A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 290 Qinghe County does not allow someone as powerful as you to exist

Liao County is located between Xindu County and Qinghe County and belongs to Qinghe County.

These days, Zhang Tu took advantage of his own light armor, fast speed, and multiple intelligence support to avoid contact with Li Hou's army, and kept leading Li Hou's troops in circles in Qinghe County.

"Damn it, is this picture for counting loaches? They can run away like that." One of Li Hou's Sima Ku was irritated because he couldn't catch the rebels many times.

"Captain, what should we do? Do we still want to follow? Why not select some elite soldiers, abandon their baggage, and go into battle lightly, hold back the rebels first, and then wait for the big army to arrive and annihilate them in one fell swoop."

Some generals saw that pursuing them like this was not an option, so they came up with a different strategy.

Li Hou was also very helpless towards Zhang Tu, but for Zhang Tu, an old leader, former boss, and boss, Li Hou believed that no amount of caution could be too much.

"No, Zhang Tu is a veteran. He has been in battle for a long time and has been immersed in war all his life. He does not lack keen military intuition. If our army divides its troops easily, he may take advantage of it.

Now that our army has superior strength and the righteousness of the imperial court, we should use great righteousness to destroy them. If we do strange things, we may not be able to destroy them.

Moreover, our army is an official army after all, and the enemy is a bandit army. Our army has sufficient food, pay and supplies. The bandit army can only go to one place to plunder one place, but it will not last long. As time goes by, the food and grass will be exhausted, and then they can attack with one blow. . "

"Yes, I'll wait and see what the captain does."

Not far from the front of Li Hou's department, Zhang Tu and his men were salvaging the grain from the cave that Bai Cang had ordered to hide here in advance.

These grains are enough for Zhang Tu's five thousand army for three days. After three days, they can reach the next supply point for supplies.

This is also the reason why Zhang Tu did not loot to replenish food.

While he was eating the food handed to him by his subordinates, a clerk dressed as a scribe handed Fan Zhong a letter.

Fan Zhong put down the bowl in his hand, and after reading it carefully, he immediately came to Zhang Tu.

"Chief, Qingyang is done, now we can take the next step."

Zhang Tu grinned and laughed: "It's finally over. I'm tired from running these days."

Then he stood up and said loudly: "Brothers, after eating, we will go all the way north and play with Li Thief while writing letters."

Everyone cheered, as they no longer had to go into the woods.

An hour passed.

"Captain, the bandits have begun to leave." A sentry rider reported to Marquis Li.

Li Hou looked at the generals on the side: "Have you rested, soldiers?"

The generals didn't speak, and Li Hou said helplessly: "We have to leave even if we haven't had a good rest. Send the order to the army to break camp and pursue the enemy invaders."

Li Hou followed Zhang Tu to a boundary marker: "Nangong County, Xindu County"

"Captain, what should we do? The bandits have entered Xindu. Should we still pursue them? If we pursue them again, we will have to cross the county. We cannot go to other counties without orders."

Li Hou was heartbroken: "Keep chasing, we entered Xindu County in pursuit of the rogue bandits. As long as we capture Zhang Tu, with this credit, the court will not blame us. Besides, Xindu only has a few thousand county soldiers, how can we resist the rogue bandits?" Thousands of people.

Now that we are about to be caught, it is our fault that we let the bandits go. "

So the soldiers of Qinghe County, led by Li Hou, boldly crossed the boundary between the two counties and continued to chase Zhang Tu.

But what Li Hou didn't expect was that dozens of miles behind him, an army of thousands of people also followed him across the boundary marker without stopping.

"Chief, Li Hou is chasing me," a leader told Zhang Tu who was running.

"Okay, I'm afraid he won't come. Send the order and tell the brothers to work harder. In ten miles' time, in the woods ahead, we will teach Marquis Li a lesson."

When everyone heard this, their speed became even faster.

"Report, Lieutenant, there are woods ahead."

Li Hou stopped the army and looked at the continuous woods in the distance. Due to the cover of the trees, he could not see clearly what was inside.

"Are you sure the bandit army has entered?" Li Hou confirmed to the sentry rider again.

"Reporting to the captain, I saw the bandits entering the woods with my own eyes."

Li Hou nodded: "Send the order, Sima Li Yao from the front will lead a thousand troops to open the way for the army. There will be no ambush in the future, and the army will follow."

"Li Yao obeys the order."

In the queue, a general in his early thirties came out to take orders.

Li Hou's army stopped five hundred steps away from the woods, and Li Yao led a thousand people into the woods.

Not long after, the sound of fighting came from the woods. Li Yao escaped with more than 300 defeated soldiers. Behind them were Zhang Tu's 5,000 troops, arrayed with their backs to the woods.

"Captain, there is an ambush in the forest." Li Yao covered his injured arm and reported to Li Hou.

"I saw it." Li Hou looked ugly.

Then he said: "Okay, this place is very good. You have chosen a geomantic treasure land for yourself." Li Hou was not prepared to say more, and directly ordered the army to press forward, hoping to eliminate Zhang Tu with one blow.

Following Li Hou's order, 10,000 troops followed the order.

When they were three hundred steps away from Zhang Tu's army, Li Houjun's crossbows began to fire, and Zhang Tujun used his shield to resist the arrows.

Seeing that it was almost done, Li Hou asked his men to charge, and soon the two armies started fighting.
Although Li Houjun was a county soldier, he was well-trained and well-equipped. But Zhang Tu has three thousand Montenegro veterans to help him, and his strength is not bad.

Seeing that the five thousand troops could not open the gap, Li Hou mobilized the three thousand men around him, leaving only more than a thousand men around him.

Another three thousand people joined the battle. Zhang Tujun couldn't support it any longer, and the military formation continued to retreat.

