Behind Yang Laosan, there were more than a dozen villagers, five of whom were from his village, and the rest were from other villages.
After Cao Wu left, he followed Cao Wu's order to first transfer the people in his own village, and then went to the next village to report the news. Only then did he realize that many villages had been robbed at night.
Although Jiangxia County is responsible for the defense of Jingzhou's eastern front, the taxes and corvees are heavier. It has never encountered such a plundering bandit, not to mention that the opponent is an officer and soldier.
However, after Huang Zu was killed, Jiangdong's army looted and retreated. Until now, they have not yet established effective control over their villages in the strategic buffer zone.
This gave these officers and soldiers a vacuum zone where they could do whatever they wanted. They did not seem to be gangsters, they did not kill people randomly, were not good at women, nor did they steal money and food. They only arrested people, especially those who were infected with the disease.
In several villages, the young and the old were left behind, and everyone else was taken away, even the women.
Seeing that the other party was still arresting people, Yang Laosan gritted his teeth. However, among the dozen or so farmers among them, they only had some war knives that Cao Wu had captured and had no training in fighting techniques at all. If they rushed forward like this, they would just hit the stone with an egg.
However, many people were pushed to the riverside and wanted to get on the boat. Yang Laosan knew that it would be impossible if he did not take action.
He didn't like to stand out, but when he thought of the moment when the red horse hit the officer that day, his blood boiled and he finally couldn't help it.
He greeted everyone and shouted: "Everyone, go save people!"
"Come on! Revenge the person who was caught!"
All the villagers shouted and rushed out.
However, the general on the horse just sneered, pointed his whip, and dozens of soldiers rushed towards him immediately.
The soldiers were in neat formation, far beyond what the scattered charging peasants could compare to.
With just one contact, Yang Laosan was knocked to the ground, and the soldier's weapon made a scar on his chest and abdomen.
He lay on the ground, turned around with difficulty, and saw that a dozen villagers had all been subdued.
All the villagers who had shouted for revenge just now, without exception, had their heads stepped on by the soldiers.
The general on horseback came over with a cold snort and said angrily: "We don't want to cause more killings, what are you going to do?"
Yang Laosan was also trampled on the head by soldiers and had dirt in his mouth. He yelled "Ahhh" but could not stand up at all.
The general slapped his horse whip on his back and shouted: "Cao is a thief who has stolen the country and raised an unjust army. We, the great people, should die to serve the country. I am not afraid of death, so what are you afraid of?"
Yang Laosan used all his strength, raised his head reluctantly, and shouted: "What a thief, what a thief of the country, we don't understand. We ordinary people just want a chance to dig in the soil, who cares about the common people?" Good is good!"
"Ignorant village boy!"
The general cracked his whip, then looked around, pointed at the soldiers stepping on Yang Laosan and said: "Sacrifice yourself to save the world, are you willing?"
The soldier shouted: "Yes!"
The general said with satisfaction: "That's it. Serve the country with your life, today!"
The soldier's blood boiled and he stood up and said: "Serve your country with your own death, that's..."
Suddenly, a sound broke through the air.
A long feathered arrow penetrated the temple on the right side of his head and emerged from the left side of his head.
The soldier fell to the ground before he finished speaking.
Then there was another "swish" sound, and another arrow was shot towards the general.
He quickly moved his horse and got out of the way.
Looking back towards the place where the arrows were fired, they saw hundreds of soldiers rushing towards them from the darkness.
The first one, riding a red horse, was Cao Wu.
Beside him, a general holding a spear rushed towards him, it was Xia Houyuan.
After Cao Wu rescued Xia Houyuan, he asked Xia Houyuan to order five hundred elite soldiers and quietly go down the river in a small boat.
Zhou Yu's army blocked the river, making it impossible for large-scale ships to pass. If Zhou Yu hadn't taken advantage of Zhou Yu to clean up the remnants of Xia Houyuan's troops, the five hundred of them would have had no chance to go downstream.
Later, they abandoned the boat and went ashore, and soon found Yang Laosan's village. When they learned where Yang Laosan had gone, they immediately pursued him.
Cao Wu shouted loudly: "Mi Fang, we meet again!"
Mi Fang was shocked, pointed at the man on the red horse and said, "It's you! I met you on Longzhong Mountain that day!"
