Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 505: Breaking the Village
However, Qiu Xuan saw that his troops had lost several battles in a row, and his morale was dampened. The soldiers had no intention of fighting, so they had to withdraw their troops. Zhao Zhen was also concerned about Qiu Xuan's Taoism, so he did not drive his troops to fight, and also sounded the gong to withdraw his troops.

Let’s talk about Kouzhou first. After Su Liang settled the injured Su Yi, he went straight to the central army tent to ask to see Qiu Xuan.

After the greeting, Su Liang said, "Master Qiu, the soldiers of Liangshan are strong and powerful. We lost today and my sister was captured. Please give me some advice and save her."

Qiu Xuan said, "Don't worry about the training. This Zhao Zhen is used to the battlefield. Although he lost a battle today, his troops are intact. I watched from the battlefield today, and I didn't see him master the Taoist magic of Gongsun Sheng. Tomorrow I will perform magic, drive the troops, destroy his camp, and your sister will come back to rescue her."

After hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but said anxiously: "Master, the night is long and dreams are many. Why don't we rob his camp tonight? With today's great victory, he must be arrogant and unprepared. Why don't we rob his camp? He has set up camp by the river bank. Once the victory is achieved, he will surely rush to cross the bridge. The people and horses will trample on him, and most of them will drown. We will definitely win."

Qiu Xuan heard this and said, "The troops have been training for a long time. Today, their morale has been weakened. It is not appropriate to fight again. Besides, the Liangshan army may not be defenseless."

Seeing that Qiu Xuan did not respond, Su Liang had to leave.

After returning to his own camp, Su Liang looked for another coach, Sun Lin.

This man was none other than the commander of the troops under Gao Feng of Yizhou Prefecture. When Yizhou City was captured, he and Li Fengming fought their way out of the city, hid all the way, and ended up in Fengtian Township, where they became a military instructor.

Li Fengming was highly regarded by Gao Rang and was appointed to a military post. It was through this relationship that Sun Lin persuaded Su Liang to seek a post as a militia commander.

At that moment, Su Liang said to Sun Lin, "Coach Sun, I intend to raid the camp tonight. Do you dare to lead the troops?"

Sun Lin said, "I have received the kindness from the owner of the manor, but I have no way to repay him. Today is the time for me to contribute."

After that, Sun Lin asked, "How should we proceed? Please give us your instructions, Young Master."

Zhao Zhen returned to the camp and asked Liu Huiniang to write down the merits of the generals. The arrow that hit Luan Tingfang had been removed by the military doctor. Fortunately, his armor was thick and he was not seriously injured.

Zhao Zhen sent someone to send Luan Tingfang back to Liangshan and ordered An Daoquan to treat the arrow wound.

Just as Su Jinniang was about to interrogate the captives, a strange wind suddenly blew up, raising dust and dirt from the west to the east, and even shook the flags askew.

Wu Jiao saw this and said, "This gust of wind means that bandits will raid our camp tonight. Sir, please prepare quickly."

Zhao Zhen looked at it and said, "This gust of wind is very strange, not ordinary."

Immediately, Wei Yangyin and Zhen Dayi led the Wuxiang Battalion to ambush on the left side of the camp, and Dong Ping, Ou Peng, and Ma Lin led the Left Cavalry Battalion to ambush on the right side of the camp. Deng Fei and Fu Yu led 500 infantrymen to ambush in the camp. The sound of the cannon was the signal, and they all rushed out. Qin Ming and Huang Xin led the Vanguard Battalion to go out of the camp and detour ten miles, ambushing on the road. When they saw Kouzhou's soldiers raiding the camp, they quietly let them go and waited for them to return, then intercepted and killed them.

After the distribution was completed, Zhao Zhen and Wu Jiao discussed the Dao by candlelight in the tent.

At the second watch, the gate of the Toyota Township camp was opened, and Sun Lin led a thousand men to patrol underground, and Su Liang also led a thousand soldiers to support them. The horses took off their phoenix bells, and the men wore soft clothes. Sun Lin went straight to Zhao Zhen's central camp.

Seeing that there was no one around and they were robbing an empty camp, Sun Lin hurriedly thought he had fallen into a trap and turned around and ran away.

From his left hand came Wei Yangyin and Zhen Dayi, from his right hand came Dong Ping, Ou Peng and Ma Lin, and in the big village were Deng Fei and Fu Yu, and the seven big beasts attacked at the same time.

