Chapter 7: Fighting the Enemy

The dense forests made the state soldiers unable to maintain their formation. They turned into a team of five people, gradually approaching while clearing out the guards trying to escape.

The Jingu Shi family has enough money, and the guards they hire are quite good.

The initial decline was because no one organized it and they fought alone. Now they stabilized their positions. More than a dozen agile men climbed up the big tree and attacked the forcing soldiers from a high place.

These people used a variety of weapons, including bows, crossbows, and various hidden weapons.

Although the heavy-armed soldiers were well prepared, they were attacked by the guards after a slight flaw, and their progress had to slow down.

Cheng Zongyang realized that he and Xiao Yaoyi had made a mistake. Although Xu Du clearly did not help each other, Xu Ao was in a gang and horse, and he was in a relationship with the rebels. I was afraid that even his father would hide what happened today.

To mobilize the army, the tiger talisman must be used. The tiger talisman is composed of two pieces of combination, half in the hands of the commander, and the other half in the hands of the Emperor Jin.Xu Ao can match the tiger with two in one, there is no need to ask, it must be unrelated to the old eunuch in the palace.But what Xu Ji calls the prince is still a difficult mystery.Could it be that the instructor behind the scenes is not the king and prince of Jin?

Brother Cheng, thanks to you.

Zhang Shaohuang said with a pale face.

Cheng Zongyang knew that he was timid and smiled: Mr. Zhang, come and try your bow!The sergeant holding the flag over there!Shoot him with an arrow!

Zhang Shaohuang was stunned for a moment, looked at Cheng Zongyang with a strange look, then shook his head and sighed: I only realized Brother Cheng's style today!

He mustered up his courage and raised his bow to shoot, but he realized that the follower with the arrow had no idea where he had been running.Cheng Zongyang casually pulled the branches and carved feathered arrows from the side of the saddle, held them with both hands, and smiled and said: Please, Master!

Zhang Shaohuang was in panic and laughed, took the arrow and put it on the string, and drew an arrow.

Sixty steps away, the sergeant holding the flag shook his chest, and his breastplate was penetrated by arrow branches, splashing blood.

Good thing!

Huan Xin was also aroused by blood, raised his bow and shouted: Mr. Zhang, let’s compete!

Zhang Shaohuang's face showed a bloody look and he shouted: Huan Laosan, you must lose!

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: OK!Mr. Zhang's arrow was enough for them to mess with each other, so we should retreat quickly. There are opportunities to compete!

After all, Xu Ao was behind the general. After a brief chaos, he shouted loudly to reorganize the soldiers and transferred more than a dozen crossbows to attack the guards on the tree.

Cheng Zongyang divided the guards he could summon into three rows, set up a line of defense every fifty steps, and shot from a long time with crossbows to block the pursuit of the state soldiers.

After the soldiers of the prefecture stabilized their situation, the guards of the Jingu Shi family at the front began to suffer casualties. Cheng Zongyang immediately ordered a retreat and the guards of the Zhang family at the back continued to cover them.

The state government soldiers defeated the first line of defense, advanced fifty steps and were shot by a crossbow, so they had to re-arrange.

In this way, Cheng Zongyang took the guards to retreat, but only a distance of more than 200 steps, delaying the soldiers of the prefecture for half an hour; because he avoided close combat, the price paid was only a dozen casualties.

Xu Ao became more and more impatient, and while scolding, he ordered the soldiers to attack.

Facing the enemy head-on, the soldiers who were still not as good as those who had been training for a long time were soon defeated.

But Xu Ao was not happy for too long. As soon as the soldiers crossed the last line of defense, they saw the camp in front.

Yingchou Valley is surrounded by mountains and is a dense forest in the middle.

There is a hill two or three feet high to the west. At this time, a clearing of open space more than a hundred steps wide was cleared out from the forest. Hundreds of freshly cut down trees were dragged under the hills and piled into half a person-high wooden cranes.

The wooden trunk is in a crescent shape, with both wings coming forward, and the height rises to more than one person, slightly lower in the middle.

If you attack both wings, you will inevitably pay a huge price.

The middle section of the wooden lane leaves a hidden gap in the form of a rain path wooden wall being separated from each other. The wooden wall in the front is slightly lower and the back is six feet high. The passage in the middle can be used for horses to charge.

