Chapter 35: The Siege
CHAPTER XXXV
The five soldiers sent by Chai Baochen in the past were all first-class masters in the Shenji Company. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info They surrounded the carriage and walked inch by inch, the road was indeed not easy to walk, and the soldiers were so hot that they were covered in sweat. They were vigilant, but they ignored one person. After the guqin walked for a short time, she asked to stop and rest, and she wanted to rub her feet or go to drowning. Then when everyone was not paying attention, she tied a strip of cloth on a nearby branch, and her behavior was very hidden, and no one noticed that she was making small movements. And all this is silent. Presumably this is why she is reluctant to take the carriage and insists on getting down and walking, so that she can find opportunities to make a secret signal anytime and anywhere, and expose her whereabouts to the people on the street.
The five soldiers were just moving forward, and the tranquility along the way made them let their guard down. Wei Sudai's constant urging and Guqin's playful and naughty distraction them. At some point, a man had crept after them. This person is Boss Zhang, who is in the cloth trading business in Hangzhou.
Boss Zhang's martial arts are very strong, don't forget, even Murakita is not his opponent. With such an unfathomable person, coupled with profound martial arts, it is not a problem to track a few soldiers.
Boss Zhang looked at it, Wei Su and his party were not far from Ningbo City, and there was only this official road on the road. So he turned into the woods, and the recent tracking brought him the news that the Japanese soldiers were nearby. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Boss Zhang decides to contact the Japanese soldiers to ambush Wei Su's guards.
Boss Zhang quickly found the Japanese soldiers, exchanged a few words with them in Japanese, and was taken to the village. For Murakita, he is no stranger to the man in front of him who looks like a farmer. Murashita showed him a very respectful gesture and said, "It turned out to be Boss Zhang, how can you find me here?" ”
In fact, it was Boss Zhang who contacted him to come to Ningbo to launch an incursion. It's just strange that Murashita actually met Boss Zhang in the mountains.
"Are you surprised? You've had a losing war lately, haven't you? Boss Zhang stared at the shoes of the village, the shoes of the village were covered with mud, and the pants were speckled with muddy water. A pirate like him, if he is in high spirits, is very careful to enjoy it, and he will not be so embarrassed at all.
Speaking of fighting, the village is really not very comfortable, and now it is really embarrassing to have to cooperate with bandits, but think about it, I have a good life in Chongming Sansha. After coming to Ningbo, it was not going well everywhere. Isn't all this caused by Boss Zhang? If he hadn't persuaded him to come over, he wouldn't have suffered this crime for no reason.
After listening to Boss Zhang's question, he said angrily: "It's not thanks to you!" Sosui-sama also passed away. ”
"What?" Boss Zhang looked at Murashita with wide eyes and asked, "What the hell is going on?" How could he ......? Speaking of this, Boss Zhang fell into grief.
Murashita got off the horse, handed the horse to the people on the side, walked to Boss Zhang's side, and whispered. "On the first night of our operation, everything was originally planned, and at the beginning we attacked Ningbo City smoothly, robbed a lot of property, and killed a lot of people. Just when we thought everything was going well, we encountered a group of Ming troops, and we exchanged fire. ”
"Is the fighting power of the Ming army very strong?" Boss Zhang asked puzzled.
"When we met this group of Ming troops, we didn't pay attention to them, in fact, we fought very well and beat them away. The Ming army ran out from the west gate, and we followed after it, so we were fooled! "It was very painful for Murashita to think about the situation that night.
"Fooled? What do you mean? Are you surrounded? Boss Zhang asked.
"We didn't see the Ming army at all, first by fire, then by shells, and we suffered heavy casualties. And Master Soshu was also unfortunately killed! Murashita bowed his head when he said this.
"How is this possible? We've planned it so well, and you're all about to fail! Boss Zhang suddenly roared loudly.
"Not really, shortly after we fled, we encountered a group of less than 300 Ming troops, and we won a great victory! I think it was a failure caused by the improper command of Master Sosui! Murashita said impassionedly.
Boss Zhang lowered his head and pondered, and said, "Things are not that simple. I think the Ming army was prepared before you attacked, but they were not prepared enough to defeat you completely, so there was no pursuit after the victory. And the next Ming army you encountered was just an army without any preparation, so it won again. ”
"How can you be so sure?" Murashita asked.
