The Second Volume of Water Margin

  Seeing his soldiers panicking, Jin Maohu yelled loudly: "Archers retreat to both sides, other soldiers use whips to hit the horses' legs!"

  Huoyan Xunyao, Deng Fei and Moyun Jincheng also shouted in unison: "Don't be disorderly, avoid the enemy cavalry's vanguard, aim at the horse legs and strike!"

  Under the efforts of the three generals, the chaotic soldiers had orders to start acting, the archers no longer ran around in a panic, but retreated in an orderly manner, while other soldiers moved forward, their whips fiercely striking the horses' legs.

  At one point, I didn't know how many batons came out, it looked like a lot of vines suddenly grew on the ground.

  Although the horses were well-trained, the riders of Zeng's personal guard had no similar experience and did not know what to do when faced with the crisscrossing spears.

  This situation is a bit like being pushed onto the stage by enthusiastic minority brothers, and some confused tourists are facing rows of bamboo poles, wondering whether to stretch out their left foot or right foot first, which is a big problem.

  At least the bamboo pole dance has a rhythm to follow, but now the owner of this root stick has no rhythm at all and doesn't even consider whether he will hit the "tourist's" feet.

  The horses could only act on instinct, their front hooves lifted in mid-air, dodging the one in front but then two or three more came crashing down from behind.

  The feeling of being hit by a baton is definitely not good, especially when it's continuous. The horses started whinnying one after another. Soon, one... two... five horses either threw the soldiers on their backs off or knelt down to the ground.

  The loud neighing of the horses made Zeng Suo's heart panic and confused, how many loyal guards were still behind him? Zeng Suo didn't know, nor did he have time to look back, he himself was busy using his three-pronged spear to parry the horizontal and vertical spears that were thrust out in all directions.

  But as time went on, there were more and more sentry sticks, and it was inevitable that some would be missed. Zeng Suo's war horse also neighed sadly from time to time, probably because it had been beaten severely. Fortunately, most of the soldiers in Liangshan at the moment were sentry sticks, otherwise Zeng Suo's war horse would have had its legs chopped off long ago.

  Facing the dense forest of spears in front of him, Zeng Suo's scalp felt a bit numb, so he had to muster up his strength and let his warhorse leap forward, flying over the heads of many soldiers.

  At this time, the neighing of the horses behind had stopped, and Zeng Suo's ears were filled with the sound of whips cracking and the shouts of Liangshan soldiers.

  Compared with the previous galloping and killing, time suddenly became very slow.

  "Am I the only one left?" Zeng Suo felt himself deeply mired and unable to extricate himself.

  It seemed like an answer to his question, a iron hammer head as big as a watermelon flew towards him.

  The other end of the meteor hammer is Huo Yan Xie Yu Deng Fei!

  Yan Shun, Deng Fei and Ou Peng have been observing Zeng Suo for a long time, waiting for the moment when Zeng Suo's momentum weakens. And Zeng Suo jumping over many sentry rods on horseback is just the beginning of his weakening momentum!

  Huoyan Xunyuan Deng Fei didn't hesitate, the iron chain in his hand flew up, and the hammer head pointed straight at Zeng Suo's face!

  Zeng Suo raised his three-pronged spear to deflect the iron hammerhead, while Jin Mao Hu Yan drew his large knife from his side. Mo Yun Jin Chi Ou Peng's massive rolling knife moved in perfect sync with Zeng Suo's spear, one on the left and one on the right, as they charged forward!

  Three of a kind! What's the point of talking about rules at a time like this?

  Helpless, Ou Zong had hastily pulled out an "iron plate bridge" and flashed the two bright big knives past, hearing his war horse let out a mournful cry, as Ou Peng's large rolling knife had already beheaded the horse!

  Zeng Suo's body suddenly softened, and just as he was about to get up and dismount for close combat, Yan Shun swung his sword down from above, chopping off nearly half of Zeng Suo's skull. Zeng Suo died instantly.

  "Come on, boys! Follow me to the camp and set fire!" Jinmao Hu Yan Shun waved his bloody big knife, urged his war horse, and led the charge towards the empty Zengtou City Left Camp.

  Not long after, a black smoke rose straight up from the left village, announcing the end of Zeng Suo.

  The village is destroyed and its people are lost!

  "Good! Zuo Village has been taken down by Yan Shun and others!" Wu Yong, the clever star, put his hand on the awning, pointing to the left with a goose feather fan.

  Tuo Tuo Tian Wang Chuai Gei in the carriage saw clearly, patted the carriage and laughed loudly: "The left camp has been destroyed, let's see how the right camp is doing. Xi Men Xian Di, get ready at any time!"

  "Ah." Ximen Qing replied with a bitter face, neither hot nor cold.

  "Brother, what are you going to say?"

  "No, nothing." Ximen Qing's face almost became a twisted character.

  Xiang Gai seemed to have discovered something: "Huh? The soldier next to Xian Di looks quite handsome, haven't seen him before?"

  That soldier was wearing a suit of leather armor, with a small crossbow on his back. He drew his hand from Xi Menqing's waist and smiled: "Doesn't the King recognize me? I'm Xue Er! Haha, I don't have to be inferior to the master when I dress up!"

  This heartless and ruthless laughter made Ximen Qing's awkwardness even more apparent, and even Chao Gai and Wu Yong couldn't help but furrow their brows.

  Wu Yong said, "This is no joke, this is war! Wonderful Hands Ximen, you'd better find someone to send Snow back to the camp. Since ancient times, women have been unlucky for the army."

