Chapter 7, Battlefield Testing,
It is said that Yang Peng's brothers attacked in four directions, and as a result, they beat the master to death with random punches, and more than 20 Khitan soldiers and more than a dozen small foremen basically did not make any waves, and they were served in one pot. In particular, Yin Mingde's crooked attack marked the success of this short battle. Seeing Cheng Shijie come to report the results, Yang Peng nodded slightly, and then said, "What are you looking at me for?" The corpses of the enemy have all been moved aside, so what's the matter with throwing them here? They're all big girls, you know? Then divide all the loot into two portions and lay them out! ”
"No need to split it into two parts, these should be yours!" At this moment, the Feiyan Lady came behind Yang Peng and whispered, "If you didn't come to help, I don't know what the final result would be." It's a pity that my three little sisters were killed by the Khitan like this! ”
"Feiyan Heroine, there will be sacrifices in war!" Yang Peng listened to the death of the three little girls who were like flowers and jade, and nodded sadly and said: "The sisters who sacrificed are all our heroes!" When we live, we must be stronger, and then we will avenge them! This is not a place to stay for a long time, and we all need to move quickly. Half of the loot family, you don't have to excuse yourself! I took the crossbow with me! ”
Yang Peng clenched his fists with both hands: "There will be a period later!" "Hey, wait!" Feiyan saw Yang Peng turn around and leave, and hurriedly shouted: "My grandfather is in Yingzhou, he wants to see you!" Plus, there are 23 coolies here, you take them! I'm not in the mood to deal with it! Yang Peng turned around and clenched his fists and said: "Please tell your grandfather, I will definitely go to Yingzhou City, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely go to visit!" Liu Zhiliang, take those labor brothers away and transfer them quickly! ”
By the time Yang Peng and the others returned to the station, it was already midnight. Everyone worked hard for more than five days, simply ate something, and then fell asleep. Yang Peng didn't blame these brothers, so he had to cheer up and stand guard outside the cave. Yang Peng didn't worry about anything, after all, there was no room left, and the Khitans couldn't find any clues in a short period of time. Besides, it is still the world of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Khitans do not dare to blatantly encircle and suppress it. However, it is an iron law that the camp is set up with sentry posts. Now these brothers have not really become soldiers, and can only be educated slowly.
When it was dark, Cheng Shijie came out of the cave. When I looked up, I saw Yang Peng holding a crossbow, like a pole standing on a sentry post 100 meters outside the cave, and his clothes were covered with dew. His face was flushed straight to the bottom of his neck! Coming to Yang Peng, Cheng Shijie raised his hand and saluted: "Soldier Cheng Shijie came to pick up the sentry!" ”
Yang Peng raised his hand to return the salute, handed over the longbow and arrow in his hand and said: "There were no special circumstances last night, but you can't be negligent, you must pay attention to vigilance, let the brothers rest for a while!" "Yang Peng is not an iron man, if he doesn't sleep well for six days and six nights, he won't be able to stand it. When he returned to the cave, he covered his head and slept until the afternoon when the sun was setting west.
As soon as he came out of the cave, Bai Shujie saw 23 laborers standing in two rows, practicing military posture on the flat ground. Zhang Xiang stood behind them and stared, and Cheng Shijie led the team members to practice archery. "What's going on? Is this practiced? Yang Peng walked up to Zhang Xiang and asked softly, "Don't you want to leave?" We can't force others! If you fight a war, you will die, and if others don't want to participate, let them go as soon as possible! ”
"Where do I want them to practice?" Zhang Xiang shook his head and said, "After I got up today, they came to me for training, and they all said that they wanted to find those foremen for revenge!" Yang Peng looked at these skinny laborers, and his heart was sour, so he had to ask softly: "There is nothing wrong with their bodies, right?" Just came out of the iron mine, I'm afraid I can't hold on, you have to be careful! Take your time and don't rush. ”
Going back to the Khitan independent garrison in Yingzhou Xintun, after the squad leader Xi lost a squad of patrols, he launched a large-scale search with Yingzhou as the center. Unexpectedly, he was attacked in the dense forest in the mountains south of Yingzhou City, and lost two more squads. After a post-mortem examination, it was found that all three squads had died from cold weapons. In order to recover the loss and give an explanation to his superiors, Xiqi specially visited the owner of the Youzhou Iron Mine. I learned from the mine owner that the iron ore mine has recently encountered great difficulties in recruiting workers. Few of the people sent out by the Great Foreman were able to return. Folklore, there is a Flying Swallow heroine who is doing tricks.
