From the time Yang Xin fired to the time the bullet hit the bandit, there was only a few tenths of a second in total. So when the bullet was pierced through the skull, the bandit hadn't finished aiming the crossbow arrow. However, at the moment of death, this guy still pulled the trigger of the crossbow arrow with his fingers due to the twitching of his body. Therefore, the crossbow arrow, which was not precisely aimed, was still shot in the direction of the martial arts arena on the official road.

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the high-speed crossbow bolts crossed the arena and pierced into the dirt on the side of the official road near the small mountain village. Liu Jiye, who temporarily jumped out of the circle because of the sound of Yang Xin's shooting, and was looking for the source of the sound, also realized at this time that these bandits were still in ambush on the mountain, and the object that the other party wanted to attack was only himself. It's just that I don't know why, the other party's sneak attack missed. Thinking of this, Liu Jiye couldn't help but bump into the fire, and his eyes glared at the thief who was competing with him, and he was about to reprimand. But before he could speak, he heard the voice of his entourage Yang Xing in the queue on his side: "General, quickly lie down in case there is another plot." ”

Although Liu Jiye didn't quite believe that when he was fully guarded, the other party could still shoot a cold arrow and hurt himself. However, out of human instinct to avoid danger, after hearing the shout, he still subconsciously looked at the opposite mountain bag and lowered his body slightly.

At the moment when Liu Jiye leaned over, all the "Qingyuan" guards who were pressing for him raised their flintlock pistols in their hands, and with a roar, in the swirling green smoke, the bandits on the opposite side were knocked down in a large area, and the screams were endless. Before the other bandits could react, the guards had already thrown their flintlock pistols to the ground, drew their long knives, and rushed forward with a shout, aiming at the bandits who had not yet come to their senses. At the same time, the guards guarding the entrance of the village, under the leadership of Zeng Zhilin and Chang Shengjun, rushed out of the village and outflanked them on both flanks, intending to surround these bandits and then annihilate them all.

When the bandits finally reacted and began to resist with all their might, they no longer had the advantage in numbers. In addition, Liu Jiye, who was strong in martial arts, also joined the battle group after being stunned for a while, so the situation of the battle quickly developed in a one-sided direction. Some of the bandits saw that the momentum was not good for them, so they turned around and ran up the mountain. As a result, as long as all the escaped bandits were out of the range of the melee between the two sides, they would be named by Yang Xinzhong's Type 95 automatic rifle, and they would die under his gun one by one. The bandit who signaled the mountain and was a few steps away from the group was the first to be defeated because he was the first to break away from the crowd.

The face-to-face fight lasted only a short time, most of the remaining bandits were killed, and only about a dozen had a chance to surrender on their knees. Liu Jiye left the work of collecting the prisoners' weapons and tying them up to Zeng Zhilin and others, and he quickly ran to the mountain bag opposite the village to search for the traces of the bandit who intended to sneak up on him. As a result, to his great surprise, the bandit, who he thought must have escaped, was lying on the mountain bag with a burst of brains, apparently dead for a long time.

Liu Jiye leaned down and carefully looked at the thief's head and its vicinity, but found no trace of arrows, which made him puzzled and did not understand what the thief's head had been broken by. If it's a small hidden weapon, but the people on his side are about a hundred steps away from him, and it is impossible for a hidden weapon in the general sense to hit so far. Liu Jiye thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out, when Yang Xin's voice calling him came from under the mountain bag, he had to give up for the time being, and walked down the mountain to meet Yang Xin and the others.

At this time, under the call of Yu Wende, Seinfeld and the tavern owner, knowing that the battle was over and all the bandits had been wiped out, the villagers came to the official road one after another to help the "Qingyuan" guards clean up the corpses of the bandits and clean up the blood stains on the official road.

Seeing that the sound on the battlefield was noisy and not a place to speak, Yang Xin and Zeng Zhilin returned to the village tavern with Yu Wende, Song Feiyang and Liu Jiye after handing over the work of cleaning the battlefield to Chang Shengjun to discuss the aftermath of the battle.

After the five of them sat down in the tavern, they drank the tea brought by the proprietress and began to discuss how to deal with the aftermath. As an active general of the Northern Han Dynasty, Liu Jiye naturally has the most right to speak. He thought for a moment and said: "This matter is actually easy to do, after we interrogate the dozen or so captured bandits, and get their confessions, the young general will send his entourage to Fanzhi County to report to the official, and let the county government send someone to investigate the scene, check the body of the bandits, and bring those captives back to the county government to deal with the crime, and the rest of the matter will be handed over to Fanzhi County to handle, so we don't have to pay attention to it." ”,

Yang Xin and the others felt that this was the safest way when they heard this, and said that everything was decided by General Liu. Liu Jiye did not refuse, and immediately called his entourage Yang Xing, and asked him to set off immediately, rush to Fanzhi County, inform the magistrate of the situation here, and let him send someone to deal with the matter.

After speaking, Liu Jiye asked the proprietress for pen and paper again, and wrote a letter to the magistrate of Fanzhi County to explain what happened. Yang Xing took the letter and put it away, turned around and walked out of the tavern, and went straight to Fanzhi County.

