As I said before, the area where Bai Yujing is located is a piece of land. However, Bai Yujing is not located in the middle of the territory, but a little south-northeast. Therefore, the distance from Bai Yujing to Dongbao, Nanzhai and Xizhen Beicheng is different. Under normal circumstances, if you set off at the same time and walk at the same speed, you will arrive at Dongbao first. This is followed by the North City. Then it was the turn of Xizhen, and finally Nanzhai.

Therefore, when the reinforcements of Shen Huchan and Shui Longyin on the eastern route had already come into contact with the demon god and the Doljia Heavenly King, and the first fierce battle broke out, the reinforcements on the western route led by Cheng Li and Fang Xiaohou Ye were still walking on the main road.

Among the reinforcements on this road, excluding Cheng Li and Fang Zhanmei, there are only four masters worth mentioning. It is "chasing the wind and catching shadows" Guo Qiufeng, "Thousand Miles of Divine Eagle" Xuanyuan Tian, "Iron Cone" Zhuang Dong, and "Wings are difficult to fly" Peng Taizheng. They are all famous six doors in the land of Yan and Zhao.

Among the four famous catchers, the head catcher who belongs to Taiyuan Mansion, the "Iron Cone" Zhuangdong is the oldest, and he is almost 50 years old. The nickname "Iron Cone" did not come from his weapon. In fact, his weapons were two iron rulers. The reason why he got the nickname "Iron Cone" is because he has a sharp personality, sharp edges and corners, and he can never rub sand in his eyes. Either they don't speak, and when they do, they often go straight to the point. It's like an iron cone.

Although, usually what Zhuang Dong said, is correct. But because he is so right, it is difficult for people to accept, and it is even easy to offend people. Therefore, Zhuang Dong is old, but he is still just an ordinary head catcher, and he can't rise.

When he was young, Zhuang Dong also thought about changing his temper. But the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. I can't bear it for long, and then I relapse into my old ways. came and went, and it came to the present.

Then, Zhuang Dong also wanted to open it - anyway, he was already at this age, and he had already lost his motivation in his career. He is old in qualifications and has great ability, and if there are any difficult cases and vicious criminals, the yamen still has to find himself out. Since there are no worries, why should you wronged yourself again?

Because of this, the older Zhuang Dong gets, the more his temper stinks, and his speech becomes more and more straightforward, never giving face to anyone. Therefore, in recent years, few people have called him "iron cone" anymore. On the contrary, many people called him a pit stone behind his back—smelly and hard.

At this moment, Zhuang Dong rode an old horse and followed the reinforcement brigade on the west road. The more I walked, the more unpleasant I felt. He turned around and sneered at his old friend who was also riding a horse by his side, Peng Taizheng, the head catcher of Jinan Mansion, who was "unable to fly with wings": "Old Peng, it seems that this time, we all have to be shrouded in horse leather and sacrifice our lives for the country." Alas~ I hope that after we hang up, the court will give us more pensions for the sake of our years of hard work. ”

Peng Taizheng turned his head and spat on it. said angrily: "Bad luck, Lao Zhuang, you really can't spit out ivory in your mouth." This hasn't been fought yet, and you're going to curse everyone to death?"

Zhuang Dong sneered: "Old Peng, if you want to say auspicious words, it's easy." But the question is, if you say auspicious words, can you really win? Look at it, look at it. Just these people, can you fight with the right guard?"

Peng Taizheng raised his head and glanced at the team a few times, and couldn't help but show a helpless wry smile on his face. Because the team you see in front of you is certainly well-equipped and physically strong, but the appearance of the army when marching is not at all like an army, it is completely scattered.

And it's no wonder. Because the members of this team were not originally in the army, but the families of those meritorious families and dignitaries in Bai Yujing. Although in terms of fighting alone, these people have the ability to be not weak, and they are definitely better than the soldiers of the imperial army. But!

If you are afraid of everything, you are afraid of this, but. The most important point for an army to have sufficient combat effectiveness lies in discipline. Only discipline can ensure that the army's orders and prohibitions are carried out, so that the army can truly exert its full strength.

But discipline doesn't exist in these families now. Because it's not necessary at all. Whether it is a meritorious family or a dignitary, they support their families just to protect their families and hospitals, not to march and fight. Let them go to the fight, that's no problem. It will be difficult for them to enforce the ban and cooperate with each other on the battlefield.

