"Did you see Lu Dutang being killed with your own eyes?"
In the dim lobby of the inn, Qin Jiuze nodded slightly, "I was surrounded by Tatars and died."
There were only four people in the hall. In addition to Qin Jiuze, there were also Mr. Qi, Yu Laoer and Yang Guangdi.
Mr. Qi looked at Qin Jiuze, whose face was blurred, and asked, "Have all Xuan Da's troops been destroyed, or should we escape?"
"The general ran north with his servants. All the generals should be alive."
Mr. Qi frowned, "Only Lu Dutang died, so why didn't you run away with the general and go to Liao Town with those two people?"
Qin Jiuze said briefly, "They don't really want to fight the Tatars. If they don't like it, they won't go."
"We are not Kuaishou, we are the battalion of Nanzhili. We are sincere in fighting the Tatars, but we will not accept the good ones at night. Are you willing to follow us to fight the Tatars?"
The wrinkles on Qin Jiuze's forehead deepened, and he seemed to be raising his eyes to observe. After a moment, he said, "I am willing to follow."
"Then I've taken your soldier card, and the people from our Qibing camp will be following you. You can't leave just as you want."
Qin Jiuze nodded again. After looking at him, Mr. Qi turned to Yang Guangdi and said, "Yang Guangdi, Qin Jiuze will follow you and get him some food first. There are some differences between our army and Xuanda. You are responsible for teaching him the rules."
"Yang Guangdi was stunned for a moment, but Mr. Qi didn't wait for him. After that, he turned around and went out. When he got to the door, he looked back at Yang Guangdi, "Qin Jiuze is the sentinel of the border army. If you have the ability, you teach him the rules.
It doesn’t mean that you are the master, you have to follow
Learn skills from others."
Yang Guangdi responded with a sigh. After Mr. Qi went out, the three people in the dim hall were silent. Qin Jiuze said in a deep voice, "Yang Guangdi, where is the food?"
"Yes, here, here are two loaves."
"And horse stuff."
Yu Laoer over there sneered, "Why are you becoming a master?"
Yang Guangdi responded, "I'll go to the flag general to get the horse materials later. It's not easy to transport them on the road." Qin Jiuze sat down slowly, took out the tinder and started banging it. He lit the tinder for a while, and then carefully kneaded the hay.
Leaning on the fire, the hay started to burn. Qin Jiuze put a few small firewood sticks on it, and soon the flames started to spread.
stand up.
"Why did you kill that common man?"
"It was Yang Shisan who killed him." Qin Jiuze reached for a split door panel and put it on the fire. "He thought he was with the two people outside, so he killed a few opponents first." The fire gradually increased, and there were also people in the house.
Inspired by the warmth, Yu Laoer also sat down, looked at Qin Jiuze in the firelight and said, "Qin, no matter if you stay late at night or keep a sharp whistle in Xuanda University, you can do anything in our Rangers."
Listen to Wu
As a captain, forget it if you can't help, don't cause trouble and kill others."
A puff of smoke came out of the fire. Qin Jiuze coughed, waved his hand twice in front of his face, stepped back, took off his helmet and put it next to him, without answering Yu Laoer's words.
Yang Guangdi turned his head and looked at Qin Jiuze in front of him. This man was not young, his hair was gray, and the wrinkles on his face were deeper than those of many old men. He didn't seem to be strong, but he always felt that he could fight. Mr. Qi checked these three
The military cards, horses and weapons of the Xuanda soldiers all match what they described, indicating that they are indeed the Xuanda frontier army. I have heard of this army frequently recently, and the rangers even dictated the various battalion heads and commanders of Xuanda.
Regarding the name, the one who impressed me the most was of course Lu Xiangsheng.
"Qin...Uncle Qin, is Lu Dutang really dead?"
Qin Jiuze still said briefly, "Dead."
Yang Guangdi was silent for a while and said, "I was rescued in Chuzhou. Fortunately, Lu Dutang defeated the bandits."
In the dim light, Qin Jiuze raised his head and glanced slightly. His eyes were not big and he could not clearly see the emotions in them.
"I just heard you say that you are supervising Biao Zhongying, and the deputy general is called Li Chongzhen. I remember the martial arts people said that your deputy general Li was also there in the battle to save me."
Qin Jiuze snorted, "Li Chongzhen is from your family, he is from Liao Town."
