North by Northwest
Bianzhou City
Hu Si was lying on the couch with his back facing the sky, humming and wailing in his mouth, looking like a dying earth dog.
Today, he took people to send baggage to Qin Xian's department stationed in the west, but unexpectedly, it happened that the Bianzhou army went out of the city to attack the camp, and the veteran Youzi Hu Si turned around and fled when he saw that the situation was not good, but he was still shot in the shoulder by an arrow, and if it wasn't for the fact that his legs and feet were sharp enough, he would have lost this little life.
There was no army in the baggage camp, so Xu Cun took a dagger and burned it on the fire, so he gritted his teeth and cut off a piece of meat with an arrow.
Meng Hu took it in his hand and weighed it, and said in a convincing manner: "It's more than two catties!" When Hu Si heard this, he cried and splashed like a wolf: "No wonder Brother Lu always says that it is your meat sheep, why do you cut so much?" Want to eat it raw? Xu Cun slowly applied gold sore medicine to Hu Si, and was not in a hurry to bandage it, while slowly admiring his masterpiece, he commented lightly: "Your meat is too thin and thin, not suitable for raw food, and the soup may be better." Lu Ben listened to the music beside him, and asked Hu Si with his eyebrows fluttering: "Fourth brother, what kind of way do you like to eat?" ”
He was injured, and he was teased by a few of them heartlessly, Hu Si, who had never been willing to suffer, pulled his neck and cried and scolded like a dead father: "I can't live, I can't live, I mix with you cannibals and thieves every day, where can I still live!" ”……
Xu Cun, who was jogging with them, suddenly moved, restrained his smile and muttered: "The fourth brother is right, I'm afraid this ghost place can't live!" "We have to think about leaving and find a place to live!" As soon as Hu Si heard Xu Cun get down to business, he immediately stopped the stirring and listened carefully.
"Now is a good opportunity, the Caizhou army has been disrupted, let's just take advantage of the chaos;" "Ben'er will explore the road to all directions tomorrow, Huzi wants to prepare more food on the road, and the fourth child will give a thorough breath to the trusted brothers, and those who are willing to go will bring ...... together" Xu Cun arranged everyone's respective work in an orderly manner, and the other three nodded frequently and said yes.
Many decisions to change one's life against the sky are not all well thought out, and are often decided in a single thought! Who would have thought that a plan to escape would actually originate from a discussion on the cooking method of human flesh, but in the end it came quietly in just a few words!
To lead the brothers out of the battlefield safely, not only to avoid the supervision of the Caizhou army, but also to avoid the attack of the Bianzhou army, this is an almost impossible task in peacetime, and now, there may be a chance to achieve it, Xu You suddenly discovered this keenly when he was playing with his brothers.
It is not difficult to get out of the barracks, and there is no reason for any supervising army to prevent the free passage of the baggage transport team, and it is somewhat difficult to get out of the battlefield.
At this time, after a fierce battle, the defense areas of the two sides were staggered, and it was possible to find a gap to allow the brothers to get out of the battlefield safely. In fact, judging from the attack on Hu Si's baggage team, it shows that the warring sides do not know where the specific offensive and defensive lines are, and this may be an opportunity.
With the opportunity to leave the battlefield, there is another question, which way to escape? Xu Cun meditated; Under the city of Bianzhou is the main battlefield of the battle between the two sides, and going straight to the south is tantamount to a moth to a fire. The neighboring feudal towns in the east, west, and north directions, although they all watched the fire on the other side, they were all strictly guarded, and they would never let the Caizhou soldiers enter the country. If the brothers want to go south unharmed, they can only start from the baggage battalion, within the sphere of influence of the Caizhou army, and go northwest to bypass the battlefield. If all goes well, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the river and turn south, maybe there will be a glimmer of life.
After sorting out the military quartermaster distribution documents for tomorrow's baggage camp, deliberately selecting the Qin Xian Department in the northwest direction, and distributing them to the thirty-seven brothers who walked together without a trace, Xu Cun walked out of the camp with a relaxed face and went to the nearby military camp for a walk.
Xu Cun, who is very popular, no matter where he goes, someone came forward to say hello and say a few words, Xu Cun responded with a smile and a little head, and finally slowly walked into the baggage camp, found his boss Li Duwei, and reported to him that because his team Zheng Hu Si was injured a few days ago, and General Qin Xian needed a lot of ordnance, so he decided to personally escort the baggage to tomorrow.
Looking at such a conscientious subordinate, Li Duwei said with a look of relief: "Brother, hard work!" Then he ordered the camp to write a copy of the Chinese script to him. Before leaving, Xu Cun kindly reminded the clerk that after he came back tomorrow, he would take Hu Si's dispatch to cancel the number, and after a few words of greeting with the Governor, Xu Cun returned to the camp with Shi Shiran.
The cart transporting military supplies set off before dawn, a total of eight, Xu Cun looked at the brothers around him couldn't help but feel gloomy, the brothers who stayed behind were afraid that they were going to suffer, Qin Zongquan was insidious and brutal, in order to prevent deserters, the company system was implemented, every five people were a fire, and a deserter was found to kill all of them. But there is no way, if you act carefully, you can't bring everyone out, in case someone has a ghost in their hearts, they go to the prison army to report the news, and everything will be over.
Xu Cun turned around and bowed a few times in the direction of the barracks, looking a little surprised!
After the convoy walked for less than an hour, Xu Cun ordered Lu Ben to lead the lead car, adjust the route of travel, and cross the river through the pontoon bridge to the north-west.
