Ten miles west of Shangrao County, the area of Laohugang is overgrown with shrubs, there is still snow in the low-lying places that has not melted, at midnight, the cold moon is slanting westward, and the cold moonlight is forced by the fire on the ground, and it is not soaked, Zeng Yu led his mount Black Bean to follow the old man of Jia to walk in the northwest direction with one foot and one foot low, and he heard the sound of bows and arrows and bird guns in his ears non-stop, and all kinds of screams and shouts, but he has not heard the sound of hand-to-hand combat-

Seeing that there was no one else around, Zeng Yu opened his mouth and asked the old man: "What is the surname of the old soldier?" ”

An old man said: "Don't be expensive, it's surnamed Liao." "The old man called him Lao Liao Tou before, but his real surname was Liao.

Zeng Yu asked: "Mr. Qi-", before he finished his sentence, he suddenly saw a person from the bushes calling: "Old Liaotou, Lao Liaotou-Zeng Xianggong, please come here." "When I looked at it, it was an old man with a round rattan plaque in his hand, and now the two old men were all here.

Zeng Yu asked Yi Lao Han where the hostages who were used as porters were, and Yi Lao Han pointed to the southwest: "It's still in Sow Ridge, and the thieves' carriages are also over there, and I just came from there." ”

Zeng Yu knew that Zheng Shi and Laifu were walking with the carriage and porter, and Yuan Zhong, a merchant from Jiaxing, was also there, so he said: "Please take me there, my cousin Zheng Xiucai is still there." ”

Old man A persuaded: "Zeng Xianggong, let's go first, your cousin will be fine." ”

Old Man Yi said: "Zeng Xianggong, through this miscellaneous forest, there will be Lord Qi's infantry killer team to respond, Zeng Xianggong wants to save people, or ask the killer team to come out is the safest." ”

As soon as Zeng Yu heard that Qi Jiguang's foot camp responded, he hurriedly said: "Then go quickly, go quickly." ”

Before he took a few steps, someone shouted "Zeng Junshi, Zeng Junshi" and chased after him, but it was Peng Laoqiu, this ghostly guy had sharp eyes, and he still found Zeng Yu in such a chaotic environment, and asked with a frightened face when he chased closer: "Zeng Junshi, what should we do, where are we going to escape?" ”

In the lead mountain, Peng Laoqiu heard that Wu Ping's thieves were coming he was overjoyed, thinking that the time had come for him to be happy and enmity and eat fragrant and spicy for evil, and after joining the gang, he was frequently bullied by the old thieves, and he didn't feel so happy, but he was really majestic in Pengjia Village for a while, leading the bandits to rob the rich families in the village, and even killed his own brother, the village fathers and elders didn't dare to be angry when they saw him, but tonight's scene was something he had never dreamed of, he had only seen thieves eating meat and not seen thieves beaten, this was not just beaten, he was directly killed, Before, he thought that Zeng Yu followed Wu Ping to the Tiger Gang, and he chased after him, but he didn't find Zeng Yu, but he saw that there was a thief who was beaten by a bird and half of his face was howling, and there was an arrow that fell to the ground and convulsed, so scared that Peng Laoqiu climbed down the Tiger Gang with a rolling belt, he Peng Laoqiu joined the gang to divide the property and women of the rich gentry, not to die, Zeng Xiucai was resourceful, and it would not be wrong to follow Zeng Yu, he asked Zeng Xiucai where he was, and he really found him-

Zeng Yu dislikes people like Peng Laoqiu, although Peng Laoqiu flatters him in every way and works very hard to run errands, but he will never think that this kind of person who tends to be inflammatory, and sneers is approachable, and said: "Don't call me a military division, what kind of bullshit military division am I, everyone is grabbing property and preparing to flee for their lives, what are you doing with me, hurry up, hurry up." ”

Peng Laoqiu cried and said: "I can't rob them, they have knives, and I only have a wooden stick." As he spoke, he raised the stick in his hand, which was used to explore the road at night.

Zeng Yu said: "Don't follow me, it's important for everyone to run for their lives." ”

Peng Laoqiu saw the two old men who led the way following Zeng Yu, each holding a round rattan plaque in his hand, although he felt strange, he didn't suspect anything, and said: "Zeng Xianggong, my old Peng only follows you." "Peng Laoqiu really has nowhere to go, how dare he go back to Pengjia Village, the people of Pengjia Village have to cut him with a thousand knives when they see him

Old man A asked: "Zeng Xianggong, do you want him to follow?" Seeing Zeng Yu shook his head, the old man suddenly flew up and kicked on Peng Laoqiu's chest, this kick was very fast and ruthless, Peng Laoqiu screamed in pain, and fell after looking at it, and the old man said "Zeng Xianggong go quickly", and took the bridle of the black bean to drill into the bushes.

