The auction finally ended. Zhen Yi took the distinguished guests who had won the rare items to the backyard to trade, and at the same time arranged for servants to serve everyone the food and wine that had been prepared.

Another empty room was prepared for those who had no seats, and the table with food and wine was also served.

During this period, Cao Cao, who was serving as Yilang in Luoyang, approached Zhen Yi and asked if he still had the sword.

Cao Cao really wanted the sword and made many bids during the auction. However, later on, seeing that Yuan Shu was already angry, Cao Cao wisely withdrew.

Seeing Cao Cao coming to ask, many people who had not gotten what they wanted also came to ask if there were any more of those rare items.

Zhen Yi told them that in five days, a batch of rare items would be delivered, and they would be sold at Zhen's grocery store at 70% of the auction price.

The Zhen family grocery store here naturally refers to the grocery store opened by the Zhen family in Luoyang.

After the transaction was completed, Zhen Yi found the fair-faced man without a beard alone and gave him a pack of tissue paper for him to use. The man without a beard chuckled and left, and Zhen Yi felt relieved.

Now this auction has not yet been included in the tax system of the Han Dynasty, so there is no need to pay taxes for the time being.

But there is no guarantee that anyone will give the emperor a hint, so his majesty suddenly had an idea and took action on this hugely profitable auction.

As for the fair-faced man, Zhen Yi had already guessed that he must have been sent by a certain eunuch in the palace to join in the fun, so he made him happy. At least for the time being, he didn't have to worry about the eunuch causing trouble for her.

the other side.

In front of Liu's manor, Gao Sheng stood at the front of the team, calculating the distance of the bandits. When the bandits were about sixty steps away, he ordered the archers to shoot arrows.

Swish, brush, brush!

A round of arrows was shot out. Naturally, the victims who picked up bows and arrows for the first time did not hit many people. Some arrows even shot only a dozen steps away before slowly falling to the ground. Some of them deviated to the left or right front of the team.

However, a few people happened to shoot in front of the bandits.

The leader on horseback saw that the opponent not only dared to form a formation to attack, but also had bows and arrows. He was shocked and hurriedly reined in his horse to stop the rest of the group from advancing.

After some observation, they found that the opponent's accuracy was extremely poor. The thieves knew that the opponent was not a regular army, so they laughed and charged forward again.

As soon as the bandits started, the second round of arrows came again.

After gaining experience once, this time more arrows hit the bandits.

Two rounds of bows and arrows shot down, killing a dozen bandits in total, and there were five to six hundred bandits in total. The death of these dozen people did not affect the combat effectiveness at all.

However, after the bandits advanced more than ten steps, there was suddenly a dense whooshing sound, and then hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot at the bandits at the front.

During Gao Sheng's previous training, he had already understood the function of the repeating crossbow, which had a range of about fifty steps and three consecutive shots.

The thirty people who had been trained before were now very familiar with the use of repeating crossbows. When fired in one round, almost all arrows were missed, and all of them hit the thieves in the front row.

Another hundred people used it for the first time. Although they were unfamiliar with it, one-third of their arrows hit the bandits.

This round of shooting directly knocked down forty or fifty bandits.

The leader of the bandits was shocked again, but the distance between the two sides was only forty or fifty steps. As long as they rushed closer, the bow and crossbow would have no effect.

So the bandit leader lowered his speed and forced his men to rush forward.

When the two sides were thirty steps apart, a second round of crossbow arrows came, and this time another fifty or sixty thieves fell in the front row of the opponent.

Looking at the fallen compatriots in front of them, the bandits were a little timid and did not dare to rush forward. However, due to the leader's power, under the loud urging of the bandit leader, they had no choice but to rush forward again.

Gao Sheng ordered the archers and crossbowmen to retreat, and the spearmen and swordsmen to move forward in order, preparing to meet the enemy behind the large shield.

He also ordered the spearmen to stick the spear point out of the shield a little, and when the enemy got close, they would pierce the enemy with the spear point.

Again, the Zhuang people were not trained after all. By the time everyone hurriedly poked the tips of their spears out of the shields, the thieves had already rushed forward.

