Chapter 58: Life is a Dream
The second watch has passed, Qinghe County is quiet and peaceful, the barking of dogs in the distance and the sound of insects in front of the window have not worried people's dreams, only Kong Fang They understand the undercurrent surging in and out of the city.
He leaned his back against the city wall and stared blankly at the crescent moon in the sky.
He wondered what he would have done if he hadn't crossed it. Do you continue to catch up on sleep, or go to the river to fry fish? Have you got a college admission letter, or have you already registered as a freshman?
Where's Dad? Are you still chasing martial arts dramas? Is it good to get along with the neighbor widow?
"Brother-in-law, what are you thinking?" Fang Shiyi asked softly. Out of the corner of his eye, Kong Fang noticed that Fang Shiqing, who was a meter away, seemed to be eavesdropping. He withdrew his gaze and thought, shook his head and smiled.
"I'm thinking that life is like a dream, and I don't know which is real and which is illusory."
Not surprisingly, he received the adoration of the cheap sister-in-law, and at the same time the disdain of the cheap wife. "Cut!" Although the sound was small, it still fell into Kong Fang's ears in the quiet of the night.
Kong Fang didn't hear it.
He is used to Fang Shiqing, she is full of violent cells and has never lacked romantic feelings. In her eyes, knives, guns, arrows and sticks are far more useful than qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, although her qinqi, calligraphy and painting are not bad.
But her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are only used to pass the time, not to "make waves".
Luo Wenpeng came back from his inspection. Although every ten county soldiers were led by a personal soldier, he was still not at ease and went to inspect from time to time. He sat down next to Kong Fang and looked at the sky.
"It's been more than an hour since the second watch, it's almost the third watch, Zhu Chongjiu hasn't appeared yet, and the county soldiers are starting to be bored."
"It's normal. The wait before the outbreak of the Great War was the most painful. "There were no surprises on the part of Kong Fang.
"But they have to get through the first hurdle."
Luo Wenpeng thought it was true, and indeed every soldier, including himself, had survived in this way. To his surprise, Kong Fang seemed to understand everything about the battlefield.
"You've led soldiers and fought before?" He asked his doubts.
Fang Shiqing twisted his face away when he heard this. If Kong Fang had led soldiers and fought in battles, she would have been the queen mother.
Fang Shiyi wondered why Senior Brother could have asked such a question.
Kong Fang smiled and said nothing, he couldn't tell Luo Wenpeng that he had crossed over, but he had watched too many war movies in his previous life and knew a little bit about it.
"Treading ......"
The night wind heard the faint sound of horses' hooves, and Luo Wenpeng quietly looked out of the city, and there was still a faint fire in the distance.
"The bandits are coming."
He issued an early warning, and the silent county soldiers immediately made a commotion, and the personal soldiers who led the team hurriedly stopped drinking.
Fang Shiqing followed Luo Wenpeng. As the captain of the county soldiers, she will take the lead in the future, and she needs to learn how to command the battle from Luo Wenpeng.
Kong Fang sneaked into an even darker corner.
Battlefield command is Luo Wenpeng's job, he only needs to hide in the shadows and do his own thing.
Half a mile away, Zhu Chongjiu sat on a tall horse, with his toes high. Tonight, he personally led 500 elite soldiers down the mountain, and Zhu Chongmu led the remaining 300 men and horses to guard the cottage.
"Big brother, Qinghe County is only a mile away from here."
Zhu Chongshui grabbed the reins of the horse and approached Zhu Chongjiu to remind him in a low voice. Zhu Chongjiu reined in the horse and pressed his hand down.
Zhu Chongshui and Zhu Chongzhu immediately ordered the mountain bandits to extinguish their torches, wrap their horseshoe cloths, and strictly prohibit noise, and the originally noisy team suddenly quieted down.
After tidying up the team, the mountain bandits continued to pounce on the county seat. Because there were no torches, and the moonlight was faint, their march slowed down, but they made less noise.
