It is said that Yang Peng made too much noise this time, and he is not very familiar with the enemy situation and environment here. Therefore, without letting the brothers rest more, Yang Peng sent everyone out according to the direction of his memory. Cheng Shijie led Zhan Jinguo to Huolianzhai Town in the north of Yingzhou. There was a relatively large market there where food and other daily necessities should be purchased.
Liu Zhiliang took Zhou Dayong and Yin Mingde to Gaotaizi Town. In addition to shopping, they mainly wanted to see the environment along the road and see if there were any Khitans from the Liao Kingdom guarding them. The third group is led by Zhang Xiang to Liuhezi Town in the northwest. In addition to shopping, they also want to see if the Khitan soldiers are chasing them. After everyone left, Yang Peng carefully recalled the basic situation in Yingzhou. In his impression, Yingzhou was directly connected to Youzhou and was one of the most important areas in the land controlled by the Liao emperor. Goryeo is now one of the important allies of the Liao Kingdom. A large amount of materials needed by the Liao Kingdom need to be plundered from the Goryeo royal family and then sold to the Liao Kingdom.
Some of the high-quality iron ore collected by the Khitan in Youzhou will be sent to the iron factories of Goryeo and Liao in Tanzhou. If the Jin Kingdom later invaded the Liao Kingdom in the northeast and then moved southward in an all-round way, the largest advance base would be Goryeo! Goryeo was not only the wartime industrial base of the Jin Kingdom, but also a very important military source base. In fact, everyone used to misunderstand why the Jin Dynasty was able to defeat the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty with tens of thousands of people. The main reason was that it had the military resources of Goryeo.
After the sleeping memories in his mind, Yang Peng finally remembered that there was a large market town called Lianshanguan Market Town about 90 miles south of Yingzhou. This is a hub transfer station before heading to Youzhou and entering the Liao Kingdom. If the Khitan has a garrison here, there is also a Pi Ding army stationed here. Gaotaizi Town in the northeast should also be guarded by the Pi Ding Army of the Liao Kingdom. There should be a small team of 100 Khitans guarding it. There should be a lot of supplies here.
After thinking clearly about the nearby geographical environment, Yang Peng turned back to count the loot. After this sneak attack in the dense forest, 14 more Khitan bows and arrows were seized, each with a quiver containing thirty arrows. In addition, 28 hand crossbows and 14 military leather water bottles were seized. Yang Peng now has a total of 21 Khitan longbows in his hands. Considering that there may be a battle with the Khitan in the future, he decided to replace all his team members with Khitan longbows. Because for now, the Khitan longbow has more quivers, and it will be more convenient to supply in battles in the future.
In the evening, three food purchasing groups returned one after another. The information received was similar to Yang Peng's estimate. There were Khitan army teams stationed in Gaotaizi and Huolianzhai, both in the market towns. As for the Khitans in the north, there seems to be no movement, or maybe they are planning a bigger move. Now that he has weapons, Yang Peng is not in a hurry to deal with the Khitan soldiers. As the saying goes, the last training was interrupted by the Khitan cavalry's mountain search team. Therefore, he decided to continue training for a month and then make a decision based on the training situation.
In addition to the ten-kilometer mountain run in the morning, I have to do 500 squats and push-ups, and then start making breakfast. There is no cooking class now, so everyone takes turns. The next step was two hours of fighting training using bayonets. Yang Peng taught everyone all the military fighting techniques taught by his teacher. On the one hand, it is for close combat, and on the other hand, it is for future reconnaissance and capture of prisoners. Then there is the bayonet fighting training. Although Yang Peng also has a long gun at this time and is very cold about bayonet fighting, it is still a must as a tactical skill.
In the afternoon, there was archery training. I was too hasty some time ago and didn’t practice it well at all. This time, stealth and long-distance sniper training have been added, which is to train yourself as a sharp archer. Archer is a joke. Cheng Shijie played a role in this kind of training. He is a member of the Orion family and has special expertise in shooting at moving targets!
In the evening, there are post setting, lurking, reconnaissance, prisoner capture and counter-reconnaissance training. Finally, there is a tactical theory course before going to bed, which of course includes an introduction to various Khitan weapons that may appear in the future, what details need to be paid attention to in enemy reconnaissance, etc. This is Yang Peng's patent, and currently no one can share his worries.
