Chapter Seventy-Two: No Conditions
At the beginning of twilight on September 29, a small ambush took place in a valley on East Avenue in Xipo Village, Guanwangmu Township, Jiangzhou.
"Triple shot! Cast! Impact! A series of orders spat out from the mouth of the wind, and thirty Northern Han soldiers, led by two special soldiers, launched an attack on the Houzhou patrol in the encirclement from both sides of the hillside. Six cavalrymen were knocked off their horses by a sudden burst of arrows, half of the ten infantry fell under the wooden javelins fired from the volley, and the remaining five infantry were all cut down in the charge and fell into a pool of blood.
Zhu Feng took two Northern Han soldiers to make up for the wounded Hou Zhou soldiers one by one, and then shouted loudly: "Quickly clean up the scene and withdraw!" ”
This was the fourth ambush in ten days by their raiding detachment.
The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, who had already been familiar with the fixed procedures of clearing the field, quickly packed the looted belongings in the order of horses, weapons, food, money, and clothing, and tied them to the horses, while some of the men threw the corpses of the Zhou soldiers, who had basically become bare pigs, into a big pit on the side of the road, and broke off the branches to cover them.
"Big brothers, it's really fun to follow you to ambush, the patrols around here have been almost done by us!" A Northern Han soldier named Mao An shouted to Zhufeng as he ran.
Zhu Feng adjusted the position of the steel knife on Mao An's back, tightened the knot, and said with a smile: "Our Lord Lin said that fighting a war is to study people, and if you study the other party thoroughly, everything will be easy to do!" We have thoroughly studied the rules of the Zhou army patrol, and ambushing them is naturally a trivial matter! ”
"Wow! You are all so powerful, so isn't the Lord Lin you said the same as an immortal? Mao An couldn't help but sigh, looking at Zhufeng's eyes full of worship.
"No, we'd rather have Lord Lin than any immortals!" Zhufeng shook his head and sighed.
"For what?" Mao An asked puzzled.
"Are you stupid? What can the gods help you? What else can I do but listen to your chatter quietly? What about our Lord Lin, he selected us poor soldiers, taught us skills, led us to make meritorious contributions, let us make a lot of money fairly, treated us as human beings, let us be beautiful in front of others, and live with dignity, yes, it is called dignity! Isn't such a person better than a fairy? Isn't it hundreds of times stronger than the gods? Zhu Feng smiled and deliberately raised his voice and said.
Hao Shi and Fu Kang, special fighters at the front and end of the team, immediately said loudly: "That's it!" We've been with Dinglin in our lives! ”
The respect in the hearts of Mao An and the other Northern Han soldiers was even heavier, and although they were panting non-stop, their steps were getting faster and faster.
In the past ten days, the thirty of them have been following the three of Zhufeng according to the division of labor, although they are as tired as donkeys every day, but they are always a sure hit. In their leisure time, they have been taken care of by the three of Zhufeng as brothers, and they have not heard them talk about their preferential treatment as special soldiers, and they have listened to the three of them talk about Lin Feng's magic, and of course, there are also "divine objects" such as telescopes and bicycles that they keep mentioning, which makes their admiration for Shouzhou and Lin Feng even stronger.
"Stop!" The special fighters at the front stopped, the man squatted down, and the other fighters immediately scattered and found a hiding place.
As soon as it was quiet, the chirping of the surrounding insects immediately became clear, and there was an intermittent sobbing sound in front of me, which was a man's voice.
The winds rose and fell a few times, and circled around the man from a distance, before he raised his hand to signal that he was safe, and he stood up and walked towards the man.
"This brother, why are you crying at night?" Zhufeng asked in harmony.
The man jumped to his feet, wiped his big hand on his bloody and tearful face, and looked in horror at the winds that suddenly appeared.
At this time, Zhu Feng was still a pair of stolen peasant clothes, smiling all over his face, looking at him with his hands outstretched, except for the steel knife on his waist, which was more eye-catching, the whole person looked harmless to humans and animals.
