Chapter 723 A hero? Or a robber? Good and evil in the rivers and lakes
Several groups of horse thieves rushed out from the valley and formed an encirclement. They rushed towards the melee and fighting in front. Although there were archers at the rear to support the shooting, the thieves were still galloping with unabated momentum. They were bound to start from Xiao.
The troops of the Tang Dynasty set up a stronghold to block the enemy and rushed out.
The reason why Xiao Tang led the New Army infantry to set up a formation at the mountain pass was precisely because the terrain here was relatively narrow. Although it was not like the "One Line of Sky" where one man was in charge and no one could get through, it could only accommodate
More than a hundred people passed by one after another, and the mountains on both sides were mostly steep and undulating, and there were not many places to climb. If the rebels abandoned their horses and fled over the mountains, let alone losing their horses, they would try to run around again.
Their mobility would be completely lost. Instead of wasting time by climbing over mountains and ridges, it would be faster to rush out directly from the valley entrance at the foot of Jieshan Mountain, which could still accommodate more than a hundred riders galloping side by side.
However, seeing the majestic formation of the government troops guarding the entrance of the valley, the previous breakthrough was ineffective. Dang Shilong finally managed to recruit a sizable gang of horse thieves by robbing horses in the Hedong border and wandering around in the green forest.
As the name suggests, although he does not know how to lead an army, his fighting momentum is scattered and his formation is not organized, and although he seems to be fierce but difficult to coordinate with each other, he is actually a man who is used to being fierce and brutal, and he is now being controlled by other strong men.
The leader's words were irritating, so he put all his belongings on board. He must flatten the gun formation of the officers and soldiers in front of him, and he can't let himself teach Comrade Lu Lin any more jokes!
Seeing that something was wrong, the three strong leaders Miao Cheng, Chen Xuan, and Ji Wenbing also called on their infantry to climb up the mountains on the left and right. Although it took a lot of time and effort, the infantry would be able to climb up from the mountains.
Whether they were surrounded by left and right, or they could break through the siege and escape to the north, they would not be surrounded by the officers and soldiers in the mountains and sit there waiting to be killed.
The shrill screams of horses and people roared loudly again, and thousands of thieves' cavalry rushed towards them. The fifty or sixty cavalry at the front also crashed into the front of the new army's guns. The pressure on the defense suddenly increased sharply.
None of the athletes of the new army were afraid to retreat due to the fierce fighting. There were comrades from the brigade behind them who quickly filled the gap in the formation that was opened by the thieves and cavalry. However, there were more than 4,000 infantry, and more than half of the formation were archers.
About two thousand spearmen, swordsmen, and shieldmen formed a defensive formation to resist the onslaught of the bandit army.
After another two to three hundred people in the rebel cavalry army were pierced by the spears coming from the formation, fifty or sixty cavalrymen finally fought their way out of the new army and ran straight to Xiao Tang's position.
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But as soon as a thief cavalry leader rushed out, there was a sudden roar of wind from beside him, and an iron mace swung over his head!
With a crisp sound of "Crack!", the little leader's eyes bulged out, and his heavenly spirit had been shattered. Niu Gao raised his maces, looked up to the sky and roared, and then rode his black-maned horse as fast as flying.
He rushed towards the rest of the horse thieves who broke out of the encirclement!
A horse thief, wielding his saber, had just rushed out of the gun formation when he saw a black man suddenly flashed in front of him on horseback. Just as the horse thief was stunned, he saw the monster Niugao with his eyes wide open and his iron teeth tightening.
, and immediately the extremely heavy mace hit his chest with a roar!
Due to Niugao's amazing power, the iron mace smashed the horse thief's sternum into pieces and sank deeply into his chest. The powerful and strange power did not diminish, and he smashed the horse thief's body away! His unparalleled strength
The force caused the horse thief's body to fly in the air, and five or six of his accomplices were knocked off their horses by him. They were quickly stabbed to death by the officers and soldiers who suddenly arrived!
