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Volume 1: Bandit¡¯s Life Chapter 191: Collision

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    After a while, silence returned to the intersection of the official road at the foot of Scorpion Mountain, leaving only large and messy footprints and ruts on the snow.  A quarter of an hour later, six war horses suddenly came galloping from the official road in the direction of Dengzhou. The cavalry on the horses couldn't help but look back while galloping. When they came to the intersection where the Hunting Division had just stopped, the six men immediately reined in their horses and looked around for a moment.  The horse gallops straight along the official road towards Yantai.  A thousand steps behind the six cavalry horses, there was a cavalry team of nearly 200 people, shouting and chasing the six cavalry in front.  The six cavalrymen galloping in front were naturally hunting enemies Siniu'er, Jiang Yu and others. The purpose of them falling behind was to create some obstacles for the pursuing officers and soldiers and slow down their pursuit.  Seeing that the Dengzhou military camp sent a large number of cavalry to pursue them, a few people ignored the trap and quickly mounted their horses and retreated toward Yantai as agreed in advance.  The Dengzhou military camp sent cavalry to pursue them, and everyone in the Hunting Division also expected it. Although the soldiers of the Hunting Division were brave, there were only about 40 people, and they would definitely not choose to confront them head-on unless absolutely necessary.  Niu'er, Jiang Yu and the other six knew that the iron caltrops scattered on the ground and the unfinished pits would not pose much hindrance to the pursuers, so they had to quickly inform Shen Xiaoshan of the approaching pursuers After another quarter of an hour, they pursued from behind.  The Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion arrived at the intersection of the official road in Dengzhou. Commander Zhang Shan of the Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion reined in his horse and hesitated while observing the two official roads extending in different directions.  He looked at the scene and saw many soldiers' footprints and horse hoof prints left on the snow. Among them, the footprints and part of the horse hoof prints went straight towards Yantai, while many other horse hoof prints turned right and ran towards Longkou and Zhaoyuan.  It is obvious that the thieves who robbed the foreign craftsmen split into two groups and fled!  Zhang Shan hesitated for a while whether to divide his troops and pursue them.  Several confidants around him felt that these thieves were originally few in number, but now they were fleeing separately.  It was a good time to pursue and annihilate them, so they all persuaded Zhang Shan not to miss the good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.  Soon the two hundred Dengzhou battalion cavalry were evenly divided into two teams.  The horses' hooves trampled the snowflakes under their feet and galloped towards the two official roads, and the intersection began to become silent again.  Niu'er and Jiang Yu rode forward on horseback for about three miles when they were spotted by the soldiers from the Hunting Division in front. Shen Xiaoshan turned around and looked at the six people who were galloping towards them. He knew that the pursuers from Dengzhou Camp had arrived without asking.  Niu'er galloped to Shen Xiaoshan and said: "Boss, the Dengzhou camp sent all cavalry of the same color. There are about two hundred cavalry. At this time, they may have arrived at the intersection of the official road."  The state camp sent all cavalry, which is not entirely useless for us. Zhenshan camp's bird gun soldiers have entered the pine forest from here, and now they have overturned all five carriages on the official road. All the soldiers of the enemy hunting department followed me.  Let¡¯s go!¡± After saying that, the horses started to gallop forward, followed by more than twenty horses roaring behind them.  After galloping for a distance, Shen Xiaoshan suddenly tightened the reins of his horse and slowed it down. Before the soldiers from the Hunting Division stopped their horses, Shen Xiaoshan said urgently: "All brothers, dismount and follow me into the pine forest. We are going to Dengzhou."  Before the cavalry finds any clues, hurry up and get behind them!" More than 20 people from the enemy hunting division quickly dismounted and followed Shen Xiaoshan into the pine forest.  Entering the pine forest, I found that the snowy scene inside the pine forest was very different from the snowy scene outside.  Due to the obstruction of pine branches and leaves, there is not much snow falling on the ground in the pine forest.  This made Shen Xiaoshan and his party walking among them move much faster.  