Xiao Li and Li Ruo led the Black Wind Village brothers on horseback, galloping towards the North Mountain.
Beishan is not far from General Mountain; they are practically connected, covering a distance of over a hundred miles.
After running for about twenty or thirty miles, we suddenly encountered the Black Wind Village brothers on the road!
When Little Li saw the leader, his eyes lit up. "Third Master, Fourth Master, you're back. Where's the Boss?"
The third leader sighed to Qin, "The first leader is still in Beishan."
"What?"
It turned out that Sun Ergou was envious of the horses in the military camp and wanted to give one to his newly recognized sister. He secretly went to rob one, but was delayed and was entangled by Song Zhijing's men.
Xie Xiao had no choice but to split his forces into two groups. One group, led by the third and fourth leaders, transported the weapons and provisions back to General Mountain.
He and Sun Ergou led the other route, drawing away the pursuers, and headed back north towards the mountains, taking a detour back from there.
“No, Beishan is so big, it would take several days to get back, and the flood will be here soon,” Li Ruo said.
Damn, could the sister Sun Ergou just recognized be her?
Thinking of Sun Ergou's later fate in the book, Li Ruo's eyelids suddenly twitched.
"What?! A flood is coming?"
The third leader seemed to notice her only then, "You're not..."
The fourth leader looked at Little Li with displeasure, "Why is she here too?"
Fourth Leader Yuan Hao still couldn't fully trust Li Ruo, always fearing she was Song Zhijing's spy who would harm Xie Xiao. "What are you doing here?"
Normally, Li Ruo would have already punched him. "Now is not the time for nonsense. Let's get Sun Ergou and your boss out of this predicament first."
“Yes, yes,” said Little Li.
The fourth leader decided to put aside his prejudices and, keeping an eye on Li Ruo, go with them.
At this time, in the North Mountain.
Xie Xiao led a thousand men in a fighting retreat, and was forced to climb the mountain.
Song Zhijing led his army to surround and blockade them from below, and he was in a very sorry state.
Xie Xiao launched a surprise attack on the military camp! He poisoned the water and set it on fire, catching them completely off guard and killing half of the soldiers.
What's most hateful is that they used a feint to the east while attacking the west, seizing their grain supplies and armory.
The Beishan military camp was an army that the prefect could command. In order to limit the prefect's power, the imperial court only allowed 10,000 troops, and now only more than 3,000 remain.
Even so, they still had an absolute advantage in numbers. "Xie Xiao, you only have a few hundred men right now, and there's a deep valley behind you. If you surrender, I'll give you a whole corpse!" Song Zhi shouted loudly.
Xie Xiao on the mountain laughed loudly: "Song Zhijing, you turtle bastard, come up here if you dare!"
Then came the laughter of the Black Wind Stronghold brothers.
Song Zhijing already felt cheated on, and then he was called a cuckold. His eyes were practically spitting fire. "You think I wouldn't dare?"
Just as he was about to leave, the advisor stopped him, saying, "My lord, you mustn't. They are skilled at fighting in the mountains. Right now, the mountain winds are blowing and the roads are slippery. If it turns out to be a trap, we'll be in trouble."
Song Zhijing gritted his teeth, "Xie Xiao, I can give you a way out. Just send someone to release my wife, and I can withdraw my troops and let you go."
"My lord! This—"
Song Zhijing raised his hand, interrupting the clerk, "This move is just to lure the enemy. I will pretend to retreat and then wipe them out in one fell swoop when they come down."
Xie Xiao roared, "What? Your wife is missing? What do I care! But if you withdraw your troops, I don't mind helping you look for her."
Sun Ergou panicked and whispered, "Boss, that won't do. You just recognized her as your sister, how can you give her back to him?"
"What sister of yours?" Xie Xiao swept his hand around, his eyes sharp. "Who gave you the right to randomly claim someone as your sister?"
Sun Ergou: "Why can't we just admit it?" Is that the point right now?
Xie Xiao glared at him fiercely, while shouting insults at Song Zhijing to buy time, and ordered the brothers behind him to tie the vines into a rope.
When it comes to familiarity with the nearby mountains, no one is as strong as Black Wind Stronghold.
There's a river at the bottom of this valley. Following the river will take you back to General Mountain, which will only take two days. The brothers can even take a bath in the river.
Song Zhijing waited for a while without seeing any movement, then suddenly realized something, "Damn it, he's bluffing to delay us, get him!"
As they were talking, suddenly with a "whoosh," an arrow pierced the air, landing on the firewood with a ball of fire, and bursting into flames.
Then there were a few more "whoosh" sounds, and several fires broke out around the soldiers.
"Oh no, they have reinforcements!"
At this moment, Li Ruo was instructing Xiao Li and the others to shoot rockets inside.
The cloth on these rockets was soaked in high-concentration alcohol, so it would ignite instantly and would not be extinguished by water, but would instead explode.
Although it rained, the rain had only been falling for a short time, and the forest was still very easy to catch fire.
Before they could react, Li Ruo ordered everyone to frantically throw alcohol bottles inside. With a series of bangs and crackles, the alcohol exploded in the fire, sending the soldiers scattering in all directions.
Not to mention the Beishan Army, even the brothers of Black Wind Stronghold had never seen this thing before. They took the opportunity to wreak havoc. Little Li led his men up the mountain to meet up with the leader.
"Quickly!" At this moment, Xie Xiao on the mountain was preparing to order everyone to slide down the valley using ropes.
Suddenly I heard a sound below, but I couldn't make it out very clearly.
"Wait! It looks like we have some brothers waiting for us!"
The Beishan soldiers were stunned by the bombing, and their prize was about to slip away. Song Zhijing became furious and charged forward with bloodshot eyes.
He raised his bow and arrow and aimed it at Little Li.
The fourth leader's eyes flashed, and he suddenly grabbed Li Ruo and pulled her onto his horse. "Excuse me!"
"Stop, Lord Song!" the fourth leader shouted. "Your wife is here!"
Song Zhijing's heart skipped a beat, and he stared intently at it.
Li Ruo!
It really was her.
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