CHAPTER XXXV
A long whistle sounded at the ferry, and the sound was melodious, like the big brother next door playing to the little sister when he had nothing to do.
Qu Xin, Zheng Xiaoxian, and Lu Man, who were not far away, were indeed shocked, which was a signal that the enemy was doing something carefully.
The farmer near the ferry smiled and went home, and the versatile one drank with him.
The fisherman who was holding the boat was not convinced, and he also came to make a long whistle.
In the grass that no one knew, the two Jing people dragged the two corpses to hide in a hidden place that had been found in advance, and changed into Zheng Jun's leather armor, but it was a little wide and looked a little awkward.
The two of them quietly touched the height and observed the surroundings.
"Hashimoto-kun, did you say that the Zheng people found us?"
"No way, we're careful."
Yoshioka Miyoshi on the side pointed to the scattered crowd and said, "Yesterday they finished work in the dark, and now it will be at least two hours before it gets dark." ”
Hashimoto Tsuku: "But this can't be explained directly, Yoshioka, you have always been cautious, but we can't be too cautious, that will make you miss a lot of opportunities." ”
Ji Gang was dissatisfied and pointed to a few Zheng soldiers and said: "Look at the three Zheng soldiers, their hands have been on the hilt of their knives, and they are still looking around, very careful. ”
"What can it mean, there are only three people like that, don't you see that there is no difference between the other Zheng Jun, it's just a temporary assembly."
"No, Hashimoto-kun, they're coming in our direction."
Yoshioka Miyoshi is a newcomer, at this time, he seems a little nervous when he goes behind the enemy so deeply, and any action in his eyes may be Zheng Jun's response after being exposed, compared to Hashimoto's old road, Yoshioka is as tender as tofu.
But tofu also has the benefits of tofu.
Hashimoto said patiently: "Yoshioka-kun, you have to learn to distinguish which coincidences are normal and which are not normal coincidences in various emergencies, you have to be as bright and sharp as an eagle's eye." ”
Yoshioka quietly clenched the bloody dagger.
He trusted this very unsettling instinct in his heart.
This is an opportunity to make a name for yourself, and there is never a shortage of opportunities to make a name for yourself on the battlefield.
But fame and death often go hand in hand.
This time, Yoshioka's gut bet won out over Hashimoto's experience.
Uncle Yu took a repeater and shook it, praising it.
"Good thing, this is a hundred times better than what the old man used back then."
The soldiers of the city defense battalion dispersed, and they received an order to cooperate with the Xiaozhou army to build a pontoon bridge to ensure the smooth passage of the army.
There were twenty or thirty people on each side of the bridge, and the rest were checked back and forth on the bridge. Few people were nervous, although it was said that two people were missing, but the team was preconceived that these two boys were lazy, after all, it was a city defense battalion, and they had been peaceful for a long time, and they didn't know what war meant when they didn't have a knife.
Zhang Fu quietly gestured, Qu Xin and Zheng Xiaoxian got closer, and also quietly responded to the gesture, and the three of them plus Uncle Yu seemed to be casual but tacitly leaned towards the place where Uncle Yu thought there was a problem.
It is the small hill on which Hashimoto and Yoshioka are lying on their stomachs.
Lu Man, who was responding in the back, loaded his crossbow bolts and turned towards the back.
At this point, Hashimoto himself sensed that something was wrong.
"Yoshioka-kun, it seems that you are right."
Although Ji Gang had been prepared, he was still surprised and asked, "What should I do?" ”
"Don't panic Ji Gangjun, although there are more than a hundred of them, most of them are concentrated on the bridge, and there are only five people and an old man who leaned over. Let's get out of here and get everyone together. ”
"Summoned for what? Burned that bridge? ”
"Of course, what the Zheng people are going to do is what we want to stop, and you see, what are they doing with such a strong pontoon bridge."
"At this time, building such a bridge and building it so strong must have to pass a large army."
In the eyes of the Jing people, the sturdiness of the bridge is obviously not on the same level as the Zheng people, and they can't understand what the concept of a cavalry with horses and armor can reach thousands of catties.
But one thing Hashimoto is right, this not much sturdy pontoon bridge is indeed used to pass the army, and the more than 4,000 ironclad heavy cavalry of the Xiaozhou Army are just pioneers.
From yesterday's arrival of Hashimoto Tsuku, to today's noon, more than a dozen waves of Yasushi people have gathered here, ranging from two to a maximum of six, and now Hashimoto can mobilize a total of fifty-three people.
Hashimoto retreated quietly, try to be careful, if it is replaced by other armies, it may not be able to find out, after all, it is just a little bit of wind and grass, but everyone in the Xiaozhou army is a veteran who has gone on the battlefield and does not know how many times he has been killed, whether it is experience or intuition, it is one top one, plus an old and refined Uncle Yu.
Almost at the same time, the four of them determined the place where Hashimoto had just stayed, after all, there were not many places where they could hide their figures.
Hashimoto, who thought he was safe, left Yoshioka Miyoshi on guard, and then went back to find the main army.
There are also a few secret sentinels nearby, and Hashimoto is still relatively relieved.
Since the invasion, the opponents of the Jing army have basically been the Huizhou Wei who are resting, the city defense battalions and the imperial army in various places, and the unarmed ordinary people, who can be said to know nothing about the real horror of the Zheng army.
In addition, his fifty-seven are still elite, go to fight four Zheng Jun and an old man, and then rush over to solve the more than 20 Zheng Jun who are not elite at first glance and don't even have iron armor, as for the bridge, they will be wiped out together, and if not, they will set fire to the bridge.
