"Array!" With Xue Liangchen's slightly nervous voice, the panting Zhuang Ding lined up in three horizontal columns, and on either side of the horizontal line were archers. The Zhuang Ding in the first row squatted down, pointing diagonally to the sky, while the Zhuang Ding in the back two rows were flat. Xue Liangchen only had forty people with Xue Zhuangding as the backbone of the formation, the reason was very simple, except for this team, he didn't believe that the rest of the archers who had only trained for four or five days could do anything, if they were allowed to fight, they would probably be crushed by the thieves at the touch of a button, but it would hurt morale and disrupt his own formation. So he left these men behind the ridge, and prepared to wait until the two armies clashed, so that these people would suddenly shout and flamboyate the thieves, or detour the enemy's flank and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.

Zhou Ping's team is also under the ridge, he scolded his subordinates in a low voice, keeping them quiet, and looking at the big flag on the ridge with expectant and somewhat nervous eyes from time to time, which marked the commander's order and the victory or defeat of the battle, for his first formation, Zhou Ping's heart was full of apprehension.

"Zhou Tanyue, what do you think the thief will do?" Zhishan asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, but it's better to escape!" Zhou Ping replied in a tone of not so sure.

"Yes!" Zhishan sighed: "Anyway, Xue Shizhu also has six or seven horsemen in his hands, and the thieves will definitely not be able to escape, even if they want to go up the mountain now, it is too late, but it is a little troublesome to rush over!" ”

At this moment, there was a shout of killing from the opposite side, and Zhou Ping and Zhishan glanced at each other, knowing that the battle had begun. "What should I do?" The eyes of the thieves suddenly focused on Yang Wu's body, regardless of whether he was usually convinced or not, this was not the time to fight in the nest.

"The enemy has cavalry, and you can't run away!"

"Then what about scattering and fleeing, how many cavalry are there in the official mansion?"

"No, if we disperse and escape, it will be the food of the village to protect the armor, and any village can tie us up and go to the official!" Yang Wu gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Ignite the tail of the cattle, let's follow the cattle and rush up, as long as we kill the person in charge, it will not be a trouble!" So saying, he struck the mule's buttocks with the tip of his spear, and the painful mule hissed, and rushed to the ridge not far away. Yang Wu shouted and rushed forward with an iron spear, and the rest of the thieves followed their leader's example and drove the cattle forward.

Facing dozens of mules, geldings, and donkeys rushing towards him, the villagers on the ridge were a little flustered, and Xue Liangchen hurriedly shouted: "Let the archers on both sides release arrows, shoot people instead of livestock, the infantry team changes into a square team, and the mouth is left, and the livestock will pass through the gap!" ”

As the flags waved, the archers on both sides began to fire arrows at the thieves behind the animals, because they were on high ground and on the side, the animals in front could not block their view, and the arrows kept falling into the thieves, and blood and screams splashed out at the same time. At the same time, the Zhuang Ding changed from three horizontal columns to six columns, lined up in two small rectangular phalanxes, sixteen feet long and stretched outward, like two angry hedgehogs, the frightened cattle instinctively avoided the phalanx, through the gap to the ridge to flee, some simply turned and fled, but rushed the formation of the thieves. When the cattle were gone, with the dancing of the banner, the Zhuang Ding resumed the three horizontal columns, blocking the way of the thieves, and the cruel bloody battle began.

"Kill!" Yang Wu roared, and was the first to rush to the ground formation. His idea is very simple, according to his past experience in fighting, the enemy will be scattered; More importantly, the enemy used a long sword more than ten feet long, and the thieves used only some sabers, simple knives, short guns, the longest is only six or seven feet, if you can't fight in close quarters, then you can only be beaten passively, and the thieves can't hold on. The only way to survive is to open a gap yourself, and the thieves rush into the gap and break through the enemy line in one fell swoop, kill the enemy leader, or take the banner.

"Beat the drums!" Xue Liangchen shouted in a deep voice, the drummer behind him hurriedly beat the drum hard, the rumbling drum suppressed the thieves' shouting and killing, Zhuang Ding took a step forward with the rhythm of the drum, and at the same time stood up and stabbed forward, making a rhythmic "Hehe" sound in his mouth, in the face of Zhuang Ding's strict formation, the impact of the thieves was like a wave crashing on the reef and quickly shattered, leaving a few mutilated corpses.

"Come on! If you don't kill the past, everyone will have no way to live! Yang Wu's voice was already hoarse, the bun on his head had been scattered, his hair was scattered, his shoulders were covered with blood, and he didn't know if it was his own or someone else's, his eyes were red, like a trapped beast. He drew his sword, sword in one hand, spear in the other, and rushed into the enemy's ranks, and the rest of the thieves, seeing the bravery of the leader, also rushed forward, but the momentum was far worse than the first.

