School Captain Cai Hong drew his sword and pointed it forward, shouting angrily: "You thieves dare to block my way and rob me. Do you think you have lived enough?"
The appearance of Xu Chu and others frightened the food guards and the people transporting the food. However, they saw that there were not as many people as themselves in front of them, so they gradually calmed down.
Half of the soldiers rushed forward with weapons in hand to deal with the "mountain bandits", and half of the soldiers guarded the side of the grain cart.
The civilian husband stopped the grain truck and looked ahead. No one thought about escaping.
They also felt that the group of bandits in front of them must have had enough life, and they dared to block the road and steal the rations, and there were still 2,000 soldiers escorting the rations.
Xu Chu laughed: "Hahaha... I think you have had enough life, and you dare to transport food! Brothers, come on."
After saying that, he picked up the sword and was the first to rush forward.
Xu Ding and other knights rushed forward with their swords in hand, followed closely by the thousand soldiers.
Cai Hong didn't expect that this group of bandits really didn't want their lives and dared to charge towards him.
"Go on, kill them all."
Cai Hong shouted, clapped his horse and ran towards Xu Chu.
His soldiers all followed to meet Xu Chu and others who were rushing towards them.
At this moment, another group of people suddenly appeared behind the grain team, running towards the grain team holding spears, halberds, crossbows and other weapons.
The soldiers and civilians guarding the grain truck were dumbfounded.
I didn't expect that there were so many bandits, and they were attacking from both front and back. How great was this!
The soldiers guarding the grain truck saw another bandit appear behind the convoy, and raised their weapons to greet the "bandit" running from behind.
At this time, the people transporting grain began to feel scared, and many people looked around.
As they expected, many "bandits" appeared from behind the rocks, charging towards them with bows, crossbows, swords and spears, shouting and shouting.
The civilians were frightened. There were bandits on the front, rear and right sides. I wonder if there would be bandits on the left side as well.
They looked to the left and saw the Huaihe River in the distance, unobstructed as far as the eye could see. It seemed impossible that bandits would appear from this side.
Someone shouted: "Run for your life!"
So almost all the peasants spread their legs and ran to the left. No matter how weak they were when pushing the cart just now, they were now running with all their might.
Who knows if these "bandits" will kill people on sight.
Xu Chu was tall and strong, and he ran against Cai Hong. One was running and the other was riding a horse. When the two approached, they slashed with their swords at the same time.
Cai Hong shouted: "The thief shall die!"
He thought that his sword, with the power of the galloping horse and from a high position, would be able to kill this brave-looking bandit.
Cai Hong's ability to become a captain did not actually rely on his military merit. Yuan Shu had never won any battles, so it was difficult for him to achieve military merit. He relied on his rich family background, and he was really mediocre in terms of military force.
There was only a "bang" sound, and Cai Hong's knife was cut off.
Holding the broken knife in his hand, Cai Hong felt incredible. When he was in a trance, he saw the tall "bandit" stretched out his hand, grabbed his arm and pulled it down.
He was pulled off his horse and fell to the ground, causing him to scream in pain.
It wasn't over yet. Cai Hong was lying on the ground, looking at the tall man in front of him. He was about to stand up and run away, but he saw that he had already raised a big foot and stepped on Cai Hong hard.
on the legs.
With a "click", Cai Hong immediately screamed loudly in pain. His screams frightened the soldiers who were fighting the "bandits".
But Xu Chu didn't let him scream for too long. He raised his sword and slashed it down, ending Cai Hong's pain.
The captain who led the army was dead, and the "bandits" besieged us from three sides. Moreover, all the civilians who were transporting food had fled to the left.
These soldiers protecting the grain also saw that Wu Junhou, who always followed the captain, had already ridden far to the left on horseback.
In addition, these "bandits" are too brave. They are definitely not refugees put together temporarily. They are a group of well-trained bandits. The food protection soldiers have killed many people.
Under such circumstances, they did not dare to resist anymore and followed the civilians to escape to the left.
