Chapter 118 Dusting off the clothes, hiding merit and fame
According to the map drawn by Hu Ban, Cao Peng unknowingly went upriver along the Suishui River, bypassed Lutai Gang at noon, and quietly dived into the mountains and forests from the side. Hu Ban's map is quite finely drawn, and it can be seen that he is indeed cooperating with himself with his heart.
But even so, it took Cao Peng and the others more than two hours to find the valley marked on the map.
It was past the unitary hour, that is, at four or five o'clock in the afternoon. As the cold winter approaches, so does the time of day and night.
It's getting darker and darker, and it's getting brighter and later.
It was only five o'clock, and the sky was already darkening and darkening...... But in this way, it happened to give Cao Peng and them an extra layer of protection.
"Ah Fu, do you want to kill it?"
Dian is full of gears and eager to try.
He rushed back to Gaoyang Tingtingyi at dawn, just in time to bump into Cao Peng and want to leave.
When encountering this kind of thing, how can you give up so easily? The dead beggar pestered Cao Peng in vain, and he had to participate in the action with Cao Peng.
The beautiful name says: protect Cao Peng!
He had good reason.
"Although Ah Fu's skills are good, they can't compare to me after all. This time it is deep into the hinterland of thieves, if there is no capable protection, how can there be no accidents? I'm better than him in martial arts, taller than him, and stronger than him! Moreover, I also grew up in the mountains when I was a child, so when it comes to walking mountain roads, the tiger head can't compare to me. So, for such a big thing, I must go, and if I don't go, I can't do it! β
Cao Peng knew that this guy just wanted to join in the fun.
He couldn't catch up with the fight last night, and he was feeling uncomfortable.
But I also have to admit that what Dianman said is not unreasonable. After several months of hard training, Dianman's martial arts have been at a bottleneck. In other words, he needs to fight! It takes constant confrontation and constant fighting to be able to break through this bottleneck.
Dian Man's qualifications are very good, even better than Dian Wei.
He was born with divine power, and he was not like Dian Wei back then, he had a meal but not a meal, at least since he was born, he has never been hungry.
This also makes Dian Man's potential surpass Dian Wei.
It's just that due to the development of Dian Wei, Dian Man lacks many opportunities for training.
Where did Dian Wei's skills come from? It was a fight again and again, wandering on the line of life and death again and again, and it has been practiced and completed to this day, but I have not experienced the game between life and death.
Deng Ji thought that what Dian Man said was very true, and he also agreed that he would go deep into the hinterland with Cao Peng.
In fact, Deng Ji's thoughts are also clear to Cao Peng. It's not that you're afraid of something happening to you, so find a strong person to protect yourself.
Even Deng Ji thinks so, and Cao Peng can't shirk it.
"Okay, you can go with you, but you must follow my instructions on the way. Third brother, after we set off, there will only be military discipline, no brotherhood. If you dare to act without permission, don't blame me for not giving you face and driving you back to Xudu. β
"Of course, of course!"
Dian Man went back to his hometown to visit and join this time, and his uncle Dian Wei heard that he was going to Xuzhou, and he was a little uneasy.
Therefore, the pawn man was equipped with twenty sharp men who were responsible for protecting the pawn. Don't look at Dian Wei is from a common people's background, and he is not the kind of big family with many brothers. But after all, now that the official worships the tiger and the general, the court member with a rank of 2,000 stones, how can there be no private guards at home?
Most of the private soldiers of the Dianjia were Cao Ying and Lu Bu who fought in Puyang and followed Dian Wei to the first place to dare to die.
Later, he withdrew from the army due to injury and was taken in by Dian Wei; Or Cao Ying rewarded Dian Wei's military exploits and gave Dian Wei's personal entourage. In Dian Wei's old family, there are only sixty personal guards, all of whom are veterans of a hundred battles. It can be said that he grew up watching Dianman, and he naturally knows a lot about Dianman's temper. That's a master who no one recognizes, and he dares to talk back in front of Dian Wei.
Unexpectedly, they actually obeyed Cao Peng's words, and the eyes of the veterans looked at Cao Peng, and suddenly changed...... Dianman drew out ten veterans who were skilled in foot combat, and gathered twenty people. With the addition of Cao Pengdianman, Xiahou Lan and Wang Mai, a total of twenty-four people, left Gaoyang Tingtingyi. Squatting deep in the jungle of the hill, Cao Peng squinted his eyes and looked into the valley of the mountain pass.
