Volume 8 Chapter 22 Blessings and Misfortunes
Jiang Rui and the others were in a hurry in the dark. The moonlight tonight is very bright, after entering the woods, you can still see the sparse moonlight, and those government soldiers are carrying torches, one light and one dark, they appear the government soldiers, and the government soldiers do not show them, the government soldiers target the distant camp.
"Hide and get ready to do it!"
Jiang Rui groaned for a while, considering that there was also a powerless guard in the camp, if the enemy led him over, not to mention that the terrain was unfavorable, he would have to be distracted to protect the guard, if there was a case, it would be really a shame for the guard to be sincere to their brothers.
Everyone acts together all year round, and they all know each other, and usually a sentence or action can express complex meanings. After Jiang Rui gave the order, they each found a place to hide, and the weapon was in their hands, waiting with bated breath. Wangcai and his two brothers climbed up the tree and removed the bow and arrow from their backs - the woods were a great place to ambush, and the other party lit torches, so obvious the target, for them well-trained archers, even at night, guaranteed accuracy.
Song Dafu is just an ordinary government soldier team, a big and small officer, with more than 50 people under his command, this is his achievements in ten years, can only be said to be sloppy, not to talk about fame and wealth, not to talk about promising, to put it bluntly, it can even be said that he is messing around, a team is positive, that is, mixed qualifications, ten years is more than enough, and the same batch of soldiers with him, now the size is a captain, only he is mixed with a team, to put it bluntly, he is a failure.
Song Dafu has always resented, resented his bad luck, he has not caught up with any major battles, when His Majesty fought the world, he was still young, he had not yet joined the army, and various battles after joining the army, because he was not transferred, he was just a government soldier. If it is not a border guard, it will not be able to earn military merits, it can only be regarded as ten years in vain in the army. This time, he was finally transferred, and the commander was General Hou Junjihou, a famous general in the army. For a person like him, a figure in the clouds, only known by his name. A character who never dreamed of being able to follow.
General Hou took over the Shuai Lingdi and had a pot of rice with his brothers on the first day. Sharing weal and woe with his brothers, General Hou is really a good general who is very majestic, but loves soldiers like a son, and he has great military achievements. The glory and wealth he possessed were the envy of these soldiers. Song Dafu is also one of the envious people, if he also has the same luck as General Hou, he firmly believes that he can also get everything that General Hou has now, everything is just God does not give him a chance.
After leaving Chang'an for many days, late one night, General Hou suddenly summoned everyone. claimed that he treated the meritorious heroes lightly and favored the ** people, claiming that for the sake of a small local medical officer, regardless of the fact that he was a general with great merits in the country and family, he allowed others to murder his son-in-law, disregarded his military merits, and deprived him of the land reward he deserved. His Majesty has been deluded. Countless ministers and generals went to admonish. His Majesty didn't listen to it and insisted on going his own way. Your Majesty is no longer the wise and martial Majesty, Your Majesty has been bewildered by perseverance and mediocrity. Even Qi Wangyou, who was far away in Qi, raised troops to rebel for the sake of the Qing monarch's side and the Su court, in order to repay His Majesty's great kindness, in order to return the Tang Dynasty to a bright blue sky, it is necessary to eliminate the ** people, the Qing monarch's side, and the Su court. He Hou Junji received the great favor of His Majesty the Emperor, and he should also respond positively and be loyal to His Majesty.
Then, General Hou rebelled, and their little soldiers also rebelled, and those who did not want to were killed by General Hou on charges of disloyalty to His Majesty and injustice to his brothers. In Song Dafu's view, these killed people were all self-inflicted. Since ancient times, there is a saying that wealth and wealth are sought in danger. This Qingjun side is the opportunity given to him by God, the opportunity to soar and flourish, and the opportunity to glorify his ancestors, he will definitely be able to be promoted to Captain Guoyi, and trample those colleagues who are complacent when they are promoted to captain, and whoever sees him in the future Song Dafu will shout General Song, and it is no longer Song Team Zheng, let this damn team go to hell.
Song Dafu thought beautifully, and he was more motivated, he led a team of people and horses, and was responsible for patrolling and scouting the surrounding area, as long as he did a good job, General Hou would give him a promotion when he went back.
"Ahh
Suddenly, when Song Dafu was still looking forward to the future beautifully, he only felt a pain in his neck, an intuitive scream of pain, a subconscious grasp of his hand, and he touched a hard and smooth arrow, and he didn't have time to say anything, so he fell to the ground with a "poof", fighting for his eyes of disbelief, and he couldn't bat his eyes - his Guoyi Lieutenant was gone!
