In the second year of Chongzhen, on October 16, Lin Darttou of Weiyuan Dart Bureau came to Lantian County Ya, sent the remaining 150,000 taels of silver, and at the same time transported away 50,000 quintals of grain prepared by Lantian County.

"Weiyuan dart bureau is a big dart bureau in Shaanxi, it is said that there are more than 1,000 people in the whole dart board, across Shaanxi, Shanxi boundary, and the dart division in the dart board is strong, especially the head of the dart Lin dart, the force is even stronger, it is said that he is good at using a fast sword, once a person dealt with thirteen horse thieves, and then killed the enemy and retreated, its strength can be seen."

Li Chaosheng in the county government listened to Bai Shoumin's report and nodded, a thousand people dart bureau, this is definitely a good force, and this Lin Zong's dart head is also a person, and I don't know why when this person is mentioned, Li Chaosheng will always think inexplicably, smiling at Lin Ping's family in the rivers and lakes.

And the name is also very similar, Xiaoao Jianghu is the Fuyuan Dart Bureau, and this is called the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and the dart heads are all surnamed Lin, all with long swords.

You must know that the sword looks very handsome, but few people use the sword in the battle array, because the sword is too elegant, whether it is armor breaking, or the lethality is far inferior to the knife, so Li Chaosheng came to the end of the Ming Dynasty, except for seeing some generals who like to match the sword, few people use the sword to fight.

Of course, Li Chaosheng uses a sword, his tungsten steel sword is not said to be sharpened like mud, it can be regarded as a divine soldier, as for other people, they don't use swords much, such as Li Chaosheng's cousin Li Chaolong, Li Chaosheng gave him a sword, but after two battlefields, Li Chaolong didn't use a sword to kill, he usually hung it in his own house, and he didn't use it, it became an ornament.

And this Lin dart head dares to use a sword as a weapon, he should be a character.

Li Chaosheng thought about it and said to Bai Shoumin: "Send someone to keep an eye on them from afar, don't expose it, just keep a distance, just stare at it with a telescope, don't lose it, what he transported away is the grain from my Lantian County." ”

"Yes, county honor, he can't run."

Bai Shoumin said that he would go and run errands, while Li Chaosheng was pondering.

In the next two days, Bai Shoumin reported the whereabouts of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau at any time, Bai Shoumin said that the people of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau and Fan Yongfa's grain transportation team converged in Yichuan, and then entered Ji County, Shanxi, and then went all the way north, arriving in Luliang two days later.

When Li Chaosheng heard this, he immediately asked Guzi to telegraph to Shi Xiaolei of Luliang and Li Chaolong.

Ordered him to be prepared, and monitor the ground at any time, and don't relax day and night, Li Chaosheng was very suspicious that they would change their itinerary and would not rush to Luliang so stunned, as for the detour, it shouldn't be, after all, they are more familiar with this grain road, and the forces on the road are almost clear.

Temporary diversions are very unsafe, and they probably won't do that.

Another day, Li Chaolong telegraphed Li Chaosheng, saying that yesterday the executioners of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau came to Niutou Mountain, and gave them gifts saying that they would borrow Niutou Mountain in the next day, hoping that they would raise their noble hands and offer five hundred taels of silver.

What are the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, but the sophistication of human feelings, no matter how powerful a dart game is, can you resist the thief?

No, so for a long time, they have come up with a foolproof method, that is, to make friends with the bandits along the way, and the way to make friends is not only to pay money from other people's territory, but also to have the ability to protect the bandits.

After making friends with friends in the green forest road, if the friends of the green forest road have bad luck, go back to the word, and be surrounded and suppressed, as long as they hide in the dart board, the government will generally not arrest them, and when the thief recovers from his injuries and comes out of the dart board, the officers and soldiers can be arrested, which is called morality.

Of course, these thieves are definitely not like killing officials and rebelling, if a person like Li Hongji, let alone hiding in the dart game, or hiding in the prince's house, they will be forcibly arrested, and the thieves mentioned here are just ordinary thieves.

Therefore, after a dart board makes friends with friends on the green forest road, this road, encounters several mountains, have studied and understood, even if the dart board has a stable financial road, the same dart board every time you go, you will let the executioner worship the mountain, the number of etiquette has been done, and there will be no one to embarrass the dart master.

This is the unspoken rule of survival of the dart master in this era.

