Chapter 2 The Brave Man (Part 2) Zhang Xutuo saw Xu Zi getting closer to his subordinates while talking and laughing, and couldn't help but take another high look at the young man. Li Xu had already gained a reputation for bravery.
And it is said that this person was praised by his colleagues for his unruliness and bravery. It is said that this person once publicly contradicted Yu Wenshu, the first man in the Sui army after the Battle of Hulao Pass, which made the old general Yu Wen angry.
He had to take away his official position, but who knew that this kid was not convinced, and actually went to the emperor to complain, disturbing the civil and military affairs of the court. It is amazing that after a lawsuit was fought in front of the emperor, he was usually so majestic.
Yu Wenshu didn't take any advantage. Not only did he lose half of You Wuhou's army, but he also watched helplessly as His Majesty the Emperor promoted General Li Lang to a higher rank.
Zhang Xutuo has never had a good impression of the old thief Yu Wenshu, but this does not mean that he agrees with the legendary Li Xu's behavior of offending his superiors and relying on his favor. Proud people are usually thorns in the side. They often let themselves and those around them suffer because of their excessive pride.
The people paid a huge price, and the old general could ensure this with decades of experience in reviewing people. Therefore, he was not very satisfied with the court's arrangement of sending Li Xu to assist him in suppressing the bandits. In fact, what Qijun's soldiers are lacking now is not
Brave generals, famous generals, but material supplies have been repeatedly entangled with the rebels in recent years. The civilians are getting poorer and poorer as they fight, and they can no longer afford the damage to the equipment of the county soldiers. In order to make up for the shortfall, the old general has been forced to use many things that he was unwilling to use.
Means, but still unable to collect qualified weapons and armor for the soldiers under his command.
If Zhang Xutuo forcibly collects the cost of raising troops from the people, he will definitely get a lot of money. But he can't bear to do this. In the eyes of the old general, most of the so-called rebels are ordinary people who can't live a good life. They rebelled in the first place.
The purpose was just to have food to eat. After discovering that eating with a knife was more effective than digging in the fields with a hoe, he became a wandering bandit who went around robbing homes and homes. Zhang Xutuo had no right to care about the safety of the people in other places, but in his own
Within the defense range, Zhang Xutuo was unwilling to do anything that forced good people to become thieves.
The rebels at the foot of the hill began to make noise again. About three hundred strong men wearing gray cloth and gray scarves on their heads held up their shields and lined up. This was the gray shirt army of Shizihe, with gray on their heads.
The bandana they wear is their symbol. The two gangs of thieves work together to rob, but the power and profits between each other must be clearly divided. To a certain extent, they are also businessmen, in the business of exchanging human lives for money. Zhang Xutuo smiled.
, Looking back from a distance, the rebels were like this. In fact, the Sui officers and soldiers were almost the same as the county soldiers fighting, and the government soldiers rarely helped. This time, His Majesty the Emperor sent a government soldier general to join the county soldiers in the battle, which broke the previous practice.
"The enemy armies are not in harmony!" Li Xu held up his bow and walked to Zhang Xutuo, asking for his opinion in a low voice. "The general thinks that we beat one side hard and show some mercy to the other side. After a long time, they are sure that we
There’s going to be a fuss!”
"The ones with gray cloth turbans on their heads belong to one group. The leader is Shi Zihe, who was a famous plasterer back then. The one with the white cloth belt around his waist is the other group. The leader is Pei Changcai. He is a gangster who sells rat poison. He is very dirty.
!" Zhang Xutuo nodded and did not directly answer Li Xu's suggestion. Young people are not as unruly and unruly as the legends say, nor are they as mindless as the legends say. He changed his evaluation of Li Xu again in his heart, "Maybe
Someone is slandering him!" The old general thought to himself, turned around and ordered to everyone, "In a moment, Shixin and Chongmu will attack first, kill this group of gray-shirted soldiers, and don't cause too many casualties to Shubao and Zhongjian.
If two people fight in the second round and can kill as many people as Shi Zihe, Pei Changcai's troops will definitely come up to kill him!"
Chongmu is the name of Dugu Lin. This young man from a prominent family was not convinced by Li Xu. Zhang Xutuo had already noticed it, so he put Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin together. Although they matched in personality, Li Xu
It would be more suitable for Xu and him to be paired together
"Yes!" Li Xu and several others handed over their hands at the same time.
"Zhong Jian and I will play the first round! Shixin and Chongmu have just attacked, so let's take a breath first!" Qin Shubao was always cautious, so after thinking about it, he suggested
"Yeah! That's fine." Zhang Xutuo nodded and agreed, "You two get on the horse first, I fire the first arrow, and then rush down immediately!"
"Honor your order!" Li Xu and Qin Shubao agreed and jumped on their mounts.
Qin Shubao was about the same height as Li Xu, but his shoulders were several inches wider than Li Xu. He was holding a spear that was eight feet long. The blade of the spear was half a foot longer than an ordinary spear, and there were blades on both sides. Li Xu's weapon was too large.
Shortly, Qin Shubao took the initiative to ride his horse in front of the opponent. "I will rush in and kill their leader. You use bows and arrows to harass the rest of the people and create opportunities for me. The rogue bandits are different from the regular army. As soon as the leader of the group dies, the others will immediately die."
So brave!"
"Brother Shu Bao, don't worry, I should be able to hit it from this distance!" Li Xu smiled and pointed slightly toward the center of the enemy with his bow, pointing directly at the bandit leader who was hunched forward holding a wooden shield. Battlefield Experience
Not much. An enemy at this distance with half of his body exposed outside the shield is simply a living target for Asahi.