But the drums behind the battle became more rapid, and Zhuang Ding's long spur stabbed the thieves in front of him like a dense forest, and almost every thief had to deal with two or more long stalks, and they instinctively wanted to avoid the attack of the long spur, and the result was that they concentrated more and more on both sides of the horizontal column, trying to go around the enemy's flank to avoid the stabbing of the long stab.

"Wave the flag, Mingjin! Let the cavalry come up, the rear team is clamoring, don't go away with the thief! ”

"Whoa!" As the standard-bearer waved the flag vigorously again, the remaining teams of archers hidden behind the ridgeline made a loud noise, and Xue Liangyu and other cavalry also rushed over from the side, the thieves were already frightened birds, and when they saw many enemies rushing out, they turned around and fled, and many people were stabbed to the ground by the pursuers behind them, and then cut off their heads and prepared to receive the reward.

Seeing this, Yang Wu knew that he could no longer do anything, so he hurriedly turned around and fled, but fortunately, the Zhuang Ding were afraid that they would mess up the formation and couldn't catch up with him. He had just run a dozen steps when he suddenly heard a wind behind him, and instinctively pounced to the right, feeling a chill on his back. Immediately, the hot and sharp pain rose, and when I reached out and touched it, it was full of bright red blood.

"This guy is very dexterous!" Xue Liangyu put down the curved bow in his hand, kicked the horse's stomach violently, raised his knife to urge the horse to rush over, and shouted: "Leave the head!" ”

Yang Wu wanted to fight, but when he touched his waist, he found that there was only an empty scabbard, and the saber didn't know where to throw it, so he had to throw the scabbard on the opponent's face, jump into the bushes beside the road, and choose the steep and uneven hillside to escape. Xue Liangyu unsheathed the knife, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and drove the mount to chase after him, as if he were walking on the ground on the steep and uneven slope.

At this moment, a weasel was probably alarmed, and rushed out of the thatched bushes on the side, Xue Liangyu's green-maned horse was still a four-year-old horse, and was so frightened that he jumped wildly, Xue Liangyu was caught off guard, and was actually dropped off the horse, and he fell dizzy, and even the saber fell several meters away. Yang Wu, who was not far away, was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly turned around and picked up the saber, about to kill Xue Liangyu.

Suddenly, only to hear a scream, the saber in Yang Wu's hand fell to the ground, and an arrow was already hit in his right hand, it turned out that Zhou Pingzheng saw Xue Liangyu fall off his mount on the hillside, and the thief first came to kill him, and hurriedly shot the thief's head with an arrow.

Yang Wu covered his bloody palm, gritted his teeth and broke the feather arrow, seeing that Xue Liangyu had already sat up, there were several archers not far away who were rushing towards this side, he was already injured, if he didn't run away, he was afraid that even he would be planted here, so he had to turn around and grab the reins of the blue-maned horse, jump on the horse's back, roar, and beat the horse and fled.

At this time, the battle was over, and except for the thirteen thieves who were killed on the spot, the remaining twenty-one were all captured, and only Yang Wuyi escaped. And the government only injured five people, no one died, if the biggest loss is the green-maned horse that Yang Wu took away. The archers happily tied the captured thieves with ropes and strung them together, while the heads were picked up with bamboo spears as proof of merit. Thinking of the generous reward promised by the county, everyone's face was full of joy.

But these people do not include Xue Liangyu, although he has won a lot before this, but in the final battle, he not only lost his green-maned horse, but also let go of the thief, and more importantly, he was actually saved by the Tianke Zhou Ping, who had always been despised by himself, you must know that this guy even taught archery by himself. When he thought of this, he felt very depressed.

"Fourth, are you alright?" Xue Liangchen saw that the battlefield was almost cleaned, so he came to visit his younger brother.

"It's okay, it's just that I lost the blue-maned horse and let the thief head go!" Xue Liangyu shook his head in frustration.

"What's this!" Xue Liangchen said with a smile: "There is only one thief leader, and he is injured, as long as the government issues a reward document, at most ten days, or as little as three or five days, he will be arrested, and your green-maned horse can still fly to the sky?" If you are the first to be the first this time, I will definitely have a reward for going to the county! ”

"Really?" Xue Liangyu was still young after all, and he was overjoyed when he heard this.

Zhou Ping on the battlefield watched with some emotion as the archers were searching for property on the captured thieves and corpses, he didn't do this, firstly, because he still retained a little modern cleanliness in him, and secondly, because he knew that he was now a good team, even if he didn't do it himself, he would have his own share in the thieves' convoy. Although he has spent a lot of time on archery and bayonet spears since he crossed over, it is the first time that he has fought to the death with dozens of people face-to-face like this, and at this time he even has a question in his heart, is everything in front of him just a dream of Nan Ke? At this time, the voice of the best came from behind him.

"Zhou Tanyue, how do you feel?"

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's all fine, it's just a little trance!" ”

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