After Liu Zhiliang left, Yang Peng gathered the remaining 18 people on the flat ground in front of the cave and looked at them carefully one by one. He always felt that there was something uncoordinated. After looking at it twice, I realized that there was a short man with half a head in the middle.
Yang Peng saw this little man, who was completely childish, so he asked: "What is your name? How old are you this year?" The little guy said loudly: "My name is Shi Liancheng, from Bianjing, I am twelve years old. , almost thirteen!" Twelve years old? In my previous life, I was not able to be independent from my parents even at the age of twenty-two. This little guy looked like an adult, without any stage fright.
Yang Peng asked with a wry smile: "Why did you come here? Where are the people at home?" Shi Liancheng puffed up his chest: "I have been following my grandfather since I was a child. When I was nine years old, the army at home robbed our things. , Grandpa was beaten to death! Then I asked for food, and followed the caravan to Youzhou without knowing what happened, and ended up here. I stayed in Youzhou City for three years and was caught here the day before yesterday. "
"Okay, you will follow the training first, and we will talk about it later." Yang Peng had no good idea, and then said to everyone: "Since they all escaped from the iron mine, you must all know that there is a nest for harm. Who can I don’t want to go in again. You have also seen that running away and hiding is useless. If you really want to protect yourself, then you must unite, grab a sword, bow and arrow and fight them!"
"Starting from today, we will train military posture and physical fitness in the morning, and gun shooting in the afternoon." Yang Peng said seriously: "I believe you won't be lazy, but I still want to emphasize that if you don't train hard now, you won't be able to do those things by then. Bad guys, you are the one who will suffer!" Next, they were regrouped. Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie were each assigned five newcomers, and Shi Liancheng was trained by Yang Peng himself.
This time, Yang Peng streamlined the military regulations in his mind, but the requirements for military posture and formation were extremely strict. Every morning, after an hour of long-distance running on the hill, there is an hour of standing in military posture, then an hour of queue training, and the last hour of squats and push-ups.
In the afternoon, the first thing was the disassembly and maintenance of bows and arrows, and then the bow and arrow aiming training. Always draw the bow and arrow in a standing position and aim continuously for an hour. Then there is an hour of kneeling aiming training for bow and arrow shooting, and an hour of lying down hand crossbow aiming training. After dinner, the first hour was training on emergency lying down, crawling forward, sideways roll, and forward roll with knees held. The second hour was the search and alert training for a three-person team while traveling. The third hour was a three-person team training. Group attack formations and alternating cover drills.
Seven days later, the custom-made clothes were returned, and the training of the small unit returned to normal. Yang Peng no longer had to pant and demonstrate. Next is special training for Shi Liancheng: basic training on plum blossom stakes, aiming and shooting training on hand crossbows, combat training, military terminology and military common sense teaching. Three days later, Shi Liancheng already knew the daily training content. Yang Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief and then carefully checked the weapons and equipment. Two hand crossbows and 100 hand crossbow arrows were seized; seven long bows and 350 arrows. Nineteen team members and nine hand crossbows, there is no way to distribute them!
After thinking about it all night, in the early morning of the next day, Yang Peng called Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie and asked them to continue supervising the team members' training. Liu Zhiliang continued to take time to purchase dry food. After the explanation was clear, he went out alone, and no one knew what he was doing. It is said that Yang Peng came out of the mountains, found the direction and went straight to Xintun. According to the relevant information he had, he knew that there should be about a hundred Yuanlanzi troops stationed by the Khitan army stationed in Xintun in this era. Mainly responsible for maintaining the safety of Youzhou Iron Mine and ensuring the safety of the east side of South Youzhou.
Yang Peng knew that the Khitan people's bows and arrows were still very powerful. After all, the Khitan people were also a people on horseback. Yang Peng had no choice now. But now there are too many people and too little food, and there is no other way out in the desperate situation. He was a man who had died once, and not to mention the Khitan's ferocity, his military quality was definitely the best in the Song Dynasty! He didn't want his brothers to fight with swords and spears, so he ran here, hoping to find a solution from the Khitan.
After traveling all day and night, at about ten o'clock the next morning, Yang Peng had already lurked three hundred meters away from the Khitan barracks. This is the patrol route of the Khitan army to the Jinzhai Iron Mine, and to the north is the road to Shunzhou City. Khitan has fixed patrol tasks every day. Yang Peng didn't know that he always thought that he knew a lot of things, especially that he was very familiar with fighting. It seemed that he was born to be a general, and he was good at detecting and lurking.
During this period, the Khitan had just defeated the Yang Family Army, the strongest army in the Song Dynasty, and it was a time of arrogance. After two days of latent observation, Yang Peng basically grasped the Khitan's patrol rules. Every half an hour, there are seven people patrolling each time, 24 hours a day, all with hand crossbows and long bows and arrows. Judging from the two arrow boxes, one large and one small, on their armed belts, they should contain twenty bows and arrows and ten hand crossbow arrows.
