Chapter 217: Dead End, Uncle and Nephew Desperately
Although the horse thieves are tough, they are from horse households after all, and they are still helping farmers in essence. Although their horse control skills are comparable to those of elite cavalry, to say that they are cavalry is to overestimate them.
Horse thieves are just a group of horse thieves!
How can a group of thieves who can ride horses be the opponent of the Liao Town Jingqi who were killed in a sea of blood corpses!
Under the sudden attack of the wolf cavalry army, the more than seventy horse thieves blocking the east end had almost no power to fight back and were scattered to pieces.
There were even horse thieves whose eyes lit up before they could mount their horses, and their lives were taken away by the blunderbuss of love.[
Cao Bianjiao took the lead, just like entering a human environment. When the spear comes, the people will fall on their backs and their horses will fall.
But most of the wolf cavalry were armed with the standard equipment of the Liao army - three-eyed fire cannons. They took advantage of the surprise attack and knocked down the thieves who had not yet reacted with one round of the gunshots.
When he got close, he couldn't hit the bludgeon, so he swept away the bludgeon made of fine iron. Using the momentum of his horse, he smashed the opponent's chest like a heavy hammer, causing him to vomit blood and die.
It was so powerful that it directly hit the thief until he suffocated to death. If it hit the head, the gourd would burst open and the brains would fly out.
The ear-splitting sound of gunfire and the sharp scream resounded over the entire Qiushui Town.
When they heard the commotion, the soldiers in the Beijing camp became more energetic. They knew that the reinforcements must be coming, because apart from the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, what other army in the world could use blunderbuss.
"Brothers, reinforcements are coming, follow me and charge!"
Pei Shaokuan was so excited that he drew his sword and pointed toward the outside of the town, hoping to attack the thieves with the reinforcements. However, after several calls, only a dozen soldiers and two generals gathered around him. The rest of the soldiers were stunned.
He stood there without moving.
Damn it, I’ve been completely embarrassed by you!
Pei Shaokuan was so angry that he stamped his feet, annoyed that his soldiers were too cowardly, but he did not dare to force his orders, let alone raise his sword, cut off one or two of the cowering ones, and then say a few heroic words to cheer people up.
Does he, as a superior, know what kind of virtue his soldiers have? I'm afraid that if he really does that, these soldiers will be able to turn the gun on him and turn him into a hornet's nest on the spot. At worst, he can report it to the court afterwards -
- Pei commanded the heroes to kill the enemy and sacrificed his life for the country.
Qianhu Li Guoheng is a sensible man. When he saw this scene, he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, your appearance is unclear today. We are not sure whether you are a friend or an enemy. In my opinion, it is better to wait.
, wait until the situation becomes clear."
After listening to this "mature and prudent" suggestion, Pei Shaokuan immediately realized that Li Guoheng was looking for a step for him, so he hurriedly walked down the slope. He nodded in agreement and affirmed: "What Li Qianhu said is true. If you hadn't reminded me,
, I almost made a big mistake. It would be nice if our people came, but if not, I would have killed my brothers."
After a pause, he ordered Li Guoheng with a serious face: "Take someone to have a look immediately. If any of our people come, you should immediately report it to me. I will lead my troops to rush out and steal all the daring thieves."
Suppressed! If not, send the order and hold on until dawn!"
Upon hearing the order, Li Guoheng bowed fiercely and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Your Excellency is wise!"
After hearing the commander's order, the soldiers from the Beijing camp immediately nodded in agreement, and then looked nervously outside the town. No one paid attention to the sarcastic look on the commander's face at this moment.
As soon as the gunfire sounded, Peng Dachui knew that the people coming were definitely officers and soldiers. With his "professional" instinct, he turned over and got on his horse without any hesitation.[
Peng Dachui, who had been raising horses for twenty years before he became a horse thief, could naturally tell from the sound of horse hooves that there were not many officers and soldiers, perhaps not as many as his own. They just took advantage of the unexpected, and they really made friends.
At first glance, he may not be able to defeat his subordinates who have been following him for many years.
Peng Dachui, who had been roaming around Hebei for almost two years, knew that none of the officers and soldiers in Hebei could fight, let alone any cavalry. However, after the Dongjiang Liao soldiers rebelled in Wuqiao, many brightly dressed officers and soldiers came towards the capital.
They look human-like, and there are quite a few cavalrymen.
But these officers and soldiers are all just show-offs. I heard that several thousand soldiers were defeated by hundreds of Liao soldiers, and all their treasures were taken away. According to friends from Green Forest on the road in Shang County, the thousands of officers and soldiers are now all huddled together.
In the city of Shang County, no one dared to fight against the Dongjiang soldiers again.
