On the one hand, Yang Tong and Zhang Xiang were happy that their next mission was relatively easy, but on the other hand, Zhang Xiang began to worry about their ambush. With such strong strength and Khitan soldiers, this battle will be difficult to fight! On the preset battlefield, in the middle of the night, the soldiers were nervously digging fortifications. Duan Zhixian sat on a big rock with a worried face, looking into the distant void without saying a word.
Yang Erya received news through a secret channel that the Khitan accident investigation team had submitted an accident analysis report. The results in the report actually attributed the Youzhou incident to the anti-rape team! And he vowed: "There is conclusive evidence that the joint action of the Anti-Corruption Team and Fei Yanzi caused this tragic incident! I hope the Song Dynasty will severely punish the murderer and ensure peace in Youzhou."
"Is Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty hot-headed and really believing the Khitan nonsense?" Duan Zhixian has been having a headache recently. If the officials of the Song Dynasty get angry, they must seek revenge from the anti-corruption team of the Song Dynasty. That will be a big trouble! Because of this, Duan Zhixian's face was clouded and frowning. Although Hu Bingzhang was brought out by Yang Peng, he didn't know why Captain Duan Zhixian was worried. Not only did he not know, but Yang Tong didn't know either.
During dinner, Yang Tong saw Duan Zhixian's unhappy face and asked him twice. In the end, of course, he couldn't understand anything and could only feel anxious and distressed in his heart. At midnight, the signal soldiers sent back by Yang Erya to deliver the letter arrived. The little girl named Qiu Ju was sweating profusely and panting. When he came to Duan Zhixian, he was already too tired to straighten up. Duan Zhixian quickly poured a glass of water and handed it over: "Drink some water and take a break before talking."
Qiu Ju drank the water, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and said loudly: "Report to the leader: Kang Pinqing set off on time and is currently on horseback for the night. Our squad leader expects the enemy to arrive at Sanshi at noon tomorrow. However, the situation remains the same. There have been big changes." "What change?" Yang Peng was shocked, but there was no expression on his face.
"There are also Khitan soldiers coming this time, and there are 12 of them!" Qiu Ju took a breath, and then said: "Six carts are nothing, the key is the Khitan soldiers. There is also a Khitan general and Kang Pinqing riding a tall horse, There are a total of 38 people in the entire escort team." "Okay, thank you for your hard work! Go down and eat something and have a good rest." Duan Zhixian sent Qiu Ju away and ordered Song Yuanyuan, the deputy squad leader of the fourth class, to quickly notify Zhan Jinguo, Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian and Liu Zhiliang came over to discuss important matters. After a cup of tea, four people had already rushed over.
"The situation is much more troublesome than expected!" Zhang Xiang got straight to the point, recounted the information Qiu Ju brought back, and then asked, "What do you think of this matter?" Cheng Shijie counted on his fingers, and then Said: "We have 60 people in four classes, so we have a certain advantage in terms of numbers. Moreover, the terrain is favorable, and we can wait for work and attack suddenly. I think as long as we are surprised, there should be no problem in winning!"
"It's not a matter of winning!" Zhang Xiang shook his head and said, "Now the Khitans are getting involved, which is more troublesome." Duan Zhixian didn't take it seriously: "What's the trouble? Now that they're here, let's cook it all! Everyone from each class will be involved. A crossbow is dedicated to greet them, isn't there only 12 of them?" "Hahaha, if that's the case, of course there is no problem." Looking at the high-spirited look of his subordinates, Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "The question I am thinking is the same. You are different! What I care about is who is this Khitan general and why are there 12 Khitan soldiers as guards?"
After walking around in circles for dozens of times, Zhang Xiang gritted his teeth and said: "Now there is a new situation. Tomorrow there will be Khitan dogs among our opponents, so we have to readjust our deployment." "Four positions , no problem. The key issue is not to kill all the Khitans, but to capture them alive as much as possible! Secondly, the enemy has two crossbows, which poses the greatest threat to us! Also, once the battle starts, we must try our best to Keep the enemy away from the cart so they have nowhere to rely on.”
"According to the news from Yang Erya, the enemy's two machine guns are on the first and last vehicles respectively. So I ordered: Cheng Shijie to take care of the machine guns on the first vehicle, and Duan Zhixian to take care of the machine guns on the last vehicle. Machine guns, in the end they couldn't shoot even an arrow!" Duan Zhixian and Liu Zhiliang replied loudly: "Yes! I promise not to let any enemy touch the crossbow!" "I don't need you to promise anything, but you must pay all your attention. It may be placed on the enemy's crossbow. I guess there may be some conspiracy here. Everyone must be careful and be prepared for the worst results at any time."
