More than 500 thieves were stunned for a while, and it was the first time they saw a thousand heavily armed cavalry. Looking at the entire Jizhou, even among the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by the Jizhou Assassin a few days ago, there were only three or four hundred cavalry, and now a thousand cavalry suddenly appeared, with a hint of fear in surprise, and they all regretted that they did not flee in all directions.

The open field was quiet at the moment, and the faint sound of the wind, the crackling of wood burning in the fire on the ground, and the tumbling of boiling water in the pot could all be heard carefully.

Gao Fei looked at the thief soldier who had not spoken for a long time with a trace of fear on his face, took a step or two forward on his oolong horse, and said loudly again: "Put down the guy in your hand, we won't hurt you, and you will have food after surrendering!" ”

In front of him were more than 500 peasants holding farm tools as weapons. Because there was no food to eat, they could not maintain their livelihood, and the people were overwhelmed by excessive taxes, so they had to pick up the farm tools in their hands and come out to rebel. Gao Fei didn't persecute them, after all, this was not the same as the Liangzhou rebels he had killed before, these people rebelled just to survive.

Finally, someone was shaken, and a skinny hunchbacked old man walked out of the crowd, holding a wooden stick in his left hand, holding a kitchen knife in his right hand, and his right hand carrying the kitchen knife was still trembling, and in his sunken eye sockets was a pair of gray eyeballs, with a hint of hope, he squirmed his chapped lips, opened his throat, and asked in a bright voice: "Surrender...... There really is...... Do you have food to eat? ”

Goofy squinted at the meal they were about to eat, the pot was boiling dark yellow wild vegetables, mixed with bark plucked from the surrounding woods, bubbling in the boiling water. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but cast a shadow on his heart, and when he raised his head to see that the fear in his eyes had suddenly dissipated, it was a pair of pairs of hunger and thirst for food.

Gao Fei jumped off the back of the oolong horse, stuck the dragon gun in his hand on the ground, and untied a small burden from under the saddle, which contained a few dry white-flour steamed buns, he took out the steamed buns from the baggage, held them in the palm of his hand, and shouted loudly: "As long as you surrender, you will have food!" ”

After a sigh, more than 500 people put down the farm tools in their hands one after another, all knelt on the ground, and bowed to Gao Fei: "Ask the general to give me a stutter......

"The whole army dismounts and gives all the dry food to the common people to eat!" Gao Fei personally handed the steamed buns in his hand to a few hungry people, and shouted loudly to all his subordinates.

All the cavalry dismounted and distributed all the dry rations they carried to more than 500 people. With just such a momentary change, an unnecessary conflict was resolved.

Gao Fei saw that those people gobbled up the steamed buns as soon as they got them, and the things he didn't like to eat the most on weekdays became the most fragrant and delicious food in the world in the hands of the really hungry people, and he felt how happy it was to have food for the first time.

Among the more than 500 people, although they are all men, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but there are only a dozen real young and middle-aged people, and they are still injured in one way or another. Goofy took the opportunity to inquire about the situation in the city of Gauntrant, and got the answer he wanted the most.

It turned out that these more than 500 people were all people from Jizhou, and because they couldn't stand the hunger, they followed Zhang Niujiao and hid in the mountains to start a rebellion, attacking nearby counties and looting grain. Later, a man named Chu Yan found Zhang Niujiao and brought about two or three thousand men to unite with Zhang Niujiao and plan to attack the county town of Julu County. Zhang Niujiao agreed, walked out of the mountain with more than 30,000 men, and surrounded the city of Gauntloo five days ago. Gongsun Du, the assassin of Jizhou stationed in Gaoyi City, heard the news and took all his troops to rescue the gall Tao, and after being defeated by Zhang Niujiao, he retreated in the city of gall and held on for four days with the help of the city defense.

After learning about these situations, Gao Fei said to all the people: "I am Gao Fei, the Taishou of Liaodong, I will let you go back today, I hope you will not rebel again, if you are willing, you can take your family to Liaodong together, I will let everyone have a field to cultivate, and everyone can have enough to eat." ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Fei and all the cavalry turned over and got on their horses, and the remaining more than 500 people were grateful to Gao Fei and silently remembered the name of this Liaodong Taishou who had not yet taken office.

There were still six miles to go in the city, and Gao Fei galloped forward with a thousand light horses at the fastest speed. This time, Gao Fei first sent Bian Xi and twenty people who were good at archery, and went to the front to open the way first, what he was afraid of was that he encountered the secret sentry of the thief soldiers, whether there was a thief or not, he had to be careful, after all, there were more than 20,000 thief soldiers surrounding the gall Tao, and he only brought a thousand cavalry.

Goofy rode the oolong horse and kept the same with the large army, and when he ran forward for three miles, he saw several corpses that had just died on the side of the road, which seemed to be the secret sentry of the thief soldiers. He halted his troops, removed the bell from the horse's neck, and wrapped the horse's hooves in the cloth he had prepared, so that the horse's hooves would no longer make such a loud noise in the advance.

