"A gentleman lives in peace to wait for his fate, while a villain takes risks to gain luck." [Book of Rites· Doctrine of the Mean]
Although most of these thieves came from the military, they did not trust each other and were only reunited for survival. They had no loyalty to the commander at all, let alone the determination to die on the battlefield.
It's okay to encounter a favorable wind, but if it encounters a setback, this hybrid team will reveal its fatal flaw. More than 200 people were almost defeated by Zhang Liao's charge with about 20 guards.
, it will make people laugh if it spreads.
Just when the thieves were afraid and were hesitant to move forward, only some thieves with Hedong accents and Niu Fu rebels persisted in fighting. Those who wanted to retreat and escape were all killed by the former.
At this time, the door of the cake shop was suddenly opened from the inside. Two guards who were responsible for guarding the inside stood by the door, each holding a package in their left hands. They threw the contents of the package into the air and shouted loudly:
"Here is the money and silk. If you want, take it all!"
Hundreds of golden gold cakes were thrown into the sky and fell in a parabola above everyone's heads. The situation suddenly occurred and everyone in the audience was stunned. They involuntarily stopped their weapons and looked at the golden cake statues.
It fell to the ground like rain.
"It's gold!"
Someone shouted in the crowd, and then all the thieves hurriedly lowered their heads to pick up the gold cakes, completely ignoring Zhang Liao and others who were still stunned on the spot.
All they had in mind at this time were the gold cakes. As the gold cakes were being sprinkled down one after another, they quickly began to rob each other. No matter what friendship they had with each other in the past, some even started to pull out the cakes for the sake of immediate benefits.
The knives are facing each other.
It turned out that the emperor in the shop saw the strength of the thieves and was worried that Zhang Liao could not resist, so he came up with such a strategy. In fact, he did not have to do this. Historically, Zhang Liao's 800 men dared to defeat Sun Quan's army. At this time, Zhang Liao's guards
He is an elite who has been fighting for many years. What should he fear when facing two hundred thieves?
After throwing away the gold cakes, Zhang Fan took the remaining guards who were left behind in the shop, walked to Zhang Liao, and said in a deep voice, "The country has an order, and the thieves are in chaos, so we can take advantage of the opportunity to kill the enemy!"
There was a lot of chaos at this time. How could Zhang Liao not know that this was an opportunity? Wang Zhong was not far away at this time and happened to hear the guard's words. The look of shock flashed in his eyes and he quickly suppressed the fear in his heart.
The greed generated by the gold cake even restrained his subordinates from participating in the robbery.
If the person sitting inside is really the country, that is, Jin Shang, then the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive soon, and he will fight to the death no matter what. By then, the reward he will receive for his protection will be greater than these gold cakes.
Ten times thicker, a hundred times thicker!
The two of them didn't say much. They knew each other's thoughts just by looking at each other. They quickly gathered together and launched the final blow against the thieves who had already been in chaos.
The situation was completely out of control. No matter how many times the leaders shouted, it was of no avail. He and his few remaining men were no match for Zhang Liao and others. Zhang Liao strode forward, holding a big knife, and chopped down several people one after another.
He was still holding on to the gold cake he had obtained, but could not hold up a sword to resist. The situation on the battlefield soon became one-sided.
I saw Zhang Liao killing the thieves step by step and walking towards the leader. The leader had been defeated by Zhang Liao once before. At this time, he was even more frightened and had no intention of fighting. He turned around and tried to escape, but was chopped down to the ground by Zhang Liao.
Seeing that nothing could be done, the fierce leaders of the thieves fled with their cronies. However, before they had gone far, they heard the sound of galloping horse hooves coming from the street, and hundreds of cavalry rushed from the street in the blink of an eye.
In front of the cake shop, there seemed to be a strong wind and rain that was unstoppable.
The cavalry rushed over quickly and plunged into the melee. The thieves had no morale and could not organize effective resistance. With a shout, everyone turned around and ran away like a frightened beast. There was no time to escape.
He was chopped down with a knife, fell to the ground and was trampled to death.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Zhang Liao still had a calm and calm look on his face, like a battle-hardened general who did not dare to slack off even if victory was right in front of him. He shouted to a school captain who was running at the front: "
Your Majesty has an edict: The leader must be captured alive and no one should be allowed to escape!"
The captain was very skilled. When he heard Zhang Liao's words, he raised his thick eyebrows slightly. Instead of continuing to kill with the knife, he took a hard bow from the saddle, bent the bow and set an arrow, stood half upright on the horse, and held it with his legs alone.
Standing on the horse's belly, he took aim and fired continuously, hitting three or four people in the thighs in an instant.
Zhang Liao marveled at the opponent's cavalry and shooting. When he came to his senses, he saw that the battle in front of the bakery was coming to an end. Except for a few leaders who were still resisting, the rest were either running away or already dead on the ground.
The captain reined in his horse and returned, holding the rein in his left hand and holding the bow in his right hand. The two looked at each other, and before they could speak, thousands more people either rode horses or ran over, surrounding Beihuan inside and outside.
For a moment, chickens and dogs were jumping around, and the people were wailing.
Several people got off the horses. Some of them were trembling, while others fell steadily from the horses. Zhang Liao only glanced at it, then immediately put down the captain and walked to these people:
"I am traveling under the command of Zhang Liao, and I have met all of you."
These were the officials and generals who rushed over to escort the convoy after receiving the news. The trembling old man was Wang Bin, the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army. He was not in good health. When he heard about this, he immediately rode from the west of the city to the north, running all the way to let him go.
He was out of breath.
He grabbed Zhang Liao's wrist and said intermittently: "The country, how is the country?"
"The country is safe and sound, and we are still in the shop. Since Ming Gong has arrived with reinforcements, why not go and have a look first? I will be responsible for hunting down the escaped thieves." Zhang Liao's wrist hurt, but he didn't expect the frail old man in front of him to be anxious.
He actually still has such great strength.
On the other side, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang had a calm demeanor. After looking around the surrounding situation, he slowly said: "What the Lv Ben Order said is that we should go to see you first and ask whether the country is stable. As for this place, the North
All the houses in Huanli have been surrounded, and we will definitely not let a single thief escape. Let the soldiers handle the rest."
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you said, Duke Jiang." After hearing that the emperor was fine, Wang Bin's mood gradually calmed down, and he ordered the captain who had not yet left, "Uncle Wei, I still need to ask you about this matter.
Together with Jiang Xiaowei and others, we will lead the troops and cooperate with the Brigade Order to pursue the remnants of the enemy. These rebellious traitors who dare to raise weapons in front of Your Majesty deserve to die. We will arrest them all and hold them accountable, and we will not let any of them go!"