Breaking out of the sky

Li Ping was lamenting that he was dead, and his enemies were also confused.

At this moment, their casualties were so great that they themselves felt scared. They were still persisting because it was very obvious that they had many more people, while Li Ping and the others only had few people.

But they still began to hesitate, no one wanted to be the first to die.

They just relied on the large number of people and tried their best to stick to and surround them, making it impossible for Li Ping and others to escape easily.

Of course, the more important thing is that this was originally the rear guard area for the army and the generals. The important leaders of the enemy army were not here, so there was no one to drive them forward more severely.

Seeing the enemy's cowardice, Li Ping laughed heartily.

He raised his knife and made a false move. Several enemies across from him were immediately frightened and took a few steps back. Li Ping laughed even harder.

Suddenly, an enemy opposite him had an arrow inserted into his forehead, and then another arrow was accurately inserted into the face of an enemy soldier. Then all the enemies' faces changed drastically.

A loud cry of death followed closely from behind Li Ping.

After looking at each other, several of Li Ping's enemies immediately began to run backwards.

Li Ping turned his head and saw a large number of his brothers rushing out of the mist behind. The leader, Ma Yong, was there with his bow and arrows ready.

Ma Yong led his troops to attack, and Li Ping suddenly relaxed.

The enemy was obviously caught off guard by this large group of officers and soldiers, especially the effect of Mayong's large group of people constantly pouring out of the mist. The arrows were shot accurately and the killing was ruthless.

, causing a large number of casualties in a short period of time to the enemy soldiers who still wanted to resist.

Finally, the enemy soldiers who were actually more numerous nearby collapsed and began to flee in all directions. Many of them even fled directly back into the woods.

Only then did Li Ping bother to lower his head to check the wound on his waist. As expected, the wound was only bleeding and nothing else came out, but it still hurt a lot.

He casually took out a rolled up long white cloth strip from his pocket to wrap around the wound. Liu San from behind hurriedly came up to help. This white cloth strip was specially prepared by Li Ping for each soldier by the health team, and it seemed to come in handy.

Seeing Ma Yong coming over anxiously, Li Ping grinned and praised: "Well done, Ma Yong."

"Sir, I'm late, it's all my fault." Seeing the arrow still stuck in Li Ping's shoulder, Ma Yong couldn't help but blame himself.

"You've done a good job. Hurry up! While the enemy is in chaos, organize the troops to retreat, pull away those who are still kneeling on the ground, and leave quickly. By the way, remember, grab two tongues."

When retreating again, they did not set up the centipede formation, but simply formed two lines and kept alert and walked quickly.

At this time, the possibility of being attacked by the enemy again is very low, and they must move quickly.

As he walked, Li Ping quickly interrogated the five picked tongues. Because the enemy soldiers retreated too quickly, Ma Yong didn't even bother to catch them, and directly captured about twenty enemy soldiers.

No nonsense, just kill people without answering questions. After cutting off a head and chopping off two hands of a person, other enemy soldiers immediately attacked.

This group of enemies turned out to be the same group that fought with General Fang Guoan's troops outside Xiangyang City a few days ago.

Their strength is not large, but there are about seven or eight hundred people. Although the main force was originally a group of bandits, most of them were ordinary villagers not long ago.

After they had a fierce battle with Fang Guoan's troops, because they didn't have enough food and were afraid of being intercepted, they didn't run away far away. Instead, they casually pretended to be a newly defected army, and then unexpectedly made a large detour.

They circled around and ran to this mountain to take shelter and rest, to see if they could collect some food and grass or take advantage of the chaos to grab some food from the Ming army outside the mountain, and then escape to other places and run away.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally found out that Zuo Mengeng's wife was here to offer incense. Then he suddenly decided to rob Mrs. Zuo of this big fish to make a fortune.

Several pilgrims in the temple the morning before yesterday were their spies.

