On the hill, Wang Ying was lying on the crooked neck tree at the top of the mountain, mung bean squinted eyes flashed at the foot of the mountain, and looked at it for a while, as if he was chewing something in his mouth, and complained: "Today's sobering soup is a little old!" ”

Zheng Tianshou wanted to run, but after seeing Li Kui yesterday, he wanted to run, and was about to discuss with Wang Ying. Sticking to the cottage is definitely a dead end, and there may be people in the world who can break through Li Kui's arrangement by force under Li Kui's strict defense. But this certainly does not include Wang Ying and Zheng Tianshou.

What strength do they have, can I not know?

Li Kui didn't even bother to kill them.

The only way is to find gaps in the defenses of Yamashita officers. But that's easier said than done. The palm-sized Qingfeng Mountain gathered five or six thousand officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain. Not to mention, which of these people are really forbidden troops, which are the van troops who can temporarily top one, and which are the people who take money and do nothing.

With so many people and so many pairs of eyes, it was a fool's dream for him and Wang Ying to want to run out of the encirclement.

Wang Ying slipped down from the tree, Zheng Tianshou hurriedly greeted him, and asked, "Brother, do you have a chance?" ”

Wang Ying sat on the ground angrily, and said dejectedly: "I kind of understand, Li Kui kept the lives of our brothers to relieve boredom." Yesterday scared us. Today they will set us on fire. This time, it will be difficult for you and my brother to survive. ”

"Just don't do it and keep fighting, go down the mountain and fight with Li Kuina!" The hope of survival was blocked, and Zheng Tianshou immediately became ruthless. He and Wang Ying are not greedy for life and afraid of death, and the evil things that sit down in this life are enough to die ten times. They didn't even have the heart to surrender.

Before, it was a civil official who wanted to catch a principal and use it as a bargaining chip.

It's a pity that he and Zheng Tianshou were blind and took a fancy to Li Kui at a glance. The two of them galloped away like wild dogs with bared teeth, and then fled with a whistling of a stick.

There is a lot of joy and sorrow in the middle, and only the two of them can experience the taste.

Wang Ying said angrily: "Still run down and let Li Kui humiliate this guy once?" ”

He has experience in this area, and yesterday's painful experience makes him unforgettable in this life.

Wang Ying thought about it, even if he committed suicide, he would never give Li Kui a chance to humiliate him again. Zheng Tianshou hugged his head in annoyance, obviously a handsome young man, like an old man who was bankrupt and ruined, his eyes were full of despair.

Wang Ying said: "You can't do nothing. Let the little ones cut down the trees on the mountain to make a clearing, so as not to be roasted by the officers and soldiers. Then let everyone go to the cave and squeeze in, hopefully until the evening. ”

Roast suckling pig, roast lamb, all delicious.

But roasting people, especially which side they are likely to be roasted, will definitely not be too comfortable. If people want to die, there are too many ways, hanging, throwing themselves into the river, taking poison, but basically no one puts themselves in the fire and burns them in this way of death. First, it is too painful, and it is estimated that even desperate people who are determined to die dare not try. In addition, the burned person is unrecognizable, and if it becomes ashes, it will affect the reincarnation.

There are advantages and disadvantages to arson by officers and soldiers.

First of all, after the bushes at the foot of the mountain were burned, the officers and soldiers wanted to sneak attack, and there was nowhere to hide. Of course, the people on the mountain went down and also lost the protection of the vegetation.

As soon as the signal that the officials and soldiers were ready to set fire came out, they immediately went up and down Qingfeng Mountain, as if it had become a construction site for the hot court.

The forbidden army under the mountain was busy logging, but fortunately, in Qingzhou, there were not many tall trees, and the ground was full of stones, and it was difficult to grow tall trees. They are all shrubs two or three people high, not tall, but very dense. Forbidden to cut wood, in order to prevent the spread of the fire could not be controlled. And the bandits are also busy logging, but this is self-help.

As for Zheng Tianshou and Wang Ying, they didn't find a chance to rush down the mountain and fight with the forbidden army, mainly because after suffering losses yesterday, Cao Yuanchun finally thought of a crossbowman.

A large number of crossbowmen were ready for the bandits to descend the mountain, but if any bandit wanted to fish in troubled waters, he had to endure the horror of the rain of arrows.

Cao Yuanchun commanded the men and horses, and after working for most of the day, he finally cleared out a safe area. Only then did he give the order to his subordinates: "Set fire!" ”

Hundreds of ignition points were ignited at about the same time.

Qingfeng Mountain is like a huge pyre, and the flames under the mountain are driven by the heat wave, and they immediately rush up. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the smoke swept through the heat wave, as if it was about to swallow the entire Qingfeng Mountain.

