East Out of Python Mountain Chapter 83 The Battle Begins
Facing the twenty carts in the warehouse, the big boss was excited, so much white rice had never been seen before.
But soon the mood of the big boss calmed down, white rice was not something that ordinary caravans could transport, let alone such a large amount of white rice.
"Second brother, tell me honestly, where did you get this grain cart from?
The second boss scratched his head and said, "Big brother, I can't hide it, I picked up this grain truck." ”
"Picked up?" The big boss was stunned, twenty carts, nearly 10,000 catties of rice, picked up?
The big boss looked serious, stared at the second boss and said: "Second brother, you tell the truth to the eldest brother, where did you come from, did you leave a living mouth?" ”
The second master also replied very seriously: "Big brother, I really picked it up, and the brothers saw it, and these grain carts and horses stopped on our way back, and there was no one to guard them, so we brought them back." ”
Several mountain bandits on the side also nodded again and again, signaling that the second master was right.
Seeing so many people corroborating it, the big boss also believed the statement of picking up white rice, but this incident was full of weirdness, so much white rice, no one guarded it, and it was bumped into by the second master?
After thinking about it for a long time, the big boss was still not very relieved, so he said to the second master: "Second brother, where did you pick up this grain truck, take it to see it." ”
The second boss saw that the big boss was so cautious, waved his hand and said: "Big brother, the white rice sent by the heavens, who doesn't want it, why worry so much? If someone really comes to the door, what can we do if we don't recognize them?"
The big boss thought about it carefully, too, he is a mountain bandit, afraid of them balls?
With this idea, the big boss said: "What the second brother said is very true, it is the eldest brother who is too worried, go, drink and go, and celebrate that the second brother has harvested so much white rice today." ”
The mountain bandits celebrated here, and the direction of Xu Jun was uncomfortable.
Le Xu led a team of 100 people through the border town to explore the route of the grain transport team, this time they were all dressed in armor and fully armed, causing quite a commotion in the city.
People are speculating about why they suddenly appeared in the city, what are they going to do in this rage, is there a war to be fought recently?
Qian Jiang and Bai Ren watched Le Xu lead the team through the border town, a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths, today's purpose has been achieved, and they can go back.
"Qin Shuai, it's done, Le Xu took a hundred people and made a lot of commotion in the city. As soon as he entered the door, Qian Jiang reported what he saw on the street.
Shen Congrong nodded and said, "Okay, General He also told me that the mountain bandits took the grain cart away, and now it will be difficult for them not to fight." ”
Qian Jiang smiled: "Let's fight, let's fight, the longer we fight, the better, it's best to send a large army to exterminate it, just to reduce the pressure on our camp." ”
Shen calmly arranged: "In the past few days, you continue to maintain today's situation, don't let Xu Jun find out that there is anything wrong, others draw landmarks and guide our army to forty miles outside Xu Ying." ”
"Yes!" the generals were ordered to go down and prepare.
Shen calmly leaned back in his chair, his joy was overflowing, all the actions along the way had been so smooth, it seemed that it was completely possible to break the enemy with lightning within a month, and it would not take as long as three months at all. Thinking that he would be able to get out of the heart magic realm immediately, get the inheritance left by his ancestors, and understand the events of the past, Shen Congrong's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a little.
Turning back to Lexu's side, after he led a team of 100 people through the border town, he dispersed the personnel into four groups to investigate the four grain transportation routes respectively, looking for the traces of the grain transportation team.
Le Xu himself led a team to explore along a route, and when he came to the ambushed site, the messy ruts and chaotic footprints on the ground all confirmed that there had been a battle here.
Turning over and dismounting, Le Xu probed the surrounding situation.
Although General He and the others have carefully cleaned the battlefield, but after all, they are ambushed with arrows and stones, and it is inevitable that arrows will hit the trunk of the tree, even if the arrows are recovered, they will still leave traces, not to mention that they themselves are going to leave traces.