Tian Yu led his men to attack from behind and charged and killed them for a while. The soldiers protecting the supplies began to run away, and some even dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg to surrender.
After killing the enemy soldiers, Tian Yu pointed to the enemy soldiers who were kneeling and begging to surrender: "Gather them all together."
The soldiers gathered all the enemy soldiers who wanted to surrender and were protecting food supplies. There were about a hundred people in total.
Xu Chu, who was blocking the way in front, has also finished the battle. He has captured more than 200 enemy soldiers and probably killed more than 200 more. There is no way, these knights are too fierce and kill too fast. The frightened enemy soldiers want to run away.
Can't even run away.
"What should we do with these surrendered soldiers? Should we kill them?" Xu Chu asked Tian Yu.
"We can't kill them, let's keep them to help carry food."
"Quickly, take away the cattle and horses, take away the chickens and sheep, and pile the grain together and burn it."
"Let the prisoners move the food and stack it nearby."
Tian Yu asked his soldiers to first take away the cattle and horses pulling the cart, and then take away the chickens and sheep loaded on the cart. The grain and grass were piled into several piles nearby, and then they were poured with the grease prepared in advance.
"Light the fire." Tian Yu ordered.
A military lord lamented: "It would be such a waste to burn it like this!"
"So what if we don't waste it? We can't take it back to the mountain."
"It's better to distribute it to the people nearby."
"How to divide it? Enemy reinforcements may be coming, and we don't have so much time to divide the food. And if it is divided, it may harm the people nearby. When Yuan Shu is short of food, he will definitely go to the people's homes to collect all the food.
Come on, stop talking and light the fire quickly."
It's not that Tian Yu doesn't feel sorry for the food, but he can't help it.
It was impossible to take away the food, nor to distribute it to the people. If Yuan Shu knew that the people had obtained the food, he would definitely send troops to take it back, and he might even take away all the food from the people's homes.
It is June now, the weather is dry, and grease has been poured on the food. When the fire is turned on, it immediately bursts into flames.
Everyone looked at the burning food with unbearable expressions on their faces.
Food is the most important thing for the people. They are soldiers now, but they were also people in the past. They know the importance of food.
However, as Tian Yu said, these grains can only be burned now. Their purpose is to make Yuan Shu run out of grain.
After burning for a long time, it was confirmed that the burned food was no longer edible. Tian Yu looked at the more than 300 prisoners and said to them: "I won't kill you, and I have left some food for you, but you must bury all the corpses."
You have to go before you can leave. Also, everyone, go home and stop following Yuan Shu. If you follow Yuan Shu, you will eventually die."
These captured soldiers thought that they would be killed after carrying the food, but they did not expect that these "bandits" would let them go.
Everyone couldn't believe it, but they couldn't help but believe it, so they all made a promise to Tian Yu and knelt down to thank him for not killing him.
Tian Yu and Xu Chu led the crowd, leading the cattle, horses, sheep, and chickens.
Chickens and sheep were originally sent to Yuan Shu's camp for the generals to eat, but now they are delicacies they enjoy on the mountain.
"Hahaha...Guo Rang, we have gone so smoothly this time. We haven't been living in the mountains for three months. Wen An is really good at predicting things. He could predict in advance that Yuan Shu would lead troops to attack Xuzhou. Now Yuan Shu has no food.
, I’m afraid we have to withdraw our troops!”
Xu Chu rarely talks on weekdays, but today he killed so happily that he felt excited. He was always laughing and laughing along the way, and there seemed to be endless things to say. He admired Zhou Wen'an as a friend more and more.
Tian Yu was also very excited at this time: "Yes, Mr. Wen An can always predict things beforehand, which is really amazing. But if Yuan Shu loses this food and grass, he may send troops to attack us. We need to take better precautions when we return to the mountain."
"If we defend the mountain, we won't be afraid even if they attack with 30,000 troops."
"Everyone, let's go quickly and go back to the mountain."
