Meet at close quarters!

This is not the first time Zhu Youzhen has participated in a battle, but it is definitely the first time that he has used cold weapons to face to face with the enemy. In the past, the swords, swords, shadows and flesh and blood that could only be seen in film and television dramas were now truly presented in front of his eyes; And more importantly, he is one of the participants, in the face of the murderous bandits, either you die or I live!

And the balance of forces between the two sides is also very unfavorable to Zhu Youzhen's side!

There were more than 300 bandits in the cottage, and nearly half of them had been quietly killed by this "decapitation team". The remaining more than 100 people were shouted by Zhu Youzhen, and dozens of people were scared away. But there are still sixty or seventy bandits left, and there are only twenty servants on Zhu Youzhen's side, which is obviously outnumbered.

In the era of cold weapons, unless the difference in strength between the two sides is too large, the casualty ratio in hand-to-hand combat is basically one to one, that is, one life for one life, which Zhu Youzhen is very clear about. And their own side is at a disadvantage in numbers, once they fall into a heavy encirclement, it will be a game of defeat without life.

But Zhu Youzhen is not blindly brute, and he also has several advantages that bandits do not have.

The first is morale. Most of these bandits were asleep, and a few were raping women, so they were not mentally prepared for this battle, and they all responded in a hurry. On Zhu Youzhen's side, the officials have already cut off their heads, and at least five or six lives have been killed, and the previous fear has long been swept away, and all that remains is resentment towards the bandits, and almost bursting confidence.

The second is to know oneself and one's opponent. Zhu Youzhen had already figured out the general situation of the bandits, and the more than 60 people in front of him were already their last strength. On his side, Sun Chuanting's new force did not show up. As long as this side can hold on a little, as soon as Sun Chuanting's reinforcements arrive, the bandits will inevitably collapse completely.

The third is that Zhu Youzhen still has a sharp weapon in his hand, that is, the traceless sword given to him by Rui'er. Zhu Youzhen had already cut a bandit's steel knife before, and he knew the power of the sword very well.

Seeing a large number of bandits rushing forward in a hurry, Zhu Youzhen yelled at Zhao Er beside him: "Protect my flanks, I will sharpen weapons and you will sharpen people!" ”

Zhao Erxin comprehended, and the other three officials divided left and right, and guarded Zhu You in the center.

Zhu Youzhen was silently reciting Li Yunlong's "Bright Sword Spirit" in his heart at this moment, roared, raised his sword and aimed at the bandit who rushed to the front and slashed down.

And when the bandit saw that Zhu Youzhen was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-grown child, he didn't pay attention to it, but just casually raised his knife to block it. This is in the hands of Zhu Youzhen, and he doesn't use any fancy tricks, of course, he can't use it if he wants to, so he slashes hard at the steel knife.

Just listening to the sound of "Zheng", the ordinary steel knife with inferior manufacturing technology was the opponent of the Traceless Sword, and it was immediately broken into two. The bandit had only a knife in his hand, and he was taken aback, but he was not slow to react, and immediately retreated.

Zhao Er, who was beside Zhu Youzhen, saw that the opportunity could not be missed, so he rushed two steps, and his head was stabbed. Seeing the ferocity of the knife, the bandit subconsciously raised his knife to meet him. But he forgot that the "knife" in his hand was already a lot shorter, and this block was blocked, and Zhao Er's knife was slashed off against the handle of the bandit's knife, hitting the bandit's brain.

Zhao Er is the only one of these officials who has ever practiced martial arts, and he naturally has two strikes under his hands. The knife was so powerful that it pecked into the hard skull. Although the bandit's brain burst out, Zhao Er's knife was also caught in the skull, and he couldn't get rid of it for a while. Zhao Er was in a hurry, raised his leg and kicked violently, kicking the bandit's body far away, and then pulled out the knife.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Zhao Eryi had a successful blow, but the other bandits wanted to surround him, so he shouted: "Come back!" ”

Zhao Er was also very alert, and immediately understood Zhu Youzhen's intentions, and immediately jumped back to his own position, still supporting Zhu Youzhen's left and right.

At this time, all the bandits had already rushed up and fought with the officials, and the scene was extremely chaotic. However, Zhu Youzhen and Zhao Er's team was extremely flexible, and when they saw that the bandits were lonely, they rushed up and cut off the opponent's weapons by Zhu Youzhen first, and Zhao Er and others followed up to mend the knife. In just two or three minutes, more than a dozen bandits were cut down.

But after all, the number of officials is too small and they have not received much training, except for Zhu Youzhen's group, the others are inevitably caught in a solo fight. Although the officials were all fierce and fearless to death, the bandits were outnumbered, and two or three people fought one, and they quickly gained the upper hand. In a short time, six or seven officials had been hacked to death with knives, and the rest were all wounded, and the situation was already precarious.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly yelled: "Retreat to the wall and fight against the wall!" ”

When all the officials heard the order, they all retreated to the wall of the main house and lined up in a row. Originally, the bandits were outnumbered, and they could attack the officials from the side and from behind. But in this way, the officials could only face the enemy head-on, and they could fight without distraction, and the situation improved slightly.

The leader of this group of bandits, nicknamed "Mixed River Dragon", is really a one-eyed dragon. He stared at the only remaining right eye and watched the battle for a long time, and when he saw that more than 60 people on his side were beating 20 people on the other side, he didn't have the upper hand, so he was so angry that he screamed and joined the battle group with a ghost-headed broadsword.

