Chapter 113: Fighting Thieves with Thieves
Zhong Wuxian still marched slowly, he integrated his troops on the march, and since these soldiers were loyal to him and broke up and reorganized, the morale of the soldiers changed greatly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Zhong Wuregret first distributed ten taels of silver to each of them, named: Risk fee, because of this risk all the way to disaster relief.
Originally being a soldier was full of risks, when had they heard about the risk fee, and Zhong Wuregret's old nursing home told them about the preferential care of Zhong Mansion, the soldiers were even more excited, and now they knew that those so-called temporary guards had already been Zhong Wuregret's private army, and they went to disaster relief this time, in fact, they came prepared. Although these newly joined soldiers were puzzled by some of Zhong Wu's actions, they were no longer the same as the frustration of being slaughtered when they first left the city.
In just a few days, the team has been quickly integrated, although there is still a big gap compared with those specially trained nursing homes, but it has basically been able to enforce the order.
After the entire team was integrated, Zhong Wuregret accelerated his march, and the closer they got to the affected place, the greater the danger. Zhong Wuregret has received several secret reports. Around their procession, there were often watchers, and when they saw their convoy, they rode away.
Walking further, he was about to step into the mountain road, and when Zhong Wuregret saw that it was getting late, he ordered the team to camp in front of the mountain.
Yoyuki saw that the terrain of the camp was a little unpleasant. In front of the camp was an open field, and behind the camp was backed by mountains on three sides, and if the enemy attacked from the front, they would be like wild beasts trapped in a cage, and there was no other way but to resist to the death.
Yang Youji pulled Zhong Wuregret aside and whispered: "I'm afraid it's a little bad to camp in this place, camping is good and evil, Guiyang is cheap and yin." This means that the army should be camped in a high place, not in a low place, because the means of reconnaissance at that time were not developed, so it was located in a high place to facilitate the discovery and understanding of the enemy's situation.
Zhong Wuregret had a new understanding of Yang Youji at this time, but he didn't expect that he still knew the art of war.
However, he did not accept Yoyuki's suggestion, and only said, "It's okay, it's mainly up to you tonight." Then he went to the camp and arranged for the manpower.
It doesn't matter if the enemy comes less, if there are too many, they can't resist and will be annihilated. Yang Yuji couldn't help but worry, he was now closely related to Zhong Wuregret's fate.
Spring should be a season full of hope, but the state of Chu is suffering from a rare drought, from last winter to the present, the rain has not fallen, the farmland is scorched yellow, a light stomp of the foot, will rise a puff of yellow dust.
In the middle of the night, dust suddenly rose in front of Zhong Wuregret's camp, and with a shout, countless torches lit up, like a torrent of fire surging towards Zhong Wuregret's camp.
The news that Zhong Wuregret brought a large amount of silver relief had already spread all over the world, especially because he was afraid that others would not know about it, and coupled with his great obscene reputation, those who wanted to get silver goods thought that robbing the silver taels from Zhong Wuregret's hands was as easy as taking them in his pocket.
However, in the face of many thieves, Zhong Wuregret's camp was still silent.
As soon as he rushed into the camp, there was a sudden loud bang, a torch in front of him suddenly disappeared, and the sound of a ghost crying wolf howl sounded underground, a big pit, dozens of people were pitted at once, and the others couldn't stop their pace if they wanted to, and they fell into the pit one after another.
When the people behind him stopped, Zhong Wuregret's camp suddenly lit up with torches. I saw Zhong Wuregret standing behind the pit and bowed his hand to the thieves, saying, "Fellow thieves, I'm sorry to miss the distance." ā
As he spoke, he beckoned, and the two soldiers took out a box and placed it in front of him, and as soon as Zhong Wuregret opened the box, a white silver light flickered in the firelight.
