Chapter 293: Surprisingly easy
Among the five hundred "elite soldiers", there is one person who really deserves the word "elite soldier", at least when Yang Ping'an saw this person,
This person's surname is Chen Mingxing, with a burly figure, dark skin, big hands and big feet, and a weather-beaten face.
When he first saw Chen Xing, Yang Ping'an thought that this person had offended Shi Siming for something, so he was sent, and when he talked about it later, he learned that Chen Xing was a cripple.
Chen Xing's leg was injured, three years ago Shi Siming was injured when he guarded the north and encircled and suppressed horse thieves who had fled from West Asia to the grassland.
Later, although the wound was cured, but the leg was lame, fortunately he was a cavalryman, and his riding skills were exquisite, and he was not affected by sitting on a horse and charging into battle, so he could still serve as a captain.
"Colt, those rogues are hiding there."
What Chen Xingkou refers to is a house thirty miles outside Yangzhou City, which has been abandoned for a long time, and the ruins and broken walls are overgrown with weeds, and only a large mansion in the middle is still intact.
When Yang Shuo plotted against the wars in various places, this place had made many displaced people as shelters, and now the territory of the Northern Tang Dynasty has gradually stabilized, and this place continues to be deserted, until it is occupied by the rout troops who have fled from Shandong.
In fact, there was no need for Chen Xing to tell him, Yang Ping'an already knew that one hundred and twenty-one rogue soldiers were hiding in it, because a few days ago he had sent An Lushan out to investigate and inquire about the true strength of this rout, and whether it was really a rout.
He has always been suspicious of Shi Siming's sudden "kindness", but he knows that this matter may be a trap and he has to go, he still wants to master the military power, if he resigns this time, under Shi Siming's fanning of the flames, it is likely to add greater resistance to his possible future military power, although he has not yet thought about how to obtain military power,
Having said that, if he can really use this old and weak remnants to exterminate the defeated soldiers, then in terms of his prestige in the army...... Well, even if it's better than nothing, but for him, a guy with zero prestige in the army, it's a big leap,
Therefore, he asked An Lushan to go out of the city in disguise to investigate, to find out the deployment of the Liukou troops and the truth or falsehood, even if it was the news brought to him by Xu Yuan, it was not as credible as the personal investigation by his subordinates.
This aspect of the matter is very suitable for An Lushan, who has rich experience in this area, he can easily find out the situation of the Liukou, it is indeed a part of the rout that escaped after the Shandong rebels broke up, and there is no conspiracy.
With the news that An Lushan found out, Yang Ping'an agreed to Shi Siming's "kindness", although the five hundred soldiers and horses sent to him by Shi Siming looked vulnerable, and he was obviously uneasy and kind.
He is a cautious person, especially when it comes to his surname, even if there is An Lushan's inquiry, Li Linfu's speculation, Yang Ping'an is still worried that there is fraud in this, so the march is unhurried, and he is also careful to guard the surroundings, until he comes to the outside of this deserted manor.
"Chen Xing, are you sure that the one hundred and twenty-one rogues are hiding there?" Riding on the horse, Yang Ping'an pointed to the manor and asked,
Chen Xing nodded,
"Aren't they going to deploy sentries?"
The closer they got to the rogue lair, the more uneasy Yang Ping'an felt in his heart, they were not very far from the deserted manor now, even if he, a guy who didn't know anything about fighting, knew that he had to set up sentry spies around to monitor the surrounding movements.
But isn't it strange that the rogues haven't noticed them approaching at all?
Chen Xing smacked his lips and frowned: "What the horse said is reasonable, and the last general also feels strange, I heard that when the general sent someone to inquire about the situation of this gang of rogues, there were sentinels on the periphery of this place...... Hey, what a smell. ”
When he said this, Yang Ping'an also noticed it, and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood in the air, and he couldn't detect it without breathing.
"Fatty."
Sure enough, there are weirdness,
Yang Ping'an immediately called An Lushan, and inquired in detail about the situation when he went out of the city to investigate a few days ago, especially the place where the rogues arranged the sentry at that time, and ordered Chen Xing to pick a few people to touch and check, but Chen Xing brought back a news that shocked everyone, a total of eight sentry agents were found, but these eight sentry agents were all dead,
Yo, that's interesting,
Yang Ping'an felt more and more strange, who killed eight sentry agents in a row, and for what purpose, was it to help me?
Regarding this issue, Yang Ping'an thought about it for a long time, and for a long time, the five hundred old and weak soldiers were dissatisfied in their hearts.
Helplessly, he had been thinking for too long, two hours, and dusk was approaching,
Just when the five hundred soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and asked Chen Xing to ask what was going on, Yang Ping'an finally opened his eyes, but he was still stretching before his eyes.
