Chapter 2: The Mighty Men (5 I)

The village where the rogues were temporarily stationed was called Xujiawopu, which was less than a hundred miles away from Licheng. When Zhang Xutuo arrived with the county soldiers Starry Night, the village had already exploded.

"What's going on?" Zhang Xutuo was very dissatisfied with this. He planned a perfect rush battle, and he tried to fight it all in one battle. The rogues are so resilient that if you can't wipe them all out at once, it won't be long before they regrow like weeds.

In order to ensure that the mission was foolproof, before leaving, Zhang Xutuo told Qin Shubao many times, ordering him to only be responsible for monitoring the enemy's perimeter. Before the brigade arrives, it is not allowed to attack without authorization. And tonight, Governor Qin, who was usually the most steady, actually disobeyed his orders. With only 500 men, he rushed into the village where nearly 10,000 Liukou were stationed.

"Don't blame General Qin, yes, it was the village itself that caught fire first. The bandits were running around, and General Qin was afraid of delaying the fighters, so he had to rush in! Zhang Jiang, the junior colonel who was left by Qin Qiong to wait for the large army, was afraid of Zhang Xutuo's majesty, and his speech stuttered a little. However, this did not prevent him from describing the changes in the enemy situation in very short words.

After listening to his introduction, Zhang Xutuo couldn't care about getting angry again. People are not as good as heaven, and this is the situation on the battlefield, the opponent is not dead, and will make actions that you cannot predict at any time. Believing that Qin Shubao had his own reasons for giving the order to attack, he divided his brothers into two parts and ordered four of the battalions to go around to the west of the village to block the enemy's escape exit. The remaining four battalions entered directly from the east of the village to support the cavalry of Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin.

The county soldiers who hated the rogue immediately rushed into the Xu family's nest shop. They are all locals, and it is their hometown that the rogues are harming them. Therefore, the morale of everyone is very high, and there is no need for the generals to do any mobilization.

The sight in the village stunned everyone.

There was fire everywhere, corpses everywhere. In the fields, on the hillsides, and in front of the low thatched houses, the ground was black and pressing, one by one. They were not cut down by the cavalry led by Qin Shubao, they died at the hands of their own people, or their former allies. By the light of the torches, the soldiers could see the eyes of the dead who refused to close. Those pair of pupils have lost the luster of life, but they are still full of unwillingness and resentment.

Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin's cavalry had already rushed to the center of the village, and in the distance, the neighing of war horses and the desperate wails of the enemy could be heard. The marks of the horse's hooves in the bloody mud were clear on the path through which the cavalry passed. Strings of flames crashing into people's eyes.

The soldiers couldn't believe what they were seeing. They once hated the rogues who intruded on their hometown, and wished that the other party would be thundered by the sky. But the miserable scene in front of them was still beyond the limits of their psychological tolerance. Someone immediately leaned down, ignoring the fact that his boss was by his side, and vomited. Others squatted on the ground with their eyes closed, tears streaming down their faces.

Even if the demons came out of the ground, they might not be able to cause such a miserable scene. This place is like what the monks call a hell, or rather, it has become a hell before Qin Shubao's cavalry came in.

"Rush in and let the living lay down their weapons. If there is resistance, shoot and kill! Zhang Xutuo let out a long sigh and pointed the iron spear at the place where the torch could not shine. Maybe there are still living people in the dark! Accustomed to seeing death, he couldn't help but think.

The county soldiers divided into small teams based on 100 people and began to search in a dragnet style. There were indeed living people in many places that were not exposed to the fire, and when they saw the arrival of the soldiers, they did not want to resist, so they obediently dropped their weapons and fell to their knees. In a few remote corners, tragedies continue to unfold. Three or four Greyshirt minions surrounded a white ribbon and beckoned to each other with all the weapons they could find. The outnumbered white belt military dialect begged for life, and the "big brother" kept shouting, but he couldn't get back the slightest mercy from the friendly army who used to be his fellow countrymen. The soldiers rushed forward and forced them to stop killing each other. Before surrendering, the minions of the Grey Shirts were still unwilling to spit heavily on the faces of yesterday's friendly soldiers, but the minions of the White Belt Army who were lucky enough to escape did not dare to wipe it, and let the red blood and filthy phlegm alternate and slowly slide down their faces.

