On this day, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the sun was high in the sky, but it was already September, and the weather with this big sun was just right.

There are still about 150 miles away from the important town of Yulin, and the official road is full of people, dusty, and very lively.

From a distance, as long as it is a person from northern Shaanxi, he can recognize the approximate identity of the other party at a glance, and it must be a thief passing by.

Because from a distance, the flow of people reflected a metallic luster, but the clothes were tattered, and the walking queue was completely unrelated, as if everyone was not related, just in a hurry.

A little closer, the few flags held in the team were a little confusing.

I saw that the largest banner had five big characters written on it, "Deputy General of the Qingshui Battalion", judging from here, it should be the Ming Army. But there is also a smaller flag with the words "Forced to the sky", which is more like the nickname of the leader of the bandits. It is not surprising that two flags with such opposing flags are in the same ranks.

The huge team walked for a long time, and finally found the Ming army wearing red mandarin duck robes at the end of the team. Although there is only a gap between the two teams, the difference is only a dozen feet. There is no such antagonistic hostility towards each other.

However, those Ming troops still clearly despise those who walked in front. Under the banner of a guerrilla Luo in Suidezhou, Yan'an Prefecture, a person complained to the general: "Master, those thieves are walking in front and letting us eat the ashes of the boss, it's really annoying!" ”

The general, naturally, was the guerrilla Luo Shixun, he looked at his own family leader, and said expressionlessly: "Your Excellency the Governor has explained that our preliminary task is only to drive the thieves in front of us to fight with the Heavenly Army. Don't let them go ahead. Shall we go ahead? ”

When the leader of this Ding heard this, he didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to turn his head to look at the army of five thousand thieves in front of him, and couldn't help cursing in his heart: "A group of damned Diao people, let you go in front and send them to death!" ”

It's not stupid to be forced to the sky by the cursed bandit leader. Knowing that my side is probably a point of no return. However, he had no choice, although there were only a thousand court officers and soldiers behind him, which was far less than the number on his side, but the combat power was not at the same level at all, and people could destroy their own side in minutes.

Otherwise, just a little bit of food that is not enough to even march to Yulin, and the name of a garrison officer who fell into the hands of the Heavenly Army, how can he let himself fight with his life.

Come to think of it. He couldn't help but sigh. It's really a person in the rivers and lakes, and I can't help myself!

"Big brother, what are you sighing about?" A young man next to him was probably bored, looking for something to say.

forced the heavens to glance at him, with a bitter look on his face, and then sighed again and replied: "The heavenly army is so powerful, we are going to die!" ”

Thanks to the blessing of Wang Jiayin, the elder of the thieves, the reputation of the Heavenly Army spread more widely among the thieves. Therefore, even the victims who rebelled later, even the thieves in southern Shaanxi. I know a little bit about the strength of the Heavenly Army.

The young man was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "Big brother, we have an army of 300,000, and the Heavenly Army is only about 3,000, and it still occupies so many castles, no matter how powerful it is." A single person can drown them with a mouthful of foam, right? ”

"You know what?" Another older man heard it and interjected, "Why don't you say a million of the 300,000 army?" ”

Without waiting for the young man to argue, he added: "We often claim to be 10,000 horses!" ”

The young man was not convinced. Still argued: "That's different, this is what the Governor of the Three Sides, Lord Chen, said!" ”

"Believe the words of those dog officials, sows can go up the tree!" forced the heavens to hear it and spoke, "To this point, it was all those dog officials who harmed them, do you still want to believe them?" ”

After finishing speaking, he sighed again, and his will was depressed, like a man of seventy or eighty years old who was about to step into a coffin.

The older man subconsciously looked back and forth, and suddenly lowered his voice a little and said, "Big brother, in fact, you don't have to worry so much. I heard that the Heavenly Army will not kill prisoners, but will also give money and food, and will be treated well. ”

When he heard this, he sighed again and said, "Brother, you don't know, that's for ordinary people." We are all leaders, and we are going to be killed by the Heavenly Army, and this is not something that those dog officers scare us. ”

When the young man heard this, he interjected again: "Yes, yes, it is said that the Heavenly Army specializes in killing corrupt officials and thieves...... Leader of the Rebels. ”

Hearing these words, the older man was not only not depressed, but continued mysteriously: "Actually, no, I heard that a leader like us is not called the Heavenly Army to be captured and killed. Is it a public trial, do you understand the public trial? ”

"Public trial?" The young man first asked in confusion.

"Yes, the trial." The older man did not hold back the slightest and explained to them, "Let our men judge us, and the most heinous will be killed." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the heavens and said, "Big brother, we haven't done anything bad, and we can get by with our subordinates." I don't think we're going to be called to the heavenly army, are we? ”

When he heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he shook his head again. It's not that he doesn't believe his brother's words. He knew that his old brother was a cautious person, and this matter related to his own life would naturally be said only if he was sure that the news was true.

He still sighed and said: "In this way, our lives will be in the hands of others, what if there is any accident?" ”

The older man listened, and said no more. However, he secretly said in his heart, in this world, I am afraid that it is more reliable to hand it over to the Heavenly Army than to hand it over to God!

For a while, several people didn't speak, and the atmosphere became a little dull.

Suddenly, as if they heard the sound of thunder, they looked up, but they saw not a single dark cloud. There was only one sun hanging in the sky.

The electric light and flint kung fu forced the sky to realize that something was wrong, and his face changed, and he looked up. I saw that in the valley on the left side of the official road, on the right rear side of his team, a majestic cavalry army was rushing out, extremely fast, and came straight to the official road.

"Ah, it's called the Heavenly Army!" An exclamation sounded, apparently a well-informed man, who recognized the origin of the swift cavalry.

"My mother, the front is still an ironclad heavy horseman, invincible!" Someone shouted with a cry.

The team of thieves suddenly became a mess, and many thieves ran away as soon as possible, running in the direction of calling the heavenly army farther away.

But after a while, after getting through the initial panic, they stopped and watched in amazement. (To be continued.) )