16. Spring is often encountered
The parched fields cracked open one after another, and the sun raged the fields.
Surprise attack is unprepared, there are many people on the road during the day, and there are sentinels of the officers and soldiers if they are not even.
So in order to avoid the exposure of his whereabouts, after a night of marching, Zhu Wu took his brothers to rest in one village after another, the soldiers sat in the shade of the forest, and the thin people in the village hid at home and did not dare to breathe.
Zhu Wu sat under a big tree, shook the kettle, and instructed the soldiers, "Let the logistics brothers boil water, and then fill the kettle, you can't drink water on this day." ”
The soldiers agreed, and Zhu Wu looked next to him, a trembling villager elder, who saw Zhu Wu's gaze leaning over, and knelt down.
"Hurry up, what are you doing!" Zhu Wu hurriedly helped the old man up.
"Master Jun..."The old man's voice was trembling, "We have nothing left, the food has been robbed by the bandits, and this village is ........."
"We are a righteous army, and we do not rob the people." Zhu Wu's heart was sour, the old man's thin body could be blown down by a gust of wind, and his body was full of bones, "Brothers, rest in your village, and leave when it's dark." ”
The old man looked up in disbelief, hope flashed in his eyes, and at dawn thousands of soldiers poured in, and then surrounded him. I thought that a catastrophe was coming, but who knew that the other party said that he would not rob the people, whether it was true or not, it was good to have hope.
"Are we rich in rations?" Zhu Wu asked to Xi Laodao.
Because it was a surprise attack, he traveled lightly, and each soldier only brought three days' rations, so Zhu Wu asked so.
Xi Laodao thought about it, "It's no problem to even a few hundred catties!" ”
"Then bring it out." Zhu Wu smiled at the villagers, "I can't disturb the villagers in vain, this bit of food is left to you, whether it is divided, or boiled into porridge and eaten by the whole village, my little heart." Our brothers are all descendants of Huaixi, and we are all villagers. ”
The villagers' eyes widened, hundreds of catties of grain, this saved the lives of the whole village. Then the tears brushed the ground and fell, ignoring Zhu Wu's obstruction, and knelt down again.
"Master Jun, you are a great Ende, our village has long been interrupted, and we rely on the bark of grass roots to support us. My little grandson, who has just completed the moon, is starving to death! ”
The surrounding soldiers looked at the old man and cried, and some couldn't help but reddened their eyes, they used to be like this, and their families were like this.
The villager was still crying, "You leave a name, we read your kindness, if you can survive this disaster year, we will set up a tablet for you to live forever." ”
Zhu Wu didn't take this stubble and asked, "What about the men in the village?" ”
"Last year, the imperial court said to repair the Yellow River and take away a batch, and a few months ago, the official army attacked Haozhou and captured another batch, and the rest of those who could escape escaped."
"Fifth brother!"
Zhu Wu was about to speak, and the second tiger strode over, "Our whistle, we found a group of men with knives on the mountain next to us, seeing that they are not dressed as officers and soldiers, they will run when they see us, and now let us go up the mountainside." ”
"It's a bandit!" The villager suddenly said loudly, "The robbers of Erlong Mountain, our village's life was not so sad, and they were all harmed. ”
"Catch up, press to death!" Zhu Wu said coldly. What he hated most was the cruelty of the people.
On the mountainside next to the village, more than a dozen masked men looked fearfully at the knights on horseback at the foot of the mountain.
"Fuck, what's the way to get from?" A man with a mouth full of yellow teeth said.
"It's not an official army, you see a red belt wrapped around his neck, and eighty percent of it is a red scarf." A man with a scar on his face said.
"I'm afraid he's a bird, what everyone does is the kindness of killing officials and rebelling." The yellow-toothed man wiped the cold sweat on his head and shouted down the mountain, "Hey, Xiaomian brothers, we are the brothers of the lord of Liu Zhai in Erlong Mountain, we are all rebellious men, the well water does not interfere with the river water, don't hurt the harmony!" ”
The horsemen on horseback at the foot of the mountain laughed as if they had heard a joke.
Zhu Wu's men had few cavalry and few archers. It was only a few thousand men who could not easily gather two or three hundred cavalry. There were only a hundred and ten real cavalrymen, and the rest were only men who could ride horses.
This group of people was unlucky, and the real cavalry under Zhu Wu they met, the old pawns brought by Li Sai, and the leaders in the Dingyuan official army.
They couldn't run, they couldn't fight, and this group of people could only run to the mountains in a panic.
As soon as they had finished shouting, another knight on horseback came and said something at the foot of the hill, when one of the horsemen shouted loudly.
"Hey, the men on the mountain, since they are all friends from the rivers and lakes, come down to drink, we have good wine and good meat!"
The yellow-toothed man smiled, "Special mother, the red scarf is quite moral, go down the mountain!" ”
"Wait!" Huoyazi grabbed him and shouted, "There is no need for wine and meat, if it is really a friend, get out of the way and let us go!" ”
"Grandma, don't be fooled!" Erhu laughed at the foot of the mountain, "Fifth brother said, catch up and press to death!" Brothers, it's up to you, if your horse team can't work, I'll let my subordinates not come. ”
The commander of the horse team was Li Sai, a veteran army who had joined Haozhou, squinting his eyes, "Erhu's words are annoying. Brothers, do it. ”
The knights jumped off their horses, sword and shield hands in front, and on the sides were the archers who pressed the formation, and climbed up the hill with great vigour.
"What do you mean?" The big yellow tooth on the mountain was stunned.
