Seeing Hu Xiu strode away, Ma Cuo's face turned pale and bit his back teeth until he made a sound. After a long time, he waved his sleeves suddenly: "This guy... dares this guy be so rude!"

A follower smiled and advised: "Don't calm down. Now it's time to use people. Let's just let him be arrogant. No matter how fierce this guy is, after all, his mother is in our hands, so what if we want him? When this matter comes, we will deal with him severely!"

Ma Cuo glared at the entourage: "He is almost sixty, he looks sick, how long can he live? Well? What if the old woman burps one day and this guy starts to attack, who can control it?" He snorted coldly and continued to complain: "Look at it, no one has treated him badly; but this guy is as handsome as a wolf and a tiger, and has a bigger temper than me!"

The Luochuan thieves were defending the land, unlike those Hu'ers who were riding and roaming, but hundreds of thieves gathered together and basically did not do anything to produce. What to eat, what to wear, what to use? This could only be solved by plundering. At first, the thieves plundered supplies, but later they developed into plundering slaves to engage in various labor.

In recent years, the total number of slaves, craftsmen, and farmers who were plundered from the front and back was probably more than 500. Most of them had long accepted their fate and served the bandits respectfully. Their families were taken to the inner house to serve the Ma family, while they themselves served hard labor and undertake all kinds of hard work. When foreign enemies arrived, the Luochuan thieves first detained their wives, children and parents to coerce them to fight. Hu Xiu's mother was old and detained in the dungeon for several days and became weak. Because her son was unruly, the old woman was afraid that she would suffer more than others.

But in Macuo's mouth, it seemed that Hu Xiu didn't understand human rights and wrongs. These words were inconsistent and unreasonable. The followers looked at each other and cursed shamelessly in their hearts, but they had to keep saying a word and blame Hu Xiu for being rude. The group did not say much, and assigned people to keep the prison firmly. Ma Cuo took some of his confidants and inspected the next important place.

Hu Xiu didn't have the heart to care what Ma Chou said behind his back. People in the Ma clan are all cruel and ruthless characters; Hu Xiu had long seen through their sinister intentions. It's a pity that his mother was strictly detained by them, and he failed to rescue him several times!

Hu Xiu sighed hatefully and walked towards the main entrance to the south of the dock wall. The Luochuan thieves' fort actually occupied the high platform within the palace city in the southwest corner of the ruins of the Daiwang City. The thieves had no ability to operate and could not plan. They had repeatedly piled up wood and stones for decades, transforming it into a messy fortress like a maze.

The road leading to the main entrance to the south was very narrow, with crooked and rusty houses on both sides. At this time, many thieves holding weapons were running back and forth, and some thieves shouted and led them to the places where they needed to be defended. People on both sides crossed and blocked the entire road. Hu Xiuzheng was furious, and he became more and more angry as he saw the thieves. So he relied on his tall figure as an iron tower and a heavy armor to protect him. In this situation, he broke into the flock of sheep like a rhino. Everyone blocked the road was easily knocked away, causing ghosts and wolves to cry along the way.

When he walked to a corner, "Brother Hu! Brother Hu!" Several young men in ragged clothes greeted him and ran towards him.

"Brother Hu, have you ever seen your father?"

"Have you ever seen my sister?"

"My uncle and aunt are okay?"

Several people surrounded Hu Xiu and asked repeatedly.

These young men were not thieves, but ordinary people who were captured and plundered into Majiabao. They were friendly to Hu Xiu all day long. Seeing him passing by, he hurriedly ran up.

"Don't worry, your family is all good." Hu Xiu kept walking, continued to move forward, and casually ordered: "You guys follow me!"

The young men showed joy and agreed. Everyone knew that the most powerful soldier in Majiabao was not the bandit leader Ma Tong, who was brave and proud, but Hu Xiu, the carpenter, blacksmith and hard-working man. The bandits took Hu Xiu's mother as hostage, so that the giant man could serve them. Following him might increase the chance of survival in the upcoming battle.

After getting Hu Xiu's words, several people quickly surrounded him. A small minion who led these people suddenly found that all the escorts had run away and couldn't help but be stunned. However, facing the fierce Hu Xiu, even the leader Ma Cuo did not dare to insult too much. What could he do?

When Hu Xiu climbed up to the village wall, two armies with hundreds of people had already passed through the walls of Dai Wang City and continued to advance. The enemy troops entering the city were like water pouring into sand and gravel, and they were covered by layers of broken walls and ruins, and they could not see clearly. On the fields outside the city, two other cavalry teams were cruising back and forth. Several knights were running ahead, with high military flags fluttering in the wind.

Horses were wearing military uniforms, covered with armor, and with dozens of elite subordinates guarding here. They had been standing on the top of the village wall for a long time. Seeing the enemy using such troops, he laughed to the sky: "Hahaha, first entangle their infantry in the Daiwang City. In just half an hour, Tujili and Yang Feixiang's cavalry could surround them, surrounded them, and blossom inside and outside! Haha! Haha! Brothers, kill all the enemies, drink and eat meat!"

