Chapter 518 Chase
In Guihua Village, Harlan Sheng and two other people discussed it and decided to pursue this group of people and not let them leave easily.
The ancestors of the three villages came here together and took root. They were all Hui people and shared the same blood. Now, Ha Yunsheng of Liren Village was killed, and Liren Village suffered heavy casualties, and most of its accumulated wealth was looted.
The three villages have always been intermarried, and every household is in mourning. Since they settled here, they have never suffered such a big loss, so the three of them did not hesitate to chase and kill the government troops.
Sha Zhiren said, "Brother, we have offended the Qingzhou bandits, and now we have to chase this government army. We have made enemies on two sides, so we must make plans early."
Mian Yixin heard this and shouted, "We always obey orders but not declarations. We defeated the Qingzhou bandits before, so it's no big deal for us to fight with the government troops now. Can they join forces to attack us?"
Harlansheng heard this and said, "Yes, we have killed Qingzhou bandits before. Besides, some time ago, Mr. Zhao from Liangshan came to recruit us, but we all have our families and property here, so we refused."
"The people outside are the Qingzhou bandits who attacked the villages and killed the people. We will surrender and kill them."
When Sha Zhiren heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Brother is right. This group of people massacred the village and looted money and food. They must be Qingzhou bandits pretending to be government troops. We killed the bandits and we are innocent but have done a great deed."
At that moment, the three of them gathered their troops and sent someone to contact Zhao Zhen.
Besides, Gao Lian did not take the militia of Zhengyi Village seriously. Although the militia were strong, they fought little and were not equipped with enough armor, so they were not a big enemy. If they were in Gao Lian Prefecture, they would have been eliminated by him long ago. Now he fled because he was afraid that the Qingzhou bandits in Linzi City would chase him.
Ma Yuan found out the scattered government troops and gathered his troops, leaving Helian Jinming and Wanqi Chun to guard the city. Ma Yuan took Yao Shun and selected 8,000 elite soldiers to chase after the enemy.
Along the way, Ma Yuan also saw that many villages along the way were affected, and he hated the fleeing government troops. It was not because he felt sorry for the people, but he felt that the taxes this year would be much less, which would not look good in front of Brother Song Jiang.
There was no conversation on the road. Yao Shun, the hungry tiger who acted as the vanguard, rushed all the way and caught up with Gao Lian before he entered Zibo Prefecture.
On the other side, Harlan Sheng and Mian Yixin sent out 10,000 troops and caught up.
The troops of the three parties gathered on a hill. Gao Lian had the fewest troops, only about 3,000. Fortunately, they occupied the hill and looted Lirenzhuang. Although they were few in number, their morale was still high.
Ma Yuan and Harlan Sheng saw each other and were on guard. Harlan Sheng saw the flag of Ma Yuan in Qingzhou and made a prompt decision to lead his army to retreat slowly.
Ma Yuan was worried, so he asked scouts to follow them for twenty miles. Only when he saw that the militia from Zhengyi Village had completely left did he feel relieved.
He immediately ordered an attack on Gao Lian's army hiding in the hilltop.
The eight thousand Qingzhou bandits were all fierce and had defeated the government troops many times. They were numerous and well-equipped with armor. Led by the "Hungry Tiger" Yao Shun, they attacked the mountain with high morale.
On the other hand, Gao Lian only had over 3,000 soldiers, and their armor and weapons were not as abundant as those of the Qingzhou bandits. Fortunately, they knew that there was no way to escape, so they had to fight for their lives. With the support of 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers], no one dared to run away.
One side had rich rewards and a large number of troops, while the other side wanted to return home alive and occupy the advantageous terrain. The two armies met, their flags and drums facing each other, and each used his strong bows and crossbows to shoot at the enemy.
Horns were blown and drums were beaten in both armies, and the soldiers on both sides started to fight fiercely.
Gao Lian didn't care about anything else and started to perform magic. He quickly took out the bronze plate that gathered beasts and struck his sword. A gust of yellow sand rolled up in the divine soldiers' team, and a group of ferocious beasts came out from the center of the army and pounced on the Qingzhou bandits.
The government troops took advantage of the situation and charged forward.
Fortunately, Ma Yuan was well prepared. The blood of pigs and sheep was scattered everywhere, and any beasts in the air that encountered it turned into yellow paper and fell back down.
