Chapter 712: Fighting the Thief
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After making preparations, Chen Xiaoting and his entourage changed into disguises, and then hurried out of the city.
From the outside, this team of more than 100 people is not much different from the ordinary guard army, at least from a distance.
But in fact, it was a team armed to the teeth, with suits of armor inside the uniform, and crossbow machines hidden on the horses they were riding.
According to the information of the Guangde Baihu Office, the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect was located in the northwest of Guanwai, about thirty miles away in the mountain col.
If they hadn't tracked it all the way, they wouldn't have thought that the White Lotus Sect headquarters would be in such a place where birds don't.
So they rushed directly to the direction of Luoyun Pass, and they would not pass by Guangdefu City in the middle, so even Li Deyuan would not know about this operation.
And this operation was personally commanded by Chen Xiaoting, Zhang Cheng and Cai Hong failed to participate in it, but their flag officers caught up.
This is Chen Xiaoting's only chance to turn the tables, so he has to command it personally, and he is not at ease when he hands it over to others.
Along the way, most of the villages they encountered were lonely, apparently suffering from the rebellion.
Those people were either caught up in the anti-thief team, or they hid in the mountains to avoid trouble, and in the end it was the common people who suffered.
Because he was rushing to the northeast, and the people of the White Lotus Sect were gathering to the west, Chen Xiaoting did not encounter large-scale thieves along the way.
It wasn't until he entered Guangde and was about to enter Taixi that he finally encountered the situation.
"Lord Qianhu, there is a chaotic army five miles ahead, and there are more than a thousand people!" The captain sent out to explore the way said.
Leading the team with the dignity of a thousand households, this is naturally Chen Xiaoting's Yiyan Hall, so after he frowned and thought about it, he said: "Tell the brothers, take a detour to the northwest!" ”
They went to the White Lotus Sect headquarters, there was no need to entangle with these thieves, and the matter was prioritized.
But what Chen Xiaoting didn't expect was that there were also detectives among the people, and their traces were also discovered.
They can take a detour, but more than 1,000 people in the world only need to occupy the official road to force Chen Xiaoting to come back.
Unless, Chen Xiaoting is willing to go over the mountains and mountains and make a few more detours.
In fact, these thieves did not go to the base camp to rob some money to buy road money.
The leader of the bandits has seen through it, and it is difficult to make a big deal this time, so it is better to make a fortune by himself first, and then change places to be happy.
Therefore, it is more appropriate to call these people mountain bandits, but the scale is relatively large.
"They want to make a detour, then tell the brothers over there to be ambushed, and we will go to support right away!"
Speaking of this, the bandit leader Scar Man smiled strangely: "There are only a hundred officers and soldiers, we still can't eat him?" That's for us! ”
Thinking of the combat effectiveness of the Weisuo Army, surrounded by ten times the number of troops, Scar Man felt that there was no problem in taking it down.
On the other side, after a detour, Chen Xiaoting and his entourage did bypass the main force of the chaotic army, and then entered the official road again.
Ahead, the official road extends into a forest, and the surroundings are particularly quiet.
Walking in the middle of the team on horseback, Chen Xiaoting ordered: "Strengthen your vigilance, don't let up!" ”
In any case, everything around them is unknown without the support of intelligence, so it is important to be vigilant.
In fact, there is no need for Chen Xiaoting to take the initiative to remind him, all the lieutenants under him are desperate for their lives, and it is impossible to be careless.
In the depths of the dense forest, more than 200 pairs of eyes looked through the gaps in the trees and looked at the team walking outside.
"Brothers, two days ago, we robbed the grain team of the officers and soldiers, and this time we robbed these horses again, and we will have everything." The leader of the bandit who led the team lowered his voice, which was considered to boost morale.
As Chen Xiaoting's team slowly entered the forest, all the bandits in ambush became nervous, and at the same time held the sticks, knives and guns in their hands tighter.
"Brothers, rob the fuck!" The bandit leader shouted.
Although they only had about 200 people, they had a large force to support them in a while, and they had been successful in the past few days, so they were brave enough to attack more than 100 cavalry.
Although Chen Xiaoting is not a regular cavalry, they are not ordinary guards either!
The shout of the bandit leader completely exposed their existence, giving Chen Xiaoting time to react when they charged.
After a cursory look at the small number of opponents, Chen Xiaoting relieved his heart, and only listened to his order: "Shoot with a crossbow machine!" ”
The crossbow machine is equivalent to a machine gun in this era.
The lieutenants obeyed the order, and there were fifty crossbows, and after a few breaths, they began to fire, and they were repeating crossbows without arrows.
Whoosh ...... Whoosh ......
A continuous stream of crossbow arrows, after aiming, pulled down the hanging knife, and finally whizzed out of the arrow box.
The bandits, who were running at the front, were hit on the spot by the whizzing crossbow arrows, and after continuing to run forward a few steps under the action of inertia, they finally fell to the ground.
And this scene happened to the dozens of people in the front at the same time, and in just a dozen seconds, most of them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
They don't die for a short time, they just faint after losing too much blood, and then die without treatment.
There is fear in the human heart. Even the most elite armies could not continue to organize an offensive after a certain number of casualties.
And the bandits in front of Chen Xiaoting and them, after seeing dozens of brothers being shot and killed, finally chose to escape.
Everyone knows that only life is one's own, and it is human nature to keep one's life.
"Don't run, don't run!" The bandit leader shouted loudly.
Even though he raised his knife and cut down a few people, he still couldn't change the situation until he heard the sound of a large army marching in the distance.
"Brothers, our eldest brother is here with reinforcements, we won't lose this time!"
At this point, the bandit leader shouted, "Kill back and avenge the dead brothers!" ”
Reinforcements came, and with the huge numerical superiority, the courage of this wave of rebels was once again aroused.
At the urging of the bandit leader's extremely close associates, they raised the weapons in their hands again, and then rushed in the direction of Chen Xiaoting and his party.
"Attention, there are rebels in front and rear, and you have to defend in front and rear!" Chen Xiaoting shouted loudly.
He was relaxed and nervous again.
"My lord, where do you look!"
Looking in the direction pointed by the general banner under his command, Chen Xiaoting saw a large number of chaotic soldiers rushing over in the distance, followed by a large number of guards and soldiers.
"Those people are being hunted down, don't panic...... Hold them back with arrows! Chen Xiaoting ordered loudly.
It can be seen that there are only four or five hundred rebels who escaped, and they were obviously scattered a lot by the officials.
Zhang crossbow took the arrow, and after the rout approached, the arrows of the thirty crossbow machine roared out, and almost instantly shot down the dozen people in front.
At this time, the captains were firing from both sides, and there were routs on both sides, so the crossbow machine played an excellent role.
The large army that fled behind them was changed by their crossbow arrows, and the thieves who had managed to organize a charge were once again crushed in courage.
"Run!"
Chen Xiaoting did not order the pursuit, but watched these rebels flee, and his first task now is to protect all his subordinates, so as to ensure the completion of the "beheading operation".
Encircling and suppressing these anti-thieves is the task of the guard.
At this time, the battle was over, Chen Xiaoting looked not far away, and the pursuing Weisuo army had already approached.