A hundred miles away from Zaoqiang is already in the territory of Beizhou. In the open space beside the road, more than a hundred horses are tied to tree trunks with reins, and a dozen and a half-year-old children are feeding the horses with fodder.
"Harder, harder!"
Li Shan lay on the straw mat, and Fan Shiyi massaged his back vigorously with a smile.
It's okay to be cold and hungry, and it's okay to have both crotches bruised and bloody. The soreness and pain in his back are really unbearable for Li Shan. He can still have a backrest when driving, but riding a horse...
Therefore, Li Shan could only bear the pain and teach Fan Shiyi this secret massage technique.
Originally, Li Shan wanted to pass on the secret skills to Su Dingfang's adoptive mother... but it was a pity that she refused to learn, and she was really unmotivated!
Mr. Zhou, nineteen years old, although she has rough clothes and a hairpin, is charming and charming. After Liu Heitai swept Hebei last year, Gao Yaxian just got married at the beginning of this year. Unfortunately, she is now a widow.
When he thought of this, Li Shan couldn't help but cast his eyes towards Zhou next to the carriage, and for some reason suddenly remembered a line...
She has become a widow, so she cannot be left a widow any longer!
Still thinking wildly, Fan Laosan from behind strode over, knelt down and said, "Li Langjun."
"Squat over here." Li Shan frowned.
"Uh... Li Langjun, it seems that we have gone astray."
"Um."
"When we go south from Zaoqiang and enter Beizhou, we should go southwest, but we have been heading southeast." Fan Laosan pointed to the east, "We are almost in Dezhou."
"Hmm...huh?" Li Shan said lazily: "I know..."
Seeing that Fan Laosan still refused to get out, Li Shan got up and explained: "Go southeast and bypass Zhangnan County."
“Why bypass Zhangnan County?”
"Liu Heitai is from Zhangnan County. Lao Su went with him several times last year. His adoptive father was a right servant at the time."
Fan Laosan was a little unhappy. Unlike Guo Pu, he was a soldier. Ling Bo had always disliked Su Dingfang.
Well, in fact, the main reason is that Ling Bo's mouth is a bit poisonous... I was just saying that if King Xia had accepted the remonstrance last year, not only would King Qin have returned without success, but the siege of Luoyang would also have been solved.
At this time, they were almost rested. Guo Pu and Su Dingfang were shouting and getting ready to go on the road. Several people came over and heard Li Shan talking nonsense.
"In fact, it is beneficial to bypass Zhangnan County, not only because it is the hometown of Liu Heitai." Li Shan stood up and said: "Dezhou has not yet fallen, and Cangzhou, Yanzhou, and Gongzhou on the east side will not send troops westward.
...right?"
Zhou Zhao nodded vigorously, "In both Cangzhou and Yanzhou, Liu Heitai's old troops gathered for rebellion. The general manager of Gongzhou, Liu Huinai, Dou Jiande's old troops, surrendered with the city. They should stick to the territory and not move westward."
Li Shan nodded with satisfaction, "So, we don't need to worry about the east side on our way south. The route is slightly east, which is safer."
As soon as he finished speaking, the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded. Everyone turned to look and saw Zhu Shitou approaching the horse.
"Da...Dalang, Uncle Guo, met a group of people..."
"Take a breath and then talk carefully." Guo Pu handed over the water bag and asked a few questions carefully.
Zhu Shitou followed a few soldiers of the Fan family to explore the way forward, and met more than a hundred cavalry chasing dozens of cavalry... Well, the cavalry being chased were Tang soldiers.
Su Dingfang held the horse and asked softly: "What direction?"
"It came from the east. Fan Laojiu is still watching and asked me to come back with a message."
It got quiet.
The atmosphere is a little weird.
Li Shan, who was still smiling, asked nonchalantly: "More than a hundred cavalry are chasing me...how to deal with it?"
Zhou Zhao looked at it carefully... Well, this guy is so thick-skinned that he doesn't even blush.
