Chapter 15: Under the Night
Tian Yunshan woke up from a nightmare, in which he was caught by Zhou Jun, and after the other party tortured him in every way, he threw him into a pit full of poisonous snakes.
Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Tian Yunshan got up and looked around, only to see that the top of the mountain was dim at night, and there was a sound of insects chirping from the dark rocks and bushes, and several henchmen around him were on alert.
"Is there any movement?" Tian Yunshan asked, of course he was speaking in the local dialect, and after hearing that his henchmen shook their heads and said that there was no abnormality, they finally put their minds at ease.
A few days ago, Shihu Village was discussed, and everyone decided to confront the Zhou army in Hushan Chong, and the other party wanted to bypass Hushan Chong and there was a small road to go, and there was a dispute over who should hold this path, and finally decided that Tian Yunshan would lead the soldiers to guard the mountain.
Other people may be bought by Zhou Jun, but Tian Yunshan will definitely not, he is a thorn in the side of the government and a thorn in the flesh, if it falls into the hands of the other party, I am afraid that life will be worse than death, so the owners of the village feel that it is more appropriate for him to guard the road.
The north side of the mountain on the east side of Hushan Chong is a deep stream, and if you want to bypass the killing tiger village, you can only climb over the west side of the mountain, so Tian Yunshan took people to climb the west side of the mountain to garrison, preventing the Zhou army from going over the mountain under the leadership of the guide, so as not to be copied by the other party The back road of killing the tiger village in the tiger mountain chong.
As long as the Tiger Village withstands the offensive of the Zhou army, then the Shihu Village can sit back and relax, the longer the time drags on, the more sure Tian Yunshan is to persuade more village owners, and then work together to copy the back road of the Zhou army, and the new Jingguan can be built.
"I don't know how the battle is going to kill the tiger village." Tian Yunshan muttered to himself, he brought people up the mountain to garrison the day before yesterday, and yesterday afternoon the lord of Ran Zhai sent someone up the mountain to inform him that the Zhou army had arrived outside the Tiger Killing Village, and today the other party is very likely to attack the village.
No, it has already attacked, although the battlefield is at the foot of the mountain, but he can also hear the faint shouts on the mountain, the echo of the mountain chong can transmit the movement at the foot of the mountain, Tian Yunshan listened to it for a day, but he couldn't hear anything famous.
It is said that the senior official surnamed Yuwen in Bazhou has strong soldiers under him, Tian Yunshan is worried that the lord of Ran Zhai will not be able to withstand them, but thinking about the rock-solid Tiger Village, he feels that the other party is impossible to attack, at least not so quickly.
The main buildings of the Tiger Village are made of stones, so they are not afraid of fire attacks, although there is a small river next to it, but then there is a waterfall, so it is not effective to build a dam to block the water to attack the water, Tian Yunshan felt that even if the Zhou army wanted to take the village, it would have to fill in many lives.
He led people to garrison on the mountain, in case the situation is not good, you can still slip away, there are many cottages in the mountains, many of which have a relationship with him, even if Shihu Village and several villages are gone, Tian Yunshan can still make a comeback.
As long as there is still a breath of air, he will fight to the end with the government outside the mountain.
The night breeze blew, bringing a burst of coolness, Tian Yunshan wrapped the tiger skin on his body, looked around again, and lay down to rest after making sure that there was nothing abnormal.
The mountain is inaccessible, naturally there can be no buildings to shelter from the wind and rain, Tian Yunshan and dozens of soldiers are guarding the mountain, it can be said that they are sleeping in the open air, but they don't care, the hard life in the mountains has long made them accustomed to it.
Looking at the hazy moon in the sky, Tian Yunshan still couldn't close his eyes, he was thinking about how to go in the future, this time he went down the mountain to 'punish' the foolish people who opened the mountain, he was ready for the counterattack of the government, and after the defeat of the county soldiers, the attack of the state soldiers was beyond everyone's imagination.
Those who received the benefits of the village owners, sent people to help the Zhou army as a guide, and spared no effort to be a thug, killing the village soldiers sent by Tian Yunshan and other village owners to attack and harass with heavy casualties, if it were not for the help of these people, where could the Zhou army go deep into the mountains to the point where it is now.
"Help outsiders deal with their own people, sooner or later there will be a **** to settle this account."
Suddenly, there was a stirring in his heart, and he rolled to the side, and at the same time there was an unsheathed dagger in his hand, and the rest of the people also drew their swords, and a black shadow monster screamed and swept through the sky, and by the moonlight, they found that it was an owl.
The owl is also called the god owl, the appearance is strange and the face is like a cat, and its cry is unpleasant like a human scream, it sounds particularly penetrating at night, and its sex is diurnal and likes to come out to hunt at night, so it is not surprising to see it on the mountain at night.
However, this divine owl is not small, and it seems that it is not afraid of people, and it left after circling silently on the top of the mountain for a few circles, Tian Yunshan was completely tired by this owl, and he was also troubled by the appearance of this thing.
Legend has it that if a person encounters this thing, it is easy to be unlucky, and it is an unlucky omen.
Before Tian Yunshan could scold him, a strange feeling came to his heart, and he didn't care if it was a false alarm, and shouted directly at the top of his throat: "The situation is not right, someone is coming!" ”
Of course someone came, and the originally noisy chirping insects in the grass suddenly whispered a lot, which was a sign that something was approaching, and someone else would touch the mountain in addition to Zhou Jun at night?
The soldiers also reacted quickly, and they all bent their bows and arrows to aim at the periphery, but the other party's movements were faster, and suddenly the figure that came out of the grass threw something at Tian Yunshan and the others.
