Zhao Ran walked out of the tent, and the girl who had been kidnapped in the tent had not yet woken up. Looking at the noisy environment around his tent, he knew that the orders that the big boss had repeatedly emphasized before had been ignored again.

Although they had been fighting for a long time, they were still not as disciplined as the regular army. Zhao Ran thinks that the heart of the big boss is not ruthless enough, if he kills a few more chickens to show the monkey, then naturally no one will ignore the order.

Zhao Ran stretched out his hand and grabbed a subordinate who walked by to ask about the hour, only to know that it was already the middle of the day. Unexpectedly, he was addicted to carnal desire and got up so late, Zhao Ran couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Although others lacked discipline, his own little leader did not lead by example. Stretching his body, Zhao Ran went to find his own boss. On the way to search, Zhao Ran recalled his life experience for some reason.

Although Zhao Ran's Shaanxi accent is very authentic, he is actually a Hunanese. And unlike the other bitter haha around him, he is the second son of a wealthy gentry, and the eldest brother's brother died prematurely, so in fact, he was treated as the eldest son of a wealthy family.

Zhao Ran grew up in an environment that does not need to be modest, it is definitely a piece of fine clothes and food. His family not only has a lot of houses and fields, but also a lot of industrial workshops, such as grain, silk, tea, porcelain and jade. Moreover, there have been several high-ranking officials in their Zhao family, so they are rich and powerful, and they have a lot of influence among the Hunan gentry.

It stands to reason that Zhao Ran should take advantage of the excellent conditions in his family, he should be a scholar who is obsessed with fame, and he hopes to be able to be named on the gold list one day. Even if you can't pass the imperial examination, you can manage your family's property carefully, and it is not difficult to become a rich man in the future. No matter how bad it is, it's okay to only know that the rich family who eats and waits for death is fine.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, Zhao Ran's father died early due to illness, and his grandfather did not fully survive until Zhao Ran grew up. Although in the traditional Chinese gentry clan society, there is no lack of traditional virtues of helping each other. However, Zhao Ran's family did not stage these dramas, but a farce of fighting for family property came very bloody.

Zhao Ran's mother was framed with her subordinates**, and then executed secretly by the execution of patriarchal law. Zhao Ran was expelled from his clan and almost followed in his mother's footsteps. Fortunately, Zhao Ran, who was still young at the time, was clever, and he designed to kill the guards and escaped with a bag of his mother's jewelry.

In the following days, Zhao Ran went from a rich family to a wanted outlaw. Zhao Ran couldn't stay in his hometown, so he came to Shaanxi and became a smuggler by chance. When the thieves in Shaanxi broke out, he also led his subordinates to become thieves because of business failures, and now he is a small leader under Du San, the leader of the thieves.

ended his memories, and Zhao Ran also found his own leader, Du San. Seeing that he was also the leader who had just woken up, Zhao Ran asked reassuringly: "Big boss, should we prepare for the whole team to fight?" ”

Du San spat out and said, "Go and gather all the brothers under your hands, we will defeat the official army in front of us today." Just now, Li Dusi's people have already come to urge, damn it, what to urge. The officers and soldiers in Fucheng are resting, are we still afraid that we will not be able to balance the few officers and soldiers in front of us. ”

"Shall we cook first and let the brethren have breakfast?" Zhao Ran's stomach was a little hungry, and he concluded that most of the big bosses were like this.

"Then beckon everyone to eat first, and the one surnamed Li will let him wait."

While Du San was talking, several other small leaders under Du San also arrived one after another. Zhao Ran looked at the people around him who were no different from himself, most of them were a little overindulgent. Yesterday, after several big leaders announced that they would join forces to attack the officers and soldiers, in order to boost morale, Du San, the big boss, made his subordinates happy again. At present, it seems that although everyone has eliminated the pressure, the energy that should be reserved is obviously not enough.