Niu Gao repeated his old tricks. At this time, he, a big black man, rode a black horse and roamed behind the gun formation like a storm. He was specially responsible for picking up and killing the thieves who broke out. Looking at his fierce and fierce fighting posture, he was really better than Li Kui.
It looked even more like a black whirlwind! And wherever the black whirlwind passed, the thieves and knights would die if they touched it, and they would die if they were close to each other. After a while, the fifty or sixty thieves and knights who finally broke out of the encirclement
He and Xiao Tang's elite soldiers were killed together!
On a breakthrough not far away, the two master archers Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun had a lot of time to spare. They had already thrust an arrow into the ground, and were surrounded by a dozen arrow pots filled with arrow clusters.
In the quiver, Xiao Li Guang and Xiao Yang stood majestically. From time to time, they reached out and grasped the feathers of the arrows, picked up several arrows and put them on the string together. They buckled several arrows together and pulled the bow string like a full moon in their arms.
After waiting for the sight of the thieves riding at the front of the spear array, they fired their bows and launched a series of soul-stirring flying arrows. The arrows whizzed past the heads of the new army's warriors, killing dozens of warriors on horseback in an instant.
The bandit shot so hard that he fell from his horse!
The Yanyun cavalry and archers under Xiao Tang also followed the same example. They occupied a high place, just like Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun. Everyone held their bows and arrows in their hands. Suddenly, more than a dozen arrows rustled, and the bow strings and arrows whistled every time.
If there is a sound, the thieves must have fallen off their horses in response! The stalemate fight between the thieves and the officers at the entrance of the valley was aided by Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun, and Yan Yunqi's perfect arrow shooting, which greatly curbed the thieves' attack momentum.
potential.
Not only Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun is good at counting arrows with one hand. Not only can he dazzle people with his speed, but he can also fire a series of arrows that can kill people. Xiao Tang personally selected 18 young and strong villagers from the same clan of the Xiao family to form the Yanyun Eighteen
In terms of cavalry and archery, they originally developed their outstanding cavalry and archery skills according to the military training methods of the famous Liao generals such as Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen. Later, they were led by Hua Rong, who was unparalleled in the world of archery.
The bow's shooting speed and accuracy were much higher than those of the well-trained archers in the Song army.
What's more, Yan Yun's cavalry and archery were originally good at shooting enemies while galloping. Now they are standing still and using a walking bow to kill enemies. Both their accuracy and shooting speed have been doubled. With more than ten of them joining forces, they can definitely defeat enemies.
Hundreds of Song Army archers who were not weaker than Yidu teamed up to shoot arrows. The horse thieves who rushed to the entrance of the valley screamed again and again. Before they could even cross the trench, they fell off their horses and died!
But at this moment, a cold arrow suddenly flew out from the dense forest. The famous Yanyun Cavalry was aiming at the thieves who were fighting with the new army at the mouth of the valley. He was caught off guard and was shot through the chest by the cold arrow. That
Ming Yanyun Qishe's eyes widened in anger, and a trace of bright red blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth. Finally, his body slowly softened, and he rolled down the slope unwillingly!
Pang Wanchun noticed something strange happening next to him. He immediately aimed his bow and arrow at the leader of the bandit cavalry towards the mountain. With a "Whoosh!"
Falling straight down the dangerous cliff!
At this time, Pang Wanchun's eyes narrowed, and he had already discovered that there seemed to be a lot of people surging in the hidden mountains and dense forests ahead. It seemed that the infantry among the thieves were also looking for a hillside that could be climbed. They suddenly rushed out and intercepted Xiao Tang from the flank.
The new army under his command.
Straight bitch! You guys know how to play tricks, do you think I don't care about it? Pang Wanchun snorted coldly and cursed secretly in his heart.
To be frank, Pang Wanchun was not a good person when he was living in the Wenzhou Baiyun Mountains on Liangzhe Road. Although he was angry because he did not want to be bullied by the local officials, he was a green forest thief after all. Although Pang Wanchun is determined not to kill defenseless women, children, old and young, he has also stained his hands with the blood of ordinary martial artists when he encounters difficult or "ignorant" passing merchants.
