Xu Chu broke into Zang Ba's tent from behind. His original intention was to capture Zang Ba alive, but he did not expect that the entire tent was empty, and Zang Ba could not be found anywhere.
Xu Chu was stunned for a while, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said angrily: "What a cunning thief! He actually took advantage of the chaos! It's really hateful!"
After saying that, Xu Chu turned around and ordered several captains of the Tiger Guard, saying: "You will speed up the tiger soldiers in our army, march from the back to the front village, help the Juhua brothers to defeat the Taishan bandits, and capture Kaiyang first.
Let’s talk about the camp!”
The captains of the Tiger Guards all agreed, but then one of them asked Xu Chu: "Sima, I'm going to the front line to meet General Juhua, but what are you going to do, Sima? Why don't you go in person?"
Xu Chu squeezed his fist hard and made a crunching sound.
"A certain family is going to chase Zang Ba! Hey, this thief wants to escape from under the nose of a certain family. It's just a dream! If it were someone else, he might be able to escape! But in the hands of a certain family, he will never be able to escape.
You can’t run away!”
After saying that, Xu Chu came out of Zang Ba's camp, lowered his head and observed on the sand for a while, with a sneer on his big, bearded face.
"Old boy, let's see where you can go!"
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Zang Ba is quite cunning.
When Zhao Yun and Tai Shici blew the horns and raised torches for the first time in the front village, Zang Ba woke up from his sleep.
As the leader of the five thieves in Mount Tai, Zang Ba is usually a cunning and cunning person. Compared with ordinary people, Zang Ba's sinister thoughts are not even a little bit higher than those of ordinary people.
Sun Guan hurriedly went to Qianzhai to gather a crowd to meet the enemy, but Zang Ba did not move.
He just put on his armor, summoned the personal guards under his command, sat firmly in the commander's tent, and sent people to inquire about the situation in the front line, intending to find out the situation before making a response before the battle.
It wasn't until Xu Chu's troops and horses sounded their horns from behind that Zang Ba suddenly realized what he was doing.
It turns out that the enemy’s target is yourself!
Zang Ba is not an unusual person. He is not only ruthless in doing things, but also never sloppy. After weighing the pros and cons, Zang Ba immediately made up his mind!
The enemy is well prepared. Our defenses have been lax during this period. Once we are attacked from both sides and lose our lives, the five Taishan thieves' years of hard work in Langya Kingdom will be in vain!
And the opponent will most likely be the Xuzhou Army. Today's Xuzhou Army's combat power is also quite famous in the Han Dynasty. Although our own Taishan Army thieves are powerful, they may not be the Xuzhou Army's opponent.
And Zang Ba has another idea.
If the soldiers are scattered, they can be recruited again. Even if they are all killed, they can be recruited again. But if you lose your life, everything will be over!
At that moment, Zang Ba no longer hesitated, abandoned the military camp, led a group of personal guards to a trail outside the side camp, and hurriedly fled toward the west.
If it had been anyone else, it might have been easy for Zang Ba to escape in the mountains and forests.
But it is a pity that the person responsible for hunting down Zang Ba this time is the tiger idiot Xu Chu.
When Xu Chu was Zongzheng, he walked in the mountains all year round. Hunting tigers and leopards was a daily routine for him. His long-term activities in the mountains and forests allowed him to develop the ability to track.
Especially after the pottery merchant conquered Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu's younger brother Yan Yu was assigned to Xu Chu's tent as a school captain.
Yan Yu is also a brave man, and he has been walking in Baihu Mountain a lot in the past years. He communicates with Xu Chu a lot on weekdays, and he has learned a lot of each other's skills.
Today, part of Xu Chu's skills in the mountains come from Yan Yu's experience and guidance.
Looking for clues, Xu Chu led a group of elite Tiger Guard warriors and followed Zang Ba in the direction of his escape.
Zang Ba was very smart. He walked straight towards the mountainous area. It was inconvenient to ride a horse in the mountainous forest. If the opponent was an army officer, he would not have found him in the mountainous forest.
It's a pity that Xu Chu is not an orthodox military officer. Foot combat in the mountains and forests is his forte!
This is something Zang Ba never expected.
Zang Ba led a group of soldiers and horses to run through the mountains and forests. Hearing the shouts of killing in the distance getting smaller and smaller, he couldn't help but feel a little calm in his heart.