They walked all day in the rain the day before yesterday before hurriedly arriving in the valley. They thought they could finish the work yesterday. Unexpectedly, they were watered for another day. This morning, they didn't eat all morning because they were afraid of starting a fire and revealing their whereabouts.

After hearing this, Li Ping was speechless.

Only then did I understand why a small temple fair in a big mountain had so many pilgrims in one morning.

And then there is the fact that Zuo Liangyu really accepts everyone, so much so that there are so many peasant troops who come to surrender, and no one can keep track of the various chaotic troops. This allows this rebel army to

Shunshun Dangdang escaped the pursuit safely and gathered the crowd here without showing any signs of weakness.

However, the leader of this group is also a brave man. He dares to take advantage of this gap between good and bad, and he dares to stage such an ambush. From discovering the target to making up his mind to organizing and implementing it, it can almost be described as lightning speed.

This is really quite a skill.

However, it is also strange that the current army is too weak and no one dares to take a bite.

When they were waiting to learn more about it, they approached the exit of the valley, which was also a relatively narrow place, and a group of enemy soldiers and horses appeared in formation there.

Perhaps because there is no fog at the exit of the valley, everything becomes clearer.

There are about a hundred people in this group of enemy troops. In front of them is a row of specially made long bamboo spears. The length is much longer than the normal spears of the Ming army. Of course, because it is bamboo, it is also much thicker and heavier.

It shouldn't be so light that the bottoms of these long bamboo spears are stuck diagonally into the ground.

This looks like the enemy intercepted troops who were ordered to shut up.

Seeing that many people breathed a long sigh of relief, Li Ping guessed that they were lucky that they did not flee immediately. Otherwise, once the troops were in chaos, there would be people behind them to cover up and kill them, and there were cliffs on both sides.

The only way is to destroy the entire army.

After seeing Li Ping's group of troops who were neat and unhurried, the enemy soldiers on the opposite side were also stunned and suddenly started to commotion.

Li Ping stopped, took a brief look at the enemy's formation, touched the small half of the arrow that had been chopped off on his back shoulder, and said to Ma Yong:

"The army's knife players are in front, and the spearmen are behind, and they slowly form a formation and move forward. The archers focus on shooting the enemy's first row of spearmen. After three rounds, if the enemy does not return arrows, then the spearmen are in front, and everyone

The army speeds up so that the archers can shoot two or three more rounds. The enemy is not a strong army and it is time to collapse. Go and make arrangements!"

"Yes, sir." Ma Yong responded and immediately began to set up the formation.

After a short while, Li Ping's archers fired arrows at the enemy formation. At a distance of fifty or sixty meters, the enemy immediately felled many people. The enemy did not fight back. It seemed that they were not equipped with bows and arrows.

When Li Ping howled and rushed toward the enemy's formation with the others, the enemy had already collapsed before they could reach him, so that Li Ping only saw the enemy's back and the corpses on the ground.

Soon, except for a small number of enemies who escaped, the remaining enemies were either killed or knelt down and surrendered.

In this battle, Li Ping actually captured more than 20 enemies, and rescued more than a dozen of the horse commander's subordinates and five horses who had been captured when they ran here.

After ordering the injured enemy soldiers to be killed on the spot, Li Ping quickly led his troops out of the valley and escaped into the mountains and forests. Under the leadership of a local soldier who was originally in the mountains, they began to circle left and right, marching continuously.

After walking a long distance, Li Ping ordered Xu Changen, Liu San and others to ride six horses and divide them into three groups to detour into the city to report the news, while he and Ma Yong continued to detour with their troops to prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall and biting them.

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Almost two hours later, at a relatively dangerous place, Li Ping decided not to leave anymore. He ordered his troops to occupy the place and organize a defense based on danger.

After everything was arranged, Li Ping collapsed to the ground like most soldiers. He was exhausted and all his strength seemed to have been used up.

