The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 600 Worse Than Thieves

"...Two days ago when you appeared on the official road, someone sent a message saying that you brought gold mountains, silver seas, and all kinds of antiques... The head of our family saw that there are too many people here, and the group can't eat it, so we sent it everywhere. Hurry up and post..."

It seemed that this spy had killed people and robbed him a lot, but it was the first time he had encountered such indifferent treatment. He was frightened and just wanted to confess in a panic.

"There is a village ten miles away, which has been disbanded. Cheng Qingzhu's men are already waiting for you."

Lin Fei took the wine bag from a herdsman, sprayed it in the face of the spy, and asked, "How many people are behind you and how many people are in front?"

"...Our master gathered three teams, about a hundred riders and more than 100 steps. Cheng Qingzhu's side is said to have five or six hundred people."

When Lin Fei heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. He turned to look at Chen Zhao: "Sir, this is the capital of the capital. How can there be so many hairs under the emperor's feet?"

Chen Zhao smiled and shook his head: "What's so strange about this! The city was ruled by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and when you leave the city, it's the world of the local gentry, just like in the south of the Yangtze River, which gentry does not keep a few water bandits, and they don't go out. Nice to say hello."

"That's right." Lin Fei shook his head and sighed.

In fact, most of the feudal dynasties are like this, the royal power does not go to the countryside, and the government orders do not go out of the city.

Until the new era, when the organizational structure reaches every village directly, government orders can reach everyone. In this way, large-scale fighting still occurs from time to time...

Of course, then again, it is an important place in the capital after all, and it is related to the safety of countless dignitaries. The officers and soldiers near the capital will also focus on it, so it is impossible to have a group of more than 500 people.

This shows that the other party is definitely not just a simple brat.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhao drew his knife and chopped off the spy's head, wiped the knife on the man, and ordered:

"Put the person and head on that horse, and pull it back. When they come over, let's kill them first... But I don't know if something will happen to the old grandson."

Lin Fei shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Old Sun's brows and eyes are very thoughtful, these thieves can't stop him, what should my lord do now?"

Chen Zhao didn't answer, but raised his voice and asked, "Who knows if the road in Xianghe County is easy or not?"

A coachman next to him said, "Master, there was a flood last fall, and the road was broken and not repaired. People can leave, but cars cannot pass."

Chen Zhao snorted coldly.

I contributed tens of millions of taels of silver to the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the roads in the capital were not repaired.

Up and down are not things.

"The gang of thieves chose a good place. Our convoy can't go anywhere, we can only follow the official road. Once they rush, we may be in chaos. If things fall into their hands, we will become ghosts... ...But the thief in the capital city should be a guy with clear eyebrows, but he actually thought of robbing and killing me? Are you impatient?"

"My lord's reputation spreads far and wide, and ordinary Xiaoxiao will naturally run away, but if someone covers it up, it is also possible to encourage some thieves who are blind to money." Lin Fei said.

"That's right, I ordered you to go on, keep going, keep the scouts far away, and report back when you have news."

After Chen Zhao gave the order, Lin Fei immediately conveyed it, and then did not stop to rest for lunch at noon. Everyone ate two mouthfuls of dry food and drank a few mouthfuls of water, and the team continued to move forward like this.

The horse carrying the spy's corpse ran back along the official road.

From a distance, you can see that the group of people following them stopped for a while, and then followed up, and the speed was obviously much faster.

Obviously, this group of people saw their companions being tortured and killed, and immediately couldn't hold back their anger one by one, so they decided to act first.

Chen Zhaofei jumped up to the top of a big tree next to him, looked at it for a while, and smiled. After he got down, he arranged the team and asked everyone to stop and circle the team, with women and children inside, and strong men on the outside.

He took ten shepherds who could shoot arrows to meet the group of people who came over.

"Master, be careful in everything." Seeing the opportunity, Daiyu half opened the curtain and said.

"Don't worry."

Chen Zhao smiled slightly, then took out a spear, and said to an archer under his command, "The thieves following behind are a rabble, let's kill these blind bastards first!!"

