Fu Song

Chapter 401
Han Kai stood by the water, counting the heads of the people while muttering words.

In the evening, they came to this river. Fortunately, it was the dry season, so they cut down some trees and crossed the river with the trunks in their arms.

This is a backwater bay, out of ten people crossing, nine people will drift here along the water.

It's just that in this season, the feeling of being drenched is not very pleasant.

Almost everyone was shivering when they got up from the water.

Xiao Cheng is no exception.

At this moment, he was standing in a valley, looking up at the last ray of light in the sky. Only when it was completely dark, could they start a fire in this valley.

In this way, the rising smoke column will be covered by the night and will not be easily noticed by others.

Naturally, the wood for crossing the river would not be wasted. The soldiers who got to the shore carried a few of them and entered the valley that was determined in advance as the foothold.

Firstly, these logs can be used as firewood to burn, and secondly, so many logs cannot be allowed to flow down the river.

Once experienced people discover these logs, it is inevitable that a large group of people will come across the river. Neither Xiao Cheng nor the experienced scout Fan Yifei will allow such omissions to happen.

Night, finally darkened.

The fire finally ignited.

The soldiers sat silently by the fire while roasting their clothes and kneading their calves. Marching at such a speed and intensity, even if they were all elites in the army, they still felt extremely strenuous.

I can only rest for two hours a day, and spend the rest of the time on my way.

But the soldiers didn't complain at all, because their officers, like them, were running around on two legs.

Xiao Zhuan, who followed them this time, is still a Jinshi, a real scholar, and no one has complained about it. What qualifications do these vulgar people have?

Even if you are as tired as a dog, you have to force yourself to squeeze a little smile on your face.

In fact, Xiao Cheng was too tired to die.

The calmness that the soldiers saw was nothing more than a forced cover-up.

His physical strength is actually good, and he has never given up on refining his body.

It's just that unlike these soldiers who rely on their strength and body to eat, he spends more time eating on his head.

In the face of such an intensive march, the usual training immediately showed its original shape.

The soles of the feet had been blistered one after another. After they were punctured, there were bursts of pain. It seemed that the two legs were not their own. Every time I sat and lay down there, trying to get up, it was extremely painful.

Fortunately, this kind of pain is getting easier every day.

At this moment, Xiao Cheng was sitting paralyzed by the fire, holding a bamboo stick with a few large pieces of jerky on it, stretching it over the fire to roast.

Dried meat is processed, mixed with various flavors, cooked in a large pot, and then exposed to the sun to remove water, and it becomes dry food.

During the march, put the jerky meat in the water again and boil it, no matter whether it is nutrition or taste, it will be all done.

However, this kind of dried meat is generally extremely salty, but for soldiers on long-distance marches, it is extremely important to supplement salt.

The food of the big guys is actually pretty good.

After the rice is fried, it is pounded into rice noodles, and then packed in a long and thin cloth bag. When eating, just wash it with water, and it can be eaten. This stuff only needs a small handful. Swelling it into a bowl and adding dried meat is enough to replenish your energy. The key is that it is very convenient, and you don't need additional logistical supplies, so you can provide yourself with supplies for a long time.

When Fan Yifei came back, Han Kai was already chowing down on dried meat and rice paste.

As an experienced scout leader, this march was almost all arranged by him.

"It's all arranged!" He said to Xiao Cheng.

"Okay, sit down and eat, let's rest!" Xiao Cheng pointed to the water next to the fire with his helmet snuggled up, which was gurgling and steaming at the moment, and on a wooden skewer, the dried meat was roasted so that it was bubbling out. The oil has a faint aroma, which makes people salivate.

Untie the slender cloth bag from the waist, pour the rice flour into a bamboo tube bowl, then add boiling water, stir it with two wooden sticks for a while, a bowl of sticky rice paste is formed, put a palm-sized Once the meat jerky is covered, a sumptuous dinner is declared complete.

