Chapter Twenty-Three: The Little Soldiers in the Fight (Full)
Niu Er, as a veteran under Zhang Wu's account, has been in this army for sixteen years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He has changed from a teenager who dared to draw a knife to kill people with just a passion to a middle-aged man who is now a little calm. Although he only managed so many ten soldiers, Niu Er was already very satisfied. He is a very open-minded person, and he doesn't think much in his heart. He felt that he was already the leader of a ten-man team, and he was also an official, so he naturally had to think about his brothers. Because of this, the survival rate of his team in the entire Zhang Wujun is very high. Because, his subordinates have such a good captain as him.
"Tonight is a night to make your dreams come true!" Like most people, Niu Er thinks so too. He looked up at the night sky full of stars, squinted at the quiet camp in front of him, and admired General Zhang Wu even more in his heart: "Everything is expected by the general, and the enemy really has no defense." ”
Enemy? Aren't the Liu Zhou and the others they faced tonight still allies before today? How did you become an enemy so quickly?
This is a difficult question for some people to figure out, but for a soldier like Niu Er, enemies and allies are just a word from above. Anyway, he doesn't have much affection for the guys in front of him, and if he wants to kill them, he just moves his hands, but he won't have any burden in his heart.
Holding an iron sword that has followed him for many years, Niu Er has a lot more confidence in his heart. He led nine soldiers with axes behind him, and cautiously marched forward in the barracks of Liu Zhou and the two of them. Unlike ordinary soldiers who shouted loudly to kill, his squad undertook the task of detecting the letter, and its duty was to use all means to find out the hidden dangers in Liu Zhou's military camp, and deal with those who could handle it, and report back the information at all costs if they could not handle it.
Although Zhang Wu and Chen Sun never thought that the enemy would set up an ambush in their military camp to deal with them, out of their previous habits, they still used a large number of such investigation teams in battle to deal with all possible problems.
Niu Er deftly walked at the front of the team. It's not the first time he's done something like this, and he's not going to know 100% of what he's going to do, and what he's going to do about it, but he's guessing seven or eight times out of ten.
"Just be careful, don't be too nervous." Sometimes when there are new recruits joining under him, Niu Er always says this to a novice who is doing such a task for the first time.
As far as Niu Er's own feelings are concerned, although the task of "visiting the letter" cannot be regarded as dangerous at all, it is not as terrible as imagined. When the battle breaks out, the key to going deep behind enemy lines is how to break through the outermost defenses of the enemy camp, as long as you take the first step of sneaking in, the rest of the matter will generally be much easier. After all, when there is a scuffle ahead, who will bother to pay attention to these small number of infiltrators. As long as you don't make any big moves in the enemy camp, no one will notice even if you stay in the enemy camp until after the battle.
Advancing in the shadows between the tents in the camp, Niu Er sneaked to the vicinity of a large tent with his men very smoothly. He cautiously poked his head out of the shadows, looked at the obviously heavily defended place, and couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: "I seem to have found a big target." ”
Although he does not feel inferior because of the low rank in front of him, he is by no means willing to waste a good opportunity for meritorious service and promotion in front of his eyes. He looked at the many guarded soldiers, and his heart became more and more sure that there were either some important people in the tent or something important was happening. He decided to go up and take a look and find out what was in the tent.
"Zhang Qi, you take your brothers to show me a few guys around me. I'll go to the tent and go to the picking. Each of them gave me a good grasp of what they were doing. This time it seems that we have caught a big fish, and there is a good chance that there will be a dangerous situation. Niu Er whispered to his teammates. Having spent many years in the military, he is well aware of the fact: "In most cases, merit is often proportional to danger. The greater the credit, the greater the danger of obtaining it. In such a situation, he had to find a suitable way for himself to take some insurance that would more or less keep him safe.
Niu Er naturally trusts his brother very much. He completely entrusts his life and death to them. After giving the order, and having taken cover for himself, he quickly took a light step and approached the heavily defended tent in the shadows of the tent in a few leaps. Next, he was not in a hurry to step forward, for he knew that it was an act of extreme recklessness. He simply hid in the shadows, quietly watching for signs of the movement of the guards around his target. It was only after carefully identifying signs of movement from the guards around the target that he went into action. With both teams of guards crossing their backs to their faces, he quickly rushed to the target's side, to a hidden spot that he had already identified through observation.
This is the shelter point, which is formed in the aisle where the target tent intersects with a nearby tent. Countless large and small debris are piled up here, naturally forming a space that is difficult for others to see. Although it was not big, it was enough for Niu Er to squat and curl up. He pressed his ear to the cloth of the tent and listened carefully. But because this tent is so important and important, the enemy inside seems to have made some anti-eavesdropping measures in this tent, so that the sound inside cannot be heard clearly. Even if Niu Er tried his best to eavesdrop, he only got some vague words in the end.
