That Li Yixian, relying on his reputation as an official in the Jingzhao Prefecture, had harmed many colleagues and subordinates. This time, he was punished. He grunted and fell softly.
"Dujia! Save Dujia!" The four soldiers following Li Yixian drew their swords decisively and rushed towards Han Qing. They risked their own lives and prepared to take Han Qing as a hostage in exchange for their boss's.
Safety.
Where is it too late?
Li Yu, Wang Wu, Zhang Fan and others all raised their swords to meet him. In the blink of an eye, they beheaded four of Li Yixian's soldiers.
"Save the capital!"
"The man named Han tried to murder the capital, and everyone did it together!"
"Kill the man named Han to eliminate harm for the people!"
On the pier, shouts and shouts were heard one after another. However, it was the subordinates brought by Li Yixian, led by two military patrols, who decisively launched an attack on Han Qing's position.
Wu Er, on his side, had already prepared and immediately formed a formation to wait. In the blink of an eye, the two sides were fighting on the dock, with swords flashing and blood flowing like rivers.
"This, this, this, Judge Han, could this person with the surname Li be from the Red Lotus Sect?" At this time, Ding'an County Magistrate Chen Dong reacted and wiped the cold sweat from his face.
Stutteringly asked Han Qing.
"Prime Minister Kou and I have made an agreement long ago. Except for Judge Zhe, anyone else who comes to meet him must be fake!" Han Qing responded with a smile, dragged Li Yixian up from the ground, and left him to his cronies to "serve".
He smoothly pulled out the spear from the carriage.
"Kou, Prime Minister Kou knows, knows that the roster is fake? Prime Minister Kou set up this trap with you, set up this trap with you..." Chen Dong's brain was a bit weak, so he continued to stutter and ask.
Before he finished speaking, he heard a clear sound of metal collision, "ding--". Immediately afterwards, an arrow fell softly to the ground less than four feet in front of him.
"You are a civil servant, hurry up and hide from the carriage!" Tutou Takeji used his shield to block himself and Chen Dong's bodies, and ordered angrily. "Judge, as you expected, there is an ambush on the ship!"
The latter sentence was obviously meant for Han Qing. However, before Han Qing could respond, a new roar broke out on the official ship. Hundreds of Red Lotus elites dressed in black, holding long spears and short knives,
Kill him along the plank between the bridge and the ship's side.
There are dozens of Red Lotus elites standing on the second floor of the official ship, firing bows and arrows from a high position to provide cover for the men in black who are rushing off the ship. Although there are not many in number, they have caused a lot of damage to the veterans of the Suppression Army.
There was tremendous pressure.
The "Li Jiajun", who had been driven back by the veterans of the Zhenrong Army, suddenly received strong reinforcements, and their morale was greatly boosted. They roared again and launched a new round of pounce on Han Qing's position.
"Notify the brothers to shrink the formation and retreat behind the seventh carriage." Han Qing had already expected that Li Yixian would not be able to deal with him alone, so Han Qing smiled and whispered.
Immediately, holding a gun in one hand and supporting Chen Dong, who was too nervous to move, with the other, he walked away.
The veterans of the Zhenrong Army were well-trained and immediately under the command of Wu Er, they tightened the defense line.
There were only a hundred brothers in total, and they cooperated with each other very well. In a blink of an eye, they were far away from the shooting range of the official ship's arrows, and threw a bunch of large and small boxes and six carriages to the "Li Jiajun" and the people from the ship.
The Red Lotus cultists jumped down.
"Catch him, don't let him escape!" Ye Qinglian's figure quickly appeared on the official ship, brandishing his sword, and shouted loudly. "If we don't kill him, the Holy Cult will hardly find peace!"
"Kill corrupt officials and eliminate harm for the people!"
"Kill corrupt officials and protect the Holy Religion!"
The black-clad Red Lotus cultists and the remnants of the "Li Family Army" quickly filled the empty space left by the veterans of the Suppression Army. Although the offensive was not very fierce, the clamor became louder and louder.
"You hide in the carriage, be careful of the arrows!" Pushing Chen Dong into an empty carriage with one hand, Han Qing returned to the front of the defense line. Brandishing his spear, he fought side by side with Wu Er.
His skill is not much better than that of Wu Er. But his morale-boosting effect cannot be compared to that of ten Wu Er.
The veterans who had lost morale because the defense line was forced to shrink, saw that the sixth-grade judge had the courage to rush to the front of the team, and immediately regained their spirits. They roared and waved their weapons to withstand the offensive of the Red Lotus cultists, making the opponent unable to do so.
