As soon as Yinshi arrived, the road at the entrance of Xiashan Village was blocked by the militia.
The gate of the camp opened, and carriages came out of the gate and headed south. Song Qian and Wan Siyou, who went to Daguling to rescue the prisoners, rode in the front, followed by 60 cavalry and more than 20 carts, all of which were also armed soldiers.
As the vanguard, they set off at the front of the entire army. They were all excited, with their chests held high and their heads held high.
The carriage behind carries Yang Yi's team. They are responsible for quickly controlling the Golden Port, especially the pier! Then go to Tanzhong Xiaobu, Anren County. Shi Dajun and Tao Shou stood side by side at the gate of the camp, watching the troops rumble out with gloomy expressions.
After the surrender, they were awarded the position of team leader. Each of them currently has a staff of 150 people. Half of the personnel are from the surrendered army, and the other half are veterans of the Green Shirt Team and new recruits who have just joined the army.
"Mom, why don't you let me participate in the military meeting? After all, we have brought hundreds of people, right?" Shi Dajun muttered unhappily: "Isn't it just to attack Anren County? Look at how cool they are!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down." Tao Shou glared at him: "Are you afraid that Zhen Fu won't hear you?"
"What's the matter? Didn't he come in a few days earlier than us? When it comes to martial arts, we are better than him, and when it comes to strength...he is far behind that Maverick brother!"
"What do you mean, you still want to compete with others? You haven't taught the inspection team enough yet, have you?" Tao Shou glanced at him sarcastically. Everyone (including Yu Gan) was involved in the incident where Shi Dajun was knocked into the pond by Li Dan with a stick. Everyone) knows that it is a memory that he will never erase in his life.
"Ahem, why are you bringing this up again?" Shi Dajun's face was filled with embarrassment when he mentioned this topic. He quickly changed the subject: "I just want to express my dissatisfaction. Why are we left here to guard the stockade? With those officials I don’t feel comfortable being together with the army!”
"You are awkward and I am not awkward?" Tao Shou looked back and said, "Look at Gao Can, let him be a camp guard of the Chinese army, why can't he still stand upright? He doesn't have a single soldier under his command now! "
Shi Dajun looked back and sighed: "Do you think you still can't trust us?"
"If you don't believe it, just like the wine trough, you should have cut off your head and hung it on the city gate." Tao Shou sneered: "You just can't stand this and complain about that all day long. Once you get there, you can live with it. I... ..."
"Report, both captains, please come for inspection!"
The sound behind them startled both of them. When they looked back, it was Lu Jiu who was smiling shyly. "Why are you so loud? Isn't it worth scaring people to death?" Shi Dajun glared at him.
Tao Shou was interested. He took Lu Jiu's arm and walked toward the Chinese army and said, "Sergeant Lu, can I ask you something?" Lu Jiu succeeded in persuading Han Bazi to surrender, so he was promoted to sergeant.
"Captain Tao, you are five levels higher than me! Don't, don't. If you have anything to say, please don't be so polite. I'm covered in goosebumps!" Lu Jiu counted on his fingers and quickly He pulled out his arm and said.
"Ahem, I don't have any instructions. I just want to ask you what the inspector thinks. When will it be our brothers' turn to play?"
"That's right." Shi Dajun still pouted his thick lips: "It's a joke to keep being the team leader without Mr. Li's chance!"
"Don't be anxious, you two. Isn't this an opportunity now?" Lu Jiunun said, "You will know when you go in, something big will happen tonight!"
"Ah?" Tao Shou and Shi Dajun looked at each other and quickly quickened their pace.
"Report, Captain Tao and Captain Shi are arriving!" After speaking, Lu Jiu made way to the door and invited the two of them to come in.
I just heard Li Dan ask: "Hey, where is Gao Can?"
"Oh, he is on duty at this time." Song Xiaoniu is the camp commander of the Chinese army and is responsible for arranging the defense and security of the Chinese army. Hearing Li Dan's question, he immediately stood up and replied, "Sir, do you want him to participate?"
"He is the captain of the guard. There are some things he must know. Yi Shi, go and ask Gao Can to come and ask someone else to take over for him temporarily." Li Dan said to Shi Dajun.
Shi Dajun responded and ran out. After a while, he led Gao Can. After saluting meticulously, Gao Can said, "I am on duty at my humble duty. I heard that a military council called me to participate. What's the matter?"
