Chapter 42: True and False Yellow Turbans (2)
Zhuang Shaoyou led his cavalry to the south of the mountain pass, and arrived there in a quarter of an hour, and sent a signal to Liu Er and others in the mountain pass, and withdrew to the mountain, the mountain horses were inconvenient to walk, so he sent a few people to drive the horses to the depths of the mountain to rest.
Zhuang Shaoyou took the remaining more than 40 people with crossbow machines to ambush in the mountain pass.
After another quarter of an hour, the pirates swarmed in, and more than seven hundred pirates reached the mountain pass, and carefully watched for ambushes according to the instructions of the great master.
A small group of 100 pirates was sent to the mountain pass to explore the way, the team leader with a bitter face and his men trembling in, after a while, dozens of screams came, part of the trap set by Liu Er played a role, more than 100 people shot with bows and arrows, more than 100 people only 30 or 40 people escaped back.
The big boss was a little angry: "Waste, a bunch of waste!" The sword and shield men will go up to me and cut down these dirt bags! ”
As soon as the big boss spoke, the two hundred sword and shield men of the pirates immediately rushed towards the mountain pass, and they might die if they entered, but if they didn't listen to the big boss, they would be worse than death.
Seeing more than two hundred sword and shield hands rushing up, Zhuang Shaoyou frowned slightly, and ordered Liu Er to lead people to retreat inside. He led more than forty of his men to throw a round of crossbow arrows, killing dozens of pirates and then retreated.
The pirates' sword and shield men were in hot pursuit, and when the big boss saw this, he thought about it for a while, but still ordered all the pirates to pursue, and the pirates rushed into the mountains.
Half an hour later, Zhuang Shaoyou and Liu Er retreated to the second place in the mountain to set up traps, and everyone looked for favorable terrain to set up bows and crossbows.
A moment later, the pirates' sword and shield hands arrived here first, and this time the pirates were smart, using their shields to be vigilant against the arrows in front and above, not giving Zhuang Shaoyou a chance to throw a sneak attack
Zhuang Shaoyou didn't release the arrows, the second was to let Liu Er release the arrows to lure the enemy, and most of the few wooden arrows that were sparsely pulled hit the pirates' shields, and the pirates were overjoyed, and then rushed towards Zhuang Shaoyou and the others.
But before he arrived, he suddenly found that something was wrong under his feet, followed by a scream, most of the pirate sword and shield men had traps, these traps were much more powerful than those copycats in the mountain pass, and the pirates fell into a piece, and the formation was in chaos.
Zhuang Shaoyou and others took the opportunity to release arrows, but they were killed again, and the pirate sword and shield men were basically wiped out, and only a few dozen people managed to escape.
After a while, the five hundred pirates who were in the back were killed, and the pirate boss saw that the sword and shield man suffered heavy losses, and stabbed the leader of the sword and shield hand to death with a sword, and the surrounding pirates were silent.
The big boss looked ahead and ordered loudly: "Everyone rush up for me, at all costs, destroy them, I will see how many traps they can have!" ”
The big boss was right, the trap was indeed gone.
When the pirates swarmed up, they really didn't find any traps.
Seeing this, Zhuang Shaoyou smiled: "Everyone listen to the order, release the rocket, and put it in the place where the hay is hidden!" See if I don't burn you dogs! ”
More than 40 crossbow machines and more than 100 strong men led by Liu Er quickly ignited the prepared rockets and shot towards the place where the hay had been buried in advance.
In a moment, the entire forest was in flames, Zhuang Shaoyou, Liu Er and others were on high ground, and they had nothing to do for the time being, desperately shooting pirates fleeing in all directions.
The big boss was shocked when he saw this, and shouted: "Hurry up and retreat, retreat out of the mountain!" ”
The pirates habitually obeyed the orders of the great masters, so they fled out of the mountains.
Zhuang Shaoyou laughed and ordered: "Someone! Send a signal to Qinling, the pirates have fled out of the mountain, close the net! ”
When the pirates' rear team saw the opportunity to flee to the mountain pass and was about to escape, Qin Ling rushed from the hiding place with fifty brothers, and after a few rounds of rockets, the entire mountain pass immediately became a sea of fire.
