Rushing during the day, Zhao Ming found that it was a very unwise choice.
When I looked up, it seemed that the entire sky had turned a fiery red, and the baked earth was like a microwave oven, making everyone gasp for breath.
The horses are constantly spitting out hot air.
Everyone had been awake for almost the whole night. They had eaten all they could on the road, and they started to rush back without even taking a bite of hot food in the city.
Even a strong man cannot bear this.
The horses were even more overwhelmed.
"Zhao... Mr. Zhao, why don't we take a break? It's really hot and we can't walk."
The monkey's tongue was sticking out, but he was still not shirtless. His military uniform had long been dry and wet from sweat and stuck to his body surface.
All of them smelled disgusting.
Zhao Ming also frowned and looked back at the donkey team that had fallen a long way behind, and then at the brothers who were so tired that they were almost clinging to their horses.
Dashan didn't say a word, but his lips that were so dry that they turned white also showed that he wasn't feeling well either.
Zhao Ming also felt uncomfortable. If he had known that he could take a good rest in the city for a day, it would not be too late to start traveling again at nightfall.
Mainly because he had to set off early with so many small yellow croakers.
"Rest for a quarter of an hour and continue setting off in a quarter of an hour!"
Zhao Ming called for everyone to rest, and he also turned over and dismounted. This time, his whole body fell to the ground, his buttocks and the hard ground collided firmly, and he grinned in pain.
They were tired, and Zhao Ming was actually even more tired.
He had been leading the charge last night. For such a motley army among motley crews, if they wanted to integrate them and sharpen them, they had to have one person act as a sharp sword to break a bloody path for them, thus continuously increasing everyone's self-confidence.
After escaping, he had only eaten less than ten days' worth of food, and his body and bones had not yet recovered. After all these twists and turns, Zhao Ming could not bear it.
Seeing that they could rest in place, everyone was relieved. Everyone sat on the ground and leaned on each other, no one wanted to talk.
However, before Zhao Ming and his party had rested for more than five minutes, several fast horses rushed towards them.
"Master Zhao! There is... someone!"
One of them started shouting from a distance before he even got off his horse.
After resting, Zhao Ming did not relax his vigilance, but still sent out his brothers who acted as scouts to patrol around.
This investigation really revealed the problem.
"problem occurs?"
Hearing the movement, Zhao Ming suddenly opened his eyes.
"Master Zhao! People are appearing in the east! Many people are riding horses. They don't look like ordinary people!"
The man spoke quickly, and the meaning of his words was obvious. He was not an ordinary person, and he didn't explicitly say he was an army. He was probably a bandit.
"Everyone, get up and mount your horses!!!"
His expression condensed, Zhao Ming quickly got on his horse and shouted loudly.
This time, the brothers who had just been about to take a nap were woken up. They were all unhappy, but they did not dare to complain at all.
Last night's fight, Zhao Ming successfully proved in their hearts that if they follow this young man, they will be popular and drink spicy food in the future.
Hundreds of people stood in unison and got on their horses.
Because he had just woken up, his movements were a little slow, but after a few bumps on the horse and the hot air blowing, he felt quite awake.
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"Did you see clearly? They are resting where they are?"
"Yes! Brothers, it's true."
"Okay! Great! What a God-given opportunity!"
Han Laosan laughed loudly and turned to look at the two people standing side by side on horseback.
One of the two had a rag wrapped around one eye, and the other had legs that were clearly one long and one short, which looked very strange.
These two middle-aged men are naturally Cao Xiazi and Liu Laizi.
The drought has begun to appear since last year, and this year there has been no harvest.
Nowadays, there are countless bandits, large and small, in the Guanzhong land. Their three forces are considered to be relatively prominent figures in the Weinan land.
Therefore, there is a lot of friction between them.
"Mr. Han, since we have found out clearly, let's get started without further delay. I was not called here to watch a show."
The first person who couldn't help it was Liu Laizi. Although he was a lame man, he had the hottest temper.
The daily business is also the most shameful.
In comparison, Blind Cao seemed less anxious. He was not a bandit himself, but the master of the family needed him to wear this skin.
Firstly, to protect Zhuangzi, and secondly, to use simpler and cruder methods to obtain benefits in this year of disaster.
"Why are you so anxious? I told you first that I can only get four hundred guns here, no more. And your people have to be the first.
As promised, I'll do the work and you guys will help! "
"Old Cao, you!"
Hearing this, Liu Laizi immediately became angry.
Seeing this, Han Laosan hurriedly smoothed things over, "Hey, Lao Liu, he took out a gun after all. We have more people and more brothers.
Besides, Lao Liu, don't think that we don't know. Just kill some of your brothers and capture others.
They are all victims of the disaster. Do you feel so bad when they die? "
What Han Laosan said is true.
These three waves of people gathered together, numbering about a thousand people.
Among them, Liu Laizi alone brought six to seven hundred brothers, while Han Laosan and Cao Xiazi together only had more than 300 brothers.
But people like Liu Laizi were almost the worst off. Not only were they all in ragged clothes but weak, they only had more than two or three hundred horses.
There are all kinds of weapons, and the ones holding knives are the most normal ones.
Most of the others were victims of the disaster who were forced to join the group.
In ancient times, Liu Laizi's behavior would definitely have accumulated strong momentum in a short period of time, but it would not work now.
With only a few guns, he is just a grassroots team, vulnerable to a single blow.
Seeing both of them pointing their fingers at him, Liu Laizi was secretly annoyed, but he gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Okay, I'll let my brothers go first, but if you don't come forward, when I'm defeated, none of us will be able to eat the meat in our mouths!"
As he spoke, Liu Laizi had already driven his brothers to charge forward.
But he was not a fool. He first let the cavalry henchmen drive the victims forward, while the cavalry held down the formation behind.
Blind Cao and Han Laosan looked at each other and spread their hands to both sides.
Since they plan to eat this logistics escort force, they will not give the other party the possibility of escape.
"Second brother, do you think Liu Laizi will eat this batch of goods by himself?" Han Laosan asked Li Shundang on horseback.
After all, although Liu Laizi's six or seven hundred people were composed of disaster victims and a group of old bandits, they didn't have any guns. But this group of people are not afraid of death.
The army on the opposite side didn't look like an elite force at all.
Through their observation, this group of people looked listless and seemed to be very vulnerable.
"I don't know! But no matter how hard you beat this cripple Liu or how he's beaten, we can always get a piece of meat."
Li Shundang shook his head and said calmly.
