A dense patch of branches and leaves in front of him kept hanging over his face. Tang Ershuan was no stranger to them. This was a slightly gentle hill where most of these small trees grew. The sight distance in the forest was very short. He was hunched over in the forest.
pass through, ahead
The sound of the bandits pushing aside branches and leaves could be heard clearly, and occasionally there were shouts with a northern accent.
The weeds all over the trees made a swishing sound as Tang Er Shuan ran. This section was all uphill. Tang Er Shuan was panting while chasing, but he did not dare to slow down. Passing through a low cypress forest, Tang Er Shuan suddenly
He realized that the sound in front of him had disappeared. He had just had this thought in his mind and before he could stop, the shield was pushing away the cypress branches in front of him. There was a bang in front of him, and the distance was very close. Tang Ershuan didn't even withdraw the shield. He only had time to shrink his head and use a heavy weapon.
The arrow shot from the right front and slashed diagonally across the leather armor on his chest. The force was so powerful that Tang Ershuan was in shock. The cypress branches and leaves in front of him flew off one after another, and a handful of his waist
The knife broke through the dense branches and leaves and struck head-on.
Under the sudden change, Tang Ershuan had no time to react. There was a loud bang above his head and a huge vibration on his helmet. Tang Ershuan tilted his head dizzy. A figure appeared in his field of vision, and half of the blade rolled past in the air. There was a roar from the opposite side.
, stretched out his hand to grab his shield, Tang Ershan put his left hand on the card, and his movement was immediately blocked. He couldn't pull the opponent with one hand, the shield was pulled aside, a figure appeared on the right side, and stabbed him in the abdomen with a waist knife.
Tang Ershuan didn't have time to think too much, and followed the force of pulling the rattan card and hit it in that direction. The two of them immediately rolled to the ground. In the chaos, the rattan card was stuck at the root of a tree. Two figures jumped over quickly, and the first one slashed with a knife.
Come, Tang Ershuan rushes
He took off his left hand tightly, and when he stood up, his left arm felt cold. Tang Ershuan slashed at him randomly, without caring whether it hit him or not, he turned around and ran down the mountain.
There were loud orders from the bottom of the mountain. It was obvious that the marines from elsewhere were coming. Tang Erchuan shouted and stumbled down. When a cry came from the mountain, he could hear that it was the bandit telling him not to chase. Tang Erchuan grabbed a cypress tree next to him.
The cypress tree vibrated violently and made a roaring sound. I relied on the strength of my arms to pull my body and circled half a circle around the tree. I changed the direction of going down the mountain to running sideways without slowing down.
How much. The rough cypress bark cut the palm of his hand a little painfully. Tang Ershuan didn't have time to look at it. His left arm began to hurt sharply. He hurriedly looked at it and saw that the whole arm was covered with blood. He didn't have time to bandage it and ran forward.
After a few steps to speed up, then
Then he ran towards the mountain on the right side. Tang Erchuan shuttled through Berlin. He remembered the approximate location and chased towards the mountain from the right side. After a while, there was the sound of branches scraping in front of him, as well as the sound of violent breathing.
Tang Er Shuan bowed his body and saw a leg between the branches and leaves.
The gap shook for a moment. After running a few more steps, there was a gap between trees on the left. Tang Er Shuan raised his knife and rushed towards it. A figure wearing a red arrow suit appeared in front of him. Tang Er Shuan didn't have time to think too much, and pointed the knife at his waist.
His legs directly brushed past him, and his footsteps
Without stopping, the man in red screamed behind him. Tang Erchuan ran as fast as he could, running sideways for more than ten steps. The shouts of other bandits were heard from where he was just now. Tang Erchuan turned around and continued running up the mountain. This way he could
Go around and get in front of a few people. In the past, when there was a group fight at the pier,
He was also fighting and running like this. The northern accent coming from the cypress forest was filled with anxious curses, which further confirmed their location. After running for more than ten steps up the mountain, Tang Erchuan's legs and feet felt a little weak, and he stopped immediately.
Squatting on the ground and looking to the right, sweat dripped from his head.
