"Is this Yu Gan? We didn't go the wrong way to Nanchang, right?" Someone in the team was chirping.
Liao Huazi looked ugly and had the urge to kill. He turned his head and remembered that the little leader who had been sent to test him had followed Dong Qi northward and died in the ambush.
"Who said Yugan is from a small county?" I don't know who is talking too much.
"It's just a county town. There are only 2,000 regiments in it, so what's there to be afraid of?" Someone finally got tougher. Polygonum flower turned to look at Tushan who spoke, and gave him an appreciative look.
This Tushan is the second son of Tu Zheng, the leader of Tujiawan Village. He is an upright man and dares to speak out.
Usually, Polygonatum always felt that this guy was against her, and she hated him a little, but she just ignored him because Tu Zheng had been very respectful to her since he returned to his country. Unexpectedly, it was both the right time and the right time for him to speak today.
Tenghuazi couldn't help but feel that it was a wise decision for her to appoint him as a military captain.
"Brother Tu Xian is right. The terrain to the north of Yugan is low-lying and the city is at a high place, so we seem to be looking up. In fact, the city walls here are not much different from those elsewhere."
After saying this, Polygonatum suddenly narrowed her eyes, pointed her riding whip at the city, and asked, "Which of you has good eyesight and can see clearly, what is that thing on the horse's head?"
The horse face refers to the enemy tower protruding outward from the city wall. It can attack enemy siege troops from the flanks, and can also use archers to project troops to form crossfire between two.
Everyone looked around, some said it was a house being built, and some said it was a wooden frame built to pull something heavy up to the top of the city.
Polygonatum shook her head suspiciously. This thing didn't look like a house. It was possible that it was used to pull heavy objects into the city, but why was it on every horse? Later, someone suddenly asked whether it could be the catapult mentioned in the book. Now it seemed a bit reliable.
But some people say that it should be very big for siege, but this one is too small in comparison. There were so many different opinions that it was hard to tell which one was right, but Polygonum herself felt that it was more like a catapult, so she paid more attention to it.
They pointed at the city, and the soldiers stood a little unhappy.
When fighting in those days, you had to carry dry food, water, personal belongings (such as money that could not be left in the camp or entrusted to others), medicine for wounds, etc., as well as weapons (such as knives, shields, spears, etc.) , the archer's bow and arrows).
If you don't have any followers, you have to carry it or wear armor yourself, so it's no joke to go into battle as an infantryman.
Later literary works mislead people, as if giving someone a spear can kill the enemy. That is not the scenario for most serious battles.
The first thing everyone thought of during the Cold War era was to wrap themselves up, the tighter and more like a turtle, the better! What Li Dan saw through the telescope at this time was such a messy and chaotic scene.
Those who have no armor at all are novices, and those who use various cotton and linen cloths densely packed into cloth face armor are veteran bandits (because there are women doing needlework for them).
There are also some women who, in order to cope with the temporary battle, string together pieces of shaved bamboo, occasionally obtained iron or copper pieces and hang them on important parts of the body to strengthen their courage.
The leaders are easy to identify. Many of them wear lightweight and protective leather armors obtained from various channels (cow, horse, crocodile, etc.). If they have standard armor, this person is either a leader with a higher status, or He is undoubtedly a powerful backbone who has been rewarded.
Then such a motley team stood behind their heads, watching them commenting on the city wall. Their bodies were wet and heavy from the rain, and they couldn't help but feel resentful and the comments became louder and louder.
Until a voice asked loudly: "Hey, ladies and gentlemen, do you want to fight or not?"
"That's right! What's the point of leaving this man here? If you don't want to beat us, let's sit down and rest for a while!" The team yelled, accompanied by all kinds of strange screams, grimaces, and laughter.
There was no way, it had always been like this, Liaohuazi had long been used to it. He turned back and glared impatiently. Tushan ran to the front of the team and shouted:
"Shut the fuck up! I didn't see you so impatient when we were eating, now you're not happy just standing there and lighting a stick of incense? The masters won't discuss this.
How to fight? Why are you so anxious? "
"Master Tu, it's not that we are in a hurry, it's that the cloth armor is soaked and it doesn't feel good to hold it!" An old gangster took advantage of his good relationship with Tu Shan and tentatively bowed and said:
"Please talk to the bosses and hurry up. There's a prickly heat coming out here. We're not afraid of death, so why don't we just go to the top of the city? Let the boss say a word and Song Laohan will lead the whole army!"
"Stop yelling. Do you know what the master is thinking about?" Tu Shan looked back and said, "The master is thinking too much. It's because he doesn't want you to die in vain, and he feels sorry for you. Do you understand? You have to know as a human being. Anyway!"
After he said this, the team that was shouting just now became less agitated and gradually became quiet.
Finally, Polygonum Flowers made a decision. Although the rain today was less than yesterday, the ground was slippery and was not conducive to siege. He would go back to rest and arrange the siege on a more suitable day.
So the rear team changed the way the front team came back, and the gangsters returned without the same momentum as when they came. The team was loose and loose, and there were still people laughing and playing in the queue, probably happy to live another day.
