Suddenly, in the north of the city, the sound of drums and gold suddenly made a big noise.

In the camp in the north of the city, Ma Zongheng had already heard the report and learned that the people of Changyuan had rebelled, so he quickly gathered troops and horses, and had already lined up in battle.

"Lord!! Not long ago, the thieves in the north of the city were attacked, and now the city gates have been opened!! One of the soldiers rode up and shouted excitedly. When Ma Zongheng heard this, his eyes flashed, he raised the dragon blade in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, this is the long wall that God has helped us to take!" Listen to my orders, and the whole army will enter Changyuan!! However, we must remember that we must not injure the people by mistake, and we must not commit adultery and plunder, but if you violate it, you will be killed!! ”

Ma Zongheng roared, and the soldiers and soldiers all responded violently. So, at the end of the day, there was an overwhelming wave of shouting and killing outside the north of the city. To the north of the city, it is also a torch swagger, and many righteous men and strong men are shouting cheers and greeting with joy.

It was too late to say that it was too late, and the horses were rushing forward, and they were about to rush into the city. At this time, Zhang Liao suddenly galloped to catch up, and said quickly: "The lord is inevitably deceitful, let me go first!" ”

After that, Zhang Liao didn't wait for Ma Zongheng to answer, accelerated his horse and flew over, and rushed into the city. Ma Zongheng grinned, but he was not angry, and waved his big hand at the soldiers behind him, shouting and rushing up. Seeing the soldiers, the morale was higher, and they all rushed to be the first, and followed the horses into the city.

At this moment, a thief soldier was seen on the oncoming avenue hurrying over. Under the light of the torches, the leader of the thief army, seeing that the officers and soldiers had already entered the city, suddenly changed his complexion, and suddenly saw that in the darkness, there seemed to be a fast shadow rushing over, knowing that the flying shadow rushed in front of him, and was illuminated by the fire, only to see a majestic and majestic, cold face, holding a crescent moon silver lion halberd in his white robe general.

"Thief, take your life!" Zhang Liao's sharp eyes shot out, and the crescent silver lion halberd in his hand slammed it, like a flying wind, and cut the head of the thief in half, and the surrounding thieves had no time to react.

Tick~~! The sound of horses' hooves sounded like a torrential rain and thunder, and then only a sky-shattering roar was heard, and the soldiers killed in the rear immediately became murderous, killing like a group of demonic beasts.

"Kill~~!!!"

In addition, Zhenggu, who was in the west of the city, was so frightened by this killing sound that he almost fell off his horse, and a vague picture of blood-colored ghosts and gods suddenly rose in his mind.

"Oh no~~!! Oh no~~!! The officers and soldiers have entered the city~~!! Suddenly, an urgent shout came, and he felt that his heart was about to jump out, so he couldn't care so much, and he shouted for the withdrawal of his troops with all his might. Those Black Mountain bandits, who were looking at the people and still had a fierce face, were also frightened and scattered, eager to flee to the west of the city, and shouted to open the door.

"You wait for these thieves who kill a thousand knives, and you have today!! Dear folks, fathers and elders, let's kill together to avenge the tragic death of our relatives at the hands of these thieves!! In the crowd of the people, suddenly a big man roared. So more than 1,000 people in Changyuan pounced together. The Black Mountain Bandit Army was unprepared at first, and only cared about fleeing for their lives, but they also suffered a lot of losses. But later, as the thieves started to fight fiercely, shouting and fighting, how could these people, who could only plough the fields and cultivate the land, compare to the Black Mountain thief army who licked blood at the knife all day long, and were suddenly killed and retreated, and in a while, nearly 100 soldiers were killed urgently.

On the other side, there were several thieves in the city, some of whom were timid of the courage of the officers and soldiers and fled from the east and south gates, while others went to the west gate to rescue Zhenggu.

At this moment, in the middle of Ximen Avenue, there were more than 100 fast rides to arrive first. The first to bear the brunt was the hand-held dragon blade, and the horse that came quickly was also Zonghengye. The thieves who rushed to the west gate to rescue were killed by Zhang Liao's commanded soldiers.

"Whew~~!! Wait for these brutes, and then dare to hurt the innocent, Lao Tzu will break you~~!! ”

There was an earth-shattering sound, like the roar of thunder and lightning, and it shook violently. When the thieves who were fighting fiercely heard this, they were all frightened, and hurriedly looked over, and saw that it was the horse that led the troops to kill, just like a rabbit saw a giant beast in the wilderness, and subconsciously pulled his legs and fled. The people of Changyuan were also frightened by the roar of the horses and the terrible murderous aura emanating from their bodies, and they retreated one after another.

The horse stared at the ghostly fierce eyes, galloped to the back of the thief army, and slashed with flying knives, fighting in anger. The thieves who couldn't escape had to cry and howl wolves and run around. But I saw that within the chaotic army, the broad blade slashed horizontally, and several thieves broke their bodies and dissolved, and blood shot out together, still warm blood, sprinkled Ma Zongheng's body, but it could not extinguish the cold killing intent all over his body.

"Kill the weak and oppress the people! It is the so-called Montenegrin Heavenly Army!? Just wait for you to still want to help the common people!? What a joke!! You're just a bunch of dogs who are driven out and frenzied~~!! What kind of face do you have to stand in the world!? Ma Zongheng's angry shouts one after another, like a bell ringing again, shook in the hearts of the thieves. Many of the thieves who had fled halfway through the process, many of whom seemed to have been washed their heads, suddenly came to their senses, thought of all the evil deeds they had done in the past, suddenly discarded their weapons, knelt down and covered their faces, and wept bitterly.

