After a flurry of chickens and dogs jumping in the small town of Mohe, we were still urged to set off.

Hundreds of thousands of canned food, military rations, preserved vegetables and bedding, as well as cotton yarn, bandages, wine, medicinal herbs for internal and external use, and other materials, were loaded into hundreds of carts.

After entering Anyuan Prefecture, it is like entering another world, where the previous depression and coldness have become traces of decay and decay that can be seen everywhere, such as corpses hanging from trees like fruits, and crows falling on them, and villages and market towns that have been burned down, and the air is filled with the smell of corruption and scorching.

Even in the daytime, it is a dead and dead voice, and in the low chirping of insects and birds at night, the most vivid is the sound of those crows on the bones and flesh of the corpses, which are constantly rattling all night long, and the pupils of suspected canines are reflected like a swarm of fireflies swimming outside the camp.

I had to order a strict screening of water sources, expand the search area of the upper and lower reaches of the river, and spend time collecting more firewood and grass to boil drinking water.

Although it was once one of the richest and most fertile areas in the interior,

A large area of rice fields standing in the continuous blue has revealed a certain speckled yellow, but the filling is about to mature, but there are no more figures and cattle ploughing in the fields, but they are everywhere in the fields, and they are trampled on without pity.

On the banks of the cobweb-covered canals, towering waterwheels and mills, there are only piles of debris that cannot be seen in their original outline.

Occasionally, with the gathering of scavengers, piles of corpses appeared on the intersection, allowing us to come all the way, filled with a certain shocking and terrifying atmosphere.

These unscrupulous beasts, as they chewed hard at their mouths, looked at us heavily armed humans with wary eyes and low roars, showing no intention of backing down or fearing.

Then we found that the corpses with obvious official and military signs suddenly increased, all kinds of strange ways of death and distorted forms, which made people shudder, many of them were obviously executed when they were still alive, the time of death was still short, and the blood stains were still fresh.

Therefore, when we passed by, we still collected and buried it more or less as much as we could.

This depression and uneasiness reached its climax in front of a bridge crossing at the mouth of the river.

Large sections of grounding on the shore, blackened wreckage of ships and charcoal suspected of being humans, a sign of what happened to them,

This is obviously the place where the sailors' fleet was ambushed and destroyed.

But what is even more shocking is the human body that has been cut off limbs, dug out facial features, and only the blood holes that flow one by one, like a mass of flesh that are inserted into the branches, are densely packed with thousands.

The outpost had just retrieved a few flags nailed to the corpse and delivered them to me.

The officers and soldiers of the regiment who set off for Mohe City seemed to be unable to bear it, and suddenly shouted in an uproar that they would break away on their own, bypassing the escorted team and rushing straight to the front.

Although my soldiers were not in the ranks, they also felt some sympathy for this situation, and they were very commotion and eager to try, but they were encouraged and controlled by the non-commissioned officers without receiving orders, so they did not follow up to do something.

"Something is wrong......

Han Liangchen, who had always rarely spoken, suddenly spoke up.

"Keep your distance, shrink the formation......"

I commanded immediately

It is not as simple as trying to put on such a scene just to demoralize us, and as soon as I thought about it, I heard the sound of trumpets one after another, sounding from all directions.

The enemy that has not been seen for a long time is like a swarm of locusts, covering the field all over the world,

"Formation ......"

"The whole team ......"

"Stabilize ......"

"Steady...... Don't panic."

For some reason, compared to those soldiers who were highly nervous and sweaty on their foreheads, many veterans and non-commissioned officers showed a kind of relief, or finally came to a different expression.

For those of us who have been through sieges many times, the unannounced threat is the most worrying and nervous thing.

The enemy who appears alive in front of you is much more reassuring and down-to-earth.

The first to be destroyed were those officers and soldiers who rushed to the forefront, a regiment of more than 300 people, after losing their formation and scattering, they were separated from us by those rebels, and after all kinds of fierce battles and fierce battles, they were like a basin of water that melted into the river, completely drowning in the absolute superiority of the rebels.

Because the rebels were committed to annihilating this detachment of officers and soldiers, they had bought some buffer for my own army, and gathered up the cattle and men and hid in the long line of defense surrounded by carts.

Then these rebels slowly pushed dozens of captured officers and prisoners to come forward and beheaded them one by one in front of us, covered in blood and rags.

"Hand over the baggage, spare your life"

A rebel carrying a captured flag rode forward and shouted

"Disarm and leave on your own......"

He was answered by several accurate shots, almost simultaneously on his neck, chest, and thighs, like a harrier with broken wings, and fell headlong to the ground, never to get up again.

The rebels were in an uproar, then turned into a wild roar and shouting, and the battle broke out.

After an extraordinarily long half a day, the ground on the periphery of the carriage line had been stained with some kind of dark brown, bloody sauce-colored mud, covered with corpses.

Some of the most daring soldiers even ventured out and dragged the corpses of their enemies over to block the gap between the wheels and the wheels. The first few attacks of these rebels, impetuous and hasty, did not even touch the edge of the car formation, and in the intensive firing frequency and continuous succession of the front line, the discarded armor was repulsed.

Therefore they occupy the numerical advantage in all directions, and it does not look so oppressive and unsettling anymore, our soldiers seem to mature quickly, they are even in the mood to take advantage of the gap between the battlefield to eat, and we have enough field supplies.

However, after these rebels became serious, the pressure also increased, although their banners were equally disorganized, but the layering of different batches, rushing up in waves, still made people breathless urgency and threat.