Li Dan and others on the top of the city had been watching the other party's actions through binoculars. Suddenly Li Dan turned around and wanted to leave. Yang Dayi grabbed his arm and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Take the horse and I'll bring back a prisoner." Li Dan replied while instructing Mao Zaidi.
"Let me go, you are the guard general, how can you leave your post without permission!" Yang Dayi said softly, and glared at Mao Zaidi angrily, so scared that he shrank his neck and got out of the way, and strode down the horse road to the city.
He was the defense envoy from the north, so he called for the city gate to be opened. Several gatekeepers rushed to the horse wall and lowered the drawbridge. Yang Dayi ordered a whole team of two soldiers to follow him out of the city.
Yang Da Yi is not wearing any armor. He wears a gray felt hat with red tassels and blue arrow sleeves. He wears the silver satin double-breasted armor sent by Aunt Qian yesterday. He has raised his own flail and the flower-green horse under his crotch ( Zao Liuer gave it to Li Dan) and crossed the suspension bridge on the moat (the north moat is the narrowest, only twenty steps wide, so there is a suspension bridge).
In the city, Fan County Zun was worried. This was the active duty army of hundreds of households. If something went wrong, it would have a big impact on morale. He hurriedly asked Li Dan: "Quickly, send someone to cover. Nothing will happen to Yang Baihu!"
Just as Li Dan was about to speak, Liao Sanqing and Zhou Tu turned behind him and said, "I am willing to go out of the city to assist you and keep all the people safe!"
"Okay, please!" With Li Dan's permission, the two of them hurriedly got up and went down to the city. Zhou Tu asked someone to bring the horse, got on his horse and chased Yang Dayi.
Liao Sanqing took out a shield and chased after him with a knife in his hand. He had martial arts skills and his running speed was not much slower than Zhou Tu's horse.
Besides, before Yang Dayi left the city, he had already ordered his troops to hold down the formation for him. After leaving the city, he didn't care about what was behind him and galloped away all the way.
The two soldiers were novices, so they immediately formed four small golden flower formations a hundred steps away from the suspension bridge under the leadership of the commander and the corps commander.
Zhou Tu rode out and passed the crowd, shouting, "I'll go meet Mr. Yang!" and passed by.
Liao Sanqing arrived, stood in front of the formation, and shouted: "The Zhou team is here, Master Yang will be fine. I'm waiting here. If the enemy is chasing me, I will protect Yang and Zhou first as they enter the city. There is no reason to panic and escape." !」
When everyone saw that it was Liao Zhongjun who had arrived in person, they knew that he must have been ordered by Li Dan, so their morale was high and they agreed in unison.
There are only more than two miles from Yuting to the north gate, and the enemy army has already walked halfway through. They were laughing and joking without any care, when suddenly they heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind them.
Some people turned around to look. When they saw a knight running towards them, they immediately screamed: "Enemy attack!" The last group of people suddenly became confused and ran away in both directions.
When there was chaos at the back, Polygonatum heard: "What's going on in the back team? What are you shouting about?"
Tu Shan happened to be nearby. He was a lieutenant in the palace army, and he was responsible for organizing the march of the troops and arranging defenses during retreat. Hearing this, he frowned, and immediately picked up his spear and roared at his subordinates:
"What are you doing in a daze? Follow me to the back!" After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards the direction of the sound. But when he arrived, he saw a leader of the rear team being hit by a flail, and his body flew backwards one foot away. "The cowardly ones charge into the battle and leave their names behind!"
"Shandong Yang is careless here!" The big blue and white horse should be the offspring of the cross between the Ili horse and the Hetao horse. It is very explosive after the sudden increase in speed. After Yang Dayi shouted this, he had already come closer. He turned sideways to pass the tip of the spear and shouldered it outward with the flail.
There was a "pop" sound, the spear shaft was pushed away, and the knocking pole at the head of the flail rolled back. Tu Shan was so frightened that he hurriedly let go and hid behind.
The moment he passed by the wrong stirrup, Yang Dayi held the long handle in his right hand, twisted his body and stretched his back, grabbed Tushan's back collar with his left hand, inhaled in his lower abdomen and exerted force on his lower back, and lifted him from the ground with one hand and placed him on the horse's back.
He hung up the weapon with his right hand, pulled out his sword and shouted: "Don't move if you want to live!" With a slight exertion on his legs, the horse understood its master's intention, and turned around in a small circle to run towards Yugan City.
At this time, everyone realized what was going on, and they started to circle up, shouting and shouting, trying to stop the horse. Unexpectedly, Zhou Tu arrived and shot down three enemies with three arrows, opening a hole for Yang DaYi to come out.
The lake bandits were still determined to pursue them. Suddenly they saw a small formation in front of them, and the two horses went straight to the back of the formation.
Everyone watched the shield formation close up, but no one dared to step forward. They watched the small formation slowly retreat across the suspension bridge. The bridge planks creaked up and the city gates closed. Everyone had no choice but to return in anger.
Li Dan had mobilized a hundred archers on the wall and had two catapults on the left and right of the city gate ready to attack.
