Standing on a high slope, Mader looked at the large village below, where the smoke was curling at the moment, and it was the time to go home for the first meal after the morning work.

At this time, the vast majority of people, from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, are still accustomed to two meals a day. Unlike in Wuyi and other northern places, because of Li Ze's influence, he slowly formed a habit of eating three meals a day. Of course, three meals a day is also based on the fact that the Northland is getting richer day by day, and the food can fully support consumption.

You can see that many people are leading livestock, carrying plows, hoes, etc., walking on the path home, around, there are dogs running around the front and back, and in the village, the figure of children running happily can be faintly seen.

Compared with the villages they plundered before, this place is relatively rich.

At least, every household here is still a blue brick house, and there are very few thatched houses.

This is the jurisdiction of Lufeng County, and it is another focus of the attack of the Tang Navy fleet.

Ma De slowly pulled out the knife at his waist, to be honest, as a member of the right leading guard, he Ma De had never done such a thing as looting ordinary people, burning down their houses, and depriving them of all their property. Because in the Northland, if you do this, wait to go and sit through the prison!

During this period of time, Ma De felt that he had probably done all the bad things he could do in his life!

Although this is an order from above and a consideration of the overall situation, Ma De is still a little uncomfortable in his heart. Even if the superiors said it, this is a long-term consideration, and it is a last resort action taken in order to complete the reunification of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible and let these people live a real human life as soon as possible.

For the sake of the interests of the vast majority of people, when the interests of the small group need to be sacrificed, there can be no hesitation.

Ma De is a senior member of the Yixing Society, if he wants to sacrifice himself for the benefit of the majority, he will not have any hesitation, but now, it is these ordinary people who are sacrificed, and he is a little unbearable.

In this kind of action, although they have tried to avoid killing as much as possible, and to ensure the safety of these plundered civilians as much as possible, where there is oppression, there will be resistance. There are always many brave people who stand up to fight them, and the fate of these people is naturally needless to say.

When he thought of this sentence, Mader had a sense of absurdity.

It seems that it is yourself who is now exerting oppression.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, a military order was a military order, he raised his arm, pressed down with his saber, and said sharply: "Attack!" ”

The sound of a loud military horn sounded, and a thousand members of the Datang Navy Marine Corps shouted and rushed towards the village in front.

The first to spot them were the dogs of the village.

Packs of dogs barked wildly and ran out of the village, grinning in order to show their ferocity and fulfill their function of guarding the home, but the next moment, after seeing the momentum of those rushing in, they screamed, turned around, and fled all the way towards the village with their tails between their legs.

The peaceful village was in chaos in an instant.

Standing on a large grinding plate at the entrance of the village, Ma De watched the fires burn one by one with a blank face, and saw the smoke gradually enveloping the whole village, and saw groups of men, women, and children, driven by the soldiers, concentrating all the way to the village in horror.

He saw a strong man with a sheep fork in his hand rushing out of a room, and with the sound of a crossbow, the man fell to the ground, twisted a few times, and did not move, and a woman who came out of the house fell on the man and wept and wept, and several children were pulling at the woman's clothes, and they were also shouting loudly.

The Tang soldier who had shot the man stood a little unprepared, and it was not until the woman was driven away by the other soldiers that the dead man had gathered into the crowd that he seemed to come alive again.

The corners of Mader's mouth twitched a few times, but he forced himself to regain his composure.

That's a minority.

It's a minority.

They will have a better life in the future than they do today.

He kept cheering himself up in his heart.

Aren't the people on Shangchuan Island living happily today?

The figure of a horse suddenly appeared in the distance, and it was hurrying towards the village, Ma De frowned slightly, and the next moment, the knight turned over and dismounted, and talked to several members of the Marine Corps on the periphery, and then several people rushed towards Ma De.

"What did you say?" Ma De's face changed greatly: "Lingnan cavalry." ”

"Yes." The internal guard who rushed all the way to report the news was full of panic: "Three days ago, a cavalry of about 3,000 people secretly came to Lufeng County, and then completely blocked the county seat, everyone can only enter, not out, although we know the news, but we can't send the news out of the city." It was not until early yesterday morning that we found an opportunity to get out of the city, and I came by the trail, and now the enemy's cavalry is outflanking here in three directions, and we will leave here at once. ”

Ma De said no more, turned to the trumpeter beside him, and said, "Blow the trumpet, assemble, retreat, and retreat to the sea as fast as you can." ”

The 1,000 Marine Division quickly turned around and rushed towards Fang Tong in the sea.

