Tang Lichen, who was full of self-confidence, set a strategy of going head-to-head with the officials and soldiers, so he sent people to the city of Suide, shouting and drinking, and collecting the scattered team.

Then Tang Lichen and Miao Da led their subordinates to the north in a mighty way.

Li Zhizhou, who was at the head of the city, saw that the thieves had gathered their ranks and looked like they were retreating, so he asked Zhao Honglie: "What is the situation?" Why did the thieves retreat? ”

Zhao Honglie thought for a while, then replied with a smile: "Zhou Zun, the thieves retreated, thinking that there must be a great change, and the little one feels that it must be the reinforcements of the imperial court that have arrived." ”

"Yes, if the reinforcements arrive, I don't have to worry about it!"

When Li Zhizhou heard this, the nerves that had been tense since the day the thieves besieged the city did not completely relax until this time.

"Zhou Zun, whether the reinforcements have arrived, there is no fixed number, the small one thinks that it is better to send a sentry to follow the thieves to investigate, and then come back to report."

"Okay, you can send someone to check on the situation."

"Okay, Zhou Zun, the little one will send someone."

"Oh, by the way, even if the army of thieves has retreated, you should quickly take people to the city and kill all the thieves, otherwise it will always be a scourge to stay in the city."

"The little one understands."

Zhao Honglie received the order, so he first sent a powerful knight out to reconnoitre, and he himself returned to the city with all the soldiers to search for the thieves.

But it is said that those thieves who were still in the city worked carefully, and before the siege of the city, dressed as fortune tellers, land masters, beggars, and hungry people, mixed into the city in batches, and the number of them was as many as 50.

They entered the city of Suide, lurked first, and then, according to the agreement, when the army arrived, they took advantage of the fact that the city's defense forces were all on the city's head, and set fire to it to create chaos, so as to disperse the strength of the defenders, and in addition, disturb the morale of the defenders.

When the defenders were busy dealing with the civil strife, the thieves outside the city attacked the city on a large scale, so that the inside and the outside should be combined, and Suide City may really be unable to hold it.

When these thieves raised fire, although Zhao Honglie sent soldiers to hunt and kill, the meticulous workers often broke into pieces and scattered activities, which was not easy to pursue.

And it is easy to set fire, but it is difficult to put out fires, and the thieves only need to throw the torch on the roof of the house, but to fight the fire, they need to take water and sprinkle water, the procedure is complicated, and it takes a long time to be busy.

At this time, most of the houses in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty were thatched roofs, and the snow also melted early because of the high temperature in the city.

In this way, the thieves' meticulous work set fire very happily, while Zhao Zelin and Zhu Patrol were exhausted.

When the army of thieves outside the city retreated, Zhao Honglie led a large team of men and horses to search for the fine work of arson, and the situation was reversed.

Zhao Honglie asked the people in the city to go home to take care of it, if there is a fire at home, they should fight the fire, if there is no fire, then pay attention to the appearance of invisible and suspicious faces, if there is, then shout a warning.

Now there is no threat outside Suide City, and the soldiers and people in the city can naturally search for it with all their might, and after a while, more than 100 people from other towns were locked up and taken to Zhao Honglie.

"General Zhao, except for the thieves who were killed on the spot, none of these people arrested are locals, they have only entered the city these days, but I don't know which of them are fine and which are not, and they still need to be tortured." Zhao Zelin said with a headache.

When Zhao Honglie heard this, he smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter who is who, it's an extraordinary time, so you don't need to screen them, just kill them all." ”

"The military master spares his life, the villain is innocent, the villain is not a thief, the military master spares his life."

When the outsiders who were locked up heard that Zhao Honglie was about to kill someone if they disagreed, they immediately cried for their father and mother, begging for mercy.

Zhao Honglie heard such a noisy voice, frowned, and said, "What the hell are you still doing in a daze, why don't you send them on the road quickly." ”

"Hey, you see." Zhao Zelin received the order, and he was ready to take his subordinates to escort those unlucky people to mass graves outside the city.

When the foreigners who were caught saw that they were certain to die, some of them scolded, some wept bitterly, and some of them still begged for mercy.

But it was of no use, and soon they were taken to mass graves outside the city, and none of them were left, and they were all killed.

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Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo's total of 600 knights, plus more than 3,000 homeless people who followed them, walked on the winding loess road, and after a short time, when the cavalry troops walked out of the hilly area first and came to an open area, the two generals saw a large group of men and horses standing there, obviously waiting for a long time.

