Yang Peng was playing with the old antique hand crossbow and asked without raising his head: "Where did you get this thing from? How many bows and arrows do you have?" Zhang Xiang scratched his head and said with a blush: "I got this from a landowner. I only have three bows and arrows. I don't know if I can shoot them accurately." Yang Peng said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether I can shoot them or not. It won't take you long anyway." "Why?" ? Will Big Brother not allow us to use crossbows in the future?" Zhang Xiang asked in shock.
"Of course you have to use a hand crossbow!" Yang Peng looked up and looked into the distance and said, "I want you to use a real hand crossbow and bow and arrow, not this crappy thing!" After saying that, he threw away the hand crossbow. Gave it to Zhang Xiang. Then he continued: "In this world of cannibalism, if you don't have weapons, you can only be eaten by others!" "Yes! That's what I think!" Zhang Xiang nodded and said, "Why do Khitan dogs run rampant? Why is the big landowner Pu Jinyi acting so recklessly? Isn’t it because some of them have iron guns and bows and arrows!”
When Yang Peng heard Zhang Xiang take the initiative to mention the big landowner Pu Jinyi, he knew in his heart that the two sides had found a common enemy, so he quickly asked why: "You also know Pu Jinyi?" "In April of the year before last, Pu Jinyi brought people to us When recruiting workers in that area, they said they would be paid six taels of silver per month. They also said they would live in a building, eat white flour buns, and have five days of rest every month." Zhang Xiang said bitterly: "Who knew that I I worked desperately with my brother for a year, and in the end I still owed the foreman three cents!"
Yang Peng asked in a low voice: "Are these brothers all working under Pu Jinyi?" "We are brothers in a greenhouse." Zhang Xiang clenched his fist and said, "That's right! Four of us. A few months ago, Mou Jinyi was going to marry the concubine of the twelfth room, so he asked us to go over and help carry things. When everyone was making a fuss, a dozen of us sneaked out." "Oh, that's right!" Zhang Xiang suddenly shouted : "The twelfth concubine that Pu Jinyi married was in Cangzhou City. He opened a pawn shop there called Yidangxing, and he left it to this concubine to take care of. I don't remember the specific address, but we Several people ran out of Xiaoximen, so they shouldn't be far away."
"What, are you worried?" Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Are you worried about being caught again?" "It's a lie to say you're not worried." Zhang Xiang shook his head and said, "But brother, do you think we will meet that guy?" "When we meet, we meet. Everyone carries one head on two shoulders. What are you afraid of?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You have even been a bandit, why are you still worried about this?"
"That's what the elder brother said!" Zhang Xiang trembled and said loudly: "I will hang myself in the sky and die for tens of thousands of years! When that time comes, if I fight for one person, I will make a profit, but if I fight for two, I will make a profit!" "This is the truth. My good brother Yang Peng!" Yang Peng patted Zhang Xiang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, our brothers will do great things in the future, how can we die so easily?"
We talked and talked all the way, and in a blink of an eye the sun turned to the west. Yang Peng heard new news from Zhang Xiang and had other thoughts in his mind. So he ordered Zhang Xiang to rush forward and chase Cheng Shijie, asking them to find a place to camp in the wild at night instead of looking for an inn. Two hours later, Zhang Xiang came back and reported that he had found a cave ahead. The inside is relatively spacious and can accommodate these people to rest.
Yang Peng nodded and asked Zhang Xiang to stay and wait for Zhang Yan and others, while he led his team to meet Cheng Shijie. Not long after walking forward, I saw Cheng Shijie standing on a ridge on the left side of the path waving. Bai Shujie climbed to the mountain ridge and took a look. Sure enough, there was a cave halfway up the mountain. Bai Shujie asked everyone to collect firewood and wait while he took Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian into the dense forest to hunt. Duan Zhixian really had a hunting background, and he soon discovered the traces of his prey. The three of them tracked for more than five miles, and finally Yang Peng and his three darts shot together and hit a deer weighing about twenty kilograms.
"Brother, your darts are so powerful, they are one of a kind!" Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian were completely stunned when they saw Yang Peng casually fly out three plum-blossom darts, all of them piercing the deer's top door. "This is just a little self-defense skill, it's no big deal." Yang Peng shook his head and said, "Let's go back quickly, don't keep everyone waiting." Cheng Shijie grabbed the prey and carried it on his shoulders, and the three of them quickly returned to the station. Naturally, it wasn't Yang Peng's turn to worry about things like collecting prey. He just stood there and carefully observed the words and actions of these eight people.