After walking a short distance, he arrived at the outpost of the Qin Xian Department of the Caizhou Army, and a lieutenant checked the Paimu, and after verifying that it was correct, he let it go, and kindly reminded the deer Ben on the head car that the direction was northern, and this side was not only a long detour, but also a battle was still going on ten miles ahead. Lu Ben suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, thanked him again and again, promised to drive back to the right road after passing the checkpoint, and scolded Hu Si lying on the cart with a face full of chagrin: "It's all your foolish guide that caused us to almost go the wrong way." Hu Si rolled his eyes and forced himself not to squeak.
After walking out of the outpost for about five or six miles, Xu Cun called the convoy, called the brothers to gather around, and divided all 38 people into three teams; Meng Hu led the fifteen strongest martial artists, turned out the best horizontal knives and iron spears from the cart, each carrying a knife on his waist and holding a gun in his hand, hidden behind the third and fourth carts. Lu Ben led ten people, turned out a strong crossbow and feather arrows are also two hands, hidden in the fifth and sixth carts, and he led the rest of the people, driving the two carts to walk in the front, and separately allocated two people to protect Hu Si, following the last cart.
Then, a battle plan was also arranged: if there was an obstacle on the road, whether it was the Caizhou army or the Bianzhou army, Xu Cun would take the lead in negotiating with it and observing the enemy's situation, and if Xu Cun raised his left hand, he would hint at the start of the battle, and the Lu Ben group would take the lead in launching a strong crossbow; When a round of crossbow arrows was fired, the Meng Hu group immediately rushed out to cover the kill; Xu Cun's group drew his knife to follow up, and then, the Lu Ben group held a light feather arrow in his hand and rushed to the periphery of the battlefield to shoot accurately.
With so many people, such an arrangement is not exquisite, but unfortunately people are not as good as heaven!
The convoy walked out of another five or six miles, and sure enough, it met a group of Bianzhou troops, but for some reason, they rushed from the rear of the convoy.
Hearing Hu Si's screaming voice from the back of the team, Xu Cun on the head car broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly jumped out of the car to command the counterattack.
Xu Cun took a closer look, and saw that this Bianzhou army was just ordinary foot soldiers, without the cooperation of cavalry and crossbowmen, and about forty people were equal to his own strength, so he secretly determined to open a bloody road.
There was no longer the style of a general who raised his hand in the plan, Xu Cun pulled his neck and jumped to his feet and shouted: "Lu Ben, release the crossbow arrows!" Before the words fell, the crossbow arrows that had already been wound by the Lu Ben group were shot out like flying locusts, and the Bianzhou army did not expect that an ordinary baggage team was actually equipped with a strong crossbow, and was caught off guard, and was shot over seven or eight by a round of crossbow arrows.
"Huzi, rush with Lao Tzu!" After shouting, Xu Cun took the lead in rushing over with a knife, Meng Hu also led people to cover up with an iron gun, Lu Ben saw that three or four Bianzhou soldiers were besieging Xu Cun, and he was also red-eyed, handed over his group to Hu Si to command, rushed up and cut down a Bianzhou soldier with a knife, and also joined the melee.
Xu Cun's knife technique is to open and close both offense and defense, and usually three or four men can't get close; Meng Hu is momentum is heavy, one force down ten times, the iron gun swept over, even if the opponent has already taken the knife rung, but as soon as it touched, the knife in the hand of the Bianzhou soldier flew into the sky, and he could only watch Meng Hu's spear tip cut open his stomach. Lu Ben's knife is fast, the shot is like lightning, and he does not seek to kill with one hit, as long as the opponent loses the ability to fight. The crossbow group commanded by Hu Si is definitely yin and bad, because it is a hand-to-hand fight, Hu Si is afraid of accidentally injuring his own people, so he orders everyone to aim at each other's buttocks and thighs to greet, these parts are not protected by leather armor, and the Bianzhou soldiers are fighting hard, but they also have to beware of the sneak attack of the secret tricks behind them, which is really miserable.
In just a stick of incense, the two warring sides have won or lost, the team led by the Bianzhou soldiers is shouting, retreating south with more than a dozen remnants, Xu Cun hurriedly shouted to Meng Hu, who had chased out more than a dozen steps, and sat on the cart panting, ordering Hu Si to take people to inspect the battlefield, count the casualties and prepare to evacuate.
In this battle, thirteen of his brothers were killed and three were seriously wounded. Twenty-nine enemies were killed, but there were no prisoners, because Hu Si and his people were all mended with knives one by one.
Xu Cun ordered Meng Hu to put the wounded on the ox cart, evacuate immediately after determining the direction, go out about two miles, see a forest next to it, send Lu Ben to take people in to investigate, after making sure that there is no ambush, called the brothers, arranged to bring enough dry food and equipment, abandoned the ox cart and went into the woods.
Under the cover of the woods, it was already dusk when he stopped walking, and Xu Cun estimated that it had been more than ten miles since he left the battlefield where he was fighting with the Bianzhou soldiers, so he slowly relaxed and told the brothers to rest. In the middle of the moon, Xu Cun reorganized the team and counted 25 brothers, including three seriously wounded who could not walk.
Lu Ben saw that Xu Cun's face was difficult, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to take the three wounded soldiers to break off. Xu Cun knew that when he fled for his life, he couldn't have the kindness of a woman, and if he made a mistake, he would bury the lives of all his brothers, and he also understood Lu Ben's temperament, so he left him some extra dry food, patted him on the shoulder silently, and left with the other brothers first.
In the second half of the night, Lu Ben caught up with Xu Cun who was waiting by the woods, and when everyone saw him coming alone, they all knew that no one asked, just walked forward in silence.
"The dry food was left." Lu Ben, who was following Xu Cun, muttered in a low voice, and in the dark night, Xu Cun's feet did not stop, and he didn't seem to hear anything......