Liao Hu, who was at the head of Xiping City, saw the scene of the flood rushing down from the upper reaches with his own eyes.

But I saw that the monstrous waves upstream were like a silver dragon that had been trapped for a long time, rolling down from the western sky, carrying the sound of the wind, and rushing to the pontoon bridge on the river outside Xiping County with lightning speed. Along the way, almost everything that stood in its way was destroyed.

Nearly 1,000 thieves who were crossing the river on the pontoon bridge, seeing the flood pouring down from the upper reaches of the pontoon bridge, couldn't help but be in a mess, all kinds of nonsense shouts and cheers were undulating, these nearly 1,000 people saw this and squeezed towards the shore, the thieves on the bridge, close to the north bank rushed to the north bank, and the south bank was still on the bridge soon after turning around and running back. However, halfway to the pontoon, there was chaos under despair, some squeezed to the north bank, some to the south bank. In the chaotic scene, there was a lot of nonsense shouting and scolding. Some of the thieves even felt that their companions were walking too slowly, so they drew their swords and slashed at them. The appearance of all beings on the pontoon bridge made Liao Hu, who was watching from the city, also feel as if he was in a ghost for a while.

However, the flood came in an instant, and in an instant, the pontoon bridge was washed away, and hundreds of thieves who were crossing the river on the pontoon bridge were swept into the flood. Liao Hu only saw the flood coming, and they only flashed in it, and then never floated up again.

When the flood gradually calmed down, the Huangshui under the city, which was dozens of zhang wide, had divided the more than 10,000 thief army into two parts: on the north bank was more than 6,000 foot soldiers who crossed the river first, and on the south bank were more than 1,000 foot soldiers and almost all the baggage.

On the city tower, Liao Hu saw that the thief army had been divided into two by the Huangshui, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and shouted: "The thief can be determined!" ”

And the remaining more than 1,000 foot soldiers and heavy soldiers under the city were completely unaware of their situation at the moment. The horror had passed, and after the thieves had stood still for a moment, many of them were still trying to take up swords and axes to cut down trees under the command of a leader. Seeing this, they wanted to build another pontoon bridge so that they could continue to cross the river.

"Pass my order, the whole city soldiers assembled, ready to attack!" At this moment, Liao Hu's expression was cold, and with the hideous scar on his face, he couldn't help but chill others.

The war drums on the tower of the northern city sounded dullly, one after another, and the city soldiers heard the drums, but they all changed color slightly. This is the drumbeat of the rallying attack. The respective military marquis, Sima Duwei and others shouted loudly and ordered their soldiers to assemble. So small phalanxes came together, and then these small phalanxes gradually came together to become a large phalanx. These soldiers were almost all in their sleeve armor, and the leaves on their armor shimmered in the afternoon sun. With the indifference to life and death of these soldiers, and the slightly excited eyes, if Li Yanzhao is here, it is inevitable that he will sigh again, what a hundred battles of heroes!

Liao Hu stood on the city tower, listening to the reports of the various captains, and looking at the mighty soldiers of the phalanx under his command, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. He pulled out the sword in his scabbard with a snort, pointed diagonally to the sky, and said aloud to the more than 3,000 soldiers in front of him.

"Brethren! When soldiers eat food, what are we doing? ”

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! More than 3,000 soldiers slapped their shields with their swords, and the roar resounded through the sky.

"What the brothers said is very true! It is our duty to be a soldier and eat food, and to kill thieves! Liao Hu then pointed his sword to the outside of the city: "Now, the thief army has been washed away by the flood and the pontoon bridge has been divided into two parts, and the main force of the thief army has been separated by the Huangshui River on the north bank of more than 6,000 people, and now I am under the city of Xiping County, only more than 1,000 foot soldiers of the thief army remain, and more than 2,000 heavy miscellaneous soldiers!" A few days ago, we waited for the thief army to be strong, and I was afraid that the enemy would be able to hold on to the city under the pretext of being difficult. But now, this little opportunity is just around the corner, can I still let them go? ”

"Can't! No! The soldiers erupted in angry shouts.

