Chapter 53: Soldiers or Bandits

Tonight's Songling Village is really extraordinarily lively, and the mighty people have sent away wave after wave. As soon as the comfortable men and horses left the village, Xia Ang, the general of the Chengdu garrison, appeared on the official road at the entrance of the village with a cavalry.

The Chengdu Garrison Administration has three subordinate troops, namely the Guards Battalion, the Chinese Military Battalion, and the Pioneer Battalion, each battalion has about 1,500 people.

The one who gave An Yi a large number of firearms before was the commander of the Chinese military camp, Jiang Yun. And during the last township test, it was the guard battalion that was responsible for the defense of the Gongyuan, and it was Zhao Jiang, the general of the guard battalion, who clashed with An Yi and Jiang Ruyue outside the Gongyuan.

After receiving the report that the "bandits" had attacked Songling Village, he only ordered one or two hundred cavalry from the pioneer camp and walked for nearly an hour before coming to the gate of Songling Village.

"General, the front has been explored, and there is no trace of other people's activities around Songling Village." A colonel with two small flags on his back knelt in front of Chaaon's horse with his fists clenched, and participated in the report.

Xia Ang nodded, then looked in the direction of Songling Village, and felt that the village was quiet, as if nothing had happened, and there was no scene of bandits crossing the border in Jiangning Village last time.

He frowned, and saw that there were many tattered sacks of sacks on the ground at the entrance of the village, and a few bits and pieces of grain were scattered on the ground. Xindao Jingyun, an old thing, knows how to grab food, so let him make a big noise, and take it all as a deaf ear.

Xia Ang beckoned him to the little colonel who was kneeling there in front of the horse, and whispered to him, "Take the brothers and ride in, make some noise, and it is better to drive all the villagers outside." ”

"Yes!"

The little school nodded knowingly and took the order.

He returned to his horse, turned over on his horse, pulled out the saber on his waist with a "bang", pointed in the direction of Songling Village, and shouted to the cavalry team behind him: "Brothers, the bandits are in the village, rush me, make a big noise, General Xia said, A head is three taels of silver, go!" ”

The one or two hundred horsemen behind him listened to his words, and they also drew their sabers one after another, followed the little colonel, and rushed into Songling Village in the dark.

Let's say that after Jiang Ruyue in the village here ambushed Jin Mingyin's men and horses on the high slope of the village entrance, she hid alone in a small grass hut at the entrance of the village, quietly looking at the direction of the village entrance. An Xin was afraid that he would not have time to react, so she gave him a small bamboo tube and told him that if he pulled the string under the small bamboo tube in an emergency, he could release a ringing arrow, which could be used to notify Jin Mingyin.

This little thing was when An Yi's two brothers and sisters helped Zhou Yunlong capture Song Zhong, the big boss of Jiulong Mountain, An Xin pointed at the arrow that was placed outside the hotel to inform the officers and soldiers. It was such a gadget made by An Xin herself, and it was much more effective than shouting at the critical moment.

Lin Muzhi held this small bamboo tube behind his hands, looked out through the crack in the window. As long as it is something given by An Xin, he is willing to accept it, although An Yi has conveyed An Xin's meaning to Jiang Ruyue last time, but he is originally a stubborn character, although he said forget it, that touch of affection is still rooted in his heart.

Under the leadership of the little school, Chaon's men and horses roared and shouted and rushed into Pine Ridge Village. Holding torches high and waving sabers, the village was awakened from sleep in the middle of the night, and groups of bewildered villagers, men, women, children in their arms, and crutches were all driven to the entrance of the village.

The group of people led by Jin Mingyin were hidden in the shadows of the trees on the high slope, looking at Xia Ang's actions below, there was a trace of bad premonition in his heart, and he felt that Jiang Ruyue's worries were becoming reality step by step.

