In the mountain forest near the side of the riverbank, Tao Hu squatted at the edge of the woods, clutching the long sword in his hand, and stared at the team that was rapidly advancing from the upper reaches of the river to the lower reaches of the river. Behind him, squatting were more than three hundred young men.

The weapons of the men were very messy, only a few of them held long swords and short spears that they had snatched from Dong Zhuojun who had been killed by them earlier, and many more were still carrying firewood knives.

More than three hundred pairs of eyes stared at Dong Zhuojun who was marching downstream along the river bank without blinking. Each of the men clenched the blades in their hands tightly, and many of them were already nervous with cold sweat on their foreheads.

"It doesn't look like even a thousand!" A man squatting behind Tao Hu looked at Dong Zhuojun, who was getting closer and closer, his brows tightened, and said to Tao Hu: "Didn't you say that there are two thousand people?" ”

"Let them pass!" Staring at Dong Zhuojun, who was about to approach the ambush site, Tao Hu frowned tightly, and said to the man behind him: "Tell the villagers that no one should move!" ”

"Good!" The man answered, bent his waist, and while running quickly behind more than three hundred men, he lowered his voice and told everyone not to act rashly.

Just when Tao Hu and the others watched Hu Chi'er lead five hundred Dong Zhuojun to pass by the small river at the bottom of the hillside, there was a sound of "rustling" in the forest.

Tao Hu turned his head to look behind him, and saw a crowd of people coming towards them.

Thousands of old people, children, and women walked by. All of them had hoes, shovels and other farm tools in their hands. The old men who walked in the front, like Tao Hu and them, carried firewood knives, and even tied the cuffs and trouser legs of their clothes tightly with hemp rope.

The most eye-catching thing about these people who came out of the woods was a group of children led by adults, many of whom were still a little staggering, but they were also like adults, carrying sharp farm tools in their hands.

Dong Zhuojun under the mountain was marching along the riverbank, and it was impossible for Tao Hu to persuade the old and weak women and children to return to the depths of the forest.

All the old and weak women and children squatted behind the men at Tao Hu's signal, and their eyes also looked at Dong Zhuojun who was marching along the riverbank.

Leading more than 500 Dong Zhuojun to advance forward, Hu Chi'er suddenly reined in his horse and glanced to both sides.

As a general leading troops, he has a particularly sensitive sense of smell. Passing through the mountains and forests, he always felt as if there were many pairs of eyes staring at him and his team.

"Steady! Steady! Hu Chi'er's eyes fell on the mountains and forests where Tao Hu and the others were hiding, Tao Hu opened his arms and lowered his voice, reminding everyone not to be impulsive.

Looking to the sides for a while, Hu Chi'er frowned slightly, raised his arm and made a gesture towards the officers and soldiers behind him, and shouted: "Keep going!" ”

"Whew!" Dong Zhuojun continued to push forward, and many villagers who were already nervous and had cold sweat on their backs let out a long sigh.

"Wow! Wow! Just as Tao Hu and the others watched the team led by Hu Chi'er continue to march, a loud cry came from behind a woman who had just followed the third uncle and them.

The villagers in the forest were gathered together from several villages in the Bishan area, and in this group there were several women with unfinished babies.

In order to help Tao Hu and others fight, these women with babies tied the babies behind them with clothes belts. They wanted to help, but they didn't know that because of the baby's cry, it would bring disaster to all the villagers.

The woman with the crying baby on her back hurriedly untied the straps of her clothes, and held the child in her arms and coaxed and tossed her, but the little baby knew that his cry would bring disaster to the adults, and he kept kicking his calves and letting out a loud cry.

All the villagers hiding in the forest turned their heads to look at the woman who was coaxing the baby, and the expressions on people's faces were extremely complicated.

Many people looked resentful and annoyed, and many more were full of shock and panic.

Hu Chi'er, who was about to pass through the mountains and forests where Tao Hu and the others were hiding, heard the cry of a baby, and hurriedly shouted to the army behind him: "The rebels who killed the officers and soldiers are in the mountains, and the general will kill them all!" ”

Hu Chi'er first shouted, then lifted the reins, and rushed towards the mountains and forests across the river. The river was not too deep, and the adults jumped into the river, at most they could only spill over their waists, and the five hundred Dong Zhuojun shouted in unison, followed Hu Chi'er into the still cool river, and rushed towards the opposite bank.

"Folks! Kill me! Knowing that it was impossible to hide any longer, Tao Hu stood up violently, slashed his long sword forward, shouted, and rushed out of the forest first.

"Kill!" The men, women and children squatting behind Tao Hu shouted in unison, and the shouts were even mixed with the immature voices of many young children with the smell of milk.

More than 1,000 villagers, who were determined to die, poured out of the forest like a tide and pounced on Dong Zhuojun, who was rushing towards the shore of the river.

The shouts of the villagers were very loud and spread far away, but unfortunately they could not reach the ears of Liu Wei, who was only five miles away from them.

