"Xianggong, there are horse thieves!"

After Han Daxia came back, he said hurriedly, seeing that his face was particularly shocked, and even his words were trilling, and his son Han Guan'er's indifferent face also had a sense of panic, even if he encountered wolves that day, he couldn't let the two of them do this, after all, beasts can't be compared with people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was also a panic and tremor in the team, Yang He tried his best to look, but there was no commanding height, the vision in front was covered by weeds, and the people and horses on that side were looming, but they couldn't see it very clearly.

He asked in a deep voice, "Do you see clearly, how many people are there?" ”

Han Daxia said: "See clearly, there are four horse thieves, and there are more than thirty foot thieves, but less than forty people." Most of the foot thieves had clubs in their hands, some of them had spears, and some of them had swords and shields, and as for the horse thieves...... There may be bows and arrows. ”

The team was even more frightened, some women cried out when they were old and weak, and Qi Youxin looked at Yang He anxiously: "Xianggong, what should I do?" ”

On the way to escape, they were most afraid of encountering bandits, especially bandits with bows, arrows and firearms, when hundreds of them fled, and in the end there were only a few dozen left, just because they encountered bandits many times on the way.

Everyone looked expectantly at the Yang River, the surface of the Yang River was sinking like water, and he looked around, the flat fields and fields, without any terrain to rely on, this situation was even more dangerous than facing the wolves at that time......

He looked over there for a while, and suddenly said, "Formation, all the young men stand in front of them, line up in two rows, minister, you will command...... Han Daxia, Han Guan'er, you two follow me behind and are responsible for the two wings. ”

Yang He's quick arrangement, as the bandits came closer and closer, he also saw a little more clearly, he quickly counted, and sure enough, as Han Daxia said, there were four horse thieves, less than forty foot thieves, but the number was definitely more than thirty-five.

Moreover, they are young and strong, and they are bandits who make a living from looting, and they have a certain combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, even if they took in newcomers a few days ago, there were only twenty-five young and strong men...... Not long ago, one person was beheaded, and only 24 people remained, and most of them were ordinary peasant children.

The other four people still have horses, and the people with horses in this era are not simple people, even in the Qi family's army, only cavalry has armor, and ordinary infantry only has captain-level characters, and they have armor similar to ordinary soldiers in cavalry.

Among them, there is also a person with a sword and shield in the formation, such a person, either a veteran of the rout among the officers and soldiers, or an old bandit in the villages, who can survive in the troubled times until now, has a strong skill.

Originally, when encountering an Arima's opponent in the field, the general situation is to form a phalanx or a circle to defend, but your own troops are not enough, and the protection is even more insufficient, and the enemy only needs to concentrate on one side to attack......

The phalanx and circular array are too rigid and stiff, and they can only stand and be beaten, and it is very easy to collapse globally.

Therefore, Yang He put all the young men in front, although the number of people on this side has gained the upper hand, but Yang He thinks that his scholar's archery skills are not much worse than him, and hopes that with a small bow, he can withstand the pressure from the front.

He and Han Daxia's father and son used a strong bow, a three-eyed gun, and a waist knife, hoping to block the enemy's possible attack on both wings.

Yang He was most afraid that those horse thieves would have bows and arrows, so that they could shoot from a distance and pose a threat to their own side, otherwise, after Minister Yang's archery attack, several horse thieves would suffer certain losses, and they might retreat.

At this time, he was so eager to have a large number of shields, even if each man had a plank in his hand, which could hardly be pierced by an ordinary horse bow.

Under his arrangement, the young men who were originally divided into two classes were all gathered in the front, all holding sticks, while Qi Youxin pulled out his waist knife, panting non-stop. Yang He also arranged some old and weak men on both sides, and finally the women, girls and children gathered in the middle.

Minister Yang took off his back basket and placed it in the middle of the crowd, and his younger brothers and sisters came out of the back basket with nervous faces.

Sister Ying'er screamed even more frightened: "Brother......"

Minister Yang hurriedly comforted her, and Yang He also smiled at the two: "Ying'er and Qian'er don't be afraid, it's okay." ”

Han Daxia calmed his face, took out the fire rope around his waist and lit it, and said to his son Han Guan'er: "Don't panic...... Check the ...... again."

Han Guan'er nodded vigorously, but his hands trembled slightly.

Minister Yang checked his bow and arrow waist knife again, and handed the copper stick in his hand to Yang He: "Young master, give it." ”

Yang He took the copper rod and patted him on the shoulder, the two nodded vigorously, and Minister Yang stepped forward, the two of them grew up together, and everything went without saying.

Soon the refugees formed a formation, nervously guarded, Yang He touched the copper stick in his hand, and the metal pattern on it gave him a sense of steadiness.

He drew his saber and twisted the grip into the threaded cavity in the stick, making it a sharp seven-foot-long knife, with a graceful streamlined blade, a slightly curved tip, and a material of almost high-carbon steel that was chilling and extremely sharp.

