subvert the late Tang Dynasty

On the second day, Cao Shixiong marched into Yuhang, and Huang Chao's brigade marched into Qiantang.Zhu Wen led 8000 troops from his headquarters to ambush in the woods about three miles outside Cao Shixiong's camp, waiting for Qian Liu to attack the camp.

Sure enough, just two hours after Cao Shixiong left, Zhu Wen's spies found a group of about a thousand people heading straight for Cao Shixiong's camp.

Zhu Wen looked from a distance, and he saw the dust head rising up in the distance, gradually approaching.When the team came close, Zhu Wen realized that these people were not soldiers from the army at all, but a militia organized by the people.This can be distinguished from their armor outfits.

The armor and weapons of the officers and horses are very neat and uniform, and the troops of this team are dressed in various styles, and the weapons in their hands are of different lengths, but most of them are extremely sturdy, obviously they are usually brave and ruthless.

There is a young general in the middle army of that team, with a big shoulder and round waist, a burly figure, but an extremely ugly face.A shiny suit of armor was obviously not his own, and it didn't fit him very well.Riding a Wuya horse, with a longbow hanging from the saddle, two pots of spiked arrows, and an eight-foot-long horse lance in his hand.

Seeing the young general from afar, Zhu Wen thought to himself, "This young man must have been kept by Qian Po. He looks so ugly, no wonder his parents didn't want him when he was born."

Qian Liu is from Lin'an. It is said that when he was born, his parents wanted to throw him away because of his extremely ugly appearance. Later, because his grandmother couldn't bear it, they reluctantly stayed. So his father nicknamed him Po'er. Stay, meaning the child who stayed because of the grandma.

This Qian Liu practiced martial arts since he was a child, and sold smuggled salt with others at the age of 16. Later, he heard that Dong Chang, who is also from Lin'an, spent a lot of money to form a militia. He also wanted to have a decent background, so he followed Dong Chang.Because of his superb martial arts skills and a little understanding of the art of war, he was highly valued by Dong Chang.

Although Dong Chang was just an ordinary rich man, and now he is only the general of Shijing in Lin'an County, but he has great ambitions, how can he be satisfied with a small general?This time Cao Shixiong invaded Hangzhou, Dong Chang sent his confidant Qian Liu to check and balance Cao Shixiong in order to gain a higher political status with military exploits.

Qian Liu did not disappoint Dong Chang's trust either. Although there were not many troops, whenever Cao Shixiong sent troops to attack Yuhang, Qian Liu would go to Cao Shixiong's camp to make trouble, which made Cao Shixiong dizzy.Once Cao Shixiong wanted to deal with Qian Liu first, Qian Liu disappeared without a trace. He wanted to lure Qian Liu into pretending to send troops to attack Yuhang, but Qian Liu couldn't be fooled.Cao Shixiong had a lot of headaches.

Seeing that Qian Liu's troops had approached, Zhu Wen gave an order to ambush them all.After two rounds of arrows rained down, only half of Qian Liu's thousand-odd troops lay down.Zhu Zhen led 2000 troops down the mountain to outflank, preparing to wipe out Qian Liu's troops.

Xu Huaiyu straddled his horse and raised his gun, and went straight to Qian Liu's camp at the head of the horse.Qian Liu's formation was already thrown into chaos by the sudden attack, but it became even more chaotic when Zhu Zhen's men charged him.Qian Liu yelled loudly, but it had no effect.

Seeing that the defeat was decided, Qian Liu decisively led more than a hundred of his own soldiers to flee.

Zhu Wen could see clearly from the hillside, and secretly smiled in his heart, could this be Qian Liu, the famous King of Wuyue in history?That's all!

Xu Huaiyu's sharp eyes saw Qian Liu running away, and led his team of 50 people to chase after him. Zhu Wen could see clearly, fearing that Xu Huaiyu might make a mistake, he quickly waved the flag, and 500 people from the central army came out to meet him.

Zhu Zhen sent his troops to intercept Qian Liu's defeated army, clean up the mess, and count the spoils.

When Qian Liu saw Xu Huaiyu, he brought 50 people to chase after him. He was furious, "It's really deceiving. Such a small team of 50 people dare to chase after your uncle Qian? I really don't know how the word death is written!"