At around ten o'clock in the evening on the third day, Yang Peng touched the grass near the military camp and held three plum blossom darts in each hand. It was close to eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and a group of Khitan people came out from the direction of the barracks and walked toward Yang Peng with neat steps. Maybe they have never encountered any danger, so these Khitan dogs stand proud and proud. The gap between feet is quite intimidating in the middle of the night.
Yang Peng stabilized his mind, slightly bent his arms, and raised his hands slightly. The moment the Khitan team came about ten meters in front of him, he threw out six plum blossom darts with a wave of his hands, and then flew towards the one in the middle! He grabbed the Khitan people's necks with both hands and twisted them, followed by a few rolls, and aimed at the throats of all the Khitan people and gave them a slap!
It sounds like a complicated process, but it happened in an instant! Yang Peng didn't have time to check anything carefully and quickly took back all the plum blossom darts. Then he quickly took off the armed belts of the seven Khitans, tied up the seven bows and arrows, picked them up and ran away! From the moment he made the dart to the moment he left the scene, the whole process took less than three minutes!
Human potential is indeed unlimited! Yang Peng was already exhausted after more than two days of lurking. But he ran all the way until dawn without stopping in the middle! Seeing that he had run dozens of miles, he found a small ravine with a pond, then threw his bow and arrow on the ground and took a deep breath.
This is not a place to stay for a long time. Yang Peng took two mouthfuls of dry food and drank some water from the pond. Then he wiped his mouth, picked up the bow and arrow and continued running. It was already midnight when we returned to our cave. Yang Peng ate two pieces of dry food and fell asleep. He didn't wake up until the afternoon of the next day. At this time, all the team members already knew that their eldest brother went out alone for four days and got back seven bows and arrows worth more than a thousand people! No need to ask, eldest brother killed at least seven Khitans! In the eyes of everyone, the Khitans are almost an invincible myth. The eldest brother went out alone and brought back seven Khitan bows and arrows. This is even more mythical than a myth! From then on, everyone looked at Yang Peng differently! Yes, it’s all a look of awe!
What is awe? That is both respect and fear! That's right. If you are standing in front of a guy who kills people just like chopping melons and vegetables, don't you feel happy? At this point, what Yang Peng said has become an out-and-out order, and no one will make any irresponsible remarks anymore!
On the morning of the twentieth day of this emergency training, Yang Peng gathered everyone together and said: "Brothers, we now have 19 people in two classes. Xiao Liancheng will follow me as a correspondent from today on. In this way, each of your classes will be 9 people. There are 16 long and short bows and arrows in total, 8 are evenly distributed to each class."
"Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie are squad leaders, each with a hand crossbow. Because the sizes of the two bows and arrows are different, Zhang Xiang's squad uses Khitan bows and arrows from the Liao Dynasty, and Cheng Shijie's squad uses Khitan bows and arrows from the Song Dynasty. There will be archery training tomorrow, and whoever comes last in the group will hold a sword instead of a bow for the time being."
I won’t mention Yang Peng’s training for now. A heavily armed fighting team of the Liao Kingdom Khitan was all killed by the enemy. No trace of fighting was found at the scene. In other words, the seven Khitan warriors of the Liao Kingdom who could stand up to a small group of Yang Jiajun were killed by others without any resistance. This is simply a great shame and humiliation!
Such a shameful thing happened, and Namu did not dare to report it to her superiors easily until the whole story was found out. So two teams were sent out to conduct a blanket search around the area. I hope to find the murderer and try to atone for his crime. Two teams of Khitan soldiers conducted a wide-net search, but for three consecutive days no valuable clues were found. Namu had no choice but to further expand the search scope. If this matter doesn't come to light, his squadron leader will be in trouble, and he may even be prosecuted by military law!
At dusk on the fourth day, the search team finally made a surprising discovery. A search team found several marks made by large knives by a pond in a ravine! After Khitan discovered the clue, it was as if he had been given a shot of blood, and both classes became excited. Then he followed the traces along the way and chased him straight after him! On the sixth day, the Khitan search team crossed the mountain path and entered the mountain forest to the west!
It is said that Liu Zhiliang goes to the town to pick up dry food every three days. This is an unstoppable task, rain or shine. On this morning, Liu Zhiliang had just set out from the secret camp. He had walked less than three miles when he found someone in front of him! Don't forget that Liu Zhiliang is only sixteen years old, but his hometown is a shop owner, and his mind has been spinning fast since he was a child. I hid behind a big tree and took a closer look. The people who came were actually Khitan soldiers wearing shit-movie colors!
