Chapter 61: The Officers and Soldiers Are Coming
At the beginning of the heavy rain, there was still rain powder falling from the sky, the air was full of water, and it was cool between the chest and lungs for a breath.
Xiaolin and Cang'er walked quickly through the mountains and forests with the fierce soldiers, and the strong crossbows on their backs were unloaded, which was very troublesome, and the crossbow strings made of cow tendons would expand and relax after absorbing enough water, so they could only wrap them in oiled paper and carry them in their arms, and then take them out and use them after they were on the ground.
I didn't see the fear, because everyone is going to be a robber for themselves, what is there to be afraid of in the mountains and forests, although the replacement of identity is a little sudden, but the Xiang army is very happy, because the master said that half of the seized belongs to the brothers themselves, in their opinion, this is a process of making money, this world is difficult to make money, and the box army has no way to make money, and the money earned by helping the master do business is the master's, unlike this time, the money earned is his own.
Liang Ji was extremely cheerful, two long legs tirelessly galloping on the muddy path, he followed closely behind eight soldiers, each of whom was almost armed to the teeth, in addition to the light leather armor ring knife, each of them also had a short knife at his waist, holding a spear in his hand, the difference from the spear in the army was that its spear head was made of stainless steel, and the handle of the spear was more than two feet longer than that of ordinary spears.
They are all men in the mountains, walking on the mountain path is a piece of cake, and the ox ears and hemp shoes under their feet hold the ground tightly, and they don't know how much they have walked on such a path from to adulthood.
It is said that Liu Bei's white-eared soldiers were selected from the Shu people who were accustomed to crossing mountains and mountains, and it was said that they fought in the mountains and no one could match. Yun Zheng very much hoped that he also had such an army under his command, but unfortunately he didn't know anything about military training, and the only way he could use it was to let them fight non-stop, and finally select the best.
Yun Zheng carried a bamboo basket on his back. Far behind, the six hundred people he led were all dressed in the same way, that is, carrying bamboo baskets with weapons, and he was very hopeful that the thieves of the Zhao Sanpao brothers could fill these baskets.
The road is getting harder and harder. The road led by Xiaolin and Cang'er is not called a road at all, stepping on the leaves of green plants is very slippery, Yun Zheng doesn't know how many times he has fallen, and he is covered in mud and water.
At first, he could barely keep up with the large army, but later, as a half-hung mountain man, he couldn't compare with the people who really walked in Shu with their feet.
Yun Zheng once again refused to be carried by his subordinates with a sliding rod, gritting his teeth and following behind, looking like a wolf. Those soldiers felt that the mud-covered general was as clean as the boy in the painting.
Hurry with your head covered. Suddenly, he hit his head on the back of the soldier in front of him. was hurriedly supported by two soldiers and then walked to the front to watch, Xiaolin succeeded, and three corpses appeared in front of him. A corpse with a crossbow bolt stuck in it, as if it had fallen from a tall tree. The body twisted unnaturally. The heads of the other two corpses were almost split in half, and the brains were still flowing slowly.
This is Zhao Sanpao's first outpost, one bright and two dark.
"Approaching the thief's lair, remove the basket and start preparing for battle."
Yun Zheng didn't say much, and neither did the soldiers, they all took off the back basket on their bodies, pulled out the ring head knife, and slowly moved forward, Yun Zheng took a closer look, these guys are not as well-behaved as quails on weekdays, they all have red eyebrows and green eyes, and they look very strong, of course, this does not rule out that their faces are distorted because of nervousness.
There are a lot of corpses in front, and Zhao Gongshan only has this steep road to climb, so Zhao Sanpao's scouts are basically on this side, and these bandits with low martial arts skills can't find Xiaolin and Cang'er at all if they are unguarded. Luming Cave is in front of them, and Zhao Sanpao is still very quiet, which means that until now, they have not known the news of the army's attack.
This time Zhang Fangping was very cautious, adopted Yun Zheng's construction, and when he set off, he didn't say that he was going to suppress bandits this time, but said that he would be stationed in Dujiangyan to prevent a major flood, and the purpose of the battle was explained before he set off, and he adopted a brutal method of sitting, losing one person, ten people sitting together, this is to be beheaded, even if there are Song Jiang in the Yongxing army, it is too late to report the news, because Yun Zheng has already set off an hour ago.
Xiaolin suddenly appeared in front of Yun Zheng and whispered: "The bright and dark stakes here have been pulled out, but what about the suspension bridge in front?" If we can't cross the suspension bridge, we won't be able to enter the Luming Cave.
Today's luck is very good, the boss of the Zhao family is preparing a full moon wine for his little grandson, the big and small leaders of the bandits are all there, and a few masters on Woniu Mountain have also come over, that is to say, you can make a great contribution and wipe out the nearby bandits, and in the same way, the strength of the people has also increased several times, you make up your own mind. ”
"What is the idea, the arrow has to be sent on the string, Peng Jiu, put on the clothes of a thief, if you can mix it up, you can mix it up, and if you can't get it, you will attack it." Yun Zheng knew that at this time, no matter whether the idea was good or bad, it was much better than hesitating, a master general could hesitate behind his back, but in front of his subordinates, he must have a strong decision. If you hesitate to do so, you will undermine morale in a great way, and in the era when the Great Song Dynasty was still determined by courage, the direction of the war.
