Chapter 111
Weicheng Town, Zongcheng County, Daming Prefecture, borders Qinghe County, Enzhou in the east and Nangong County, Jizhou in the north. In the sixth year of Xining, it was established as the capital of Zongcheng County, and was the throat of the northern part of Daming Prefecture connecting Ming, Ji and Enji Prefectures.
Zhang Di's thieves left Qiu County, Mingzhou, and went east to plunder the states of En, Gaotang, De, etc., and they had to pass through this Weicheng. Therefore, they sent Dong Cheng, Zhang Xiang and other thieves to lead the troops to guard Weicheng, and sent Ling Guang and Suoxian to lead the thieves to Zongcheng County, Daming Prefecture, Xiaojiaji and other places, and sent the newly invested Hedong Green Forest to steal Nangong County, Jizhou.
Xiao Tangxin informed Shi Xiu and other confidants to lead the village to guard Zongcheng County, Xiao Jiaji and other places, so he and his commanders, Hua Rong, Zhou Jin and other generals, led the troops of the Third Battalion, and followed the commander Wang Huan, Wei Dingguo of Dezhou, and Shan Yangui's five hundred fire soldiers and the five hundred Xuanjia troops to recuperate and prepare. The three armies all headed straight to Weicheng.
Dong Cheng and others were guarding in front of Weicheng Town, and heard the rumbling sound of horses galloping closer and closer. "He-Nanhe-Jiexi Duke Wang Huan", "The soldiers and horses in the Daming Mansion were guarding Ren Xiaxia Xiao Tang", "The horse commander and vanguard" and other flags suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Dong Cheng bit his teeth hard and scolded: "That guy Xiao Tang is here!"
Lu Yuan beside Zhang Xiang saw Wang Huan's big flag and said in fear: "There is also the 'old romantic' Wang Huan, who is also a luxury figure. At this point, we only have three or four thousand troops. How can we stop it?"
"I'm afraid of birds!? We just want to kill officials and rebel!" Dong Cheng said angrily: "The government army is just a group of cowards who bully the weak and are afraid of the strong. I'll go and meet Xiao Tang first!"
On this side, Wang Huan led 3,000 troops from the Sixth Battalion, Xiao Tang led 1,3,400 troops from the Third Battalion of Daming Prefecture, and 1,3,400 troops from Wei Dingguo, and 1,000 soldiers led by Shan Yangui, just stabilized the formation when a powerful general holding a splattered sword and riding a silver curly horse appeared in Weicheng Town. The powerful general pointed his sword and shouted loudly: "Xiao Tang, you are a slave in the official sect! Do you dare to fight me, Dong Cheng?"
Wang Huan, who was in charge of the central army, smiled slightly and said, "Xiao Aijian, the leader of the thief made a wild statement. He wanted to fight against the generals alone, and he also called your name."
Xiao Tang knew that Dong Cheng was also a brave general. In Water Margin, he fought fiercely with the Eight Cavalry of Liangshan Zhu Tong and Hua Rong, especially with Xiao Li Guang and Hua Rong for more than 30 matches. Although the Liangshan Army intended to lead Dong Cheng, the impetuous and reckless city lord of Lingchuan, who was ambushed, to attack the city, and Dong Cheng rushed back to help, and was shot to the back center by Hua Rong with an arrow. With his bravery, he would be the most in line under Tian Hu's tent in the future.
Only by fighting with such an opponent can you know the depth of your ability. What's more, Xiao Tang had a lot of experience in competing with Wang Huan that night, and it happened to be useful today, so he said, "Since the thief wants to fight, let me meet him!"
The Sohe beside Xiao Tang pulled Xiao Tang's reins and said hurriedly: "It's better for me to fight with this guy first," Xiao Aijian led the troops of the third battalion! When there are thieves fighting, it's not too late for the prison to go again!"
Xiao Tang smiled and said, "You vanguard, you must teach me how to use your means. You can't tell you to steal all the things you fight with others!" After saying that, he clamped his legs, and the fire block given by Liang Shijie under his crotch, Chi Qianli neighed and rushed out like a ball of fire.
