Song Jie concluded that the cavalry was coming at them, and immediately decided to ride his horse and raise fire to the west, trying to divert the cavalry from the south.

Bai Liyan didn't dare to be careless, and quickly moved Tang Zhao into the firewood house to settle down, and at the same time summoned the village Zhuang Ding, and gathered the men, women, and children in Yicaotang, and the Zhuang Ding was armed and gathered in case of accidents.

"Liu Zao, you take fifty strong men to ambush in the pigsty, Liu Chuan leads another fifty people to ambush on the bank of the lotus pond, and I and others guard the Yicaotang to take care of the old and weak. If there is any change in the villain, you two will kill me left and right to help me fight. You can get it. ”

"Understood, follow Mr. Wei's plan."

"Okay, disperse immediately, and don't raise fire."

There are more than 200 adult men in the village, but there are very few blades.

Nowadays, the control of weapons is very strict, peasants, tenants and other individuals are difficult to get the blade, in addition to the seven iron swords captured at the beginning of the village, the rest of the people without exception only nail rakes, hoes, pitchforks and other simple farm tools, in addition to the usual storage of bamboo guns and wooden thorns, it is difficult to have any combat effectiveness, if the other party is upset, even if there are more than 200 people, it is not an opponent, let alone a cavalry.

The other party is still far away, and he walks slowly, if he is attacking and running, more than ten miles is the time to blink an eye.

Hundreds of men, women, and children gathered in Yicaotang, and the father and son of the Liu family scattered left and right, and Bailiyan led the remaining strong men to point two fires at a distance of thirty steps in the east, west, south, and north directions of Yicaotang. First, to disturb the enemy to attract attention, to buy time for Song Jie and others to escape, and second, to tell the people who came that the deserted village was prepared, not to act rashly.

At this time, the black pressure was pressed by a cavalry trampling the crops, and it was less than three miles away from the deserted village, and the sky-high fire was clearly visible.

"Big brother, our whereabouts have been discovered in the deserted village, what should I do now." The knife-faced man said.

"Kill me, and I won't be left alive."

The leader of the horse thieves in armor said coldly, and the knife face said:

"I just saw a few horsemen on horseback heading west, they must be going to Guangxin to report the news, what if there is an ambush in the village."

According to the report, there are no more than 100 households in the deserted village, and there are no weapons, so they must be unprepared and go to ask for help. I waited for more than 200 people, and if I couldn't deal with hundreds of villagers within half an hour, I would simply give Lao Tzu a fuck. Kill me now, kill all the men, and the girls snatch them back and be happy. ”

"Okay." The knife face suddenly rose evilly, drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, the boss has an order, burn the village, kill men, rob food, rob women, rush me!" ”

"Kill ......"

Everyone responded in unison, brandishing swords and spears in their hands, killing the deserted village like locusts.

Baili Yan was guarding the roof of Yicaotang, and no one raised a fire, and he couldn't see the number and situation of the other party clearly across the three-mile boundary, but when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, his heart suddenly sank:

"Oh no, this is a bandit who wants to slaughter the village!"

If it was for Song Jie and the others, when this group of people saw the bonfire in the village, they should not make a big move, but let out the sentry horses to investigate the situation first and then make tactical adjustments.

Now indiscriminately, as soon as he arrived at the three-mile boundary, he began to charge, obviously he had the chance to win, he knew the situation of the deserted village well, and he knew very well that the deserted village was not armed. In the case of being discovered, there is no need for pre-war reconnaissance at all, and it is easier to succeed by directly rushing to kill.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan jumped off the roof and shouted:

"Everyone listens to the order, bamboo spears and wooden thorns are in front, pitchforks, nail rakes, and hoes are behind, and the east, south, west, and north formations are not allowed to move recklessly, but those who approach are not allowed to be killed, and they are not allowed to leave the array without authorization to pursue the enemy, everyone can understand."

"Understood!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and quickly shrank to the periphery of Yicaotang to gain a firm foothold.

