In the dead of night, insects chirp in the fields, the waning moon is like a hook, hazy, and the entire hillside is shrouded in obscurity.

Wang Feng's head rested on a stump that had just been exposed to the ground and the mouth of the bowl was thick, and he couldn't sleep for a long time.

From yesterday evening until the dead of night, I don't know how many hours I walked, I arrived at this hillside, ambushed, Wang Feng sincerely admired the foot strength of these villagers.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the people, especially in the north, had a strong style of martial arts, and swords, guns and sticks were popular, and even these folk village soldiers were equipped with standard weapons such as bows and arrows.

Wang Feng's fellow villagers, this time to suppress the bandits, everyone brought their own weapons, only some bows and arrows were received from the government, and some archers were also seconded from the county. Most of the archers were Wang Feng's neighbors.

The main responsibilities of the archers are still to arrest thieves, maintain local security, inspect illegal salt, etc., but the most important thing is to maintain local security, cut off thieves, and calm the countryside.

In a county of 10,000 households like Yiyang, there are only 30 archers, but there are more than 100 archers today, which shows how many archers there are in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The reason why the Zhai Xing brothers were able to transfer these archers from the county government was related to Zhai Xing's identity as a big family in Yiyang, and his younger brother Zhai Jin was not only born as an officer in the Western Army in the early days, but also had the title of Yiyang regiment training envoy.

That's why their brothers can command one side. The reason why so many archers are trained is related to the fact that Zhai Jin was originally a general of the Western Army.

In the northwest frontier, the Song army often fought against the Western Xia and Liao. Zhai Jin felt that the Song army was weak and the nomads were brave in riding and shooting, and in the daily training of the village soldiers, he deliberately strengthened the training of bows and arrows.

However, the number of bows and arrows was limited, and because his archery skills were not outstanding, he was not among the archers today.

It is precisely because of this group of elite township soldiers under his command that the Zhai brothers are quite famous in Henan Mansion.

"Zhai Er, you said that the two war horses were taken back by you and the second fool, you can't be bragging, right?"

In the recess of the hillside, Zhai Er was talking in a low voice with several village soldiers.

"Don't be a second fool on the left and a second fool on the right, and call Erlang's name in the future, it's okay to call Brother Song. Did you hear me clearly?"

Zhai Er's voice sounded, and he was obviously very dissatisfied in his words.

"Okay, good, you can call it anything. Second Brother Zhai, tell the brothers quickly, the war horse was really taken from Fanzi, you and the second ...... Lang, did you really kill a dozen fans?"

The man's voice rang out again. Obviously, these people didn't believe that Zhai Er and a fool could kill so many Jurchen knights.

"You guy, you really look down on people!"

Zhai Er's words quickly became tough.

"If you don't believe it, you can go to the town of Tongxu outside Tokyo to inquire and see if it's true. But I'm not greedy for merit, most of the fans were killed by Erlang, and I killed a few people myself. ”

There was a sound of exclamation around, and a man was surprised: "So, two...... Lang really came back to his soul. Erlang has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, and he is a good kung fu. It seems that what the second brother said is true. ”

"I didn't expect Jiro to have such good kung fu! Second Brother Zhai, in the future, you will have a face in front of Zhai Yuanwai, and if you have good things, you have to take care of our brothers more!"

"That's nature!"

Zhai Er said happily: "That night, you didn't see it, in the Chenghuang Temple in Tongxu Town, flesh and blood were flying, swords and swords, and the fan was ......."

"All the straight mothers and thieves shut their mouths! Zhai Xiaoguan said, don't make a loud noise, so as not to alarm the strongman's spies. If anyone disobeys the military order, the military law will deal with it, and if the dog's head is lost, he will have to complain!"

Zhai Erzheng was speaking with great interest, and his voice was interrupted by Zhuang Ding, who rushed over, and everyone didn't dare to speak anymore, and the surroundings immediately quieted down.

Wang Feng shook his head slightly. They are all country men, so why bother to speak ill of each other. However, when Zhai Liang spoke like this, it can be seen that he is also very uneasy in his heart.

"Second brother, don't take it to heart. It's a fateful thing, and you have to be careful. ”

Zhai Er drooped his head over, Wang Feng sat up, and whispered relief in his ear.

Zhai Er patted Wang Feng on the shoulder, but did not speak, the elation just now was gone.

Wang Feng was also helpless, lay down, and fell asleep after a while.

"Erlang, wake up, the strong people are coming!"

Wang Feng was woken up by the person beside him, he opened his eyes lazily, in the woods, he could already vaguely distinguish the surrounding scenery, maybe the sky was about to dawn.

"I'm afraid it's almost dawn."

Wang Feng asked in a low voice, "Second Brother Zhai, what time is it now, how many strong people are there, will they be there soon?"

I was in the mountains for more than a month, I didn't eat well and dress warmly, I didn't have a good rest, I thought I was preoccupied, but I didn't expect him to fall asleep all of a sudden.

"Erlang, now that it's past the fifth watch, it's almost dawn, and Zhai Yuanwai estimates that the thieves will arrive soon, so call the big guy up."

Zhai Er whispered beside him, he was also sleepy.

