The next morning, when the sun was getting high, the thieves began to divide their troops in a chaotic manner. Go to the direction of the county seat, reoccupy the camp of those who stay, and re-surround Qili Village.

Although the leader named Qiao San'er knew that his two pro-soldiers were missing, there was nothing strange about him. Maybe he went out to hunt wild food, maybe he was satisfied with the treatment and left by himself, it's nothing.

But what could be more comfortable than being a thief now, with food and drink and women, and in a few days they will be back again. As for the woman, she was already back in the ranks of her family now, and she didn't dare tell the others what she had seen last night.

"Get ready, brethren!" 'Shi Qian' ordered proudly: "Use those two long ladders to find a place to build on the ditch and the sheep and horse wall, and let Yang Datou and Pork Cai lead people to attack head-on!" Let's go for a sneak attack! ”

His subordinates cautiously replied: "But, eldest brother, the long ladder has been taken away by Third Master Qiao and them." ”

"What?!" Shi Qian was furious and shouted, "Why didn't you report me?!" ”

"I'm here to report to you." The subordinate whispered: "Third Master Qiao said that they are going to attack the county seat, and they can't do it without a ladder." And I've already told you, and we don't dare to stop it. ”

Looking west, he could still see the procession heading towards the county seat, but he couldn't go and get the long ladder back. I had to order angrily: "What are you doing in a daze?!" Go cut down trees and make ladders! Fast! ”

The ladder is more than three zhang long, and he finally got it from the 'dragon', just to be able to break this Qili Village in one fell swoop to avenge the previous revenge. But without a word, he let those guys take it.

'Shi Qian' found Yang Datou and Pork Cai, and said politely: "Brother Yang, Brother Cai, how to assign people to attack in a while?" ”

"Old rules! Whoever gets in will be the one who gets it! Yang Datou said with a smile.

Pork Cai also nodded and said, "Yes, this rule is good!" ”

"Then I won't fight with the two, although the little lady inside is a sign, but the two brothers also know, brother, I am not good at this mouthful. Hehe," said 'Shi Qian'.

Yang Datou and Pork Cai smiled at the same time and said, "Thank you for the success of the 'Shiqian' brothers." In fact, what I thought in my heart was: "That job is not good, naturally it is not good for this mouthful, hahaha!" ”

Qili Village, sheep and horse wall.

Li Mu watched as the remaining team of thieves divided some people and went to both sides of the official road to cut down trees. "They're going to start making ladders." ”

Li Yan said lightly: "The trees on the side of the road are only five feet at most, if you directly use logs to make ladders, the weight is too large, and I am afraid that you will fall apart." We just need to guard the entrances and exits. ”

"They must have carpenters in their ranks, right?" Li Zhong questioned.

Li Yan smiled: "That's the same, what we want is time, and when their carpenter finishes the ladder, we will burn them all to ashes!" ”

"Oops, they're going to attack." Li Zhong reminded.

Li Yan instructed: "Second brother, you take these three people to patrol along the trench, don't be taken advantage of by the thieves, maybe they still have some weapons hidden." If you can't cope with it, blow the horn. If it's dangerous, bang the gong and let the others in the stockade help. ”

"Don't worry, you can go." Li Zhong nodded and said.

Li Yan and Li Mu came to the entrance of the wall, and the soldiers were ready at this time. Although there was no armor in the stockade, Li Yan issued them thick cotton clothes, and there were underwear made of satin, which was easy to deal with even if they were hit by an arrow. They also wrapped a thick layer of cotton cloth on their heads, which also protected their heads. Although the temperature has risen now, it is better to sweat than to die injured, so none of the soldiers complained.

"Get out, line up!" Li Yan ordered.

Two crossbowmen opened the gate. Four large shields went first, each shield was five feet square, three inches thick, and the surface was covered with raw cowhide, so there was no problem in defending against arrows.

It was followed by two rows of pikemen, sixteen, and two rows of crossbowmen, eighteen. Now only he and Li Mu are holding bows and arrows in Li Yan's team, and the others have been replaced with crossbows.

The team lined up at the entrance, blocking the gap between the two feet. On both sides of the formation are trenches that are one zhang deep and three zhang wide, and the thieves can only attack from the front.

"Pikemen! Sit! Zhao Datong gave an order, and the two rows of spearmen praised and made a neat fit on the ground, and the spears of more than seven feet pointed obliquely at the sky.

Now is not the time for the pikemen to play, so let them sit down, maintain their strength, and give the crossbowmen behind them a boundary.

The thieves were divided into two teams, the left and right, and each team consisted of fifty or sixty men. The reason why they were divided into two teams was because they came from two different teams, Yang Datou and Pork Cai, and no one wanted to take the lead for someone who was not their brother, so they had to be divided into two teams, left and right.

'Shi Qian' is still moral, and told Yang Datou and Pork Cai about the situation that there are bows and crossbows in Qili Village. So a row of shield bearers formed in both of their ranks, holding three-foot-high shields and slowly advancing forward. The others hid behind their shields, fearing that they would expose their bodies and become the target of the opponent's crossbow arrows.

The thieves were still more than sixty steps away from Li Yan's military formation, and suddenly a dozen people in the back row stopped, and they began to throw feather arrows at Li Yan's military formation with bows and arrows.

Li Mu saw the thief stretching his bow and arrows, and immediately ordered: "Spear, shake!" ”

When the pikemen heard the command, they began to shake their spears from side to side, and when the feathered arrows came, they basically slammed into their spears, changed direction, and lost their strength. Even if it was tied to them, most of them did not penetrate the thick cotton clothes. The other feathered arrows were either nailed to the shield in front of them, or they landed at the back of the military formation.

After Li Yan heard Li Mou's order first, he went up to the sheep and horse wall, quickly opened his bow and shot arrows, and shot one after another into the thieves' archers. He shot very fast, his right hand almost like a windmill, constantly drawing arrows from the quiver at his waist, and then shooting with great speed.

While giving the order, Li Mu also made the same action as Li Yan, jumped on the sheep and horse wall, and counterattacked the archers in the back row of the thieves. They have to be fast enough and shoot accurately. If the thieves had been given a few more salvos, their formations might not have had such good luck.

Fortunately, there were not many archers of the thieves, and the will to fight of these thieves was not strong, and after the archers of the two teams of thieves were shot or wounded seven or eight, some turned their heads and ran backwards, while others squatted on the ground, using their accomplices in front of them as shields, and did not dare to shoot another feathered arrow at the opposite side.