Chapter 33: It's Dark Under the Lamp
Under the scorching sun, Quyi City emits heat, and the rammed earth walls appear dark red. The walls are not stained with blood, but the soil itself is red. The land in Jiaozhou is generally light red, and the flowing river also contains light red. Therefore, newcomers from other places will be surprised by this.
At the east gate, the dilapidated city gate is open, and the gate guards are enjoying the coolness in the door opening. In the hot summer, the door opening can make them feel a little cool. In such a season, if there are any choices, they will choose nothing.
The territory of Jiaozhou has never been peaceful, but the thieves who were surrounded by the government have now become official troops, and the remaining thieves are thieves. Even if someone comes to Quyi, they all go to Longbian Port in the south, so Quyi's soldiers are actually very leisurely.
Longbing Port is the most prosperous place in Jiaozhou. Ships from various countries are anchored here, bringing a large number of exotic treasures. They also acquire specialties produced in Jiaozhou, and then supplement a lot of fresh water and food, which attracts many people to live in Longbing Port, which is even more lively than Longbing.
The so-called big tree attracts wind. Compared with the dragon port, where is the dilapidated Quyi the target of the thief?
But no group of thieves dared to openly hold a fire and grab the Longbian Port, and could only break it into pieces and go to the port area to cheat and cheat and make a living. With the big candle of Longbian Port, Qu Yi, who is not far away, faded out of the thief's vision, which is the so-called "darkness under the lamp".
Qu Yi's defenders were bored every day, and today was no exception. It was afternoon now. As long as they were closed until dusk, they could go home, so the remaining time was boring, but this boring situation was quickly broken.
The road to the east was dusty, and a small group of cavalry were coming here. The soldiers did not dare to neglect and quickly stood up and lined up on both sides of the door.
Today, an army went to Longbian. When they passed by Quyi, they were arrogant. The soldiers who opened the road cursed when they were not satisfied. Those who were slow to guard the gate also ate a few whips. At this time, the cavalry coming here should have been ordered to return to Longbian. The soldiers suffered a loss and naturally knew it very well.
The door opening is quite wide, and everyone stands against the hole wall, which can give way to a middle passage, which is enough for the cavalry to pass by calmly, but the soldiers still try to stick to the hole wall, for fear of being knocked down by the galloping horses and being trampled by the horses behind them.
The combined weight of the people and horses is not light. They are not killed by being stepped on by the horse. No one has paid for the medicine and medicine, and no one wants to be unlucky, so they can only avoid it.
However, they avoided the horses, but they could not avoid the cavalry's long sword. When the other party passed through the door, they swung their swords to cut them over. The red and white objects splashed everywhere. When the remaining limbs and broken arms fell to the ground, the cavalry had already rushed into the city.
These uninvited guests were so shocked that they were chaotic along the road. Under the guidance of the guide, they rushed straight towards the county government. Another cavalry arrived. After entering the city, they jumped off their horses, held small shields and carried swords toward the top of the city.
Most of the soldiers on the front of the city were dozing. Before they could come back to their senses, they saw someone rushing up. They were about to scold but were chopped over by the other party. The rest of them turned around and ran away, and the city gradually became noisy.
In the suburbs of the west of the city, a team of more than a hundred people were advancing towards Qu Yi. Seeing someone rolling and crawling out, the generals led the troops quickly stepped forward to ask. When they learned that the city had been thieves, they called their subordinates to rush forward.
He just thought that the brave thief was harassing Qu Yi in the daytime. He led the team not far away, but saw cavalrymen passing by in front of him, surrounding him, about ten cavalry on both sides.
These cavalry uniforms are not official troops. Since they can ride horses, they seem to be brave and good at fighting among the thieves. However, the generals believe that there are more than a hundred people on their side. Although most of them hike, the number of people is very different, and it seems that they can fight.
But why is the other party’s horse so majestic and doesn’t look like a local horse breed?
The general didn't have to think too much and ordered the archers to come forward to shoot arrows to scare away the invading enemy. As a result, the enemy cavalry roared and shot down several of his cavalrymen who had come forward. Then he swept across from seventy or eighty steps away from the distance. When he walked around the back of the team, he suddenly bent his bow and shot arrows.
Most of the archers ran forward, and the back line of the team had no cover, and more than ten people were shot down instantly. Because they suddenly encountered the enemy during the march, the formation suddenly changed, and many people were in a mess.
But they were holding spears in their hands. Although most of the spears were curved, at least everyone gathered together to hold the spears and faced them outwards to enhance their courage. Seeing the enemy cavalry giving up the charge and passing by, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
However, some unlucky guy was trapped by the rope thrown by the other party. Before he could come back to his senses, he was pulled down and dragged away. Some people rushed up quickly and pulled it away but couldn't get it there. The other end of the rope was galloping cavalry, and the dragging power was so great that even two people could drag it away.
The enemy cavalry dragged people around the team, and the unlucky ghosts were dragged to pieces, crying loudly, with a very shrill voice.
Everyone shivered when they saw this. They were not serious soldiers, but just joined the army to make a living. They had never seen such a cruel enemy. Fortunately, everyone squeezed together to cheer each other, otherwise they would have been unable to stand firm long ago.
But the nightmare continued. Some enemies suddenly stopped the horse and jumped down, took out their step bow and started shooting arrows at about seventy steps. Their archers could not shoot at all.
The other party was wearing heavy armor, and not many of his archers could have crotch armor. They only shot for a moment and suffered heavy casualties and hid behind the shield. However, the others were in trouble.
The total enemy was only thirty-four people, but they "surrounded" their own side and kept harassing them with cavalry bows, stair bows and ropes. Seeing that this would be done sooner or later, many people were extremely frightened.
At this moment, someone discovered that there was a gap in the north of the "encircle", which was in the direction of the river. This gap seemed to be caused by the other party's negligence.
Even though the official shouted "stabilize", the fear of death and the desire to survive prevailed. Some people ran north with their hearts, while others were stunned at first and followed closely.
There are ones and twos, and there are threes. The barely maintained formation collapsed instantly, and everyone rushed to the river. They all knew that as soon as they jumped into the river, the enemy riding a horse would be out of reach, and the problem was that they could not fall behind others.
It doesn't matter if you don't run fast, just be faster than others. The dispersed soldiers rushed to the river, gave their backs to the enemy, and then were harvested by the other party like rice cutting.
Only a few steps away from the river, but no one could finish it. Except for a few who were knocked out and blocked their mouths and tied up after being knocked out, the others turned into cold corpses and fell in the wilderness.
"Take these people back to the supervisor to ask questions." One person ordered that he was the chief of this Zhou cavalry team, responsible for intercepting all the enemies on the west side of Quyi. Although there were only more than 30 people, it was enough.
"In groups of five people, they scattered and killed everyone who appeared in the wilderness!!"
"Today, everyone is riding a boat and riding a horse. They are tired but they must resist it. Open their eyes wider and don't let them escape and report to the Dragon Editor!"
The well-trained cavalry, even if there are only more than 30 people, is very easy to deal with the mobs. Those cowards who will be scared to tremble when they see war horses rushing towards each other in person. No matter how many people there are, it is useless.
The team was looking northwest, trying to see the Dragonbian City dozens of miles away. Their war horses still did not completely recover from seasickness, otherwise, the general manager would have led them to raid the Dragonbian.
Chapter completed!