Li Chaolong and Shi Xiaolei received the gift from the executioner, but they did not see the executioner, but let the original Niutou Mountain three masters receive the living Yama king, the living Yama of the big boss of Niutou Mountain, and saw the Yama on the same day, the second boss did too much evil, Shi Xiaolei looked angry and jumped.

There are only three big families, and the people are okay, so they stay, in order not to make people suspicious.

After all, when people come to worship the mountain, you come to a mountain king you don't know, the dart bureau will be vigilant, don't think that the executioner is a gift, they are more often playing the role of a sentry detective.

If the king of the mountain had changed people before, they would have to estimate the safety factor of this trip, and if it didn't feel appropriate, they would consider changing the route.

Therefore, in order not to startle the snake, the three masters left a life, the executioner came to give gifts, the three masters were responsible for the reception, and asked the big boss, and the two masters said that the two went to the next county town.

Of course, the visit here refers to the robber mining point, which can be regarded as a shirk.

The executioner left, Li Chaolong immediately replied to the news, Li Chaosheng heard the report, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, Bai Shoumin's sentry has been following behind the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, they are in the next county, about half a day's journey from Niutou Mountain, now it is said that they will arrive in a day, it is likely to be a smoke bomb, ready to sneak over, and if you want to slip away on such a large scale, you must use the night.

Li Chaosheng deduced that they were likely to take advantage of the night to cross Niutou Mountain today.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng ordered Li Chaolong to lead people to prepare for an ambush tonight, and not let anyone go.

And this side of the executioner returned to the camp of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and told Lin Dart about the situation, Lin Dart frowned slightly, the big boss and the second master were not there, which made him mutter in his heart, and he wondered whether to change his route.

After all, in their line of work, they don't want to have the slightest change, because it is likely that a very small change represents a risk.

Lin Darttou found Fan Yongfa to discuss this matter, Fan Yongfa listened and looked at Lin Darttou and said, "Lin Darthead, do you think there must be ambushes in this Niutou Mountain?" ”

Lin Dart said: "This is not necessarily, but under normal circumstances, the owner of the village and the second master will not leave the mountain easily, of course, we have also encountered it when we go out, but this time there are too many goods, I think it is better to be cautious." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongfa frowned, and then said to Lin Dart, "You wait a minute, I'll think about it and come back and tell you." ”

Fan Yongfa said and walked out of the camp tent, followed by his own camp area not far away, opened a camp tent and entered, there were five big men sitting in it, these big men were full of fierce breath, full of muscles, wearing hats, but the first one may be too hot, the hat was taken off, revealing a smooth head inside, only at the back of the head there was a hairy root the size of money, and a small braid like a rat's tail was braided.

"Lord Helba, the villain has something to say."

Hurba was drinking with the strong men at this time, when he glanced at Fan Yongfa and said, "What's the matter?" Say. ”

"It's such an adult......

As soon as Fan Yongfa told the matter, Helbach laughed and said: "What is the little bandit, Fan Yongfa, you are too timid, I came this time with a hundred warriors, we are here, not to mention the little bandit, it is the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, we can also kill him cleanly, don't change the route, go normally, we must rush to Zhangjiakou before October 23rd, this is a military order." ”

Hellba said loudly, and after hearing this, Fan Yongfa said: "It's the adult, and the little one understands." ”

Seeing Fan Yongfa, Hurba waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's go out, according to the original plan, cross Niutou Mountain tonight." ”

"Yes, sir."

Fan Yongfa humbly bowed and retreated, like a dog traitor who served the imperial army a few years later.

Fan Yongfa retreated, and Hurbach laughed and said, "Cowardly Mingren, haha......"

The people around him all coaxed when they heard this: "Mingren has always been timid, haha, don't care about Hurba, let's continue to drink, take this batch of grain and grass back, Hurba, you can be promoted to Niulu, congratulations." ”

Hearing this, Hurba laughed and said: "That's Your Majesty's Longen, okay brothers, let's finish drinking this jar of wine, we are not allowed to drink it, we must pay attention to safety when crossing Niutou Mountain tonight, don't miss Your Majesty's affairs." ”

"Yes."

Everyone said, Fan Yongfa bowed and withdrew from the tent, and then looked at the Manchurians in the tent, and had confidence in his heart, Hurba was right, he had a hundred Manchurian warriors, as well as 500 swordsmen, 500 darts players, 1,100 people would be afraid of a small bandit?

