Chapter 18 The Meaning of Three Words
Duhe's method is very simple, it is a word consumption and dry consumption.
This method sounds stupid, but it is the most suitable way to use it at this time.
Just because the galley is on the second floor of the cabin, although the first floor is luxuriously decorated, it can only be seen and not eaten, and on the top floor, there is neither water nor food, and they cannot support it for a long time. At the same time, the Douhe were so numerous that they could take turns resting, and the thieves on the first floor of the cabin, who were only ten of them, were able to stalemate because they had weapons such as crossbows and arrows, and they had to keep an eye on the staircase. Otherwise, Du He and his party would have been able to seize the opportunity to rush upstairs, and their advantage would not have existed.
It's okay to aim for an hour, two hours, but it's strange that they can hold on after a long time.
And before Du He launched the attack, they were at a disadvantage, and their spirits would be in a state of high tension, and the longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it would be for Du He.
And vice versa.
They have time to play slowly, but the thieves on the upper deck of the ship will be in a dilemma, which will be very, very tragic.
Faced with this situation, as long as you are not a fool, you will decide to fight to the death. Of course, they are really stupid, then it will be easier, so that they can't consume it, they will surrender automatically, and it will save a lot of effort.
Sure enough, an hour later, the other party understood Du He's intentions, and was forced to be helpless, so he had to attack first.
At this close distance, the deterrent power of crossbow arrows is no longer there. As Du He expected, all the crossbow arrows were shot at them: the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the only chance to turn defeat into victory is only one, capture the thief and capture the king, and only by shooting the strongest can they deter the weak.
But Du He had already informed Li Yifeng in advance and asked him to prepare, and in the face of the crossbow arrows that came quickly, they all calmly dodged.
The group of thieves who had lost their bows and crossbows were surrounded by the boatmen and men who were on standby in an instant, and they were already angry that the thieves treated them as slaves, and they were even more inspired by Du He, in order to protect themselves and see their families, they would not be soft at all, and killed eight thieves with knives.
This was obviously an extremely unsuccessful attack, and Du He felt a little inexplicable: this kind of random attack was tantamount to missing this only opportunity.
"Jianghu affairs, Jianghu means to solve! Do you have the courage to come up and fight us? ”
At that moment, a cold sound came from the floor.
Du He laughed and thought: "The head show can't be funny, in this situation where the enemy is weak and I am strong, I just need to swarm up, and I can immediately kill the two leaders above, who will be stupid and fight alone!" ”
As soon as he had such an idea, he did hear a sneer beside him: "I really mean this!" Li Yifeng said that he really walked upstairs.
Du He was stunned, and suddenly understood that this is the way people in the rivers and lakes do things, the people in the rivers and lakes are not fellow travelers like them, and their ideas and styles are completely different, presumably the two leaders upstairs saw this, so they deliberately let their subordinates be sent to death, in order to prove their determination to fight alone.
He thought about it, glanced at the boatman who was a little afraid of killing someone, clenched the Tang knife in his hand, and walked up.
Although the boatmen and men have some bloody courage, after all, they have not undergone formal training, and if they are swarmed up, they can certainly hack the thief to death in the chaotic knife, but they cannot cooperate with each other, and it is inevitable that there will be large-scale casualties. They are all innocent people, and they have relatives in their families, so why let them take risks. Rather than this, it is really better to use Jianghu means to solve it.
Although he is not a person in the rivers and lakes, he is quite confident in his martial arts.
Therefore, after a few thoughts, Du He decided to meet the thief leader in person for a while, and casually see if he could inquire about whether this matter had anything to do with Li Jiancheng's remnants.
This is on the first floor, Du He looked around with a relaxed expression, and the eyes were the vast hall, the seats and bonsai were neatly arranged, there were six rooms on the left and right, and the area of each room was three times that of the guest room on the second floor, and it was more, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
There is a stark contrast between the cabins on the first and second floors.
The furnishings on the second floor are like the extremely stingy charter wife in the later generations, who is eager to squeeze out a piece of land, carry one more person, and earn an extra penny. And their own house is gorgeous, spacious and atmospheric.
It's really a stingy businessman in the world.
When they went upstairs, Du He saw the two people standing five feet away in front of them at first glance.
He had been a forty-year-old man who had been escorting the hostages and threatening them, and the ring-headed knife in his hand was spinning in his hand, and his thick hands were extremely light. There was another person beside him, he was a rare giant man, who was half a head taller than the stout Wei Chi Jingde, and nearly two meters tall. Du He deliberately avoided his face, because that face was so terrifying that even Du He had experienced the battlefield and seen the cruel characters on the battlefield couldn't bear to witness: there were three big scars crisscrossing the giant man's face, which had already ruined his facial features. There was a scar that dragged from his left cheek to his right cheek, directly cutting his nose scar into two sections, and the right cheek was concave with a large hole, missing a large piece of flesh, and the cheek bone inside could almost be seen. And that's not even the scariest of all. The most terrifying thing is the deep and long scar on the left half of his face from the corner of his forehead to his chin, the scar crossed his eyes, the left eye has long been necrotic, and it can't be closed, not even the pupils, only a white white white eye is left, this appearance is really chilling, what is the reason for him to be so traumatized and make him look like this?
