Chapter 9, Into the Tiger's Den
It is said that Yang Peng is only nineteen years old in this life after all, what his master Lin Qinger said is just "nineteen years old", and his real age is only eighteen years old. encountered the war Jin Guo disobeyed the military order on the battlefield and shot arrows indiscriminately, a good battle of encirclement and annihilation, and the result was a rout. In a fit of anger, Yang Peng's childish temper came up, lying on the kang and pretending to be dead, not eating or drinking. But after all, he is a human being in two lives, and he can still distinguish which is more important. After Zhang Xiang's painstaking persuasion, he immediately jumped up from the kang.
Although Zhang Xiang is only more than twenty-four years old, he is more than six years older than Yang Peng, and his life experience is much richer. As soon as Yang Peng got out of bed, he shouted: "It's time to eat, today to celebrate the victory, we will add a unified meal!" ”
The cooking class had already received Zhang Xiang's notice, and now he gave an order, and the four major pots of bacon stewed vermicelli and Khitan mutton stewed cabbage were immediately served. Forty-two people all sat down around the long table, looking at Yang Peng with their eyes brushed.
"Look what I'm doing, let's do it!" Yang Peng shouted, then picked up his rice bowl and filled a big bowl, snorting for a while to eat and drink. Everyone is young, some are still children, and they can't hold their breath for three days. As soon as Yang Peng took the lead, the emotions of the brothers immediately rose. In the blink of an eye, the bowl was empty, and many people kept burping, and they were addicted.
"Brothers, be quiet, now we will listen to a report on the situation of this battle." Yang Peng cleared his throat: "This time Pu Jinyi escaped by chance, but next time he may not be able to escape the palm of our hand." Many of our brothers have hunted, and cunning prey is not something that is easy to catch at once. Everyone remembers that we are hunters, and Pu Jinyi is just a prey that escapes temporarily. Okay, Zhang Xiang will give you a report. ”
As soon as Zhang Xiang spoke, everyone's emotions suddenly rose even higher. It turned out that although Mu Jinyi escaped this time, the battle harvest was surprisingly good! In the battle, six nurses were killed, and a strong crossbow and four boxes of quiver boxes were seized; Four crossbows, three boxes of herbs, more than 65,000 taels of silver, 24 gold bars, and more than 1,700 catties of grain were recovered, which was the credit of Duan Zhixian and his three pairs.
In the ambush battle, he killed nine of Pujinyi's personal guards, captured ten boxes of archers' crossbows, and captured two hundred crossbow arrows. Twelve pieces of high-grade mink skins, four boxes of hundred-year-old mountain ginseng (four trees), a complete tiger skin (Siberian tiger), sixteen gold bars, and one case of various game bacon, this is the thing that Pujinyi climbed on the plow, and it must be a New Year's gift to the Khitan people.
In addition, five climbing plows, four mules, and one war horse were seized. There is also a box of gold and silver used by women, and a gold bracelet. This is the first real capture by the small team, or a huge fortune obtained by fighting local tyrants. Yang Peng doesn't care about anything, the most precious thing is the gold bracelet. Since being reborn here, there has been basically no accurate concept of time. When it comes to fighting, it's all "approximate plus estimates".