It is worth mentioning that although Shi Liancheng is young, he has made rapid progress. Because he trained in long-distance running, plum blossom stakes, fighting and archery every day, his hand crossbow improved by leaps and bounds. If the strength were not too small, I would have been able to hold both hands together and shoot the bow from left to right! Now his right-hand crossbow can hit a target fifty meters away!
Half a month later, Yang Peng asked both classes to go out for reconnaissance training to see which group gained more! As for himself, he took the little correspondent for plum blossom dart and sword skills training. While there is still time, he wants to teach everything he knows as soon as possible. Once a war breaks out in the future, there will be no chance.
Shi Liancheng was too young to fight at close range, so Bai Shujie gave him eight of his plum blossom darts for self-defense. For this reason, Bai Shujie specially trained him in the dart skills of sealing the throat with a sword, and supervised him the most severely! Seven days later, the six groups that went out came back one after another. Among them, Liu Zhiliang's team, which went to the northeast for investigation, brought back a piece of news that attracted everyone's attention. It turned out that Liu Zhiliang and the other three arrived in the Baiqingzhai area and heard many people saying that the Chalin team would be inspecting nearby Zhangjiagou recently. Anyone who knows the situation understands that if this is not done well, the labor force will be arrested!
The other groups mainly stared at the surroundings. This was the world dominated by Pi Dingjun of the Liao Kingdom, and no special changes had been discovered yet. The only clue they got was that Cheng Shijie's team was investigating to the west. They found that there was a relatively large camp in the market town in front, and there were many carriages and other transportation vehicles behind it. .
Yang Peng was very dissatisfied with the information brought back by each team. It can be said that they are all based on gossip, and there is no verification of the intelligence at all. This cannot be blamed on the investigation team, but on Yang Peng's misconception that Khitan soldiers should be everywhere in Youzhou. In fact, the total number of Khitan troops during this period was only 300,000, and the total number of people in Liao was less than 10 million. The number of Khitan troops in Yingzhou was less than 20,000, and they were mainly huddled in military camps and strongholds along Youzhou. . The only people who are really hanging around are Handerang's Han people and the gangsters who rely on the Khitan people. Those who do evil everywhere are either bandits or various foremen "employed" by the Khitan people.
The so-called leader is what is now called "foreman". However, the boss at that time had the power of life and death over his workers. Just like the Jinzhai Iron Mine, the four notorious foremen in history were more vicious than the Khitans during this period!
In order not to intensify conflicts, the Khitan people paid all their wages to the top. As for how the heads are distributed, the Khitans don't care. The Khitan people could not openly deal with the people of the Song Dynasty yet. Empress Dowager Xiao and Shengzong of Liao personally led an army deep into the Song Dynasty in 1004. Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty was afraid of the enemy and wanted to move the capital to the south. However, Prime Minister Kou Zhun insisted and went to Chanzhou (today's Puyang) to supervise the war. The Song army's morale was greatly boosted and they defeated the Liao army's vanguard. Liao general Xiao Talin died in the battle. The Liao army was afraid of being attacked from both sides and proposed a peace treaty. Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, who advocated peace, signed a peace treaty with the Liao Dynasty at the beginning of the next year. It was agreed that the Song Dynasty would pay an annual tribute of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk to the Liao Dynasty. The two dynasties were at peace with each other for 120 years. After that, the Liao Shengzong allied with Xixia, and Xixia also vacillated between the Song and Liao in order to survive, forming a situation in which the Liao, Song, and Xixia kingdoms were at odds. Therefore, those big leaders more or less received weapons funding from the Khitan and formed the so-called nursing home servants.
Through this period of investigation, Bai Shujie finally slowly came out of his own mind and integrated into the current era. The various information I learned in my previous life also began to be classified into categories in my mind and became organized. However, he soon discovered a very strange problem, that is, in his previous life, there was very incomplete information on the unscrupulous things the Khitans had done when they invaded Youzhou. Especially the content that was published for the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty to understand was really pitiful!
On the contrary, there are many people who beautify the Khitan. Some counties have a good image of the Liao people, and even erect monuments for the dead ghosts of the Khitan dogs! Many people suspect that some officials are most likely the bastards left behind by the Khitan, and now they have infiltrated into the officials of the Song Dynasty! After some deliberation, Yang Peng determined his future course of action. The first is to combat the arrogance of various bosses and weaken the employment potential of the Khitan people. The second step is to seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack on the Khitan Pi Ding army on Yingzhou!
