"Report! Su Qianhu, Deputy Deng Qianhu, a group of strong men, about 8 or so in number, were found ten miles east, and they were approaching us. A soldier in charge of reconnaissance ran to Su Hao and Deng Kui's house.
In front of him, he knelt on one knee and reported the enemy's situation.
"Why is there such a big movement?" Su Hao stood on a small slope, holding up a telescope and looking at the direction where the bandits were coming, and whispered softly. Since it was on a plain, people ten miles away could also see it.
What's more, these people stirred up dust all over the sky. But Su Hao couldn't understand why just 8 people could make such a big noise.
Xu Guangzu also stood there and watched with a telescope. He found that this thing was really useful in fighting. He could clearly see the enemy's face from a long distance. After watching it for a while, he laughed.
Then he said to Su Hao: "These bandits are emboldening themselves. Everyone got a broken gong and beat it on their hands, just to create some momentum."
Tian Younian had already gotten off the sedan, and stood there with a body as thick as chaff, and kept saying: "Mr. Su, there are many thieves, we should avoid their sharp edges. If we don't leave now, I'm afraid it will be too late."
Su Hao pointed at Xu Guangzu and said to Tian Younian: "Tian Tongpan, don't worry. Didn't you see that Uncle Xu is not in a hurry here? Uncle Xu has experienced hundreds of battles and has not died yet, which shows that he is very capable of saving his life.
As long as he is not in a hurry, we will definitely be safe and sound."
"Little guy, what are you talking about!" Xu Guangzu was so angry at Su Hao's words that he waved his hand as if he wanted to hit him, but finally did not dare to fight. Su Hao was an official after all, and Xu Guangzu was only an official no matter how senior he was.
Soldier, at least in this kind of public place, he can't commit the following crime.
"Xu Bingbing, in your opinion, can we withstand the harassment of the thieves?" Tian Younian put his hope in Xu Guangzu again.
Xu Guangzu said: "Although there are many thieves, in my opinion, they are just a bunch of mobs. I have trained this survey camp for several months. I can't say it is invincible. It can still deal with hundreds of bandits. You see, Deputy Deng Qian
Isn't Hu already arranging his troops there? This guy is a talent that can be developed. I have only given him a few instructions, but I can see that he already has some rules for arranging his troops."
"However, there are thousands of thieves, and there are only a dozen of us. It's hard for these two fists to beat four hands." Tian Younian said.
Su Hao pulled Tian Younian back a few steps and said to him in a low voice: "Tian Tong judged quickly. In fact, we were using a trick to lure the enemy. Ten miles behind us, there were Hedao and Huai'an guards.
Our two elite soldiers can reinforce us at any time. As soon as a fight breaks out here, they will penetrate from behind the enemy and encircle the bandits."
"Is that true?" Tian Younian looked at Su Hao with wide eyes, trying to judge whether Su Hao was talking nonsense.
Su Hao said: "Why don't you believe Tian Tong? I'm not here to guard you. If there is no chance of winning, how can I dare to do this?"
"So, you have known about the bandits for a long time?" Tian Younian asked.
Su Hao said: "To be honest with Tian Tongpan, we did hear some rumors that Zeng Fengxian had gathered some powerful people to prepare to resist the law with force. As for what they plan to do, we don't know yet. Our plan is to lure them out
, gather together and annihilate them, only in this way can we completely destroy the arrogance of these powerful people, so that they will no longer have the courage to become enemies of the government."
"This... the ancients said that a gentleman will not stand behind a dangerous wall. Tian admires Mr. Su for his courage to use himself as a bait to risk danger and lure the enemy." Tian Younian bowed to Su Hao and praised duplicitously. In fact,
In his heart, he had already scolded all eight generations of Su Hao's ancestors. Damn it, you just want to risk your life. Why do you want me to join you in risking your life?
While he was talking, the bandit army was getting closer and closer. When they were approaching, they began to divide their troops and surrounded the Kanyu Camp from all directions. As Xu Guangzu said, in order to scare people, these bandits really
They all made a gong or other appliances that could make sounds, knocking ping -pong ping pingle, making the 8 people's momentum like 8 people.
At this time, the Kanyu camp, under the command of Deng Kui and Xu Guangzu, had formed a circle on the spot, forming a defensive formation, protecting Su Hao, Tian Younian, Zhou Ruyuan, Chen Guanyu and other literati in the middle.
The soldiers of the Kanyu camp were in groups of about six or seven, and they formed a group, using a combination of spears and swords to protect each other. Each group had one or two veterans as the core, responsible for directing the combat operations of the entire group.
"This formation is modeled after the Mandarin Duck Formation created by General Qi back then. I have made some simplifications and it is more than enough to deal with these bandits." Xu Guangzu proudly introduced the results of his military training to Su Hao and Tian Younian.
"We'll see how Uncle Xu's simplified mandarin duck formation shows off its power soon." Su Hao said with a relaxed smile. To be honest, he was still a little worried about the outcome of this battle, but now he could only pretend to smile.
What he can hope for is that the soldiers in Kanyu camp are not so vulnerable, and that the river soldiers and guard soldiers following behind can arrive in time. If the two soldiers behind them surround them from the outside, the bandits will completely collapse.
