Chapter 141: Huo Bingxiang
"They were all huddled together, and everyone shot these cowards with arrows." A man with a hideous face, riding a horse and wielding a sword, beckoned his comrades to besiege the caravan together.
At his shout, the surrounding robbers with crossbows and three-eyed guns gathered and prepared to fire a salvo at the enemy to crush them.
However, the robbers' attempts were unsuccessful, and the besieged caravan counterattacked with its own guns. Suppressed by scattered bolts, two caravan guards who appeared to be brothers carried out a fearless assault on the robbers outside.
Both of them were two caravan guards wielding twin knives, who successfully dispersed the assembled robbers temporarily, and also successfully killed a small leader of the robbers with waist knives.
However, they were slow to retreat, and one of the guards fell to the ground after being hit by a pellet in the back. Another guard, in order to save his brother, who did not know his life or death, was cut into blood by several horseback robbers who reacted.
And after the death of these two brave caravan guards, the morale of the caravan resistance personnel was left without a decent organization. In addition to relying on carts to carry out a few counterattacks with guns, the entire line of defense seems to be about to be breached by robbers.
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Huo Bingxiang used his trembling hands to finally complete the loading of the medicine bomb for his handcuffs. The shot just missed and he didn't want to fail again this time, because there weren't many guards around him anymore.
Although Huo Bingxiang intended to hand over his belongings in exchange for the lives of his group. But the robbers on the other side were unwilling, and the enemies who seemed to have scruples in their hearts did not want to leave a single person alive.
Huo Bingxiang is a businessman whose home is in Chang'an Mansion. Because I heard that the security in Baoan County is good, and it is a rare calm area in Yan'an Prefecture. So he came here with his caravan, intending to develop his own business.
After entering Baoan County, the road was indeed very calm, safer than Ganquan, Junzhou, Central and Yijun in the south. Especially the closer to Jinding Mountain, which is northwest of Baoan, the more no one dares to make a mistake.
Although the locals of Baoan County are very peaceful, the problem lies on their side.
Another group of people who were temporarily accompanying them on the road suddenly became ill-willed, they saw that they had gained a lot from this trip, and they also heard that there were often thieves in the Dongchuan area in the west who came to rob. So these people wanted to kill themselves and their men, frame the thieves in Dongchuan, and thus occupy the property of the entire caravan.
Although they were discovered by their own vigilance, they still pressed and beat their group when they changed to a strong attack. Most of the people who are guarding him now are injured, and they are all old friends who have been with him for many years. If the passive situation continues, then the guys who know their roots will die.
"The shopkeeper is almost unable to hold on, and these bastards have us to drag them out. Hurry up and get out of here, and our little family will get rid of you. An old man with a bloody face led a horse to Huo Bingxiang, and he urged Huo Bingxiang to escape as soon as possible.
Before Huo Bingxiang could speak, a sharp arrow flew towards him. Fortunately, a family son who usually takes care of him holds a shield to block him.
The son of the family also knew that the situation was urgent, so he said anxiously to Huo Bingxiang: "Master, hurry up and escape, our family has received a lot of kindness from you on weekdays, and this time I will let you escape if I fight for this life." ”
"Run away, sir, there is a gap in the northwest, you can escape over there."
"Shopkeeper, get on the horse...... uh. Damn, this arrow can't kill Lao Tzu, the shopkeeper hurry up, I will definitely protect you desperately and rush out. ”……
Huo Bingxiang has a good reputation on weekdays, and after these two people, there are other caravan guards who are still resisting by his side, and they all shout loudly for their master to escape quickly.
They did not waver in the persecution of the robbers. On the contrary, in order to create vitality for Huo Bingxiang, they got closer together. Several guards even ignored the others, and directly wanted to help Huo Bingxiang onto the horse.
"Run away, you're all gone, who can I expect to follow me in the future! If you can't do business, how can I take care of your big family! Huo Bingxiang was very moved by the loyalty of his subordinates, so he couldn't abandon these guys who followed him all year round.
"Smack."
