In this dock ambush battle, Chen Yingliang did not arrange his headlines to get started with Ma Sanbao to follow him. There are two reasons. First, the Guo Feng team led by Chen Yingliang is the most capable and reliable. He has no doubts about safety and no need to take Ma Sanbao by his side as a bodyguard. Second, after this period of contact, Chen Yingliang found that Ma Sanbao is not only good at martial arts, but also has some tricks. These are exactly what Chen Ci lacks. So Chen Yingliang arranged for Ma Sanbao to follow Chen Ci team to act, and told Ma Sanbao to do one thing with his heart - to take down the head of the thief Zhang Qian.

Although the Tian brothers are at their peak, Tian Baishe is also the most cunning and scheming. In fact, just the difficulty of beheading tactics, it is even more difficult to capture the king first for Zhang Qian, because Zhang Qian, a big thief, is very low-key, not as arrogant as the Tian brothers, does not do anything too much, nor does he even dare to rob the canal boats like the Tian brothers. Chen Yingliang must focus his main energy on the most important brothers, and settled early on the trick of using Pei Cuiyun as incense bait to lure and kill the Tian brothers. He had no choice but to behead Zhang Qian. He could only leave his will and put his hopes on Chen Ci and Ma Sanbao.

He had a plan in his mind. Of course, Chen Yingliang had an explanation to Ma Sanbao in advance. When he followed Chen Ci, he tried every means to take Zhang Qian's head. Ma Sanbao had never seen Zhang Qian's appearance. Of course, he had no confidence in completing the difficult task assigned by Chen Yingliang, but Ma Sanbao certainly could not refuse to accept this task. He just answered and did his best. Chen Yingliang knew that this matter was difficult, so he didn't say anything if he couldn't do it. He encouraged Ma Sanbao and stopped talking more. He let Ma Sanbao think about it himself.

Next, with Chen Yingliang's successful luring the enemy, the ambush at the dock officially began. Chen Ci's team first took advantage of the twilight to get off the ship and assembled. Ma Sanbao also joined Chen Ci's team under the personal arrangement of Chen Yingliang. Then Chen Yingliang judged from the direction and expected that the enemy who came from the lower reaches of the canal must be Zhang Qian's bandits, so he arranged for Chen Ci's team to charge towards the lower reaches of the canal. As a result, Chen Yingliang's judgment was correct, and Chen Ci's team also successfully fought with the scheduled enemy.

On the one hand, there was a bandit team that could only rob poor merchants, and on the other hand, there was an elite army that was tempered in the Yang Xuangan rebellion. The result of the battle was naturally unquestionable. Chen Ci team, who was waiting for it, only used one charge to beat the main force of the Zhang Qian bandit gang and ran away with his head. Then the Zhang Qian bandit gang quickly collapsed like the bandit gang and completely collapsed. They ran away from each other and fled together. Chen Ci's team chased each other and kept searching for Zhang Qian's whereabouts, but they always found nothing. They captured several prisoners and interrogated them, but no one knew that Zhang Qian was here.

The winter night comes very quickly. Before You is half over, the sky is already dark. Even if you are on a torch, it is difficult to see twenty steps away. Seeing that there is not much time, the Zhang Qian bandit gang team chased by Chen Ci's team is running and dispersing, and the more wanderers are running alone, and it is almost impossible to find Zhang Qian's whereabouts. Ma Sanbao, who has been following Chen Ci, made up his mind. First, he asked Chen Ci to stop for the time being, and then took out a set of people's clothes prepared in advance to change it quickly. He said to Chen Ci: "Person Chen, continue to lead the troops to chase me. I disguise myself as a chaotic thief and sneak into the chaotic thief team to find Zhang Qian's whereabouts to take his head. I won't act with you."

"What?" Chen Ci was shocked and asked: "You are going to Zhang Qian's whereabouts alone? Are you not afraid of danger?

"Of course I'm afraid, but since the young master has an explanation, he has to go no matter how afraid he is." Ma Sanbao, who had sneaked into the enemy camp alone several times in history, smiled and replied: "But it's not too dangerous. Zhang Qian's big thief head is either in the rioter brigade in front. You don't have to be afraid of you staring at me, or use the brigade to attract your attention, and run away with three or five confidants alone. I don't have to be afraid of not many people around me."

