Volume 2 Injustices and Loud Voices Chapter 40 Things Going Up
Hu Yang didn't wait for him to think about it for a long time, thinking that it was foolproof to replenish his troops, but he waited for an unexpected visitor, the cloth-clothed young man who looked at him more on the big tent.
The document said that this person came to assist him as a staff officer with the army, and the others didn't know the truth and didn't say anything, and now the north is changing horses and generals everywhere, which is not conspicuous at all, but Hu Yang has more eyes, can stand behind the general, and can make him change his mind in a few words when the general is angry, there must be something extraordinary about him.
But the situation in front of him has become not very good, rare defeats, great loss of reputation, insufficient troops, even the horse bandits and bandits on Bauhinia Mountain are a little shocked, recently the three major bandits at the junction of the two states have frequently attacked, taking advantage of the lack of cavalry in Ningwuguan, galloping in all directions, the people within a radius of a hundred miles are miserable, Hu Yang is irritable, but there is no one to speak.
The new staff general did not mean to mix in the mixed water at all, every day with Hu Yang allocated to his two personal soldiers running all over the mountains, writing and painting everywhere, Hu Yang felt strange to call the personal soldiers at night, around the bend to ask about the situation, who knows that people are not taboo at all, casually took the thick stack of papers, nothing more than the geography of mountains and rivers, geology and hydrology, the size of the danger, the population of each village, the situation of the rich and poor, the foothold of the three major gangs, the time of looting, the route, the habit of retreat, the main characters of the gangs, the origin, character, and so onγ
Hu Yang was a little confused, the march map, the nearby terrain map in the big tent, the bandits' information staff also have a record, just check it directly, why did this teenager have to go on a trip in person, this is to prepare for the future seizure of power? Or is it stupid to read and read, and he wants to drill the horns? However, since people are not hiding and tucking in and not causing trouble for themselves, it is not good to kick his nose in the face.
On the south side of Caiyun Stream in the west of the Bauhinia Mountains, there is a cottage, there are about more than 1,000 horse bandits, the boss of the cottage is surnamed Huang, called Huang Xulei, a native of Shandong, originally a dart, but unfortunately went to the wrong place, it is not easy to mix this bowl of rice in the north, the millennium firewood is not enough to burn, but also planted a big heel fight, but the dart master has a hard backer in the official face, and it must be a dead end to go back, gritting his teeth and stomping his feet simply go up the mountain to pull up the team, and also started this business.
This place in the north is vast and sparsely populated, there was originally a large area of land to cultivate, but the bad climate is one aspect, the other is Qin and Cang, from time to time there will be a small force of Cangguo to come out to fight the grass valley, natural disasters and man-made disasters, where do people have the heart to farm, hard work for a year, once the hard work is ruined, it is really heartbreaking, so in the open area between the clouds and the three states, more people would rather do these businessless business and eat than work hard for a year, and finally end up sitting and waiting to starve to death.
However, the horse bandits here have an iron law, they can find trouble with the official army, they can work against the government, but they will never intercept the army food, they have seen the cruelty of the Cangjun army and the unreasonable slaughter of the city and the village, without the big barrier of the northern border soldiers, no matter how good the horse bandits are, they can't fight the northern barbarians born on horseback, they understand this truth, so it is not easy to kill the officers and soldiers at this level.
Huang Xulei, the big boss of Caiyunjian, has all his kung fu on a bronze stick in his hand, and the little King Kong realm in his forties has little room for improvement, but he can be righteous and have experienced life and death, and he doesn't care much about the money, and he is very loved by his brothers. But in recent years, he has been obsessed with cultivation, and he doesn't care much about the things in the cottage, most of them are the second masters, and the third masters are in charge, and he runs to the small Taoist temple "Ziyuntai" on the Caiyun Stream to comment on tea and discuss the Tao with the teacher, and gradually the brothers on the mountain pay more attention to the views of the second leader Gao Shaolei and the third leader Liu Yanfeng, and some old people in the gang have also blown the wind in his ears, but Lao Huang smiled and ignored it, and did not take it to heart.