These ten herdsmen all escaped from the pursuit in the north. They were used to seeing life and death, so naturally they didn't care. And the master personally led the team, so there was nothing they couldn't let go of. They immediately rode on their horses and shouted in unison. .

Seeing the thieves rushing towards them, these herdsmen were unambiguous. Ten horses and ten men lined up in two rows on the official road, each with bow and arrow waiting.

The horse thieves were divided into three groups, and they didn't know from which channel they knew that the convoy in front carried gold mountains and silver seas, and they even saw so many horse carts with their own eyes.

In addition, they followed behind, and from the villages and inns where Chen Zhao and the others stayed, they knew that Chen Zhao’s team had a large number of well-armed people, so if he went up to fight rashly, not to mention not getting cheap, he might even suffer a big loss , Now three groups of people have gathered, and they feel more courageous if they have more people.

The thieves on horseback were lucky to say that those few days of walking were really bitter, cold and without rest, and they only hoped that they would get some profit and have a good meal after destroying the convoy in front of them.

Seeing that their companions were chopped off, the leaders were firstly angry, secondly because they were afraid of hurting their morale, and thirdly, Cheng Qingzhu from the Green Bamboo Gang was in front. Go, why don't you take advantage of this time to encourage everyone to eat it first.

Everyone held back their energy, but they just watched the convoy in front stop. Immediately, everyone clamored and rushed up. The big convoy rushed away, and the silver women would be first come, first served.

Those who rode horses ran ahead, and those who did not ride horses followed behind. They were all running like fools. When the shepherds saw it, they spat. Some people said disdainfully, "If you run like a fool so far, how can the horses have any strength when you get close?"

"So I can only be a thief in this life."

"Hahaha……"

It's not surprising that the bandits rushed over in a menacing manner, but they were still waiting calmly when they saw the other party.

After all, they even tortured and killed spies, so they must be prepared.

But after all, there were many of them. Although they hesitated, they felt that there were only two rows of ten sparse people, so they were overwhelmed when they got there.

When the person reached thirty steps, ten arrows were shot in succession, two of them went to unknown destinations, eight of them hit, but three of them were not on the vital points, but this also made the thieves' men and horses scream, There was chaos ahead. If the elite soldiers on the grassland were to shoot the second arrow at this time, three consecutive arrows would not be a big problem.

But the elite soldiers on the prairie were all 100 years ago, and the shepherds now are just a group of Tartars who couldn't survive and fled to the Central Plains.

After only shooting one arrow, he beat his horse and ran down the official road.

The thieves, who were a little apprehensive at first, were only hindered a little, and only three or five of them died. Immediately, their arrogance surged, and they continued to charge forward regardless.

There are two rows of archers on the official road ahead...

These two rows of archers are Jinyi guards, who were trained by Chen Zhao. After the baptism of Liaodong and Jiangnan, they are not comparable to those herdsmen.

Thirteen long arrows drew arcs in mid-air, and all of them fell into the formation of the bandits. The long arrows were heavy, and the armor of the bandits was nothing more than two layers of cotton-padded jackets.

Just hearing the sound of "Pu Chi", ten arrows were shot out instantly and penetrated into the thieves' bodies. The thieves immediately screamed and fell from the horse.

There are already more than a dozen people lying on the ground, and there is a lone horse in the way. The thieves are already unable to move, and they immediately lost their positions. Nocking the arrow up, another round of shooting.

The herdsmen who came around from below also shot arrows with horn bows, and also shot and killed several people.

The thieves are not officers and soldiers, and they don't have leather armor, so they are just like the rabbits, Daiyu, screaming again and again, everyone is scared out of their wits. run away.

This time the archers were free to shoot. They hadn't taken a few steps before they were shot by the arrows behind them.

"Get out of the way, watch me charge!!" Chen Zhao raised his spear and shouted from behind. At this moment, there were ten cavalrymen wearing armor and holding swords and axes behind him. They were all high-spirited, like sharks smelling blood...

The thieves were already terrified and were about to run back for their lives, but the pawns behind just followed up out of breath. At this moment, Chen Zhao led the knights and rushed towards them, and the thieves were immediately terrified.

(End of this chapter)