Zhang Xiang continued: "Cheng Shijie, as soon as Duan Zhixian at the back fires his gun, your first shot is to knock off the crossbowman on the car! Then keep an eye on the crossbow and try not to let others get close. . All rifles and crossbows should first attack the Khitan soldiers, and secondly, attack the guys next to the cars. Be careful!"
"Also, when we get down, tell everyone not to fight the two guys on horseback, but to capture them alive! As for the 12 Khitan soldiers with knives, if you can't capture them alive, kill them immediately!" "Yin Mingde, The task of your crossbow squad is to block the attack. If the enemy's impact is not strong, then arrange a crossbow to support other directions at any time. This requires you to be flexible, not only to let the enemy rush over, but also to use the machine gun as much as possible The power of."
"Finally, I would like to emphasize that when capturing prisoners, never get too close to the Khitan soldiers. Be careful that they will counterattack before death and die with you! As long as you don't see the Khitan soldiers' empty hands, don't go to him! Okay! , that’s all! When we go back, we must reiterate the battlefield discipline. No shooting is allowed without orders!”
At 5:30 in the morning, all the soldiers had a feast in the trenches and then entered their respective shooting positions. Zhang Xiang checked every position and every fighting position twice, repeatedly urging them to stay hidden and ensure safety. Especially after Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie's guns fired, they could aim at the enemy and shoot. Yang Tong, who was responsible for looking out at the top of the mountain, kept his eyes fixed on the northwest direction of the road. Waiting until the sun was at its peak, Yang Tong finally spotted the first cart, and then the second cart. The local six-truck truck appeared in sight. She made a gesture facing the three positions, and then crawled down to hide.
After almost half an hour, a long team finally came into view. All the soldiers began to breathe heavily. The cart was the first to pass by the third squadron where Duan Zhixian was. Behind it were two horses, and more than three meters behind were 12 Khitan soldiers! More than ten meters behind, there were 22 members of Kang Pinqing's guard. "Pah! Pah!" At the moment when all the carts turned into the curve, two crisp gunshots rang out, breaking the peace of the wilderness!
Immediately afterwards, gunshots all around became fierce, and wails and screams also sounded. Zhang Xiang's telescope nervously scanned every corner of the battlefield. In just a brief moment of panic, four Khitan soldiers pulled the old Khitan general off his horse with his command knife hanging, and then formed a circle and lay on the ground, arrows pointing outwards in unison. Protect it.
The other eight Khitan soldiers were divided into three. The two Khitan soldiers retreated and joined the black-clothed crossbowmen, acting as temporary commanders. The men in black were originally in a mess, but under the constant shouts of the two Khitan soldiers, they quickly stabilized their position. The other six Khitan soldiers were divided into two groups and rushed towards the two carts, one in front and one in the back. In Zhang Xiang's view, there was no doubt that the Khitan soldiers were fighting to get the crossbows from this posture.
Who would have known that these six Khitan soldiers did not do this at all, but instead dragged two wooden boxes from the cart and took out two crossbows from inside! Then he used the wooden box as a cover, and within a minute, he started shooting! The battlefield situation was changing rapidly, and Zhang Xiang finally understood the true meaning of this sentence. After all the calculations, I didn't realize that the enemy actually had a hidden crossbow! I didn't expect that the Khitan soldiers' escort team would have a clear division of labor in advance. It looks like they are in a panic, but in fact the Khitan soldiers are busy, orderly and orderly!
In less than two minutes, the two sides had reached a stalemate. Although Zhang Xiang hated the Khitan soldiers to death, he had to admit that whether it was combat quality or psychological quality, the Khitan soldiers should not be underestimated. Those who despise one's enemies are likely to be bitten in the end. Fortunately, Zhang Xiang attached great importance to this battle and invested nine crossbows. Although the Khitan soldiers added two more machine crossbows, the battlefield was still nine to four! The density of firepower on Zhang Xiang's side has an absolute advantage. Even if the Khitan soldiers' arrows are accurate, it is impossible to return to the disadvantage!
Someone once said: "On the battlefield, when quantity advantage reaches a certain level, it represents quality!" The enemy defended on the spot and did not organize a breakout immediately. Zhang Xiang quickly adjusted his original plan: "Hu Bingzhang, your class The machine crossbows are designed to suppress the Khitan soldiers' machine crossbows! Song Yuanyuan immediately went around and asked the machine crossbow squad to pull out two machine crossbows and specifically attack the other machine crossbows of the Khitan soldiers. Go quickly!" In this moment, the two Khitan soldiers' machine crossbows were The machine-gun crossbows had already formed a crossfire, and the Khitan soldiers commanding the hand crossbows in black finally seized the opportunity and organized the team to rush to the southwest protruding highland. Because until now, this place has been silent. As long as we take this commanding heights, we can survive everything.
