Chapter 339 Mantis catching cicadas
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That day, Chao Gai led 20,000 troops and more than a dozen leaders to Zengtou City.
Set up camp.
The next day, Chao Gai led all the leaders to visit Zengtou City.
After seeing it, Chao Gai's heart was chilled!
Zengtou City is located on a high hill and is surrounded by a natural moat. Willow trees are planted in front and behind the river, which makes people unable to see the reality of the situation. Only a winding snake road in front and behind can enter it. It is a dangerous fortress, with an iron wall at all!
Between Chao Gai and the leaders, a group of men flew out of the willow forest.
There were about a thousand people in this burial, and one of them was the first, wearing a bronze helmet, a ring armor, a steel gun in his hand, and riding a rushing horse. He was Zeng Kui, the fourth son of the Zeng family.
Zeng Kui scolded the leaders of Erlong Mountain: "I was about to take you to get rid of the bandits and ask for rewards, but I didn't expect you to come to my door, come to my grandfather's place to die!"
Chao Gai was furious and turned around and said, "Who went to catch this guy with me?"
Wen Da said, "The young general is willing to go!" After saying that, he slapped his sword and rushed forward, and said, "Children is arrogant, your grandfather Wen Da is here to take your dog's life!"
Zeng Kui was not afraid and took a gun to fight.
The two horses intersected and fought for more than twenty rounds. Zeng Kui was defeated. He swung his head and turned his head to lead people into the willow forest.
Chao Gai wants to lead people to chase him in!
Li Ying advised: "There may be ambushing in the forest, so don't advance rashly. It's better to go to Shikou to fight tomorrow. Our army is several times higher than him. As long as we don't fall into his tricks, our army will be invincible."
After hearing Li Yingzhi's words, Chao Gai gave up.
On the third day, Chao Gai led 15,000 horses to form a formation in the plains and wilderness of Zengtou City, and then beat drums and shouted.
Soon, a cannon sounded, and three thousand horses broke out in Zengtou City!
These three thousand horse soldiers were all agile, wearing high-quality armor and riding on good horses from the north.
What an elite horse army!
There were seven heroes in front of the three thousand horses: in the middle were Shi Wengong, the top deputy teacher Su Ding, the bottom was Zeng Tu, the left was Zeng Mi, Zeng Kui, Zeng Sheng, and Zeng Suo, all of whom were neatly dressed.
Looking at Shi Wengong, he put on an arrow on his back, sat down to the night jade lion and horse, and a square painting halberd in his hand, he was really a romantic man!
The horse army separated from each other, and a hundred people pushed out fourteen trapped cars and placed them in front of the formation.
Zeng Tu pointed at Chao Gai and others and cursed: "Anti-national thief, do you see me trapped in a car? Killing you is not a hero. I will capture you one by one, then load it into the trapped car, remove it from Tokyo, and let the official family cut you into pieces!"
Chao Gai was furious and rushed out with his gun and horse, heading straight for Zeng Tu!
Li Ying was afraid that Chao Gai would make mistakes and greeted everyone, "Follow the Heavenly King!"
In an instant, the two sides were killed in a ball!
Although there are many people in Erlong Mountain, the horse army is limited, and Zengtou City is full of horse army, but there are too few people, so the two sides are evenly matched.
After a while of chaos, Shi Wengong saw that there was no chance to win, so he ordered the withdrawal of Zengtou City.
Chao Gai wanted to chase after him, but Li Ying and Li Cheng stopped Chao Gai and said, "Don't chase the enemy, be careful of their ambush."
Chao Gai then gave up, and then he stopped Erlongshan's troops with great reluctance.
After the war, 5700 people were killed or injured in Erlong Mountain, while more than 100 people were lost in Zengtou City.
Seeing that the number of people killed and injured by one side was five or six times that of the other side, Chao Gai was depressed and worried!
When the leaders saw it, they all advised: "Brother, be content with peace of mind, don't be depressed, it hurts your body. In the past, Song Jiang's army also failed, but he won't return to the mountain in the end? Today's melee, he is a horse army, and we are mostly infantry, and he is more casualties, so he is not considered losing to him. Brother does not need to be depressed."
