Chapter 63: Collapse

  Before this chapter, I'd like to discuss an issue with everyone. Recently, many friends have expressed their opinions on the military organization of the pig's foot in this book. In light of this, I think it's necessary for me to explain a bit! When writing this book, I considered things from the pig's foot's perspective. Since the pig's foot is not a historian or a military expert, and only has limited knowledge of later generations' military organizations, as well as some modern military knowledge, the issue of troop organization was not very clear! Therefore, I clumsily used the organizational methods of later generations! However, as the book progresses to a certain extent, the pig's foot will inevitably become more familiar with the situation at that time and discover the drawbacks of this type of organization. At least, it will feel that such military titles will bring many troubles to subordinates. So, when expanding power in the future, reorganization will be given to those who need rest! Therefore, for now, it's just the beginning, not a final conclusion! I hope friends who have opinions can be patient and continue reading! This aspect won't make everyone too uncomfortable! Two updates today, first update done.

  Zhuang Ding got up early, and they all climbed up to the wall of the village to look outwards. The eldest son of the Fan family knew that today's attack on Zhuangzi would definitely be launched again, so he didn't rest for almost a whole night, staying on the wall to observe the situation outside.

  After daybreak, they made tense preparations and kept a close watch on the outside movements. As soon as they saw that the two flagpoles outside had been raised, they became even more tense and made ready to fight back.

  But then they were all stunned, because suddenly they saw that the two sticks outside not only didn't start attacking the village immediately, but instead started fighting each other. As a result, everyone inside the village became spectators, with their mouths agape and their heads stretched out, watching the chaos outside in a daze.

  They didn't understand what happened to the two rods outside, why they started biting each other first, but they were still happy to see such a scene, and one by one relaxed, giggling and pointing at the outside, all with a schadenfreude expression.

  "Good! Beautiful fight! Awesome! Haha! It's better if they all die! Then we won't have to waste our energy! Fight on... Great! Haha!"

  The people on the wall of Zhuang's house were all shouting and watching the excitement, how could they miss such a free show? So all the people in Fan's family were startled, one by one scrambling to climb up the wall and look out.

  Even Fan Lao Cai, who was over sixty years old, was pulled up onto the wall of the village by others and looked outwards with a quivering gaze.

  "It's a bunch of bandits! They're already fighting among themselves! Haha! Good fight! It'd be best if they all killed each other!" Mr. Fan laughed with joy, pointing at the outside scene and saying to his three sons.

  "Yes, yes, yes! This is all thanks to Dad's good fortune. Our village is saved this time around! Nothing to worry about, Dad! Nothing to worry about!" His three sons also couldn't help but smile and laugh, answering while keeping a close eye on the outside, afraid of missing out on some good show.

  However, unlike most people, there was only one sturdy man, Tiger Pao, who stared at the scene outside with a distracted expression, nodding his head from time to time, and furrowing his brow. Suddenly, he turned his head to Fan Lao Cai and said: "Master! The pole outside is not ordinary, we can't be too happy too early. I saw it yesterday, this pole is protecting the tenants in the village, filling up the moat outside. They are very different from another group of poles, they are very disciplined and dare to fight! If they were the ones attacking, I wouldn't dare say that I could defend the village!"

  Fan Lao Cai turned his head and looked at the sturdy man in surprise, saying: "Luo Li, are you overthinking? The two gangs outside are fighting each other to the point of bloodshed, they're almost brain-dead! Do they still have the energy to attack our village? Don't think too much, your contribution to defending the village this time is not small. After the gangs retreat, I'll reward you heavily!"

  This burly man named Luo Li didn't take what Fan Lao Cai said seriously, so he furrowed his brow and stopped talking, turning around to walk to a less crowded area, continuing to quietly observe the situation outside.

  Xiao Tianjian's long spear holders all had gun handles of over four meters, exceeding the length of ordinary long spears by nearly one meter. When they charged into the enemy group with their spears, although the enemy also held long spears, they were powerless against Xiao Tianjian's long spears and were immediately knocked down several times.

  "Retreat! Fall back!" Xiao Tianjian yelled loudly, twisting his waist and pulling his long spear back to the ground without stopping for a moment.

  "Kill!......" The row of long gunners immediately retracted their guns and stabbed out again with a loud shout.

  At this time, the long gunners in the second row also stuck to the first row. They raised their arms and held the long guns over their heads, inserting the gun handles between the people in the front row from top to bottom, joining the stabbing.

  As a result, the long guns facing Wang Tianlong's subordinates immediately became twice as dense. Among them, there were also fierce men who, despite being at a disadvantage, wielded their waist knives to parry the long guns in front of them. Their bodies not only didn't retreat but instead charged forward because they knew that the weakness of the gunners lay in the fact that if they could squeeze through the gaps between the guns and get close to the gunners, they would be able to slaughter them at will. Experience had taught them that this tactic was extremely effective.

  But the second row of long gunners who had stuck together became their nightmare. They had barely squeezed into the first row of long guns, and victory was beckoning to them, but suddenly another gun tip appeared in front of them, and in an instant it pierced their throats or chests, and they were immediately knocked over, dead without understanding what kind of tactics this was, why the methods they used before didn't work?

  As more and more people were knocked down by the long guns, Wang Tianlong's men were really in disarray, retreating one after another with a terrified look on their faces, afraid of getting close to these deadly long guns and becoming the next victim.

