Chapter 290: Ambush Battle
Zhang Ji saw that Zhang Xiu's aggrieved mouth could be hung with a skin, and said, "Okay, don't be wronged." You have only been wearing this garment for less than a day, and you are full of complaints; The homeless people wear it every day, why don't they complain so much? ”
Zhang Xiu argued: "They are all wearing the linen cloth accumulated by the Sanfu family, and the newly cut cloth clothes, it is too late to be happy, of course there will be no complaints!" ”
Zhang Ji knocked Zhang Xiu's head again and said, "You still learned to talk back to you?" Then why don't you say that you wear brocade and poppy clothes every day? Can ordinary people afford to wear brocade clothes and poppy clothes? ”
Zhang Xiu thought about it, since he followed Zhang Ji to Ma Teng Ma Chao, and became a brother with Ma Chao, he has always been rewarded with brocade silk by Ma Teng.
Zhang Ji put his hands under the back of his head and said slowly: "Everything that you and my uncle and nephew have today are brought by the lord and the young master, and we must not forget it in the slightest. The young master is also a brother to you, and he usually treats you no different from the little general of Tsushimadai. Uncle, my qualifications are mediocre, I can't count on it, what about you, you have the favor of the young master, if our old Zhang family wants to develop, it all depends on you. ”
Zhang Xiu said: "My brother's kindness to me, I feel it in my heart, how can I forget it?" It's just a few complaints. ”
Zhang Ji said with satisfaction: "Well, that's good." Alright, stop complaining, the enemy should be here in a moment. ”
Zhang Xiu looked around, and on the endless Guanzhong Plain, he could only see the vast smoke that had not stopped from the Shijiawu Fort that had been burned down before, and he could not see anything else.
Zhang Xiu was a little apprehensive and said, "Uncle, do you think this official army will be as timid as a mouse, even if he sees such a large amount of treasures, he will not be moved, and he will not go out of the city to rob it?" ”
Zhang Ji said: "The young master said that the officials and troops would go out of the city to harass, then it will definitely be." ”
Zhang Xiu said: "I'm afraid that the officials and soldiers will be too cowardly, causing us to toss like this." ”
Zhang Ji was about to teach Zhang Xiu another lesson, when there was a slight vibration from the carriage lying under him; Zhang Xiu also quickly felt the tremor on the ground, and looked to the east behind him, and sure enough, a long line suddenly appeared on the horizon. Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu knew that it must be the official cavalry rushing over. The reason why it was a line was that from a distance, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers riding parallel to each other was extremely small, and it was parallel to the horizon, so it looked like a line from a distance.
Soon the line grew thicker and thicker, until the banners of the officers and cavalry were recognizable.
Zhang Xiu said excitedly: "Uncle, contact General Yan Xing, and we will wait for the three departments to start a war against the enemy army at the same time!" ”
Zhang Ji said: "No, the enemy army is still far away, tear off the camouflage now, what if they run away?" ”
Zhang Xiu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Uncle, we should order the soldiers to pretend to be frightened!" This is the most real reaction of the homeless people when they encounter a cavalry charge! The enemy will believe it! ”
Zhang Ji patted Zhang Xiu's shoulder and said, "That's right! ”
Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu each ordered the soldiers to pretend to be frightened, stopped the carriage, and ran around on both sides of the carriage in fright, seemingly frightened, but in fact all the soldiers were still around the carriage. When Yan Xing saw it, he immediately followed suit.
This cavalry is naturally the 7,000 cavalry led by Zhou Shen. Zhou Shenchong was at the front, and behind him were the four captains. The lieutenants who can be selected to make a fortune with him are naturally Zhou Shen's cronies.
Seeing a group of homeless people in front of them, and seeing the official cavalry rushing from afar, the homeless people were so frightened that they scattered and fled, crying for their fathers and mothers; And there was no trace of Xiliang Tieqi around, Zhou Shen laughed and said, "Jinma Chao is really a mistake!" This place is only seventy or eighty miles away from Chang'an City, and he dared to take such a risk, and he didn't send his troops to protect these homeless people. The homeless people transported it were all good things, did Jin Ma Chao want to rely on this group of unarmed homeless people to protect the wealth he had robbed? ”
The cronies flattered one after another, saying: "What the general said is very true, now we will have a fortune!" ”
"Yes, this is the family business that the Sanfu family has accumulated for more than a hundred years, even if it is just a handful of it, it can buy several beautiful women in Luoyang City, and it will be a good night!"
Zhou Shen said with some caution: "But don't forget, it was Ben who won such a good opportunity for the second and third sons in front of the general of the left chariot cavalry." is also a general, among the many captains, only you and four others have been ordered. All the things that are snatched, let Ben pick them first, and then you wait to divide them. ”
"Yes, yes, we will never dare to hide it privately, we must let you see it first, general."
Zhou Shen was much more relieved.
As he spoke, the officers and soldiers had already rushed to a distance of 50 paces from the "convoy of displaced people." Zhou Shen saw that the homeless people should know that they couldn't outrun the war horses, so they simply stayed on both sides of the carriage, stopped the carriage, and waited quietly for the arrival of the official cavalry.
Zhou Shen was very satisfied, thinking that this group of homeless people was quite acquainted, which saved him a lot of trouble. Seeing that there was no trace of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry around, only the official cavalry and this group of about 15,000 homeless people, Zhou Shen relieved himself and ordered the official cavalry to stop the horses.
Zhou Shen was about to order the soldiers to move forward slowly, forcing these homeless people to let go of all their things, and then select thousands of homeless people to pull these carriages back to Chang'an City, when he took a closer look at this group of homeless people, they were all young and strong men, and none of them were women, old people, or children; And his face is broad, his face is ruddy, and his body is as strong as a cow, not at all like a homeless person with a yellow face and thin muscles!
Before Zhou Shen could shout out the phrase "It's the enemy army, retreat quickly", he saw that the group of homeless people moved quickly, and they tore off the tattered clothes they were wearing, revealing the fish scale armor basin collar armor that flashed with cold light underneath, and lifted the mask on the carriage in an orderly and clean manner, and took out a Zhang Jin crossbow from it, and the arrow was wound, aiming at the official cavalry who were already stationed forty paces in front of the convoy.
"Put! Put! Put! ”
With the orders of Yan Xing, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Xiu in unison, thousands of arrows were ejected by the tight bowstring, and the arrows flew like locusts, and the sound of "Xiu Xiu" cutting through the air resounded through the world!
The accident fell suddenly, the enemy suddenly appeared, the arrows flew vigorously, and the officers and cavalry were all frightened on the spot. They didn't even have time to scream, and the rain of arrows poured down, and immediately shot countless officers and cavalry who rushed to the front into hedgehogs! The officers and cavalry at the front, all of whom were covered with dense feathered arrows, immediately fell weakly.
Zhou Shen's war horse was also shot several times, but fortunately, the war horse was of high quality and could endure the severe pain, so he was not thrown off the horse. Zhou Shen saw that countless officers and cavalry had turned into dead corpses that fell to the ground, and he knew that there were so many enemy troops and so many powerful crossbows, and his seven thousand cavalry would have to be shot to death if they didn't run away; And this means that he is in ambush, and I don't know if there are any Xiliang Iron Cavalry attacking from other places.