On this day, a guest, said that he came from Ning Wuguan, and named the big boss to see the big boss, the guest was not wearing a military uniform, but was wearing a Confucian shirt, young, but his face was calm, facing the sword mountain and sword forest were easy, all the way into the lobby at the foot of the foot as if the length of the steps had been measured and there was no deviation. Even the most discerning people in the cottage secretly give a thumbs up.
Huang Xulei went to the Ziyun Temple in the back mountain, and he couldn't come back for a while, so Gao Shaolei and Liu Yanfeng jointly received this uninvited guest.
The young man did not do that kind of gesture, but said his intentions straight to the point, which was nothing more than four words "national disaster at the head", hoping that Caiyunjian could consider being absorbed by the official army to strengthen the insufficient troops in Ningwuguan.
Gao Yanagi and the others scoffed, how can being an official or soldier be happy to be a horse bandit? A large piece of meat and a big bowl of wine, with silver can also go to Qingcheng to live happily for a few days, the constraints of the official army are too tight, especially now that the situation is tense, next year's spring is a bloody battle, can be happily killed by a knife then it is considered lucky, to be a horse bandit want to fight, want to run away, do the official army, nine orders and thirteen beheadings that is the urging of the Yama, maybe before the northern barbarians killed, was cut ten times eight times by the border soldiers' own iron law, this deal is not profitable.
But they don't want to carry this pot, it's not that they don't dare to offend Ning Wuguan, who sees the strength of the great reduction, but the northern border soldiers are very difficult, and the fire is not well grasped, it is an endless pursuit, if the Qin army once regards the opponent as a target, it will not consider the battle damage at all, or whether the material consumption is worth the loss, and will only aim at total annihilation, this is a bloody lesson, when making money, you can avoid Lao Huang, and it is clear that there is a thankless matter, and you have to be the nominal master.
Fortunately, the young man was not aggressive, but gave them a detailed analysis of the current situation in the north, even if Takayanagi and the others did not hide the annoyance on their faces, the young man was not half annoyed, and his tone never fluctuated.
After a basket of good words, seeing that the two of them were silent, the young man didn't say much, and asked about how it would take about two or three days for the Huang gang leader to come down the mountain, so he said that he would go up the mountain to find it himself, but Gao Liu didn't care about this, and casually pointed to a gang and took him up the mountain.
Caiyunjian is towering, the cottage is actually built in the narrowest place in the middle of the mountainside, walking through the cottage, the mountain is getting steeper and steeper, but the road is slightly wider, the little minion who leads the way wants to see the embarrassment of the young man, the wind under his feet is rushing all the way, the young man does not care, just unhurriedly following behind him, two hours have passed, I can't see the slightest tiredness, but the young and strong little minion tired out of a stinky sweat, this is the most powerful.
The plains outside the plug are wide, standing on the high place of the mountain and looking around, the line of heaven and earth, the indescribable heroism arises spontaneously, the cold wind blows on the face like a knife-like file, the little minion who gasps for breath swallows the cold breath that passes through the throat like an ice knife, and coughs continuously after a few strokes, a face is purple and red, the young man reaches out against his back when he sees this, and gently brushes it up and down a few times before his violent cough is relieved.
Passing through the back of the old cow, crossing a line of sky, turning the head on the ridge, a small Taoist temple that occupies a small area appears in sight, the little minion is grateful for the friendliness of the young man, and walks quickly into the Taoist temple to pray, the young man climbs high and looks far away, unconsciously far to the north, there is a fat man, and the return date is slim.
The little minion soon ran out, looking embarrassed, and said that Boss Huang was in enlightenment retreat and might not have time to see him. The young man still looked so calm, and thanked him first and said that he understood, and let him go down the mountain first.
After the little minions came down the mountain, the young man squatted under a pine tree outside the view, picked up a long piece of bluestone the size of an egg, held it in his hand, wrote and scratched on the ground, and after a while wiped it again, and so on until dusk.
