230 Festival Breaking the Village (I)
Zhai Hong's eyes lit up and he rushed down the mountain, as if he saw a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
In fact, in Zhai Hong's eyes, many of the soldiers of the Great Sui were weak and vulnerable. The more clearly armored the soldiers, the more vulnerable they are, because that means that they are more likely to be pampered.
Like Zhang Xutuo's soldiers, many of them are in rags, no different from bandits, but the combat effectiveness they exude is amazing, and Zhang Xutuo himself has always been dusty and old-fashioned. So when Zhai Hong saw this team of officers and soldiers on the mountainside, his first thought was that there was a play!
Nearly 1,000 people rose up one after another, and the fighting resounded through the valley amid the shouts. The boulder rolled down, rolling up all the way to the yellow dust, it looked really amazing, anyway, the weight was dead, not afraid of smashing, as for the people and horses, it was not within the scope of Zhai Hong's consideration.
The terrain in the valley is undulating, the big stone can not hit the people and horses, it will also make it difficult for the officers and soldiers to escape, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse, Zhai Hong is secretly proud, and his heart is called the length of the enemy, the short of the enemy, this time the goods are captured, see which of the cottages dare to peep at him.
The general led by him looked up, his expression was long gone, and he waved the lance in his hand in a panic, and ordered his subordinates to retreat.
Without waiting for his command, the officers and men of his command dispersed like a low tide and ran early in the way they came, even the porter and coachman. By the time Zhai Hong followed Dashi to the valley, there were only a few dozen lonely carts and horses pulling carts left in the valley.
Zhai Hong was overjoyed, and the subordinates of the cottage were even more cheerful, rushing up and bandaging the black cloth with a knife, revealing the brand-new armor inside, the tent and food, and there were actually a few boxes of copper coins on one car.
"Rich, we are rich." Everyone was cheering.
Jia Xiong always felt that something was wrong, and lowered his voice and said, "Zhai Master, I think there is something wrong?" ”
"What's the problem?" Zhai Hong asked nonchalantly.
"I always felt that this time it was too smooth, as if something was wrong." Jia Xiong muttered.
"Your grandmother is a bear, it's not right to win, it's not right to be too smooth, so what do you think is right?" Zhai Hong slapped Jia Xiong in the face, "What are you doing in a daze, the officers and soldiers have run away, let the brothers hurry up and pull the car back to the cottage, let them see, there is no Xu Shiji, there is no Shan Xiongxin, we can catch the same bowl full of money!" ”
When the robbers heard the master's order, they all happily retied the cart and drove the cart to the other side of the valley. Jia Xiong was cautious and worried, but when he saw that when he arrived at Taniguchi, there was still no movement behind him, and the officers and soldiers did not cover up like Li Jing did, so he finally took a long breath.
**Everyone rumbled out of the valley mouth, and they all stopped in unison.
Jia Xiong kept turning around, almost hitting Zhai Hong's body, and couldn't help asking, "Zhai Dangjia, what's wrong?" ”
Zhai Hong's legs trembled a little, his eyes were a little straight, he didn't hear Jia Xiong's question, just looked into the distance. Jia Xiong followed his gaze and looked into the distance, gasping.
On the road in the distance, there are thousands of ironclad soldiers with black pressure, standing in a phalanx with guns and shields, the face of the leading army is sinking like water, sitting on a horse like a half-iron tower, waving the horse lance in his hand, and the soldiers are brushing forward, and the steel plate is pressed over.
The sky was high, and the sun shone on the spear-tipped shields like forests and hills, and there were bursts of cold light, and the robbers panicked.