Seeing this, Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo naturally immediately stopped the war horse and observed the situation.

The two generals raised their eyes and looked over, only to see a bunch of thieves on the opposite side in the east and a group of thieves in the west, and only the last one with about 600 knights standing was in shape.

"Hey, isn't that Tang Lichen!? He's a thief! ”

Liu Wuguo looked into the camp of the thieves for a while, and Hao Ran found a familiar face, Tang Lichen, who had previously served as the general commander in Yulin Town.

Liu Renyu saw Liu Wuguo's somewhat surprised look, so he was curious: "Who is Tang Lichen?" ”

"Tang Lichen turned out to be the general manager of our Yansui, and when he was the king of Qin last time, this guy fled with his soldiers, but he didn't think that he had joined the thieves."

"No wonder this group of thieves is so arrogant and dares to stand in front of us. Hehe, even if he was an official in the past, we still beat him up. ”

Liu Renyu heard that there were former officers and soldiers on the other side, but he didn't care, after all, no matter how strong the officers and troops were, they couldn't be better than the men and horses under him.

"Yes, let's teach them a lesson and let them know how good we are." Liu Wuguo agreed.

"Array." After Liu Renyu finished talking to Liu Wuguo, he ordered loudly.

His own heralds played a flurry of military trumpets.

When officers at all levels heard the sound of the military trumpet, they immediately commanded their soldiers to line up.

At this time, the officers and soldiers were in the front according to the sword and shield soldiers, the pikemen were in the back, the archers were in the last pattern, and the infantry phalanx was placed on both sides, and the cavalry was placed to protect the flanks.

When the official army set up the array, Tang Lichen, who was at the back of the thief's formation on the opposite side, was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

At the beginning, he thought that the official army was still the same virtue he had when he was a soldier, with low salary, worn armor, and rotten weapons, but who knew that the officers and soldiers he saw today were not so good at all.

The officers and soldiers I saw today were indeed neatly armoured, their weapons sharp, and their military formations were like murderous spirits, and they were not easy to provoke at first glance.

And the legendary Lord Liu is not Liu Wuguo, but another, Liu Wuguo's fiction and reality, Tang Lichen is very clear, and the Lord Liu he sees today, he is not clear.

The unknown is the most frightening.

"It's over, it seems that what Wang Zuohang said is true, the official army is indeed a little powerful, I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with, it's a pity that he boasted about Haikou in front of Miao Mei, if he doesn't flee without a fight, he is afraid that he will look down on him, and the status of that amount will be ........."

Tang Lichen looked at the officers and soldiers who looked a little powerful on the other side, and kept beating the small drum in his heart.

"Master Tang, the official army is in front, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

Hearing Miao Mei's call, Tang Lichen woke up from his imagination, and when he heard Miao Mei's question, he naturally replied with confidence: "I think I want to fight like this, first send those homeless people to fight with the official army, and when the official army is tired, let's do our best to defeat them." ”

"Tang Ye's idea is very good, anyway, there are a lot of people here, so let's have a wheel battle for the officers and soldiers." Miao Mei grinned.

Tang Lichen listened to Miao Mei's words, nodded at first, and then ordered one of his subordinates: "Dong Qichang, you take 100 people to press the formation behind and drive the displaced people to attack the official army, whoever dares to retreat will be killed." ”

"Order." Dong Qichang nodded, and then took more than 100 people under his command to drive the homeless people to attack the official and military array.

On the other side, Liu Renyu saw the attack of the thieves, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Brother, the thieves' routine has always been like this, driving the homeless people to attack, consuming our strength, and then the real thieves who are recuperating will attack us who are exhausted. ”

Liu Renyu laughed with Liu Wuguo, and then said to Liu Renjie: "Go to the back quickly, let the homeless people hurry here." ”

Liu Renjie nodded when he heard this, and then quickly ran to the back.

When Liu Renjie ran to the back and saw the homeless people who were still walking slowly, he shouted loudly: "Everyone throw away all the sundries, and come to the front with the guys in your hands, the adults have something to look for you." Whoever dares not listen, starves for three days. ”

When the homeless people reached this point, they were not necessarily afraid of death, but hunger had some deterrent effect on them, so all the homeless people threw down their burdens as they said, followed Liu Renjie, and hurried to the front.