In contrast, whether it was the left military guard attacking Dongbao or the right military guard attacking Xizhen, they were both regular troops of the Great Wei Dynasty, and they were also elite. If they meet on the battlefield, each of them will fight separately and can only drag each other back. The other is like an arm and a finger, and the dispatch is free. You don't even have to fight, you know what the outcome will be.

Peng Taizheng sighed and said, "The Lu of the Eater, the Matter of Loyalty." In our lives, we can be regarded as selling to the imperial court. Since it is for the Son of Heaven, then it can only go in the water and in the fire. Even if he knew that it was a knife mountain oil pot, he couldn't say it, so he had to crawl and jump. And again......"

After a pause, Peng Taizheng brought a little hope and said: "The one who led the rebels of the Right Wuwei was originally the 'Crow General' Leng Hu'er." But he had already been killed by the Marquis of Dragon City. As the saying goes, a snake can't have a head. Even if someone else were to lead the rebel army, it might not be better than ours? ”

Zhuang Dong sneered: "It's better not to be so optimistic." I've heard about it. It is very likely that the King of Extermination back then was among the rebels. This extinct king, but he is both civil and military, when the Great Wei Dynasty was founded, he charged into battle, and he was never invincible. In case he's here in Xizhen, haha~ It's fun. ”

Peng Taizheng was full of gloom and shouted: "Bah, bah~~ Lao Zhuang, you are really a crow's mouth, no wonder you have been a bachelor all your life, let alone a son and a half daughter, and you can't even find a wife." What woman like you can stand you?"

Zhuang Dong said lazily: "What's so bad about beating a bachelor? How much trouble has it saved? Besides, people like us may die in a gutter somewhere." When the time comes, wouldn't it be nice to leave an orphan and a widow? It's better to be like Lao Tzu and live happily for the rest of his life. When it comes to the end, even if you want to die, you will die cleanly. ”

Mrs. Peng's face turned pale, and she argued forcefully: "That...... Our side may not necessarily lose, let alone die, right? Lao Zhuang, you see, even the two nobles, the Marquis of Longcheng and the Marquis of Happy Happiness, are walking with us. ”

Zhuang Dong said disdainfully: "Those two young people? The kid surnamed Fang is a gentleman. If it weren't for his good fate, he knew how to reincarnate, and he had a sister who was the queen, what kind of thing would he be on his own? And Cheng Boy, who looks like a girl. What real skills can you have? It depends on these two boys to fight, tsk~ It's better to expect the sow to fly to the sky. ”

Peng Taizheng smiled bitterly: "You can't say that, can I? Zhuge Taifu's treatment of that Longcheng Marquis was completely based on putting him on an equal footing with himself. If he didn't have two brushes, how could Taifu Zhuge treat him like this?"

Zhuang Dong still shook his head again and again, and sneered: "Forget it, Lao Peng, don't lie to yourself anymore." To know ......"

Before the words fell, all of a sudden, bursts of miserable cries faintly drifted in the wind. Zhuang Dong and Peng Taizheng were stunned at the same time, looked up and followed the sound, only to see a group of people on the other side of the road in front of them. At least hundreds.

The hundreds were divided into two halves. In the front half, looking at their clothes, it seems that they are all merchants who carry goods from other places and go to Bai Yujing to sell. The back half is dressed as a hero in the green forest on the rivers and lakes. To put it bluntly, that is, robbers.

The robbers, armed with swords in their hands, laughed wildly and chased after the merchants. Judging by their pace, they can catch up quickly and capture all the merchants alive. But they refused to do so, and just hung unhurriedly. As long as anyone is slow, they will immediately step forward and slash the slow runner to the ground on the spot.

In this way, the merchants felt as if they could get rid of the robbers behind them if they worked harder, so they all used their strength to run desperately. But no one thought that this was just a false hope given by the group of robbers behind him for fun.

It's like a cat catching a mouse. I've already caught the rat, so I can kill it right away. But in order to have more fun, the cat deliberately let the mouse escape, and then caught it back, released it again, and caught it again. It wasn't until the rat was exhausted that it could no longer run, and then killed it.

Merchants and robbers, they all blocked the roads, preventing the reinforcements heading to Westtown. So as a last resort, the reinforcements stood still and stopped advancing for the time being.

The merchants saw such a large group of people coming in a mighty manner. And everyone carries knives and guns, and is well armed. Although the queue was loose, it did not have the spirit that an army should have. But for the merchants in despair, there is no doubt that it is their savior. Therefore, without thinking, the merchants immediately tried their best to run towards the army while shouting for help.

