Amidst the screams, more than a dozen spears stabbed Zhou Yuanbao at the same time. Zhou Yuanbao swept across with his hammer and swept the spears away. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers were well-trained, and several more spears came from behind. Zhou Tianbao roared.

, put your feet down a little, and swept your body back.

The bandits behind him couldn't keep up with Zhou Yuanbao's speed, nor could they cooperate with Zhou Yuanbao, so they couldn't rush into the gap in time. When Zhou Yuanbao swept back, the shield soldiers on the left and right immediately moved inwards to block the gap, and then counted

The spear poked out from behind the shield again.

At this moment, Zhou Yuanbao was horrified when he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. He followed the sound and heard that the sound of horse hoofbeats was coming from the flank.

His pupils constricted.

Not to mention that the Black Mountain bandits are now in chaos. Even if they form a formation, what they fear most is the cavalry cutting in from the flanks.

In the dark night, a group of cavalry came from the east. There were not many in number, only about two hundred riders. However, the sudden appearance of this cavalry at this time was a fatal blow to the Black Mountain bandits.

The bandits who escaped from the officers and soldiers and fled eastward met the cavalry and were dumbfounded. However, the cavalry did not hesitate at all and galloped towards them, waving their sabers and screaming.

Du Zitong had also followed over at this time. When he saw Zhou Yuanbao looking at the cavalry, he was already panicking and asked anxiously: "Yuanbao, what should I do?"

"Follow me." Zhou Yuanbao did not hesitate and walked west. Countless bandits saw the fourth master and fifth master running west and followed behind. The cavalry team came very fast and followed closely behind. The bandits were crowded.

You pushed me, trampled on each other, and the cavalry behind them covered them up, and heads fell to the ground again.

Zhou Yuanbao looked back while running. He was holding a sledgehammer of hundreds of kilograms in his hand, but he was faster than anyone else. He saw the cavalry behind him getting closer and closer. Some cavalry slowed down because they were slashing with their swords.

Zhou Yuanbao suddenly turned around, his feet were flying, and he rushed towards a cavalryman. When the cavalryman reacted, Zhou Yuanbao had already swung his sledgehammer and hit the man on the chest. The cavalryman had already jumped off the horse.

Flying out like a stone, Zhou Yuanbao flew onto his horse, shook the horse's reins, rushed towards another cavalry, swung his hammer again, knocked the cavalryman away, reached out to grab the horse's reins, and shouted: "

Fourth brother, fourth brother...!"

Du Zitong saw Zhou Yuanbao's majesty, saw him dismounting and called to himself, and immediately rushed over with a knife. Zhou Yuanbao threw the reins of the horse to Du Zitong. Du Zitong just took the reins of the horse, rushed out from the side, and slashed at Du Zitong with his knife.

Coming over, Du Zitong reacted quickly, swung his sword to block, and with a "choking" sound, the two swords clashed, and sparks flew everywhere. Du Zitong only felt a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth, but the opponent had already slashed with the sword again, but Zhou Yuanbao had already

Swing the hammer at the man.

The man hurriedly put away the knife. Although he was fast, half of the blade was still swept away by the mace. He immediately swung the knife away. Zhou Yuanbao did not wait for the other party to react, and swung the sledgehammer diagonally towards the man's chest.

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At this moment, there was a "pop" sound, and the sharp arrow hit Zhou Yuanbao's right shoulder. Although the arrowhead also had leather armor, the arrow penetrated the leather armor and sank into the flesh.

This arrow made Zhou Yuanbao's wolf-headed mace pause for a moment. The knight had already reacted, turned his horse's head, patted it and left.

Zhou Yuanbao was not interested in fighting and shouted: "Run west!"

In the distance, Lu Xiaolou put away his long bow, looked around him, and said, "Why not shoot him directly? I am confident that I can penetrate his neck with one arrow."

"This man is extraordinarily brave, not just a mortal." Qin Xiao was riding on horseback, watching Zhou Yuanbao lead the bandits while protecting Du Zitong.

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Withdrawing to the west, there was a trace of respect in his eyes: "It is a pity that such a person was shot to death like this."

Lu Xiaolou nodded and said: "I have never seen such a brave person. I never thought that the Black Mountain bandits actually have such a person."

"He should be an important leader of the Black Mountain bandits." Qin Xiao said: "If we kill him, we will really have a life-and-death feud with the Black Mountain bandits, and there will be no room for it."

"Didn't the general say that only by beating them to make them afraid will they compromise with us and ask for peace?" Lu Xiaolou said: "Wouldn't killing this man make the Black Mountain bandits more afraid?"

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "After tonight's battle, the Black Mountain bandits are more afraid of us than they are resentful. But if we kill this person, their resentment will be greater than their fear."

Lu Xiaolou lowered his head and thought for a moment, half understanding.

Zhou Yuanbao led the Black Mountain bandits who were heartbroken and ran for dozens of miles to the west. The officers and soldiers behind him did not continue to pursue them. They were only five thousand people. At this time, there were only more than a thousand people following behind. The others were either

He was buried in Songyang Grassland, or fled in panic. He knew that he would definitely not be able to gather all his men at this moment, and those who survived would naturally know how to return to the mountain.

Turning and heading north, although many people were exhausted, they could only continue to run desperately towards Montenegro for fear of being pursued by officers and soldiers.

After walking for dozens of miles, many bandits couldn't hold on any longer, and their speed became extremely slow. Some even sat down on the ground.

