Chapter 48, Charge into the array

The thieves who fled from the woods did not seem to find the movement on the side of the hill. Even if some riders walking in the front of them faintly saw some outlines through the moonlight, but they could not see the whole thing for a while. And as they got farther and farther away from the woods and closer to the hills, someone noticed that something was wrong.

However, it's too late at this time.

I only heard a shout from the direction of the hill: "Arrow!"

Immediately after that, there was a burst of sound of bowstrings. The ready arrows are like a rainstorm, weaving into a vague but deadly network under the night. Before the thieves could react at all, they suffered this round of raids. The already chaotic team became more and more chaotic in an instant, screaming one after another, and panic and roaring crossed.

"Someone, some."

Where? Where are the officers and soldiers?"

"In the west, run away quickly. The officers and soldiers are coming."

In addition to the noisy shouts of the Han people, it is also accompanied by some other languages.

Among the riders of the thief, some began to flee in the opposite direction of the hill, but those riders riding tall horses suspected to be barbarians were more calm than that. These horsemen united together and, led by a leader, concentrated on moving a distance to the northeast, as if to get out of range.

On the hill, Zu Zhao and others were fully prepared. They did not continue to shoot arrows. After all, the sky was dim, and the thieves began to escape again. The previous round of arrow attacks was nothing more than traumatizing the morale of the thieves first. At this moment, Zu Zhao raised the horse halberd in his hand and shouted loudly, "When will you avenge the thief? The man of the ancestral family obeyed the order and charged!"

After firing the first round of arrows, the children who had been lining up on the hillside cleaned up their bows and pulled up the horse halberd from the ground again. At this time, when he heard Zu Zhao's order, his blood spurted out one by one, and all his anger and murderous spirit burst out of the condensed desire for war.

While Zu Zhao ran out first, everyone roared tearing from their throats, holding the horse halberd high and followed.

Although the children of the ancestral family and the Zhang brothers totaled only 80 people, and there were hundreds of thieves faced, no one was worried and frightened by it. On the one hand, Zu Zhao predicted the whereabouts of the thief, which shows that they have taken the initiative and the upper hand in the situation. On the other hand, it can be seen that the thieves are good and bad at a glance. Even if there are good horse thieves, there are not many people, and more without discipline and morale. What are the pure rabbles afraid of?

More than 80 people rushed east along the undulating hills. Although it was not long before when they practiced to charge at the West River Bridge, they finally had a more or less foundation, and now they can finally maintain a decent formation.

The thief was completely stunned by the overwhelming shouts. In the dark, they did not know the identity of the comer, let alone how many people there were. Previously, I was shocked by a burst of fire and voices in the south in the woods, and subconsciously buried the concept of encirclement and suppressing by the officers and army. At this time, I naturally mistakenly thought it was the attack of the officers and soldiers. Ren no one dares to have the thought of resistance. People follow the same, and all of them scramble to run for their lives.

Taking advantage of the momentum of the terrain, Zu Zhao and others quickly caught up with the hiking thieves.

For Zu Zhao, revenge is bound to have no mercy, even in the face of a group of poor people who are ragged and forced to rise up by life. After catching up with a thief with his head in his arms, he did not hesitate at all and stood up the horse halberd and hit it fiercely. Hearing a scream, the thief fell to the ground one by one. Even if he did not die immediately, he was quickly crushed by other knights who followed.

"What's the matter? It's a death. It's better to fight with them."

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

"I can't escape. Let's fight."

In the face of the fierce knights, the hiking thieves knew that there was no way to escape. Under the desperate insinuation of some people, many people raised their farm tools and turned back to meet the knights. Like the outlaws, these ordinary submissive farmers burst out the resentment accumulated by several generations without reservation at this moment.

Gradually, it caused a lot of obstacles to the knights.

Zu Zhao left and right on the horse's back. Once the horse's mobility was limited, the original advantage quickly became a burden. There are thieves on the left and right, and it is not convenient for long weapons to swing back and forth. In just a moment, his legs and mount had been attacked in many places. Fortunately, the weapons in the hands of the farmers were simple, and the scene was chaotic, and the injuries of himself and the mount were only bruised.

He waved his halberd to overturn two thieves in a row and roared with his head held high. His momentum immediately shocked other thieves around him, and no one dared to besiege them easily. At this time, he raised his eyes and looked forward and saw that most of the thieves riding horses had fled far away, while the thieves gathered together and galloped from north to west, as if they were walking around.

"Big son, those horse-riding thieves are about to escape."