But when walking in the pine forest, it is easiest to get lost without a certain reference point.  Shen Xiaoshan led the way with his war horse, his eyes always fixed on the official road outside the pine forest.  We walked forward in the forest for about a mile.  I saw rows of waiting Chinese and British cavalry galloping past on the official road.  After the Dengzhou cavalry passed by, Shen Xiaoshan immediately ordered all the soldiers of the enemy hunting department to follow him and lead their horses back to the official road.  Shen Xiaoshan looked at the more than 20 enemy hunting division soldiers around him.  Said: "Now our enemy hunting department has successfully reached behind the Dengzhou cavalry, and the Dengzhou cavalry is in a passive position. Next, we will lead them to the place where the bird gun soldiers of Zhenshan camp ambush. I know that brothers at this time  We are all nervous and excited. Facing a cavalry force that is several times ours, brothers must gather all their energy to ensure their own safety." Seeing the determination on the faces of more than 20 people, Shen Xiaoshan nodded secretly and said, "Send the crossbow.  Get ready and charge with me!" A group of more than 20 cavalrymen from the Hunter Division gradually accelerated towards the Dengzhou Camp cavalry, stepping on the snow on the ground.  The cavalry of the Dengzhou camp divided into two groups. Zhang Shan led a hundred cavalry in pursuit in the direction where there were footprints and ruts. They galloped forward for about two miles when they suddenly saw five carriages overturned in the middle of the official road.  Look at the official road in front of the carriage againBut it was completely white, and the footprints and horse hoof prints were divided into two parts at this point. The footprints of the soldiers turned towards the pine forest next to the official road, while the hoof prints of the horses continued forward towards the front of the official road.  Zhang Shan ordered his cavalry to dismount and push the carriage blocking the official road to both sides of the official road. He hesitated in his mind whether he should send some troops into the pine forest to search.  Shen Xiaoshan and his group of more than 20 cavalry suddenly came out from the official road behind. Zhang Shan and other Dengzhou cavalry on horseback quickly discovered it.  Zhang Shan was shocked. When did these thieves and cavalry arrive behind him?  He shouted loudly for the cavalry who was pushing the overturned carriage to jump on their horses, and then ordered the cavalry on their horses to line up to prepare for the attack.  The cavalryman pushing the carriage on the ground wanted to jump on the war horse, but the cavalryman on the warhorse reined in the reins and turned the horse's head to prepare to meet the invading thieves. In an instant, the entire cavalry team was in chaos.  Zhang Shan looked at these well-trained cavalrymen, fighting for it like headless chickens, shouting and cursing loudly, and waving the whip in his hand to beat the panicked cavalrymen.  Jiang Yu followed Shen Xiaoshan and rushed towards the Dengzhou cavalry. From a distance, he saw that the entire formation of the Dengzhou cavalry was in a mess and without any order. He secretly despised it in his heart. At first glance, these Dengzhou cavalry had never passed by.  In actual combat, their combat effectiveness is probably not as good as that of the Daqingfeng cavalry guards in Daze Mountain where they were originally.  Shen Xiaoshan and more than 20 people came very quickly. Just when the cavalry of the Dengzhou Camp on the opposite side stabilized their formation, the more than 20 cavalrymen were already a hundred steps away from the opposite side of the Dengzhou Camp.  Organize the queue.  Zhang Shan shouted loudly to his cavalry: "The thieves attacking from the opposite side only have about twenty riders. They are arrogant. All the soldiers follow me and go forward to kill these thieves! Charge!" Slowing down the horse's speed slightly, Shen Xiaoshan watched gradually  The Dengzhou Cavalry accelerated and sprinted over.  Aiming the crossbow in his hand at the cavalry on the opposite side, he took ninety or eighty steps and shouted: "Raise the crossbow!" "Chi, chi, chi!" The crossbow arrows fired from more than twenty crossbows roared towards the climbers brandishing swords and guns on the opposite side.  State Cavalry.  Only a dozen cavalrymen could be placed on the official road to charge forward at the same time. The soldiers of the Hunting Enemy Division sent all their crossbows and arrows to greet these dozen cavalrymen.  Suddenly, several cavalrymen from the front line of the Dengzhou camp screamed and fell off their horses. Three or four galloping horses were hit by crossbow arrows. Their front hooves gave way and fell to their knees. The Dengzhou cavalrymen, who were riding on horseback in full armor,  He fell to the ground with a somersault and was immediately unconscious with a bloody head.  