CHAPTER XXIII

Qi has abundant rain this year, and there will always be no stop at every turn. The crops are growing well, and there is no need to water hard, as long as the summer harvest catches up with good weather, a good harvest is certain. The wrinkled old farmer walked happily in the fields in his coat, listening to the rustle of the rain on the wheat leaves, and thinking in his heart that according to this year's annual situation, after paying the rent and paying the taxes, he could get a lot richer, which should be enough for the whole family to eat for a year. Thinking of this, the wrinkles on the old farmer's face seemed to stretch out.

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But not everyone likes this continuous rainy day.

Qin Lei was complaining loudly, and he said to Shen Qing beside him: "Could it be that the sky of the Qi Kingdom has been pierced?" You see, my scabbard, and my saddle, are moldy. This ghost weather is as annoying as Qi Guo! ”

Shen Qing looked at His Highness with a smile, he knew that this was a way for His Highness to relieve pressure, so he didn't say anything, just listened quietly.

Qin Lei saw Shen Qing's tepid appearance, and said angrily: "I really should have left Hou Xin behind, even Xu Ge, I really don't know if I had a fever or something?" How could you fall in love with a half-chewing guy like you? ”

Shen Qing smiled embarrassedly, not knowing how to answer.

Qin Lei saw that all the teasing did not make this kid pop out a word, and he fell on the horse's back in discouragement, feeling the strong muscles of the horse under his crotch. He looked back at the peasant army staggering forward in the mud. He sighed and said, "Okay, I'll admit it, I'm going crazy, I can't walk forty miles a day, plus the twenty miles we owe yesterday, we have to walk at least one more day." On this day, the Yum Army may catch up at any time, or it may never catch up, this feeling of putting yourself on the gambling table is really *** ......"

"Cool!" Qin Lei suddenly stood up and shouted. The horse under the crotch snorted.

Seven days have passed since the division of troops. The road was calm, which made Qin Lei secretly happy and worried. As we get closer to our destination, the uneasiness grows.

Qin Lei touched the headless arrow inserted in his backpack and sighed at his sixth sense. I just wanted to say to Shen Qing that if I continue like this, I will become a girl. A scout galloped from the front, came to Qin Lei, reined in the reins of the horse, and forcibly stopped the castration. I didn't have time to salute, so I said in a hurry: "Your Highness, the bridge in front of you has collapsed." ”

Qin Lei rolled his eyes, sure enough, it would be nothing good on a rainy day. Ordered the team to move on, and went to investigate with a dozen horsemen himself.

Looking at the few coarse pieces that were tumbling up and down on the turbulent river, Qin Lei turned over and dismounted, landing on the soft bank, splashing countless mud stars. Suddenly, he let out a soft 'huh', walked to the stake where the twine was tied and looked down to see some messy footprints on the ground, as well as horseshoe prints, which meandered upstream of the river.

Qin Lei held on to the stake with one hand, and fished out an arm-thick hemp rope from the water with the other. Qin Lei threw down the hemp rope and said to Shen Qing, "Go find Shi Wei." ”

Soon Shi Wei rode to the river and found that Qin Lei was looking at the five-zhang wide river and gesturing something. The rumbling sound of the water did not affect Qin Lei's hearing, and he turned back to Shi Wei and said sternly: "We have been discovered, and the enemy will soon come from upstream. He pointed to the east, but did not say the basis for his judgment.

Shi Wei jumped off the horse and saluted Qin Lei and asked, "Your Highness, what do you need your subordinates to do?" ”

Qin Lei was not polite, and asked directly: "How much time does it take to build a bridge?" ”

Shi Wei beckoned a dark-skinned man from behind him to come over, first asked him to salute Qin Lei, and then introduced: "Your Highness, Lu Kan is a craftsman in the righteous army, an expert in building bridges and houses, let him answer your question." ”

Qin Lei nodded kindly at this simple-faced man, and repeated the question again.

Lu Kan was a little restrained, but his words were clear: "Back to this official, the original rope of this bridge has only been cut, as long as it is connected and put on a wooden plank, it can be passed." It doesn't take half an hour before and after. ”

Qin Lei then asked, "Sir, is there a way to connect the rope?" ”

Lukan was frightened by the title of 'sir', and hurriedly said nervously: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

Qin Lei looked at him a little helplessly, and only then did he remember Qin Lei's question, and said embarrassedly: "Yes, as long as there is a rope to connect the two ends, the villain can connect it." ”

Qin Lei was overjoyed and said: "If you get out of danger today, you will definitely give Mr. the first credit." He said to Shi Wei on the side: "Allocate 500 people to listen to Mr.'s dispatch, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Shi Wei sang the order.

Lukan cried and said, "Everything else is easy to say, but how to connect the ropes first?" ”

Qin Lei smiled: "I'll leave this to me." ”

After saying that, he asked Shen Qing to pick up his package, and after taking it, he took out a crossbow from it, and unloaded the arrow, which had an iron ring welded on its tail. Qin Lei took out another roll of string and deftly knotted it through the iron ring. Then reappear with a crossbow and aim at the other side of the river.

