The army set out by boat and went down the Zhanghe River. The distance from Licheng County to Cizhou is less than 300 miles, and it can be reached in half a day by boat. They put a hundred horses on the ship for later use.

All the way east, on both sides of the Zhanghe River, densely packed with refugees who are in distress and helpless, the corpses of the bankrupt can be seen everywhere, emitting a fishy smell.

Under the scorching heat, there is a lack of food and clothing, and the young and helpless, the old and frail, and the misanthropic emerge in an endless stream, but they don't know if they can survive it.

After passing Guantai Town, Zhang Heng led his men to go ashore to sweep away the bandits on both sides of the strait. The other half still went down by boat, led by Dong Ping, and disembarked at Jijian Ridge.

Halfway up the mountain, I saw the soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army coming in groups under the mountain, Fu Qing and Zhang Yong, the first class bandit leaders, standing in a hidden place halfway up the mountainside, everyone was heavy-faced, and they didn't say a word for a long time.

Everyone never expected that their plundering would attract the siege of the army.

They didn't know where the "official army" came from, but they just saw that the other party's army was so majestic, and many of them were wearing iron armor, and they couldn't help but change their faces.

With such a strong lineup of hundreds of warriors, I am afraid that the most elite forbidden army of the imperial court is nothing more than that!

Could it be that for the sake of these thieves, the imperial court sent the most elite Mabu pro-army to encircle and suppress them?

Didn't it say that the forbidden army of the imperial court had long been rotten, how could it be so neat and so frightening?

"Give the order to go down, the wall is ready to roll stones, and the archers are in place, waiting for battle." After a long time, Fu Qing gave a military order.

On both sides of the mountain road in front of the wall, it was cut bare, it was clear at a glance, and it was impossible to hide people, and the bandits relied on the towering wall of the wall, and they resisted stubbornly.

Dong Ping saw clearly that behind the walled wall was a tall mountain, and the village was built along the mountain. It seems that the person who chooses the cottage is not incompetent.

Looking at the bandits who were scrambled on the wall, Dong Ping said loudly: "The shield hand is in front, the pikeman is behind, rush with me and destroy these dogs!"

"The general is calm and don't be impatient, listen to the villain!"

Li Yanxian stepped forward and stopped Dong Ping.

"The commander of the general's army, it is too dangerous to risk arrows and stones. The villain is willing to be the striker, and once the village is broken, the general can lead people to rush and kill. It's a matter of life and death for the brothers, so the general should be cautious!"

Dong Ping nodded, and said helplessly: "Brother Li, then you will lead the brothers to break the gate of this dog's day!"

Li Yanxian was overjoyed, such a good opportunity today could just be performed in front of Shangguan, how could he miss it.

Dong Ping said in a low voice: "Brother Li, I know that you have great talents, and I have recommended you to the big officials." Be careful when fighting, don't be reckless, you will miss a great future!"

Li Yanxian's face turned red, his heart was hot, and he bowed solemnly: "Thank you, General!"

He picked up a group of soldiers and was about to leave, but Dong Ping persuaded him again.

"Brother Li, this time the focus is on training. This is a firearm that the big officials have just concocted, you don't have to get too close to these with you, maybe there is some help. ”

Li Yanxian couldn't help frowning as he looked at the round iron bumps on the waists of those strong men.

Seeing Li Yanxian coming with the team, the feathers and arrows on the wall were fired at once, and more than a dozen soldiers were killed and wounded soon.

"Archer, shoot!"

The first row of 100 archers stood up and shot their arrows at the wall.

After the first row of archers finished shooting, the 100 archers in the second row stood up again, and opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the wall.

There were only forty or fifty archers on the wall, and they were suppressed by the opponent's feathered arrows in an instant, and many of them fell down from the arrows, while the others quickly squatted down and shrank up.

"Grenadier, up!"

Zhang Sheng roared angrily, and the 30 strong men crushed the wax seal, lit the fuse, and threw it towards the wall and gate.

The first round of grenades was thrown, the second was thrown again, and after 5 rounds in a row, the Hercules retreated.

"Brothers, rush in and kill the thief!"

The entire wall was shrouded in smoke, and it was a good time to attack. Li Yanxian stretched his bow in his hand, took the lead, and rushed forward.

The Lord will be so fierce, and the sword and shield hands will naturally not be outdone. 200 sword and shield hands followed behind Li Yanxian and rushed forward with a shout.

The gate had been blown to pieces, surrounded by scattered human organs, and the bandits were blurred with flesh and blood, falling in a pool of blood and groaning and screaming.

Li Yanxian was secretly frightened, he came to the gate of the village, kicked off a few crumbling beams, and followed into the village.

The bandits roared and swarmed from the front of the cottage. Li Yanxian feather arrows shot out one after another, and the first few bandits fell to the ground one after another, letting out a scream that shook the sky.

In the blink of an eye, six or seven feather arrows had been shot, and seeing that the bandits had already rushed forward, Li Yanxian took the spear in the soldier's hand, shouted, and stabbed out the spear against the long knife bandit who came first.

After more than a dozen moves, the bandits were already in a hurry. Li Yanxian grabbed the flaw, the spear stabbed out, and the blood burst out, and the bandit couldn't dodge, and was stabbed in the throat by a shot.

"Big brother!"

Li Yanxian pulled out his spear, and a shocking cry of sorrow sounded among the bandits. Several bandits sacrificed their lives and snatched back the corpse of the bandit who had been stabbed to death.