Several cavalrymen on war horses followed closely behind.  Caught off guard, both men and horses were tripped by the rolling thing in front of them and fell onto the snow.  A round of crossbow shooting caused more than ten casualties to the Dengzhou cavalry. Shen Xiaoshan was very satisfied. Seeing that the goal of attracting the Dengzhou soldiers to pursue him had been achieved, Shen Xiaoshan tightened the reins of his war horse and shouted: "Retreat!"  With a huff, he turned his horse and galloped towards the place where the Zhenshan camp's gunners were ambush. Zhang Shan, commander of the Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion, watched as more than 20 of the enemy's cavalry shot and wounded more than a dozen of his subordinates without restraint, and he tried to pull out his horse again under his nose.  Escape is simply too much!  Zhang Shan looked at some of his men who were dazed and dazed, and shouted angrily: "Chase. Give me the damn chase!" Shen Xiaoshan had been paying attention to the Dengzhou cavalry chasing behind him, and heard the other party shouting to the general manager,  After the Dengzhou cavalry sped up to catch up, a smile appeared on the corners of their mouths.  As soon as he urged the war horse to accelerate, he rushed towards the place where the bird gun soldiers of Zhenshan Camp were ambushing.  The two sides started a chase on the snow-covered official road, and soon returned to the three-way intersection of the official road after chasing and escaping.  The two sides were always more than a hundred steps apart, and Shen Xiaoshan and his party were more than twenty people.  After crossing the range designated by Yang Ba Shi, he directly controlled the horse's speed and slowed down.  The Dengzhou camp cavalry commander Zhang Shan, who was chasing after them desperately, shouted: "The thieves' horses in front are no longer able to gallop. All the soldiers rushed up with all their strength to kill these bastards!" Yang Bashi led the Zhenshan camp's gun soldiers had just arrived.  In the pine forest opposite the three-way intersection, I knew that the pursuers of the Dengzhou Battalion would arrive at any time.  Yang BaShi ordered a hundred gun soldiers to be divided into two columns.  Because the cavalry of the Dengzhou Battalion were galloping at high speed, after a round of cannon fire, the cavalry would gallop a long distance again, dividing the cannon soldiers into two groups and firing, which could maximize the damage to the opponent's troops.  As soon as he finished forming the formation, he saw more than 20 riders galloping down the official road. Yang Ba Shi would never have thought that the more than 20 people galloping towards him would be Shen Xiaoshan and his party.  The three people discussed earlier that the most likely reason was that the Dengzhou Battalion cavalry found no trace of foreign craftsmen on the official road ahead and returned from the original road. Now when they saw more than 20 cavalry suddenly rushing towards them, Yang Baashi immediately shouted: "Light the fire."  !¡± He stared at the more than 20 cavalrymen who were quickly approaching the shooting range of the bird cannons, and suddenly found that there were many familiar faces in the cavalrymen who were galloping behind them.Following closely at a distance of one hundred and ten Dengzhou battalion cavalry wielding swords and guns.  Yang Ba Shi¡¯s heart skipped a beat, he almost accidentally hurt one of his own!  He didn't care to wonder why Shen Xiaoshan and others suddenly ran up behind the Dengzhou cavalry, and hurriedly waved his hands and said loudly: "Attention, let go of the brothers in the enemy hunting department in front, aim at the cavalry chasing behind them, listen to my command and be ready to attack at any time  "The gun soldiers led by Yang Ba Shi had engaged in actual combat with the Daqingfeng Cavalry and had become more accustomed to the tense atmosphere of the battle. Upon hearing Yang Ba Shi's order, the bird gun soldiers in the first row naturally turned their guns to the back.  The cavalry in pursuit.  Seeing the Dengzhou cavalry entering the shooting range of the cannon, Yang Ba Shi held the bird cannon in his hand and shouted: "Open the door, aim at the Dengzhou cavalry and raise the gun!" As soon as the words fell to the ground, the bird cannon sounded "Boom, boom, boom" in succession.  It sounded in the pine forest, and bursts of smoke rose in front of the gun soldiers.  The Dengzhou Battalion cavalry that was galloping in pursuit on the official road was stunned by the lead shot from the side!  !  !  (To be continued)
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