"......, are you ready? ......," said one man.
"Okay......" the other replied.
“…… As far as it goes, it should ......,...... In this way, our ambush will be ......" The words of the first man rose and fell for a while, and his mood was obviously not calm.
“…… Definitely make them die without a place to bury! The man behind him complied firmly, and then a shrill laugh was remembered in the tent.
Niu Er listened to this vague fragment, and the uneasiness in his heart suddenly surged up: "The enemy has laid a very powerful ambush here. The ambush was so well concealed that we didn't find anything along the way. ”
"It's dangerous, the enemy seems to be trying to wipe us out, and many of us don't even feel the slightest danger, which is very bad." Soon, he quickly determined this and decided to quickly inform the rear of the news.
To be honest, when he suddenly heard the news that he was likely to be wiped out, Niu Er's heart panicked. He didn't know what people outside thought of his team, but his long-term life together made him have a deep affection for this team. It was obviously impossible for him to sit back and watch the destruction of the ranks.
So, after making a decision, he quickly got up, glanced at the location of the guards on the route and put them back on the route, and estimated that with his speed he seemed to be able to break away without alarming them, and quickly jumped to his feet. With the help of a few fulcrums in front of him, his whole body swept across the black sky like a big bird and fell in the direction he had agreed with everyone at the beginning.
However, because his mood was too agitated, and he used too much force, the movement caused was a little louder, which alarmed the people in the tent, and made them alert, and for a time they shouted loudly.
Niu Er, who had just landed, didn't have time to meet his comrades, but he saw that the guards around the target seemed to have received some instructions, and quickly searched towards him.
"Oh no, they found out." Niu Er secretly said bad in his heart.
Sure enough, it's bad. The goal of the other party is to search their side thoroughly in order to find the person who is obviously eavesdropping on their plan. Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer to him, there was already a faint cold sweat on Niu Er's head, who was entangled in his body in the shadows. In such a tense situation, he couldn't do that kind of fearlessness, and he was still a little scared in his heart.
"What should I do?" He was a little at a loss. Because he knew that he was in front of the lives of more than 2,000 people in the whole army, and he could never risk the slightest.
He panicked, and he even felt a little desperate as he looked at the enemy who was getting closer and closer to him.
However, a sudden wave of attacks against those enemies coming towards him finally calmed down a little, and then he was relieved of his inner concern for his teammates.
He could tell that the attackers were using simple weapons such as iron horn darts. Although the number of throws is large, the actual damage caused by it is not much higher. The enemy soldiers who were attacked and looked a little embarrassed were not so much stabbed by these hidden weapons as they were smashed by the weight of these hidden weapons. In addition to their heaviness, the sharpness of these homemade weapons on the mountain is always unsatisfactory, and the damage they inflict on the enemy is unacceptable.
From the weapons of the attack and the damage caused, Niu Er could clearly distinguish that these attackers were his brothers.
"They...... They're helping me. As for why the brother had such an outrageous big action, and why he made such a big move that was undoubtedly looking for death under the eyes of the enemy, Niu Er understood it like a mirror in his heart. It's just that the more he understands why this is, the deeper the emotion in his heart becomes.
He Niu Er has never read many books, but only heard two scholars who are literary and crepe say a few years ago: "It is enough to have a confidant in life." In the past, Niu Er always didn't know the meaning of it, but now he seems to have grasped the meaning of these words. He didn't know whether what he was thinking in his heart was right or not, he only understood: "It is very good and heart-wrenching for someone to really think about their own life and death, and to be desperate for their own survival." ”
Niu Er stood up stoically. He didn't waste the chance of survival that his brother had given him. He lowered his head and leaned over, quickly retreating from the shadows of all presence in the camp. He seemed to have forgotten his comrades, and never turned to look in that direction the whole time. Even though there were a few screams faintly heard in the wind, he still moved forward with a solid heart. Just in the middle of running, a few fiery droplets of water vaguely floated behind him. The salty one may be his tears.
After running frantically for a quarter of an hour, a chaotic battle situation appeared in front of him, and he finally came to the battlefield.
Here, the figures of the enemy and our side are crossed, making the already chaotic battle situation even more confusing. Niu Eryi, who had just come to the battlefield, couldn't tell where his main camp was for a while, so he had to keep one thing in mind: "My main camp is at the rear of this battlefield, in front of me." ”
In order to quickly report the news he had discovered, he had to go into battle with his sword, trying to find a way to the main camp in this chaotic battlefield.
Don't think that just because he's just a little bit old, he thinks that his force is extremely low. Sixteen years of military career not only made him have the youth of a teenager to the maturity of middle age, but also gave him a deeper understanding of the sword in his hand. Although his Niu family is only a member of the farmer's family, that is the matter of these generations. His ancestors also had someone who became a general, although there is not much left of it now, but as the foundation of the original achievements, there is still a sword book left. This has also become the key for Niu Er to continuously improve his strength.
