Zhang Cheng galloped up on his horse, and several light arrows were shot at him from a distance. He didn't even try to dodge. This might be due to his overwhelming strength.
Wearing a fine armor, even if a few light arrows hit his body, he would still be unscathed. He released the reins of the war horse with his left hand and pulled out a handgun from his waist.
At this time, Chen De was also controlling the horse under his legs with his legs. He freed his hands to draw his bow and arrow, and quickly aimed at a horse thief in front of him, but he did not shoot the arrow immediately.
It's not that the distance is not enough, it's just that when the war horse gallops and leaps, his body is unstable. He feels that he is not sure, so he wants to aim more accurately. After all, this emperor's arrow is the most critical, affecting his mood in the future.
"Bang!"
Only then did Zhang Cheng hear the sound of the bow string playing, followed by a "whoosh" sound, and a ray of cold light passed by Zhang Cheng's side and shot straight to the back of a horse thief who was galloping away.
"Good archery skills!" Zhang Cheng spurred his horse and praised loudly.
He just took the initiative to make a bet with Chen De. In fact, he just wanted to stimulate him so that Chen De could fight bravely and he could observe from the sidelines how brave this young general who was said to be able to shoot the blind king Li Zicheng was.
But he couldn't just release the water, so he immediately urged his horse to run wildly. He saw a thief in the north riding alongside him, probably less than forty steps away.
Zhang Cheng hit the horse's belly with both legs. The horse was in pain and ran even harder. Zhang Cheng raised his left hand and placed the gun on his right arm. He aimed at the horse thief and fired it.
There was an explosion of "Bang!", and in the flash of fireworks, a lead bullet ejected from the muzzle, hitting half of the horse thief's face.
A bloody hole immediately appeared on half of the horse thief's head. He didn't even hum, and fell sideways off his horse. At the same time as the thief fell from his horse, a blood arrow shot up into the sky.
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Zhang Cheng and Chen De had been killed long ago. Chen De was afraid that Zhang Cheng would make a mistake, so he specially ordered Baiqi, a sentry commander, to accompany him to protect him. Zhang Cheng laughed and said to Chen De, "You are sending someone here." Are you checking the numbers for me?"
Xie Junyou himself led more than a hundred horse thieves and rushed westward. However, under the interception of Zhang Cheng and Chen De, they had no chance to turn south to find Liu Zongmin, the leader of the thieves.
The hundred horse-riding thieves rushing to the northwest did not slow down the speed of Zhang Guangda's troops. The sentry commander of the heavy cavalry department had already rushed over to fight with him.
Since the sentry leader of this horse thief was the first to persuade Xie Junyou to break out of the encirclement, how could he engage in battle with the army? He rode his horse and ran away desperately into the wilderness to the west, leaving no one to worry about Xie Junyou.
"Chen De, kill some thieves!"
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In the southwest direction outside Kaifeng City, the intruder cavalry were scattered in all directions. They didn't even bother to tell the direction. They just went wherever there were fewer officers and soldiers rushing towards them.
Many of the cavalrymen in the bandits' cavalry came to join the bandits because they wanted to hug the big trees to enjoy the shade. The reason why the bandit king Li Zicheng took them in was, firstly, to increase his power and reputation, and secondly, to act like he was recruiting talents. For other thieves and bandits everywhere to see.
In fact, they were taking advantage of each other. Now that they saw King Chuang losing power under Kaifeng City, and now that he was surrounded by ferocious officers and soldiers, the most important thing was to escape in panic.
Occasionally, some brothers from the eighth team of Chuang Wanglao who were placed among them as sentinels were even killed on the spot by the horse thieves who were eager to escape. The whole situation was in chaos.
Although Gu Xixie Junyou shouted loudly, the situation was completely out of control. Let alone his little Xie Junyou, at this moment, unless King Chuang personally arrived, or the general sentry Liu Zongmin arrived, it might still have some effect.
