CHAPTER XXXIV

The drunken centipede said and jumped a few steps back, which was considered to be a distance from Murakita. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Murashita is very puzzled: What is "not an official army"? Of course, these people are not officers and soldiers. But Hagatani reacted quickly, he was close, heard the cry of the drunken centipede, ran to the village's side, and said, "My lord, please stop first." ”

But the sword in Murakha's hand was still pointed outward, held high, guarding against the sudden attack of the drunken centipede. Nagatani pointed to the drunken centipede and said, "Who are you?" ”

"You're a wolf, aren't you?" The drunken centipede grinned and said, "We are bandits in this mountain, and we are all doing the same business." ”

Haseki looked at Murashita and said, "They're bandits. It just saves us from doing it ourselves. We can take possession of what they have looted. Murashita nodded, and at the same time leaned back, and said to Hagatani: "You negotiate with him, all the things they robbed tonight are put down, and people can leave immediately." ”

After saying these words, Murashita had already walked back to the army. Nagatani negotiated with the drunken centipede, and the drunken centipede finally agreed to keep the things he had robbed, and especially accentuated the word "robbed". Nagatani thought about it, just let them put down the things they had stolen, and as for their own belongings, they still didn't want them.

After negotiating, the drunken centipede left with his men one by one, of course, walking around the woods. Just as all the bandits had finished, one of the horses had a bag hanging on it and moved a few times.

Hagatani held out his hand and motioned for the horse to stop. Sitting right away was a small bandit, and he said with a smile: "At this time, it is our boss's wife who has suppressed the village, and it is not a 'thing' that has been robbed, so you can't ask for it." He added an accent to the word "thing", but spoke to the same content as had been discussed.

All this was seen by Murakita. Murashita nodded at Hagatani, motioning for the bandits to leave as soon as possible. After the bandits left, Hasei ordered a few scouts to scout around and quietly follow the bandits. A few more soldiers were sent to sort out the supplies looted by the bandits. I really didn't expect that these bandits were really ruthless, and the things they robbed were enough for the soldiers in the village to eat for ten days.

The village ordered the soldiers to bury the pot on the spot and make dinner. At this time, Nagatani came to the village and said, "My lord, did you really let those bandits go?" ”

Murashita looked at Hasei meaningfully and asked, "What do you think?" ”

The long drum showed a sly look in his eyes and said, "We are running everywhere now, and we don't have a stronghold. I think that when the soldiers have eaten enough, we can catch up with them, occupy the hills of this group of bandits, and even take them for our own use, so that we can take advantage of the time and place. ”

"Good, I can't see you're so smart!" Murashita praised.

Hase's head bowed in embarrassment.

After a while, a scout came running back and whispered in the village's ear for a while. At this time, the soldiers had eaten well, and the village gathered the soldiers together and said to more than 400 soldiers: "Do you want to sleep in bed at night and have clean mountain spring water to drink in the morning?" ”

The soldiers said in unison: "Yes! ”

"Okay, I'll take you there, occupy a hill, and we'll drive the bandits out there, so that we can take possession of their homes, will you?" Murashita is very suitable to be a leader, and what he says is very encouraging.

"Yes! Willing! The soldiers replied in unison.

In this way, the village took the soldiers and let the scouts lead the way, and they went to raid the bandits' lair overnight.

It's also strange that the drunken centipede is unlucky, it rained during the robbery tonight, and was robbed again, when they returned to the cottage in frustration, they were so tired that their bones were about to fall apart, and they fell asleep, and even the robbed girl was not interested. Anyway, I told my subordinates that this girl will be my wife in the future, and she will be locked up in a room for the time being. The other brothers wouldn't touch him either.

The drunken centipede slept boldly and reassuringly, without even arranging a guard. Unexpectedly, I just closed my eyes, and the dream had not yet been made, when there was a shout of killing from outside the house.