Zhong Wuregret continued: "Isn't this what you came for? The silver is here, but the ugly words are in the past, and it's still too late for you to retreat, if you want to take the silver, and you can get it, I'll give it to you, and when you can't get it and don't want to take it, don't blame me for being rude. ā
"There's such a big pit, how can we go over and get it?" Some of the thieves were shouting for demands.
Zhong Wuregret beckoned, and the soldiers put two large planks side by side on the pit.
When the thieves saw it, they didn't know what Zhong Wuregret was doing, but they didn't dare to move when they looked at the boxes of silver.
"I'll get it!" A big man rushed over with a big axe, but he had just rushed to the middle of the plank, only to hear a string sound, a sharp arrow hit the big man's throat, and he immediately fell into the pit, which caused a cry in the pit: "My head is broken, help!" ā
As soon as Zhong Wuregret signaled, a soldier immediately threw down the rope and pulled the screaming wounded man up. In the light of the fire, a soldier sprinkled the man with gold medicine, then bandaged it and tied it up and put it aside, and the thieves watched silently.
Suddenly, there was a shout, "I'm coming!" I saw a small man soaring into the air, but as soon as he reached midair, he fell vertically, and an arrow shaft was exposed from his throat.
Many of the thieves' legs began to tremble.
"If he can shoot, can't we shoot? Shoot the thief with an arrow. One of the thieves shouted.
Zhong Wuregret's eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "As long as you dare to shoot an arrow, I will shoot ten thousand arrows here, so that none of you can leave." ā
As he spoke, he heard a sound of a hammer, and a row of torches lit up behind the thief.
It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and those who come in are surrounded behind them, either rushing forward or breaking backwards. However, as soon as they saw the divine power of the archers, the thieves were already frightened, and no one dared to take the first step.
At this time, a commotion was heard among the thieves, and probably the people had sent the man who wanted to shoot arrows for the sake of their own lives.
"If you want to come and get the money, come quickly, or I will put it away." Zhong Wuregret made the appearance of wanting to close the lid of the box.
"Slow!" With a shout, a black shadow flew towards the silver box with great speed against the wooden plank, but just as he reached the edge of the pit, the moment he looked up at the silver, another sharp arrow was stuck in his throat.
The thieves had long since lost their fighting spirit, and none of them dared to move, and even let out a burst of urine smell.
One of the thieves trembled and said, "We don't want this silver, I swear, we won't stretch out our hands all the way, will we let us go?" ā
"Yes." As soon as they heard Zhong Wuregret's words, the thieves breathed a sigh of relief, at least their lives were saved. "But," as soon as he heard that there was a condition, the hearts of the thieves were lifted again. Zhong Wuregret said slowly: "You are thieves, at least you know a lot of peers, in this way, I will let half of you go, and those who go, just catch the other thieves on the road ahead, catch a few, and I will let a few of you go, how about it, it's fair, right?" ā
When Yang Yuji heard this in secret, he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, "fighting thieves with thieves", except for a little effort in the first battle, after that, their soldiers hardly spent any effort, and those thieves could clear the obstacles in front of them.
"Why do you want to send you to death to beat others, we rush out!" The thieves began to stir up.
"Listen!" Zhong Wuregret roared angrily: "God has the virtue of a good life, so I saved your life, if the government was guilty, you should have cut off your head a long time ago." As I said earlier, when you can't get it and don't want to take it, don't blame me for being rude. You want to rush out, okay, save me from taking care of your food. ā
After Zhong Wuregret finished speaking, another whistle arrow shot into the sky, and the torches suddenly lit up in the front and back of these thieves. In the dark night, I don't know how many people there are.
"Now I'm waiting for your words, to fall, or not to fall? Don't wait for you to become a hornet's nest to regret it. Zhong Wuregret asked loudly.
"Drop! Fall! The thieves shouted in a hurry, and threw their swords to the ground.
Zhong Wuregret rescued the thieves trapped in the pit, and the injured and the uninjured were separated and detained. He returned the sword to some of the thieves who had gone out to catch the thieves, and after they had eaten a full meal, he let them go.