"Xiqi, we should unite and teach the ignorant Great Song people a lesson!" Xiqi suggested to Ma Linqi: "Your foreman team and my garrison team should unite and arrest that Feiyan Woman,!" Only in this way can Youzhou Iron Mine provide more high-quality iron ore to the Great Liao Kingdom. The two Khitan dogs hit it off, so they set a big trap. I didn't expect Feiyan to be fooled, if it weren't for Yang Peng's alertness enough, the consequences would be difficult to say. Of course, if there is no Feiyan in front of you, it is likely that Yang Peng fell into the pit, and whether he can get up is a matter of words. The so-called mistakes are wrong, wrong in and wrong out, nothing more than that.
In fact, these two incidents basically have nothing to do with Feiyan Heroine. It's a pity that the Khitans didn't know about Yang Peng's existence, so Feiyan's daughter was inadvertently calculated, and she suffered an unwarranted disaster in place of Yang Peng. It's just that none of the three parties understands.
In the next two months on the cave's side, Yin Mingde and Zhou Dahai recognized the strong crossbow. Yang Peng had no choice but to organize the two of them into a strong crossbow group for special training. The 23 new laborers basically completed their basic training, and after careful consideration, Bai Shujie decided to break up and reorganize the team: the strong crossbows of the Great Song Dynasty in this period were greatly developed in the Song Dynasty, and the Song court, which was heavy on infantry, regarded them as a sharp weapon against the cavalry peoples in the north. Crossbowmen mostly use crossbows, using three groups of round-robin firing method, and the invention of the 'divine arm bow' made the effective range of the Song army up to 370 meters. Bed crossbows range from two to four crossbows, from small to huge, there are many types, and the two-bed and three-bed bows can also be tied to an iron pocket with dozens of ordinary arrows on the string, so that the bed crossbow has the function of killing and injuring people.
Communicator, 1 person, Shi Liancheng, 1 crossbow team: 2 people, Yin Mingde, Zhou Dayong, 2 crossbow teams (12 people): captain Zhang Xiang, deputy captain Zhan Jinguo, 10 team members. Second team (12 people): captain Cheng Shijie, vice captain Zhang Yan, 10 team members. Three teams (12 people): captain Duan Zhixian, vice captain Liu Zhiliang, 10 team members. Cooking class (over 38 years old): class leader Xiong Zhaode, a total of 3 people.
The total number of people after the reorganization is 43, which is barely the establishment of a small team. The first and second teams, 1 crossbow, 10 Khitan longbows, and 7 leather kettles; 1 crossbow for three teams, 8 longbows for Khitan, 2 longbows for the Great Song Dynasty, and 7 leather kettles; 1 strong crossbow in the strong crossbow group and 1 crossbow in the cooking class.
After the reorganization was completed, Yang Peng began to have a headache. Because it is already October, the night is starting to get a little cold, and winter is coming soon, and there is no winter clothing now. Although 41 sets of clothes were seized, Yang Peng got some plant dyes to re-dye, but they were all summer clothes. "Lao Tzu doesn't have winter clothes, are the Khitans all complete and don't need supplies?" Yang Peng paced back and forth in the cave, planning how to solve the problem of winter clothes for his brothers: "Shi Liancheng, call Cheng Shijie to me!" ”
Cheng Shijie ran into the cave and shouted, "Big brother, what are you looking for me?" "The last time you said you saw a transport truck on the main road, what the hell is going on?" Bai Shujie said softly: "I want you and Duan Zhixian to take two people out, follow the railway all the way to the south, check the movements of the Khitan, and see if there is a chance to do it on the main road." ”
"That's okay, I'll go with Liu Zhiliang." Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Forget Duan Zhixian, Liu Zhiliang has been a little shopkeeper, and I am more compatible with him." However, I need to borrow two hundred taels of silver to do some business this time. Hahaha! After Cheng Shijie left, Yang Peng suddenly thought of an important issue in his heart, that is, the source issue. Without intelligence, then what is there to talk about fighting? Even if it is a street gangster fighting and making trouble, it still needs one or two people to report the news, not to mention the battlefield is life and death!