After a bang, a lead pellet flew directly against Huo Bingxiang's cheek. Huo Bingxiang, who was almost about to go to see the king of Hades, was a little stupid with fright, and the guards around him were busy blocking the old man behind him.
The robbers who attacked on the outskirts naturally found that the caravan was about to escape, and they did not want to stay alive, so they once again gathered their guns and shot the caravan horses one by one. Under the command of the leader of the robbers, the horses of the caravan gradually lost their mobility.
Although they knew about the robbers' intentions, the caravan guards with limited strength could not stop the other party's movements. I could only watch the robbers shoot swaggeringly, and gradually fell into despair.
"These bastards don't want to let us go, so let's drag them to die together, leaving nothing for them." Huo Bingxiang knew that there was no hope of escaping, so he immediately became ruthless in his heart and personally set fire to the goods on his caravan's carriage.
The robbers, who kept attacking, saw that Huo Bingxiang was setting fire to the caravan's goods, and they were also anxious. However, they couldn't settle all the guards of the caravan for a while, so they hurriedly stopped the offensive and shouted loudly to Huo Bingxiang and the others to surrender.
"The surname Huo, are you crazy? Stop and put out the fire, as long as the belongings are handed over in their entirety, we are willing to let all of you live. ”
"When I'm stupid, get all of you to stand back, or you won't think of anything."
"Let's step back, you quickly lead people to extinguish the fire and keep the goods on the car."
"Hand over half of your horses, I'll ......, uh."
Huo Bingxiang saw that the other party also had scruples, so he started negotiations with the other party with his own goods. But after talking for a few words, the robbers fired several more sharp arrows, one of which wounded Huo Bingxiang's shoulder. Seeing Huo Bingxiang fall, the robbers thought that the sniper was successful, so they quickly pressed up again.
Huo Bingxiang endured the pain, regardless of the dissuasion of the people around him, and stood up again with his left hand holding the handcuff. For these despicable robbers, he has completely given up hope of negotiations, intending to burn them with jade.
"Lao Tzu is still alive, you guys will die together." As soon as his words fell, Huo Bingxiang pulled the trigger in his hand again. Although he was very angry, Huo Bingxiang's combat skills as a businessman were really limited, so this shooting still failed to make a difference.
Finding that he didn't hit again, Huo Bingxiang, who was in despair, said to the guards around him: "Light the fire, burn everything, and leave nothing to them." ”
"Horn~Horn~Horn......"
Just when Huo Bingxiang and the guards around him were about to light a fire together. A sound that looked like suona sounded, but it was much louder than the ordinary suona, and it was obviously blown out according to a certain track.
Before Huo Bingxiang could react for a while, his servant who was born to the family shouted excitedly: "Master, it's the official army, the official army has been killed." ”
Huo Bingxiang looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a group of officers and cavalry wearing red armor suddenly appear in their field of vision.
The formation of the officers and cavalry was quite tight, and it was divided into three formations, each of which was divided into three squads: left, center, and right. After another burst of suona sounded, the cavalry of the first formation continued to advance, while the cavalry of the second and third formations separated and began to outflank them.
"It's the Seven Star Flag, everyone run."
The robbers could not have imagined how they would suddenly run out of a group of officers and soldiers. When they saw the officers and soldiers, they neatly raised their weapons and killed them. All the foot soldiers lost the will to resist, some fled in all directions, and some knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. And several robbers on horseback hurriedly drove their horses to the west.
The robbers had long been mentally prepared for the vulnerability of the robbers, and the cavalry of the second and third formations of the outflanked officers and troops immediately began to charge. The cavalry of the first formation pursued the fleeing robber cavalry, and many cavalrymen in the official army kept shooting forward with bird guns and bows and arrows.
Under the exquisite skills of these cavalrymen, the horsemen of the robbers were shot one after another. In addition, the horses of the officers and soldiers seemed to be well fed, and the distance between them and their prey was constantly shortening. The ensuing battle did not last long, and all the robbers failed to put up any decent resistance, and were put down by the officers and soldiers one by one.