"Let's take a rest first." Du Zitong looked back and saw a bleak scene. He was angry and sad at the same time. He reined in his horse and looked up at the night sky. Then he looked at Zhou Yuanbao and said with a bitter smile: "Yuanbao, thank you very much.

, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to return to Montenegro without you.”

Zhou Yuanbao shook his head and said: "The Long Rui Army and the Liaodong Army are different, completely different."

"It's really different." Du Zitong sighed: "I really didn't expect that they would set such a vicious trap for us."

Zhou Yuanbao glanced at Du Zitong and said, "Second brother insists not to attack Long Ruijun, which is indeed reasonable."

Du Zitong frowned and stopped talking.

"The Liaodong Army has a family and a career, and they are afraid of death." Zhou Yuanbao said lightly: "It's never because we really can fight, it's just that the Liaodong Army is more afraid of death than us, and because the second brother is well-organized, we are

Able to win repeated battles. The Long Rui Army... is not only less afraid of death than the Liaodong Army, it is probably less afraid of death than us."

"What exactly is that thunder?" Du Zitong changed the subject and said, "What kind of weapon is that and why is it so powerful?"

Zhou Yuanbao shook his head and said: "I've never seen it either. I've only heard of thunder and lightning in the sky, but I've never heard of thunder and lightning on the ground. Those weapons are buried underground, but... there can't be anyone underground.

,How can those weapons kill people on their own?"

Du Zitong said bitterly: "It's not that we can't fight, it's because the officers and soldiers used vicious weapons."

"More than what those weapons are, I want to know how Long Ruijun knew about tonight's night attack plan?" Zhou Yuanbao looked coldly and whispered: "Their trap was not completed in a hurry. Inside the military camp

They laid weapons, and when we launched a night attack, they circled behind us, expecting that we would panic and go north, and even ambush the cavalry on the flanks...!" After a pause, he looked at Du Zi Passage:

"These can't be improvised. They have made careful arrangements in advance. Also, all the materials in the warehouse have been transported away. This is by no means a coincidence.

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It can be completed within days.”

"You mean they knew our plans at least a day or two in advance?"

Zhou Yuanbao said: "It has only been two days since my adoptive father decided to send troops. In other words, not long after the adoptive father decided to send troops, the news reached the officers and soldiers. After deciding to send troops, in order to keep it secret, each village did not let the brothers know at the beginning that they were going to send troops.

The attack on Long Rui's army was just in the name of training. The brothers only knew about the plan to attack Long Rui's army at night an hour before the troops were sent out. Even if someone wanted to send a message at that time, there was simply no time." After a pause, he asked.

Said: "That is to say, someone sent the news to the officers and soldiers at least one day before we sent out troops."

"At that time, there were only a handful of people who knew the plan." Du Zitong frowned.

"If we don't find this person, I'm afraid we will all die without a burial place." Zhou Tianbao said coldly.

At dawn, Long Ruijun was still cleaning up the battlefield.

The battle last night happened suddenly and ended very suddenly. It didn't last long. However, the Black Mountain bandits suffered heavy casualties. More than 300 corpses were left on the battlefield, and there were also 300 to 400 wounded soldiers. Most of them were due to

Caused by fire and thunder in the camp.

The Black Mountain bandits fled in all directions, and Qin Xiao did not let the soldiers pursue them. In addition to transporting the corpses to find a place to bury them, many of the injured and injured became prisoners. He circled a field as a temporary prison and also provided some wound medicine for the bandits.

Everyone healed each other's injuries.

The secret letter Qin Xiao received that day detailed the Black Mountain bandit's action plan, including the specific time, approximate troop strength, and even the leader of the troop.

Yuwen Chengchao and Qin Xiao read the letter and found it incredible.

The Black Mountain bandits sent troops to attack at night. This was not what Qin Xiao had expected. He could not allow others to snore beside the couch. As long as the Black Mountain bandits were afraid of Long Rui's army, they would fight tomorrow if they did not attack them today.

However, Xuanyuan Chong and his people had met Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao thought that the Black Mountain bandits might have some intention of communicating and they would not take action easily in a short time. However, the letter suddenly arrived, which made Qin Xiao a little surprised. He wondered if it was possible.

Did the Montenegrin bandits come to contact him deliberately to let him relax his vigilance?

Although the authenticity of the letter could not be determined, Qin Xiao knew that it was better to believe something like this than to believe it. After discussing it with his generals, he immediately made careful arrangements.

Qin Xiao knew that the Black Mountain bandits had fought against the Liaodong Army many times, and they were confident and had no fear of the officers and soldiers. On the contrary, because they had won consecutive victories against the Liaodong Army, their morale would soar even in battles with the officers and soldiers.

After all, the Long Rui Army has not been training for a long time, and it is not yet an elite division. Facing the Black Mountain bandits who have an absolute advantage in strength, the Long Rui Army does not actually have much advantage. It is just that the equipment is better than that of the Black Mountain Bandits.

Excellent, if the two armies faced off head-on, with the current strength of both sides, it is still unclear who will win.

Even if Long Ruijun wins, he will have to pay a heavy price.

Of course, this is what Qin Xiao doesn't want to see.

Qin Xiao did not want any of the soldiers who followed him out of the border to die in battle not long after they came out of the border.

Not only must we win this battle and deal a heavy blow to the Black Mountain bandits, making them fear Long Rui's army, but we must also minimize our losses as much as possible.
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