Zeng Yu hurriedly followed, admiring in his heart, this old Liao Tou looked fifty or sixty years old, dark and thin, but looking at his lightning-fast legs, Zeng Yu thought that he was inferior, is this Qi Jiaquan?

In the dark night, the officers and soldiers suddenly encountered the encirclement and suppression, in addition to the more than 1,000 fierce thieves led by Wu Ping are still resisting, the rest of the thieves have been frightened, the thieves who have grabbed the property and the thieves who have not grabbed the property have scattered and fled for their lives, there are dozens of thieves running to Zeng Yu's side, constantly passing past Zeng Yu and the old man A and B, two of them still want to snatch Zeng Yu's mount black beans, before Zeng Yu made a move, the old man pulled out a short knife from the rattan shield, and stabbed the two thieves to death with a knife and a clean landing, and the rest of the thieves did not dare to approach, Fortunately, to the northwest, there were mountains and trees, and there were no roads, so it was impossible to escape on horseback, and there were no bandits to take the horses again.

Zeng Yu followed the two old men of A and B to step on the dead branches and fallen leaves and snow in the bushes and walked more than two miles, Zeng Yu's hands and face were rubbed out of the branches of the scars, and suddenly heard the old man B say "over there", when he raised his eyes, he saw a large bamboo pole slowly rising dozens of zhang away, and a small lantern was hung on the top of the bamboo.

B Lao Han took the lead in running over, Zeng Yu followed A Lao Han and then arrived, the cold moon slanted, Zeng Yu saw the whole Qi family army infantry battalion killer team, including the team and the firefighters together twelve people, there are rattan players, wolf players, pikemen, handles, and stickers two each, this kind of preparation and weapon preparation is Qi Jiguang's targeted preparation for the characteristics of the Japanese Bandits, and it is extremely powerful when the short soldiers are connected, and the bandit leader Wu Ping is the remnants of the Haikou, Qi Jiguang will deal with the Wu Ping thieves by dealing with the Japanese Bandits.

The team with the flag gun always greeted him and said, "Is it Zeng Xianggong, great, let's leave here and go back to the camp." ”

Zeng Yu returned the salute and said: "Thank you team leader, please ask first, have the people in the suburbs of Shangrao County been evacuated?" "His mother and little sister live outside the north gate, the bandit leader Wang Er led the crowd to attack the west gate of Rao City, but it is inevitable that they will flow to the north gate to loot, his new house is only half a mile away from the north gate, it is very convenient to enter the city, but the mother and young sister have no one to take care of him is still a little worried, not afraid of 10,000 in case.

The team always said: "Zeng Xianggong rest assured, Lingtang and his family will live in the yamen of the Guangxin Prefect this afternoon, and there will be no errands." ”

Zeng Yu was overjoyed, and said: "My cousin is still missing, and there are more than 100 hostages who were forced by the thieves to serve as porters. ”

The team was always very righteous and immediately agreed.

The two old men said that they wanted to escort Zeng Yu back to the city, and Zeng Yu said: "At this time, it is dark, and there is a place of chaos outside the city, and it is not safe for the three of us to return to the city, so it is better to go together to rescue my cousin and the hostages." ”

This infantry battalion killer team together with Zeng Yu and a B two old men a total of fifteen people to the direction of Sow Ridge, on the way encountered the fleeing bandits, the on-hand killed, they did not chase the wind, Zeng Yu listened to the general words of the team, Qi General Soldier led 3,000 elites to Shangrao two days ago, the 7,000 infantry battalion arrived in the afternoon today, the thieves came just right, there is a high Shangrao City in front, the right is the surging Xinjiang River, this area of barren mountains and mountains, the thieves are difficult to escape, will be annihilated here.

Halfway to the line, encountered a firearms team, also twelve people, equipped with bird guns and long knives, protection with hanging armor, distant attack with bird guns, if the enemy rushed to the front, then with a long knife to kill the enemy, Qi Jiguang under the infantry battalion killer team and firearms team are a team that can fight alone, when the two armies are in a melee, most of them or are scattered, then the team is the formation to kill the enemy, which is used to small streams of the Japanese is the most effective, especially the killer team with cold weapons poses a mandarin duck formation, self-protection and attack power are extremely strong, with the firearms team, At this time, the two squads went to Sow Ridge together to rescue the hostages, and there were bandits scurrying around like flies everywhere along the way, and it was too late to see the officers and soldiers escaping, how dare they fight, and they came to the east foot of Sow Ridge smoothly, only to see hundreds of carriages lying quietly on the field, the mules and horses driving were gone, some carriages overturned to the ground, the satin cloth was scattered all over the ground, and the people seemed to be all gone, and the sound of firearms shooting and fighting in the distance kept coming-

