Checkmate! ”

Left and right shouted in horror, but there was no time to make any movements.

As soon as Zhao Pan's words fell, he saw an iron arrow shooting, and he subconsciously wanted to dodge, but his body couldn't keep up with the speed of thinking.

An arrow hit the chest, directly shot Zhao Pan over, and he landed so dead that he couldn't die anymore, and one foot was still hanging on the stirrup. The horse was frightened, and immediately galloped wildly, dragging Zhao Pan's corpse dozens of paces, and its legs and feet were finally separated from the stirrups.

All the thieves were shocked and stood on the spot.

This is the younger brother of the military advisor Zhao Qi, as long as he captures a few more villages and towns and coerces hundreds of people, he is a heroic commander who commands thousands of troops.

was actually shot to death by a lifter, single-handedly!

And this is nearly 200 steps, one step in the Ming Dynasty is about 1.2 meters, and two hundred steps is 240 meters, which is far beyond the effective range of ordinary bows and arrows - calculated according to a stone bow, the farthest can shoot 200 meters, but the effective range is at most 130 meters.

What the hell is this two-stone bow?

The big boss was surprised, and muttered: "I said that this guy has excellent archery skills, but General Zhao just doesn't listen!" ”

The second master was dumbfounded: "It is said that a hundred steps pierce the Yang, and this bird can shoot two hundred steps." ”

"There are two hundred steps, at most a hundred steps." The big boss said.

The second master argued: "There must be two hundred steps, and I can't hear the shouting clearly." I can only see someone riding a horse over there, I can't look carefully at all, he can actually shoot General Zhao! ”

The big boss sighed: "This thief's eyesight is really good. ”

"Shut up!"

The adjutant general of the rebel army reprimanded and said to the other person: "You go and snatch General Zhao's body back." ”

The man immediately hit his horse and ran out in front of Zhao Pan's corpse. As a result, as soon as he got off the horse, another arrow was fired, so he went to the underworld with General Zhao to report.

The adjutant general was frightened, immediately turned back and retreated to the camp, and said to the horse bandit boss: "You go! ”

The big boss pointed to one of his subordinates: "You go!" ”

The horse bandit trembled all over, rode out of the camp on horseback, turned halfway and galloped towards the northwest, shouting as he ran: "Don't shoot arrows, I won't rebel, I want to go home and farm and be a good citizen!" ”

Wang Yuan put down his bow and arrows, crying and laughing.

The rebels were also stunned, and the big boss shouted: "Gong Wu, you are not righteous!" ”

The horse bandit replied: "It was the big boss who did not act righteously, and even let me go to death." ”

In the blink of an eye, this horse bandit, who wanted to be a good citizen, rode a horse and disappeared without a trace.

Another rebel leader said: "Send two young men (the coerced townspeople) out and bring back General Zhao's body." ”

"It's not that much trouble!"

The adjutant general of the rebellious army said angrily: "Leave fifty horsemen to guard Qingzhuang, and everyone else will rush to kill me, how many arrows can he shoot in a hurry?" ”

Wang Yuan only had three arrows left, excluding two eagles with one arrow, and at most three people could be killed.

The thieves rushed out of the camp in a swarm, and the chaos was not good.

Only a few belong to the long-standing horse bandits, and most of them are robbers or peasants. Last month, they took refuge in Liu Liu and Liu Qi and laid down the official pastures of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, which turned from infantry to cavalry.

In other words, more than seventy percent of the more than 200 thieves who came out of the camp in front of them had only just learned to ride horses.

The real elite of the chaotic army, led by Yang Hu, Liu Liu, Liuqi and others, Wang Yuan faced a group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp. But if you let them do the trouble for half a year, you will become a veteran, and it will definitely be even more difficult to deal with at that time.

"Kill me!" The lieutenant general of the rebel army waved his knife and shouted.

Wang Yuan was not in a hurry to make a move, after all, the distance was too far, and it was a moving target, so he was not completely sure of the hit.

A few thieves actually played riding and shooting, and they raised their hands and threw them out with the speed of their horses. The arrow landed at the fate, and the arrow closest to Wang Yuan was also crooked seven or eight steps away.

About a hundred paces, Wang Yuan suddenly released an arrow, and ran away without looking back.

"Ahh

After all, it was a high-speed moving target, and the lieutenant screamed and was only hit in the shoulder.

But the impact of the two stone bows, combined with the speed of the horse charging with all his might, under the superposition of the two, the general felt that half of his body was numb, and the tiger's mouth was loosened and fell directly to the ground.

"Fan Harrier is dead!" One shouted in horror.

"Kill this guy and avenge General Zhao and Fan Harrier!" The other shouted, but it was an old bandit.

Wang Yuan rode his horse and galloped for a while, turned back again, and shot another thief.

I didn't dare to shoot any more, only one arrow was left, and I had to keep it for a rainy day.

This greatly boosted the morale of the thieves, and they all shouted: "He has no arrows, he has no arrows!" Catch up! ”

Soon, the morale of the chaotic army fell again, because the distance was getting farther and farther, Wang Yuan's horse was fast, and they couldn't catch up at all.