However, just as Xiao Tang decided to join forces with the heroes of the Water Margin to carry out his own plan, he had long known that most of the leaders under his command were not chivalrous heroes. If one were to classify people's moral hierarchies, then those who were righteous with him would Among the close friends, only Lu Zhishen, the ancient monk with a warm heart and hatred of evil, is the only one, because he saw injustice in the road, and not only helped each other for the sake of the innocent and kind-hearted people he had never met, but even gave up his official career, and he had never done any abuse in his life. The stain of killing innocent people.
And his sworn brother Wu Song must do evil things for the people when he encounters evil people. As long as he has a good meal and a good meal without coveting the other party's heavy reward, but after all, he is also a person who can't get rid of the grain in his eyes. He can really do it when pushed. A ruthless man who kills his whole family with swords; Jiu Wen Long Shi Jin has a knight-errant temperament and enjoys grudges. He is also a hero who kills and rapes the disadvantaged groups all his life. However, when he is full of anger, he can also act recklessly. Even though he was not a bandit, he still did it. When he was traveling around the world, he also stayed in prostitutes. After being betrayed, he attacked Li Ruilan in Wazixi, Dongping Prefecture. He also killed all the devout women, young and old... In the final analysis, it was still Not as upright as Lu Zhishen.
Needless to say, there are other rivers and lakes figures who came from green forests and grasslands. In today's era, the so-called morality of the rivers and lakes and the chivalrous man who serves the country and the people are not the same thing. But if you look closely at the moral character of a person, he was a close friend in the late Han Dynasty. Dian Wei, who killed his enemies, also killed his wife and his wife. In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Ji killed everyone he met when he was young. In the late Yuan Dynasty, he often encountered bandits and was easy to kill and surrender... Are they considered heroes? Are they considered famous generals? Is it a hero?
Therefore, it is possible to share the righteousness with such characters in the green forest. Xiao Tang has always been able to accept the occasional small evil, but he also has compassion for people in the world who have never violated the moral bottom line in his heart.
Not only because of his understanding of the original works and official history, Xiao Tang can also feel the standards of right and wrong, good and evil among people in the green forest through his experience in this world. Compared with the overall concepts and ideologies of today's society, they are more likely to be influenced by the so-called Jianghu. Influenced by loyalty. The most obvious example is: Yan Shun, Wang Ying, Li Li, Zhu Gui and the Sun Erniang couple in the original work went to pay homage to Chao Gai, who was the first to be benevolent and righteous, and Song Jiang, who at least held the banner of upholding justice for heaven, was his elder brother. No matter how cruel and despicable they were in the past, they must at least restrain themselves from their evil deeds in the past.
On the other hand, if the people in the green forest tend to seek refuge in murder and seize their wives, divide the territory for their own selfish desires, and even plan to defect to Tian Hu of a foreign race, or rely on male sex and sexual intercourse to cater to Duan Sanniang to make a fortune, and are unfilial and unfilial, Wang Qing, who gathered villains and traitors just to satisfy the emperor, and those green forest thieves who did not take murder and arson seriously, would become more and more unlimited in their deeds. It's just that people in the world of rivers and lakes need to rely on the other party's high moral standing to worship the boss, but It is only limited to the prestige and name in the green forest. A good man with perfect moral character, how can you hang out in the Jianghu? So people such as Bian Xiang, Qiao Daoqing, Sun An, Shan Shiqi and others can roughly understand what Tian Hu is, but according to The original trajectory will still defect to him as a last resort.
Xiao Tang has now basically completely disrupted the original belonging and destiny of these people in the Green Forest. He has not followed the standards of chivalry to get acquainted with the people in the Green Forest who have defected to him. However, after gathering together with these characters for righteousness, their concepts of good and evil have changed.
Your attitude towards life will gradually change in a subtle way.
And this Pang Wanchun is also a very typical example.