Xiao Cheng took out a roll of paper from his arms, spread it out and put it on the ground. With the light of the fire, he pointed and said, "Tomorrow, we still need to advance sixty miles, and then reach Goutou Mountain. Goutou Mountain is a generous An extremely steep mountain on the west side of the formation is only about three miles away from the city, and because of its extreme steepness, they did not have too many troops stationed here, there was only one watchtower with about twenty soldiers."

Han Kai and Fan Yifei ate, stared at the map, and listened to Xiao Cheng's explanation.

"Starting tomorrow, we must be extra careful when marching. Once you fly, you will lead people forward and clear all obstacles for the main force. No one will be left alive within the range of our advance!"

Fan Yifei nodded repeatedly, thinking that he didn't know since when, Xiao Zhuanjuan started thinking about Luo Shi's ghost country, look at how detailed this blueprint is!Even the style of the sentry tower on Goutou Mountain was drawn, it was definitely not something hastily created.

"In the evening, we will go up to Goutou Mountain, clear up this sentry tower, and then hang down from Goutou Mountain." Speaking of this, Xiao Cheng grinned and said: "The people in the big square would never think that someone can come from Launch a large-scale attack on them in this direction?"

"The key is how to get in!" Fan Yifei tore the jerky and said vaguely: "This large square is the capital of the Luo family's ghost country, and it's about the same status as our Bianliang City, that is, it's just different in size. We must not be too slack in defense. Thousands of us want to crawl in quietly, it is difficult!"

"Who said it's going to be quiet?" Xiao Cheng chuckled and said, "Let's blast in!"

"Boom in?" Fan Yifei blinked, not quite understanding.

Han Yan's gaze fell on the darkness in the distance, where there were more than a dozen guys who were stripped naked, waiting for everyone to send them the baked clothes and trousers!No matter how cold it was, they didn't take a step closer to the fire.

What they carry on their backs is the key to being able to blast into Dafang City as Xiao Cheng said.

a day later.

It was still moonless in the sky, and the night was dark, but the sentry tower on Goutou Mountain had quietly changed its owner.

More than [-] soldiers of the Luo family's ghost kingdom were wiped off their necks without a sound, and their bodies were thrown into a hole in the woods on one side.

Xiao Cheng stood on the top of the sentry tower, staring at the Dafang City below.

After all, it is the core location of a big clan that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. The whole city of Dafangzhen is not particularly large, but it is all built with stone materials. In terms of this alone, there are really not many cities in this world that can compare It is true, even if you take a trebuchet and aim at the city wall outside to bombard it, it may not have much effect.

For a city, being small is sometimes not a bad thing. On the contrary, because it is small, it is easier to defend.

As Fan Yifei said, after all, it is the capital of the Luo family's ghost country. Even in the middle of the night, the defense here is still quite tight. Standing here with him, you can see the bright lights on the towers on all sides, and on the city walls, teams The patrol soldiers come and go in a staggered manner. Compared with many big cities in the Song Dynasty, this place is heavily guarded.

In contrast to the bright lights on the city wall, inside the city, there are vast expanses of darkness, only one place in the center is brightly lit, reflecting the overlapping buildings there.

Undoubtedly, that is the core of Dafang City, where Pugui, the ruler of Luoshi Ghost Country, is located.

It was also Xiao Cheng's goal this time.

On the cliff, the rope had been fixed properly, and the advance soldiers had already descended along the rope, and immediately the burning incense head below slowly drew circles, which represented that everything was normal.

"Get down!" Xiao Cheng walked down the sentry tower and gave the order without hesitation.

After going down, there is really no turning back. If you can't succeed, the only way is death.

Fan Yifei walked to the rope first, took out an iron live buckle from his arms, fastened the belt around his waist with the rope, then pulled the rope, and slid down like an ape.

As an excellent scout, Fan Yifei now has many special tools and weapons that he had never thought of or used before, and these were brought to them by Xiao Cheng.

Sometimes Fan Yifei really can't figure it out, why does Xiao Chengwei know so much?Is this the power of Jinshi?But there were quite a few Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, so why did Xiao Cheng know this?
Just like these small mechanisms and gadgets that these soldiers use to descend from high places, although they are inconspicuous, they are really easy to use.

