Song Jiuyi got up, hurriedly dressed, and asked, "How many enemies?" ”

"Eighty or ninety."

Song Jiu got dressed, Gao Qiong and the others were also dressed neatly, and Song Jiu asked again: "How far is the enemy from here?" ”

One of the soldiers said: "My subordinates were lucky enough to patrol far away, and when they saw them, they were three or four miles away from here, and at this time they were only about two miles away. ”

"Can they spot you?"

"No, I saw them coming on foot, and I did not dare to rein in the horses, for fear that the sound of the horses' hooves would alarm them, so I took a little two hundred paces before they galloped wildly, but the grass on the road was long, and they would not hear it."

Song Jiu looked at Gao Qiong, and Gao Qiong said, "Song Jiulang, what do you say?" ”

"I," Song Jiu thought to himself, you asked me that I have you understood, but it is not the time to dwell on this, at least this line is nominally the leader, so he said: "There are only eighty or ninety people here, and they are foot soldiers, and they will definitely not target us." ”

Gao Qiong and Ge Ba all nodded, they were fewer in number, but they were all carefully selected pawns, and they were cavalry, Song Jiu was the lieutenant envoy, as long as one person escaped and killed the lieutenant envoy, it would be a hornet's nest.

Song Jiu said again: "There is only one possibility, some people know that the people of Langdao are panning for gold sand, and they also know that today is the delivery date of Langdao, if there is some trouble with the equipment on the road, the boat will come late." Combined with the delivery, it will be dark by the time. The rivers here are small, and in some places the current is so fast that boats dare not sail when it gets dark. As long as some people are sent over, the displaced people are not prepared, and in the dead of night, they will kill and poke on a large scale, and the gold and goods will be both. ”

"Jiurou was right in his analysis. What's the plan now? ”

"General Gao, that's it. We are not afraid of eighty or ninety people, but we are afraid that there will be help behind us. Send two first. Inform the people on the liquor store and the cargo ship to flee to the village immediately, and then inform Qiao Dalang that they should get up immediately, and they must not light the lamp or make a sound, but they must collect all the weapons in the dark, and cooperate with us when the time comes. Then we divided into two groups, rode all the way into the forest, prepared to rush with our horses, and immediately dismantled the tent baggage along the way. Cover with withered grass. Then take a bow and arrow, and when they are about to cross the bridge, kill them in the back. ”

"Okay, that's it."

Song Jiu made a decision, and Gao Qiong immediately carried out the order, which Song Jiu was far inferior to Gao Qiong.

Fifteen horsemen and pack horses entered a distant wood, and thirteen men quickly dismantled the tent and dragged it to the river to cover it with dry grass, and heard movement not far away. The crowd immediately marched to the east side of the dead grass.

As soon as it was arranged, more than eighty enemies arrived.

Song Jiu went down twice, but neither of them went through a battle, and this time it would be a fierce battle with real swords and guns. I was nervous, my teeth creaked, and my body trembled.

"Kuro. Don't be nervous," Gao Qiong said softly.

Song Jiu nodded effortlessly.

A group approached. They were all dressed in plain clothes, and their faces were half veiled. But all of them are holding shiny knives in their hands. At this time, it was close to the fourth watch, and it was the time when everyone was sleeping soundly, and I don't know if there was anyone to guard the village of Ludao. Regardless of whether there is security or not, if it weren't for Song Jiu and them coming here, these people would kill them, and it would be a great disaster for hundreds of people in the village.

Several people kicked the door open, rushed into the wine shop, and came out after a while, saying, "Yudutou, there is no one inside." ”

One of them said, "Could it be that the people in the liquor shop are also resting across the river?" ”

"It's not clear, maybe the news is wrong."

"Leave them alone, Qin Xihou, you lead five of your men to rush to that ship immediately, remember, you can't leave a single mouth alive. The others came with me, but remember, when we approached the village, we did not attack from the front, but divided our troops into two ways, one left and one right, from the mountains and forests on both sides, and we were not allowed to leave any one alive. ”

"Whoa."

More than 80 people were dividing the troops, and Gao Qiong said: "It's my own people." ”

is not only a weapon, but also a capital head, and an accent, needless to say, it is also known that Lu Dao is the Song army who came to do bad things. Song Jiu has the sympathy of the people of Bashu, but Gao Qiong does not. Song Jiu only said, "What if they are allowed to succeed and learn from the villagers that we are here?" ”

Gao Qiong was silent.

Eighty or so people approached the wooden bridge, suddenly stopped, looked at the opposite side, and one said: "It seems that there is a noise in the village, have they found us?" ”

The head looked up, it was the end of the month, and Song Jiu was still planning to arrive in Yizhou for the New Year's Day, and it was also when the night was dark. And Zizhou also has a significant feature, that is, the water is mountainous, and there will be some fog every night.

This is the wax moon, the fog should be lighter, if summer and autumn come here, the night comes, the fog can be so thick that you can't see the five fingers on the opposite side, then maybe tonight, including Song Jiu, they will suffer a big loss. But still, the night and fog make the vision not very clear.

Du Tou shook his head and said, "No, if you find out that we are coming, you will definitely light a torch to defend it." Maybe there is something going on in the village, regardless of them, the original plan is to act. ”

The group rushed across the wooden bridge, and the leaders rushed to the boat. Just as they were about to disperse, the men came out of the boat and said, "Everything, it's not good, there's no one on board." ”

They are here to do bad things, their military cultivation is still there, and it can also be said that they are the most powerful army in the entire history of the Northern Song Dynasty. Du Tou felt that something was wrong, and immediately called the two groups of men back, found a few of his subordinates, and said, "You guys sneak into the village to investigate." ”

At this time, Gao Qiong, Song Jiu and more than a dozen guards had already lurked and marched not far from the small bridge.