Li Dan glanced at Li Zhu, who immediately smiled and said to Gao Can: "As the captain of the guard, Gao Jun does not need to participate."
On duty, otherwise it will be very inconvenient for you to discuss or handle some things here due to inspections. "
Gao Can responded and replied: "Can Can originally surrendered, so he wanted to take the lead and make up for his past mistakes."
"I know." Li Dan nodded: "But just do your job well and don't worry about anything else. If someone makes strange remarks or disobeys, I will take care of it for you."
"There is no need to alarm your lord. Can Chan is doing his best to know the joys and sorrows of his soldiers. After receiving your admonition from Lord, Chan will just follow his orders." After saying that, he followed Song Xiaoniu's instructions and sat down on the chair at the door.
Tao Shou looked at Shi Dajun. Neither of them spoke. He was disapproving of Gao Can's pretentiousness.
"I have invited you all here because I have something urgent to tell you." After speaking, Li Dan nodded to Li Zhu, who told him that the Jiangshan Army sent Yun Hezi to assassinate Yu Zhiyong and might also come to attack him. .
Then he stood up, looked at everyone's expressions of surprise or anger, and said, "I have agreed with Zhao Tongzhi that he will stay in a separate camp tonight, and I have asked Tu Shan and Han Bazi to select twenty good men to protect him.
Let's change the venue with the officers and soldiers. Zhao Tongzhi will give me the courtyard and main hall of the central army. I will build a net with you and wait for the assassin to come. How about that? "
"Meigang lost fifteen lives, and injured twenty-seven! Since this man injured our lives, no matter whether he is a Taoist priest or a monk, we cannot let him go. Otherwise, where will the Qing Shi team's face be saved?" Feng Shen said.
"With such a method, this guy must be quite conceited about his martial arts skills. But...," Tao Shou turned to look at the leader and said:
"Will he really come? Breaking through, killing patrols and breaking into a camp of thousands of officers and soldiers are completely different. I don't understand, right? If Fan County Zun is on the assassination list, wouldn't he go to Yugan first? , try to complete this most difficult task again?"
"This is possible, but you need to enter the city. And the defense of the city does not need to be worse than that of the main camp!" Li Zhu said: "When we quickly sent the order to Zhou Yingzheng, we also sent the order to Yang in the city. The Lord passed the news.
Presumably, the river is now under full martial law. Only ships and military supplies are allowed to cross south, and no one from the south bank is allowed to cross the East River to the north bank. In addition, the city gates have been closed, street searches and curfews have been implemented, and the yamen has deployed additional guards.
Therefore, seeing that the assassin could not succeed, and hearing that the inspection team had come south, he must choose to assassinate in the wild camp.
In this way, not only may the success be greater than in the city, but it can also easily disrupt the morale of the army and undermine morale. It can be described as killing three birds with one stone. So we thought he must come here! "
Everyone nodded after hearing this. Shi Dajun shouted: "This damn thief Taoist priest can't live in peace and quiet, but he comes out to stir up troubles in the world. Damn it! Inspection, please tell me what to do and what to do."
Li Dan waved his hand, and Mao Zaidi went over to reveal a picture covered with cloth behind him. "Everyone, please take a look, this is the whole picture of our camp. This is the center of the official camp, and this is where I will stay tonight."
He pointed with a small wooden stick and said, "Tonight we will use this house as the center and deploy four lines of defense outward. As long as he dares to come, we will stop him from leaving!"
Being blocked from the militia's cordon, Yun Hezi certainly didn't know what was going on in front of him. After asking, he was told: "Taoist priest, don't worry, there are military vehicles passing in front. Even if we let you go to the front, you still won't be able to pass."
Hey, you, the old man, are going to leave seclusion, right? Then why not find someone to stay in this village for two nights, and then continue on your way after Anren gets it. Don’t worry, as mentioned above, it will only take two days at most! "
Yun Hezi didn't know where the militia boss's confidence came from, but judging from his words, Yu Gan had already sent troops to Anren. This made him anxious. Suddenly he heard two militia leaders walking and chatting.
"Li Sanlang didn't go there in person. He stayed in the camp and took command. This is called strategizing."
"Why didn't the officers and soldiers go?"
