Chapter 195 Rookies pecking each other
“The cold wind blows fiercely, and the clouds float sadly.”

The cold wind blew on his face and his clothes fluttered. Zhou Kui sat upright on his horse, looking at the remaining clouds in the distant sky and humming softly.

The horse team was running like this, and Zhou Kui could only grit his teeth and ride his horse to follow closely. Suddenly, the team in front slowed down, and he reined in his horse, and his clothes stopped fluttering. He looked carefully and found that they had arrived at a post station.

This was the last post station on the way to Jinan Prefecture. It happened to be noon, and the team escorting the leader of the Qinglong Hall had to stop here to have lunch, rest, and give water to the horses and feed them.

“Take a good rest.” The eunuch rode his horse towards the post station.

Zhou Kui understood that there was a big battle waiting for them ahead.

Regardless of the size of the post station, there was no threshold at the main gate. Several guards from the Imperial Household Department rode their horses and entered the main gate of the post station first.

This was a county post station. The yard was not big. Once more than a dozen horses entered, there was no space left, and the prison carriage could not fit in at all.

Suddenly, there was a noise from inside.

“What’s going on?” The eunuch walked to the door and asked loudly.

A guard from the Imperial Household Department came out quickly and said angrily, “Eunuch Huang, the post station didn’t prepare food in advance!”

Eunuch Huang: “What?!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a postman came out with a bitter face: “Greetings, sir.”

Eunuch Huang: “What’s going on?”

The postman still had a bitter look on his face: “We didn’t receive any notice!”

Eunuch Huang’s expression suddenly changed.

Zhou Kui also came over at this time and asked the postmaster: “Didn’t you receive the notice?”

The postman shook his head.

Zhou Kui’s heart skipped a beat. During their journey, they would notify the post station in advance to prepare meals and fodder, and there had never been any problems.

He suddenly remembered something and looked at Eunuch Huang.

Eunuch Huang also looked at him, and after a while he said, “Something must have happened to the person who delivered the letter to the prefect of Jinan.”

Zhou Kui was silent for a moment and asked, “What should we do now?”

“Let’s eat first.” Eunuch Huang looked at the postman, “Hurry up and prepare lunch.”

The postman was a little embarrassed: “This.”

Eunuch Huang understood: “Prepare as much as you can. Go quickly.”

The postman nodded quickly: “Yes, yes, I will prepare it right away.”

Zhou Kui looked at the postman’s back and asked in confusion, “It’s been so long, why hasn’t the local postmaster come to pick us up?”

Eunuch Huang was reminded and immediately winked at the man.

The man understood, drew his sword, and led a team of patrol soldiers in.

The dozen or so soldiers who were feeding water to the horses were startled at first, and then they all drew their swords.

“Exposed, kill!”

At this moment, the doors of all the rooms opened, and dozens of strong men rushed out with steel knives in hand!

“Yes, there is an ambush!”

“kill!”

The two groups of people started fighting with swords flashing and weapons clashing.

The warhorse was frightened and ran out of the courtyard gate neighing, knocking down several unlucky guys from the patrol camp.

Eunuch Huang was so angry that his face turned pale, and he shouted loudly: “Charge in and kill all the rebels!”

Teams of soldiers from the patrol camp rushed in through the gate of the post station with their spears held high and their swords raised high!
At this moment, a firework “whoosh” straight into the sky and exploded in the air.

Roars immediately sounded around the post station, and countless black spots rushed towards this side from three sides of the post station!

Eunuch Huang’s face sank: “Waste!”

Zhou Kui’s face turned pale. The patrol cavalry had been sent to search in these three directions. The patrol commander drew his sword and shouted loudly: “Assemble! Assemble!”

All the soldiers in the patrol camp hurriedly drew their swords!

The spearmen also raised their spears!

Some musketeers raised their muskets!

Eunuch Huang was furious: “Form a formation!”