"Zhu Chongjiu is really not in vain."
The mountain bandits were able to suddenly quiet down, and sure enough, they were not a rabble, which made Luo Wenpeng feel the pressure.
He suddenly noticed that Kong Fang was missing.
"Senior Sister Shiqing, where is the county honor?" He was not afraid that Kong Fang would escape from the battle, after all, he had never expected him to go into battle to kill the enemy, and it might be more convenient for him to let go of his hands and feet to command the battle if he was not there.
He was worried about Kong Fang poking his son. In case he runs away blindly and falls into the hands of mountain bandits, the joke will be bigger.
"Probably hiding." Fang Shiqing's tone was full of disappointment. Sour Xiucai is always a sour Xiucai, playing tricks, fighting with real knives and guns, and fighting desperately, and he must rely on real warriors.
He's just a coward, coward!
Fang Shiyi could guess why Kong Fang was going, but she was silent when she saw that Fang Shiqing's face was not good.
Luo Wenpeng opened his mouth and finally said nothing. He gave orders and prepared for battle. The pro-soldiers urged their subordinate county soldiers to prepare, and the way to educate those cowardly county soldiers was simple and rude, and directly put the knife on his neck.
"Trembling Lao Tzu slashed you again, believe it or not?"
The voice is cold, cruel, but very healing.
Zhu Chongzhu took the lead in appearing outside the city gate with the mountain bandit vanguard. They saw a bunch of torches swaying in the wind at the gate of the city, and the two county guards were yawning in the light of the pale yellow fire.
Zhu Chongzhu dismounted, quietly approached, until he could hear their intermittent talking, then hid aside, carefully observed the enemy situation before retreating, Zhu Chongjiu led a large group of men and horses to arrive.
"Big brother, everything is normal. Let's do it. Zhu Chongzhu's eyes flashed with heat and greed.
Zhu Chongjiu took out a four-foot long knife, and the blade pointed directly at the city gate that seemed to reach the right of his tentacles, and he was full of spirit, angry, and shouted:
"Kill!"
"Kill! Kill! ”
The mountain bandits were beaten with chicken blood, brandishing knives and guns in their hands and rushing towards the city gate like hungry wolves. When the soldiers at the gate heard the movement, they saw a black shadow rushing towards them in the dim moonlight, and they hurriedly retreated into the city, and the city gate was too late to close.
"Haha...... God help me. Zhu Chongjiu laughed, extremely proud, brandished a big knife and roared:
"Brothers, enter the county and rob silver, food, and women!"
The mountain bandits roared and swarmed in.
"Second brother, you two take two hundred people to capture the county barracks, and you must capture Luo Wenpeng alive! I led a hundred brothers to the meeting with the new county master, Lao Tzu will personally send him to be the companion of the dog officer Zhu Dachang, the third brother, you lead the rest of the brothers, rob, rob, rob..."
"Haha...... Brothers, we're going to get rich......"
Zhu Chongjiu sat on the horse arrogantly, suddenly there were raindrops falling on his head, looking up, although the moonlight was dim, but the wind was light and the clouds were thin, and there was no rain in the sky.
Wine?
Kerosene?
He smelled two very different smells. Before he could react, firewood and grass fell from the sky again, "Plop... Countless torches rose from the city walls.
Zhu Chongjiu was suddenly lost. He instantly understood that he was in an ambush, and Shinchi Prefecture was going to set fire to them.
"There is an ambush, retreat, retreat ......"
He yelled in panic. As soon as he turned the horse's head, several fireballs fell on the city gate, blocking the city gate.
"Big brother, what should I do?" The retreat was blocked, and Zhu Chongshui was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.
Zhu Chongjiu glared at him, "Aren't you especially boasting that you are a military advisor?" What should I do if you want to ask me more? ”
"Rush out, rush out for me." He brandished a broadsword and hysterically urged the bandits, several of whom tried to pick up the fireball with their spears, but the sparks they picked up fell on him.