Chapter 40: Landing in Liaodong
The next day, Zhuang Shaoyou came to the mountainside to see Mohai.
Mo Hai looked at the two arrows in front of him, silent for a long time, unable to say a word.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at Mo Hai and didn't speak.
After a long time, Mo Hai sighed and said, "I will handle this matter properly, you can rest assured." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou scolded in his heart, what kind of bullshit reply is this? Properly handled? What is the proper law? At most, lock him up!
Damn, forget it, who said that they still need the Mo family! For the sake of my future wife, I won't care about them,
Anyway, I wasn't hurt, and I didn't have any mental loss this year, so bear with it!
"Thank you, senior! The juniors said goodbye. After Zhuang Shaoyou finished speaking, he got up and left.
After Zhuang Shaoyou came out of Mohai, he went to find Moshi again and discussed leaving here and how to transport his 400 cavalry.
Mo Shi frowned and said: "It's not difficult to get to Liaodong from here, the key is that the transportation of your four hundred iron horses is quite troublesome, although my Mo family's mechanism technique is exquisite, but after all, the strength is limited, and there is not enough manpower and material resources to build a bigger ship."
Even if three large ships are used, only a maximum of fifty horses can be transported at one time, and the loading and unloading of seasickness horses is not a small trouble, and a lot of preparation is required. People can transport more, hundreds of people at a time.
It takes at least three days to make a round trip, which means that it takes at least 20 days to transport around the clock, but it also takes at least a month to complete the bad weather conditions such as wind direction, fog, wind and waves, and it is about to enter the winter. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou hesitated for a moment and said, "Then how much can you transport, in addition, can you prepare some bows and crossbows for me, I see that your Mo family's repeater is very useful." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou remembered the two arrows last night, and now he is still a little afraid, if it weren't for the magic of the book of heaven, he might have hung up, but the crossbow is really good, the impact force is so big, and it is two shots at a time, which is much stronger than the bow and arrow in his hand.
Moshi hesitated, but agreed, and then prepared to go.
After lunch, Zhuang Shaoyou and Moshi mobilized three big boats and headed for the small fishing village on the coast of Bohai County.
Arrived at Zhuang Shaoyou at dark and discussed with several centurions for a while, and decided to start tomorrow, divided into seven groups of men and horses, first transport Qinling's hundred-man team and fifty miles of Xiliang good horses, and then transport people over one by one, and finally horses.
Early the next morning, everyone hurriedly packed up and boarded the ship, and they were busy for more than an hour before setting off and heading towards Liaodong. Along the way, the northwest wind howled, which was quite smooth, and a day and a half later, we arrived at the southernmost point of Liaodong.
This place belongs to the territory of Liaodong County.
As soon as Zhuang Shaoyou, Qin Ling and others got off the boat, their subordinates vomited a mess, Zhuang Shaoyou was a little strange, is this the legendary seasickness? Then why didn't you react? His subordinates reacted so much, and Moshi also watched with a smile from the side.
Everyone camped nearby and rested for the night, and the next day Moshi took a boat back to Jizhou and fainted.
Zhuang Shaoyou led fifty of his men to ride north, and the remaining fifty rested in place.
Zhuang Shaoyou didn't walk fast, because he had to explore the village everywhere, but he didn't encounter a village after running all day, and he sighed a little in his heart, this place is really desolate! At dusk, the scout came to report: "Report to the general, the village has been found ten miles ahead." ”
After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, they hadn't seen a living person for a long time, and their hearts were also very depressed, and when they heard that there was a village, they immediately lifted their spirits, and Zhuang Shaoyou was also very happy, and took everyone to gallop towards the village.
After arriving in the village, it turned out that every household was close to the doors and windows, Zhuang Shaoyou personally rode a horse around the village, and did not find a single figure, the sky was almost dark, and there was no household with lights.
Zhuang Shaoyou was very surprised, so he casually found a household to knock on the door, and knocked for a long time without answering.
Zhuang Shaoyou ordered his subordinates to slam the door open, but as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, an old man rushed out with a kitchen knife and shouted:
"You beasts are not as good as you, I fought with you!"
Zhuang Shaoyou quickly dodged the guess of the split, grabbed the old man's hand holding the knife, threw the kitchen knife on the ground, and the old man sat on the ground in despair.
At this moment, a girl's voice came: "Grandpa! You damned bandits, I'm fighting with you! Zhuang Shaoyou watched in surprise as a seventeen-year-old girl rushed out of the house, holding a pair of scissors in her hand, and rushed towards Zhuang Shaoyou.
The old man on the ground looked at it and exclaimed, "Xing'er, didn't you hide it?" What are you doing out there? You stupid boy! After saying that, he fell to the ground in despair.
