Chapter 202: The Bandits of Mount Tai (2)

In November, there is heavy snow on Mount Tai.

Dong Qi's men were entangled on the road by Zang Ba, and it had been seven days since then.

Although the three thousand Hu Benlang did not suffer too many casualties, the speed of the march became extremely slow. Zang Ba used all his skills, stumbled ropes, traps, and cold arrows to use everything. Forcing Dong Qi to be careful and marching slowly.

During the seven days, the march was less than a hundred miles.

During this period, Zang Ba even robbed the village on a snowy night, burning about 80% of Dong Qi's food and supplies.

Danyang has produced elite soldiers. The more than 2,000 Danyang elite soldiers selected by Dong Qi are even more elite among the elites. But after all, they are not really Danyang elite soldiers. The successive setbacks have already made the morale of the soldiers sluggish, and after that fire, the army's morale has been disintegrated. The soldiers flee one after another, and the situation is becoming more and more serious.

Dong Qi began to become irritable and often drunk.

After getting drunk, he often whipped his soldiers, which made his morale even more depressed.

On the twelfth day, almost half of the three thousand elite soldiers ran away, leaving only seven or eight hundred people, including three hundred trolls.

Lu Zhi tried hard to persuade him, but Dong Qi kept not stopping.

In a fit of rage, Lu Zhi simply took the family and left the military camp.

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"Lu Zhi is really leaving?"

In the deep mountains thirty miles away from the official road, there is a group of people hiding in a valley, with a population of about two or three thousand.

The general in the lead is seven feet and eight inches tall, not too tall, but very solid.

Sword eyebrows, broad eyes, and complexion appear bronze eyes because of the frequent outdoor activities. The black beard under the jaw and the straight nose and square mouth.

He was wearing iron armor and tied with golden hair.

Standing at the entrance of the valley, he looked at the general in front of him with a serious expression.

Behind him, there were two others, who were also covered with armor.

"Brother, I really see it. Old Man Lu is indeed leaving. Now the Dong family camp is empty, only a few hundred people. The morale of the army is scattered and the morale is sluggish. If I attack at this time, I will definitely defeat him completely."

But the general seemed very hesitant.

"Sun Guan, although Dong Qi killed your brother, your brother was wrong first. Master Lu is famous all over the world and has high virtues. How could he... If he doesn't rob Master Lu, how could he die? Dong Qi is a tiger general in the world and is loyal to the court. We have made things difficult for him all the way, which is considered to avenge Sun Kang... I think he should stop when he sees it."

Sun Guan jumped and said, "Xuan Gao, it's not your brother who died, of course you said it easy..."

The general behind Zang Ba frowned, "Sun Guan, be careful when speaking."

"Am I wrong?" Sun Guan said: "We are bandits. What is the relationship between his loyalty to the court and us? Wu Dun, do you think you are an official army? Have you forgotten that you were beaten homeless by Zhu Yan, and my brother took you in. Seeing that Xuan Gao was benevolent and righteous, I gave in to the great leader. Could it be that Xuan Gao forgot?"

The two generals behind Zang Ba were both officers who had rebelled against Xuzhou with Zang Ba.

One was named Wu Dun and the other was named Yin Li. When Sun Guan heard this, he was so angry that his face turned purple and wanted to argue.

Zang Ba stopped the two of them, "Sun Guan, it's because I forgot the kindness of your brother... but this matter is strange."

Sun Guan said: "What's weird?"

"Dong Chi, a general of tigers and wolves, has been invincible since his debut. With his ability, he should not be so embarrassed. I am worried that there is a fraud here, and maybe it was the Dong family's plan to lead us to the bait."

Sun Guan sneered, "Does Xuan Gao think I am a fool? I can see the Dong family whipping the soldiers. Dong Qi may be powerful, but his subordinates are all newly recruited recruits. As the cold land is frozen today, the food and supplies are almost burned by us. How can we still stabilize the morale of the army? Xuan Gao, are you afraid of the Dong family?"

Zang Ba was furious when he heard this.

"Why have Zang ever been afraid of people?"

"Then let me rob the camp tonight and kill the head of the Dong family. Recently, his army has been disintegrated and his guards are extremely relaxed. And every night, he will definitely set up camp and get drunk. Now it is a good opportunity to take action... Of course, if you don't want to, it's okay for me to go by myself."

With teasing in words.

What a proud and arrogant person, Zang Ba, could no longer bear it when he heard this.

"Since that's the case, I'll accompany you for a while. Just take the head of the Dong family as a bet. Whoever is born will belong to the old camp in Taishan. Sun Guan, do you dare to bet with me?"

Sun Guan curled his lips, "Why don't Sun dare?"

At this moment, the four of them arranged the details and prepared to go.

Zang Ba suddenly called Yin Li, "Brother, I want to invite you back to the old camp."

"What are you doing when you go back to the old camp?"