Du San looked at the unspeakable appearance under his hands, and also felt that it was time to rectify it. He cleared his throat and reprimanded him loudly, but the reprimand did not last long before he was interrupted by the sudden commotion outside the tent. The heralds under Li Dusi came to the tent again, indicating that there was an urgent military report. However, the soldiers outside Du San's tent were very conscientious and had no intention of letting people in.

"Urging his mother, didn't Lao Tzu say that he would take his brother out immediately. You are still so presumptuous in my territory, you really think that Lao Tzu will not dare to punish you! Someone came, dragged this ignorant man down, and cut off his left ear. "A little herald is so presumptuous, Li Dusi really looks down on himself too much, Du San thinks it is necessary to show his majesty.

"Du, Du Da's anger is that the officials and soldiers killed from behind and behind."

"What!?"

……

Cao Bianjiao led his soldiers and took the lead in launching a surprise attack on the thieves who were arrayed outside. Cao Wenzhao's other generals Liu Chenggong, Feng Ju, Ping'an and others also led their troops to attack the thief formation one after another.

Although the two thousand soldiers in Lintao Town led by Cao Wenzhao were all newly recruited. However, with good training and the heroic struggle of Cao Bianjiao and others, the rogue elite cavalry outside the camp was completely suppressed.

Another thief was stabbed to death by Cao Bianjiao, and he didn't have time to return the gun, and the two thief horsemen had already outflanked him. A line gun stabbed over, and Cao Bianjiao dodged the opponent's attack. Another elite rider who grabbed the axe took advantage of this time to slash at Cao Bianjiao's neck, and Cao Bianjiao urged the horse to turn sideways to avoid it again.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao's family also rushed to cut the horses of the thieves with line guns. The war horse neighed loudly in pain and threw off the thief from his horse.

The leader of the thieves found that Cao Bianjiao, an officer of the official army, was entangled by his subordinates, and hurriedly beckoned the other elite horsemen around him to kill him together. Cao Bianjiao's family members and other soldiers naturally would not let the enemy succeed. Both sides waved their blades, and in a few breaths, several people screamed and fell off their horses.

Cao Bianjiao quickly pulled out the double-barreled handcuff he had purchased with a lot of money, calmly aimed at the enemy soldiers nearby, and shot two projectiles one after another.

Bang, bang, bang?

The three thieves were shot and killed one after another after the sound of the gun. The double-barreled handcuff, which was obviously only two bullets, made three rings. The two sides of the fight didn't care, and the corner of Cao Bianjiao's eyes had already discovered the reason for the matter. He didn't say much, just calmly pulled out his bones and continued to fight. (Note 1)

At this time, the people of Gansu Town and Yansui Town led by Yang Guanglie, Yang Jiachen, Zhao Wankui and others had successfully completed the detour. And launched a new round of attacks on the thieves who had just been reorganized. The extra bang just now was shot by Zhao Wankui, who was staying in the distance, with a bird gun.

The other soldiers with bird guns did not have enough self-confidence like Zhao Wankui. They just followed behind their own officers and swung their blades directly into the enemy line.

At the forefront of the soldiers in Yansui Town was Zhang Mengguang, the bravest man in the entire Ningsai Fort. He shifted from side to side with his gun in his hands, and picked off the enemy in front of him one after another. Zhang Zhaoen and Fan Shunjiang, who followed him, also used their sabers to constantly create blood flowers.

Cao Bianjiao saw the soldiers of Yansui Town, led by a horseman with a gun, and killed directly in his area. He decisively ordered to stop the other side, intercepting the leader of the thieves who expected to stand out.

The two sides who were once again caught in the melee, with the support of the soldiers of Yansui Town, decided the result in just a few breaths. Zhang Mengguang stabbed to death a guard who had always been guarding the leader of the thieves, and Cao Bianjiao smashed the head of the leader of the thieves with a bone in his hand.

Under the joint efforts of the soldiers of the three towns of Lintao, Gansu and Yansui (zhuo second sound), all the cavalry outside the old camp of the thieves collapsed, and they fled to the old camp while shouting the death of the master. And the officers and soldiers did not show the bad habit of fighting for the head in the past, but continued to hunt down the fleeing thieves.