As soon as the battle began, it was approaching the end without any suspense. Zhang Xutuo no longer forcibly asked Li Xu to follow him, he allocated a battalion of elite veterans to Xuzi, and the other party took him to clear the remnants of the bandits. After all the tasks of cleaning up the aftermath were assigned, the old general found a relatively clean place and planted the flag of the Chinese army. He then ordered a few of the leader-looking fellows to be taken from among the captives, and asked them what had caused the conflict between the rogues.

"They invited us to eat and poisoned the wine and food!" The leader of the Grey Shirts glared viciously at the leader of the White Belt Army beside him, eager to swallow the other party in one gulp.

"Nonsense, our big boss is kind to treat, but they suddenly start together during dinner!" The little leader of the White Belt Army knows far more inside information than ordinary minions, so he refuses to spit on himself, and he is justified in refuting it.

"Two unproductive thieves!" Zhang Xutuo sneered and scolded. He was not interested in continuing the interrogation, the bandits were angry, and the black ate the black. For more than a year, the same thing has happened almost all the time. Zhang Jin of Hebei claimed to have killed Sun Anzu at the wine table, and Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou annexed Miao Haichao; In turn, Du and Fu's soldiers and horses were favored by Zhao Pochen, the commander of the Hailing Army, and the two sides clashed continuously, until recently Du Fuwei suddenly made trouble in the process of going to the Hongmen banquet and cut off Zhao Pochen's head with his own hands, and the internal dispute between them came to an end. What Shi Zihe and Pei Changcai did today is just that the two ringing horses will definitely move after being together for a long time, except for the time and place they choose

It's so unexpected, nothing else is surprising.

"Although the Great Sui Dynasty is a little harsh on the people, after all, it still has order!" The old general sighed in his heart, waved his hand, and ordered the two small leaders to be taken away. He looked up and saw that the fire in the village had dimmed.

In the ancestral hall in the center of Xujiawopu, the battle continued. More than 300 White Belt troops relied on the relatively tall courtyard walls to make the last resistance here. Shi Zihe's face had turned black, and dark red blood continued to flow out of his nostrils, dripping along his cheeks all over the bluestone slabs beneath him.

"The people of the Pei family, what about the people of the Pei family?" Listening to the shouts of killing outside the courtyard wall, Shi Da didn't care about whether he could break through safely, but "cared" more about his former allies.

"Pei Zicai was stabbed by us, covered his shoulders and rushed out, the official army has already entered the village, and that bastard can't run far!" Zhang Hongsheng, the second master, stepped forward, held Shizihe's cold fingers, and said. He carried two heads in his other hand, one was Pei Guang's, and the other was Pei Jing's.

"Of the Pei family's three little rabbit cubs, we also cut two of them. The rest of us are poisoned by our arrows, and it is estimated that they will not live long! Zhao Liancheng, the third master, stepped forward and reported with a smile. You can rest assured that our family business has been ruined by the surname Pei. The surname Pei did not reap the benefits, and the whole army was wiped out.

"Hmm!" Shi Zihe agreed, satisfied. His dull gaze stared at the dark night sky, and from there, he saw what he had once wanted. "Kill the rich and help the poor, and do the right thing for heaven." It was these eight words that encouraged him to pick up the knife and kill the yamen gangsters who came to collect taxes. It was also these eight words that made him crisscross Qilu and make him famous. So far, there is nothing to regret, he has gone vigorously in this life. The only thing that was unwilling was that he failed to kill Zhang Xutuo as he wished, but gave him a victory for nothing. Welcome to visit

"Where's the leopard, where has he gone?" Thinking of this, Shi Zihe struggled to open his mouth and make a muffled sound. Shi Leopard is his eldest son, and it stands to reason that he should be able to inherit his family business, as well as his last wishes. Although his White Belt Army is gone, most of his family wealth has been lost in this battle.

"The leopard is leading people on the courtyard wall, and the officers and soldiers around here are all cavalry, so they can't attack it for a while!" The second master, Zhang Hongsheng, leaned down and replied loudly.

"What about Erya, where is Erya?" When he was dying, Shi Zihe thought of his daughter again. The son may not be let go by the government, and the daughter should not be executed.

"The second niece is hiding in the main hall, don't worry, as long as the county soldiers break through the gate, we will set fire to it everywhere. Definitely don't let people insult her! Zhao Liancheng, the third master, wiped his tears and answered categorically.

"Let's, let them live...... Live..."Shi Zihe suddenly didn't know where he suddenly found his strength, grabbed the hand of the third master, and shouted loudly, "No, no...". Before he finished speaking, another mouthful of black blood gushed up and blocked his throat, "Here, avenge me!" He gasped, spat out his last wishes, and fell into a coma again.

