Chapter 172

Zhang Zhou gathered the remaining 50 people and quickly formed a conical array! He stood at the front! Not pretend to be big, but he has a sense of self-confidence in his heart!

"Today, we may or may not die. It all depends on luck! However, my Zhang Zhou's luck has always been good! You can have more or less luck behind me, so you don't need to worry too much!"

His careless words somewhat relieved his tension. But how many people can laugh at the approaching roar of Horseshoes?

Tang hen behind him was puzzled by Zhang Zhou's behavior and asked in a low voice, "you are a marquis. Is it worth it?"

"Do you think I'm acting on impulse? Then you're wrong. I can't confirm what it will be like in the future, but I know that at present, if I participate in this battle, they will die less! As for whether it's worth it or not, people sometimes have to live as they please! I'm too small-minded to see these people die for me, but I ran away. It's not better to blame myself and regret If we fight side by side! Besides, I'm still a lucky man! "

Those who are close can hear clearly. Under such a situation, who dares to say that Zhang Zhou is playing tricks? In this age of hierarchy, the boss with high status and the only Marquis of the Tang Empire, now stay and fight side by side with you! It's worth dying!

"My Lord, it's a great honor to fight with you!"

"Lord Hou, I'm honored, too!"

"It's an honor for me, too!"

……

Finally, Tang hen said seriously, "Lord Hou! If I don't die this time, I'm willing to work for Lord Hou!"

Zhang Zhou smiled and turned away. Facing the threatening enemy, he inclined the blade of the long knife forward into the sand in front of him.

"It depends on whether you can stick my good luck!"

You can already see each other's face. Of course Zhang Zhou couldn't see, because he covered his eyes with a piece of cloth.

"Shield!"

Tu Guyu, a gladiator behind Zhang Zhou, shouted. Shield is a necessary weapon and equipment for mercenaries. It is a small shield of the same color. Because the formation is dense and conical, more than 50 small shields are raised above the head, which also covers the team tightly!

Sure enough, the Yan army threw out a round of feather arrows in the charge, about dozens of them, which did not pose any threat to the formation due to environmental, internal and other factors.

Standing at the head of the platoon, Zhang Zhou easily knocked out two feather arrows, put the knife back and continue to wait! The first arrow of the 11 Lang behind him had been shot, and there was no accident to hit the captain who was the leader of the team. The inertia of the heavy arrow directly took the captain away from his horse and fell into the smoke behind him

The enemy did not launch the second round of fire, but had killed three feet away. Zhang Zhou could almost feel the heat from the nostrils of the other horse.

Zhang Zhou finally had enough sense of the knife. In an instant, the knife was lifted up, and a waist high air line rose on the sand, rolled up with sand and dust, and cut in from the middle of the enemy team. Zhang Zhou had no time to explore the results of his knife. It was another cross cutting. The heads of the two war horses who had just avoided the knife Qi flew up, together with the cavalry on their backs, and died together!

Zhang Zhou's savings had been exhausted, and then rushed forward with a fast pace. His sword danced like flying, and he entered the enemy's team and fought hand to hand!

Because of the wind direction, the cavalry behind Beiyan has been in a state of "eating sand". They can't see the situation in front at all. They almost follow the charge with their eyes closed! This kind of cavalry's rush and kill is the task of the cavalry behind, that is, to follow!

The Beiyan cavalry can't see, but Zhang Zhou has a soul. He has become the only "bright eyed" person in the dust! By virtue of perception.

The wave like charge formation was torn in half by Zhang Zhou! However, in the dust, no one noticed his toughness!

The remaining cavalry surrounded the conical array of shrinking defense and began to chop. If it's just defense, without long weapons, the result is death!

When Yan rode around to kill, the mercenary took the lead in making the choice of "raising the sand", causing visual obstacles to the other party as much as possible, and then began to rush outward, with the goal of horse legs!

This is the order of Zhang Zhou's formation! When I was a child, I heard the biography of Yue Fei. Whether it was really easy to use or not, Zhang Zhou, who had no experience in the game, still issued this order!

