Chapter 124: The Hunt (I)
Seventy miles east of Linchang, the forest is deep and the trees are lush, the empty valley is secluded, and it is the largest hunting ground in Jingqi Road.
The dignitaries and dignitaries of Linchang City often come here to hunt in their spare time.
In the depths of the hunting ground, there is a small tea shop, which is specially designed for old men to rest here when they are tired of playing.
But now this tea shop has changed owners.
Chu He was dressed in a small second clothes, sitting on a bench, with a piece of hay in his mouth, and looked into the distance.
Sitting opposite him was Di Yansheng, dressed a little stronger, playing the role of the shopkeeper.
Aside from the two of them, on the surface, there are no outsiders in this tea shop.
But in fact, under this tea shop, there is a special cave.
After several messages and communication between Jiang Wuxian and Zhang Di, the ambush location was finally set here.
After Zhang Di drove away the original owner of this tea shop, he relied on the original vegetable cellar and sent people to secretly construct and dig a huge space enough to accommodate hundreds of people underground.
And now, Xu Conghu and Shazhuang Tuozheng are leading a hundred elites of the White Feather Battalion to hide underground.
Jiang Wuxian didn't come, his little body came up with an idea, but when it was time to shout and kill, he could only drag his feet.
The reason why the person he brought this time was the White Feather Camp instead of the Hundred Tiger Camp, Jiang Wuxian had his own considerations.
Originally, in order to be foolproof this time, I asked Xu Conghu for help, and I had already divided part of the credit. If the Hundred Tigers Battalion takes action again, then the final credit will be taken by others, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for others.
Xu Conghu didn't say anything about this matter, but Shazhuang Tuo strongly objected, saying that the strongest soldiers should be allowed to complete the most difficult tasks.
Di Yansheng, who has always had a good temper, was furious when he heard this, saying that although their White Feather Battalion was mainly archers, they were definitely first-class good fighters in close combat and field combat.
Di Yansheng made a military order in front of Chu He, if the operation failed, the White Feather Battalion was willing to take all the responsibility, and he, as the main general, should apologize for his own crimes.
Seeing that he had said everything to this, Shazhuang Tuo was reluctant and had no choice.
This plan is also at the top secret level within the Liang Army, except for the participants, Chu He only made a simple report to Chen Shi, but the old man felt annoyed after listening to it for a while, and asked them to let it go, and look for him when they needed his help.
The current general, Chen Shi, hangs out with Cui Qingshan all day long, and spends most of the day drinking and fishing.
On the contrary, Wang Minglun is old and strong, and he is energetic in the old school, and he still devotes himself to military affairs.
And after the offensive and defensive battle of Ba'an Mountain, the former head of gunmanship, the current captain Wu Zhiwei, has eased the relationship with the main general Wang Minglun, and has become one of the core high-level leaders of the Jinjia Battalion. Of course, this is also more due to his good personal relationship with Chu He.
Neither Cui Qingshan nor Wang Minglun knew about this operation, otherwise they would definitely be shouting for them to be sent to carry out the mission, and they would be in trouble.
At this time, Chu He and Di Yansheng sat together, not at all nervous, but very much looking forward to the arrival of General Sheng Guo Zhendong.
Chu He has been in this world for half a year, and he feels more and more like a fish in water here.
"Lao Di, come on, come on, it is estimated that the guests will arrive for a while, let's have a drink first."
Outside the hunting grounds.
Zhou Shikai and Gu Qingshan were both dressed in strong suits, with a saber at their waists, carrying quivers, riding on horses, and standing side by side at the front of the hunting team.
Behind them, there are two or three hundred horsemen, most of whom are the elite of the army responsible for protecting their masters, and they still have a big task today, which is to play well with the adults, not to steal the limelight, and not to let the adults not be able to hit a prey.
So it's a technical job, and they need to be skilled in how to drive away their prey, and after chasing those prey to the point where they can't run, they can quietly drive them to the adults for people to shoot.
In the hunting team, in addition to these elite soldiers, they are the dignitaries and dignitaries in Linchang City.
There are high-ranking officials in the eastern border like Zhang Di who are loyal to Zhou Shikai, and there are also wealthy businessmen headed by the Feng family. Anyway, in Linchang City, all the big people who can be regarded as their own people by King Ming, without exception, are all present.
Today's collective hunting is obviously different from the past, because today Zhendong General Gu Qingshan was invited, which is the first time in the world.
The big shots, who have all lived to become human spirits, speculated that this was a signal released by Lord Ming to ease relations with the imperial court.
Before leaving, Si Tao, the deputy commander of the inner guards, who had been following Gu Qingshan's side, came to Zhou Shikai's side and said with some concern: "Lord Mingwang, are the guards we brought a little small, I'm afraid ......"
Before Si Tao could say all his worries, he was interrupted by Zhou Shikai's laughter.
"Hahaha, I said Grand Commander, you are really a little too careful, we are not a palace here, there are not so many assassins. It seems that you are usually too nervous, for fear that someone will be unfavorable to us Lord Gu, it must be okay here today, you can relax and relax. ”
Si Tao turned his head to look at Master Gu, who was in charge of protecting, and Gu Qingshan also nodded at him, signaling that he didn't need to be too nervous.
Seeing this, Si Tao naturally couldn't say anything anymore, and retreated behind Gu Qingshan, but the worried look between his eyebrows did not decrease at all.
On the left and right sides of the hunting procession, there were ten large drums standing respectively, and behind the drums stood shirtless soldiers of the Eastern Army, all of them fierce dragons and tigers.
With Zhou Shikai's order, the scene suddenly became noisy, and this hunt aimed at getting closer to General Zhendong officially began.
Zhou Shikai rushed into the hunting ground first, and Gu Qingshan also held the longbow in his hand and followed.
The hunting team of nearly 300 people had all rushed into the deep forest in the blink of an eye.
Before they knew it, they had been in for more than an hour, and Zhou Shikai, who was a little weak in his body, was still very excited although he was sweating a lot, because he had hunted a wild boar and a fawn.
On the other hand, Gu Qingshan was more miserable, and after working for a long time, he shot a hare, which made him quite unwilling.
And Zhou Shikai kept stimulating him beside him, saying that he didn't pull the bow correctly, and his arms were weak, etc., which made him more depressed in his chest.
At this time, they came to a fork in the road, Zhou Shikai rolled his eyes, raised his hand and asked everyone to stop.
Zhang Di wasted no time in coming up, "Two adults, I think it's really boring for us to hunt like this, the lower officials have a proposal, I don't know if it can be called the hearts of the adults." ”
Zhou Shikai stretched out his hand to stroke his beard and smiled: "You kid has a lot of flowers and intestines, say it." ”
Zhang Di pointed to the fork in front of him and said, "Let's go to the side, how about a hunting competition?" ”