Chapter Eighty-Three: The Zhou Family's Calculations
The news of the extermination of the Black Mountain thieves spread to all sides in an instant, and the nearby fortress villages and towns were shocked. Qin Xiaochuan's name spread around.
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โโโโ Zhou Zheng glanced at the broken teacup that fell to the ground, his eyes were full of disbelief, the thief who was kneeling on the ground covered in blood in front of him, glanced at his nephew next to him, but found that he also had a shocked expression, and his heart was difficult to calm down the disbelief, and said: "You say it again, I didn't hear it clearly!" โ
"Yes, yes, the great leader was defeated by the hundred households, the brothers were killed, the brothers died so miserably, those cavalry chased us after us like ghosts, if I hadn't run fast, alas" The bandit wiped tears with grief on his face.
He was a small leader among the bandits, who escaped the pursuit of the cavalry and came to the place of Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and after making sure that there was no one outside the house, he looked at this thief who had taken refuge in him, and said in shock: "You Black Mountain thieves are five hundred!" Five hundred! Lost to two hundred recruits? โ
"That's it, who doesn't know that you Black Mountain thieves are powerful, and there are more than 100 armored thieves alone" Zhou Yuan snorted coldly on the side, they obviously didn't believe the news.
"They are not recruits at all" The bandit's eyes were full of fear, and he trembled, and said: "Their crossbows can easily shoot through our shields from a hundred paces, and their firebolts are not only not explosive, but also powerful" Thinking of those brothers who died under the fire, he seemed to recall the battlefield again, and trembled.
"Strong crossbow, firebolt, well, this guy has money, it's normal to have these" Zhou Zheng had a legitimate expression on his face. He also said: "These two things will not do anything to you, your black mountain thieves are not bad in melee combat, and there are old thieves in the middle to suppress the formation, and that group of recruits has been practicing for a month." โ
"No, they are definitely the elite who have been trained for many years" The bandit said dumbfoundedly: "Their spearmen cooperate seamlessly, and the sword and shield hands are simply unable to start, just like a turtle shell, this kind of military formation, I have followed the big leader for so many years, I have never seen such a sharp military formation, they are definitely not recruits, absolutely not."
Zhou Zheng's face became solemn, looking at the appearance of this bandit, and said in his heart: "Are you saying that Qin Xiaochuan's subordinates are all elite in a hundred battles" He exchanged glances with his nephew, both of them looked inexplicable, a group of elite soldiers, he took this group of strong soldiers, he must have power and money, such a person will come to be a hundred households?
"No, not only" The figure of Tie Xing seemed to appear in the eyes of the thieves and said: "They also have a man, who looks like a giant bear, and the big stick in his hand is injured when he touches it, and he dies when he touches it, and there are ironclad soldiers, invulnerable iron armor, invulnerable, we can't break that armor no matter how we fight, they can easily kill us, and the brothers are so aggrieved to die"
Iron armor, invulnerable? Zhou Zheng understands that this should be a heavy armor, what is the origin of this Qin Xiaochuan? There was this kind of armor, and he was even more shocked by Xiao Chuan's strength in his heart, although Zhou Yuan on the side didn't understand it very well, but looking at the appearance of the bandit, he could also think of the horror of Xiao Chuan's strength.
"Their infantry is strong, isn't Zhang Baima a war horse known as a thousand miles a day?" Zhou Zheng said with a smile, traveling thousands of miles a day is bragging, but it is true that you can run fast, if you can't beat it, you can at least run on a horse.
The bandit's body trembled even more, and said, "Run? His cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and he said: "Cavalry, they have a terrifying cavalry team, there are more than thirty people, divided into two teams, they are even more powerful than Tartars on horses, more powerful than Tartar horsemanship, they ride horses, the brothers kill them one by one, if anyone wants to resist, they will ride and shoot, they have a team of everyone who can ride and shoot, and the shooting is accurate!" The brothers of the horse team were like children compared to them, and the big leader took them off like cattle with the poles."
Looking at the appearance of this bandit with tears in his eyes, Zhou Zheng's heart was shocked, he had seen this cavalry team on white horses, and several of them could also ride and shoot, which was stronger than the ordinary cavalry of the Ming army! Just give people less and more defeat! Then how strong is Qin Xiaochuan's cavalry!
"Oh my God, what the hell is this guy," Zhou Yuan said in shock.
Zhou Zheng was silent for a long time, no matter what Xiaochuan's identity is, the things he and Zhang Baima once cooperated with cannot be known, Zhang Baima? That guy was captured, forget it, even if he said that he was a thief, there was no evidence, he looked at the thief in front of him, and said: "Da Hei, fat man, thin man, and Da Zhu."
"All dead, killed by the cavalry," the bandit cried.
"It's good to die" Zhou Zheng's eyes flashed with a ghostly light, looked at the thief in front of him, and muttered: "So no one will know that I am a thief"
"You, what are you going to do, Zhou Zheng," the thief reacted at this time, knowing that the other party was a thief, except for the big boss, he was the only one left alive, and he shouted frantically, "Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me, I won't say it"
Poofโโโโ Zhou Zheng's long sword stabbed the thief's chest, and the blood instantly stained his blood-stained linen clothes, and said, "In the next life, don't know too many secrets."
"Uncle, what should I do now" Zhou Yuan said strangely, this Qin Xiaochuan's identity is unknown, so he offended him like this, does he need to be remedied now?
Zhou Zheng sat on the chair, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and for a while, his face was still bloody, with ruthlessness, and said, "We have offended him to death, this guy knows that the black mountain thief we are looking for beats him, the feud has been settled, and the remedy is useless."
"Then kill him to death," Zhou Yuan said with a ruthless look in his eyes.
"Well, if he really had a background, he wouldn't be a hundred households" Zhou Zheng finished speaking, looked out the window, and said: "Since we have a feud, we have to kill him, we can't wait for him to make a move, so notify the family and see if we can rob him of the credit for begging for thieves."
"Grabbing credit" Zhou Yun was stunned, this kind of thing was common in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was still popular in the 21st century. , Zhou Yuan said: "But that guy, if he is not convinced?" โ
"Not convinced? Hmph, he's going to be killed by me soon," Zhou Zheng sneered disdainfully.
"Oh, uncle, do you still know your more powerful bandit in the Black Mountain?" Zhou Yuan said strangely.
"Bandits? Heh" Zhou Zheng pouted and said: "It's not a bandit, hehe, when the time comes, I'll find Du Si, a piece of paper, in the hundred households, his efforts, his elite soldiers are not all yours!" โ
"Wonderful, haha" Zhou Yuan laughed loudly: "The longer this guy has built for him, the better it will be when I take over."
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