Chapter 5: The Hunt (I)

The sun in the sky was blazing, but in the wilderness, there was a cool breeze.

This kind of weather is the most suitable for going out hunting. As long as you put on a straw hat and wear a kudzu coat, people and horses gallop all day in the wilderness without sweating. And in the evening, when he returned triumphantly with the harvest, his body was sprinkled with the afterglow of the setting sun, and his chest was blown by a small breeze, which was even more refreshing.

"Report, big boss, Zou Bantou of Liuhe County sent someone to send news that the prey had left the county half an hour ago! It's Liuyang Road that is walking! "A hunter in a straw hat and a kudzu robe rode through the wilderness and went straight to the woods by the river. Before the man dismounted, the sound had already reached the woods.

"How many followers? How many officers and soldiers were escorted and how many people were accompanying them? Bai Fugui, the big boss of Baiwangzhai, flickered with cold light in his eyes. The words that came out of his mouth were as sonorous as the impact of a weapon.

"There are about thirty or forty officials in the same company, fifty soldiers, more than two hundred people, more than two hundred, how many are two, Zou Bantou didn't elaborate." Geyi Orion didn't think about it, and quickly gave an answer.

"Hmm!" Bai Fugui stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

This time he brought down five hundred minions from the mountains, and dealt with fifty officers and men, even if the latter were well equipped, it would be more than enough. What's more, there are two other green forest heroes nearby who will fight side by side with Baiwangzhai at that time.

However, before he could praise his subordinates for their hard work, a series of cold questions had already sounded in the back position of his side, "How many people are strong?" In the early 200s, or nearly 300? Have you ever carried a weapon? Have officers and soldiers ever been armoured, cavalry or infantry? Can you have a crossbow on your car? "Don't save face for him at all.

"Er, what do you mean?" Bai Fugui's eyebrows instantly furrowed, turned his head, and glared angrily at the second master, Wang Chunqiu.

"Big boss, this deal is not right!" Wang Chunqiu, the second master, who was dressed as a scribe and dressed as a scribe, arched his hand and explained very respectfully, "The three villages join forces, if they sneak attack, it will be enough to wash away Liuhe County." But it was only used to deal with fifty officers and soldiers in the field, and it was a ...... of knives."

"In these years, who has the courage to wash the county seat. Tired of living? Without waiting for a sentence to be finished, the third master Lu Fangyuan was already pouting disdainfully beside him. After that, even if you escape to Wangwu Mountain, you can't escape the conscription and suppression of officers and soldiers and the pursuit and killing of your green forest peers! ”

This is a big truth, and now the imperial court's control over the local area is far less than before. In the mountains and rivers, the "green forest heroes" who had disappeared for a long time have also "reappeared in the rivers and lakes". But there is an unwritten agreement between the green forest and the government, that is, no forces in the rivers and lakes should not touch the city of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, the local government can't hide it, and it will definitely be reported to the imperial court, and then the Jianghu force will be regarded as a rebellion by the imperial court and sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress it. In order to quell the incident as soon as possible, other colleagues in the rivers and lakes who have been implicated will also take the initiative to provide all kinds of assistance to the officers and men, and even cooperate with the officers and men to quell the rebellion.

However, this big truth is obviously not on topic. Not only did the second leader Wang Chunqiu pout at him and sneer at him after hearing this. Bai Fugui, the big boss, also turned his angry gaze to him, "Third child, don't follow blindly if you don't understand!" No one is when you're dumb! ”

"I, I just think the second master is thinking too much." The third master, Lu Fangyuan, didn't dare to talk back, lowered his head, and muttered aggrievedly, "We are not locals, after completing this transaction, we settled the final payment with Master Ku, and immediately hid in Taihang Mountain." As for why Master Ku invited so many people to kill chickens, it's our business?! ”

"Shut up!" Bai Fugui scolded again, but his gaze had become much softer. Slowly turning his head to the second master, Wang Chunqiu, he frowned and discussed with the other party, "Second brother, fifty officers and soldiers, even if it is a bait, we can take it in a stick of incense." Even if the bitter monk is not well-intentioned and wants to spend money to trick us out and let the officers and soldiers encircle and suppress us, let's fight quickly, and when the officers and soldiers of the brigade arrive, we will already run away! ”

"That's what I don't understand." Wang Chunqiu shook his head, and then lightly arched his hand, "Big boss, it stands to reason that over the years, we have helped the White Horse Temple do dirty work, and if the abbot betrays us, the gains will definitely outweigh the losses." But this time, he started to contact us before the first month, and it took more than three months before and after, just to kill a civil official who came out to measure the celestial phenomena, and he was afraid that our family would not be able to do a good job......"

