Chapter 017: The First Battle
As the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and thieves and bandits are born. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Great Xia Dynasty was founded for 200 years, and although the national power is at its peak, it cannot eliminate all the reckless puppets, and it cannot let the whole world be obedient.
The imperial power was not lower than the county, and it was still a common situation within the empire. And in some frontier places far away from the cities, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it is inevitable that there are still some outlaws, gangs up, gathering in the mountains and forests, and disobeying the king.
In the territory of Dune County, there are three such forces, and the strongest of them is Baihezhai provoked by Zhao Ning this time.
At this moment, in Baihe Village, there are many people, and the reckless men are tied with white cloth around their waists, and the atmosphere is solemn.
As a fierce middle-aged man ascended the high platform, the commotion in the crowd gradually subsided.
"Our big boss, Brother Lai, the 'Lai Shanfei' who shocked the entire Donghai County, harmed the kid surnamed Luan and the people in Zhaojiazhuang the day before yesterday. The kid surnamed Luan deserves to die, but what is even more hateful is the people of the Zhao family. We have always given his Zhao family face, and we have never received his family's monthly money, but this time his Zhao family has bullied us. Little cubs, what do you say!? ”
"****! Bloodbath the Zhao family! Revenge for the big boss! "The bandits below don't care if you are the Zhao family or the Li family, the big boss is dead, and the second boss asks, what do you say? Damn!
"Second brother, the brothers have the same hatred, and they will be able to avenge the eldest brother. In the future, the brothers will follow the elder brother to eat, brother, you have to mourn, don't be too sad and hurt your body. The third master, Cao Fang, said with a flattering face.
The mighty side of the big boss, the fierce and rude side of the second boss, and the insidious cunning of the third boss, this is almost the standard configuration in the bandits' den. In fact, this is not a coincidence, but a matter of reason and necessity.
In the bandits who eat the strong and speak with their fists, if they don't have the true ability to subdue one side and don't have a bit of heroism, they can't be the boss. And to be the boss, there is always a need for someone around you who can give advice and have a lot of ghost ideas, commonly known as a military advisor, just like Wu Yong in Shuibo Liangshan.
On the other hand, although such people are useful, they are all scheming. If you control it well, you can hurt others, and if you control it badly, you will hurt yourself. With such a guy by his side, it is inevitable that he will not be at ease as the boss, and he is worried that his neck will be wiped at night. This requires another person to contain this military advisor, which is why it is often necessary to have a second leader who is loyal to the eldest brother, but has a simple mind, or at least a less complex mind.
This is why after Chao Gai died, Song Jiang began to be restless, like a fire burning his buttocks, and he had to get Lu Junyi and Lu Yuanwai to the mountain to sit in the second position. Lu Junyi, a straightforward figure with strong martial arts, has the value of helping Song Jiang subdue and contain the big and small leaders within Liangshan.
The situation in Baihezhai is also very different, it turns out that when "Lai Shanfei" did not die, it was such a pattern, "Lai Shanfei" has strong martial arts, and his temperament can also convince people to win people, and he sits firmly in the top spot, the third master Cao Fang has the most ghost ideas, and is the right-hand man of "Lai Shanfei", and the second leader Wei Bao is the role that contains Cao Fang and assists "Lai Shanfei" to deter other small leaders to avoid accidents.
At this time, "Lai Shanfei" died, and Cao Fang naturally wanted to stand up and show loyalty to Wei Bao, the second master, as for what he really thought in his heart, only he knew.
"Okay, brothers, after doing this bowl of wine, let's go to avenge the big boss, take the Zhao family manor, the gold, the women, all belong to the brothers, I don't want a penny from Wei Lao Er, I just want to avenge Brother Lai, and I hope that the brothers will remember the good of Brother Lai before his death, and fight hard! For the sake of Brother Lai, for the prestige of Baihe Village, set off! After Wei Bao said impassionedly, he dropped the bowl, and the blood of the bandits was mobilized, and they all broke the bowl and set off.
At this moment, Cao Fang felt that maybe this Wei Bao was not as simple as he imagined.
At that time, the Zhao family manor.
Within the walls, the Zhao family mobilized a total of more than 400 strong men, blacksmiths with long halberds, tenant farmers with steel knives, hunters with bows and arrows, all nervous, waiting for the battle.
Outside the walls, thousands of bandits shouted and shouted.
The two sides have been facing each other for almost half an hour, and the atmosphere is tense, but the conflict has never really begun.
The bandits were amazed by the crowd of the Zhao family, the quality of the equipment, the height of the courtyard wall, and the density of the arrow tower. After all, they are just a group of bandits, and they have done a lot of things to rob houses and houses, and block roads and robberies, but they have little experience in attacking large estates with tight guards.
Seeing this scene, Wei Bao was anxious, but there was nothing good to do.
The Zhao family only waited for the bandits' backyard to catch fire, and naturally they would not be outnumbered and rashly attacked.
Time passed little by little, and Wei Bao knew that he couldn't wait like this. The other party is in the manor, waiting for work, eating and drinking enough, not afraid of such consumption, he can't do it on his side, and if he continues to consume like this, the morale of the brothers will be gone, not to mention hunger and thirst, and physical strength will decline, once the spirit slack, then I am afraid that something bad will happen.
"Boss, let's go up, if we don't do it, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for us." Cao Fang also came up and said to Wei Bao, obviously he also saw the situation clearly.
