Chapter 144 War

The bandits have sent out troops.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Ying Yi saw a swarm of people rushing in from a distance, without any order, and it was muddy and tidal.

Ying Yi clearly saw those ferocious faces, howling like wild beasts. A woman fell and the crowd ran over her, the skinny old man fell and the crowd ran over him, the child fell and the crowd ran over him...

This is a desperate madness.

On the left and right sides of these subordinate refugees, teams of horses trampled and wandered, wantonly restricting the direction of this torrent. If there is any excess, it is a knife.

They laughed like devils.

Behind, flags are flying.

This is the usual style of play among thieves.

Ying Yi had never experienced it personally before.

On the battlefield of Nanyang, the thieves coveted the money, so they did not bring any followers who would slow down their advance. Nanyang was a white field and could not bring any followers.

Although Ying Yi's previous opponents were still a mob, they were still somewhat organized.

But the real fighting style of the wandering thief is like this right now. First use the hungry refugee followers to attack the enemy, and use the flesh and blood of the refugees to forcibly fill a path. The real bandit is lingering behind, waiting for an opportunity to make a move.

Behind tens of thousands of refugees, a large bamboo stick faced the fierce wind. The big word "李" was scarlet and stained with an unknown amount of blood.

Ying Yi seemed to see countless innocent souls wailing on the big flag.

"Li Chuang."

A cold light flashed in Ying Yi's eyes, and he gently said to Sun Ming and Sun Guang beside him: "Do you think a traitor like Li Chuang should be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts?"

Sun Ming and Sun Guang looked at each other and saw the anxiety in each other's eyes, but had nothing to say.

Ying Yihun didn't care, watching the bandits flowing down the mountain, watching them rushing towards the hill where Sun Chuanting's artillery array was located, and asked with a smile: "How will Supervisor Sun fight?"

The refugees roared like a tidal wave, and when they were about a mile and a half below the hill, Sun Chuanting's artillery array began to bombard them. Amidst the rumbling vibrations like thunder, projectiles were ejected along with the firelight, and landed among the ants-like refugees, bouncing and rolling to create bloody paths.

The projectile skipped over, splitting a person in two, rolling across the ground, crushing thighs, and wailing sounds arose along with the blood.

The refugee community began to stir, but did not collapse. Within a mile, the squatting tiger cannon fired dense scattering shells, and the refugees were harvested one by one, and they collapsed in an instant.

At this time, two teams of bandit cavalry, each with about 2,000 men, roared and rushed out from the two wings. They blocked the scattered refugees and killed them arbitrarily. At this moment, the tens of thousands of refugees blocked between the artillery array and Li Chuang's bandits seemed to be the only enemies in the world!

The refugees collapsed, were caught up again, collapsed again, and were caught up again. They died in groups under artillery fire, under the trampling of other refugees, and under the swords of refugee thieves.

Between heaven and earth, a faint blood filled the air.

There was no movement in Sun Chuanting's camp.

Ying Yi's face was indifferent, showing no emotion. But the hand holding the big knife forcefully made a deep mark on the steel rod.

...

Xiangcheng.

Zhu Bingkun, Zheng Wu, Zheng Jiu and Zhang Shi were all there.

"There has been movement in Yuzhou." Zhang Shi said: "Starting from noon, the gangsters outside Yuzhou were driven to the south. Large groups of gangsters were coming in and making noise. I don't know what they were doing."

Zhu Bingkun and the other three couldn't help but think after hearing this.

After a while, Zheng Jiu said: "Why try to speculate on Liu Tie's thoughts? If you beat him, won't you know everything?"

Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu looked at each other, and Zhu Bingkun said: "Brother Zheng Jiu is right. The bandits have been confronting me for several days. They have been retreating before, but now they are making noise and commotion. There must be a reason."

After a pause, he said: "My lord, I don't know where he is right now..."

Zheng Wu laughed: "It doesn't hurt to give him a try, but how about trying both ways? Lao Zhu, you guard Xiangcheng, Lao Jiu and I will lead our own troops. I will explore the bottom of Yuzhou, and Lao Jiu will go around. Are you going to try in the direction of Jiaxian County?"