The guards hid behind the wooden turret, revealing only a row of cold arrows.If the state government troops attack, they must pass through the open space in front of them, and sergeants without trees will become excellent shooting targets.

A chill rose in Xu Ao's heart.How could these mobs set up such a tight camp within half an hour?

Wu Sangui was amazed: The little marquis and other subordinates are not simple!The trees are fast and ruthless, and the camps set up are even more brilliant than Old Wu!

There are several veterans from Xingyue Lake, and they are all ready to come fishing. Isn’t it easy to build a camp?

Cheng Zongyang patted his shoulder: It’s up to you, don’t embarrass me!

Don't worry, young master!

Wu Sangui walked forward, grabbed a spear from an unknown guard, then stepped onto the wooden lane, and shouted: The girls of the soldiers in the state government opposite!It's a man!Let’s compete with Mr. Wu!

I'll do it!Still fighting alone?Wu Sangui!What kind of hero are you now?

Wu Sangui laughed: If they frustrated their spirits, they would not dare to fight, so we would win this game; if they dare to fight, we would win a big victory.

Those guards were all brave and fierce men, and they immediately started to clamor.Master Wu San, good!

A soldier!Come and fight!

Dead Qiu Ba!What grandson to pretend to be!

Xu Ao had a calm face and discussed with the commander beside him for a few words. Then a soldier in armor turned over and rushed out of the array with a long spear.

Zhang Shaohuang stretched his neck and watched Wu Sangui jump from the roof and hiked.It was about a meter away from the enemy cavalry. His feet were a little bit away and he stabbed out like a dragon.

The knight's spear swung and fought hard with Wu Sangui's spear. The long spear was bent and swung open, and the spear tip pierced into the soil.

The knight reacted very quickly, and immediately threw away the handle of the spear and took off the saber on the side of the saddle.

As soon as I reached the hilt of the knife, my chest suddenly became cold, and then my body flew out.

Wu Sangui stabbed the enemy cavalry with one spear and then took the horse and ran to demonstrate on the field.The knight fell to the ground, with blood rushing behind him.

Zhang Shaohuang shouted: What a hero!

The guard behind the base also yelled loudly.

Cheng Zongyang said with a stern face: Wu Sangui!Have you had enough of the show?Don't get back yet!Oh shit!Didn't you see them slamming the crossbow?

With Xu Ao's call, the crossbowman of the state government soldier stepped on his crossbow arms with both feet, grabbed the crossbow string with both hands, pulled the machine with his waist force, and then raised the crossbow machine.

put!

With the commander's order, dozens of crossbow arrows flew towards Wu Sangui at the same time.

Wu Sangui was demonstrating on horseback, and he was the only target in the open space, and there was no place to hide.He was about to be shot into a hedgehog, and one side of his body suddenly disappeared.

More than a dozen crossbows and arrows flew out through the air, and the others were shot on the war horses.The war horse died on the spot before neighing. The powerful impact of the crossbow arrow made the horse roll over like a heavy wood knocked down.

A figure flashed beside the saddle, but it was Wu Sangui.

He stepped on the stirrup with his clever riding skills, and hid behind the horse. Not only did he not get hurt at all, he also took the opportunity to twist his body, throw a spear and shoot a crossbowman, and then ran back with the opportunity of the crossbowman being in the string.

There was a thunderous cheer on the hills and they shouted: Master Wu San!Good man!

Wu Zhanwei just held Shi Chao's carriage and climbed up the hill. At this moment, he opened his mouth wide and patted his chest and shouted: How are my brothers!Is it a dick enough?

Shi Chao and the servants around him were already silly. When he heard him speak, a servant laughed sneered, making Wu Dadao blush and ran away quickly.

Wu Sangui jumped back to Mulei, clasped his fists with both hands, and shouted with full enthusiasm: Young Master!

Cheng Zongyang looked up and down at Wu Sangui and muttered: No wonder you are the bravest army... You are beheading two levels, and you will go back to find Fatty Shi to get money!

As he said that, he stared at the opposite side a few times, Damn, there are many people.