What kind of madness are these grandparents and grandchildren going on? How do you cut people when you see them? But this sister is really smart~
Zhuang Shaoyou just wanted to stop the girl, but Qin Ling rushed over first, and the female uniform was divided by three strikes and five times, and the posture was still a little ambiguous.
Zhuang Shaoyou rolled his eyes, what is there to rob about this kind of thing, eighty percent of it is Qin Ling who has taken a fancy to others, and he is afraid that he will be preempted by himself again.
Zhuang Shaoyou didn't bother to pay attention to him, and stepped forward to help the old man up, the old man looked at him in horror, Zhuang Shaoyou said:
"Old man, don't be afraid, we came from other places, we first came here, we are not familiar with the place, it is dark again, we want to spend the night in this village, but the door of this family is tight, and there is no light, so we have to bang on the door, we will compensate you for your losses, don't be afraid."
Zhuang Shaoyou touched his nose after speaking, why is this scene familiar? It seems to be very similar to the lines of the master of so-and-so great sage.
The old man was stunned on the spot, as if he was not what he thought. glanced at Zhuang Shaoyou with some concern, as if he was a kind-faced young man, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly looked at his granddaughter Xing'er, who was subdued by Qin Ling, and became anxious again.
Zhuang Shaoyou glared at Qin Ling, and Qin Ling reluctantly let go of his hand
The old man breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly beckoned Zhuang Shaoyou into the house to speak
In the dark house, a dim light lit up, so that the whole house can barely see, Zhuang Shaoyou glanced around the whole house, an earthen stove is connected to a paved earthen kang, there is a broken quilt on the kang, a few broken cotton jackets are placed in the corner of the kang, there is a big wooden box on the side of the kang, it looks like it has been some years, and next to the stove is a large water tank, which has been somewhat damaged.
I'm dripping grass! This is also where people live? What is called the four walls of the family, it is estimated that this is the extent.
Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't bear to look at it any longer, and hurriedly talked to the old man: "Old man, what is the name of this place?" And what's going on in the neighborhood? Why do you close the doors and windows of every house before it gets dark? ”
The old man sighed and said, "General, my surname is Liu, and this is my granddaughter Xing'er." The name of this place is Liujiazhuang, ten miles to the northeast is the county seat, and I don't know what is further north.
Here are the people who couldn't survive in the original, moved to Liaodong, but Liaodong was cold, everyone couldn't stand it, so they ran all the way to the south, I followed my grandfather to this place when I was a child, and never left.
Since the beginning of the year, the Yellow Turban Army has been uneasy here, and the county has kept urging food and money, and everyone's life is becoming more and more difficult, but they all want to be comfortable here, and no one wants to leave.
However, since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Army, there was a group of pirates in the vicinity who also carried the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, and at night they robbed everything, including food, women, young and strong, and sometimes even the iron pot at home.
The nearby government also sent people to suppress it, but since the officers and soldiers, the yellow turban thief ran to the boat, and then changed places to rob again, and the government had no choice. It's been a mess for half a year. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou frowned and glanced at Qin Ling, Qin Ling was very innocent, although he was also a Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turban Army that followed General Tiangong was a loyal believer in Taiping Dao, and rarely robbed, only those bandits and bandits under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army did this.
Zhuang Shaoyou then asked, "Old man, how many pirates are there?" What kind of weapon is in your hand? ”
The old man pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I heard that there must be thousands of people!" However, their whereabouts are uncertain, and they do not go out in groups, sometimes they are divided into three or four places a night to rob. Nearby villages have been looted. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou roughly understood some of the situation, and then said to Qin Ling: "Leave them two catties of horse meat, let's go." ”
Qin Ling reluctantly glanced at Xing'er, then stuffed the horse meat into her hand, and then reported to her family with a smile: "Miss Xing'er, my name is Qin Ling, and we will meet later." ”
After Zhuang Shaoyou and the others left Liu Laohan's house, they gave up their plans to stay in the village, but only found a hidden hill to camp and rest in a place of force outside the village with their brothers, and Qin Ling arranged for people to keep an eye on the situation in the village.
In the middle of the night, Zhuang Shaoyou had already fallen asleep, and suddenly the scout came to report: "General, there are many people from outside the village, I lit a torch, there are about two or three hundred people." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou immediately sobered up after hearing this, woke up his subordinates, quickly formed the formation, and put the crossbow on the bow. Then gallop towards the village.
Zhuang Shaoyou and the others rode Xiliang's good horse, and arrived at the village in a quarter of an hour, and saw that the village was in chaos, and there were shouts and killings everywhere, and they couldn't help but be angry
This group of dog-day pirates actually did these things in the name of the Yellow Turban Army, although Zhuang Shaoyou didn't agree with the Yellow Turban Army, but he still had some feelings
Those pirates were scattered around robbing, the village was scolding and crying, Zhuang Shaoyou ordered:
"A team of ten, divided into five teams, spread out to clear and suppress, be careful not to be surrounded, all pirates, no mercy! Old don't need captives! ”
Listening to the order, forty cavalrymen quickly divided into four groups and galloped in four directions.
