119 Grappling
Su Hao himself was also frightened by the blood spurting out of the strongman's stomach, but as the chief general in the army, he couldn't show cowardice no matter what. Seeing that his soldiers were all frightened, he had an idea and shouted loudly:
"Li Kang has a meritorious role in killing thieves, and a reward of 50 taels of silver will be distributed after retreating from the enemy!"
The soldiers' monthly salary was only one or two or five cents of silver, and Su Hao shouted a reward of 50 taels, which immediately attracted the soldiers' attention to the money. It's a full 50 taels of silver, if you take it home, you can repair the family's house, and you can marry a beautiful daughter-in-law, what a beautiful thing it would be.
Li Kang, this kid, really picked it, didn't he just stab a strongman, we haven't practiced assassination, who let the strongman not rush in my direction?
Everyone's minds changed, and when they looked at the blood all over the ground, they didn't feel so disgusting. Although the strongmen on the opposite side are twice as many as themselves, they don't seem to be very strong. Poke one is 50 taels, and if you poke two, isn't there 100 taels? It's better to be able to poke four ...... yourself Whoever robs me, I will be in a hurry!
The competitive spirit of the soldiers was aroused by the reward of 50 taels of silver, and they straightened their waists, the spears in their hands were held more tightly, and their eyes burst with a look of fortitude and greed, or perhaps there was more of a greedy element.
The strongman on the opposite side was not so pleasant, the strongman who was in Li Kangzha's staggered back a few steps, and then fell to the ground, convulsing all over, exhaling more air than entering, and he was hopeless. The strongmen involuntarily took a step back, and in their experience of robbing their homes, they had never encountered such a tough opponent.
"Brothers, the big cow was killed by them, we have to avenge the big cow, and we can't cheapen them. They are just these few people, let's all rush together, they can't resist. Come, listen to my commands, rush! ”
Zhen Jiaokeng is worthy of being a leader, and he knows that he must boost morale at this time. And he did think so in his heart, after all, he had more than 20 people, if he swarmed up, could these soldiers in front of him be able to stop him?
The strongmen also had some basic discipline, and when they heard the leader's order, everyone rushed forward in unison. Unfortunately, the space is limited, and it is difficult for more than 20 people to deploy them all, plus Su Hao has already commanded the soldiers to throw some wood, branches and other obstacles on the ground, plus there is a layer of fence cover, the charging speed of the strong people cannot be improved at all.
The spears in the hands of the soldiers were a little longer than the swords and clubs of the strong, and they took advantage of the fighting. The strongmen brandished their swords and sticks, and they couldn't hurt the soldiers of the Kanyu battalion for a while. And the soldiers can stab the strongmen who rush forward as long as they hold their guns. The strongmen dodged left and right, but the tips of the soldiers' spears kept bobbing in front of their noses, making it impossible for them to rush forward.
Zhen Jiaokeng's martial arts were the strongest among the strong people, and he wielded the ghost head knife, opened the spear of a soldier from the survey camp, and rushed forward two steps. Fortunately, Su Hao has been watching in all directions, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he came over to help. The two spears stabbed at Zhenjiaokeng at the same time, and Zhenjiaokeng's two fists were invincible to four hands, so he had to take a step backwards to avoid the sharp edge of the soldiers.
"Big brother, the idea is too hard!" The third son covered a wound on his arm and said to Zhen Jiaokeng in a panic, "Their spears are long, our guys are too short to beat them." ”
"Grandma, what are you afraid of, there are more of us than them, wheel war, we are tired and tired of them." Zhen Jiaokeng shouted, "Brothers, rush forward, eat meat in large pieces, drink wine in large bowls, and divide gold and silver in large scales!" ”
"Rush!" The strongmen shouted slogans and rushed up again.
"Kill!" Su Hao and his soldiers also shouted loudly, repeatedly using a simple assassination action to block the impact of the strongmen.
The people on both sides began to fight across the fence, and the soldiers of the survey battalion were a little uncomfortable at first, but slowly found the feeling of fighting. Far from being exhausted to death as the prediction of Zhenjiaokeng, they also had the meaning of becoming more and more courageous.
When Su Hao trained the survey camp, he was willing to pay the capital, and the soldiers were fed with big fish and meat and enough rice, and their physical strength was far from being comparable to these thieves. In terms of martial arts, Hao Tong and Deng Kui taught the law, and the assassination skills of the soldiers were also very good. After overcoming some of the initial fears of war, several soldiers began to become handy, and the strongmen charged a dozen times in succession, only to be repulsed by them.
Although Ma Yu is a scholar, he has been teaching in the survey camp in the past few months, and he has also participated in some training, so his assassination skills are also passable. Zhao Luo and Zhao Liu's master and servant guarded one aspect together, and with tacit understanding, the strongmen who charged in their direction did not make any gains.
Seeing that the charge was blocked, Zhenjiao Keng came up with another trick, asking the minions to go around to pick up stones and smash them at the soldiers of the survey camp. This trick really had some effect, including Su Hao, several people were hit by stones, fortunately, it was late autumn now, and the clothes everyone was wearing were thick, and the stones were smashed on their bodies, which was just a little bruised. The fence erected by the soldiers also blocked some of the stones, and the strongmen were busy for most of the day, but finally failed to defeat the survey camp.