They soon found the traces left by the arrows on the trunk of the tree and found the body of the Xu army's grain transport team that had been hidden.
Looking at the corpse, Le Xu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, looking sad and sad.
After a long time, a fist hammered on the trunk of the tree, Le Xu looked up to the sky and roared, and said with red eyes: "Chase me along the rut, I will make them pay!"
Following the rut, the four teams scattered in Joy turned around at the place where the second boss found the grain truck.
Pinching the white rice scattered on the ground, looking at the ruts and footprints on the ground, Lexu knew that he was chasing the right direction.
"Keep chasing, find their lair, and avenge the brothers!" shouted Lexu.
"Roar!" the others yelled, following the joy as they continued to investigate.
Looking at the towering mountain road in front of him and the looming mountain bandit gate at the end, Le Xu said in his heart: "Mountain bandits, do they really dare to rob my Xu army's grain transportation team?"
A sergeant came up and said, "General, judging from all kinds of clues, it was these mountain bandits who did it." ”
Le Xu nodded and said: "Yes, but this terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I don't know if they have any back doors to escape, so it's not appropriate to attack so rashly." ”
"And what about the dead brethren?" the sergeant said hurriedly when he saw that Le Xu was a little hesitant.
Le Xu glared at him and said, "Did I say I wouldn't do anything?"
The sergeant knew that he had trespassed, and lowered his head and stopped talking.
Le Xu said: "I'm just saying that it's not appropriate to rashly attack only with our 100 people, but after all, this is the territory of my Xu country, and our army camp is not far away, I still don't believe it, these mountain bandits still dare to do something to us wearing military uniforms?"
As he spoke, Le Xu took the lead and urged his mount to march towards the gate of the mountain bandit village.
Halfway up the hill, several mountain bandits walked out of the woods on the side, holding bows and arrows and pointing at Le Xu and the others: "Stop, what are you doing here?"
Le Xu stopped the horse, patted the armor on his body and said, "Why, don't you know this dress on Lao Tzu?"
The mountain bandits naturally knew that it was Xu Jun's armor, but they had no grievances with Xu Jun in the past and no enmity in recent days, and there had never been any conflict, why did Xu Jun suddenly come with so many people?
The mountain bandits did not loosen their bows and arrows, and continued to point at Le Xu and said: "Of course I know, this is Xu Jun's armor, but we have never provoked the military master, I don't know if the military master came to worship the mountain with great fanfare, so what's the matter?"
Because the grain transport team did not wear armor in order to hide people's eyes and ears, Lexu naturally thought that they did not know that they had robbed Xu Jun's grain, so he said: "Did you rob back 20 carts of white rice today? That is the white rice of my Xu army, go and inform your master, send me the white rice, and whoever moves the hand, also send it out, otherwise, Ben will personally lead the army to raze your cottage." ”
Hearing Lexu's threat, several mountain bandits glanced at each other, and the leader said: "General, later, I will ask us who are in charge, how to deal with it, and we have to make a decision." ”
Right now, in the other party's territory, there are few people of his own, so Le Xu can only nod and say: "Go ahead, and convey all the words of the general to your masters." ”
The leader trotted all the way up the mountain, and Le Xu and the others were waiting halfway up the mountain, although the remaining mountain bandits were still pointing at them with bows, but they didn't take these people seriously.
In the village, the two masters were drinking and celebrating, and the little leader of the gatekeeper ran over and came to the side of the big boss to convey the matter of Lexu's coming and those words to the big boss.
"What?"
After listening to the report of the little leader, the big boss slapped the wine glass in his hand on the table and said sharply.
The little boss said, "It's true." ”
The big boss sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Go out." ”
After the little boss went out, the second boss saw that the eldest brother was so irritable, put down the wine glass and asked, "Big brother, what's wrong?"
The big boss glanced at the second boss and said, "It's not all the twenty big cars you brought back. ”
The second master looked puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with the big car? Isn't it good?"
