Cai Neng looked at Gu Feng's ragtag team with disdain on his face and said: "You guys are born to be defeated, so you just bully the common people!"
Gu Feng's face is very ugly, but who asked him to ask for help? When things have reached this point, retreating is neither progress nor advancement.
"Brother Cai taught you a lesson, how can my people compare to your men?" Gu Feng inadvertently revealed the mystery: "Your men are all regular troops, with first-class equipment and combat effectiveness.
The Qin army can also win!"
Sure enough, he came from the regular army. Ji Jie began to wonder in his heart, what kind of person is this Cai Neng? How could he lead a group of regular soldiers to do banditry? It is not difficult to see from the temperament of those people that these people have never stopped.
Formal training, if it is really as simple as leading your subordinates to Luo Cao, why should you still abide by these rules and regulations?
With the addition of Cai Neng, the combat effectiveness of this ragtag group has been substantially improved, and they should be very difficult to deal with.
The only thing that makes Ji Jie happy is that Cai Neng, like his younger brother Cai He, not only looks down upon Gu Feng, but also the Zhaocheng Guards. In their view, these teams composed of farmers can
It is not easy to defeat the Black Arrow Gang, but how much fighting power can it have?
"Brother Cai, please give us the order!" Gu Feng said with a smile on his face.
Cai Neng said loudly: "We will set up camp here tonight. Let's all have a good rest. Recharge your batteries tomorrow morning, have a good meal at noon, and then attack Zhaocheng!"
"No problem!" Gu Feng quickly asked: "Is there anything you need me to do?"
Cai Neng glanced at him and said, "My brothers and I came in a hurry and didn't bring enough dry food. You will take people to hunt early tomorrow morning and catch more prey. Make sure that tomorrow's lunch will be all meat!"
Ji Jie left here calmly and hurried back to Zhaocheng.
The dozens of people Cai Neng brought plus Gu Feng's men were already close to 200. Zhaocheng only had 80 temporarily organized guards. They lacked equipment and weapons. The most lacking thing was feather arrows, only a few hundred, and
A considerable part of the arrow shafts are rotten and will break when shot.
Back at the granary, Ji Jie would come over every night to comfort everyone. He did not show any worries so as not to affect everyone's emotions. The war was imminent and morale was particularly important.
"Zhao Wenjun, the pepper you grow here is really delicious!" Ji Jian said while sneezing, "I just reached out and touched a handful in the bag, but the smell was all over my hands and it choked my nose!"
Zanthoxylum bungeanum, yes, why didn’t I think of Zhaocheng’s specialty!
Zanthoxylum bungeanum is the most famous specialty of Zhaocheng. It has a stronger flavor than those grown in other places. It is an indispensable seasoning when cooking meat. The Zanthoxylum bungeanum collected this year has just been dried and is stored in the warehouse. It has not been taken out yet.
Going to sell it.
After grinding this stuff into powder and blowing it along the wind, no matter whether it is a person or an animal, there will be an immediate reaction - a race between noses and tears.
"Everyone, get moving!" Ji Jie ordered: "Grind the Sichuan peppercorns into powder, the finer the better! Then put it into a clay pot, and make a mask with mint leaves inside, the more the better!"
Although everyone didn't know his intention, they still started working enthusiastically, and soon there were coughs and sneezes. Fortunately, these people have to do this work every year and have strong adaptability.
Among so many people, Ji Jian was the only one who could talk to Ji Jie. When the two of them walked to a deserted place, he asked, "What are you doing with these things?"
Ji Jie replied: "Of course it's to welcome the bandits! Don't let the third person hear what you say next. Gu Feng found helpers again. Those people are difficult to deal with. How can you do it if you don't want to do some harm?
OK?"
Ji Jian suddenly realized it. Thinking back to the dozen or so sneezes he had made before, he gave a thumbs up and said, "What a plan!"
God was good, and a light wind blew the next day, and Zhaocheng was in the upper wind.
Just after noon, suddenly there was a sound of war drums, followed by the sound of horse hooves, and a group of more than a hundred bandits rushed over. Ji Jie and other 20 people were still waiting at the place where the two sides fought two days ago.
Cai Neng pointed at Ji Jie with the Fangtian painted halberd in his hand and shouted: "Master Zhou, if you have any sense, please dismount your horse and surrender quickly, otherwise I will make you Zhaocheng chicken and dog uneasy!"
The people behind Cai Neng picked up their crossbows in cooperation and aimed at Ji Jie and the others, as if they would shoot you into hedgehogs with just one command.
Ji Jie stretched out his little finger and picked out his ears and said: "I have heard this so many times that my ears have become calloused. Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
"My name is Cai Neng!" Cai Neng said his name proudly.
Ji Jian whispered to Ji Jie: "I have heard of this name. He was originally a general of the Wei Kingdom. For some unknown reason, he led a group of subordinates to become bandits, specializing in robbing passing caravans and wealthy families.
He’s a desperado!”
"It's actually very simple if you want me to surrender!" Ji Jie shook the spear in his hand and said, "As long as it agrees!"
Cai Neng laughed loudly, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, and said, "Okay, then I will teach Zhao Wenjun his skills!"