Some bandits have been timid when they see this momentum, and they can't help but retreat, and some bandits who don't know whether they are alive or dead want to rush forward, and the soldiers cheered in unison, and the shields poked the ground, and the loud sound of 'bang', and they bent their knees and squatted, holding their guns and waiting to shoot, and rows of archers poured out of the back row, and they were scattered, holding their bows and arrows, and in the sound of 'whooshing', the bandits who rushed to the front had turned over and fell, like hedgehogs. A few of the bandits were lucky, and finally rushed to the front of the soldiers, and the soldiers with guns and shields shouted in unison, and the spears pierced out, and the bandits with knives and guns were already pierced all over the body, and when the spears were drawn, blood gushed out.
There was a whining sound in the valley, a cold wind gusting, and the sun shining through the blood, reflecting on the corpses, there was an icy heat.
Zhai Hong saw his subordinates fall down like grass in the wind, and hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw to the valley." ”
These soldiers seemed to be well-trained, and they were by no means pampered, but they were quite similar to Zhang Xutuo's use of soldiers.
All the robbers did not wait for his command, but fled. chose to rob here, just because it was not easy for fat sheep to escape, but they didn't expect it to become their shortcoming now.
When the ironclad soldiers saw the bandits fleeing for their lives, they did not rush forward, but they did not hurry up and marched forward in a phalanx, forcing all the bandits into the valley again.
Zhai Hong led the bandits into the valley, and when he looked up, he almost fainted to the ground, and a group of officers and soldiers came silently on the opposite side, sealing the mouth of the valley tightly, and standing with a lance for the leader, before the officers and soldiers took a hundred steps, but they were defeated and retreated.
Only then did Zhai Hong understand that he ambushed others, but he fell into the trap of others, but why these people ambushed them with great fanfare, that is, he couldn't understand how to break his head.
Jia Xiong trembled and said: "Zhai Dangjia, how is it good?" ”
Zhai Hong gritted his teeth and said, "What else can I do besides working hard?" He looked back at a group of brothers and said, "Brothers, kill, work hard to have a way to live." ”
He shouted and rushed over, a group of bandits were forced to have no way to live, so they could only rush up with their heads, and immediately the general crossed the horse lance, and when he saw the bandits coming forward, he shouted in a deep voice: "Pei Xingyan is here, you will not be surrendered, and those who surrender will not be killed!" ”
The bandits were a little moved, but Zhai Hong rolled over, and with a knife, he had to cut Pei Xingyan's horse's hooves first.
Pei Xingyan held the lance in his hand, but he waved it lightly, and when he saw Zhai Hong attacking, he just poked it down. Zhai Hong only felt that the cold wind was blowing, and the horse lance had arrived in front of him, so he couldn't help but be shocked, and he couldn't care about cutting the horse's leg again, and he waved the knife to block it.
It's just that his single knife is in front of the Zhangba horse lance, thin and straight like a child's toy, after the sound of 'dang', the single knife broke and came out, but Zhai Hong vomited blood and rolled out. The bandits were shocked, and a few of them stepped forward to surround Pei Xingyan, slashing with guns and bayonets, and wanted to save Zhai Hong.
Pei Xingyan snorted, the horse lance in his hand swept out, only to hear the sound of ping-pong choking, guns and knives broken, exclamations endlessly, the robbers retreated, one of them couldn't dodge, was stopped by his horse lance and swept it, the tendons were broken and fractured, and the blood sprayed wildly and fell to the ground.
His moves don't look fancy, but his power is infinite, and the eight horse lances in his hands are waved, and hundreds of bandits can't get close, let alone save Zhai Hong. When he pierced through a bandit, volleyed in the air, and threw himself far above the mountain wall, the bandits didn't care about saving Zhai Hong, and with a shout, they rushed from both sides of him, trying to escape from the road.
The soldiers behind Pei Xingyan were already full of guns and halberds, bending bows and arrows, shooting from a distance and stabbing at close range, resisting the bandits to the death, and not letting the bandits rush past a single person.
The sound of 'aggressive' footsteps came from the other side of the valley, and General Heta had already led his soldiers into the valley, not hurrying or slowing, but the sound of footsteps was like stepping on the bandits' chests, making people breathless.