With tears streaming down his eyes, Tang Ershuan did not dare to blink. He avoided the dense canopy of cypress trees and saw figures moving among the tree trunks and weeds. Their position was now lower than Tang Ershuan's.
Tang Er Shuan handed the sword to his left hand and slowly pulled out the flying ax. Severe pain came from his left arm, and his right hand shook violently. He took a breath, looked at the distribution of tree roots, and prepared to sneak among the trees towards the location of several bandits.
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"My leg is injured and I can't walk. Don't worry about it. Take the bow." The three bandits left after saying that. Tang Ershuan had no time to sneak around, so he stood up suddenly and ran forward, with the flying ax in his hand already raised, running in a diagonal direction.
Facing a few people, it was very difficult to run on the slope. He found his footing and jumped twice in a row.
When I got down, I saw the figure of the leading bandit between the two trees.
The two were only two or three steps apart. The bandit was tall. He had obviously heard the sound of running. Before he could determine the direction, he was drawing an arrow and preparing to draw the bow. The sudden appearance of Tang Er Shuan made him look shocked.
The flying ax came out of his hand and flew towards the bandit. Tang Ershuan didn't miss it, he kept his speed and passed by quickly. He bent down and walked quickly under the canopy of the tree. A scream came from behind him.
A feeling of excitement filled the
In his mind, his hands and feet seemed to be strong again. His feet suddenly slipped, and Tang Er Shuan failed to step firmly on the slope. He immediately fell down the mountain. In panic, he grabbed his hands and hit the tree trunk twice before finally stopping. A bow and arrow flew through the forest.
Although he was far away from him, Tang Ershuan was still a close friend.
Shocked, he jumped up and ran around half a circle regardless of the pain before squatting down again to observe. Screams and moans came from two places in the forest.
Blood dripped from the fingertips of his left hand. Tang Er Shuan took it off from his waist and bit it in his mouth. He pulled his right hand around the wound on his left arm and circled it several times. Although the shouts from the bottom of the mountain were still far away, they were very loud.
Urgent, they all have an Anqing accent. The marines have already arrived at the foot of the mountain. The bandits don't have much time to ambush him again. Tang Ershuan didn't waste any time and ran over following the screams. Here they are.
The position where the ax was thrown just now.
The other two bandits had indeed escaped. The bandit who had been struck by an ax was leaning against a tree trunk, bleeding from his abdomen.
"My lord, please spare my life..."
Tang Ershuan ignored him and stabbed him in the neck. The man suddenly fell silent. He drew his ax and looked up the mountain. He could still see the backs of two people fleeing. Tang Ershuan was chasing after him. The two bandits pulled away a little.
Distance, desperately running away in front, Tang Ershuan couldn't catch up for a while, so he could only follow closely behind. Under the sunshine, the mountain forest was still extremely hot and muggy, and the physical strength of both chasing and fleeing parties was rapidly depleted.
, but no one dared to stop. The blood in his left arm was still flowing. Tang Ershuan felt tired, and his feet became heavier and heavier. They had already climbed two mountains, and when they passed the path between the mountains, they did not see any officers or soldiers blocking the road.
, and no other Marines’ voices were heard from behind.
He probably knew that the two bandits had deviated from the direction, turning from west to north, and were running towards the mountains in the north. Even if they ran away in this direction, they would probably starve to death in the mountains. Obviously, the bandits were already panicking and chasing.
They climbed over another hill. The hill in front of them was getting bigger and bigger. Both sides were getting slower and slower. They turned from running to jogging, jogging to walking, and finally stopped and walked. When Tang Erchuan stopped, the two bandits even
Stop too
After resting, there were still twenty or thirty steps away from each other. On another uphill road, the figures of the bandits were getting closer and closer. Tang Ershuan felt that his eyesight was a little blurry, so he struggled to take a step forward. He could no longer hold the knife with his left hand, and the knife fell to the ground.
Tang Ershuan didn't even have the strength to pick it up, so he stopped walking
I held my legs and kept panting. I felt like I couldn't lift my hands and feet. I wanted to lean on a tree to rest for a while.