The people on the side held their breath for fear of affecting his accuracy.

Qin Lei firmly pulled the trigger, and the arrow was only nailed to the front of a rope floating in the water with a thin rope in the blink of an eye.

Lukan hurriedly took the rope and, with the help of several guards, dragged the rope over, then took out the tools in his waist and began to repair it.

Qin Lei took advantage of this gap and instructed Shen Qing and Shi Wei, "Assemble the team." Column the diamond-shaped array east of the river, Shen Qing, scatter all the gadgets. ”

With that, he took the guard's reloaded crossbow and aimed for the second rope.

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Zhao Kang and Zhao Tamping felt that their luck was not bad enough, after they intercepted a team, but did not find Qin Lei. The kind-hearted mysterious man sent another message and confirmed Qin Lei's whereabouts for them.

The weather did not affect the cavalry so much, and the Baisheng cavalry, who had galloped for two days and nights, finally heard the rumbling sound of the water, and according to the guidance, they only had to go five miles downstream to find prey by the bridge.

At this time, the 3,000 cavalry borrowed from General Xue had already fallen behind for a long time and lost contact.

Zhao Kang waited for the team to adjust slightly, and then ordered to form a charging formation and sweep downstream.

Trampled on countless fertile fields along the way, including the old farmer in the cloth. He watched the cavalry galloping past without tears until he was knocked down on the ridge and crushed into mud.

No one cared about the life or death of an old farmer, Zhao Kang and Zhao Tam had already seen from afar that there were thousands of people lining up downstream. After days of running and finally finding the right master, fatigue and irritability were suddenly swept away, and the Yum reserve cavalry was red-eyed, howling and desperately whipping their horses to pounce, trying to chop the bastard who had led his nose for nearly a thousand miles into meat sauce.

The deterrent power of the charge of nearly 2,000 cavalry was powerful, and it swept in the sound of the raging rush of the great river on one side. It is enough to make ordinary people lose their souls and fall to the ground.

The Art of War: Don't force the poor, don't stop the teacher.

On the edge of the Chase Plain, a large group of desperate rogues and a handful of people eager to return home were blocked by the river.

After crossing the river and walking another eighty miles, you will reach the mountain, according to what His Highness said, as long as you enter the mountain, you will no longer be afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the champion, and maybe you can still be the king of the mountain.

After crossing the river and walking another sixty miles, there is the place agreed between His Highness and Tie Ying, and when you get there, you will have the hope of life and you will be able to go home.

The premise of all this is to cross the river, and the premise of crossing the river is to repair that bridge.

With red eyes and roaring like wild beasts, the poor men and the returning masters of the battle clung to their weapons to devour alive all the enemy soldiers who dared to hinder their crossing of the river.

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In the blink of an eye, the Baisheng Qi army had rushed to the front of the battle two hundred paces, and the two sides could already see the hideous expressions on each other's faces.

Senkami Maki Hiraoka -

Suddenly, the horses that rushed to the front neighed and flew low, and then fell horizontally at a very fast speed, and slapped the horse's body on the ground, and the knight on the horse was thrown out before the horse fell, and slapped in front of the battle, and all fainted.

In the grass, a few tripwires were firmly held in place by the iron drills at both ends, and they still trembled.

The knights behind were slightly startled but not flustered, and they grabbed their horse's mane, and the horses leaped over the obstacles on the ground in unison. This is just a small episode, Zhao Kang and Zhao Tam, who were watching the battle behind the formation, comforted each other.

Who knew that as soon as the war horse landed, its front hooves stepped on the air and fell to the ground, and the knight on the horse was pressed under the war horse before he could react, and he couldn't see it.

There is also a trap after stumbling on the horse, and Zhao Kang and Zhao Tamping all curse the opponent's viciousness.

Losing more than a dozen horses, the Baisheng Qi army involuntarily slowed down, and its momentum was weak.

A burst of cheers erupted in the coalition formation on the opposite side, and the oppressive feeling brought by the assault of the thousand cavalry was swept away.

Seeing that the momentum of the team was blocked, Zhao Kang was furious, took the rainstorm pear flower gun from the saddle, rushed to the front of the formation, and shouted: "Win and win!" ”

Qi Bing reflexively shouted in unison: "Win all battles!" Suddenly remembering his identity, he was ashamed to death, gritted his teeth and raised his weapon to follow the captain.

At this time, as soon as Qin Lei connected all the ropes with crossbow arrows, and walked to his own phalanx with a crossbow, he saw a Qi army general with a spear in his hand leading the team to rush to less than a hundred steps in front of the formation.

He habitually picked up his crossbow and leaned his head against the wooden support, locking the charging general through the lookout mountain.

"Ninety, eighty-five, eighty, seventy-five," Qin Lei counted silently, and when he reached seventy, he pulled the trigger steadily, and the special crossbow arrow dragged its long tail and shot at the silver spear general in the lead.