"That's right! It's just to startle the snake! The last general has already ordered Zhou Yuji to go to Majiazhai to collect grain. If this Ma family does collude with Ma Shouying, then he will definitely not obediently hand over the food to us, on the contrary, he will do everything possible to deal with us, it is said that Ma Shouying is not far from this Changning area, this Ma family village will inevitably go to ask Ma Shouying to send troops! Moli said.

"Since that's the case, it's all up to the general." Lu Hanzhang nodded, and there was a hint of worry on his face: "It's just that in this way, won't the army delay the trip again?" In case Wang Jiayin, the thief, runs away to Sichuan, but it's not good! ”

"Father-in-law, rest assured, the last general has sent Xiao Cao to lead 5,000 cavalry out first, through Huangqi Town, to seize Chajiayuan, block the rebels' way into Sichuan, and when the thugs of this Majia village are solved, let's attack Wang Jiayin on both sides, so that he can hardly fly!" Mo Li clenched his fists and said firmly.

The next day, before dawn, the east had just been exposed, and when most of the people in the Majia village were still sleeping, a team of officers and soldiers came from outside the village, saying that they had come to the village to urge food and pay for the salary on the order of the general army of Huguang Zhengkou.

Urging food and wages? It's the other way around!

Ma Hongxi, who received the report from the village soldiers, immediately became angry, and led dozens of clansmen to the wall of the village with his coat.

Don't inquire, when did our Ma family village pay the grain? Changyang has come and gone to change several county orders, and I haven't seen anyone dare to shake his majesty in front of him.

"Who's out there?"

Ma Hongxi said in a high voice.

The officers and soldiers outside are not leading the troops, it is Zhou Yuji, Zhou Yuji's current official rank is general, I saw him sitting on a white horse in all directions, holding the reins in one hand, and the scorching sun sword in the other, the tip of the knife pointed to the ground, looking majestic, and shouted loudly: "I am Zhou Yuji, a general under the command of the general army of Huguang Zhengkou, and I came to your village to collect grain on the order of my general army." ”

Ma Hongxi frowned: "What general soldier?" ”

Zhou Yuji said coldly: "Daming Lake Guangzheng Kou General Army!" ”

Ma Hongxi didn't know where the confidence came from, maybe it was because the earth overlord had been doing it for a long time, and he was used to being arrogant, so he sneered again and again, and said loudly: "What kind of general soldier, I have never heard of such a general soldier!" Didn't you seal it yourself? Hahaha......"

"Hahahaha......"

Several clansmen beside Ma Hongxi also laughed insolently.

In the laughter, Ma Hongxi said loudly again: "I only know that Huguang has the Wuchang General Army, the Xiangyang General Army, and the Changsha General Army. I think eighty percent of them are pretending to be rogues somewhere! Get out of here! If I don't hand you over to the government, it's already a blessing, and if you want us to give you food and salary, there is no door! ”

"Yes, there are no doors, no doors!"

When the hundreds of people behind the wall heard Ma Hongxi's angry words, they couldn't help but shout loudly.

Listening to the arrogant noise of Ma Hongxi and others, Zhou Yuji was not annoyed, but just said in a good time: "Ma Hongxi, I will come to collect food on the order of my general army, but you are pushing back and obstructing, and you obviously don't take the imperial army in your eyes!" Do you still have the law of kings in your eyes? ”

"Wang Fa? Hahahaha...... My old horse has lived for so many years, and today I really want to know, what is this royal law? How much is a pound? Ma Hongxi sneered rampantly.

Ma Hongxi was so arrogant, he didn't take the officers and soldiers in front of him in his eyes at all, in addition to the arrogance and domineering that he had accumulated in the local overlord for more than ten years, and he felt that this Huguang Zhengkou general soldier was unheard of, even if it was a real official army, it was expected that it was not a genuine chief soldier, and there would definitely not be many soldiers and horses, and there were thousands of soldiers in his own village, afraid of him as a bird.

Zhou Yuji raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Ma Hongxi, I advise you to obey the order obediently, my chief soldier said, limit your Ma family village to gather the food and grass needed by 3,000 people and a half in the afternoon, if you can't get it together at noon, my new Liao army will definitely kill your mob and leave no chickens and dogs!" ”

New Liao Army!

Ma Hongxi suddenly felt a little stunned, these people in front of him turned out to be the New Liao Army?

Although Ma Hongxi is only a local overlord in Changyang, he is also relatively well-informed, and he has heard that the official army that defeated Wang Jiayin, He Yilong, Li Yangchun and other rebels is the New Liao Army. It is rumored that the new Liao army is as fierce as a tiger, as vigorous as a dragon, and it is an arrogant and elite army.

After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, no matter what Ma Hongxi thought, he turned the horse's head and turned around and left, and more than 100 cavalrymen followed, with iron hooves, as if hitting Ma Hongxi's heart.

Although Ma Hongxi was arrogant, he did not dare to compare with Wang Jiayin's 100,000 army, and even Wang Jiayin, He Yilong and others were defeated and fled.

