More than three hundred people, one man and three horses, headed straight for Black Tiger Mountain, fifty miles away.
There is a cottage on Black Tiger Mountain, which is the same group of bandits who attacked Zhangjiazhuang.
After the bandits, Zhangjiazhuang was reduced to ashes.
Fifty miles away, the horse arrived at the foot of the mountain in an hour.
Mo Zuo and others covered their faces and pulled out the fish-head knives.
The fish-head knife is one of the main types of war knives in the Ming Dynasty. Its characteristic is that the tip of the knife is edged up and down, just like a spear. If a wooden stick is inserted into the handle of the knife, it can be used as a simple knife or a spear.
There are fin protrusions on the back of the knife. Some even have a double fin shape. The purpose is to increase the weight of the blade. It is convenient for chopping and has a certain effect on breaking armor. At the same time, it moves the center of gravity backward.
The closer the center of gravity is to the hand guard, the easier it is to control the knife. The closer the center of gravity is to the head, the greater the power of the chop.
How to choose the center of gravity depends on the purpose and the type of Kung Fu associated with the sword hand.
Pirates use the sword on a rocking ship. The more controllable the sword, the more advantageous it is for fighting. Their swords are generally short and heavy. The guard of this kind of sword is even swastika-shaped, which is very helpful to protect the hand.
Everyone covered their faces, dismounted from their horses, and walked up the mountain. They were all dressed in black and wore fast boots with thin soles. Their footsteps rustled as they ran towards the top of the mountain.
At the gate of the cottage, there were two minions, yawning and holding spears, guarding the door.
Black Tiger Mountain is a special bandit village with a gentry background. It is officially protected by civilian officials, so no one dares to trouble them.
Because they are the private armed forces of the official people. They specialize in doing dirty work for the gentry.
As time passed, and after decades, they all became slack.
Although these people in the Mo Table Belt are pirates, they are all veteran pirates who have been fighting for more than ten years. After joining the Yang family, they received modern military training. Not only are they desperadoes, but their combat tactics are also very sophisticated.
Skilled.
They quickly approached under cover, crawled forward in the darkness, and crawled to the shadow twenty meters away. Then they picked up the steel crossbow. The reason why they did not use muskets was because the steel crossbow made no sound, so as not to alarm the bandits inside.
Two crossbow arrows swung past, hitting the two of them in the throat. These pirates practiced steel crossbows. Each of them had shot thousands of crossbow arrows, and the accuracy was extremely high. They were eliminated without a sound.
Mo Zuo waved his hand, and the pirates rushed to the gate. They threw out ropes with hooks and hooked them on the top of the wooden fence. More than fifty people quickly climbed up, climbed over the wooden fence, and disappeared into the darkness behind the wall.
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These people are very skilled at climbing masts and jumping gangs. Climbing is a trivial matter.
Leaders such as Fathead Fish and Old Sea Eagle led their men over the wooden wall and wiped the necks of the two secret whistles who were dozing inside the door. They went straight to the village gate and opened it from the inside. They used lanterns to circle outside.
Three circles.
Mo Zui and others knew they had succeeded. They immediately rushed out of the shadows and rushed into the yard.
This village is not big, there are about 200 bandits.
The top of the mountain is a flat land. Except for the five-meter-high wooden wall on one side of the road up the mountain, there are cliffs on three sides. It is very dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
There are more than fifty wooden houses scattered within the wall on the top of the mountain, all with dark lights. There is a tall big house in the middle. The lights are brightly lit inside, and there is a lot of people. There are constant sounds of punching and noisy noises coming from inside.
"Master, the master, tomorrow is the old man's eightieth birthday. Brother, let me first wish the old man a long life as long as the Nanshan Mountains and good fortunes like the East China Sea." A leader said loudly with a big tongue and a wine bowl.
All the gangsters in the hall cheered loudly. These people are all members of the Li family.
Their leader was born by the maid of the old lady of the Li family. Many of the other leaders, big and small, were slaves born in the family. Some of them were children of the Li family who served as officials in various places, and were specially released from prison on death row. They were notorious thieves and habitual bandits.
thug.
These people had no choice but to seek shelter under the Li family and became bandits in Black Tiger Mountain.
These civil servants were not only corrupt and bribery, but also bought up private land by force, and also monopolized industry and commerce.
Not only do all merchants have to pay filial piety to the government and government officials, but at the same time, these gangsters also have to collect an additional amount of peace money. As a result, small industrial and commercial merchants can barely survive without going bankrupt.
They are calculating in their minds, and there is no limit to how much money they can swindle. If all these small businesses go bankrupt, how can they continue to harvest sustainably?
They will personally control only particularly profitable transactions, and these are secretly controlled by the servants and family members of these civil servants.
Businessmen from out of town, if they don’t have local protection, will most likely be robbed by bandits like Black Tiger Mountain on the road. There are tea stall ladies, roadside beggars, shoe repairmen in towns all over the place...
….Many of them are bandits’ spies.
It is clear who came to this place, what merchants and travelers came. Whether they were scholars, merchants or officials. They were closely monitored. If they were fat sheep, they would be robbed quickly.
The Ming Dynasty has entered chaos mode everywhere. Many people are missing. People who can walk outside are basically not good people, and they all have some abilities.
The boss, Li Sanduo, is a man in his forties. He looks less like a bandit and more like a fat member of the Communist Party of China.
"Okay, okay, I will definitely take your brothers' wishes into consideration. The old man is the anchor of the Li family. As long as the old man is still here, in this land of Shaanxi, the glory and wealth of my Li family will be indispensable, and the benefits of the brothers will also be indispensable.
Hahaha."
All the bandits offered their gifts one after another, all of which were for the old man's birthday.
Tomorrow morning, Li Sanduo will go to the Li family to attend the old man's 80th birthday party. Of course, he cannot act as the son of the Li family, but can only act as a wealthy businessman.
Ever since he went up the mountain, he could no longer recognize his ancestors.
These big families are like this, some people live their lives like face, some people live like lizi, and some people live like knives.
Looking at the piles of gifts, Li Sanduo's face flushed with excitement. This is because the brothers are giving him face. When he goes home tomorrow, he will also let the brothers and uncles take a high look at him. The old man can also be happy.
At this time, the door was suddenly kicked open, and a cold voice said: "Count me in."
"This gift counts as one for a certain family."
Then there was a banging sound. Four heads were smashed on the largest banquet table in the middle.
Everyone was shocked, and when they took a closer look, they saw that they were the four bandits guarding the door.
"Copy them, chop them up." Li Sanduo was so angry that he flew into a rage.
In this land, they are accustomed to being arrogant and arrogant. They are the only ones who rob their homes and homes. It is their turn to be robbed and robbed by others.
The two hundred bandits immediately pulled out various weapons from their bodies.
These are all old gangsters who sleep with knives under their heads.
Moreover, when sleeping, the feet were pointed towards the edge of the kang and the head was pointed towards the corner of the kang. I was afraid that someone would sneak attack me in the middle of the night and cut off my head. After all, in a promising industry like banditry, enemies are indispensable.
More than two hundred people rushed towards the gate with swords raised.
At this time, there was a loud noise, and all the floor-to-ceiling windows and doors on the south side were kicked open. The front porches of the five houses were crowded with old pirates, and they collectively raised steel crossbows.
Whoosh whoosh! A sound of spring ejection came,
Suddenly, arrows shot away like locusts.
These steel crossbows have internal pulleys and charging handles for cocking, and they can be cocked by simply pulling the charging handle. Therefore, the rate of fire is extremely high. Suddenly, after several rounds of crossbow arrows were fired, most of the bandits fell.