Wu Sangui said: Judging from the banner, there were about 600 soldiers coming in, and half of them went to chase the little marquis. There were about 300 people here, and there were more than 200 people at the entrance of the valley, which totaled eight or nine hundred.

How many of us have?

Xiao Wucha said with his hands: There are nine families we are here.The Shi family had the most. In addition to the casualties, there were 45 people; the Zhang family had 28 people; the Xiao family had 30 people; the Huan family had 24 people; the other families had 39 people in total.There were a total of 163 people, and the twelve injured and several young men were on the mountain.There are also nine servants brought by Master Shi.This is the case, please inform me.

Come on.You two have fought, so come and ask me?

Cheng Zongyang still has this self-knowledge, you can do it yourself, I'll go and see those buckets.

Wu Sangui said: Young Master, how long will we last?

Is this very important?

There is a big difference between two hours and ten hours.

Cheng Zongyang rolled his eyes: If the little fox can come back alive, please ask him.Where did that guy go?

Xiao Wu said respectfully: Our little marquis is still going around in circles, and when the horse is tired, he will come back.Thank you, Mr. For your trouble.

I don't bother.

Cheng Zongyang said angrily: Didn’t Chang Bo ask how long it will last?When the little fox comes back, you chop his head and throw it at Xu Ao, and we can go home and sleep.

Zhang Shaohuang was talking about his feat of shooting the rebel flag bearer.The children of those aristocratic families were stunned by the hearing, and even Shi Chao hiding in the car couldn't help but stretch his ears.

Cheng Zongyang climbed up the hill, and Zhang Shaohuang immediately came over to hold his hand and laughed: Today, when Brother Cheng was not afraid of danger and was determined to command, Zhang knew what the general's style was!

Cheng Zongyang sighed, let’s not praise him, we should discuss what to do.

Zhang Shaohuang said: What’s there to discuss?We follow Brother Cheng’s leader!

Huan Xin also said: That’s right!If it weren't for Brother Cheng just now, we would have been broken up long ago, and we could have escaped here?

We all listen to Brother Cheng!

Now that no aristocratic family is working, Zhang Shaohuang and Huan Xin spoke first, and everyone agreed.

OK, I'm not polite.

Cheng Zongyang said: First thing, I will borrow your escorts first, and I will also talk about the regulations on rewards and punishments. Please give me some face. If you should reward and punish later, you will be dealt with.

Everyone said loudly: This is easy to say!

The second thing is that we are in a state of death now. We must live and die, and no one can leave everyone behind to escape.By the way, there are more than 200 soldiers from the prefectures in Yukou.

When we reached this point, we couldn't escape even if we wanted to escape. Everyone slapped their chests, and whoever escaped was the grandson!

The third item,

Cheng Zongyang slowed down his tone. Everyone has seen what happened today. It has nothing to do with Xu Sikong. It’s all Xu Ao who made trouble by himself...

Huan Xin’s neck was thwarted: I still believe what else I say!Just boy Xu, why can you get the tiger talisman?

Xie Wuyi from the Xie family also said: If Xu Ao dares to rebel, he will inevitably be punished by his clan!Xu Du was incompetent in teaching his children, and he was also inseparable from the attack!

That's what I'm going to say.

This is Cheng Zongyang's purpose. Xiao Yaoyi was determined to stir up trouble, and the more chaotic the better. He couldn't bear to affect the innocent, so he came to put out the fire before he was away.

All of you are aristocratic families and are much more familiar with the political situation of the court than me, an outsider.The background for Xu Ao to get the tiger talisman and mobilize the state soldiers of Shitou City is definitely not simple.If you act rashly, it will be even worse.

Several people looked at each other for a moment, and Zhang Shaohuang said: Brother Cheng, just say anything.

Cheng Zongyang said: What I mean is that the person behind the scenes has not yet appeared. If he could escape by chance, everyone would pretend not to know anything and just blame Xu Ao and wait for the truth to come out.Don't pursue this matter until the mastermind is found.

Zhang Shaohuang looked at everyone, in addition to the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Wang family in Langya, the Xie family, Yuan family, Yingchuan Yu family, Hedong Liu family, Taiyuan Ruan family, Qiao Guo Huan family, Jingu Shi family, and our Zhang family, and the Xiaohou's Lanling Xiao family in Chen County, all of our nine families are here.