How did Hashimoto and the others discuss it, how did they feel that it was foolproof, it was definitely enough.
Hashimoto, the highest-ranking Hashimoto, began to cheer everyone up: "Gentlemen should fight with me. ”
Then, without waiting for an answer, a crossbow bolt directly covered it, and several Jingren were shot to the ground on the spot.
Hashimoto and the others hurriedly hid behind a tree.
"Hashimoto-kun, what's going on? Why didn't they signal in Jigang and the village? A puzzled yelled.
And several people in the village and Jigang in his mouth were lying on the ground at the moment, with crossbow arrows stuck in their chests, their eyes wide open, and their faces were frightened.
"Now is not the time to talk about this, there are only five Zheng people, and they will find a way to destroy them."
"Their crossbows are twelve arrows, and they rush up as soon as they finish shooting."
Although I don't know why Yoshioka and they are silent, but Hashimoto is still very confident in other aspects except for a little doubt, with their ability to be one of ten, and they have such a large numerical advantage, they are afraid of the opposite five?
Isn't it just a little stronger? What else is there when you're done shooting your crossbow again?
Soon, Hashimoto peeked and found that Zheng Ren had put away his repeater, drew his saber and carefully pushed it forward.
At first glance, it looks like it is well-trained.
Hashimoto disdains it in his heart, and today I will let you see the martial arts of the Hashimoto family.
Hashimoto, who rushed out, really thought so in his heart, and the knife in his hand was still stained with blood that had not yet dried.
Lu Man in the rear had already rushed over at this time.
I happened to run into Hashimoto who jumped up and rushed out.
"Tiannuo Heika~"
"Ah~~~"
Then a terrible shout rang out and ended abruptly.
Lu Man put down the repeater in his hand, and silently recited a sand sculpture in his heart.
The Jingren in the back was also surprised, which was really a bit unexpected. Thinking about it again, Hashimoto-kun said it very clearly, there are four elite Zheng Jun, how can it be an elite method? They are all wearing iron armor.
At present, Jing Jun's perception of Zheng Jun is that those who wear iron armor are elites, those who hold crossbows are the elite of the elite, those who ride horses are elite, and those who are armored are also the elite of the elite. As for the man and horse armor who still holds a crossbow, it is the king of kings, and Huizhou Wei commanded a personal guard like this by his side, but unfortunately Zheng Jun's crossbow was not captured.
Now the king of kings with 4 ironclad cavalry and crossbows has appeared in sight, and there are no hidden dangers.
Afraid of an egg.
Higashino Jori shouted and took the lead and rushed forward, he was the person with the highest rank outside of Hashimoto Chiku, and the credit for Hashimoto was not his own.
Suddenly I felt more energetic in the charge.
The repeater in Lu Man's hand was empty, and the woods somewhat affected the performance, and after shooting the two of them over, he hung the repeater on his waist and drew his saber and followed.
Higashino looked even harder, and even the knife in his hand seemed to be excited.
The Zheng army has its own standard formation, from one guard and one army to one tithe, combining both offense and defense from far and near.
General Rong Guo, who was destroyed by Zheng, said that a Fenzhou army is nothing in front of a Rong warrior, although the Fenzhou army is strong, the Rong warriors are stronger, and the Rong people are born to fight, but the Fenzhou army can easily defeat ten times the Rong warriors who are ten times their own once they are in formation, even if there are only one army or five people.
A good soldier, good weapon, good array, okay, this is simply a card BUG, and there is no way to reason for it.
This was the case with Zheng Jun at this time.
Zhang Fu walked in the front, with a fine iron round shield in his hand, Zheng Xiaoxian Qu Xin held a long soldier on the left and a right, Uncle Yu temporarily acted as an archer, and there were two crossbow boxes in his hand before a single arrow, and Lu Man was in the rear.
In the process of charging in Higashinojo, Zheng Jun formed a formation.
The five men were ready to fight, and although they faced a tenfold enemy, they did not have the slightest fear.
The short body in Zhang Fu's hand moved forward, the straight knife was held flat against the shield wall, and the fierce light that could not be concealed by his eyes stared at the Jingren in the front.
The city defense battalion that was patrolling on the bridge reacted to the positive nerve reflex arc even if it was longer, but they didn't dare to mobilize the troops at the bridgehead, so they could only transfer a number of men and horses from the bridge deck and rushed in the direction of the shouting sound.
Nearly two miles of heavily armed infantry always took a little time.
And you can't rush over like this, the city defense battalion can't do it again, and there is still such a drill every month, so you still know a little bit.
Higashino felt that the Zheng people who stopped on the opposite side were stalling for time, after all, there were hundreds of people on the bridge.
What would it be like if Higashino Titori could know that Zhang Fu didn't see them as a dish at all.
Although Jingren rushed fast, he was the elite in the end, and in the process of charging, he also quickly surrounded Zhang Fu and others, and the front one also shot a wave of darts, hitting the shield with a muffled sound.
The momentum and pressure came out immediately, but casualties? I'm sorry, I didn't even break a single skin.
I have a third-level armor, and your little piece of iron will hit a mark at most.
"Zheng Ren is so scared that he doesn't dare to move, kill it."
Higashino, who threw the dart in his hand at a very tricky angle, shouted.
Then the long knife in his raised hand stabbed towards the edge of the shield towards Zhang Fu.
At the same time, several Jing knives flashed with cold light, and aimed at Zhang Fu and the others, and let out a grim smile, and the muffled sound of whirring went straight down.