"There is ample evidence that the supreme commander of the Ningbo City Belt is now called Chai Baochen, and according to reliable information, he led the army to Chongming before, but suddenly changed his route and went straight to Ningbo. Judging from the speed of their march, Chai Baochen now knew that you were going to attack Ningbo three days before your siege belt operation! When Boss Zhang spoke, his eyes showed an unpredictable gaze, and he saw that the village was panicked.
Murashita hurriedly said, "How is it possible? At that time, Zongshi had not yet arrived in Ningbo, and I was still in the East China Sea. None of this happened, and even I myself had thought of changing my route several times and invading other cities instead of going to Ningbo, and if it weren't for the orders of Lord Nei Yixing, I probably wouldn't have carried it out. Even Lord Runyin came to Ningbo before the war. Unless Chai Baochen is a prophet! ”
After finishing speaking, Murashita looked at Boss Zhang, and at the same time found that Boss Zhang was also looking at this side. They met with their eyes, "Impossible! They both said this at the same time.
Boss Zhang shook his head and said, "We have to figure out what's weird here." ”
Murashita raised his head and asked with interest, "What do you think?" ”
"I've come all the way to you. I'm following Chai Baochen's wife all the way, Madame Chai is now on the official road to Ningbo City, you can capture her, so that we can have a big enough hole card in the siege! Boss Zhang said.
"Good! Without further ado, you guys come with me. Murashita asked Boss Zhang to lead the way and chase in the direction of Wei Su.
Soon the village caught up with Wei Su and the others. It is only ten miles away from Ningbo City, but unfortunately the forest is dense and the trees are high, and the road is crooked, blocking the sight on the way. It's hard for anyone to know that there's going to be a big battle here!
After a hysterical roar, thirty people in different costumes surrounded Wei Su and the others. The roar came from Murakita. He wants to vent all his hatred for Chai Baochen on this woman!
The soldiers guarding Wei Su quickly surrounded the car and formed a battle formation. One of the soldiers, Sankata, had seen more of the world, and he saw that these people who had suddenly appeared had bad intentions, but just by looking at their clothes, they were tattered and tattered, much like the dress of bandits. It turned out that the bandits' clothes were soaked in the rain last night, and the people who went out today were wearing the clothes of the bandits.
The three parties walked out of the formation and bowed their hands to the village: "Dare to ask which brother Ren is?" We are official figures. Saying this, he looked at the armor on his body, which was still shiny, and then put his mind at ease and said, "Today I am just passing by, and I have not collided with you." ”
When Murashita heard it, he couldn't understand a word of it, and said, "Speak human words!" ”
The three parties were stunned, very strange, these are the usual cuts of bandits, why is it not good? Then he said: "We are the Ming army, we passed by the official road, and we never disturbed Brother Ren, why are you short of my road?" ”
"What 'short circuit'?" Murashita asked.
Sanfang grabbed his hair, and he couldn't even understand this! What bandits did you encounter today? smiled and said: "I don't think you have entered the industry deeply, so let's quickly abandon the darkness and turn to the light!" Seeing your bones, I can take you to join the army, and let's kill the Japanese together, okay? After speaking, he strode forward, thinking that the people in front of him were just some farmers who had not been deeply involved in the world, and perhaps they were forced to go to Liangshan because they couldn't pay the rent.
Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot out of the dense forest, piercing through the abdomen of the three parties at once. Sanfang convulsed, lowered his head and looked at his stomach, only to see gurgling blood coming out, and he suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up. He fell to the ground, and blood spurted from his mouth.
"Ahh Guqin screamed. Her scream made the other four soldiers tremble, not knowing whether they were mad or afraid. Fortunately, these four soldiers were all warriors of a hundred battles, and they protected the carriage and did not leave an inch.
"Attack!" At the order of the village, more than 30 fast horses rushed towards the carriage. Wei Su saw it clearly in the carriage and heard it clearly, no matter who the other party was, there were only four guards around him! Wei Su's mind was not chaotic, she shouted at the guards: "Drive and run!" ”
A soldier pulls the guqin and pushes it into the cart, and the guqin is stuffed into the carriage. Then he jumped into the carriage and whipped the horse with the whip in his hand. As soon as the horse lifts its hooves, it will rush forward. The soldier tightened his reins, changed the direction of his car, and headed for the dense forest. There are enemies in front of and behind, so you can only flee for your life in the woods.
As soon as the people in the village saw that Wei Su was about to run away, they chased frantically, while the other three soldiers desperately blocked it, and the blood stained the bamboos red, and it seemed that the bamboos were also crying for these heroic Ming soldiers.