Chapter 3: Suppression of Bandits (3)

"Thorn Shi Ling: Niu eats grass, Wang Shan, and Qi Tai are the battalion commanders, each commanding five hundred troops, and the team is three people. Those who are short will be allowed to recruit to make up for it. There are 10 new team members, 150 commanders each, three gang commanders, and new recruits are recruited. ”

"Assassin Shi Ling: There are very few soldiers in Cangzhou Prefecture, and 2,000 soldiers are now recruited, and those who are recruited will be exempted from four stones of food at home, and those who have no household registration will be given 200 money. Combat experience, martial arts skills are preferred. ”

Two warrants issued by Xu Qing were issued from Cangzhou City, one was sent to three military camps, one was sent to various counties for posting, and the other rode to southern Hebei with Xu Qing's order to ventilate to Liu Zantong.

As soon as this order was issued, there was an uproar, and the officials of the various states hurriedly came to explore the wind. Xu Qing only said that there were many bandits, and he was afraid that he would recruit some soldiers and horses to defend Cangzhou City. When the officials heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly conveyed Xu Qing's meaning to the people outside, and some people outside were also relieved when they heard it.

As soon as the recruitment order was issued, the new teams were quickly occupying the streets of Cangzhou City, and those who did not grab the position went out of the city to occupy the various roads into the city. Pull the banner, beat the drum, and publicize the glory of being a soldier in various places. With Xu Qing's stern warning, no one dared to pull Zhuang Ding.

Actually, there is no need to pull the strong ding. On the first day of opening, as soon as the flag was opened, the recruitment site was crowded, and 900 people were selected according to the requirements. Xu Qing waved his hand, took three taels of silver, sold pigs to buy rice, and had a big meal. Get out of the car and get the dumplings on the noodles, and let the recruits eat enough first, so that they can feel at ease. As for accommodation, there were several military camps in the original Cangzhou City, and it was not a problem to accommodate five or six thousand people. Bedding, straw mats, clothes, shoes, weapons and armor and other military items are a troublesome thing, and these things cannot be done for a few taels of silver.

So, Xu Qing gave another secret order: veterans will train for ten days, and participate in a secret exercise after ten days.

Hehe, the so-called first strike is strong, and then the first strike suffers, Xu Qing thought that sooner or later there would be a battle with that group of bandits, it would be better to eat you first, let yourself be full, fattened, and wrestling with you. However, this first bite is exquisite, the first is not to touch the private soldiers of the family, and the second is to have the rules of the rivers and lakes, that is, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people.

Although the second one is bullshit, it can't be taken seriously, and if you use the knife for no reason, it will make the rest of the bandits jealous, and it's not good to be connected together. But how can this allow the bandits to provoke me? Xu Qing pondered for a long time, and said in his heart: Do you really want to use that reason?

I'm not used to seeing you! What, what did you do!?

In the evening, after Xu Qing inspected Qitai's training ground, he took a few personal soldiers and was about to enter the city. A man ran over from the city, knelt in front of Xu Qingma, and cried: "Lord Assassin Shi, Lord Assassin Shi, save the villagers, there are robbers who are kidnapping people!" After the man finished speaking, he pointed to a small dense forest outside the city. Xu Qing was about to save people, but a personal soldier stopped Xu Qingdao:

"Master Thorn Shi, don't go, it's too dark and it's not safe!"

--Xu Qing turned back to the horse's head and asked, "Tell me what happened!" ”

"We are villagers from Huangjia Village, with some of our village's products to Cangzhou City to buy and sell, it is late, we will take the rest of the things back, who would have thought that just a mile out of the road to meet a strong man, the villagers were arrested, I walked slowly to escape." The man burst into tears, it didn't seem like a fake, and added: "There are only a dozen bandits, please assassinate Lord Shi to save my people!" ”

--Xu Qing heard this, and immediately rode to the place pointed out by the man with four personal soldiers, and the man quickly followed. Walking to the edge of a dense forest, sure enough, there was the sound of punching and kicking inside, as if it was still teaching the disobedient captives a lesson. When Xu Qing was about to check, who expected a sudden change, the man who reported the news walked within five steps of Xu Qing, jumped violently, and stabbed Xu Qing's throat with the dagger in his hand!

"Bold!" A pro-soldier reacted quickly, and he was about to resist when he drew his knife, but the assassin was a step faster, and the dagger was already close in front of Xu Qing's eyes. But at the same time, the sound of a crossbow arrow breaking through the air came:

"Whew!"

I saw Xu Qing flick his hand, and the assassin's body flew to the side weakly, falling to the ground, bleeding profusely, and a blood-red crossbow arrow was inserted in his back, and the dagger only touched Xu Qing's body, and even his coat could not be pierced.

The air was quiet for ten breaths, and Xu Qing's several guards let out a sigh of relief, and almost didn't fall off the horse.

"Lord Thorn Shi, it's really like a god, I was prepared, but I was scared to death!"

"I wonder how Lord Thorn Shi found out something strange?"

"There are a lot of flaws...... Xu Qing sneered: "First, this person ran out of the city, but said that the place where the attack was attacked was outside the city, and I began to suspect it." Second, when I came to Cangzhou, I didn't show up much in front of the people, and I didn't wear an official uniform today, so few people could recognize me, let alone a farmer dozens of miles away? At this point, I've been sure that his identity is fake, but I just want to see a good show. Third......"