It is said that the Khitan people are stubborn and will not look back until they hit the south wall. That makes a lot of sense! The last time Yang Tong was ordered to hold on to the salient, he did not let the Khitan soldiers cross the line until the end. This time, Zhang Xiang repeated his old tricks and used the crossbow for this reason. However, the machine's bracket adopts a telescopic method, so the height of the beam can be adjusted at any time. Yang Peng has talked about these things many times in the past two months, and also led everyone to compare them on the spot using machine crossbows and flintlock guns at the same time.
As soon as Yang Tong arrived at the position, he asked Shi Liancheng and Cui Saner to adjust the height of the bracket, so the Khitan soldiers below did not notice that there were two crossbows in this protruding part! "Everyone, stay calm and don't fire crossbows for the time being." When Yang Tong saw the Khitan soldiers climbing up with all the men in black, he immediately ordered in a low voice: "Adjust all the flintlock rifles to the continuous firing position. Follow my orders and then fire again." Shoot!" The entire height of this protrusion is less than eighty meters, but the slope is too steep. The man in black spent a long time and only climbed halfway. Until this moment, the protrusion still showed no reaction at all, and the man in black felt a little relaxed. Then if you continue to climb up, you need your hands to help, otherwise you won't be able to stand firm.
Thirty meters! Twenty-five meters! Twenty meters!
"Hit!" Just when the enemy was about ten meters away, Yang Tong's gun fired first! Face-to-face shooting, seventeen people, seventeen flintlock guns, that's quite powerful! The dense gunfire was like fried beans, and the bullets "hissed" like the wind! Twenty-two men in black and two Khitan soldiers supervising the formation immediately turned into rolling gourds, rolling into a pile at the foot of the mountain!
"Crossbow shooting!" Yang Tong knew that although the firepower was dense enough, the enemies climbed up one after another, and less than one-third of them were actually killed! The people behind were knocked down simply because they fell down in front. Now that the enemy is confused, it's a good time for the crossbow to work!
"Replace the bullets of the flintlock!" The only two and a half young men in the guard squad were operating crossbows, and the rest were all female soldiers. Therefore, Yang Tong did not dare to be careless at all. While changing the magazine himself, he also shouted to others. Because this protruding part is too steep, there are several large rocks protruding halfway up the mountain. Once you reach the foot of the mountain, bullets can't reach the hidden enemies at all.
The Khitan people who originally protected the general with the command sword now moved to the foot of the mountain. It was too late to build temporary fortifications. The corpses and sick and wounded that rolled down the mountain now became the best materials. Four Khitan soldiers quickly used these humanoid materials to build a simple fortification. Two machine crossbows relied on this, one on the left and one on the right to shoot outwards. The rifles of several other Khitan soldiers carried out targeted clearing. The team members finally began to suffer casualties.
When Zhang Xiang saw the Khitan soldiers stubbornly resisting and the casualties among his brothers, he immediately became furious: "Prepare your flintlocks and kill these bastards regardless of the consequences!" Unfortunately, the distance was too far. Besides, Shi Liancheng finished firing a magazine and finally realized something was wrong. Yang Tong naturally discovered this situation, so he quickly ordered the crossbow to stop shooting.
At this moment, Zhang Xiang directed the fourth squad to throw stones, and Yang Tong finally understood that his sweetheart had made up his mind. "Each person has a flintlock ready, throw it down vertically, and drive the Khitan soldiers out!" Yang Tong took the lead and fired a shot.
Bang, bang! The Khitan's two crossbows were the first to misfire, and the other enemies could no longer hide their presence. With a cry, the enemy divided into two columns, turned around and rushed out to the northwest. The Khitan dog never looked back until it touched the south wall. Now that it touched the iron plate, it finally thought of running away. Yang Tong took a look and saw that the number of black-clad guards had increased from twenty-two to thirteen, indicating that at least nine had been killed just now. Of the twelve Khitan soldiers, only seven are left.
When Zhang Xiang saw that the direction of the breakout turned out to be going back, he immediately knew that something was wrong. He quickly jumped up with a flintlock gun and shouted: "Come on, chase the Khitan dogs, don't let them directly attack the brothers of the third class." !”
The Art of War says: Don’t stop when you return to the army! This is the doctrine of the art of war. If we don't catch up now, Squad Three will face a desperate attack from the enemy. As long as they chase the enemy closely, leaving them no chance to adjust their attack formation, Squad Three can give full play to the power of its flanking firepower. Zhang Xiang's character would naturally not leave such a loophole. Following his cry, the brothers of the Crossbow Squadron and the Fourth Squadron, led by the flintlock guns to clear the way, kept about thirty meters away from the enemy and pressed forward all the way.
