Although the nickname "Skinny King Kong" has the word "skinny" in it, he can still run very fast with a little girl on his shoulders.
At the beginning of the night attack, he led the team up the mountain. He felt that the journey was very long.
But now the wind could not stop under his feet, and even he himself was wondering: Hey, Li Sanlang said this was the "commanding heights", how could he reach the bottom of the mountain in just a few steps?
It was now approaching the end of the ugly season, when it was darkest.
He didn't even think about whether he would fall or miss the ground, he just kept running down. The only thing he worried about was not to knock her apart, so he specially hugged the girl's buttocks with one hand and her hands with the other. leg.
The girl was quite honest. She didn't move at all. She didn't know whether she was frightened or fainted.
Along the way, all the troops going up the mountain gave way to him in confusion. Some people started whispering, and then torches appeared for some reason, and some people started laughing from behind, but they were immediately scolded by the chiefs.
Turning around a rock, there was a pavilion on the right hand side, with three torches burning in the hands of the standing soldiers.
Mr. Sheng was sitting behind the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, stroking his beard and listening to orders and reports. Li Dan waved his hand to order the messenger to leave, turned his head, smiled and cupped his hands towards Sheng Huaien and said:
"Congratulations, sir, on your victory. We have captured Nanshan. As long as we set up a solid defense line on the east and west routes up the mountain, even if the enemy has four thousand troops, they will not be able to withstand us!"
Just as he finished speaking, Li Dan suddenly heard laughter coming from the team, and Li Dan was startled. Song Xiaoniu's face turned dark, and he turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
After walking up a few steps, he saw a group of black shadows flying towards the bottom. Maverick shouted: "Who is it?"
"it's me!"
"Skinny King Kong? You..."
"Stop talking nonsense and get out of the way!" Zhang Bo pushed Song Xiaoniu away and rushed to the pavilion. Several soldiers, not knowing what was going on, rushed forward to stop him.
"Go away, go away, I don't have time to bother with you!" Zhang Bo was anxious. Several soldiers were stunned when they realized it was one of their own.
"Hey, who is this?" Sheng Huai'en asked, waving his hand to ask the soldiers to get out of the way.
Li Dan had already heard it and remained silent. Mr. Ba was the one who asked Zhang Bo to catch him in the first place. He was very familiar with him and immediately said:
"Zhang Duizheng, aren't you guarding Laifeng Pavilion up there? Why are you down here?"
Zhang Bo gasped and carefully placed the girl on his shoulders on the ground. Only then did everyone see clearly that he had brought a woman with him. Sheng Huaien frowned, glanced at Li Dan and said nothing.
Li Dan had no choice but to speak: "Skinny King Kong, what are you doing? In the face of a powerful enemy, you still have the heart to rob a common woman. Is it because the lard has deceived you?"
"No, no, I didn't steal it!" Zhang Bo waved his hand and said:
"My subordinates snatched it from the bandits. No, it was the three young marshals who snatched it and locked it up above, and then I snatched it away! Ah, bah! It's still wrong!"
Everyone chuckled, and Sheng Huaien suppressed his laughter and nodded: "I understand, you were the one who stole it anyway!"
"Ahem, don't worry about whether I robbed her. That's not important! Anyway, I want to marry this woman. It's her!" Zhang Bo pointed at the girl firmly.
"Bold! Zhang Bo, are you going to violate military discipline? You are getting married before the battle, do you still want your head?" Song Xiaoniu became anxious and punched him in the back.
This was a reminder. The beating was not heavy. Song Xiaoniu didn't want to cut off the head of one of his captains with his own hands. If word spread about this, all the rest of the team would be embarrassed!
"Shang Shanda is ridiculous! Defence, my subordinates are almost 20 and haven't even started a family yet. Is it not too much to want a woman?
I met her here today, I accept it as fate!
I know there is military discipline, but my subordinate did not ask to do anything tonight, nor did he touch her privately, but came here specifically to ask for a favor. Isn't this okay? "
"What do you mean by 'not touching her privately'?" Song Xiaoniu pouted: "How dare you say you didn't touch her when you carried her down from above? You slapped her yourself, right?" People around him laughed again.
"Anyway, if you insist on saying that, it's a touch. No, it's not that kind of touch. Stop interfering!" Zhang Bo was so anxious that he couldn't explain, and pushed Song Xiaoniu away with his arms.
"Shangda people, defense, can you let me be the mediator to sort this out?"
Wu Mao stood up and held up his hands. Seeing the two men nodding respectively, he turned to Zhang Bo and said, "Zhang Duizheng, if I ask you something during the next generation's defense, please answer me more carefully."
Zhang Bo respected scholars, so he nodded quickly: "Excuse me, sir."
