Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 713 Sneak Attack
In the battle of Bozhou, Chen Xiaozhong was killed and Xiaozhong City surrendered. Wang Jin sent someone to report the victory on horseback.

On the other side, Puzhou's military commander [Dragon Slayer] Sun An led [Mountain Leopard] Gou Huan, [Brocade Leopard] Yang Lin, [Double-tailed Fox] Fan Chenglong, and [White Flower Snake] Yang Chun to lead troops to fight against the [Red Jacket Army Deer Fairy] world and the [White Lotus Sect Li Xixi] world.

Liang Heng, the commander of the army of Xingren Prefecture, also led the two generals Li Cheng, the Heavenly King, and Yu Yulin, the Xiongwei General, to resist the Red Coat Army led by Lai Xing.

Let's start with Xingren Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture. Liang Heng, the commander of the army, and Gai Yong, the prefect, received a message from the King of Liang and hurriedly discussed the matter. After hearing this, [Heavenly King] Li Cheng and [Bear Mighty General] Yu Yulin stood up and asked for battle.

Bian Xi, the judge, muttered, "I knew there was no safe place in this world."

Liang Heng laughed and said, "This is the time for us warriors to make achievements. Bian Tongpan is a civil servant now, so he doesn't have to go to the battlefield."

Bian Xi listened and did not argue. He just asked, "Does the commander want to take the initiative to attack, or defend the city?"

"Of course, we should take the initiative."

Bian Xi said: "If so, I will lead the troops to defend the city."

After some discussion, Liang Heng and his two companions led 10,000 soldiers out of the city and set up camp directly at the border.

On this side, Lai Xing had already led his troops to garrison at the border. After the two worlds were connected, Lai Xing saw that Liang was well prepared, so he quickly summoned his generals. After some discussion, he sent a commander under his command, with 3,000 soldiers, to take a detour elsewhere and look for an opportunity to attack the Liang world, with the goal of seizing one of the cities.

Lai Xing led his troops out of the camp, showing off his might and attracting the attention of the Liang soldiers in front of him. When Liang Heng gathered his troops and went out, Lai Xing led his troops back to the camp and held his ground.

This happened every day for three days in a row.

Liang Heng was suspicious and said to Li Cheng and Yu Yulin, "This guy is doing this on purpose. He looks like he wants to fight, but he is actually trying to attract our attention. I'm afraid he has some tricks up his sleeve."

Li Chengdao: "Are you planning to sneak behind us?"

Liang Heng frowned and said, "I'm afraid so. Li Dujian, I'll give you a thousand cavalrymen, you go to the rear to investigate."

As soon as he finished speaking, the captain guarding the village came to report that an official document had been delivered from Jiyin County.

Liang Heng quickly called the messenger in. After reading the document, he laughed and said, "It turns out that they are going to attack the city in the rear."

After saying this, he asked Li Cheng and Yu Yulin to read the document as well.

It turned out that Lai Xing's brother Lai Wang, with 3,000 soldiers and horses, took a detour into Jiyin County and sent people shouting at the foot of the city: "Liang has been badly defeated. Open the city and surrender quickly, otherwise the city will be broken and no one will be left alive."

On the top of the city wall, Gai Yong heard this and said hurriedly: "President Bian, this..."

Bian Xi sneered, "Don't panic, prefect. I don't know where this guy came from. How could Liang Heng and his three men in front be so useless? They were killed in two days and the whole army was wiped out. Of the two thousand cavalry, not a single one escaped."

"Please sit down, magistrate, and watch me go out of the city and defeat the enemy."

After saying that, Bian Xi took out his meteor hammer and mounted his horse.

After the city gate was opened, Bian Xi rushed out first, shouting, "Red Coat Bandits, Bian Xi, the Tongpan of Xingren Prefecture in Liang State, is here. Who dares to fight?"

Lai Wang heard this and shouted, "How dare you, a civil servant, go into battle? Get off your horse and be tied up, or you will be spared death."

Bian Xi heard this and shouted, "I can agree to it, but I'm afraid some people won't agree to it."

"Whoever dares not agree, I will kill him with a single blow of my sword."