By the way, when Liu Zhiliang saw a large group of Khitan people staring at the ground and searching carefully, he knew something was wrong. We must go back and report to Big Brother and the others quickly, otherwise we will suffer big losses. Because he was worried about being discovered by the Khitan, Liu Zhiliang could only retreat gently at first. After all, the Khitan's search and advance speed was naturally much slower. He retreated within a stone's throw, then turned around and ran away.
Returning to the station, Liu Zhiliang briefly explained to Yang Peng the situation of the Khitan army's large-scale search of the mountains. There was nothing to think about now. Yang Peng immediately notified the emergency gathering and led everyone to retreat to the top of the mountain. When we reached the top of the mountain, we saw a small river at the bottom of the south hillside. It is mid-June now, and the river is still very full, so there is no way to stop the river in a hurry. Besides, even if you can cross the river, the speed will be much slower. If you don't do it well, you will be overtaken by the Khitan. If people like myself were overtaken by a large group of Khitan people, there would be no need to think about the consequences.
Continuing to go south is a dead end. Yang Peng made a prompt decision and ordered the troops to go west along the mountain ridge. Thinking that Cheng Shijie had extraordinary martial arts skills, he asked Zhang Xiang to lead the large army and leave first. He and Cheng Shijie stayed to observe the movements of the Khitan people. "Shijie, being chased by the Khitan like this is not an option." Yang Peng pointed to the surrounding woods and said, "You are a hunter and your skills are not bad. Why don't we give the Khitan some trouble here and stop them from being too arrogant? .But you can’t make any noise, do you dare?”
"Brother, just give me the sword. Isn't it just to kill people in cold weather?" Cheng Shijie took Yang Peng's sword and said softly: "I used to feel that I was a duty-bound person and was afraid of murder and crime, so I didn't dare to reach out easily. His mother Yes, it's not a crime to kill the Khitans now, right? What are you afraid of? Just do it!" "Okay! We will ambush on both sides. After they pass by, we will start from behind and try not to make too much noise!" Yang Peng While giving instructions, he hid in the grass behind a big tree. He held two plum blossom darts in his right hand, quietly waiting for the best opportunity to strike.
Ten minutes later, the sound of clothes hanging on branches could be heard from the east. In just two breaths, three Khitans appeared in their sight in a triangular formation. After finally waiting for these three Khitans to walk over, there were three more Khitans more than thirty meters behind. After passing four three-person groups in just over six minutes, Yang Peng and Cheng Shijie felt as if ten years had passed! Finally, the two Khitans who were dragged at the back came over!
However, instead of walking forward, these two guys were holding big knives, looking back to back, and moving backward! Seeing this formation of the Khitan, Yang Peng was suddenly shocked: "It is indeed a Khitan army that has been baptized by the war. Its tactical actions are indeed extraordinary. I don't know if the Yang family army of the Song Dynasty can achieve this step. The army of the Song Dynasty defeated the Khitan army." People are stupider than pigs, and their lives are worth less than tofu, so I almost fell for it!"
There are advantages and disadvantages. The two Khitans were meticulous in their tactics, but for Yang Peng and the others, it was an excellent opportunity! Because when the two Khitans came closer, their backs happened to be facing Yang Peng and Cheng Shijie! For Yang Peng and Cheng Shijie, two martial arts practitioners, there was no way they could give up this opportunity! I saw the two of them slowly straightening up, and their left hands slowly reaching towards the Khitan man's neck. Then he suddenly stretched forward, folded his fingers and moved back! His right hand took the hand crossbow from Khitan's hand, and his thumb got stuck behind the bow and arrow!
Yang Peng and Cheng Shijie almost used the exact same movements. The five fingers of their left hand tightly grasped the Khitan man's throat and pressed the enemy's head against his chest. The two people seemed to have trained for many years, and their movements were so uniform! This is the intuition of a martial arts practitioner, go straight to the point and kill with one blow.
The two men gently placed their bows, arrows and hand crossbows against the big tree. Then they hugged the struggling Khitan's head with both hands and gave it a squeeze! Now it's OK, there is almost no sound, and the two Khitans happily go home to report that they are safe!
Yang Peng gestured to Cheng Shijie, and the two quickly took off the Khitan's clothes and put them on themselves. Then they looked at each other, grabbed the crossbow with their left hands, picked up the broadsword, held it in their hands, put the crossbow on their backs, and then chased forward. Seeing that the three Khitans in front did not pay attention to those behind them, the two of them also accelerated backwards and approached the two at the back. Then they turned around at the same time and cut the throats of the Khitans with their big knives!
Yang Peng kept moving, reached out and pushed the Khitan's body to Cheng Shijie. Then he stepped forward, covered the Khitan man's mouth with his left hand, and wiped it hard with the sword in his right hand. Everything was fine! Killing is a strenuous job! Killing people silently, and the ones they killed were young and strong Khitan soldiers, that was even more strenuous work! After dragging the three corpses into the dense forest and hiding them, the two men smiled bitterly at each other, and then gasped hard! There are 14 Khitan people, and now there are 9 left. After his breath calmed down a little, Yang Peng waved his fist and took the lead to rush out again.