Left behind them were the burning village and the ecstatic villagers who had survived the catastrophe and those who cried out over the death of their loved ones.

Fell into the enemy's trap.

Ma De buried his head and ran wildly, but he was thinking about the distance between the two sides in his heart.

According to the information provided by the internal guard, the enemy general Xiang Ling led 3,000 cavalry, and the troops were divided into three routes, one of which was coming towards him, while the other two were in a circle, trying to block his back road.

The key now is whether you can get ahead of the enemy, reach the beach, and then get on the boat and sail away.

As long as you get on the boat, no matter how powerful the enemy's cavalry is, you can only look at the sea and sigh. And if the enemy blocked the back road, Mader didn't think he had any chance.

This is a Marine Corps of Marines, all of them, no heavy armor, no long-range suppression weapons. Each soldier carried a crossbow with only five crossbow arrows and three grenades per person.

And relying on these, to resist the onslaught of three thousand cavalry, it is wishful thinking.

These people are all veterans of a hundred battles, and at this moment, they also know how dangerous the situation they are facing, and everyone is doing their best to run towards the sea.

Half an hour later, Mader had seen the beach not far in front of him, and behind him, the sound of horses' hooves was clearly audible. Looking back, you can already clearly see the figure of the cavalry.

"Where to go when you see the rocks!" Mader yelled and turned a corner. He believed that the warships at sea must have discovered the enemy situation at this moment, and when they saw that they had turned a corner and met their fleet, they would also approach in the other direction.

And the enemy's cavalry, in such a place full of reefs, it is difficult to use its speed. And through this rocky thicket, there is only less than a mile of beach from the sea.

Ma De really saw that the small boats that were originally moored on the seashore were also quickly heading towards his ideal place of contact, and in the distance, large warships were moving forward.

Mader wiped a handful of sweat from his face, and at this moment, he was almost exhausted.

But before the hand that wiped the sweat could be put down, his whole body was completely frozen. On the left and right, two other cavalry appeared, and they ignored Mader's department, which was in the midst of the rubble, and rode directly onto the beach, and then came towards him.

Mader stopped, bent down, put his hands on his knees, and took a few breaths.

Damn, I'm afraid I won't be able to run away today.

He watched as the two cavalry completely blocked his retreat on the beach, while behind him, the other cavalry, all dismounted, was slowly approaching them.

"All in line, ready to fight!" Mader yelled.

Xiang Jun, who was riding on the horse, was full of ambition at the moment, although the next target of the Northern Tang Water Division was Lu Feng, and the matter was pointed out to Xiang Zhen, but it was he who completed the last perfect blow.

For many years, I was suppressed by the boss to death, and it was difficult to even take a breath, but now the boss is unlucky, and it is finally my turn to raise my eyebrows. The Southern Alliance has never won against the Northern Tang Army, and has lost a battle, and now he can finally annihilate an elite army of the Northern Tang Dynasty, which is a good thing for the Southern Alliance to boost morale, and it is also an excellent thing for the improvement of his own prestige.

Above the sea, Pan Motang, the iron hook, looked at the scene on the shore with a blue face.

"General, immediately organize people to rescue!" A general was a little anxious and said, "After a long time, I'm afraid that the Lingnan Army will still have reinforcements." ”

"How to rescue?" Pan Motang said in a muffled voice: "Do you use a small boat to drag people over?" Don't you see the opposing cavalry? As soon as we come ashore and can't even assemble, we will be charged by the cavalry, and how many will go and how many will die! That's the idea of the other party, otherwise, why don't they immediately attack Mader and send reinforcements around the point, hehe, hehe, he is luring us to the rescue! ”

"You can't watch those thousand brothers plant here like this, right?" The general hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Otherwise, how will I explain to General Wen in the future?" ”

Pan Motang shook his head and did not make a sound.

Now the land troops that fight with the naval division are subordinate to the right leading guard of Wenfu. The main force of the right leading army guard is still in Goryeo, and a small part of it is still in Goryeo, and a small part of it is with the naval blockade of the Southern Alliance by the naval division, once a formation of thousands of people is wiped out, it will indeed be difficult to face the right leading general Munfu in the future.

The stalemate between the two sides was finally broken with the arrival of the Lingnan army stationed in Lufeng, and the Lingnan army launched a fierce attack on Ma De's headquarters.