Everyone understood what he meant, which means that except for the Wang family, there were many aristocratic families in Jin State who were here to hunt.

The Wang family in Taiyuan is very good at calligraphy and is not very interested in hunting.

There is Wang Chuzhong in the Wang family in Langya, and everyone is unwilling to make things boring, so they did not invite these two families.

Since the rebels are not among these aristocratic families and have such great power, there is only one possibility, which is the imperial family...

This muddy water is not ordinary.

Huan Xin said: According to Brother Cheng’s wishes, everything is put on Xu Ao alone!We don't know anything else, and we don't care about it.

Everyone responded a few times, obviously still in shock.

Oh shit!

Zhang Shaohuang cursed: Everyone is a man of seven feet tall!This little thing scares you?Huan Lao San!

Give me your dagger!Fatty Shi!Didn't you bring wine?Give me the cup!

Zhang Shaohuang picked up the wine cup, poured the wine, then stretched out his hand, stroked the dagger on his wrist, and dripped the blood into the wine.

Everyone drank blood wine!All things today are rotten!According to Brother Cheng, before finding the mastermind, no one is allowed to act rashly. When the truth comes out, our nine families will join forces, and even the King of Heaven will defeat it!A child from a noble family stumbled and said: What if... will... your Majesty...

fart!

Zhang Shaohuang said with a straight look: Will he kill my brother-in-law when he sleeps in my sister every day?

Everyone let go of half of their worries when they heard this. As long as they stood on the side of Emperor Jin, they would occupy the title of righteousness. No matter how scattered other words, they could not escape the word rebellion.

The nine families accounted for 70% of the Jin regime, and even rebellion was eliminated.

At that time, maybe he can still make great contributions to seek rebellion, and the position of Duke and Mausoleum is within reach.

Everyone immediately dripped blood into the wine one by one, and even Shi Chao was mourning, making people cut a knife on their wrist, crying and squeezing pain.

Brother Cheng!

Zhang Shaohuang handed over the wine cup.

Cheng Zongyang has always had a knot when drinking bloody wine, but who knows who has an infectious disease?Just as I was worried with blood wine, I suddenly laughed loudly behind my back, how could I lose my blood wine?

Xiao Yaoyi walked from behind the tree with a smile, holding his Baishuiqiao with one hand.The horse's legs were splashed with mud, and its hair was wet with sweat, and it was smooth and shiny.

Yes, hundreds of people chase you like a dog, but you don’t even hurt your hair?

That's not!

Xiao Yaoyi raised his finger, jumped out of his sword, then stretched out his thumb and scattered the sword's edge, and threw the blood into the wine cup.Cheng Zongyang had no choice but to let himself go and make up enough portions.

Xiao Yaoyi raised the wine cup and said: Today, the Xiao family in Lanling, the Zhang family in Qinghe, the Xie family in Chenjun, the Yu family in Yingchuan, the Yuan family in Chenjun, the Huan family in Qiaoguo, the Ruan family in Taiyuan, the Liu family in Hedong, the Shi family in Jingu, and the Cheng family in Panjiang, all these ten families are all in blood!From now on, we will advance and retreat together, and share good and misfortune!Those who follow are lucky, and those who violate them are unlucky!

After saying that, Xiao Yaoyi took a long sip, then handed it to Zhang Shaohuang, followed by Xie Wuyi, Huan Xin, Yuan Chengzi... a few people drank one by one, and finally passed it to Cheng Zongyang.Cheng Zongyang raised his cup and smiled and said: Then I'll do it!Cheng Zongyang finished drinking in one breath and threw the wine cup.

Zhang Shaohuang stroked his hands and said: Happy!

Everyone applauded.These children usually have similar smells, and now they drink blood wine, and they feel even more different.

Xiao Yaoyi's sentence: Advance and retreat together, and share good fortune and misfortune. Speaking of everyone's hearts, they are now on the same boat, and they are getting closer.Even Shi Chao, whom he usually doesn't like, seems a little closer.

Xiao Yaoyi pulled Cheng Zongyang up: Let’s go!Let's go down there!

Huan Xin shouted: If the son of a thousand gold medal is not in the Chutang, he has a powerful general like Wu Changbo, so why should he take risks?

Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: Where can I shoot a person with great pleasure?I have to win if I lost to Mr. Zhang just now!To avoid paying Zhang Hou a beautiful maid!

Xiao Yaoyi looked at him with a smile, and Cheng Zongyang shrugged helplessly: OK, the water is muddy enough, are you still messing up?

I am thanking you.

Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said that Brother Cheng's move was better than what Xiao could do.With these nine companies, most of the political situation in Jin State is in our hands.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the left and right and squatted down and whispered: Little fox, what exactly do you want to do?

Xiao Yaoyi pulled out a grass and bit it in his mouth: It's very simple.I want a place to recognize Xingyue Lake, I want to give my brothers a place where they can show their status with dignity, and I want to legitimately redeem Yue Shuai!

His voice was very low, but it was like a fire that could not be suppressed. The Jin Dynasty bureau was already rotten, so why not let it go any further!With me, Xiao Yaoyi and Yue Shuai's Xingyue Lake, it will be a new look in just ten years!

Cheng Zongyang touched his chin. He had never been used to raising his beards. His chin was usually shaved cleanly, but his beards tended to grow faster and faster recently.

Little fox, you don’t want to be emperor yourself, right?

Of course not.I just need to build an obedient puppet.To be honest, I originally wanted to drag all these aristocratic families into the water, making them suspicious and kill each other.Now Brother Cheng has given me a rare opportunity... Brother Cheng, thank you.

Xiao Yaoyi bowed to him solemnly, then squeezed his eyes, "When I become the Grand Sima, how about you be the crown prince?"

Go to death!

The trumpet came from afar, and the two of them rose up at the same time, looking at the military formation in the distance.

The soldiers who went to chase Xiao Yaoyi retreated at this time and joined the state army in front of him, and the momentum was even more amazing.

Xiao Yaoyi narrowed his eyes: The elites of Stone City were still a little short of a sudden, but they were not dragged down by me.

Cheng Zongyang muttered: More than 100 crossbows, the one named Xu really invested in it.

Don't worry.

Xiao Yaoyi pointed to the open space at the foot of the mountain and said: Xiao Wu cut down all the trees within a hundred steps in front of the wooden trench. If those crossbowmen fired crossbows in the forest, they would just waste their crossbow arrows.If it comes out, it will be exposed to the range of the bow and arrow.

Cheng Zongyang was a little suspicious: Can the bow be shot where the crossbow cannot be shot?

The crossbow is mainly flat shooting.

Xiao Yaoyi explained: The crossbow arrow is usually six or seven inches long, and it is exerted with mechanical stents, and the speed is ten times faster than that of bows and arrows, and its power is ten times stronger.However, the range of the crossbow machine is a fixed number, and its power will drop sharply once it exceeds the range.Brother Cheng has heard that at the end of his strength, he cannot wear Lu silk, right?No one said that after changing the bow and arrow.

Xiao Yaoyi picked up a bow: The length of the arrow can reach three or four times that of the crossbow arrow, and the weight is more than five times that of the crossbow arrow.When shooting from a long time, it usually shoots in a curved manner, and the weight of the arrows can penetrate the armor by just the weight falling from the arrows.

As he said that, Xiao Yaoyi came out and put on the arrow branch and shot it into the sky. The arrow branch drew a perfect curve, easily flying a distance of 120 steps, and shot down a battle flag of the state soldiers.

Good boy, the archery technique is so good!Just now, I really did hide my own eyes when comparing the arrow with Mr. Zhang.

That's it.

Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: Let them see my foundation and don’t scare them to death.

The exclamations of the soldiers in the prefecture were heard in the cheers at the foot of the mountain, but they didn't know who shot the arrow.

Xiao Yaoyi calmly put down his bow and continued: The crossbow machine is invincible within fifty steps, and the power of the crossbow is twice as powerful as one hundred steps.Hehe, fortunately it was not the Qin army's powerful crossbow. The Qin crossbow had a strong pulling power of twelve stones, and these state soldiers only used eight stone crossbows.If Xu Ao understands it, don’t let those crossbowmen die in vain.

You lost.

Cheng Zongyang patted his shoulder, "Boy Xu is going to play against you."