When Dong Cheng saw Xiao Tang running out, he had heard of Xiao Tang's reputation in the world for a long time and was determined to try his skills, so he stopped talking and slashed at Xiao Tang with a knife. Xiao Tang waved his golden tiger-headed and dragon-toothed gun in his hand, and he showed his life skills with Dong Cheng, going back and forth, and then he saw four arms scattered and eight horse hooves. For a moment, he forced someone to make a mess.
Dong Cheng's command saw Dong Cheng and Xiao Tang fight for 20 or 30 rounds, and he still didn't decide the winner. He thought to himself: Alliance Leader Zhang sent Ling Guang, Suo Xian and others to rob Zongcheng County, Xiao Jiaji and other places, and now he has become an opponent of Xiao Tang and will never stop. He took this man's head first to demonstrate the ability of my brother Dong Cheng and I!
Thinking of this, Chen Ji waved his white steel gun in his hand, came out of the horse, and attacked Xiao Tang. Dong Cheng and Xiao Tang were fighting hard. Seeing Chen Ji rushing to help him, he said angrily: "Chen Ji, what are you doing here? Let's retreat quickly, don't let the official army laugh at me!"
Chen Ji said coldly: "Now isn't the time to ask you to fight alone! Killing this guy will make the morale of the government army lose its morale!"
The official army was ready to try, and when they saw Chen Ji suddenly attacking Xiao Tang with Dong Cheng, they immediately said angrily: "The thief is such a rogue! He said he wanted to fight the general and bully the few. Is there anyone in my Daming Mansion?" After that, he shot out like an arrow, rushed to Chen Ji and swung the golden axe and chopped him.
Chen Ji was shocked to find that the fierce official cavalry suddenly came out and was imposing. He hurriedly set up a gun to block it. The loud noise of "现!" made Chen Ji's eardrum hurt. His tiger's mouth cracked, and the white steel gun rod in his hand was bent a little.
Chen Ji struggled to resist the rope for more than ten rounds, his arms were already sore and embarrassed. When Dong Cheng saw it, he had just swung Xiao Tang's dragon-tooth gun, and the wind knife in his hand rushed to the rope to split it, and cursed in his mouth: "Help you a bird! I will help you, but I won't go away yet!"
The situation evolved from one to one, two to one, and two to one, into Dong Cheng and Chen Ji, Xiao Tang and Suo's four cavalry. Zhang Xiang and Lu Yuan saw Dong Cheng and Xiao Tang fighting fiercely. Although it was difficult to decide the outcome for a while, Chen Ji was in danger under the attack of Suo's big axe, which dragged Dong Cheng into a disadvantage. They took their respective horses out of the formation, picked up bows, and took arrows to aim at Xiao Tang to attack with a hidden arrow.
Hua Rong, the official army, did not notice Zhang Xiang and Lu Yuan's actions? Li Guang, who is famous for his magical arrows, was immediately annoyed. He said angrily: "How dare the thief use a hidden arrow to harm my brother? I will recognize me if you teach you!" He said in his mouth, and pulled the bow in his hand, judging Lu Yuan's closeness, he shot with only one arrow. Lu Yuan was caught off guard and was shot in the face. Without saying a word, he turned over and fell off his horse.
Zhang Xiang was still able to care about Xiao Tang when he saw him. He quickly picked up the bow, took the arrow, and shot Hua Rong with a whistle arrow. Hua Rong sneered, and he fell down. The arrow was flying in front of him.
Hua Rong turned the sharp arrow and put it in front of the string. He looked at Zhang Xiang and shouted, "Your arrow is returned to you!" After that, he shot it out and hit Zhang Xiang's throat. In an instant, Xiao Li Guang shot and killed two leaders of the thief army who wanted to sneak attack with secret arrows!
Hua Rong became interested and shouted: "Since the thieves are going to compete with the arrows, I will teach you all to die!" After that, he led the eighteen cavalry to run out, take the arrows and shoot several arrows in succession. The thieves shouted, and several more leaders turned over and fell off their horses.