The government troops were horrified when they saw that the magic had been broken. Gao Lian saw this and ordered his 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers] to charge into the battle formation, and only then did they defeat Ma Yuan and his men and gather their forces again.
Although Ma Yuan was defeated, he did not care much. Although he lost 500 to 600 men in the charge, he also killed no less than 500 to 700 government troops. He had many soldiers under his command. If he charged again, he would be able to capture and kill Gao Lian today. Without this group of government troops, no one in Zibo could resist.
Here at Gao Lian's place, except for the three hundred [Flying Divine Soldiers], the rest of the soldiers couldn't help but start to feel uneasy.
Gao Lian had no choice but to make a promise: if they guarded the hill today and created fog at night to block the view, they would be able to break through the blockade and lead everyone back to Zibo. Then, he would open the treasury to reward everyone.
After hearing this, the soldiers of the government army finally perked up.
After resting for more than half an hour, the Qingzhou bandits had regrouped. This time, Ma Yuan did not leave any troops behind, but divided the soldiers into two teams, and he and Yao Shun each led a team to attack the hill.
Gao Lian had no choice but to divide the 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers] into two groups. The iron gourd behind him also released black fog and poisonous smoke. This group of divine soldiers fought everywhere, and ordinary soldiers could hardly match them.
After all, they are all warriors selected from the mountains and hills, and the poisonous smoke from the gourd behind them will make them fall down at the mere smell of it.
With these 300 men, they finally held out until nightfall. However, the government troops were less than 1,000 strong. The Qingzhou bandits suffered even more serious casualties, with more than 3,000 men falling.
Both sides were so blood-thirsty that they fought until dark. The Qingzhou bandits then returned to the camp, preparing to fight the next day to wipe out this group of government troops.
At night, at three o'clock in the morning, Gao Lian really performed a magic trick to create fog. The fog was so thick that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.
The Qingzhou bandits at the foot of the mountain had been fighting for a whole day and were already exhausted. Except for the soldiers patrolling the camp, everyone else had already rested.
After a day of fighting, Gao Lian's soldiers were rarely uninjured, so they naturally had no courage to rob the camp. He only let the soldiers quietly eat some dry food, carry only swords and guns, and throw away the extra burdens on their bodies. The magic soldiers led the way and quietly went down the mountain from behind, without stopping, passing thousands of carriages, and entered Zibo Prefecture from a floating bridge on the Mian River.
On the second day, Ma Yuan gathered his soldiers and marched up the mountain. Hearing the chaotic drumbeats on the mountain, Ma Yuan shouted, "Not good."
They first ran up the mountain and broke into a hastily built camp on the mountain. They didn't see any soldiers. There were several sheep tied to several wooden stakes in the camp. Drumsticks were tied to the sheep's hooves, and the sheep were moving around, beating drums randomly.
In the first half of the night, Gao Lian ordered his men to beat drums randomly, and the Qingzhou bandit scouts who were on surveillance ventured to come up and take a look, but they were driven away by the government troops' arrows, and three of the more than ten people were shot dead.
The scouts thought that the government troops were tired after a day of fighting and were sleeping, so they didn't pay much attention to it. In the second half of the night, fog rose on the mountain, and the scouts dared not move forward, so Gao Lian went down the mountain.
Ma Yuan cursed loudly, left a battalion of soldiers to collect the armor and food left on the mountain, and then drove his troops to chase after them.
They only killed a hundred injured and lagging soldiers along the way. Seeing that Gao Lian had returned to Zibo, Ma Yuan and Yao Shun had to lead their troops back angrily.
Without the threat of government troops, the Qingzhou bandits who had been fighting and chasing for days along the way inevitably became dispersed. The soldiers took off their armor and carried their guns and sticks. The long team moved like a long snake.
After turning around the hill where the fighting was taking place, we had no time to react when we heard a cannon shot from the mountain and arrows came flying towards us like locusts.
The Qingzhou bandit soldiers who had no time to put on armor were immediately killed or wounded.
When Ma Yun and Yao Shun, who were in the middle of the march, saw this, they immediately put on their armor, gathered their soldiers, and became busy.
When the group of people on the mountain saw this, they shouted, rushed out of their hiding places, and ran down the mountain with swords and guns drawn.
When the Qingzhou bandits saw this, they also shouted and scattered. Ma Yuan and Yao Shun were unable to restrain them, and the soldiers dragged them away and ran away.