Unexpectedly, when those robbers saw the reinforcements heading to Xizhen, instead of retreating, they became ferocious, and rushed forward more and more, slashing wildly. In the blink of an eye, there were already seven or eight corpses lying on the ground.

Zhuang Dong has been a fast catcher all his life, and he can't see robbers and murderers the most. Without thinking, he immediately shouted, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." "Riding your horse and galloping forward, you must rush out of the reinforcements and go to the aid of the merchants and slay the robbers.

Just rushed out of a dozen feet, suddenly a war horse walked diagonally, and the passenger on the horseback stretched out an arm and grabbed the reins of Zhuangdong. Zhuang Dong's mount immediately let out a hiss, and its four hooves were empty, but it could no longer advance half a step.

Zhuang Dong was startled, and before he could speak, the person who restrained his mount with just one arm had already taken the lead in speaking, and said in a deep voice: "Don't go over, be careful that it's a trap." ”

Peng Taizheng came after him and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the Marquis of Longcheng." Ah, you say it's a trap? What does that mean?"

It was Cheng Li who blocked Zhuang Dong from letting him come forward. Cheng Li said in a condensed voice: "These people are weird. Among those merchants, several people had obviously been slashed several times, and their blood was pouring profusely. The voice of shouting for help is still full of energy.

There are also those robbers, who obviously saw that there were thousands of troops here, but they didn't flee as soon as possible, but redoubled their efforts to commit murder. Where are there such fierce bandits in the land of Gyeonggi? Suspicious and unreasonable everywhere, there must be fraud in this matter. ”

Zhuang Dong raised his neck and said loudly: "If the husband does something, he will do something." We are members of the court, and we are supported by the people. Now that the people are in trouble, how can they remain indifferent? Even if he knows that it is a trap, the old man is willing to take the risk and step on it. ”

"Zhuang Lao said it well!"

The other two famous catchers, Guo Qiufeng, who is from Handan, and Xuanyuantian, who is a "Thousand Miles of Divine Eagle" from Cangzhou, both applauded loudly at the same time.

Guo Qiufeng hugged his fist at Cheng Li again, and said, "Marquis of Longcheng, even if there are a few traitors mixed in those merchants, most of them should still be innocent people. It's still important to save people. What's more, there are a lot of people here, and a few of us still have some real things in our hands. Even if it's a trap, I'm not afraid to step on two feet. ”

Zhuang Dong exhaled angrily: "Master Hou, you can rest assured." Since a few of us went out to save people, we will naturally bear the consequences. Whatever happens, it's up to us to take care of it, and you're proud of it, so just stay here and watch. No matter what happens, it won't be a drag on you. He didn't even speak, grabbed the reins and pulled them violently, trying to pull the reins out of Cheng Li's hands.

Cheng Li sighed and let go. Zhuang Dong was free from his restraints, and immediately rode out of the brigade and rushed towards the group of merchants who were being chased by the robbers. While showing off his famous weapon, the iron ruler, he shouted: "Thieves and robbers, see the master come to clean you up!" With the speed of the fast horse galloping with all his might, in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed into the merchants and robbers, and the iron ruler waved condescendingly, and smashed the head of a robber to the point of bursting, and he was angry on the spot.

Although the four famous catchers are all old fritters in the public gate, they still retain a pair of ancient ways. If the road is uneven, then you must draw a sword to help. If they hadn't always maintained this original intention, they would have fallen into dealing with all kinds of criminals all day long.

At the moment, since Cheng Li didn't do his best to stop it, then even if he acquiesced, right? Seeing Zhuang Dong's move, the remaining three catchers couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed out one after another. There were even hundreds of family members from all over the Prince's Mansion and the Earl's Palace, all of whom were enthusiastic and rushed out with shouts.

Hoeing the strong and helping the weak, acting bravely, helping the needy, these noble behaviors are actually what everyone yearns for. It's just that in ordinary days, either you don't have the opportunity, or you can't afford the consequences of doing good deeds. Therefore, ordinary people do not dare to do good deeds easily.

But now, of course, the situation is very different. The four leaders of the six doors are the leaders, plus there is a large army behind. What kind of storm can the dozens of murderous bandits in front of them withstand? Since they have no scruples, as long as they have the ability and as long as they take a hand, they can save people from fire and water.