"The meteor hammer in my hand will not agree."

"You dare to play tricks on me, you're looking for death."

After saying that, Lai Wang rode his horse straight towards Bian Xi.

Bian Xi also raised the meteor hammer in his hand to meet him. The front end of the meteor hammer in Bian Xi's hand was round, weighing five pounds, with a crocodile tendon as the rope, the soft rope was as thick as a finger and was 16 feet long.

When the two horses met, Bian Xi had already measured the distance and threw the hammer in his hand at Lai Wang's horse's head.

Lai Wang tried to intercept with his long knife, but missed. The hammer hit the horse's head. With just one blow, a hole was punched in the horse's head. The horse took advantage of its inertia and ran two more steps, then fell to the ground. Bian Xi pulled out the soft rope in his hand, and the rope locked it around Lai Wang's neck twice. Bian Xi rode away and dragged Lai Wang back to the formation.

When the Red Coat Army saw this, they shouted and threatened to snatch the person away.

Bian Xi, who had abandoned Lai Wang, led his troops and rushed over.

When Gai Yong saw this, he mobilized all the soldiers in the city, defeated the Red Coat Army and captured and killed most of them.

While Gai Yong was sending a letter to Liang Heng, he asked Bian Xi to lead the troops to wipe out the Red Jackets that had spread into the countryside.

There were instructors everywhere in the villages of Liang State, and militias in every village, so it was no problem to deal with these defeated soldiers and scattered soldiers. People were constantly tied up and sent to the county town to ask for merit.

Li Cheng asked the messenger, "Have you brought the head of the leader?"

"Just outside the tent."

Li Chengdao: "Commander, this is a good opportunity to challenge him and see how he responds."

At that moment, the three gathered their troops and marched out of the camp, heading straight for Lai Xing's camp. They ordered one of them to hold up Lai Wang's head and shouted, "Lai Xing, we already knew your plan. Lai Wang's head is here, why don't you go out and fight?"

In the Red Coat Army's main camp, Lai Xing was furious when he heard this: "This fellow is rude. Someone, bring me my knife."

Lai Xing put on his armor and mounted his horse, charging out of the camp. He looked around and shouted, "Who dares to go out and avenge Commander Lai?"

After hearing this, the two commanders on the left and right rushed out of the battle formation and headed straight for Liang Heng and his three men in front of the village.

Yu Yulin saw this and said, "Commander, watch me kill these two nameless people."

Having said that, he mounted his yellow horse and charged into the battle formation with the iron hammer in his hand.

Yu Yulin was able to fight two people alone and still handle it with ease.

Lai Xing saw this and shouted again, "Who's going to help?"

Two more commanders rushed out on horseback.

When Li Cheng saw this, he also rode his horse and rushed out, shouting, "Shameless villain, Li Cheng is here."

Yu Yulin saw someone running towards him and shouted, "Here you go."

One of the Red Coat Soldiers wielding a sword was knocked off his horse with one hammer. The other one was startled and stunned, so he asked Yu Yulin to hit him on the head with a hammer, breaking his helmet and head into pieces.

The other two came forward one after the other, and Yu Yulin raised his hammer and killed the first one in one blow. The man behind him saw this and dared not to come forward, so he reined in his horse and turned back.

Li Cheng saw it, sneered, took out his bow and arrow, took a quick look, and shouted, "Go!"

The arrow penetrated the Red Coat Soldier's back and went straight through his chest. He fell off his horse with one foot caught in the stirrup. He had to be dismounted and dragged back to the battle formation.

Li Cheng and Yu Yulin shouted in front of the battle line, "Who else?"

With a loud shout, the Red Coat Army became agitated.

Liang Heng, who was behind him, saw this and shouted, "Kill!"

He led his troops and attacked the Red Coat Army.

Four Red Jacket Army commanders were killed in a row, and Li Cheng and Yu Yulin were also alarmed. When Liang Heng led his troops to charge, the formation was already in chaos.

Within an hour, the battle array collapsed and the soldiers retreated. Liang Heng and his two companions took advantage of the situation to seize the Red Coat Army's main camp, capturing 3,000 men and horses and countless food and fodder.

(End of this chapter)