Leaning against a small tree, Li Ping began to break out in cold sweat.

The boundless fear made his heart beat violently again, and the enemy's brains and severed limbs kept flashing in front of his eyes, making him feel sick in his stomach. Zhang Yong's face with bleeding from the corners of his mouth also appeared,

It made his heart tighten.

"Wow...wow...wow..." Li Ping finally couldn't help but vomited violently.

Several soldiers and Mrs. Zuo beside him were so frightened that they quickly came over to pat him on the back and looked for water for him to drink.

After drinking some water, Li Ping changed places and continued to lean back with his eyes closed to adjust. At this time, cold sweat had broken out, and a breeze blew, making his body feel chilly.

After finally feeling better, Li Ping slowly opened his eyes, only to find that Mrs. Zuo's painted face was watching him from the side. Li Ping hurriedly struggled to sit upright and called out politely.

: "Mrs. Zuo."

Mrs. Zuo saw Li Ping open his mouth and said quickly: "General Li, please don't move. Just rest for a while. Thanks to you today, my little girl will remember it and will repay your kindness in the future."

Li Ping just wanted to follow the routine and say a few polite words, but found that Mrs. Zuo was already gnashing her teeth: "That Ma Liuzi is really hateful. I didn't expect that he was only a flatterer. He abandoned me and ran away. His subordinates looked at the spirit

, they are all trash. If he is alive after we go back, I will definitely not be able to spare him."

Only then did Li Ping realize that the boss was called Ma Liuzi, but he didn't know whether it was a famous name or a nickname, but there was no point in asking.

Seeing Mrs. Zuo stop, Li Ping also quickly answered: "Madam, it is my duty to be loyal. A good man is loyal and righteous in the world. Knowing his shame is almost brave. The commander-in-chief has been kind to me, and I can only repay him with my life."

"Well said! In the past two days, I have been watching General Li and I feel that he is extraordinary. There are so many provocations in Ma Liuzi, and I laugh at them. Although General Li doesn't say much, I already know that you are the most loyal person. No wonder the boss

People (Zuo Liangyu) say you are loyal and brave, but he is still right about people."

Li Ping hurriedly stood up and bowed, pretending to be a little flattered and said: "I am so frightened that the madam and the commander think so highly of you. I can't help but do it."

Seeing Mrs. Zuo smiling and nodding, Li Ping was suddenly afraid of chatting any more. He was really speechless. So he said softly: "Madam, she was also frightened along the way. She has a small body with strong bones. Madam is a golden girl, so she needs to take a good rest first.

, eat something and freshen up."

"Okay, General Li also needs to have a good rest." After hearing what Li Ping said, Mrs. Zuo also realized her embarrassment and hurriedly called the maid in light green clothes who was still following her to freshen up.

At this time, Ma Yong came to Li Ping with a knife and several long white cloth strips, followed by a soldier carrying water. Li Ping reacted, carefully took off his clothes, and sat down with his upper body naked.

On the ground, his back was turned to Mayon.

After roasting the knife for a few times in front of a small fire and briefly cleaning the arrow wound with salt water, Ma Yong began to report on the situation of the troops. Li Ping knew that this was diverting his attention, so he felt severe pain.

Listen carefully.

Among their 118 people, 15 died and 27 were injured. Many of the injured were only slightly injured, but a few were probably not alive. Among the dead were Cheng Fei, the captain of the 8th team, and 3 others.

The corps commander and 1 additional commander.

They rescued a total of 32 of Ma Biao's subordinates, and 41 prisoners were still alive. They collected a total of 15 horses and six mules. They had 2 horses and 6 mules with them, and injured 1 mule.

Everything else is still there.

After saying this, the arrows on Li Ping's back have been dug out and cleaned. The arrows did not penetrate deeply and did not damage the bones. It is estimated that the enemy soldiers did not exert their strength during the chaos and the humidity caused the bow to become damaged.
To be continued...