The half-hour deadline they gave had already passed, and there was no movement on the other side at all, which was not surprising, it was the young master of the other party who killed his boss, and if he wanted the other party to hand over people, it was equivalent to letting the other party open a village and surrender, which was impossible for the strong Zhao family manor.
It seems that it is difficult to end today's matter without using sword soldiers, but the bandits do not want to attack it.
"Do as you have planned, and pass on my orders." Wei Bao also made up his mind.
The Zhao family is too lazy to pay attention to your deadline, but if the other side does not move, they are also happy not to move, and if the opposite side moves, they will naturally have steel knives and sharp arrows waiting for them.
At this time, Zhao Ning and the others were all dressed in strong clothes, and Zhao Hu and the others had prepared drapes that had not been used for many years, and they were all ready to fight.
"Young master, the opposite side retreated on all fronts, and only one person was sent out to call for battle." The people below will report it.
"Oh? But there are those who are not afraid of death. Let's go and see which one is impatient. Zhao Ning said, and took Zhao Hu, Wang Long, Lian Chao and Lian Zhan and others to the gatehouse.
I saw that the village had already given up a distance of a kilometer, and a bandit leader was standing sideways, calling for battle.
"Young master, this person has just stepped into the realm of full muscles and muscles, and his kung fu is still too shallow. I will go and meet him, and within five moves, I will take his head back. Zhao Hu said, about to go down to the gatehouse to fight.
"Uncle Tiger is slow, your opponent hasn't come out yet, but this is going to be handed over to me to take care of." Zhao Ning put down a sentence, and without waiting for everyone's objections, he climbed down the gatehouse and rushed out.
Zhao Ning sat down, it was a good horse in the Western Regions, this BMW was snow-white, with four hooves ink, handsome body, running like flying, Zhao Ning sat on a horse, holding a steel gun, and rushed towards the bandit.
When the other party saw the opening of the village, he rushed out but it was a teenager, and he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart. only shouted on the horse, "I am Xue Lin, the mountain-turning tiger of Baihe Village, a descendant of Wuna, and report my name!" ”
Zhao Ning didn't talk to him, just urged the horse, then Xue Lin was bored by himself, he was furious in his heart, and he was afraid that he would be robbed, so he also urged the horse to come up, a big axe, he had already accumulated his strength, but he estimated that his strength was slightly better, and he wanted to kill Zhao Ning under the horse with an axe.
How fast is the hedging of two horses? But in the blink of an eye, the two horses were only sixty or seventy paces apart, and they could already see each other's eyebrows clearly.
Suddenly, Zhao Ning sat down on the white horse and staggered, the person had already fallen down on the horse, but he held the reins with one hand, so he didn't fall off the horse, then Xue Lin was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh, "Where did this hairy boy come from, he couldn't even ride a horse well, and he dared to run out and die?" ”
He was careless on his side, only to hear a "bang" sound of breaking the air, and when he tried to take a closer look, a sharp arrow had already pierced his throat.
On the battlefield, life and death are just a matter of moments.
"The boy, the white horse, the archery, the big boss died at his hands?" When Xue Lin thought of this, it was already too late, he just subconsciously reached out to hold the carved arrow that pierced his throat, and watched the young man rush towards him.
The blood flowed down the shaft of the arrow to his hand, hot and sticky, and he felt his life passing, and he even desperately longed for the boy to hurry up, and hurry up, and hurry up to end it all.
Zhao Ning didn't disappoint him, and rushed to him in the blink of an eye, a touch of purple was the last color of his Xue Lin's life.
The Purple Cloud Sword sharpened iron like clay, and severing his neck was naturally effortless, and it didn't cause him much pain.
Zhao Ning went from turning over and going down the gatehouse, to riding out of battle, to archery and beheading, and then to go back and forth, but it took more than a dozen breaths, not to mention the more than 1,000 bandits on the opposite side, and even the Zhao family who were on guard in the village were stunned, until Zhao Ning entered the village gate, everyone remembered to cheer.
"Young master! Young Lord! ”
The shouts inside the village were thunderous, but there was dead silence outside the village.
In fact, if you want to talk about real kung fu, the bandit leader is actually above Zhao Ning, but he doesn't want Zhao Ning to be good at riding and archery, holding the reins with one hand, and shooting arrows with one hand and one foot, hitting with one hit.
Speaking of Zhao Ning, this battle won the trick, but above the battle array, life and death hung by a thread, just the so-called soldiers' treachery, killing the enemy is the best, and it is understandable to use some means.
It's just that this time, the bandits outside the village rely on the psychological advantage established by the large number of people, and they can't help but start to waver.
After a while, there was a sound of scolding outside the village, naturally scolding Zhao Ning for not paying attention to the rules, hurting people with secret arrows, making a mistake, shameful, and not a good man.
In the midst of shouting and scolding, another leader came out of the battle, shouting, as long as Zhao Ning is looking for a dignified battle. Everyone in the village looked and saw that this person was even more fierce than that Xue Lin.
"Uncle Tiger, are you sure about this person?"
Zhao Hu had long been eager to try, and when he heard Zhao Ning ask him, he grinned and replied hurriedly: "If the young master lets Zhao Hu fight that fight, within five moves, he will take his head back." ”
"Good! This is the time for Uncle Tiger to show your skills, and if you kill this fang in a dignified position at this moment, the other party's morale will inevitably collapse! The rest will be easy. Zhao Ning looked at Zhao Hu and said.
"Zhao Hu has an order!"