"Brother Six, we noticed a sudden movement of the Tatar army ahead." Hong Hu, the leader of the scout team, came over and said to Zhang Rui.
At this time, Zhang Rui was still leading the Musketeers and Pike Brigades to set up an ambush.
"Oh? So fast? Do you know how many people have come? Have you caught anyone alive and come here to ask?" Zhang Rui was a little surprised when he heard Hong Hu's words, but everything seemed to be reasonable.
"Sure enough, the attraction of money is great, and there are really people who are not afraid of death."
"We haven't figured it out yet, but our brothers who were observing them noticed something strange and passed it back to us to prepare." Hong Hu replied a little embarrassedly
"Okay. Thank you, brothers, let them be careful. At the same time, don't be careless, unless you can really maim them or capture them alive. Otherwise, you can kill them. Don't let them hurt our people." Zhang Rui warned Hong Hu. road
"If I'm not wrong, the main force this time should be the Eight Banners Han Army. The descendants of Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong's troops in San Francisco were disrupted back then, so they have some fighting capacity."
"Yes, Brother Six. I'll go down and tell them right now." Hong Hu saluted Zhang Rui, then turned around and went down.
"Everyone has heard this, so just carry out the ambush at the place I just said." Zhang Rui said to the chief executives of each team around him.
"Yes, Sixth Brother."
everyone replied
"Brother Six, if they find us, what can we do if they come over?" I saw Ma Jiulu, the leader of Wuzhou Green Camp Qianzong Jin Fusiliers, asked.
"Don't worry, they will definitely come back." After listening to Ma Jiulu's words, Zhang Rui replied confidently
"Oh!" Ma Jiulu looked at Zhang Rui and still didn't believe it, but he didn't dare to ask again. I could only think to myself: "Let's ask others later."
"Okay, everyone, let's get to work! Those who dare to rob us must let them know the price." Zhang Ruihao said angrily.
"right…"
"that is…!"
"Let them know the price..."
Everyone echoed
Afterwards, they all left to arrange their work.
…
"Brother Zhishan, wait for me."
Ma Jiulu caught up with Zhang Zhishan, who was assigned to him, and said
"Do you know why Brother Six said those Eight Banners and Han troops would definitely come back? If I knew I was ambushing them, I would definitely not go there?"
"How do I know, but Sixth Brother will definitely come if he says he will come." Zhang Zhishan said nonchalantly.
"Don't you have any doubts? Why can Brother Six be so sure that they will come?" Ma Jiulu was a little puzzled by Zhang Zhishan's "ignorance and lack of desire."
"Why should I be doubting? Brother Six has often said that obeying orders is a soldier's bounden duty. If there is a war, fight, and if there is no war, rest. Now we are all "rebels", why do we think so much? Can we still change? This identity? Since Brother Six will come as he says, just listen to him." Zhang Zhishan didn't say anything more and continued walking forward.
"If there is a war, then fight, and if there is no war, then just rest?"
Ma Jiulu stood there and muttered blankly for a while, as if something suddenly flashed through his mind and he couldn't grasp it.
So, Ma Jiulu shook his head. I wasn't going to think about it anymore and continued to follow Zhang Zhishan.
Zhang Zhishan paused for a moment when he heard Ma Jiulu's words. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, but he didn't stop.
…
"Sir, the brothers in the scout team ahead were attacked. It seems that our sneak attack was discovered." Li Hengfeng quickly walked over to Geng Shangzhi and knelt down in front of him and said.
"Just discover it if you find it! There is no hope of a successful surprise attack. They are just a bunch of mud-legged people. What kind of fighting power can they have? Kill dozens of them and they will disperse in a rush." Geng Shangzhi said without any sense of pressure:
"Tell the people below to hurry up and cut off all those muddy legs before dinner, so we can stop work and eat."
"Yes, sir. But are we afraid that they will ambush us? After all, General Sitku and the others were ambushed last time." Li Hengfeng said with some worry.
"What you said makes sense, let's do this! Let the scouts explore the road and we continue to move forward." Geng Shangzhi ordered
"Yes, sir." After Li Hengfeng said that, he retreated.
After three sticks of incense
"Sir, the place ahead is where Zhang Rui ambushed General and the others. Do we still want to enter?" Liao Jieren from the front returned to Geng Shangzhi to report.
Geng Shang looked straight ahead at the valley, where the road was narrow and the gorge was long. It would be really difficult to deal with an ambush.
"Has there been any news from the scouts ahead? Did they go the wrong way? Are Zhang Rui and the others going this way?" Geng Shangzhi asked worriedly.
"Your Majesty, the scouts came in front of a stick of incense and found traces of the ox convoy." Liao Jieren replied
"Have you found Zhang Rui and the others?" Geng Shangzhi asked again
"The scout didn't say anything. He only said that he found an ox convoy driving forward desperately."
"So? What about Zhang Rui and the others? Are they also driving? What's going on with these scouts? I don't know yet. Wait for the scouts to arrive." Geng Shangzhi gave the order directly
"Okay, my lord."
Afterwards, Liao Jieren kowtowed and left to convey the order.
Geng Shangzhi, who had given the order to stop, waited for a while. Feeling bored, he led two soldiers to the resting place.
"What's going on? Why did you stop?" someone from the Han army in front asked
"It seems that he was afraid of being ambushed, so he stopped and waited for the scouts to find out the news." Someone answered him
"Didn't you say that the enemy was discovered in front of you? Why are you still procrastinating? The enemy is already in front of you, why is there such an ambush?" The man complained incomprehensively.
"Well, I think you are doing it for our own good. If we were ambushed, I don't know how many brothers would die." The person who replied said comfortingly.
After Geng Shangzhi heard this, he was very pleased.
"It seems like there are no people who understand!"
"Brother, I understand what you said. I'm just a little unhappy, seeing those enemies leaving right under my nose. I don't know when those turtle grandsons will come back. If it's too late, everyone else will return to the stronghold. Do we still have to wait? Go back to someone else's village and fight with them?" the man said helplessly.
"Hey, no. It will be dark in two hours. Then we can only wait until tomorrow before continuing to chase. Think about the mosquitoes on this mountain..." The person who replied said and clasped the mosquito on his arm. Full of red dots.
"You were bitten like this by mosquitoes too? The mountains at night are really not a place for people to stay..."
…
Geng Shangzhi listened for a while, talking about some innocuous topics.
So, he walked back to the middle camp with his soldiers.
"grown ups…"
After Geng Shangzhi returned to the central camp, the three assistant leaders Li Hengfeng, Liao Jieren and Wang Shengli gathered around to pay homage.
"How's it going? Have the scouts returned with the news?" Geng Shangzhi asked directly.
"not yet."
"Almost half an hour has passed, and none of your Sanzuo's scouts have come back with news?" Geng Shangzhi seemed surprised after hearing this.
"I don't have any teammates, I don't know about them." Li Hengfeng said
"Mine didn't come back either." Liao Jieren also said.
"Mine too..." Wang Shengli said the same thing
"Sir, something seems wrong! Do we still want to move forward?" Liao Jieren asked.
"I know it's wrong, but we boasted a lot in front of the general. If we don't succeed at all, we won't be punished." Geng Shangzhi became a little impatient.
"Damn, how could this happen?"
"Let's do this! Let the brothers below wear clothes and armor. Those with muskets will light the match ropes and be ready, and those with bows and arrows will be ready to shoot arrows at any time... In short, be prepared and move forward slowly." Geng Shangzhi gave the order directly
Just like a gambler who sees the benefits in his eyes and is unwilling to give up even though he knows that he may lose.