"Excuse me, Captain Zhang, what is the task assigned to you tonight?"
"Occupy Laifeng Pavilion. If you encounter the defenders, try to kill them in a hidden way. Then guard the passage up the mountain on the northeast side. Wait for the follow-up team to arrive and hand over. Then stick to the top of the mountain to reinforce the following brothers at any time." Zhang Bo answered completely with his chest raised.
"Okay, Zhang Duizheng remembers it very clearly!" Wu Mao praised with a high-five and changed his tone: "So Zhang Duizheng, what have you accomplished?"
"I..." Zhang Bo suddenly lost his words and looked at everyone uneasily: "I..." Embarrassment appeared on his face.
Yes, let's put it this way, I ran down the Feng Pavilion as soon as I took it down, and I haven't done any of the following "guarding, waiting for reinforcements, handing over, and holding on".
When he was about to turn around and leave, he saw the girl kneeling on the ground with her hands tied behind her back and a rag gagged in her mouth. He felt that he shouldn't leave like this. He was at a loss for a while, and his face slowly turned red.
"It seems that Captain Zhang was busy vying for the bride, but he forgot the last half of the things he should do?" Wu Mao looked at the smiling Li Dan and asked again:
“Since Captain Zhang keeps saying he wants to get married, that’s fine!
Leaving aside the mission, may I ask which family you want to marry? What is the family name, where is it ranked, and can you know the small characters and the eight characters?
Since she was captured by bandits here, she must be a local. Where does she live? How many father and brothers are there? What do you do for a living...? "
"Uh..." Zhang Bo grinned and couldn't answer a series of questions. I regretted in my heart: Well, how could you bring people to the defense without asking anything? It’s spicy now!
Seeing that he couldn't say anything, everyone knew what was going on and understood Wu Mao's intentions. Seeing that he was more confident, they further said:
"Then marriage is about love between you and me, three matchmakers and six betrothals. May I ask Zhang Duizheng, who is the matchmaker? Is there a betrothal? Is this girl willing to marry you?
Oops, I just realized, why is this still tied up? Captain Song, please help untie her. "
Song Xiaoniu stepped forward to untie the girl, but Zhang Bo pulled her away and glared: "How dare your sister-in-law touch her? I will untie her myself!" Everyone laughed again.
"Ren Shanda, defense...Brother Saburo, I didn't mean to violate military discipline, it's just....
well! I don’t know why, when I saw this woman, my heart felt as if I had been hit hard with a sledgehammer, and there was nothing else in my heart!
It's all my fault. Don't make things difficult for her! "Zhang Bo untied the girl, bowed deeply to the two of them and said.
"Oh, this is difficult to handle. After all, you still violated discipline, don't you think so, Saburo?"
Sheng Huai'en winked at Li Dan as he spoke, and then deliberately made a serious face to look businesslike:
"The matters regarding the front camp are left to you, Li Yingzheng, to decide. I will go up the mountain with the team to set up defenses, please." After saying that, he stood up, said goodbye to everyone, and set off up the mountain with his own soldiers.
The meaning of this faction is very obvious. I will not interfere. You can handle your own affairs by yourself.
But there was still a steady stream of troops passing by, and with so many people watching, Li Dan also knew that he couldn't just let him go without missing a stick.
As soon as he left, Zhang Bo felt that this matter had something to do, and he quickly knelt down with a "gudong". He kowtowed and said:
"Sanlang, you and I are brothers. My brother violated military discipline for this woman today. Fortunately, Mr. Shigeyuki woke him up and realized that he was wrong. Please forgive me.
Fulfill this beautiful thing as a brother, for the sake of the Li family in this life, no, for Sanlang, you will repay him like a cow or a horse! "
"What's the use of kowtowing to me? What you're doing is the whole Yugan people! What are everyone doing, and what are you doing?
Where is your base, where is the mountaintop I want you to hold? Do you still consider yourself a team leader? "
Li Dan shouted, then ignored him and walked up to the woman to support her with both hands:
"This young lady, please get up. I'm here to serve as the defense envoy of the Geyang Guards, Li Sanlang. What's your name? Where do you live? How did you fall into the hands of the bandits?"
This guy is rough and I don't know if he is rude or not. Talk to someone and he will make the decision for you. If this guy does something illegal, I will deal with it in accordance with the law and will never show any favoritism. "
As soon as he said this, Song Xiaoniu and others' expressions changed. Zhang Bo also began to realize the seriousness of the matter and lay on the ground without daring to raise his head.
At this time, Gu Da, Yang Yi, Liu Hongsheng and others heard about this and ran over, standing behind the crowd to watch the situation.