When it is dawn, at sunset, the time for a bag of cigarettes, and the time for half a cup of tea, sometimes Yang Peng himself is very confused: Is it true that everyone smokes and drinks tea at the same time? "In fact, there are not many households in Jinzhai New District at all. Pu Jinyi, a deflated calf, took the initiative to settle his third aunt here in order to please the Khitans, saying that he was setting an example for the people of Jinzhai. This is a very strong crossbow that was rewarded to him by the Khitans, and it was also to protect his safety, after all, there are not many intimate doglegs like him. ”
Yang Peng was originally looking at the gold bracelet here, but Duan Zhixian's sudden words made him fall into deep thought again. Jinzhai is a place in Yingzhou. It was once world-famous, known to women and children. 100 years ago, people didn't know Yingzhou, but they knew Jinzhai. Underneath it is today's open-pit iron mine. There are abundant iron ore resources, and you can exchange money for digging it out. Because it can be done a day, it is called Jinzhai. The Khitan called it: "A great treasure trove of the Liao State." "In order to realize this plan, the Khitans have done a lot of public opinion work and adopted all the despicable and vicious eviction methods that can be used. Their strategy was: "To make the merchants and the people uneasy, and the people to be in a situation where they must go." And then buy it cheaply. ”
The first is to organize people to preach everywhere: "Within seven years, all the Jinzhai markets will inevitably fall, and the current neighborhood will inevitably become a swamp." The only safe place is an area where the Khitans piled up waste gangue (interlayer flakes in the iron ore layer) in a low-lying area on the north side of Yingzhou, on the south bank of the Yingzhou River. If you don't follow the advice of the Khitan people to relocate, you will definitely become a fish and turtle at that time, and there will be no corpse! ”
"Brothers, the situation that Duan Zhixian said just now is very important, the Khitan forced the old and young masters of Jinzhai to move, which is a big deal. Starting tomorrow, the three squads will take turns to go out to reconnoiter the situation over there. One is to grasp the movements of the Khitan, and the other is to pay attention to the situation of the mass grave in Donggou. ”
Yang Peng figured out what was going on, and then he said: "The three teams rotate once every seven days, and the captain Zhang Xiang is in charge. I hope that everyone will strictly enforce battlefield discipline, fighting is not child's play, it will kill people! The war Jin Kingdom stays, and everyone else is scattered! After everyone left, Zhan Jinguo sat there with his head bowed. Seeing his sluggish appearance, his heart must be constantly upside down.
"You raise your head for Lao Tzu!" Yang Peng shouted: "Tell me, what happened to you at that time?" Zhan Jinguo shuddered: "I was ambushing at the back of our class, and the four guys on horseback were already about to run over, so I-" "You're a fucking pig brain!" Yang Peng slapped the table: "What is our first military rule, all actions are under command!" We're not bandits, did you know? If everyone messes around, if they don't do it well, they will accidentally hurt their own people, do you know? If I had arranged for a brother to catch him alive, and you had killed your brother with that arrow, did you know? ”
With the passage of time, Yang Peng's prestige in the team grew. The awe of the brothers is getting stronger and stronger. Yang Peng roared, "Do you know", and Zhan Jinguo's body trembled. Because of their eight earliest brothers, they had never seen Yang Peng so angry.
"Big brother, I'll regret it as soon as the arrow comes out!" Zhan Jinguo cowered and whispered, "Really, big brother! I regretted it at the time, thinking that I would definitely be subject to military law now! Big brother, since you didn't shoot me, give me another chance, I really know it's wrong! "You know you're wrong? You know! Yang Peng set the table and continued to roar: "At dinner today, you will check in front of all the brothers!" When everyone thinks you've passed, when will you come back to me! , I don't want to see you now! ”
After Zhan Jinguo saluted and left, Yang Peng turned around and rubbed his eyes. The few big brothers who fought Jin Guo just now made him feel very uncomfortable, and he really wanted to forgive him. However, this is the team, not the short time of the parents. Even if he kills chickens and monkeys, Yang Peng can only be ruthless to attack his brother!
"Brother, don't blame me!" Looking at the back of Zhan Jinguo bowing his head and going away, Yang Peng said silently in his heart: "This is the difference between the army and the bandits, we still have a more difficult way to go." Forgive the eldest brother for having to do this, otherwise, the future team will not be able to bring a young man to inspect in person, which is actually more uncomfortable than killing him. At dinner that day, Zhan Jinguo stood in front of everyone, "I, I" for a long time, but he didn't say a word. The first time I checked it in public, it didn't pass!
The next day it was still the same, but it didn't pass! It wasn't until dinner on the fifth day that Zhan Jinguo, who stood up, didn't speak, tears flowed down first, and finally said a complete sentence: "Brothers, don't learn from me, I really made a big mistake this time!" "Zhan Jin Guo held back for five days, and finally got everyone's forgiveness. In fact, the brothers have long forgiven. However, seeing that Yang Peng always had a gloomy face, like a black Guan Gong, everyone didn't dare to speak.
On the fifth day, everyone saw Zhan Jinguo crying, and Yang Peng actually cried too, knowing that the rain had finally passed. Even if Zhan Jinguo still couldn't say a word later, Dahuo had already sworn in his heart that he would let him pass today! After this incident, the brothers knew what military regulations were. At the same time, I also know that there is something more uncomfortable in this world than death, that is, to check in public!
