Chapter 20: The Halberd Warrior
After two days of rapid marching, in the early morning of the third day, Zhao Yi finally arrived at the boundary of Changshan. At this time, Lu Zhizheng led the official army and Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turban Army to fight a decisive battle in Jizhou, and Zhao Yi saw many fleeing refugees along the way. From the tattered clothes, Zhao Yi could clearly see the dry yellow skin.
Those people just glanced at Zhao Yi and the others with Mu Ne's dull eyes, and then lowered their heads and hurried away.
Zhou Ping sighed and said: "Our Youzhou is quite peaceful, and there are large-scale battles in Jizhou and the surrounding Qingzhou and Yanzhou. ”
At this time, there are tens of thousands of displaced people, and the government is currently unable to protect itself, so how can it care about the life and death of these displaced people. Ignoring the homeless people has led to many homeless people gathering together to riot, and looting of government grain depots has often occurred.
Zhao Yi shook his head slightly: "The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel." ”
Zhou Ping was taken aback when he heard this, and he couldn't believe that this was said from the mouth of a county magistrate: "My lord, if your words are heard by someone with a heart, they will say that you have the intention of rebellion." ”
Zhao Yi squinted at Zhou Ping: "What about the evidence?" ”
"Evidence?" Zhou Ping seemed to have heard something ridiculous, and laughed twice: "Adult, please forgive the villain for saying too much, do you still need evidence to do things in this troubled world?" "Zhou Ping has been walking in the land of Kyushu for a long time, and he is very clear about the current situation.
Zhao Yi naturally also knew that the current officials of the Han Dynasty had rotted from below to above. He didn't say anything more, but stared at the rising sun in the early morning, and whoever was strong could speak loudly.
"How far is this from where you said it was?" Zhao Yi asked.
Zhou Ping looked ahead: "There are still about fifty miles of land." ”
Zhao Yi waved his hand to stop the soldiers and said, "Mr. Zhou, you and Li Si will lead two hundred people to lead those bandits to rob and kill." I then led the men to rush over. ”
"Those bandits are very shrewd, we don't have anything in our hands, I'm afraid they won't be fooled." Zhou Ping was a little worried, this time Zhao Yi ordered the army to travel lightly, except for the necessary things, nothing else, only a few empty carriages.
Zhao Yicheng was in his chest: "Mr. Zhou, don't panic, I have a way." He ordered the soldiers to take out the sacks they had brought with them and fill them with earth.
Zhou Ping looked at these sacks full of soil and put them on top of the carriage, scratched his head, and didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhao Yi's gourd: "What do you mean, sir?" ”
"That's what you're escorting." Zhao Yi had a smile on his face.
Zhou Ping shook his head: "My lord, this is soil, will they rob this soil?" "It's everywhere, it's worthless, it's useless to loot.
Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows: "Those robbers don't know that this is soil, they may think that the car is loaded with food." As he spoke, he asked his soldiers to change out of their military uniforms and armor and put on ordinary clothes, so that they looked like escorts.
After thinking about it a little, Zhou Ping understood, bowed down and said in admiration: "The villain admires it a lot." ”
Zhao Yi didn't ink with Zhou Ping, and waved Zhou Ping on the road. Zhao Yi estimated that Zhou Ping and the others had already walked out for seven or eight miles, so he led people to follow.
The reason why the troops were divided at such a distance was that Zhao Yi was afraid that the horses in the mountains would find out, and if they were discovered, then they would have lost all their efforts. Zhou Ping and these people drove the carriage, especially it was filled with mud, which slowed down Zhou Ping and these people a lot, and they encountered some homeless people along the way.
A young man with a yellow face and thin muscles stared at the sack and swallowed: "This caravan may be transporting grain. ”
Several homeless people gathered together, staring at the sack on the carriage with bright eyes, their withered arms clenched tightly and then let go, in that moment just now, they had the idea of grabbing food, but seeing those fierce guards, they could only give up the idea in their hearts, as long as they dared to go up, those people dared to stab themselves with guns.
One of these homeless people had a ruddy face and was not malnourished like the others, his eyes were fixed on the direction of the caravan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he glanced at these homeless people with a thief's heart and no guts, and burrowed into the grove on the side.
Zhao Yi and the others followed behind and marched slowly, and the Tanma in front had been watching Zhou Ping's movements from a distance, announcing at any time. The further you go, the bigger the green dot in the distance becomes, and it's a hill.
The vegetation on the mountain is rich, and it looks like a tree ball from a distance, not to mention hiding hundreds of people on this mountain, even if it hides thousands of people, there is no difference outside.
A person in the depths of Cuiyun Mountain ran into a wooden house out of breath: "Big brother, big business is coming." ”
The big man who was woken up by him opened his eyes and asked angrily, "What big business?" ”
"The Malay newspaper at the bottom of the mountain said that there was a grain transport team, and now it is almost at the bottom of the mountain." Speaking of this, the person's face was excited: "There is not much food in the mountains, I'm afraid it won't last long." These grains are just the right thing to do. "A few days ago, these people robbed a caravan, but it was full of bottles and jars, and when they opened it, although it was fragrant, they couldn't eat it. At that time, a few brothers drank a little, but now they have not gotten up in bed, and they have collapsed, and they have to walk by holding on to a tree.
