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Volume 1: The Bandit's Life Chapter 185: Leaving the City and Ambush

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    Shen Xiaoshan knew that Liu Rongsheng always acted steadily and never boasted about things he was unsure about. What he meant by this was that even if he, Xie Wu and his enemy hunting department were in great danger, they would protect the safe arrival of these foreign craftsmen.  Calabash Rock.  Shen Xiaoshan suddenly felt that his nose was a little sore. When he saw Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu looking directly at him, he stood up and cursed: "We agreed to meet in Zhaoyuan in one day. Damn it. If you are missing an arm or a leg, let's see how I deal with you."  !" Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu naturally understood the meaning of Shen Xiaoshan's words, so they laughed and stopped talking.  ¡­ ¡­ December 30th, the fourth year of Chongzhen, and today is New Year¡¯s Eve. Snowflakes began to fly in the sky from the morning, and gradually began to become denser. Due to the special geographical location of the Denglai area, snowfall is particularly frequent and abundant in winter.  There is a saying that "auspicious snow heralds a good harvest." This saying is not very effective in Denglai. It is covered with heavy snow every winter, but in spring and summer, there is no rain. In the past few years, there have been droughts year after year, and the land has not harvested at all.  This phenomenon is not uncommon!  With snowflakes flying, the east gate of Dengzhou City slowly opened.  On New Year¡¯s Eve, most people stayed at home to prepare to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The city gates that used to be crowded with people were now deserted.  The soldiers guarding the city gate all know that Dengzhou General Kong Youde is leading his troops to cause rebellion and is now heading towards Dengzhou. The four gates of Dengzhou City will be opened regularly every day starting from the first day of the new year. Once traces of the rebels are found, the four gates will be closed.  No one is allowed in or out.  Today is New Year¡¯s Eve. When the city gate is opened, no one comes in or out. It¡¯s just for official business!  The soldiers who defended the city did not want to stand in the snow and freeze.  They all hid in the city gate to avoid the cold.  I look forward to switching defenses as soon as possible and returning home to reunite with my family.  When he was bored, a soldier guarding the city suddenly saw a group of cavalry, surrounded by four or five tightly covered carriages, walking all the way to the gate of the East City.  When the soldiers guarding the city saw that all the cavalry were dressed up in bright clothes and armor, they guessed that this team must be the personal cavalry of a certain lord in the city.  "It's Chinese New Year. Dozens of cavalry are leaving the city surrounded by these well-covered carriages. I don't know why?" A soldier guarding the city whispered.  Another city gate guard said: "Look at the way these people are riding war horses and showing off their power. They are actually just idiots. When they are old, they will be beaten with one hand."  Stand at the city gate," the guard captain said.  He took the lead in leading the city defenders to the city gate.  Guarding the city gate all year round, when encountering all kinds of people entering and exiting the city gate, you will be able to judge whether the people and objects entering or exiting the city gate are suspicious at the first sight.  Look at the four or five tightly covered carriages swaying back and forth.  Obviously there is something suspicious hidden in it.  But these soldiers guarding the city could only turn a blind eye.  Because they can't afford to offend these powerful people.  The guard captain thought that although this group of cavalry and four or five carriages were suspicious, they were related to the adults in Dengzhou City.  These small city gate defenders can't afford to offend them. As long as this team is not too conspicuous to the public, they will turn a blind eye and let them go, but they still have to put on a businesslike attitude on the surface.  The city gate guard watched the cavalry team in the wind and snow. When they were about to reach the city gate, a horse suddenly galloped out of the team, came to the city gate guard and jumped off his horse.  The captain of the city gate guard hurried forward and said to the cavalry standing under the horse: "If you want to leave the city, please show your waistband and the road, and you will be released after checking that it is correct." Guo Tai stepped forward and handed the opponent two big guns.  He picked up the ingot of silver and said, "We have something urgent to do when we go out of the city on the order of my lord, so please do something special!" The captain of the city gate guard felt his hands sink. He lowered his head and saw that there were ten taels of ingots of silver in his hand.  Da Ding, suddenly burst into laughter.  He immediately bowed and said repeatedly: "It's easy to say, easy to say. Since it is an emergency, it should be dealt with in a special way. Brothers, move the fence and let Lieutenant Lieutenant leave the city." A team of Shen Xiaoshan, Guo Tai and others  Not long after the troops left the city, the governor suddenly ordered the entire city to be under martial law. The four gates of Dengzhou City were closed, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.  The governor¡¯s office and the Dengzhou magistrate¡¯s office began patrolling the entire Dengzhou city, reportedly looking for dozens of missing foreign craftsmen.  The gate to the east city of Dengzhou has been closed urgently. The original gate guards looked anxiously at the tight defense of the gate by the large groups of soldiers. They had some intuition in their hearts. The gate was suddenly closed, and the whole city was under martial law to search for the missing foreign craftsmen.  Mostly it has something to do with the cavalry that just left the city!  I hope no one comes to find out the truth!  Shen Xiaoshan and others who had already left the city had no idea how lucky they were. As soon as they left the city, martial law began in Dengzhou City.  If he?If you delay a little longer, you will be blocked in the city!  As soon as they left the city gate, Shen Xiaoshan urged everyone to speed up. After walking for a while, Niu'er suddenly drove his horse closer to Shen Xiaoshan and said, "Boss, those foreign craftsmen want to talk to you." Shen Xiaoshan said, "Don't worry about them.  