Cheng Xu left 2,000 militia troops in Gaojia Village, and invited the oldest batch of labor prisoners in the labor camp, that is, Chen Baihu, the leader of the more than 600 Guyuan rebels, to come out for a heart-to-heart talk, promising him that he would behave well this time and let them be released from prison early when they came back.

Chen Baihu was naturally overjoyed, he had long wanted to get out of prison as soon as possible and follow the old south wind to fight the world again, so he hurriedly swore that he would perform well this time.

Cheng Xu took out a batch of cold weapons and handed them to Chen Baihu and the Guyuan rebels, asking them to assist the jailers and maintain order in the Laogai Valley.

After making these arrangements, Cheng Xu took another 2,000 militia groups and embarked on the road to reinforce Wang Xiaohua.

First take the train, rush from Gaojia Village to Hexian County, start walking in Heyang County, go north to Hancheng, and after passing Hancheng, continue north along the west bank of the Yellow River, and go to the Longmen Yellow River Bridge ...... -

At this time, the Longmen Yellow River Bridge was not calm.

Shi Jian led 400 people and has been stationed at the east bridgehead of the Longmen Yellow River Bridge, on the west side of Longmen Gudu Mountain.

A small ferry village was also built here.

At the beginning, this village accommodated 10,000 people, all of whom were refugees from Hejin County, and later Wang Jiayin led the crowd to the vicinity of Jinyang, and Hejin was temporarily safe, and the 10,000 people returned to Hejin County one after another.

There are only more than 1,000 people left at the ferry to work for Shijian and repair the village.

Unexpectedly, after a few months, the rogue came back in circles.

Hejin County, which has no city walls, has no defense at all, and the people hurriedly abandoned the county seat, dragged their children and daughters, and ran to Longmen Gudu together.

At this time, Shi Jian was standing at the east bridge head of the Yellow River Bridge, urging the people anxiously: "Hurry, cross the bridge quickly, and hide in Shaanxi." ”

The common people dragged their children and daughters, helped the old and the young, and were running in line towards the west of the bridge.

Shi Jian's 400 soldiers piled sandbags in the middle of the bridge, piled up stones, and were making a simple fortification.

He didn't take the people to defend the water village!

Because of the small wooden wall of Shuizhai, the defense is very limited, he only relies on 200 firearms in his hands, 200 guards, it is unlikely to be able to defend the attack of 200,000 thieves, so he immediately decided, abandoned Shuizhai, let the people cross the Longmen Yellow River Bridge, and hide in Shaanxi.

He set up a simple fortification in the middle of the bridge, and put up sandbags so that the musketeers could organize a line behind the sandbags, which felt that it was easier to defend.

"It's coming, it's coming! The rogue is coming. ”

The scout in charge of the sentry ran back as fast as he could, shouting, "The rogue cavalry is coming. ”

"Cavalry?" Shi Jian was taken aback: "Fuck, the rogues even have cavalry?" ”

Scout: "It's the troops of the old Hui (Ma Shouying), the main force of this branch is the iron cavalry of the Hui border army, and they are all good at riding and archery." ”

Shi Jian couldn't help but scold: ", if it's an infantry, it's slow, and I still have time to evacuate here, but it's cavalry, it's too fast, and I don't know if the people will have time to cross the bridge." ”

He opened his throat and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, the thief cavalry is coming." ”

After this shout, the people were even more panicked, and tens of thousands of people were huddled on the bridge deck, and they crossed the bridge more slowly.

The sweat on Shi Jian's forehead flowed down, and he yelled: "Don't mess up, don't mess up......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a large number of cavalry appeared in the northeast, these cavalry were really dressed as Hui people, strong armor and iron horses (the original words of the history books), with bows on their backs, scimitars hanging from their waists, and a big beard on their faces.

The cavalry came very quickly, and as soon as it appeared in sight, it was already close in the blink of an eye.

Shi Jian tightened the firecracker in his hand and shouted: "Firecrackers, prepare for battle, don't let the cavalry get close, you must protect all the people to cross the bridge." ”

As soon as he saw Lao Hui returning to this cavalry team, he knew that it was difficult for him to withstand it, the other party not only had excellent riding skills, but also the equipment was also very neat, not an ordinary rogue way, this damn it, the border army iron cavalry......

He couldn't help but look at the Titanic Tianzun standing at the head of the bridge.

Although I don't want to ask Tianzun for everything, but at the moment, there will be heavy casualties among the people, in this case, Tianzun should also help, right?

However, Tianzun is not here at this time!

Li Daoxuan's attention was on the side of the white cat and Wang Er, who were fighting with the handsome Bi Gaojie.

However, at this moment, something interesting happened, Lao Huihui suddenly stopped his horse and didn't rush over directly.

Behind him, hundreds of iron horsemen stopped at the same time.

Lao Hui said loudly: "Those are ordinary people, it's boring." ”

The cavalry behind him replied in unison: "Yes! ”

Shi Jian: "Huh? ”

The old man returned to a war horse: "Let's go." ”

They turned around in unison, and with the sound of horses' hooves, the cavalry was far away in the blink of an eye.

Shi Jian: "??? ”

A guard soldier behind him stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The rumors seem to be true, this cavalry team is different from ordinary rogues. ”

Shi Jian: "What rumors do they have?" ”

The guards said: "They are not rogues at all, but the border army iron cavalry composed of Yi Han and Ding, they are also rebelled because the imperial court owes salaries for several years, it is said that the old Hui Jianjia iron cavalry, the soldiers are disciplined, and they will not easily deal with the common people, and they will fight the fortified city." These people are not only skilled in riding, but also very fierce in dismounting, and they can also use tricks. ”

Shi Jian couldn't help but secretly speak: "I see, there are still such characters in the Liukou." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief, when he suddenly heard the sentry shout again: "The rogue is here again, here again." ”

Shi Jian was shocked in his heart, didn't Lao Hui let the people go?

He climbed up to the top and looked to the northeast, this time it was not the cavalry, but a large number of infantry, chaotic and noisy, obviously no longer the old back to the "strong armor and iron cavalry, the soldiers are disciplined" team, but a group of bad thieves came.

In the army of thieves there is a big banner "Eight Kings".

The sentry exclaimed, "Huh? The Eight Kings of Nanying are here again? ”

Shi Jian looked at the flag carefully: "No, it's not the Eight Kings of Nanying, it's the Eight Kings of Xiying who came this time." ”

The eight kings of Xiying are the famous killer demon kings, Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong has not yet revealed his real name, and he is still using the nickname of "Eight Kings of Xiying" to mix with the society, he is not as merciful as Lao Huihui, and his troops have no military discipline at all, even if he himself wants to pity the people, his subordinates may not obediently obey orders.

The thieves saw at a glance that there was a mighty bridge over the Yellow River in front of them, and thousands of ordinary people were planning to cross the bridge.

"Rush forward! Grab it! ”

The rogues laughed three times and killed the common people.