It's a pity that this kind of thing can't be done with good intentions, and engaging in intelligence is, to put it bluntly, being a spy. Oh, and there are also people who call underground workers. Since it is an underground business, it will not see the light. Yang Peng scrutinized all the people around him, but there was no suitable one. This can only be discussed in the long run, and it is useless to be in a hurry.
Looking at the training of more than 40 people on the playground, Yang Peng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In my mind, I often see those cattle people who are thousands of troops at every turn. Lao Tzu is less than a team of fifty people, and he is annoyed to death when he eats and drinks Lazar. I knew that it was so troublesome, and it was better to go it alone and do it at first time. The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and the ancients were honest and did not deceive me! ”
It is also said that more than 40 people exercise a lot every day, and they are all great guys. If it was eaten openly, everyone used to have at least one catty and two taels of grain, and they would have to pay sixty catties a day, or 1,800 catties a month. The 3,000 catties of grain that I finally bought back before, which was half a year's grain calculated according to the original number of people. Now the number of people has suddenly doubled, and the gap is huge. The hundreds of taels of silver that Master Lin Qing'er gave him were almost gone. Less than two hundred taels of silver were scavenged from the man in black, and it was useless.
Fortunately, nine days later, Cheng Shijie and Liu Zhiliang rushed back. Li Xu saw that the two of them were very interested, and estimated that there would be some good news, so he hurriedly pulled the two into the cave to understand the situation. It is said that Yang Peng pulled Cheng Shijie and Liu Zhiliang into the cave, and Liu Zhiliang's buttocks were not next to the stool, so he crackled and said a lot.
It turned out that Cheng Shijie and Liu Zhiliang ran to the Huolianzhai market town over there to keep up with the caravan, and after arriving in Mozhou, they turned around for a day. The next day, he went to Youzhou City with the caravan, focusing on the goods escorted by the Khitan army at the rear. After inquiry, the goods escorted by the Khitan army were to be sent to Luanzhou. The two of them hurriedly changed their clothes and left, and followed them all the way to Luanzhou. In the end, I saw where the Khitans unloaded the iron ore in Luanzhou, it should be some logistics supplies.
"Big brother, many people in Youzhou are saying that Xiqi planted a big heel and was severely taught a lesson by the top boss in Youzhou. Others say that Xiqi was beaten like a pig's head. Liu Zhiliang gulped a few gulps of water, and then continued: "I heard that a batch of supplies will be sent over soon, I think this is our opportunity." ”
waited until Liu Zhiliang finished speaking, and then Yang Peng asked: "Is there no one to protect the Khitan caravan?" "They were accompanied by four Khitan soldiers, but they were all in the last carriage and did not stay in the carriage in front." Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "There was nothing wrong along the way, and the four Khitan soldiers kept sleeping with a longbow. Every time they arrived in a market town, the four Khitan soldiers went down to look at the seals on the wagons. ”
"You've worked hard, go down and rest!" Yang Peng sent the two away and fell into deep thought alone. Gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, Yang Peng put a treasure knife on his back the next day, carried two guns, and set off with Cheng Shijie, Liu Zhiliang, Duan Zhixian, and Shi Liancheng. What are you doing, check the terrain! It is not difficult to rob a convoy, it is difficult to transfer supplies. If there's no overall plan, it's just nonsense.
