There are also large forests about three miles north of the pier. At this moment, there are a thousand infantry soldiers ambushing in the woods. They hold crossbows or spears in their hands, hiding in the woods waiting for orders.

Just half an hour ago, an enemy general led a thousand soldiers to the dock. This was not their target. The thousand infantry soldiers were still waiting patiently, waiting for the reinforcements of Liangshan Army in the direction of Xincheng.

At this time, a fierce battle had already begun in the direction of the dock, and shouts were heard faintly. Most of the infantry participated in the battle for the first time. They were extremely nervous and sweating in their palms.

The sound of horse hooves came from outside the woods. Li Yanqing led dozens of cavalry into the woods. Wang Ping, the head of the capital, hurried forward and reported: "There is no abnormal movement in the county town for the time being!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I guess deserters will come soon on the dock, so that the brothers will prepare to intercept."

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The defeated army is here!"

Li Yanqing turned around and saw dust flying a mile away. Countless soldiers were fleeing in this direction in panic. Li Yanqing looked at the direction of the county town again. There was still no movement in the county town. It was estimated that reinforcements were too late to come. He immediately made a decision, "Get out and stop!"

"Strike!" The low sound of deer antlers blew.

A thousand soldiers came out of the woods like a tide. The deserters were too long to block a small number of deserters with bows and crossbows. They had to attack to intercept the largest number of deserters.

The Xuanwu Infantry quickly opened a one-mile interception line based on teams, "Kill!" The soldiers shouted loudly, and used fierce shouts to boost their courage.

The more than 300 lucky soldiers who had just escaped were saving a warehouse at the edge. When the cavalry came, they were so scared that they turned around and ran away, avoiding the first wave of massacres of the cavalry.

But the soldiers never dreamed that an army broke out in front of them and directly cut off their retreat. The soldiers were so scared that they were scattered. At this time, hundreds of soldiers' armor and spears had been abandoned, and their fighting spirit was collapsed. They knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy.

At this time, a cavalry rushed over and shouted, "The commander has an order. Those who surrender can spare their lives. Those who resist will be killed without any hesitation!"

But not all Liangshan soldiers surrendered, and dozens of soldiers carrying armor and spears tried to break through. Seeing that the other side was scattered, they concentrated their forces to kill a weak place, and the two sides fought fiercely.

At this time, a horse-riding general rushed from a distance. It was Guan Sheng, the commander of Liangshan Army. He killed more than a dozen cavalrymen in a row, but he was outnumbered and had to run away in a panic. A few dozen steps behind him, Wang Gui personally led more than a hundred cavalry to chase him.

Guan Sheng secretly picked up an arrow, placing a bow and was about to shoot Wang Gui back, but suddenly an arrow shot at him, which was extremely fast. Guan Sheng could not dodge. The arrow hit his helmet and shot his helmet out.

Guan Sheng was shocked. He saw a general holding a bow and arrow a hundred steps away and glared at him. Guan Sheng recognized the person. It was Li Yanqing who participated in the bow and horse competition together. Guan Sheng felt ashamed. He knew that Li Yanqing had spared him once. With Li Yanqing's riding and shooting, how could he avoid it?

Guan Sheng bowed to Li Yanqing and urged the horse to run away quickly. Li Yanqing did not intercept him, and watched him run away coldly. Soon, Wang Gui chased him, and Li Yanqing stopped him, "Don't chase him, let him go!"

"This bastard killed more than a dozen of our brothers, and I must peel him off!" Wang Gui stared at Guan Sheng's back with great resentment.

"You killed a thousand of him, don't chase him."

Wang Gui cursed and spread his anger on dozens of enemy soldiers who refused to surrender. He swung his sword and slashed several people with ruthlessness. More than a hundred of his subordinates also rushed over. In just a moment, dozens of soldiers were all killed.

At this time, Niu Gao also escorted more than a hundred prisoners over, "Commander, the dock has been cleaned up."

"retreat!"

At the order of Li Yanqing, the soldiers escorted more than 300 prisoners of war and quickly evacuated northwest.

If the victory of Qingshizhai is not counted, this actual battle is the first great victory since the establishment of Xuanwu Camp. Although they also paid the price of dozens of casualties, they wiped out a thousand Liangshan troops, greatly boosting their morale.

In a forest about thirty miles away from the pier, the soldiers took a break for a while. Most of the soldiers' excitement had not passed yet. They gathered together in groups of three or three, talking excitedly about the battle not long ago.

The reason why Li Yanqing asked the soldiers to rest was because they captured a Guan Sheng's personal soldier. The soldier was carrying arrows and could not save his life without treatment. The personal soldier was willing to exchange important information for life-saving treatment.

Li Yanqing asked his personal soldiers, Wang Gui and Niu Gao stepped forward and asked, "What did that personal soldiers say?"

"It's about the pigeon letter sent by Song Jiang yesterday!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Song Jiang asked the Liangshan Army to defend Daming Prefecture. At the same time, he would give up Bozhou and let the three thousand troops of Bozhou come to Shen County to meet!"

"This information is very valuable!"

Wang Gui had worked as the head of the intelligence camp and was able to judge the value of intelligence. He immediately judged that this was a very valuable intelligence.

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's really valuable, at least it shows us the next direction of action."

Wang Gui and Niu Gao looked at each other, and both of them understood the profound meaning of Li Yanqing's words.

Li Yanqing immediately sent a hundred cavalry to escort prisoners of war to Daming City, and he himself led the rest of the troops to turn north and run to Bozhou in the northeast.

Bozhou is located in the northeast of Daming Prefecture. Before the Liangshan army attacked Daming Prefecture, Bozhou was the foundation of the Liangshan army in Hebei. A few months ago, the Liangshan army defeated Hebei officers and soldiers in Gaotang County, Bozhou.

When the Song army led the main force to withdraw back to Yunzhou, they only left three thousand garrisons in Gaotang County. However, in order to preserve Daming Prefecture, Song Jiang decided to give up Bozhou and ordered the 3,000 soldiers from Gaotang County to summarize them in Daming Prefecture and Shen County.

The three thousand Liangshan Army in Gaotang County were commanded by Yang Xiong, the commander-in-chief. On the second day after receiving the order from Song Jiang, he led 3,000 troops to leave Gaotang County and transfer to Shen County, Daming Prefecture.

Gaotang County is located in the north of Bozhou, not close to Shen County in Daming Prefecture. It is more than 200 miles away and it takes at least three days to reach it.

In the evening of that day, three thousand troops arrived at Liaocheng County, the capital of Bozhou Prefecture. Liaocheng County was also a county town occupied by the Liangshan Army. However, there was no garrison. Only the magistrate and county magistrate appointed by Song Jiang. The army passed by. The magistrate Sun Zhi quickly prepared more than a hundred fat pigs and hundreds of sheep to reward the three armies, and then collected hundreds of jars of good wine from several restaurants in the county town to send it to the army.
Chapter completed!