Zhuang Shaoyou and Qin Ling led a team to kill in front of them, and they hacked more than a dozen pirates to death on the road and saved some people
Qin Ling was a little anxious, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "General, I want to go and see Liu Laohan, after all, the door of his house was broken by us." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou smiled slightly, let's go together.
After a while, everyone killed all the way to Liu Laohan's house, only to see that the broken door was trampled on the ground.
Qin Ling was in a hurry, and he couldn't care so much, so he rushed into the courtyard, and Liu Laohan's screams came from the courtyard,
Zhuang Shaoyou also hurriedly rushed in, and as soon as he entered, he found that there were more than a dozen pirates in the courtyard, and Qin Ling had already rushed up to kill two of them.
The remaining pirates are besieging Qinling, and the old man Liu in the house let out a hysterical cry, and there are apricots crying,
Zhuang Shaoyou's heart was not good, and he pulled out his sword and struck the most violent Vermilion Bird style to split a pirate who rushed up into pulp, and the blood of his internal organs was sprinkled all over the ground.
This frightened the pirates, and their soldiers also swarmed up, taking the opportunity to slash and kill the pirates.
Qin Ling held the knife in both hands and opened and closed widely, killing red eyes.
Zhuang Shaoyou changed his swordsmanship, and he didn't leave his hands anymore, as soon as he made a move, he was ruthless, each move could kill a pirate, and the remaining pirates were shrunk in the corner, Zhuang Shaoyou signaled his men to clean up the mess, and he and Qin Ling hurriedly rushed into the house.
In the house, Liu Laohan was lying on the ground dying, bleeding from his mouth, his eyes were staring at the bed, a big man on the bed was smiling obscenely, and kept reaching out to tear Xing'er's clothes, Xing'er was torn all over her body and only had a red belly pocket, but she kept sobbing and resisting in vain, and Nahan seemed to enjoy this feeling.
The moment the two entered the house, the strong man seemed to notice it, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he immediately jumped off the kang, took the heavy knife that he visited by the bedside, and looked at Zhuang Shaoyou.
As soon as Zhuang Shaoyou responded to the battle, Qin Ling shouted: "General, let me come!" I'm going to chop this bastard! ”
The strong man on the opposite side smiled when he heard it: "Little, you have a kind, uncle will play with you today, uncle, I will slowly digest you and cut off the flesh on your body piece by piece."
And the little white face next to you, our Qu Shuai likes you to breed rabbits the most, hehe, don't worry, I won't kill you, I pointed to you to receive the silver from Qu Shuai. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou's face was expressionless, and he didn't make another move, just looked at this person, estimating that this person and Qinling were ten miles away, so let them take a look, and he could help at any time.
Qin Ling was furious, held the big knife with both hands, and opened the strong man's heavy knife, and then slashed seven times in a row, and the strong man kept blocking with the heavy knife, which didn't look very difficult.
Qin Ling slashed seven knives in a row, a little panting, took two steps back, the strong man was unforgiving, and another fierce heavy knife slashed his head and covered his face
Although Qin Ling was angry, he had not lost his mind, and the tactics and habits honed by long-term battlefield fighting, exchanging the greatest killing effect for the smallest effort was the way to survive on the battlefield.
Qin Ling didn't fight hard, but quickly dodged half a step, and the knife hit the side of the heavy knife, and the strong man was hit by the side after a heavy knife was slashed into the air, and he was a little staggering
However, his arm strength was amazing, and he quickly came back with a knife, and then another heavy knife slashed, Qin Ling's old skill was repeated, and he dodged half a step, and he was about to sideways the heavy knife.
The strong man smiled, the heavy knife quickly changed direction, changing the vertical chop to a horizontal chop, Qin Ling didn't have time to change his moves, so he could only fight hard,
However, the strong man's arm strength was outstanding, and the heavy knife was thick, and the Qinling knife was popped out, and he had the upper hand for a while.
Qin Ling and the strong man were in a stalemate for a moment, and then fought together with knives, Zhuang Shaoyou was a little anxious on the side, so he rolled his eyes,
Seeing that the strong man held a knife in both hands and struck at Qin Ling, he quickly kicked a bench on the ground.
The strong man didn't pay attention to his feet at all, but when he rushed forward, he stepped on the bench with one foot, and his body staggered.
Qin Ling seized the opportunity, flexibly avoided the crooked heavy knife, and slashed through the strong man's neck, and a stream of blood spurted out.
A voice came from the room: "Ah! ~~~~~".
The strong man watched in horror at the blood spurting from his neck, and fell to the ground, his eyes gradually losing their luster.