Chapter one hundred and seventy fourth
After Li Chongjiu discussed with Li Mi, Li Mi and Shan Xiongxin all took the heroes of Wagang Village to bid farewell to Li Chongjiu and quickly returned to Wagang Village. Li Chongjiu and others did not dare to stay for a long time to avoid the officers and soldiers chasing. At that time, Li Chongjiu's subordinates divided the roads and went west on small mountain roads. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the southwest of Kujinyang was a large water siege that stretched for hundreds of miles, named Zhaoyuqi, which was one of the nine sieves mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu family. The place where Zhaoyuqi was located was lush with water plants, and the mudflats were everywhere were similar to Gaojipo, and the water was like Liangshan, so you could temporarily live. So Li Chongjiu led his men to rest here for a while and inquire about Li Hu, Su Su and the others.
Not long after, the whistle cavalry in front brought the news. Su Su brought more than a dozen cavalrymen from the Li family escort agency, covered in blood, to Zhaoyuqi. As soon as Su Su saw Li Chongjiu, he said, "Xiaojiu, go and save your father and your fifth aunt, they are chased by the official army!" It turned out that after Li Chongjiu was taken down by Li Yuan, everyone at the Li family escort agency in Jinyang immediately left the city separately and prepared to rescue Li Chongjiu. At the same time, the old and weak also moved out of the city. However, after Jinyang County learned the news, he immediately sent an official yamen runners to intercept them outside the city.
Li Hu and Su Su immediately turned against the officials and yamen runners. The constable and the yamen's self-provided gangsters were not opponents of the corpses, and they were beaten up and pissed. However, Li Hu and Su Su and others also knew that they had committed a crime. Resisting arrest by force was a serious crime. They rushed to the southwest and headed towards Hedong, preparing to catch up with Li Chongjiu's prison car.
But I didn't know that the Taiyuan Left-behind Mansion actually used the troops to intercept. The escorts were okay to deal with the yamen run, but they were not the opponents of these elite courts. They ran wildly. Fortunately, after Li Chongjiu defeated the Hun tribe last time, he seized nearly a thousand Turkic horses, and now he was equipped with the escorts of the Li family escorts. The escorts were riding on horseback, but they still couldn't escape the pursuit of the escorts behind him. Li Chongjiu knew what was going on. Taiyuan County had eighteen Yingyang Mansions, and only Taiyuan Left-behind Mansions were qualified to mobilize the troops. So this must be an order issued by Li Yuan himself.
Su Su said this and his eyes turned red, his teeth were clenched, and he showed a look of hatred. However, Li Chongjiu showed a firm look like a stone, and immediately turned over and rode away. The cavalry behind him, Su Su and others all followed.
As soon as they left Zhaoyuqi, they met two or three single studded corpses on the official road. They were all injured, one of them was cut by a knife, showing their lives for a while. It turned out that they all broke out of the siege. According to their description, the officers and soldiers were just chasing Li Hu. If the others were caught, they would not even kill the prisoners directly. As for those who missed the net, they would not catch them, and they would just take Li Hu down.
"If we chase after us, we are not the opponents of the government soldiers. We can only set up an ambush in front of us," Li Chongjiu said.
Su Su nodded, and wanted to save Su Su, Sun Erniang and others, but they almost lost their temper. Fortunately, Li Chongjiu still judged the situation calmly. At that moment, Su Su saw that Li Chongjiu had a serious expression and had no concern at all, and she couldn't help but admire her heart. She said that Mount Tai collapsed before her and was not moved. This is the person who did big things.
Su Suyan said at the moment: "That's exactly what it is."
The roads of Taiyuan County are familiar with the Li family's escorts, so someone immediately pointed out a shortcut. At that time, Li Chongjiu and Su Su led a hundred cavalry to take shortcuts and go directly to the official road. Near the official road is a post station, guarded by post stations. This Taiyuan County is an important town in the border county, with an inn on every thirty miles above the official road. In addition to post stations, each post station also has defense troops garrisons.
The role of the post station was very important during the Great Sui Dynasty. During the expedition of Goryeo, all the soldiers of the army were guided by the post station along the way. If a sudden war broke out, the post station also needed to help Yingyang Mansion summon the soldiers of the house. However, after the failure of the three expeditions of Goryeo, the official system of the Great Sui Dynasty was corrupted again. The post station had already declined, and the post houses were all military prisoners, and there was no discipline and combat effectiveness.
Li Chongjiu led a hundred cavalry to surround the post station. Suddenly, a large group of people surrounded the post station. The post commander thought that there were some large bandit attacks, so he surrendered without any resistance. More than 30 postmen, guards, and family members who lived in the post were all disarmed. Li Chongjiu did not make things difficult for them, and immediately locked them in a room and sent two people to guard them.
After conquering the post station, Li Chongjiu immediately looked for an ambush site nearby. Because there were a large number of post horses in the post station, hundreds of acres of alfalfa fields were planted nearby as horse grain. In addition to the alfalfa fields, there was only a large forest nearby next to the official road to hide. So Li Chongjiu immediately went to the official road to investigate, and it was obvious that there was no large group of people passing by the horse's hoof prints. So Li Chongjiu Su decided to ambush in the woods.
It took most of the hour to wait until it was getting late, and everyone in the forest couldn't help but feel anxious. Su Su was concerned about Li Hu and Sun Erniang's situation, and even more restless in the woods. At this time, Li Chongjiu sent a detective cavalry forward to investigate Li Hu, and he had already returned and pointed forward, saying, "June, a large number of cavalry have been found five miles ahead!"
