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Chapter 175

After Li Chongjiu discussed with Li Mi, Li Mi and Shan Xiongxin took the heroes of Wagang Village to say goodbye to Li Chongjiu, and hurried back to Wagang Village.And Li Chongjiu and the others did not dare to stay for a long time, lest the officers and soldiers chase after them.At present, Li Chongjiu's subordinates rode in separate lanes, and headed west on small roads and mountain roads.In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, to the southwest of Gujinyang was a large water lake stretching for hundreds of miles, named Zhaoyuqi, which was one of the nine bushes mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu family.The place where Zhao Yuqi is located is lush with water and grass, and the tidal flats are like high chicken pools, water pools like Liangshan Mountains, and can be temporarily sheltered, so Li Chongjiu led his men down here to rest for a while, and at the same time inquire about Li Hu and Su Su's news.

Not long after, the front sentinel had brought the news.Su Su brought more than a dozen cavalrymen from the Li Family Escort, covered in blood, to Zhaoyuqi.As soon as Su Su saw Li Chongjiu, she said, "Little Jiu, hurry up and save your father and your fifth aunt, they were hunted down by the officers and soldiers!" The people immediately split up and went out of the city to prepare to rescue Li Chongjiu. At the same time, the old and the weak also moved out of the city.But after Jinyang County heard the news, it immediately sent officials and servants to intercept it outside the city.

Li Hu, Su Su immediately turned against those officials and yamen servants, the policeman, as well as the yamen's self-assigned servants, archers, who were the opponents of the bodyguards, were beaten up immediately.However, Li Hu, Su Su and the others also knew that they had committed a crime. Resisting arrest by force was a felony, so they ran to the southwest and east of the river, preparing to catch up with Li Chongjiu's prison car.

But who knew that Taiyuan Left Behind Mansion actually used soldiers from the government to intercept it.The bodyguards were fine against the yamen servants, but where were the elite opponents of the imperial court, they ran desperately.Fortunately, after Li Chongjiu's victory over the Hunbu last time, he captured nearly a thousand good Turkic horses, all of which were given to the bodyguards of the Li Family Bodyguard Bureau.Right now, the bodyguard was riding fast on horseback, but he still couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the government soldiers behind him.Li Chongjiu knew from the bottom of his heart that there were [-] Yingyang mansions in Taiyuan County, and only the left-behind mansions in Taiyuan were eligible to mobilize the mansion soldiers.So this must be an order from Li Yuan himself.

When Su Su said this, her eyes were red, her teeth were clenched, showing a look of hatred.However, Li Chongjiu showed determination like a stone, and immediately turned over and rode away. The cavalry behind him, Su Su and others all followed.

As soon as he left Zhaoyuqi, when he entered the official road, he met two or three escorts who were alone. They were all wounded, one of them was cut in the neck with a knife, and his life was not long ago.It turned out that they all broke out of the encirclement. According to their description, the officers and soldiers were only focused on chasing and killing Li Hu. If the rest were caught, they would not even kill the prisoners directly. one person.

"If we chase after the ass, we are not the opponents of the soldiers, we can only copy the road and set up an ambush in front." Li Chongjiu said.

Su Su nodded. He wanted to save Su Su. Sun Erniang and the others almost lost their position. Fortunately, Li Chongjiu judged the situation calmly.Now Su Su saw Li Chongjiu's serious face, without the slightest expression of concern and confusion, she couldn't help admiring her heart at the moment, Taishan collapsed in front of her without showing any emotion, this is the person who handles big things.

At that moment Su Su said: "Exactly."

All the bodyguards of the Li family were familiar with the roads and roads in Taiyuan County, so someone immediately pointed out a shortcut.At the moment, Li Chongjiu and Su Su led a hundred cavalrymen, took a shortcut and came directly to the official road.There is a post station near the official road here, which is guarded by postmen. This Taiyuan County is an important town in the border county. There is a post station every thirty miles above the official road.

The function of post stations was very important during the Sui Dynasty. During the conquest of Goryeo, the postmen along the way were responsible for guiding the way. If a war broke out suddenly, the post stations would also need to help Yingyang Mansion summon the soldiers at home.However, after the failure of the three expeditions to Goryeo, the official system of the Great Sui Dynasty was corrupted again.The post station has also declined, and the post stations are all in charge of exile prisoners, and there is no discipline and combat effectiveness to speak of.

Li Chongjiu led a hundred cavalrymen and immediately surrounded the post station. Suddenly, a large group of people and horses surrounded the post station. The post chief thought that there was a large group of bandits attacking, so he surrendered without any resistance. More than 30 Yi Ding and Fang Ding, as well as their family members who lived in the Yi Yi, all disarmed.Li Chongjiu didn't embarrass them either, and immediately locked them together in a room and sent two people to guard them.

After the post station was captured, Li Chongjiu immediately looked for an ambush location nearby. Because there were a large number of post horses in the post station, hundreds of acres of alfalfa field were planted nearby as horse food.Apart from the alfalfa field, there is only a large forest nearby where you can hide, so Li Chongjiu immediately went to the official road to check, apparently no large group of people passed the horseshoe marks.So Li Chongjiu and Su Su decided to ambush in the woods.

This wait lasted more than half an hour, until it was getting late, everyone in the forest couldn't help becoming anxious, Su Su was concerned about Li Hu and Sun Erniang's situation, and was even more restless in the forest.At this time, the scout cavalry that Li Chongjiu sent forward to investigate Li Hu had hurried back and pointed to the front, saying: "Your Majesty, there are a large number of cavalry five miles ahead!"

Hearing this, everyone tensed up, and Li Chongjiu shouted: "Get ready now!"

