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Chapter 774 A wolf is always a wolf, you can't let it eat grass

After listening to Li Changsheng's words, Wan Guangjin, the sentry officer, glanced at the place he was pointing at, and couldn't help but think to himself: "These bastards are really daring, they dare to smoke a pipe in the wild, and when they meet Mr. Li This kind of nose is smarter than a dog, I really don’t know how to die!”

The three continued to whisper a few more words, Liu Shouzhu moved his big hand backwards, and immediately the smoker, blacksmith and lock in his team rushed forward with cats and dogs.

Liu Shouzhu gave a few simple instructions, then looked at Li Changsheng and said softly, "Does Master Li have any more instructions?"

Li Changsheng didn't speak, but just waved his hand to indicate that he could go. Liu Shouzhu covered himself and hurried forward. The smoking gun, blacksmith and Lock also tiptoed behind him. Their figures quickly disappeared into the night and disappeared among the weeds. .

Regardless of Liu Shouzhu's stout stature, he was extremely agile in his actions, like a cheetah, and his footsteps landed silently.

Smoker and blacksmith are also famous for their agility and agility in the Tiger Guard camp, while Locker is very skilled at locking his throat with one hand. Whenever he is locked up by him, he will never utter a single cry. He is a good hand at capturing life. .

They quickly came back under the cover of night, Liu Shouzhu had a sinister grin on his face, and the three of them, Smoker, Blacksmith and Lock, were also full of excitement.

"It's just a dozen or so Tartars, so they're not on guard at all."

"it is good!"

A cold light flashed in Li Changsheng's eyes, and the left hand that was pressing on his moustache immediately moved away, and he ordered softly: the sentinel Wan Guangjin will lead the soldiers from the second and third teams to lead the horses, go first Hidden in the dense wormwood to the west.

After he personally led a team of Ye Bu Shou soldiers to deal with the dozen or so Tartars, they came up to meet them, and went to Dafu Fort to join Zuoqinghebu, the right post stationed there, and then retreated back to Daxing Fort.

It turned out that when Li Changsheng sent out the sentry from the left, for the sake of safety and to prevent the team from being too large and easily revealing his whereabouts, he personally led the left whistle to investigate in front, and arranged for the right whistle to follow up, thinking that he would respond.

Today, Zuoqinghe's right sentry is hiding on the banks of the Daughter River two miles to the west. They have set up sentry points along the perimeter of Dafu Fort, using this as a base, even if hundreds of Tatars and captives come riding on horseback, they can also resist for a while.

Suddenly, Wan Guangjin stepped forward to stop Li Changsheng and said, "Mr. Li Qian, you are the leader of the whole army, and you should not take the dangerous place lightly. I should take a team of brothers up there to hunt down these Tartars, and you lead the second and third teams behind." Respond. How?"

Li Changsheng stared wide-eyed, and said eagerly: "No need. You wait for my side to set off, and just lead him to go west."

Although Wan Guangjin felt that it was inappropriate for Li Changsheng to be personally involved in danger, he could not disobey orders after all, so he turned around and arranged for the second and third teams to guard the horses, ready to respond.

Liu Shouzhu and other soldiers of the night not accepting team were all excited, and they took off their weapons from the horses one after another, and quickly got ready.

Wan Guangjin originally used a long sword, but this time he was going to attack the Tartar soldiers, and the long sword should not be used close to him. He held a side card in his left hand, and inserted a short knife in his waist. He drew out a short gun with his right hand, and checked stand up.

Liu Shouzhu still used a round shield and a short hammer, and a bong with a short spear. He also used a short spear in his left hand and a short gun in his right hand. The blacksmith used a big hammer. Later, the sledgehammer used for blacksmithing was also used as a weapon.

There is also a lock, he only has a side card on his left arm, a dagger in his mouth, some strange short soldiers in his waist, and a short gun in his right hand.

Li Changsheng glanced at them, and said softly: "Put away the short guns, I don't know if there are any Tartars lurking around, don't use the short guns unless it is absolutely necessary.

Although this guy is powerful, the sound is loud enough, don't attract the Tartars, it's hard to deal with. "

After hearing this, several people hurriedly put the short guns back into the gun pouches, took off the strong crossbows from the horse one after another, wound them up, and took out a poisonous arrow from the crossbow box to put it on.

Poisoned arrows were widely used in the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty, but poisoned arrows also have a disadvantage, that is, it is difficult to extract raw materials, it is impossible to equip them on a large scale, and their storage time cannot be too long.

If the medicine bottle is exposed to the air for a long time, the properties of the medicine will evaporate quickly, so generally only the Yebucha in the army will be equipped with some poison arrows.

And the Xuanbei army did not accept two short-handed guns at night. Although these weapons were powerful, if they were hit at close range, even the three layers of heavy armor of the Ba Yala soldiers could not resist them.