After a day's trek, Bai Shujie and his entourage of five rushed to Lin Shengbao. Then along Yingzhou to Youzhou all the way to the south, through Hongling Fort, Shili River, a total of 60 miles of terrain and landforms along the way. Three places were preliminarily selected along the way, and after repeated comparisons, Bai Shujie finally took a fancy to a section of the road near Linshengbao. Because there's a little uphill here, and then there's a downhill with a little bend.
After coming to this world, he learned that the so-called horse-drawn carriage could only run at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour. When going uphill or turning, the speed drops dramatically. As long as you choose a good position and master the inertia, it is not difficult to grab the transport team, and it is not so difficult to transport it away. determined the location of the action, and Yang Peng's headache came. From here to the vicinity of Youzhou, the carriage only needs to run for an hour and a half. In other words, after the robbery convoy succeeded, the time to carry supplies and retreat was at most less than an hour.
The place was crisscrossed by ditches, and the distance from the temporary station was more than a hundred miles in a straight line. If you want to get the supplies back, you need to walk more than 200 miles. In the dense forest on a small hillside, Yang Peng called several people together to think of a way. "Big brother, don't worry, we've thought about this question for a long time!" Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "If you decide to do it here, more than fifty miles southeast from here, there is a very secret cave in that place. We spent the night in that place the last time we ran out. If you get something, you can hide it there for a while, and then slowly transfer it twice. Even if it is found by the Khitans, it will not lose much to us anyway. ”
"Then what else are you talking about, take me over and have a look!" Yang Peng saw that the most headache problem could be solved, and he suddenly became interested: "Let's go, hurry up!" "The few people who came out this time are all cadres with a certain martial arts foundation. Although Shi Liancheng is the youngest, the child has sharp legs and feet, and his speed is not slow. Two hours later, Yang Peng and the others had already arrived on a hill called Baiyunding. The hill is only a few tens of meters above sea level, but it is crisscrossed by several deep ravines. Just halfway up the mountain on the east side, there is a large stone between two large trees, and all kinds of dead vines and weeds are very dense.
Cheng Shijie pointed to the two big trees and said, "It's here, there is a big hole that can enter more than 300 people!" "Don't destroy a single plant or tree here, not even the stones on the ground!" As soon as Yang Peng heard that he had found the ground, he hurriedly ordered: "Cheng Shijie take me in, and the three of you are on guard outside!" Yang Peng climbed in from the thatched bushes and saw that there was a large karst cave inside the mountain, and there was an underground pit inside. In other words, the appearance of Baiyunding is normal, but the inside is actually empty!
The whole cave is actually divided into two layers, and what Cheng Shijie said is only the first layer above. After Bai Shujie's repeated investigations, he finally found the pit below. In the direction of the northeast corner, there is a crack in the mountain wall. As long as you pass through this crack, you will be able to enter the next layer. Bai Shujie went in sideways and found that there was light inside!
walked along the light, but Bai Shujie walked out of the cave directly, and it was the bottom of a ditch due north! In other words, you don't need to climb up a hill to enter the cave at all. As the saying goes: "If there is in and out, it is the way to live!" "If you manage this place well, you might be able to use it in the future." Ah, what a nice place, it's about the same as a cave on the top of the mountain! Yang Peng didn't know the level, screamed indiscriminately, and then climbed to the mountain, which surprised Liu Zhiliang and others.
Yang Peng didn't say much, but directly gave an order: "Duan Zhixian, after you go back, take your squad and immediately find a way to go out and buy a few big trucks, and then arrive at the scheduled ambush location the night after tomorrow." Liu Zhiliang, you immediately return to the secret camp and let the cooking team prepare dry food for five days. The night after tomorrow, bring the other two combat squads to the location we have identified. Remember, this place can only be known to the four of us for the time being, understand? ”
Because the preparation time is only one day, the time is already very tight. After Duan Zhixian and Liu Zhiliang received the order, they left all the dry food on their bodies, and then left quickly. "You two come with me, the entrance below needs to be cleared." Bai Shujie led the way in front and went down to the bottom of the ditch. The so-called reasonableness is to remove the big stones in the ditch and sort out a temporary path. As for everything else, it will remain as it is.
