"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Prepare to meet the enemy!" The harsh voice pierced the tranquility of the night sky, and the soldiers rushed out of the camp with their own weapons in hand.
"Huo Lang, take people to guard the left side! Let Brother Zhao guard the right side! Quick!" Liu Ruyi ordered loudly.
"Yes!" Huolang hurriedly ran towards the front of the camp.
Liu Ruyi looked at the panicked soldiers and shook her head feebly.
Those soldiers who have gone through several months of rigorous training in Caishi Town are better. At least they can rush out of the camp with full armor. As for those soldiers in the Nancheng Camp, many even come out of the camp shirtless.
He ran out of the house and didn't even know where he had left his life-saving weapon. He was just like a headless fly, stumbling around in all directions.
"Young Master, what should we do?" Xiao Liu'er was also a little anxious and wanted to rush forward immediately.
Liu Ruyi took a deep breath and tried to calm down her mind, "Liu'er, you lead the personal troops to organize the soldiers in Nancheng. Anyone who disturbs the morale of our army will be killed on the spot!"
"Young master, what about you?" Xiao Liu'er was a little worried about Liu Ruyi's safety!
"You don't have to worry about me! Go quickly!" Liu Ruyi shouted loudly.
"Yes!" Xiao Liuer did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly led a dozen soldiers around him to rush into the chaos ahead.
"Let's go! Let's go to the front too!" Liu Ruyi called to the remaining dozen soldiers around him and quickly ran towards the front of the camp.
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At this time, the bandits had already rushed to the camp. They lit countless torches, but they did not dare to rush forward rashly. They only cheered and roared dozens of steps outside the camp!
"What a bastard, you official bastards! Leave your things behind and get out! Grandpa can still let you live! Haha!"
"Haha! You official bitches, if you have the guts, come out!"
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The thieves outside the camp were scolding them more and more harshly, and many soldiers could no longer hold it in any longer.
Liu Ruyi's group of soldiers belong to the Guard Army, just like the reserve forces of later generations. In terms of equipment, drills, and military configuration, they are far behind those soldiers. There are no archers, no muskets, and they lack long-range strikes.
Weapons, facing this gang of arrogant thieves, there is really nothing we can do at the moment.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not dare to fight rashly, those bandits became even more powerful!
They rushed forward one after another, threw their torches vigorously onto the fence in front of the camp, and then cheered and retreated back.
Liu Ruyi's face was ashen. These bandits were really arrogant! They dared to attack the army camp in public! You can imagine how bold they would be on a normal day!
Most of the fences are made of pine and locust wood, which are dry and flammable. For a moment, the thick smell of tar smoke filled the air, and two long walls of fire were lit in front of the camp, illuminating the entire night sky!
"Sir, let's go out and kill! If this continues, I'm afraid the whole camp will be set on fire by them!" Zhao Canghai was also a little anxious. Just now, the bandits' torches had already killed two unlucky soldiers.
Han was burned alive into coke.
Liu Ruyi slowly shook her head, her eyes fixed on the bandits who were only a few dozen steps away from the camp, "Continue to organize the army! Assemble the brothers to the wide area in the center, and then wait for orders!"
"Yes!" Zhao Canghai had no choice but to quickly go back to organize the army.
"Damn it, I'm going to kill these idiots!" Seeing the thieves pressing closer and closer, Xu Xianhui was furious and couldn't help but rush out. Have they ever been so wronged?
Liu Ruyi grabbed his collar and pulled him back, "What the hell do you want to do? How dare you not listen to my orders?"
"I don't dare to be humble!" Xu Xianhui hurriedly knelt down on one knee. He did not expect that an adult who usually seemed thin could have such great strength.
The thieves were getting closer and closer, and through the flickering firelight, their ferocious and excited faces could be faintly seen.
Liu Ruyi frowned. In this era, due to the lack of calcium, zinc and many other trace elements due to food, many people suffer from night blindness! These thieves who live by the river all year round are better off. After all, they can eat regularly.
To Hexian, but for Liu Ruyi's soldiers who came from the mountains, fighting at night is indeed not their specialty.
"Back off! Let them in!" In a moment, Liu Ruyi had made a decision in her heart. This was the right way to use her own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
The soldiers stepped back dozens of steps, handing over the first barrier of the camp to the bandits.
"Brother, we can't retreat any longer! If these fires ignite our supplies and food, we will be in trouble!" Huo Lang came forward anxiously.
A slight smile suddenly appeared at the corner of Liu Ruyi's mouth, "Don't worry, I know it well!"
These thieves dare to rob even the military camps, just for money. Now they have not gained anything, so how can they stop easily?
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In later generations, some so-called "Zhuanjia", "Calling Beasts" and the like always like to call these famous thieves in the late Ming Dynasty "righteous bandits"!