Qin Shubao's eyebrows jumped in surprise. He didn't expect Xuzi to be so confident in his shooting skills. "Well, the wind direction on the mountain is changeable!" He kindly helped Xuzi find the steps for him. He was anxious to establish his prestige.
Understand, as a forty-three-year-old man who has been in the position of a low-level officer for many years, he can understand the sorrow of a tree without roots (Note 1) Before Li Xu could explain, the enemy army had already begun to charge against the enemy.
On the hillside, they were not running very fast. As they ran, the formation began to become scattered. Zhang Xutuo silently held the arrow, calculating in his mind the distance between the rebels and himself: one hundred steps, ninety steps, seven
Ten steps later, he loosened his bowstring and shot a resounding arrow.
"Tsk--" The long arrow let out a shrill scream, and shot into the chest of a grass bandit who was running at the front. The man's figure suddenly stagnated, and he stepped back a few steps, fell, and rolled.
Down the hillside, Qin Shubao quickly knocked the stirrup, and the yellow gelding under his hip roared, leaping into the air with all four hooves, and rushed down. His riding skills were very superb, and the war horse under his hip was also a rare good horse. With two jumps, he had already
Rushed into the enemy camp
With his hands raised and lowered, Qin Shubao flew away the two people closest to him, then lightly kicked the stirrup with his right leg, commanding the mount under his crotch to run diagonally, cut through the enemy array, and went straight to the small leader in the team.
He regretfully found that he had missed. The little leader had two arrows stuck in his body. One was shot in the chest, and the other was shot in the eye socket. Any one of them would be fatal. Qin Shubao quickly glanced at Li Xu, and then
The long spear in his hand swept half a circle, knocking down several grass bandits who were trying to recapture the leader's body, and then made a side cut, knocking the panicked enemies down the hillside one after another.
Before Heifeng broke into the enemy camp, Li Xu finished shooting the three arrows planned. He shot to death the leader of the group and the flag bearer holding the gray cloth flag. The rebels were very poor, and the clothes on their bodies were all
It was dyed with grass ash, and it was impossible to afford armor, so these three arrows were not wasted at all and directly took two lives.
Not caring about giving any mercy to the enemy, Xuzi hid his bow and drew his sword. The moment Heifeng stepped into the enemy's formation, he used the inertia of the blade to wipe away one person's chest. Blood spurted out behind him, splashing on several nearby people.
The gangsters screamed at the top of their lungs and fled in panic with their eyes closed.
Xu Zi did not chase them, but moved his horse across them. He also took a diagonal path, which was exactly the opposite direction to Qin Shubao. The task of the two men was to completely defeat the enemy, not to do more killings.
At the moment before rushing down the mound, Xu Zi discovered that Qin Shubao was a talented general. He knew that if Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin were to complete this task, it would definitely be too much killing, so he took the initiative to attack in the first round, which made up for it.
The general's inconsideration did not damage the face of his colleagues.
For the bandits without any training, war horses are almost their natural nemesis. They don't know how to effectively use the long weapons in their hands, nor do they know how to protect each other. Xu Zi's black knife quickly wiped out the second person, that was a forty-year-old
The man who was many years old and bearded saw the war horse rushing toward him. The man hesitated and did not hold his head and run away like the other companions. This moment of bravery cost him his life. A sharp black knife cut off his neck.
The brave man was spinning his blood vessels in circles, holding his neck with his fingers, trying to keep the life and blood in his body. After spinning for a few times, he stumbled and fell down, eyes wide open, looking at life with nostalgia.
The last ray of sunshine in mid-winter
After running 150 steps horizontally, Xuzi turned the horse's head again. There were no enemies around him. In front of the sharp blade, the bandits could not muster more courage. He slowed down and slowly retreated not far from the pavilion.
, Qin Shubao also ended his pursuit of the enemy and rode his horse closer to him.
"I killed four! I injured about twenty!" Qin Shubao stretched out his hand and patted Xu Zi on the shoulder. He didn't praise the other party's good archery skills. The fact that had been proven by the results of the battle did not require praise. He needed to put it aside now.
In the right position, treat the other person as a friend and a good opponent at the same time
"I killed seven, and I must have less injuries than you." Li Xu smiled and punched Qin Shubao in return. "I don't know how to use the knife. This knife is too sharp..." Qin Shubao is better at controlling weapons than he is, and Xu Zi can't.
He didn't admit that the Zhangba Changshan was like a life in the opponent's hands and could be used at will. He asked himself that he couldn't do it. It seemed that no one among his friends could do it.
"Let's go and have a rest. Shixin and Chongmu's shooting skills are better than mine, and Chongmu's shooting skills are as good as yours!" Qin Shubao nodded, understanding the dissatisfaction in Li Xu's words, but he didn't have it at all.
Angry, man, you must have this kind of unwillingness to admit defeat in your heart
"I'm willing to cheer for both of them!" Li Xu laughed and walked back together with Qin Shubao. They jumped off their horses one after another, found a place in the pavilion and sat down comfortably. Another cry of killing came from the hillside.
People turned a blind eye to the enemy's behavior. Old General Zhang was in the middle to control the situation. There were two trustworthy brothers rushing to the front. They were very assured of their own safety.
Note 1: Qin Shubao was born in 571. The story in the book is in the ninth year of Daye, so he was forty-three years old. This battle is a real event. It specifically happened in the spring of the ninth year of Daye. The author moved it to winter because of the twist of the novel. Experts
Don't blame
Note 2: Friendly recommendation "Blue Sky" 26542, "Agent of the Great Powers" ISBN 266
