After Pan Zhang's case, Ma Zhong, who was not dealt with because he was able to stick to the bottom line and was transferred to the Guards instead, was already a gilded warrior and now fought back into the courtyard from the outside.
"Lord, there are at least hundreds of rebels outside, and some are coming from the east of the village, and they all have war horses!" Ma Zhongji shouted.
"Hundreds?" Bai Tu didn't expect that he would encounter such a large group of rebel soldiers, and he was even rich enough to have war horses.
In fact, if Sun Ce or one of Sun Ce's generals were present, they should be able to recognize the two leaders of the rebellion. It was Chen Lan and Lei Bu who betrayed Yuan Shu when they were released to Sun Quan.
There are also two thieves, Mei Gan and Lei Xu, who were thrown into chaos after Yuan Shu left...
Lei Bu and Lei Xu were brothers from the same clan. After Chen Lan and Lei Bu fell into disgrace, they used the money they blackmailed from the Sun family and the Zhou family, as well as their soldiers, to cause chaos in the Huainan area. After Yuan Shu left, they became even more unscrupulous. expansion.
Mei Qian and Lei Xu were the generals who did not leave with Yuan Shu. Because of the relatives of the Lei brothers, the two sides joined forces and formed the largest wave of rebellion in Huainan.
Originally, because of Bai Tu's raid, the four of Lei Book had decided to leave Huainan and did not dare to stroke Bai Tu's tiger beard. However, the Yuan family's assassins had previously instigated them, making them mistakenly believe that the person passing by today was a noble son of a local prominent family. In addition, the recent Bai Tu's energy was all in Shouchun, so he had the courage to do something big before running away.
Unexpectedly... I accidentally hit the boss and directly pressed the white picture here, which became the trump card of Yuan's assassins!
"Where's the thing I entrusted you with?" Lu Lingqi asked.
"No, my lord has such a good reputation that they don't believe it at all." Ma Zhong said bitterly.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Bai Tu asked confused, but he didn't give Ma Zhong any other orders.
"This, this..." Ma Zhong hesitated.
Just now, Lu Lingqi quietly told him that when he went out to test, she would talk to the leader of the thieves about the conditions, such as... let them retreat, and then the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion could recruit them.
Anyway, it was Lu Lingqi who made the promise to them. Afterwards, whether Bai Tu really recruited people or killed them all would have nothing to do with Bai Tu!
As a cavalry general and a great sage in the world, Bai Tu must keep his word, and with his character, he cannot do such a compromise with the bandit army, but... Lu Lingqi does not have such high requirements for herself.
However, Bai Tu has the reputation of "killing one person is like killing my father". How can Chen Lan and Lei Bu dare to believe Bai Tu's recruitment?
Seeing this, Bai Tu probably guessed something. He didn't want to ask any more questions and continued to give the order: "In that case, break out to the west! My personal guards are all warriors who are as strong as ten, and they are just thieves. How can we be left here?" "
At this time, there were hundreds of people in the village, and there were still people coming from the east...
If it were Cheng Lian and Cao Xing's five hundred cavalry, even if there were twice as many of these rubbish, they would be defeated in a few charges. However, now... they can really bring some to Bai Tu's personal guards. threaten.
"My lord, General Cheng and General Cao should be back soon, why not stick to it..." Du Bo, a member of the Su Wei Army, suggested.
The most junior official position in the Su Wei Army is Du Bo, and ordinary members also receive very good benefits.
"No, it doesn't make any difference whether this small earthen wall built by the farmers themselves exists or not, and we don't know how many rebels are rushing in from outside...break out immediately!" Bai Tu ordered.
The number of rebels ambushing the village before was still limited, but no one knew how many there were outside!
How long it will take for Cheng Lian and Cao Xing to come back is even more unknown.
After hearing the words, the guards immediately carried out Bai Tu's order. The two gilded warriors directly broke through the west wall, and then held up their big shields. The people behind them fired in succession, and from among the hundreds of people,
Fight your way out!