Zheng Jiu quit after hearing this: "Fifth brother, you go for a walk in the direction of Jiaxian County, and I'll go to Yuzhou."

Zheng Wudao: "Your new department..."

"So what if it's a new one? Fifth brother, go and take a look. Which of my men isn't clamoring for war?"

Zheng Jiu was not convinced.

Zhang Shi laughed.

Zhu Bingkun said: "Don't argue, you two. I've asked Zhang Si to pick up the Chi You flag in Crescent Valley, and he must be back soon. Won't everything be the same by then?"

Zheng Jiudao: "How is it the same? The bandits are stationed in Yuzhou, but I went to Jiaxian County and couldn't catch the bandits. What's the use of bringing the Chiyou flag?! I won't do it."

This stupid look made Zheng Wu laugh and said: "Old Jiu, who said you can't catch the thief if you go to Jiaxian County? This test is the purpose. If the news in Yuzhou is related to Jiaxian County, you can go to Jiaxian County." In the direction of the county, Yuzhou will definitely send people to intercept it, are you afraid that there will be no thieves?"

"I won't do it either." Zheng Jiu groaned: "When you go to Yuzhou, killing thieves is a sure thing. But it's not the case in the direction of Jiaxian. If it's not the news caused by Jiaxian, I don't really want to go to Jiaxian. Isn’t it a waste of time to come back halfway?”

Zheng Wu smiled and said, "That's fine, you go to Yuzhou and I'll go to Jiaxian."

Zheng Jiu smiled happily: "Fifth brother is still kind to me."

Zhu Bingkun was speechless: "You two brothers have divided the benefits. What will we, Old Zhu, do?"

Zheng Wu and Zheng Jiu stood up and left without saying a word.

Zhu Bingkun said hurriedly: "Let's see if Zhang Si comes back. Remember to bring the Chi You flag!"

"This fool..." Seeing that the two men were busy organizing troops, Zhu Bingkun couldn't help but smile and said to Zhang Shi: "What's going on over there in Jiaxian County now?"

Zhang Shi said: "Li Chuang has arrived, how can it be better? There are too many intruders, and the mountains are all over the place. It is inconvenient for my soldiers to risk their way through. However, most of the movements in Yuzhou are related to Jiaxian County."

Then he said: "Maybe the lord is over there."

Zhu Bingkun nodded: "You and I must also be prepared. If it is found out that it is indeed Jiaxian's fault, there will be no need for Yuzhou Yuan Zongdi to continue to exist."

"It is to intimidate the trespassers." Zhang Shi said: "Otherwise, if the thief gets the benefits in Jiaxian County, he may suddenly become arrogant and turn around to attack Xiangcheng. His arrogance must be curbed. After all, he has many people. If we take advantage of the victory to attack, Xiangcheng may not gain any benefits."

"So we have to strike first."

Zhu Bingkun laughed.

...

Yuan Zongdi was very nervous.

There was no room for him not to be nervous. The enemy troops stationed in Xiangcheng County were by no means easy to deal with. Otherwise, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others would not have been defeated so miserably.

He thought that his ability may not be higher than those of those few people. There seemed to be more than 100,000 people under his command, but his real combat power was not much different from that of Li Guo and others.

The advantage of numbers must be based on adequate training and logistics. Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, they will still be vulnerable.

It's not like he hasn't experienced anything like this along the way. Thousands of people once went to attack a county town guarded by a few hundred people, but they failed to defeat it. It was not because there were not enough people, but because the fighting power was too poor and they could not withstand setbacks.

A slightly brave army is not afraid of such a rabble. The enemy troops in Xiangcheng were able to completely wipe out Li Guo and others, so they definitely deserved the title of bravery.

If that's all, don't worry about it. He's used to wandering around anyway, so if he can't be beaten, he can be a coward and run away. But not right now.

King Chuang has issued a death order, asking him to hold off the enemy troops in Xiangcheng.