Immediately after that, the cry became louder, and more and more thieves gave up fleeing for their lives, and under the cold gaze of Ma Zongheng, they abandoned Ge and knelt down, repenting and begging for mercy.

"Damn dog thief, it's not you who died your relatives, why are you crying mouse here~~!!?" At this moment, a big man roared angrily, raised his hoe, and rushed towards a thief, smashing it towards his head.

This blow, full of endless hatred, instantly smashed the thief's head into a watermelon like an exploding watermelon, and blood and brains burst out. When the surrounding people saw this, they all shouted angrily, and they all wanted to fight the thief. Those thieves who had already lost their fighting spirit, seeing that the people were killing with endless resentment, some were so frightened that they subconsciously picked up their weapons. After all, no one wants to be killed, and it is the instinct of every creature to protect themselves!

"Enough!! Kill thieves who have no intention of resisting, what is the difference between you and these thieves!? Suddenly, the horse roared, and the people who had been rushing away stopped one after another, and then some of them fell to their knees weakly and began to cry bitterly.

Ma Zongheng sighed heavily, silently looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said, "It's a troubled time, and I don't know how many innocent sacrifices will be made." War, war, is nothing more than a feast for the ambitious and the strong. ”

At the time of the third watch, the chaos in the city gradually ended, and the horses only rode more than 100 fast, but they subdued nearly 7 or 800 thieves, and Zhang Liao, who led most of the men and horses, successfully killed several thieves and soldiers, and also captured more than 1,000 thieves. Most of the remaining thieves fled, and among them, Zhenggu also escaped long ago with the support of a group of thieves under his command.

After Ma Zongheng pacified the people, he settled the army and a group of prisoners in the camp in the west of the city, and because Ma Zongheng had already had strict orders, the troops under his command did not commit any crimes against the people in the city. Ma Zongheng has seen the head of the Zhao family, a man named Zhao Qiang, who is about fifty years old, and looks like a Confucian figure. Zhao Qiang talked extraordinary, after thanking Ma Zongheng for his rescue, he asked Ma Zongheng about his belonging, and when he saw that Ma Zongheng intended to conceal it, he didn't ask much, and ordered someone to offer some wine as a reward, and then retreated.

At this point, Ma Zongheng successfully seized Changyuan, the throat of the eastern county, and in the past few days, he only cared about appeasing the people and stabilizing the army, and unconsciously, Ma Zongheng had nearly six or seven thousand troops, of which nearly five thousand were the surrender of the Black Mountain thief army. After discussing with Zhang Liao, Gao Ran and other generals, Ma Zongheng decided to dismiss some of the thieves who had no intention of enlisting in the army and were forced to join the Montenegrin army. In the past few days, a total of nearly 2,000 people were dispatched, most of whom were young or old soldiers, and there were many in the prime of life, almost all of them were people from Dongjun. Of course, there are also many strong men who admire Ma Zongheng's might, and feel that he has great ambitions, is also benevolent and righteous to the people, and has the heart to stay under his command and make contributions.

There are more than 1,700 or 800 people belonging to the regular army of Montenegrin thieves, and these regular Montenegrin thieves are all originally belonging to the Yellow Turban Army, because they have committed a lot of crimes in recent years, and many of them are lonely, and they are also accustomed to the days of fighting, and they do not want to go back to the countryside to cultivate the land, and they are all included in Ma Zongheng's command.

So after a few days of dismissal, Ma Zongheng's troops did not increase but decreased compared to when they attacked Changyuan, and there were only more than 4,000 people. Immediately, Ma Zongheng ordered his generals to step up training every day, and at the same time sent people to secretly report to Puyang.

And the clan and people of Changyuan, seeing that the officers and soldiers of Ma Zongheng were not only brave and good at fighting, but also had strict military discipline, they secretly rejoiced, but they also got along peacefully. However, the Changyuan clan led by the Zhao family felt that Ma Zongheng's officers and soldiers were too mysterious, and they were much better than the elite of the officers and soldiers. With such a powerful army, it is impossible not to have a name. After all, now that Changyuan has fallen into the hands of this officer and soldier, Zhao Qiang and several heads of the small clan after discussion, feel that it is better to find out clearly, so he sent Xizuo to the camp in the army to investigate, or bribe some newly surrendered generals, and get information from them, but on the other hand, he sent people to the Luoyang area to inquire about one or two.

A few days later, Ma Zongheng got good news from Puyang. It turned out that not long ago, Yu Poison Cong Gu's urgent report learned that Changyuan was attacked by a fierce army, and heard that Bai Huan was dead, so he hurriedly withdrew his troops from Puyang for fear of being attacked. Qiao Mao was overjoyed, and soon after, he received the news that Changyuan had been broken from Ma Zongheng, and hurriedly replied to the letter, telling him that the Puyang crisis had been eliminated, and in the letter he comforted Ma Zongheng, saying that he had sent someone to Changyi, Shanyang, to report to Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai and recommend and commend him.

Ma Zongheng was also overjoyed that Qiao Mao kept his promise, but secretly he also made his own preparations, sent people back to the cottage, and ordered Wen Ping and Hu Che'er to escort food and armaments to Changyuan first, and gradually send troops to strengthen Changyuan's defenses, so that even if Liu Dai turned his face and didn't recognize people, he at least had a city to rely on and troops to defend. In addition, in the past few months, he has obtained a lot of baggage from the Black Mountain thieves, as well as a lot of good horses, plus there are now nearly tens of thousands of troops, and then drilled, it is enough to build a good army.