Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 102: Robbery of the Salt Storehouse
In the river outside Fuze Village.

"One, two, three, up."

"One, two, three, up."

Zhang He held a whistle stick and walked back and forth by the river.

In the river, hundreds of men stood in the river. Each ten men squatted down and lifted a log as thick as their waist.

The river water has reached the waist. If you squat down and cannot lift it up, you will have to choke on the water.

"You sweat more in training and bleed less in battle. There are twenty more, hurry up."

Seeing someone slacking off, Zhang He jumped directly onto the log lifted by the group, almost crushing them and falling into the river.

"It seems that I was too kind to you. I heard that during my absence, some of you reported Captain Hu's condition to Brother Mo. The training I gave you was indeed too light." Zhang He stamped his foot fiercely and shouted: "Are they all dead? Lift them up for me."

"One, two, three, get up." The ten people who were holding the log and being stepped on by Zhang He tried their best to lift it up.

Finally, twenty lifts were completed.

Zhang He said: "Okay, let's go ashore and rest for a quarter of an hour to prepare for the next period of training."

No one dared to have a hint of dissatisfaction.

Because once there is a slight complaint, the training will be lengthened, they have already seen it this morning.

No matter how dissatisfied you are, you can only grit your teeth and endure it.

I practiced until the sunset, and this ended the day's training.

After dinner, the soldiers dragged their tired bodies and prepared to go back.

At this time, Chen Mo and Hu Qiang appeared in front of them and said loudly: "Don't leave in a hurry. Give you an hour to rest. In an hour, at the beginning of Haishi, will you meet here?"

Gathering at Hai hour?

The brave guards had different expressions, and they were smart enough to guess whether they would have to practice extra at night, right?
Although everyone had doubts, no one questioned it.

These days, the idea of ​​obeying the orders from above and not being allowed to violate them has been deeply ingrained in their minds.

"promise."

After everyone responded, they quickly went back to rest.

Zhang He quickly found Chen Mo and asked what was going on.

When he learned that he was going to rob the salt warehouse, Zhang He was not afraid at first, but a little excited, and said: "Brother Mo, I will go with you then."

"Need not."

Chen Mo waved his hand and ordered: "There are still people left to guard the village. This time I will take 700 people, and you will take the remaining people to guard the village. If anything unexpected happens, immediately move the villagers to the mountains."

"promise."

Although he was a little reluctant, Zhang He still nodded in agreement.

After the explanation, he also went back to take a nap for a while to recuperate.

A moment before Hai hour.

With the help of Han Aniang, Chen Mo put on the armor.

It is said to be armor, but it is not considered at all.

The leather armor that protects the chest and back is made of the fur of an unknown animal, and is covered with bamboo blocks connected in series. Important parts such as the heart are inlaid with a thin layer of iron sheets.

The defensive power is there, it can only block ordinary arrows, but it cannot prevent strong crossbows.

Yes, after all, they were just ripped off from the garrison of a county town. The armor on their bodies is naturally not as good as that of elite troops. How good can it be?
If the garrison can all wear iron armor, then how strong must the elite troops be.

Finally, Chen Mo took the Tang Dao and tied it around his waist.

"Sister-in-law, I'm leaving." Chen Mo said.

Han Anniang nodded.

Seeing Chen Mo walk out of the master bedroom, Han Anniang rushed up and hugged him from behind: "Uncle, be careful." "Yes."

Saying goodbye to Han Anniang, Chen Mo came to the stable, took two "clay pots" and got on the horse.

These days, this bay-red horse has gained some weight under his feeding.

All the way out of the yard, when Chen Mo rode his horse to the center of the village, Zhang He, Han Wu, Hu Qiang and others were already lined up waiting there.

Seeing Chen Mo wearing armor and holding a sword, no matter how stupid he is, he can guess that something big is going to happen tonight.

When he came in front of everyone, Chen Mo didn't talk nonsense and said straight to the point: "We are raiding the salt warehouse in Qingting County tonight. If the officers and soldiers guarding the salt warehouse dare to resist, they will be killed."

"promise."

Everyone responded in unison, but no one was afraid, but some people were eager to try.

Some of them have killed people and seen blood, and they are much more courageous than the average villagers.

Chen Mo nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Han Wu, lead a team of people to drive all the mule carts, donkey carts, and ox carts."

After a while, two mule carts, two donkey carts, and two ox carts came over, these were pulling trophies.

Chen Mo then looked at Zhang He, clamped the horse's belly, pulled out the Tang Dao from his waist, and shouted: "Let's go."

Fuze Village is still far away from the salt warehouse in Qingting County. With the help of the bright moonlight, the brave guards marched quickly and arrived at the location of the salt warehouse at midnight.

The salt warehouse was built on flat land half a mile away from the salt lake. There were officers and soldiers patrolling outside, and a sentry tower was built. Specialized people were holding crossbows and scanning the surroundings with the help of firelight.

Chen Mo and his group stopped at a field ridge not far from Yancang. They all knelt down and took advantage of the night to hide their figures.

After driving for more than an hour, Chen Mo did not rush to order the attack, but asked the soldiers to wait for a while.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Mo said to Hu Qiang, Han Wu and the seven team captains: "I will be the first to rush out later. Wait for me to cast my magic. After you hear the thunderous ear-exploding sound, the first one will rush out." Time is rushing, if anyone delays the opportunity, military law will be at your service."

"promise."

Chen Mo took out a clay pot he was carrying, then leaned over and stroked the horse's face. His face turned cold immediately, he pulled the reins, clamped the horse's belly with his feet, and the bay-red horse neighed and galloped towards the salt warehouse. out.

"who?"

The officers and soldiers on the sentry tower quickly discovered Chen Mo who was rushing towards him. After giving a loud shout, they sounded the golden gong.

The officers and soldiers patrolling below formed a formation as soon as they heard the sound of the gong, and the crossbowmen also took up their postures.

"Who, stop!"

The soldier on the guard tower took out his crossbow, pointed it at the approaching figure, and pulled the trigger.

"call out!"

However, Chen Mo moved faster. He used the sun's energy to ignite the fuse containing the gunpowder pot, and threw it towards the formation of officers and soldiers.

The clay pot and the crossbow arrow passed by.

When the clay pot appeared above the heads of the officers and soldiers, the fuse had burned out and exploded violently. A smell of sulfur and gunpowder rose up along with a puff of black smoke, followed by broken pottery pieces and the contents inside the pot. Pieces of iron and gravel exploded and scattered, killing people on all sides.

"My ears."

"My eyes, ah ah ah."

A howl broke out.

However, Chen Mo grabbed the crossbow arrow fired from the sentry tower, pulled out his Tang Dao, and swung it at him.

There was a loud "bang" and the sentry tower collapsed.

Later, when Han Wu saw this scene, he felt blood rushing to his brain, turned around and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill!"

Seven hundred brave guards rushed towards Yancang.

(End of this chapter)