The two horses crossed each other, the halberds and spears crossed. Cai Neng's strength was superior to Cai He's, and his moves were more flexible. Unlike Cai He, who only knew how to rush, in the blink of an eye, the two of them exchanged several moves, and they were evenly matched.
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The two horses pedaled wrongly, and Cai Neng's previous contempt for Ji Jie disappeared without a trace. He handed Fang Tian's painted halberd to his left hand and said loudly: "I didn't expect Zhaowen Jun's kung fu to be so good. I have a suggestion. I don't know."
Are you interested?"
"Tell me!" Ji Jie didn't know what he was planning.
"Haha, do it with me!"
Ji Jie almost fell off the horse. I, Zhao Wenjun, have done a good job. I will join you as a robber when I am full. Yaya, I have never heard of the descendants of Emperor Zhou doing this.
, your brain has been kicked by a donkey!
"It seems that Lord Zhaowen has misunderstood!" Cai Neng smiled and whispered: "I am just a robber on the surface, but in fact I am still obeying the orders of the Great Wei State. As for the reason, I can't tell you now. Our King of Wei always seeks talents.
Thirst, a young elite like you, who has learned from Guigu, will definitely be rewarded as long as he is loyal to my king! You may say how can the descendants of the emperor be ministers of the princes, but what does this mean?
Wouldn't it be better to always respect the policy of the common master of the world, rather than being in charge of a village here?"
Ji Jie frowned slightly. There had long been a precedent for a child named Ji to seek employment in the Seven Kingdoms, but when these words came from Cai Neng's mouth, he felt uncomfortable no matter how he heard them.
"Stop talking nonsense, hit me if you want to, or get out of here if you don't!" Ji Jie replied rudely.
Cai Neng gritted his teeth in hatred, thinking that I am doing it for your own good, but you don't appreciate it. Well, since you think you have a long life, then you can't blame me, watch the trick!
The two continued to fight, and just like last time, Ji Jie suffered a lot with weapons. The wooden spear became more and more difficult to use. On the other hand, Cai Neng became more courageous as he fought, and there was a slight possibility of gaining the upper hand.
Ji Jian saw the anxiety in his eyes and wanted to go up to help but didn't dare to act rashly. There were also two generals, Gu Feng and Cai He, over there, so they suffered even more from the group fight.
Ji Jie turned around and winked. This was the agreement between the two of them. Ji Jian nodded knowingly and stabbed him with a halberd. Ji Jie was unable to dodge, and the tip of the halberd pierced his breastplate.
With a timid look on his face, he turned around and ran away. Ji Jian and others here had the same reaction, choosing to run away without exception. The situation at this time was similar to what happened to Gu Feng and Cai He a few days ago.
How similar.
Gu Feng shouted happily: "Ji Jie, you also have today, let me shoot my brothers to death!"
No one fired arrows, and no one listened to his orders. Cai Neng raised Fang Tian's painted halberd and shouted: "Don't shoot cold arrows, chase me and wash Zhaocheng with blood!"
"Yes!" A group of people put down their crossbows and drew their weapons, and followed Cai Neng in pursuit. Gu Feng felt very embarrassed, but he still followed the horse.
The twenty people quickly disappeared into Zhaocheng. The environment here was very familiar to them. They could find a hiding place with their eyes closed. After they hid for a long time, the robbers came over.
The robbers swarmed into the city, but before they could find anyone, large and small earthen jars flew out of nowhere and hit them on the head.
"Be careful with hidden weapons!" Cai Neng shouted, joking, all of my men are brave, how could they be hit by the jar!
Before Cai Neng had time to be happy, bursts of smoke appeared from the broken earthen pot, and the pungent smell immediately filled every street and alley, and the terrible sound of breaking could be heard endlessly.
"It's not good, it's poisonous!"
"Ah owe..."
Sneezes were everywhere, and the neighing of horses became louder and louder. The bandits fell off their horses one after another. The thick pepper powder in the air made them unable to open their eyes, and they were all blinded.
"Do it!"
Ji Jie gave an order, and dozens of arrows were first shot from the hiding place. Due to the short distance and the inconvenience for the opponent to avoid, the lethality of these arrows was greatly increased, and ten of them hit the target.
Blown by the breeze, the pepper powder began to drift away, and the guard members wearing masks suddenly came out from their hiding places and beheaded dozens of people in an instant.
Cai Neng squinted his eyes, swung his halberd and stabbed one person to death. He opened his mouth and wanted to say the word "retreat", but was blocked by the spicy pepper powder and coughed violently.
Ji Jie appeared on the roof of a thatched house, calmly took out his mulberry bow, opened the bow and nocked an arrow while holding his breath, and aimed at Cai Neng, who was coughing.
"Whoosh...poof..." Cai Neng shot an arrow in his left eye, and the sharp arrow penetrated the back of his head.
Cai Neng fell to the ground with a "plop" and closed his right eye unwillingly.
Gu Feng and Cai He, who had been following from a distance from the beginning, were frightened by the tragic scene in front of them. They looked at each other and once again chose to turn around and run away. There were not many people who could follow them.