"Kill him and avenge your eldest brother!"

The bandits were red-eyed and rushed towards Li Yanxian.

At this time, the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen had already entered the stockade, and engaged the bandits who pounced on them in close combat, and the tragic white-knuckle battle began.

"Good brother, Fu Qing, the bandit leader of Jianling, was killed by you!"

Dong Ping, with the rest of the pikemen, had already poured into the stockade.

"Straight sissy thief!"

As soon as they made contact, countless screams rang out.

"Spike--stab!"

As the roars of the officers rang out, countless spears were stabbed out frequently, and the bandits on the opposite side fell layer by layer.

The pikemen advanced step by step, the spears were like swimming poisonous snakes, and the bandits with high martial arts were at a loss, they screamed continuously, and in the blink of an eye, they became the spirit of the bottom of the gun.

The axes, iron rods and other weapons in the hands of the bandits were thrown out, smashing and injuring many soldiers, but the rebels did not flinch, but their attacks became more fierce.

The advance of the pikemen was like a stormy wave, although there was occasional resistance from bandits, but in the face of the huge waves, one by one, groups were mercilessly swallowed.

"General, the villain is willing to surrender!"

A handsome-looking man knelt down, along with a dozen bandits around him.

"Who are you?"

Facing Dong Ping's question, Zhang Yong hurriedly replied: "Return to the general, the villain is the second village of the cottage, and the villain is willing to lead his subordinates to surrender to the general!"

Dong Ping nodded, and said in his mouth: "It turned out to be the second brother Zhang of the cottage, not bad, not bad!"

Before the words fell, Dong Ping slashed down with a knife, Zhang Yong was so shocked that he didn't have time to react, and one of Dou Da's heads had already rolled to the ground.

"Kill them all, not one left!"

Seeing Zhang Yong kneeling on the ground just now, his eyes flickering, and several bandits around him were also full of fierce energy, Dong Ping suddenly moved to kill.

Although it is said that we should be lenient, we must also eliminate the first evil. These guys were brought into the rebels, and if they didn't get it, it was just a rat poop and a good pot of soup.

Dong Ping led people straight to the cottage lobby, and dozens of bandits rushed out of it, with large bags and small bags in their hands, and from time to time gold and silver fell to the ground, obviously trying to escape with money.

"When you meet someone who runs away with money, don't leave any of them!"

All the sergeants went all the way, slashing and slashing, whether they surrendered or fled in all directions, they all had blades, and everywhere there was a blur of flesh and blood.

The "official army" is like a bamboo, the two bandit leaders Fu Qing and Zhang Yong have been eliminated, the group of dragons has no leader, the whole cottage has become a pot of porridge, the bandits have no fighting spirit, panicked, scattered and fled, many people have become ghosts under the knife.

Li Yanxian led people to the back village, where was the cottage's baggage warehouse.

The soldiers slammed open the door, and several bandits were lighting fires, ready to set fire to the storehouse. Li Yanxian was furious, led the soldiers to move forward quickly, and killed these bandits one by one on the spot.

The crowd hurriedly extinguished the fire that had just been ignited, but fortunately they arrived in time, otherwise the place would have become a sea of fire.

"It's really stubborn, and it's innocent!"

Li Yanxian poked a few shots at the corpses of several bandits, and said loudly: "Drag these wolf-hearted thieves out and throw them into the mountains to feed the wolves!"

On the one hand, he asked the soldiers to control the storehouse and count the materials, and on the other hand, he asked people to report to Dong Ping.

In the dungeon behind the cottage, hundreds of imprisoned Song women trembled, and these poor people who were taken captive did not know what was going on outside.

In another cell, several men dressed as tattered and dressed as merchants were lying on the fence and looking out.

The door of the cell was opened with a "clang", and several bandits at the door were cut to the ground on the spot, and then a pair of iron armor and sergeants walked in.

"Folks, don't worry, we are loyal and righteous troops, and the bandits have been annihilated by us, so let's let everyone out!"

"General, we are rice merchants who sell rice to Licheng, thank you for the general's rescue!"

Several "prisoners" dressed as businessmen were the first to shout.

Standing in front of the huge grain pile, Dong Ping was secretly glad in his heart. If it weren't for Li Yanxian's alertness, so much grain would probably have become a pile of ashes.

There are so many gold, silver and jewelry, not to mention tens of thousands, you can buy thousands of stones of grain.

Several rescued businessmen came up and saluted Dong.

Dong Ping said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I will pay you all the rice money you have been robbed, and please work hard to continue to sell grain and other goods in Hedong."

Li Yanxian also comforted: "The Jin people went south, the officials and troops were weak, natural and man-made disasters, the people were displaced, and the suffering was unspeakable. All we saw along the way were people dying of starvation. For the sake of the people, please continue to transport grain to Hedong, and the price will naturally not be lacking. ”

Several merchants looked at each other, but they were all unwilling to speak. It's good to make money, but if you want to lose your life, you have to think twice.

"Don't worry about the shopkeepers!"

Seeing the expressions on the faces of several people, Li Yanxian had already guessed it.

"You are only responsible for trafficking, the safety of the post roads and canals, and our army is responsible! Don't hide a few, this time our army sent troops, both land and water, to eliminate these bandits, Jingqing River and official roads. ”

Several businessmen looked at each other, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed down together: "Thank you general!"