On the official road from Suizhou to Qi County, a group of people were marching towards Qi County. They were a little embarrassed, as if they had just passed a defeat.

"He's it!" A leader riding a mule cursed: "Why is Gao Chuangzi always chasing us and fighting?! Boss Yuan has led a large group of people back to Bozhou, why is he just staring at us?!"

Another leader replied listlessly: "Suizhou is also the jurisdiction of Guide Mansion, so of course he wants to pursue us."

The big boss suddenly became angry and shouted, "Which bastard took the lead in running west?! Isn't it over to follow Boss Yuan?! Now, I haven't even gotten the money and food for the New Year, and I have run so far and detours. If I just go back like this, I won't be laughed to death by other brothers?"

The personal soldiers leading the mule in front explained: "When those people shouted 'Gao Chuangzi is here', they were in chaos. We followed the group of people in front of us, and we didn't care what direction it was."

"Idiot!" The big boss whipped his personal soldiers with a whip and cursed: "From the future, we will follow the flag! Wherever Boss Yuan goes, I will teach you how many times have you taught me? I still can't remember it!"

They were a small team in the camp of Yuan Laoshan, the bandits in Bozhou. This time they originally wanted to come to Guide Mansion to grab some money and food to celebrate the New Year, but they met Gao Yuanheng also in Yucheng. Gao Yuanheng was the guardian of Guide, with 3,000 troops under his command. Although there were not many people, they dared to fight. Gao Yuanheng himself was invincible and could defeat the bandits every time. Over time, the bandits gave Gao Yuanheng the name of "Gao Chuangzi". As soon as they heard that "Gao Chuangzi" came, the team collapsed.

Fortunately, Gao Yuanheng only had 3,000 troops, and could defeat the thieves, but could not annihilate them. As long as the thieves ran fast, they could gather the broken tribes to continue rebelling.

The same was true this time. When Yuan Laoshan's troops heard that "Gao Chuangzi" came, they started running around. And their group followed the people in front of them and fled westward. They were chased by Gao Yuanheng along the way, passing Guide and Ningling, and until they ran out of the territory of Suizhou, Gao Yuanheng stopped chasing them.

"How many people do we have?" the big boss looked back at his team and asked.

The second child who was following him replied, "It's three or four hundred."

"Where is ahead? We can't just go back empty-handed, we have to get something." The big boss still wanted to get something for the New Year. They were just poor people who couldn't afford to eat, and they could still not have a decent New Year's Eve dinner when they became thieves. So what's the point of their rebellion?

The second brother is very good at doing everything and knows everything. He replied: "There is Qi County ahead."

"Then let's go here," the big boss decided to say, "Let's get something here, if possible, collect some more people. Then take a detour back to Bozhou, and follow Boss Yuan to feel at ease."

Before dark, this team came to the east of Qi County, and there were only a few villages and towns here, and each village built a wall to prevent attacks from thieves. Now the villages and towns without walls basically no longer exist. They either fled to famine or were looted by thieves. The wealthy landlords outside the city had moved into the county town and dared not continue to live outside the city.

The big boss pointed to a village in front and said, "That's it. Go in and spend the night warmly inside!"

There are only more than 30 families in this village, and they rented land for the Huang Master's family here. The Huang Master's family is not bad, with quotas exempted from corvee and taxes, so the tenants can still survive. Although some of these people still have their own land, in order to avoid being destroyed by various taxes and corvee, they have to devote their own land to the Huang Master's family just to be able to survive.

The people in the village had already discovered the thief driving, so the sound of gongs rang out in the village. The men all came to the wooden fence with farm tools and shoulder poles, and several of them were holding homemade bows and arrows to protect their homes. They would naturally send people to report the news to the city, but shortly after the person who reported the news was cut down by the thief riding a mule.

The big boss ordered loudly: "Brothers, go up! There is food and warm bedding inside. Go in and have a good meal and drink!" After shouting, he held up his shield and took the lead in rushing towards the village.

At this time, the second brother stayed in place to dispatch: "Long hook, go up! Pull down the fence! Archer, sixty steps, diffuse!"

These thieves have rebelled for several years, not those newly rebelled peasants. Their combat capabilities are still considerable. Although they are not as good as well-trained official troops, they are much stronger than ordinary guards. They not only have bows, arrows, shields, but also know how to use formations and various weapons.

"Ah", "Ah", several farmers in the village were injured by feather arrows shot by the thieves, and fell to the ground and rolled in panic, but at this time they were shot by more feather arrows falling from the sky, and their screams became louder.

Although the farmers holding homemade bows and arrows kept shooting feather arrows, their shooting skills were really not very good, and their bow power was weak, so they could basically not cause much damage to the thieves rushing over.

"What should I do? What should I do? They are about to rush in!" Some farmers shouted in panic. Although they had experienced the attacks of thieves, it was during the day and the city's officials would soon be reinforced. And the thieves who came were not so professional? They had bows and arrows and shields. In addition to not having the banner of the official army, they looked even more like the official army than the official army.

"Light the fire, go and light the bonfire, the defenders in the city will see it!" someone reminded loudly.

The farmers' bonfires were not ready yet, and the first row of sword and shield soldiers of the thieves had rushed up. They stood near the village and used shields to provide cover for the long hooks behind them. The long hooks held a long hook more than two meters long, stretched out from the gap between the sword and shield hands, and hooked the railings outside the village with the hooks above. Several people used force to pull the fence down.

With a "boom", a three-meter-wide fence was pulled down and fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!