However, before leaving, Zhong Wuregret repeatedly explained that he could not arrest ordinary people to make up the number, otherwise, he would be severely punished.
The next day, the gang of thieves caught a group of thieves, and Zhong Wuregret caught as many as he could, and released some of them back as promised. The thieves who were caught, and the same as before, caught other thieves and replaced them.
As a result, the road was safe, but many thieves caught other thieves and never wanted to leave, so you don't have to worry about eating here! Many of them were originally farmers who kept to themselves, and became thieves because they had no food to eat, but now they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, so why should they go to be thieves?
However, the more they walked, the heavier Zhong Wu's heart became, and the place of catastrophe they went to was full of desolation, and there was not a single wisp of cooking smoke in sight, and there was a dead silence everywhere. There was no green, the trees were bare, and even the bark had been stripped away. On the side of the road were skeleton-like corpses, without muscles, and the slightest bit of flesh was immediately devoured by wild dogs, and even the bones were as brittle as eggshells.
finally saw that a village seemed to be popular, and Zhong Wuregret immediately rushed over with someone.
In a thatched hut at the entrance of the village, there was a heart-rending cry, and an old voice seemed to be pleading: "You spare him, he is still young, and our family is like this." If you want to die, let me die this old bone. ā
A young voice was also crying: "Do I want him to die, he is the flesh that fell from my body, I don't have heartache?" But it is even more uncomfortable for me to see him starve to death, so it is better for me to kill him, so that he will suffer less living sin. ā
Zhong Wuregret hurriedly rushed into the house, only to see an old and young woman arguing in the middle of the room, both of them were **** without clothes, the old woman was trembling, looking like she was about to fall down at any time, she was grabbing the young woman's arm.
The young woman was skinny, and her breasts were shriveled and drooping like empty sacks. She was holding a child of several years old in her hands and was about to cover her with broken linen.
"Stop!" Zhong Wuregret shouted and said, "I've brought you food." After that, he immediately ordered his subordinates to say: "Hurry up and boil porridge." As he spoke, he took out a small piece of dry food, and when the two women saw the dry food, their eyes lit up, and they pounced like hungry wolves to grab the dry food in Zhong Wuregret's hand.
As a result, the dry food fell to the ground, and the young woman pushed the old woman away, picked up the dry food from the ground and quickly stuffed it into her mouth, and the old woman quickly stretched out her hand to pull the dry food out of the young woman's mouth.
Zhong Wuregret hurriedly took out a small piece of dry food and handed it to the elderly woman: "You all have something to eat, because you have been hungry for too long, you can't eat too much at a time, otherwise it will kill you." ā
Hearing this, the young woman stopped, but her eyes looked at Zhong Wuregret's hand dryly.
"You sit down to the side first, and then you will drink porridge." After that, Zhong Wuregret took the child and handed it to Yang Youji, saying, "Feed him a little food first, and then feed him when the porridge is ready, this dry food will be handed over to his mother, I'm afraid it won't reach his mouth." ā
Yoyuki took the child aside, broke up the dry food, and carefully fed the child to eat.
"Oh no! Adults, go check it out! A soldier came running quickly and called Zhong Wuregret.
Zhong Wuregret hurriedly went out to take a look, only to see a lot of hungry people stumbling here, some people were still struggling to crawl here on the ground, they were all silent and angry, and ran straight to the cauldron where the porridge was boiling, and some people rushed to the cauldron, regardless of the heat, they reached out to get food in the kettle to eat.
"Stop it!" Zhong Wuregret screamed and ran over, but the hungry people didn't listen at all and continued to rush towards the cauldron.
Zhong Wuregret originally boiled the porridge and then distributed it, but he didn't expect that as soon as these hungry people smelled the food, they would swarm like flies smelling the stench.
If order is not effectively established, this disaster relief may lead to an unpredictable disaster. (To be continued.) )