Dahan sighed: "Liu Sheng, you and I are wanted by the government, there is really no way to fall into the grass in this troubled era, but this is not a long-term solution." Whenever we have the opportunity, we have to find another way. ”
Liu Sheng sighed: "Big brother, it's all because I had a feud with Li Yong at the beginning, if it wasn't for the eldest brother who killed Li Yong to avenge me, the eldest brother would not have fallen to this point, every time I think of this, my brother I feel very guilty." ”
Dahan didn't care: "You and I are both fellow villagers and friends, and we are like brothers, so we are not allowed to say this again in the future." Grabbing the weapon on the table, he muttered: "I heard that Zhonglang General Lu Zhizheng led his troops to a decisive battle with Zhang Jiao in Jizhou, if we bring people to go to the same place, serve under General Lu's account, and make a career, wouldn't it be happy." ”
Liu Sheng thought for a moment: "Jizhou is more than 300 miles away from Changshan, even if we go to the same place, we must first rob the grain to make military rations." Speaking of this, Liu Sheng hesitated: "Big brother, there is something I don't know whether to say or not." ”
Dahan pushed open the door and beckoned his brother to set up an ambush on the side of the road, and then said to Liu Sheng: "What can't you and my brother say?" ”
Hearing Dahan's words, Liu Sheng took a deep breath: "General Lu has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, I'm afraid he won't look at us from the Rogue." ”
Dahan paused slightly, and then stepped forward: "Since the Yellow Turban Uprising, I have also been asking around. I heard that in the border of Youzhou, which is not far from us, two heroes have recently appeared, one is Liu Bei, the county governor of Anxi County, and the other is Zhao Yi, the county commander of Fanyang County. I heard that these two people repelled the attacks of the Yellow Turban Army many times, and everyone in Youzhou knew about it. ”
Liu Sheng reminded: "The matter of big brother can be considered, at present, I have no confidence in whether the official army can defeat the Yellow Turban Army." ”
Dahan kicked Liu Sheng aside: "You mean to be a wall grass, where the wind blows?" How can we go to the Yellow Turban Thieves. ”
Liu Sheng rubbed his buttocks and stood up, and said with a smile: "Big brother, don't be angry, I'm just saying it casually." Knowing that he had committed the taboo of his eldest brother, he quickly changed the topic: "Then the grain transport team is almost here." ”
Hearing this, the big man squatted down angrily to check the situation down the mountain.
This road was only more than a mile away from Cuiyun Mountain, and as soon as Zhou Ping and these people came over, these people who spied at the foot of the mountain found it, their eyes swept over those guards, and they all stared closely at the sacks loaded in the carriage.
Dahan looked at Zhou Ping's people: "There is something wrong with the caravan this time, those escorts seem to be a little different from what we encountered before." It's a lot calmer, and I don't even look around. ”
Liu Sheng was disdainful: "Don't worry, big brother, these escorts are just a deterrent to the rogues, have you forgotten the caravan we robbed a few days ago?" When he saw us, he ran faster than any rabbit. Besides, we have 400 brothers under our command, and even if we do do do it, we may not be afraid of them. ”
His side had the advantage, but Dahan still felt uneasy: "Tell the brothers to be careful." ”
With a whistle, the men jumped out and rushed towards the caravan with a scream.
Zhou Ping watched a group of people next to him rush down from the mountain, and cold sweat suddenly flowed down, this was the case when Hydrosol was robbed last time. The 200 soldiers were almost all recruits who had just entered the battlefield, and it was inevitable that they were a little panicked, and Li Si pulled out his sword at this time and shouted: "Calm down!" ”
There is a county lieutenant in front of him, these soldiers seem to see the backbone, and the spear in his hand does not tremble, Li Si and the Yellow Turban Army have fought, this bandit is not even as good as the Yellow Turban Army's combat strength, when those people rushed to the front, told everyone not to panic, pointed the long sword in his hand, and gave the order to attack.
Some of these people were the guards of the county government, who were now holding spears and screaming to give themselves strength, and rushed forward, and the recruits saw that someone was taking the lead, and they also screamed and rushed towards the bandits.
Li Si led these people to counterattack, which greatly surprised those people.
As soon as the two sides fought each other, they immediately saw the difference, and those bandits were stabbed to death by guns. But that big man is terrible, a pair of iron halberds in his hands dance like electric fans, breaking a lot of weapons, wounding and killing many people.
Li Si was taken aback when he saw this big man so violent, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to change their tactics, fight with these bandits, and not fight hard.
Tanma hurriedly reported the situation to Zhao Yi, and Zhao Yi, who was in ambush not far away, immediately led the army to rush over, and under the entanglement of Li Si and others, these bandits could not escape, and watched the soldiers in military uniforms surround them.
Eight hundred guns were pointed at those bandits, and Zhao Yi shouted: "Put down your weapons and avoid death!" ”
The army repeated Zhao Yi's words in unison, and the words of these hundreds of people in unison shook the earth, and those bandits trembled with fright, and when they reacted, they already had a gun on their chest, and he put down his weapon very obediently.
Surrounded by more officers and soldiers than they were, these bandits completely lost the courage to resist.
Zhao Yi watched these people put down their weapons, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he heard the sound of a "bell" metal handover next to him.