The big boss said with a sullen face: "The people from the Xu army under the mountain came, saying that those grain trucks were theirs, and let us hand over the grain trucks and the people who hijacked the cars." ”
The second boss didn't expect it to be Xu Jun's grain truck, and there was a little remorse on his face, he knew that this was a hot potato, so he shouldn't have touched it.
"But we picked it up at that time, we didn't do it, who will hand it over?"
The big boss thought for a while and said: "Xu Jun should not be unreasonable, welcome them into the mountain gate, if they take the grain cart and leave, it will be fine, if it is urgent, we will not do anything, and throw their corpses out to feed the wolves afterwards, I see how Xu Jun knows that we did it." ”
As he spoke, the big boss's face was full of ruthlessness.
The second master nodded and said, "Okay, everything is up to the eldest brother." ”
The big boss prepared dozens of people and horses, carried weapons out of the gate, and came halfway up the hill.
After seeing the brigade of the mountain bandits, Lexu, who was waiting a little impatiently, snorted coldly, and took the lead in speaking when the big boss was approaching: "Didn't he pass on the words of the general? What about the grain trucks and the carjackers?"
The big boss waved his hand, motioned his subordinates to put down their bows and arrows, and said to Lexu: "This general, the twenty carts are indeed in the village, but there are some twists and turns, not a sentence or two can be made clear, but I can guarantee that those cars should be what they should be, and the general will come with me to pick up the car." ”
Seeing that the big boss Xiang took himself into the cottage, Le Xu squinted his eyes and said in his heart: "Didn't you arrange an ambush in the village?"
But because he came out on Sun Caixing's orders, and he didn't look down on these mountain bandits in his heart, not to mention that his identity was here, what should these mountain bandits do if they dare to take him?
Under such a mentality, Le Xu raised his head and said, "Okay, lead the way." ”
The arrogant joy made the big boss and the bandits very unhappy, but with the idea of calming things down, they endured it for the time being.
The big boss turned his horse's head, stretched out his hand, and said, "The general will come with me." ”
Led them to the warehouse, the big boss turned over and dismounted and said, "General, the cart is inside, come with me." ”
Entering the warehouse, Le Xu saw a large number of mountain bandits with weapons in their hands doing their work, and after his own people came in, they all looked over, with a trace of hostility in their eyes.
Lexu's hand unconsciously grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, guarding against possible problems.
"Look, General, these are the twenty carts, and that's how they were when we found them. The big boss pointed to the grain cart and said to Lexu.
Le Xu took a look, it was indeed the grain cart of the Xu army's grain transport team, and some sergeants saw the grain truck, their eyes were red, and they even wanted to draw their knives.
Le Xu glared at them, and then smiled: "Hahaha, the big boss is really refreshing, but I remember what I said very clearly, in addition to the grain truck, I also want the carjackers, dare to touch my Xu Army's grain truck, kill my Xu Army soldiers, don't think it's okay to just return the grain truck, right?"
The threat was palpable, and it made the atmosphere in the warehouse a little stiff, as if it was about to burn.
The big boss also laughed and said: "General, I said in front of the mountain gate, there are some twists and turns, you listen to me." ”
"Oh?" Le Xu glanced at the big boss and said, "Tell me about it." ”
The big boss said: "That's right, although these grain trucks are in our village, the soldiers who transport the grain are not killed by us." ”
"Oh, you didn't kill me, can this grain truck get to your village?" Le Xu had an expression on his face that you took me for a fool.
The big boss smiled bitterly: "General, I really don't lie to you." ”
After telling Le Xu about the second master's rhetoric, the big boss said: "Everything is like this, I really didn't lie to the general." ”
Le Xu listened to the big boss's rhetoric as a story, and this story seemed so funny to him, Le Xu was angry and laughed, pointed to his nose and said: "Do you think that General Ben is a fool?
"Don't dare, don't dare. The big boss hurriedly refused.