In order to make the investigation training purposeful, Yang Peng asked the team members to divide into three-person teams to go out for investigation. As a result, the news brought back by Liu Zhiliang seemed to be more urgent. Finally, after everyone discussed it, it was agreed that it would be more meaningful to break the foremen's attempts to seize workers. Yang Peng also felt that according to the current training level, his team members were not suitable for a head-on confrontation with the Khitan army. It's also possible to defeat the ragtag foreman team in the iron mine, so it should be okay.
In order to be aware of the situation, Yang Peng reluctantly conducted the second archery training. All team members shot 20 arrows, divided into 50-meter fixed target and 80-meter fixed target. Ten rounds were fired respectively, and 80 rounds were counted as passing. Then based on the training results, combat tasks are uniformly assigned.
Unexpectedly, everyone passed the 50-meter fixed target! In the 100-meter fixed target, Cheng Shijie ranked first! Zhang Xiang, Liu Zhiliang, Zhan Jinguo, Duan Zhixian 90 rings, Zhou Dayong, Shi Liancheng, Zhan Daming, Qiu Mingkang, Xiang Danian 80 rings! The remaining eight people are all below level 70, no comparison with Khitan! However, Bai Shujie was still very happy to have discovered four new talents: Shi Liancheng, Zhan Daming, Qiu Mingkang, and Xiang Danian!
With the plan in mind, Bai Shujie asked everyone to bring bows and arrows, including himself, who also carried a longbow and two hand crossbows that a Khitan master had stolen from a Khitan officer's home. Shi Liancheng also has a Khitan longbow and a hand crossbow. Naturally, Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie also carried Khitan bows and arrows in addition to their crossbows. Everyone has 30 arrows.
During the day the next day, everyone made pancakes together as dry food, and set off at 7pm. Yang Peng asked Liu Zhiliang to lead the way, and they advanced covertly in the middle of the night, arriving in the dense forest on the hillside three miles southeast of Baiqing Village. Zhang Xiang and Chen Shijie arranged the sentry posts, and everyone lay down undressed in the dense forest. Fortunately, it's summer now, so we can still deal with it. After dawn, Yang Peng sent people out to investigate, but the foreman team was not found all day long. In the early morning of the next day, they continued to send people to inquire about the news, but there was no news. Many people began to waver and suspected that Liu Zhiliang's information was wrong. But Yang Peng doesn't see it that way. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. This kind of thing cannot come out of nowhere.
Just like this, around three o'clock in the afternoon on the fourth day, a few faint sounds of arrows were heard from the due north. Yang Peng climbed up a tree and heard the sound of hand crossbows used by the Khitans! No, someone is having sex with the Khitan dog! It is said that Yang Peng originally led his brothers out to harass the foreman team. Unexpectedly, before he saw the shadow of the enemy, the sound of arrows was heard first, and it seemed to be the sound of a hand crossbow.
"Brothers, the news is accurate. Someone is fighting not far ahead! From the sound of arrows, we can infer that the culprit is the Khitan army. Please be vigilant!" Yang Peng came down from the big tree and ordered loudly: "The sound of arrows It’s an order, everyone, get ready for battle, maintain battle formation, and run forward with me!”
Yang Peng drew his crossbow and took the lead in running north along the ridge. This time of running and marching, we soon covered more than three miles, and the mountain ridge came to an end. Yang Peng looked out through the woods and found a dozen men in black and about twenty Khitans attacking a small hill. Supporting the infantry charge, it was indeed a powerful crossbow used by the Great Song Dynasty! Where they are now is about 600 meters away from the mountain. It is about 400 meters away from the Khitan army. There are no big trees in the middle, only thatch more than one meter high. Although this environment is convenient for concealment, it has higher requirements for shooting. Because if you lie down on the ground, your line of sight will be greatly restricted.
Bai Shujie observed for a while and found that most of the men in black were hand crossbows, that is, hand crossbow teams. This was also specially allocated by the Khitan people to those Song people who served the Liao Kingdom. The Khitan people all use high-quality longbows, and there are three people in the crossbow team behind them. There were about twenty Khitan people and they were the main force in the attack. The man in black was lying in the grass and screamed the loudest, but there was no specific movement. It seems like they are just playing the drums to boost their popularity.
"Cheng Shijie, you move over slowly, specifically responsible for knocking out the Khitan's crossbows. Zhang Xiang leads Zhou Dayong, Shi Liancheng, Zhan Zhongguo, Qiu Mingkang, and Xiang Danian around to the left to deal with the men in black!"