Jiang Ruyue stared at the people outside by the window in the house, he held the small bamboo tube in his hand tightly, and wrapped the cotton thread under the bamboo tube twice with his index finger, as long as there was any movement outside, he was ready to pull the arrow into the sky at any time.

The colonel led the cavalry to form a circle at the entrance of the village and surrounded the villagers. Then a crack was flashed in the direction of the entrance of the village, and I saw that Na Xia Ang was dressed in battle armor and held a long knife, and came to the villagers to stand in front of him.

He sat on his horse and glanced at the group of coarse linen clothes, looked at his villagers with a worried face, and said loudly: "I am the general of the Chengdu garrison, I heard that there are bandits rampant in Songling Village, and I have come to suppress the bandits!" According to reliable sources, the thieves are hiding among you, and I hope you will cooperate with this general. ”

After listening to Xia Ang's words, the villagers looked at each other one by one, didn't Master An already take all the people from the Wugu Sect just now? Even that Jingyun Dao Commander was killed by us, why did this Chengdu garrison come to suppress the bandits again?

Xia Ang looked at the group of people muttering something in private, but no one answered his words, and became angry for a while, "What? Can't you hear what Ben will say? ”

After a while, an old man with a cane stood up tremblingly, waved at Xia Ang on the horse, and said, "This general, before you came, Lord An had already exterminated all those people of the Wugu Sect. ”

Five grains religion? Didn't you tell Jingyun to disguise herself as a bandit? How can it still be recognized by the villagers? When Xia Ang heard what he said, he muttered in his heart, so he asked the old man, "Let me ask you, which Lord An?" How do you know that it is the Five Grains Sect that has been exterminated? ”

The old man replied to him again: "If you return to the general, it is the regimental training envoy of our village, Lord An Yi, and the Jingyun Dao Leader of the Wugu Sect was killed by us with his own hands, who else could it be if it wasn't the Wugu Sect." ”

Xia Ang almost didn't fall off his horse after hearing what he said, didn't An Yi adjust his guard when he gave him the order? How could he touch the people of Jingyun? And how was Jingyun beaten to death by the villagers? Those sacks of grain at the door....

This still needs to be asked, of course Jiang Ruyue deliberately threw it there.

Only then did he understand that the news was leaked, and he was put on a comfortable display, and nine out of ten of Jingyun's people were here.

But fortunately, An Yi doesn't seem to know the purpose of his coming, since this is the case, then act according to the original plan, and when the time comes, all the basins will be detained on An Yi's head.

Thinking of this, his face sank, he took the long knife in his hand, slowly raised it above his head, then held the handle of the knife with both hands, suddenly accelerated and swung forward, and slashed at the old man standing in front of the horse.

"Click~"

Before everyone could react, the long knife slashed off the old man's entire shoulder and head in the old man's stunned gaze.

"Ahh

When the surrounding villagers saw the bloody scene between the lightning and flint, they immediately rioted, and the cries and screams were endless.

Xia Ang waved his hand to the junior colonel next to him, and the junior colonel immediately instructed, raised the saber in his hand, and shouted, "Kill the thief!" He led the surrounding cavalry to the group of unarmed villagers, showing the steel knives like demonic fangs.

Jiang Ruyue saw this scene in the house, she was almost stunned, and she couldn't care about the small bamboo tube in her hand, she stood up and kicked open the door with a "bang", pointed to Xia Ang who was not far away, and shouted:

"What are you doing, Chaon? Slaughtering the people, are you going to rebel? ”

When Xia Ang heard the prestige, a pair of small inverted triangular eyes on his ruthless face were full of murderous aura, staring at Jiang Ruyue deadly.

There was no need for him to give an order at all, a personal soldier next to him would have rushed out willingly, carrying a short knife and rushing to Jiang Ruyue to beat the horse.

On the high slope, Jin Mingyin knew that something was wrong when he saw Jiang Ruyue rushing out, according to Lin Muzhi's words, this reading doll didn't know the depth on the battlefield!