Zeng Yu shouted: "Brother Shi, Brother Shi-Laifu, Laifu-"

After shouting a few times from all sides, I saw a person standing under an overturned carriage not far away, and said in surprise: "Is it Zeng Xianggong, Zeng Xianggong-"

People couldn't see clearly, and the voice seemed to be that Jiaxing merchant Yuan Zhong, Zeng Yu strode over, and asked loudly: "Is it Yuan Laoke, do you see my cousin Zheng Xiucai's master and servant?" ”

As soon as these words came out, a figure suddenly appeared around those horizontal vehicles, tall and short, chilling like a ghost, and the team leader of the killer team immediately shouted: "Zeng Xianggong, don't go over." The two old men of A and B hurriedly protected Zeng Yu with rattan cards, and the birds of the firearms team were ready to shoot.

Laifu's voice shouted: "Young Master Zeng, Young Master Zeng, have the thieves all run away?" ”

Then I heard Zheng Shi's voice again: "Jiu Li, I'm fine, but the donkey was snatched away." ”

Zeng Yuxi said: "As long as people don't have trouble, it's fine." To the two teams, he said: "These are all hostages, the bandits have already run away, see where it is safe, take them away quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the noisy sound on the sow ridge, and there was the sound of hand-to-hand combat, and the team leader of the killer team knew the arrangement of the thief, and said: "This is the bandit who fled to the west and was blocked by the guerrilla Master Zhang and retreated, you should be careful, move these vehicles together, in case the thieves kill and injure." ”

Zeng Yu and the sergeants and hostages moved more than 20 carriages together to form a large circle, and those hostages sat on the ground in the defensive circle of the carriages, and the two teams of Qi family troops were waiting for them.

The thieves fled for their lives all over the mountains, some rode horses, most of them were on foot, and the thieves who fled quickly were only about fifty zhang away from Zeng Yu's side, and the firearms team estimated that the thieves who rushed to the front had entered the forty zhang land, so they raised the gun flag in their hands, shouted "ignition", and ten bird guns lit the arquebus together to shoot, and the two thieves on horseback planted the ground.

The sudden sound of birds and the large smoke that rose made those fleeing bandits frightened, and in the twilight of the night, I don't know how many officers and soldiers there were, and they didn't dare to run forward, but the chasing soldiers behind were very anxious, these bandits turned their heads and ran in the direction of the Xinjiang River, the bandits were all wrapped around their waists, except for some horsebacks, the rest of the walking people could not escape quickly, Zeng Yu's infantry killer team crossed the carriage and chased out of the car, slashing all the way, cutting off the head to invite merit, Qi Jiguang's Zhang guerrilla rate of 500 foot soldiers drove thousands of thieves all the way to the north bank of the Xinjiang River, Many thieves wanted to jump into the river and swim to escape despite the cold water of the Layue River in the cold winter, but they were wrapped with gold and silver treasures, where could they swim across the river in this biting river, a few swam back, most of them drowned in the Xinjiang River, and the others had no way to escape, so they knelt down and surrendered-

The full moon in the west sloped into the clouds, the sky was dark, Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi squatted behind a carriage and listened to the sound of birds and fighting on all sides, Zheng Shi said: "This gang of thieves is going to be wiped out now, fortunately, most of these hostages have saved their lives, and the thieves killed and injured a few people when they robbed the property in the carriage." ”

Zeng Yu said: "The bandit leader Wu Ping is fierce, since he has not retreated, he should want to open a bloody road and really break through to Yongfeng." ”

The captain of the firearms team on the side said with a smile: "General Qi has already laid a net of heaven and earth, and he can't escape even if he disciplines a thief." ”

There are more than 100 hostages here, and there are only 12 officers and soldiers in the firearms team, so they have no strength to escort them back to the city, so they can only wait on the spot, and about an hour later, Zhang Guerrilla led 500 soldiers to escort more than 3,000 surrendered bandits, and the weapons of the bandits have been confiscated, and the looted property is still there, so let them carry them to the north camp in the north of the city, and Zeng Zhengshi and these people will follow together.

Guerrilla Zhang Shichen heard the general report of the firearms team that Zeng Yu was here, and immediately got off the horse to see him, and was very polite to Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu asked Zhang Guerrilla to send him and Zheng Shi into the city, Zhang Guerrilla agreed, saying that there was still a battle outside the West Gate, and he had to go around to the North Gate to enter the city, which was exactly what Zeng Yu meant, and he was thinking about the North Gate to see if his house was robbed, and the thieves liked to set fire to it, but don't burn his new house with a fire.