Standing on the bank of the river on horseback, Liu Wei's eyes were still in the direction of the upper reaches of the river, but he didn't know what to do, at this time in the upper reaches of the river, the villagers in the Bishan area were launching a suicidal charge.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" A fast horse rushed towards Liu Wei from the direction of the upper reaches of the river, and the knight on horseback shouted loudly while galloping: "I've found the villagers!" ”

Hearing that he had found the villagers, Liu Wei's eyes lit up and he shouted to the knight, "Where are the villagers?" ”

"Five miles upstream, we are fighting with the thief army! There are more than 1,000 men, women and children! When the scout of the news came to Liu Wei's approach, he turned over and jumped off the horse, half-knelt on the ground and said to him: "The villagers have poor weapons, and most of them are old people, women, children and children, and there are heavy casualties!" ”

"The army is advancing quickly, and the cavalry will follow me to attack!" Hearing that the villagers were fighting Dong Zhuojun upstream, Liu Wei had no time to make more detailed arrangements, shook the reins, shouted to the officers and soldiers behind him, and rushed out of the river bank to the west.

Dian Wei and Zhou Cang glanced at each other, and Zhou Cang shouted to Dian Wei: "Go with His Highness, General Dian will stay in the army!" ”

After speaking, Zhou Cang also followed Liu Wei and rushed out, and more than 100 cavalrymen were already holding the horse's belly one after another at this time, and rode their horses to gallop upstream to the river bank after Liu Bian.

"Order Zhao Yun to quickly approach the west and outflank the thief army from behind!" Liu Wei led the cavalry to rush out of Lu first, Xu Shu hurriedly shouted to the herald beside him, and then he waved his hand and shouted to the army behind him: "Soldiers, move forward quickly and gallop to the aid of Your Highness!" ”

Due to the appearance of the villagers in the Bishan area, the situation of the battle has changed abruptly, and the earlier plan has completely failed, and it is impossible for Liu Wei and Xu Shu to continue to wait for Dong Zhuojun to advance further downstream.

Leading more than 100 newly formed cavalry, Liu Wei rode his horse and galloped, while hoping that the villagers would be able to hold on for a while longer, as long as they were killed, Dong Zhuojun would no longer be able to slaughter the villagers unscrupulously.

Liu Wei was leading the cavalry to gallop quickly, and by the small river upstream, the villagers had already fought with Dong Zhuojun.

How could the well-equipped and well-trained Dong Zhuojun be able to compete with more than a thousand old and weak women and children?

Leading more than 1,000 villagers, mainly composed of old and weak women and children, Tao Hu rushed down the mountain, holding a long sword, and used all his strength to crash into several Dong Zhuojun soldiers who had just landed on the shore.

When the Dong Zhuojun soldiers saw Tao Hu crashing into them, they hurriedly raised their shields to block them, and at the same time stabbed their short spears forward.

A short spear "poofed" into Tao Hu's left shoulder blade, penetrating from behind his spine, but the severe pain did not make Tao Hu take half a step back, he clenched his teeth, roared angrily, and slammed his body into the shield in the hands of those Dong Zhuojun soldiers.

The huge impact knocked several Dong Zhuojun soldiers backwards, and at the moment when there was a gap in their shield defense, Tao Hu picked up his long sword and slashed towards the top of Dong Zhuojun's head.

The villagers who rushed down the mountain, regardless of men, women and children, rushed to kill it was a kind of fatal fighting. The hoes flew and the shovels danced, but after all, they were just a group of civilians, and when they just rushed down the mountain, they also pushed the more than 500 officers and soldiers led by Hu Chi'er backwards, but after Dong Zhuojun stabilized his position, the balance of the battle gradually tilted towards Dong Zhuojun's side.

Dong Zhuojun, who had been ordered to kill all the villagers, completely ignored who was fighting them, and the old people, women, and children fell in pools of blood, blood flowed into the river, and the clear river was also dyed bright red.

The blood-colored river was flowing "rattling", and Liu Wei, who was galloping on his horse, turned his head to look at the bright red river while galloping, and his legs slammed into the horse's belly, shouting: "Drive!" ”

Zhou Cang carried a big knife in his hand and followed closely behind Liu Wei. He lived with the simple villagers in Taojiazhuang for three years, and each villager was like his relatives.

The blood of relatives stained the river red, and Zhou Cang's heart was also dripping with blood. He held back the grief and indignation in his heart, shook the reins vigorously, and clamped the horse's belly fiercely between his legs.

The more than 100 cavalrymen who followed behind Liu Wei and Zhou Cang also urged the war horses to gallop quickly upstream.

Five miles, only five miles away, but Liu Wei had a feeling that this road was too long. The war horse galloped, and the scenery on both sides quickly retreated backwards, but his eyes were already hazy.

The bright red river is still flowing "whoosh", and the beautiful melody created by nature is listening to Liu Wei's ears at this time, but it is like a ballad played by the devil, which is extremely harsh! It's very worrying!