Ten miles outside Linhe Town, the surging Huai River flows eastward, and on the official road not far from the river bank, a soldier and horse are marching in a hurry, the soldiers are not strong, and the combat effectiveness must be seen by the subordinates, but just from the appearance of the big slippery soldiers and horses in front of them, it can be seen that this army is not a strong army.

At the front of the team, the second young man of the Liu family, who rode a giant horned impala, was dressed in a dark black black iron willow leaf armor all over his body, which set off the already strong physique more tall and mighty, and the focused impala under the crotch was not a sheep used by ordinary people to slaughter and eat meat, but a different species, and the size of the horse on the grassland was only a circle smaller.

However, the horn of this giant horned impala is worthy of being described in a huge character, turning around in front of the forehead, thick as a man's arm, the tip is as sharp as a knife, and even this horn can be used as a shield, and this impala can not only run on the plains like flying, but also in the mountains can also walk on the ground, at this moment, this giant horned impala lined with Liu Ershao's heroic posture, but also has a bit of heroic taste.

Behind Liu Ershao is the four major enshrinements of the Liu family, and the worst one also has the strength of the middle level of the earth spirit, and it is also the top combat power of this army of soldiers and horses, after that, it is the Liu family army that the Liu family spent a lot of money to build, well, although there is still the hat of the imperial Huaishui Legion on the top of his head, but in his bones this is a private army.

From recruitment, to training, from the armor, clothes, to food and logistics, almost all of them are handled by the Liu family, and in the army, from Liu Ershao, the brigade commander, to the team commander, all of them are members of the Liu family, either relatives of the Liu family, or the subordinates of the Liu family, it can be said that this is a typical private army.

And private armies like Liu Jiajun are now very popular on the Huaishui frontline, and the reason is because Situ Hao lacks money in his hands. And Bai Qi suddenly ceded a large area in the north of Qingzhou, and Situ Hao, whose main force was pinned down in the Youzhou battlefield, could not mobilize too many troops and horses to recover the place. Even if it can be recovered. The strength is far from enough, and it is easy for Li Tang to take advantage of the loophole and occupy the central part of Qingzhou, anyway, in order to eliminate Li Tang. The empire issued a local conscription order, and simply issued a few more holy decrees on this conscription order. So there was a scene of Huaishui on the front line and many private troops.

Leng Zhuo was going to announce the establishment of an empire in Vermilion Bird City and break away from the Heavenly Dragon Empire, and the news had long been spread. It's just that Qingzhou Yizhi surprised many people. And when the news of Qingzhou's change of banner spread, the new Huaishui Legion Commander appointed by the Tianlong Imperial Court directly ordered to attack the forbidden army in southern Qingzhou on the Huaishui line, oh no, it should be called the Great Chu Qingzhou Legion to attack now. So there was the scene of Liu Ershao sending troops.

Liu Ershao and Liu Quan graduated from the largest Taishan Psychic College in Qingzhou, although this Taishan Psychic College is not as good as Shengtian College. But in Qingzhou, it is also one of the top universities, Liu Quan is not bad, although he only broke through the threshold of the earth spirit at the age of twenty-seven, he is not a genius, but he is also a rather conceited guy.

"Quick, quick, the front is Linshui Town, there are only a few hundred soldiers in Linshui Town, we rushed in one go, took Linshui Town, each person will be rewarded with five gold coins, kill one person, and reward five more!"

Liu Quan also learned some marching battles in the academy, and he was also in the Qingzhou Army for a while, but he had never really led the army to fight, but Liu Quanke didn't think that he couldn't do it at all, in his eyes, the hundreds of people in Linshui Town were much less than his own 3,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention picking up the strong, in his own army, but there were high-level powerhouses of the earth spirit, and I was afraid that the connecting spirit master was not Huo Zhengcheng.

"Roar!" Obviously, Liu Quan's reward inspired the great enthusiasm of the soldiers behind him, speaking of which, Jiyang Mansion is mountainous and watery, with few plains, and serious land annexation, many civilian children do not make a living from farming.

And among these three thousand young people, in addition to the village tyrants and gangsters in the township, there are also boat gangs on the docks, salt gangs, and salt thieves and hunters in the mountains.

Three thousand soldiers and horses, a swarm of bees rushed to Linshui Town, dangdang, the big bronze bell at the entrance of the town rang violently, and suddenly the street was in chaos, before Liu Quan led the army to enter, the street was already like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, clean, people ran clean, only left the ground full of vegetable leaves, baskets, and overturned stalls.

"Haha, brothers rush in!" Wang Mazi laughed and shouted loudly, as the most famous ruffian in Sili and Eight Townships, Wang Mazi would not risk his life for those few gold coins, the reason why he charged forward was because there was great profit ahead.