I don’t know what happened to the soldiers and horses under his command and Sun Guan... Sun Guan’s death is nothing, I just hope that there will be fewer casualties among the soldiers in his camp.
Zang Ba was not afraid that the Taishan thieves under his command would be lost if they were plotted. Most of these thieves did not have household registration. If they left the military camp, they would definitely die without food.
As long as the person is not dead, no matter where he regroups, these thieves will definitely arrive upon hearing the news, and he will still have room to turn around.
Just as Zang Ba was breathing a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard a cry of death coming from behind him!
"Zang Ba, please don't leave!"
Hearing this call, Zang Ba almost jumped up from the ground without being startled.
He turned around and looked around, but before he knew it, Xu Chu and the Tiger Guards arrived on foot.
"The one in front must be Zang Ba, the dog thief! The soldiers rush to kill him. If anyone kills Zang Ba, the Taifu will make him the Lord of Langya!"
"Kill, kill!"
A group of Tiger Guard soldiers who followed Xu Chu on foot roared loudly from their throats and followed Xu Chu in a roaring attack, sweeping in like a hurricane.
Zang Ba gnashed his teeth angrily. He never expected that someone among the officers and soldiers would actually find traces of him in the mountains and forests.
The Xuzhou Army is indeed well-deserved and has all kinds of talents!
But now that the enemy has caught up with them, it is impossible to fight without losing sight of the enemy.
"Kill, kill, charge forward."
"Surround them from the sides, don't let them escape!"
"You little thieves, please accept your fate!"
"Which one is Zang Ba! Capture Zang Ba alive, and don't kill the rest!"
After more than four years of conquests by the Tiger Guards, almost all the powerful armies in the world have encountered the Tiger Guards. Although Zang Ba's Taishan bandit bodyguards are quite powerful, they are still weak against such tiger and wolf troops. After reaching a rank, they were killed in a short while and retreated steadily, with screams one after another.
Fortunately, the Taishan bandits were on high ground at the moment and were not defeated by the Tiger Guards in one move. But even so, they began to retreat towards the back one by one.
Xu Chu swung his sword on foot and stood at the front of the team to set the pace. The sword in his hand flew up and down, cutting down more than twenty Taishan army thieves one after another, and forcibly pushed the Tiger Guard's battle line upwards by three feet. land.
Zang Ba couldn't help but become angry when he saw that his soldiers were occupying high ground and were being driven back by the opponent's charge.
He personally brandished weapons and came to fight Xu Chu.
There was a crisp sound of "clang", and the two men clashed on foot. For just a moment, Xu Chu didn't move at all, but Zang Ba was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.
Xu Chu laughed loudly and shouted: "A few times!" After saying this, he raised his knife and struck Zang Ba on the head.
Zang Ba was so frightened that he peed his pants. He rolled around like a lazy donkey and hurriedly dodged to the rear, barely escaping Xu Chu's attack. Then he ran to the back formation in pee, not daring to fight with this monster-like man in the front formation again.
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Just when the armies of Zang Ba and Xu Chu were facing each other head-on, a group of about a thousand soldiers and horses was hurriedly moving in the direction of Kaiyang.
The leader of this army was called Chang Xi, and he was one of the Five Bandits of Mount Tai.
Among the five thieves in Taishan, when it comes to ability, Zang Ba is indeed the leader, but when it comes to ruthlessness, Qin Muchu, and the most cunning one, Chang Xi is definitely the leader.
Among the five thieves in Mount Tai, the one who made Zang Ba the most helpless was Chang Xi, and the one who made Zang Ba the most defensive was also Chang Xi.
Therefore, Changxi's camp was placed as close as possible to Yang by Zang Ba. The euphemistic name was closeness, but in reality it was surveillance.
The military garrison in Kaiyang was attacked by Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun. It was impossible for Chang Xi not to know about such a big event.
In fact, he was hesitating in his mind whether to rescue Zang Ba. After careful risk assessment, Chang Xi made a decisive decision to support Zang Ba!
After all, it would be somewhat difficult to deal with it if he did nothing and then Zang Ba took the opportunity to accuse him and let the other party seize the opportunity.
But Chang Xi was indeed the most cunning among the five thieves. Although he sent troops to assist Zang Ba, he only brought a mere thousand people with him. They only watched from the distance of the Kaiyang camp, carefully checking the opponent's eastward direction, and
Don't rush to the rescue.
Chang Xi is different from other Taishan thieves. He has an idea in his subconscious mind.