There is a saying that is right, Bai Tu's guards... can be said to be one to ten, not to mention that the opponent is just a rebel army.
Moreover, Bai Tu had already passed the official seal as soon as possible and notified the surrounding counties. Once the soldiers and horses from all walks of life arrived, he would immediately make these rebels look good. The official seal of the chariot and cavalry general, like the official seal of the state herdsman, does not need to be passed.
Cheng Ji, directly contact the counties under the rule.
Unfortunately, when Bai Tu's Suwei broke out of the encirclement, it was too late to get their war horses, so they could only gallop with the basic power of the war armor.
The basic power of the wood and stone armor is not weaker than that of the war horse in a short period of time, and it is more flexible, but its durability is very poor.
At the same speed, a group of personal guards escorted Bai Tu to evacuate. Chen Lan, Lei Book and others were already jumping over the wall. Today, the situation has become bigger, and Bai Tu must be taken down to have any room for recovery...
In the end, they chased and escaped all the way to the vicinity of the Pihe River.
The Pihe River is originally a tributary of the Huaihe River and the most important river in Lu'an County. However, due to the drought, the water is now not strong and has not reached waist level.
You can wade through it, but... once you enter the water, those who are slow will be a living target, and the pursuers behind you are already approaching.
Bai Tu was also hesitant whether to fight or to cross the river by force.
At this time, Ma Zhong said: "Lord! I will take half of the brothers to cut off the rear. Lord, please cross the river!"
"My lord, please don't forget me and your family members. Only if your name is left in the Protector's Shrine will you be a good man."
"The world can be without me, but it cannot be without the master..."
Other uncles also urged.
"No, there are only a few of us at this time. If we separate... we might as well fight!" Bai Tu said, pulling out the long sword from his waist that was just for decoration.
But at this moment, I saw several blasts of wind sound on a mound not far away, and at the same time, the brilliance of laser arrows flashed - just a flash, this man's arrows were very special, they should be battle armor
It shoots out, but it is not as flamboyant as ordinary laser arrows and appears to be very concealed.
Then I saw the first few pursuers, falling down in response, and... they all looked like human warriors!
At this time, the sky was already dark, but his arrow skills were still the same. There seemed to be only three or five of them, but they never missed a shot, which made the pursuers lose their momentum.
This also shows the weakness of the unruly soldiers. If it were the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, several corps commanders would have died, even the commanders would not have been disturbed at all.
In comparison, Baitu's guards are weaker in location and range, not to mention... even if the opponent really enters the range, they cannot "name" the human warriors among them so accurately.
The pursuers had to separate some of their troops and approach the mound.
"Which brave man is willing to help? Come back to the battle, and we will fight against the enemy together!" Bai Tu shouted loudly when he saw this.
However, facing Bai Tu's invitation, several more arrows were shot from the mound, hitting the front of Bai Tu's personal guard formation, and the three arrows were closer than the last, seeming to be forcing... no, they were meant to drive away!
When Bai Tu saw the arrow, he already confirmed that the person coming and the person who warned the village before were probably the same group.
Although I shot loud arrows before, the overall style is very similar, and the materials of the arrow shaft and feathers are also the same...
"Lord, the person helping us should want to... urge us to cross the river." Ma Zhong said.
It is better to say "urge" than "rush"...
Quite a temper?
But no matter what, the other party should be helping him. Bai Tu also chose to believe the other party and immediately ordered to cross the river.
With this group of mysterious people to restrain them, Bai Tu and his party finally reached the middle of the river without any external threats. However, judging from the movements of the pursuers, those few should have already withdrawn...
At this time, the rebels chased them to the river and were about to launch an arrow attack. However, at this moment, they heard the sound of hoofbeats on the other side of the river. Through the moonlight, it could be seen that a large group of people seemed to be arriving in the smoke and dust!
At the same time, someone on the other side of the river shouted: "The thief Cao Jiaoqing, the superintendent of the Lujiang Prefecture, is here. Don't be so arrogant!"