The piercing whistling sound caught them off guard, and they all covered their ears involuntarily, and this moment of chaos was taken advantage of, and the uninvited guests who attacked released arrows one after another, the bowstring sound continued to sound, and the soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
The opponent relied on the first-mover advantage to release arrows on the periphery, and after creating chaos, some of them rushed directly forward to engage the battle, and they all tied white cloth belts behind their backs, so that the archers covering in the rear could easily distinguish between friend and foe.
"Woo!" Tian Yunshan howled, and when he saw a person rushing towards him, he threw a dagger, kicked him down while the other party was dodging, and pulled out another dagger to step forward to mend the knife, but he heard the sound of the bowstring and immediately rolled on the ground.
An arrow swept by, Tian Yunshan knew that the situation was not good, and he didn't get entangled in the grass and crawled hand and foot together, slipping out like a dog, and there was a scream behind him, which was the wail of his soldiers before they died.
'How so, how so!' Tian Yunshan was anxious, he was stationed on the mountain and knew that the matter was very important, so when night fell, there were many secret posts arranged on the periphery, in case someone attacked at night, but now he was touched under his nose and found that he couldn't figure out what the problem was.
It seemed that he had escaped some distance, and he had not heard the movement of the pursuit in his ears, so Tian Yunshan deliberately slowed down his movements, so as not to make too much movement when walking through the bushes, so that people could see that something was wrong through the swaying grass.
Years of life in the mountains let him know how to escape with the help of the terrain, even in the dark he also identified the direction, towards the north side of the hill slowly slipped away, Shihu Village is in the north of the mountain, he has to run back to gather the village soldiers to counterattack, but also to the mountain chongli to kill the tiger village to warn.
There was a strange cry overhead, the sound was so tragic that Tian Yunshan was startled with goosebumps, a black shadow swept overhead, but it was an owl, he was scolding and met this ominous bird again, but he saw it turn around and fly above his head again, hovering in the sky, and from time to time there were several strange screams.
'What's going on?' How can you look for people like a harrier? Tian Yunshan was shocked in his heart, the eagle training master in the mountain can train the harrier eagle to search for large beasts, and even people can find them, but he has never heard of anyone who can train owls.
It is very difficult to train this thing to catch mice, let alone train to find people, if it wasn't for Tian Yunshan seeing it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it at all, but now he didn't have time to marvel, and his heart was more panic.
The owl is a nocturnal bird of prey, and there is nowhere to run when it is targeted at night!
"Someone runs away, shoot him with arrows!" There was a shout behind him, and several arrows swept by, Tian Yunshan knew that his whereabouts were exposed, and he didn't care about being injured, so he gritted his teeth and rolled to the ground, about to roll down the hillside.
If you run slowly, you will die, you may die if you roll down, you may break your hands and feet, but at least you have a chance to live, Tian Yunshan went out to fight, but unfortunately he was unlucky, an arrow hit his shoulder, and then hit a big rock.
The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and he struggled to get up and wield the dagger in his hand to trap the beast, but was knocked to the ground by the chasing soldiers who surrounded him.
Dragged up the hill by his hands tied, Tian Yunshan was thinking about how to fish in troubled waters, but saw several people standing in front of him, one of them raised his left arm and whistled, and a moment later an owl landed on his left forearm wearing a leather holster.
"Which stockade are you from?" The man asked in the local dialect, Tian Yunshan looked at the moonlight, and vaguely saw that the man was quite young, and the captives did not say a word when they heard the words, he was quite comforted when he saw this, and determined the intention of escaping.
The people who guarded the mountain with him were all confidants and reliable people, so Tian Yunshan pinned his hopes on no one to recognize him, and then followed the opportunity to escape on the way to the escort, and then found a way to take revenge.
"Which stockade are you from?" The young man asked again, seeing that his tone was not good, someone whispered that it was a soldier of Shihu Village, who was sent by the lord of Ran Village to guard the mountain, and the young man did not ask again when he heard this.
The captives were strung together and taken to the other side, and the young man stood by and watched each of the captives who passed by, and when Tian Yunshan, who bowed his head slightly, walked in front of him, he suddenly said, "The tiger skin is good." ”
Tian Yunshan was shocked when he heard this, he forgot that he was wearing a tiger skin, which showed that his identity was not ordinary, he was about to run to the side but was held down, looked up, but saw the young man looking at him with a smile, and the other party's two eyebrows were almost connected.
He seemed to have seen this person somewhere, and before he could speak, he was grabbed and gagged, and seeing that he couldn't help but struggle, the young man with a single eyebrow grinned: "Old ghost, you are really old." ”
Tian Yunshan looked at the eyebrows in front of him with wide eyes, he remembered who this was, but it was too late, he led the people to sleep on the mountain, and he didn't expect to be easily succeeded by the other party.
Looking at the owl on Yizimei's arm, he understood that the reason why the other party was able to successfully sneak attack was because of this thing to lead the way, and the secret whistle arranged on the periphery was quietly found by the owl and then pulled out, so he lost, lost in a mess.
"I thought you were killing Tiger Village, but I didn't expect to bring people to blow the wind on this mountain, and if the Lord of Ran Village is not good underneath, you are afraid that you will have to slip away, right?" Yizi smiled and said, he instructed left and right: "Find a stick, two people carry it and take it back, be careful on the road, the government will live." ”
Tian Yunshan was tied hand and foot, with a wooden stick through it, like a wild boar was carried by people, there was a faint cry in the distance, he followed the sound to look north, only to see a large number of fires in the direction of Shihu Village under the night.
'It's over, it's over' (To be continued.) )