At this time, in the camp of the thieves on the opposite side, Tang Lichen was watching Dong Qichang drive the homeless people to attack the camp of the official army, but suddenly saw smoke and dust rising from the bend on the opposite side.

"Could it be that there are still people in the official army?"

Tang Lichen saw the smoke and dust rising into the sky in the distance, thinking that there was still a large group of officers and soldiers coming, and he was suddenly frightened.

When some people dressed as ordinary people came out of the smoke and dust, Tang Lichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with peace of mind: "Some people are just scared." ”

Tang Lichen saw that it was only a people's husband, so he was no longer afraid, and he continued to sit firmly in the rear.

And Liu Renyu's side saw that the homeless people from Zhao'an were coming, so he made a condition and said: "There is a group of homeless people in front of him, who are coming to attack us, I will send you to meet the enemy, and listen, kill an enemy, take the head to see, one head can be exchanged for a bowl of rice, and three heads can be exchanged for meat, if someone escapes from the battle, or is unwilling to fight, one word, death." Do you understand everything? ”

"The villain understands."

When the homeless people heard that if they killed the enemy, they would have rice and even meat to eat, and they were all overjoyed and almost crazy.

Then Liu Renyu gave an order, and the morale of the homeless people on the side of the official army rushed away like a rainbow, directly attacking the enemy, and the homeless people on the side of the thieves were also driven straight to the enemy on the opposite side.

The displaced people on both sides of the river each carried a variety of weapons such as hoes, sickles, kitchen knives, rolling pins, sticks, and stones.

The homeless people on the side of the officers and soldiers rushed and roared loudly: "Kill the enemy and eat." The outcasts on the thief's side shouted, "Kill the enemy and live." ”

The two teams finally met together.

From the moment the homeless people on both sides met in one place, they used knives to slash, smash with sticks, throw stones, spit on, pull their hair, gouge out their eyes, hold and roll, bite and bite, monkeys steal peaches, and immortals show the way, and the scene is very lively.

However, although the two groups of people are fighting very lively, there is no discipline, it looks like an ordinary fight, but it does not look like a game of life and death.

The remaining combatants on both sides watched the massive group fight.

Among them, Sun Wuxian, who has always liked to watch the excitement, found a lot of fun in this fight.

"Hey, my lord, look at them, they like to spit, haha, they still think that spittle is a hidden weapon, hey, my lord, look at those people over there who threw stones for a long time, and none of them were killed."

Sun Wuxian watched while commenting on the battle scene between the two sides with relish.

"You don't shut up yet, you dare to frolic in the battle array." Liu Renjie saw that Sun Wu's old problem had been committed again, so he reminded.

"Oh, I see." Sun Wuxian stuck out his tongue and closed his mouth peacefully.

At this time, on the battlefield, both sides of the opposing side were half-starved outcasts, and it was only under the reward or persecution of their respective camps that they aroused blood and courage to reluctantly go into battle.

As a result, when it came to the battle formation, before he had fought for 20 minutes, he was physically exhausted and out of breath from exhaustion.

Liu Renyu and Tang Lichen saw the situation on the battle array and knew that the homeless people couldn't move, so they each called for gold and withdrew their troops.

When the order to retreat came, the displaced people on Liu Renyu's side happily cut off their heads and went back to repay their merits.

Liu Renyu asked his subordinates to record the merits of the meritorious homeless, and then asked his subordinates to inform the firefighters and give these homeless people more food.

The outcasts who received the reward were thankful and happily received the reward.

The homeless people on both sides fought for 20 minutes, but in fact, more than 100 people were killed and injured.

Tang Lichen found that the officers and soldiers had civilian help, and knew that it was impossible to use wheel warfare tactics to exhaust the officers and troops, so he had no choice but to take his subordinates to meet the officers and soldiers.

At this time, he couldn't just run away, because he boasted about Haikou in front of Miao Mei, saying that the official army was not to worry, but now that he really ran into the official army, if he didn't fight, he would run away directly, then his prestige would inevitably be damaged, and his status among the thieves in Miao Mei's department would plummet.

In order to maintain his leading position among the thieves of the Miaomei Department, Tang Lichen decided to take a risk, but he dared to give it a go because he always believed that the officials and soldiers were owed food and wages by the imperial court, and he would inevitably refuse to do things for the imperial court.

It was with this in mind that Tang Lichen ordered his 400 infantry to dismount and line up, while the other 200 cavalry flanked him.