  "I don't want to go back." Xue Er irritably took down her bow: "You, a bookworm, can go onto the battlefield, but I'm a genuine divine archer, why can't I?"

  Xue'er said to Ximen Qing: "Master, don't let him go back, you deal with that bookworm!"

  Ximen Qing coughed and said: "Military strategist, in the past there was Hua Mulan who took her father's place in the army. Now Snow is going into battle to protect me, it can also be considered reasonable."

  "Hua Mulan is just a legend, let alone a woman disguising herself as a man and sneaking into the army without being discovered." Wu Yong was called "bookworm" by Xue Er, and he got so angry that he pulled out several of his whiskers: "Now that Xue Er has revealed her identity, she naturally can't stay here any longer."

  "Practice what you preach." Xue'er muttered to herself, reciting the tight mantra that only Sima Qing knew, completely ignoring Wu Yong.

  Ximen Qing smiled and said: "Then let's not mention Hu Mulan, the good woman of ancient times, Wu Junshi must have heard of her."

  Wu Yong was taken aback and had never expected Ximen Qing to use his wife's example.

  Fu Hao was the wife of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty, and also a military commander who led the Shang army to conquer south and north, thus expanding the territory of the Shang Dynasty several times.

  "This..." Wu Yong, the Smart Star, was at a loss for words and couldn't respond.

  "Alright, you all say a few less words." Tota Tianwang Chao Gezhong acted as a good person: "The enemy is right in front of us, do you still have the heart to quarrel?"

  "It's still Brother Tianwang who is right." Ximen Qing secretly gave Xue'er a reassuring gesture, which also served as an explanation for Xue'er's persistent nagging the night before.

  "I don't know what's going on with the Right Fort either?" Wu Yong, also known as Wisdom Star, swallowed his anger and silently killed Ximen Qing eighteen times in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm and changed the subject.

  At this time, Red-Haired Ghost Liu Tang and Ruan San Xiong had already taken turns scolding several times, but didn't see Vice-Principal Su Ding of Zeng Tou Shi come out to fight, and couldn't help feeling a bit depressed.

  Yan Luosuo was the most impatient, pacing back and forth in front of the formation: "This Su Ding is even more patient than Wang Ba from Liangshan Po, no matter how much he scolds, he just won't come out. This battle is so boring, it's better to retreat and hand over the token to Brother Chai."

  "Little Seventh, don't be so impatient." Short-life Second Brother Ruan Xiaoer, being the oldest, was relatively more calm: "Su Ding will eventually lose his patience, if we withdraw now, do you think Chao Gai will fight or not?"

  Li Di Taosui, the fifth son of Ruan, was sweating profusely and opened his chest to reveal a leopard tattoo: "Why wait for that turtle to come out? Why not launch a surprise attack and shatter the turtle shell at once?"

  At this time, Ruan Xiaoqi pointed to the left and shouted: "You see, that side has already started a fire, it must be Yan Shun who took down the left stronghold, we are lagging behind! Take people to kill in!"

  Red-haired ghost Liu Tang was unmoved, leaned on his wooden sword and carefully observed the fort in front of him: "We can't be impulsive. Look at this fort, there are many archers hiding inside, as soon as we charge, it will definitely be a rain of arrows over there. Not to mention the loss of too many soldiers, but also the fort may not be taken down."

  "Neither left nor right is good, what can be done?" Ruan Xiaowu spread his hands: "It's like a catfish hiding in a hole, it just won't come out, what can you do?"

  Red-haired ghost Liu Tang seemed to be thinking of something and asked: "When you usually catch fish, how do you deal with carp?"

  "This is easy. The catfish are timid and a bit greedy." Ruan Xiao'er interrupted, "Use some live bait to lure them out of the cave."

  Ruan Xiaoqi chuckled and stretched out his arm to demonstrate: "I'm great at catching catfish, I don't even need bait. When I encounter a big catfish hole, I stick my arm in and let it bite, then pull it out of the hole. I've caught dozens of pounds of catfish like that before!"

  "In that case, let's lure Su Ding the catfish out of its cave. Liu Tang smiled and said: 'I have a plan here, let's discuss it and see if it works.'"

  "Standing there is also standing, might as well say something." The three Ruan brothers all gathered around.

  "Report! A column of black smoke is rising from the Left Fort!" The Right Fort soldier reported to Su Dingbang.

  Su Ding hastily climbed up to observe and indeed a thick smoke rose from the left camp: "Not good! The left camp has been attacked by the Liangshan bandits!"

  "What? The Left Fort has been breached? How can this be?"

  "Is Third Master dead too?"

  "Let's worry about what he does later, let's think about this batch of enemies in front of us! The next one will be our turn!"

  Listening to the soldiers' discussions, Su Ding's face was gloomy and uncertain. Since the death of Zeng E at Fahua Temple, Su Ding had secretly transferred most of his archers to his own right camp. If not for this, the 700-800 Liangshan soldiers outside would have already rushed in.

  But the order from Shi Wengong was to defend to the death and there were no reinforcements.

  Su Ding understood that this was Shi Wengong's way of self-protection. The Liangshan soldiers had pinned down their camp, and even if they wanted to abandon the camp now and concentrate all their forces on the central camp, it was already impossible.

  "Opportunity, I must wait for an opportunity!" Su Ding gritted his teeth and thought: "Only by rushing out and joining forces with Shi Wenguang can I have a chance to survive!"

  It wasn't long before Su Ding waited for his "opportunity".

  "There is some movement in the enemy's rear and flank!" The sentry reported loudly.