The bandits came to their senses, knew that the roads on both sides were dead, and shouted again, and scattered to climb the mountain and flee. The general of the black tower waved his horse lance, shouted the order to release the arrows, and the soldiers of the two roads drew their bows together and shot at the bandits who climbed the mountain, and for a time the arrows rained down, and the climbers rolled down one after another, and the screams came and went.
Pei Xingyan urged the horse forward, and the horse lance waved lightly, already pointing at Zhai Hong's chest, the edge was shining, Zhai Hong was shocked and said: "Don't kill me!" ”
"Let your men abandon their weapons and surrender, but they won't kill you." Pei Xingyan said in a deep voice.
Zhai Hong's life was important, and he hissed: "Don't resist, put down your blades, and you can save your life." ”
His shouting didn't necessarily have any effect, but the smarter bandits finally discovered that as long as they didn't rush, escape, or confront the officers and soldiers, they wouldn't die for a while. Many of the bandits gathered together and did not flee to the slopes on either side of the hill in an attempt to resist stubbornly. Hearing Zhai Hong's shout, he hesitated with a knife and gun in his hand.
"Jia Xiong, put down your blade." Zhai Hong saw Jia Xiong standing in it and shouted loudly.
Jia Xiong shuddered, made a 'dangchang' sound, and threw down the single knife in his hand. The psychology of surrender is also quite contagious, and the bandits are leaderless, and when they see the masters, they all give up resistance, and a few have already thrown their blades on the ground. The rest of the crowd followed suit, and for a time the sound of 'choking' was endless, and the ground was full of bandits' blades.
Without waiting for Pei Xingyan's orders, a soldier came early to tie up Zhai Hong and Jia Xiong, and Zhai Hong shouted: "General Pei, you promise not to kill me!" ”
Pei Xingyan ignored it and saluted General Heita, "General Wei Chi, the last general will take the first step, and I will leave it to you to deal with here." ”
General Heita is none other than Wei Chi Jingde!
**Pei Xingyan general Zhai Hong, Jia Xiong covered with black cloth, took a few soldiers out of the valley, all the way west, and so on to a place backed by the mountain, the camp is continuous, Zhai Hong will be taken aback if he sees most of them, and he never dreamed that there is a large army stationed here, seeing the scale of the camp, there can be at least tens of thousands of officers and soldiers stationed.
Having been bringing Zhai Hong into the tent, Pei Xingyan ripped off the black cloth on his face.
Zhai Hong looked around blankly, only to see that the camp tent was quite bright, but there was a person sitting in front of him, his eyebrows were like knives, and he was looking at him like a sword, it was Xiao Buyi, who had a relationship with him in Qingjiang Racecourse last year!
Xiao Buyi is still the original Xiao Buyi, hiding a knife in his smile, after Zhai Hong saw it, he knelt down and never had the idea of running away.
"Lord Xiao, spare your life, I don't know it's the baggage of your military camp, and it's really beyond your power to rob if you want to rob."
Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty, it turns out that you still know me?" ”
"Lord Xiao is wise and martial, the jade tree is in the wind, and the world is mighty, who doesn't know?" In order to survive, Zhai Hong tried his best to flatter.
Pei Xingyan wanted to vomit when he listened behind him, but finally understood why Xiao Buyi asked him to try his best to capture Zhai Hong and Jia Xiong. Xiao Buyi arrived at the Tiger Prison, and when Wei Chigong arrived, he did not rush to lead troops to attack Wagang, but stationed in the Yuanwu area, sent secret sentinels to inquire about the news of the people in Wagang, and finally found the whereabouts of Zhai Hong and others, and captured them in a net.
It is easy to defeat Zhai Hong and others, but it is quite difficult to catch them in one net, and it is quite difficult not to miss one, so Wei Chi Jingde asked people to transport baggage to lure the enemy into the valley, and attacked from both sides, and finally completed Xiao Buyi's orders.