"Hey, Anren City is so small. It's enough to have a regiment to train. Why do we need to send out officers and soldiers? They are just here to suppress the formation."
Hey, the old Taoist felt happy. It turned out that Li Dan had not left and was still staying in the camp. That would be easy! He turned around and walked into the village, checked that there was no one following him, identified the direction, and quickly disappeared into the woods to the east of the village. .
What he didn't know was that the militiamen had gathered early
Reported to the inspection department and stared at the old Taoist priest holding a fly whisk. Seeing him entering the mountain, someone immediately mounted a mule and ran to the army camp to report.
The camp has just been moved here, and everyone is busy making arrangements to welcome the "guests".
After receiving the report from the militiamen, Li Dan said with a smile: "It seems that we guessed it right. This old Niubi is really persistent. Anyway, let's end it with him tonight to comfort the souls of all the martyrs!"
After hearing this, everyone was gearing up and waiting for Yun Hezi to cast the net himself.
In the meantime, Zhao Chongbi sent someone to inquire. Li Dan told the visitor that the assassin was almost outside the camp, and asked Mr. Zhao to be on the highest alert. When they call for death later, be sure not to expose your position casually, let alone send people to support.
This group of regiment trainers were busy fighting with the Chinese army. Zhu Qizhen couldn't help it and ran over to ask if he wanted help from the army.
"I'm just asking Brother Zhu for a favor," Li Dan said: "When the generals start to make trouble, the officers and soldiers will surround the Central Army Corps and not even a fly will be let out!"
"This is easy!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand.
"Don't say it's easy. The assassin committed the crime on the other side. He was a Taoist priest with excellent qinggong. Our people chased and intercepted him, but he still escaped with dozens of people killed and injured. I suggest you prepare more crossbows and torches, don't let him There is a gap to take advantage of."
At night, Li Dan studied in the house where Zhao Chongbi once lived in the Chinese Army. What he was reading was a collection of operas from the Yuan Dynasty, and this was Guan Hanqing's "Tiao Fengyue".
This play was only known by name in its previous life, and most people have never seen its performance, let alone the original script. Mao Zaidi stood against the wall, with six or seven candles burning on the shelf beside him, illuminating the room brightly.
"It would be bad if the Taoist priest didn't come. All these candles would be wasted." He fiddled with the red ribbon on the handle of the knife that the sister of the He family had tied for him, looking a little melancholy.
Lu Jiu, who was sitting under the window, looked at him with a sneer and said, "The little brat actually has something on his mind."
"Don't provoke him, or he will take away your midnight snack steamed buns." Li Dan looked up from the book and said jokingly.
"Dare! The midnight snack I had was promised by Mr. Ma. Who dares to touch it?" In Lu Jiu's heart, Mr. Ma who made him full was the great god. The steamed buns in his bowl... were the little gods. Can't even move!
Suddenly there was a "click" in the yard. The sound was very subtle, but all three people heard it. Fallen leaves were strewn all over the courtyard, which was normal in autumn anyway, so it wasn’t a surprise for them to be stepped on.
Just as Lu Jiugang put his hand on the scabbard, he suddenly remembered the sound of broken leaves being trampled, and someone was rushing towards the door at a very high speed. Mao Zaidi drew his knife and rushed towards the door. Li Dan just yelled: "Be careful!"
"Bang!" The door panel was knocked away, knocking Mao Zaidi down and pressing him to the ground.
Yun Hezi knocked down the entire door with one palm. He was startled when he saw Li Dan sitting at the table holding a book in his hand.
His feet had already stepped onto the steps, and he suddenly felt that the bottom was hollow. It was too late to stop, so Yun Hezi had no choice but to use his other hand to hit the threshold hard, and with the help of the reaction force, he stood up. He saw that the steps collapsed, and there was actually a big hole at the bottom. Pit, the bottom of the pit is full of bamboo sticks!
He was startled, put his toes on the wall of the pit, rolled over and jumped out of the trap. When he got up, he heard the people in the room say, "Amao, are you okay? What, I said this trap can't restrain him? At most, it just scares people."
Yun Hezi was so angry that he jumped to the door and saw a man with a big belly blocking the young man who was speaking. "Who came up with this idea? How vicious!" Yun Hezi asked.
"Don't worry about anyone else's idea, you can't leave today anyway!" Seeing that his clever plan failed, Lu Jiu got angry and slashed with his knife viciously.