Then lead people to guard this mountain pass, and occasionally those who escape by chance will be shot to death.
The northwest wind was blowing, and the fire took advantage of the wind to burn the entire mountain forest into a sea of fire, and the pirates inside would definitely not survive, but Zhuang Shaoyou's face was becoming more and more difficult to see.
Looking at the growing fire, he was very anxious, but he still resolutely ordered: "Liu Er, you go and inform the village chief, take the villagers to the mountains again, and run as far as possible!" ”
Then he led his men down and led the horses to run.
Qin Ling was originally very happy, but this time he wiped out all the pirates, so he had to go to Xing'er to brag about it, maybe Xing'er was moved and worshiped after hearing it, and he promised to do so.
But Qin Ling gradually stopped his imagination, looked at the fire that was burning more and more, and looked very anxious, and hurriedly sent his subordinates to quickly find water to extinguish the fire, regardless of whether it worked
His boss Zhuang Shaoyou, his future wife (wishful thinking) Xing'er, are all in the mountains, if this is burned, there will be no return!
The two of them in Qinling outside the mountain were desperately looking for water to fight the fire, and Zhuang Shaoyou and the villagers in the mountain were running desperately.
Zhuang Shaoyou prayed desperately while running: God, Jade Emperor, Buddha, God, hurry up to extinguish the fire and save these innocent people!
Help me again!
Zhuang Shaoyou didn't notice it, and the heavenly book in his arms emitted bursts of faint golden light.
There was a sigh on Zhongnan Mountain.
A quarter of an hour later, the night sky was even darker, a lightning bolt pierced the sky, a thunderclap sounded, and the raindrops of beans fell from the sky in a hurry, slapping Zhuang Shaoyou's face fiercely, as if to teach him to do things without considering the consequences.
However, Zhuang Shaoyou was not annoyed at all, but stopped happily, and everyone who fled for their lives also stopped, and with a burst of cheers, everyone lifted Zhuang Shaoyou high, and then threw it at the sky, and then dispersed.
The sharp pain in his waist did not stop Zhuang Shaoyou's excitement, it is really an endless road!
Half a day later, the rain cleared.
Everyone shivered incessantly in their soaked clothes, and now it has entered November, and the weather is gradually getting cooler, and the mountain wind in the mountains is very cold, blowing on everyone's body makes people shiver.
When everyone passed by the pirate's burial place, there was no complete corpse in sight, and the air was so foul that the villagers couldn't help but vomit. So Zhuang Shaoyou led everyone to speed up and return to the village.
An hour later, Zhuang Shaoyou sat on the hot kang at the village chief's house, changed into dry clothes, and drank ginger soup.
The village chief looked at him happily from the side, and didn't know what to say.
Liu Er opened the curtain and came in, and said loudly: "Benefactor, you are the most heroic character I have ever seen, I, Liu Er, admire you very much, please allow me to follow you in the future!" ”
The village chief next to him was angry when he heard this, so he picked up the soles of his shoes and patted them, and scolded: "You are unfilial, you think about being a soldier and fighting all day long, have you forgotten how your eldest brother died?" If you die again, who will give me a pension? The village chief scolded and cried.
Liu Er said stubbornly: "Dad, as the saying goes, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, if no one goes to be a soldier to fight, the world will never be peaceful, and the people will never have a good life, even if you kill me, I will go, I am going to work hard now, just so that my children and grandchildren can live a good life without having to work hard!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou listened to Liu Er's words next to him, and he was very energetic, and praised: "Well said! In this world, we men have to go to the battlefield and come out of a peaceful and prosperous world for Sun Bo! This is the pure man! ”
The village chief was silent when he heard this, and Liu Er saw that there was a play, so he hurriedly added fire and said: "Dad, the benefactor is clever, you see that no one died in such a big battle last night, he is definitely a god!" I'll be fine with my benefactor! ”
The village chief was silent for a long time, then nodded at the end and walked out of the door.