Continue to move forward half a step.
"County Lord, there is a small forest behind you!" Wang Han and Ma Tie, the arresters of Ding'an County, came to Ding'an County Magistrate Chen Dong with pale faces and reminded them in a very low voice.
Although the two of them were not Red Lotus cultists, they had no loyalty to the Song Dynasty court, and they had no friendship with Han Qing. They saw people from the Red Lotus cult swarming down from the boat, but there was no one on Han Qing's side.
When any reinforcements arrive, they will inevitably have the idea of escape.
"No, this county won't leave. You two, if you are smart, don't leave!" Chen Dong, whose calves were still trembling, suddenly became extremely hardened. He gritted his teeth and warned in a low voice, "Judge Han
Since then, I haven't suffered any losses! Since he dared to use his body as bait today, how could he not have any backup plan? Let's run away now. Even if he doesn't care, our future will be ruined. Hold on for a while, hold on for a while longer
, we are life and death friends with him!"
"Yeah! Yeah!" Wang Han and Ma Tie looked at each other and nodded at each other.
They don't care whether they can become life-or-death friends with Han Qing. However, it is true that Han Qing has never suffered a loss since his debut.
In the past, when everyone thought he couldn't stand up, he could kill Master Zhou and County Magistrate Zhang and escape. But now, he just deliberately used bait to deceive the Red Lotus Sect. How could he really not even send reinforcements?
Not prepared?
After understanding this point, Wang Han and Ma Tie plucked up the courage to stay by Chen Dong's side. The other archers and detectives in Ding'an County did not run away when they saw the county magistrate, but they all gave up and immediately ran for their lives.
Thoughts, I gritted my teeth and continued to hold on.
They had not been trained in battle formations and could not help the veterans of the Suppression Army at all. Therefore, not escaping immediately was the greatest support to the veterans.
Han Qing and Dutou Wuer did not take into account the combat effectiveness of the archers and police officers in Ding'an County, and did not issue any orders to them.
However, after just half a stick of incense, the policemen and archers in Ding'an County began to hesitate again. For no other reason, Han Qing's reinforcements still did not show up. But there were more red people everywhere.
Lotus cultists, under different banners, swarmed toward the dock.
No matter how powerful the veterans of the Zhenrong Army were, one could equal ten, which was the limit. Seeing that there were more and more Red Lotus Sect gangsters around, and there were already thousands of them, Wang Han and Ma Tie were so anxious that cold sweat broke out on their faces.
He poked his head into the carriage where Chen Dong was and begged again in a low voice, "County Lord, let's go. If we don't leave, we will be surrounded by thieves."
"No, it's okay!" Chen Dong's face turned pale, but he shook his head firmly again, "Surround them, just give them a center to bloom. Judge Han, Judge Han must have an idea. Kou, Kou Xiang had discussed with him in advance
Kou Xiang will definitely not allow anything to happen to him!"
"Well, everything is inevitable. Prime Minister Kou is far away in Chang'an after all!" Wang Han was so anxious that he reached out and grabbed Chen Dong's sleeve.
"Hide in the woods first and wait and see. If reinforcements come, we can turn around and go back to fight. It doesn't count as running away!" Ma Tie also immediately grabbed Chen Dong's other arm and whispered in support.
The two were about to join forces and set up Chen Dong to escape. Suddenly, they saw Han Qing holding a bloody spear and quickly turning back from the front of the military formation. From a distance, he raised the tip of the spear high in the air.
"Dou Sha, light the fire!" His shout came before anyone arrived. Immediately afterwards, Wang Han and Ma Tie saw Dou Sha in a nearby carriage, jumping out and setting off the fire.
With the torch ready, he quickly reached for a thick rope on the ground.
"Tsk--" A puff of green smoke rose from the top of the thick rope. A flame flickered and quickly penetrated into the ground.
"Wu Dutou, form a formation and come closer to me! Now!" Han Qing's voice sounded again, instantly reaching the ears of everyone around him.
After hearing this, Tutou Wuer decisively led his brothers to shrink the defense line again and retreat to Han Qing's side. The Red Lotus gangsters, with their morale greatly boosted, roared and launched a new round of attack.
Before Wang Han and Ma Tie could figure out what kind of medicine Han Qing was going to sell in his gourd, several bolts of thunder shot up near the Jian Bridge. "Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The ground beneath the two of them began to rise and fall like the backs of horses, shocking the surrounding archers and the Red Lotus cultists who had already outflanked them from the sides.