Holding the long knife, Yang He felt a lot more at ease, and when he heard Yan Dezheng not far away, he seemed to be trembling, and he smiled: "Mr. Yan don't have to be afraid. ”

Yan Dezheng shuddered: "Students don't ...... Not afraid ......"

He looked at Sun Zhaodi and his children who were full of nervousness in front of him, and there were many children, who were all listening to his teachings these days, and suddenly Yan Dezheng calmed down, remembering the various teachings of the saints when he was studying, and he had to protect them.

At this time, the bandits in front of them were getting closer and closer, and the artemisia grass was separated, and four horsemen jumped out, and they seemed to be surprised to see that this side was in full array, and they stopped more than a hundred paces away, gathered together, and looked this way.

Yang He also saw the dress of the four horsemen clearly, two of them wore red tasseled felt hats, one was wrapped in a red turban, and the other was wearing a blue folded scarf.

Yang He wanted to see their weapons clearly, but the four of them were wearing cloaks, and it was difficult to see the weapons and equipment on their bodies.

Then the messy footsteps sounded, and the group of thieves also arrived, seeing that although they were in a chaotic queue, the fierceness and cruelty of the bandits over the years were undoubtedly displayed, Yang He counted, the number of this group of thieves reached thirty-seven, and his face sank even more.

His eyes were on the three spears, and the bandit with the sword and shield.

The bandits gathered together, pointing at this side from time to time, and burst into bursts of wild laughter, which was full of cruelty and ruthlessness, reminding Yang He of the three rebels he had killed in Du Wei.

These bandits, like them, do not have the slightest humanity, and the refugee ranks are sometimes forced to do some evil things, these people are purely evil as a profession, trampling on good for pleasure.

Then the four horse thieves discussed something, and then the horse thief in the red turban came out of the ranks, and he skillfully steered the horses, and spied in circles around the refugee procession, and the heavy hooves of the horses stepped on the ground, and knocked down on the hearts of the people.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily followed his figure, afraid that he would suddenly rush into the crowd and slash like this, which was the insecurity of all infantry in the face of cavalry.

Yang He looked at the commotion of his team, everyone's faces turned pale, and while secretly sighing that his team saw little blood, he also lamented the innate shortcomings of the foot soldiers in the face of the horse team.

Minister Yang turned his head hatefully and said to Yang Daodao: "Young master, this thief is too rampant, wait for me to shoot him with an arrow." ”

Yang He shook his head and said, "Don't act rashly. ”

This horse thief is so arrogant, he is also very angry, but although this thief is rampant, he is actually very cautious, only galloping a hundred steps away to snoop, not to mention Minister Yang, even his own strong bow is not sure to shoot him, so it is better to wait and see what happens.

The horse thief circled around Yang He's team a few times, and when he saw the many women and children here, many luggage and baggage, and wolf corpses to eat, his eyes obviously lit up, and his eyes turned around Yang He again, and then he ran back.

Soon after, a thief came out from there, and his voice was so loud that he walked about seventy paces and yelled at him.

Yang He listened carefully, the difference between the voices of the states and counties in Guide Mansion and Fengyang Mansion was not very big, although this step thief was speaking this piece of local dialect, Yang He could still hear what he meant.

What he meant was to give this side three choices, one was to join them, and they were willing to be regarded as accomplices, the second was that the young and strong could go, but all the supplies and women and children must be left behind, and the third was that if they disagreed with the above two points, they would all be killed, and none of them would be left.

He especially emphasized that this scholar here refers to Yang He, and if he is willing to join them, they are willing to give him a position as a military advisor.

Yang He is not surprising, in this era, the status of scholars is transcendent, and bandits generally do not harm each other when they encounter scholars, but rush up the mountain to be masters. Even if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong met the scholars, their first reaction was to persuade them to surrender first.

However, so far, there are still very few scholars who are willing to join the team of thieves, but once they join, the organizational and destructive power of any thief will be multiplied.

Naturally, it was impossible for Yang He to join this gang of bandits and become some kind of dog-headed military advisor.

Of the three choices, he would not agree to any of them.

He didn't believe that a gang of bandits could let his previous achievements be wasted.

He stared at the gang of people opposite, the pole in Huaibei was like a cloud, and the thieves were like hair, and he didn't know where these bandits came out.

The main force was the four horse thieves, and then they attached themselves to a group of people.

The loud step thief shouted for a long time, but there was no reaction here, he could only go back helplessly, and then there were bursts of angry scolding and roaring from there.

A horse thief in a red tasseled hat shouted something in a high-pitched voice, as if to encourage a reward or something, which made the thieves look excited.

Suddenly they shouted, and under the charge of the sword and shield men, armed with swords, guns, and clubs, they smirked and rushed to this side.