After running forward for a few hundred meters, Bian Xi came back with twenty cavalry, and when he saw Gao Fei, he arched his hand and said: "Lord, the dark sentry in front has been solved, and now the thieves are attacking the gall Tao City at the south gate, and most of the troops are concentrated in the south gate, there are fifty cavalry, three hundred crossbowmen, five hundred archers, and the remaining six thousand people are young men with all kinds of weapons, and the other three are some old and weak." ”

Hearing Bian Xi's return, Gao Fei felt a little happy, which was also one of the things he was most optimistic about Bian Xi. Bian Xi has been a snitch, in addition to being able to steal some things, he is also good at hiding himself, he relies on his familiarity with the environment, can successfully find out the enemy's hidden outpost nearby, this is a special skill, but also a very useful skill.

Since Gao Fei rebelled in Liangzhou, he basically let Bian Xi play the role of scout, and his troops also lacked scouts as keen as Bian Xi, so he gave Bian Xi twenty people and asked Bian Xi to train them to become truly outstanding scouts.

"Very good, now it's all back!" Goofy is satisfied.

After Bian Xi and the others returned to the team, Gao Fei asked all the cavalry to take off their bows and arrows, and walked forward with the troops less than two miles, when he saw a group of people who were pressed by the black.

The thieves, dressed in all kinds of clothes, held the blade in their hand in one hand, and the sack wrapped around their shoulders with the other, and rushed forward with a fearless spirit. The narrow moat had been filled with loess, and the thieves rushed to the city wall with the soft earth that was padded to the moat, poured the loess from the sacks, and returned with empty bags.

In the camp of the thieves, more than a thousand people were constantly digging up the dirt from the ground, putting it into sacks, and before they could tie their mouths, they were resisted by some strong men with their shoulders. From the thieves loading and unloading the soil to the front of the city wall, the loess is sprinkled all over the ground, forming an irregular double yellow line, on the right is the thief soldier carrying the sack to transport the loess, on the left is the soldier carrying the empty sack back to load the soil, although the thief soldiers on the left and right are walking in the opposite direction, but they do not hinder each other.

On the city wall, a middle-aged man in armor holding a long sword and constantly shouting "release arrows" is directing the archers to greet those carrying sacks full of loess with merciless arrows. But there were only three or five hundred archers on the wall, and judging from the way they shot their arrows, they looked tired, and the arrows they shot were not accurate, or fell to the ground, or were shot on sacks full of loess, no wonder the thieves had no fear.

When Gao Fei saw this scene in front of him, he felt suddenly enlightened, and he couldn't help but secretly admire the way the thieves attacked the city. It's time-consuming, but at least it's productive. For he had seen the result of the accumulation of the loess, and a soft avenue of dirt had been piled up to half the height of the wall, and in a little time the avenue made of dirt would sooner or later be piled up as high as the wall, and then the thieves would be able to climb the tower along the slope.

"My lord, there are only a few hundred guards in the city, and the thieves have invested more than 10,000 troops in this gate alone. Please give the Lord the order to attack! After Pang De saw the special siege method of the thieves, he couldn't hold back, so he took the initiative to ask for help.

Gao Fei took a general look at the distribution of the thieves, there were about 7,000 people running back and forth on the loess transport line, and there were about 3,000 thieves with blades in the open space on the left. In addition, on the far right, there is a simple camp built by thieves, and there are about 1,000 people guarding the inside and outside of the camp.

He looked at the east and west gates, and saw only one corner of the two camps, and the others were blocked by the city walls. Turning his head, he glanced at Bian Xi and asked, "How are the thieves in the east, west, and north gates?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, there are more than 1,000 thieves in each of the three gates, all of whom are stuck in the camp, and the road leading to the city gate is also blocked by the thieves who have built an earthen wall." Bian Xi replied.

Gao Fei didn't speak again, but fixed his eyes on the three thousand thieves who were waiting not far in front, and saw fifty cavalrymen lined up in front of the thieves, and two big men riding side by side on horseback.

He guessed that Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan were the two leaders, and immediately pointed to the three thousand people in front of him and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "Do you see the phalanx of three thousand people?" That was the main force of the entire thief army, and as long as the three thousand people were defeated, the other thieves would be terrified. However, today we are going to enter the city, and the body is already tired from running all night. After a while, I gave the order, and you rushed along the road to transport the loess, and used the bows and arrows in your hands to greet the thieves on both sides, and as long as you rushed to the bottom of the city wall, the guards on the city wall would open the city gate and let us in, and after rushing into the city to rest for the night, you will fight the thieves tomorrow, is it clear? ”

"No!"

Goofy passed his spear under the saddle, hung it near the saddle, removed the bow and arrow he was carrying, and shouted, "Strike!" ”