The two of them sat up straight, recuperated their energy, and squinted.

"Zhai Xiaoguan, how did you come here?"

The sky gradually brightened, and hearing the footsteps and talking in front of him, Zhai Er opened his eyes, quickly stood up, and greeted him.

"Zhai Er, you asked the second fool to come over and do something. If we start with the strongman for a while, will we fight with the strongman or protect him! It's not enough trouble to get it and kill him! ”

A young man stood not far from Wang Feng with his hands behind his back and said dissatisfiedly.

The young man had a long body, a straight body, a fair face, and a handsome person, coupled with a decent armor, which made him look majestic and heroic.

"Petty officials, rest assured, Erlang will definitely protect himself and kill more strongmen."

Zhai Er groveled, cautiously accompanied by a smiling face and said: "Erlang is strong in martial arts, and when he fights with a strong man later, he won't be able to suffer a loss."

The last time I came back from Bianjing, the matter of the two killing Jurchen Fanzi was locked in Wang Feng's stomach.

Everyone didn't believe that Wang Song killed Fanzi, but thought that Zhai Er had killed a few Fanzi and grabbed two war horses. The young men in the town are all envious, and they pull Zhai Er to drink all day long, but Wang Feng is not famous.

"Zhai Er, you are also such a big person, next time use your brain, don't do such a stupid thing!"

Zhai Liang glared dissatisfied, his eyes swept over Wang Feng, and continued to the people around him: "When the bandits come, cheer me up, this is a life-threatening fight, don't show mercy!"

Everyone hurriedly said yes together, Zhai Liang waved his hand, and everyone quickly dispersed.

"Zhai Er, wait a while, you take care of the second fool."

Zhai Liang pondered for a moment and said to Zhai Er: "Although it is not the same sect, it is also from the same town, don't let him lose his name in vain."

Zhai Er hurriedly agreed, nodded again and again, and his attitude was extremely groveling.

Zhai Liang was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and asked, "I heard my father say that you took those two war horses from Fanzi, is this matter serious?"

Zhai nodded his head and bowed, and said in a low voice: "How dare you deceive the petty officials, last time I went to Tokyo City with the petty officials, and after doing things, I was ...... in Tongxu Town."

Before Zhai Er finished speaking, a Zhuang guest hurriedly ran over and whispered in Zhai Liang's ear.

Zhai Er quickly closed his mouth.

Zhuang Ke whispered, Zhai Liang nodded, and then left with Zhuang Ke.

Zhai Er returned to his original position, hid behind the hillside, and said to the silent Wang Feng: "Erlang, wait a while and show your hands, don't let these guys underestimate you!"

Wang Feng nodded, the two armies are fighting, you live and die, no one dares to be sloppy, how can anyone dare to hide clumsy.

Although this Zhai Liang has some domineering, his heart is not bad, and he is not a person with a cold nature.

Wang Feng took a breath of fresh air, said goodbye to his sinful past life, and was in the company of these kind-hearted people of the Great Song Dynasty.

The sky brightened, and the surrounding mountains, rivers, and villages slowly came into view.

Here is a straight and wide official road leading to Luoyang, the official road is lined with low hillsides, green trees are in the shade, green grass is like grass, there is no pollution in China, even the air is sweet.

Wang Feng looked at the stump where he slept on his pillow last night, and found that there were quite a lot of such stumps on the hillside, and he could see all of them. It seems that the problem of deforestation in the Great Song Dynasty is indeed very serious.

A round of the morning sun rose, the golden light was shining, and the weather suddenly became hot. It's April now, and everyone is also single-shirted and single-pants, but the temperature difference between day and night is too large, and they need to be covered with cotton clothes when they sleep at night.

A cool whistle sounded in the distance, and then several young men dressed in black cotton clothes and wearing Fan Yang hats came from the official road in the distance, turned over and dismounted in front of the hillside, and each entered the hillside on both sides of the official road, and hurriedly led the horse into the forest.

A man in black ran over and said a few words in Zhai Liang's ear, Zhai Liang's face suddenly became solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Zhai Er, pass the order, the strongman brigade will arrive immediately, let everyone get ready!"

The order was swiftly transmitted. Wang Feng looked around, all of them were young and strong men, all of them were dressed in black, and many of them were wearing armor, full of masculinity and heroism. Everyone was lying on the ground, holding the sharp blade and the big bow in their hands, and the feather arrows were already inserted into the ground, concentrating and calming, all of them stared at the official road.

Zhai Liang's face was solemn, and he learned from the mouth of the spy that the giant bandit Wang Shen and his group were coming here, with at least two or three thousand people, and two or three hundred cavalry accompanying them.

He looked at the opposite hillside, where his father and uncle had set up an ambush, waiting for the strongman's soldiers and horses to enter the ambush, and the two sides would flank the left and right to exterminate the bandits.

Zhai Er looked at Wang Feng next to him, handed him the Pu knife in his hand and said, "Brother Feng, give me your short knife, use this to defend yourself."

Wang Feng pushed away the Pu knife, waved the short knife in his hand, pointed to the long stick next to him, and said with a smile: "Second Brother Zhai, don't worry, this is more convenient."