Chen Ci was thinking about something. Ma Sanbao, whose shoes had been replaced with cloth shoes for the common people, stood up, pulled out his sword and checked, "Person Chen, don't waste time, take your team to chase him. Zhang Qian may run away alone or may run away with the brigade. Don't worry, I know some martial arts and it's not too dangerous. If the young master asks me later, you will not have to worry about me. I will definitely come back alive."

The battle situation was like fire. Chen Ci, who led the entire army, dared not waste time. Seeing that Ma Sanbao had made up his mind, he did not insist on stopping him. He asked him to take care of himself, and then led the Servant Army to continue chasing. Ma Sanbao lay cunningly in the grass on the roadside. He first found a corpse of a bandit soldier who had just been cut by the soldiers of the Servant Army, and applied blood on his face. He cut several holes in his clothes and pants with a knife, disguising himself as a mess. After the Servant Army team left, Ma Sanbao got up from the ground, hugged his waist and rushed to the river bank of the canal, and his movements looked like a bandit soldier who was lucky enough to escape.

Taking advantage of the last twilight, Ma Sanbao successfully reached the bank of the canal, but he didn't use a torch. He just walked downstream with one foot deep and one foot shallow. While observing the movements of the river, he paid attention to the situation on the roadside. When he encountered a place with lush reeds in the grass, Ma Sanbao also called in a low voice, "Is there anyone? I am my own person, is there anyone? I am the king Zhang of Jishan."

Ma Sanbao's efforts were rewarded soon. After walking more than a mile to the east, a trembling answer finally sounded from the grass beside the road, "I am also the King Zhang's man. Have the officers and soldiers gone far?"

"Go away, come out." Ma Sanbao answered quickly and asked with concern: "Brother, are you injured?"

"I sprained ankle and it hurts so much. Help me."

Amid moans, a bandit soldier covered in mud and dead leaves crawled out of the grass. His hands and feet were really injured in his legs. Ma Sanbao hurriedly stepped forward to help him climb out of the grass. While helping him sit down, he checked his injured feet and asked casually: "What are your name? Whose subordinate?"

"Just call me He Er, I am under the command of the leader of the Wuwang." The gang soldier replied with a groan.

"Are you the leader of the king?" Ma Sanbao looked up at the bandit soldier He Er in surprise. Seeing that he was eighteen or nineteen years old, his skin was rough, and he looked like a typical peasant child. He also had a cross-eyed look. Then he asked in surprise: "I am also under the leadership of the fifth leader, why have I never seen you before?"

"I just joined King Zhang's team not long ago. I started working on the mountain. I was sent down the mountain to help Leader Wang a few days ago, so you probably haven't seen me." He Er quickly explained for fear that Ma Sanbao would misunderstand.

"Oh, so that's it." Ma Sanbao suddenly realized and said, "My name is Ma Sanbao, and he is also the leader of the king. Your feet are fine, and you haven't hurt your bones, but your ankles are a little swollen. You'll be fine after a day or two. I'll help you get better faster."

As he said that, Ma Sanbao really tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes and bandaged the ankle for He Er. He Er was very grateful. Not only did he not have any doubts about Ma Sanbao, he also thanked Qian En, saying that he was Ma Sanbao. It was also after confirming that He Er had no doubts about him that Ma Sanbao asked: "Brother He Er, do you know where King Zhang is?"

He Er shook his head and said he didn't know. Ma Sanbao also knew that these bandit minions were unlikely to know where Zhang Qian was going, so he asked again: "Then why should we go back to Jishan? Today I have been staring at the officers and soldiers next to the dock, and I didn't hear any explanation in this regard."

"Teacher Wang didn't explain to us either." He Er replied truthfully.

"Damn it, I don't know what it is. It's really troublesome to encounter such a rookie team." Ma Sanbao cursed in his heart, then thought for a moment, thinking about it, thinking that he should use He Er's cover, and then said: "So, it seems that we can only find a way to go back to Jishan by ourselves. Can you walk? Let's go downstream and try your luck to see if we can find a boat to cross the river and return to Jishan."

Although his feet were still hurting severely, because he was afraid of being left alone by Ma Sanbao, He Er quickly agreed to say that he could barely leave. Ma Sanbao needed him to cover his identity, but of course he did not refuse. He hurriedly helped him stand up, got him a branch as a crutch, and took him downstream to find a boat crossing the river. He also took the opportunity to take over the internal situation of the Jishan bandit gang. He Er was extremely glad that he met a good third brother like Ma Sanbao. Of course, he knew everything about Ma Sanbao's clichés and said everything. Soon, Ma Sanbao understood a lot of the internal situation of Zhang Qian bandit gang.

