As the sound of horses' hooves approached, the branches of the trees trembled in the valley, and the birds resting in the woods flew in flocks, and then the ground shook like an earthquake, and the sleeping people were awakened and looked out in the darkness, bewildered as if what had happened.

When the sound of horses' hooves appeared at the mouth of the valley, someone finally noticed who was coming, and a terrible shout rang out in the night sky: "Horse thief! A horse thief is coming! ”

This sound was like throwing a cannon in a hornet's nest, and the valley immediately became chaotic, and the camps scattered around the valley floor suddenly cried and shouted, people galloped and neighed, women cried and men roared, but the bonfires were basically extinguished, and no one could see anyone, and the black lights blinded the fire, which made the chaos even more intense.

Horse thieves, for the common people of this era, is a terrifying existence, the intimidation effect is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty army, they are different from the Dashun regime or the Daxi regime such a peasant army, the ranks of displaced people in the establishment of a stable government institutions, no longer as before do not pay attention to the people's back, on the contrary, in order to reflect their own differences with the Ming Dynasty government, try their best to reduce taxes and levies, punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, develop production, pay attention to the people's livelihood, reverse the peasant army in the early days of the bandit impression, so that now in the Dashun regime ruled area, There was a scene of people living and working in peace and contentment. The horse thieves are different, this is a gang of robbers who rob for the sake of robbery, without any goal, pure and broken for the sake of wealth killing, everywhere they go, corpses are everywhere, three or five hundred people are in groups, fast as the wind, they can rob if they can, and if they can't, they have to pick up the skin.

Now that I suddenly heard that a horse thief had broken in, how could I not let the families of these surrendered soldiers be afraid, many of them had seen the scourge of horse thieves, and that miserable scene could make people's souls scatter, men killed women and snatched them, and there was never much left alive.

The commanders and captains of the battalions were trying their best to gather their men, and they were all veterans of Liu Liangzuo's army, and they knew that in such a dark environment, only by gathering into a group, gathering people together as much as possible, and uniting outward, could they survive the attack. But their hoarse shouts did little to help the chaotic crowd, and the panicked shouts of the people, the calls for their loved ones, drowned out the insignificant cries.

In the end, the commander and captain themselves were staggered by the running men, and in this environment, tens of thousands of people were crowded into a narrow valley, and if they fell to the ground, they could be trampled by hundreds of people immediately, so that the only attempt to restore a little order in this chaos was quickly dashed.

There are also smart people in the crowd, at this time the whole valley is in a mess, only the Qing army is stationed on the hillside, still brightly lit, not a little by the chaos of the people, there is the hope of survival, a few quick reactions, take the lead towards the mountain, the people around instinctively followed, they led more people, swarming towards the mountain.

Tu Hai stood in the fence erected by the thick wood, through the gap between the woods, coldly looked at the crowd running like ants down the mountain, raised his right hand, waved down fiercely, and spit out a word with an expressionless face: "Shoot!" ”

In the firelight behind him, a hundred Qing soldiers held longbows and wolf's tooth arrows, aiming at the bottom of the hillside, ready to wait, when they heard Tuhai's order, a hundred arrows seemed to fly out with the same sound "boom".

The arrows were fired from the back, the arrows were heavy arrows, and they crossed the long hillside and landed right in the first wave of rushing people, instantly splashing a splash of blood, and dozens of people fell to the ground screaming.

The sudden attack made the crowd under the mountain immediately pause, and the crying rang out, and the people looked at the top of the mountain in surprise, the arrows were shot from above, without any warning, there should be the Qing soldiers who were protecting us, how could they shoot arrows at the protected object?

There was only one round of arrow rain, and there was no further shooting after landing, and then a loud voice without tone sounded on the hillside: "The sky is dark, and the enemy situation outside the valley is unknown, so you must not move lightly, and each battalion will return to its own camp and be properly defended by the commander." Do not rush to the camp, trespassers will not be killed! ”

This cold voice was like a thunderbolt, shattering everyone's last glimmer of hope, and some people were unwilling to do so, and tried to run a few more steps, but another rain of arrows poured down, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.

So the people in front retreated, and the people behind didn't know why, but still rushed up, and tens of thousands of people were crowded under the hillside, trampling and pushing each other, and countless people fell to the ground.

Liu Liangzuo's carriage, the two pro-soldiers had already reacted at the first time, pulled out the waist knife from the mezzanine and jumped into the carriage, they wanted to prevent the chaos from taking the opportunity to steal, as for the horse thieves, there are Qing soldiers here, forgive them and they can't make any trouble.

The crowd around ran around, only the figure shook in the dark, and with the help of a few bonfires that had not yet been extinguished, they could vaguely see the sound of bowstrings in the Qing barracks on the hillside, and the two of them were sure that as long as the Qing soldiers made a move, they would be safe tonight.

The carriage is not all loaded with gold and silver, there are three of them are Liu Liangzuo's family members, who are curled up on the car and shivering at this time, and the two of them don't care, these family members are all Liu Liangzuo's wives and concubines, which are placed in a secondary position, as long as the money is there, marrying a few wives is not a random thing, is it?

