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Chapter 1161 The Damned Evil Thief

"I can still hold on here, you go and pick up Zhou Zhongwang." Without waiting for Yanqiang to get close, Chang Zhengcheng shouted at him to pick up Zhou Zhongwang and others.

In such an urgent situation, Yan Qiang naturally did not dare to disobey orders. He whistled and led the elite cavalry around him, turning their horses' heads and galloping towards where Zhou Zhongwang and the others were.

Chang Zhengcheng didn't know that Han Zhaohui had fallen off his horse and was surrounded. He saw that Yan Qiang had already joined Zhou Zhongwang. He thought that with nearly ten elite riders, it should not be difficult for them to break out of the siege of the infantry bandits. He controlled his horse with his legs and shouted, "Go east, there is a mound next to the woodland two hundred steps away."

Xing Jinyin understood immediately and shouted, "Protect Changtou and go first. I'll cover you..."

Zhao Xingguang did not rush his horse to gallop. Instead, he slowly took out the tinder that he had prepared long ago, and shook it vigorously against the wind a few times. A small flame immediately ignited. His face was full of pain, and he raised his right hand with difficulty to move a small iron lump towards it.

  It turned out to be the "little bomb" that the fool Niu Chenghu left in the horse's saddle bag before he was captured!

Zhao Xingguang endured the excruciating pain of his wound and threw himself towards the group of thieves. Although the wound tore again due to the excessive movement, the excruciating pain and blood continued to flow out, his face was full of a gratified smile, and he murmured: "Damn evil thieves, I'll teach you a lesson about the power of thunder!"

Xing Jinyin, the right sergeant who was left behind, happened to be beside him. He quickly hit the horse's butt with the butt of his tiger spear and shouted loudly: "Sergeant, hurry up..."

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Just as Chang Zhengcheng and his men were riding their horses towards the mound under the official road in the east, Sergeant Zuo Zhou Zhongwang, with the help of Yan Qiang and others, was about to rush out of the siege of the bandits and ran towards this side. However, he did not rush out in a hurry, but kept shouting loudly: "Han Zhaohui... Han Zhaohui... Han Zhaohui..."

When Yan Qiang saw that there were only two of them fighting the thieves, he felt something was wrong. When he heard him calling "Han Zhaohui"'s name over and over again, he immediately understood everything.

He was heard shouting, "Be on guard! Drive the thieves back."

After the smoke gun shouted, he jumped onto the horse's back, turned his body to look around, and in less than a moment he sat back on the horse and shouted, "Everyone follow me."

Among Chang Zhengcheng's team, the one with the most outstanding skills is Lao Ye Bu Shou, who has always been trusted by his brothers and even has a hint of admiration for them.

Seeing that he was full of confidence, everyone whipped their horses and rushed forward behind him...

A crossbow arrow came from somewhere, but Yanqiang didn't even blink. He just quietly changed the position of the side plate in his left hand and blocked the crossbow arrow, which was not very powerful.

The long axe in his hand chopped fiercely, killing or maiming anyone who was hit. Facing this group of damned thieves, Yanqiang did not have the slightest sympathy or pity.

Seeing the thieves in front of them all avoiding him, a Ming army knight in armor appeared in front of everyone. He just lay quietly on the ground, with a pool of dark red blood mud accumulating under him. It was impossible to tell whether he was still breathing...

"Damn you villain..."

Seeing this, Smoking Gun felt a pain in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. He could only hear him roaring, "Quick, save him and get on the horse."

Soon two soldiers rode their horses forward and drove away the few remaining bandits. Only then did Zhou Zhongwang run over, dismounted, picked up Han Zhaohui and helped him onto his own horse. He then mounted his horse again and sat behind Han Zhaohui, holding him tightly to prevent him from falling off the horse again.

"Shi Tou, you're still breathing!"

After hearing Zhou Zhongwang's words, although Yanqiang was still furious, the resentment in his heart was somewhat dissipated. He shouted, "No more fighting, follow me and retreat eastward..."

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On the mound, Xing Jinyin was supporting the team officer Chang Zhengcheng as they watched the thieves who were shouting and cursing below. He felt extremely angry. He looked back at the wounded lying in all directions on the mound. Although none of them cried out in pain, it could be seen from their expressions that they were all trying to endure it.

"Captain Chang, the bandits are neither attacking forcefully nor willing to withdraw. It seems that they are waiting for reinforcements to arrive." A trace of worry appeared on the face of the tough guy Yanqiang.

"Yes. Even though Lao Zhao and his men are injured, these thieves can't stop us." Chang Zhengcheng looked to the west and continued, "But don't worry, wait for Xiao Duan's second squad, and then we can join forces and fight our way out together."

He raised his hand and pointed to the small forest below the mound, and said to the smoke gun: "Rush down, seize that forest, and hold it there, are you sure?"

Yanqiang looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a small forest under the mound, right next to the official road. It seemed that Chang Zhengcheng wanted to take that small forest into his hands so that he could rush down the mound and escape to the official road at any time.

He nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: "No problem, although there are many thieves, there are not many good ones."

The smoker Shi Dacheng still looked at the forest, and then said: "In my opinion, it will be enough to bring two people!"

"No."

Chang Zhengcheng said firmly: "According to my observation, there are many good fighters among the bandits, especially those who look like children. They are agile and ruthless. Don't underestimate them."

"Can……"

Smoking Gun hesitated for a moment before expressing his concerns: "I have brought too many people with me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to guard here, Changtou!"

"It's okay. I think the bandits don't seem to have any intention of attacking us head-on."

Chang Zhengcheng said firmly: "Besides, if you can occupy that forest, the bandits are not many elite troops. If they dare to attack me, you can just attack from the flank, and they will be defeated in one blow!"

Yanqiang thought about it for a moment and felt that Chang Zhengcheng's words made sense. He nodded and said, "Then I'll take three people with me."

"Do not."

Chang Zhengcheng smiled and said to him, "Take four. Bring all the brothers from your first division and right five. It will be easier to get things done with more people."

Smoking Gun smiled and said nothing more. He clasped his fists to Chang Zhengcheng, then turned around to greet the brothers of the First Division. At this time, Chang Zhengcheng's voice came from behind him again: "Bring your bow, and try to use your pistol as little as possible. It's too slow to reload."

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"Damn it, these dog soldiers are too difficult to deal with."

"Well, they look more powerful than Fu Zonglong and Ding Qirui's men. I think they can be compared with the officers and soldiers under Zuo Liangyu."

The two bandit leaders were looking in the direction of the mound, chatting leisurely. When they heard their companions comparing the group of soldiers on the mound with Zuo Liangyu's men, they couldn't help feeling dissatisfied.

"Humph. What about Zuo Liangyu? Our Grand Marshal cut off his water supply, but he still hid in the camp and dared not go out to fight. He just sent some miscellaneous soldiers to die."

"That's true, but these soldiers in the south are better than the local soldiers in Henan..."

"Humph, so what?"

The thief who had spoken earlier sneered and said, "Now that they have been cut off from water, how many days can they hold out? In the end, they will be defeated and flee!"

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a chaotic noise coming from the south of the forest. Then he saw an old servant running and crawling towards him, saying in panic, "Rush...rush down..."