After He Er introduced Ma Sanbao, he realized that Zhang Qian's bandit gang had already begun to advance north at the fourth update yesterday. The leaders of all sizes led more than 1,200 minsters to go down the mountain separately and broke into pieces to sneak into Yongcheng. The bandit gang team where He Er was on board a boat crossing the river twenty miles downstream of Yongcheng Wharf, hiding in a forest. After Shen Shi, he marched west under Zhang Qian's personal leadership. After arriving near the wharf, he once again broke into pieces and hid in hidden places such as woods and grass. Then he launched a charge after seeing the fire of the wharf. He Er's team did not even meet the team of the national army, and was directly led by his own defeated soldiers to escape. He Er fled to the dark place in the south because he sprained his ankle and did not follow the brigade. He was lucky to have encountered a good third brother like Ma Sanbao.

After hearing He Er's introduction, Ma Sanbao suddenly felt a little happy, because through analysis, Ma Sanbao inferred that if Zhang Qian wanted to cross the canal and escape to Jishan south, there were generally only three roads. One was the bandits gangs twenty miles downstream crossing the river, where they crossed the river. The National Army was chasing along the north bank of the canal. Under normal circumstances, it would be possible to find the crossing location of Zhang Qian's bandits to prevent Zhang Qian from crossing the river. Zhang Qian's second road was near Yongcheng Wharf, and boarded the bandits that were attacking the wharf at that time to cross the river, but doing so was naturally extremely dangerous and the possibility was very small. At the same time, when Ma Sanbao was chasing, he also carefully noticed that no bandits fled to the riverside and fled on the boat, and the bandits ships did not dock to carry soldiers on the north bank, so Zhang Qian's possible crossing the river near the wharf was very small.

"If I were Zhang Qian, I would definitely choose the third way, first avoid the pursuit of the national army, then flee to the shore, and wait for the retreating pirate ship to cross the river." Ma Sanbao analyzed in his heart, and then made up his mind, "I'll have a gamble. Although Zhang Qian may not be as smart as me, it's better to just try my luck instead of rushing around like a headless fly."

After making up his mind, Ma Sanbao no longer hesitated. He helped He Er just continue to walk along the river bank. On the way, he kept searching for the remaining bandits and soldiers to find Zhang Qian's whereabouts. Unfortunately, Ma Sanbao met twenty or thirty one after another, and all regarded Ma Sanbao with He Er as his companion. Unfortunately, none of them knew Zhang Qian's whereabouts. Only one bandit soldier told Ma Sanbao that he had escaped with Zhang Qian's flag for seven or eight miles. Then because the service army had been chasing and the sky was dark, he never saw Zhang Qian's flag again.

Seeing Zhang Qian's flag does not mean that Zhang Qian must be under the banner. Ma Sanbao, who is naturally cunning, knows this principle, so Ma Sanbao can only pray that the information is true. Zhang Qian did escape in this direction. At the same time, the bandit soldiers who met one after another fled to the south bank of the canal by swimming and invited Ma Sanbao to swim across the river. Ma Sanbao used the excuse that He Er sprained his ankle and could not swim, so he could not bear to leave his brothers and escape alone. He refused the invitation of these bandit soldiers. The bandit soldiers did not force themselves and went down the river to swim across the river to escape, and did not dare to delay on the too dangerous north bank.

He Er, who was so loyal that his feet were so painful that he could hardly walk on the road, was naturally moved and tears were filled with tears. He just wanted to dig his heart to Ma Sanbao. Ma Sanbao was humble and worried. Zhang Qian was a big thief who specialized in robbing the canal for food. He could not be unaware of the nature of the water. If he swam and escaped like other bandit soldiers, then Ma Sanbao would be destined to be in vain tonight.

It was getting darker, and the weather was not good, without moonlight. Ma Sanbao, who was very unfamiliar with the terrain in this area, naturally had a great difficulty walking. He Erze, who had a deep and shallow, had a few times of falling, and he was even more miserable. He didn't say that he had more wrestling, but finally he sat on the ground in pain and cried loudly: "San brother, don't worry about me, you go first, I really can't stand the pain. You can run across the river, you don't need to worry about me."