If one or two opponents choose to hurt the horse's legs, it's nothing, but those who don't lift their heads and eyes choose to cut the horse's legs together! The effect is different!

There were about 300 Beiyan cavalry. When they found the target, the leading captain felt that it was nothing more than a charge!

As a result, he was killed by the other party! They didn't give full play to the advantages of cavalry. Let alone crowding and other factors made them "clumsy".

"Dismount!"

A Beiyan soldier shouted, which was timely to stop the passivity of the team!

Zhang Zhou didn't think he would die at all! He is even confident that he can wrap up the other party by himself! I don't know if it can be realized. At least he is full of confidence!

His purpose of leaving these people is to completely stop the pursuit of the enemy. He is confident that he can kill many enemies alone, but it does not mean that he can stop all enemies! Only enough people can "lock" the cavalry

More than 50 people did not dare to disperse, but rushed out more than a dozen steps away and quickly retreated. Instead, use the advantages of the formation to deal with the enemy!

The deep injury made Tang hate unable to play one tenth of his previous combat power! But after adding to Zhang Zhou's position, he still insisted on one step!

Small shield has played a very important role in catching and fighting, so that mercenaries have an advantage! But at this time, even if the body of these Beiyan people is soft due to hunger, thirst and other reasons, they can't stop the desire of the weapons in their hands to chop at each other! Mercenaries in each other's desperate rush, there will soon be casualties!

Zhang Zhou heard constant screams and wails, but he couldn't help but try his best to kill more

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting in the dust.

"Brothers, hold on, we must hold them! Our reinforcements are coming!"

If it is better than "rumor making", I believe that few people can compare with Zhang Zhou! At present, several "rumor" experiences have achieved good results!

Eleven Lang also understood and shouted.

"Fight, we must hold them down!"

Some smart people also began to shout!

The words "reinforcements" and "hold on" soon reacted among the Beiyan cavalry, and some people wavered! Originally, they were unwilling to go deep into the desert. They retreated back as planned. Only when they passed the wetland during the retreat and saw the butchery of death, they chose to pursue them "along the way"!

This desert is a place where sand bandits run rampant! Only from the death of the Lord general, it shows that the sand bandit force is indeed fierce! At the moment, the shouts of the other party are clearly telling them to run! Hurry up and run! Or it's too late!

Especially those who are on the periphery of the battlefield, who are already active in mind, are now more clever!

"Drive", a Yanjun Colonel, turned his horse's head, left his last hesitation and rode away!

With the first person to escape, the wind of retreat spread rapidly! Even if someone doesn't believe it, what do you dare to insist on when you see that all your comrades in arms have run away?

The obscure "retreat first" has become a "escape" in a very short time! How many of those who dismount and rush to kill in panic can still find their own war horses? Those who can't find the war horse are naturally more flustered. Therefore, Beiyan cavalry are constantly dragged off their horses by their own people, and even some people directly stab their own people under the desire to run for their lives

The "mercenary" has a clear goal and begins to rush, chase and kill those slow-moving enemies!

No one would think that the most depressed person at this time is Zhang Zhou! Because the enemy fled in all directions, which greatly affected his keen perception! The results in the later period were almost zero.

The dust and smoke dissipated. Five dead, eleven wounded and more than 140 killed! Zhang Zhou killed more than 30 people and more than a dozen horses alone! The two turn fight also consumed a lot of energy, which made Zhang Zhou feel a little tired and silent with a knife.

Everyone looked at Zhang Zhou respectfully. Eleven Lang smiled and was ashamed that he had doubted Zhang Zhou's knife technique! He is a killer and is not suitable for such a large-scale scuffle. The two hottest experiences, one in the tavern of Lijian town and the other today, are all related to Zhang Zhou. He suddenly felt that it was interesting to be with Zhang Zhou. Mainly, Zhang Zhou won the respect of himself and everyone present with his own behavior!

Tang hen went to Zhang Zhou and knelt on one knee.

"Lord, Tang hate is willing to follow! I hope Lord won't give up!"

"Get up! After all, I've fought together. I'm sorry not to agree!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

"Don't worry, thanks! Think about how we can go back!"

