Yanjin, the crossing of the Yellow River.

The passing business travelers were driven aside by the Yanjin County officials, and the entire ferry port was vacated.

Ferries and more than 20 conscripted merchant ships docked on the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting for the new Janissaries to cross the river.

Three thousand Praetorian Guards lined up on the riverbank, silently waiting for Lu Xiangsheng's order, but Lu Xiangsheng just stood on the sand dune with his sword, looking at the other bank silently.

"It's been half a day, and there's no movement, so we're still waiting to cross the river?"

"That's it, so many troops don't know what to do across the river, and I haven't heard of a riot anywhere."

"So well-dressed, what are you doing in Henan if you don't go to fight Donglu outside the border?"

In the distance, the merchants who had been driven away whispered, very puzzled and dissatisfied with the behavior of the officers and soldiers, and very surprised.

At present, there is no chaos in the world, and these merchants who walk on both sides of the Yellow River have gentry and official backgrounds, and they are not very afraid of Qiu Ba.

"Inspector Liu, why don't you go and talk to the general, let's cross the river first, I'm afraid it will be delayed if it's too late, and tell the Yuan family that this batch of goods must be delivered tomorrow."

A merchant said with a smile and stuffed a small ingot of silver. The person he spoke to was surnamed Liu, and he was an inspector of the local inspection department, who was specifically responsible for checking passing merchants, and everyone was an old friend.

"My lord, you look down on me too much, I'm just a sesame mung bean official, how dare I come over and find it." Checking the silver in his hand, Inspector Liu reluctantly changed it back, and whispered, "Do you know what official position is leading the troops?" The Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what a big official this is, one level higher than Wei Hui Mansion. ”

The person gasped, he already had an official body, he naturally knew what it meant to be the imperial history of the capital, if it was released, there would be no problem in being the governor of a province!

A royal history of the capital personally led the troops, which means that there must be a big mess!

Not only were the merchants anxious, but in fact, there were also people in the Praetorian Guard who were very impatient, such as Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao didn't understand it very much, but it was so troublesome to cross the river, and he used to send someone to the other side to investigate! In this Henan, where are the rebels, even if King Fu really has the heart of rebellion, he is still in Luoyang at this time, how can he send troops to ambush himself hundreds of miles away? If King Fu has this ability, wouldn't it be good to directly send someone to conquer Kaifeng and occupy the entire Henan?

However, Lu Xiangsheng made a decision, even if it was the highest military rank under Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Bianjiao did not dare to question it. In the Praetorian New Army, Lu Xiangsheng's authority has been established!

Maybe Lord Bingxian is still refining the army, Cao Bianjiao comforted himself.

After waiting for a long time, suddenly a ferry boat came from the south bank, and after leaning on the dock, a sentry jumped ashore and walked to Lu Xiangsheng's side.

"Report to your lordship, a large group of people have gathered three miles away from the south bank, and there are as many as a thousand people!" The sentinel shouted.

"Are you sure it's the people, not the army?" Cao Bianjiao hurriedly asked.

The sentinel said: "Disheveled, holding farm tools, without any banners, there is no doubt that they are ordinary people, but most of them are young and strong." ”

"No, if King Fu really wants to send someone to stop us, at least send an army, what can you do with a group of peasants?" Cao Bianjiao was puzzled.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed secretly and said in a deep voice: "Prepare to cross the river, Cao Shen will take you as the vanguard, take five hundred people to cross the river first, don't move after crossing the river, just hold your position!" ”

"The last will be ordered!" Cao Bianjiao happily agreed, pulled the war horse and walked towards the river.

Five hundred soldiers, divided into twenty ferries, slowly sailed towards the opposite bank, and after about a quarter of an hour, reached the south bank of the Yellow River.

Cao Bianjiao led people to quickly get off the boat and organize the queue. The first row was the sword and shield soldiers, and the three rows of firefighters in the back, forming a long formation and holding the south bank ferry.

As soon as I lined up the queue, I saw a large group of people rushing over in the distance

Dressed in messy clothes, holding all kinds of weapons, iron, nails, rakes, hoes, and sticks, the Praetorian Guards on the shore were dumbfounded.

"Come on, raise my flag." The horse barked loudly.

A young man hurriedly ran behind him and raised a flag with a long bamboo pole, a red flag, with three big characters embroidered with black thread "Qingjun side"!

"Brother Daring, what's written on this?" One of the people asked.

Ma boldly scratched the back of his head, he didn't know how to read, he was annoyed and angry, and scolded: "What the hell do you care about doing so much, anyway, it's a flag, can Lord Hou make a mistake?" ”

The people laughed and didn't dare to say much, the current Ma Daring is no longer the butcher who killed the pig, he has become the general of His Royal Highness King Fu, and he can't afford to provoke him.

"There are only a few hundred of them, and we have more than them, all of them are rushed to Lao Tzu and driven them down the Yellow River! Lord Hou said, if you win this battle, this year's rent will be free! The horse shouted boldly, holding the flagpole in one hand and the machete in the other, and rushed to the front.

More than a thousand young men roared, following the horses boldly behind, running chaotically.

Is it so unconventional? Looking at the "enemy army" with no formation, no strategy, and no reserves, Cao Bianjiao was dumbfounded.

Where is this war, it's clearly a group fight.

Unlike Cao Bianjiao, who was born in a military household and fought with Jiannu, the Praetorian Guards looked a little nervous, and they were hurriedly loading gunpowder projectiles one by one. Although they had been training for several months, they had never been on the battlefield before, and nervousness was inevitable. Fortunately, after a long period of training, an instinctive reaction has been formed, and the speed of reloading the gunpowder projectile is not slow at all.

When the rebels led by Ma Daring were still more than a hundred steps away, the firecrackers all finished loading, and one by one they aimed ahead with firearms, waiting for Cao Bianjiao's order.

A hundred paces, although the Lu Mi Gun can shoot this distance, it has almost no power. Cao Bianjiao did not give the order to open fire.

Eighty steps, fifty steps, the rioters were already running out of breath, and many were holding their knees and panting.

I didn't even know how to save my physical strength, Cao Bianjiao shook his head when he saw it.

"Let's fire!" Cao Bianjiao said lightly.

If you get closer, the hit rate will undoubtedly mention a lot, but it doesn't make sense, it will only cause unnecessary kills. On the other side were only the peasants who were instigated, not the enemy army, and Cao Bianjiao could not arouse the interest in killing.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Hundreds of firearms were fired almost simultaneously, and the roar rang out, and large clouds of white smoke rose up, forming clouds in the air, and the river breeze blew through and disappeared without a trace.

With the sound of firecrackers, the rebel army rushing from the opposite side fell more than a dozen people, compared to the team of more than 1,000 people, there were not many dead and injured more than ten people, but the huge sound of firecrackers frightened all the young people.

Dead!

They only responded to the call of the Fuwang Mansion to drive away the Shanxi Yankees who robbed the "salt business" for the Fuwang Mansion in order to reduce some tenant rents, how could they have thought that they would die!

Seeing the familiar people around him fall to the ground, blood gushing from the holes in their bodies, the other young people were frightened, and then with a "buzz", they turned around and ran.

The team of more than 1,000 people scattered like this, leaving only the horse standing boldly and with the banner held high in his hand.

Looking at the bold horse standing alone, and then seeing the three big characters "Qingjun side" on the banner, Cao Bianjiao smiled, stepped on the war horse, and rushed towards the battlefield.