It is also said that among so many brothers, except for Liu Zhiliang, who has studied private school for a few years since he was a child, he does not know a single big character. Such a person is usually almost the same as nagging and farting, but if he really wants to stand up and say a few coherent words in public, it is really more difficult than killing him. Many of our classmates have had this experience, and that's not to say.
An army without knowledge is an army that has always been stupid. A stupid army can never have anything to offer! From this day on, Yang Peng adjusted the training content in the afternoon. All the technical and tactical training is arranged in the morning, and there is only one task in the afternoon: literacy! Liu Zhiliang was appointed as a teacher, and Yang Peng was an inspector!
There was no pen and paper, so it was nothing, so I wrote on the ground, and everyone took turns reading and reading in a circle. It's not thawed now, and the ground is too hard? Nothing, shovel a pile of snow to flatten it and write on it with branches! It's not that Yang Peng doesn't teach everyone to read and write, but because in this era, it's all fucking traditional characters! For traditional Chinese characters, Yang Peng knows a few, but to write them without hesitation, and without making mistakes, that's so difficult!
Therefore, Yang Peng's inspection on the side is fake, and it is true that he steals teachers to learn art. This is the advantage of being in charge, and no one doubts this big brother who seems to be omnipotent. He can't even write, it's all about his mouth! That is, from this day on, everyone counted the time with their fingers every day, and when it was their turn to go out to investigate. Now I know how to read every afternoon, and this is not a human life!
Yang Peng knew all about the fancy intestines of these deflated calves, and immediately issued an additional military regulation temporarily: "You will not write your name within three days, confiscate your guns, and then be grounded!" If you can't recognize the names of the fighters in your squad within ten days, the captain will be dismissed! "If the so-called military order is like a mountain, it will be unstoppable. With the bitter lesson of violating military regulations in the war country, all the soldiers gave up any luck mentality, and the first thing was to find a way to understand their names.
This kind of dark day is three months in the blink of an eye. The snow is gradually melting, and the mountains are slowly revealing a touch of green, and the spring of the new year is coming. For Yang Peng's brothers, it is really: the spring and March are beautiful, and Lao Tzu can touch the gun again! That night, Duan Zhixian's three teams came back from completing the reconnaissance mission and handed Yang Peng a cowhide bag: "Today we went to Jinzhai New District to find out the situation and saw three old Khitans comparing and drawing there. Locals say that the Khitan is there to explore treasures, and some people say that they are looking at feng shui. I saw them put some pieces of paper in their bags, so I stole them, and I don't know if they were useful. ”
Yang Peng opened the purse, poured out the contents and took a look, and was immediately happy: three maps! And, of course, a brush, and a new hand crossbow! This is not a complete map of Youzhou, one of which is a map of Yingzhou and its surroundings, and the other two are the planning map of Jinzhai New Area and the existing layout of Qianjinzhai. Although they are all indicated in bird language, the basic situation is still clear at a glance.
Duan Zhixian said softly: "Big brother, in the past few days, we have been going back and forth between the old and new areas of Jinzhai. It is rumored everywhere that Qianjinzhai will soon subside, and if it is not done well, it will bury all people. Yang Peng waved his hand: "Don't believe this kind of nonsense, this is a rumor about the Khitan people walking." Even if the collapse occurred, it was caused by the Khitan people disregarding the lives of the common people and digging iron ore under the houses. What you got back is the planning map of the Khitans. They are going to dig up all the top of Jinzhai and then dig iron ore directly. Now the common people are unwilling to leave, so they spread rumors. After all, this is still the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Khitan people don't dare to mess around, damn the official family of the Great Song Dynasty is really useless, and there is so much iron ore on their own land that I don't know how much iron to practice. These scumbags. At that time, the Khitan people made arrows from the iron ore of the Great Song Dynasty to deal with the Great Song people. Huh. ”
"These eight calves are so hateful!" Duan Zhixian gritted his teeth and said: "If I knew this, Lao Tzu should have slaughtered those three Khitan dogs!" "You're right, we're just going to set an example for them!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "We have to plan well, teach them a lesson, and let them not dare to be too presumptuous." Oh, who will scout tomorrow, is it the turn of the first shift? ”
Duan Zhixian shook his head: "No, tomorrow will still be our team." Because I got this purse, I came back first. "Well, if you have the opportunity tomorrow, you will give them a secret moment." Yang Peng pondered for a moment: "The key is to find a way to bring their things back, I want to find out how they are going to carry out the big relocation." ”
After Duan Zhixian left, Yang Peng carefully studied the planning map. In his impression, the Khitan planned this matter very carefully, and the entire new area was divided into three areas. Yingzhou City is 60 miles away from the hills, where the Khitan people are administered and the settlement where the high Song Dynasty landlords live. Pu Jinyi's third aunt lives here, but unfortunately she has not yet perfected the warning measures, so she was caught off guard by Yang Peng and them. Yang Peng calculated the time in his heart, Jinzhai New Area is still in the process of gradual implementation, and the relocation plan has not yet begun. I am so sorry for not giving the Khitans some trouble at the moment.
