Duan Wencao advanced rapidly, and the fourth regiment Yingyangwei advanced rapidly along the south bank of the Sishui River.

Duan Wencao was so embarrassed this time. He had previously directed the Lu County Yingyang to go north to suppress the Qizhou thieves. Even the shadow of the Qizhou thieves had not seen it. His rear was turned upside down by a group of Xuzhou thieves. Especially the hometown of Confucius, Qufu, and the temple of Confucianism in Middle-earth were even robbed. This influence was too bad. This matter would definitely spread quickly with the intentional fuel of some scholars with ulterior motives. As the prefect of Lu County, Duan Wencao, not only would his prestige among the Qilu nobles, but would also be insulted and attacked by political opponents in Dongdu, but would also implicate his brother Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War, and even put the Shandong political group in Dongdu into an embarrassing situation.

For this reason, he had to kill this group of evil thieves. Only by holding the heads of this group of evil thieves can he make up for his faults, save his face, and eliminate some of the bad effects caused by the incident.

Duan Wencao is a veteran of the Wei Mansion. He has been in war for decades and has rich combat experience. Of course, he knows the importance of knowing himself and his opponents, but now he knows almost nothing about his opponents. Although Dong Chun and Cui Deben both introduced him to Xuzhou thieves, hearing and personal experience are completely different. Besides, even Dong Chun and Cui Deben have a limited understanding of Xuzhou thieves. They even vaguely talk about the thieves of this group of Xuzhou thieves. Only know that one of the thieves is Sima of the former Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion. The local tyrant of Qiao County looked at Han Yao, but the rest of the people were not clear about it. However, they all speculated that there must be one of them with outstanding strategies. Most of these people were sent by a political faction in Dongdu and had an ulterior motive.

Duan Wencao disagreed. He neither saw this group of thieves nor did this group of thieves cause any substantial harm to Lu County. There was no direct conflict between the two sides. In this case, it was obviously unrealistic to ask Duan Wencao to pay attention to the other party. However, he soon learned about the power of the thieves in Xuzhou. The group of thieves appeared in the back silently and stabbed him hard, causing him to flow blood.

Duan Wencao was furious and roared wildly. At this moment, he just wanted to kill people and cut off all the thieves. So he forgot the warnings of Dong Chun and Cui Deben, forgot the bad deeds of this thief in Xuzhou, and because of his contempt for his opponent, he selectively ignored the most basic combat principle of knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy and never winning the battle.

He didn't know the opponent at all, but he rushed over with a knife and angrily. However, he still retained a sense of vigilance. Considering the terrain, the narrow road, and easy to get caught, he ordered four regiments to be divided into three teams, one regiment leading the way in front, and he led two regiments in the center, and the one that was dragged behind was preparing for emergency support.

The closer you get to Biancheng, the more steep the terrain is. The road that walks between the mountains and ridges is like a winding giant snake, which makes people admire the hard work of digging mountains and clearing the way for the ancestors, and also develop a sense of fear, awe of nature and fear of irresistible forces.

Duan Wencao calmed down in the howling cold wind. He ordered the regiments to maintain a safe distance and maintain a high level of security in case of accidents. Only then did he remember the various atrocities committed by the thieves in Xuzhou, and these atrocities fully reflect the thieves' cunning and bloodyness.

If this is a trap... Duan Wencao suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart, but his years of military career tempered his strong will like steel. He did not allow himself to be afraid or retreat. Even if there were swords and fires in front of him, he would sacrifice his life and move forward.

Dusk approached, less than five miles away from Biancheng. At this moment, amid the roaring waves of mountains and forests, there were vague shouts, as if something shocking was happening in front of me.

Duan Wencao immediately ordered the regiments to line up on the spot and prepare for battle.

The scouts reported urgently that someone was running towards the army in front of him. The people they saw were all dressed in civilian clothes. It was probably those Sishui people who were plundered by the thieves. They just didn't know what happened in Biancheng, which caused these captured people to flee in the chaos.

