After Tangzi Mountain, separated by a mountain, different from Zaoyang County, in Tang County, it is a light rain.

There was a sharp or even panting sound before and after, and Guang Wenlu, who was sandwiched in the ranks and accompanied him, looked intently at Luo Wei's back not far away, feeling the crispy rain. After walking for a while, several trumpets sounded in the front line, followed by the waving of the flag, and the whole team gradually slowed down and finally stopped.

Wan Yong, who was holding the red flag, pushed aside the crowd and walked to the team, and said loudly: "Military order, rest in place for a while, listen to the trumpet sound three times, and trot forward with the flag." "Say it several times.

After he finished speaking, Guang Wenlu called "Brother Wan", Wan Yong squinted at him, frowned, moved his steps to come closer, and said in a low voice: "Don't call me Brother Wan outside, it's not good for others to hear it." ”

Guang Wenlu hurriedly said: "It's that I forgot, I'm sorry for Wanda...... Wancai official ......"

Wan Yong put the red flag in his hand on the ground, and at this time, looking around, most of the soldiers had already sat down on the ground to rest, and he and Guang Wenlu also squatted down.

"It's going to be dark, and the team is constantly advancing, is there a battle to be fought?"

Wan Yong nodded and said, "I guess it is." The ruler wants to fight the rogues in Tang County, and he can't be sure that the enemy situation will be detected in front of him. Then he said, "The Luo Guan team has already told me that this battle will be fought well, and as long as there is any merit, he will report it." ”

Guang Wenlu blinked, lowered his head and said, "I only want to be without fault, how can I ask for merit." ”

Wan Yong patted him on the head and said, "You kid, you always say frustrating things. This time, we are no longer fighting the official army but the rogue, afraid of a donkey? There is also Guo Tongzhi personally commanding, his hands and feet are diligent, and it is not a matter of holding a handle to make some work. And his face darkened, "Team Luo Guan treats you as his brother, don't let him down." ”

When Guang Wenlu heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "I know." At the same time, his right hand couldn't help but put it on the bow sheath on the side of his crotch.

Zhao Ying absorbed some stick thieves to supplement after defeating Yuan Tao, a giant in Sichuan. It was from that time that Guang Wenlu, Luo Wei and Wan Yong joined the Zhao camp and came to Huguang with the army. A few days ago, Zhao Ying comprehensively reorganized the army, and by considering physical fitness, technical level and reaction ability, most of the stick thieves were screened out of the field army and assigned to the Tuntian army. Guang Wenlu, Luo Wei, and Wan Yong are the few stick thieves who still stay in the field army, and the stick thieves who can be incorporated into the top outpost of the Hun Army are only the three of them. Among them, Luo Wei was appointed as the sentry team because of his strong and powerful convincing force, Wan Yong became a red flag bearer by virtue of his height and physical strength, and Guang Wenlu became a foot archer because of his long arms and good shooting.

Wan Yong casually flipped through Guang Wenlu's quiver and counted: "Fifteen arrows, is it enough to shoot?" After raising his eyes and looking at the other archers around him, he said, "I see that their quivers are bulging, and there will be no less than thirty arrows. ”

Guang Wenlu shook his head and said: "Brother Wan, do you know, each archer has fifty arrows at the beginning, and if the consumption exceeds the regulation too quickly, it will be deducted from the monthly salary." ”

Wan Yongyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Then you can save a little bit and use it?" ”

Guang Wenlu explained: "The camp stipulates that the foot archers prepare fifteen arrows for each battle. ”

Hearing him say this, Wan Yongfang woke up and said: "I see, these people are actually carrying more than double the arrows. The goal is probably that after a unified salvo, individuals can have more opportunities to shoot the enemy. "According to the military discipline in the battalion, the first song of the enemy will be rewarded with one or two silver, and the third will be directly promoted to the first level. Bring more arrows, you may lose some money due to too fast consumption, but once you get the credit, the profit is far greater than the cost.