Ahem, ahem

Ahem, ahem

Wang Ying had a rag hanging from his face, soaked and stuck to his nose, and his tears were smoky, accompanied by coughing, which made him miserable. He didn't even have the heart to break with Zheng Tianshou, like a sheepfold in winter, crowded in a small cave. He gasped for thin air. There is a kind of burning heat and discomfort in the chest.

"How many hours?"

"It's getting dark."

"Li Kui, who lacks virtue and smokes, he can't fight with the master in a dignified manner, even if he dies, the master has to die standing up. It is very annoying to be so humiliated by him now. ”

Wang Ying scolded and shouted, and when the fire was a little smaller and he felt a lot more comfortable in his chest, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore and cursed Li Kui.

It seems that his misfortune was completely caused by Li Kui alone.

Zheng Tianshou had already been disgraced, and his white and handsome face had long been smoked into bacon, and he was slightly relieved that he had finally survived.

If it weren't for the springs in the caves, they would have been roasted by the scorching flames.

I finally got up, and saw the scorched earth color that was full of devastation, and from time to time there were minions crawling out of the hiding places. I can't care about anything else, so I can only ask people to check the urgent materials first.

The grain was buried in the ground and was not burned.

Water security.

It seems that the trouble caused by the officers and soldiers to the bandits did not make them unacceptable. The only change is that the mountain gate has been burned down, the vegetation on the mountain is gone, the Juyi Hall is gone, and they can no longer hide down the mountain.

"The owner of the village, more than 20 people died. Everyone else survived. ”

Wang Ying saw the admiring eyes of the minions, and then puffed up his chest and said proudly: "When I went to the grassland to sell cattle and sheep, I also encountered a fire. That's how I survived. ”

Wang Ying showed off his knowledge.

But he didn't say anything, because of the fire, all the cattle and sheep he bought died. The cost has also been lost. In desperation, he fell into the grass.

However, at the moment, Wang Ying does not intend to give up completely, and he has not yet fallen into a desperate situation. There was food and drink on the mountain, and although the trees on it were burned, there were only two ways up the mountain. One is in front of the mountain, which is the mountain road attacked by the forbidden army before. One is behind the mountain. As long as these two roads are guarded, even if the Song army burns down Qingfeng Mountain, it still can't come up.

Wang Ying stood on a stone and shouted arrogantly to his subordinates: "Come and don't be rude, Song Jun will definitely come to search the mountain later." Let's secretly ambush us, and when they come, we will rob and kill them for a while, so that the forbidden army will know that my Qingfeng Mountain hero is not so easy to deal with. ”

"Kill! Kill a piece of armor and leave it behind. ”

"The owner of the village is invincible!"

Wang Ying just listened to this kind of talk.

Without waiting for Wang Ying to shout a few words of courage, Cao Yuanchun, the commander of Qingzhou under the mountain, reorganized his army and prepared to attack the mountain. Originally, Qingfeng Mountain was already a scorched earth, and it was estimated that there were no living people. He thought to himself, if you have a advantage, you don't take advantage of the bastard. At this time, as long as he rushes to the mountain, the credit is not his?

This time, Cao Yuanchun gathered four hundred elites and was led by several of his subordinates. It can be said that the Qingzhou Command Mansion has already come out of the elite, and if it can't defeat Qingfeng Mountain, it means that the Qingzhou Command Mansion has no way to take Qingfeng Mountain.

"Brothers, take Qingfeng Mountain, kill the thief leader, and avenge the stone general!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Between the forbidden troops, on the battlefield, there is still some friendship between them. Cao Yuanchun thought, Qingfeng Mountain has been burned to this ghostly appearance, and the Shi Bao under his command should also die, right?

It's not wrong to use the word revenge.

The army set out and slowly marched up the hill.

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the posture, it seemed to be quite powerful, and nodded vigorously. He didn't look like his brother Ruan Xiaoer, who opened his mouth. When he was outside, Xiao Wu's mouth was still quite tight, and he didn't talk much.

Zhao Tingzhi is also irritable, when people are anxious, they can't help but want to talk to someone to divert the irritability in their hearts. But the most suitable person to chat with him should be Li Kui, who is equivalent to his status and official position, how could Zhao Tingzhi communicate with Li Kui. Seeing Ruan Xiaowu's appearance, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "You kid, do you also understand the method of military formation?" ”

Zhao Tingzhi had heard that there was a Ruan Xiaoer under Li Kui, and now he was a general of the forbidden army. And Ruan Xiaowu obviously does not have the evil and fierce aura of a soldier on Ruan Xiaoer, and he does not look like the main character.

Of course, Ruan Xiaoer didn't want to be a battalion general at all. The civil officials and military generals of the Great Song Dynasty had to take exams to perform their duties. The literary exam, the martial arts exam, and finally the exam paper will fall. And Ruan Xiaoer's knowledge can't support him to paint the exam papers all over at all.