There are only two masters and apprentices in the small Taoist temple, the apprentice is a mute, the apprentice just went out not long after getting up in the morning, he ran back and rushed into the master's quiet room and stroked, "said a breath", the old Taoist priest was dragged out of the small courtyard by the apprentice, and saw that under the morning sun, a young man in cloth was playing a boxing, which seemed to be soft and weak, but in fact the feet were like standing in the mountains, the fist was round, the opening and closing was like the Tao rhyme endogenous, and there was no separation between the stretches, with the undulation of the young man's body, the sleeves of the robe swung like Na Qiankun, a good group of fairy wind bones.
The old Taoist priest and the other young men put away their fists before they stepped forward to say hello: "Amitayus Buddha, where is the poor Taoist Wudang disciple Yun, this is polite." β
The young man replied with a standard Confucian salute: "Ningwuguan Staff General Li Jinglan." β
The old Taoist priest muttered a little in his heart: Ning Wuguan is here, he knows, but this set of inner boxing just now is clearly a few famous mountains in Taoism, but this side is Confucianism, does this kid really don't understand the rules, or?
When Li Jinglan saw the appearance of the old Taoist, he knew that he had a question in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's good for the Taoist to know that I have two masters, and the disciples of the true Taoist of Longhu Mountain are not good at returning the courtesy to you because of the relationship between generations, and they have something to ask for in the future, so they have to use Confucian etiquette to meet each other, which is also almost a set, isn't it?"
The old Taoist priest took a closer look at the young man, and saw that the red mole on his eyebrows was round and clear, and there was a set of secret boxing techniques of the former, knowing that what he said was true, and his words were also above board, so he bowed his head again: "I have seen Uncle Longhushan face to face." β
Li Jinglan hurriedly stepped forward to support the old Taoist priest's arms: "I said that no matter what, this is forcing me to turn my head and go down the mountain!"
"Look at what you said, how can there be such a truth, but where Uncle Shi has a life, Yun He is omnipresent. β
"No, no, it's just that there are some things to discuss. It's easy to say, it's just that we have our own opinions, here I am the staff general, you are still your Taoist, otherwise there are some things that I really can't say. β
Seeing that Li Jinglan insisted on this, the old Taoist priest Yun He saw that he was not good at entangling it any longer, so he had to say, please sit in General Ning, so that he could talk about Hebei camellia, and then talk about other things.
The two entered together.
After sitting down, Yun Zaitian pondered for a moment and said, "General Ning is here for the matter of Caiyunjian being co-opted?"
"Dao Chief, the state affairs are in turmoil and do not detour anymore, the battle of Qincang is inevitable, one is the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep, before the war to clear the obstacles, it is a common practice in the army; here there is no distraction and in case the Cang army rebels two meanings, but in any case can not tolerate a hundred miles of hidden dangers, the second is the previous hard fight, Ningwuguan suffered heavy losses, urgently need to replenish the troops, it stands to reason that the country is in trouble, and the husband is responsible. Even above the rivers and lakes, there are moral differences, so the division is two harms, and the cooperation is two benefits, which is the reason why I went up the mountain to lobby. β
"Half-grown baby, the tone is not small, with Ning Wuguan's current military strength of less than 3,000 people, what can I do?" a loud voice came in from outside the door.
Huang Xulei, a burly Shandong man, strode in from outside the house, first gave a salute to the Taoist chief, stood up straight, and glanced at Li Jinglan obliquely.
"Ningwuguan Staff General Li Jinglan has seen the Huang Gang Leader!" Li Jinglan greeted him unhurriedly.
"General Staff, how many rank officers, why don't you get off the mountain quickly, a little chicken like you, Lao Tzu can pinch and explode with one hand. Who are you calling?" Lao Huang stretched out his iron fist and slightly shook the bone knot, "Gaba Gaba" sounded, and the foreign kung fu was really good.
Li Jinglan smiled indifferently: "If the kung fu is useful, why would the Huang Gang Leader shrink between this steep peak and dangerous pass?"