But the smile on his face was a little stiff.
Su Dingfang did not speak, only turned to look at the carriage, obviously to avoid suspicion, and decided to leave Li Shan, Guo Pu, Fan Laosan and others.
"There are only a hundred cavalry. If we choose the opportunity to make a surprise attack, it will not be difficult to defeat the enemy." Fan Laosan was the first to speak. He was a former soldier. When he heard that his colleagues were being hunted down, he naturally felt a sense of pride.
Guo Pu glanced at Li Shan's expression and then said: "There are thirty young people in Zhujiagou here, plus Lao Fan and the Li family's personal guards, about half a hundred. I don't know where Brother Su is..."
Su Ding was expressionless, "Everyone is young and strong. There are more than 40 people who can gallop into the battle."
"The number of people is roughly equal, but Zhujiagou's young men are not good at horse fighting." Li Shan thought for a moment, "It's too late, leave ten people to protect the old, weak, women and children, Zhu Ba, you also stay, keep an eye on the Turk, and the rest
Take them all with you."
"Walk!"
Zhu Shitou led the way, but they arrived in just a quarter of an hour. Li Shan carefully pushed aside the blocking branches and looked down. This was a small basin.
More than a hundred cavalrymen armed with spears were chasing Tang soldiers not far away along the road. Li Shan took a closer look and said, "Are these a few of them?"
"There were more than twenty people during the previous investigation, but now there are only seven or eight people..."
"Can I fight?"
Li Shan chose to respect the abilities of professionals. This sentence was meant for Su Dingfang, but Fan Laosan jumped in front and shouted: "Can kill."
Okay, another sentence that can kill.
However, when they met the Turkic soldiers that day, Fan Laosan said he could kill them, and they did kill them all. Li Shan looked back, and in the blink of an eye, two more people were shot off their horses.
Gritting his teeth, Li Shan waved his hand and said: "Go ahead, how and when to attack is up to Brother Su."
"What?" Fan Lao made a third tone.
Su Dingfang also declined: "How can I be so virtuous and capable..."
Guo Pu stood aside and said nothing, and Li Shan did not say a word either. He only listened to Fan Laosan's rebuttal and Su Dingfang's humility.
Looking back, Li Shan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't save you."
Fan Laosan's voice became sharp again, "Why?"
"It's too late." Li Shan said expressionlessly: "By the time you talk about dry throat, the person will be dead long ago. I'm afraid all the blood will be drained."
Fan Laosan angrily kicked a nearby tree, "Someone takes the lead!"
Su Dingfang glanced at Li Shan and said, "You will be brave in the army, and please ask Brother Fan to protect Brother Li."
"Lao Fan stays, Uncle Guo will follow."
After watching Su Dingfang and Guo Pu leave, Li Shan glanced at Fan Laosan, his eyes indifferent, but with an unspeakable meaning.
Fan Laosan swallowed, "Li Langjun..."
"Um?"
"I'm just rude..."
"No disrespect." Li Shan said with a smile: "You are not a member of the army, you are just an escort under orders. We will not see each other again until we get to Weizhou or return to Beijing."
Fan Laosan was so anxious that his forehead was covered with sweat, "Eleven said... Mr. Lang is willing to accept me as his apprentice."
Fan Laosan has been in the army for many years, and there is no one at home anymore. Even the villages have been looted by the Turks, and the fields he has been allocated are all in Jingzhao. He has long wanted to find a place to stay, and he also needs to find a master to rely on.
Li Shan said lightly: "It's just a joke. You warriors in the army are used to resisting. I can't stop you."
No longer paying attention to Fan Laosan, Li Shan turned around and continued to watch the battle situation. He glanced at Uncle Ling who had been silent from the corner of his eyes and asked casually: "Brother Su, are you always so humble?"
"Dingfang is a man of rare arrogance and extraordinary courage. He joined his father in battle at the age of fourteen, and later commanded the local soldiers, with clear rewards and punishments." Ling Bo sneered, "I'm just taking care of you..."