The two of them stood at the top of the cage on the car, looking down condescendingly, as long as there were rioters trying to approach, both of them would scold sharply, if there was disobedience, the knife would be beckoned, anyway, it was so messy, hacking two to death and pushing it to the horse thief.

A pro-soldier in front of him was shouting at a group of chaotic people who ran by, and told them to get away with great noise, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves like thunder coming from behind the crying chaotic people.

The soldiers were startled, listening to the movement, the horse was coming in his direction, the waist knife in his hand was tightened, and he was about to look intently, but he heard the sound of breaking the sky coming to his face, and a faint reflection was sharply enlarged in the pupils, and before he could see clearly, he heard a "poof" sound, and a feather arrow hit his eyebrows.

"It looks like the reflection of an arrow." When Yang Tian fell, such thoughts echoed in the minds of the soldiers.

The soldiers standing behind witnessed the whole process, and also saw the person who shot the arrow, it was a rider, wearing tattered leather armor, wearing a felt hat, his whole face was covered with a black cloth, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and he held a pair of riding bows that horse thieves were accustomed to, shouting and laughing wildly, which was exactly what horse thieves always did.

Horse thieves are accustomed to riding and shooting, coming and going without a trace, and when they encounter a small group of officers and soldiers, they dare to put a right bandit, if they are in the army, they will meet each other, and this pro-soldier still has the confidence to take down this bandit, but now, I am afraid that it is not a good idea to fight hard.

But just ran away, do you still have to mix under Liu Zongbing, eat people with short hands and soft mouth, Liu Liangzuo is not good to outsiders, and he didn't say anything to his own soldiers, even if he dies at this time, he has to fight hard to say anything.

The soldier's eyes were wide with rage, his hands were clenched to his waist knife, his feet were firmly on the carriage, and his arms were lucky, staring at the cavalry like a gust of wind blowing, watching the movement of his hands, ready to slash out at any time.

To his surprise, however, the knight ignored him, and as soon as the reins were lifted, the steed under his seat made a slight turn, and walked past him, without glancing at him.

The waist knife is too short, the horse turns out of the blade as soon as it turns like this, and this knife can't cut out of the person, the pro-soldier holds the waist knife, full of strength and nowhere to vent, and can't help but turn his head a little stunned to look at the knight who floated by.

At this moment, a second horse ran out of the darkness like a ghost, and immediately sat a horse thief in the same dress, holding a long-handled saber in his hand, the sharp edge of which was dazzling, and the horse thief held it horizontally in the saddle, and when he swept past the soldier, the long knife was gently stretched out, and it slashed through the neck of the soldier like a lawnmower, and then flew away.

The face of the pro-soldier had not yet been turned, and he still looked at the rear, where there was nothing, but the man was still standing upright on the carriage, not moving, until the sound of the third horse's hooves shook the ground, and the head of the pro-soldier fell in vain, and the blood splashed like a fountain from the broken neck of the bowl, and flew up several feet into the sky under the action of blood pressure, and sprinkled in all directions with the wind.

"The heroes of Cangwu Mountain do things, only ask about money, don't take people's lives, and have nothing to do with people!" They were followed by hundreds of cavalry, and some of the leaders reined in their horses and shouted loudly.

The later cavalry also covered their faces with black cloth, making it difficult to see their faces, but in this case, who would dare to look up? The reputation of the horse thieves in Cangwu Mountain is famous, and they are famous for killing people without blinking, and the crowd either desperately flees away, or squatting on the ground trembling, holding their heads and not daring to move.

There were hundreds of horse thieves, and the division of labor was clear, and they first killed a few people, and then divided fifty horsemen to clear the field, and drove all the people out of the horse convoy, and the rest of the people carried torches, turned over and dismounted, took out flat sticks and iron drills, and jumped into the carriage.

The carriage was covered with a heap of cages, and the horse thieves dragged out a larger one at random, and when the iron chisel knocked the lock on it, the wooden box was opened, and the horse thief with the iron chisel stepped back, causing another tall horse thief to jump up.

The later horse thief was unceremonious, stretched out his hand to open the box, and suddenly, a dazzling golden light glittered in the light of the torches, almost making several horse thieves who stood close could not open their eyes. The horse thief who opened the box greedily grabbed a piece of gold ingot, his eyes could not hide the excitement, he looked at it carefully, and then threw the gold ingot back into the box, closed the lid of the box with a "touch", and shouted behind him: "Drive all these carriages back, let's go!" ”

The thieves saw the light of the gold clearly, and knew that the trip was worthwhile, and immediately they all screamed, and they all started to do it together, and the driving car, and the escort of the guards, shouted and rushed towards the mouth of the valley.

As for the carriage that Liu Liangzuo's family members were riding, these horse thieves didn't even lift the curtains, and left with gold and silver.

The horse thief came and went as fast as he could, and the rumbling sound of iron hooves disappeared into the vast night sky in a blink of an eye, never to be heard again.

The crowd who survived the catastrophe had a nightmare, sitting or standing in a daze, stunned in place, if it were not for the body of the deceased still in front of them, and the cries of the family members were still echoing in their ears, they couldn't believe that there was really a robbery just now.

The commanders and captains, who came to their senses, got up from the ground, shouted loudly for the head of their camp, slowly gathered the crowd, counted the number of people, gathered the victims together, and ended up with the aftermath.