When the screams and the clash of weapons sounded outside, Hong Chengchou suddenly stood up and rushed out of the door.
In the darkness, enemies seemed to be attacking everywhere. He couldn't even tell where the enemies were coming from. Even though his men were all elite border troops, they were in a panic for a while.
Although they didn't know how the enemy sneaked into such a close distance to attack, the elites quickly calmed down after the initial panic and began to try to counterattack and drive out the enemies who had sneaked into the village.
"My lord, my lord..."
"How many people are there and who are they?" Hong Chengchou asked in a deep voice, "Where's Hong Jiu? Let him come over immediately!"
"I don't know how many people there are, and I don't know who they are!" The elite who came to report said loudly: "Brother Ninth sent me to report to you, sir. They all seem to be people from the world!"
"Can you withstand it?" Hong Chengchou asked in a deep voice: "If there are too many casualties, let the brothers retreat to the middle of the village!"
"You can withstand it!" Elite said loudly, then said hello again, leading a group of soldiers towards the darkness ahead.
The servants held weapons in hand and crowded around Hong Chengchou, looking around vigilantly. After the initial panic, the soldiers around him quickly entered the battlefield under the command of their respective commanders. In just a moment, the movement outside began.
It's much smaller, presumably because it repels the enemy.
However, if they are people in the Jianghu, they have to be on guard. Those guys are elusive and will be in trouble if they hurt the adults.
Not far from the village, a group of people were watching the battle in the village under the light of torches.
At this moment, the first batch of officers and soldiers who attacked the village had retreated under cover alternately and were heading towards the brigade here. The people in the village also reacted. There were torches flashing everywhere and people running around.
"How about it!"
Seeing a Baihu running in front of him, Gao Jin asked in a deep voice.
"We killed more than twenty people, but only one of our brothers was killed, and several others were injured..." the hundred households said with some complacency.
"I'm not asking you this. I'm asking you: Didn't the officers and soldiers in the village chase them out?" Gao Jin glared at him: "I didn't let you take advantage!"
"No!" The hundred households choked back their pride and said somewhat depressedly: "These officers and soldiers have some tricks up their sleeves. They didn't chase us out while we were retreating. How about I lead someone to steal another wave?"
"Idiot!" Gao Jin rolled his eyes at the other person: "If I'm on guard, I'll shoot you like a hedgehog when I get close, and I'll try to steal you again!"
"Let's attack by force!" The other hundreds of households around them said: "Master Qianhu, brothers, I promise to capture these bastards!"
"No!" Gao Jin shook his head and smiled slyly: "It's still early, what's the point of attacking by force? We have surrounded them, and we're afraid they won't escape, so we'll give them a hard time first!"
He looked at Hua Sanqian, who had been silent beside him. He was a member of the Qianhu Firearms Team, and was a personal guard next to Mr. Zeng Jiang.
"Hua Baihu, what do you think?"
"As long as they come out, the firearms team will make it impossible for them to come back!" Hua Sanqian said in a deep voice, "But not in the village!"
"That's okay!" Gao Jin nodded and said to the other hundred households: "No matter how you do it, as long as you can draw the opponent out, remember, no force attack is allowed without my order. There are firearms teams, my soldiers and horses, and
There is nothing wrong with me when the other party fights face to face!"
The hundreds of households below him had a slightly disappointed look on their faces. They looked at Hua Sanqian and followed the order one by one.
The main backbone of Gao Jin's hundred households are the Jianghu people he recruited at the beginning. When it comes to fighting face to face, Gao Jin can confidently say that these people of his are no weaker than any army.
However, if there is a fight, there will be casualties. This is just a blind attack. It is okay to attack the opponent. It is really a face-to-face fight. Even if you win the opponent, you will have to lose a lot of people on your side. For a frontier army whose origins are unknown, you will not be killed or injured.
Among Shao's subordinates, Gao Jin is not that stupid.
He knew that Xu Jian's men and horses on both sides were still waiting for him to defeat the enemy, but he was not in a hurry. It would be boring to catch a turtle in a jar and hurt his fingers.
"Archers, archers, the enemy is coming from behind!"
Within half an hour, the enemy launched tentative attacks from three directions except the front. On Hong Chengchou's side, the busiest group was the group of archers.
When fighting at night, it would be best if you can prevent the opponent from getting close. Archer suppression is very important.
However, these sneak attack enemies are very thieves. Once they are found, a wave of arrows will pass by, and the enemy will disappear immediately. The village is so dark at night, and the torches will not shine far away, and the archers will not even shoot.
It's not even sure if it hits the enemy.
"Stop!"
Seeing that the archers were about to go to the back of the village to put out the fire again, Hong Chengchou frowned and stopped the team of archers: "You guys rest on the spot and replenish your arrows. The enemy is luring them!"
"Sir, if we don't suppress them, they will rush over!" Dui Zheng reminded.
"Then let them come over. I want to see what they are!" Hong Chengchou drew his sword: "They are sneaky and cannot be put on the table!"
Without the suppression of the archers, the enemies who were slowly approaching could finally see their appearance under the firelight. Just seeing the clothes on the opponent's body, the officers and soldiers of the village all beeped, and they all looked like they were eaten.
Shit expression.
"It's officers and soldiers!"
"That's right, sir, it was officers and soldiers who attacked us!"
"Have you asked them about their origins?" Hong Chengchou listened to his servant's report, and his heart skipped a beat. He vaguely felt that the thing in front of him should be what he thought.
"Brothers have shouted to them, but they ignored us!" The servant felt aggrieved: "Fortunately, they didn't fire arrows, they just looked for opportunities to attack at close range, otherwise, brothers would really be in trouble!"
Doesn't it shoot arrows?
Hong Chengchou sneered. It must be that he didn't bring many arrows, or perhaps the officers and soldiers didn't bring archers, although this possibility was unlikely.
It’s because you don’t want to get things done!
He felt that the other party must have thought like this. They made a sneak attack in the middle of the night, killing and wounding his own troops, which was regarded as repaying the revenge of his troops for robbing their food. But we were all officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Is it possible that in this deserted place, it was impossible for him to do so?
If you score one, it will be life or death!
"Keep shouting, just say that I, Hong Chengchou, want to talk to their leader!" Hong Chengchou said loudly: "Show our banner, huh, sneak attack on the officers and soldiers. If the other party does not want to rebel, it is time to garrison!"
A moment later, the loud servant's voice sounded in front of the village.
"Who are the officers and soldiers outside? We are under the command of Mr. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the Dudu Mansion, who is responsible for the food and political affairs. We are stationed here on the way to collect grain according to the military order. We, Mr. Hong, have said that we, the people who can make the decision, please speak out and see if it is right.
Is there any misunderstanding, lest brothers kill each other?"