It is said that Yang Peng took eight brothers into the back hillside, and then hid in the grass to observe the men in black in the town, but his heart was boiling like a boiling pot. What is war? That's a life-and-death fight! There is only one outcome, either you die or I die! As a leader who keeps his word, what is his greatest ability? That is to belittle life and death! Because if he gives an order, he will either beat the enemy to death or his brothers will be beaten to death by the enemy!
If the enemy is killed, everything will be fine. But, but, if brothers who live together day and night are killed by the enemy, their sin will be great! Yang Peng lay motionless here, and the other brothers themselves were silent for fear of disrupting the boss's thinking. In fact, Yang Peng is going through a hurdle, which is also a kind of spiritual torture! If you want to transform from an ordinary person to a commander on the battlefield, how can it be so simple!
People die in war! Everyone can say this, but it is difficult to actually do it! Unless you're a fool who doesn't understand anything. Or he is a born lunatic who has no idea what life is and what death is. Because he doesn't know the difference between humans and animals! One general's success and ten thousand bones withered!
Such a sentence suddenly popped up in Yang Peng's mind. Under the current circumstances, this sentence seemed very inappropriate. Because the appearance of this sentence made him even more hesitant. One of his decisions is related to the life and death of countless people, which is really difficult for Yang Peng. beat? Or not?
After all, Yang Peng was only a teenager. Although he lived in his twenties and almost thirty years in his previous life, it was all a personal effort. He never thought that one day he would have to decide the life or death of others. Before his master saved him, he had learned a lot of technical and tactical skills at home, but apart from daily archery, he had only seen real battlefield situations in books. He usually always walks alone, and his fellow villagers call him the Lone Ranger. Unconsciously reaching out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, Yang Peng raised his eyes again and looked at the few men in black still wandering around the town. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian, you two go and investigate. If there is a chance, bring them here."
Cheng Shijie and Duan Zhixian didn't know how Yang Peng was going to deal with it, but in the recent training, they had developed a style of obeying orders. As soon as Yang Peng spoke, they both responded, turned around and ran out of the woods, heading straight for the town. beat! If we don't fight these little foremen who are causing harm to the people, my life will be in vain! This is the first battle decision Yang Peng made after a difficult psychological struggle!
"Zhang Xiang and Zhang Yan, you two have guys in your hands, leading Liu Zhiliang to ambush on the right. No movement is allowed without my order!" Once he made up his mind, Yang Peng's thinking suddenly became clear. He pointed to the woods on the right, then handed his broadsword to Yin Mingde and said, "You lead Zhou Dayong and Zhan Jinguo to ambush on the left. When you hear my order, rush out immediately!" He had just finished the arrangements here. , Duan Zhixian ran back panting and shouted: "Brother, hurry up and get ready, Chen Shijie has already led them over. There are seven or eight of those bastards, all with their guys. They are very arrogant and bite everyone they see!" "
"Hurry up and find a place to hide. Don't move without my order!" Yang Peng hid behind a big tree, quickly opened the box and took out two hand crossbows. Then he opened his nose and stood ready. In less than five minutes, Yang Peng saw Cheng Shijie appearing on the ridge while running forward and looking back. Yang Peng could feel his heart pounding, and the hands holding the gun trembled slightly. I kept asking myself: Do we really want to fight?
"Stop! Otherwise I will shoot an arrow!" The pursuers behind shouted. Cheng Shijie was really good at acting. As he ran, he gasped and shouted: "Uncle, just do it, let me go! I have an eighty-year-old woman at home. If you arrest me, she will die." I can't live!" In just a moment, Cheng Shijie arrived in front of Yang Peng. The two exchanged glances, and Cheng Shijie continued to run forward. As he was running, his feet suddenly gave way and he fell to the ground, then rolled sideways into the forest next to him.
Yang Peng stared at the visitor. The two leading guys were waving their bows and arrows, followed closely by three guys carrying spears. One look at that posture, it seems that these guys have not undergone strict training at all. Don't look at how they show their teeth and claws, it's just to scare people. Especially the three people holding spears at the back were actually holding the middle of the spear with one hand, and they were all carrying it on their shoulders! Seeing that this group of people rushed within 20 meters, there was no time for Yang Peng to hesitate any longer. He gritted his teeth, then raised his hands, "Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh! Whoosh!"
As four crisp arrows sounded, a cloud of blood mist suddenly burst out from the heads of the four people in front. The huge impact caused the four guys to fall backwards, and then fell to the ground. The guy closest to Yang Peng had half of his skull ripped off at that time, and red and white things immediately flew everywhere! Once the murderer saw blood, Yang Peng's eyes suddenly turned red. Seeing the last guy trying to run away, he immediately stepped out and shouted: "Stop! If you move again, I'll beat you to death! Surround me!" With a whoop, Zhang Xiang and others rushed out.