The danger we face when we come out of Dengzhou City is even greater. Everyone should be careful. I estimate that the more than ten miles from here to Mishen Mountain is the most dangerous. Tens of thousands of troops in Dengzhou City are stationed outside the south gate of Dengzhou City. We  If the group is not careful, they will be discovered. When the brigade of officers and soldiers arrives, we will not be able to escape!  Therefore, once the sentinels are discovered, they must all be killed to ensure that our whereabouts are not leaked.  " Guo Tai reined in his horse and said to Shen Xiaoshan: "Boss, the wind and snow are too heavy. I think we should hurry up and find a place to take shelter temporarily.  It was difficult to tell the direction in this snowy day, and it would be troublesome to rush into the Dengzhou military camp.  Niu'er said on the side: "Bah, the idiot Guo Taijing is talking nonsense. We can just walk along the official road of Dengzhou. Do the officers and soldiers still set up the military camp on the official road?"  " Shen Xiaoshan said: "According to the plan, our group must arrive at Zhaoyuan before today to join Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu's team.  Now it seems that not only the road is not peaceful, but also God is adding chaos, so we cannot stop until we reach Zhaoyuan.  " Guo Tai muttered: "If the snow is thicker, it will be difficult for even the war horses to walk, let alone the five taels of carriages following them.  He said, looking up to the sky: "God, please stop snowing!"  "It's going to snow, and my mother is getting married. This is something no one can do." Shen Xiaoshan sighed and said, "I tried my best to drive, but if I couldn't walk, I had to find a place to stop. Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu were also unable to walk."  Alas, I wonder where they are now.  Most of the members of the enemy hunting department under Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu came from the cavalry of Daqingfeng. These people were originally selected from thousands of elites, and those who can be selected into the enemy hunting department of Zhenshan Camp are the best among the cavalry.  Leaving from the West City Gate easily, Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu chose the route back through Xishan and Pingding Mountain, avoiding the beacon tower on the seaside, passing through Longkou and finally reaching Zhaoyuan.  There is nothing dangerous about this road on the surface. In fact, the sentinels outside Dengzhou City have not relaxed their exploration here at all. Once a suspicious group of people is found, the beacon tower set up by the sea will light a beacon warning. Of course, people like Liu Rongsheng  Dozens of cavalrymen would not arouse the vigilance of the beacon tower guards at all. As soon as they left the city, Liu Rongsheng ordered all his men to prepare their bows and crossbows, ready to deal with emergencies at any time!  Then he ordered the entire team to increase their marching speed.  Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu each led more than a dozen enemy-hunting division soldiers armed with bows and crossbows, alternating in the ranks. The remaining twenty or so mounted enemy-hunting division soldiers followed the five carriages and watched vigilantly around the official road.  movement.  Soon Liu Rongsheng directed the team to turn onto the official road towards Zhaoyuan, and the beacon tower on the seaside gradually disappeared.  Liu Rongsheng shook his head to shake off the snowflakes on his head, pointed forward and said to Xie Wu behind him: "In front of you is the Western Mountain. This should be the place where the military sentries hang out. Our dozens of horsemen are well-dressed and will definitely attract greedy people."  "People, there might be an ambush ahead, so we should be more careful." Xie Wu nodded and said, "I guess even if there is an ambush, we should ambush in the pine forest at the foot of Xishan Mountain." The two were discussing in a low voice. At this time, there were more than twenty people on the right.  There was a sudden soft sound in the snow far away, and swarms of crossbow arrows were roaring towards Liu Rongsheng, Xie Wu and others.  All the soldiers in the Enemy Hunting Division were on alert at all times. Although Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu were talking quietly, when they heard the noise, they immediately lay down on the horse's back.  "Chichichichi" A burst of crossbow arrows pierced the air and passed through him. Liu Rongsheng felt that his shoulder was painful from being hit by a foreign object. He turned his head and saw that a crossbow arrow was blocked by the chain mail on his body and fell to the ground.  At the same time, there were several muffled sounds in my ears.  Liu Rongsheng straightened up directly from his horse, aimed the crossbow in his hand at the place where the crossbow arrow came from, and fired at it. At the same time, the crossbow arrows in the hands of all the active Hunter Division soldiers in front and behind him whizzed towards the same location.  I saw more than a dozen figures howling and rushing out of the snow nest. There were also a dozen figures in the snow nest who were covered with crossbows and could not move. These people were not wearing armor, and soon the blood stained the surroundings.  Into a dark red color.  Liu Rongsheng had no expression on his face. He put the crossbow in his hand into his horse bag, took out his waist knife and shouted in a low voice: "Kill them all!" After saying that, he first grabbed the horse's belly and rushed towards the more than ten figures who were fleeing, with the enemy hunter behind him.  The soldiers cheered and pulled out their swords, and urged their horses to start massacring these greedy Denglai sentries.  Liu Rongsheng urged his horse to run quickly to a Denglai sentry who had escaped the furthest away. He raised his waist knife high in his hand and slashed at it with the whistling sound of the wind. The sentry who was running away alsoThe elite warriors, when Liu Rongsheng's sword was about to hit him, suddenly jumped forward and then rolled just to avoid Liu Rongsheng's attack.  The man stood up and quickly pulled out a throwing ax from his belt, shaking his hand towards Liu Rongsheng in front of him.  Liu Rongsheng saw the sentinel dodge his chops, and the horse could only rush forward. Suddenly he heard Xie Wu's screams of fright and anger behind him, and he subconsciously leaned on the horse's back.  Suddenly, a flying ax flew over his head with the sound of wind, and Liu Rongsheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.  Then he heard a shrill howl from behind him. Liu Rongsheng turned his horse's head and saw that the right shoulder of the sentry who had just plotted against him was cut in half with a long knife. Xie Wuzheng swung his long knife and struck at this person again.  people.  !  !  !  (To be continued)
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