Looking near the Jian Bridge, a dozen boxes that were originally carried down by the veterans of the Suppression Army turned into shooting fireballs at the same time. Thick smoke rolled up the mud, sand and broken limbs, flying everywhere!
The explosive power of black powder is far less powerful than the yellow gunpowder of later generations.
But more than two tons of black powder were ignited at the same time, and its power was far beyond what flesh and blood could withstand!
All the Red Lotus cultists who were unfortunate enough to be near those dozen boxes were blown to pieces.
The Red Lotus cultists a little further away were also pushed down by the thick smoke, and their life or death was uncertain.
More Red Lotus cultists were hit by the double attack of muffled thunder and shaking of the ground. Although they were not injured, they staggered around and lost their minds!
"Hu——, Hu——, Hu——" The river wind seemed to suddenly become stronger, blowing away the thick smoke in the air.
Where the Jian Bridge originally faced the bridge, there was no longer any living person, leaving only a huge, dark pit.
Only half of the wooden bridge was left in the water. The half that was originally built on the shore completely disappeared.
The official ship originally occupied by the Red Lotus Cultists was forcibly pushed more than two feet away. The bow of the ship was darkened by thick smoke, and there were faint sparks flying around.
"You worshiping the gods of chaos have already been punished by the drought and thunder from the sky! If you don't get lost, how long will it take to find your way back?" Even though they were well prepared, the veterans of the Suppression Army were also shocked by the explosion and the tragedy before their eyes.
I was stunned. After a long while, several people in the team were shaking their heads, and then they shouted out the words they had memorized countless times in unison.
"You worshiping the chaotic gods have been punished by the drought and thunder from heaven! If you don't find your way back, how long will it take?"
"Surrender, only the first culprit will be punished, never ask for threats!"
"Surrender, if you don't surrender, the sky will strike like lightning!"
The other veterans of the Suppression Army also regained their composure instantly, opened their throats, and repeated loudly over and over again.
There are only about a hundred brothers, and no matter what, they cannot capture all the thousands of Red Lotus believers. Therefore, at this moment, of course, they choose to attack the heart first.
"Surrender, surrender, I am a coercion, I am a coercion!"
…
Some of the Red Lotus cultists also regained their composure instantly, dropped their weapons, and knelt down to beg for mercy. But more people dropped their weapons and fled in all directions, crying.
In the blink of an eye, of the more than a thousand men and horses, only two hundred or so were still able to stand behind Ye Qinglian and a middle-aged shrew. And most of them had earth-colored faces, and they were fighting with each other, and they were completely stiff.
My scalp is struggling.
It’s no wonder that the Red Lotus believers are timid. Among the more than a thousand believers, there are only a few who have experienced the Anhua War.
The vast majority of the remaining people were deceived by the backbone of the cult and became ordinary people. They lacked previous combat experience and knew nothing about gunpowder.
Suddenly, I heard thunder on the ground, and saw with my own eyes that dozens of my companions were blown to death. How could this ragtag group still have the courage to continue fighting against the veterans of the Zhenrong Army?
What's more, the Holy Mother of Red Lotuses they believed in didn't appear even once during the critical moment of the battle between the two armies. But the opponent easily invited a series of drought thunder to assist in the battle?
At this moment, among the thousands of Red Lotus believers, Ye Qinglian is probably the only one who has not been completely frightened out of his soul by the thunder.
She was so angry that she had tears in her eyes when she found that the believers around her were either fleeing or surrendering. She jumped up decisively, holding a sword and went straight to where Han Qing was, "Guan Gu, I will fight with you!"
"Kill the corrupt officials, kill the corrupt officials and avenge the brothers!" The middle-aged shrew who was following her, although in shock, refused to let her fight Han Qing alone, and immediately raised her broad-bladed scimitar and shouted
Keep up.
"Kill the corrupt officials, kill the corrupt officials and avenge the brothers!" Near the dock, the remaining two hundred die-hard believers of the Red Lotus Sect were moved by the actions of the two women. They also shouted and marched towards the military formation composed of veterans of the Zhenrong Army.
, launched the final charge, one by one, like moths flying into the flame.
However, before Ye Qinglian, who was taking the lead, could rush to the front of the military formation, a series of high-pitched horn drawing sounds suddenly came from further away, "Woooooo, wuwuwu, wuwuwu——"
Immediately afterwards, a group of thousands of light cavalry roared towards the river. The smoke and dust brought up by the horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun.