"Ahh
After Song Dafu was shot, everyone had not yet reacted, and the whistling arrows had been shot from all directions, and the soldiers holding torches in the dark night were like arrows marked with red hearts during the day, which was very eye-catching.
"There is an ambush, be careful!"
"Ahh
For a moment, there was chaos with the sound of sirens, screams, and groans of pain after being shot by an arrow. Someone shouted, "Extinguish the torch!" ”
When everyone heard this, they threw down their torches in a hurry, and regardless of whether it would cause a forest fire, they first drilled behind the tree and used the body of the tree to hide their bodies and save their lives.
A sharp whistle sounded, and Jiang Rui and the others, who had been hidden, rushed out with knives, they had been lying in ambush in the dark for a while, they were very accustomed to the darkness, even in the dim woods, they could vaguely distinguish the figure of the enemy. For a while, the screams rose again and again, and several people had been cleaned up by Jiang Rui and others taking advantage of the darkness.
One person couldn't help but pick up the torch, and in the light of the fire, it was the fire chief surnamed Luo, holding a knife in one hand and a torch in the other, and rushed over to rescue his soldiers. Wangcai, who was ambushed in the tree, waited for him to pick up the torch, and without saying a word, he pulled the bowstring and shot, the target was the hand of the man with the knife, and the eldest brother had just signaled to leave a few alive mouths to go back for questioning.
Luo's surname Huochang's martial arts are very good, brave and fierce, rushing over is a chop, the old thirteen can't dodge, and a knife was cut on the shoulder, Jiang Rui saw this, and hurriedly slashed the opponent with a knife, and went to the rescue, which can be regarded as saving a small life of the old thirteen. At this time, Wangcai's arrow had also been shot, Luo surnamed Huo snorted, the knife in his hand fell in response, and at the shoulder, a feather arrow trembled and was shot in the right shoulder. Jiang Rui slashed the knife, put it on his neck, and shouted: "Your team is dead, drop the knife, surrender and don't kill!" ”
Jiang Rui held the mouth, Wangcai and other archers who were ambushed on the tree. With the torch of the chief surnamed Luo, he shot down a few more, and when he came, there were about fifty people, but now there are only about a dozen people left, even the highest-level team. was killed by an arrow in just one shot, and he had long lost the heart to continue fighting. Everyone is a soldier, and we all know how terrible it is to be ambushed in the woods at night. Especially ambushes with good archers. It was the nightmare of the ambushed.
The arrow wound on Luo's long shoulder, which hurt him in a cold sweat, stained his clothes red with blood. But he still endured it and said loudly: "Brothers, throw down the knife and surrender!" Follow Hou Junji to rebel, there will be no good results, everyone has wives and children and mothers in the family, it doesn't matter if we die, don't implicate the nine clans because of the big crime of rebellion! ”
Rebellion is the first cardinal sin of the Law. Woe to the Nine Clans. Luo Huo roared like this, and the soldiers, who were already not full of fighting intentions, threw down their knives and surrendered in unison.
Jiang Rui glanced at Luo Huochang and said, "You are a man, everyone is a soldier and knows the rules." Refresh. Later, we have a doctor in the camp to treat the wounds. ”
Luo Huo glanced at Jiang Rui, sweat beading on his face. Under the light of the fire, there was not a trace of red, but a little blue, and he endured the pain and said: "Your Excellency is not bad, the knife is very old-fashioned, admire." ”
Jiang Rui didn't say anything, just looked at the old thirteen with concern and asked, "Thirteen, how is the injury?" ”
Thirteen is also a tough guy, and said loudly: "Big brother, don't worry, it's just a little skin injury, and I'll go back to the camp and ask Lord Wei to take a look, and I'll be fine with some medicine." ”
Jiang Rui gestured, and immediately someone stepped forward to collect the weapons, and asked everyone to stand together, holding knives, and supervising the way to the camp. At this time, several of Wangcai's archers came down from the trees and carried a group of prisoners back to the camp with their swords.
After Jiang Rui and the others went to investigate the situation, Lao Ba extinguished the fire on the high ground and hid in a dense tree with Wei Yan. I can't see what the tree is at night, the two of them are lonely, hiding in the tree is indeed the best way, Wei Yan can't care so much, he slipped up and climbed up, leaning on the branches, the eighth squatting on the lowest branches, carrying a knife in his hand, ready to jump off the tree at any time, neither of them made a sound.