By the time the prey was eaten, it was completely dark. Liu Zhiliang packed up the firewood for the night, and then chatted around Yang Peng. "Brothers, be quiet and listen to what I have to say." Bai Shujie clapped his hands and said, "I have a question for everyone. What do you think of people like the big landowner Pu Jinyi?" "This kind of bastard specializes in helping people." The Khitan people are causing harm to our own people, and they are like grandsons in front of their masters! The Khitan dog deserves to die, but Pu Jinyi is simply not a human being!" Zhan Jinguo, who had been silent all this time, was the first to shout: "My brother was killed His little foreman was beaten to death!”
Yin Mingde nodded and said: "Pu Jinyi recruited more than 700 people from us last time, and more than 400 died in less than a year. If Zhang Xiang hadn't taken the lead to escape, we might all be dead!" Because everyone After suffering a huge loss from Pu Jinyi and having the opening salvo in the war against Jin Kingdom, the crowd became furious for a while. Later, everyone probably shed tears thinking of the dead brothers and sisters.
"Like everyone else, I am a person who has died once! I had already been thrown into a mass grave by the Khitan's men who were beating grass in the valley. If I hadn't met the master who happened to pass by and rescued me later, I would have turned into a pile of bones long ago. Yang Peng said loudly: "Six years ago, five of my uncles also died tragically at the hands of Khitan dogs!"
After saying this, Yang Peng stood up fiercely, waved his right fist and said, "The reason why I live is to avenge the Khitan dogs and those evil landlords!" "Brother, just lead us to do it!" Zhang Xiang The first one shouted: "We all crawled out from the pile of dead people, and we can be considered dead once. If we are still alive now, we have already made a lot of money!"
Cheng Shijie and Zhang Yan also stood up and shouted: "Yes, brother, just lead us to kill him!" "Yes, do it!" "If you don't avenge this revenge, you are in vain!" "Okay! Since brothers are all If you want to take revenge, then I will make a deal," Yang Peng glanced at the crowd and said, "We must unite in the future, not only to avenge ourselves, but also to avenge those fellow villagers who died tragically! The entire Song Dynasty people who were persecuted by Khitan dogs and landlords take revenge!"
"To achieve this goal, just the few of us are not enough. In the future, we must also absorb those brothers who share our sufferings and hatred and are determined to take revenge to the death. Only in this way can we continue to grow our team and enhance our strength! "Nowadays, everyone is still bare-handed and has not been trained, so we still lack the ability to take revenge. Next, our main task is to get weapons to arm ourselves. We don't have that much money to find someone to buy them. So. , the only way is to rob!”
"Those landlords and those Khitan people made money by squeezing our hard-earned money. Those silver and gold bars with blood originally belonged to us coolies. Therefore, we will rob them from now on, and we just want to take back what belongs to us. Your own things! Of course, people may die in such a battle. If any brother is afraid, it is still too late to withdraw now."
Everyone was already on the ropes, so naturally no one quit. Yang Peng nodded and said: "Okay, from now on, I will train you like soldiers, because we will fight like soldiers in the future. Only in this way can our actions be more lethal and capable." Contend with those Khitan dogs and landlords! Tonight's training content is to stand in a military posture!"
After Yang Peng finished his speech, he performed a standard military posture in front of everyone, so that everyone could have a perceptual understanding. Then the eight people lined up in a row and stood at attention according to the movement essentials demonstrated by Yang Peng just now, starting the first step of military training. For the next four hours, the eight people were confused by Yang Peng's orders to stand at attention, salute, stand astride, take a break, and sit down. However, we are all young people, and they are very determined to refuse to admit defeat. As time went by, it gradually became more impressive, and Yang Peng also felt a sense of pride in his heart.
It wasn't until around early morning that Bai Shujie let everyone enter the cave to sleep. He stayed outside to watch and practice various skills taught by his master. When everyone heard snoring, he took out his hand crossbow again, practiced aiming with both hands at the same time, and pulling the trigger at the same time. When Dongfang began to turn white, he had just slept against the entrance of the cave for more than an hour.
As soon as Dongfang started to turn red, Yang Peng woke up. This was a life pattern developed by his master. Then he shouted: "Get up!" It took a long time before he saw eight people walking out sleepily, which almost made Yang Peng's nose crooked with anger! After eight people stood in line, he said loudly: "To tell you the truth, you were killed by the enemy hundreds of times last night just like you! If you are like this in the future, then don't tell me What revenge!"
"Especially the squad leader and deputy captain, they cannot escape the blame! When brothers follow you, they are entrusting their lives to you! If you act like this, you are treating your brothers' lives as a trivial matter!" "Do you think you are Are you safe? Do you know that the Khitan dogs and the landowners and foremen are looking for you everywhere? Do you know what will happen if you are caught by them?"