This guy also studied under a teacher, and he was born with a big waist and a round waist, and his kung fu under his hands is naturally not weak. As soon as he made a move, he knocked down two officials, and Zhu Youzhen's side was unable to support it.

Zhu Youzhen also wanted to repeat the old trick and cut off the big knife of the mixed river dragon. Mixed Jianglong had already taken precautions, played a knife flower, and took advantage of Zhu Youzhen's dazzled eyes to lightly pick Zhu Youzhen's sword boring with the tip of the knife. After all, Zhu Youzhen didn't know martial arts, and when he was picked up by this knife, he flew the sword and became bare-handed.

The mixed river dragon laughed and said, "Little rabbit cub, take your life!" As he spoke, he slashed the knife.

Zhu Youzhen's heart was cold, and he almost closed his eyes and waited for death. But at this moment, an earth-shattering cry suddenly came from the gate of the cottage: "Rush! Kill! ”

Mingjiang Long was taken aback, slightly distracted, and the knife was gone. Zhu Youzhen took a closer look, and saw that the forty officials finally broke through the gate of the cottage, rushed up, and roared angrily: "The official army has arrived!" ”

The bandits fought fiercely for a while, and it was already the end of the crossbow. At this time, seeing that the enemy had reinforcements coming again, he was finally frightened, and he didn't care how many troops he looked at carefully, so he turned around and fled in all directions.

The bastard dragon was also mixed with the bandits, trying to take advantage of the chaos to escape. But he is tall and bald, and he is very conspicuous in the light of the bright moon. A woman's scream suddenly sounded in the ranks of officials on the opposite side: "It's him!" He's the bandit leader! ”

Mingjiang Long cried out in his heart, and just wanted to flee to the side, but a person on the opposite side had already met him with a sword. Seeing that this person was dressed as a scribe, although he had no intention of fighting, he didn't take it too seriously, and wanted to slip away with a false knife.

But the man's long sword was very sharp, and in an instant, he had already "brushed, brushed, brushed" four swords in a row, and one of them also brushed the scalp of the mixed river dragon, cutting off a large piece of scalp, and the blood suddenly flowed down.

Mixed Jianglong has been a bandit since he was beaten, and he hasn't hung up a lottery for many years. At this time, he suffered a big loss, and he was furious, and he forgot to escape, so he jumped up with a "whoosh", and chopped the other party's neck with a knife.

But the man sneered, and without dodging or dodging, he stabbed a sword like lightning. At this time, the mixed river dragon was in the air, unable to accept the move, seeing that this sword did not know how to come first, and when his blade was still a few inches away from the opponent, the tip of the sword had already pierced his throat.

"Ho... cough cough..."The throat of the mixed river dragon was pierced with a big hole in the flesh and blood, and he tried his best to inhale but could not enter the lungs, and after a while, his face was red, and he lay on the ground and twitched for a while, and gradually stopped struggling.

"Master Sun!" Zhu Youzhen exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect your swordsmanship to be so superb!" ”

Sun Chuanting leaned over and picked up Zhu Youzhen's traceless sword, knelt on one knee, raised the sword above his head and said: "The lower official is late, let His Highness be frightened, and the crime deserves death!" ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly took the sword and said: "Don't talk nonsense, clean up this group of bandits first!" ”

As soon as the mixed river dragon died, the bandits were leaderless, and they were like a bunch of headless flies, flying everywhere. In a short time, most of them were beheaded by the officials, and the remaining 20 or so saw that there was no way to escape, so they had to throw down their weapons and be captured.

In this battle, Zhu Youzhen only led 60 officials to raid Leopard Ditch, killing the bandit leader Mingjianglong, killing 200 of the 300 bandits, taking 200 prisoners, and the rest fled. However, his side only lost 12 people, seriously wounded 3 people, and slightly injured 6 people, but Zhu Youzhen himself was unharmed.

After this battle, Zhu Youzhen was arrogant. He first ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, and the so-called "cleanup" was actually to cut off the heads of the bandits. Some bandits are not dead, but just lie in the pile of dead people and want to get by, so far they can finally escape justice, one knife and two sections.

As for the remaining twenty bandits, Sun Chuanting meant to escort them back to the county government or send them to Chunhua County for processing.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "There are not many of us, how can we have the energy to take care of them?" These bandits took advantage of the catastrophe to kill the people, and their crimes are not punishable, and it is not much fun to take them back. Now if it is a peaceful and prosperous era, you can also be a coolie and slowly transform. Now they can't be left behind! Come on, behead them all! ”

"Order!" The officials led by Zhao Er, because more than ten of their companions were killed in battle, their eyes were red at this time, and they didn't wait for Sun Chuanting to speak, and they jumped over and slashed randomly. Listening to the endless screams, these twenty bandits were all chopped into meat sauce even if they wanted to die happily.

Only then did they rescue the captive women, and they counted the warehouses and found that the bandits had a lot of stock, including 2,000 stone of grain, more than 30,000 taels of silver, and more than 1,000 taels of gold.

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said: "Jingyang is in ruins, these money and grain are ill-gotten gains anyway, we just take all the orders, the county government will keep half of it, and the Jingyang business gang will keep half of it!" ”

"What about the bandits' lair? Do you want to burn it out? Sun Chuanting asked.

"It's a shame to burn." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Aren't there many bandits who have escaped?" Maybe they'll come back when the news passes. Let's leave someone here to watch, and when they are gathered, we will have another spoonful of stew! ”