"Hehe, it's really rare, it's good to have a chance to fight in a row if you kill a thief." Liu Renyu smiled slightly, and then ordered: "Drum." ”

The own drummer will beat the drum "dong dong" directly.

The drumming stopped, and Liu Renyu ordered: "Come in." ”

The trumpeter blows the trumpet of the advance.

When the soldiers heard the sound, they moved forward like a wall, and as they advanced, they slapped their shields with their swords and shouted, "Kill, kill, kill." ”

Uniform, momentum like a rainbow, sound shock the world.

Tang Lichen was a little shocked when he saw the momentum of the officers and soldiers, but he still ordered: "Go forward, and release the arrows when the officers and soldiers enter the firing range." ”

When the thieves heard this, they all walked forward, and in order to suppress the momentum of the opposite side, they did not forget to shout a few murderous words in their voices.

"Grandpa will send you back to the West."

"Kill you, you guys."

"Let you know how powerful the Shaanxi man is."

Hearing the shouts of the thieves on the opposite side, Liu Renyu didn't care, and when he saw that the distance between the two sides was about 70 steps, he ordered again: "Stop." ”

The Jingbian Fort army suddenly stopped its pace, and its uniformity was like a person.

"70 paces away, what do you do when you stop?" Tang Lichen thought with some incomprehension.

"Shoot."

There was such a loud shout in the official and military camp opposite.

A rain of arrows shot out from the rear of the official army.

Tang Lichen couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the officials and soldiers behaving like this: "The distance of 70 steps is too far, how can the feather arrow fly and hurt people's lives." ”

Who knew that his voice did not fall, "oops", "oops", the sound of arrows in the soldiers in his camp came and went. Due to the lack of armor protection, many soldiers were directly shot at the vital point, and it seemed that they could not survive.

How so? Tang Lichen was shocked.

At such a distance, you can shoot arrows that can hurt people's lives, and the officers and soldiers only need to send out a few rounds of arrow rain to collapse our army formation.

The more Tang Lichen thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he hurriedly ordered: "Press up, get close to them and release arrows, and then attack their military formation." ”

The leaders of the thieves heard the order of their generals, and hurriedly led their subordinates who were still undergoing the rain of arrows to move forward quickly, trying to close the distance between them and the officers and soldiers.

On the side of the official army, Zhang Tieniu's archers released more than 10 arrows in a row, and the strength was too exhausted, so they took a break and prepared to fight again.

The thieves ran furiously, and at last they narrowed the distance to 40 paces, at which point their archers could finally unleash their feathered arrows.

So more than 100 rogue archers, with all their strength, pointed their longbows diagonally at the sky, and launched a rain of arrows.

The long arrow flew out, drew an elliptical trajectory in the sky, and then fell rapidly, hitting the armor of the officers and soldiers, and clanged.

The Jingbian Fort army was all wearing two layers of armor, and the feather arrows could not penetrate, and the long-range attacks of the thieves were completely ineffective, and the archers of the Jingbian Fort Army slowed down, and a rain of arrows shot back, and immediately many thieves fell to the ground with arrows, and suffered heavy casualties.

Damn, this battle can't be fought.

Tang Lichen saw that the archers of the official army were hitting one by one, and knew that he could no longer shoot at each other, so he hurriedly ordered: "Brothers, stick it up and fight in close combat." ”

The thief was shot with a bow and arrow, and when he heard the order of his own general, he hurriedly used all his strength, burned the small universe, and rushed to the military formation of the official army.

This kind of impact was useless, the Jingbian Fort army leaned their shields together to resist the impact momentum of the thieves, and the pikemen behind stabbed again and again, and the thieves could not reach the officers and soldiers, but they could only be stabbed, and their men were damaged a lot, and they were killed and retreated.

Liu Renyu saw that the thief's offensive was blocked, so he ordered again: "Force." ”

When the sword and shield men received the order, they lifted their landing shields, took a step, and landed on the ground, while the pikemen behind followed up with the stabbing attack.

The thieves were forced to retreat by the great shields, and were killed badly by the pikemen, and in just a few moments they lost twenty percent of their manpower.

For the ancient army, the loss of two achievements was enough to collapse, and so the thieves collapsed.

Liu Renyu saw that the thief ran back without looking back, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, and he chuckled and ordered to the left and right: "The thief has collapsed, the cavalry is attacking, remember, there is no real thief left among the thieves." ”