"Brothers! Look, these are the officers and soldiers we want to rob. Regardless of whether they are officers or soldiers, the commander has already sent people to investigate. These soldiers are all from humble backgrounds. They have not been in the army for three months. They are different from us.
The men who lick blood from their swords are incomparable. After a while, my commander gave the order, and everyone went up together to kill them all. If you chop off the head of a soldier, you will be rewarded with 1 tael of silver; if you behead an official, you will be rewarded with 5 taels of silver."
After the bandits completed the siege of the survey camp, a burly man came out carrying a ghost-headed sword and issued a pre-war mobilization order to the bandits. Su Hao and others stood on the small slope.
He could see clearly. Officer Zhou Ru told Su Hao in a low voice that this person should be the bandit leader Pang Dengkui. Although he had never seen him, he had heard some rumors about Pang Dengkui and knew that he looked like this.
"Capture the thief and capture the king. Chief Su, you have to have someone capture this bandit first." Tian Younian quickly gave theoretical guidance.
In fact, everyone present had more combat experience than him. Before Tian Younian could finish his words, Deng Kui already had his bow in his hand, and let out an arrow with a whoosh, flying towards the back of Pang Dengkui's head. The bandits exclaimed,
Pang Dengkui was indeed somewhat capable. When he heard the sound of the bowstring behind him, before he could turn around, a hungry dog came to pounce on the food and rushed to the ground. The arrow shot by Deng Kui flew past Pang Dengkui's head a foot high and shot into the ground.
Among the crowd of bandits, an unlucky bandit fell to the ground.
"If you are a good man, don't stab people in the back. Do you dare to come out and practice alone with grandpa!" Pang Dengkui got up from the ground in embarrassment, turned around, and shouted angrily at the Kanyu Camp position.
"I'm afraid you won't make it!" Deng Kui flashed his sword and rushed out with a single step. Su Hao couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.
"Why does this kid have no organizational discipline at all?" Su Hao cursed secretly.
"This kid Deng Kui is very aggressive. Even if you let him play, he can at least protect himself." Xu Guangzu knew Su Hao's worries and said with a smile.
Seeing that someone really rushed out among the officers and soldiers, Pang Denggui was startled, and then laughed: "Okay, okay! Pang has never encountered such an officer and soldier with a bloody surname. He came at the right time!"
As he said that, he waved the ghost-headed sword in his hand and greeted Deng Kui. The bandits behind him shouted in unison to cheer for the general. The soldiers from the Kanyu Camp here also shouted, also cheering for Deng Kui.
The two generals faced each other, and without saying a word, they both slashed with their swords. Deng Kui's martial arts was quite superb, and Pang Dengkui, as the leader of a big bandit gang, was not a vegetarian. The competition between the two sides started from the beginning.
**. Deng Kui slashed with his sword, and Pang Dengkui blocked it with the back of his sword. Then he struck back with his sword, and Deng Kui also blocked it. The clanking sound of the sword blades colliding was endless, and in the blink of an eye, the two men had exchanged more than ten rounds.
"What kind of knife is this? How can it be so sharp!"
As Pang Denkui hit him, he realized that something was wrong. His own knife hit the back of the opponent's knife, but the other's knife did nothing, and his own knife broke first. On the other hand, when the other party's knife did hit the back of his own knife,
, a deep mark will be made as soon as he cuts, and after a while, the back of his knife will become similar to saw teeth.
Deng Kui laughed loudly. His knife was an authentic high-manganese steel knife produced by Hao's workshop. Its hardness was several times higher than that of ordinary broadswords. After this pair of cuts, Pang Dengkui's knife was basically scrapped, and he
The knife was only slightly damaged.
"This precious sword has not been seen with blood since it was forged. Today is the day to sacrifice the dog head of a bandit like you to a certain family for your life!"
Deng Kui became more and more courageous as he fought, and he picked up the big knife and slashed at the head of his pocket. Pang Dengkui didn't dare to neglect, and raised his knife to block. There was only a click sound, and the scarred ghost-headed knife in his hand finally withstood the heavy blow and broke into two pieces.
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"You are not a hero who relies on a sword to show off your violence!" Pang Denkui shouted and threw half of the knife in Deng Kui's face. While Deng Kui was avoiding it, Pang Denkui ran towards the bandits. Deng Kui was not reckless at all.
People know that there are many people on the other side, and it is useless to catch up with them. They just stand there and laugh.
"Officers and soldiers rely on their weapons. Let's go together, kill the officers and soldiers, and seize their weapons!" Pang Dengkui returned to the formation and shouted loudly to his minions. In the battle between generals and generals just now, he was regarded as the best.
After losing, now I can only encourage everyone to charge to cover up my shame.
"Kill!"
"Kill officers and soldiers and receive silver rewards!"
"Kill one and get a tael, it's free money!"
Among the bandits, the little leaders shouted loudly, and at the same time they took the lead and rushed forward with knives. When the little bandits saw the leader charging forward, they also rushed forward. They had various weapons in their hands, and some of them had knives.
, some hold sticks, and some even hold four-pronged palladium. Bandits are bandits after all, and they cannot have standard equipment. For this reason alone, they are inferior to regular officers and soldiers.
"We all meet the enemy!"
Seeing the bandits starting to charge, Deng Kui put away his knife and returned to his formation, shouting an order.