"Did Zou Bantou say it? What is the name of this bitter enemy, and what is the official position? The more he listened, the more he felt empty, and the big boss Bai Fugui suddenly turned his head to Geyi Orion and quickly checked.

"I said that my surname was Zhang, but I didn't say how old the official was. However, when he passed by the county seat, the county magistrate did not pick him up in person. "Ge Yi Orion has been a scout for many years and has a lot of experience, so after thinking about it, he quickly gave an answer again.

The county order did not greet and send him off in person, which shows that the enemy of the bitter official is either not of much high rank, or he is a noble official who has no real power. No matter which one they belong to, after this person is assassinated, he will not let the court treat everyone as a rebel.

Thinking of this, Bai Fugui secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. smiled, and turned his gaze to the second master, Wang Chunqiu, again, "Second brother, we have collected all the money, and the people have come, we have to give an explanation to Master Ku." It's a big deal, scatter more scouts around for a while, and immediately call out when you find that the situation is not right. ”

"The big boss is wise!" The second leader, Wang Chunqiu, also knows that the team can't just leave. Otherwise, if you annoy the bitter monk and the White Horse Temple behind it, there will be countless troubles. Taking a deep breath, he added in a low voice, "However, I suggest a little more steady." Let the people of Black Wind Village and Yellow Leaf Village go first. The official is a man who came out to do things, and he definitely won't bring much money. And the stockade that cut off his head was only five hundred hangers more than the other stockades! ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you. You are the wisdom of our village! Bai Fugui was very reluctant in his heart, but he twisted his nose and reluctantly agreed.

As soon as the words fell, the second scout had already arrived with Pegasus. From afar, he clasped his hands into fists and saluted, "Report, big boss, the target was alarmed by the spies of Heifeng Village, and stopped the team at Yemaiziling." ”

"This black impermanence, I think he did it on purpose!" Bai Fugui immediately guessed the truth, and gritted his teeth in anger, "I'm afraid everyone will do it together, he won't be able to get the five hundred hangings!" ”

"It's okay, let the people of Black Wind Village explore the way in front of them!" Wang Chunqiu was overjoyed, and reminded loudly with a smile. "Big boss, let's not rush. Scatter the scouts out and monitor all the movements within five miles of the surroundings! ”

"That's it!" Bai Fugui took a sip into the ground and nodded stupidly, "Second brother, all the scouts are handed over to you, and you can arrange them at will." Third brother, you take the brigade to slow down behind. I will first take the brothers of the old camp over to take a look, where is the prey sacred? How much benefit can Heifeng Village get this time? ”

There are only fifty officers and soldiers around the prey, and now that the people and horses of Baiwangzhai have rushed over, they will definitely not be able to grab the head of the prey. Therefore, it is better to push the boat down the river, adopt the idea of the second master Wang Chunqiu, and talk about it more steadily.

This arrangement immediately won everyone's approval. The second master, Wang Chunqiu, stepped forward to take the arrow and immediately began to assign tasks to the scouts dressed as hunters. And the third master, Lu Fangyuan, organized the team, gathered all the minions who had no mounts to travel, and leaned towards the direction of Yemaiziling unhurriedly.

Bai Fugui, the big boss, led more than 50 elites of the old battalion, instigated mounts, and rushed to the battlefield at a gallop. I didn't want to be able to pick up any "leftover meat" under the paws of the hungry wolves in Black Wind Village, I just wanted to have a chance to see how powerful the prey was, and I actually made Master Ku go to such great lengths to take his life.

Unexpectedly, the situation of destroying the ancient decay that he guessed did not appear at all. Until he arrived at Yemaiziling, the men and horses of Black Wind Village had not been able to cut off the head of their prey. On the contrary, this green forest counterpart seems to have suffered a big loss. Not only the corpses of the minions, but also lined up on the not-so-steep hillside. Yang Kun, the big boss of Black Wind Village, also had flowers hanging on his arm, standing under a dead tree like a mourner.