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A total of more than 20 horses were gathered, which were basically left to the dead and injured, while Zhang Zhou refused to ride and resolutely chose to walk!

No one doubts his sincerity! Because he has proved himself with practical actions.

Tang hen is very familiar with the desert. These people can't go out with their legs! You can only choose to find a wetland for a short rest!

Finally, at the middle of the month, he found a wetland. On the way, two people died because of their injuries. Zhang Zhou was not too emotional, but wrapped the two bodies in person.

Although it was cold, he dared not make a fire for fear of provoking the enemy. Distribute the last dry food to everyone. You can only be hungry from tomorrow! Fortunately, some groundwater can be found in the wetland, otherwise the situation will be more desperate

"Are you a Beiyan soldier?"

"Yes! I used to be a school captain in the Beiyan army! Later, I offended the brother-in-law of the Xifu county king and was framed by the design. As a result..."

The end of the story is that Tang hen survived alone

"What is the internal situation of Beiyan?"

"Beiyan is nominally one of the four princes, guarding the four sides. In fact, the main military power is in the hands of the emperor! However, the incense of Beiyan emperor is not in vain. There is no man except seven daughters! If there is an accident, after all, one of the four princes will succeed to the throne, so there is a great contradiction between them! But..."

"But what?"

"I know what the Marquis thinks. To tell you the truth, although I don't know what the current military strength of Datang is? But as far as I know, Beiyan riding a bugle says there are 500000, which doesn't have much water! Moreover, although the contradictions among the four major prefectures are fierce, because the military power is relatively unified, it's unrealistic for Datang to defeat Beiyan!"

Zhang Zhou was silent, and Tang hen continued: "Lord, all of Tang hen's relatives died at the hands of Beiyan dignitaries. I can't wait for someone to destroy Beiyan royal family and avenge me, but that's the truth. I don't want to hide the Lord!"

Zhang Zhou nodded, indicating that he believed his words! After thinking for a while, he asked, "let's not talk about who can win. I want to know if it is possible for me to get through Beiyan's private business!"

"Business subordinates don't understand, but I think it's not impossible!"

"Oh? Tell me!"

"Lord Hou's biggest worry is that he can't pass through the barrier of the border?"

Zhang Zhou nodded and admitted.

"It's not strange. You know, if someone dares to contact Datang, he will copy his family and destroy his family! Coupled with the layers of defense on the border, there are many people with mixed eyes, and no one dares to take this risk!"

"What are the possibilities you said?"

"There are no officials in Beiyan who are not greedy for money! It doesn't work at the border with Datang, but there are grasslands!"

Zhang Zhou shook his head. If the grassland works, why ask him?

Tang hen naturally didn't know the operation of Zhang Zhou. He continued: "I once worked as a errand for a year at the prince of Beifu. Although the old man was full of national laws and disciplines, according to me, he was the most greedy! And he ate alone. Typically, he could set fire in private and forbid people to light lights!"

"You mean, if you can contact him..."

"Well, I've seen batches of materials from Datang at his house. They must have been obtained through trade!"

"Oh? When was that?"

"Five years ago!"

"Five years ago..."

Zhang Zhou thought of a man, the king of Dabei river! Five years ago, Longzhou was under the control of the king of Dabei river. The commander of the border army was also his man. If he was not in good shape, did he have a secret deal with Beiyan? This guy hasn't been caught yet! He thought of Tang Si Niang again. Should he take the initiative to ask? I also thought of Zhang Xingzhi who evaporated from the world

"Will the wetland change often? I mean, what if it is swallowed up by wind and sand?"

"This is normal. Except for a few large wetlands, these small wetlands change every year! However, if they disappear, they can find new ones. As far as I know, this has been the case for so many years!"

"If I want to open up a commercial road in the desert and pass through the caravan, is it feasible?"

"Well, absolutely. Sand bandits can move back and forth between the grassland and Datang by relying on the wetland, and so can caravans! I've seen a caravan before, using the border passage to go to the grassland, but I didn't do it!"

"Ha ha, thank you for not doing it!"

"Why?"

"Because the caravan is mine!"