Hearing that everyone was nervous, Li Chongjiu shouted, "Get ready now!"
Everyone took out the bows and arrows and hid behind the tree, staring at the direction of the official road. At this time, it was dark, and the sound of horse hooves in front of him sounded ticking. More than two hundred riders in front were walking away from the saddle. Their bodies were empty, and they were obviously throwing all the swords, guns, bows, arrows and other swords, along the way, and they were very embarrassed.
Li Chongjiu saw Li Hu at a glance in the forest. He saw that his sleeve was half short, and he was cut by a bow or a knife. Not even half a mile after Li Hu and the others were the soldiers and armored cavalry of the Great Sui Palace, with about one hundred people and horses, but they were chasing Li Hu and the others. Under the hazy sky, Li Chongjiu identified that the general who was in the head was Li Yuan's confidant Sun Shunde. Li Chongjiu and the others all let Li Hu and the others pass by. Then they set up bows and arrows, aiming at the cavalry of the palace that was galloping on the official road.
At this time, two more studs were unable to support their horsepower. After the horse speed began to fall slightly, Changsun Shunde hit the horse with a knife and pulled the horse to chase. One studsman saw that Changsun Shunde was like a fierce evil spirit, and he couldn't help but look pale as he chased him closer and trembled. The horse's hooves intertwined Changsun Shunde suddenly swung the stud and cut off the studs off the horse.
Killed one person, Changsun Shunde's face was covered with blood, and the murderous aura became even stronger. Another stud master was frightened by this and waved his whip wildly. The horse under his crotch accelerated for a while, then slowed down again. The corners of the mouth were covered with white foam, and it was obviously overdrawn. Changsun Shunde smiled grimly and then slowly approached again.
"Not good!" Just as the cavalry of the mansion was about to enter Li Chongjiu's ambush circle, a sudden change broke out. Su Su shouted softly. It turned out that it was the alfalfa field next to the official road. Two people dressed as postmen rushed out of the field. They seemed to be the fish that escaped when Li Chongjiu surrounded the postmen just now. They had been hiding in the field for a long time. The two of them ran to the official road and shouted: "Mr. Jun, help! Help!"
Seeing Changsun Shunde showing a little hesitation, Li Chongjiu made a quick decision, unbuttoned the reins and turned over the horse. Su Su shouted in a broken voice: "Shoot the arrow!"
At that moment, a rain of arrows poured towards the officers and soldiers, but after hearing the warning from the two, the officers and soldiers were prepared, and they raised the side sign beside the saddle and looked at the woods. Changsun Shunde was no exception. As the main general, he was the target of attracting himself and used the side sign to block three arrows in a row.
Seeing an enemy in the forest, Changsun Shunde immediately turned his head. At this time, he saw a horse rushing out of the forest. It was obvious that it was Li Chongjiu himself. Changsun Shunde laughed and said, "When I see you, Mr. Changsun, you will run away with your tail, but you will come up to die. See me chop off your head and give it to the master."
At that moment, Changsun Shunde dismounted from his horse and danced his sword toward Li Chongjiu. At this time, he was shocked when he saw Li Chongjiu suddenly shoot at him with a bow and arrow. He heard the sound of the wind, and subconsciously blocked the cold shot of Li Chongjiu that suddenly came.
After the arrow, Changsun Shunde was shocked, Dandao raised his head and roared provocatively, roaring: "Prisoner of the Thieves, what else can you do besides clinging to women!" Changsun Shunde stared at Li Chongjiu, and saw that the other party ignored his provocation, he sneered and said "No courage" and gestured to the long sword and rushed straight towards him.
Seeing that Changsun Shunde blocked his arrow, Li Chongjiu was calm and continued to draw arrows and shot them in succession. When Li Chongjiu came, Changsun Shunde immediately jumped his eyelids and protected his chest with the other sign. When the arrow shadow passed by, he waved his left arm and actually blocked another arrow.
"But that's it!" Changsun Shunde smiled long and was not afraid at the moment. The steps of others were extremely fast, less than twenty steps away from Li Chongjiu, and he could almost breathe. At this time, he heard a sudden arrow, and his left arm moved violently to block the arrow again. Changsun Shunde sneered twice in a hurry, and firmly protected his body with six white feather arrowheads inserted into his body and was fast. When he couldn't even send it, Li Chongjiu drew another bow from the saddle. It was the Five Stone Star Picking Bow, and the sinking arrow exerted force and left with one arrow.
Changsun Shunde suddenly seemed to realize that this arrow was not good. He waved the long sword in his hand upwards, trying to use the knife to block the arrow, but the arrow was so fast that it was directly through the knife.
With a sound of flesh entering the flesh, the four fields suddenly became silent. Changsun Shunde's body suddenly burst into tears, and the arrows penetrated his side cards and the bright light armor together. Changsun Shunde still raised the side cards with his left hand and covered his chest. He looked at the armor leaves on his chest in disbelief. When he looked up at Li Chongjiu, he could only see a cold look in his eyes.
Blood was riding away, and Changsun Shunde couldn't help but kneel on his knees. At this time, he used all his strength and raised his head and yelled: "Kill!"
The voice was filled with resentment and anger, unwillingness, and extremely shrill. It suddenly stopped halfway. Then with a bang, Changsun Shunde's body smashed into the ground. He was already angry, but his eyes were wide open and he died with his eyes closed. Li Chongjiu breathed a sigh of relief. This general who was loyal to Li Tang in history, Li Yuan and Li Shimin's right-hand assistant died under his own arrow before he left his name in history books.
Chapter completed!