The man stared at the knife on Zhu Feng's waist tightly, and asked hesitantly, "Are you a Zhou soldier or a Han soldier?" Or is it passing? "In the area west of the Fen River now, the Later Zhou soldiers and the Northern Han soldiers are staggered, and it is not uncommon to meet anyone.
"Honestly, it's neither! I'm a subordinate of Lord Lin Fenglin of Shouzhou! The winds were still smiling and watching quietly.
"Lin Feng? Is it Lin Feng who is in Chudi and Shouzhou, rent-free everywhere? The man asked, surprised.
"That's right! It's that Lin Feng. Zhu Feng nodded, untied his waist knife, threw it on the ground, approached the man, sat beside him, and said softly, "Brother, may I ask if there is anything sad, can you tell me about it?" Maybe my brothers and I can help you! ”
The man wiped his face again, rubbed his big hand on his thigh, and sat down as well. Hao Shi and they also showed their figures, and sat lightly behind the winds to rest temporarily.
The man glanced at Hao Shi, withdrew his eyes, and spoke with sorrow:
His name is Yu Chengfeng, and his family is from Xipo Village here. Some time ago, he and his father and wife returned home from the east bank of the Fen River with the majority of refugees, and found that the family's house had collapsed, and they had no choice but to temporarily borrow the landlord Wang Fang's house in the village.
Who knew that late last night, Wang Fang's family all came back, and there were a few Hou Zhou soldiers with him, and they drove their family out without saying anything. Yu's father had bad legs and feet, walked slowly, and was slapped on the back of the head by a soldier, and fell to the ground and died instantly.
Yu Chengfeng turned around to find those soldiers desperately, and was beaten up by them, Wang Fang actually said that the daughter-in-law of the Yu family stole his family's things and detained her. At this time, the other villagers rushed over when they heard the noise, and a group stopped beating him and drove him out.
During the day today, Yu Chengfeng has been wandering around Wang Fang's house, but those soldiers have not left, and he can't find a chance to rush in to save his daughter-in-law, so he has to hide in a no-man's place and cry bitterly.
After listening quietly, Zhu Feng groaned slightly, and asked, "What is the origin of the king?" ”
"I heard that he has a good relationship with a lieutenant of the Zhou army in Jiangzhou, and he has been rampant in the township." Yu Chengfeng replied with hatred.
"And what about you, are you a sharecropper, or do you have your own land?" Zhufeng asked.
Yu Chengfeng's eyes closed, two lines of tears flowed down again, and he couldn't cry: "My family has ten acres of land, which was originally handed down by my ancestors, but the year before last, my father had a serious illness, and I could only borrow the same money from Wang Fang's family for treatment. In order to survive, we have to rent our own land! ”
When Zhufeng heard this, he slammed it on the ground, making a "bump" sound, startling everyone.
Zhu Feng jumped up, pointed at Yu Chengfeng and asked, "You're still a man, aren't you?" The land was robbed, the father was killed, and the daughter-in-law was robbed again, and you didn't think about fighting with them?! ”
Yu Chengfeng was ashamed and anxious, jumped up and shouted: "I'm ready to rush into the Wang family now, fight with them!" However, I don't even have a kitchen knife, and if I come to the door, I will die! ”
Zhu Feng took two steps forward, kicked the waist knife on the ground, and said angrily: "If I give you a knife, do you dare to pick it up and kill Wang Fang?" ”
"Dare! I dare! I'm going to give up my life! Say, what conditions do you have? Yu Chengfeng gritted his teeth tightly, lowered his body and grabbed the knife on the ground, held it in his arms, and looked up at Zhufeng.
"No strings attached! We can also go over and help you, kill the landlord in this fish and meat country, and return your land to you! Zhufeng said loudly.
Yu Chengfeng looked at the winds in disbelief, there would be such a good thing in the world? "You, do you want me to defect to the Han soldiers, no, to Shouzhou?"
"Nope! No, we don't have any conditions! Let's go! Zhufeng patted his chest and said loudly.
"Let's go!" Yu Chengfeng glanced at Zhu Feng suspiciously, pulled out his knife, and hurried towards the east side of the road.