The officers and soldiers who planned to take the opportunity to directly kill the old camp on the Thief Mountain were intercepted and shot by the guns, bows and crossbows and floating stones in the old camp. Caught off guard, many officers and soldiers were shot down and dismounted. (Note 2)

Zhang Zhaoen of Yansui Town was also hit in the head by a flying stone, and Zhang Zhaoen also retreated under the escort of the surrounding soldiers. Although the thieves who escaped outside the camp also suffered many casualties, the offensive of the officers and troops showed a noticeable delay.

"Trap, trap, trap."

The sound of cannon fire on the battlefield and the screams of the soldiers on both sides were suddenly overshadowed by a burst of shouts. The two sides saw only one officer and an officer, shouting that they were in battle, and at the same time they rushed to the old camp of thieves with a red flag. He didn't care at all about the stunned rogue soldiers around him, and he was not afraid of the oncoming arrows and stones, and bravely rushed up the mountain.

Under Cao Bianjiao's shout, his family members followed closely behind. Then there were other soldiers from Lintao Town, regardless of the chaotic formation, and once again went straight forward to slash and kill. Gradually, all the officers and soldiers were infected by Cao Bianjiao's courage, and they all shouted loudly to attack the old camp of thieves on the mountain, including even Zhang Zhaoen, who was already wounded.

The battle between the officers and the thieves continued, and one of the bandit leaders quickly stepped forward to reorganize the out-of-order bandits. They launched a counterattack against Cao Bianjiao and others who came up to kill them, and halfway up the mountainside, the thieves and the officials and soldiers once again began to fight desperately for victory.

"Reorganize the formation, the reinforcements from the other two places are about to arrive, and the officers and soldiers will be killed in one go." The leader of the thieves kept shouting, cheering up the soldiers around him. At the same time, he also used the sabre in his hand to kill two officers and soldiers one after another.

Cao Bianjiao stared at this conspicuous enemy soldier, handed over the red flag in his hand to his subordinates, and rushed towards the other party with his horse holding his bones.

At the same time, there is also Ping An, who is also Cao Wenzhao's general. This officer of Lintao Town, who has the same name as Ping Bao'er, a brave general of the Southern Army at the beginning of the country, also showed his brave side. With two feathered arrows stuck in his body, he stood up to the enemy's chopping. Before Cao Bianjiao, he stabbed the leader of the thieves to death with a single shot, and the thieves who had just been slightly reorganized retreated again. (Note 3)

The officers and soldiers took advantage of the victory to continue the pursuit and killed directly outside the camp gate of the old camp of the thieves. Looking at the camp gate that had not yet been closed, Cao Bianjiao, Ping'an, Zhang Mengguang and others all desperately beat their war horses and rushed towards the open gate of the thief camp.

PS: Note 1: Cao Bianjiao's double-barreled handcuff, some readers may feel inappropriate, thinking that there was no record of the use of this weapon in the Ming Dynasty at that time. The author suggests that you can read the article "Henan Luanchuan County Found the Double-Barreled Handcuffs of Li Zicheng's Subordinates", which briefly introduces a double-barreled handcuff called "Dashun Chuang Wang's Inner Attendant Inspector".

Most of these double-barreled handcuffs are produced in Europe, although the exact origin is unknown, and there is no more detailed information. But it can also be more or less proven that China had the use of such weapons at that time. Thieves can get their hands on such firearms, and it is not without hope that outstanding officers in the official army can get them.

Note 2: Drifting stone is a kind of catapult, which is used more often when defending cities. The eighteen-volume "New Book of Discipline" Volume 15 "Putrajaya Diagrams" has a detailed record, and interested readers can look through it.

Note 3: The brave generals of the Southern Army at the beginning of the country mentioned here are the Ping'an (Ping Bao'er) who repeatedly defeated Zhu Di in the Battle of Jingyan. As an officer of Lintao Town, Ping An, as well as Yang Guanglie and Yang Jiachen of Gansu Town who appear in this chapter, are real characters in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and they are not made up casually by the author.