Using the same method, after the two of them killed another group, the Khitan people in front finally realized that something was wrong! It turns out that the Khitan people had an agreement in advance that no matter what each group found or didn't find, they would greet each other after a while to indicate that everything was normal. After more than an hour, the Khitan people in front finally discovered that only two groups were talking to each other!
"There is a Big Song Pig!" The Khitan man at the front shouted, and the remaining two groups quickly moved closer and formed a circle. Their bows and arrows were fired in unison, and they remained on alert and slowly retreated along the same route. Yang Peng and Cheng Shijie monitored the Khitans on both sides and slowly moved forward. Look at the saddle area where the terrain is slightly more open.
Holding the six plum blossom darts with both hands, he watched Cheng Shijie nod his head, and then rushed out. Yang Peng swung his hands hard at the two nearest Khitan soldiers! The plum blossom dart was inserted right into the throats of two Khitan soldiers! During the dodge process, Yang Peng grabbed the plum blossom dart with both hands. Before the Khitan people fully woke up, they threw him out for the second time!
Almost at the same time, Cheng Shijie used the bayonet in his right hand and the sword in his left hand to rush out with all his strength! The sword in his left hand came up and cut off the neck of a Khitan man. The bayonet in his right hand also pierced the back of another Khitan man! It's a pity that this Khitan man still pulled up his bow and arrow with all his strength before he died! The "swish" sound of an arrow sounded particularly loud in the silent mountain forest! Especially on the mountain ridge, the sound of arrows spreads farther.
Cheng Shijie didn't do anything, but he didn't stop. He slashed the necks of all the corpses and cut off six heads! Yang Peng took back all the plum blossom darts, and then quickly grabbed the Khitan weapons! Cheng Shijie ran to the place where the arrows were originally hidden and took back all the bows, arrows and scimitars. A total of fourteen Khitans were killed, and there was no telling how many more were behind them. However, after all this trouble, even if the Khitan still had follow-up troops, they did not dare to pursue it recklessly. The two people listened carefully to the east and found no other Khitan people coming over yet. Then he spread his legs and ran towards the west!
It was said that Zhang Xiang led his team towards the west at high speed. After more than an hour, Yang Peng and Yang Peng were not seen returning, so he felt more or less worried. At this moment, I heard the sound of arrows coming from behind. First of all, Shi Liancheng quits and must go back to find his eldest brother! Then everyone clamored to go back. It was so unjust to run away like this! Zhang Xiang was not at ease. Now everyone seemed to have the same idea, so he took the people back to the original route. As a result, they didn't go far when they saw Yang Peng and two people running over quickly carrying two bundles of bows and arrows.
Yang Peng handed the bow and arrow to Zhou Dayong, who was coming over, and roared: "Go quickly! The sound of arrows just now will definitely alert more Khitan troops, and we have no way to deal with them yet!" After that, he led the way and ran westward. After about ten miles, he turned southeast and ran for more than twenty miles. When we came to a small stream, we stopped.
"Everyone, please eat some of the dry food you have. We will continue on our way later." Yang Peng drank two mouthfuls of water from the stream before he calmed down. Then he looked at Zhang Xiang and asked, "Where did you end up pretending to be a kid some time ago?" Liu Zhiliang climbed up a big tree and looked around, and then said, "Not far to the southeast, through the After crossing the mountain, there is a cave halfway up the mountain facing the northeast, and that’s where we were.”
"Can we see the Khitan army here?" Yang Peng asked hurriedly: "Is it a north-south road?" Liu Zhiliang was confused: "Yes, there is such a north-south road here." "It seems that we are walking back again. !" Yang Peng nodded and said: "This is fine, or on the roadside. Let's go to your cave before setting off!"
Although the mountains I saw just now seemed very close, as the saying goes, "Looking at the mountains will kill the horse." As a result, everyone ran desperately for more than two hours before reaching the foot of the mountain Liu Zhiliang mentioned. Fortunately, the training during this period of time was very effective, and these young men of seventeen or eighteen years old all came from the iron mines. After a month of full meals, their physical strength can still keep up. After more than half an hour, everyone finally arrived at their destination: a large cave with a diameter of three meters and a depth of more than 20 meters.
Bai Shujie climbed to the top of the mountain and took a look. It turned out that the mountain was more than fifty miles northwest of Yingzhou. 180 miles to the southeast is the place where Master Lin Qing'er practices and where he came from. No wonder he was "blocked and robbed" by Zhang Xiang and others not long after he left the master's place. The relationship turned out to be that of neighbors. After a night's rest, everyone finally regained their strength. Early the next morning, Yang Peng arranged for three groups to go out to buy grain and salt.