After chasing for a while, the thieves stopped one after another, because it was no fun to chase any further.

If you drive a Wuling Hongguang and try to chase a top sports car on the track, it is pure self-infliction.

The thieves returned along the official road, and Wang Yuan no longer ran away, but turned his horse's head, turned around and chased after more than 200 thieves, shouting: "The thieves are fleeing!" ”

The thief didn't run away, and stopped and waited for Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan also stopped, confronting them hundreds of paces.

"If you have the guts, come here!" A thief was so angry that he choked.

Wang Yuan stood still, too lazy to speak.

Another thief said, "Leave him alone. Hurry up and load the goods and women on the ship, and escort the young and strong to Baoding to join the army! ”

"Yes, yes, Morley, madman." Someone chimed in.

Zhao Qi, the military advisor of the thief, is also a madman, known as "Zhao Maniac" and "Crazy Xiucai", this guy is both civil and military, but unfortunately he joined the chaotic army.

Of course, Zhao Qi still has some pursuits, and he tries his best to suppress the rebellious army and not kill indiscriminately.

However, it can't be restrained at all, and even his own brother led troops to slaughter innocents.

It is estimated that he felt that Liu Liu and Liu Qi were too brutal, and Zhao Qi later followed Yang Hu and did not commit any crimes against the common people. even caught the Huai'an prefect, and after the interrogation, no bad deeds were found, so the prefect was released. The same is true for attacking the city, the hometown of a certain loyal minister, Zhao Qi directly went around the city. When you go to the hometown of a corrupt official or eunuch, you not only have to attack the city, but also burn the house of the corrupt official and dig up the ancestral grave of the eunuch.

Because of this, Yang Hu is deeply loved by the people everywhere, and the history records that "(the people) are willing to supply, and the grain and grass are all because of the people, and those who abandon their homes and follow the chaos abound." This is a real rebel army, which only kills corrupt officials and corrupt officials and powerful and inferior gentry, and the common people treat them as their own.

And Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, because they were more ferocious than the government, were called "flowing in the air" by the people, and finally evolved into a secular idiom.

"Ruoxu, I've brought someone here!" Zou Mu suddenly shouted.

Wang Yuan turned around and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Just these five people? ”

Zou Mu explained: "They are all Jinyi Wei spies. ”

The 12th Battalion in the capital was transferred to Shandong last winter to quell the rebellion.

As a result, Shandong Yang Hu, with the official army around the circle, came to Hebei to meet Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and also robbed the prison to rescue the Hebei hero Qi Yanming.

The three parties gathered together to conquer Xiongzhou, Bazhou and other places. This frightened the princes of the court, and it was only two hundred miles away from the capital, so they hurriedly mobilized a large army to clear it.

The guards around the capital, as well as some of the Beijing camps, combined their troops to attack Bazhou.

The rebel army immediately withdrew to Jingzhou and deceived the officers and troops of Beizhili and Shandong. Before the official army could attack from the north and south, the rebel army relied on its own horses, waved its troops to Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and marched towards the capital again.

Now, a large number of officers and soldiers are gathered in Jingzhou, and they can't catch up for a while.

The capital did not dare to move lightly, and it was necessary to reserve enough troops to defend Beijing.

Zou Mu reported the military situation overnight and was hung up to the city tower by the officers and soldiers defending the city. I heard that there was a rebellious army in the twenty miles south of Jingnan, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division did not care about the affairs outside the city, and could only report to the superiors at all levels. As a result, Nanzhen Fusi sent five spies and asked Zou Mu to lead the way to this place.

Wang Yuan pointed ahead and said, "The thieves have finished loading the ship, and they will soon take the goods away." ”

The leading spy, who was a brocade guard, asked, "This minister, I don't know how many thieves there are?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "About two or three hundred, all of them are cavalry." However, the young men in the town are all coerced, and when they go elsewhere, most of these young men will turn into thieves. What are you going to do? ”

Na Xiaoqi replied: "Leave the two to continue to follow and monitor, send one person back to Beijing to report the military situation, and the remaining two are responsible for the central liaison." ”

"Ignore these good people who have been coerced?" Wang Yuan asked.

Xiaoqi smiled bitterly: "How to care?" can only wait for the imperial court to send a large army to clear it. ”

Wang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Give me all your quivers." ”

"What does Xianggong want to do?" Xiaoqi asked.

Wang Yuan didn't bother to explain, pulled out the dragon sparrow knife and put it on Xiaoqi's neck: "Give me the arrow." ”

The faces of the five brocade guards changed drastically in an instant, and Xiaoqi said nervously: "This minister, don't be joking." ”

Wang Yuan stared at this person and did not speak.

Xiao Qi could only untie his quiver and hand it over to Wang Yuan, and the other four did the same.

"Offended."

Wang Yuan carried ten quivers on his back, suddenly turned on his horse and rushed towards the chaotic army camp.

"Is he crazy?" The five brocade guard spies exclaimed.

The reaction of the rebels was similar, and they also shouted: "That madman is here again!" ”