"No, there are three hundred thieves, and they are all battle-hardened bandits.
Let's just kill it like this, it's useless at all, but it will startle the snake and ruin the lives of Uncle Zhou and Hu Ban. We...... Wait! β
"When will that be?"
"When it's time to strike."
Cao Peng said, took a deep breath, and put the long knife across his lap.
"Let's take a break and eat some dry food. We have enough spirit to kill thieves...... No one is allowed to trespass without my orders. β
"Whoa!"
Everyone lowered their voices in response, and immediately dispersed, closing their eyes one by one.
Whether it is those people in Tufushan or those generals who are pawned, they all look relaxed and do not have the slightest nervousness. For them, this kind of thing is like a daily routine...... Especially those heroes from Tufu Mountain, they have done a lot of things to rob their homes. It seems that this kind of waiting, ambush, is more frequent. Even, they are more relaxed than the pawned generals.
Some of them ate dry food, and then fell to the ground and rested with long knives on their heads.
Some looked leisurely, sitting together in groups of three, gossiping softly.
On the contrary, it looks a little nervous!
He straightened up, his throat couldn't help shaking, a pair of tiger eyes, and his eyes were burning...... "Third brother, don't be nervous." β
"Nervous? Which eye of yours saw that I was nervous? β
Cao Peng sat cross-legged, opened his eyes and looked at Dianman, and suddenly smiled: "I'm sweating, and I still say I'm not nervous?" β
"How can I sweat!"
Dian retorted in his mouth, subconsciously raised his hand, and wiped it on his head.
Didn't sweat?
He suddenly realized that Cao Peng was deceiving him!
"Ah Fu, how can you cheat?"
Cao Peng chuckled, then took a deep breath, and said to Dianman: "Third brother, you do it with me, take a deep breath...... abdominal adduction; Exhale deeply and your abdomen bulges. Repeat this, count it hundreds of times, and you will be calm. Come, follow me, inhale, tuck your belly...... Exhale ......"
His voice was soft, as if there was a calming magic.
Dian Man inhaled and exhaled according to what Cao Peng said...... Reverse abdominal breathing can achieve the complete integration of essence, energy and spirit in the shortest possible time.
Cao Peng closed his eyes and quietly adjusted his breathing. But after a while, I heard snoring and snoring around me...... Snoring sounded.
When I opened my eyes, I was sitting cross-legged with my head in my head, and I actually fell asleep!
This made Cao Peng cry and laugh suddenly......ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ time passed little by little, and the sky became darker and darker.
Standing in the dense forest, with a bird's-eye view of the mountain valley, you can vaguely see a faint light. I have to say that the place Lei Xu chose is really good! If it weren't for the map drawn by Huban, it would have been really hard to find this place. Squinting his eyes, Cao Peng quietly leaned over, squatted down, and quietly observed. I don't know how many times I have done this kind of lurking and squatting thing in my previous life. It's boring, it's boring. But Cao Peng felt a kind of stimulation that he had never felt before. In the previous life, it was to arrest people, and now, it is only to kill people!
"Third brother!"
"Huh?"
"Do you see Taniguchi's tree?"
"See."
Huban said there was a cave hidden behind the tree, and there were about a dozen people in it. After a while, you have to deal with them as soon as possible...... Are you sure? β
Nommon groaned and nodded slightly.
"As long as I can get up, within ten steps, I can kill them in three breaths."
As he spoke, he took out a small halberd from his pocket, "If you want to say that you can kill people with a halberd, my father may not be stronger than me." β
Dian Wei has three uniques!
Twin halberds, long knives and halberds.
It has been recorded in the history books that during the Battle of Puyang, Lu Bu's chasing troops was approaching, and Dian Wei was responsible for covering. When the enemy soldiers chased to five paces, the halberd opened the bow left and right, killing several people in a row, scaring the enemy soldiers away, and then calmly retreated. In other words, Dian Wei's halberd can hit every shot.
Noriman is not a bragging second.
Since he dared to say such things, he must have a reason.
Cao Peng didn't ask anymore, his eyes looked beyond the dense forest, and carefully observed the stars in the valley.
At the same time, I was also thinking about it in my heart...... There are 300 Lei Xu, how should I deal with it so that I can get out of it?