Qiannu is also known as Zhuge Liang who created the repeating crossbow machine and improved it. According to the "Three Kingdoms·Shu·Zhuge Liang Biography" annotated in the "Wei Shi Chun Qiu" book, he could fire multiple crossbow arrows at one time in previous generations. Based on the continuous crossbow, a "Yuan Rong" crossbow was designed and produced, which can fire ten eight-inch iron crossbow arrows at one time, improving the killing efficiency of the strong crossbow.
Although it is still not possible to determine the true appearance of Zhuge Liannu, it is certain that Zhuge Liang made a great contribution to the reform of crossbow-making technology. It was on the basis of these reforms that more powerful crossbows were made during the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, with names such as "Godly Crossbow" and "Wanjun Godly Crossbow" appearing; in "Book of Jin", "Book of Song", There are constant records in historical books such as "Book of Southern Qi" about the use of powerful crossbows in wars that "devastated everything they went". They were mostly used in battles to capture cities, and were called "Wanjun" and "Shen". The name is an exaggeration, but it also shows that this crossbow is very powerful.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone, and then whispered: "I took Liu Zhiliang, Zhan Jinguo, and Duan Zhixian to go around to the right to deal with the Khitans. The other people were commanded by Yin Mingde and covered behind us. Fight the fleeing enemies! Remember: save yourself and destroy the enemies. Once you understand, act quickly!"
By the way, Bai Shujie, Liu Zhiliang, Zhan Jinguo and Duan Zhixian, walked quickly through the weeds, walked in a big circle, and finally arrived 40 meters behind Khitan. At this time, the Khitan opened the skirmisher line and was shooting with the people on the mountain. Yang Peng took aim and ordered: "The Khitan dog is about sixty meters in front of us. If we can show our performance in target training, we should be able to kill a group of enemies. Now the four of us are spread out, ten meters apart, from the Khitan Fight from the back of the person!"
Fortunately, the sound of arrows in front was like firecrackers, and no one noticed that four people suddenly appeared behind the attacking team, and no one could hear the people sixty meters away.
"Whoosh!" Yang Peng fired the first arrow, which was the order to fight! The Khitan on the far left was lying on the ground. After shaking for a while, he became quiet and did not disturb the other Khitans. The remaining three people also had perfect shots, and the Khitan suddenly lost four people. Although the firepower of four men was missing, the Khitan people in front didn't notice anything wrong. They might have thought that the people behind were changing arrow boxes, but they didn't look behind them anyway.
Yang Peng and the others seized the opportunity and fired another volley. Eight Khitans were already lying down, but no one noticed anything was wrong with the situation. At this moment, the sound of the crossbow stopped, and then a Khitan shouted: "There is someone behind you!" The Khitans who were attacking in front did not hear what was shouted at all. In addition, the sound of arrows on the mountain was getting more and more urgent. Everyone was quickly pulling their bows and arrows to prepare for shooting, so no one got up and looked back.
By the time the four of Yang Peng passed the third round, the number of Khitan attackers was reduced by half. The density of the attack suddenly dropped so much that it could no longer suppress the arrows on the mountain. The Khitan captain looked back and saw that all his men were lying on the ground very quietly, motionless! This situation is so abnormal! The Khitan team had been in battle for a long time and immediately knew that something was wrong, so they quickly ordered: "Retreat! Retreat!"
Who knew that as soon as he stood up, Yang Peng and Liu Zhiliang were staring at him! The firing sounds of the two hand crossbows sounded at the same time, and the head of the Khitan captain was immediately blown off! "What nonsense! Another waste of arrows!" Yang Peng gave Liu Zhiliang a sharp look: "Work harder, don't let them escape!"
As soon as the Khitan captain died, the remaining Khitan people just waved their hands and fell to the ground before they could shout! The remaining eight Khitans either had to save their lives, or they had forgotten about the Liao Kingdom's shame in going to Beijing. Now they are just dragging their bows and arrows and running away! If the Khitan escapes, Yang Peng and others will be in trouble! There's thatch all around, so there's no way to aim!
"Everyone, please don't get too close to the Khitans, just follow them from a distance!" Yang Peng lay on the ground and ordered loudly: "Beware of the Khitans suddenly turning around and firing cold arrows!" As soon as the order was given, there was a sound of powerful crossbows in front of the Khitans. On the spot, a Khitan man was beaten and flew into the air, showering with blood! The remaining Khitan didn't care about this at all and still lowered his head and ran westward desperately.