Gao Sheng, Xia Houlan and others stood in the gap in the formation's large shield defense. Seeing that the enemy was in front of them, Gao Sheng shouted: "Throw the spear!"

The length of the spear was far beyond that of a sword. The thieves basically used swords. As soon as they rushed forward and tried to slash at the people holding large shields, they were stabbed by the spears that suddenly popped out from behind the shields.

In the chaos of the war, the bandits rushed over and wanted to chop at random. They had no time to pay attention to the spear with a little protruding tip. Unprepared, many bandits were directly penetrated by the spear.

They have no armor and only wear ragged clothes, without any defense.

However, there were also a few bandits who saw it and noticed the spear tip next to the shield. Instead of rushing forward, they stopped and were hit by their companions running behind. After being hit, they were trampled to death.

In this round of attacks, there were fifty or sixty fewer bandits. Before the two armies could engage in close combat, nearly two hundred of the bandits were already dead.

The thieves couldn't help but want to retreat. The manor they robbed this time was completely different from the manor they had robbed before. Not only did they dare to take the initiative, but they also had extremely strong strength.

In this case, it would be best to retreat early and rob other manors.

But the bandit leader didn't think so. He had previously received news that the manor was purchasing grain on a large scale. More than 10,000 stones of grain were stored in the manor. A manor with such financial resources to purchase grain must also have countless gold and silver treasures on the manor.

If we can capture it, we will gain both wealth and food.

It's just that he didn't expect that this manor would be so difficult to attack. He had robbed many manor houses before, but he had never encountered a manor with such powerful weapons.

However, the leader of the bandits, who was fascinated by wealth, insisted that as long as they fought hand-to-hand, they could give full play to their own advantages, and still ordered his men to attack by force.

On Gao Sheng's side, after the spearman thrust out the spear, he ordered three hundred sword soldiers to attack.

Many of Gein's spearmen in the first battle were unable to get their spears back after thrusting them out with force.

The reasons vary, either the force is too strong and cannot be pulled out, or the person who was stabbed fell to the side after being stabbed, with a large shield in between, making it inconvenient to go out and retrieve it.

Seeing this situation, Gao Sheng could only let the sword soldiers attack.

And he himself was the first to bear the brunt, he drew his sword and rushed out.

Xia Houlan and others followed closely behind and charged with Gao Sheng.

Several of them were wearing scale armor that protected their whole bodies, and they had good martial arts. They were full of pride and ambition, and wanted to show off their talents, so they killed several people as soon as they came up.

The swordsmen followed behind everyone and rushed towards the thieves with low morale and no armor.

At this time, the role of the system's persistent efforts is revealed.

Many people on Liu An's side have experienced war for the first time, but they are all brave and unafraid of death, with high morale and no mercy when killing people with weapons.

After Gao Sheng killed several nearby bandits, he went to find the bandit leader who was riding a horse, and Xia Houlan followed.

When the bandit leader saw the warrior in full armor coming towards him after killing several people in succession, he also rode up to meet him.

Since he can be the leader of thieves and bandits, he is naturally very powerful, and riding on a horse gives him a great advantage over his opponent who fights on foot.

The two met soon. The leader of the bandits took advantage of the momentum of his horse to slash at Gao Sheng with his sword. Gao Sheng also raised his sword to attack the opponent.

Qiang - The two swords connected, but Gao Sheng withstood the attack of the bandit leader with the help of his horse's momentum.

The bandit leader's sword was blocked by Gao Sheng, and his horse's speed slowed down a little. He wanted to circle back and fight Gao Sheng again, but he didn't expect that Gao Sheng still had enough energy after blocking the sword, and he slashed at the man passing by him.

Horse's hind legs.

Immediately afterwards, the bandit leader fell off his unbalanced horse and fell to the side.

When he got up, Gao Sheng had already rushed over and chopped off his head with a knife.

When the surrounding bandits saw their leader killed in battle, only dozens of them rushed towards Gao Sheng to avenge their leader, while the rest turned around and ran away.
Chapter completed!