Deng Gui, who was born in martial arts, already had extraordinary knowledge on how to defend Huaiyuan's military stronghold and markets, as well as the detailed tactical arrangements. What's more, there are people like Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong here.
Xu Huai simply pretended to be a fool to the end, sitting aside to eat meat and drink wine, and listen to them explain to many rogues; Yin Peng was eager to get ahead, so he listened very carefully, and he usually listened to Xu Wuliang's talk about the camp, which was even worse than before.
Butcher Zheng, Chen Gui and other rogues are much better.
Of course, Wang Xuan and Tian Yanyan were present, so the gangsters pretended to listen quite seriously.
When Lu Xiong came, he saw Xu Huai putting his sword and bow in the corner, picked up the long bow and tried the string: "Brother Xu is born with great strength, this long bow may be a little light, right?"
"It's light, but I wish I could tie the two bows together and use them together." Xu Huai said in a loud voice.
"With your strength, Xu Huai, can you really draw two hard bows at the same time?" Deng Gui asked hesitantly.
Of course Deng Gui could understand Lu Xiong's voiceover.
Guo Caoling was assassinated and died. The swords, bows, guns, and armors he carried with him were still sealed in the Inspection Department. He had previously thought about sending these to the prefectures and counties, but Cheng Lunying and Chen Shi did not agree, so he could only wait for Guo Caoling.
My older family members will come and pick it up later.
He now knew that Xu Huaiji was probably the one who assassinated Guo Caoling and gave him Guo Caoling's sword and bow. He was worried that this would further anger the Guo clan and the master behind Guo Caoling?
Xu Huai rolled his eyes at Deng Gui and disdained to pay attention to his words.
"But you can give Brother Xu a try with the moon-piercing bow!" Jin Longquan suggested without any scruples.
Deng Gui hesitated for a while, thinking that at this juncture, if he didn't even dare to use Guo Caoling's soldiers, how could he talk about taking power?
He nodded and signaled Jin Longquan to personally take people to get all the soldiers and armor that Guo Caoling had sealed away in the military stronghold.
In addition to Guo Caoling's armor, Deng Gui also asked Jin Longquan to get more spears and wooden shields. Xu Huai couldn't be asked to take these rogues to fight. The inspection department didn't even provide the most basic shields and spears.
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Although the Inspection Department has a fixed number of soldiers and armor, Guo Caoling has incorporated many craftsmen into the military camp in the past two days. Spears and wooden shields are most convenient to make, and they can still be adequately supplied.
Then he took out two guans of money and asked the butcher lady Zheng to prepare more wine and meat, and invited all the rogues to sit down and eat and drink together.
When the spears and wooden shields were taken out from the military stronghold, they were put down separately without any practice. Xu Huai took the horse and the drunken people and walked out of the market in a noisy manner. Lu Xiong was originally going to act with Xu Huai, but Xu Huai
Tell him to stay with a wink.
Not to mention the military soldiers of the Inspection Division's military camp, more than 2,000 people were trapped in the market and could not escape. In fact, there was no shortage of young people. What they lacked was the courage to fight against the brutal bandits.
If Lu Xiong goes out with him tonight, even if he comes back after hunting three or five heads, the people will only think that Lu Xiong is a first-class powerful person who came from Bianjing with Wang's report. It is normal for him to kill three or five thieves in a night battle.
It is far inferior to the bravery of ordinary people, and it does not help the courage of ordinary people.
Xu Huaihe and other thugs have always been despised by the people in the market. Seeing that they can kill thieves, the people will feel that they can do it themselves, and thieves have nothing to fear.
In addition, it wasn't that he couldn't spare the time to practice. Xu Huai knew that half of the courage in these scoundrels was caused by ignorance and arrogance, and half was caused by drinking and half-drunk.
If they really have to practice until midnight, after they wake up from the drunkenness, and realize the dangers of night battles in the military formation, I am afraid that most of them will retreat. How can they have the momentum to take the lead?
The sky was darkening and the stars and moon were shining brightly, but everyone could clearly see the horse walking towards the east.
It is said that the ignorant are fearless. Yin Peng knew a little about the military formation. When he saw Zheng Butcher, Chen Gui and other gangsters walking eastward along the road, they looked arrogant and relaxed as if they were wandering at night. He secretly sensed that the enemy cavalry was coming to cover him up, and he was afraid that if they charged together, these people would be killed.
They would be so frightened that they would turn around and run away, thus completely exposing their backs to the swords and guns of the thieves, allowing them to slaughter them like melons and vegetables.
Yin Peng urged his horse, got close to Xu Huai, and asked in a low voice: "Can this be done?"
If it were Chen Zixiao or Zhong Changqing and other thief chiefs leading more than a hundred horsemen at Yingzi's mouth, Xu Huai would not dare to risk such a trick if he had more courage. But at this time, Pan Chenghu was at Yingzi's mouth, and the situation was different.
no the same.
Pan Chenghu suffered a big loss from being careless and underestimating the enemy in Lutai Village. Even if he lost his old nest, only thirty or forty people were left to escape with him out of the more than 300 gangsters he had accumulated over ten years. He was actually a frightened bird.
In Zhongjiazhuang, Xu Huai saw that Pan Chenghu led his troops to fight very cautiously and conservatively, and the subsequent provocations in the afternoon also proved this point.
Now they are carelessly leading dozens of thugs to provoke them. It looks like a trap. If Pan Chenghu really dares to lead a few elites from his direct line to cover up and kill them, Xu Huai will look down on him from now on.
And if Pan Chenghu only dared to drive the new bandits to test him, what would Xu Huai have to fear?