He hurriedly stretched out his hand to ask for a firearm from the soldier next to him, aiming at the soldier who was riding away towards Jiang Ruyue. Jin Mingyin stood up, and the mouth of the gun moved quickly with the pegasus, and at the moment when his eyes met the figure on the horse,

"Boom!"

The finger pulled the trigger, and a projectile with a fiery glow whizzed out.

Jiang Ruyue's side was frightened by the murderous person who ran to him with a steel knife and retreated again and again, and in a panic, he forcibly endured his hands that were shaking with fear, and lifted the bamboo tube to the sky to release the arrow.

"Huh!"

A cold light came in an instant, and Jiang Ruyue felt a thrill in her heart, and subconsciously hurriedly let go of the small bamboo tube in her hand. Where the steel knife passed, the small bamboo tube was cut in two by Qi Brush, and if he reacted a little slower just now, it might be his two hands that were cut off.

Before Jiang Ruyue could come back to her senses, the second way was already waved down against her cheek.....

"It's over!"

Jiang Ruyue simply closed her eyes, thinking in her heart, the list of this imperial examination is still out, and I am already dying, my life is miserable.

"Poof!"

"Ah~~~"

With the sound of entering the flesh, what followed was not the pain of the steel knife slashing into the collarbone, but a handful of viscous liquid with temperature splashed on his face, and the pig-killing scream that followed.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the man in front of him was clutching only a small part of his left arm, screaming in pain, and the hand that had been holding the steel knife had fallen into a pool of blood under the horse's hooves.

Jiang Ruyue looked in the direction of Gao Po with a surprised expression, and saw Jin Mingyin holding a fire gun with white smoke and looking at him from a distance.

Good marksmanship!

He secretly said in his heart, but the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe did not make him forget the danger in front of him, the small bamboo tube had been cut down, so he simply shouted directly towards the high slope: "Ming Yin, fight!" ”

Xia Ang on the horse was also attracted by Jiang Ruyue's shout, he hurriedly looked into the shadow of the tree on the high slope, only to see the figure under the tree shaking, and his heart was not good for a while, could it be that there were ambushes?

According to Jiang Ruyue's instructions, Jin Mingyin's fire guns were already projectiles in their chests and ready to go. After receiving Jiang Ruyue's order, Jin Mingyin slowly raised his right hand, stared at the direction of Xia Ang down the slope, and waved it fiercely.

"Boom!"

The sound of a salvo of more than a dozen fire guns resounded in the sky for a while, shaking people's eardrums. The projectile that roared out directly lifted the cavalry in the outer row of Chaon and turned them on their backs.

"Sigh Rule~"

Even the veteran horses under Xia Ang's crotch were a little shocked by the sound of the horses, and they were moving around, looking a little panicked.

However, these people under Xia Ang's hands are officials and soldiers, and the quality of personnel is not comparable to those rabble of the Wugu Sect.

He reined in the restless horse under his crotch a few times, immediately gathered up the cavalry around him who had not been affected by the projectile, and then pointed in the direction of the high slope with his hand, and said loudly: "There are still bandits on the high slope, attack it!" ”

Xia Ang is also a garrison general in Chengdu Mansion, and he has seen it. He could hear that the sound of Jin Mingyin's dozen guns was not trivial, and the wailing and screaming cavalry here also proved to be powerful, but as long as you are a gun, you have to load, right? My cavalry is a little distance from the high slope in front of you, and in a few breaths, the saber will be in front of your face.

"Kill!"

The cavalry, which had regrouped, followed the direction of the guard's finger, urged the war horse under the crotch, waved the steel knife in his hand, and rushed forward with a shout.

But Chaon really thought wrong, reload! It has never been the problem of Jin Mingyin's new guns, the problem is that all his powerful new guns have been emptied after these two rounds of salvos just now and in the warehouse before.

And the most deadly thing is that he originally thought that he could solve the problem by relying on the deterrence of firearms, and he did not bring a short crossbow!