Chapter 12: The Hunter and the Prey
"Deng Baijiang, how many catties does your one-handed lance weigh?" Xu You looked at Deng Tao, who had been silent.
Deng Tao's voice was soft and long, completely disproportionate to his appearance, and said, "Forty-eight pounds!" ”
Fighting with a forty-eight-pound weapon? Did the biceps suffer?
Xu You was in a trance for a moment, and then he reacted, according to the unit of measurement of this era, one catty is about equal to 222.73 grams in later generations, that is to say, Deng Tao's one-handed lance weighs about twenty catties. Don't underestimate these twenty catties, Guan Yu's cold and glamorous saw that blows into flowers in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is only more than forty catties when converted. In the era of cold weapons, one inch long, one inch strong, and the weight is dominant, whether it is chopping or vertical chopping, you can have a few more chances of winning with white.
"But it's also made of fine iron?"
"It is forged into a rod from a hundred years of topwood produced in Gunzhou, wrapped in a hundred steels. If Lang Jun wants to ask me if I can take the spear and heavy arrow of Feiyao, I dare not deceive him, and I am only thirty percent sure! ”
"Sancheng?" Feng Tong said sharply: "That doesn't mean that you are not sure at all? As soon as the words came out, Feng Tong seemed to have said something wrong, glanced at Deng Tao carefully, and saw that his expression was not different, and immediately closed his mouth.
"Sancheng is already good!"
Xu You didn't pay attention to Feng Tong's small movements, his attention was attracted by the "Tuomu" in Deng Tao's mouth. Tuomu is also called golden wood, because there is gold wire in the texture and gets the name, the growth is slow, extremely precious, known as "ten extension nine bends, ten extension nine empty", so it is very difficult to find a length, thickness, straight and straight all meet the requirements of the one-handed lance Tuomu pole. Deng Tao was able to find the best quality of the Gunzhou century-old Tuomu, it must have taken a lot of thought, and the price spent is probably a surprising number.
It's just that Deng Tao is just a small hundred generals, where did he get the connections and money to make such a superb weapon?
Xu You glanced at him casually, if it weren't for the fact that this person was a member of the Yuan Mansion, he really had to wonder if it was the flying child among the four arrows, after all, in this era, giants with a height of more than two meters should not be as common as the land hooligans in the market.
Deng Tao was calm and calm, and in the face of Xu You's scrutiny, he did not show a trace of panic. Not to mention anything else, this calm work is not like what ordinary soldiers should have.
"Zuo Junhou, where do you think we should start arranging?" Xu You suddenly turned his head, looked at Zuo Yan and asked.
Zuo Yan thought for a while, dipped his index finger in water, drew a curved line on several cases, and said: "This is Hongye Zhu, from here more than ten miles forward, will arrive at the Jiazhu Wharf, at that time it is late, once it is night, eyes can not see, our advantage of more people will be in vain, this is lost time; If you rush overnight, the waterways along the way are rugged, and any location and direction may become the battlefield chosen by the other party, which will lose the geographical advantage; The time and place are lost, and in the face of a master like Sixiao Arrow, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, so there will be no more people. Lang Jun is a person who knows the art of war, and of course he understands that in this case, even if Wu Anjun is reincarnated, it is impossible to win this battle. In my humble opinion, it is better to rest at the Jiazhu Wharf for one night, and then leave tomorrow morning. ”
"The military is a person who knows the soldiers!" Wu Anjun is the Bai Qi of the Qin State, a generation of war gods, Xu You praised a sentence, and asked Deng Tao again, "What does Deng Baijiang think?" ”
"The subordinates only know how to obey orders, and everything is according to the orders of Lang Jun and the military candidates!"
Xu You shook his head and said: "The wisdom of one person is not as good as the foolishness of others; It is better to see at a glance than to see it with all eyes. This time the enemy is very strong, it is the life and death moment of brainstorming, the hundred generals are thoughtful, please tell them bluntly, there is no need to avoid anything. I am not a narrow-minded person, and the military is not a jealous person, let's work together to overcome this difficulty! ”
Deng Tao's eyes, which had been calm and unwavering, faintly flashed a different color, and he was silent for a while, then arched his hand to Zuo Yan and said: "The military is not strange, in my humble opinion, Si Xiaojian may be hoping that we will stay at Jiazhu Wharf overnight......"
Zuo Yan frowned and said, "Why do you say that?" Although Deng Tao had not been under his command for a long time, he was dutiful and brave in battle, and he was quite appreciated, so he did not feel offended by raising objections.
"I just heard the military Hou talk about the seven assassinations, some of them were in important places in the army, some were in Gaomen, Washington, and some were in the barren mountains and wilderness, but the only thing I didn't have was on this vast river......
Zuo Yan's eyes lit up, and he caught the meaning of Deng Tao's words, and said, "You mean, the four arrows are not good at water warfare?" ”
"I can't be sure, maybe the previous assassination targets happened not to be on the waterway, but today Yueyao suddenly shot this arrow, it seems to be a little reckless, and there is a slight gap between them in the past, and the means of killing the killer will die, so it is very likely that it is to startle the grass and snakes, so that we are frightened, we dare not rush to the night sail, only to stay at the Jiazhu Pier at night......"
"I can't say that, it should be Yueyao who saw Lang Jun alone in the bow of the boat, thinking that it was a godsend, so I took the risk."
"Yes, what the military candidate said is not unreasonable!" Deng Tao didn't argue, this person spoke and acted very measuredly, and said: "But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of whatever, but if there is a little possibility, I don't think we should take this risk, because once we get hit, Jiazhu Wharf will be our death." “
He looked at Xu You and said, "Lang Jun, I don't know much about the four arrows, but since I can make such a big name in the world, scheming, intelligence, and martial arts are all temporary choices, and they are by no means easy." Instead of staying overnight in a place like Jiazhu Wharf with a large number of people and mixed fish eyes, it is better to be careful and take precautions in every way, it is better to rush overnight and catch the other party off guard...... Soldiers, although we are difficult to see at night, but the night is deep, I am afraid that the impact on Sixiao's amazing archery skills will be greater, and after the Jiazhu Wharf, it is the calm Cao River, the river is wide, the field of vision is broad, Sixiao Arrow really wants to sneak attack in this section of the river, more than 100 parts on the boat, and I am not afraid of them ......"
Zuo Yan felt that Deng Tao's words also had some truth, and he couldn't make a decision for a while, hesitated for a moment, and said to Xu You: "Lang Jun, Deng Bai will have the courage to take risks, and I will be more steady, think about it carefully, I still want to stay overnight at Jiazhu Wharf, it doesn't matter if the fish and eyes are mixed, as long as the cordon is scattered, the idle people and so on are cleared, and then the defense is arranged, so that the assassins will be invulnerable." ”
Xu You stood up, paced back and forth a few steps, suddenly turned around, and said: "What the military Hou and the hundred generals said makes sense, but your starting point is to focus on defense, but judging from the past records of the four arrows, what they are best at is to assassinate the target in the secret room from the tight defense." Therefore, against these four people, it is not enough to defend alone, whether it is staying at the Jiazhu Pier at night or traveling by boat overnight, it may be in the opponent's calculations, so if you want to win this game, the first thing to do is to return a tooth for a tooth, and also give them a scareless ......"
Zuo Yan and Deng Tao looked over together and listened to Xu You's next words.
"The art of war cloud 'wins with odds', if you want to win, you must use odd!" Xu You said categorically: "Zuo Yan, Deng Tao, listen to the order!" ”
The two of them stood up at the same time, stood upright, clenched their fists and bowed their heads, and said, "Follow Lang Jun's orders!" ”