Duan Wencao immediately had a premonition of the crisis. As soon as I approached Biancheng, something happened to Biancheng. The captured Sishui people fled in the chaos. How could this be possible? How could such a coincidence be made? There is only one explanation. The thieves wanted to plot against me and disperse the captured civilians for this purpose. Then they hidden the thieves among the civilians. They took advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack on me, just waiting for my army to fall into chaos, and their main army took the opportunity to attack me and dealt a heavy blow.

Duan Wencao decisively ordered to be arranged densely on the road, and no civilians were allowed to approach the battle formation. If anyone approached the battle formation, he would be killed without mercy, forcing the fleeing civilians to bypass the battle formation from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road and continue to escape. Only in this way can the thieves be stopped from raids.

Duan Wencao ordered the scout to investigate again in Biancheng and searched carefully among the surrounding mountains and rivers. If he found a thief ambush, he would immediately call the police.

Soon, the fugitives rushed over. Seeing the red flags dancing in the wind and the yellow flags dancing in the Weifu's eagle, the people of Sishui suddenly saw hope of survival, and all cheered and cheered, and shouted soared into the sky like a tsunami. The speed of running suddenly accelerated, and they flew towards the battle formation.

The war drums were beating, the flags were flying, and the sound of big horns resounded through the mountains. Yingyang Guard issued a warning to the fleeing civilians, but ordinary civilians did not know the different meanings represented by different banners? Their hearts were filled with joy. They wished they could rush into the battle formation in an instant, and entered the safest place in their eyes.

Duan Wencao saw the boiling crowd and the civilians who were almost crazy, and became more and more sure of his judgment. The thief was shameless and cruel. He sacrificed innocent civilians for his own survival. For the sake of his own survival. Forget it, the matter has come to this point, he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than miss one person.

The brigade commander, who was at the forefront of the battle formation, couldn't bear to start. He ordered his guards to shout in unison, verbally warn, and dissuade civilians from attacking the battle formation.

However, the wind in the mountains was too strong, and the shouts of the civilians were even more deafening. The sounds of drums and whistles echoed layer by layer in the mountains like ripples on the lake. The huge waves completely covered up the shouts of the guards.

The fleeing civilians approached the battle formation.

Duan Wencao did not hesitate and decisively ordered the shooting.

The war drums sounded, the earth was shaking. The arrow formation was launched, and the crossbowmen shot out arrows. In the thrilling roar, dense arrows rushed into the sky, like a roaring cloud, passing by, and then rushed straight to the ground with a "buzzing" sound, and nailed into the ground in the horrific shouts of the civilians.

The people were killed, and the Yingyang Guard was about to kill. The civilians who were running in the front immediately realized that death was coming, and the Yingyang Guard did not allow them to approach the battle formation at all. If they moved forward, they would have been like rain and corpses everywhere. However, the roads in the mountains were all walking in the mountains. The people in front knew that the Yingyang Guard was going to kill, but the people behind were blocked, and they didn't know that the God of Death was smiling at them and were still rushing forward regardless of everything. So, the people in front could not stop at all. They were pushed wildly by the huge power behind them, and they couldn't help but run forward.

The drum horn rose again and the arrow formation was launched again. This time it was not a warning, but a direct attack and bloody killing.

The civilians who were running in the front had nowhere to hide, and watched the sharp arrows falling from the sky. Amid the helpless and shrill screams, they were shot by arrows and nailed to the ground by arrows.

However, the torrent was still surging, and the civilians rushing in the front could not stop. Even though they were scattered and even if they wanted to run away, the impact from behind was too great, like a surging wave, pushing them to death again.

In just a few breaths, nearly a hundred innocent civilians died in a misfortune. The mountain road was filled with corpses and blood flowed into a river.

The narrow road and the corpses filled with roads were like a dam, blocking the escaped people and the army's battle formation. At this time, even if the torrent roared the most violently, the waves that rushed in the front could not cross the dam. So the waves shattered, and countless streams of water rushed along the flesh-and-blooded dam to the hillsides on both sides of the mountain road.

The arrow formation stopped.