Taking a step back, he thought, even if Pan Chenghu was much more powerful than he expected, if he really dared to lead the elite of his direct line to cover him up, many rogues would be defeated at the first touch. Night fighting would also make it easier for everyone to flee with their heads in their hands, and a few more people would be able to survive.
Unlike the bright daylight, the new bandits can also ride horses on rugged slopes. Once many rogues are defeated, it is almost impossible to escape from the enemy cavalry on two legs.
Xu Huai himself could only rely on the darkness of night to not be afraid of being surrounded by bandits on the rugged slopes without the chance to escape.
Life is a gamble!
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At night, Pan Chenghu did not withdraw all his troops and horses to Yingzizui. Xu Huai and the others marched about four miles eastward, when a group of cavalry blocked their way ahead.
Xu Huai galloped to the side slopes. Yin Peng was sweating profusely and his restraints were in a mess. The gangsters, who were a little panicked when facing the enemy, reluctantly formed a formation on the dirt road more than two feet wide and the ditches on both sides.
At this time, he did not dare to expect that the rogue formations could advance and retreat freely. Yin Peng imitated Lu Xiong's method, shouting and yelling for everyone to insert the wooden shield at an angle, while the tail of the spear in his hand pressed against the ground, and the pole leaned against the wooden shield.
Shield, pointing diagonally forward, everyone crouched as low as possible and hid under the wooden shield to avoid being exposed to the range of enemy cavalry bows and arrows.
Wang Zhen was dipping his hands in wine and writing and drawing on the table just now, but not much of this kind of tactical move came into his mind. Fortunately, Yin Peng was considered a brave man, even if he was not as good as Xu Huai.
Quite convinced by the gangsters.
Then there were Zheng Butcher and Chen Gui to help them. They restrained everyone on the spot and formed a simple formation. There was no big problem.
The key is that the number of people is limited and they can be taken care of.
No matter how cautious Pan Chenghu was, it was impossible for his men to keep their composure. Soon, several riders armed with bows and crossbows broke away from the team and approached.
There were shadows everywhere, no matter how bright the stars and the moon were, Xu Huai couldn't see a human face two or three hundred paces away, but from the posture of these six riding horses approaching, he didn't look like a veteran.
It was obvious that these were the new soldiers who had been pushed out to approach tentatively, and it would not be a pity to consume them.
Xu Huai remained motionless, holding the moon-piercing bow across the saddle, watching the six cavalry slowly approaching seventy or eighty paces, and then opened his bow and fired randomly.
Hunting bows are small and soft, and can only have a certain penetration and lethality within thirty or fifty steps. These riders rushed to release arrows from seventy or eighty steps away, and shot them in front of the shield array.
The bullet fell down.
Yin Peng kept suppressing the somewhat excited ruffians and ordered them not to move.
There were two others who tried to rush forward with wooden shields raised. Yin Peng was afraid that his authority would be insufficient and violent suppression would cause uproar, so he could only hold down these two impulsive guys.
Judging from these details, Yin Peng usually seems to have a rather impatient temperament, but when facing battle, he is calmer than most people - with Yin Peng restraining the gangsters with the help of Zheng Butcher and Chen Gui, Xu
Sitting on horseback with a more relaxed posture, he lightly tried the string of the moon-penetrating bow. It was really much harder than the common walking bow. If he tried to draw it fully on horseback, his arm muscles would be strained after two or three times, and he would have to dismount.
With the help of the strength of the waist and legs, it can be retracted and released freely.
Of course, the sixty-seven cavalry thieves were seventy or eighty steps away, and Xu Huai only had to draw half the string of the moon-piercing bow.
Xu Huai was not familiar with the nature of the bow, and his ability to shoot arrows at half-string while sitting on horseback was much less stable. Four arrows he shot missed, causing the enemy to mount their horses into the slope and try to surround him with shots.
Xu Huai hung the moon-piercing bow back on the saddle, replaced it with a long bow made of eucalyptus wood, and shot four arrows in succession. In a flash of lightning, he shot down two thieves and fell off their horses. Xu Huai rode forward again, and the remaining four thieves fled in fright.
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"Chen Gui, you bring someone here to cut off the head and exchange it for reward when you go back!" Xu Huai shouted.
It was so refreshing to test the sword and bow with Xin Kou at this time. Xu Huailian could send others to do the rough work of cutting heads.
Chen Gui and one of his men jumped over and happily picked up two long knives that looked like pieces of iron and cut off the heads of the two thieves. He also picked up two hunting bows and brought back a horse.
The bandit cavalry never advanced again during the night, and it was impossible for Xu Huai to really lead these thugs too far away from the market. At the end of the night, he took two bandit heads and walked away.
The gangsters came back with the captured goods and showed off their power. Of course they didn't want to disperse. They went to Zheng Butcher's butcher's shop to drink and eat meat. Each of them was very good at boasting, attracting more people. This time Xu Huai really made Tian Yanyan five
The girls all called over and sang some pornographic songs to cheer up the entertainment.
Deng Gui ordered Jin Longquan to distribute the reward in full on the spot, and Xu Huai divided the reward according to his merits. He took ten guan for himself, Yin Peng, Zheng the butcher, and Chen Gui each received three guan, two guan for eating meat and drinking, and each rogue received one guan.
The audience was extremely excited to see it.
Deng Gui, Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong and others did not return to the military camp to rest. They took Jin Longquan, Tang Tiande and others to stay in the market, teaching the people how to make roadblocks such as Juma and deer antlers, and at the same time organized manpower to dig trenches.
Most of the lanes leading in and out of the market were blocked off; at the same time, those thatched roofs that had stopped burning were torn down, and some houses were knocked down to form a fire break to prevent thieves from setting fire to the market...
