Several black shadows shuttled quickly between the city ruins that could no longer see the outline, if it wasn't deliberately carried by someone, Peng Huaigui would have been a little unable to keep up with the other party's footsteps. For a moment, he thought of the legendary ghosts and gods in his hometown in Xiangxi, especially after these people quietly cooked a few rounds of night patrol minions, all that remained in Peng Huaigui's mind was happiness, and he was glad that he was able to make a decision immediately after waking up and did not resist.

Because after that, there were indeed a few ringing horses who tried to unleash their hostility on the man in black had become corpses, and everything happened in front of Peng Huaigui, but in an instant, just like his previous subordinates. Although he couldn't see the color of blood in the night, and he didn't even know how those 'ghosts' and gods could distinguish the 'enemy' in the night, the warm current in the autumn and the sticky feeling that followed still made his fear a little stronger, and only a faint smell of blood lingered on his body, even if it was blown by the autumn wind, it still lingered.

"Is that there?" After a hurried journey, the leader of the man in black finally signaled to stop, he pointed to a ruined temple not far away and asked in a low voice, the voice pulled back the thoughts of the leader of the native soldiers of Baojing Prefecture, the windows of the temple in the distance were full of flickering lights, and there seemed to be some minions patrolling outside the house.

"The lights are still on, people should still be there, today there is indeed an old relationship from Renqiu County who came to see the big gang and say something important." Peng Huaigui hurriedly said what he knew, and the shock he received before was obviously not light.

After saying this, Peng Huaigui suddenly felt relieved, and he was about to rejoice in his heart, when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head and became unconscious.

"Next, I'll wait for the little master." The leader of the man in black whispered, but his eyes were always fixed on the ruined temple not far away, and his hands did not stop.

"What about this man?" Another man in black asked, also talking as he took out the same parts from his backpack, as if he were assembling something fine.

"Keep it, doesn't he claim to be from Huguang Tu Soldier? Listening to the accent doesn't look like a fake, go back and hand it over to the little master for careful questioning. ”

This group of black-clothed people is the elite of the Yelang battalion brought by Wang Xingping from Guizhou, and the leader is Ding Yi, who is responsible for the pre-war reconnaissance and ambush road cleaning of this operation, and the rest of the work will be left to the 'regular army'.

Before Ding Yi's words fell, sporadic shouts of killing had already sounded in the north.

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"What's going on out there?"

Guo Tianfeng put down the wine glass in his hand and asked sharply.

"I think the people in the camp are eating and drunk again, let's go and see."

A leader of his cronies with a fierce face and two of his men immediately got up and went out, but they did not return for almost a while, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder.

Seeing that there was no news outside, another leader said a word and walked out with his men, but this one also failed to escape the ambush of the Yelang camp.

After waiting for a long time and not seeing a response, everyone in the house felt that something was wrong, if the leader who had gone out to suppress the trouble before was from the head of the northern camp, why no one even returned to the news.

A thought suddenly rose from the heart of the heavenly wind, could it be that there are other big gangs to join the fire? Or did you encounter an officer or a soldier?

But after thinking about it, I feel that it is unlikely, if it is said that the officers and troops in Hebei have never come out at night to clean up, and there is no such fool in the whole Ming Dynasty, not only is it not easy to see things at night, but it is also very easy to cause melee and it is difficult to give orders. But the relationship between the nearby Xiangma is also quite 'harmonious', and they have all demarcated their own territories, and there has never been a major fight, and who dares to come to find trouble with his gang of people and celebrities. Everyone was a little confused for a while, but at this moment, the previous shouts of killing became from far and near, as if a large number of people were fleeing here.

The new army's feint attack in the north looked a little too strong, Ding Yi thought.

Originally, considering that there were many people in Guo Tianfeng's group, Wang Xingping had the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and let Ding Yi sneak in in advance according to the information provided by the Bian family, and an old man with fifty new snare drums in the north was noisy, but the most important thing was to let the people in the Yelang camp see if they could take Tianfeng first while taking advantage of the chaos, and Wang Xingping personally led the team to the vicinity of the official road leading to Renqiu in the south to prepare to intercept it, and be sure to take down the leaders of the other party.

And the external harassment was originally intended to make it easier for Ding Yi to start, but the reality is always full of variables.

Just like now, it seems that a group of frightened birds have never experienced a night attack, and the number of ringing horses that 'escaped' from the north obviously exceeded the conditions of 'battlefield shielding' explained by Wang Xingping, so they had to be let through, so it seems that the two leaders and their men killed earlier are somewhat unlucky.

Guo Tianfeng and the leaders in the room finally waited for the accurate 'news', and a minion who fled back said that the officers and soldiers were coming from the north, and it was not true at night, but just the virtual shadow of the flags could see more than a dozen sides, and it was estimated that there were at least 1,000 headquarters of the officers and soldiers.

Although Guo Tianfeng was a little suspicious in his heart, he still instructed his cronies to quickly pack up some valuables and prepare to go south, as for the Bian family cargo ship parked in a reed swing by the Hutuo River, he didn't think about it, and he didn't expect that the other party would not be able to find it for a while.

But as soon as the people in the room rushed out, they were immediately shot back by a flurry of arrows, and a few of their close elite guards were broken, and the rest of them retreated with wounds.

This made the wind like falling into an ice cave, because only from the sound of the bowstring and the trajectory of the arrows shot, this was clearly the strength of a heavy crossbow. The shouts of the 'deserters' outside had not stopped, but the crossbowmen who were lying in ambush in the shadows had limited their target to their house, apparently coming for themselves, and how these men had found their exact location was not a question that he could now think of in a hurry.