Seven days later, Zhang Xiang's team finished the investigation and hurriedly came over to report: "Brother, guess what, we really gained something from going out this time!" Yang Peng hurriedly gave up his seat: "What's the matter?" Sit down and talk slowly! "Didn't Pu Jinyi run away last time, but he is one of the four major foremen of Jinzhai Iron Mine, and he is very famous. After I changed my disguise, I infiltrated Jinzhai New District, and I actually found out the whereabouts of Pu Jinyi's brother Pu Wenxiao. Originally, he wanted to find him, and then asked about Pu Jinyi's whereabouts. I didn't expect that this Wang Ba calf was not worse than Pu Jinyi, and he was still the head of the Khitan management area! Pu Jinyi and Pu Wenxiao, a pair of eight calves, are really a nest of snakes and rats, born bastards! ”
Zhang Xiang said this in one breath, and then grabbed the teapot and drank a big sip of water. Yang Peng knew that there should be a follow-up, so he smiled and didn't say anything. "The last time Pu Jinyi was ambushed, the third aunt's house was also robbed by us. Pu Wenxiao, the king of the eight calves, can actually say that the army of the Khitans is moving, and now he has opened a security house near the Happy Garden in Yong'an Terrace, and Pu Wenxiao's Wang Ba calf is in it. I didn't dare to break in alone, and the Khitan army had more than a dozen people. ”
While listening, Yang Peng looked for Yong'an Terrace on the map, and then began to compare and find the place of the Happy Garden. He remembered this place, the so-called Joy Garden, where the brothels were concentrated. The Khitan called that place the bullshit "Fengji District", which is now the "Red Light District". "Big brother, if you eradicate Pu Wenxiao, you can cut off one of Pu Jinyi's dogs." Yang Peng slapped his palm on the map: "You are optimistic about the secret camp at home, I will take Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian and Shi Liancheng for a walk." This time it's not to slash and kill, it's useless if there are too many people. ”
After dinner two days later, Yang Peng left the secret camp with Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian, and Shi Liancheng. Except for Zhang Xiang, no one knew where they went. The reason why these three people were chosen to follow was because they all had some martial arts foundation, and they could use both open guns and hidden weapons. In Yang Peng's opinion, the four of them went out together, although they couldn't take the first rank of general in a million army, but it should not be a problem to kill a king and eight calves.
At three o'clock in the middle of the night the next day, the four of them had already touched the dense forest near the Jinzhai New District. "Hurry up and change your clothes!" Yang Peng took the small cloth bag on his shoulder and opened it, and inside was a set of black clothes. It's all taken from the corpses of the enemy and disposed of, and it comes in handy today. On the second day, four black-clothed people with cross-body crossbows came out of the dense forest, which were modified by Yang Peng and them. Someone with a heart observed it a little, and the waists of these four black-clothed people were faintly bulging, and there should be guys in the black clothes. They swaggered and entered the Jinzhai New District from the West Gate.
Now it is basically a period of peace, and there is no Khitan inventory at the city gate. Don't look at it in the southwest direction, it's a place that is ready to be used for the bottom iron sunspot. Yang Peng had already seen almost everything on the map, and turned directly to Yong'an Terrace in the northeast.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.