Behind is the "Ghost Gate", the grain fleet went through a lot of hardships to get out, naturally unwilling to turn back, not to mention that most of them are Lingnan people, they are not accustomed to the terrain or the Yellow River water, and it is not easy to run away with so much grain and taxes.

However, the bandits were indeed afraid that the fleet would be so consumed as Xue Chongxun said. The grain ships are all big ships, and if the bandits want to attack strongly, they will have to pay a heavy price, and if they really want to do that, I am afraid that they will only have to dig the bottom of the ship.

The river thieves on the shore discussed for a while, and then shouted, "Cheng, you send someone down, let's take a hundred and fifty steps back." ”

Xue Chongxun looked down from the deck and saw that the river thieves had made some arrangements, some men with bows and arrows occupied the high ground, and the others retreated to a hundred and fifty steps away to gather. He immediately decided: "Immediately set up the board, all the people who were arranged just now go down, and immediately set up the formation!" Be quick, for fear that the thieves will regret it, and attack us before we have a firm foothold! ”

Fang Yuzhong said: "Lang Jun, swords and bows are not long-sighted, you control the overall situation on the ship, and leave the following matters to me." ”

"Less nonsense, go down! If you want to do it, you have to go all out! Xue Chongxun shouted. Fang Yuzhong had no choice but to turn around and get off the boat with all the strong men, and only said to Sanniang: "Protect Langjun!" ”

Xue Chongxun walked behind, turned back to the instruct just now, and said, "Remember what I said, ring the bell as soon as you fight, and call everyone to rush up." ”

"Life and death are fighting here, defend the country and rest assured!"

When everyone had disembarked, the thieves in the open space on the opposite side shouted, "What do you want to talk about?" ”

Unexpectedly, at this time, Xue Chongxun shouted: "Array! ”

The thieves in the distance suddenly scolded, "Fuck, you want to fight with us!" "I don't want to live anymore, the egg touches the stone......"

Seeing that the thieves did not attack immediately, Xue Chongxun scolded again with disdain: "Rabble! ”

After such a delay, the people on this side of the fleet were already lined up in six rows, with Xue Chongxun's guard crossbowmen at the front, followed by two rows of crew knife archers, one row of guard knife men, and two rows of crew knife men.

Xue Chongxun quietly took out a golden hairpin from his sleeve, hid it in the palm of his hand and made a mouth covering motion, but kissed the hairpin. Hopefully it's really a mascot as it should be.

After a moment, he slowly pulled out the bright horizontal knife from his waist, the bright blade of the knife reflecting the sunlight like a narrow mirror.

The thief shouted, "Kill them for Lao Tzu!" And they swarmed with all kinds of weapons.

Xue Chongxun pointed the horizontal knife flat ahead, and shouted: "Forward, one step back, slash!" Everyone shouted in unison, and the six platoons moved forward together. Although we hadn't trained together beforehand, our pace was a little messy, but the basic formation was maintained.

The thieves also advanced towards this side, they had no queue to speak of, some dragged their knives to the ground, some put their weapons on their shoulders, and a large group of hangers surged towards this side with scolding, no different from the dry group of fighters.

"Whoosh! Sou! "The usual arrow feathers shot into the air from the river bandits, but the range was not enough, and they didn't hurt anyone for the time being.

Fifty steps, Fang Yuzhong took out a black machete and shouted, "Release the arrow!" The machete in his hand was rarely taken out, and it was about the same length as a horizontal knife, but it was wide and thick, and the blade was straight and heavy.

Fifty steps were already fully in range, and the crossbowmen fired a round, and the arrows whizzed into the dense crowd of river thieves, almost without missing a shot, and the river thieves were also sporadically attacking and advancing with long-range attacks. Finally approaching more than twenty steps, Fang Yuzhong yelled "kill"! Picking up the machete with both hands, he took the lead and ran forward.