Du Tou looked up at the village, then turned his head to look at the back, obviously thinking that it was still inappropriate, and said, "Let's retreat to the other side of the river first." ”

Listening to his instructions, Song Jiu sighed, thinking, this is a beautiful woman, why should I be a thief.

Gao Qiong didn't have so much sentimentality as him, and with a gesture, fourteen people mounted arrows at the same time and opened their bows. The fog drifted and a few wolf howls could be heard in the distance, making the night particularly cold.

Seeing that several people were walking across the small wooden bridge, Gao Qiong's big bow was loosened, and an arrow flew out, hitting the leader. This arrow was a signal, and thirteen arrows flew out at the same time. All of them were not weak, and only fourteen arrows flew out, hitting nine people. Six people fell.

As soon as the nine men let out a scream, a second arrow flew out. Not so accurate this time. Only five people were shot. But this group of Song troops has been in chaos, and what is terrible is that they are trying to cover up their whereabouts. They came in civilian clothes, without armor, without a shield, without even a few bows and arrows. They all shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw." ”

The third arrow flew out again.

The dozens of Song troops hurriedly retreated, and Ge Ba rushed out of the forest with fifteen horsemen.

Gao Qiong didn't stop, and fired a fourth wave of arrows, but the dozens of people had already withdrawn to the other side of the river, and the range was long. Only one arrow merits.

Ge Ba came to the bridge, did not rush over, and waited for the people in the village to cooperate. Gao Qiong and Song Jiu returned to the forest and remounted their horses. As soon as they came out on horseback, torches were lit in the village, and a large number of people came out of the gate with various weapons in hand.

Seeing that it was not good, the head of the capital on the opposite side shouted loudly: "I am Li Liang, the head of the second battalion of the Flying Fierce Army, who is on the other side?" ”

As he spoke, he pulled down the veil, and every forbidden soldier had to tattoo it. Tattoo the number on your face, as well as your name. That's the best proof of identity.

Gao Qiong turned her head to look at Song Jiu again, they were all her own family, and they were revealed. I still can't bear to kill each other. Song Jiu sat on his horse and groaned, and suddenly asked, "Are you the Northern Route Army or the Eastern Route Army?" ”

"We are the Northern Route Army."

At this time, several scouts sent by Li Liang had not yet arrived at the gate of the village, and saw a large group of people holding weapons to kill. What else did they ask, and they fled back one by one. The fox asked Li Liang suspiciously: "Dutou, what's the matter?" ”

"I don't know what to do. There is an army of the imperial court on the opposite side, and I don't know if Lu Dao is the Eastern Route Army. ”

But this situation is very unfavorable, behind are more than 100 people, not afraid to fight, but it is destined to produce a large number of casualties, and tonight's trip is not worth it. The people are not afraid, what they are afraid of is the 31 cavalry on the opposite side, not only the cavalry, all wearing armor, but also more than a dozen of their own men are killed and wounded. So he said: "Brother opposite, we were ordered to arrest the imperial army of the thieves, which army is the brother opposite?" Why would you want to hurt my subordinates? ”

Song Jiu didn't answer, but turned to Gao Qiong and said, "He said that he was ordered to arrest the thief." ”

"But this is a difficult problem, there are really some rebel deserters among these villagers."

"It's not that it's difficult, but it's difficult, if they insist that they are here to catch the thieves, and we kill more than a dozen of his men, what will the general above do with it? If we prove that they came to rob money and slaughter people, and I am an envoy to the imperial court, can we go to Yizhou? ”

"Zhilu said," Gao Qiong said, then looked at the other side coldly, and said: "Li Dutou, you are crazy, for a little gold and money, you actually pretend to be a thief, intending to slaughter hundreds of innocent people, put down the butcher's knife, let us escort you to Zizhou to wait for the imperial court." ”

"What kind of gold sand, we don't understand what you said."

"You said you caught the thief, where is the warrant, and who is the thief?"

"We're giving orders."

"It's just a password, why don't you put on armor."

"This is to not startle the snake, so that the remnants of the thieves will notice the news."

"It's nonsense, we are still eating and drinking here during the day, this is just a group of displaced people, and they plan to go to Puzhou for spring cultivation and production soon, how can there be thieves. I think you're the thief. ”

"If you insist on going your own way, you can think of the consequences."

"What the consequences, laying down your arms is the only way out for you." Gao Qiong turned around and whispered to Ge Ba, saying, "You take five people to protect Song Jiulang's safety, and you must not let one person escape, otherwise we will be lucky in this crime." ”

"Whoa."

Gao Qiong whispered to gather five guards and told them to obey Geba's command, and then said to the other guards, "Rush over." ”

After speaking, he took the lead and rushed over, his hand raised and fell, and a person's head was cut out of the body by him. Song Jiu was sitting on the back of the horse and watching, and he had shot several people with an arrow just now, but it didn't make him nervous, but the head of the man flew up, so startled that he almost fell off the horse. Fortunately, the food in his stomach was almost digested at this time, otherwise he would have vomited on his horseback.

As Gao Qiong rushed, more than 20 horsemen also quickly rushed to the opposite bank. Seeing the big knife flashing from time to time, and the head flying from time to time, Song Jiuqiang endured the disgust, according to the sins committed by these people, they deserved to be killed, but it was not that simple. Here, there is no distinction between black and white, and good and evil are unknown, otherwise Lu Yuqing has been in Yizhou for more than half a year, and the decree has not yet extended to the periphery of Yizhou. Angered some of the troubled soldiers, don't say that they have thirty horsemen, even three hundred horsemen, and they dare to do it themselves. (To be continued......)