Everyone took out their bows and arrows and hid behind the tree, staring at the direction the official road came from.At this time, the sky was already dark, and the sound of horseshoes in front of them could only be heard tick-tock.I saw more than 200 riders in front, the bodyguard of the Li family who was lying on the saddle and leaving.They were empty, obviously they had lost all their knives, guns, bows and arrows along the way, and they were very embarrassed.

Li Chongjiu saw Li Hu at a glance in the forest. He saw that half of his sleeve was short, and he didn't know whether it was cut by a bow and arrow or a knife.And following Li Hu and the others for less than half a mile, were the armored cavalry of the Tai Sui Mansion. There were about 100 cavalry, but they were closely chasing behind Li Hu and the others.Under the hazy sky, Li Chongjiu identified that the general who saw the opponent at the top was Li Yuan's confidant, the eldest Sun Shunde.Li Chongjiu and the others calmly let Li Hu and his cavalry pass by, and then they set up bows and arrows, aiming at the government cavalry galloping on the official road.

At this time, two bodyguards had run out of horsepower, and after the speed of the horses began to drop slightly, Changsun Shunde hit the horses with the back of his sword, pulled out the horses and chased after them.One of the bodyguards couldn't help turning pale when he saw that the elder Sun Shunde was chasing him like a ferocious spirit, and he was trembling all over.Sun Shunde, the eldest son with crossed horseshoes, slammed down with a knife, beheading the bodyguard from his horse.

After killing one person, Changsun Shunde's face was splattered with blood, and his murderous aura became even stronger. Seeing this, the other bodyguard was terrified and immediately swung his whip wildly.The horse under his crotch sped up for a while, then slowed down again, the corners of his mouth were covered with foam, obviously he had already overdrawn.Changsun Shunde grinned grinningly, and then slowly approached.

"Not good!" Just when the cavalry of the government soldiers were about to enter Li Chongjiu's ambush circle, a sudden change occurred, and Su Su gave a low shout. It turned out that it was in the alfalfa field next to the official road, and two people dressed as postmen ran from the field. From now on, they are obviously the fish that slipped through the net when Li Chongjiu surrounded the inn just now, and they have been hiding in the field for a long time.The two rushed to the side of the official road and shouted: "Master Jun, help! Help!"

Seeing that the elder Sun Shunde showed a little hesitation, Li Chongjiu made a decisive decision, untied the reins, and got on the horse.But Su Su shouted incessantly: "Fire the arrow!"

At that moment, a wave of arrows rained down on the officers and soldiers in the forest, but the officers and soldiers were already prepared after hearing the warning of the two men, and raised the side cards beside the saddles to face the forest.And Changsun Shunde was no exception, as the general he was the target of attraction, he blocked three arrows in a row with side cards.

Seeing the enemy army in the forest, Changsun Shunde immediately turned his horse's head, and at this moment he saw a rider in the forest rushing out, and he could clearly see that it was Li Chongjiu himself.The eldest grandson Shunde laughed loudly at the moment, and said: "When I saw your eldest grandson, you didn't run away with your tail between your legs, and even came up to die. Watch me chop off your head and give it to the old man."

Immediately, Changsun Shunde dismounted from the saddle and came straight at Li Chongjiu with a sword. At this moment, he saw Li Chongjiu shoot at him suddenly with a bow and an arrow, and he was shocked from the bottom of his heart.Hearing the sound of the wind, he subconsciously blocked Li Chongjiu's sudden cold shot with a side card.

Immediately after the arrow, Changsun Shunde's spirit was shaken, he raised his head and roared provocatively: "Thieves, prisoner, what else can you do besides the ability to cling to women!" Ignoring the provocation, he sneered, "No guts" and then gestured with the long knife, striding forward.

Seeing that the elder Sun Shunde blocked his own arrow, Li Chongjiu continued to draw arrows without any haste, and shot consecutively.When Li Chongjiu's arrow came, Changsun Shunde's eyelids twitched, and he shielded the side card on his chest, only to see the shadow of the arrow pass by, he waved his left arm, and unexpectedly blocked another arrow.

"But that's it!" Changsun Shunde let out a long laugh, he was not afraid at the moment, his tall horse walked extremely fast, he was only [-] steps away from Li Chongjiu, almost within breath, and at this moment he heard the sound of an arrow , he jerked his left arm to block another arrow.Changsun Shunde sneered twice in the rush, he firmly protected his body with the side plate with six white feathered arrowheads stuck in it, and walked fast.When there was no time to spare, Li Chongjiu drew another bow from the saddle, which was the star-picking bow of five stones.

Changsun Shunde suddenly seemed to realize that the arrow was not good, so he swung the long knife in his hand upwards vigorously, trying to block the arrow with the knife, but the arrow was so fast that it went straight through the blade.

Hearing the sound of plunging into the flesh, the whole field was suddenly silent, and the blood in Changsun Shunde's body suddenly rushed to the sky, and the arrow pierced through his side plate and the bright light armor both front and back.Changsun Shunde still held up the side card with his left hand to cover his chest, seeing in disbelief that the armor leaf on his chest was already broken, and when he looked up at Li Chongjiu, he only saw a cold look in his eyes.

The blood was pouring away, and Changsun Shunde knelt down on his knees involuntarily with a thud, but at this moment he exhausted all his strength, raised his head and roared: "Kill!~"

The voice was full of resentment, anger, and resignation, and was extremely shrill. It suddenly stopped midway, and then with a bang, Changsun Shunde's body fell to the ground. He was already dead, but his eyes were wide open, and he did not rest in peace.And 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 man died under his own arrow before leaving his name in the history books.

"Li Yuan, this is just the beginning!" Li Chongjiu said silently.

(End of this chapter)