(End of this chapter)
In Guihua Village, Harlan Sheng and two other people discussed it and decided to pursue this group of people and not let them leave easily.
The ancestors of the three villages came here together and took root. They were all Hui people and shared the same blood. Now, Ha Yunsheng of Liren Village was killed, and Liren Village suffered heavy casualties, and most of its accumulated wealth was looted.
The three villages have always been intermarried, and every household is in mourning. Since they settled here, they have never suffered such a big loss, so the three of them did not hesitate to chase and kill the government troops.
Sha Zhiren said, "Brother, we have offended the Qingzhou bandits, and now we have to chase this government army. We have made enemies on two sides, so we must make plans early."
Mian Yixin heard this and shouted, "We always obey orders but not declarations. We defeated the Qingzhou bandits before, so it's no big deal for us to fight with the government troops now. Can they join forces to attack us?"
Harlansheng heard this and said, "Yes, we have killed Qingzhou bandits before. Besides, some time ago, Mr. Zhao from Liangshan came to recruit us, but we all have our families and property here, so we refused."
"The people outside are the Qingzhou bandits who attacked the villages and killed the people. We will surrender and kill them."
When Sha Zhiren heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Brother is right. This group of people massacred the village and looted money and food. They must be Qingzhou bandits pretending to be government troops. We killed the bandits and we are innocent but have done a great deed."
At that moment, the three of them gathered their troops and sent someone to contact Zhao Zhen.
Besides, Gao Lian did not take the militia of Zhengyi Village seriously. Although the militia were strong, they fought little and were not equipped with enough armor, so they were not a big enemy. If they were in Gao Lian Prefecture, they would have been eliminated by him long ago. Now he fled because he was afraid that the Qingzhou bandits in Linzi City would chase him.
Ma Yuan found out the scattered government troops and gathered his troops, leaving Helian Jinming and Wanqi Chun to guard the city. Ma Yuan took Yao Shun and selected 8,000 elite soldiers to chase after the enemy.
Along the way, Ma Yuan also saw that many villages along the way were affected, and he hated the fleeing government troops. It was not because he felt sorry for the people, but he felt that the taxes this year would be much less, which would not look good in front of Brother Song Jiang.
There was no conversation on the road. Yao Shun, the hungry tiger who acted as the vanguard, rushed all the way and caught up with Gao Lian before he entered Zibo Prefecture.
On the other side, Harlan Sheng and Mian Yixin sent out 10,000 troops and caught up.
The troops of the three parties gathered on a hill. Gao Lian had the fewest troops, only about 3,000. Fortunately, they occupied the hill and looted Lirenzhuang. Although they were few in number, their morale was still high.
Ma Yuan and Harlan Sheng saw each other and were on guard. Harlan Sheng saw the flag of Ma Yuan in Qingzhou and made a prompt decision to lead his army to retreat slowly.
Ma Yuan was worried, so he asked scouts to follow them for twenty miles. Only when he saw that the militia from Zhengyi Village had completely left did he feel relieved.
He immediately ordered an attack on Gao Lian's army hiding in the hilltop.
The eight thousand Qingzhou bandits were all fierce and had defeated the government troops many times. They were numerous and well-equipped with armor. Led by the "Hungry Tiger" Yao Shun, they attacked the mountain with high morale.
On the other hand, Gao Lian only had over 3,000 soldiers, and their armor and weapons were not as abundant as those of the Qingzhou bandits. Fortunately, they knew that there was no way to escape, so they had to fight for their lives. With the support of 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers], no one dared to run away.
One side had rich rewards and a large number of troops, while the other side wanted to return home alive and occupy the advantageous terrain. The two armies met, their flags and drums facing each other, and each used his strong bows and crossbows to shoot at the enemy.
Horns were blown and drums were beaten in both armies, and the soldiers on both sides started to fight fiercely.
Gao Lian didn't care about anything else and started to perform magic. He quickly took out the bronze plate that gathered beasts and struck his sword. A gust of yellow sand rolled up in the divine soldiers' team, and a group of ferocious beasts came out from the center of the army and pounced on the Qingzhou bandits.
The government troops took advantage of the situation and charged forward.
Fortunately, Ma Yuan was well prepared. The blood of pigs and sheep was scattered everywhere, and any beasts in the air that encountered it turned into yellow paper and fell back down.