With a groan, Le Xu pulled out his knife and put it on the neck of the big boss, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want to listen to the story anymore, hand over the carjacker to me." ”
The big boss was held to the neck with a knife, and the mountain bandits were also fleshy, so naturally they did not agree to such a thing, and they pulled out their weapons one after another.
Le Xu glanced around and said, "What's the matter, you want to rebel, dare to draw a knife with me?"
The big boss suddenly attacked, grabbed Lexu's wrists and forearms with both hands, broke them out, and kicked them out at the same time, kicking them in Lexu's chest.
Le Xu didn't expect that the other party would really dare to make a move, and he was kicked to the ground by the sudden attack of the big boss.
Standing firmly, Le Xu turned the knife and said, "Okay, okay, brothers, kill me!"
However, this is the home of the mountain bandits after all, there are only a hundred of them, and the mountain bandits have long been ready for an ambush.
As soon as Le Xu finished speaking, countless arrows shot at them, and under the premeditated attack of the mountain bandits, Xu Jun all fell to the ground.
stabbed everyone again, and the big boss spat and said, "A hundred people want to put a score in front of me?"
Handing the knife to a mountain bandit, the big boss said: "Drag them all out and throw them in the back mountain to feed the wolves." ”
After dealing with these things, the big boss and the second boss went back to drinking and having fun, and they didn't take Xu Jun seriously at all.
When night fell, being casually discarded in the corpse of Xu Jun in the back mountain, Le Xu suddenly opened his eyes, coughed twice in his mouth, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Trying to get up, Le Xu saw the corpses of these brothers around him, his eyes turned red, and he almost burst into tears.
Holding back his tears, he said happily: "Brothers, they all blame me, but don't worry, when I go back to report to Mr. Sun, I will definitely avenge you!"
Standing up and taking a step, Le Xu staggered to his knees, his hands on his abdomen, the pain from his abdomen distorting his face slightly.
Looking at it by the moonlight, there was no fresh blood on his hands, and it seemed that the bleeding from the wound had stopped.
Qiang stood up by himself, found a wooden stick to make a crutch, and moved towards Xu Ying step by step.
Because of his injury, Lexu's speed was very slow, and he didn't return to Xu Ying until the next morning.
The guards at the camp gate were taken aback when they saw Le Xu, who was covered in blood, and hurriedly ran over to support Le Xu and said, "General Le, what's wrong with you?"
After seeing his own people and the camp in front of him, Le Xu just wanted to say something, but his eyes suddenly went dark and he passed out.
The guards hugged Le Xu to prevent him from falling to the ground, and turned around and shouted, "Go get the stretcher, General Le is seriously injured." ”
Looking at Lexu, who was lying unconscious on the bed with serious injuries, Sun Caixing's face was very ugly. The general and the team of 100 people sent out by himself, when he came back, only the general was alone, and he was seriously injured, which was contempt for himself, Xu Jun, and the prime minister!
"When will he wake up?" asked Sun Caixing to the military doctor beside him.
The military doctor estimated and said: "General Le's blood and qi are very weak, his abdomen is pierced with a knife wound, and he has been traveling for a long time, I am afraid it will take two or three days to wake up." ”
"Hmph!" Sun Caixing stared at the military doctor and said, "General Le will notify me as soon as he wakes up." ”
Maybe it's Lexu's obsession, maybe it's Sun Caixing's voice is too loud, Lexu actually opened his eyes and muttered something in his mouth.
Sun Caixing saw that Le Xu woke up, sat down and said: "Le Xu, what happened, didn't I ask you to investigate the matter of the grain transportation team, how did you get so injured, the sergeants who went with you?"
Hearing Sun Caixing's series of questions, thinking of the appearance of the grain transport team and the sergeants who went to the bandit village with him after their deaths, Lexu felt a burst of grief in his heart and cried.
Sun Caixing was a little dazed by Le Xu's sudden emotion, but he also guessed why Le Xu was like this, and only after Le Xu calmed down a little did Sun Caixing continue to ask.
Le Xu whimpered: "Mr. Sun, the grain transport team and the brothers who went with me to investigate are all dead!"
