"Humph!" Demon King Zheng snorted coldly, turned around and said, "Leader Fang, there must be a rule for this march to fight." When the two armies are fighting, it is okay to retreat back if they are wounded, but what should we do with the brothers like this who are not injured at all and run back on the dirt mountain? The Holy Father has you commanded the armies. Say something! ”

Hearing this, the faces of those who were not injured changed greatly, and without waiting for Fang Qifei to speak, they scolded in unison. Demon King Zheng sneered and ignored them, his eyes just staring at Fang Qifei.

The fat on Fang Qifei's face twitched a few times, and he suddenly said loudly: "Come on, drag these guys who escaped from the battle down and cut them down!" ”

"Demon King Zheng, I will be your ancestor for eight lifetimes!"

"Great Chief, be gracious! Give us another chance! ”

Those few people shouted in unison as if they had five thunderbolts, some scolded Demon King Zheng, and some begged Fang Qifei loudly, but these two people didn't seem to hear at all, they just stared at each other coldly. A few minutes later, four bloody human heads were presented. Fang Qifei made a gesture, motioned to put it aside, and said coldly: "Leader Zheng, now it's your turn, I hope you don't need a certain family's sword and axe!" ”

"That's natural, but there's something that needs to be enough!" Demon King Zheng said with a smile.

"This is easy to say, as long as there are people in the army, the demon king, you just have to speak!"

It was almost supper time, and the defenders were sitting on the ground, silently nibbling on the cold dry food, and once the adrenaline secreted by the fight wore off, exhaustion and pain took over their bodies. The peasant army's offensive had ceased for a while, and many people had a thought in their hearts -- perhaps this was the end of the day. After all, with the level of organization and command of the Manichaeans, a night attack of more than a dozen people is still possible, and a night battle with hundreds of people is simply a joke.

"Arise, arise, the Manichaean thief is here again!" The sentry on the watchtower shouted loudly. The guards jumped up in some panic, took up their weapons, and looked blankly at the gate of the camp, where the commander was.

Zhou Ping climbed up to the watchtower a little clumsily - the weight of the iron armor on his body was not light, but he didn't dare not wear it, otherwise any cold arrow would kill him. I saw that under the cover of the twilight fog, more than 1,000 enemy soldiers pressed towards the right corner of the camp again. These enemy soldiers can be seen holding wooden plaques above their heads. Defending against the watchtowers and the crossbowmen on the earth mountain, most of the enemies were armed with spears. Chang Zongtian on the side let out a disdainful sneer - sure enough, it was a group of fools, the right corner of the camp was narrow, and the spear could not be used at all. It's not as good as a knife and axe.

A few minutes later. The Manichaeans had approached the right corner of the camp. Only then did Zhou Ping see that the enemies were not holding spears, but long bamboo poles, with a bundle of hemp tied to the top of the bamboo poles. With a trumpet. The attacker set fire to the hemp silk on the top of the bamboo pole, apparently a long bamboo pole soaked in oil. The Manichaeans shouted loudly, began to use these long torches to burn the wooden fence on the earthen ramparts, and kept throwing lit torches into the camp, Zhou Ping's face suddenly changed when he saw this, and he whispered: "Quickly withdraw the people, it is important to enter the city!" ”

"What's there to be afraid of, it's just arson!" Chang Zongtian sneered: "Xue Dutou, you lead two hundred people out and drive these rabbit cubs away!" ”

"No!" Xue Liangwu responded, and triumphantly led more than 200 people out of the walled gate, lined up in a cone formation, and killed the group of Manichaeans who were setting fire. When the Manichaeans saw this, they were greeted by a crowd of about 300 people. Xue Liangwu sneered when he saw it, stretched out his hand and tightened the string of the cheek armor, and shouted loudly: "Everyone is close, don't let go of a thief!" ”

"Oh!" All the soldiers responded in unison and greeted them.

Both sides approach. And they fought. Xue Liangwu was shocked to find that these Manichaeans were not using simple knives and spears, but blunt weapons such as thick wooden sticks and iron hammers, although the armor and shields on Song Jun's body had good defensive capabilities against swords and even spears, but the defensive effect of these blunt weapons was much worse, even if they were wearing iron armor, they would be injured if they were hit by a stick, and even fell to the ground on the spot. Although these Manichaeans were inferior to the Song army in terms of formation and martial arts, they were all selected strong men, and the number was half more, and for a time they were inseparable from the Song army. Xue Liangwu was anxious, when he suddenly heard a whistle, and more than 200 Manichaeans pounced, not swords in their hands, but bamboo poles more than two zhang long, the top of the bamboo pole was tied with oil-soaked coarse linen, and it was burned vigorously. The disciples used these bamboo poles to poke at Song Jun's face. For a time, the Song army was in chaos, and was defeated and retreated by the Manichaeans in front of them.