"Situations like today are only happening once and will not be repeated in the future! Now, everyone listen to my order: turn left! The target is the top of the mountain. Follow me and run forward!" Yang Peng gave the eight brothers a face-to-face scolding, and then He ran out first. He made a preliminary estimate last night that the top of the mountain was not high, about three kilometers round trip. For these young men who have experienced the ordeal in the mines, this distance should be no problem.
As expected, no matter how Yang Peng changed speed along the way, the eight people were able to follow closely, and no one fell behind. After returning to the original place, Yang Peng just said: "Follow me!" and started doing push-ups. He did 300 push-ups at once, then stood up and began to correct the movements of the eight people.
Running up and down the mountain failed to knock down these eight people, but unexpectedly, three hundred push-ups knocked down six people! Except for Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian, who have practiced martial arts, no one else has completed the task. Zhang Xiang finally persisted until he reached 248, and then he couldn't do it anymore. The worst push-up performer was Liu Zhiliang, who fell down after 90.
Yang Peng asked everyone to do push-ups twice. After resting for five minutes, he started the second round of military posture training. This time it's about turning, walking, and standing. Currently, there are no conditions for step-by-step training, so Yang Peng has no choice but to go through the basic content of future training to give everyone an overall impression. When the sun rises three poles, the morning training ends. Yang Peng divided the eight people into two groups based on their specific performance. The first group was led by Zhang Xiang, and the team members were Duan Zhixian, Zhang Yan, and Liu Zhiliang; the second group was led by Cheng Shijie, and the team members were Yin Mingde, Zhan Jinguo, and Zhou Dayong.
"Brothers, from now on our various actions will be arranged according to these two groups. I want to see who is the hero and who is the idiot!" Yang Peng said with a sneer: "If you just talk without practicing, then It’s a mouth-holding style. It’s a mule or a horse, and we all pull them out for a walk. Any losing team will be punished with 500 push-ups!”
"Push-ups are a very important basic skill exercise. I hope you can pay attention to it. You must know that you will have your own guns in the future. If your arms do not have corresponding strength, how can you fight the Khitan? How can you compete face-to-face with the enemy? Our The enemy is very powerful. If you can’t win, you have to run away, so you can’t relax while running!”
After eating the dry food, Yang Peng asked the two team leaders to lead the team members and jog forward with him. The team that falls behind will be punished in the evening even if it loses a single event. In this way, he trained while walking. When there was a market town, Yang Peng would stay at an inn and let everyone eat and drink well for two days. When there was no market town, everyone would camp in the wild. The subjects that should be trained have not been left behind.
Stopping and going like this, more than twenty days passed in the blink of an eye, and the eight people finally completed their first transformation. The military posture and movements are already uniform, and the tiger and tiger are vigorous. The demeanor of the soldiers was gradually reflected, and the mental outlook of the entire team changed fundamentally. In the evening of this day, the team arrived near a small market town called Zhujiatun, which was less than 60 miles away from Youzhou City.
In the small courtyard rented by the Nanshan Inn, everyone had the last training session of this round in the courtyard after dinner. There is only one content, which is the Military Body Boxing that Yang Peng taught everyone ten days ago. With Yang Peng's example, Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian also brought out their own martial arts training experience and explained it in detail to everyone. They also did not hide their secrets about some more practical on-the-spot moves. This small team of nine people finally developed a culture of helping and learning from each other, and team spirit began to sprout.
After working together for more than a month, Yang Peng got a preliminary understanding of these eight people. Zhang Xiang is over 1.8 meters tall. After more than a month of nursing and training, I have basically recovered. Although this guy has never practiced martial arts, he has strong shoulders and strong arms. Duan Zhixian is of medium build and doesn't talk much, but he is best at using his brain. Maybe he has been hunting since he was a child, so he has the most clever ideas and is very clever.
Although Zhang Yan is Zhang Xiang's cousin, he is not at all as gruff and loud as his cousin, and he stutters a bit when he is nervous. However, he has the best temper. When his brothers make fun of him, they always smile, and he never gets angry. Cheng Shijie thought carefully and acted resolutely, neatly and without any sloppiness. Zhan Jinguo is a serious person, always doing things in a clear-cut manner, and will not go too far when obeying orders.
After more than a month, Yin Mingde and Zhou Dayong have become stronger and stronger. However, these two guys are just two reckless men who roll up their sleeves when they are impulsive, regardless of the consequences. If Yang Peng didn't have absolute authority along the way, he might have fought with passers-by several times. Liu Zhiliang probably talks the most because he has been working at the counter since he was a child, and he is familiar with people he meets. In addition, he is only 16 years old and the smallest, so everyone calls him "Little Shanxi" or "Liangzi".