The two sides hedged each other, and after a while, they were close to each other. Where the sword flashed, the screams were like ghosts crying and howling, and blood was flying. The crossbowmen on Xue Chongxun's side put away their crossbows, pulled out their horizontal knives and rushed straight at the group of thieves, and broke the formation and inserted it in an instant. Xue Chongxun raised the horizontal knife, and then immediately clung to it with the team members.

The horizontal knife is very handy, not very heavy, but the thick ridge structure is very powerful, there is no feeling of lightness, it is clean and neat when chopping, Xue Chongxun's eyes are full of excitement, and the instinct of the militants is exposed.

The swordsmen who advanced in rows were their own people, and their courage increased greatly. As soon as Xue Chongxun rushed into the enemy group, he immediately shouted, grabbed the handle of the knife with both hands and slashed at the oncoming thief, and immediately saw the blood rushing wildly. The horizontal knife is very effective against people who are not protected by armor, and almost every knife kills.

"Lang Jun, the spear on the left!"

This person was crowded and couldn't hide, Xue Chongxun saw the spear coming, grabbed it, and fixed it with one hand, and then turned around along the barrel of the gun, and slashed it with a backhand, only to see the white brain red blood flying all over the air, splashing his body, the fishy smell on his face was very disgusting, and the blood was stained on his hand, sticky.

Xue Chongxun raised his eyes and looked forward, the formation of the first two rows had been scattered, rushing horizontally and vertically in the group of thieves, killing in the dark. I saw that Fang Yuzhong, a square-faced strong man, was covered in blood, like a bear screaming, and a machete was dancing vigorously.

"Kill those who stand in my way! Onward, defeat the thieves! Xue Chongxun roared, holding the horizontal knife in both hands and standing on his shoulder, stabbing and slashing when he saw someone.

"Whoosh!" Xue Chongxun suddenly felt a strong wind flying in his ears, and his heart was shocked, and he intuitively felt that an arrow was flying from behind, and after a while, he saw a thief who was about to rush in front of him cover his eyes and scream loudly, throwing his weapon and kneeling on the ground. When Xue Chongxun turned around, he saw that Zhang Wulang was taking arrows from the quiver, looked at Xue Chongxun and nodded.

Just as he turned around, Xue Chongxun saw that several grain ships had successfully docked, and many people with sticks and knives swarmed down from the boats. Xue Chongxun was overjoyed: "Our reinforcements are coming, the thieves will break up immediately, and everyone will let go of the killing!" Kill! ”

A group of rabble suffered an impact and could not have been able to form an army, but when they saw more people rushing towards them, many turned around and ran. Xue Chongxun led people to take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and rushed in with a knife, slashing a really fucking pleasure, like cutting a melon. The bandits were immediately routed, with countless casualties.

"He Sanwa was shot!" Towards the end of the battle, one of the guards could be heard shouting, "Lang Jun, Lang Jun!" Sanwa wants to say a word to you! ”

Xue Chongxun wiped the clothes on his body twice, put it in the scabbard, and ran over with the shout. I saw that the hired guard who Fang Yuzhong cared for was hit by an arrow in the chest, and he was lying in the arms of another person, his mouth was full of blood, and he was not dead.

When Xue Chongxun walked in front of him and squatted down, He Sanwa immediately grabbed Xue Chongxun's hand tightly and said, "Lang Jun, I sold my life to you, the old and young ...... in the family."

"If you die, I will raise you from the family." Xue Chongxun grabbed his hand, then turned around and shouted, "Hurry up and call Ghost Li!" ”

"Fang Yuzhong, lead people to surround the mountain, no need to attack, tell the people above to disarm and surrender."

At this time, Li Ghost Hand, Zhang Yueran and others all got off the boat, looking at the corpses everywhere and those who were not dead and groaning, people were all discolored.

Xue Chongxun shouted: "Mr. Li, save this person first, his mother is only a child, and there is a wife and children at home." Ghost Li walked up and was busy treating the wounded.

