The camp that Du Qi was in did not have any fences built around it, nor were there any trenches dug. After all, it was not a war. The soldiers were just setting up simple tents to sleep. However, there were soldiers patrolling the entire resting area.
Torches were burning, dispelling the surrounding darkness and ensuring the safety of the campsite.
Not far away, there were six groups of bandits gathered together.
There were more than five hundred bandits in the six groups.
They were the only remaining bandits. According to the original situation, all the bandits were driven south to the area where Du Qi and his family were. However, all the bandits who went south were defeated without exception. Most of them were killed or injured when they fought with Du Qi and his family. Only a few of them could escape.
Such a situation made the last few groups not dare to go south. Instead, they hid near Linfen County. Gao Yazhi was also aware of the situation and did not continue to force them.
Therefore, these bandits had always been there and kept in contact with Gao Yazhi. Now that Gao Yazhi had given the order, even if they knew that Du Qi was not easy to deal with, there was nothing they could do.
They could only besiege Du Qi and his family. Otherwise, Gao Yazhi would annihilate them.
The leaders of the six groups of bandits gathered together.
Their expressions were very solemn. They knew very well that if the operation tonight was successful, they would gain countless benefits and endless wealth.
If they failed, they would die.
"Everyone, no matter what, we can only fight."
Someone among the bandits spoke.
"We have no other choice."
Someone else echoed.
The rest of the bandits also expressed their opinions and finally reached a unified opinion. The six of them each carried their weapons and led more than five hundred bandits to quietly approach the area where Du Qi's campsite was.
When they were about a hundred steps away, they could no longer hide their movements. The reason was very simple. The burning torches dispelled the surrounding darkness. Within a hundred steps, they could see clearly.
"Kill!"
An ugly bandit leader gave the order, and the bandits under his command swarmed out like a swarm of bees.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! "
The other bandit leaders also gave the order. In an instant, the five hundred plus bandit soldiers all began to charge forward. Furthermore, this ambush was not aimed in one direction. Instead, it spread out and formed a circle to surround the surroundings.
Tuan Tuan charged inside.
When the battle cries were heard, the patrolling soldiers immediately became alert.
The soldiers in the tents also charged out in a short period of time. Tonight, everyone was sleeping in their clothes. So once there was an attack, they immediately got up and quickly formed an encirclement, protecting Du Qi, Du Ruhui, and the rest of the family. Then they formed a square formation.
Du Qi also came out from his own account.
He looked at the surrounding bandits who were charging at him with a faint smile on his face.
He really came.
However, the county magistrate of Linfen, Gao Yazhi, had not arrived yet.
This was rather unexpected.
Du Qi was not in a hurry. He watched as the distance between them narrowed. When the distance was reduced to about sixty steps, Du Qi ordered, "Archers, fire!"
The people around Du Qi were mainly Xiao Yuanqi's soldiers. Although these people had become bandits, they used to be soldiers, so it was not difficult for them to use bows and arrows. Moreover, they had been purchasing weapons along the way, so many of the soldiers were equipped with bows and arrows.
Although there were not many archers, dozens of arrows shot at the same time into the bandits and took away twenty or thirty lives, causing damage to the enemy.
"Kill, kill them!"
The bandit leader in the rear gave the order and shouted.
Following the order, the bandits kept charging forward. After all, there were not many bows and arrows. Even if they were affected, they did not lose many people. The bandits were still closing the distance.
The distance from sixty steps was reduced to about thirty steps.
The lethality of the bows and arrows was gradually reduced.
Because bows and arrows were not like crossbows and arrows. Crossbows and arrows were more lethal the closer they were, because crossbows and arrows were shot out in a straight line. They were fast, powerful, and lethal. However, bows and arrows did not have this possibility. They needed to be at a certain distance to be lethal.
One by one, the bandits had smiles on their faces as they roared and charged forward.
Du Qi saw this and a smile appeared on his face.
After discussing with Liu Zhengxi, he had predicted that there would be an attack at night. How could the archers be the only means?
Suddenly, a scream came from the bandit running at the front. The bandits staggered and fell to the ground one by one, wailing. After falling to the ground, these people looked down and immediately shouted, "Iron caltrops! There are iron caltrops on the ground! Be careful!"
Loud shouts came one after another.
Although the iron caltrops did not cause any deaths, at least at this moment, thirty or forty people had lost their fighting strength and fell to the ground, unable to move forward.
The bandits running behind heard this and slowed down their attack. They were worried that the iron caltrops would pierce their feet, so they slowed down. As soon as they reached the area of iron caltrops, they quickly cleaned up the iron caltrops on the ground and threw them aside to prevent their feet from being pierced.
A moment later, everyone had already surrounded Du Ruhui's group.
There was a distance of ten steps between them.
However, they were not in a hurry to kill. Instead, they temporarily maintained the encirclement.
Under the protection of the soldiers, Du Qiren faced the encirclement of hundreds of people and calmly shouted, "What's wrong? You bandits have surrounded us, but you're not attacking us. Are you planning to stay in a stalemate until dawn?"
"Du Qi, as long as you and your father commit suicide, we won't hurt the innocent."
A bandit leader in the crowd shouted.
This was to reduce the casualties.
As long as Du Ruhui and Du Qi were dead, the hatred between the Du family and the aristocratic families would be resolved.
A smile hung on Du Qi's face as he said, "You bunch of bandits are really stupid bandits, really stupid! You're asking me to commit suicide at this point. You're too naive and overestimating your strength. Your strength is not enough for me to kill you. "
"You think too highly of yourself!"
A bandit leader ordered with a cold face, "Kill, kill Du Qi!"
"Kill Du Qi!"
The others gave orders.
The surrounding bandits started to fight their way out.
Du Qi ordered to fight back. Xiao Yuanqi immediately led his men to fight back. The people who came down from Hengniu Mountain were not afraid at all when they saw the four to five hundred people. Instead, they shouted and rushed forward.
These were all battle merits!
These were all money!
The more people they killed, the more wealth they would have.
Especially the people under Xiao Yuan Qi's command, they were all veterans of the battlefield, they knew how to cooperate. Three people in a small formation, five people in a large formation. In addition, Du Qi had also purchased a lot of armors and equipped them with them. Each and every one of the soldiers was equipped with armor, in addition to the team's cooperation, their lethality was high and their defensive power was high, they were extremely formidable.
The bandits were stunned as soon as the two sides started to fight.
Even if there were four to five hundred people on the other side, the bandits could not withstand the fierce attack of more than a hundred people. They kept retreating. Many bandits were even more terrified.
During this time, Xiao Yuanqi's people had made a name for themselves. All the bandits around Linfen County knew that Du Qi's team was invincible.
Now that they were fighting, they realized the desperation of the battlefield.
The battle on the battlefield was overwhelming.
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