"Big brother, I have a solution!" A strongman's eyes rolled and he thought of a good idea, "We can't rush forward, we can attack with fire!" ”
"yes, why didn't I think of that?" Zhen Jiaokeng was overjoyed, "Wang Hu, Chen Bao, you two go to the village quickly, get some firewood and grass, let's trap them all in and burn them to death." ”
The two strongmen responded to the call, and just ran two steps, Zhen Jiaokeng told behind his back: "You just need to get firewood and grass, don't hurt the people in the village, understand?" ”
"Got it, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest!" The two strongmen agreed as they ran.
"Su Baihu, have you heard, the strongman is going to attack with fire?" Zhao Luo leaned over and said to Su Hao.
Su Hao frowned and said, "This is a troublesome matter, let's stay here, if they really attack with fire, we won't be able to parry." ”
"Why didn't you think about using it?" Zhao Luo pointed to the fire gun that Su Hao was resting on the side and asked.
Su Hao said: "I'm also hesitating, whether to shoot them one by one with a fire gun." But I'm afraid that once I use the firecracker, I will completely force them into a hurry, and we won't be able to stop them if they fight to the death. ”
"That's just as well." Zhao Luo nodded. He understood what Su Hao meant, he didn't want to sacrifice this big killing weapon too early, and always let the strongmen feel that there was still some hope, so that their attack would not be too desperate. The goal on his side was only to hold on for an hour, waiting for the soldiers who had gone into the mountains to return. From this point of view, it is also right not to use firearms for the time being.
"The fire attack is not terrible, let's put out the fire at any time, there is some water in the tent of the embroidery girls, and it will be put out to extinguish the fire." Su Hao said.
"I'm thinking it's time for our people to come back." Zhao Luo found psychological comfort for himself.
While the two were talking, the situation changed abruptly. I only heard the screams of women coming from the place at the entrance of the village, and after a while, two strong men dragged the two women to appear at the entrance of the village. Su Hao looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but fly out of the sky. Those two women are actually Han Qian and Red Lotus!
"Oops, how can these two girls be in the village! Li Kang, didn't you check the number of people in the camp just now? Su Hao asked Li Kang in annoyance.
"I, I, I...... I didn't pay attention to the women's camp just now! Li Kang defended repeatedly. When the strongman was first discovered, Su Hao asked Li Kang to gather all the people, but Li Kang only summoned the men in the camp, and did not pay attention to Han Qian's master and servants and embroidery girls. He had always thought that these women were staying in his tent, but he didn't expect that Han Qian's master and servant were not in the camp.
When the strongman attacked, Han Qian and Honglian happened to go to the village for convenience. When they were about to return to the camp, they saw that the strongman had already pounced on the camp, and the two of them could not return to the camp safely before the strongman arrived. Seeing this scene, they hurriedly ran back to the village and found a family to hide. There were only two women left in the family, but they told Han Qian that the strong people generally did not harass the villagers, and sometimes they came to ask for food or something, but they would not do things like killing people and setting fires.
This may be the meaning of the rabbit not eating the grass next to the nest, and the strong people are active in this Luoshan area, and they dare not offend the people in the village.
Wang Hu and Chen Bao, two strong men, went to the village to collect firewood and grass, and happened to break into the house where Han Qian and Honglian were hiding. As soon as they saw Han Qian's dress, Wang Hu and Chen Bao knew that these two women must be from the Kanyu camp, because it was impossible for peasant women in the village to have such good clothes.
The two strongmen immediately rushed forward, grabbed Han Qian and Honglian, and dragged them out of the village. Their idea was that they could use these two hostages to force Su Hao and the others to submit, but it really didn't work, so they tied up the tickets of these two people and let Su Hao take the money to ransom them.
Han Qian and Honglian are both delicate and timid girls, where can they fight two strongmen, just crying and shouting, while being dragged out of the village by Wang Hu and Chen Bao.
"Wang Hu, what the hell are you doing, don't you tell you not to hurt people?" Zhen Jiaokeng shouted to Wang Hu from afar.
"Big brother, these two women are not from the village, they are the family members of these officers and soldiers, let's tie up their tickets!" Wang Hu dragged Han Qian in his hand, and strode back while answering excitedly.
"Haha, God forbid!" Zhenjiaokeng was overjoyed, he turned around and shouted at Su Hao: "Soldier, I didn't expect it, your women fell into our hands, believe it or not, I'll do them both here!" ”
"Zhao Luo, Ma Yu, lead people to guard the camp, I'll save people!"
Seeing that Han Qian fell into the hands of the strongman, Su Hao's eyes turned red. He roared, picked up a firebolt in his hand, shook the firestring, lit the gunpowder, only to hear a "boom", and a strong man standing opposite him suddenly had a face full of flowers, and the dead body fell backwards.
Su Hao threw down the fire gun in his hand, picked up another fire gun, and jumped out with one arrow step.