Seeing that the thieves' lineup was loose and their momentum had fallen, Wang Huan shouted: "It's the right time to kill the thieves in Weicheng!"
The army received the order, and only Wei Dingguo was left in the official army. Shan Yangui led 500 fire soldiers and 500 Xuan armored soldiers to suppress the formation. The other battalions set up shields and spears, and rushed towards Weicheng in a blink of an eye. When Dong Cheng and Chen Ji saw it, they had no choice but to hold the reins and return to their own formation.
Suo's fight became excited, and he took the lead and rushed straight to the front with the three hundred elite cavalry under his command. He, a vanguard, was a powerful general who was very suitable to lead the cavalry to attack. What's more, there was Xiao Li Guang and Huarong, a brave general who was extremely capable of archery and shooting skills, and he frequently shot arrows with the eighteen cavalry to support Suo. Xiao Tang also led the crowd to take advantage of the situation to cover the killing. At this time, the thieves had two leaders, and had no fighting spirit anymore. Geng Gong, under Dong Cheng, paniced and stabilized the situation.
The vanguard jumped and rushed into the thief army formation like a tiger inserted into his wings. Then he slashed left and right, and more than a dozen thieves were chopped over and killed by him, and the thiefs would disperse in an instant!
The cavalry and cavalry that later killed the horses knocked over the shield-holding bandits with the impact of the high galloping horses, and waved their horses and rode their swords and spears to reap the lives of the bandits. As soon as the bandits met with the elite cavalry and short soldiers of Suo's troops, the situation suddenly became a one-sided situation!
"Retreat!" Seeing that the defeat was settled, the two generals of Dong Cheng and Chen Ji and Geng Gong had to lead the crowd to turn around and flee. The momentum had dispersed and the formation had collapsed, the thieves were facing the backs of the chasing officers. The fast-paced horse army rushed to drive the fleeing crowds and used their sabers to harvest the heads step by step. In just a short while, nearly a thousand people were killed.
Dong Cheng gritted his teeth. In the past, he besieged the officials with other large villages of the southern Hebei army. He only felt that the officials who were entrusted with military pay were of low strength and had low combat power. Unexpectedly, today he encountered the horse soldiers who practiced the training of soldiers every day and were fierce. Especially Zhang Xiang, Lu Yuan was killed by Hua Rong's archery, and the thieves under his command were like local chickens and tiles. The anti-instructor army was so angry that they were so angry that they were thrown away.
Only a few infantrymen of the bandit army were left in Weicheng to resist stubbornly. Xiao Tang, Suo, and Hua Rong led 18 cavalry and 300 elite cavalry to chase Dong Cheng. Dong Cheng and Chen Ji and Geng Gong were only dozens of horsemen left by their side. Dong Cheng led the remaining troops to panic and ran for several miles, but they hit a military horse. Dong Cheng looked over and the team led the Hedong Han whom they saw in Zhangdi Dazhai that day.
Dong Cheng immediately shouted to the man: "Brothers on the way, the government army is chasing us, and helping us!!"
After hearing this, the Hedong Han said, "Since he is a brother of the Hebei Alliance, don't panic, I will stop the government troops behind him!"
Shortly after Dong Chenggang arrived, Xiao Tang, Suo, Hua Rong and others led their troops to chase him. Suo looked at the big man who was killed on the opposite side, and also made a big axe to open the mountain. He immediately saw the hunting, so he rushed straight to the big man and shouted, "That thief! He is also a big axe, and he is just in time to compete with me!"
The big man snorted coldly, waiting for Suo to come. Suo used the power of running to swing a big axe and slashed it in the sky. The gold-diped axe mixed with wind and thunder, and he was about to split the big man's sky spirit cap!
The great man from Hedong only swung his axe to block it, but Suo suddenly felt that the great man seemed to have a thousand pounds of force. He immediately swept his gold-diped axe in his hand.
Suo was shocked and couldn't help but think: This guy is so powerful!
Chapter completed!