Wei Yunqi's judgment was not wrong. Since the bandit army marched for more than 200 miles in a row, they were already exhausted. More importantly, this attack on Beihai County was a temporary decision by Zhang Jin, and no intelligence investigation was carried out in advance.

An Shouxi did not know how many defenders there would be in Yidu County, so he did not dare to act rashly, so he did not march overnight, but ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot for a night and continue to march again at dawn.

As soon as dawn, An Shouxi continued to lead 5,000 soldiers out of the small village and continued to march towards Yidu County. An Shouxi was still a little worried, so he sent his general Guo Song to lead a thousand troops to open the way for the front army, and he led the army to slowly move behind.

Guo Song was about 30 years old. He was originally a gangster in Qinghe County. He was black and strong, with a fat face and a pair of cold fish eyes. He was very cruel. Last night, he led his army to massacre a small village and tortured two young women to death.

Guo Song volunteered to be the pioneer. He was very dissatisfied with the small village last night. He had a small population, less money, and he didn't even have enough food to fill his teeth. Fortunately, there were a few young women who allowed them to vent their vent.

He hoped to meet several larger villages or county towns. In fact, he wanted to attack Linzi County, but the king issued a death order, which made them necessary to conquer Yidu County, leaving him helpless.

“Start up!”

Guo Song raised his axe and shouted: "If you encounter a village, let everyone grab one."

So the thieves were excited and accelerated the marching speed, but they were finally disappointed. The villages they encountered along the way were broken and deserted, without any people. Not to mention people, there was not even a dog, and the fields were even barren, and there were not even crops.

Guo Song cursed all the way. After walking for about sixty miles, they walked into the outer official road of Yidu County near noon. There was only one official road directly to Yidu County, with dense forests on both sides.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed to the ground and shouted: "There is money on the ground!"

“There are also here!”

The unexpected discovery surprised the soldiers. They shouted, "There was money on the official road, not the rotten coins now, but the good coins minted during the Kaihuang period, all of which were yellow and good copper coins. The shouts of soldiers came from everywhere, and the team began to disperse, and the soldiers looked around for copper coins.

The more copper coins were searching, some people even picked up jewelry. Several soldiers also picked up a ingot of five or six taels of gold. The stimulation of gold made the soldiers gradually become crazy, rushing forward, all wanting to pick up gold first.

A soldier pointed to the front and shouted, "General, there are several boxes in front, which seem to be inlaid with jewelry!"

Guo Song himself is a rogue leader. He was promoted with his ruthless spirit. How could he know about marching and fighting? There are only women and wealth in his eyes.

Guo Song urged his horse to rush up, but he could no longer help and joined the ranks of robbing gold.

"Damn it, my box belongs to me, who dares to grab it with me!"

The official road was in chaos, with hundreds of people snatching around a few large boxes. The boxes of jewelry made all the soldiers look red. At this time, no one would think about why there were cash boxes on the official road.

At this moment, a clapper sound came from the woods next to it. The five hundred Sui troops lying in the woods fired arrows at the thieves who were snatching jewelry. The arrows were like locusts, and screams were heard on the official road. Countless thieves fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrows shot, and many soldiers who fled were also shot. Even the thief general Guo Song was shot more than a dozen arrows and fell off the horse and died tragically. More than a hundred pieces of jewelry he stolen fell all over the ground.

These copper coins, gold ingots and jewelry were the wealth that Wei Yunqi borrowed from Teng Xuan. Teng Xuan also knew that once the city was broken, these wealth would not be preserved. Although he was not willing, he eventually took out all the money hidden in the cellar and handed it to Wei Yunqi.

It was this money that made the thief army confused and was ambushed by the Sui army.

Wei Yunqi shouted: "Get out!"

Five hundred Sui troops rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the chaotic bandit army like a stream of iron. Two rounds of arrows shot down more than 300 bandit troops. The rest of the bandit troops fled desperately, throwing away their armor, and throwing away their copper coins and gold they had just obtained, wishing they could grow two legs.

But the Sui army's generals were running away, and the bandits were cut off in the middle, and the swords and spears were mercilessly killing the enemy, killing the bandits crying and corpses everywhere. The bandits and soldiers knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy.