But there was no way, Li Kui asked him to go, if he didn't go, he would definitely be cleaned up by Li Kui.

There are wolves in front and tigers in the back. Ruan Xiaoer could only bow his head.

Xiao Wu does not have an official position, his identity is just a follower by Li Kui's side, not even a book history. This has been a book for two years, and I have learned a sparse and ordinary thing, counting on him to write letters, and there will be some strange symbols in Li Kui's letters to relatives and friends. And these symbols can only be understood by Ruan Xiaowu.

simply, Ruan Xiaowu became Li Kui's guard.

It's just an errand runner.

Ruan Xiaowu looked at Zhao Tingzhi hesitantly, he couldn't figure it out, why did this dog official talk to him? But Ruan Xiaowu still said what was in his heart, and saw that he said seriously: "The slogan is good." ”

Slogan?

Zhao Tingzhi's face darkened, and he was despised. suddenly lost his intention to break with Ruan Xiaowu. On the contrary, Li Kui was in a good mood, and said to Ruan Xiaowu: "Most of this thief should not be dead." Cao Yuanchun doesn't understand bandits, so it's good to suffer some losses. ”

Zhao Tingzhi resented Li Kui's schadenfreude, but he didn't believe that the thief who was burned by the mountain fire could survive. mocked: "Lord Li, this is not a field battle between Western Xia and Qingtang, but a suppression of bandits. Where is it as complicated as you think? ”

Li Kuixin said that he is the most professional in suppressing bandits. One of the Great Song Dynasty is counted as one, and there is no one who dares to compare with him to suppress bandits. However, this is not easy to say, because there are some secrets involved. But it didn't prevent Li Kui from breaking some things that Zhao Tingzhi could understand, which made the old guy uncomfortable: "When the bandit leader chooses a cottage, there are two necessary conditions. ”

Ruan Xiaowu was curious: "What conditions?" ”

"Caves and springs. Without these two things, it is difficult to store food and materials, and secondly, there is no water source, as long as the water source is cut off, it can be caught in the urn. There is a spring on Qingfeng Mountain, and there are caves, I asked the locals before. ”

Li Kui said with a smile, as if he was not an official of the imperial court at all, and he was not a bandit at this time.

Zhao Tingzhi twisted his beard, and in a fit of anger, he actually grabbed several of them, and said angrily: "Why didn't you say it before Cao Tong's attack?" ”

"It's common sense, he wouldn't be unaware, would he?" Li Kui asked with a smile.

Zhao Tingzhi, who was touched by a soft nail, no longer paid attention to Li Kui, and even swore in his heart that he would not say a word to Li Kui in this life.

Mountains.

Cao Yuanchun was very cautious at first, he arrived at the place where Shi Bao and the bandits were fighting with his generals, and did not find the enemy.

Continue to go up the mountain, after the vegetation on the mountain is destroyed, the bandits have no way to hide, and Cao Yuanchun does not have to worry about being attacked by the bandits. As he got closer to the top of the mountain, his wariness became less and less.

Just as he was about to order someone to find Shi Bao's body, suddenly the bandits jumped out of the ashes, and the battle broke out in a flash.

Cao Yuanchun happened to be very close to the place where the other party was hiding, and immediately fell into a panic. Wang Ying saw the opportunity and rushed towards Cao Yuanchun. It's not like hiding his strength like he did with Shi Bao. As soon as the battle began, he had all the strength to come forward and attack.

"Kill!"

Slashed and killed two of Cao Yuanchun's personal guards one after another, Wang Ying suddenly yelled at Cao Yuanchun, the person had jumped in the air, the long knife was raised high, and he slashed at Cao Yuanchun with great force.

The children of the powerful of the Jiangmen did not spend a lot of effort on honing their martial arts.

Cao Yuanchun lost the lead, but he had no intention of surrendering, but struggled to resist. The knife in his hand was raised horizontally to block, if it weren't for the panic, he could perfectly defend against Wang Ying's attack. But it was too hasty, so he was a little embarrassed to resist, and he retreated one after another, making him in danger.

But Wang Ying knew that Cao Yuanchun did not let him find an opportunity, but his defense became more and more stable.

This made Wang Ying anxious and shouted: "Brother Zheng, let's go together." ”

Zheng Tianshou also knew that he wanted to cooperate sincerely, so he desperately forced back the Song generals who were entangled with him, and turned his head directly and rushed towards Cao Yuanchun.

"Protect the General!"

"He's still a general, he's a big fish."