Hearing what Li Dan said, Gu Da was anxious and hurriedly begged: "Sanlang, don't punish me! She, he... Slim King Kong just got obsessed and confused..."
"Fart, you came up in a hurry, you are confused all the time! I am sincere, even after being beaten to death with a military stick, I said the same thing today!"
Zhang Bo was lying on the ground and was furious when he heard what he said. He turned around and retorted with no appreciation at all.
"you……!"
Gu Da wanted to speak, but Yang Yi covered his mouth. "If you stop saying a few words, he won't get a military stick if you continue to fight against him!" Yang Yi said anxiously.
This thin King Kong was covering for him last time and was hit on the shoulder with a stick and dislocated. Yang Yi cannot forget this kindness.
"Are you very leisurely? Everyone left their troops and ran to watch the fun. Who is leading the team now? There is an enemy attack and a surprise attack. What should I do?"
Li Dan glared in a rare way, and Yang Yi and Liu Hongsheng hurriedly pulled Gu Da out of the crowd and returned to the team.
"Excellent, the captain I appointed abandoned his subordinates on the battlefield and only cared about his own marriage. I really belong to you!"
Seeing Zhang Bo lying there again and not daring to speak, Li Dan turned to look at the little girl and saw that she had her head lowered, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes.
Li Dan called Song Xiaoniu over to whisper a few words, and Xiaoniu nodded solemnly and went out.
Then he called Master Ba and Wu Mao and asked them to help evacuate everyone inside and outside the pavilion. Then he saw Xiao Niu and Han Si leading several personal guards to draw a curtain around the pavilion with green cloth, and the personal guards Guard outside.
Li Dan sat in Sheng Huaien's seat just now, asked the girl to sit down, and then asked: "Miss, would you like to answer Li's question?"
In that era, men and women were not allowed to get along or touch each other. Although the so-called defense between men and women was not as strong as it would be two hundred years later, the concept of "this is not good" still existed, even among the people.
Li Dan knew that a woman like this who had fallen into the hands of thieves would end up miserable if no man was willing to accept her, even if the thieves had not yet had time to do anything to her.
"Look, there are only three of us inside the curtain. Although Mr. Li is still young, he is also a superior appointed by the government. If you have anything to say, please tell me. Mr. Li will do his best."
The girl looked inside the pavilion and slowly said, "Sir, it's not his fault, he is a good person..."
Before he finished speaking, he already blushed, lowered his head, and his voice became lower and lower.
My surname is Chu, and my home is at the foot of Moon Mountain in the south. This morning I went out to collect medicine for my father and encountered thieves who kidnapped the slave family... Fortunately, I was rescued by this righteous man. I should have... thanked him for saving his life... "
"I met him during the battle. It is natural for him to help those in danger. You don't need to thank him."
Li Dan glared at Zhang Bo who looked up and peeked, and was so frightened that he quickly lay down. "So... do you need someone to escort you home?"
The girl closed her lips tightly and then said: "I am also very confused. I should go back to serve my father. But..."
"Are you afraid that the people in the village will say some nonsense that won't sound good?"
The girl lowered her face almost to her chest and nodded slightly.
"What does your family do? How many people do you have?"
"Returning to the general, I only have my father and younger brother in my family. My stepmother Zhu died at the beginning of the year. The family rented ten acres of land from Song Xiucai, and I also have three acres of paddy fields and some vegetable land."
"What's wrong with your father?"
"I don't know, but Aunt Song went to see an old man and said it was internal heat and external cold.
But after two months of delay, the medication was not effective. I heard that there was some grass growing on this mountain that I could try, so I took the risk and came... Who knows, you will meet a strong man. "As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
"Alas, this is the end of the misfortune!" Li Dan sighed.
“Originally, there was a Mr. Shang in the town, who I heard was a descendant of an imperial doctor.
However, since the bandits came to the town, Mr. Shang disappeared without knowing where he was. Even if I knew it, I wouldn't dare to look for it. "
"Yes, people suffer in times of turmoil!" Li Dan patted the stone table and asked again and again: "Does it have a reputation?"
"My name is A-Lian at home."
"Okay, so how old is Alian this year?"
It was quite rude to ask someone's name and age. Ah Lian hesitated and looked up. She couldn't help being surprised when she saw that the other person was an imposing young man.
Glancing at Zhang Bo lying on the ground, he suddenly understood that the young man's status and family reputation must be higher than this one. Otherwise, how could he have done anything for defense at such a young age?
She gritted her teeth and replied, "I am fourteen years old this year."
"Hey, Alian is one year younger than XX." Li Dan smiled.
Alian was shocked and believed that this person was able to make up his mind.
So he left his seat, knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Please forgive me, sir, for sparing this righteous man. He, he saved Lian'er after all."