"I always feel something is wrong with this, especially today my eyelids are pounding...I'm worried that something happened to the old camp."

"You mean..."

Zang Ba quickly shook his head, "I didn't say anything, I just felt worried."

"Okay, I'll take people back to the old camp immediately."

"Be careful of Sun Guan, don't be discovered by him, I'm justified."

Yin Li nodded slightly at the moment, "Don't worry, Xuan Gao, I know the importance."

In the afternoon, Yin Li led 500 troops and quietly left the valley. Zang Ba still felt uneasy and waited until dark in the valley.

After nightfall, the wind blew in the mountains.

The dark clouds cover the moon, and there is no light at all.

It was the night when the moon was dark and the wind was high and the sky was setting fire... Zang Ba let out a long sigh, and after joining with Wu Dun and Sun Guan's people, a total of 5,000 people quietly came out of the mountain and headed straight for Dong Qi's camp.

Dong Qi's men set up camp after nightfall.

Thinking about the magnificent momentum of thousands of people at the time, but now there are only a few hundred people left, which looks like a depressing scene.

There were no guards outside the gate of the camp.

The camp was brightly lit, and a smell of alcohol could be heard.

The weather was very cold, and probably the soldiers were hiding in the tent to keep warm. Zang Ba observed for a long time and saw that there was indeed no ambush, so he felt relieved. At that moment, Wu Dun brought a group of troops to surround him, and he and Sun Guan led the others into the camp. After entering the camp, he shouted with Sun Guan: "Kill me hard!"

Bandits flocked out and rushed towards the various tents.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan led their men to attack the central army's tent.

But strangely, such a big noise did not cause anybody's idea.

Zang Ba secretly cried out in his heart, but several bandits who rushed into the tent shouted loudly: "There is no one in the tent."

"Sun Guan, we are fooled, withdraw quickly!"

Zang Ba shouted and drove away. But at this time, countless rockets flew from all directions, and the tent was lit. I don’t know what was applied to the tent, but it suddenly started to burn. Then, there were shouts of killing everywhere.

From the rear camp, a group of people emerged.

It was Pan Zhang and Ling Cao.

"Zang Ba, don't leave... I have been there for a long time!"

The two led about seven or eight hundred people to face the panicked bandits for a while. Sun Guan jumped into the horse and tried to stop the two. However, Ling Cao arrived by a flying horse and stabbed Sun Guan on the horse with one slash.

Zang Ba was stopped by Pan Zhang, and the two met the opponent.

In terms of martial arts, Zang Ba was slightly above the point. However, in such an environment, his mind was already scattered.

Ling Cao killed Sun Guan and Pan Zhang and attacked Zang Ba together. As for the bandits, they were in chaos and were chased by seven or eight hundred Danyang soldiers for a while, and they could not organize effective resistance at all.

“Retreat, retreat!”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zang Ba shot with a fake shot and forced Pan Zhang and Ling Cao to retreat and rushed out of the camp.

As soon as he ran out of the camp, Wu Dun came in a panic with a group of defeated generals.

"Xuan Gao, retreat quickly, retreat quickly... they have an ambush!"

Seeing Wu Dun's appearance, you don't have to think about it and you know that he was ambushed. But I really don't understand. Sun Guan clearly said that the generals of the government and the generals were in the camp, so why did Wu Dun also ambushed?

"Wu Dun, what's going on?"

Wu Dun's body was still bleeding and said with a wry smile: "Xuan Gao, we were attacked by the government army before we could encircle it. There were two generals in the head, one with a big sword in his hand and the other with a double hammer. The number of people should be about a thousand."

"Sun Guan ruined my big deal!"

When Zang Ba heard this, he roared loudly. But there was a saying that the army was defeated like a mountain. On the one hand, Pan Zhang and his men led their troops to cover the killing. From a distance, another group of people rushed towards them. The two generals in the head were Dong Tie and Wu Anguo.

It turned out that after Dong Qi decided to subdue Zang Ba, he set up a plan to divide his troops.

On the surface, the deserters left, but in fact, they were gathered up by Dong Tie and others shortly after they left.

Dong Tie and others who Sun Guan saw were all dressed up and pretended to be.

Since Zang Ba refused to confront him head-on, he forced him to fight. It was precisely because of the snake's hole that Dong Qi and Lu Zhi spent a lot of energy on this.

Seeing that the situation was no longer saved, Zang Ba had to take his people to the mountains.

When the bandits under his command were as fierce as tigers, they were as fierce as tigers, but once they failed, they immediately became like dogs with a lost family.

The morale of the army has dispersed and there is no room for recovery.

While urging the horse to move quickly, Zang Ba said to himself: The general of tiger and wolf is indeed well-deserved.

But he was not very convinced. Zang Ba felt that although Dong Qi's plan was clever, if it weren't for Sun Guan, how could he be fooled?
To be continued...