The corners of Huang Xulei's eyes narrowed slightly, the wide cloth robe rippled layer by layer, and the big sleeves swayed, and the old Taoist priest hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this: "If you have something to say, don't fight each other, it's all your own family." β
"Huang Gang Leader, don't be too confident, in the next ....."
Before he finished speaking, the mutation was abrupt, and he only heard a "buzz" in the distance, and at the sound of the bowstring, more than 100 arrows flew from the air and rushed straight to the small Taoist temple.
Huang Xulei's face changed greatly, Li Jinglan shook his head slightly, and there was no movement, the person had already escaped from the house, and the sleeves of the robe were turned and flicked, and a pile of iron arrows fell into the courtyard. Turning his head to look at Huang Xulei who jumped out of the house: "It seems that you have nothing to do and lie on the bridge to watch the water flow is unpopular! β
Huang Xulei looked into the distance with a blushing face and ignored him.
More than a hundred and so arrows entered the sea like mud oxen, and Gao Yanagi and the others simply didn't bother to cover up, and walked straight out of the hiding place, with a bearded and blue-eyed man by his side and two hundred cronies.
"Boss Huang, I'm really embarrassed, everyone has been happy for too long, and there is no way to adapt to the tight days, you can bear more!" Liu Yanfeng said with a smile.
"Hehe, just these 200 or so people can represent everyone? The second and third are all standing in front of their faces, so there is no need to do that secretive thing! It seems that the previous battle in Beicang was not just a plot against a corner of Ningwu Pass, the flies are gone, but a bunch of maggots are left. Let's see if we can light up the blind old Huang's pair of dog eyes? And see what can make the iron-clad men not even want their ancestors?" Speaking of eloquence, Huang Xulei, who followed the dart to the north and south, was ten times stronger than these two, and he was bitter and mean, pointing directly to the hearts of the people.
"Boss Huang, this matter has been done, and I won't hide it from you, but the brothers know your character, so they have to make this decision. Not to mention anything else, Gao Shaolei knows that you still have a younger brother in Jinan Mansion, and this love will fall on him. I swear. Gao Shaolei's face was ashamed, but his words were even more resolute.
"Okay, second brother, I love to hear what you say, that's what the husband does. Come on, Lao Huang's life is worthless, but he can't be stabbed to death with two fucking soft knives. Huang Xulei stretched out his hand to the side, and the dumb Taoist priest handed over the eyebrow-raising copper stick.
Gao Liu and the others smiled together: "Boss Huang has a lot of kung fu, but Master Qu Dan has the heart to learn, so the brothers will take care of the eldest brother first but worry about the future." With that, the two of them circled left and right, and pounced on the two Taoist priests and the weak staff general.
Huang Xulei's eyes widened angrily, and the cooked copper stick was about to intercept the way, and the Beicang Han copied the stiff Chinese words and shouted: "Eat me with a knife!" The knife came with the sound, and the person followed the knife, and chopped off with a knife on the head.
Huang Xulei had no choice but to turn around sharply, flipping the stick upside down, the knife and stick collided and made a loud noise, Huang Xulei "kicked and kicked" three steps back, and his blood surged. Hurriedly shouted: "The idea is pricked, the Taoist is leaving." "Then he used his stick on his chest, wanting to block the master of Beicang, who was called Lord Qudan. But I saw this person looking behind him with a strange expression.
Huang Xulei stepped back and twisted his body, glanced behind him, and couldn't help but take a deep breath; the two of his former good brothers, who were also the little grandmasters who had just entered the King Kong Realm, could be regarded as two good hands within a radius of a hundred miles, calculating the time, it was just a face, I don't know what technique the young man used, so he easily captured the two.
The young man smiled, with a look of banter, and raised his hand at him: "Huang Gang Leader, you beat you, leave me alone!"
Huang Xulei's old face is flushed!
Na Qu Dan's mind turned slightly, and he knew that it was difficult to please, so he did not hesitate, turned his head and ran down the mountain. Li Jinglan didn't care, clapped his hands and said: "Boss Huang, it is really powerful and domineering, and he will be shocked to retreat from the Beicang master with one move, admire and admire!"
Huang Xulei lowered his head and thought silently.