When the horse thief was killed to the boundary of half a mile, the soldiers were suddenly divided into three roads, fifty horsemen on the east road went straight to the east of the village, fifty horsemen on the west road went to the west of the village, and the remaining more than 100 horsemen were led by the bandit leader and went straight to the fire-shining Yicaotang.

When he was young, the sound of killing in the east and west of the village was everywhere, and the horse thieves lit a fire and set fire to destroy the house everywhere, but there was no one to be seen. Just when the horse thief was suspicious, more than 100 horsemen from the main force of the middle road had already killed Yicaotang, and when he saw that Yicaotang was crowded with foreign lights, the leader of the armored horse thieves was also surprised.

The other party was able to quickly organize hundreds of men, women, and children to gather in one place in a short period of time, and it was not an idle person.

"Everyone listen to the order, go up and surround me."

At this time, the knife face and the leader of the horse thief quickly said:

"Big brother, more than hundreds of people in the village are here, why are you soft-hearted about this matter?"

"You know a fart, there must be capable people in the village, let the brothers be careful of this, don't lose your life."

More than 100 horsemen suddenly stopped their speed, and the soldiers outflanked Yicaotang left and right, and quickly joined up with other horse thieves, making Yicaotang all overwhelmed.

"Who is the head of the deserted village, come out and speak."

The leader of the horse thieves shouted in a thick voice, and the scar on his face was faintly visible in the light of the fire.

Baili Yan's eyes were also taken aback, this group of people and horses is less than two hundred miles away, although the equipment guys are varied, but the horses under the crotch are all good horses, no worse than the grassland war horses of the Song Kingdom, and it is very likely to be military horses.

After settling down and holding a spear in his hand, Bai Liyan said carefully:

"Your Excellency led the crowd to destroy my grange and burn my house in the middle of the night, and now surround my old and weak women and children, I don't know where the deserted village offended you, and please give me a reason."

"Humph!" The leader of the horse thieves was cold, holding the reins of the horse with his left hand, and pointing at the bronze spear in his right hand: "Let me ask you, who is Wei Xian in the village, and quickly hand over this person, and you can also be spared the disaster of slaughter." ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the village looked at Bailiyan, and Bailiyan was stunned again. These three midnight Xingshi mobilized the crowd and actually came towards his upward head.

At this time, the leader of the horse thieves also saw that the man who spoke just now should be Wei Xian:

"You are Wei Xian!"

"I don't know where I offended Your Excellency, and I actually want to take Wei's head." Bai Liyan shook the gun, thinking that she would not be able to hide tonight.

horse thief leader says:

"Don't blame me for being ruthless, but before I die, I also told you to die to understand. To tell you the truth, someone wants your upward head. ”

As soon as the words fell, two cold lights shot out, Bailiyan's forehead was deflected, and he jumped out to the left to roll sideways to avoid it, and the next moment he saw two crossbow arrows deep into the ground, if he hadn't been on guard, the two arrows just now would have taken his life.

The crossbow bolts shot into the air, and the horse thief leader felt a chill in his heart. Even if he can't dodge the two arrows, this person can dodge the two hidden arrows with the backlight, and he is by no means a good kind. Thinking of this, it was a shout

"Brothers, kill me!"

More than 200 horse thieves were killed together and besieged Yicaotang from all directions. At this time, the father and son of the Liu family, who were hiding in the lotus pond and pigsty, heard the news and the sound of killing in the grass hall was everywhere, and each led fifty strong men to kill together from the left and right.

More than 200 horse thieves originally attacked Yicaotang with all their might, and they didn't want to kill more than 100 people left and right, but they were caught off guard.

The cavalry has the advantage of the speed and maneuver space of the furious rush, and once it enters the village, the maneuver is greatly reduced. More than 200 horse thieves concentrated on besieging Yicaotang and couldn't get out, and at this time, they faced the internal and external attack of bamboo spears and wooden thorns, and for a time they stabbed down many horse thieves.