He hung around Yang Peng when he had free time, and later on he was almost never leaving her. The rattan box has always been in his hand, but he is most curious about the sword in Yang Peng's hand. Unfortunately, no one has touched this sword. Yang Peng also liked Liu Zhiliang very much. He gave him many tricks along the way and taught him all the techniques of plum blossom dart. Watching Cheng Shijie lead everyone to practice Juntiquan, Yang Peng still felt a sense of accomplishment, but he just didn't know how he knew so many things.
Needless to say, Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian have a foundation in martial arts and have already understood the essence of it. Unexpectedly, these two reckless men, Yin Mingde and Zhou Dayong, were born to practice martial arts, and they were the ones who made the fastest progress. After this period of time, except for Yang Peng, Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian, no one else was a match for these two guys.
What makes everyone strange is that besides obeying Yang Peng absolutely, Yin Mingde and Zhou Dayong like to follow Liu Zhiliang the most. If Liu Zhiliang is the shadow of Yang Peng, then these two reckless men are completely Liu Zhiliang's followers. Liu Zhiliang asked them to go east, but they would never go west; if he asked them to chase away dogs, they would never catch chickens.
As the saying goes, one thing brings down another, that's probably true. A night of silence. Early the next morning, everyone got up to clean up. Youzhou is less than sixty miles away, and today is the day for everyone to enter the city. Everyone has changed into clean clothes. Just when Yang Peng and others were preparing to leave, the innkeeper ran in anxiously and shouted: "Everyone, you should hide quickly, the scouts are here again, and they are almost on the street!"
Yang Peng didn't understand what was going on, so he asked: "Zha Linzi? What's going on?" "Oh, they are just searching for the workers who came from the mine, and arresting some more people to go back!" The shopkeeper was anxious. Said: "Don't ask, it's too late if you don't run!" "Everyone, follow me, go up the back mountain!" Yang Peng grabbed his box, twisted the big knife and rushed out the door and ran to the back mountain. Cheng Shijie and others immediately followed and soon came to a small ridge.
This is the end of a ridge connecting the town to the back mountain. You can enter the mountain along this ridge. The trees here are not very big, but the weeds are thick, and you can just see the small town. Yang Peng took a look at the surrounding terrain. He could advance and retreat here, so he did not continue to move forward. Instead, he ordered everyone to hide in the grass and observe the movements of the town.
About a cup of hot tea later, Bai Shujie saw several guys in black rushing into the town. It seems that these guys should be very familiar with this area. When passing those shops, they would shout something loudly from time to time, but it was a pity that they were too far away to hear.
These men in black didn't seem to be in a hurry, just wandering back and forth in the town casually. Zhang Xiang said softly to Yang Peng: "Brother, it looks like those little bosses are really here. Did they come to find us?" Duan Zhixian said from the side: "You don't have a brain, look at how they look like they are doing nothing. They are just wandering around aimlessly. It is said that these guys are usually very dignified, bullying men and women, and extorting money are commonplace. I suspect that they have no purpose, and they probably just want to take the opportunity to attack those shops. "
Yang Peng did not answer, but stared closely at the movements of the men in black. The expression on his face kept changing because he was thinking a lot at this moment. He knew very well that the eight brothers around him had been training for a while, but training alone had no effect. To become a true warrior, you need to pass a very important hurdle. To put it bluntly, a real warrior must be able to kill without blinking an eye! Even though Yang Peng was speaking so eloquently when he was training his brothers, in fact, he really didn't dare to make up his mind if he really wanted him to kill people!
Because Yang Peng himself is a piece of shit, he has never seen what it looks like when an arrow hits a person! He couldn't tell what the people who were killed by bows and arrows would look like. Because of this, Yang Peng's face turned red and white for a while. In fact, the weather is not hot at all now, it was already very cool early in the morning. Coupled with the mountain wind blowing, it even makes people feel a bit chilly. But veins popped out on his forehead, and big beads of sweat appeared.
Because Yang Peng suddenly thought of a problem, that is, he was not alone now, and there were eight brothers beside him. Any decision he makes will inevitably affect his brother, this is no joke! Once you decide to hit someone, what if your brothers are killed by the enemy?
It was only then that Yang Peng discovered that it was really not easy to be a leader who meant what he said! He had never thought about this issue so seriously before when he brought his brothers to his side.
If a soldier only needs to go to the battlefield, shoot the first arrow, kill the first enemy, then personally carry the wounded of the first comrade, bury the body of the first comrade, and then clean up the battlefield Once again, even if you want to become a real warrior, then, if you want to become a commander, this is not enough!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