However, the movement caused by the hand gun is also very large. Although the Tiger Guard camp does not close at night, there are more than [-] people nearby, but if it attracts a large group of captives, it will not be worth the loss.
After all, they came out to check the enemy's situation, and they didn't dare to engage in a cavalry battle. Therefore, they all quietly changed to the strong bows and crossbows they used for sneak attacks and assassinations when they were sentry on weekdays.

Under Li Changsheng's arrangement, the team responsible for the attack was a team of more than [-] fighters from the left sentry team. Most of them took out their bows and crossbows, preparing to kill the Tartar sentry cavalry silently.

This is not a competition in the arena. Naturally, whatever is beneficial to him, he will do it. Poisonous arrows and crossbows are all arranged.

"What are you doing here, boy? Go to Sentry Wan and help take care of the horse!" Li Changsheng said softly, a little angrily.

It turned out to be Zhang Cheng's adoptive son. Zhang Jintai somehow got mixed into the crowd of the first team. He was just like everyone else, holding a shield and knife, and dressed as if he wanted to attack.

"Master Li, the commander-in-chief wants you to take us out, not to take care of your horses!"

Zhang Jintai has always wanted to be an excellent Ye Bushou, and in his dreams, he has galloped on horses many times, interlaced with Tartars and captives, with arrows passing close to him, and guns ringing beside him.

As early as when the Xuanbei Army had just entered Songshan Fort, Zhang Cheng asked everyone about their future ideals, and Zhang Jintai had unabashedly expressed his desire to become an excellent night fighter.

"It is true that the general ordered you to go out with him, but in terms of specific actions, you still have to follow your own military orders."

Li Changsheng put on a serious face and continued in a deep voice: "Now, the military order given to you is to guard our horses and be ready to meet our retreat at any time."

He had no choice but to take Zhang Jintai out for the first time, and the original intention was to let him go with him to practice and experience, and naturally he would not ask him to go with him in danger unless necessary.

Although there were only a dozen or so Tartar soldiers in front, it was not certain that there were no other Tartars around, and the Tartars were extremely powerful in combat, and they were sneak attacking at night, which was very dangerous.

However, Zhang Jintai is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He didn't appreciate Li Changsheng's love, and said a little stubbornly: "Temuer said, 'A wolf is always a wolf, you can't expect it to eat grass.', let's talk 'A storm that breaks an eagle's wings only makes it stronger'."

The "Temuer" he mentioned is the sentry officer under Su Laohu's command on the right side of the Huwei camp. He is now leading four Mongolian warriors to cooperate with Li Changsheng to send out the sentry. , If you can get past it, you will be exempted from fighting.

This Temur is also an excellent Mongolian cavalry archer. He is a pure Mongolian hunter. He once confronted a pack of wolves in the desert and is a master hunter.

Recently, Zhang Jintai has allowed him to be his master, learning from him the skills of riding and shooting, bow hunting, as well as tracking and lurking in the wild.

In this way, he was influenced by him a lot, and at this moment, he learned and applied the Mongolian proverbs he had just learned during the day to deal with Li Changsheng, the chief executive.

He then softened his tone and said: "Master Li, my father-in-law wants me to come here to practice, to learn how to detect and fight slaves, not to hide under your wings like a bird."

He said again: "Uncle Li, if you don't like this, I will follow behind you and promise not to go too far ahead. How about it?"

"Just let me follow..."

Li Changsheng shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "My good boy, you can be sure, just follow us, but don't rush around, break the rhythm, disturb the Tartars, we are difficult to deal with."

"Yes, Uncle Li, don't worry, I must be well-behaved!"

Li Changsheng took Zhang Jintai out for a few days, and according to his observation, Zhang Jintai was indeed a good young man who would never accept him, but his experience was too shallow.

He believed that after some actual combat training, Zhang Jintai would grow up quickly. At the beginning, he only wanted him to take care of the horses and take care of them out of love.

But later, he couldn't stand his soft and hard arguments. Moreover, Li Changsheng had been by Zhang Cheng's side for a long time, so he naturally knew the more than 30 adopted sons adopted by Zhang Cheng, and even set up a "Yizi Camp", the purpose of which was not to raise them preferentially. stand up.

Instead, he wanted to train them all to be elite fighters who were only loyal to him. Of course, the more outstanding among them might become the leading generals in the future and guard Zhang Cheng's side.

…………

Li Changsheng and the rest of the group quickly made their preparations. Under the stars and the moonlight, their eyes gleamed faintly, like a group of wolves preparing to hunt, waiting for the command of the leader wolf.

Li Changsheng issued an order with gestures, and they quickly divided themselves into several groups, each group of three or five people spread out in all directions, and then went to hide where the Tartar soldiers were hiding from several directions.