Looking at the excited soldiers downstairs in the city, Liao Hu couldn't help but sigh that the army's heart was available. He raised his hand, and the soldiers immediately regained their composure, quietly looking at Liao Hu on the top of the city tower and looking at their general. Liao Hu said again: "When you go out of the city today to suppress the thieves, the army must move forward, and those who retreat will be killed!" Those who are wounded in the battle will be rewarded with 500 dollars after the battle! Those who died in the battle will be given family pensions after the war, and the government will support their families for the rest of their lives! Those who behead the enemy will be rewarded with 1,000 dollars after the battle and promoted to the next level! I hope that the armies will move forward bravely, and I should be here to cheer for the armies! ”

After that, Liao Hu put the sword back into the scabbard, picked up the drumstick, walked to the big drum on the city tower, and beat the drum with a rumbling sound. When all the sergeants saw that the winner would personally beat the drum and cheer, their hearts were full of admiration.

"Let's go!" The leader Sima shouted, the city gate had been opened, and the armies held their heads high, marching in unison, and the iron armor leaves on their bodies made a loud noise under the collision of each other. Heading straight out of the city, towards the battlefield of their fate.

The thieves who were cutting down trees outside the city were all frightened when they saw that the gate of Xiping was wide open, and groups of strong soldiers had already come out of the city in formation.

Their leaders shouted loudly in the language of nonsense, telling them to throw away their axes and saws, and take up their swords and line up. However, at this moment, these thieves saw that the soldiers on the other side were all strong and their morale was high. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. How can these exhausted, demoralized thieves still be worthy of a battle?

The thief army was still in a chaotic formation, and the Xiping army was already under the command of the leading general, and launched a charge against the enemy troops who were lining up on the river.

The morale of the soldiers of the Xiping Army was in full swing, and when they charged, Liao Hu on the city tower saw this, and waved the drumstick hard, and the drum beat became more and more dense, rendering the tense atmosphere at the time of the battle to the extreme. The dense drums beat in the hearts of the soldiers of the Xiping Army, and the pace of their charge became faster and faster. The distance of more than ten zhang was fleeting, and the thieves in the array seemed to have no time to react, and the Xiping army had already rushed to the front, like a turbulent wave that engulfed everything and crashed into a lonely reef, slamming into those thieves in array. The swords and guns in the hands of the Xiping sergeants in the front row stabbed into the bodies of the thieves in the front row without hesitation, and for a while, those thieves who were added by the swords and guns were unwilling to stay in this world for the last glimpse, and they bled like blood and fell to the ground.

The thief army, who was suddenly awakened by this blow, was greatly frightened, prompting them to close together, trying to use a tight formation to slow down the fierce offensive of the Xiping army. However, in the eyes of the morale-boosting Xiping soldiers, no matter how much they tried to delay their defeat, it was futile to do so.

The Xiping sergeants were expressionless and brandished their swords and guns again and again to kill the thieves in the front row, and the thieves, no matter how they struggled and fought for their own survival, they were still being killed. The thieves and soldiers kept falling, their blood spreading wantonly on the land on the south bank of the Huangshui. Their fighting spirit has also gradually worn out in the process of being unilaterally killed by the other party again and again.

The Xiping sergeant had already killed the leader of the thief army. The leader of the thief army shouted at his subordinates in a hoarse voice, and at the same time raised the nine-ring broadsword in his hand and cut down a nearby Xiping sergeant. Seeing this, the lieutenant who led the team in the Xiping army quickly led his men and leaned towards the enemy leader with a shield.

"Behead the enemy's commander, reward 10,000 dollars, and promote the officer to three levels!" While inspiring the soldiers around him, the lieutenant took the lead in rushing towards the enemy's commander: "Brothers, make meritorious achievements, at this time!" ”

Hearing the reward given to the enemy's commander, and seeing that his own commander was so brave, the Xiping sergeants were all greatly inspired, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields and went to the thief general.