Xiao Buyi was unmoved when he heard Zhai Hong's sycophant, "Zhai Hong, you know who I am, then we understand that people say happy things, you rob the house, the crime is heinous, if you are escorted back to the Eastern Capital, ten heads are not enough to be cut off." ”
"The villain has only one head." Zhai Hong grimaced.
"You help me draw a picture and do one thing, and I can let you go and never break my word." Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice.
Zhai Hong blinked his eyes and asked puzzledly, "What's the matter?" As long as the villain can do it, there is absolutely no reason not to obey. ”
"I asked you to draw a topographic map of Wagang, and I asked you to take me to Wagang!" Xiao Buyi said word for word.
Zhai Hong was taken aback, and waved his hand again and again, "Lord Xiao, this can't be helped, you let me betray my brother, that's absolutely not good!" ”
Xiao Buyi nodded, "I never force people, and I am the most heroic hero." Since you don't want to, okay, you pull him out and cut him down, and bring Jia Xiong in. ”
Pei Xingyan listened to the order, and the eagle grabbed Zhai Hong like a chicken and walked out of the camp, Zhai Hong shouted, "Lord Xiao, wait." ”
"Okay, wait a minute." Xiao Buyi waved his hand.
Sweat flowed down Zhai Hong's forehead, and he knelt down again, "Lord Xiao, I know that you will do what you say, and it is okay for you to let me betray Wagang, but you have to promise me that even if you attack Xiawagang, you will not harm my brother's surname." If you don't agree, even if you cut off my head, I won't take you into Wagang. ”
Xiao Buyi immediately nodded and smiled: "There is absolutely no problem." ”
**After Zhai Hong finished drawing the terrain of Wagang, there were all kinds of secret whistles, camps, and paths, which could be regarded as dedication. Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "Zhai Hong, even if you don't rob money, you can support your family as a painter." ”
Zhai Hong said with shame on his face: "Lord Xiao is laughing, you don't have to forget what you promised me." ”
Last time, Xiao Buyi could have killed him, but finally let him go, which made Zhai Hong feel that Xiao Buyi was still quite trustworthy. Even if Zhai Rang is caught, he can open the net and keep his brother's surname.
In his opinion, except for his younger brother, none of the people in Wagang are worthy of gambling with his surname. As long as his brother's surname is preserved, he can make a comeback when he is gone.
Xiao Buyi asked Pei Xingyan to take Zhai Rang out, and brought Jia Xiong in.
These two people are difficult brothers, like things gather, and they are the same spineless. Xiao Buyi just said a few words, Jia Xiong knew that Zhai Hong was definitely not a hard bone, and in order to save his life, everyone surnamed Suo said it.
Xiao Buyi repeatedly compared the topographic map of Wagang drawn by the two, and after confirming that it was correct, he summoned Pei Xingyan, Wei Zheng, Sun Shaofang, Ah Rust and others into the account.
Sun Shaofang, Ah Rust and others are all Xiao Buyi's cronies, Wei Zheng and Pei Xingyan saw that although this General Xiao was young and powerful, as the general of the right Xiaowei, he never put on a show, and his heart was very excited.
The two may be famous for eternity in the future, but now they are no different from ordinary people, and even the psychology of falling behind is stronger than ordinary people, and they know that they should cherish the opportunity more.
The current Xiao Buyi is undoubtedly their opportunity!
Although Xiao Buyi is young, but this person's justice is the most important, and he is in power, Pei Xingyan and Wei Zheng followed Xiao Buyi, but he was not afraid that he was like other generals, greedy for merit and could not be promoted.
When the two of them entered the camp, they gained Xiao Buyi's trust, and now they are even involved in important military affairs, which makes people feel that this Xiao Buyi's frank mind is very different from others.
Xiao Buyi's frankness is of course also a pick, although Xu Shiji is in the army, he is also a useful soldier, but he did not summon it, on the one hand, he really did not dare to bet on the surnames of the three armies, on the other hand, he also knew that Xu Shiji was in a dilemma now.