After sending Yang Xing away, the five of them drank a few more sips of tea in the tavern and chatted a few gossips, Liu Jiye changed the conversation and asked: "There are a few things that the young general has been unable to understand, and I hope you will give me advice?" ”

Yang Xin had basically guessed what Liu Jiye was going to ask, and he had already thought of the words of the answer, so he replied: "I really don't dare to take the word 'teaching' seriously. If General Liu has anything to know, just ask, as long as he can answer it, he will definitely know everything. ”

Liu Jiye said: "Since Yang Yuanwai is so happy, the young general will not go around the corner." The young general wanted to ask Yang Yuanwai for advice, who found the accomplice of the bandits hiding on the mountain bag? What kind of powerful weapon did this person use to kill the bandit? What kind of weapons are those long pipes that the guards use to kill the enemy? The staff is just a cloth cloth in Liaoguo, where do these things come from? ”

Although Liu Jiye threw out several questions in a row, they were all within the scope of Yang Qin's expectations, so Yang Xin replied unhurriedly: "General Liu's questions can be answered one by one, but before they are answered, there is a reluctant request in the next, and I hope General Liu can agree." ”

Liu Jiye saw that Yang Xin had to put forward conditions for answering the question, and said a little strangely: "What does Yang Yuanwai mean, is there any secret that cannot be revealed?" ”

Yang Xin nodded and said, "Yes, the answer to the general's question is very important to my brothers and others, and the fewer people who know, the better." It can be said that if it weren't for the fact that our lives were at stake tonight, the general would not have seen the guards defend against the enemy with novel weapons just now. ”

Seeing that Yang Xin said solemnly, Liu Jiye also accepted his original curiosity and began to take this matter seriously. He hugged his fist at Yang Xinyi and said, "Although the young general doesn't read much, he also knows the truth of a promise. The young general assured Yang Yuanwai here that what the young general said to the young general today would never be revealed to others, and if there was any violation, the heavens and the earth would be destroyed. ”

Yang Xin knew that the ancients paid the most attention to oaths, and when he saw Liu Jiye say this, he hurriedly said: "General Liu's words are serious, and the general's character is naturally trustworthy." It's just that this matter is related to the brothers below, and I have to be cautious. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xin paused, organized his language, and continued: "The long pipes used by the guards below are called flintlock pistols, which are a weapon that can kill and injure enemies from a long distance, and it is also an improved version of this weapon used to kill the ambushed bandit below. Although our brothers and I are a cloth cloth in Liao, our family is also relatively wealthy, and it will inevitably attract the prying eyes of gangsters. In order to ensure the safety of our others, the next few brothers who know how to make this kind of firearms have made some for the guards to use. As for the inner mystery, it is not clear in one or two sentences, if the general wants to understand it, he is afraid that he will need to follow him back to the Liao Kingdom and learn from the brother who made this kind of weapon for a year and a half.

As for saying that you can see the thieves in the dark from a distance, this is all thanks to the teaching of Master Tai and a kind of internal strength in Xia. This kind of internal power can make people deaf and clear, even in the dark, they can see far away. ”

Yang Xin explained to Liu Jiye in a real and false way, hoping to satisfy the other party's curiosity and stop dwelling on this matter. As for Yang Xinweishenme to tell some lies, it's not that he can't trust Liu Jiye's character, but that some things are really incomprehensible to people in this era, and if they say it, they may be regarded as fools by the other party. Therefore, Yang Xin had no choice but to lie to this future famous general.

After listening to Yang Xin's explanation, Liu Jiye did not fully understand the reason, especially he could not understand the problem that Yang Xin said that the flintlock pistol did not have parts similar to a bow and crossbow, and how to achieve long-distance killing and injuring the enemy. But he is a smart man, and he knows that some things are confidential, and the other party will naturally not share them. Moreover, although he was curious about the new flintlock pistol, he was still skeptical about its actual effectiveness in battle. Because at the beginning of the battle, he had observed the process of the guards using this flintlock pistol at the entrance of the village, and found that although this gun was louder and more lethal, it was far more complicated to operate than a bow and crossbow, and the speed of shooting was slower than that of an ordinary crossbow, let alone the speed of a bow. Its biggest advantage is probably that it is more labor-saving, and there will be no problem of crossbowmen shooting more times and physical strength decreasing.

Since the new weapon in front of him does not occupy an absolute advantage compared with the bow and crossbow, Liu Jiye's mind to get a glimpse of it is not very strong, and Yang Xin and others attach great importance to the mystery of this thing, so Liu Jiye does not plan to dwell on this matter anymore, he said to Yang Xin: "I didn't expect Yang Yuanwai's brother to be so ingenious and able to create such a delicate weapon, which really opened the eyes of the young general." ”

After saying a few words of compliment, Liu Jiye suggested that everyone find those captives and interrogate them, so that they could hand over to the officials of Fanzhi County tomorrow. Yang Xin and the others saw that Liu Jiye took the initiative to change the topic and no longer asked about the flintlock gun, and they felt a lot more at ease, and naturally had no objections to Liu Jiye's suggestion. Zeng Zhilin immediately ordered the guards to bring the captured bandits to the tavern and prepare for interrogation.

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