When they were discussing before, they all talked about the dead people, but they didn't mention the connection between last night and tonight. Now that it was brought up, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
Everyone became nervous.
The whispers among the people were quickly discovered by Zhao Erhu.
After receiving Dong Cheng's order, Zhao Erhu scolded: "Shenjing, don't you even want to leave? Those who don't want to leave can leave alone. Let's go to the Tang Dynasty. We have a chance to get rich. If you don't want to, just leave early."
The scolding suppressed the discussion.
It's just that although these soldiers didn't speak, the soldiers belonging to Dong Cheng's side looked at the group of pretenders under Zhang Liang's command, and there was more fear and suspicion in their eyes.
The team is still on its way.
After walking less than fifteen miles, we encountered another small town.
This is the last town before Li Xiaogong arrives at Ziwu Valley.
The town is called Mujiabao.
Mujiabao relies on the mountains to live, relying on the trees in the mountains of Ziwu Valley. People these days rely on the mountains and water. They have wood voluntarily, so most of the people in the town cut down trees and use the wood to store the wood.
Sell them to make money.
Ziwu Valley has rugged terrain and undulating mountains, making it a dangerous place.
In order to prevent Liu Bang from sending troops to Ziwu Valley from Hanzhong, Wang Can left soldiers stationed on the plank road of Ziwu Valley. With the steep terrain of Ziwu Valley, there is a family background where one man is in charge of the gate and ten thousand men are not allowed to open, so it does not require too many soldiers.
Therefore, there are only 500 soldiers stationed here.
Unless you find someone like Xue Gang who is familiar with the various trails in Ziwu Valley, you will almost always have to take the chivalrous path of Ziwu Valley.
Inside Mujia Fort.
There are soldiers stationed here to protect the safety of Mujiabao.
According to the news they conveyed through Wang Can, they already knew that Li Xiaogong and others were coming, so they had already set up their posture early. The soldiers were all wearing armor and ready to fight.
The team arrived and arrived outside Mujiabao.
Li Xiaogong intended to take the road through Mujiabao. He took the lead in sending people to lobby, hoping that Mujiabao would give way to the south. Unfortunately, Mujiabao refused.
After being rejected, Li Xiaogong's face turned cold and said: "Since Mujiabao is not willing, then we can only fight to the death."
When Dong Cheng heard this, he was a little reluctant.
Once a war breaks out, the people under his command will definitely step forward, and the casualties will be huge. There are only so many people under his command. Once they are exhausted, he will no longer have the right to speak.
Li Xiaogong observed his words, saw Dong Cheng's expression, and said: "This time the people attacking Mujiapu do not need General Dong's troops to attack the front. In this battle, General Dong only needs to feign an attack."
"no problem!"
When Dong Cheng heard this, he felt relieved and arranged for Zhao Erhu to prepare a feint attack.
As long as his soldiers were not allowed to attack by force, Dong Cheng had no objection.
After Dong Cheng's order was conveyed, outside Mujia Fort, Dong Cheng's soldiers began to cut down trees and then made simple ladders to attack the city wall, which was only more than one foot high.
In fact, if Mujia Fort is not well-defended, a simple ladder is enough to climb over the wall and enter. Only when there are soldiers guarding Mujia Fort, do you need to make a simple ladder to climb.
When Li Xiaogong was fully preparing to attack, he was three miles behind.
In a dense forest.
Wang Can and others were waiting quietly in the forest.
This time, Wang Can prepared to attack Li Xiaogong from both sides, because he had previously sent a group of cavalry to the vicinity of Ziwu Valley. Now Li Xiaogong wanted to attack Mujiabao, and this was an opportunity.
That's what war is like.
Waiting is also a strategy.
He didn't attack last night, and now he waited for the opportunity.
"Tap! Tread!!"
There was a sound of footsteps, but it was Zhang Hu who came quickly. He received the letter from Fei Ge, and after seeing the content of the letter, he came to Wang Can and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Guang came out from Ziwu Valley.
It has been lurking near Mujiabao. Now, we can attack at any time. We only need to wait for His Majesty’s order to attack and he will go out. We will win this battle!”
Wang Can said: "Let's go, set off immediately."
After the order was given, Wang Can gathered the people around him and rode towards the Mujiabao area.
Others followed suit.
When Wang Can and his men approached, Xue Gang's men were the first to react. After all, they didn't need to attack Mujiabao, they just needed to watch all the horses.
Xue Gang's men saw the people appearing from behind and shouted: "Quick, inform the leader, someone is coming."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded.
"call out!"
The arrows flew straight through the air.
There was just a thud, and the sharp arrow hit the man between the eyebrows, hitting his head with one arrow. As soon as he finished speaking, his body collapsed to the ground. From the beginning to the end, not even a sound was made.
This arrow was shot by Wang Can.
Wang Can led his troops closer and kept shooting arrows.
Zhang Hu and others followed Wang Can, also holding the horse's belly with their legs, standing firmly on the horse's back, and then drew their bows and shot arrows. Zhang Hu's current martial arts is not inferior to that of his father when he was young. His
The strength is also in the late stage of bone refining, the same as Zhao Guang.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Dozens of bows and arrows fell among Xue Gang's men.
Screams came and went.
For a time, Xue Gang's men suffered heavy casualties.
Wang Can rode his horse and ran very fast. When he got close to the horses, he already saw Xue Gang. He noticed Xue Gang among the horses. A flash of light flashed in his eyes, he drew his bow and arrow, and shot three arrows in a row.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The bow and arrow shot through the air at extremely fast speeds.
Before Xue Gang could react, three sharp arrows had already flown in front of him.
At this moment, Xue Gang could not escape.
He could only close his eyes and wait for death, thinking in his heart: "My life is over!"
At this moment, a banging sound was heard.
Xue Gang didn't feel the pain. He opened his eyes and looked, only to see Shan Xiongxin was already beside him. He smashed the copper rod in his hand and knocked down all three bows and arrows.
But when an arrow deviated from its direction, it pierced Xue Gang's thigh with a thud.
For Xue Gang, being able to survive was already a blessing, so even though he was in the middle of his thigh, Xue Gang did not blame Shan Xiongxin for not protecting him well.
Shan Xiongxin looked decisive and said in a deep voice: "Guild Leader Xue, please inform Li Xiaogong quickly and let Li Xiaogong respond. Now, I'm here to cut off the rear and hold back the people who are coming to kill you."
After saying that, Shan Xiongxin rode his horse and rushed towards Wang Can and others.
When Xue Gang saw this, he gritted his teeth, left Shan Xiongxin behind, and headed straight ahead in the direction where Li Xiaogong was.
Wang Can also saw Shan Xiongxin.
Seeing Shan Xiongxin charging forward single-handedly, Wang Can's eyes flashed with light. At this moment, Zhang Hu was ready to rush out first to stop Shan Xiongxin.
Wang Can opened his mouth to stop him and said: "You can't stop this man. I'll deal with him, and you go chase and kill the other people. By the way, drive all the horses away."
"Here!"
Zhang Hu and Mu Guiying left in response. (To be continued)