When the guy saw that he couldn't run away, he threw away the spear in his hand and kowtowed to Yang Peng: "Sir, have mercy! Master, have mercy!" Yang Peng pointed his head with the crossbow in his right hand and asked, "Say! You guys! What are you doing out here?" "Sir, a lot of coolies have escaped from our shed recently, and there is no way to take over the shifts normally in the mine. Mr. Pu asked us to come out and think of a solution, otherwise it will be difficult for the Khitans to explain!" The guy kept saying it. He kowtowed: "What I told is the truth, please spare me!"
"Master Pu?" Yang Peng's heart moved and asked: "You are talking about Pu Jinyi, right? Are you the only one who will come out this time?" "Yes, yes, it is Master Pu Jinyi! We are coming out this time." 12 people, and 7 people are guarding the captured coolies in the den at the back." Knowing that there were 7 people in the den at the back, Yang Peng immediately ordered: "Zhang Xiang, tie him up and shut his mouth. Block it! Others clean up the battlefield!"
Yang Peng gave the order very simply. After he and Zhang Xiang tied up the prisoners, they looked back and saw that the other people were squatting on the ground and vomiting. Just when he was about to yell and curse, he saw at a glance that the entire upper half of the head of the guy shot to death by his first arrow was completely missing. Yang Peng himself couldn't hold back the disgusting scene of white brains and red blood being mixed together. With a whoosh, I poured out all the food I had eaten in the morning!
Zhang Xiang thought Yang Peng was injured, so he stood up and was about to help him. Unexpectedly, he looked up and saw the enemy's body with only half of his head left. He couldn't hold it back and ended up vomiting it all on Yang Peng! This was great, nine people vomited to the point of darkness, and the whole scene was in a mess. Yang Peng finally held it back, but found the filth on his body, and the feeling of nausea after nausea became even stronger. In the end, I almost vomited out the gall, and couldn't hold back the tears and runny nose.
The so-called tears streaming down my face refers to Yang Peng's current situation. After all, Yang Peng lived two lives, and this time he crawled out of a mass grave where all kinds of rotting corpses were added. In addition, he lived for a long time in his previous life, and his mind was much tougher, so he woke up first. He ran to the prisoner and knocked the guy unconscious with one palm. Then he quickly took off his dirty clothes and took off the prisoner's clean coat and put it on.
Yang Peng cleaned himself up neatly, and then shouted: "Stand up for me!" Cheng Shijie and others helped each other to stand up. They didn't look like a victorious team at all, they were just a group of defeated soldiers. However, this was also the first time for Yang Peng to get on the sedan chair. Looking at the brothers in front of her and thinking about the embarrassing scene she had just done, she felt angry and funny.
"Now I order that everyone must look at these four corpses, including the prisoners. Remember, squat down and take a good look, and then turn out the pockets of each corpse. I want to check!" Yang Peng said! After that, the first one walked to the corpse with only half of its head left, squatted down, and then took off the guy's quiver. During this process, the body's half-head must be moved. For recruits, this is the most difficult job, so Yang Peng practices it personally.
"See, everyone has to do this with me! This is also the formal procedure for us to clean the battlefield in future battles! Now, the squad leader and deputy squad leader will do it first, hurry up!" Under Yang Peng's stern eyes, As the squad leader, Zhang Xiang had no choice but to squat down and dig out all the corpse's clothes pockets with trembling hands. Then came Zhang Shijie and Duan Zhixian, followed by the other five brothers.
In fact, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you take the first step, it will become a habit. Then it gets used to it, and finally it becomes a mechanical action. After all, these people had seen countless death scenes when they were in the iron mine. After the initial discomfort, they quickly plundered the four corpses. Zhou Dayong held two hand crossbows and three bows and arrows in his hands, and no one was allowed to move. "Brothers, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless, because this is our future path. Today we are collecting the enemy's corpses. We will experience more bloody scenes in the future, and we will even have to collect the corpses of our own brothers." Li Xu looked at the station The eight brothers in front of them said with a serious face: "After today's scene, I hope you can mature as soon as possible."
After explaining the principles of cleaning the battlefield, Yang Peng had the opportunity to inspect the loot. I took all the bows and arrows over and looked at them. It turned out that they were all new bows and arrows that had not been used much. The two hand crossbows are the original hand crossbows made by the Khitans themselves, with ten fixed bows and arrows. What a great guy! Each of the guys who were killed had four quivers.