The commander of the thief army fought hard to kill three Xiping soldiers who rushed up. His face became more and more hideous, and he kept cursing in nonsense. However, when a neat row of shield walls approached him, he raised his broadsword and slashed at the shield wall in vain, but to no avail. He spotted the gap between the shields, and was about to raise his knife to cut again, but between the shields stretched out a spear like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and pierced his chest at once, the soldier with the spear was obviously extremely forceful, and the head of the spear came straight out from behind the enemy general, and the enemy general looked at the barrel of the gun passing through the body in disbelief, and looked up unwillingly. But the big sword had fallen to the ground.

The soldiers behind the shield wall rushed up, and one of the ring-headed knives swung at the neck of the enemy general, and the enemy general's head was already carrying a puff of blood mist and rising into the sky.

"The enemy general is dead, brothers, kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! When the Xiping soldiers heard that the enemy general had died, their morale was greatly boosted. Each fought more bravely against the thief army in front of them.

In the face of such a continuous offensive like a tide, the thief army finally collapsed after holding out for a short time.

At first, a few of the heavy soldiers in the back row dropped their weapons and fled towards the upper reaches of the river, and soon this fear of war gradually spread. From a few people, it spread to a dozen, dozens of them. Soon after, hundreds of thieves screamed, dropped their weapons, and began to flee. Most of them fled to the upper reaches of the Huangshui, a few fled downstream in a panic, and even some jumped into the Huangshui and swam to the north shore without taking care of many in a hurry.

Soon, the Xiping army eliminated the last stubborn enemy army, and under the organization and order of the leading commander, launched a pursuit of the fleeing enemy army.

On the banks of the Huangshui River, for a time, there were groups of heavily armed Xiping soldiers chasing and killing the thieves who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor. The thieves fled for their lives, only hating their father and mother for having two legs. The baggage, mules, horses, etc. were all lost on the south bank of Huangshui, and at this moment they had already become captured by the Xiping army.

More than 6,000 thieves on the north bank of Huangshui, together with a leader of the thief army, witnessed the thief army on the south bank being killed by the Xiping army and fled in all directions. The leaders of the thief army couldn't help but be secretly frightened. If he crossed the river late and was intercepted on the south bank by this wave of floods, what would be the consequences at this time, everyone couldn't help but be frightened.

The more than 6,000 thieves unwillingly fired several waves of arrows at the Xiping soldiers who were chasing and killing on the south bank. However, with little success, they could only look at the wide Huangshui River and were helpless.

As the sun went west, the Xiping soldiers who went out to chase and kill the thieves had turned back one after another, either taking the thieves prisoners or carrying the heads of the thieves, and the joy of victory was filled with everyone's faces.

Liao Hu stood at the head of the city, proudly watching his soldiers return victoriously. The soldiers entered the city, and immediately reported the heads of the battle exploits and the seizures to the other Sima who registered the results of the battle, and then piled up the heads of those people under the city tower, and gradually, the city tower has been piled up with a Jingguan composed of the heads of thieves and soldiers. The captured thieves' armor, weapons and other items were also piled up on a hill next to Jingguan.

All the soldiers have returned and assembled, and after the order, Liao Hu ordered the soldiers to disband, and he went to the Sima of the other department to check the results of the battle that were registered.

In this battle, the head of the thief army was 897 ranks, 1,769 thieves were captured, and 441 mules and horses were captured, and 723 cattle and sheep were captured. The rest of the cane and equipment, grain and grass are not counted. "This is a great victory!" Sima, who was in charge of statistics, looked excitedly at Liao Hu, who was also overjoyed, and said with his eyebrows flying.

"Command the Huotou army to slaughter a batch of captured cattle and sheep, and reward our army for this great victory!" Liao Hu ordered. There was a guard beside him who clenched his fists and led the order.