Xu Shiji is a smart person after all, he saw the chaos in the world, and he devoted himself to Wagang to protect his family, of course, people are in troubled times, and the idea of making contributions is inevitable, but Zhai Rang does not want to forge ahead, a small wealth is expensive, not a big thing, and now he follows Xiao Buyi, but he doesn't know where the road is. After all, Zhai Rang saved his family's life, if he knew the danger and didn't report it, how could he be worthy of his father and family.
Xiao Buyi didn't care about Xu Shiji for the time being, but just discussed with these people how to attack Wagang.
Although Wei Zheng is a supervisor of the army, he has read a lot of books, knows geography well, and is even more familiar with Dongjun and Xingyang, pointing and pointing to the way to send troops, but when he saw the topographic map of Wagang drawn by Zhai Hong, he still took a breath of cool air and frowned speechlessly.
The tile post is located at the junction of Jiyin County, Dong County and Xingyang County, where the mountains arch gently, the terrain is quite complex, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, there are rivers in the mountains, and there are holes in the slopes.
The Wagang Uprising has been revolting for many years, and the foundation is of course important, and it has been requisitioned by Zhang Xutuo many times, but the foundation cannot be shaken every time, because the terrain is too complicated, and the Wagang army is hiding in the east of the province.
The cavalry was blocked by the terrain and could not go deep, the infantry searched for difficulty, and the three holes of the cunning rabbit, according to the map drawn by Zhai Hong, in the mountains where the Wagang people gathered, there were as many as eight places in Dazhai. It is said that the three holes of the cunning rabbit, Zhai Rang can't beat it, usually he hides, Zhang Xutuo is in charge of the twelve counties of Henan Province to arrest, and the other counties have emergency military situations, and they can't talk about long-lasting hide and seek, every time they fight for a while and have no choice but to withdraw, and they can never shake the foundation of Wagang.
There were different opinions, but Pei Xingyan saw Xiao Buyi's smile, and finally said: "I think since General Xiao asked me to wait for the thief party to be arrested, I must have some idea in my heart?" ”
Xiao Buyi nodded, "Yes, I learned this idea from others, and I don't know if it will work, but for now, let's try it for the time being, but the most important thing is to capture the thief and capture the king, as long as there is Zhai Rang in Wagang, it is still Wagang, arresting him is the first priority of this trip, if you can't capture him, even if you burn these eight camps, it will be useless, so I am ready to divide the troops into two ways to capture him." ”
**It's another sunny day, and the sun is hot in the sky, revealing the warmth of summer.
The trees and weeds are listlessly drooping their heads, and they are not interested in the enthusiasm of the sun. A sentient flying flower fell into the stream, and was washed away by the merciless stream in an instant.
The sound of wheels rattling came from the distant mountain road, and then the noise came, and hundreds of people escorted dozens of carts from the other side of the mountain road to come to a big village, shouting: "Hurry up and open the door is rewarded." ”
The person who shouted that he was a Wagang bandit, high-spirited and arrogant.
The cottage stands in the place where the remaining veins of the two mountains are sandwiched, digging a deep ditch in front, with a suspension bridge, and cloth thorns and iron thorns under it, although it is simple, after all, it can still block the enemy for a moment, just to delay time for escape, as for the rest of the layout is simple, just because Zhang Xutuo comes to patronize every year like harvesting crops, it is too troublesome to burn up.
The thief in the sentry tower was awakened by the noise, opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the other side, yawned, and said impatiently: "What is the noise, when is it not good to come back, but at this time." ”
He didn't have half a suspicion, just because there were familiar faces in front of him, the person who roared was called Liu Xinyi, and he drank wine and ate meat with him a few days ago, some people didn't seem to know, but it didn't matter, the cottage has always come and gone, come and die, die and come again, and the cycle continues. Being a bandit doesn't have to be desperate, but if you can't even run for your life, you can only die early and live early.