Sun Lin was running around in the dark and bumped into Fu Yu. Fu Yu secretly hit him with a hammer and knocked him off his horse. Deng Fei caught up and shot him dead.

Su Liang saw that he had fallen into a trap, so he stepped forward to help. After a melee that lasted for an hour, he managed to escape. While fleeing, he ran into Qin Ming and Huang Xin, and killed them in a fierce battle.

At dawn, the soldiers were counted. More than ten tents were burned, and the soldiers were slightly injured. Fu Yu and Deng Fei presented Sun Lin's head, and the other officers presented their captives. Zhao Zhen was in high spirits, but the Fengtian Township camp was gloomy. Of the two thousand soldiers, less than a thousand returned, and everyone had thrown away their armor. Sun Lin was also killed in Liangshan Stronghold, and the soldiers in the stronghold had no morale at all.

Qiu Xuan watched the situation for half the night, and asked Li Fengming to visit Su Liang’s camp in the morning.

When he saw Li Fengming, Su Liang did not wait for Li Fengming to speak, and said first: "General Li, you have also seen that we have suffered a great defeat in the robbery camp, with heavy casualties, and we are no longer able to fight. Please ask General Li to report to Taoist Qiu that we need to return to the town to rest."

Li Fengming asked, "Where is Sun Lin?"

"He was trapped in Liangshan Stronghold and his life or death is unknown." Su Liang replied with a grim expression.

After seeing Li Fengming off, Su Liang broke camp and left.

After hearing this, Qiu Xuan cursed: "Humph, you didn't listen to me, and you suffered this defeat."

After saying this, he ordered his men to beat drums three times and blow horns twice. All the soldiers shouted in unison and rushed out of the camp to form battle array.

Qiu Xuan took off the crown on his head, let his hair down, carried a gourd on his shoulder, rode a black horse, and drew his sword as he walked to the front of the battle line to challenge others to fight.

When Zhao Zhen saw this, he also deployed his troops.

Qiu Xuan shouted, "You rude man, you have violated my border. Please help me drive the enemy away."

After saying that, Qiu Xuan had already taken off the gourd lid and shouted, "Hurry."

I saw a black gas rushing out of the gourd, dissipating for a long time in an instant, and it was dim and gloomy. Many things like fine sand and iron filings flew towards Zhao Zhen.

The pain from being beaten was unbearable, and the Liangshan troops immediately fell into chaos. Qiu Xuan led 360 Black Tiger soldiers, followed by the government troops behind them, and attacked together.

Wu Jiao saw this and also performed the Five Thunders Righteousness Method behind the formation. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound of thunder in the air. In an instant, the sky was bright, the black air disappeared, and the black sand fell all over the ground. Looking closely, there was no black sand at all, but black bees as big as fingers.

When Qiu Xuan saw this when he was halfway through the rush, he shouted to the 360 ​​Black Tiger soldiers to open the iron gourds behind them and release black gas at once, mixed with countless Yaksha ghosts, Rakshasas and ferocious beasts, which came with the strong wind and evil fog.

At Zhao Zhen's place, the formation was split apart, and three hundred strong soldiers emerged. Each of them took a long bamboo pump, which contained pig and sheep blood. They sprayed it at the Black Tiger Army, and paper figures and paper beasts fell from the air one after another. In an instant, the black air was swept away, and the sky was clear again.

Even Qiu Xuan, who was mixed up in the mix, couldn't avoid being tainted by the filth.

Qiu Xuan was already anxious after having two spells broken in a row. Now that he was contaminated by filth and couldn't do anything, he suddenly lost his courage.

While he was stunned, he saw that the Liangshan formation had changed again. The three hundred strong men with jackhammers retreated, the cavalry flashed out of the formation, and the five battalions of cavalry divided into three routes and rushed into the Kouzhou army.

Without the blessing of Taoism, the 360 ​​Black Tigers, though brave, could not withstand the charge of the cavalry. Seeing that the situation was not good, they surrounded Qiu Xuan and turned around and ran away.

The leading warriors were as fierce as wolves and tigers, their steel swords slashed like melons and vegetables, and they rushed forward at the head of the platoon. In just a few moments, they killed the Kouzhou government troops so frightened that they fled in all directions.

Taking advantage of the situation, they seized the camp of the Kouzhou government army, counted the harvest, captured countless cattle, horses, food and grass, captured more than 2,000 Kouzhou soldiers, and killed nearly 1,000. Only less than 2,000 people fled back to Kouzhou City with Qiu Xuan.

(End of this chapter)