Chapter 188

The trampling sound of horses' hoofs was particularly striking and harsh on the gray earth, which surprised the five hundred royal guards who protected the carriage.

I thought it was still an official Army, but when I look carefully, the clothes and flags are not like at all. The thousands of royal guards who led the team dare not take risks at all.

"Go back to the city..."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yan poked her head out of the car, looked at the flustered team and hurriedly asked.

"Report back to your mother. There is a team of cavalry in the northwest. There are almost a thousand cavalry. It doesn't look like an army."

"Hard... Are they anti thieves? Have they all arrived in Kaifeng?" Zhang Yan also showed a touch of tension on her face.

"My mother is at ease. The cavalry is still far away. My minister took someone to stop them and let Liu Baihu protect my mother's carriage back to the city first. It should be in time."

Thousands of households said, but they didn't dare to delay, so they hurried to say hello.

Suddenly, hundreds of royal guards hurriedly turned around with the carriage, and all the palace maids and eunuchs trotted behind in panic.

The movement on their side finally attracted the attention of the cavalry and ran straight over.

"Chief, look, these guys are riding Mongolian horses."

The cavalry that came was the pro guard camp led by Qin Huan. They came to Xiangfu county to check the situation of the refugees. Who thought that when they approached the county, they found a team of people and horses, more than 500 tall Mongolian horses, and immediately blinded everyone.

This means that the distance is too far to see those palace maids, otherwise I'm afraid I won't really be blind.

"Don't worry about those who escaped. Kill these people first and grab all the horses."

Qin Huan pointed at the whip. A thousand guards pulled out their sabers and rushed to kill them. Their movements were much more skilled than before.

Hundreds of royal guards are used to flaunting their power in the capital. They are also good at fighting alone, but they have never been on the battlefield, especially in this kind of cavalry battle.

However, these are all hereditary royal guards. They are loyal to Daming. Now, in order to buy time for Zhang Yan, they all stubbornly pull out their waist knives and beat their horses to kill them.

"Kill!"

The result is self-evident. In less than a moment, 400 royal guards were killed by the wolf like Pro guards, and they only paid more than 100 casualties.

"What a horse!"

"Yes, it's really a good horse. It's a waste to let these guys ride."

After handling the dead brothers and wounded, the guards led three or four hundred tall horses and commented with joy.

Qin Huan only looked at the corpse on the ground, frowned slightly, looked at the waist token in his hand and said:

"Are these the legendary royal guards? But it's too vulnerable. What are so many royal guards doing here? Is it arresting people? "

Then he looked at the looming city wall in the distance and finally ordered: "search them carefully to see if there are official documents or the like."

"Yes!"

They immediately searched the body, but the ghost couldn't find it except some silver money.

"King, are these bodies buried or burned?"

"Burn it. These guys are a little bloody. If you pick off your coat and shoes, forget your inner coat."

Qin Huan waved his hand. If the bodies of hundreds of thousands of refugees were buried, they would probably be pulled out again. As for cotton clothes, they are in short supply and should not be wasted.

Not long after, more than 400 bodies were turned into a raging fire. Qin Huan then led people to kill the bodies of his dead brothers.

At this time, Zhang Yan and others had fled into the city. All the gentry came to the city gate with lingering fear. Obviously, they saw the scene of the royal guards fighting with the anti thieves just now.

"Close the gate."

"No, the guards of the palace haven't come in yet."

"Madam, they can't get in. Just now it was just a round and they were all killed by anti thieves!"

"What, all killed?"

Zhang Yanjing's beauty faded. Those guards are the best in a hundred. They were all killed in one round. How strong should the anti thief be?

Although the city gate was closed in time, there was still no relaxed expression on the faces of the gentry.

Hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city. If those anti thieves fan them to attack the city, I'm afraid they will be broken in an instant.

"Alas! What can I do now? I wish my mother had taken a step earlier. "

"Why don't you send someone to Kaifeng City and inform the governor to send troops to help!"

"If you want to go, you have to wait until evening!"

In fact, people don't worry about their own safety. They have heard about the style of anti thieves.

After breaking the city, the most they can lose is some servant girls and concubines, and then lose some money. Anyway, there is so much food at home, so what they really worry about is Zhang Yan.

"You don't have to worry. If the anti thief really destroys the city, this palace is just doing its royal duty."

Zhang Yan is calm now. Maybe she has seen more human tragedies in recent days and has long been indifferent to life and death, so she waved her hand.

The people also understood what she meant. They didn't say any more. Instead, they came to the head of the city again and watched the cavalry wandering outside the north city. They saw several horses running over.

"The people above listen, my king said, for your sake of porridge, as long as you open the gate and promise not to kill anyone, as long as you hand over your servant girls, you can not take money, grain and other materials!"

A pro guard shouted.

While the gentry and landlords were overjoyed, they also looked at each other, opened their mouths, and finally didn't answer. If Zhang Yan hadn't agreed here, I'm afraid she would have agreed.

The old man Zhang nodded when he saw Zhang Yan, so he replied, "little brother, you don't want money and food. Why don't you go back?"

"Old man, if you dare to think, don't be shameless. Open the gate quickly and don't be wordy!"

Scolded when he kissed Witton.

The two sides quarreled for a while. Seeing that the other party refused to agree to open the door, the pro guard had to return.

"Your Majesty, these guys are so arrogant that even the servant girls are reluctant to hand them over."

"Ignore them first. Go back and ask the engineers to bring some food. I'm afraid there isn't much surplus food in the city."

Qin Huan waved his hand. Just now, he had learned from the refugees that the big families in the city had given porridge for more than two months. In the first half of the month, everyone had two steamed buns, which really made him lose his chin.

It soon became dark, and hundreds of thousands of refugees suddenly became agitated when they saw that there was no porridge at night.

Some of the militants have already run back and forth, shouting, and they have simply turned his mother's back and killed them into the city.

More people began to think about children and women.

Qin Huan also knew that either he was hungry all the time, gnawing bark and grass roots, or he kept porridge. In this way, it was the most terrible to run out of food halfway.

The key is that there are many children under the age of 10 among these 500000 people, including many girls, which is terrible.

So I didn't dare to go at night. I ordered the pro guards to run back and forth among the refugees, shouting to maintain order.

While preaching the benevolence of King Hua and the purpose of the Chinese army, let everyone wait. There must be porridge tomorrow morning.

Those who dare to beat a stick and rob children and women will be killed, which will bring the situation under control.

"These anti thieves are so hateful that they killed so many people."

Zhang Yan has been watching the city. Seeing these anti thieves, she will pull some big men out and cut them off from time to time. Her pretty face flushed with anger.

Huang Zhi county on one side understood what was going on, because there was no major unrest outside the city, and most of the people killed were big men. He immediately understood that the anti thieves were maintaining order.

But I won't explain to Zhang Yan, otherwise I will inevitably help the anti thief get rid of it.

The next day, before dawn, the grain team arrived. Not long after, the smell wafted from the big pot.

In fact, it has the smell of fart.

"What are these anti thieves doing? Do they want porridge? Relief for these victims? "

Zhang Yan stayed up all night last night and came to the city early in the morning. Seeing that the refugees outside the city were divided into dozens, some sat on the ground and some lined up in a long line, she suddenly opened her mouth and said in surprise.

Because this scene is too much like porridge, and it is even more orderly than their usual porridge.