Liu Er was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted like those soldiers: "General, I, Liu Er, will follow you in the future, you say to the east, I will definitely not go to the west!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou jumped off the kang and helped Liu Er up and said, "Okay! It's a man! In the future, follow me to fight the world! Liu Er, from today you will change your name to Liu Hu, don't call Liu Er, if you become a general in the future, this name will have to be more magnificent, right? ”
Liu Er was overjoyed and said: "General Xie gave me a name, and I will be called Liu Hu in the future." Then he went out in a hurry.
The next morning, before dawn, Zhuang Shaoyou got up and practiced swords at the door of the village chief's house.
After practicing for just half an hour, as soon as the day dawned, Liu Hu (Liu Er) came, with a large group of strong men behind him, all of whom had participated in the pirate extermination war yesterday.
Liu Hu (Liu Er) stepped forward and saluted: "Liu Hu has seen the general!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou stopped practicing his sword, frowned slightly, and said, "Liu Hu, so early in the morning, why did you bring these people to me?" ”
"Report to the general, these brothers all fought with you yesterday, and they admire the general's courage very much, they all came here to follow the general, and they forgot to take the general in."
Zhuang Shaoyou's heart immediately understood, and knocked Liu Hu's head: "It must be your big mouth showing off everywhere again." ”
There were about forty or fifty strong men in that group, all of them were good strong guys, and when they saw Zhuang Shaoyou frowning, they immediately stepped forward to confess in a hurry:
"General, let us follow you!"
"Yes, general, I'm more powerful than that Liu Hu, I've shot one of the tigers in the mountains!"
"General, don't listen to his nonsense, that tiger was shot to death by him after I buried the trap!"
"General, I taught him how to dig that trap!"
"General......
"Stop!!"
When Zhuang Shaoyou heard this, this was all a mess, so he quickly asked them to stop, glanced at everyone, and said:
"Follow me!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered.
"However, I have a few conditions: first, it must be agreed to by your family; Second, you have to take my test, and only those who pass can join; Third, after joining, you must unconditionally obey the order! ”
When the people heard this, they immediately began to talk about it, and after a while they all dispersed and went home to do their work.
Zhuang Shaoyou shook his head helplessly, glared at Liu Hu, and continued to practice his sword.
After breakfast, a large number of strong men came to the door of the village chief's house, and it is estimated that all those who participated in the war yesterday came.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at these people in surprise, how could there be so many more in such a short time, and he couldn't help but have a headache again, it was good to be able to expand his strength, but he didn't have a fixed territory, how could he feed them?
His own group of brothers is relying on eating the old bottom to stand up, at most half a month, the old bottom will be gone, although you can borrow some food from Mojia Island at that time, but people are also limited.
Zhuang Shaoyou pondered for a long time and sent Liu Hu to call them from Qinling.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Ling gathered with a team of 100 people.
Zhuang Shaoyou ordered: "Qinling, send someone to the south to pick up this wave of brothers, it is estimated that they will arrive today."
Bring something to cure seasickness, you vomited a mess last time.
Send a few more men to select these strong men, and test their physical fitness, archery, and reflexes, just as I did when I first trained you
If you think you can join, let them join, and if you can't do it, you will be eliminated, and the number of people will be controlled within 100 people, and quality should be not quantity. ”
The day passed quickly, and at dusk, the fifty horses and one hundred brothers transported by Moshi arrived in Liujia Village, and the Qinling side also finished selecting the strong men, about eighty people joined the team, and the rest went back disappointed.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at the eighty strong men selected, all of them were very strong, they were all good seedlings, he was very satisfied, and said:
"My name is Zhuang Shaoyou. From today onwards, you are a soldier of my cavalry battalion, and there are not so many horses for the time being, but there will be later,
Let's go to the camp for dinner tonight, and everyone is welcome to join the cavalry battalion! ”
The two hundred veterans also chanted in unison, and the momentum shook the sky, and the more than 80 people were very excited.