Thinking of the officers and soldiers who came to attack the capital, Peng Dachui suddenly became excited. He remembered, didn't all the officers and soldiers in the town speak with the accent of the capital? Could it be that these eggless people are the same as the officers and soldiers in Shang County?
Are you from the capital?
If they really came to attack the capital, then 80% of the cavalry in the east were also from the capital. Thousands of these people can't beat hundreds of others, so what's there to be afraid of!
Combined with the appearance of the officers and soldiers in the town, Peng Dachui became more and more certain that the soldiers coming from the east must also be soldiers from Beijing.
Thinking of this, he decisively drew his sword and shouted at his subordinates who were still in a daze: "Thieves, brothers, these are the official dogs in Beijing, a bunch of bear-bags and grandsons. They can't defeat the rebels, but I want to come here."
They bullied us, motherfucker, did it with them!"
"Fucked the official dog!"
A group of thieves have been robbing houses for many years, and none of them have blood on their hands or have gangster spirit on their bodies. When they heard that the boss wanted to fight with the official dog, and the official dog was a soldier from the capital who couldn't even defeat the rebels, he was so busy.
The horse came galloping over.
"Second brother, you and Sihai will lead some people to the woods to the south, and I will lead others to the north. There won't be many official dogs coming, so don't be afraid of him!"
After giving the order, Peng Dachui shook the horse's reins and took the people to the north. Qi Laoer and Peng Sihai did not hesitate at all, and after hearing the order, they took the people to the woods.
As soon as the two of them hit the horse and were about to run forward, several horses emerged from the woods. Through the moonlight, they could see clearly who they were if it wasn't Du San who stayed at the east end!
Du San, who was in a hurry to escape and was scratched with blood on his face by a branch, screamed when he saw the boss and the others: "Master, the officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming!"
"Where are the brothers?!"
Seeing only Du San and a few others, Peng Dachui's heart sank suddenly. He knew it was not good, it seemed that all the brothers in the east had been poisoned by official dogs.
Du San was beating the horse with all his strength while crying: "It's gone, it's gone, the officers and soldiers came too fast, the bludgeoning was too hard, the brothers can't hold on, I'll kill them all!"
You’d better run fast, otherwise you won’t be able to see the boss!”
After hearing Du San's confirmation, Peng Dachui was so angry that he whipped his mount and cursed: "Damn it, you thief official dog, you have killed so many of my brothers, I will fight with you!"
Those who stayed in the east were all his subordinates who had been with him for many years, and many of them were old neighbors in the village. They had joined him in killing officials and rebelling, but now he ordered the officers and soldiers to kill them all at once. How could Peng Dachui not be angry?
The horse whip whipped hard again, and he was about to fight the officers and soldiers desperately.
Qi Laoer was a little hesitant. If the brothers on the east side were still holding on, they would rush over now and catch the officers and soldiers off guard. But now Du San and the others had escaped and they would rush over again. With the remaining
The ninety-year-old man is afraid that he will not be able to get any benefits.
Besides, there are still hundreds of officers and soldiers in the town. Although they are timid, they know that reinforcements are coming, so they cannot stay in the town and not come out. If they join forces with the incoming officers and soldiers, they will not be able to deal with them.
By then, I'm afraid it will be a question of whether we can escape unscathed.[
Thinking of this, he instinctively wanted to stop the boss from taking risks, but before he could stop him, Peng Dachui had already charged towards the wheat field to the north on horseback.
Qi Laoer was startled and shouted: "The boss can't come in!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Peng Dachui's horse suddenly leaping up with both hooves, and both the man and the horse stopped straight in mid-air.
Although he suddenly reined in his horse, Peng Dachui, who was an expert in riding, still sat upright on the horse without shaking his body.
“Good horsemanship!”
Seeing the superb equestrian skills of the horse thieves from a distance, Shi Dayong couldn't help but secretly praise him, and immediately led his troops to rush over.
The terrain of Qiushui Town is flat. The road leading into the village runs east and west, but to the south is a forest. The forest is not dense at all. On the side near the town, there are only tree roots and no trunks. It is obvious that they have been cut down by the villagers.
To the north is a wheat field. Because the weather has been unfavorable in the past few years, the wheat has been planted sparsely and most of it is withered and yellow. I don't know if there will be a harvest next year.
Thanks to Xiao Cao's careful questioning, Shi Dayong knew the topography of the town. He also thought that since the thieves were able to block the Jingying camp in the town, they obviously blocked the roads on both sides. The woods to the south were not dense, making it difficult for people to escape.
, and to the north is a wheat field. As long as they are not stupid, no matter how stupid they are, they will not choose to run there.
After a short discussion, Shi Dayong decided that Cao Bianjiao would lead a raid on the thieves in the east, and he would lead his people from the wheat field in the north to the west, taking advantage of the fact that the thieves in the west were confused about the situation, and eliminated them in one fell swoop.