There is something I forgot to explain, when Yang Ping'an was pondering, he got off the horse, found a big tree to sit underneath, leaned on the trunk, his eyes were slightly closed, and the shameless trio stood beside him and guarded, not allowing anyone around him to get close to the distance of ten steps, so no one heard the slight snoring in Yang Ping'an's mouth and nose,
"Ahh Yawned, Yang Ping'an stretched comfortably, "Have you ever come out of the house?" ”
Chen Xing hurriedly stepped forward: "If you go back to the horse, there will be no movement over there this afternoon." ”
"Nothing." The corners of Yang Ping'an's mouth grinned, glanced at Dao Ji, and said with a smile, "That's right, Captain Chen." ”
"The end will be."
"Wear this horse order, you lead five hundred soldiers and horses to kill in the village at once."
"yes, ah." Chen Xing subconsciously responded, and then reacted instantly, "Don Ma, you mean to let the last general directly lead people to rush in and fight the Liukou." ”
Alas, even this goods can be seen clearly, with these five hundred old and weak soldiers, they can't stop the rebels at all,
Yang Ping'an muttered in his heart, but there was an unfathomable smile on his face: "Although you lead your troops to rush in, all the rogues inside will be killed, don't worry, I won't let you go to death." ”
Chen Xing nodded suspiciously, and finally turned on his horse, and led the soldiers and horses to rush towards the deserted manor in the distance.
"Big brother, how do you know that the rogues inside are all dead." Watching Chen Xing rush into the manor with people, An Lushan scratched his head and asked puzzledly,
Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu also wanted to know this question,
"Huh." Yang Ping'an smiled and said nothing, still with an unfathomable expression, and the shameless trio was shocked,
Soon their eyes changed, from surprise to worship and admiration again, as if looking at immortals, because as Yang Ping'an said, all the rogues in the manor were dead,
One hundred and thirteen corpses, plus the eight sentinels outside, exactly one hundred and twenty-one people, none of them escaped the net,
"The god of the horse counts, the god of the horse counts, those thieves are all punished as the horse said." Chen Xing galloped quickly, and when he was almost under the tree, he turned over and dismounted, and he couldn't see that he was a cripple at all.
It wasn't until his feet hit the ground that he showed signs of cripple, and he limped quickly to Yang Ping'an's side: "The horse is a god, all the thieves in the manor are ambushed, congratulations to the horse, and it doesn't take a single soldier to annihilate the rogues." ”
The shameless trio's eyes looking at Yang Ping'an were even more ethereal, and Li Linfu even felt a chill in his back, but he also felt sweaty,
Dao Ji didn't react, sitting cross-legged and not moving, as if the old monk was in a trance,
Yang Ping'an laughed twice: "In that case, Captain Chen, you immediately go back to clean up the battlefield, and then return to the city as a whole." ”
Military merit depends on the head, but who said that how many enemy soldiers killed is how many enemy soldiers, and now the five hundred old and weak soldiers in the manor have burst out of an unimaginable side, and they are using the blade in their hands to receive the rebel head, ready to take it back to receive the reward,
It's just that there are more monks and less porridge, and there are more than 100 heads for 500 people, and one person is not enough, let alone the greedy and want a few more.
So there was a skirmish in the manor, although it would not cause a big mess, but it would be impossible to clean it up for a while.
Outside the manor, only Yang Ping'an and Chen Xing, who came to report in person, were left.
"Don't you go in and see for yourself, horseman?" Chen Xing did not return to the abandoned manor according to Yang Ping'an, but seemed to take two steps closer to Yang Ping'an unintentionally, as if he wanted to invite Yang Ping'an to review the results.
Yang Ping'an also stood up at this time, and said with a faint smile: "No, no, I can't get used to seeing that bloody scene, you just take someone to clean it up." ”
However, Chen Xing still approached Yang Ping'an, and asked very curiously: "Horse, there is still something unclear about the last general, how do you know that all the thieves in the village have been ambushed." ”
This is human nature, the shameless trio has always wanted to figure out this question, and when they heard Chen Xing ask again, they all turned their heads to look at Yang Ping'an, waiting for him to answer,
In fact, Yang Ping'an didn't know that all the rogues in it were killed, he just guessed, because all the eight sentries of the rogues were killed, and there were no rogues in the village all afternoon, which was unreasonable.
In addition, he was also worried that there might be a trap in it, so he said that in order to let Chen Xing lead the troops into the village, in case there was any problem, he could also deal with it calmly outside.
It's just that all the rogues in the manor were killed as he said, which really surprised him, but this matter is not the issue he is most concerned about at the moment, the question he is most concerned about is......
Seeing Chen Xing limping closer and closer, with an excited smile on his face that the bandits had won, the smile on Yang Ping'an's face became brighter and brighter.
When Chen Xing was only two steps away from him, and the shameless trio was waiting for his answer without noticing, Yang Ping'an moved, just when Chen Xing seemed to scratch the itch on his back, Yang Ping'an's right arm quickly stretched out behind his waist, and then shook it violently, and he heard a "bang", a wisp of green smoke was angry, Chen Xing covered his chest with his hands, blood oozed from between his fingers, and his body fell softly,
"Why are you ......, donkey?"