zhou Yuanbao said: "It took only two days for the adoptive father to send troops. In other words, soon after the adoptive father decided to send troops, the news reached the officers and soldiers. After the decision to send troops, in order to keep them secret, each village did not let the brothers at first. We knew that we were going to attack the Long Rui army, just assembling soldiers and horses in the name of training. The brothers only learned about the plan to attack the Long Rui army at night one hour before the troops were dispatched. At that time, even if someone wanted to deliver the letter, time was too late." He paused and asked: "In other words, someone sent the news to the officers and soldiers at least one day before we sent the troops."

"At that time, there were only a handful of people who knew the plan." Du Zitong frowned.

"If this person is not picked out, I am afraid we will all die without a place to bury." Zhou Tianbao said coldly.

At dawn, Long Ruijun was still cleaning the battlefield.

Last night, the first battle happened suddenly and ended suddenly. It didn’t take a long time. However, the Black Mountain bandits suffered heavy casualties. More than 300 corpses were left on the battlefield, and there were more than 300 or 400 wounded soldiers, most of them. It was all caused by the fire and thunder in the camp.

The Black Mountain bandits fled everywhere, and Qin Xiao did not ask the soldiers to chase them. Apart from transporting the corpses out to find a place to bury them, many injuries and illnesses became prisoners. A field was circled as a temporary prison, and some injuries were also provided. The medicine allows the bandits to heal each other's injuries.

The secret letter that Qin Xiao received that day detailed the Black Mountain bandit’s action plan, the specific time and approximate troop dispatch, and even the leader of the troop.

Yuwen Chengchao and Qin Xiao have read the letters, and they both find it incredible.

The black mountain bandits sent troops to attack at night. This fell in Qin Xiao's estimation. How could anyone snoring by the couch, as long as the black mountain bandits were jealous of Long Ruijun, if they didn't fight today, they would fight tomorrow.

However, Xuanyuanchong led people to meet Qin Xiao, and Qin Xiao thought that the Black Mountain bandits might have the meaning of communication and should not be easy to shoot in a short time, but the letter was suddenly sent over, making Qin Xiao a little surprised. Is it possible for the Black Mountain bandit to come in contact with him, deliberately letting himself relax his vigilance?

Although the truthfulness of the letter cannot be determined, Qin Xiao knew that this kind of thing would rather be trusted than whether it was credible or not. After discussing with the generals, he immediately made careful arrangements.

Qin Xiao knows that the Black Mountain bandits have fought against the Liaodong Army many times. They are full of confidence and have no fear of the officers and soldiers. On the contrary, they have won successively in the Liaodong Army, and even if they fought against the officers and soldiers, their morale would increase.

After all, the training time of Long Ruijun is not long, and it is not considered to be an elite division. In the face of the Black Mountain bandits with absolute superiority in force, Long Ruijun does not actually have much advantage, it is nothing more than equipment ratio. The Montenegrin bandits must be sophisticated. If the two armies face off against each other, with the current strengths of both sides, it is really unclear who will die.

Even if Long Ruijun wins, he must pay a heavy price.

Of course this is something Qin Xiao doesn't want to see.

Qin Xiao didn't want any of them to die on the battlefield soon after leaving the customs.

This battle is not only to win, to deal a heavy blow to the Black Mountain bandits, to make them fear the Long Ruijun, but also to reduce their losses as much as possible.

This is certainly not an easy task, but it is something Qin Xiao asked himself must do.