'Call you a spirit, call you a ghost, you deserve it!' Bai Fugui was overjoyed, but he deliberately pretended to be concerned, rode his horse to Yang Kun, the big boss of Black Wind Village, and asked loudly. "What's wrong, Boss Yang? Isn't the idea tricky? Could it be the Guards? ”

"Bullshit Royal Forest Army, the officers and soldiers didn't wait for the battle to start, and most of them were crushed. The real one is the people under the command of the dog official! No, that's not Minzhuang at all, it's the dog official's family! Yang Kun, the big boss of Black Wind Village, stomped his feet angrily, accidentally pulled the arrow wound on his shoulder, and immediately grinned in pain, "And the dog officer was still wearing an iron vest in the carriage, and when he saw my brothers in Black Wind Village approaching, he immediately asked his cronies to wear the iron vest on his body." ”

"Iron Vests?" Bai Fugui was puzzled when he heard this, and quickly turned his head to the hillside. I saw that on the top of the slope, more than 40 carriages, connected from end to end, had been steadily surrounded into a car city.

In front of the only exit of Checheng, there were more than fifty bright monsters. Each monster wears an iron helmet like a felt hat on its head, and its shoulders and chest are protected by iron plates in the shape of a vest.

In the hands of the monsters, they held a long-handled Mo knife that was one and a half years high. At the blade, the red light lingered, faintly, as if there was blood flowing down.

In this way, it is said that the group of thieves in Heifeng Village can't gnaw, even the elite of the old camp in Baiwangzhai pounced on it, and they don't think about the gate of Checheng!

"Go to the side, go to the side and use the iron hook and lasso to pull the carriage over." After all, it was an experienced old Jianghu, and after his eyes swept over the car city, Bai Fugui decisively gave Heifeng Village an idea. "They don't have many ironclad soldiers! Can't protect the entire car city! ”

There was no need for him to remind him, with a violent horn, the minions of Black Wind Village, under the leadership of its second master, Du Renjie, pounced on the target from the left and right sides. And directly opposite the car city, there are more than forty elites of the Black Wind Village on horseback, to contain the ironclad monsters, as long as the latter dares to disperse to take care of the car wall, they will instigate the mount to drive in from the front!

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo woo-" The early summer sun was warm and bright, but the sound of the horn was as cold as the north wind in the wax moon, making people's bodies tremble uncontrollably.

With the terrible sound of bullhorns, more than 300 minions were divided into two teams, left and right, took a big stride, and quickly approached both sides of the car city. The weapon in his hand was dazzling and cold in the sun.

The hill is gentle and has little effect on running speed. However, there are many minions that are running and running, and their strength begins to run low. Others stopped in place, brandishing the steel knife in their right hand and striking the wooden shield in their left hand, all while letting out a hoarse roar from their mouths.

They are creating pressure on the people in Checheng, and at the same time, they are also encouraging their accomplices who are at the forefront of the team. And the elite of Black Wind Village who rushed to the front of the team, most of them were wearing leather armor, and the quality of the weapons in their hands was far better than that of the cheerers in place. Among this group of elites, there are still dozens of people who do not carry any offensive weapons, only have hooks and ropes in their hands, all of them are extremely low-key, just keep their heads down, take a step towards Checheng, and resolutely do not make any sound in their mouths.

The agitated war drums of "Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock......" suddenly exploded in the car city, instantly suppressing the mournful cry of the horn. In the next moment, hundreds of feather arrows rose from the car city, "swishing and swishing", making the sky dark.

Less than fifty paces away, it was swept by feathered arrows at high speed. The sharp arrows quickly pierced, creating a catastrophe in an extremely narrow area.

Anyone who accidentally steps into this area, whether they are wearing leather armor or only cloth clothes, has become a target for feathered arrows. The sharp arrows ignored the protection of the armor and cloth, tearing through the minions' skin and muscles, and penetrating several inches into their bodies.

"Ah, ah, mother-" Between forty and fifty steps on the left and right sides of Checheng, more than twenty minions fell down screaming, blood flowing all over the ground. The rest of the minions stumbled, and their steps slowed down instantly. And the second wave of feathered arrows has broken away from the bowstring again, swept across the clear blue sky, and sent the second calamity to their heads!

There was no third wave, and after two waves of feather arrows, the minions of Black Wind Village collapsed. Leave behind the wounded and dead accomplices, turn around and run. Ropes, hooks, shields, steel knives, all over the hillside. Du Renyi, the second leader of Black Wind Village, was furious, slashed down the two retreaters with a knife, and led his cronies to try to regroup the team. A cold arrow suddenly came into the air and hit him in the neck.