At this time, Zu Ji killed the general from the rear. He was riding a white horse, and now the horse is dyed red in many places.

Zu Zhao looked at the peasants around him who fled or resisted, knowing that these people were only accomplices at most, and even if they were caught, they could not get more information. Whether there is an inside story of the horse robbery and whether there are more conspiracy in the emergence of these thieves must be able to find out the whole story from those masterminds.

"You must not leave a thief. Don't worry about these thieves and catch up with me." Considering this, he made a decision immediately.

As soon as he kicked the stave, Zu Zhao urged the horse to accelerate and rushed out like an arrow.

Zu Ji shouted hello to the other children around and led about ten people behind Zu Zhao.

In the distance, the thieves who rode horses quickly realized that Zu Zhao and others were following them. Half of them did not know how to ride horses at all, because the emotional tension is like a headless fly at this time. Not to mention driving a horse, it is difficult to grasp the most basic direction. Exactly, there is a huge gap between this wave of thieves. Some people have run far away, and some people are still stammering behind.

Zuzu Zhao stared at a thief who fell at the end and rushed up. When he was about to stab the halberd, he suddenly felt a cool wind on his forehead. Although he didn't see what was going on in the dark, he instinctively hurried to sideways and dodge. He heard a "sw" in his ear, and an arrow flew by coldly.

"Hmm, rats, how dare you hurt people secretly?"

Zu Zhao's face was fearless. He no longer stared at the backward riders. Since these people can't even ride horses, let alone go back and shoot arrows on horseback. However, among the seven or eight thieves who fled in the front, two people kept turning around on horseback and faintly saw the shadow of bowstrings in their hands by the light of stars and moon.

He kicked the horse's spoon fiercely, and at the same time slapped the horse stock with the halberd in his hand, forcing the horse to run wildly.

In a short time, it has caught up with several backward thieves. It's just that at this time, he didn't pay attention to these little ones at all, so he passed by them without squinting. Even so, one of the thieves was already frightened, and his unstable sitting posture twisted with ** and exclaimed that he fell off the horse. When the other thieves saw it, they didn't have the intention to think more about it. They dodged left and right for fear of avoiding it.

The thief running in front of him turned around and saw Zu Zhao's charming figure, and immediately someone shouted.

"Quickly, shoot that man."

"Arrow! You guys, don't run. If you can't run, shoot arrows."

Zu Zhao's mount is a good horse, and his foot strength is naturally far greater than that of a thief. After only a moment, it is approaching.

At this moment, several thieves in front of him turned around again, bent their bows and opened their strings, and shot an arrow without carefully aiming.

However, Zu Zhao had been prepared for a long time, and he only heard the sound of bow strings in front of him, and immediately leaned sideways against the horse's abdomen.

In the dark night, the thief did not see where Zu Zhao was hiding for a while, mistakenly thinking that a shot had just shot the other party off the horse. These people couldn't help but feel complacent and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they did not find that the river horse was still accelerating.

When Zu Zhao sat up straight again, he had placed the halberd horizontally in a stable groove behind the saddle and picked up his bow. At this time, he was only 40 or 50 steps away from the thieves, and he was still approaching at his own horse speed. With almost no hesitation, he skillfully hooked out three feathers from the arrow pot, first held two of them in his mouth, and then opened the arrow on the string. As early as when he took the bow and arrow, he had already locked the target like a eagle falcon. The bow string was full, and the arrow rushed out of the string. There was a scream on the horse immediately in front of him. The thief shook his body for a while and fell down.

The sudden change frightened other thieves.

"He, he is not dead yet."

"Zhao Manzi was shot to death, and Zhao Manzi was shot to death."

"Escape, run for your life..."

There was a panic, and suddenly there were two strings in a row, and the crowd quickly seemed quiet.

Zu Zhao held a bow, pulled the reins with one hand, and easily jumped over the two corpses in front of him while driving a mount. When the three arrows hit, a sense of excitement suddenly appeared in his chest. When he was about to reach for the arrow again, he didn't expect that one of the riders who fled in front of him suddenly grabbed the reins and unexpectedly turned the horse's head.

"Escote the master first and let someone come to get the head of this thief!" The man roared ferociously and was full of breath.

Zu Zhao slowed down a little and subconsciously looked back. Then he found that in order to catch up with this wave of thieves, he had unconsciously been far away from the army, and now there was only one person left. Far from the rear, the children are still fighting with other thieves, but Zu Ji, Gongsun Long and others are still desperately coming here. Unfortunately, it is difficult to walk and still need to get rid of the left and right siege.