It took a thousand people a very short time to quickly descend from the top of Goutou Mountain to the bottom of the mountain. In the eyes of ordinary people, this insurmountable danger is like walking on flat ground in front of them at this moment.

Approaching quietly.

The other three sides of the big square were all bare and nothing, but this side was full of weeds, and those wildly growing small bushes provided the best cover for their approach.

The other three sides are very likely to be attacked by the enemy, so there is nothing to cover, and the soldiers on the city can see everything at a glance. This is the side, because facing the steep Goutou Mountain, it is impossible for any troops to deploy on a large scale. , here, instead, no one pays attention to it.

Being able to place an outpost on Goutou Mountain and deploy a small army, the person in charge of Dafang City is already very careful.

No one would have thought that there could be an army of thousands of people that could hang down from above.

Of course, no one would have thought that a team of only a thousand people would dare to attack Dafang City.

If in normal times, more than a thousand people want to attack Dafang City, they are looking for death.

But now, it is very different.

The battle ahead is in full swing, and it is not going well for Luo Shi Ghost Country.What annoyed Pugui the most was that his eldest son, Jihuo, led more than [-] troops to attack the original Luo Dianguo, but was defeated by his opponents one after another, losing troops and losing generals.

For the dominance of this battle, Pugui himself had some conflicts with Zizhou Road. The failure of Jihuo made him less confident to speak.

But no matter what, the dominance cannot be given up. This is related to the distribution of benefits after the war. In order to help Jihuo recover from the decline, Pugui gritted his teeth and sent his own capital to help Jihuo.

Fortunately, Tang Nu has not made much progress in Juzhou now, the war is still in a stalemate, and Ji Huo still has a chance to turn defeat into victory.

After taking down Luo Dian, he would be able to attack Bangzhou from the side and rear, thereby assisting Tang Nu in defeating the main force of Qianzhou. With this step, he, Luo Shi Guiguo, would be entitled to claim more benefits after the war.

Pugui never thought that Dafang City would be attacked.

"There are about [-] troops stationed in Dafang City!" Fan Yifei looked at the figure in front of him who was digging under the city gate, and said in a low voice.

"Although Dafang City is not big, it is still a city, the capital of a country!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Three thousand people are stationed in different places, how much can each place spread? Just stay in the common place." Should there be more troops in the royal palace?"

"We have to do it quickly, and we must not let the other party have a chance to mobilize enough soldiers!" Fan Yifei was about to say something, when he saw the guys who were digging holes under the city gate suddenly stand up, spread their hands The legs rushed towards this side, and he immediately shut his mouth.

Their movements were not small, and they immediately attracted the attention of a team that just happened to be patrolling here on the city wall.

The sound of scolding was mixed with the sound of feather arrows piercing the air.

Xiao Cheng squatted on the ground and covered his ears with his hands.

Fan Yifei beside him consciously imitated Xiao Cheng's appearance.

When he was on the Goutou Mountain, Xiao Cheng told him how to break open the gate of Dafang City. Although he thought it was a bit unbelievable, Fan Yifei didn't think Xiao Cheng was in the mood to joke with him.

This signing judge always creates some miracles.

Fan Yifei also wanted to see what kind of tricks Xiao Zhupan could play with the completely useless gunpowder weapons that were not surprising in Song Dynasty!

Fan Yifei, who was still spinning his mind with random thoughts, felt a bright light in front of his eyes, and then the bright light suddenly turned fiery red, mixed with billowing thunder, rolling towards him overwhelmingly.

He saw flying bricks, dirt, and of course, soldiers on the city walls who were stabbing their hands and feet in the air.

He even clearly saw a flying person suddenly torn apart in the air.

Fan Yifei was a little dumbfounded.

Then he heard Xiao Cheng's roar: "Charge!"

The first one to rush out was Xiao Cheng, and the others, like Fan Yifei, lost their minds for a short time, and they didn't react until Xiao Cheng rushed out a few steps.

The power of thunder is so terrifying!
(End of this chapter)