Just as he was happy, Hu Xiu walked over. The horse's confidant soldiers were all fully armed. Seeing Hu Xiu approaching, they all showed a vigilant look. Hu Xiu seemed to be unaware and watched from all directions.

"Those people... seem to be like imperial soldiers..." A Ma Cuo's subordinate stared at the flying flags of the cavalry team outside the city and suddenly frowned. Although many of the flags could clearly see traces of hurrying, the court system was different from the Green Forest, and all flags and banners had certain rules. After all, there were extraordinary knowledge among the Luochuan bandits. After seeing it with their own eyes, they couldn't help but wonder the origin of the enemy.

As soon as this said, Ma Tong's heart twitched. He suddenly thought: Although the hard laborers could barely drive the battle, the orthodox majesty of the Great Jin Dynasty was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is really doubtful how much fighting will these people can retain when facing the imperial military and horses!

Although the horse was wary, it was also very delicate. At this moment, he was standing not far away from Hu Xiu. When his thoughts turned sharply, his left hand behind him quietly made a warning gesture. The guards were all war-torn thieves, with no expression on their faces, as if they had unconsciously dispersed a few steps, each holding the hilt of the knife in his hand, and faintly forcing Hu Xiu in the heart of the Gai.

How can such a qi pull can be hidden from Hu Xiu? The veins in the corners of his eyes hopped, and his expression became colder. If it weren't for the rat's gaze and the conflict was unintentional, I really wish I could kill a few thieves on the spot to enjoy it...

When the Luochuan thieves were nervously preparing for the war, Lu Yao had already brought his men into the ruins of the Daiwang City, and was leaping up to a high place and looking out from a distance.

From his location, the thief's dock wall is located in the high platform in the southwest corner of Daiwang City, which is the former palace city, which is about a foot higher than the surrounding terrain. Due to years of disrepair, many places collapsed, and the yellow rammed earth layer poured downwards, forming a rugged and gentle slope. On the gentle slope, the curved and coiled vines stretched out from somewhere and grew wildly everywhere. At the top of the gentle slope, the Luochuan thief used a wooden fence to block the passage, barely as a defense.

The original Dai Royal City is surrounded by the original Dai Royal City. The palaces and houses of those days have long turned into soil ashes. The only part of the intact buildings is some used as pens for cattle and sheep, and only remains in other places. Many thorns are everywhere, blocking the access to the city. This makes the roads and buildings in the city almost all broken. Luochuan thieves have deliberately built them over the years and arranged many secret passages, guardrails, etc. If outsiders rashly break in, they will probably lose their direction soon.

Overall, the old nests of Luochuan thieves are not small, but compared with the deep grooves and high walls common to the Han people in the south, it seems much worse. This is determined by the living habits of Hu and Han in the northern border.

The number of Hu people in Daijun and Han people is about 73, and the same is true for Luochuan thieves. Although the Ma clan is Han, the subordinates they can recruit in battle are still mostly Hu people. The Hu people regard "fall" as the most basic social structure, and a considerable part of them still maintain animal husbandry customs. Usually, every "fall" will shepherd more than ten horses, twenty or thirty cattle, and more importantly, sheep, and the number will generally exceed more than three hundred. If you want to defend the walls, you will inevitably abandon these cattle, sheep and livestock. For the Hus, such losses are really unbearable. Therefore, the battles in the northern border are always achieved by field attacks. No one will be willing to fight defensive wars, and no one will be willing to spend the effort to renovate the defensive facilities.

Lu Yao knew very well that the Luochuan thieves contracted their strength to the Daiwang City this time, and they were definitely not going to defend themselves in the usual sense. The bandits would use the entire Daiwang City, which had a dozen miles of outer walls as the battlefield, and use the complex terrain in the city to cut off the Jin army's forces and entangle with the Jin army. It is obvious that the forces of various Zahu tribes that have gathered in large numbers since last night will soon arrive. In the eyes of Luochuan thieves, that was the critical moment to decide the outcome.

However, Lu Yao did not intend to perform according to other people's scripts. In Dai County, where several small forces remained balanced, the Luochuan thieves occupying the Daiwang City were considered a tough and hard bone, and their reliance was also here. But in Lu Yao's eyes, who had experienced a large war of tens of thousands of people, this group of thieves were just rats who were watching the sky. He had made up his mind to completely break the Luochuan thieves before the troops of other tribes arrived.

"Half an hour!" Lu Yao sneered and set a time limit for this offensive.

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My thirty-fifth birthday is over. At this age, I may not have any special passion. I just want to do something I like steadily. Code is one of them. Thank you for your contempt and willing to share these rough stories with me. I feel very happy. Thank you for your support and encouragement.

By the way, I would like to thank Ye Hui for his monthly ticket for his friend 19938269. It turns out that it was multiplied by 2 at this time :)
Chapter completed!