In the past sixteen years, he has perfected that swordsmanship. It's just that most of the work he is responsible for is the kind of detective work, and generally speaking, he does not need to actually fight on the battlefield, so his bravery is not known by many people. Naturally, no one knew what kind of damage he would bring to the enemies around him with such a sword in his hand.
He rushed into battle on foot, the sword in his hand turning into a brown sword in front of him, tightly guarding his body, only to sometimes turn into one or two scattered straight lines to pierce those who came close to him.
This is undoubtedly a set of sharp swordsmanship, which completely combines the conciseness required by the battlefield with the dexterity and weirdness required by the duel, and its bottom is mainly defense, and its attack is very refined and concise. It's just one or two attacks, but it's enough to be deadly. Because the direction of its attack is completely the vital point of the enemy. This is definitely a set of swordsmanship with "one hit kills" as a means.
People walked through the formation, and I don't know how many enemies wanted to attack such a middle-aged uncle-like chief, and one after another fell on his sword.
"A terrible killer!" From afar, everyone who has observed this unanimously thinks so.
For military personnel, prestige is often associated with the number of enemies killed. Niu Er, who was in charge of the mission of the letter in the past, naturally did not have any prestige because he did not have many opportunities to kill the enemy, but now he killed without saying a word on the battlefield, causing countless enemies to fall under his sword, and naturally created a terrifying prestige. He surprised all who knew him or didn't.
"What a brave! That person ......" This scene, Zhang Wu also saw it at the back of the military formation. Although he couldn't see it very clearly, after listening to the legends of other people around him, he also understood: "There is actually such a fierce general in my army? ”
"Tell me, who is he?" Fierce generals are loved by everyone, after discovering that there are still such treasures on his side, Zhang Wu's heart suddenly became excited, he lifted the personal soldiers around him and enlarged his big face in his frightened eyes, and asked sharply: "I want to know this person's name!" ”
"That'...... That's ......" The soldier who was caught by Zhang Wuyi seemed to be greatly frightened, and stammered for a while and couldn't say anything clearly.
"That's Niu Ershichang." The other soldier beside the soldier replied excitedly. He once stayed under Niu Er, and he was very good with this honest chief. But even so, it was the first time he had seen that the general had only the same amount of force. "Shi Chang's kung fu may be better than General Zhang Wu, right?" He secretly compared the people in the battle formation with the generals around him, and then came to this astonishing conclusion.
"What's long? He's just a what's the chief?? Hearing such an answer, Zhang Wu's face suddenly became wonderful, and the emotions of surprise, anger, and sadness changed rapidly in his face. He froze until a few moments later when he shouted angrily, "What are my men for?" Why did you tell me so quickly that there are such good people? Are they afraid that this little chief will squeeze out their place? What a bunch of guys who only know themselves. He was angry, and the features on his face were becoming distorted in the gloomy anger. For such a brave talent not to be reused, Zhang Wu is really deeply sorry.
After scolding his subordinates without naming them, Zhang Wu's anger calmed down slightly. He looked at the battle in front of him for a while, as if he remembered something, and then turned his head and asked the little soldier just now: "What kind of work did you say this Niu Er was responsible for?" ”
"He's always been in charge of the letter. It's the elite of the reprimand. The soldier replied quickly.
"Detective?" So it was, Zhang Wu suddenly realized: "Maybe it's not that my subordinates want to catch this person, but they themselves don't know that there is such a tough guy under their own heads." ”
Because he is responsible for the words and deeds on the battlefield, he naturally does not have the opportunity to personally go into battle to kill the enemy, so that his prestige is not loud before tonight. However, he is the boss, and sometimes he has to persevere, even if he is wrong.
"So you were in charge of the detective? Well, that's why he's coming at us. Maybe he's got some good news. When Zhang Wu thought of this, his heart couldn't help but move slightly, and the expression on his face suddenly became serious.
"Judging by the way he looks, he seems to have been killed from behind the enemy's line, and I think he got some important news." Zhang Wu judged for a moment, and quickly ordered, "Who still has troops in their hands?" Send me a troop and fetch him. ”
"Yes!" When his subordinates heard this, they quickly dispatched troops and horses. They are the Yellow Turban Army, the people who once competed with the Han royal court for the world, and their hierarchy may not be as serious as the Han Dynasty, which has been tempered for hundreds of years, but what the head of the army says in the army will still be carried out without reservation. Just like now, they didn't understand what Zhang Wu was giving this order for, but they still complied.
Because Zhang Wu accurately guessed Niu Er's purpose, and thus sent the corresponding troops, so that Niu Er was finally able to come to this rear battle smoothly.