With the sound of killing in the deserted village, Song Jie and the others, who had escaped from the village, were suspicious when they heard the news, and the strong archer Fang De had good eyesight, and looking back at the deserted village, the situation was obviously wrong:

"Song Jie, the situation is not right, it seems that the person who came is not aimed at us."

"Could it be that the horse thief can't steal the grain!"

Song Jie faintly felt that something was wrong, and at this time, Gu Shan touched a pair of crescent halberds in his hand, making a crunching sound:

"Fuck the thief, Wei Langzhong is kind to Brother Tang Zhao, what are I doing in a daze, kill back!"

"Yes, kill back."

Ma Sen and Ma Lin echoed, and Song Jie said decisively:

"Go, don't hurt others."

Having made up their minds, the five of them immediately reined in the reins of their horses and turned around and went straight to the deserted village.

At this time, Yicaotang is killing inextricably and separating the winner from the loser. Although the horse thieves were far superior to the villagers, they lost their mobility, and no matter how many cavalry they fought together, it was difficult for them to give full play to their advantages. In addition, the villagers mostly used bamboo guns, wooden thorns, nail rakes, pitchforks and other long-pole weapons, and there were eight bonfires to cover, so the horse thieves did not dare to approach.

The horses were also frightened by the fire, and after a fight, the horse thieves not only did not get a bargain, but lost twenty or thirty people with dead and wounded.

The loss of the villagers is not small, most of the strong men in the village have no training, relying on individual martial arts alone, can not be twisted into a rope to fight together, just like stragglers, with a moment of bravery, can only use a drum of energy, kill the horse thief by surprise, and fight again can not get any cheap.

Under the two battles, the villagers also suffered more than 50 casualties, and the horse thieves opened up the distance after suffering losses, but they could not run fast, and could only hurt people with sporadic crossbows and cold arrows.

Baili Yan guarded the periphery of Yicaotang, mobilized the strong men to use the firewood bundles and haystacks as a cover, delayed the siege of the horse thieves, and at the same time adjusted the deployment, mobilized spears and wooden thorns, and went to cover and kill the lone horse thief, so that the horse thief would not have a moment of respite.

At this time, Song Jie and others no one entered from the west of the village, a cold arrow shot a horse thief, Song Jie and Gu Shan, the Ma family brothers took the opportunity to kill, Fang De climbed the big tree to occupy the commanding heights and hid in the dark The cold arrows did not stop, the horse thief could not attack Yicaotang for a long time at this time, and he was in a hurry, and the casualties were quite large, and the horse thief was also in chaos.

Thinking about the countless killings and plundering over the years, I have never encountered such a stubborn stubble tonight, and not only did I not take advantage of it after several confrontations, but also lost more than 30 people, how could the horse thief not be annoyed.

Without waiting for the horse thieves to readjust the defense line, Song Jie and the others killed from behind, and the formation was suddenly chaotic, Baili Yan guarded outside Yicaotang and saw that the horse thieves in the west were messy and had a killing sound, and immediately thought that it must be Song Jie and the others who killed back to rescue themselves halfway.

He made a decision immediately, leaving more than 60 people to continue to defend Yicaotang, and led 100 people including the Liu family's father and son to fight in a formation to the west and join Song Jie and others.

Song Jie and the others are not idle, the horse thief is far from being an opponent, and there is Fang De secretly shooting cold arrows from time to time, so he also injured fifteen or sixteen horse thieves, at this time, Bai Liyan led the crowd to kill, even the leader of the horse thieves who had been on the battlefield for a long time, he also had a chill down his spine:

"Big brother, we were ambushed, and my brother was killed and injured a lot." The knife said in a panic, and his right arm had already been hit by an arrow.

"Damn it, give Lao Tzu a withdrawal!"

"What about the injured brother."

"What else can I do, leave those who can't take it away, and we must not fold all the brothers here, go quickly!"

The leader of the horse thieves urged the horse to the east, led more than a dozen guards, bypassed Yicaotang and went straight to the east entrance of the village. At this time, the horse thieves were in chaos, and the cavalry was divided and surrounded by the villagers led by Baili Yan between the shacks, and they could not advance or retreat before and after.