His eyes narrowed into slits, and he bit his lip tightly, suddenly revealing a strange smile.
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Lei Xu feasted Zhou Cang and drank a little high.
After dark, he returned to his lodgings and fell asleep.
This sleep was relieved until the time of the heavenly general. Lei Xu felt his mouth dry, sat up from the stone couch, and drank a large bowl of water.
"What time is it?"
"It's time to return to the handsome, it's almost time."
Lei Xu liked his subordinates and called him Dashuai.
I think back then, he was just a handsome, but now that Zhang Mancheng is dead, and Bo Cai is also dead, what's the matter if he changes his name?
To some extent, the title of 'handsome' can also satisfy his vanity.
However, after hearing the answer, Lei Xu frowned.
"Lei Cheng, are they back?"
"Haven't come back yet."
"Damn...... This Lei Cheng is doing things, but it is becoming less and less reassuring. Lei Xu said, then stood up, and washed his face with water in a stone trough. The water in late autumn is very icy...... Lei Xu's somewhat chaotic brain suddenly became much more sober.
"What about Zhou Cang and Hu Ban?"
"Back to the handsome, Zhou Shuai has eaten and drunk a lot and is resting. Hu Ban and Zhou Shuai are together ......"
For some reason, Lei Xu felt a little uneasy.
His eyelids jumped, as if something was about to happen. He stepped aside and grabbed a long sword. The shape of the sword, slightly curved, resembles a hook. The name of the sword is Wu Hook, which is made by a famous craftsman. Back then, Bocai won many great victories in Yingchuan, and obtained weapons from the hands of a local family. Later, Bo Cai died in battle, and this Wu hook also fell into the hands of Lei Xu.
He shrugged his nose, "Go out and see!" β
With that, he walked out of the cave.
Several members of his entourage followed him and quickly walked out of the cave.
In the middle of the mountains, it is quiet.
Except for the occasional chirping of night birds, only the mountain breeze echoes...... Lei Xu suddenly stopped, his eyes narrowed, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became more and more intense.
"All the checkpoints are arranged?"
"It's all arranged!"
"Outside the mountain, there's no movement."
"Nope!"
Lei Xu scratched his head, as if talking to himself, and said: "It's strange, why does Lao Tzu always feel that something is going to happen today?" β
He turned around and was about to speak to his entourage.
Suddenly, all I heard was the rapid sound of war drums of 'knock-knock-knock'.
"What's going on?" Lei Xu shouted loudly: "Where is the drum sound from? β
"It seems to be coming from outside the mountain!"
"Go and find out what's going on."
In an instant, there was chaos in the quiet valley of the mountain pass.
Lei Xu rushed out of the valley with the people, wanting to find out what was going on.
But no one noticed that the two teams quietly walked out of the dense forest, clinging to the edge of the col valley, and blended into the col valley.
Dianman and Xiahoulan led people into the grotto at the mouth of the valley. He carried a long knife and two halberds between his fingers.
"Who!"
There was a shout from the cave.
"The official army is coming, General Lei asked me to inform you and get ready."
"Oh...... No, wait...... Yes! β
The thieves in the cave didn't care at first. However, when the three words 'General Lei' were uttered, they immediately realized that something was wrong. Who doesn't know, Lei Xu never let his subordinates call him 'General Lei', but call him 'Dashuai'.
So, they reacted immediately.
It's just that Dianman's pace is fast, and as he speaks, his feet speed up.
The flexibility and swiftness that had been cultivated in the Tiangang Array played a huge role at this moment. By the time the other party reacted, Dianman had already rushed to the front. Without waiting for the other party to speak, the four halberds flashed with cold light and flew out. As Dianman said, within ten steps, he can hit every shot...... The halberd turned into a little bit of starlight, bang, right in the middle of the four thieves.
The thief let out a terrible scream as he died, alarming the other thieves in the cave.
Xia Houlan didn't say a word, walked like a fly, and rushed into the cave. Zhang Er's silver spear trembled in his hand, pulled out a big spear flower, and hit one person in the chest. When I saw him, he didn't make a sound, he put his hands together and threw out the corpse on the head of the gun, and the big gun immediately turned into a silver light, flew out of his hand, and nailed a thief who had just picked up a weapon to the wall...... At the same time, the pawned generals also rushed over, raised their knives and fell, and slashed the remaining thieves to the ground!