Chao Gai didn't hear the words of the leaders, but his face was still full of sorrow.
On the fourth day, Chao Gai took people to Zengtoushikou to fight early.
But no matter how the people in Erlong Mountain shouted and scolded, Shi Wengong and others just stayed behind closed doors.
For three consecutive days, Chao Gai took people to Zengtou Citykou early every day to fight, but he never saw anyone in Zengtou City.
Chao Gai was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pan!
Another day later, just as Chao Gai was preparing to attack, two monks suddenly came to surrender!
When the monk saw Chao Gai, he bowed and said, "The little monk is a monk in Fahua Temple east of Zengtou City. He Zeng's family often goes to the temple to extort money and disturb me. Now he brought a large group of people to take over the temple as a village in our temple and drove us out. He heard that Erlong Mountain was doing the way of benevolence and righteousness, and wherever he passed, he did not disturb the people. Therefore, he came to visit and asked all the heroes to suppress the evil thieves and to purify the monks."
Li Chengdao: "Don't believe that the two thieves are bald, there must be fraud among them!"
The monk said, "The monks do not lie. The young monks were forced to lose their place of cultivation by the five tigers of the Zeng family, so that they came to join the king of Chao who was the world. I hope that King Chao would suppress the five tigers of the Zeng family, so that we could serve the Buddha and Bodhisattva with peace of mind."
Chao Gai said: "General, don't be suspicious. He missed the big thing. This is the opportunity to win from heaven on my Erlong Mountain. I will go and go tonight."
Li Chengdao: "Don't take the risk of the Heavenly King. Give the young general 5,000 troops. If the young general walks this time, the heavenly king will lead a large group of troops to support him."
Chao Gai said: "If I don't go by myself, who will move forward? You, Li Ying, Zhu Tong, led a large group of troops to respond outside, and the rest of the people followed me to attack Fahua Temple to capture the five tigers of the Zeng family."
Li Ying also wanted to persuade Chao Gai, but Chao Gai didn't give Li Ying a chance at all, and said, "This matter is settled, don't talk about it again."
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At night, the two monks took the lead, and Chao Gai and others led five thousand men and horses to follow.
As they walked, the two monks suddenly disappeared.
Wenda reacted the fastest and said, "No! I'm waiting for an ambush, and retreat quickly!"
When Chao Gai heard the words, he immediately turned his horse's head and took the people back to kill him!
Suddenly the sound of horse hooves shook the sky, and thousands of horses seemed to be coming from all around!
Chao Gai led the army to seize the road, and then turned two turns, knocked out a military horse, and shot the future with arrows. Unexpectedly, one arrow hit Chao Gai's left shoulder, and Chao Gai fell off the horse!
Fortunately, Wenda, Lei Heng rushed up to protect him desperately. Liu Tang and Bai Sheng helped Chao Gai on the horse. Everyone tried their best to rush out and joined forces with Li Ying, Li Cheng, Zhu Tong and others.
At this time, three or four thousand horses followed and Li Ying, Li Cheng, Zhu Tong and others hurriedly led people to fight, and the two sides fought in a mess!
Shi Wengong was so powerful that he still beat Li Cheng with one against three. Wenda, and Zhu Tong had no choice but to fight back. On the other hand, Su Ding killed Li Ying and Lei Heng with one against two against two, and the five tigers of the Zeng family led the horse army to repeatedly rush to kill the minions of Erlong Mountain.
Liu Tang and Bai Sheng were unwilling to fight and wanted to escape with the seriously injured Chao Gai. Du Xing, Cai Fu, Cai Qing, and Zhang Heng were not the opponents of the five tigers of the Zeng family. Only Xue Yong and Fan Rui could fight one-on-one with Zeng Mi and Zeng Sheng.
Zengtou City has achieved great victory!
Seeing this, Shi Wengong, Su Ding, and the five tigers of the Zeng family fought harder, and wanted to fight Ding Qiankun to completely defeat Erlongshan and capture Chao Gai and others!
Chapter completed!