After resting in the cave for the night, during the day the next day, Bai Shujie and the three of them surveyed all the surrounding environments and finally found a retreat route. Early in the morning of the third day, the three of them set off to the rendezvous site to inspect the operation of the convoy.
The convoy from the direction of Yingzhou passed through the scheduled starting point, which was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already evening. Yang Peng visually measured that when the carriage went uphill, the speed was about five kilometers per hour, and it was very simple to climb up. There are two key points: one is how to complete the decoupling of the wagon as soon as possible, and this decoupling action must be completed at the moment when the carriage goes downhill, using the sudden inertia of the last wagon. Another problem is how to control the last carriage of your Khitans, of course, it is better not to alarm them. When they get to the terminal, they don't know what's going on.
At more than nine o'clock in the evening, all the people and horses of the two roads arrived, and Duan Zhixian actually got an eight-trailer cart with complete livestock. The crossbow group remained in the secret camp to strengthen the defenses, ready to retaliate against the Khitans. "The brothers hid on the spot, and the vice-captain and above came over for a meeting." Yang Peng let out a low shout, and Zhang Xiang, Zhan Jinguo, Cheng Shijie, Zhang Yan, Duan Zhixian, and Liu Zhiliang immediately gathered around him.
"For tomorrow's operation, I'll do my last deployment now." Yang Peng got straight to the point: "I am familiar with the structure of the transport team, so I am responsible for separating the last transport team from the front transport team, because we have too few people and too many materials are also a big trouble for us, and our strength is too small to withstand the encirclement and suppression of the Khitan army." Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian are good, the two of you get on the car with me, and are responsible for monitoring the Khitan soldiers in the last two carriages. ”
"The others were under the unified command of Zhang Xiang, and they went to the end of the downhill below for five hundred meters to hide and prepare for battle. After the cart was loaded, Liu Zhiliang immediately retreated in the direction of the secret camp with a cart and a large army. The rest of the cart was rushed by a few of us to Baiyunding and hidden. ”
Yang Peng is a human being, so he naturally knows the importance of teaching by word and deed. There is a famous saying in management: "A good manager must first be a good teacher!" "There is no genius in this world at all, it is all constantly cultivated and honed. In this process, it is important to teach by example as a leader.
The so-called "all kinds of arts are easy to learn, and a knack is rare." Yang Peng just hopes that through such on-site teaching, these bastards around him can grow up as soon as possible, and then they can share their worries on their own.
After this explanation, Zhang Xiang, Zhan Jinguo, Cheng Shijie, Zhang Yan, Duan Zhixian, Liu Zhiliang and Shi Liancheng, the little guys, naturally listened to it with relish, and couldn't help but secretly praise in their hearts: "I didn't expect that there are so many twists and turns in the war, our eldest brother is really knowledgeable!" ”
was busy until the second half of the night, Yang Peng felt that it was almost over, so he led a few guys back to the ambush site to rest. Everyone worked hard for four or five days in a row, and naturally fell to the ground and fell asleep, and in a blink of an eye, it was noon the next day. Latent, Yang Peng's small team has been trained more than once. However, a long period of lurking on the battlefield is the first time for everyone.
The so-called ambush warfare is about the "suddenness of the outbreak of battle". The most important thing to achieve victory in ambush warfare is to succeed in lurking! The basic requirement for latent success is to endure loneliness and have the psychological quality of not being alarmed at every turn, which requires exercise. "Hold and pee in your crotch!" It's a one-sentence thing, and it's really going to be done and done in place, it's a difficult thing. The more you don't let you go to the toilet, everyone will reflexively feel the urge to urinate, and it will seem urgent! Hmph, if you don't believe it, just try it, and you'll be exhausted in less than three hours!
finally stayed up until four o'clock in the afternoon, Bai Shujie, Cheng Shijie, and Duan Zhixian finally set out. Because the place where they got on the bus, which is the beginning of the uphill slope of the main road, is still hundreds of meters away from the lurking place. As soon as Yang Peng and the three of them arrived at the predetermined location, the earth began to shake, and a large number of transport teams were about to arrive on time!