Let's talk about the ten people led by Yin Mingde. When they saw that nothing happened to them, they simply went to where the Khitan came from and waited. If the Khitans still have reinforcements, then give them a head-on attack! As a result, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Just when he was getting impatient, a team member next to him shouted: "The Khitan is behind us!"
Yin Mingde turned around and saw, isn't it? Several Khitans were running around 50 meters away! He quickly shouted: "Everyone, pay attention, aim and shoot!" By the time everyone took aim, the Khitan people had already reached about 30 meters!
"Hit!" Yin Mingde took the lead and shot an arrow, knocking down one of them. Then there was a burst of arrows, nine arrows killed six people, and all the remaining Khitans were wiped out! Yin Mingde got it right this time and made a great contribution. Naturally, he was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. It is said that Yang Peng saw the Khitan people being unexpectedly ambushed by Yin Mingde, and he was so happy that he shouted at Yin Mingde and extended his thumb. However, before he could finish being happy, a man rushed down from the mountain. When I came closer, I saw, oh, old acquaintance!
The visitor is none other than Fei Yanzi! His face was covered in gunpowder smoke, and he had a big painted face in black and white. Fei Yanzi ran down the mountain, only to find that the person who rescued him was Yang Peng. He was very surprised: "Hey, pretty boy, why is it you again?" "Haha, as the saying goes, people who are destined to come thousands of miles away to meet each other!" Yang Peng joked. He said: "My brothers and I had nothing to do, so we just went out for a walk. When we heard the sound of arrows being fired here, we stopped by to take a look at the excitement. Heroine Feiyan, what are you doing here?"
"It's not like that bunch of bastards. They got more than 20 coolies hanging around here. Unexpectedly, they actually set a trap for his aunt!" Feiyan Heroine stomped her feet fiercely: "These damn beasts, my aunt I can't spare them!" As the two people were talking, Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie led everyone over. From a distance, he shouted: "Brother, none of those bastards have escaped, they have all been laid down! Oops, isn't this the Feiyan heroine? So it turns out you are fighting the Khitan dogs here?"
"Fei Yanzi, are your sisters okay?" Yang Peng did not speak to Zhang Xiang, but said to Fei Yanzi: "You should hurry up and take care of the sisters. Let them clean up the battlefield." It's just a matter of course for me to extend my hand. Hahaha, don't worry, I will never take it for myself!"
"Why are you still standing there? How do you usually teach me? The first thing after the battle is to clean the battlefield! The main thing is to see the casualties of your brothers and help them quickly!" Yang Peng shouted angrily: "The second thing is Check to see if all the enemies have been killed. Will they give you an arrow?" "You pigheads are always so unimproved! Attention everyone, I will give you half an hour to clean the battlefield. All new team members will be in the old team. Under the leadership of the team members, I carefully cleaned the battlefield so that not even an arrow could fall! Then I took off the enemy's clothes and shoes and packed them away!"
After being scolded by Yang Peng, Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie realized that they had forgotten their duties as monitors because of their joy! He had no choice but to turn around and leave in despair, leading his squad to carefully clean the battlefield. Of course, those new players naturally experienced another test. From the human world to hell, and then from hell to the human world, the dozen or so guys were almost unable to stand up.
From the beginning of this battle, Yang Peng's brothers developed a habit. When cleaning the battlefield, they must take off all the enemy's clothes and shoes and take them away, leaving a white corpse for the enemy. From this moment on, the Khitan hated Yang Peng with all his heart! This Song Dynasty man is not a warrior! There is no samurai spirit at all! After the battle was over, the remains of the Daliao warriors were still insulted. He is simply the devil of the Song Dynasty, his conscience is greatly broken, die!
Yang Peng originally wanted to ambush the foreman team, but unexpectedly, he arrived in time and counter-ambushed the Khitans! What surprised him even more was that the person he rescued turned out to be an old acquaintance, "Fei Yanzi"! Zhang Xiang and Cheng Shijie led their squad members to clean the battlefield and strictly implemented Yang Peng's orders. After searching every inch of the entire battlefield three times to confirm that nothing was missing among the thatch, Cheng Shijie came to report.
"The battlefield has been cleaned! Three of our team members were slightly injured, and 25 Khitan people and 16 foremen were killed. 28 longbows, 1 strong crossbow, and 10 hand crossbows were seized. 2,473 longbow arrows and 600 hand arrows were seized. The arrows of the strong crossbow seem to be the same, and there are two and a half boxes. The scattered silver is 29 yuan, which is about 100 taels."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