At this moment, Du He found that the giant man's one-eyed man was staring at him, his eyes were full of violent air and that thick murderous intent. That murderous aura makes people shudder, and only those who fight on the battlefield can have such a fierce momentum.
Seeing Du He coming up, Li Yifeng said in a low voice: "Be careful, this giant is called Wei Xiang, he was a fierce general under Dou Jiande back then, and his nickname is 'Wei Yi', his martial arts are outstanding, fierce and reckless, and extremely powerful!" During the Battle of Tiger Pass, he met Qin Qiong, the first fierce general of the Tang Army. The two fought viciously for 20 rounds before they were defeated. That face was left over from that battle. It is said that after Dou Jiande was defeated, he fled into the mountains, joined the beasts, and practiced martial arts hard, just to find Qin Qiong to be humiliated. ”
Du He was also surprised, in the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Qin Qiong was in the prime of life, and his martial arts were at the pinnacle, known as "No. 1", and it was really a great thing to be able to fight with him for twenty times. At the same time, he also glanced at Li Yifeng unexpectedly, Li Yifeng was in his twenties, and he was still a hairy baby during the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, how could he know so clearly. But I didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, one person at a time, solve it as soon as possible." He smiled and said, "Big man, don't you have the ability to deal with General Qin, so you shrank up and do this robbery?" ”
The giant man Wei Xiang's eyes were as big as lanterns: "Thief boy, you will pay for your words!" "Every word spit out, it is full of vicious and vicious aura, he was defeated by Qin Qiong back then, which made him extremely unconvinced, this matter has always been his rebellion, as long as someone mentions Qin Qiong and evokes his memories, it is impossible for that person to survive the next day.
At least for now.
Du He was not in a hurry to start the war, but said with a smile: "The dog that can bite people doesn't bark, and you are only worthy of the crime of robbing the house just now...... Hmph, you also want to seek revenge on General Qin, dreaming in vain? ”
Wei Xiang was so angry that he shouted: "It's Qin Qiong's bastard turtle shrinking in Chang'an, otherwise I would have screwed his head off a long time ago." Don't think that he is hiding, Lao Tzu just has no tricks, tell him to wait, one day, Lao Tzu will enter Chang'an and chop the Qin family into meat sauce to feed the dogs! ”
He shouted furiously, and the machete in his hand whirred.
Du He saw that Wei Xiang was furious, but he was full of enthusiasm in his heart, Qin Qiong was half of his master, and he was also very angry about Wei Xiang's words, but in his heart he was pondering the meaning of his words, "Tell him to wait, one day, Lao Tzu will enter Chang'an."
The words "wait", "end", and "kill" in this sentence are worth recalling.
Wait, why wait, Wei Xiang recovered from his injuries, looking at his appearance, martial arts should be greatly improved, and Qin Qiong had been harassed by illness a few years ago, and Qin Qiong at this time could not be his opponent. Listening to his words, it has already shown that he doesn't want to seek revenge on Qin Qiong, it's just that Qin Qiong lives in a simple place, and he can't find a chance to take revenge.
After all, Qin Qiong is a founding meritorious service, and there are many guards around him, so it is understandable that he can't find a chance.
The emergence of such an opportunity is something that ordinary people should do, but Wei Xiang is not waiting for an opportunity in Chang'an, but he came here to be a thief, what is the equivalent here?
In the end, this word does explain the previous one, which shows that he is not blindly waiting, nor is he not having no plan at all, he has his own ideas, he is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to appear.
What was the opportunity?
The answer is the third word "kill", he is waiting for the opportunity to enter Chang'an.
Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, but Wei Xiang said that he was waiting for the opportunity to enter Chang'an, which did not mean to show that he had the heart of rebellion.
If a slap doesn't make a sound, there must be accomplices in this rebellion, and with such a big boss as him, he can't succeed in any way.
In this Jiangnan, apart from the remnants left by Li Jiancheng, who else will rebel?
Du He's mind was racing, and he had faintly noticed that Li Shimin's plan had worked. Seeing that Li Shimin had not moved for more than a year, the group of clowns finally couldn't help but jump up, they needed money to get up, and it just so happened that this robbery was a business without capital.
He wanted to ask more.
Li Yifeng, who was beside him, said loudly: "Brother Du, fight quickly, don't talk nonsense with them!" With a flick of his long sword, a flash of lightning and flint had already stabbed at his opponent.
When Wei Xiang saw Li Yifeng move, he didn't speak, and went straight to Duhe.
(To be continued)