Guang Wenlu responded: "Exactly." ”

Wan Yong knocked him again and said, "You kid is lazy!" Everyone has this mind, and you are still indifferent. Will an extra arrow crush you? Seeing that Guang Wenlu's expression suddenly darkened, he continued to ask, "What, what I said is wrong?" ”

Guang Wenlu said: "Brother Wan, I want to save more silver." My father and mother are sick, and there are two sisters, who are not doing well in Bazhou. When I was a thief in the past, I didn't have the face to see them, and I really had no money to spare, so I couldn't help them if I wanted to. Now that I'm an officer and soldier, I can save some money in the future, and I can entrust someone to take it to Sichuan to give it to them, just hoping to cure my father's life and save the dowry for my sisters. ”

He pursed his lips slightly. Wan Yong looked at him and was speechless for a long time, but suddenly remembered his parents and wife who had passed away for many years. Not long after, the clear trumpet in the front line sounded three times in a row, a high-pitched race, and at the same time, a herald shouted: "The big flag bearer, the red flag bearer, etc., return to their positions and raise the flag!" "It seems that the short rest is over, and the troops are going to move on.

Wan Yong stood up, turned around silently and left. But after taking two steps, he turned back, patted the chest of Guang Wenlu, who had also stood up, and said in a low voice: "Wealth does not depend on saving, but on earning." "Words, step away.

This time, the march was more urgent than before, and Guang Wenlu even caught a glimpse of the straw sandals of the soldiers slipping off in the flying steps. But the soldier did not dare to hesitate for a moment, and continued to walk like a fly. Although the soles of the soldiers at this time have a thick layer of calluses, it is not pleasant to walk such a long distance.

Guang Wenlu was only slightly distracted, and then regained his attention. It was getting dark, but the army was fast, and it was obvious that the purpose of controlling Lord Guo was to fight a battle before nightfall. At this time, remembering what Wan Yong said to himself before leaving, he thought of the number of arrows in the quiver again, and suddenly regretted it.

It was reported that Zhang Xiongfei's troops returning to the camp were on the south bank of Chengshui. Guo Ruke swung his army forward at full speed, constantly asking questions from the returning night non-collectors. What is certain is that Zhang Xiongfei never left Chengshui from beginning to end.

Guo Ruke never seemed to feel so high-spirited, he had nothing else to think about now, and only secretly swore to himself that if Zhang Xiongfei ran away this time, he would kill himself by the Chengshui and have no face to see Zhao Dangshi, Hou Dagui, Wang Laixing and other old brothers in the camp.

"Is the thief surnamed Zhang still there?"

Almost every night does not receive it in front of him, Guo Ruke will blurt out this question. As long as he didn't accept it at night to confirm that Zhang Xiongfei had not left, he trembled slightly with excitement. Pang Jinming galloped back and said to him: "Lao Guo, find out, Zhang Xiongfei's 800 people are all horse troops, we are all infantry troops and have no firearms, this battle is not easy to fight!" ”

Guo Ruke glared at him and said, "Why is it not easy to fight?" I think it's just hitting! ”

Pang Jinming was helpless, turned his horse away, and came back again after a while, saying: "Zhang Xiongfei seems to have sensed the movement of our army and is moving west along the waterfront. ”

Guo Ruke scolded: "If you want to run away, give the order to go down, let the brothers work harder, and fight to the death!" Jing Keqin and Peng Guang on the side listened, didn't say much, and acted separately.

Pang Jinming said: "How can two legs run over four hooves? Since the people returning to the camp are leaving, we can't stop them. ”

Guo Ruke said with a tiger face: "Chengshui goes west to the county seat of Tang County, where there are county soldiers guarding the shore, and it is difficult for the surname Zhang to pass." It is because he will inevitably find a shoal to cross the water in the middle, and our army will move quickly, just in time to grab the cover. "Lao Pang, I know you don't want to fight this battle, but the boss here is me, if you don't help, don't make trouble." Otherwise, military law is ruthless, and don't blame me for not being merciful in front of official business! ”

Pang Jinming was so angry that he turned his horse and left, Jing Keqin immediately came up, and immediately arched his hand and said: "The five teams in the outpost are all ready for battle, and they will be ready to be sent at any time!" ”

Peng Guang also said: "All the big flags and red flags everywhere and the pond dialing, walking, etc. are also ready!" ”