"Xinyi, your kid's face is blue, his throat is dry, he didn't come back last night, was he sucked dry by the girls?" The sentinel still teased. Zhai Hong had already stood up and said in a deep voice: "Waiting for the dog, what are you doing with so much nonsense, quickly put the suspension bridge." ”
When Hou Gou'er saw Zhai Hong standing up, he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly ordered his minions to put the suspension bridge, and when he saw the team coming over, he leaned up with a shy face and asked, "Zhai Dangjia, this harvest is not small." ”
Seeing a young man standing next to Zhai Hong, he was quite faced, almost standing side by side with Zhai Hong, he didn't understand the rules, and asked puzzledly: "Who is this brother?" ”
The brother didn't talk nonsense with him, Huo Ran had already made a move, grabbed Hou Gou'er's neck, and waved it hard, Hou Gou'er barked, and he had already fallen into the deep ditch, screaming and dying.
The bandits didn't understand what was going on, so they looked over one after another, surprised that the young man was so powerful, but the young man shouted, "Rush." ”
As soon as he rushed out, at least half of the hundreds of bandits rushed towards the back village, and when they passed by, all the bandits did not know why, they all pointed and pointed, full of surprise.
"What's wrong with these people, are they crazy?"
"Who knows what evil has fallen into."
The thieves didn't pay attention to the bandits who rushed towards the back village, but just came over to Zhai Hong one after another and asked what was going on.
Zhai Hong's face was pale, but he was silent. The next thing made the thieves and bandits surprised and unable to react, but the young man did not rush over with the crowd, but just jumped to the side of the cart, stretched out his hand, and the wheel suddenly rose, the car cloth was lifted, and many people jumped out, quickly drew out their blades, and slashed in all directions.
Everyone exclaimed endlessly, scattered and fled for their lives, but when they fled to the back village, they found that the main road was guarded, and the sword was light, and they couldn't pass for a while, let alone get in touch with the cottage behind.
The young man pulled out the wheel, it turned out to be a horse lance, just waved it, smashed it on the foot of the sentry tower, the sentry tower had collapsed, and there was a minion on it, not waiting for the whistle to warn, oops, the mother fell down, the young man poked hard, picked up the minion, waved it hard, and shouted: "Pei Xingyan is here, abandon the weapon and don't kill." ”
On the other side of the mountain, a group of bandit-like people came again, with a red silk wrapped around their wrists. When the bandits saw that the people getting off the car were like tigers coming down the mountain, scurrying around, they thought that the bandits on the other side were coming to the rescue, and they called for help. Seeing this, the bandits on the other side did not ask questions, and joined the slaughter in an instant.
The bandits felt that there were enemies everywhere, and they were terrified, and they only thought that Zhai Dang's family was crazy, and he led his subordinates to slaughter the village and seek the position of the big boss, and this brother also had a time when he couldn't calculate the accounts. At this time, he couldn't tell the difference between friend and foe, and he didn't care about desperately, and he didn't notice that all the bandits who wielded knives and slaughtered had a red silk wrapped around their wrists.
Zhai Hong automatically walked to the corner and squatted down, only to feel that Pei Xingyan was staring at him, Pei Xingyan saw that the overall situation here had been decided, no longer entangled, and ordered the soldiers to guard the main road, although the bandits fled out of the mountain, but did not let anyone go to the mountain to report the news.
Quickly arranged everything, Pei Xingyan galloped all the way with more than a dozen people, and ran along the trail to the second destination.
The bandits who escaped from the suspension bridge secretly rejoiced, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps in front of them, only to see countless officers and soldiers of the Great Sui swarming to grab them, like wolves and tigers, guns and halberds were lined up, and dust and smoke were everywhere...... ps: It's Monday, vote more for the recommendation of the brothers, thank you!
(To be continued)