The Taoist priest showed the barb of the fly whisk to catch it. Feeling that the opponent was quite strong, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he used his skill to release the opponent's heavy sword.
Unfortunately, he soon found that the place at the door was too cramped, so he had to jump out and try to lure Lu Jiu into the courtyard to fight. At this time, I heard sirens blaring all around, footsteps rang all around, and I heard two to three hundred people surrounding the yard, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Fortunately, Lu Jiu was fooled and chased him out. The two fought for three rounds. Yun Hezi made a false move and used his stab to block the knife.
Feng, punched Lu Jiu on the big belly.
Lu Jiu said "Oh!" and fell more than ten feet away. Before he could get up, he vomited all the food in his belly.
Yun Hezi was about to enter the house when he saw Li Dan appearing at the door holding a long spear. His iron rod was broken by Shi Dajun's iron whip outside Yugannan Pass before he had time to make a new one, so he found a gun to use first.
"Who are you?" Yun Hezi asked loudly.
"Who are you looking for?" Li Dan asked with a sneer on his lips.
"I'm here to kill Li Dan, the infamous Li Dan who is said to be killed by all the people!"
"Then you've come to the right door. I'm here."
Yun Hezi didn't believe it: "Li Dan uses a stick, and the iron stick is heavy and invincible. Everyone knows this, so don't try to fool me!"
"There is only one person named Li Dan here. Yun Hezi, you have been practicing for half your life in vain, and you don't know how to be a hero!" A voice sounded from behind Yun Hezi.
He turned around suddenly and saw another man walking out from the corner of the yard with a spear in his arms. He was dressed in green clothes and had a green cloth wrapped around his head. He had a tall figure. Under the moonlight, the silver-plated armguards on his arms could be seen reflecting the cold light.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" After Yun Hezi asked this question, he suddenly realized that since the other party knew the name, he must have grasped his own movements, and...
He couldn't help but look around the small yard. He didn't know what traps there were, and he felt a little suspicious in his heart.
"I am Gao Can. Li Sanlang appointed me as the captain of the guard, so I have been waiting here for the assassin for a long time." After Gao Can finished speaking, he stretched out the tip of his spear and pointed it at the ground:
"Old Taoist, either you surrender, or you die on the spot today. Which of the two roads are you going to take? Choose one! You don't have to think about running away, here comes someone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise around him. Someone jumped in from the wall, and someone used a shield to protect the crossbowmen who had just poured in. In an instant, the small courtyard was surrounded by water.
"Yun Hezi, if you lay down your weapons and surrender, you will be spared from death, otherwise your blood will be sacrificed to the dozens of brothers who were killed and wounded in Meigang!" Li Dan shouted: "Li Sanlang means what he says, and there is no joke!"
"Are you really Li Dan?" Yun Hezi looked up and down, shook his head and said, "What is real and what is illusion in this world? It's hard to tell what is real and what is illusion after decades of practicing Taoism. What's the point of surviving?
If you two babies can take the life of the old man, just take it, and I will make your reputation! "
Seeing that he was still stubborn, Li Dan sighed and shouted: "Maverick, seal the door!" After saying that, he raised his gun and stabbed the fish and dragon out of the water.
Yun Hezi ducked and turned away his gun. Hearing the sound of gunfire behind him, he hurriedly rolled away to avoid Gao Can's plum blossom spear from behind. The three of them were fighting together, and the whole courtyard was very lively.
Although the veteran was old, he was as agile as if he had a backsight. Li Dan and Gao Can worked together in a tacit attack from the front and back. Both shots were fast and powerful, just like two dragons that were engulfing Yun Hezi and unable to escape.
Song Xiaoniu, who was at the door, was stunned, and said to the chief minister who was cheering beside him: "I have followed Sanlang since I was a child, and I knew that he was excellent at stick skills, but I didn't expect that he could also be so good with guns!"
Little did he know that Li Dan had asked him for advice many times after Zhen'er mentioned in private that he and his aunt bumped into Yang Dayi playing with guns, so his spear skills could be improved rapidly in a short period of time.
After all, Li Dan's training time was short. Fortunately, he was able to combine certain characteristics of stick skills. If he were to talk about spear skills alone, he would definitely be immature, and his flaws would have been spotted long ago.
