Chapter 18 Going into battle
That night, Lu Ye and Wang Hu lived on tenterhooks. They were in the bandit camp and didn't know what to do with them.
The guards at the door paid no attention to the two people being imprisoned. The two guards only talked to themselves.
A guard was beaming and said that he had broken down another village in the past few days and robbed a lot of food and a few big fat pigs. If he could give them a pig tail to taste, it would be very beautiful... …
Another guard drooled and said that he heard that the landowner’s wife had very white and tender skin, and it felt smoother than pork belly...
They also said that there have been envoys from other bandit kings recently, and maybe several of them will join forces to attack the county. There is a lot of food in the county and there are many beautiful women...
Then the two sighed again, it is a pity that the old king No, otherwise, with the appeal of the old king, he could gather a few people at will, and it would not be difficult to break through the county seat, and everyone would not be trapped in this broken mountain.
Lu Ye listened attentively in the woodshed.
You probably understand that the old king is dead, and the new king is not as strong as before, and has not yet developed to the extent of relying on hard power to conquer cities and stir up the world.
I just don’t know why this bandit became a big thief when it spread to the ears of the government.
The two soldiers at the door had limited information, and they turned over and over again the words Bai Mantou and Woman Bai.
There are no new tricks, and you will get bored after hearing it too much.
The two of them could only wait cross-legged in the woodshed. As a result, they neither waited for Commander Du nor the "heroine" lady.
The thieves ignored the two of them, and no one brought them water or food. They seemed to have forgotten them!
Fortunately, Lu Ye and Wang Hu were hungry, so they hid a few meat patties close to their bodies.
The two of them were hungry, so they took out a piece of meat pie to share.
Wang Hu: "Brother, then Commander Du will not break his promise and kill the two of us as slaves to be buried with him, right?"
Lu Ye was not confident enough, so the two of them Another piece of meat pie was shared.
Wang Hu: "Brother, if you really want our brothers to die tomorrow, why don't you allow us to become a dead ghost?"
So the two of them simply finished the remaining meatloaf. , and then fell asleep.
The next day, the horn sounded in the camp, and we heard the noise outside.
The door of the woodshed was opened, and the guards came in and roughly pulled the two people out.
But I saw the "heroine" lady riding a horse outside, surrounded by several tall, thick-looking women with slutty faces protecting her.
A woman threw two broken wooden shields on the ground.
Miss "Xia Xia" said coldly.
"Pick it up. If you want to join my camp, you must make meritorious deeds!"
"Don't you want to submit your name? I will give you a chance today."
After saying this, this young lady turned out to be Da Ma turned around and left with the ladies.
Lu Ye and Wang Hu picked up their shields in confusion and were pushed forward by the guards.
I saw a group of people in the open space of the camp. There were about a few hundred people. They were all shabby and skinny men in rags.
The guards pushed Lu Ye and Wang Hu into the crowd. Lu Ye looked around and found that some people had red faces and excited expressions, while others had trembling lips and trembling legs.
There were more than a dozen armor-piercing horsemen on horseback, and a hundred infantrymen holding tattered swords and shields to suppress order.
A dozen more infantrymen entered the crowd carrying a pile of wooden sticks, and each man was given one stick.
Lu Ye weighed the wooden stick in his hand, bent it, and whittled the head casually twice, but it was far worse than the wooden stick he had carefully sharpened before.
Everyone around him had a "wooden gun" and was covered in cloth. Compared to him and Wang Hu, he and Wang Hu had an extra broken shield, which was considered a good thing.
There were many empty sacks and long ladders placed in the open space.
A trumpet sounded.
The crowd carried long ladders, took sacks, and set off with the horse team. They walked around in circles for an unknown amount of time. They stopped to rest on the way, and each person shared a piece of grain pancake to replenish their strength.
Then someone ordered them to fill the sacks with soil and carry them forward.
Fortunately, Lu Ye and Wang Hu held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, so they were not assigned to this hard job.
Not far ahead, I turned a corner and a village appeared in front of me.
The village is surrounded by earthen walls and trenches are dug in the ground. Villagers on the earthen walls are watching. When they see a large group of refugees approaching, they immediately beat gongs and drums. The whole village is filled with cries and cries.
A leader-looking bandit rode up in front of the crowd and shouted loudly.
"You all want to be foot soldiers! You are all men who want to fill your stomach!"
"According to King Chuang's order, as long as you don't die in three battles, that's it. From being a servant to being a foot soldier!”
"Either capture this village or die!"
"Whoever dares to retreat, kill him!"
"Now, charge for me!"
Woo woo The horn sounded.
A huge shout broke out from the crowd. Lu Ye and Wang Hu couldn't help themselves, being surrounded by the crowd and rushing forward.