The Yingyang Guards breathed a sigh of relief. They were unwilling to kill indiscriminately, and they were not willing to do so.

Duan Wencao also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had conquered countless times and killed countless people in his life, it was not his wish to kill innocent people. Today's revenge was recorded on the heads of the Xuzhou thieves.

The regiment that pioneered the road was not too far away from the two regiments led by Duan Wencao. They were on the same mountain, but one was below the mountain and the other was on the top of the mountain, so Duan Wencao could look down, like a command directed by his arm. The civilians fleeing could see clearly that since the Yingyangwei below the mountain shot arrow and killed people, the army above the mountain would not be ruthless. As long as you approach the battle formation, you would be shot and killed, so just walk around. Fortunately, the mountain on this mountain was not very steep, and the civilians fleeing immediately passed through the forest and rushed towards another mountain.

A regiment dragged behind was on this mountain at this moment. They had received Duan Wencao's order to line up on the ground, and did not allow escaped civilians to approach the battle formation to ensure their own safety. However, the mountain was steep and fleeing civilians, if they wanted to escape from this mountain, they had to walk on the mountain road.

The situation suddenly became tense. The fugitives were already in a state of madness, with thieves chasing behind them, and the Yingyangwei blocking them in front. They were dead, and they were dead, and they were dead, as if they had no way to heaven, no way to the earth, and no way to go. When people are desperate, they must be crazy. Since you don’t let me live, I will fight with you, and one life will be exchanged for another life.

I don’t know who shouted, but in short, the crowd that had already stalled suddenly roared again. The desperate Sishui people broke out completely at the critical moment of life and death. With unprecedented courage and determination to burn together, they charged towards the Yingyangwei’s battle formation with barefoot hands.

The Yingyang Guards were very nervous and had no choice but to use the arrow formation to stop each other.

The first round of volleys was an alarm, a dissuasion, and then the second round of volleys. Just as the crossbowmen shot the second arrow, a sudden change occurred.

"Buzz..." With a thrilling roar, a second dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky. The dark cloud passed by the second round of arrow clouds shot by the Yingyang Guards, and then suddenly magnified in front of the Yingyang Guards' eyes. As they approached, the dark clouds had arrived. With a "buzz" sound, they shot into the battle formation and shot into the caught-off Yingyang Guards.

The battle formation suddenly became chaotic.

The scene in front of him made the crazy escaped civilians even more crazy. They rushed through the arrow formation at an incredible speed and rushed into the battle formation.

The battle formation suddenly broke down, and the military and civilians immediately fell into a melee. On the narrow mountain road, the scattered Ying Yangwei fought with the completely crazy civilians. The scene was bloody and tragic.

On the adjacent hills more than a hundred steps away, the ambushed soldiers rushed over like a tide and rushed towards the defeated Yingyangwei.

The alarm drum sounded through the mountains and fields, and the sound of killing was like thunder.

Duan Wencao was shocked and ordered the two regiments under his command to turn around and support immediately. He also ordered the regiment in front to retreat to the top of the mountain to prevent the thieves from discovering from the front and launching front and rear attacks on the official army.

However, it was too late for Duan Wencao to wake up.

In the mountains ahead, there were drums and horns all over the sky. The fully armed rebel soldiers rushed towards him like a torrent of rushing torrents. The mountain road behind was already filled with fleeing civilians. Duan Wencao didn't even want to support the regiment behind, he had no way to retreat.

Death place is a piece of death. Duan Wencao was furious, regretting that he underestimated the enemy and hated the thieves. If he had not cared about these hundreds of innocent civilians and was unwilling to kill innocent people indiscriminately, why would he fall into a desperate situation? Now, under the pressure of the thieves, he had to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Duan Wencao was decisive in killing and immediately ordered the front group to cut off the attack of the thieves. The two main groups forced a bloody road from the fleeing civilians, met with the rear group, and then broke through.

The killing suddenly became fierce. The rebels and the officials fought each other in close combat, killing the flesh and blood, while innocent civilians were trapped in it, and corpses were everywhere.

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