In the eighth year of Chongzhen, during the "Hanzhong Breakout", Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others were able to escape from the virgin forest in southern Hanzhong to western Henan with the help of the Hebang. Later, Li Zicheng was trapped in Luoyang and flooded
In Kaifeng, the He Gang also contributed a lot! Two generations of 'Chuang Kings' relied on the He Gang. From this, we can imagine how powerful and capable they were in this era.
Soon, the thieves and bandits also discovered the weakness of the officers and soldiers. They cheered and screamed one after another and rushed towards the army camp.
Through the firelight, Liu Ruyi could also clearly see the attire of these bandits. Most of them wore short shirts and straw sandals, and in their hands were harpoons, daggers and other equipment and weapons commonly used by fishermen. They were undoubtedly from the river gang!
Although they are powerful, their number is not large, less than a thousand at most. They rely entirely on their familiarity with the terrain and want to treat Liu Ruyi's officers and soldiers like monkeys!
"Sir, let's go! All it takes is one charge, and I will promise to cut off the bird's head of the thief and bring him to your lord!" Xu Xianhui's black face turned red from suppressing his anger. It was obvious that he could no longer stand the arrogance of these thieves.
Liu Ruyi smiled slightly, "Don't be anxious, let more of their people in!"
Looking at the shaking figures one by one, Liu Ruyi slowly pulled out the sword from his waist, 'He Gang, haha, we have to let these big men understand!'
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"Kill! You are a bitch who kills officials! Brothers, charge!"
Seeing that most of the bandits had rushed through the wall of fire in the army camp, a leader of the bandits shouted loudly to his subordinates and rushed towards Liu Ruyi to kill him!
Liu Ruyi had been waiting for a long time, and pointed her sword forward fiercely, "First row of spearmen, meet the enemy!"
"Yes!" Huo Lang suddenly shouted loudly, called to his subordinates, and rushed towards the bandits.
Due to the sharp increase in military strength and the lack of grassroots officers under his command, Liu Ruyi had no choice but to mix the original veteran soldiers with those from the Nancheng camp. More than 200 people formed a team, and they were divided into five teams.
The team consisted of Zhao Canghai, Huo Lang, Chun Wa, Xu Xianhui, and Xiao Liu'er, each leading a team, while Xiao Liu'er led Liu Ruyi's personal guard team.
"Second row! Get ready!" Liu Ruyi shouted again before the two armies could engage in battle.
"Yes!" Xu Xianhui excitedly clenched the spear in his hand and stared closely at the battle ahead.
In a matter of moments, Huo Lang's soldiers and the bandits from the He Gang rushed to kill each other.
Most of the bandits in the river gang used harpoons and short knives, while the officers and soldiers all used long spears. The two sides collided suddenly, and a verdict was reached!
Although all the bandits in the He Gang were brave, in the dense spear formation of the officials and civilians, their personal bravery could not be displayed at all. The smarter bandits quickly hid behind the crowd, while those with a more straight-minded mind were directly beaten by Liu Ruyi
The officers and soldiers under his command were turned into meat skewers with their spears!
Those soldiers who came from the Nancheng camp, they were not as weak as they were, and they could burst out with such terrifying power. Under the leadership of the old soldiers from Caishi Town, they cheered and cheered, not caring about their own
His body and face were splattered with blood.
"Second row, enter! Third row, fourth row, prepare for battle!" Although he won the first battle, Liu Ruyi did not dare to be careless at all, and loudly scolded Chun Wa and Zhao Canghai from behind.
"yes!"
As the soldiers from the second team, the third team, and the fourth team join the battle, the battle situation becomes clearer!
Although these Hegang bandits are brave, they are still a mob after all. They may still be strong in the battle with the wind, but after encountering such a tenacious counterattack by the army, they can no longer stand it!
"It's a prick! Brothers, the wind is tight, pull it!" Seeing this, a bandit leader quickly retreated to the back and shouted loudly.
Soon, the bandits who were still watching from behind retreated towards the river bank like a tide. However, those bandits who were the first to rush to the army's camp unfortunately became live targets for the army's spear practice!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The soldiers who were already red-eyed were still charging forward, but Liu Ruyi made people blow the antlers to withdraw the troops!
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"Sir, why don't you kill all these bastards! Hey, you let them escape so many!" Looking at the two to three hundred corpses left behind by the bandits, Xu Xianhui was still a little aggrieved!
Liu Ruyi smiled and patted his shoulder, "There will be more opportunities in the future, so why should Brother Xu care about this moment?"
Xu Xianhui also knew that he had made a mistake, so he quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "Sir, I am just unwilling to accept my humble position! I have no other intention, please punish me!"
Liu Ruyi nodded and reached out to help him up, "Brother Xu, being brave is one thing, but obeying orders is the bounden duty of every soldier under me! Otherwise, how could you become an army?"
"Yes!" Not only Xu Xianhui, but all the officers around him fell to their knees!