Cao Yuanchun faced two good players at once, and the pressure rose sharply. He secretly hated his subordinates for being ineffective, and at the same time shouted: "Kill this fang, and the servant will be pardoned." ”

According to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, only the leader of the bandits has to worry about their lives, and under normal circumstances, the minions will be filled with the army, and if they are lucky, they will be absorbed into the Xiang army.

It's a pity that Cao Yuanchun's words didn't move the thieves, but he was under the attack, and he was slashed on the arm. He immediately discarded the knife and drew the hand knife from his waist to meet the enemy.

Coincidentally, at this time, his subordinate Hong Zhong rushed over and found that Cao Yuanchun was injured, so he hurriedly ordered a retreat: "Escort the general down the mountain." ”

The battle between the two sides lasted less than half an hour before it ended hastily. When going up the mountain, the forbidden army was in high spirits, and the moment they came down the mountain, the flag was crooked, and the soldiers were panicked.

Fortunately, the bandits were also tossed by the smoke and fire for a day, and they had no intention of pursuing.

This made Zhao Tingzhi, who was staring at the battle situation at the bottom of the mountain, anxious and angry. What's anxious is that Cao Yuanchun is the commander of Qingzhou and a general. If he folded in Qingfeng Mountain, the reputation of the three hundred thieves in Qingzhou would immediately rise, and the entire Great Song Dynasty would be targeted. Even with it, Zhao Tingzhi had to be unlucky and be held accountable by the Dushitang. And angrily, he thought that he had fallen for Li Kui again.

Setting fire had no effect at all, and none of the bandits died.

When Cao Yuanchun returned, fortunately, the loss in this battle was not large, but Cao Yuanchun injured his arm and could not go to the battlefield.

At this time, Han Dahu, who had been a spectator for a few days, was angry and rushed to the top of his head, no longer caring about his identity, stepped forward, stopped in front of Zhao Tingzhi, and volunteered: "My lord, let the humble man go up the mountain and kill this fang." ”

Zhao Tingzhi glanced at Han Dahu, even the forbidden army was defeated, you are a regimental training envoy, training is still a peasant soldier, what's the use of going up?

Besides, Han Dahu is the brother-in-law of the concubine, if he dies in Qingfeng Mountain, he won't be able to eat and walk around. Immediately, he scolded angrily: "Stand down, there is no place for you to speak here!" ”

Night.

In the Qingfeng Village camp, the first team of cavalry left the camp and headed towards Qizhou City.

Qizhou.

On the edge of a grange in the suburbs, a young man rode on a horse, moving around and galloping with a war horse between his legs. Suddenly, he took off the longbow that hung on his horse, and with three feathered arrows between the fingers of his right hand, he quickly drew the bow and shot the arrows...... The three feathered arrows flew in a straight line towards the bull's-eye a hundred paces away.

Whoosh

The arrows are not missing.

Only then did the young man smile and prepare to go home.

Suddenly, more than a dozen horsemen on the avenue rushed to the manor non-stop.

The young man's face changed slightly, and he hurried towards Zhuangzi. When he entered the manor, he immediately caught the steward and asked, "Who is in the village?" ”

"Young master, it is the Marquis Yu of the Xuanfu Envoy Yamen, and it seems that he wants to let the master go on the expedition."

The young man said nervously, "How can this work?" Daddy was sick, and I went to reason with people. When you don't use it, you abandon it like a shoe, and now you have to use people to fight, only to remember, how can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

As he spoke, he rushed recklessly into the backyard.

"Father."

Hua Mu smiled awkwardly: "Let the two of you work, this is a dog." Wait a minute, you two, I'll order someone to clean your armor, and then I'll go with you......" He coughed without saying a few words.

The young man hurriedly found a large coat, draped it on his back, and said worriedly: "Father, you are sick now, how can you go to war?" ”

Hua Mu reluctantly squeezed out a smile of relief, and then became worried again: "If you don't go, you can't do it, your Uncle Cao was cut by a thief." Even if I can't help, I should go and see him. In the past few years, my family has been taken care of by him a lot. ”

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

The former control of Qizhou is in trouble, and there will inevitably be villains who will bully the door. But there are also those who lend a helping hand, and Cao Yuanchun is a friend of the Hua family.

This is a favor, a favor that has to be returned.

In particular, Cao Yuanchun's injury made Hua Mu very anxious.

The young star's eyes condensed, and then he turned to the official who gave the order and said, "Can you let the kid go on the expedition instead of my father?" ”

"You ......"

The other party drew back and forth on the faces of the young man and Hua Mu, and then nodded and said, "Yes." ”

After all, if you take a sick ghost to the front line, I'm afraid that Lord Zhao will be angry with him. Although it is not in accordance with the rules to take Hanamu's son to go, it is better than a trip for nothing, right?

The other person asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Under Hanagae!" The young man said respectfully.