Chapter 33: Darkness Under the Light
Under the scorching sun, Quyi City exudes heat, the rammed earth city wall is dark red, the wall is not red by blood, but the soil itself is red, the land of Jiaozhou is generally light red, and even the flowing river is also light red, so the newcomers will be surprised by this. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The east gate, the dilapidated city gate is open, the gatekeepers are enjoying the cool in the doorway, in the hot summer, the doorway can make them feel a little cool, in such a season, if there is a choice, then they choose to do nothing.
The boundary of Jiaozhou has never been peaceful, but the thieves who were surrounded and suppressed by the government have now become official soldiers, and the remaining thieves are thieves.
Longbian Port is the most prosperous place in Jiaozhou, the sea ships of various countries are anchored here, bringing a large number of exotic treasures, and purchasing the specialties of Jiaozhou here, and then replenishing a large amount of fresh water and food, so it attracts many people to live in Longbian Port, where it is even more lively than Longbian.
The so-called tree is a big move, compared with Longbian Port, where will the dilapidated Qu Yi be the target of the thieves?
But there is no gang of thieves who dare to rob Longbian Port with open fire, they can only turn it into pieces and go to the port area to abduct and deceive to make a living, with the big fire candle of Longbian Port, Qu Yi, who is not far from it, fades out of the thief's field of vision, which is the so-called "black under the lamp".
Quyi's defenders are bored every day, and today is no exception, it is now afternoon, as long as they stay up until dusk and close the city gates, they can go home, so the rest of the time is boring, but this boring situation is quickly broken.
The road to the east was dusty, and a small force of cavalry was rushing towards this side, and the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and quickly stood up and lined up on both sides of the doorway.
Today, there is an army to go to the dragon weaving, after Qu Yi when the arrogance, the open road soldiers are slightly unsatisfactory on the scolding, guarding the door has a slow movement and ate a few whips, and at this time the cavalry who came over, should be ordered to rush back to the dragon weaving, the soldiers have suffered a loss, naturally very acquainted.
The door hole was quite wide, and everyone stood against the wall of the cave, so that a passage in the middle could be made, enough for the cavalry to pass calmly, but the soldiers still tried to stick to the wall of the cave, for fear of being knocked down by the galloping horses, and then trampled by the horses behind.
The weight of the people and horses added up is not light, and if they are trampled by the horses, they will not die or be disabled, and no one will pay for the soup and medicine, and no one wants to be unlucky, so they can only avoid it.
However, they avoided the horses, but could not avoid the long knives of the cavalry, and when they passed through the doorway, they slashed them with their swords, and the red and white objects flew everywhere, and the cavalry had already rushed into the city when the stumps and arms fell to the ground.
These uninvited guests were so frightened that they jumped along the road, and rushed straight to the county government under the guidance of the guide, and the cavalry arrived later, jumped off their horses after entering the city, and rushed down the steps along the steps with a small shield and a knife.
Most of the soldiers on the sentry at the head of the city were napping, and before they came back to their senses, they saw someone rushing up, and they were about to scold but were cut down by the other party, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they turned around and ran, and the city gradually became noisy.
On the outskirts of the west of the city, a team of more than 100 troops was advancing towards Quyi, and when they saw someone running out with a roll, the leading general hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, and learned that the city had been robbed, so he beckoned his subordinates to rush forward.
He only thought that he was a bold thief who attacked Qu Yi during the day, and led the team not far away, but he saw a cavalry in front of him circling the city, outflanking him, with about ten horsemen on the left and right.
These cavalrymen are not official soldiers, since they can ride horses, it seems that they are brave and good at fighting among thieves, but the generals think that they have more than 100 people, although most of them are on foot, but the number of people is very different, and it seems that they can fight.
But why are the other horse's horses so strong that they don't look like local horses?
Without thinking too much, the general ordered the archers to step forward and prepare to release arrows to scare back the attacking enemy, but the enemy cavalry roared and shot down several of his own cavalry who met him, and then swept around seventy or eighty paces away, and when he came to the back of the team, he suddenly bent his bow and shot arrows.
Most of the archers ran to the front, and there was no cover at the back of the line, and more than ten people were shot down in an instant, because they suddenly encountered the enemy on the march and suddenly changed the formation, and many people were in chaos.
But they had spears in their hands, and although most of them had crooked shafts, at least they were all gathered together and held their spears outward, and many were relieved to see the enemy horses give up their charge and pass by.
However, there are unlucky ghosts who are caught in the noose thrown by the other party, and before they can come to their senses, they are pulled down and dragged away, and there are eyes and hands that quickly pounce on them but where they can pull them, and at the other end of the rope is a galloping cavalry, and the drag force is so great that even two people can drag it away.
The enemy horsemen dragged people around the group, and the unfortunate ghosts were dragged to a bloody pulp, crying loudly, and the voice was terrible.
Everyone trembled when they saw this, they were not serious soldiers, they were just engaged in the army to eat, where had they seen such a ferocious enemy, fortunately, everyone was huddled together to cheer each other on, otherwise they would have been unstable for a long time.
But the nightmare continued, some of the enemy suddenly reined in their horses and jumped down, took out their bows and began to fire arrows at a distance of about seventy paces, and their own archers could not shoot at all.
The opponent is heavily armoured, and there are not many archers on their own side who can have crotch armor, and they only shoot for a moment and suffer heavy casualties and hide behind the shield, but in this way, the others are unlucky.
The enemy, numbering only thirty-four people, "surrounded" his own side and harassed them with cavalry bows, foot bows, and nooses, and many were terrified when they saw that it would be finished sooner or later.
At this moment, someone noticed that there was a gap in the north of the "encirclement", that is, in the direction of the river, and this gap seemed to be caused by the negligence of the other party.
Even though the officials shouted "steady" with all their might, the fear of death and the desire to survive prevailed, and some people ran north as soon as they pulled their legs, while others were stunned at first and followed.
There are two and three, and the barely maintained formation collapses in an instant, and everyone rushes to the river, knowing that as soon as they jump into the river, the enemy on horseback will not be able to reach them, and the problem is that they cannot be left behind.
It doesn't matter if you don't run fast or not, as long as you are faster than the others, the scattered soldiers rush to the river, give their backs to the enemy, and then be harvested like rice by the other side.
It was only a few dozen steps away from the river, but no one could finish it, except for a few who were knocked unconscious and gagged and tied up, and everyone else turned into a cold corpse and fell in the field.
"Bring these back to the chief for questioning." One person commanded that he was the leader of this cavalry squad of the Zhou army, and was responsible for intercepting all the enemies in the western area of Quyi, although there were only more than thirty people, but it was enough.
"In groups of five, spread out and kill everyone who appears in the wilderness!!"
"Today, everyone is riding a boat and riding a horse, tired and tired, but you must also resist, keep your eyes open, don't miss someone and let them escape to the dragon to make up the news!"
Well-trained cavalry, even if there are only more than thirty people, it is easy to deal with the rabble, and those who will tremble with fear when they see the war horses rushing in front of them, no matter how many people there are, it is useless.
The team was looking in the northwest direction, trying to see the dragon weaving city dozens of miles away, and their war horses still hadn't fully recovered from the seasickness, otherwise, the chief manager would have been able to lead them to raid the dragon weaving.
If that's the case, maybe tonight, everyone will be able to attack the dragon weaving, but it's a pity that the mount can't hold on, so they can only play a trick of "black under the lights" in this Quyi City.