As long as you enter this town, it is not a big girl, the little daughter-in-law is at their disposal, those shops along the street, just rush into one, and get no less than thousands of gold, this is the time to make a fortune, how can you fall behind, and obviously there are many people like Wang Mazi, seeing that Wang Mazi led Shi first rushed out, everyone else was red-eyed and rushed to the entrance of the town.

Liu Quan couldn't think of what his soldiers thought, but when he saw these soldiers rushing into the town frantically, he sighed for a while, sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, morale is available, morale is available, this time he took Linshui Town, swept several nearby villages, and then crossed the river to the south, directly took Nanliang County, but could not be robbed by the Zheng family in the next county.

Liu Jiajun's soldiers and horses rushed into the town in a swarm, and on the roof of a teahouse facing the street in the town, Huo Zheng, who was prostrate, glanced at the completely unorganized rebels with disdain: "Let go of the arrows, clean up this batch first!" Seeing that no less than a thousand people rushed into the town, Huo Zheng finally stopped waiting, after all, he only had five hundred people in his hands, plus three hundred village soldiers, and it was too much to digest at once.

Boom, snap, two arrows exploded over Linshui Town, and then I heard a shout in the alley of the town, and one after another board cars with blades rushed out of the alley, and immediately blocked the streets.

In the shops on both sides, the windows were pushed open one by one, and from the windows, rows of crossbows exposed hideous arrows, flashing in the cold cold light in the sun, and at the same time, on the roof of the building, rows of archers also stood up, overlooking the street below.

"Shoot me!" Huo Zheng let go of the crossbow machine in his hand, and with the sound of a tense spring, the strong crossbow in his hand suddenly spewed out a cold cold light, like a poisonous snake that suddenly jumped out of the hidden darkness, revealing its sharp fangs.

Whoosh, swish, from the windows on both sides, the arrows shot from the roofs flew down like raindrops, the street in Linshui Town is quite spacious, after all, it is the main street of the whole town, and at this moment, the soldiers of the Liu family army crowded on the street can be regarded as suffering from blood mold for eight lifetimes.

The street is very empty, and the distance of arrows from both sides is almost no more than four or five zhang away, such a close distance, the power of the bow and crossbow is self-evident, and the Liu family army is a private army, even if the Liu family is a big family in Bei'an, it is impossible to arm the three thousand soldiers and horses with iron armor, first, they can't buy so many fine armor, second, their own blacksmith shop can't build it, and third, the money is not enough.

Three thousand people, people eat horses and chew every day is not a small number, where is there money to buy fine armor, so every soldier is equipped with a leather armor, Jiyang Mansion is mountainous, and there are naturally many leather goods, but the piercing ability of this leather armor against arrows is much inferior.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Liu family army who suddenly rushed into Linshui Town fell like cutting wheat, blood suddenly stained the street, and the wails were endless, but Huo Zheng seemed not to see it, and the arrows were still falling like rain.

The street is empty, there is no way to avoid it, and there are crossbowmen on both sides, no matter which side you are hiding on, you can be attacked, there are no three rounds of shooting, there is still a piece of fall, there are almost no people standing, some were shot dead on the spot, some are still rolling on the ground, screaming in pain, and some are not hit by arrows, but they don't dare to come forward, and the cat is pretending to be dead in the pile, as for the previous want to make a windfall, the idea of playing a few big girls and little daughters-in-law has all disappeared, just kidding, now it is serious to be able to save your life.

Liu Quan was almost stunned by the hellish scene in front of him, what a lot of effort, at least hundreds of people fell, almost more than one battalion was gone, and there were only six battalions in his hands.

"Damn Huo Zheng, I want to break your body into ten thousand pieces in order to eliminate the hatred in my heart, a few worship, and please help me make a move!" Liu Quan was like a stick, he finally sobered up a little, he didn't expect that the other party actually had so many bows and crossbows in his hands, bashing, this bow and crossbow was only more than 200 in his army, and it was still bought at a great price.

Before the empire was not chaotic, such as bows and crossbows are forbidden to buy and sell, although the management is not so strict, you can get it if you want to, but no one dares to blatantly buy it, this is like a big crime of rebellion, and with the turmoil in Kyushu, things like bows and crossbows are more sought-after, and archers are difficult to cultivate, but they are not just a weapon, they can be formed in March and May, as for crossbows, they are easy to get started, but the cost is too expensive, and there are few craftsmen who know how to make crossbows.

Therefore, bows and crossbows are sought-after goods on the market, even if they are second-hand bows, they can be sold at a price ten times higher than the original, especially in Huaishui, there are too many private armies, and although the Tianlong Empire allows these private armies to be established, it is not without the slightest precaution, plus they are not enough, where is the spare strength to send bows and crossbows here.

It can be said that Huo Zheng's move will beat Liu Quan!