At this moment, Niu Er was already out of breath. Although his swordsmanship is excellent, he has never been able to reach the point of superiority. Fang had been fighting in the battle array for so long, and he was already tired. Facing the enemy of the second bee chrysalis, he saw the opposite destination, but felt helpless that he could never reach in the continuous killing. If not, Zhang Wu sent a special force to support him, but he was afraid that he would soon be exhausted and finally lost in the battle formation due to his physical exhaustion.
"But it's okay......" Finally safe, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and when he followed the person who answered him to Zhang Wu's place, he tried to adjust his mood and calm it down, while clearing the thoughts in his mind, trying to make the thoughts that had become a little chaotic because of the fight clear again. When all this was done, he stood in front of Zhang Wu with a calm face.
"You don't usually need to be hands-on when you're in charge of the mission. Now that you have made such a big noise, I'm afraid that there is really something very important! Zhang Wu looked at Niu Er, whose face was covered with dust and his clothes and armor were stained with blood stains, and asked with a smile. His current team was advancing very smoothly in Liu Erren's barracks, which made him feel relaxed and in a good mood.
"Yes, General!" Niu Er nodded affirmatively, "My team and I sneaked into the enemy's rear and found a tent heavily defended by the enemy. In the darkness we couldn't tell if it was the enemy's main camp or not, but since the enemy was heavily defended there, there must be something very important for the enemy there. I approached there, under the cover of my teammates, and heard a terrible thing - the enemy had laid an ambush here that was large enough to wipe us out. To get the news back, my teammates have all sacrificed. ”
"What? Are you saying they still have ambushes in this camp? Zhang Wu's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this, he looked completely incredulous: "How is this possible? The battle has already been fought like this, and the other party is obviously preparing to defend to the death, how can there be ambushes? He shook his head slightly, thinking that this was a little too ridiculous.
However, looking at Niu Er, who had to convey the news to himself after sacrificing his comrades-in-arms, the uncertainty in Zhang Wu's heart involuntarily decreased a lot. He believes that this loyal subordinate will not deceive him with false news.
"The enemy is in ambush in the battalion? That might be a real possibility. It's just that this will inevitably damage their own camp, are Liu Ji and Zhou Yan ready to sacrifice all this in front of them? Zhang Wu thought, but couldn't think of a reason. He felt that his head was big, and all kinds of thoughts that marked "this way is not going to work" collided fiercely in his mind, which made him extremely troubled and at a loss for a while.
"If only Sun Chen were here." Zhang Wu thought bitterly. He wasn't a wise general type of character, and he wasn't good at thinking and analyzing, so it would be too reluctant for him to go and judge whether the information Niu Er told was true.
However, at present, Chen Sun was already busy with the matter of encircling the two wings, leaving Zhang Wu alone to command the attack of the Chinese army. originally thought that the Chinese army should not have too many problems, but in the end, such a trouble did arise.
"This is really ......" Zhang Wu thought for a long time before finally making a decision: "The whole army is on alert and slows down the speed of the advance." ”
To be honest, he didn't want to do this, but the possibility that the information showed made him have to think more carefully about his army. Armies are meant to be won, not to die. If he can achieve ultimate victory through danger, he will definitely ignore such danger. But if the danger is the path to destruction, is it necessary to experience such a danger? Since the enemy's ambush in the barracks has the possibility of destroying him, he still has to be careful. If you are moving too fast and ignore the danger and cause the ultimate destruction, it will definitely not be worth the loss.
Zhang Wu did not want to lose the opportunity to attack like this, nor did he want to cause the destruction of the whole army because he was too rash, so he gave this order to slow down. However, even if he ordered to slow down, he still had the belief that he would win. Because he trusted Chen Sun, he believed that Chen Sun's two wings would be like a powerful giant hand that would cut the throat of the enemy on the other side.
The order was conveyed with unmistakable accuracy. The army slowed down its advance in confusion. In Zhang Wu's opinion, those hidden dangers are even unknown places, so as long as you are careful on your side, you should be able to avoid them appropriately. Therefore, he didn't even notice that his team itself had gone too far into the enemy camp.
Although the team slowed down, it continued to move forward.
After a while, new news came: "General Zhang, our army seems to have advanced to the enemy's center. Now the enemy is retreating to the rear to regroup. ”
"Oh? actually went to the back and put on a look of fighting to the death? It seems that the enemy really has no ambush attempts. This news made Zhang Wu's eyes light up involuntarily, and he breathed a long sigh of relief. In his opinion, no enemy would refuse to launch a ship-turning blow when both the front and center formations were occupied.
"Perhaps, Niu Er heard it wrong." Zhang Wu suddenly relaxed, and he raised his hand to give the order for the final general attack.
However......