The remaining seven Khitan soldiers didn't care about anything now, desperately protecting the old guy with the command knife. The crossbow changed two shooters in a row, and finally passed the fire range of the third squad. After this round of attacks, there were still five men in black who were desperately protecting another guy in a robe. Needless to say, this guy should be Kang Pinqing. The other five young Khitan soldiers used two machine crossbows as cover to protect another old guy. They fought and walked along the way, with the goal of mounting their horses.
Seeing the fat on his mouth disappear like this, Zhang Xiang felt really aggrieved. However, the enemy has two crossbows pressing the formation. If they press too hard, casualties will increase. He didn't want to let him go, so he just hung there like this. In the blink of an eye, he was already gone for more than five miles. Seeing that they reached Shangma Town after crossing a small ridge, Zhang Xiang became more and more anxious. At this moment, Zhang Xiang saw the enemy's formation in front of him in chaos! Let's talk about Yang Tong and Zhang Xiang. They had looked at all the terrain during the day, and there were four places where they needed to take action. The first is the Sanxian Inn. Now everyone lives in it, so this place is not a problem at all.
The luxurious restaurant and clothing store were protected only by two guys in black, so it wasn't a big problem. The most important thing is Kang Pinqing's villa. The situation inside is not very clear. "Zhan Jinguo, after your group of soldiers captured this place, they split into two groups to capture the French restaurant and the East Asian clothing store. Is there any problem?" This is the first time Yang Tong is commanding a new unit, and he is not sure, so I adopted an attitude of soliciting opinions. Zhan Jinguo smiled and said: "There is absolutely no problem with these three places! I have arranged for Lu Ming to take two brothers out, and their task is to go to that restaurant for lunch. Qiu Mingkang took the other six brothers, and now They should be negotiating the price at the place where they buy clothes. Haha, don’t worry, vice-captain!"
"There are no weak soldiers under a strong general. He is worthy of being the commander of the first battalion. My senior brother often mentions you old brothers!" Yang Tong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Zhou Dayong, your second squad has only one mission, that is to break into Kang Pinqing's villa, move everything out. Is there any problem? "
"He has no problem with Zhan Jinguo, how can I, Zhou Dayong, have a problem?" Zhou Dayong waved his fist: "I promise to complete the mission! We all came out together, and we will never let this boy Zhan Jinguo laugh at us!" "Okay, it's settled!" Yang Tongtong smiled and nodded and said: "We will start at eight o'clock in the evening. First, we will control the Sanxian Inn as our temporary base camp. From now on, this inn is only allowed to enter but not to leave. There is no need to explain to the guests at the moment. Please go to the backyard for unified supervision, and Zhan Jinguo will be responsible for the interrogation. See if any of these people who come here have heads or anything, and if there is any blood debt in hand. They have been discovered and arrested immediately! "
Unexpectedly, things developed surprisingly smoothly! Zhou Dayong's second squad rushed directly into Kang Pinqing's villa, only to see two old family members, and then the maid and mother-in-law talking to their concubine. There are only six people in the three-story small bungalow! A woman who was dressed very simply, did not look to be 17 or 18 years old. Seeing Zhou Dayong rushing into the door, he was not panicked at all: "I am the fifth concubine captured by Kang Pinqing. Who are you?"
When Zhou Dayong saw that the other party was calm and didn't even react at all, he suddenly felt strange: "Are you Kang Pinqing's mother-in-law?" The fifth concubine was still sitting there and said nonchalantly: "I have already said that I am The fifth concubine who was captured by him is not married yet. Who are you?" "We are the Song Dynasty Anti-Corruption Team. You should have heard of it!" Although Zhou Dayong found it strange, he did not dare to take it lightly: "Now We are going to search, please cooperate. As long as you do not act excessively, we will not make things difficult for you."
The fifth aunt shouted softly: "Wait a minute, I have a condition!" "What, you want to negotiate terms with the Song Dynasty's anti-corruption team?" Zhou Dayong laughed: "Kang Pinqing, known as King Kang of Hell. You want to negotiate terms with me?" Of course!" The fifth concubine, who was dressed more plainly than the maid, finally stood up and said, "If the Song Dynasty anti-corruption team hadn't arrived, I wouldn't have made any conditions!"
It was the first time Zhou Dayong encountered this situation, and he was really unsure: "Okay, I'm surprised. Let me know if you have any conditions!" "I have four conditions!" The fifth aunt was too expressionless. Suddenly he became cold and cold: "First, you must kill this old pious woman and these two little girls for me! Second, you must kill Kang Pinqing and avenge my parents. Third, you must bring Leave a group of laborers. Fourth, the money left by Kang Pinqing should be left for me to pay for my travel expenses."
Zhou Dayong was shocked: "Kang Pinqing is the enemy who killed your parents? What happened to these three women?" The fifth concubine pointed at the old woman opposite and said, "That's right! These three women turned out to be mine. My family, they are the ones who colluded with Kang Pinqing to harm my whole family!"
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