In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 200 bandit troops who escaped by chance had already escaped without a trace. Wei Yunqi looked at the north and saw that the main force of the bandit army should be still dozens of miles away.

Wei Yunqi immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and sent people to find brothers or father-son soldiers among prisoners of war. Soon, several Sui troops brought two prisoners of war from the bandit army.

"Changshi, these two people are father and son!"

Two prisoners of war were nearly forty years old and the other was only sixteen or seventeen years old. The older prisoners of war knelt down and kowtowed and cried, "We are all forced to be bandits and begged the Lord to spare one of my sons."

The young bandit soldier was extremely frightened and kowtowed behind his father and begged for mercy.

Wei Yunqi looked at them for a moment and asked, "Where are you from? What's your name?"

"We are from Zaoqiang County, Xindu County, and have been farming for generations. The villain is called Yang Sanpin, and my son is called Yang Shun, and his nickname is Gou'er. We have never killed anyone."

Wei Yunqi smiled faintly and said, "I can let you go home, but I have a condition. Your son stays here. You go and do something for me. Once you do it, I will let you father and son go home."

"I am willing to serve the adults!"

The main force of the bandit army was about thirty miles apart, and there was a vanguard leading the way in front. The main force of the bandit army marched extremely smoothly, and he was traveling southwards in a mighty manner. At this speed, he could reach Yidu County in the afternoon.

An Shouxi kept cheering for the soldiers, "Winning into Yidu County will give everyone three days off, and the wealth and women they get belong to him!"

This is the most common way for all thieves to motivate soldiers, using plundering wealth and women's throne to maintain the fighting spirit of soldiers, so the thieves will fight desperately to attack the city. Almost all riots in Qingzhou counties will plunder the city to a greater or less degree, but the degree is different. Zhang Jin said that he is the most thoroughly implemented bandit soldier and the most brutal one.

An Shouxi's promise aroused the battle of the soldiers, and many tired soldiers were also excited and accelerated their march.

At this moment, a low commotion suddenly came from the front, and the rapidly moving team immediately stopped. An Shouxi immediately urged him to come forward and shouted, "What happened?"

"General, it seems something happened to the striker."

An Shouxi was secretly surprised and urged his horse to rush forward. He saw dozens of embarrassed soldiers fleeing back, throwing away their weapons and losing their armor. He immediately roared in anger: "What's going on? Where is Guo Song? Where is others?"

"General, we were ambushed by the Sui army, General Guo was also killed and most of the brothers were killed or injured."

This sentence made An Shouxi's face even more gloomy. He was ambushed by the Sui army. The king really deceived him. But he said that Beihai County did not have the Sui army guards. Fortunately, he didn't believe it. He cursed Zhang Jin in his heart and asked again: "How many Sui army are there?"

The leader was shaking his head quickly, "The situation was very chaotic at that time. If we knew how many Sui troops were, we might not be able to escape. The brothers all escaped the battlefield before the Sui army broke out."

An Shouxi was furious. He slashed his hand and killed the captain with one sword, and said viciously: "Escapers at the forefront, kill!"

The other deserters were so scared that they knelt down and begged for mercy. Before An Shouxi could not get angry, he whipped the soldiers more than a dozen whips and ordered: "Take them down first, and then go back and punish them severely!"

At this time, several generals stepped forward and whispered: "General, what should I do now?"

An Shouxi was very embarrassed, and he didn't know what to do. He sent a thousand soldiers as the front line because he didn't know the enemy. Now that these thousand soldiers were ambushed, he also secretly called luck.

But An Shouxi never dreamed that the other side had only 500 people. If it was a marching of 5,000 troops, the Sui army would never dare to ambush easily.

When An Shouxi was in a dilemma, a general suggested: "General, now the enemy is secret and we are very unfavorable to us. It is better to find out the details of the enemy first and then continue to move forward, otherwise we will suffer a great loss."

The general's suggestion was about An Shouxi's heart. He nodded and immediately ordered: "Send ten spies to investigate the enemy situation, and the whole army will rest on the spot!"

The soldiers of the thief army sat down one after another, whispering in groups of three or five. The ambushed of the front army made many people feel like they were poured on by a basin of cold water. The desire to rob the city suddenly disappeared a lot, and they began to think about how to protect themselves.
Chapter completed!