The new Liao army came and went in a hurry, and soon disappeared from sight, leaving only the soldiers of the Ma family village stunned.

"The New Liao Army? Are they the new Liao army? Ma Hongxi muttered to himself, this can be regarded as completely offending the evil god of the New Liao Army, what should I do?

A young parishioner next to him shouted, "Master, what is this new Liao army?" Why are you so arrogant, you ran to our Ma's village to spread wild? ”

Ma Hongxi glared at him and scolded: "People naturally have arrogant capital!" Even Wang Jiayin and He Yilong can't beat them, do you think he dares to be so arrogant! ”

"What?!"

Several young people were suddenly shocked, this is the official army that chased Wang Jiayin and other rebels everywhere! Suddenly, they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to answer.

An elderly white hat asked Ma Hongxi: "That...... What should I do about the officers and soldiers asking for food? We offended them just now. ”

"Since I have completely offended them, I have no choice but to fight with them!" Ma Hongxi had a gloomy face, thought for a while, and ordered everyone: "You immediately go and gather all the parishioners within a radius of 100 miles to come to the village, and say that the government is bullying our parishioners, and tell everyone to come and fight with the officials and soldiers." ”

Ma Hongxi lowered his voice and said to his second brother Ma Hongliang beside him: "Second brother, you personally go to Daning to find Ma Shouying, he and we are both religious, you go and tell Ma Shouying, ask him to send troops to Changyang immediately, let's help fight this bird Xinliao Army, I can't say that we have to fight Jingzhou!" As long as the new Liao army is defeated, he will be able to respond to what he needs in the future. ”

"Hey! Good! As soon as Ma Hongliang heard that he went to ask the old man to come back to Ma Shouying, he also knew that Ma Shouying was very powerful, and if he came to help, the chances would be much more, so he quickly agreed to run down.

Ma Hongxi continued to arrange: "Fifth brother, didn't you have contact with He Yilong before, you go and tell him, just say that Ma Shouying is also willing to help kill the New Liao Army together, our Ma family village and these many people work together, tell him not to run anymore, let's kill this bullshit New Liao Army together!" ”

Ma Hongxi's fifth brother Ma Hongdao listened, knew that it was without further ado, nodded and immediately got off the wall, rode on the horse and galloped away.

"In addition, immediately send someone to the county seat to find the third child, and say that there is a big incident in the village, and let him bring someone back to the town immediately!"

Ma Hongxi ordered out one by one, but it was also quite a bit of a command, his clansmen took the orders one by one, and the men, women and children of the entire village moved together, one by one nervously and orderly carrying out various preparations before the war, such as the tense atmosphere of facing the great enemy made the whole village busy.

Just after noon, Zhou Yuji came to the front of the Ma family village again with 3,000 men and horses, and loudly demanded food. Looking from a distance, the military was at its peak, the soldiers were like a forest, and they came slowly with an awe-inspiring momentum, and some timid people looked back at the three thousand officers and soldiers, and they were so frightened that their legs and stomachs trembled.

Ma Hongbing, the third elder of the Ma family, and Ma Hongyi, the sixth of the Ma family, who hurried back from the county seat after hearing the news, were about to rush out of the village and the more than 1,000 horse thieves gathered in the village and nearby to fight with the official army, Ma Hongxi suddenly stopped him: "The third child, let's wait, I heard that this new Liao army is not as powerful as other official troops!" We're just guarding the wall, and I don't think they'll be able to rush in. ”

Ma Hongbing grinned and said loudly: "Big brother, don't worry! These bird officers and soldiers are not all the same! It's all rubbish! There are still thousands of parishioners in our village, I'm afraid of his eggs! Now that the official army has just arrived, while his formation has not yet been set up, watch me kill him! ”

Ma Hongxi listened to the words of the third child, and then looked at the appearance of only 3,000 officers and soldiers outside the village, and his heart was also slightly settled. This new Liao army is too arrogant, and it only sends 3,000 people to dare to attack our Ma family village? You must know that there are 5,000 people including the parishioners and horse thieves who came to help, and our strength is not small.

So, Ma Hongbing, who couldn't wait, ordered people to open the gate of the village, and led three or four thousand parishioners and horse thieves out of the village, so he asked his brothers to rush towards the official army with the parishioners carrying knives and guns.

Dong Danqiang is the head of the green forest of Hutou Mountain, Hutou Mountain is a big village, with nearly 2,000 men and horses, and it is a well-known name in Changyang and even the surrounding areas.

Dong Danqiang has always had a cooperative relationship with Ma Hongxi, this time Ma Hongxi sent someone to urgently ask for support, Dong Danqiang thought it was another big deal, so he led more than a thousand minions to help Ma Hongxi in person, thinking that he had retired the official army and had a good time with Ma Hongxi.

At this time, seeing Ma Hongbing asking the clansmen to take the lead, Dong Danqiang laughed and said loudly: "Ma Laosan, this head formation will be handed over to our brothers!" Brethren have horses, faster! Haha, little ones, hurry up and kill it! After killing, go back to eat meat and drink wine! ”

As he spoke, he led his horse thieves to rush towards the official army.