Zhou Zhao chuckled and said, "Since I owe such a favor, I naturally have to be humble."
After a pause, Zhou Zhao added: "Junior, I don't just mean saving my mother."
Seeing that Uncle Ling's face looked wrong, Zhou Zhao quickly added again, "It's not about saving your granddaughter."
Li Shan, who was watching the fun, couldn't help but burst into laughter. He only found out today that Uncle Ling's attitude towards his nose and face was because... the girl whose clothes he had cut off was Uncle Ling's granddaughter.
The dark-faced Uncle Ling cursed in a low voice: "Even if Liu Heitai comes face to face, how dare he do anything to me?!"
Of course Ling Bo knew that Zhou Zhao was referring to Li Shan's favor of saving the lives of a whole village.
Zhou Zhao also had a sharp mouth, which was enough to stand up to Ling Bo. He said casually: "If I had known this, there would be no need to bury the body of Fan Yuan's eldest son. Ling Bo would just carry it to see King Dong of the Han Dynasty."
As he spoke, the eight people fleeing in the basin turned into six, five, and four...
Li Shan shouted, "Shut up, here we come!"
It has to be said that Fan Laosan and Guo Pu are both brave men in the army, but they are far inferior to Su Dingfang in the choice of fighter aircraft.
It is really the shadow of a famous tree. From this small war, we can see the big from the small.
When Su Dingfang urged his horse to speed up and led his troops into the battle, the enemy's hundreds of cavalrymen hardly made any reaction. It was not that they didn't want to react, but that they had no other choice.
Su Dingfang's timing was too bad. When he swooped down from the high ground to reveal himself, more than a hundred enemy cavalry were already approaching, and the first few cavalry had even crossed.
The enemy had no chance to slow down, no chance to turn, and they could do almost nothing.
Therefore, when Su Dingfang jumped off his horse, rushed into the side of the enemy with a horse spear in hand, and led dozens of cavalry to cut off more than a hundred cavalry, the outcome was already decided.
Li Shan took a few steps forward, holding on to the big tree and taking a closer look.
In this era when cavalry commanders were still showing off their power, what could the powerful military commanders bring... Su Dingfang told Li Shan.
The heavy horse stick seemed to be manipulated randomly in Su Dingfang's hands like a matchstick, slashing left and right, causing blood to flow, but there was no one in front of him.
I saw Su Dingfang suddenly leveling his horse. With a wave of his right arm, he swept through thousands of troops like a roll, sweeping five or six enemy soldiers off his horse. He drew out his long sword with his left hand and stretched it out diagonally. With the help of his horse's speed, two or three enemy soldiers were dismounted.
Blood splattered all over the enemy soldiers.
With such bravery as the vanguard, dozens of cavalrymen easily penetrated the enemy formation, and at least forty or fifty enemy soldiers were knocked off their horses.
The remaining dozens of cavalry didn't seem to want to leave. Su Dingfang urged his horse forward, put down his horse, took out his bow and arrows, and fired six arrows in a row. Before the opponent could react, he only heard screams around him, and immediately fled in despair.
Ling Bo turned his head and glanced at Fan Laosan, "You are so brave, but can you be weaker than Yuchi Gong?"
Fan Laosan always boasts these days that when he was in the Xuanjia Army, he saw Yuchi Gong show off his majesty and bravery on the battlefield.
At this moment, Fan Laosan was still worried, as listless as an eggplant.
Li Shan sighed: "I haven't seen the power of Yuchi, but I can see the courage of Dingfang."
The battlefield was already being cleaned below, and the four people who had finally escaped with their lives slumped on the ground without any manners.
Li Shan and his party went down the mountain. Ling Bo was suddenly startled, "Xuan Su..."
A middle-aged man sitting on the ground looked up with a surprised expression, "You...Ling Jing!"
After Li Shan figured out the origin of the pursuers and the origin of this middle-aged man, he sighed, "The enemy troops on the east side are really unexpected."