Outside the north gate of Mi County, the hungry people who were kidnapped by the bandit Yu Dazhong were rushing into the city. However, they were suddenly stopped by the horse thieves who came over. They crowded in front and back, and for a while they couldn't stop rushing into the city gate.
Wang Mude from Beidawangzhuang in Dengfeng County was wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket and his face was covered with dirt among the hungry people. He was rushing towards the Mi County town when he saw several horse thieves running towards him. He wanted to stop, but was blocked by the crowd behind him. Pushing forward, unable to stop.
"Ah...ah..." A miserable howl came from the front.
It turned out that the horse thieves saw the hungry people crowding each other and did not listen to orders or talk nonsense. They chopped or stabbed with long swords and carbines. In an instant, seven or eight hungry people fell to the ground screaming.
"boom!"
There was an explosion and after the smoke dispersed, a ferocious face with stubble appeared in front of Wang Mude's eyes. He was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly, but when someone behind him pushed him, he rushed forward again.
A cold light flashed, and the long knife in the horse thief's hand was firmly pressed against his chest. The tip of the knife pierced the worn cotton jacket and penetrated into the flesh. A trace of bright red appeared on his chest.
Wang Mude endured the excruciating pain, stood there with a grin on his face, and leaned back as much as possible to save his life.
"Go back, fucking go back..."
"...Go over there, form a team, damn, kill the officers and soldiers..."
"...work harder, kill all the officers and soldiers, and give them meat..."
Several horse thieves roared loudly and drove the hungry people away to the northeast to form a formation to resist the officers and soldiers.
Wang Mude's face was expressionless, and he trotted towards the other side behind the crowd. An old man beside him, wearing thin clothes, trembled and murmured: "Didn't I say that if we break the city, we will have food? How can we return it?" If you want to kill an official..."
"Plop!"
Before he could finish his words, a horse thief came and slashed his head with a long knife, and his head was chopped off. A stream of bright red blood splashed all over Wang Mude's face, but he remained indifferent and continued to trot forward, but his tongue He stretched out his mouth and greedily licked the fresh blood around his lips, which made him feel less hungry.
Behind him, the horse thief was still cursing angrily: "You talkative old guy, you will end up like this if you just wait and see, soon... you will be numb..."
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Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai rushed to the front. Both of them held a blunderbuss in their left hands, but they still held the reins to control the horse and rushed forward. The blunderbuss in their right hands was raised flatly and aimed at the opposite side. A step thief.
"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..." A few arrows shot sparsely.
Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai did not dodge, but lowered their bodies slightly to block the arrows with the brim of their iron helmets. They both wore their helmets and carried armor. If the arrows had not hit their vital organs, their lives would not have been in danger.
Zhang Cheng saw everything in his eyes and was very satisfied with the performance of his two adopted sons. When fighting on the battlefield, personal skills are important, but what is more important is the fighting spirit, fighting spirit, bravery, and majestic fighting formation.
As for the bandits on the opposite side, he didn't take it to heart. Perhaps Zhang Cheng would still treat them with caution when facing Li Zicheng's old battalion elites, but now he was fighting against the new bandits like Li Jiyu, so he didn't care.
This group of thieves was just relying on the strength of their numbers to bully the local soldiers and government officials who had not practiced for a long time. However, the nearly two hundred elite cavalry under their command such as Lin Fangping, Ma Sanzhuang and others were all killed by Julu before.
What's more, the horses are strong and the sergeants are well-equipped with armor and weapons. As long as two of them rush back and forth to disperse the opposing bandits, the remaining bandits and the trapped people will not immediately disperse.
"Kill, my sons, rush over, kill him again with a carbine, and kill all the thieves!"
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Yu Dazhong led the horse thieves back some more, and was about a hundred paces away from the infantry thieves battle formation in front. He originally thought that these officers and soldiers were just passing by, and they only had more than 200 horses. How could they dare to actually fight against thousands of his own horses? , not to mention that there are more than 10,000 troops of our own in the east and south of Mi County.
But he had just led the horse thieves to form a team when he heard a "bang bang bang..." explosion. The battle formation formed by the horse thieves in front was instantly broken, and the more than two hundred cavalry officers and soldiers rushed straight towards him. Come.
Yu Dazhong glanced around and saw hungry people on both sides gathering in front of him, driven by bandits on horseback. He rode up on his horse and shouted: "Come forward, there are few officers and soldiers, let's surround them to death..."
He roared and spurred his horse forward. The horse thieves were all old bandits and deserters, and they had seen a lot of the world. Especially in the past year, many of them had fought against the officers and soldiers when they attacked the city and the stronghold.
Although I felt that these officers and soldiers today were slightly different from those I encountered on weekdays, I never paid attention to it. After all, there were thousands of people on our side. Even if this group of officers and soldiers was fierce, they were still showing off their power for a while. When my army surrounded them, they would definitely be able to defeat them. Take it.
They all howled angrily and rode their horses to meet Zhang Cheng's troops.
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Wang Mude ran forward among the hungry people. He did not dare to delay because he knew that this group of thieves could do anything. Although he hated these thieves in his heart, he could only cowardly let them drive him. , just because he wants to live.
His face, which was already covered in dirt, was covered with dark red bloodshot eyes, which looked extremely terrifying. He only had a long wooden stick with a sharpened end in his hand, which he held tightly. This was his last possession.
Seeing the thunderous sound of hooves and billowing smoke from the opposite side, he didn't dare to stop, let alone stop, even if he ran a little slower, he might be killed immediately.
In today's world, a human life is not worth as much as a pig. In this day and age, when will it end? Can no one be able to cure this group of thieves who have killed a thousand people?
Suddenly, bursts of explosions were heard in the distance, and Wang Mude's footsteps were choked by shock. With a "swish" sound, a hungry man next to him fell to the ground, and a bloody arrow spurted out from his neck. It shot right into his open mouth.
Wang Mude was staggering forward and running desperately. In his panic, he swallowed the large mouthful of blood directly. He suddenly felt the blood in his chest boiling. He knew that if he spurted out this mouthful, he would probably die here. .
He hurriedly opened his mouth and inhaled hard, and then he could barely suppress the bloody smell rising in his chest. While he was secretly rejoicing, a spear flew towards him, and it stuck close to his neck and penetrated the person behind him. In the breasts of hungry people.
The hungry man was as skinny as a stick, but his eyes were wide open, as if his eyes were about to protrude from their sockets. He raised his hands forward out of thin air, showing a trace of unwillingness and disbelief.
Wang Mude turned around and looked at the miserable situation of the hungry people. He, who had always been numb, suddenly felt a little bit frightened. He suddenly saw the horse thieves who were supervising the battle from behind and urging them forward. They all looked panicked and were about to run away on horseback.
He hurriedly turned around to look, but was pushed back by the hungry people in front of him. Only then did he see the officers and soldiers in the distance rushing closer.
All of them had iron helmets and armor, and their red cloaks were flying. They rushed through the obstruction of the thieves in front of them like menacing gods, and saw a puff of smoke rising and a series of explosions.
The horse thieves, who were like devils in hell before, fell off their horses one after another. However, the official cavalry on the opposite side did not stop. They fired their firecrackers and kept slashing with knives and axes.