Soon, Li Changsheng and others tiptoed to the edge of a forest. This forest was not dense, and it looked extremely deserted. Weeds were overgrown all around. There were only a few tall poplar trees in the middle, and there was a flat field between the poplar trees. .

Under the moonlight, several Tartar soldiers were resting quietly against a big tree. These Tartar soldiers were all short and stocky, with obvious signs of bow legs.

Looking at the dim light of night, they all seemed to be wearing blue armor, equipped with scimitars and horn bows, and only one of them had a wolf-skin Sulu ingot hanging obliquely on his shoulder, which looked like a sentry of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner.

They were very careful, and only occasionally talked a few words, and their voices were kept low.

Some horses stood quietly by the side, and they were all put on bits. In addition, the terrain was surrounded by grass, so it was inconvenient to search for it. It was really a good place to hide.

However, there was a beige inside, smoking a pipe happily. He never thought that this little hobby of his would reveal their position and put the group of people in danger.

Tobacco smoking was very prevalent in Liaodong at this time, just like Prince Dorgon of Heshuorui and Hauge of Heshuosu in the Qing Dynasty, they were famous smokers, and they were even captured by this extravagant name. Chief Huang Taiji's punishment, still can't let go of quitting.

In this area of ​​Liaodong, both the Ming army and the Qing army are like this, and most of them have this advantage. These Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers may have lived in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and they have also acquired the habit of smoking guns.

Li Changsheng quietly hid himself in the grass, the dense weeds completely covered his figure, and Wan Guangjin also hid beside him, and gently moved some weeds away , Peeping inward through the gaps in the fine grass.

The two saw that it seemed that a sentinel of the northern captives was hiding under a big tree.

Suddenly, the sentinel seemed to have noticed something, or maybe he felt that the surroundings were too quiet and weird. This was an indescribable intuition of a warrior who has fought many battles.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Li Changsheng, and it was at this moment.

"whoosh"

A streamer of light flashed in the slightly dim moonlight.

"Pfft!" There was a soft sound.

The Beilu sentry fell obliquely to the side, and a crossbow bolt shot from the left side like a gust of wind, hitting his neck right in the middle.

After all, the distance was too close, and the crossbow was extremely powerful, shooting him to the right and rolling him out. He raised his hand to cover his neck, desperately trying to struggle, but he couldn't stop the bright red blood from gushing out.

The northern captive sentinels resting in the forest were all taken aback, and their reactions were not too slow. They immediately jumped up one by one, tumbling and jumping, and were about to get their bows and arrows.

Of course, they just reacted.

"Swoosh...swoosh...swoosh..."

The dense crossbows were shot one after another, and the direction of origin was uncertain. It seemed that there were Ming army crossbowmen in all directions.

The muffled sound continued, and in the forest, most of the sentinels of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner rolled on the ground in a blink of an eye, rolling and struggling.

How powerful are the powerful crossbows that the Huwei camp does not accept at night, and they use poisonous arrows. As long as these fine northern captive cavalry are hit by arrows, they will either die or be seriously injured in the blink of an eye, and lose the power to resist.

And the northern captive sentinel whose position was exposed because of his smoking rod was shot directly into the entrance by a crossbow arrow, and the crossbow shot out through his brain, and a little cold star flashed behind his head, driving him to hit a big tree behind him.

With a sound of "bang", the Northern prisoner sentry was nailed to the tree trunk by the crossbow arrows. His eyes were wide open, he was full of confusion and unwillingness, and his body couldn't help twitching and shaking until he died. Only then did he remain motionless, but those eyes never closed.

Only the Beilu Boda of the Zhenglan Banner who was holding the Sulu ingot reacted the fastest, as if he didn't go through his brain, and relied on his body's natural reaction, he suddenly rolled on the ground, barely dodging a few cold arrows.

Immediately afterwards, he rolled and jumped up again, swiped his right hand suddenly, and Su Lu Ding was already in his hand.

He jumped up and rushed forward. Under the moonlight, his figure was as vigorous as an ape, and it seemed that his premonition was also very strong. In the ape-like jump, he narrowly avoided several incoming crossbow arrows one after another.

However, he is still a human being after all, and his body's reaction speed is still limited after all, and his opponents, the Ye Bu Shou from the Tiger Guard Camp of the Xuanbei Army, are also not easy to deal with.

"puff!"

A powerful crossbow was fired at an extremely tricky angle.The shot flew over and pierced through his left shoulder, stretching the power of the crossbow, and even let the arrows of the crossbow protrude from his back.

Stepping on the powerful crossbow and shooting it brought huge momentum, which made him stagger and retreat, and finally fell on his back!
(End of this chapter)