Only now did he understand why the lady gave him and Wang Hu two broken shields to go to the battlefield. With these shields, they could have one more life than others!
The crowd rushed forward in a chaotic manner, with no rules.
A gong sounded from the earthen wall of the village opposite, and a dozen long arrows were shot out sparsely.
Lu Ye was running when he saw the refugee in front of him suddenly screamed in agony, got an arrow in his head, and fell to the ground dead. He hastily raised his shield to his head.
Wang Hu leaned over and gasped.
"Brother, follow me."
He stepped forward, blocked Lu Ye, picked up the stick and was about to charge.
Who would have thought that when this group of people saw the opposite village shooting an arrow and killing their companions, they suddenly exploded and turned around and ran away like the ebb of the sea.
Wang Hu didn't react and rushed forward a few steps. There was no one around.
Gotta get it!
His wooden shield was immediately hit by several arrows.
Lu Ye hurriedly pulled him to retreat - everyone else had run away, wouldn't it be in vain for the two of them to rush forward?
In the rear, facing the fleeing crowd.
The rogue horse soldiers and infantry immediately wielded their swords and shot arrows, killing those who were running away at the front!
The leader's eyes were red, and he roared with his sword.
"Those who dare to retreat will all die!"
"Charge!"
He clamped the horse's belly and led the horsemen forward, and the infantry They shouted and followed, and when they rushed into the crowd, they couldn't help but swing their swords in a chopping posture.
The crowd was frightened and could only turn around and charge again.
Lu Ye gave Wang Hu a hand, and the two of them ran in the middle of the crowd, neither leaning forward nor behind.
This time the village shot more long arrows, but they could not stop the surging crowd.
There were many people carrying sacks in front of them. When they reached the ditch dug in front of the village, they immediately threw the sacks down and hurriedly turned around and retreated.
But the crowd was huddled together, without any order at all. The refugees behind pushed forward, and the refugees who had just thrown down the sacks were forced to fall into the ditch.
The ditch in the village was not dug deep, but there were sharp wooden stakes buried in it. Many of the refugees who fell down were penetrated through their bodies and screamed in agony.
There were horsemen and infantry pressing down on the formation, and the crowd continued to surge forward. People continued to be squeezed into the trench. Dozens of people immediately disappeared from the ground, and their bodies and sacks filled up the trench.
Lu Ye crossed the trench with the flow of people, and seemed to step on the heads of several people in the middle. There were people under his feet who let out heart-piercing screams. He couldn't care less.
He followed Wang Hu closely and crossed the trench. The earth wall in the village was only about ten feet high.
The refugees put up the ladder.
Many people roared and rushed forward with wooden sticks.
Many young men from the village appeared behind the earthen wall. They knew the consequences of the village being breached, and they all waved their swords, rakes, forks and other agricultural tools.
A man who looked like a landowner and gentry was also standing on the earth wall, waving a long sword to boost morale.
Puff puff puff puff!
Blood flowers bloomed, and the first wave of refugees climbed up the long ladder and rushed to the earth wall, screaming and falling to the ground.
However, the second wave of refugees rushed forward again.
After several repeated pulls, a layer of living or dead human flesh mats were soon laid out under the long ladder. In addition to the refugees, there were also a few unlucky villagers who were injured and pulled out of the earthen wall.
Lu Ye and Wang Hu were carried by the crowd and came to the bottom of the long ladder.
Wang Hu roared and rushed up on the ladder. Lu Ye also rushed up after Wang Hu, his eyes were red.
He tilted his head. Wang Hu's shriveled butt occupied most of his view. The remaining half of his view was of the villagers shouting and fighting on the earth wall. The tools in their hands shone with the cold light of death, which was particularly dazzling.
Poof!
Wang Hu, who was fighting in front, suddenly cried out in pain.
The body fell straight down.
Lu Ye only had time to push the shield in his hand to stop Wang Hu from rushing down and falling directly.
Wang Hu's body fell instantly before his eyes. He was almost knocked down, and the shield in his hand also fell.
When Lu Ye managed to steady himself on the ladder, his vision suddenly became clearer.
At some point, he was pushed to the forefront.
Time seems to have frozen.
On the earthen wall, the villagers had ferocious expressions and distorted facial features. They were holding sticks and rakes to hit various vital points on Lu Ye's body.
Lu Ye seemed to feel the malice of the whole world, and everyone in front of him wanted to kill him.
And his good brother Wang Hu, who had been supporting him all the way, also fell down and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
He blinked, and everything in front of him turned hazy blood red.
Immediately, an unwilling roar erupted from his chest.
"Begging for a living..."
Lu Ye used all his strength to push the wooden stick upwards in his hand...
(End of this chapter)