The Japanese soldiers surrounded the entire mountain. Some of the bandits were still snoring on straw mats, and a cold knife was already on their necks.

By the time the drunken centipede was alert, it was too late, and the surroundings were illuminated by torches, which was even more confusing under the cover of night. The drunken centipede looked at the village and said, "I gave you what you wanted, how can you not believe it?" And quietly attack my camp! ”

Murashita smiled and said, "The strong is king!" I have come today to occupy this hill. However, as long as you promise me one condition, I can withdraw. ”

The drunken centipede saw that all his men were controlled by the wolf, and thought that turning his face with him now would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so he asked, "What conditions?" ”

The village showed a strange smile and said: "My conditions are very simple, I want you to provide me with information about the mountains, rivers, geography, humanities and customs of Ningbo City, and you have to gather the surrounding bandits to help me conquer Ningbo City, and I will give the mountain away!" ”

Hearing Murakita's words, the drunken centipede felt that the person in front of him was a madman, and said, "What are you crazy!" You want to attack the city of Ningbo? The city of Ningbo is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for you to capture it with just a few hundred people! ”

"Hahahaha, you're wrong! I once led 500 men to defeat the Ming Dynasty army of 2,000 men. What we lack most now is intelligence, do you understand? Information! Murashita paused, he spoke as slowly as he could, so that his Chinese would not sound too awkward, "I don't know why, as soon as I appeared, I would be targeted by the officers of the Ming Dynasty, so I suffered several defeats." However, you are locals, and of course the situation is different, as long as you go into the city to find out the information and work closely with me, the benefits will be indispensable. You must know that we have come from the sea, and we will eventually go to the sea, how can we occupy your mountain! ”

After hearing this, the drunken centipede thought about it for a while, and said in his heart: The hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, what he said is indeed reasonable, and it is not impossible to let them live here for the time being, besides, they robbed their own food, if they live here, they will definitely share some for themselves. But there are not many people around, and food is limited. The looting of a village was only enough for these soldiers to eat for ten days, and they had to really help them take Ningbo City as soon as possible before they could be sent away. Thinking of this, the drunken centipede laughed and said, "It's easy to say, since you intend to cooperate with me, I can use your power to dominate the nearby bandits!" ”

"Okay, that's it. Your men will stay outside the house tonight, and after a while we will gather some straw mats for my soldiers, and we will stay tonight. Build a house tomorrow, rest assured, the sooner Ningbo City is laid, the sooner you can enjoy the glory and wealth! ”

At dawn the next day, Drunken Centipede asked a group of bandits and Japanese soldiers to build a new thatched hut, and the work was supervised by Hase. After all, there are so many widows, and they have to clean up a place to live. The village took the soldiers and the drunken centipede to the surrounding mountains to fight other bandits. The village had to agree with these armed forces and recruit as many troops as possible, and the bandits had ready-made soldiers.

Twenty miles away from Ningbo City, several people hurried along the official road in the muddy woods.

"Miss, slow down, isn't it almost to Ningbo City? What's the hurry, besides, it has just rained, the mountain road is slippery, and if the carriage gets stuck in a pit, what can I do? A little maid said.

The young lady in the carriage was none other than Wei Su, and he told the coachman to hurry up. It's strange that Guqin didn't sit in the carriage, but walked on foot, and the reason she gave was: I don't like to ride in the carriage, I will get dizzy. However, even when walking, she is also very fast, and can catch up with the speed of the horse's slow walking.

"Qin'er, you better come up and sit! The road is too muddy, take a carriage for a while, and go down again if you faint! Wei Su greeted.

"No, miss. I haven't ever made a carriage since I was a child, and as soon as I got on it, my bones were scattered, and I was walking down in the air, and I could still look at the road, and I could greet the groom in any situation. Don't worry, I'll go up and sit when I'm tired. Guqin said, listening to the tone, she didn't seem to be tired, but very refreshing. The voice is like a brass bell, which is very pleasant.