Peng Jiu and Xiaolin, Cang'er, and Liang Ji all changed into thieves' clothes, and the four of them needed to deceive the guards who crossed the suspension bridge, and if they couldn't be deceived, they would attack and hold the bridge, so that the large army could pass.
Peng Jiu's local dialect is seamless, and it is best for him to come out.
As long as people are cornered, there will always be some flashes, for example, Peng Jiu, who is very afraid of death, is very resolute at this time, putting on the thief's robe, humming obscene clichés in his mouth and staggering onto the suspension bridge, and when passing by the end of the suspension bridge, he also threw a piece of yam to the dead body in the stone house, and took the other three people to the other side of the suspension bridge with a haha.
The suspension bridge is not long, only less than 200 steps, but there is a ravine more than 30 zhang deep underneath, which is now unfathomable after being shrouded in fog after the rain.
Yun Zheng has ordered all the remaining strong crossbows to hang the strings, and the lethality of the strong crossbow is still at a distance of two hundred steps, listening to Peng Jiu smiling and laughing with the bandits in the clouds, Yun Zheng involuntarily grabbed the soil in his hand, listening to the voice, Peng Jiu and they have already walked more than half of the distance,
Yun Zheng beckoned, taking advantage of the clouds and mist blocking the sight of the bandits on the opposite side, just as all the staff began to attack, Han Niu crossed Yun Zheng, the first to step on the suspension bridge, although there were cold clouds and mist to breathe, Yun Zheng felt that his throat and eyes were still dry, this was different from the Yuanshan period, at that time, no matter whether the Tubo people won or lost, they had no burden in their hearts, but this time it was different, the people who launched the attack not only had their own friends, brothers, but also their own subordinates, and they could not travel on business.
Zhao Boss is very happy today, yesterday's banquet was very successful, not to mention his eight-pound fat boy, just the third brother can gather the hearts of eleven cottages in a banquet, which is very rare, there are twelve chain dock water thieves on Taihu Lake, there is a black wind village on the green forest road in Funiu Mountain, and Taihang Mountain is full of thieves.
Liu Ningjing's mother-in-law is right, who said that this flower can only be surnamed Zhao, and Lao Tzu is also surnamed Zhao, so it's okay to take it and sit down.
Maitreya's mother-in-law will have a lot of methods, last night and she participated in the Bliss for half the night, and it is really good to get up in the morning and be refreshed, call the second brother to try it tonight, damn it, dare to laugh at Lao Tzu is not a hero? Who in the world doesn't know that the three brothers of Lao Tzu are called Zhao Sanpao!
The third child is a scholar, he can't wipe his face, and he has a lot less fun, his mother-in-law is dead and he doesn't continue the strings, he has been a monk for three or five years, it is estimated that he doesn't like the mother-in-law in the mountains, and when the rain stops, he will go to the mountain to get him a daughter of a rich and noble family, and then he will really become a monk like this, if he is bewitched into a monk by Liu Ningjing's mother-in-law from Wanxian, it will be very bad.
Maitreya teaches a small fight and makes a small fuss, and the king of Beizhou is now rebelling, the third child said that he is looking for death, no need for the third child to say the reason, Lao Tzu knows that he is looking for death, does Liu Ningjing, the mother-in-law, treat everyone else as a fool?
Boss Zhao has to inspect the cottage every day, this is his habit, his three brothers are doing the business of losing their heads, there is nothing wrong with being careful, I heard that Zhang Fangping, who is now an official in Chengdu Mansion, is a well-known cool official, originally in Yongzhou, he took the fun of exterminating the bandits, and he must not be guarded against.
The mountains were full of clouds and mist, Zhao Lao smashed two punches into the void, the sound of the fist breaking the wind was still sharp, the clouds and mist in front of him were rolled endlessly by the fist wind, his strength was still there, and it was not a big problem to cross and cross for another twenty years.
Boss Zhao suddenly smelled blood, as a thief who has accumulated years, he is most familiar with this sweet smell, he has tasted it more than once, under the nine-ring knife, there are countless souls.
A long sword appeared from the clouds like a poisonous snake, Boss Zhao slapped the sword away with his palm against the sword body, and glanced at the suspension bridge in his busy schedule, the suspension bridge was shaking violently, and the sound of blades hitting in the cloud and mist was also heard.
Just when he was a little stunned, a crossbow arrow was nailed to his thigh, Zhao Boss howled, and the two fists struck roughly to both sides, he knew that he had been surrounded by several people, the fist hit an iron hammer, the bone was broken, and the other fist was cut off by a horizontal knife.
Boss Zhao doesn't care what happened to the two hands, although he is known as an iron fist, after all, those two fists are still made of meat, he just wants to dodge the sword that goes straight to his throat, the officers and soldiers are coming, and he must tell the second brother and the third brother to get ready.
"The officers and soldiers are coming!" Boss Zhao finally roared out, and the sword was held up by him with his shoulder, and Xiao Lin's sword blade was stuck on the pipa bone and couldn't be pulled out for a while......