Chapter 39: Don't Trust The Enemy

  Li Qindao said: "We are two men on one horse, while the bandits have spare horses to come out with. If we fight on horseback, we can't win, so let's change to a battle on foot."

  He ordered the halberdiers, "Everyone dismounts, we'll fight with our backs to the forest." The halberdiers heard the order and didn't hesitate for a moment, all dismounted together and gathered at the edge of the forest.

  Li QIN said to Feng Chengdao: "Feng, you take two of your brothers and ride horses to go around them from afar. When they escape, you'll intercept them ahead of time. Not a single bandit can be allowed to escape! If they go to get reinforcements, the ones who come next won't just be ten or so people!"

  Feng Cheng was stunned, he took a big surprise, and shouted: "Li Lang, do you know what you are talking about now? We all went up together, and it's not necessarily possible to hold back the Di people. You six people fought their seventeen people, and said they would beat them to escape? This is impossible!"

  The Han soldiers were also in a great hurry, and at this time they could already see the Di bandits rushing from afar on the main road. There was no time to talk nonsense now. The current plan was that there was no other way but to turn around and run away immediately, and whoever could escape would be lucky. Still talking about fighting, still talking about winning, still talking about cutting off the bandits' retreat... Was it because they ate too much last night and were still bloated?

  Li QIN jumped off the black horse and took Ma Chao down from the horseback, saying: "Little Chao, wait a moment to watch your uncles fight, remember to cheer them on!"

  Ma Chao nodded understandingly and waved his small fist, shouting: "Give Little Ma the sword, Little Ma also wants to kill the enemy!"

  Li Qian smiled and said, "If there are any enemies who haven't died yet, Uncle Li will definitely leave them for you to finish off!" He patted Ma Chao's back and told him to hurry into the forest to hide.

  The sound of horseshoes grew louder and closer, the Di bandits were getting nearer and nearer.

  Feng Cheng hurriedly arrived, sweating profusely, and said: "Li Lang, let's go! We can still leave quickly now. The bandits don't know how many of us there are, so they don't dare to get too close. As long as we have a chance to escape, we won't be in danger. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with these bandits later!"

  Li Qin saw that he was still hesitating, just wanting to persuade himself to escape. He sank his face and shouted: "You take people around now, go cut off the bandits' retreat, don't hesitate, execute the order!"

  He and Feng Cheng are of equal status, with no superior or inferior relationship. Moreover, Feng Cheng's qualifications are higher than his, so even in the midst of battle, it should be Feng Cheng who gives the orders.

  Ke Liqin's loud shout startled Feng Cheng, who was stunned for a moment before responding with "Yes, sir!" He turned his horse around and led his men to ride far away, heading towards the open grasslands.

  Li Qizheng was about to turn around and enter the forest, but saw that there was still a horse on the road, which was carrying two Di people's corpses. He immediately pulled the horse over and entered the forest together.

  Although the conversation was long, it only took a moment. Bao Fen led his men and had already charged twenty or so zhang away. Pulling on the reins, Bao Fen stopped at the side of the road, looking towards the Han soldiers in the distance. He saw one small group enter the forest, while another cavalry unit galloped out into the open terrain.

  He furrowed his brow and thought to himself: "What are these Han soldiers trying to do, set up an ambush for me? I've already seen them, what's the point of setting up an ambush?"

  A Di tribesman shouted: "Look, those Han soldiers are riding our horses!"

  He let out a loud cry, and of course he saw it. Suddenly, he exclaimed in surprise, carefully looking at the team of Han soldiers who were leaving, this time his spirit was concentrated, and he could see something terrible, one of the Han soldiers' horses was Shiro's warhorse, which meant that Shiro had indeed encountered an accident, and it wasn't a small one, either he was killed or captured!

  He couldn't help but look at the small group of Han soldiers entering the forest. He trembled and said, "That team of Han soldiers didn't escape, they must be fearless, the outcome of the battle is definitely in their hands!"

  Everyone was shocked, looking at Li QIN and others, it's really hard to believe that the brave and invincible warrior Xue Ruo Zhan, who can kill his way into the Huns' army, has been captured? Wasn't he ambushed while sleeping? Otherwise, who could capture such a brave warrior!

  So far, no one believes that Saro was killed in the war and still thinks it was an accident, and they all think he is alive!

  He was so furious that he could hardly control himself, and really wanted to rush over and kill all the Han soldiers, but was afraid of hurting Sueruo Zhan. He called over a subordinate who spoke fluent Chinese and said: "You go over there and tell them, as long as they release Sueruo Zhan, we'll give them whatever ransom they want, 100... no, 200 sheep. Ah, just agree to anything, as long as we can get Sueruo Zhan back, we can reward them with knives later!"

  The Di tribesman responded with a shout, urging his horse forward. When he reached the edge of the forest, he called out: "Han soldiers listen! Return my family's young leader and we'll give you 200 sheep as ransom!"

  This Di person's Mandarin is so standard and fluent, if you close your eyes and listen, you'd really think he's a Han person. Li Qin slightly hesitated, thinking: "Young leader, we killed the young leader of these bandits?"

  Li Qindao strode out of the forest and said, "We have five heads here, I don't know which one is your leader's?" He casually threw this sentence at the Di people.

