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As the spears continued to stab, the hungry people fell down one after another, wailing...

Amid the blood and gore on the ground, there were wounded hungry people struggling and wailing in pain. Some of them had already died and turned into cold corpses, but most of them were still struggling on the brink of death. Even their intestines had flowed out of their stomachs, which could not stop their desire to survive.

Some were alive but unconscious. They even hugged the bodies of the starving people who had long died around them and shouted for help. Some were stuffing pieces of intestines back into their stomachs. Some were crawling on the ground covered in blood, struggling in pain, trying to crawl back to their camps...

But even such a tragic situation did not scare away the infantry bandits led by He Jinlong.

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Seeing the government troops only ten steps away from him, He Jinlong shouted, "Flying guns, shoot!"

In an instant, more than 200 javelins flew out from the enemy's infantry formation, cutting through the hot warm wind and breaking through the air with an irresistible force...

These bandits were all surrendered officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and only they had such throwing skills.

Although there were many experts in javelin throwing among the old bandits, they were either in the more ferocious cavalry or had been promoted to leaders of varying degrees. Therefore, the main force among the bandits were mostly soldiers of the government army who surrendered after the previous great victories.

Although they had tried their best to avoid the hungry people when throwing the bullets, hoping to use the gap to launch a surprise attack on the government troops, the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and the gap that existed in the previous second might be blocked in the next second.

More than twenty javelins were still shot at the suffering starving people.

But most of the javelins still passed over the hungry people and were actually shot at the officers and soldiers...

"Ding……"

"Boom..."

"clang……"

For a moment, the sounds of javelins and shields colliding became one and the same!
Of course, there were also muffled groans. Some javelins successfully passed the shield wall and hit the officers and soldiers in the back row. Fortunately, the cold weapon soldiers of the Yongyi Army were all wearing armor, so it was difficult to kill them even with javelins thrown at close range.

But a javelin is not like an arrow. Due to its own weight, the force when thrown at close range is very great. Even if it hits armor or mail, it may not necessarily penetrate the armor and cause direct damage, but the simple impact can cause people to feel very painful.

This is the reason for those muffled groans.

Amid the sounds of collision and groans, there were occasional screams, perhaps because the bullets penetrated through the gaps in the armor plates and injured the officers and soldiers, or perhaps they hit vital parts and caused some casualties.

"Shieldmen, make a hole. Axemen, jump up... and kill the soldiers!"

He Jinlong's roar was like the ghostly voice of Yama from hell, demanding the souls of the dead. Many of the thieves and shieldmen immediately ran wildly. Twenty or thirty of them formed two vertical rows and rushed towards almost the same place with all their strength.

Almost at the same time, more bandit infantrymen took advantage of the force of their rapid run to leap up, trying to jump over the government army's shield wall and directly attack the swordsmen and spearmen behind them.

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"Shield wall, hold on."

Zhang Jintai was born into a night army, so his reaction to battle was quite fast. He shouted, "Spears raised, three rows ready to fight!"

In a flash, the shields of the government troops and the bandits collided heavily. The government troops won because they were well prepared. The shield soldiers half-crouched and held the shields tightly with their back feet, holding their hands tightly up and down, and the soldiers behind them helped to support them.

Although the bandits were running with great force, it was difficult for them to break through the officers' and soldiers' shield wall once, twice, or three times. However, no matter how strong the Yongyi Army's shield wall was, it could not withstand the bandits' continuous and relentless attacks.

What's more, at the same time, there are more bandits trying to cross the shield wall. They have to withstand the impact of the bandits' shieldmen and protect themselves from possible attacks from above. This is a huge test for the soldiers of the Yongyi Army.

"It's open..."

"Open the door, pour water... kill the officers and soldiers!"

As the first gap in the Brave Army's shield formation was opened, numerous infantry thieves rushed forward, shouting and yelling as if they had already won the victory.

Of course, their cheers were not without reason. As long as they could create one gap, they could then create a second gap. As the gaps became more and more, the numerical advantage of the bandits would become more obvious.

In their opinion, the moment the first gap was opened, the government troops should have fled immediately. If they were even a step slower, they would probably not be able to return to the camp for dinner!

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Li Zhixing was from Lijiazhai, Yanshi County, Henan Province. His family was originally self-employed farmers, but with the coming of famine, in order to survive, they had no choice but to mortgage all their land to the head of the village.

But he never expected that the famine did not take the lives of his family, but the bandits became the death talisman for everyone in the Li family.

Just because he showed a little resistance to the bandits who came to steal food, he attracted a large-scale siege by the bandits, which led to the destruction of the entire village. Not only were all the food and grass stolen, but his old father and mother also died in the war.

Another young and energetic brother was hacked to death on the spot by the bandits because of his disrespectful words, and his wife was also insulted by the bandits in front of him. Later, she jumped into the well, leaving him alone with his three-year-old son.

Fortunately, he and his child were hiding at the bottom of a well and thus escaped.

However, when he saw his wife jumping into the well, he almost cried out. If the child had not been frightened at that time and grabbed him hard, the outcome would have been completely different.

Later, fortunately, the government troops led by Yongning Earl arrived and he and his children were finally rescued. In order to avenge his family and of course to have something to eat, he would not die of hunger instead of war.

Li Zhixing followed the Yongyi Army for three days, and finally knelt outside the residence of Yongning Earl in Yanshi County for five days before he was accepted into the army and became a member of the Yongyi Army.

Later, he was incorporated into Chen Zhong's Yanhe Camp and stationed in Yanhe Town, Meng County, on the north bank of the Yellow River.

In order to avenge his family and to repay Earl Yongning for saving his life, Li Zhixing never slacked off in training. He even worked overtime and trained privately when others were sleeping.

It was precisely because of his efforts that he performed better than others in the subsequent anti-bandit battles and has now been promoted to a captain.

It was Li Zhixing's group that was breached by the enemy army.

"Brothers, fight hard and don't let the thieves rush in."

Seeing a hole in the shield wall, Li Zhixing became furious. He rushed forward with a roar, stepped on the shield in the hands of a brother from Class A who had just fallen, leaped into the air, and smashed down with the short hammer in his hand.

There was a loud bang, and it hit the shield of a bandit soldier. (End of this chapter)