The captain of the patrol battalion also became anxious. He went forward and started pulling and kicking, finally forming a not-so-standard battle formation!

A row of spearmen knelt on one knee in a semicircle at the forefront of the battle formation. The tips of their spears formed a sharp line of defense, all pointing obliquely at the White Lotus followers who were charging over.

Behind them were two rows of musketeers.

Two teams of sword-wielding soldiers protected the two wings of the spearmen, while the rest of the people protected Zhou Kui, Eunuch Huang, and the surrounding area of ​​the convoy.

The shouting and screaming in the yard stopped, and a guard from the Imperial Household Department came out and reported to Eunuch Huang loudly: “Eunuch, all the White Lotus rebels have been killed!”

Eunuch Huang nodded and said, “Guard the post station well and don’t let the White Lotus rebels attack us from behind.”

That guy: “Yes.” He turned and walked in.

Zhou Kui swallowed and looked at the White Lotus Sect members who were getting closer and closer.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, two hundred steps! The ferocious faces of the White Lotus Sect members could be seen.

The patrol battalion commander said: “Hold on, wait until they get close before releasing them!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a “bang” and a musket went off!
Immediately afterwards, the first row of muskets fired.

The commander of the patrol battalion turned pale. They were not border troops and were using bird guns, which had no killing power at this distance!

The soldiers in the front row who had finished firing their guns began to replace the gunpowder, while the soldiers in the second row who were holding their guns pointed their guns at the White Lotus Sect members.

As they got closer, the patrol battalion commander yelled, “Shoot!”

Flames spurted out from the muzzles of each gun. The patrol battalion fired shotgun shells, which were still a ball when they came out of the muzzles, but when they hit the White Lotus followers, they were already a mass.

Some White Lotus members were beaten so hard that their bodies were covered with honeycomb-like holes. They instantly turned into bloody bodies, rolled on the ground, and wailed.

The White Lotus Sect members still rushed forward fearlessly.

The muskets fired again. At the same time, countless white lights flew towards the spearmen’s formation.

Zhou Kui could see clearly that they were short axes.

The spearmen hurriedly raised their spears to block the flying axes, but some of them were still hit by the axes and fell to the ground.

The spearmen’s battle formation is in chaos!
Zhou Kui and Eunuch Huang looked at each other. There must be a master in the White Lotus Sect!

The White Lotus Sect members were obviously prepared, and another batch of hatchets flew over!
The sound of muskets was heard at this time, and a large number of White Lotus members were knocked down, and more White Lotus members rushed up.

The battle formation of the patrol battalion was in chaos, and even many musketeers were hit by short axes, and screams were heard one after another.

At this moment, the White Lotus Sect rushed up and the two sides engaged in close combat!

This area is located in the foothills of Mount Tai, surrounded by mountains and crisscrossed with ravines.

Li Hu has arrived and is standing under a big tree on the mountain looking at this place.

The scene in the telescope shocked him. The White Lotus Sect and the patrol battalion were fighting each other, just like two villages fighting in a group, with no rules at all. Four words popped into his mind: chickens fighting each other!
After quickly scanning the battlefield, Li Hu looked at the hills across the post road. Soon, he saw a group of birds flying around in the sky above a hill, not daring to land. It was obvious that there were people hiding there, probably people from the Kong family.

After looking around, Li Hu put down the telescope in disappointment. He did not find any of King Beijing’s men, but he knew that they had come and were hiding on a hill. They also scared the birds away by shooting them.

In front of the post station, more and more White Lotus Sect members rushed up and were getting closer and closer.

Zhou Kui said in a trembling voice: “Let’s retreat to the post station and wait for reinforcements.”

Eunuch Huang still had some sense: “We can’t go in! If there’s a fire, we’ll all be finished.”

The general yelled hysterically: “Kill! Kill!”

The White Lotus leader shouted loudly: “Go! Go!”

The two were only a few feet apart, their eyes met, and they both turned their heads away in panic.
(End of this chapter)