The government troops were horrified when they saw that the magic had been broken. Gao Lian saw this and ordered his 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers] to charge into the battle formation, and only then did they defeat Ma Yuan and his men and gather their forces again.
Although Ma Yuan was defeated, he did not care much. Although he lost 500 to 600 men in the charge, he also killed no less than 500 to 700 government troops. He had many soldiers under his command. If he charged again, he would be able to capture and kill Gao Lian today. Without this group of government troops, no one in Zibo could resist.
Here at Gao Lian's place, except for the three hundred [Flying Divine Soldiers], the rest of the soldiers couldn't help but start to feel uneasy.
Gao Lian had no choice but to make a promise: if they guarded the hill today and created fog at night to block the view, they would be able to break through the blockade and lead everyone back to Zibo. Then, he would open the treasury to reward everyone.
After hearing this, the soldiers of the government army finally perked up.
After resting for more than half an hour, the Qingzhou bandits had regrouped. This time, Ma Yuan did not leave any troops behind, but divided the soldiers into two teams, and he and Yao Shun each led a team to attack the hill.
Gao Lian had no choice but to divide the 300 [Flying Divine Soldiers] into two groups. The iron gourd behind him also released black fog and poisonous smoke. This group of divine soldiers fought everywhere, and ordinary soldiers could hardly match them.
After all, they are all warriors selected from the mountains and hills, and the poisonous smoke from the gourd behind them will make them fall down at the mere smell of it.
With these 300 men, they finally held out until nightfall. However, the government troops were less than 1,000 strong. The Qingzhou bandits suffered even more serious casualties, with more than 3,000 men falling.
Both sides were so blood-thirsty that they fought until dark. The Qingzhou bandits then returned to the camp, preparing to fight the next day to wipe out this group of government troops.
At night, at three o'clock in the morning, Gao Lian really performed a magic trick to create fog. The fog was so thick that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.
The Qingzhou bandits at the foot of the mountain had been fighting for a whole day and were already exhausted. Except for the soldiers patrolling the camp, everyone else had already rested.
After a day of fighting, Gao Lian's soldiers were rarely uninjured, so they naturally had no courage to rob the camp. He only let the soldiers quietly eat some dry food, carry only swords and guns, and throw away the extra burdens on their bodies. The magic soldiers led the way and quietly went down the mountain from behind, without stopping, passing thousands of carriages, and entered Zibo Prefecture from a floating bridge on the Mian River.
On the second day, Ma Yuan gathered his soldiers and marched up the mountain. Hearing the chaotic drumbeats on the mountain, Ma Yuan shouted, "Not good."
They first ran up the mountain and broke into a hastily built camp on the mountain. They didn't see any soldiers. There were several sheep tied to several wooden stakes in the camp. Drumsticks were tied to the sheep's hooves, and the sheep were moving around, beating drums randomly.
In the first half of the night, Gao Lian ordered his men to beat drums randomly, and the Qingzhou bandit scouts who were on surveillance ventured to come up and take a look, but they were driven away by the government troops' arrows, and three of the more than ten people were shot dead.
The scouts thought that the government troops were tired after a day of fighting and were sleeping, so they didn't pay much attention to it. In the second half of the night, fog rose on the mountain, and the scouts dared not move forward, so Gao Lian went down the mountain.
Ma Yuan cursed loudly, left a battalion of soldiers to collect the armor and food left on the mountain, and then drove his troops to chase after them.
They only killed a hundred injured and lagging soldiers along the way. Seeing that Gao Lian had returned to Zibo, Ma Yuan and Yao Shun had to lead their troops back angrily.
Without the threat of government troops, the Qingzhou bandits who had been fighting and chasing for days along the way inevitably became dispersed. The soldiers took off their armor and carried their guns and sticks. The long team moved like a long snake.
After turning around the hill where the fighting was taking place, we had no time to react when we heard a cannon shot from the mountain and arrows came flying towards us like locusts.
The Qingzhou bandit soldiers who had no time to put on armor were immediately killed or wounded.
When Ma Yun and Yao Shun, who were in the middle of the march, saw this, they immediately put on their armor, gathered their soldiers, and became busy.
When the group of people on the mountain saw this, they shouted, rushed out of their hiding places, and ran down the mountain with swords and guns drawn.
When the Qingzhou bandits saw this, they also shouted and scattered. Ma Yuan and Yao Shun were unable to restrain them, and the soldiers dragged them away and ran away.
(End of this chapter)