"No retreat, no retreat!" Xue Liangwu was so angry that his muscles were exposed, and he fiercely knocked the back of the retreating Song army with the back of his knife, but his subordinates still retreated in panic, the combination of these two strange weapons of the Manichaeans is really terrifying, the long bamboo pole lit can burn the face and burn the eyes, and the soldiers in armor can be hit with blunt weapons such as thick wooden sticks to vomit blood, just when Xue Liangwu was helpless, there was a familiar sound of horses' hooves behind him.

"Kill the thief!" Xue Liangyu shouted loudly and shot down a Manichaean, behind him, dozens of horsemen shouted loudly and pounced, but this time the Manichaeans did not panic, under the shouting of several leaders, they shrank into a few small squares, and used lit long bamboo poles instead of spears to resist the cavalry, while the strong man with a thick wooden stick was in the outer circle, and the cavalry did not dare to force up for a while, so they could only shoot arrows around it.

"Dangdang!"

There was a sound of gold in the camp, which was a signal for them to retreat. Both Xue Liangwu and Xue Liangyu hurriedly beckoned their subordinates and retreated to the camp under alternate cover.

"Eunuch, why do you want to mingjin!" Xue Liangwu shouted angrily: "Give us another quarter of an hour, and we can defeat these thieves." ”

"And how many people are we going to die?" Zhou Ping said coldly: "There are tens of thousands of Mani thieves behind them, and we can't win the competition!" Speaking of this, Zhou Ping turned his head to Chang Zongtian and asked: "Brother Chang, there are people among the thieves, the right corner has been lit, and we can't hold it when we go down to the camp like this, so we still take the initiative to enter the city!" ”

Chang Zongtian's face was a little ugly, but he still nodded. Seeing that he had obtained the consent of his colleagues, Zhou Ping said loudly: "Pass the order, set fire to the village, and the troops will enter the city in order!" ”

Xiuzhou Terracotta Prison House.

It was already the next day's morning (nine o'clock to eleven o'clock in the evening), Zhou Ping and Chang Zongtian sat in front of the lamp, their faces solemn. After some consideration, Zhou Ping still decided to tell this colleague his speculation, after all, although this person did not come from Jeju together, if the army did not arrive in a short time, he would still have to be trapped in this lonely city with the other party, if he could not work together, he was afraid that he would have to go out of the big basket.

"Chang Yuhou, these are just speculations, maybe the army is just around the corner, but Zhou has the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman!" Zhou Ping tried his best to say in a relaxed tone.

"No, Zhou Prison!" Chang Zongtian shook his head gently: "I'm afraid it's just as you guessed, we were thrown into this Xiuzhou City as a lure!" A wry smile appeared on his face: "I thought you were a bold person, and you were in a hurry to enter the city without taking the great achievements in front of you." I can't imagine that I'm a fool, Wang Dutong let you be the main general, and I will be the deputy general, I really know people! ”

"Chang Yu Hou praised it, how can I be as powerful as you say!" Zhou Ping was about to be modest for a few words, but the other party reached out and grabbed his arm, and said: "Brother Zhou, you and I are in Xiuzhou now, don't call any waiting, detention or anything, it is commensurate with brothers, if I can come out of Xiuzhou alive this time, I Chang Zongtian should serve Brother Zhou as a brother!" ”

Zhou Ping was about to excuse himself, but Luo Sheer came in from outside and said, "Prisoner, Yu Hou, Coach Yang took a prisoner and said that there is something to tell the two of you." ”

Zhou Ping nodded: "Let Coach Yang come in!" ”

After a while, Yang Zaixing came in and saluted the two of them, and said, "The last general will see the two officials!" ”

"That's it!" Zhou Ping smiled: "What happened to the injury on Brother Yang's face?" ”

Yang Zaixing hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your inquiry, the last general has already asked the doctor to see it, and there is no big problem!" ”

"That's good! Brother Yang made great achievements in the battle before, and even Tong Shuai was famous, after breaking the thief this time, he must see it! ”

Yang Zaixing hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's all imprisoned cultivation!" Speaking of this, he paused, took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "When the lower official broke the formation that day, he captured a thief, and he just said that there was something to tell the general, and the lower official brought this person, how to deal with it, please decide the lord!" ”

Zhou Ping and Chang Zongtian exchanged glances, and said in a deep voice: "Bring it up!" ”

A moment later, Yang Zaixing led a man in black clothes in, and the man knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times when he entered the door. Zhou Ping said in a deep voice: "You said that you have something to say to this official, now you can say it!" ”

The man kowtowed two more times, and then raised his head: "The villain's surname is Zhu Minglei, he was originally a hunter, he was coerced by the thief and had to obey the thief, and he also shot and injured Taiwei Yang, he deserved to die, but fortunately, he was ignored by Taiwei Yang, -"

"That's it, if you have anything important, don't mention these things first." Zhou Ping saw that this person was a little entangled, so he urged.

"Yes, yes!" Zhu Lei responded twice: "The villain has a wife and brother, and he is also a small leader among the thieves, he has some assets in his family, and he is a solid family in the local area, but he lost the family business because of the matter of Hua Shigang, and after listening to the bewitchment of the thief, he became a thief, and the villain is willing to go to persuade him to reform himself!" (To be continued......)