In a short period of time, the thieves in the cave were eliminated. From the time the pawn shot to the end of the battle, it was only a dozen breaths in total.
Dianman stood where he was, looking at the corpses on the ground, his heart fluttering, fluttering...... Straight jump!
It turned out that killing people was so simple...... "Third son, let's go out." β
Noriman took a deep breath, tried to stabilize his somewhat excited mood, and nodded.
By this time, the valley had become a mess. Lei Xu rushed out of the valley not far away, when he saw several thieves running towards him.
"Dashuai, it's not good!"
"What's the alarm?"
"The officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers are here!"
"Huh?"
Although Lei Xu was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Officers and soldiers, how did you find here?
"Officers and soldiers, have you ever attacked?"
"This ...... But there hasn't been any movement yet. But it seems that they have surrounded this place, and they may attack the mountains at any time. β
Lei Xu couldn't help but let out a sigh...... "It's okay, it means that they don't know where we are hiding."
The mountains and forests here are so dense, and it is not easy for them to find us...... Brothers, don't panic! β
Lei Xu shouted loudly, finally stabilizing the mood of his subordinates.
"Damn, how did these officers and soldiers find here?" Lei Xu cursed in his mouth, and suddenly, a spiritual light flashed in his mind. Horse Stealing, Lei Cheng, Hu Ban, Zhou Cang, Wei Jia, Guanjun...... Between this, the relationship that was originally sorted out seemed to have become chaotic again in an instant. The positions of each other changed accordingly, and a new vein emerged in Lei Xu's mind.
Zhou Cang, it's a little too coincidental to appear.
Hu Ban stole the horse, Zhou Cang happened to appear, and it happened to be Hu Ban's elders, Lei Cheng just didn't come back, and the Wei family was just at this time, escorting the goods, and the officials and soldiers were just in the city...... So many coincidences, is it really a coincidence?
One coincidence, two coincidences are just that, but when countless coincidences come together, it is no longer a coincidence, but artificial!
"Oh no, fooled!"
Lei Xu screamed, and turned to rush back to the valley.
At this moment, I only heard the people in the valley shouting and neighing, and the fire soared into the sky.
War horses rushed out of the smoke. There was a thief who didn't have time to dodge, and he was directly knocked out by the war horse, and instantly stepped on a puddle of rotten meat. In the valley of the mountain pass, there are more than a hundred war horses, usually quite honest, why did they suddenly start to go crazy?
This confirmed Lei Xu's thoughts, and he was so angry that he was like thunder.
"Zhou Cang, you dare to bully me......"
Without saying a word, he led the people and rushed into the valley.
But in order to rush in, he had to wait for the horses to leave. More than a hundred horses were frightened and went berserk, and could not be quiet at all. Screaming and galloping, it gathered into a torrent and rushed out of the valley, and dozens of bandits died tragically under the hooves of the horses.
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββAt the same time, at the same time, under the Lutai Gang, a group of soldiers and horses, lined up neatly, was waiting quietly.
Xu Yi straddled the horse, circling from time to time, looking restless. Not far from him, a large flag fluttered in the wind.
Daxu is made of pure black as the base, pinched with gold edges, and walked silver lines, on which are written two blood-red characters 'Xiahou'.
Under the Great Guard, a general, wearing black fish scale armor and a black lion twisted helmet. A nine-foot long knife in his hand is majestic and murderous.
Jumping off the horse, it is about 185 or so tall.
The thin waist and back reveal a sense of majestic strength. Looking at the face, the white face has a long beard, and the sword eyebrows are bright. The bridge of his nose pursed his lips when he heard this.
His eyes were solemn, and he stood on his horse.
"Uncle, let's attack!"
"Wait...... Your brother hasn't signaled yet! β
"But ......"
"Big head, now that your brother is in a trap, you have to be calm. Attacking rashly will only increase casualties and damage their ......."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a junior colonel shouting: "General, look! β
The general and Xu Yi looked in the direction of the colonel's finger at the same time, only to see that in the depths of the dense forest, the firelight was flickering, which was extremely eye-catching in the dark night.
"Uncle, it's Ah Fu, it's Ah Fu and Ah Man...... And they succeeded! β
A faint smile appeared on the general's face.
A flash of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and then he raised the big sword in his hand and shouted: "The whole army, attack...... Hugh spared a thief! β
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(To be continued)