Shi Dayong is not Cao Cao. At this moment, he just wants to deal with the horse thieves as soon as possible, seize their horses and go east to relieve the siege of Dengzhou. Naturally, he will not be like Cao Cao and cannot bear to ruin the people's crops. At worst, he can leave some money behind to compensate the people.
The loss is gone.
Under the moonlight, nearly a hundred black figures on horseback came towards me. Peng Dachui, who was about to go to the wheat field, was so startled that he reined in his mount.
The officers and soldiers were approaching fiercely, and the wheat field was completely empty. Although there were fields, ditches and ravines, they could not stop the officers and soldiers from galloping on their horses.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to rush over, Peng Dachui subconsciously turned his horse's head and galloped back. As he ran, he shouted: "Run, run!"
A group of horse thieves knew they had to run away without the boss reminding them. The officers and soldiers were obviously coming towards them, and they were running at high speed. If they met them, they would be dispersed in one round. By then,
We can only let these officers and soldiers slaughter us.
Just as the horse's head turned around, officers and soldiers also came out of the woods to the south. Dozens of war horses rushed out of the woods. Just like Du Laosan and the others, each and every one of them was injured by the branches and their skin was bruised and bleeding. But this gang
The officers and soldiers were completely unaware of this, they only knew how to charge towards them with their horses.
Officers and soldiers rushed in from the north and south at the same time, and the thieves immediately panicked. Although the road below them ran through several counties in the two prefectures, except for a section near the county town that was wide enough for four carriages to run side by side, the rest of the road was mostly
Depending on the situation, some are wide and some are narrow. The widest part can be several feet long, but the narrowest part can only accommodate two carriages traveling side by side. In some places, only one carriage can pass through.
This section of Qiushui Town is better than the narrowest part, but not much better. It can only accommodate two carriages running parallelly. The thieves are trying to escape. Such a narrow road naturally cannot accommodate nearly a hundred people flying at the same time.
Run.
The person in front has not yet mounted his horse, and the person behind cannot cross even if he wants to.
The pursuers behind him had already arrived in an instant, and the thieves and thieves were in panic all day long. Even Peng Dachui, who had always been bold, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
There are only two roads left for the thieves, either wait for death on this road, or run away in both directions.
To the south, there are woods, and further south, there is a low hill. As the mountains get higher, the woods become denser and denser, making it impossible to ride a horse. In this dark night, you don’t know the way forward, and you don’t know the way behind.
If there are pursuers, running into the woods will lead to death.
To the north, there is a wheat field, where you can run your horse wildly, but at the end of the wheat field is the Qingshui River, which is several feet deep. Not to mention people, even horses cannot cross it!
There are dead ends in the north and south, and there is only one path at your feet.
With one exception, the horse thieves all chose to run to the west. This road was their only way to survive, at least, in their opinion.
The shouts of killing officers and soldiers were coming from behind, but the people in front were still blocking the way. Peng Dachui was so anxious that he was sweating all over. Qi Laoer was even ready to kill the people in front with his sword in order to seize their horses and run away.
Peng Sihai was eager to protect his uncle. When he saw the officers and soldiers catching up, he panicked and shouted, "Uncle, run quickly, my nephew will lead someone to stop the officers and dogs!" After shouting, he rushed towards the thieves who were still trying to escape.
They shouted: "Anyway, if you can't run away, you might as well fight with the official dog!"
Hearing this, a dozen fierce horse thieves stopped immediately, each of them looked fierce and turned around with red eyes, ready to join Peng Sihai in fighting the official dog.
If a rabbit bites someone in a hurry, if you want to kill all the thieves and dogs, I will fight with you to the death! Even if you die, I will give you a back-up!
Hearing his nephew's voice, Peng Dachui suddenly reined in his mount. He stopped running. He couldn't let the Peng family die! He had to die by himself, and he had to pass on the incense to the Peng family if he kept his nephew!
Peng Dachui had no son, only Peng Sihai was his only nephew. If Peng Sihai was poisoned by officers and soldiers, his Peng family would be cut off, and he, Peng Dachui, would have no shame to see his dead parents and eldest brother.
"Sihai, uncle stays, you go!"
Eager to protect his nephew, Peng Dachui hit his horse and rushed forward, raising the knife in his hand high and staring fiercely at the masked officer and general opposite.
"Uncle, my nephew will die with you!"
Seeing that his uncle refused to run away and the rebel army attacked him, Peng Sihai became anxious, clamped his legs together, brandished his sword and followed him on horseback.
"Brothers, let's fight against the thieves!"
The dozen or so fierce horse thieves also rushed towards the officers and soldiers on horseback.