"Two hand crossbows, Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie, each of you is the team leader. As for the three bows and arrows, Yin Mingde, Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo, you can hold them first." Yang Peng walked up to the guy who was knocked unconscious. After being kicked awake, he asked: "How many other people have you arrested?"
"There are more than forty men and more than ten women!" "Where is Shanwozi?" "It's just below the end of this mountain ridge toward Xintun. Forgive me, what I tell is the truth! Yang Peng sneered: "I'll spare you and let you go back and follow Pu Jinyi to continue harming the people?" Before he could finish his words, he hit him on the temple with a knife from his right hand, killing him on the spot!
Yang Peng looked at everyone and asked: "Brothers, there are still seven guys in front of us, what should we do?" "Then what are you thinking about? We have guys now, what are we afraid of?" Zhang Xiang had already lost his original skills. He threw the hand crossbow to Zhou Dahai, waving the new hand crossbow with excitement on his face. Yang Peng looked at Duan Zhixian and asked: "Zhixian, your family is from a hunting background, is there no problem with archery?"
"Don't worry, I have no problem with the old bow and arrow at the age of twelve, not to mention this is a new bow and arrow. Even if I haven't tried it, I'm absolutely in tune with it!" Duan Zhixian took the hand crossbow from Liu Zhiliang and shook it, full of confidence. "Okay, you and I will explore the way in front, and Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie will lead everyone to follow up!" After Yang Peng finished speaking, he asked Liu Zhiliang to pick up the box and run towards the tail of the ridge. In less than ten minutes, I found a group of people squatting on the side of a ravine, and there were a few guys with long knives wandering back and forth next to them.
"Zhixian, take care of the distance with your long bow and arrows, and leave the nearby ones to me!" Yang Peng discussed with Duan Zhixian in a low voice, and then rushed out of the woods, knocking down the nearest guy with his right hand first. Duan Zhixian's hand crossbow aimed at the farthest one and fired an arrow at the same time! There were two sudden sounds of whoosh, whoosh, and the sound of arrows. There were originally seven people, but now there were two less people. The remaining five people were suddenly shocked, and Sayazi ran out of the valley.
At this moment, the sound of arrows suddenly sounded not far from Yang Peng and the others! Three of the five guys were knocked down immediately, and the remaining two were knocked to the ground in panic by Yang Peng and Duan Zhixian. When Zhang Xiang saw that the enemies had been defeated, he immediately shouted and took the lead and rushed out. Other team members also shouted and rushed to the entrance of the valley. Yang Peng did not move because after the sound of arrows from the opposite side, he knew that there were other people nearby. However, the other party had the same goal as him, and they all came for these foremen. However, now that the common enemy is gone, no one knows what the other party will do next, so proper caution is necessary.
Just as Zhang Xiang and the others rushed to the entrance of the valley, a group of people also ran out of the woods in the northeast. The one in the lead turned out to be a big girl. She was seen wearing a pink top, blue trousers, a belt around her waist, and two long braids hanging on her chest. He also holds a crossbow in his hand and looks heroic. Behind her, two groups of people followed neatly, a total of twelve people, all of whom were girls. The two at the front are holding crossbows in their right hands, and the ones at the back are all swords.
Yang Peng and Duan Zhixian rushed forward, clasped their fists and said, "Thank you for the help! I dare not ask, who is the expert?" "Humph! You little boy, I'm not here to help!" The leading girl stared at Yang Peng He shouted: "You have robbed my business, how do you calculate this account?" Yang Peng looked at this young girl with an apple-shaped face and willow-leaf eyebrows, a Qiongyao nose and thick lips, and said with a smile: "We also passed by here, I heard that Some fellow villagers were arrested, so they came to rescue us. I didn’t know that you had already made arrangements. Please forgive us for our abruptness!"
"What's wrong with you? I'm asking you what to do now?" Yang Peng didn't know what he meant, so he had to continue asking: "I wonder what the girl means?" "I'm talking about these people and arrows. How should they be divided?" Yang Peng Only then did I realize that the other party wanted to share the spoils. He didn't care, so he smiled and said: "As the saying goes, we can divide these bows and arrows in half. As for the fellow villagers who were captured, we will ask for their own opinions. If there is a place to go, we will let them go. If there is no place to go, we will let them go." People, then it’s up to them to do it voluntarily.”