Yu Laoer tilted his head and asked, "Li Chongzhen is the deputy general of the middle camp. Lu Dutang is dead. Why can he still escape? If he is placed in our Qibing camp, the chief officer will die in battle and his subordinates will escape. He will be killed immediately after returning to the camp."
Got my head off."
He pointed at Qin Jiuze, "If Li Zhongzhen didn't run away, you guys who stayed up all night should have died together with the chief officer."
"I told you, Li Chongzhen is the chief officer of your family. My chief officer's surname is Xu. Anyone who sincerely kills thieves is dead."
Yang Guangdi stood up and said loudly, "Pang Pang is my master, but Li Chongzhen is not! My Pang Pang is sincere in killing thieves. This time he traveled a thousand miles from South Zhili to kill the Tatars."
There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and several people turned to look. The lights in front of the door were shaking, and Mr. Qi strode in with a torch.
"Yang Guangdi, what are you doing so loudly? Are you afraid that the Tatars can't hear you? Come here, Qin Jiuze, too." Several people gathered around, and Mr. Qi said directly, "The remaining commoner said that he came from Guanxiang, Wei County.
Yes, I saw a group of slaves in Ershilipu before noon. There were about a dozen people, including a bright-armored Tatar, who captured several common people.
, I’ll go back in the afternoon.”
Hearing the words "Liangjia Tatar", Yang Guangdi subconsciously looked up at Qi Zong's head. There was a striking scar there, which was left by the Liang Jia Tazi he met in Chujiaquan last time. Qi Zong squatted
A line was drawn on the ground with a stone, "If their main camp does not move, the Jiannu slaves may still be active tomorrow. We set off before dawn and ambush at Ershilipu first, with the first team at the west entrance, the second team and the third team in the middle."
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"You three." A circle was drawn on the stone, representing Ershilipu, and then Flag Manager randomly rubbed it a few times on the southwest side of the circle, "There is a forest here, and the common man said there is a road to the west of Pu."
Linzi, go yourselves
Find this road and block it to prevent the Tatars from escaping from here. Do you have anything to ask?"
Qin Jiuze stared at the patterns on the ground quietly, and looked up slightly in surprise when he heard this. It seemed that he did not expect that they wanted to annihilate all the Tatar sentry cavalry, and he did not expect that Commander Qi would discuss it with them.
Yu Laoer asked, "Are you bringing a horse?"
"Take care of any slaves who have escaped so that you can chase them."
Yang Guangdi raised his hand and said, "My fire gun is very good at breaking armor. Why don't you go to the west and hit the Tatars with bright armor?"
"Two crossbows are enough. Yu Laoer, give me your crossbow. Yang Guangdi can find a good position by himself. It is best to be able to hit the west end and block the road."
Mr. Qi looked up at Qin Jiuze and motioned for him to ask questions.
Qin Jiuze was a little embarrassed for the first time. He coughed and said, "Today there are more than a dozen slaves, maybe for inspection, and tomorrow there may be hundreds." "This road was passed by slaves a month ago, and all the children and sons were grabbing money and food.
After all, the slave builders must have gone to the south of Wei County to plunder. The purpose of checking Ershilipu is to see if there are any missing people. They will not send many people out. If they really come,
If there are many, they will run when they hear the sound of hoofbeats."
Qin Jiuze nodded after hearing this and said to Mr. Qi, "Please order some bean paste, otherwise the horse will not be able to catch up."
"Yang Guangdi will come to collect it in a quarter of an hour." Mr. Qi looked at Qin Jiuze, "The best one can be caught alive."
After saying that, he took Yu Laoer's Que Zhang Nu, got up and walked out.
The three of them returned to their respective positions. Yang Guangdi was a little excited thinking about ambushing Jiannu tomorrow. He took out his Rumi gun and wiped the medicine pot, while Yu Laoer fell asleep next to the fire.
Qin Jiuze watched Yang Guangdi clean his gun for a long time and shook his head slightly.
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December 15th, Shilipu, east of Wei County.
Yang Guangdi stared blankly at the forest in front of him. This was not the small forest he imagined at all, but a large elm forest. The edge of the forest reached Shilipu, and all the alleys in the market could lead into the forest.
In the densely populated areas of Jiangbei, it is rare to see such woods, because the land has long been turned into cultivated land, and trees cannot grow. But this time when we marched north, after passing Fengyang, there were similar ones everywhere.