When he raised his head with difficulty, he saw the famous bandit behind him falling to the ground. Tang Ershuan perked up, bit the ax handle in his mouth, grabbed the branch in front of him with his right hand, and approached the fallen bandit step by step. The bandit's face
He fell to the ground, without even a knife in his hand. The arrow in his waist was empty. His violent breathing could be clearly heard a few steps away. He almost collapsed on the ground, and the red clothes on his back were soaked with sweat and stuck to his body.
body, change
The color turned deep red, and after hearing the approaching footsteps, he squirmed a few times, but finally failed to turn over. Tang Ershuan stumbled to the rogue bandit, and a soft arrow flew in front of him. He raised his head and glanced,
Six or seven steps away on the mountain is the last bandit. He looks middle-aged, and his eyes are full of anger and fatigue.
, still holding the bow in his hand, after shooting the arrow just now, he fell to the ground. At this time, he stood up again with all his strength, and went to draw the last arrow at his waist. Tang Ershuan's left hand hung by his side, wobbling even while standing.
Unable to stand, he had no strength to hide, and his head was at a standstill. He no longer paid attention to the rogues on the mountain who were drawing their bows, and looked back. The rogues on the ground could only barely
Turning his head, his eyes full of fear, Tang Ershuan took the ax from his mouth, raised it with difficulty, and used the speed of his body to fall towards the head of the bandit.
The bandit let out a wailing cry, and his body trembled and struggled for a few times. Tang Ershuan pressed on his back, slowly sat upright, raised the ax with his right hand and struck it down right at the temple. The man gnawed and stopped struggling.
Tang Erchuan raised his head. He wanted to kill the last bandit, but his hands and feet had no strength at all. He couldn't even stand up. The bandit on the mountain half-drawn his bow. His body shook and his arms shook. There was a soft buzz, and Tang Erchuan's
thigh
I felt like I had been hit, and severe pain came quickly.
When the bandit saw that his companion was hopeless, he turned around and was about to leave. Tang Ershuan, who was in severe pain, felt strength in his arm again. He roared loudly, swung his right hand out with all his strength, and the flying ax rolled towards the back.
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Outside Erlang Town, a group of cavalry came from the direction of the pass. Pang Yu dismounted at the bridgehead and saw Tang Ma coming from Chema River.
"Report to Mr. Pang, the Marine Warfare Department has captured the Sweeper King. His back was seriously injured and he was bleeding." "Haha, Sweeper King!" Pang Yu almost cheered when he heard the name, and after calming down, he said for a long time.
After a sigh of relief, the imperial court did not focus on the head of the bandits in recording the merits of the bandits. The leader of the thieves was ranked first, especially the famous thieves.
Wang wreaked havoc in several northern provinces, and his name appeared in almost every newspaper. Pang Yu believed that he was definitely the big thief in the emperor's heart. With this big thief, Pang Yu could complete the campaign goal.
Turning to look at Pang Ding, Pang Ding had a complicated look on his face. Two years ago, the sweeper king bloodbathed Anqing. At that time, Pang Yu was just a slave leader. "Stop the bleeding of the sweeper king and find the prisoners in the camp to identify them carefully. My officer
We need to be sure that he is the King of Sweepers." Pang Yu turned to the messenger and said, "Go and tell Xie Zhaofa that if it is confirmed that he is the King of Sweepers, escort Erlang here immediately.
In the town, the Land War Department and the First Division were stationed in Tufeng Village and Chenghe Village to assist in the screening of prisoners."
After Pang Yu finished speaking, he walked south along the river. Outside the south of the town, countless horses and mules were scattered in the fields grazing, and there were even livestock eating seedlings in the fields. No one paid attention to them. Before noon, Pang Yu led the first division to arrive one by one.
Erlang Town participated in the battle to attack the pass. After yesterday's defeat, the pass bandits lost all morale. They evacuated to Guangji overnight starting last night. The garrison battalion suffered serious losses in combat power.
A small number of troops attacked the pass. Although there were many artillery pieces, it was just a bluff and was unable to intercept the elite rogue bandits. In the end, they only captured nearly a thousand abandoned and weak slaves.