Zhang Wulang came back from chasing the thief, put away his bow and arrows, walked in front of Xue Chongxun, and said excitedly: "It's like pulling dry and destroying it!" This is still outnumbered, Wei Guogong, I Zhang Wulang obey you! ”

Xue Chongxun said indifferently: "I told you a long time ago, a group of rabble, thinking it was a fight in the streets and alleys?" ”

Zhang Wulang immediately knelt on the ground, hugged his fists and said: "Zhang is willing to follow Wei Guogong to make meritorious contributions left and right, please take Wei Guogong in." ”

Zhang Yueran, who was on the side, hurriedly said, "You don't follow the fleet?" Not going back to your hometown? ”

Zhang Wulang said: "The man is ambitious in all directions, if he doesn't do something first, why do you go back to your hometown?" ”

Zhang Jiuling also walked up, hugged Wulang and said, "You have to discuss this kind of thing with the big guy, it's not as simple as you think." ”

Of course, Xue Chongxun understood what Zhang Jiuling meant.

But Wulang didn't think as much as Zhang Jiuling, and insisted on saying: "Wei Guogong, please take me in, I will be a guard and retinue first, and I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at a few people from the Zhang family, helped Wulang up and said: "The ugly words are ahead, you should think about what your brother (Zhang Jiuling) said, it is indeed not what you think." ”

Gorou said: "The Guardian has the grace to save his life!" When the eldest husband says something, how can he talk casually? I am willing to follow Wei Guogong! ”

At this moment, the one or twenty thieves on the hill gave up their senseless resistance and were disarmed and pressed down. Xue Chongxun glanced at those people and said to Wulang: "Okay, you go and cut those people down first, and then follow me." ”

Zhang Yueran hurriedly said: "Xue Lang, Wulang! They have already laid down their weapons, even if they are bandits, they are also their lives, just hand them over to the government! ”

Another person who was on the same road as Zhang Yueran said: "It is also a capital crime to rob the official grain and hand it over to the official government. ”

Xue Chongxun looked at Zhang Wulang expressionlessly and said, "If you are as benevolent and decisive as your uncle, forget it." Everyone's expressions were condensed, and they immediately felt the cold-blooded side of Xue Chongxun's body.

Gorou frowned and said, "If I don't kill women and children, why can't thieves kill them?" They are thieves for a day, and they are thieves when they put down their weapons! With that, he stood up and picked up a horizontal knife from the ground. At this time, the other guards and strong men surrounded the captives with weapons and shouted, "Kneel! ”

The captives shouted for mercy, and Gorou walked up to the group of thieves with a murderous face, and with a blue face, he suddenly swung his horizontal knife and slashed down, and the blood flew and the man fell to the ground. The thief next to him opened his eyes wide, his legs trembled slightly, and he wanted to stand up, while begging for mercy: "Hero, spare your life, don't ...... Yes! The knife stabbed him in the abdomen, and he stirred it twice, and the man's wailing voice was unusually miserable.

Seeing this, Xue Chongxun ordered: "Do it all and cut it off." Then the crowd swung their weapons and swarmed up, screaming one after another. The whole clearing was strewn with corpses, and the mud and sand were stained red with blood.

Everyone fell silent, and many people rarely saw blood, and they panicked at the sight of this scene. But they didn't blame Xue Chongxun much, it was originally a matter of life and death.

At this time, I only heard Li Ghost hand say calmly: "You kill, I save people, this person is not injured, he fainted due to excessive bleeding, and his life should be worry-free." In this way, Wei Guogong is going east, and I will take this person back to Chang'an, and heal him along the way. ”

The person he said was Xue Chongxun's guard He Sanwa, and as soon as the words fell, Fang Yuzhong and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Zhang Yueran and the other crew members of the fleet dug some pits, and were busy burying the bodies of the bandits, and everyone died and let them be buried in the ground. The bodies of the crew members who died in the war were taken away, and the people who died at this time wanted to be buried in their hometowns and return to their roots.