Woods. The land problem in the north is more serious than in southern Zhili. Indeed, as Pang Yu said, no one wants the money given to him. Many lands have been abandoned without anyone taking over. These woods have been formed after many years of abandonment. Among them, the most common
It's elm
Forests reproduce most rapidly.
This forest is probably several decades old, and some of the elm trees are very tall.
Due to the irregular shape of Yulin, Yu Laoer spent a long time choosing a position that could accommodate both ambush and road blocking. The three of them could only ambush beside the forest road near the west end, with their horses tied twenty steps away.
Birds chirping could be heard from time to time in the forest. Qin Jiuze sat under a big tree, took out his knife and inspected it, and then took out a dark knife. The blade may have been polished frequently, making it short and thin.
Yang Guangdi was holding his match rope. When he saw Qin Jiuze's knife, he said, "Uncle Qin, what can you do with your knife?"
Yu Laoer chuckled twice.
Qin Jiuze ignored them. At this time, a figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the market. Yang Guangdi shook his hands, and Yu Laoer waved his hands and said, "It's Mr. Qi who is here."
Mr. Qi did not ride a horse, but strode over to a tree. Yang Guangdi and Yu Laoer hurried over and put Mr. Qi on their shoulders. Mr. Qi grabbed a branch and climbed up the tree.
He sat horizontally on a branch, opened a three-section telescope with a click, and looked into the distance.
Qin Jiuze stood up slowly and looked at the flag on the tree in a daze. When Yang Guangdi came over, Qin Jiuze murmured, "Lu Dutang also has such a telescope, keep it like a treasure."
"All the rangers here have a flag, the infantry commanders, and the artillery commanders all have one. They can see from afar."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Qi had already jumped down from the branch. He said to several people, "Look clearly, there are more than ten horsemen coming from the west. They must be Tatars. Be ready."
After he finished speaking, he ran quickly into the market, with many birds flying along the way.
Yu Laoer scolded, "What did Cao Dian say? Don't scare the birds, the Tatars will all be scared away."
Yang Guangdi lit the match and said to Yu Laoer with a smile, "Tatars don't have a telescope, so what they can't see will fall down in a moment."
The town soon became quiet, and the birds began to fall again. A puff of white smoke rose from the east end of the market, as if someone was cooking. Yang Guangdi knew that he was attracting the slaves. The three of them hid.
In the forest, listening to the crisp sound of hoofbeats on the official road gradually approaching, Yang Guangdi could clearly hear that there were more than ten horses. The sound of hoofbeats was always even, without any pause or acceleration. Jiannu seemed to be walking, without any noise at all.
Be prepared.
Yang Guangdi blew the match rope brightly, pulled out another section, and after adjusting it, he looked out from the gap in the woods. The town was quiet, the sound of hoofbeats was getting closer, and there were birds flying from the west end of the market.
Yang Guangdi's palms were still a little sweaty. He held the barrel of the gun and turned to look at Qin Jiuze. He saw that Xuan Dabing was still leaning against the tree trunk quietly, showing no signs of worry.
Suddenly there was a sharp trumpet sound, the sound of a ranger's horn, and Yang Guangdi's attention immediately turned back to the town.
The sound of hoofbeats immediately became chaotic, the sound of bowstrings kept ringing, and screams and curses were intertwined. Yang Guangdi blew on the match again and aimed in the direction of the town. As soon as the gun was leveled, a man jumped out of an alley.
The figure of the rider. He seemed to be injured while lying on the horse. His clothes could not be seen clearly, but none of the ambush rangers were riding.
Horse, what comes out must be Jiannu.
Yang Guangdi did not hesitate. Rumi's gun roared, and white smoke filled the air in front of him. Yang Guangdi quickly waved his arms to disperse the white smoke, and looked at it with hope. As a result, the rider not only did not fall, but also turned into the forest.
middle.
Yu Laoer put down his bow and arrow and cursed, "You missed the fucking hit again. You reload and I'll go after him."
He quickly ran towards his mount, mounted his horse and chased after him.
Yang Guangdi's face was red, and he was eagerly reloading while observing the activities in the town. There were fierce shouts of killing, but judging from the escape of Jiannu, the Rangers should have the upper hand.
But the more urgent it was to reload, the slower it would be. The match rope was blown away again. Needless to say, the flame was extinguished. Yang Guangdi had to relight it, which required a lot of effort.
"Uncle Qin, prepare your bow..." Yang Guangdi was stunned when he looked back. He saw no one on the tree trunk, and the two horses tied behind were nowhere to be seen.