  With several fierce halberdiers on both sides, they couldn't attack these long gunners even from the sides. The halberdiers were more ruthless, moving in unison and advancing and retreating together. Often two or three people would strike at one person simultaneously, and no matter how strong that person was, they couldn't withstand being hacked by two or three knives at once. Lima was chopped until blood sprayed everywhere, and he rolled on the ground wailing.

  Over a hundred people, under Xiao Tianjian's more than thirty men's fierce attack, were beaten to the point of being unable to fight back, and could only retreat again and again. As a result, they finally couldn't hold on, several leaders were killed or injured, and only two remaining leaders saw that things were not going well, and no longer dared to persist, frantically shouting: "The situation is critical! Run quickly!"

  They took the lead and ran, so it was even more hopeless for the remaining mob to stay behind and fight desperately. The remaining guys let out a terrified roar in unison, then turned around and started fleeing, each one regretting that their parents had not given birth to two more legs, afraid of running too slowly and being caught up by the fierce gods behind them, stabbing them to death.

  They originally had a dozen or so horses left behind in the formation, and as soon as everyone fled, they all rushed towards these horses, each one competing to grab the reins and climb onto the horse's back. Even some people who didn't know how to ride horses went to seize them, wanting to quickly mount and escape.

  These horses were not happy either, who didn't want to ride them, this was also too much for them, let alone someone pulled the reins and someone climbed on their backs, after all, who wanted to ride them? Moreover, they were instantly surrounded by a group of two-legged things, which made them very nervous, so nervous that they were startled.

  Some horses were startled and kicked open the melons. Whoever stood behind the horse's buttocks was unlucky, and soon someone shouted that they had been kicked by a frightened horse and flew into the crowd, heavily colliding with people. The scene was already indescribable. In short, just imagine the chaotic scene! The more chaotic it is, the more chaotic it gets!

  The few people who had managed to mount their horses were squeezed in here by others and couldn't escape, while all around them people kept stretching out their hands, trying to pull them down so they could climb on themselves.

  The guys who had already mounted their horses were not having it, and in the heat of the moment, they actually pulled out their waist knives and started slashing at the people around them with outstretched hands. In an instant, several more people were injured. Those who hadn't managed to grab a horse were hacked at until they were screaming and cursing loudly. In the midst of the chaos, someone grabbed a long spear and simply went over to stab the people on horseback.

  Xiao Tianjian led his men, and at this time, also scattered to catch up, as well as Shi Rang and several horse-riding men, immediately surrounded the chaotic crowd, blocking the exit of Fanjia Fortress.

  "Surrender and you won't be killed! Surrender and you won't be killed! Put down your arms, kneel down with your heads in your hands! Whoever dares not to surrender, I'll hack you to death..." Everywhere was filled with loud shouts urging surrender.

  The smarter ones, seeing the situation, immediately realized they had no room for resistance, so they quickly threw away their weapons and knelt down, hugging their heads and shouting: "Spare our lives! Spare our lives!"

  There were still a few guys who didn't want to surrender, and as a result, they were immediately stabbed by the long spears coming from all directions, like a leaky water sack, bleeding profusely and falling to the ground. Under such coercion, even more people dropped their weapons and knelt down on the ground in droves.

  In the end, only a few of the horse thieves remained, refusing to dismount and surrender. They urged their horses on desperately, trampling people indiscriminately as they fled towards the road junction.

  This even provoked those who surrendered to curse loudly one by one, and they intimately inquired about the female ancestors of their eight generations.

  Due to the large number of people, these horsemen wanted to speed up but couldn't, and the horses simply couldn't run. These horses were exactly what Xiao Tianjian valued most in his eyes. Xiao Tianjian ignored those who had already surrendered and called out a few quick-footed subordinates, and they chased after them with swift legs.

  In the midst of this, the horse was unable to run again. Xiao Tianjian circled around and actually overtook them, holding up his long spear and shouting loudly: "Don't you want to surrender quickly? Do you really want to die?"

  A few horsemen rushed over, and were startled again. Two of them quickly grabbed the reins and hesitated, while among the remaining people, one guy was a small leader, naturally more ferocious. He knew that falling into Xiao Tianjian's hands would not end well, so he clamped his legs on the horse's belly and kicked it hard with all his might. The warhorse, in pain, finally charged towards Xiao Tianjian with great force.

  The little head on the horse's back, with a ferocious face, raised his saber and shouted loudly as he charged towards Xiao Tianjian, planning to knock him to the ground with one slash of his knife and then make a run for it.

  Xiao Tianjian saw that the man was not listening to advice, so he also grasped his long spear tightly and charged forward. The horse sword met the long spear, but the long spear had an advantage in length. Xiao Tianjian was confident that he could knock the man off his horse with one spear thrust, so he charged forward with full confidence, determined to defeat him.

  The two clashed, but it was only for an instant. As they drew closer, Xiao Tianjian turned his body and thrust his spear at the other man's chest and abdomen. However, what caught him off guard was that the other man was extremely skilled in horsemanship. With a powerful swing of his horse sword, he dodged Xiao Tianjian's long spear on horseback and even sliced it in two. In an instant, they had crossed paths, and the man didn't even swing his sword again. He simply held it flat and used the speed of his warhorse to slash at Xiao Tianjian's neck.