It seems that he is worried, especially since he still has a hundred Manchurian warriors, you must know that it is very common for thousands of Ming troops to be chased and beaten by one or two hundred Manchurian warriors on the battlefield, not to mention these bandits who are not even as good as the Ming army, what are they worried about.

Fan Yongfa figured this out, and was in a much better mood, although he seemed to have been scolded just now, but isn't it normal for the master to scold the slave?

Fan Yongfa found Lin Dart, explaining that the plan remained unchanged, and the grain and grass must be sent to Zhangjiakou on the 23rd, and Lin Darthead didn't say anything when he saw that Fan Yongfa couldn't do anything, just said that everyone should hurry up and rest, and leave as soon as it gets dark, just in time to cross Niutou Mountain in the middle of the night.

Fan Yongfa agreed.

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At night, Niutou Mountain is silent, and the forest is quiet, and no sound can be heard.

Niutou Mountain, named because the shape of the mountain resembles a bull's head, is a good place for ambushing because of the complex mountain terrain.

"Brother Long, it's time for this, can they come?"

Shi Xiaolei reached out and scratched his butt at this time, there are also big mosquitoes in the mountains and forests in October, and biting on the butt is a big bag, and it is very itchy.

Li Chaolong didn't say a word at this time, looked at the road not far away and said, "Bear with me, I feel that they are coming soon." ”

Shi Xiaolei heard this and said with a smile: "Come on, I've been training the firearms battalion recently, and my marksmanship has made great progress recently, let's put it this way, within one hundred and fifty steps, there is no missing bullet, as long as they dare to show their heads, I will jump the Lin dart head of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau with one shot, and then the leader will die, and the rest of the crowd will be leaderless, won't you and me slaughter you?" ”

Hearing this, Li Chaolong shook his head and said: "This is not necessarily, in the face of ordinary bandits, this trick may still work, but it is not good for the dart game, their model is different from the bandits, this dart game is not the dart head alone, but belongs to all the dart masters, the dart head only accounts for a large share, and the rest of the dart masters account for a small share. ”

Hearing this, Shi Xiaolei smiled and said: "Then I'm not afraid that no matter how fierce they are, they can still beat our muskets?" ”

Li Chaolong said: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, don't be careless." ”

Shi Xiaolei heard this and said: "Okay, I know, I'll take the lead in a while, and you will be responsible for the break, the brigade commander's order is not allowed to let anyone go." ”

Li Chaolong heard this and said: "There is an ambush camp at the mouth of the valley on both sides, as long as they enter the encirclement, they will not be able to escape. ”

Li Chaolong said very confidently that after two years of full-time and completely militarized training, the combat effectiveness of Li Chaolong's regiment is very amazing, and it can be said that even one-on-one is not inferior to the Manchurians.

Li Chaolong is very confident, Lantian Jun is also very confident, their self-confidence is earned by their continuous training and fighting, and they have the confidence to kill everyone.

Li Chaolong said, followed by Shi Xiaolei and said, "By the way, when you left, I remember that you also asked the brigade commander for twenty flowering bombs, where did you put them?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Xiaolei pointed to the side of the road and said: "There are flowering bombs in the grass nearby, don't worry, as long as it is lit, it will be enough for them to drink a pot." ”

The flowering bomb is the kind of weapon invented by Li Chaosheng that uses gunpowder in a jar and then stuffs a blade into it, and after igniting, the jar explodes, and the iron pieces fly out along with the tiles and iron pieces, and the people around them are directly beaten into a sieve, which is very powerful.

Li Chaolong looked at the dark grass nearby and said, "Okay, with this, you can catch them off guard." ”

Li Chaolong said, Shi Xiaolei said: "Don't worry, twenty flowering bombs, I won't kill one or two hundred of them, count me as playing for nothing." ”

Li Chaolong was gossiping with Shi Xiaolei, and suddenly a minion quickly leaned up and carried a walkie-talkie on his back, and then the minion said: "Regiment commander, battalion commander Shi, the front sentry has come to report, and the prey has appeared." ”

Shi Xiaolei and Li Chaolong looked at each other when they heard this, and then took out the night vision device that Li Chaosheng prepared for them, and then they saw that Taniguchi had a towering head, followed by six sturdy men in short dresses, holding long knives, and taking the lead in coming out, six people finished in the shape of words, two by two, two in two, two in front, walking in the middle of the mainland, two people walked on both sides, two steps behind, the knife in their hands was always vigilant, indescribably alert.

At this time, Li Chaolong said: "It's the executioner of the dart bureau, let them over, and the big army is behind." ”