"Uh-uh-uh-" Du Renyi's mouth let out a series of desperate screams, and his body staggered back and forth as if he was drunk. The weapon fell to the ground, and he reached for his neck with both hands, trying to pull the feather arrow out. Large streams of blood poured out of his mouth and nostrils at the same time, completely blocking his breathing.

"Second masterβ€”" A cronie cried out and stepped forward, trying to hold his body. "Whoosh-", another feathered arrow burst through the air, hitting the cronie's eye socket.

After a few snaps of his fingers, Du Renyi's corpse and the corpse of his cronies fell at the same time. The rest of the cronies around him were all scattered.

"It's not Minzhuang, it's definitely not Minzhuang! It's not an ordinary family, absolutely not, absolutely not! Yang Kun, the big boss of Black Wind Village, who thought he could grab the first prize, stood under the dead tree outside the range of feather arrows and shook his head again and again. The two eyes, like oil lamps about to burn out, were dim.

The opponent is certainly not a strong man or a family member, and in the face of a sudden siege, even the officers and soldiers who have not undergone rigorous training should have collapsed long ago. And at this moment, it was his Black Wind Army that collapsed first.

Although the two rounds of attacks failed, the total losses of the Black Wind Army did not exceed thirty percent. However, the whole "army" has already been killed. If you don't hurry up and retreat into the mountains to rectify, next, any local lieutenant of the Tang Dynasty will lead two teams of officers and soldiers to sweep the Black Wind Army to the plough court!

"Don't, don't be upset. There's me, there's me and Bucktooth Yellow! The two of us will never give up with the dog officer! Seeing Yang Kun's dejected appearance, Bai Fugui, the big boss of Baiwangzhai, couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart. Gritting his teeth, he shouted comfort.

Although the words were loud, his gaze secretly glanced behind him. Be ready to turn around at any time to meet Lu Fangyuan, the three masters of Baiwangzhai, and then evacuate the battlefield with all the brothers.

"Woo-woo, woo-woo, woo-woo-woo-" a team appeared "in time" on his retreat, the horn sounding like a tiger's roar.

Huangye Village's big boss Bucktooth Huang, riding a big Wanliang horse, walked at the front of the whole team. Behind him, there is the second master Zhou Niupi, the third leader Liu Crooked Neck, and five or six hundred minions. After that, there were two groups of monks, each with a yellow face as if they had just been coated with a layer of beeswax!

"Demon King Kong?" Bai Fugui shuddered in his heart, and in an instant, the whole person was like falling into an ice cave.

Fu Demon King Kong knew that by the side of the bitter monk, he was often followed by four of the same strange monks. Usually, these four yellow-faced strange monks rarely speak, but just chant the scriptures silently, which makes people suspect that they have read the scriptures and read them madly. However, once he went to a large family to collect debts, but the other party tried to deduct him from the debt. As a result, the four strange monks broke out and divided the body of the big man on the spot. Then he waved his Zen staff and rushed into the ranks of the latter's family members, killing one of them in a river of blood.

Bought off three cottages and dispatched hundreds of demon King Kong, just to get rid of a certain official! If he had known that this was the case, three months ago, Bai Fugui would definitely not have accepted the bitter deposit.

It takes hundreds of Demon King Kong to kill the target. Even if the target's identity is not noble, the forces behind him must be strong enough to compete with the entire White Horse Sect. After the death of this person, revenge will surely follow. At that time, the White Horse Sect will be able to resist, and more than 1,000 men and women in the White King Village will surely die without a place to be buried.

However, at this moment, it was too late for him to regret it. In the Yellow Leaf Village team that was approaching him, two cavalry teams suddenly separated, and although each team only had about fifty people, its attack power exceeded that of the entire Black Wind Army. I saw a whistle from their mouths, and the soldiers were divided into left and right roads, quickly turning towards the minions of the Black Wind Village in the retreat, and the horizontal knives in their hands flew up and down, and in the blink of an eye, they would cut down the minions who escaped the fastest.

Immediately, the cavalry whistled again, like a sheep, and drove the remaining Black Wind Village minions towards its big boss Yang Kun, and anyone who disobeyed the command or couldn't keep up with the team was cut into pieces with random knives.

"What about your brothers? Can you be transferred to help the poor monk eliminate demons?! Just when Bai Fugui was so frightened that he wanted to cry without tears, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in front of his war horse.

Looking down, the monk folded his hands together, his face was full of compassion, and his body was not stained with dust.