Without turning his head back, Qian Liu hung the Zhangba long lance beside the saddle, bent his bow and set up an arrow, and three consecutive spikes hit Xu Huaiyu's head, chest and horse three places.The arrow is powerful and the angle is tricky, making it hard to guard against.

Xu Huaiyu sneered, handed the spear to his left hand, and drew out the long sword at his waist with his right hand.The spear in his left hand moved forward, and an arrow that was aimed at the war horse flew away. With a flick of the long sword, the other two feathered arrows that were shot at his head and chest were knocked down.The speed of the war horse did not stop at all, and it was still closely chasing Qian Liu's men and horses.

Qian Liu praised secretly in his heart, he wanted to go back to his horse and fight Xu Huaiyu, he could see that Xu Chu's head was getting dusty behind Xu Huaiyu, and knew that the enemy's brigade was coming.He had no intention of fighting, but fled with his remaining hundred men and horses.

When Xu Huaiyu was struggling to catch up with Qian Liu, he suddenly heard three gunshots in his ears, which was the secret signal agreed by Zhu Wenwen and the others to withdraw the troops, so Xu Huaiyu turned back unwillingly.

This battle can be said to be a complete victory. More than half of Qian Liu's thousand-plus troops were killed or injured, and 300 people were willing to surrender. There were also [-] people who fled in the chaos. Qian Liu took away only a hundred people. All fell into the hands of Zhu Wen.Qian Liu returned to Dong Chang with more than a hundred people who slipped through the net.

When Xu Huaiyu returned to the army, he was about to ask Zhu Wen why he withdrew his troops, but Zhu Wen scolded him, "Who do you think you are? You dare to go after Qian Liu with fifty little soldiers, I think You are tired of your life, do you know who Qian Liu is? If I hadn’t sent 500 people to support me, I might not be able to withdraw my troops if I wanted to. Qian Liu is a well-known fierce general, and you may not be Opponent. Don't think that you can run rampant in the world with just a few moves of swordsmanship. Immediately fighting is not the same as fighting in the rivers and lakes. When it is critical, there are still many people. In the future, remember not to chase the enemy without an order, you know?"

Xu Huaiyu also knew that Zhu Wen was worried about his safety, so he hurriedly nodded in agreement, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. A general can't give up life and death, regardless of his own safety, how can he be a general?

Xu Huaiyu is such a person, as long as he is on the battlefield, he only has the enemy in his eyes, and never takes his own life and death at heart.But he was still very grateful for Zhu Wen's concern, and he was even more determined to follow Zhu Wen in his heart.

Zhu Zhen had won the battle, and she was very happy after counting the huge spoils. At this time, she just came to report to Zhu Wen, just in time for Zhu Wen to "reprimand" Xu Huaiyu.Zhu Zhen became a peacemaker with a smile on her face, and said, "What's the matter, third brother? What's wrong? You scared Brother Xu so much that you didn't dare to look up. This time I'm leading the team. What's wrong with Brother Xu?" You can teach me a lesson, don't scare Brother Xu..."

Before Zhu Zhen finished speaking, Zhu Wen turned his head and saw a chestnut on Zhu Zhen's head, and shouted: "You kid still has the face to say that you lead the team! Brother Xu just transferred to you, don't understand Don’t tell me you, the boss, don’t understand the dangers of the battlefield? Brother Xu has only fifty people under his command, and you are so relieved to let him go after Qian Poliu? If something goes wrong, can you take it on?”

In fact, it hasn't been long since Zhu Zhen led the troops, how can she manage a lot when she rushes into the enemy's formation?He was so busy leading his brothers to kill the enemy that he never saw Xu Huaiyu chasing the enemy alone, not to mention that he was very relieved of Xu Huaiyu's martial arts, but he didn't know much about Qian Liu.In his mind, Qian Liu is just a low-level militia leader, not a character at all, how can he be so powerful?

Seeing what Zhu Wen said at this moment, he rubbed his painful head from Zhu Wen's beating, and said with a bitter face: "Third brother, can't I be wrong? Didn't you agree not to start? Be sure to pay attention next time... "