Bai Tu was also surprised when he heard this. Ordinarily... he had indeed commended Lu Kang again before and was reinstated as the governor of Lujiang, but he also did not take up the post. And his third brother was indeed in Shucheng and he was smart enough, but...
...You never expected that you would be attacked, right?
Considering the speed at which letters are transmitted within Lujiang County, Zhou Yu has just received his own letter at most. How come support comes so quickly?
But then I thought about it - what did the person say??
Menxiadu Cao, also called "menxiadu", is different from military ranks such as chief and corps commander. This is an official position with a rank of two hundred stones. It is an official position in the prefecture and is responsible for exterminating thieves in the territory. It is also a military attaché... Sesame Mung Bean
big!
Ordinarily, if he really comes to welcome me, he can't just come with a sect supervisor, right?
It seems that Bai Tu was really lucky to meet the sect supervisor who happened to be on patrol here... Fortunately, the sect supervisor in Lujiang was really energetic and was still out patrolling in the middle of the night.
He sounded quite young, and Bai Tu had already made up his mind to promote him afterwards.
When the pursuers behind them saw Shucheng's bandit suppressing troops arriving for reinforcements, they immediately did not dare to continue firing arrows. After wandering for a while, they turned around and retreated - since there was no hope of capturing Bai Tu alive, they could only take advantage of Bai Tu's return.
I didn't do anything serious about "running thinly" before. If I'm lucky, I might be able to escape to Nanyang.
As for Yuzhou and Xuzhou? Cao Cao, Liu Bei's control over the two places is definitely much stronger than Liu Biao's control over Nanyang. As for Jiangdong, it is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den for them.
As soon as Bai Tu landed on the beach, he saw the young man who shouted loudly to fight off the pursuers.
Bai Tu looked at it and was a little confused that he was not wearing a battle armor, but he still laughed and went up to greet him: "Hahaha, there are indeed many heroes in Lujiang County, Jiao Clan has many troops, if there are enough, I will charge back!"
Why laugh?
nonsense!
It's so embarrassing to be chased so far, right?
At least in front of his subordinates, Bai Tu should act like he was not frightened and that this was all a minor problem...
In short, it is definitely right to smile first to relieve the embarrassment!
"This noble man is just a clerk in the prefect's palace. I just saw the thieves showing off their evil deeds, so I crossed the river to deceive them. There are no soldiers... Your noble man, you'd better run away before they can react." The person who called himself Jiao Qing said.
The young man said anxiously.
Bai Tu's face froze. At the same time, he also noticed the smoke and dust. It was clear that more than a dozen laborers transporting silk cloth were fanning themselves with large pieces of silk cloth, and they were desperately driving away the horses and oxen pulling the carts, raising their hooves in place.
…
At this time, the young clerk looked at Bai Tu and others with hesitant eyes - it was getting late just now, so he didn't see clearly, so he thought they were a small group of wealthy caravans, but now he saw clearly that these people were all covered in armor, and they were clearly visible.
They are all generals, and I don’t know them, so I can’t help but feel worried... Could this be a rebel army? Was it just internal strife or gangsterism?
At this time, Bai Tu also understood that the clerk had just committed a deception, but... thinking about it carefully, this "deceit" was a bit too shallow.
It’s just bragging anyway, so why can’t we just say he’s a higher-ranking officer? Wouldn’t it be better to just call him the Captain of the Cavalry?
In addition, no one is really chasing them back. When the thieves react, they will definitely find the violation after careful consideration...
"Then we can't escape anymore... and stay close to the river!" Bai Tu ordered decisively.
At this time, Bai Tu's personal guards have almost exhausted their battle armor power and cannot escape far. It is better to take advantage of the geographical advantage and fight with the opponent. Although there are just many soldiers in the area, Bai Tu really doesn't believe that the opponent can
Carrying the damage and forcibly crossing the river!
And if nothing else goes wrong, as long as they defend for a while, reinforcements including Cheng Lian and Cao Xing will also gather over. After all...it's a little chaotic, but Lujiang is already Bai Tu's home court!