Chapter 253: The Thief Is Coming
"What's your name?" Chen Ping saw that the post man looked frightened, and asked kindly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Jiang genius." Jiang Tiancai didn't want to come, but he was called out by the post chief Cao Ming, and he had to come without the guards.
Jiang Tiancai was afraid in his heart, if he let those thieves in the mountains know that he was dealing with the guards, if he was looking for revenge, how could he resist it?
"Do you have a wife and children?" Dismounted and holding the reins, Chen Ping asked as if chatting about homely things.
A good guide can save a lot of work and make people feel at ease.
"My family is poor, and I haven't married a wife." Chen Ping's voice was gentle, and Jiang Tiancai's heart was a little relieved, but he was still worried about the bandit.
"Home is nearby? Are you familiar with the terrain in the Duliang Mountains? The thieves in the mountains killed the people in vain, and even assassinated the king of Qi. The Holy Decree must have exterminated this gang of thieves. I'm here for this, but I'm not familiar with the mountain route, so I need to be led by a person. Chen Ping said.
As soon as he heard that he was going to enter the mountain, Jiang Tiancai hurriedly shook his head and prayed: "You can't go, that gang of thieves is powerful." A few days ago, I entered the county seat and killed many people. Fang Cai even captured dozens of guards and returned to the mountains, there are hundreds of them, you ......"
Jiang Tiancai glanced at the guards behind Chen Ping, and he didn't need to guess what he meant when he didn't finish speaking.
Chen Ping smiled, but then his face sank, and his voice became more amplified: "What about hundreds of people?" That's just a thief, and we are the guards of the imperial court. After training, those thieves were just outcasts with machetes. I ask you, how are those thieves dressed? But neat? ”
"Not neat, rags, old robes, shirtless and barefoot." Peeping through the crack in the door, Jiang Tiancai said honestly.
"But with the guards behind me?" Chen Ping asked again.
The uniforms of the guards behind Chen Ping, although they have not yet received military orders, are still standing neatly at the moment, and after a few days of exercise, their faces are even heavier, and their eyes are attentive. Hearing Chen Ping's roar, he straightened his waist even more.
Jiang Tiancai shook his head.
"They have weapons in their hands, but they have the best guards behind me?" Chen Ping was very satisfied with Jiang Tiancai's reaction and asked again.
The guards consisted of ten teams, each with one as the leader, holding a round shield and a long knife. Behind the captain, two guards held round shields and both carried a long knife. Further back, there were three pikeguards. Behind the spear guards were two wolf-wielding guards. The last two were armed with a bow and arrow, and a crossbow at the other.
The formation was obtained by Chen Ping after pressing the mandarin duck formation and changing it slightly.
In the land south of the Yangtze River, there are many hills and lakes, and large-scale cavalry cannot be used, so it is theoretically appropriate for the Mandarin Duck Formation to be used here.
The way to use soldiers is to look at the people and the commanders, not just the formation. If you can win just by arranging your troops, the word "talk on paper" will not be handed down.
As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, politics, time, terrain, generals, and systems all need to be taken into account in order to win with words.
Equipped neatly, Jiang Tiancai nodded again. The same thought in his heart: There are 100 guards in the military government, and they are well equipped, maybe they can really wipe out the gang of thieves on the mountain. In the future, life will be better, and there is no need to take money from home to supplement the expenses in the post.
"The personnel are neat, the preparations are well-prepared, and the thieves are recruited with the court's upright army, can there be no victory?" Fighting, sometimes, the competition is momentum, the momentum is strong, the team of 500 people can break through and defeat tens of thousands of people, Chen Ping said, "You are the guide, lead us into the mountain, exterminate this gang of thieves, maybe I want to give you some money, enough for you to go home to repair the house, marry a good wife." ”
"Okay." Jiang Tiancai nodded, with Chen Ping's promise, he was also moved, and the days of sleeping in bed alone were really sad.
Isn't it beautiful to have money as a dowry and marry a wife, and you can warm your body in winter?
The horse was placed in the Chuanyi, leaving a group of people to guard, with Jiang Tiancai as the guide, and Chen Ping and the others went up the mountain.
"Duliang Mountain is not high, the highest point is only more than 30 zhang, most of it is a land of soil, and there are not many mountains and rocks. But it is precisely because of this that the trees in the mountains are thick, and it is summer, and the branches of the trees are luxuriant, so that people can hide. Standing beside Chen Ping, stepping on the path into the mountain, Jiang Tiancai looked around, and introduced Chen Ping at the same time, "There is a corner in front of him, there is a square open space, there are some flowers and plants around, and there is a stone table. ”
With lush greenery overhead and lush trees all around, it's a great place to hike.
"The thief should know that I am waiting on the mountain, but now I can't see anyone, it must be an ambush, and it is a good place to ambush." Zhang Shan'an said.
"Whisper the order down, pay attention to the surrounding bushes, and prevent the enemy from sneaking up." When entering the mountain, the knife was already out of its sheath, Chen Ping nodded, agreeing with Zhang Shan'an's judgment, and his eyes were watching from the trees on both sides.
The bushes are deep and dense, and it is really easy to hide some people.
When I arrived at the place where Jiang Tiancai was talking about, I turned half of the people past and suddenly a shout came from the bushes.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of shouting came and went, and the dense trees on both sides of the same sound sounded.
"Kill."
"Kill these corrupt officials."
"Kill ......"
There was an ambush, and the thieves hidden in the bushes rushed out before Chen Ping's team had completely turned the mountain path.
The front can't see the back, and the back can't see the front.
"Kill thieves and make meritorious contributions, according to the drill." Finally came, looking at the sound, but there were more than 100 people, Chen Ping took a bow and arrow, put a bow on the arrow, and put an arrow at the crowd in front of him.
People are next to each other, and there is no need to aim. The arrows of the iron cluster, the distance of seven or eight feet, the thief only approved a ragged linen coat, defenseless, this arrow directly drilled into the chest, and fell.
Chen Ping had no time to watch the man's life and death, so he took the arrow and shot it out.
This time it was the same target, but the difference was that it was shot in the eye socket of the man, and the person was not dead for a while, so he lost the long knife in his hand, covered his eyes and screamed miserably.
The space where Chen Ping was located was in a circle, and the five gangs who turned over first shrank in it, looking at the thieves who surrounded them with horror.
A thief in military uniform took the lead, armed with a long knife, and rushed towards Chen Ping. Slash at a shield bearer.
The shield hand instinctively raised the shield and blocked it, and the raw cowhide showed a knife edge, and the strength shook the shield hand's arm twice, and his body retreated, looking terrified.
The thief was brave, and after swinging a gap, he immediately withdrew his sword and attacked the left half of the shielder's exposed body.
"Spear, stab him, what are you waiting for?!" Chen Ping shouted.
No matter how well rehearsed it was, after all, it was the first time to face the enemy, and when they saw that there were bandits on all sides, the guards immediately panicked.
The spearman and the wolf whisker behind the shield hand actually forgot to level the spear and the wolf whisk in their hand, and the long knife slashed into the flesh, and the shield hand half of his body turned over the flesh and fell to the ground.
Fang started to lose one of the guards. (To be continued.) )