Cao Wu laughed loudly and said, "Exactly, General Mi is here well!"
Although he was said to be a general, in fact, Mi Fang now only held the official position of captain. The moment he recognized Cao Wu, his thoughts were racing in his mind and he said angrily: "It's you, my brother died by your hands!"
There was a brotherly feud, and they were fighting hand to hand. Mi Fang held two swords, clapped her horse to meet the enemy, and at the same time shouted: "All troops, stop them!"
There were close to three hundred of his men, about the same number as the opponent, enough to hold on for a while.
The soldiers rushed to meet the enemy, but they were not as good as the elite specially selected by Xia Houyuan. They were at a disadvantage in the first confrontation.
Xia Houyuan rushed towards him with a gun, forcing Mi Fang to retreat with just four or five moves.
Mi Fang saw that she was outmatched, so she turned around and made a false slash, then quickly patted her horse and fled.
Cao Wu shouted: "General Mi, won't you avenge your brother?"
Mi Fang was holding fire in her heart, but she didn't dare to look back. He quickly rushed to the riverside and jumped on a boat, and then he dared to look at the situation.
The soldiers he brought were all his direct descendants, but they were not elites. They were killed by Xia Houyuan's troops as they waited for work.
Mi Fang held the anchor and shouted loudly: "Quickly retreat!"
After hearing the order, only a dozen people evacuated to the side of the ship, and the remaining people could no longer rush out.
Seeing Xia Houyuan chasing after her, Mi Fang did not dare to fight, so she weighed anchor and left with a pale face.
Xia Houyuan took a bow and shot, and the bow sounded, and several more soldiers died.
Poor Mi Fang took 300 people with her to carry out a secret mission assigned by military advisor Pang Tong. Unexpectedly, she was blocked on the second day of the mission.
Most of his soldiers died here, and from beginning to end, only two ships of diseased corpses were sent to Cao's camp.
Mi Fang gritted her teeth and beat her thigh so hard that it was almost swollen.
He cried and shouted from across the river: "Thieves like Cao do many unjust things. If you help him do evil, you will be punished by heaven!"
What answered him was Xia Houyuan's feather arrow, which hit the side of the boat with a "ch" sound. If it had been half an inch higher, it would have hit his chest. Only then did he dare not curse and hid in the boat shivering.
On the shore, Xia Houyuan said: "Xiao Wu, don't you need to chase them?"
Cao Wu shook his head and said: "As long as we stop their actions, we will fight them desperately. If we attract a large army from Xiakou, we will lose more than we gain."
Xia Houyuan turned around and saw that the villagers, some healthy and some already infected, were all kidnapped by Mi Fang. He frowned and said, "What about these people?"
"I have a miracle doctor to help me."
At that moment, Cao Wu informed Xia Houyuan of his analysis of Mi Fang's actions.
Xia Houyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he learned that the other party had used such a vicious strategy.
"These diseases are like a hundred thousand elite soldiers. Fortunately, you broke through and defeated their plan! If we win this battle, Xiao Wu, you will be the first to take credit!"
Xia Houyuan couldn't help but admire.
Cao Wu smiled and said, "Brother Cao Mengde, why do I need so many achievements?"
Xia Houyuan smiled bitterly. This Cao Wu was just like before he lived in seclusion in Beifu. He never asked for credit and only hid behind the scenes when he did such big things.
He has a heroic character and advised: "Xiao Wu, now that you have done it, what are you afraid of?"
Cao Wudao: "I used to be afraid, afraid of God's will. But now I'm not afraid. Many things have changed. God's will has changed."
Xia Houyuan didn't understand what he was talking about, so he scratched his head and stopped talking.
…
Lü Meng led a team of troops and waited with Pang Tong by the river to respond.
As a result, the ship carrying the diseased corpses did not arrive, but Mi Fang, who fled back in embarrassment, arrived.
After Mi Fang told Pang Tong everything, Pang Tong realized that his plan had been discovered by the man riding the little red horse.
Pang Tong's face turned purple with anger, and he couldn't hold back a mouthful of blood, and his whole body lost all energy.
"I am called Fengchu in vain. I met this person before I even took off. Is this person my nemesis?"