I don't know how long I waited, Wei Yan felt that something had fallen off his neck, he reached out and grabbed it, the fluffy touch, the hands and neck were spicy and itchy, he chuckled in his heart, and howled and was finished, but he could only endure it, for fear of exposing his body. The hateful spring, the hateful ancient ecology, the hateful caterpillar, the hateful luck.
It felt as if a century had passed, Wei Yan couldn't help but shed tears and snot, his body trembled, and when he saw the firelight coming from a distance, he was excited and happy in his heart, and he didn't know whether to be afraid or happy for a while. The eighth said in a low voice: "Master Wei, it's okay, don't be afraid, my eighth child will protect you even if you don't want this life." ”
"Hmm."
Wei Yan's voice, as if forced out of his nasal cavity, trembled, with forbearance, seemed to be trying to suppress fear, anyway, he just didn't speak, and he was still trembling. The eighth child was disdainful in his heart, the good impression he had just established on Wei Yan in the past few days had been completely destroyed, looking at such a bold and enthusiastic person, it turned out that he appeared at a critical moment, and he was just a coward, is it not the virtue of reading people? In his heart, he once again despised the reader. If Wei Yan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely cry out for injustice, but in fact, he was semi-literate and could not be regarded as a scholar, and he couldn't ruin his image as a scholar.
It seems that centuries have passed, the firelight is getting closer and closer, and the voices are getting closer and closer, and finally I can see clearly, and finally see clearly that the people who came back are Jiang Rui and others, holding knives in their hands, and it seems that they are holding a group of people. The specific situation, Wei Yan can't care about it anymore, he only knows that it is safe, almost tearful security.
The eighth also saw it clearly, although he despised Wei Yan in his heart, but his eldest brother had strictly ordered that he could not treat Wei Yan badly, nor could he bully others to be a weak scholar, the eighth child could only be patient, but he still couldn't hide his joy and said: "Lord Wei, don't be afraid, it's my eldest brother who came back and captured the prisoners...... Hey, Master Wei, slow down, don't jump too quickly, alas, what a coward! ”
The last sentence was said very quietly, in terms of the volume of the eighth child, no matter how quiet it was, it was enough for Wei Yan to hear it, but Wei Yan didn't have time to pay attention to him, and he was more anxious about another thing now - he didn't need to say anything, he rushed directly to the river like a rocket launcher.
Lao Ba couldn't figure out what Wei Yan was doing so quickly, jumped off the tree, lit a torch, and followed, under the light of the fire, he finally saw Wei Yan's movements clearly, he jumped directly into the cold river water, kept rinsing his neck and left hand, and didn't care if his clothes were wet, just kept rinsing.
"Master Wei, what's wrong with you?"
The eighth child's face was full of puzzlement, looking at Wei Yan's expression, it seemed to be very painful, he moved closer with the torch and looked at it, his face changed, and he was about to speak, when Jiang Rui's voice over there had already sounded: "Lord Wei, why are you in the river?" The water is cold at night, and Lord Wei's body is not as good as our martial arts practitioners, so we should pay attention to it. ”
Wei Yan raised his head and glanced at Jiang Rui, gave him an almost deformed smile, the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily, glanced at the prisoners who were being held, and said, "Congratulations to General Jiang for his victory, is anyone injured?" I'll be fine right away, by the way, eight, get me some salt.
Wei Yan stood up from the river, took off his clothes and threw them aside, shirtless, and the eighth child saw clearly that Wei Yan's neck and back were full of lumps, and the surrounding area was red and swollen, and the pimples were white and bright. Lao Ba was startled, pulled up Wei Yan's left hand and looked at it, it was also full of pimples, and his face was full of surprise: "Lord Wei, why didn't you say it earlier?" The little one will get you salt! ”
After speaking, he didn't care about anything else, and took the torch and went to turn salt for Wei Yan in a hurry. Jiang Rui and the others hurriedly walked over to check Wei Yan's situation, Wei Yan said: "It's okay, it's just that when I climbed the tree to hide just now, I was a little unlucky, and a caterpillar fell off my neck, I grabbed a handful with my left hand, and I also caught the road, and it was okay to wipe a little salt." ”
Yes, I don't know whether to say that Wei Yan is lucky, it's okay to meet the rebels, there is no danger; Or should I say that he was unlucky, just hiding in a safe place and getting hit by a caterpillar, making half of his body hurt and itchy, like dozens of ants crawling in his heart and liver, scratching and not catching, itching and itching all over the body uncomfortable, painful!
It turns out that survival in the wild is not a fun game, it is a test of red fruit! A tough test!
The focus is not on the war, so I will briefly describe it, so as not to write in detail and someone will scold me for cheating money!