Those who are close to Zhu are red, while those who are close to Mo are black. If it were Ma Sanbao who was a resident of the Chai family, he would have been raising his legs and left after hearing what He Er said. However, Ma Sanbao has been following Chen Yingliang for a while, and has been influenced by the kindness and loyalty of Chen Yingliang and Chen Laosan, the young master and servant, and has also personally experienced the similar feelings of He Er. Through the previous conversation, he knew that He Er was just an ordinary farmer's child who was afraid of going to Liaodong to work as a hard laborer and became a thief. He had never been stained with blood on his hands, which deserves pity and pity. So Ma Sanbao hesitated for a moment and chose to squat in front of He Er who was crying loudly, and greeted: "Brother, come up, I will carry you away."

He Er cried even louder, refused to let Ma Sanbao carry his back, and said, "Brother Ma San, don't worry about me. The officers and soldiers chased me so tightly. How could you run away with your back? You go, don't worry about me. I will appreciate your kindness. Even if I go to the underworld, I will not forget your kindness."

"Oh, why did you meet these people after following the new young master?" After sighing, Ma Sanbao turned around, patted He Er's head who was crying and said softly: "As you, come up and I will carry you away. I will find a way to take you across the river, but after crossing the river, you have to listen to me, don't be a bandit, go home to farm."

"Brother Ma San, I don't want to be a bandit, I never want to be a bandit." He Er said crying: "It was the village chief who picked me to be a civil servant in Liaodong. I didn't want to be froze to death and was exhausted, so I escaped. He was forced to go up the mountain to be a bandit by King Zhang's team. I don't want to be a bandit. I listen to you. If I survive this time, I will go home immediately to farm and not be a bandit."

"That's right." Ma Sanbao patted He Er's head again, helped him up, and then half-squatted in front of He Er again, and said with a smile: "Come up, third brother, I will carry you away and take you across the river. When you cross the river, you will go home directly. Don't go back to Jishan to be a bandit, that's a dead end."

He Erda cried and agreed, and then climbed onto Ma Sanbao's back. However, at this moment, a low shout came from the darkness behind the two, "Two little turtles, what did you say just now? Don't go back to Jishan to be a bandit. Is that a dead end? Is our morale in the army bored?"

Ma Sanbao and He Er turned around in surprise, but saw five or six tall men suddenly walking out of the darkness. A middle-aged man with a black face was covered in black, fat and big. He held a knife and asked Ma Sanbao viciously: "Who is your leader? Did you just say you want to be a deserter?"

Ma Sanbao was stunned and didn't react for a while. He Er quickly jumped off Ma Sanbao's back, knelt down on his knees and cried and begged, "King, King Zhang, Brother Ma San, he was confused for a while and said something shady, don't care, we don't want to be deserters, we didn't want to be deserters

"Shut up" Zhang Qian kicked He Er over and lowered his voice and said angrily: "Dare you dare to speak loudly, and call the officers and soldiers. I will slash you with one knife."

He Er quickly closed his mouth, and quickly crawled in front of Zhang Qian, begging in a low voice, while Ma Sanbao was speechless, suddenly pointed behind Zhang Qian, and exclaimed: "The officers and soldiers are here."

"What?"

Zhang Qian and his confidants were shocked and subconsciously turned their heads to look behind him. At the same time, Ma Sanbao suddenly stepped forward two steps forward, and the third step directly stepped on He Er's back. He took advantage of the momentum to jump into the air, held the horizontal knife that had always been unsheathed in both hands, and slashed hard at Zhang Qian's neck from a high place. Zhang Qian, who heard the sound of the wind, even before he could turn his head completely, Ma Sanbao's horizontal knife had already slashed heavily on his neck. As the blood splashed, Zhang Qian's head also flew up and fell three or four feet away.

After slashing Zhang Qian's head with one knife, his feet had just landed on the ground. Ma Sanbao slashed out with another knife, chopping over the nearest bandit next to him, shouting: "Who dares to come? I'll fight him."

Seeing Zhang Qian's headless body falling to the ground, and seeing Ma Sanbao standing majestic with a knife, the remaining four bandits were panicked and screamed and wanted to siege Ma Sanbao for a while. However, after being yelled by Ma Sanbao, who was extremely skilled in martial arts, cut off the arm of a bandit soldier with another knife. The other three bandits ran away immediately. Ma Sanbao made a move to chase him, scaring several bandits to scream and run faster. Finally, he killed the broken armed bandit with one knife, and then picked up Zhang Qian's head and laughed wildly.

Ma Sanbao laughed wildly, but the little bandit He Er cried even louder and reminded: "Brother Ma San, run quickly, if you kill King Zhang, the king's team will definitely not spare you. Run quickly, otherwise you will be dead.
Chapter completed!