"Fan Zhong, how long does it take for reinforcements to arrive? We won't be able to hold on any longer." On the battlefield, Zhang Tu had already begun to fight in person. Fan Zhong was the same. He looked like an old farmer, but his swordsmanship was amazing. powerful.

"Don't worry, chief, we'll be here soon."

Soon after they finished speaking, just as Zhang Tujun's formation was about to collapse, more than 4,000 people came out of the woods behind them, under the banner of Xindu, and directly joined Zhang Tujun's attack on Li Houjun.

Li Hou felt uneasy when he saw this. At this time, a sentry horse came to report, and another army of 4,000 men appeared in the rear.

Li Hou was shocked and immediately ordered the army to withdraw from the battle and adopt a defensive posture.

The general who received Li Hou's military order immediately left a group behind and withdrew from the battle. He set up a circular formation with Li Hou as the center to guard against attacks from both front and rear.

At this time, after the battle, Li Hou still had more than 8,000 people, and Zhang Tu had more than 3,000 people left. Together with the later reinforcements, Zhang Tu's side had more than 10,000 people.

Now, the situation of offense and defense has changed.

Li Hou looked at the flags of these two unfamiliar armies. On one side of Zhang Tu were "Xindu" and "Shi" were the troops of Prefect Shi of Xindu.

On the other side, under the banner of "Qinghe" and "Cui", are the remaining Qinghe county soldiers led by Cui Guo, the new captain appointed by the imperial court.

After roughly settling the affairs of Qingyang, Cui Guo followed the order of Bai Cang, the governor, and left a thousand men to guard the county. He took the remaining 4,000 men with the talisman given by Bai Cang and the cross signed by Bai Li, the governor. The county sent out troops and ordered them to follow Li Hou.

At this time, there were two teams on the field playing under the banner of "Qinghe". In addition to Cui Guo, Li Hou also played under the banner of "Qinghe".

Li Hou rode out of the battle with hesitation and said: "Prefect Shi, I am Li Hou, the captain of Qinghe. Even if it is wrong to pursue the bandits into Xindu, you should not join forces with the bandits to attack our army. You are helping us." Thief, I must report your sins to the court."

Taishou Shi didn't say much: "Marquis Li, stop talking nonsense. I'm following the imperial court's orders to punish you, a traitor. You'd better just go ahead and capture him."

When Li Hou heard that Governor Shi said that he was following the imperial order, he felt bad. He turned around and came to Qinghe, and said to Cui Guo: "Cui Guo, I am the captain of Qinghe, and you are just a small military prince. If you dare to commit the following crime, you should be punished.

But if you wake up in time, I can spare your life. "

Cui Guopai stepped forward and said loudly: "Li Hou, are you still stubborn? Supporting the troops, imprisoning county magistrates, running rampant in the countryside, and causing trouble in Qinghe. None of these is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.

If you give up resistance and do less killing, maybe the court will deal with you lightly. You probably don't know yet, but you have been sent to the imperial court by the governor of Jizhou, and you have been dismissed from the post of captain.

In other words, now you, Marquis Li, are a sinner, and this is a rebel army. In addition, Zaoqiang and Qingyang have been captured by the imperial court. You are just a lone army now, so surrender quickly. "

As soon as Li Hou heard this, he knew that Zao Qiang and the Qinghe clan members had been captured, and he was furious: "When I, Li Hou, dominated Qinghe, you Cui Guo was just like a pawn. I can crush the ants to death with just one finger. Now you are actually Isn't it ridiculous that you dare to bark in front of me?
Liu Xiu, it's just that he was lucky. There is no need to say more about success and defeat. I, Li Marquis, travel across Hebei and the people I have dealt with are all heroes. Just tell me and I will capture you without any help. Isn't it too easy?

It's useless to say all this, I'm here, if you have the ability, defeat me, capture me and claim credit, it depends on whether you have such a good mouth. "

After saying that, he patted his horse and entered the military formation.

Cui Guo was not angered by Li Hou's words, but instead said loudly: "Brothers of Qinghe County, Li Hou is already a traitor ordered by the imperial court, helping the tyrants to do evil, but it is not allowed by heaven.

What's more, your family members are all in Qinghe. When the emperor is kind and orders only the evil leaders to be killed and the accomplices to be innocent, you are ordinary people. Why did you not only sacrifice your lives for Li Hou, but also harm your family?

And don’t you know the behavior of Marquis Li and his descendants? Don’t you know the attitude of the people in Qinghe towards them? Brothers, stop being stubborn. "

Although Li Hou was very tired of Cui Guo's words, he was helpless because he was standing outside the range of the crossbow.

Cui Guo rested for a moment and then continued: "Listen, disciples of the Li family, Zaoqiang has been captured by us, and your family members are all in prison. If you don't want to implicate your family members, take out Li Hou's head." .

I can assure you that your family will survive. Now that the destruction of the Li family has become a foregone conclusion, it is unwise to bury the Li family with them again. Think about it carefully. I will only give you a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, we will launch an attack.

And your family members will be put to death because of your choices. "

After Cui Guo finished speaking, he entered the military formation and waited for the opponent's choice.

Li Hou looked at the generals who were staring at him and said uneasily: "What do you want to do? I am your general and your clan leader."

A general named Li sighed and said, "Chief, the Li family has failed, but our relatives still have a chance to survive."

Li Hou was furious: "Shut up, do you really believe that the court will let our family go? It's just wishful thinking and we won't quit yet."

After hearing this, several generals looked at each other, and then their eyes turned cold. They pulled out the straight swords at their waists and headed towards Li Hou.

Xindu County, the temporary government office of Jizhou Governor's Department.

Bai Li looked at the report in his hand and chuckled: "Okay, very good. In this way, the Hebei matter will be completed soon, and I can report the results to His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)