"Yes, Great Master, if any of us can survive, we will avenge you!" The second master, Zhang Hongsheng, cried and agreed.

"The big boss is dead!" "The big boss is dead!" The minions panicked, and the last bit of morale dissipated. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Liancheng, the third master, immediately made a decision, raised his horizontal knife, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush out, kill one is enough, kill two and earn one!" If you can break out of the village, remember to avenge everyone! ”

"Killing one is enough, killing two earns one." Minions of all sizes frantically agreed. In times of despair, human behavior often cannot be restrained by reason. The wooden gate was opened from the inside by the rogue himself, and the minions followed behind the two masters and launched a decisive counterattack against Qin Shubao's horse team.

Qin Shubao was not desperately interested in the madman, he pointed forward lightly with the tip of his lance, and two hundred feathered arrows immediately flew over from mid-air, shooting the crazy rogues in all directions. Immediately afterwards, the cavalry hid their bows, raised their lances, and suddenly accelerated under the leadership of Qin Shubao, cutting out a fan line diagonally, and poked the rogues who tried to break through one by one.

In front of a high-speed war horse, personal bravery does not play any role. None of the rogues who rushed out of the courtyard were spared, and after being poked down by the lance, they were immediately trampled into meat sauce by the horses' hooves. The rest of the rogues who had just rushed to the door let out a scream and turned and fled. The gate slammed shut again, and in the midst of the torches that poured in from all sides, a dark island was separated.

Running out more than 200 steps along the courtyard wall, Qin Shubao turned his horse's head and led the cavalry back around. Instead of ordering the brethren to dismount and storm, he raised his lance high at the dark house.

"Lay down your arms and come out and surrender. If there is resistance, shoot and kill! The two hundred cavalrymen shouted in unison, and the remnants of the courtyard were terrified.

"Don't be fooled, the government's words have never been counted!" There was a loud agitation in the courtyard. After hearing this, Qin Shubao smiled and asked loudly: "Guts bandits, you said it yourself, has General Zhang ever broken his word?" ”

"Guts bandits, you said it yourself, has General Zhang ever broken his word?" The two hundred county soldiers shouted in unison again, and passed Qin Shubao's questioning into the dark courtyard. The people in the courtyard were speechless, and for several years, although Zhang Xutuo had not shared the sky with the rogues, he had never repented of the promise he made.

There are a few minions in the courtyard who were lucky enough to be captured in the last battle and then released. Hearing Qin Shubao's question, he couldn't help but whisper to his companions.

"Surrender, we can't rush out!"

"Surrender, maybe Master Zhang will release us!" As the chatter grew louder and louder, the confidence of the rogues began to waver. Someone kept glancing at the gatehouse, the adventure just now hit, the second leader Zhang Hongsheng and the third leader Zhao Liancheng both died in battle, and now the leader of the one hundred and ten people in the courtyard is Shi Zihe's son Shi Leopard. He didn't nod, and the guys couldn't make a decision.

"Have you forgotten how the old boss treats everyone?" On the top of the gatehouse, there was an angry question from the stone leopard. He is just 18 years old this year, and he is the last time in his life that he is not afraid of death.

"Have you forgotten why you rebelled? Do you have a way to live when you go home? The stone leopard slowly stood up from the gatehouse and shouted at the crowd. After a few words, he turned around and jumped down from the gatehouse, and the horizontal knife in his hand swept out a cold light, which slammed into Qin Shubao's throat.

"Look for death!" Qin Shubao glanced at the other party with pity, and the long lance gently went up, knocking the horizontal knife in the opponent's hand. Immediately afterwards, another lance picked up the body of the stone leopard and threw it into the courtyard from afar.

"Surrender or not?" Qin Shubao pointed at the dark courtyard gate with the tip of his blood-stained lance, and shouted angrily.

No one dared to answer him again. A moment later, a worn-out horizontal knife was thrown in front of his warhorse, followed by another spear. The rogues who had lost their courage stepped out one by one and lowered their weapons in front of his horse in turn.

The last one to come out was a girl with delicate eyebrows. She held a dagger in her hand, and in the other hand, she carried the head of Shizihe high.

"They snatched it back!" The girl said in a low voice, threw away the dagger and the human head, and fainted in front of Uncle Qin's BMW.

Drinker's note: If you have something to do today, you will change it. Try to make up on Saturdays.

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