"Big boss, we'll escort you out."

The leader who spoke was big-shouldered and round-waisted, but his mind was lively, and he understood what he was thinking after a while.

Now that he doesn't know the reality of the other party, the arrows shot by the Yelang Battalion, who was holding a winder in the grass outside to load the bow and crossbow, were far from being like only seven or eight people, which had already made Guo Tianfeng a little frightened. Originally, it was the best policy to hold on to the house and wait for reinforcements in such a situation, but when I heard the noise outside that the official army was attacking from the north, I saw that if I was trapped in this place, I would only end up being surrounded and annihilated. As long as he can avoid this night attack first and retreat to Baiyangdian with his family background, the officials and troops will have nothing to do with him.

After thinking about it, a few of the strong men's leaders had already removed some wooden tables and stools from the room and leaned on them as shields.

The leader of the big man himself took off a broken door and rushed out first, and the rest of the people also rushed out, and when he went out, he glanced back at Steward Li and his companions, who were hiding in the corner of the room shivering, and ignored them, and just fled.

As soon as they exited the temple gate, the shouts of killing became much clearer, but the minions who had come from the north seemed to have deliberately avoided this place.

However, the crossbow arrows immediately and mercilessly beckoned, but fortunately, except for a few unlucky ones who were shot in the hands and feet, the rest of the arrows were blocked by improvised 'shields', and the leader of the big man could not help but be proud of his foresight.

But at this moment, there was a sudden flash of fire in the distance, and with a loud roar on his side, the big man's body flew upside down like a broken sack, and the door panel that was originally in front of him was also torn apart, and sawdust and a burst of choking smoke and smoke drifted around the rest of the people.

"It's a firearm." I don't know who screamed like a ghost, and the rest of the people were also heartbroken, after all, the power of Fang Cai's blow was too amazing, and it was far beyond the power range of ordinary official firearms such as the Three-Eyed Gun, which was really a bit unbelievable.

What they don't know is that there are not many special firearms transported from the south by the Wantong Tianjin Branch, and they are all disposable, mainly to deal with the attack of this kind of special operation, in fact, it is a rocket launcher that has deteriorated many times, and the effective attack distance is only 50 steps, which belongs to the close-range defense breaking equipment. Speaking of which, in addition to being more powerful, both the range and the accuracy are very worrying. Ding Yi had never used it before, Fang Cai's luck was too good, and the goal of the big man was not small, so it was a hit.

But where can the rest of the bandits know this, fortunately, they are all old brothers who have passed the wind, and more than ten bandits immediately surrounded him and accelerated towards the south.

Several more explosions sounded one after another, and several more people were killed and injured, and the 'shield' in the original hand was also broken and lost.

Fortunately, it has gradually moved away from the Dragon King Temple, and there is a camp head more than a mile to the south, and the wind is a little more relieved.

But at this moment, several figures flashed on the way south, and before they could distinguish between the enemy and us, a burst of arrows had been fired.

When he landed, several people fell to the ground, so that the guards who were still by Guo Tianfeng's side were less than a palm.

"Ordered to beg for thieves, violators will be killed!" The man in black on the opposite side shouted.

"Ordered to beg for thieves, violators will be killed!" Another shout came from behind him, it was the group of 'officers and soldiers' who had just intercepted outside the Dragon King Temple, and the black-clothed man in front of him was obviously also a group, and he didn't know when he actually went around to the south road to ambush.

"The villain is waiting for his wish to surrender!" He also understood that the eldest husband could stretch and bend, and he would always have a chance to make a comeback, and if the Li family still wanted to use him, he didn't have to worry about his life.

"Lay down your weapons and raise your hands above your head." Before he could finish speaking, another arrow was fired, and a somewhat hesitant guard fell to the ground.

Ding Yi shouted in strict accordance with the Yelang Camp Drill Code formulated by Wang Xingping, without a trace of expression on his face.

The members of the Yelang Camp had all come out of their hiding places at this time, and slowly approached the team of the Heavenly Wind.

And when Guo Tianfeng saw the comer, he showed a mouth full of yellow teeth and couldn't close his mouth for a long time, although he was still a little surprised, he was also a lot relieved, and it seemed that his life was saved.

But somehow, as the man in black approached, a trace of bad thoughts suddenly appeared in Guo Tianfeng's heart. At this moment, the man in black who was walking in front raised his arm, and a sound of detachment came clearly through the sound of the wind.

After a scream, a trail of blood extended down the corner of Guo Tianfeng's mouth, and the head of the horse finally looked down at the arrow that had not entered his chest, and his wide eyes were full of surprise, but then there was a hint of realization in his eyes, 'careless', he finally thought.

This arrow was like a signal, and the rest of the Yelang Battalion members immediately shot the crossbow arrows in their hands, and after a miserable scream, none of the people around Guo Tianfeng missed the net.

Less than half an hour later, Wang Xingping came to the Dragon King Temple under the control of the Yelang Battalion, except for a few injured minions outside, the rest had all become the first level of credit, and the beheading Wang Xingping was specially left to the new soldiers who participated in the war to do, which was regarded as seeing blood for them, and the old steward of the Li family and the junior followers were kneeling in the room trembling at this time.

"You two, who wants to be the leader?" Wang Xingping looked at the old man and the young man in front of him, with a bit of mockery in his words, and asked expressionlessly.

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