Huoyazi swallowed a mouthful of spit, "I don't know what to do, I want our lives." ”
"Holy shit!" Big Yellow Fang scolded, "I didn't provoke you, I want my life?" ”
The bandits and robbers are all outlaws, and Big Yellow Fang turned his heart sideways, "Brothers, fight with these red turban dogs." ”
After roaring, he took the lead and rushed down with a broken knife.
"Back to ......"
Seeing that the brothers around him were all brainless and rushed down, he hesitated for a moment, turned around and ran up the mountain.
As soon as he ran out, he heard the heart-rending screams behind him, and when he looked back, he suddenly felt gall.
These brothers were also good hands in the village, but at the moment they were being chopped and chopped vegetables. In one look, the head of the big yellow tooth flew high.
"Mom!"
Huoyazi screamed, only hating his father and mother for having two legs less, and using his strength to breastfeed.
After a while, he ran out about two miles, and when he looked back to see that no one had caught up, he slowed down and gasped for breath.
But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. As his soul flew away, a thunderous voice came.
"You run a ball, and there is a ghost chasing you in broad daylight?"
Huoyazi turned from sad to joyful, and when he saw the person clearly, he grinned and cried, "The second master!" ”
The man who is called the second master has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a boxy Chinese face, a posture that is not angry and arrogant, and his eyebrows are twisted and his eyes are standing, like a man-eating tiger.
"Howling? Why are you alone? The second master rode on his horse, followed by a dozen or so brothers who rode mules or donkeys.
"We met the red scarf over there!" Huoyazi cried, "The brothers who are with me are all chopped up!" ”
"." The second master scolded, "The red scarves are all in Haozhou, Dingyuan!" Where did we get the red scarf in this place? As he spoke, he waved his hand, "Brothers, let's go and have a look." ”
Everyone hit their horses and left, and they hurriedly shouted, "Don't go to the second master, there are many of them!" ”
The second master turned around immediately and laughed heartily, "I often meet spring, when am I afraid of too many people!" ”
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"Usually three blows and six whistles, and at the critical moment, I am embarrassed, and there are a total of more than a dozen thieves, and I will run one fucking away!"
Li Sai was very annoyed, and he scolded his head and face.
"Commander, that guy is running so fast that it disappears after a swish, like a rabbit."
"yes, you're quite reasonable?" Li Sai was anxious.
"Alright.!" Zhu Wu sat under a tree on errands and swallowed a piece of bread, "Let the brothers find a place to rest, we have to hurry at night!" ”
After speaking, he ignored the people and forced his eyes to lie down. But in his heart, he thought that after taking Hezhou, he should send someone to sweep the bandits around here.
"Fifth brother, enemy cavalry!"
I was just confused, and something came right away.
Turning over and sitting up, "Officers and soldiers? ”
"Not like! Like a bandit! ”
"Li Sai, press them to death!"
Li Saizheng, who ran just now, was angry in his stomach, and said in his heart that his mother was over, and with a wave of his hand, all the cavalry under his command got up.
The horses galloped, and it didn't take much effort to reach them a few miles away. Chang Yuchun had just escaped from the mountain just now, and there were two strong tails behind him.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and suddenly hundreds of riders in front of him pounced like locusts.
Chang Yuchun was a little dumbfounded, he was not afraid of many people, but the other party even brought people and horses, and the knight still had iron helmets and armor on his body, and he killed him with murderous energy. This is not a matter of many people, it is not brave to fight with others like this, it is stupid.
"Let's go!"
Chang Yuchun shouted and turned the horse's head, and at the same time also held a bow and arrows in his hand, if the other party persevered, he couldn't say that a few vanguards, he would become a ghost under his arrows.
But just as he was secretly exercising, his pupils tightened.
In the opponent's cavalry team, a large banner with the character of Zhu was extremely dazzling, and Dingyuan calmed Zhu.
"Little Er's team?"
Between the electric light and flint, there are mixed feelings. A few days ago, Tian Yuchun received a letter from his brother-in-law saying that he had met the Ming Lord, and encouraged his brother-in-law to defect to the red scarf.
It's not that he hasn't been moved, but he hasn't seen is believing, and he's still hesitating. But I didn't expect to encounter it today.
"Chang Yuchun, Chang Yuchun, you are full of martial arts and courage, and you have been determined to be a general with ten thousand enemies since you were a child, but you have been a bandit and a robber and humiliated your ancestors.
Such a troubled man does not make a name for himself with the three-foot blade in his hand, but bullies the defenseless people, you are really such a big man for nothing.
My brother-in-law is already a hundred households with red scarves, what are you hesitating about in the spring? ”
Thinking of this, Chang Yuchun grabbed the reins and shouted, "In front of me is Dingyuan Zhu Zhenfu's subordinates, I am Zhu Zhenfu's old man!" ”
But the opposing cavalry ignored him, and his momentum continued unabated, with a momentum to trample him under his horse.
"Hey, hey!" Chang Yunchun sneered, "In this way, I will let you see my methods, and Zhu Zhenfu can speak a little harder." ”
Both legs kicked the horse's belly hard, and the war horse under the crotch neighed excitedly, Chang Yunchun did not retreat but advanced.
The knight at the front saw Chang Yuchun rushing over, and he was overjoyed and leveled the spear in your hand, and the other party's blood was already flowing in his brain.
But the moment the two horses made a mistake, his eyes flickered, "What about people?" "The other party actually disappeared, and the saddle was empty.
At this moment, Chang Yunchun hid under a saddle, and when the other party was stunned, he turned over again.
The knight felt a sharp pain in his neck, and his body rose into the air.
A big living person, at the moment when the two horses were staggered, was caught alive by Chang Yuchun on his own horse.