It was a pity that this thin wall of cars, which was no more than a man high, became the place where they hated and broke their halberds, and they stepped on the corpses of their comrades more than once, jumped over the wall of the car and jumped into the defense line, but the final result was that they became corpses that were thrown out of the wall by jumping on the tip of the gun.

At least compared to the surprise attack we encountered in the middle streets of Tiannan Mansion City, the only advantage of these rebels was that they were outnumbered.

"Be careful,"

With a loud shout, the guards covered me left and right with their bodies and platoons.

Looking through the gap between the shields, I saw faint small black dots in the air and whistling sounds, but it was the archers hiding behind the enemy brigade, under the cover of the platoon, approaching within dozens of paces, and began to shoot with their bows in accordance with a certain frequency and rhythm.

"Watch out for ...... arrows"

Following the order of the observer non-commissioned officer, the auxiliaries hurriedly dropped the preparations in their hands, picked up a hand card, and blocked it diagonally above.

The sound and vibration of raindrops, as well as a few screams, are not all protected in time.

After a few rounds of suppression, the rebel queue approached again, and the first to fire at this time was the two hunters who were crouching on the roof of the car and firing freely.

They rely on the cover of their hands, according to their own judgment, to find a more threatening or identity target, but also a guide to the direction of the total.

It's just that this time it seems to be a little different, as several figures in the rebels were knocked down, and then the people around them, as if frightened, retreated one after another.

But there were still a number of people who avoided it, and suddenly caught fire on their bodies, rolled to the ground, and were beaten by their companions.

"What the hell,"

I muttered, isn't this a firearm, how can the rebels have such a national weapon,

It's like going to brush Yamaguchiyama, the expert-level battlefield dungeon that was originally expected to fight elite monsters suddenly brushed out a group of legendary NPs, and it became an epic difficulty.

As the sound of the guns intensified, the battle became fierce again, and as the guns were tired and inaccurate, although they used their best spirit and strength to kill the would-be throwers,

But there were still rebels who ignored the casualties, and they crawled forward and threw the burning fire pot into the car formation, causing a lot of casualties and almost causing the collapse of many fronts.

At the most critical moment, the two small cannons hidden in the carriage finally came in handy, and those rebels almost squeezed into the overturned gap, and then in a loud roar, the flesh and blood were blasted out in pieces.

The scattered bullets of melee combat against people smashed and smashed the dense human bodies that poured through the gap, causing dozens of casualties, and more importantly, the frightening and deterrence of these rebels.

The other party also seemed to be startled by the sudden appearance of artillery, and even before our side fired a second shot, he actually dropped a piece of corpses and retreated regardless of casualties.

Then I heard the warning from behind, and saw the killer and strange soldiers sent by the rebels, a group that did not know when to cross the river, and detoured behind our flanks, and the cavalry in armor and robes, to the cheers of the rebels, trotted over the bushes and undulating mounds, and accelerated like us to sprint.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, but it was another small cannon that had been urgently turned around, and their front was shrouded in a rain of lead, which suddenly provoked a neighing and screaming of people on their backs, and at least seven or eight horsemen tumbled to the ground, and the others had to slow down and bypass, these companions who were struggling in pain on the ground.

Then the firecrackers, which had turned around at the same time, also took advantage of this gap and began to shoot. In the crackling smoke, a dozen more horses overturned to the ground, or frightened horses on the right, dragged their empty saddles, and ran away to the side.

I heard a roar, but it was Yang Zaixing, who personally led a group of spearmen, jumped out of the car wall, took the initiative to hold up the spikes and almost quickly walked up, like a pushing thorn wall, some enemy horses who couldn't hold their horses could not lift their horses, and poked them to the ground head-on.

Suddenly, the neighing of men and horses, the dull sound of flesh and bones, the crisp sound of spear shafts and weapons shattering, the whirring sound of blood splashing and the screams and roars of people, resounded one after another on the battle line

As if inspired and stimulated by some kind of encouragement, the white soldiers also jumped out of the battle line with a shout, and crossed the line of spears with their fingers slanted upwards, and slashed at the swords of the horses and the fallen cavalry, or detoured to the sides and chopped with their swords and axes at the cavalry who tried to break away from the melee combat.

And these cavalrymen, as if driven by some fanaticism and irritation, or the desire and drive to help their fellows, adhered to the battle line with the infantry, and only lost their maneuver and speed, and could only lose blood in hand-to-hand combat.

Especially after the firecrackers also joined the attack again, who called those targets who were superior on horses were too easy to identify, and they were almost lined up at close range, like the wind blowing leaves, all of them were a quasi-word.

Immediately after that, the car wall facing the rear was also pushed away, and Han Liangchen raised the flag gun in his hand and shouted:

"Teaching Team, Hit with Me"

Dozens of cavalrymen, led by the veterans of the guard, pulled out a long arc along the perimeter of the wall, with great momentum, like a heavy hammer, intercepted the last of the rebel cavalry trying to break away, and with the power of their horses, knocked them down and knocked them to the ground.

At this time, I found that the rebel brigade, which should have taken advantage of the situation, showed some signs of hesitation, and even began to retreat and rout on the edge.

And then I found out why.

Because on the other side of the river, there are banners of officers and soldiers, although they are not many in number, but they represent a certain threat and pressure.

"Blowing the ...... for a counteroffensive"

I immediately decided

"Protect my banner and start moving twenty steps forward......"

In fact, it was this twenty steps forward that became the morale of the rebels and the straw that crushed the camels