Guo Ruke thought for a moment and said: "Let the second team get off the post, go east alone, and don't receive reports at night, there is a dense forest in the east of the mile, and this team is clamoring in the forest, and they are not allowed to fight without an order!" The first and third teams are the front, running forward, encountering the enemy for a temporary standoff and not moving, the fourth team guarding the middle army, and the fifth team holding back. ”

Jing Keqin and Peng Guang took the orders to go separately, Guo Ruke clenched his palms into fists, and his eyes were blazing. After a while, the first and third teams sent people to report: "The enemy army is lined up against the water, and it seems that there is a decisive battle." "This newspaper is here, not far away, three horsemen suddenly arrived, two are Zhao Ying's night does not collect, and the person in the center is alive.

"The villain is under the command of Leader Zhang......" The person who came saluted on the horse, and only said half a sentence when he opened his mouth, but unexpectedly, the knife flashed in front of him, and everyone saw that he actually cut Guo Ruke off the horse with a knife.

"Your Excellency!"

Seeing this, everyone was shocked. One of them jumped off his horse, looked at the man's snort in a pool of blood, and shook his head.

Guo Ruke clamped the blood-stained blade with his left inner elbow, pulled his right hand to wipe the blood stains with a armor knife, and said excitedly: "You two go back and tell the surnamed Zhang that there is a battle today, there is me without him, and there is him without me!" The two men were terrified at night, and ordered Pegasus to gallop away.

By the edge of the water, Guang Wenlu looked at the Ma army who were standing in the dark pressure on the opposite side, and felt frightened for no reason. He is a native of Sichuan, he has never been out of the province before, there are few horse battles in Sichuan, and he has never seen a horse team of nearly a thousand scales so far, at this time, looking at the layers of black walls that cover the sparkling water, his heart is naturally shocked.

With a trumpet sounding through the sky, the flags of the three outposts at the forefront of the formation began to wave. In the middle of the formation, Guang Wenlu glimpsed more than ten steps away, and Wan Yong also began to wave the red flag vigorously in response. At the same time, it was obvious that there was a slight commotion in the Ma army formation on the opposite side.

Even though the river wind was blowing, Guang Wenlu could still hear the short and powerful bamboo whistles intermittently in the Huiying Ma Army, and soon after those bamboo whistles sounded, the first batch of Huiying Ma soldiers jumped out first, walked forward for a while, and stopped at a distance of nearly fifty paces from the third team of Zhao Ying's outpost. At such a close distance, Guang Wenlu could even clearly see the small pennant that was waving in the wind behind each of these returning cavalrymen.

"What's it called? I think it's called the first to sell the first bid! Guang Wenlu heard an archer on his right, and it seemed that he was not the only one who noticed the pennants. As soon as the archer said this, the few people around him who heard it laughed secretly, as if their nervous mood could be relieved.

"Bow with arrows!"

The orders of several Tang Dial captains in the team were uniform, and Wan Yong and other flag-carrying officers also waved the red flag again. Guang Wenlu squinted and saw that among the three flags in the upper right corner, the large flag with the flying bird flag stood the highest, and the other two flags were slightly tilted, which showed that the initial strategy of the three teams was to meet the enemy with bows and arrows.

Fifty paces away, the first row of horses returning to the camp noticed the change in the banner of the Zhao camp, only to hear a scream, I don't know who released a monkey, the horse soldiers who returned to the camp immediately urged the horses' hooves, and began to attack the position of the Zhao camp. They spread out slowly in a circle, and by the time they approached twenty paces, they had almost formed a line. This line is uneven and even disjointed from the side, but from the front, it looks like a tide.

"Shoot the arrows!"

In the panic, Guang Wenlu didn't know whether the two words he heard were real military orders or hallucinations, he only felt that those cavalry came so fast, so fast that if he didn't loosen the bowstring as soon as possible, I was afraid that there would be no chance to make a move.

"Shoot the arrows!"

His own arrows were shot out, and there was nothing to gain, but Guang Wenlu heard the military orders that followed. He was sure that he and the archers around him would never be able to fire another shot in such a short period of time. However, as soon as he looked up, he suddenly heard a "bang", and a row of flying arrows as dense as a swarm of locusts flew out from the back of his head.