Heading towards the old county, the Second Division did not catch up with the escaping Chuang Taotian. The fighting within the Susong area was basically over. The garrison camps were scattered at several key points along the post road, and there were still tedious aftermath tasks to be completed.
On the wharf, six watercrafts were moored at the wharf of Erlang Town. The river bank near Erlang Bridge was full of floating corpses. Some prisoners were fishing with long bamboo poles and cleaning up the parking area of the wharf. The wharf and the post road were full of horse-drawn carriages.
They were all corpses and wounded soldiers.
Pang Yu comforted the wounded soldiers along the way. The carriage drivers were all prisoners who were urgently selected last night and were able to hitch carriages and raise horses. Although these captives were rogues, once captured, they were more docile than ordinary people. This is
Four large camp heads were intercepted at this time, and the baggage of three of them were in the Chema River. Due to the situation, the bandits were unable to ride horses to participate in the battle. After being defeated, they could not take away their mounts. There were abandoned camps everywhere from the Chema River to Fenghuangpu.
, rough
It is estimated that as many as 5,000 horses and mules were seized, as well as about 2,000 carriages and oxen.
With these tools, it was much easier to transport supplies and wounded people. Soon they reached the boarding place. Pang Yu looked around at the carriage queue and asked the officer guarding the dock, "Has Mr. Zhou been sent away yet?"
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"The boat in front always leaves."
Pang Yu thought about it and asked, "Where's Wu Dacai, the chief executive of the second division? I heard he was also injured. Is he here?"
The officer looked at Pang Yu blankly, "My subordinates don't know that these wounded people were all sent here at once. I belong to the Third Division and don't know Mr. Wu Bai." Pang Yu waved his hand. His military medical system was extremely imperfect.
, he only knew some simple bandages to stop the bleeding, and the medical officer who set the bones was a prisoner exchanged in Chuzhou. There was only one in the whole army, and he could basically only complete a small part of the battlefield first aid.
There are no military hospitals.
"The last time the Times advertised the recruitment of traumatologists, how many people were recruited in Nanjing?"
Pang Ding said in astonishment, "I am not responsible for this, I don't know."
Pang Yu snorted and took him a few steps forward. There were carriages in front of them. Different from other carriages, there was a soldier beside each carriage, and there was a security soldier every three people.
"You are responsible for this matter. It will be transported to Chang'an port for shipment, and no less than a tael of silver is required."
Pang Ding's face was full of excitement, "With this money, the young master is not afraid that Nanjing will not be able to make up for it."
"Why should I make up for it?" Pang Yu said matter-of-factly, "I'm just afraid that I don't have enough money." Pang Ding took a step to the side, looked at the long motorcade and suddenly said, "Young Master, tell me, the bandits brought this
A lot of money is running around, wouldn't it be a big hassle? Otherwise, wouldn't it be convenient for them to deposit it in our bank with their banknotes?
It’s much more convenient.”
Pang Yu stretched out a hand, paused for a while, turned to look at him and said, "That's a good insight. The bandits definitely have this need."
"When they are all exchanged for silver notes, then the young master will kill them all." Pang Ding shook his fist fiercely, his face full of excitement, "The silver will become ownerless silver, and it will all belong to us."
Pang Yu patted Pang Ding approvingly, "I didn't expect you, Pang Ding, to be such a simple child, could come up with such... excellent ideas."
Pang Ding rubbed his hands, "It's definitely possible. Those bandits are also human beings. Sooner or later they will be killed if they run around like this. There must be a lot of people who want to escape. Without such an escort..." Pang Yu slapped him on the head, "What?
It's all ours, it's all mine, young master. I think the bandits are as stupid as you. If you don't set up banks in Huguang and Henan, the bandits will dare to transport the money to Nanjing to deposit it. Don't mention those things.
, send this money to Anqing first."
Pang Ding touched his head and said, "Such an important thing, Master, why don't you personally escort it back to Anqing?" "I'm still waiting for news from Fengjia Store. I heard that there were many casualties among the generals. I have to see who is alive."
Pang Yu paused and said, "Mr. Ma has been found. He and Pi Yingju are coming from Anqing. I have many things to talk to him about."