  This Tatar thief is very fierce with his knife, but to say that he has a conscience, it's somewhat lacking. He was deceived by Li Qian with just one sentence and actually started explaining himself. He said: "My younger leader has a big scar on his face from a knife wound, you won't kill him, will you?" As he spoke, an expression of horror appeared on his face.

  Li Qian softly exclaimed, "Ah, it's that guy!" Since he was so important, they had to make good use of him. He hummed and said, "Not that I've killed him, but he's heavily injured. Do you have any medicine on you? Apply some to his wounds!" As he spoke, he naturally sidestepped, making way for the Di person to come over.

  This Di person did not think that the Han soldiers in front of him were deceiving him, and thought that the other side was afraid, wanting to negotiate a truce. To show sincerity, he let him see the injuries from the battle at Zhechuan, and then wait for a while before discussing terms. He turned his head and shouted: "General Shao has been injured!" As he spoke, he jumped off his horse and ran into the forest, his expression extremely anxious, truly afraid that General Shao's injuries were too severe.

  He had just run past the Han soldier who was talking to him, when this Di person suddenly felt a chill in his lower back, and then something stirred inside his belly! This Di person struggled to turn around, looking at the Han soldier behind him, only to see that the Han soldier was holding a long spear with blood on it, he had been ambushed, his eyes turned black, and he fell to the ground!

  Li Qian shook off the blood on the tip of his gun, looked up at Ma Chao in the tree and smiled: "Xiao Chao, this is experience, you must remember! Believe whoever's words, but never believe the enemy's words, this is called 'a good general never despises deceit'!"

  Ma Chao lay on a large tree trunk, heard Li Qian's words, nodded vigorously and said: "Xiao Chao remembers, soldiers do not despise deception!"

  Fuguo Bing and the others burst out laughing. This Di person was really too stupid, how could he believe what his enemy said? What's the point of an enemy speaking if not to trick him?! However, this also revealed a problem - that scar-faced man was an extremely important bandit leader, and the bandits must rescue him at all costs!

  Li Qin turned around, stretched out his right hand index finger, pointed at those Di people, then flipped his hand up, hooked his index finger, and showed contemptuous meaning!

  As soon as he made this move, those Di people shouted in unison and rushed over violently!

  Li Qincan didn't wait for them to come over, and swiftly dashed into the woods. He said: "What about that corpse with a scar on his face? Wu Danzi, think of a way to make him look like he's still alive, I want to use him, don't let the robbers shoot arrows!"

  Wu Danzi responded with a sound, grabbed the corpse of Sha Luo Zhan, tidied up his clothes, and covered up the bloodstains on his body. Then he leaned against a big tree, holding Sha Luo Zhan's corpse, pretending that Sha Luo Zhan was still standing and not dead yet!

  Outside the forest, a loud shout rose to a crescendo as they charged forward. With his curved knife in hand, he pointed into the woods and bellowed: "You heaven-sent thieves, dare to sneak up and launch a surprise attack? Come out, let Grandpa take care of you one by one, and slaughter every last one of you!" The Han soldier had just seen him stab his subordinate in the back, and it was clear as day - he was truly furious!

  Li Qin did not come out, but shouted from the woods: "Do you want to kill us? Fine, you can come in. Before you do, we'll get rid of this scar-faced man first. Come on in, hurry up and come in! Those who don't dare to come in are all bastards!"

  He waved his hand, and Wu Xiaosan stepped forward, aiming at the corpse of Cui Luo Zhan. With two loud punches, Wu Xiaosan struck the corpse, while Wudanzi cooperated by letting out two "ah"s. Wu Xiaosan couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the other horned soldiers also laughed.

  Li Qian said in a low voice, "Don't laugh, be serious!" He raised his voice and shouted, "Look, your young leader is in my hands, being fixed by me. You'd better behave yourselves, or I'll invite him to eat the blade of my knife!"

  Bo Ya and others were shocked, immediately reined in their horses and retreated. What was happening in the woods, they couldn't see very clearly, but they could vaguely see the battle between Zha Luo and Sha Luo, and even heard the "painful cries" of Sha Luo!

  "The cries of the minor leaders have all changed, they must have eaten a lot of bitter fruit!" A Di person muttered.

  Spitting blood, bitter in the heart. Previously, they were always capturing prisoners to coerce others, but this time it's good that they're caught as prisoners instead! It's not just about catching ordinary people, but even their leader is caught, which is truly a fatal blow!

  "Gritting his teeth, he roared: 'What do you want? State your conditions!'"

  Li Qindao said, "We won't take advantage of you either. Don't mention the conditions. If you can beat us, we'll let them go. Let's have a one-on-one duel. You can send three people in and ride horses, but no bows and arrows!"

  The Tibetans shouted in unison and rode their horses into the forest, thinking we were fools!

  Without waiting for the other party to respond, Li Qin said: "If you dare to use bows and arrows, every time you shoot an arrow, I will cut off one of your leaders' heads. I'll cut first, so you don't think I'm afraid to take action!" He waved his hand towards the back.

  Wu Xiaosan drew out a curved knife and aimed at Jialuo Zhan's thigh, striking with one swift motion. Wu Danzi let out a loud "ah" of anguish, indicating that he felt the pain on behalf of Jialuo Zhan.

  Furiously enraged, he almost spat out blood and shouted: "Fine by you, one on one then! Are you afraid of not being able to win?" With a wave of his hand, the three Di bandits immediately dismounted their horses, raised their curved knives, and charged into the forest!

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