Sun Caixing guessed such a result, after all, the injury on Le Xu's body was in front of him.
"Speak slowly. Sun Caixing let the music ease down and not be too excited.
After Le Xu's mood eased a bit, he told Sun Caixing in detail about his exploration of the grain transport team, entering the mountain bandit village, being attacked by the mountain bandits, and crawling out of the pile of corpses.
After listening to Lexu's report, Sun Caixing clenched his fists and slammed on the bed, gritted his teeth and said: "Just a mountain bandit, you dare to do something to my Sergeant Xu Guo, I am really impatient, General Le, you have a good life and recuperate, I will definitely avenge the soldiers!"
Le Xu immediately cried bitterly, thanked Sun Caixing for his kindness, and applied to kill the big boss himself.
After pacifying Lexu, Sun Caixing summoned the generals to his tent, including Song Hui and them.
After telling the generals about Lexu's situation, Sun Caixing said: "These mountain bandits openly provoked our Xu State army, and even attacked and killed my Xu State general, generals, who is willing to lead the army to kill these mountain bandits?"
Something happened to the generals of Sun Caixing's faction, and Song Hui naturally didn't want to help, but after all, those sergeants were also the people they had led, and it was really too wronged to die like this, so although they didn't gloat, they didn't have a particularly obvious intention to fight.
The other generals under Sun Caixing fought bravely to be the first, and they all took the initiative to ask for help, wanting to avenge Lexu and maintain the majesty of the Xu army.
Sun Caixing stared at Song Hui and said, "Song Shuai, what do you think?"
Song Hui didn't expect Sun Caixing to point at himself, and thought for a while: "Well, these mountain bandits are indeed too rampant, and judging from General Le's words, the other party has a large number of people, and the location of the cottage is located on the peak, the mountain road is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I think it is the right way to besiege the other party and force it to go down the mountain to fight." ”
A general glanced at Song Hui and said: "Just a mountain bandit, Song Shuai actually wants to use the method of siege, Mr. Sun, the last general is willing to lead three thousand elite horsemen to go, and within one day, he can break through the cottage and avenge General Le and the sacrificed soldiers." ”
Sun Caixing thought for a moment and said, "Okay! I'll give you 3,000 fine horsemen, and within a day, I want to see the head of the bandit!"
The general took the military order and said, "The last general takes the order!"
Seeing that the other party wanted to find death, and thought that the three thousand elite horsemen were going to die in the hands of this kind of straw bag, Song Hui shook his head, looked at his nose and nose, and ignored it.
Let's say that after the general led three thousand elite horsemen to set off, Sun Caixing did not let everyone disperse, but sat in the tent and waited, wanting to humiliate Song Hui again by the way.
Who would have thought that in the evening, the scout reported back: "Report, Mr. Sun, generals, General Ke led 3,000 fine cavalry to attack the village, but was blocked by the other party with wooden rolling stones, General Ke and 3,000 fine cavalry, the whole army was annihilated. ”
"What?!" Sun Caixing slapped the table, stood up and stared at the scout, unable to believe such a result.
After waiting for a day, in order to humiliate Song Hui, the three thousand elite cavalry were wiped out?
When the other generals heard the news, they asked for battle one after another, but Sun Caixing stared at Song Hui and the others, and said in his heart: "Can you only surround the mountain?"
Sun Caixing didn't want to use Song Hui's method, he finally established his prestige, once he adopted Song Hui's method, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up his efforts to Song Hui?
But General Ke's fate sounded the alarm for Sun Caixing, what Song Hui said was not wrong, the bandit village is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is forcibly attacked, I am afraid of heavy losses.
After thinking about it carefully, Sun Caixing stopped the generals from asking for battle and said: "Okay, I know that the generals want to avenge their comrades, but what General Song Hui said is not wrong, this bandit village is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the forced attack command has suffered heavy losses, I already have a plan, and I need the cooperation of the generals." ”