Otherwise, even such well-known old thieves as Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun will no longer be able to organize effective resistance!
A sentry guard next to him said tremblingly: "Thank you, sir, the officers and soldiers came in such a hurry. I'm afraid this situation will be overwhelming. How about we rush out first and report a message to the boss!"
Xie Junyou's face was pale. At this moment, he was still thinking about how he had just lost the cavalry camp before the dawn. The commander-in-chief Liu Ye had not yet blamed him. Now if he loses the 800 cavalry in front of him again, what will happen to him? Meet King Chuang and Mr. Liu!
Seeing Xie Junyou's hesitant expression, another slightly thin sentry leader hurriedly rode forward and reminded him softly again: "Master Xie, charge out now. Maybe you can bring back one or two hundred men and horses for King Chuang. If you don't make a decision, , I’m afraid even our brothers won’t be able to escape!”
His words really reminded Xie Junyou that actually he didn't want to rush out right away, but he also needed a reason in his heart to rush out.
After all, this deserter is not something you can just become, there are some skills in it, just like now, Xie Junyou is dedicated to fighting the army and refuses to give in, but the army is really outnumbered, and he is powerless.
Therefore, under the persuasion of all the sentinels, in order to leave some more cavalry seeds for King Chuang, he led his team to fight to the death to break out of the siege, so that he could serve King Chuang again.
Seeing that the time had come, he hurriedly shouted: "Fight out, go west first, then run south to find the boss!"
In fact, as early as when Chen Dakuan in the middle led the infantry battalion to launch a rapid charge, Xie Junyou was still secretly happy in his heart. The official infantry charging into the formation so quickly would not last long, and it would be easier for the army to scatter.
He thought he had an opportunity. Although he saw Li You in the middle leading 300 bandit soldiers to fight back, he still tried his best to organize the bandit soldiers to shoot arrows on their horses, intending to suppress Zhang Guangda's officers and soldiers on the opposite side.
After the official infantry in the center stands out from the cavalry protection, I can cooperate with Li You in the center and Ren Rongguang on the left to attack the official infantry together.
Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed completely, and everything was reversed. I became the one who stood out, and was given a sweet hug by the military elite.
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Xie Junyou's reaction was not unpleasant, but it was still a little late after all. When Lin Fangping led the tiger guards to rush over to intercept Ren Rongguang, Zhang Cheng and Chen De also rushed towards Xie Junyou non-stop.
Hundreds of them galloped wildly on horseback, and naturally the sound of hoofbeats rumbled loudly, almost covering up the roar of guns and cannons fired off in the distance by Lin Fangping.
Here, Zhang Cheng and Chen De were also on guard against Xie Junyou jumping over the wall. They were not heading straight for Xie Junyou's two or three hundred horses, but they continued to run westward, intending to block Xie Junyou's escape route.
As long as Xie Junyou doesn't run south to join Liu Zongmin and Ren Rongguang, he will definitely not be able to escape. After all, the army's cavalry brigade is a single person and a single horse, and Zhang Cheng's side is almost always a single person and two horses. Even if Xie Junyou heads west If you run away, you can catch it sooner or later.
Now, only the two or three hundred cavalry around Xie Junyou were somewhat of a threat. Therefore, Zhang Cheng, Chen De, and Zhang Guangda all set their main attack direction on him.
As the saying goes, a big tree attracts the wind!
Although Xie Junyou was also panicked, Liu Zongmin's ability to entrust these eight hundred cavalry thieves to his command showed that he trusted him and that he must have some abilities.
Since he decided to break out of the encirclement, he immediately ordered the sentry who was the first to persuade him just now: "You lead a hundred cavalry to the northwest side first, briefly block the officers and soldiers in the north, and then run south to join me."
Then he shouted to the thinner sentry: "Go to the southeast, go around the back of the officers and soldiers, come back from behind them, and meet us there."