Seeing the enemy retreat, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When they hurried down to the city to take a look, the three of them arrived at Madaokou to pay the order.
"Yang Baihu is worthy of being a brave general in the frontier army. It's really an eye-opener for me!" Mr. Fan Xianzun has witnessed everything through the telescope. He really feels that it is more thrilling than a storyteller, and he can't help but stick out his thumb in admiration.
Then he praised Zhou Tu Shenjian and Liao Sanqing for their calmness in the face of danger, and the three people's faces glowed with excitement due to his praise. After they finished boasting, everyone remembered: "Where are the prisoners?"
"Under the city gate, the guy was vomiting violently." Yang Baihu said. It turned out that Na Tushan had grown up on the water and had been born for the first time on horseback, so he vomited all over the place.
In fact, he was frightened when he was caught on horseback. Even if Yang Dali didn't warn him, he still wouldn't move.
"Why are you laughing? If you're brave enough, go to the boat and try it!" Tushan's legs were trembling and he couldn't stand up, but his mouth was as tough as ever. Unexpectedly, the onlookers laughed even louder.
"Hey, it's not tied up?" When everyone came to the city gate, Zhao Jingzi said it first. The sentry commander looked back and immediately shouted: "Stand at attention!" Everyone stood up straight.
"Sir, this guy has been vomiting since he was thrown to the ground. We thought he was disgusting, so we didn't have time to tie him up. Besides, he can't move without being tied up because of his moral character." The sentry commander reported.
"Are you careless? Have you never thought about what if he is pretending?" Zhao Jingzi said with a serious face on purpose to scare him.
The captain was startled, but turned around and grinned: "You're just pretending to be like this, aren't you?"
"It's better to be careful in the future. You won't make a big mistake." Li Dan took a look and said, "Oh, it's you."
"Huh?" Fan Xianzun said inexplicably, "Does Sanlang know this person?"
"No, Lord County, isn't this the man who stood in front of the gangsters and spoke just now when their morale was slacking in the city?"
After Li Dan reminded him, several people looked carefully, but no, it seemed that he had left an impression on Li Dan.
"How did you know I spoke?" Tushan himself was also surprised.
"You will naturally understand this in the future." Li Dan waved his hand and told Zhong Siqi who was standing behind him:
"Zhong Zhenfu, I'll leave it to you. Take him to the metropolitan inspection branch for interrogation. First find some clean clothes for him to change into, and then drink some hot water to soothe his stomach!"
While accompanying Fan Xianzun back to the county government office, Li Dan sat in the county Zun's car and talked to him. This carriage is a four-wheeled vehicle that Li Dan asked Sanwen to modify for the county magistrate. The wheels are small in the front and large in the back. The side doors of the car are hung on the frame with springs.
It was both a gift and an experiment, but after Fan Xianzun rode it around the city a few times, Li Dan and Chen Gang had already accumulated orders for more than 40 vehicles. If the war had not been a priority, this money would have been earned long ago.
"Why did Saburo suddenly want to capture prisoners? It must not be a whim, right?"
Fan Xianzun asked with a smile. He was in a good mood today.
Awesome, seeing that the morale of the lake bandits was hit, but his own side did not suffer any losses, he knew that it was not difficult to save the city.
"Nothing can be hidden from the wise eyes of the boss!" Li Dan praised him first, and then told him that he saw that his opponent was defenseless, so he wanted to go out and capture him.
One is to attack the opponent to boost oneself, and the other is to take the opportunity to grab a tongue and understand the enemy's inside. "But I really didn't expect Master Yang to arrest this guy." Li Dan said:
"Judging from his appearance, he must be someone who is very close to Tanako and knows him well. If we can get him to talk, it would be much better than arresting an ordinary soldier!"
"Yes." Mr. Fan Xianzun nodded and asked, "Then do you know why Yang Dayi stopped you?"
Li Dan blushed and apologized: "You are still too young and impulsive and don't think well!"
"You are young, impulsive, and not thoughtful. More importantly, you don't put your responsibilities first." Fan Xianzun criticized:
"They all say nourish qi, nourish qi. You may not understand the old people's theory of nourishing qi, but you have to admit that tranquility is necessary.
Why can Yang Baihu hold you back? Because he is watching you quietly when you are eager to try. If you calm down, you can see what others are doing. If you are moving, you may not be able to see clearly. Do you understand? "
"Yes, junior understands." Li Dan thanked him.
Fan Xianzun nodded with satisfaction: "Brother Dan, you have a long road ahead, and your achievements will definitely be far greater than those of us.
But our words are not entirely the words of old people and ignorant people. You must learn to listen, see, remember, and think, and learn to have a quiet mind when others are acting erratically.
Just like Yang Baihu today, there is stillness and movement. This is what a talented person should have.
No matter when you say this, you must work hard to learn and remember it, it will be of infinite benefit to you in the future! "
"Yes, this junior has remembered it!" Li Dan was both surprised and surprised. Today Fan Xianzun allowed himself to see another side of his county magistrate, a side that he may have carefully concealed and never wanted others to see.