"There are three hand crossbows and four long knives here. How can we divide them in half?" Yang Peng said generously: "Let's do it this way. If there are more of you, how about getting an extra hand crossbow? There is no need to hurt your temper over such a trivial matter. ." "It seems that you, a pretty boy, are quite sensible, so I'll give you an advantage. Just leave it at that!" The girl turned around and walked towards the group of people who were captured. Yang Peng followed closely, wanting to see where these girls came from and why they were able to run around with crossbows in broad daylight without any taboos.
When they came to the ravine, they counted 16 girls and 27 men. It seems that the guy from before was also a Madhaha, and the gender of the person was not clear yet. "Folks: My name is Fei Yanzi. I came here specifically to rescue you today. You are all right now. If you want to leave, get on your way quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
As soon as "Fei Yanzi" finished speaking, most of the crowd cheered and dispersed. In the end, there were three girls and 11 strong men left, squatting in place without moving. Fei Yanzi continued to ask: "Why don't you leave?" A squatting young man raised his head and said: "Woman, 11 of us all escaped from the iron mine, but we got caught again when we ran here. It's not like that We have to go to other places, but we don’t dare to go out. As long as we go out, we are not familiar with the place, and we will be caught in the end, and the consequences may be worse than good.”
Fei Yanzi walked up to the three girls and knelt down, and asked softly: "Little sister, where are you?" A little girl suddenly burst into tears: "Sister, our home was burned down, and the whole family was dead! Wow! Wu——" Fei Yanzi patted the little girl on the shoulder and said: "Little sister, don't cry! We sisters are all the same, we can't live anymore! In this case, you all come with me and go find those gangs The bastard takes revenge! Hey, you gentlemen, if you don’t want to die as a coward, just follow this pretty boy!"
Fei Yanzi stood up, turned around and said to Yang Peng: "Little Bailian, I have three more sisters, so I will take three hand crossbows and the long sword is yours!" "It turns out that the name of the chivalrous girl is Fei Yanzi! Nice to meet you!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Haha, my name is Yang Peng, not the pretty boy! Just follow the arrangements of the chivalrous girl!"
No matter what happened to Fei Yanzi, Yang Peng came to the 11 strong men and said: "They are men, stand up for me! Don't be like a lonely ghost who has lost three souls and seven souls! If you can seek refuge with relatives and friends, I'll give you three taels of silver each for your travel expenses. Do you have any?" After waiting for three minutes, no one spoke.
"If you follow me, I can't guarantee that you will survive! Because we are all walking on the edge of a knife, and we might lose our lives at some point!" Yang Peng asked with a cold face: "Finally, Ask again: If you leave now, I will give you five taels of silver for your travel expenses!"
Another three minutes passed and still no one spoke. "Well, since you are determined to follow me, then listen to me: you are not allowed to harm the people, you are not allowed to abuse women, you are not allowed to visit brothels, and you are not allowed to gamble! If you violate it, you will be severely punished!" Yang Peng said a few words briefly, then turned around and ordered: "Liu Zhiliang, give our dry food to these brothers and sisters!"
"Young face, I didn't expect you to be really good at it. Just open your little mouth and you'll do one thing after another!" Fei Yanzi came up to him, clasped his fists at Yang Peng and said with a smile, "I'm going to take the sisters away. . The green hills remain unchanged and the green waters flow forever. We will see you again in the future!" "Fei Yanzi, my name is Yang Peng!" Yang Peng emphasized again: "Please call me by my name from now on! Also, in broad daylight, you don't want to You should pay more attention to safety when you are walking through the market in such a ostentatious manner.”
"I know! My aunt has always been like this, and I haven't seen anyone do anything to me. Take care of yourself, you little white-faced mother-in-law!" Fei Yanzi didn't even look back, and flew away after a few words of conversation. "Brothers, we can't move forward now. These new brothers need to be settled." Yang Peng turned to Cheng Shijie and said, "Take Liu Zhiliang to the town ahead to buy some dry food, and by the way, find out where to buy it. Food and salt. I will take the remaining brothers and return to the cave where we spent the night."
Without further ado, Yang Peng led everyone back to the cave in the middle of the night. Soon after, Cheng Shijie and Liu Zhiliang also came back carrying two big baggage, which was everyone's dry food for the next three days. After arranging for the 11 people to sleep, Yang Peng called the eight brothers together and said: "It seems that we need to pause for a while to train the new brothers well, otherwise there will be chaos when we go out. In addition, We have some spears, bows and arrows, and starting tomorrow I’m going to teach you how to shoot.”
Early the next morning, Yang Peng arranged for Liu Zhiliang to rush to Pingling and find the original tailor to make 22 sets of new clothes. In addition, he entrusted Zhangjia's old store to prepare dry food for him for half a month, and went there to pick it up every three days.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