"Lord Xu is aware of everything...... several pro-soldiers admired in their hearts, and they sent a sycophant at the right time.

"Lord Thorn Shi, go back to the city quickly, it's getting late......" said one of the pro-soldiers.

--Xu Qing shook his head, pointed to the small dense forest and said, "I'm afraid I can't go back, you see ......"

As soon as the words fell, several bandits walked out of the dense forest, and said with a cruel smile: "You are a smart person, but it's a pity that Cangzhou's assassin history can't be a smart person......

"Oh? Are you from that mountain? ”

"Hahaha, the little hairy boy is old, and he still wants to coax the pig master to me." The man who called himself the pig master asked, "Tell you!" The green forest in Hebei is not called a mountain, but a forest...... You should ask me where the forest is, hehe......"

"So, that pig, you belong to that forest?" Xu Qing deliberately removed the word "master".

"The Boar Gang, huh? No, what do you call me!? "The pig master is obviously angry, although their wild boar gang calls themselves "pig master", but the "pig master" and the "pig" are different, especially being called "pig", but if Xu Qing compares, he will say, how cute the little pig is, that is a fierce and evil person like you can compare?

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, pig his grandfather isn't it? Is your grandson a pig? Recognized, or raw? "Tut-tut...... "Xu Qing sneered, as for the courage to ridicule, it was that he saw Yang Xin quietly smiling on a tree, but Yang Xin hid very deeply, and the time for his appearance was extremely short, and that angle was just right for Xu Qing to see.

"What a sharp-toothed boy, there were many people who laughed at me like this before, and there were officials big and small, but they all died, but I am alive......" At this time, the pig master calmed down, and sighed with some self-appreciation.

"Just a few of you?" Xu Qing pointed to the people next to Master Zhu and sneered. Indeed, looking at the surrounding sky and environment, it is useless to shout "cut throat" and shout "cut throat". If there were more people coming, even if Xu Qing was riding a horse, there was a chance that Xu Qing would be able to stay here, but it was a pity that Yang Xin's face did give Xu Qing great confidence.

--When the pig master heard this, he suddenly laughed quite boldly, beckoned to the behind, and said, "Brothers, come out!" ”

"Come out!"

"Come out, why haven't you come out?"

--Master Pig looked for his hand a few times, and when he saw that no one appeared, he couldn't help but be shocked, but a few of the little brothers who brought it out moved their noses and were shocked: "Master Pig, there is a smell of blood!" When the pig master heard this, he was furious and was about to return to the forest to check it out, when another sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air came:

"Whew!"

Expose your back to the enemy, and I don't know how this so-called pig master survived to this day. Xu Qing, who will implement the spirit of "taking advantage of your illness and taking your life" to the end, will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and will be * against the pig is a shot. Several of his own soldiers also followed Xu Qing to fire a crossbow arrow, and then hit the horse forward, drew a knife and broke his neck, and killed Zhu Ye and his group. At this time, if you still let the "Assassin Shi" do it, then they don't have to be a guard, and don't be a soldier, just find a dung ball and commit suicide.

The battle ended only in an instant, and Xu Qing went to the dense forest with great interest to check it out. I didn't look at it, but Xu Qing was startled when I saw it, more than fifty corpses, lying in the middle of the dense forest, silently flowing blood, as if the air was going red, some were cut from the neck, and some had crossbow arrows stuck in their heads...... Xu Qing was surprised, how did he manage to be quiet and silent after killing so many people at one time? Because Xu Qing was outside the dense forest, he didn't notice it at all! Several pro-soldiers don't know why, but seeing that Xu Qing has a confident look on his face, he just says that Xu Qing is clever and worships him to the extreme.

It's just that later, Yang Xin told Xu Qing that it was actually very simple. First, send a few people to pretend to be bandits and sneak behind the bandits. In addition, there are ten crossbowmen lurking in the forest, each holding three crossbows, and after the lurking people quietly cut the neck veins of some bandits behind, they will fire crossbow arrows together, and the three crossbows will move in tandem to kill the enemy in an instant.

And at dusk, it is normal for forest birds to return to their nests, insects chirping, and some crossbow arrows and muffled humming sounds are not found. It's just that Xu Qing was still afraid when he heard it, so he arranged for a few observant people to be by his side, and he would wear soft armor whenever he went out, of course, this is an afterthought.

In several places in Cangzhou, the leaders of the clan gathered together:

"Assassination attacked? What did the bandits do? Is it true or false? ”

"It's true!"

"So, dead or alive?"

"It's a living ......"

"That's okay, go and condolence tomorrow?"

"Which forest did it?"

"Looking at the traces of the scene, it should be a wild boar forest."

"Boar forest? Who's private! ”

"Shh......h Brother Nian said cautiously. ”

"Alas, it's neither, it's not anyone's private soldier!"

"That group of people, it's too arrogant, this is ......"

In the bedroom:

"Brother Xu, are you okay? Woowoo woo ......"

"Cher, I'm fine......"

"No, you take off your clothes and let me see!"

"Uh, it's good, it's good......"

In the barracks:

"What?! Lord Assassin is attacked! ”

"What are you eating? Young master, you can't repay your kindness, ahhhhh ”

"Old Niu, don't worry, is the assassin injured?"

"No ......"

"That's fine, otherwise, huh. No, this battalion commander is not my old cow, I still go to guard the young master's side as a guard......"

Tonight, no one is destined to sleep.