A knife in love

Chapter 2779
As soon as Zhang Gui's words fell, a soldier turned his horse's head and galloped towards the east side of the old man's mountain.Li Qiufeng, Qi Jiu and others didn't know what Zhang Gui wanted to do, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one spoke for a while.After a while, there was only the sound of horseshoes, and then countless soldiers galloped up the mountain from the east side of the old man's mountain top, and rushed towards the west side of the mountain top.Seeing this situation, everyone knew that Zhang Gui was about to order the officers and soldiers to rush down to the top of the mountain to fight the Japanese pirates, they were both surprised and happy, but also a little uneasy.

Qi Jiu grew up in Dengzhou Guard since he was a child. He ate and lived with officers and soldiers every day, so he was very familiar with the situation in the army.Seeing the appearance of these officers and soldiers under Zhang Gui, he was startled in his heart.I saw that most of the officers and soldiers galloping up to the top of the mountain didn't hold any swords or guns, but a strangely shaped short stick.The short stick is as thick as a child's arm, seems to be made of iron, black and quite heavy.The top of the short stick is divided into three short tubes, and a black hole is dug at the end of each short tube, like the muzzle of a bird gun, which looks very strange.

Qi Jiu thought to himself, officers, soldiers and horse troops have always used the ring-shoudao as their weapon, but I once heard from my father that most of the [-] battalions out of the three major battalions in the capital are Tartars who surrendered to Ming Dynasty. These guys are good at using wolves when they go into battle. Tooth sticks, but I have never heard of any officers and soldiers of the guard using this strangely shaped short stick as a weapon.Mr. Zhang went south to Dongliao County this time, and he must have brought his most trusted elite cavalry. With Mr. Zhang's shrewdness, how could he let the sergeant use such a weird weapon?

The more Qi Jiu thought about it, the more surprised he became. Seeing that the cavalry of officers and soldiers had arrived in front of everyone, he found that some of the officers and soldiers did not hold short sticks, but placed a huge cylinder on the horse.The cylinder seems to be hollowed out from a whole piece of wood, and then fastened with iron hoops. It looks somewhat similar to the iron cannon, but it is much smaller than the iron cannon.Qi Jiuyue looked more and more strange, thinking to himself that these officers and soldiers were carrying these strange things on the horse, how could they free their hands to swing their knives to fight the Japanese pirates?

When Qi Jiu was thinking, the cavalry of officers and soldiers had already filled the top of the mountain, and at a glance, there were no fewer than 500 people.Zhang Gui turned his horse's head, reined in his horse and stood in front of the cavalry of officers and soldiers, took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "Brothers, we have fought Tartars and robbers together, but we have never fought Japanese pirates. Come down from the mountain Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates want to kill us all, and then go straight to Tianjin Wei, sneak attack on the capital, and overthrow the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Japanese pirates will definitely kill our parents and bully our wives and children. If you don’t want the Japanese pirates to kill us The heads of our parents, robbing our wives and children as slaves, we have to fight to the death with the Japanese pirates! Zhang has said beforehand that as long as the Japanese pirates are killed in this battle, every brother will have a reward of 100 taels of silver. And after the battle, The gold and silver in the treasury in the county seat are soft, let the brothers take it by themselves!"

After hearing Zhang Gui's words, all the officers and soldiers had ferocious faces, wishing they could rush down Laoweng Mountain to kill the Japanese pirates immediately.It's just that although the officers and soldiers were ecstatic, no one dared to speak out.Seeing this situation, Li Qiufeng, Qi Jiu and others thought to themselves, Zhang Gui's army is extremely strict, and the battle is imminent. In order to prevent the Japanese pirates from noticing that there are officers and soldiers on the mountain, they must order no officers and soldiers to make noise.He promised the officers and soldiers not only to reward silver after the war, but also to rob Dongliao County. This tiger wolf lion has to fight the Japanese pirates desperately for money.Looking at the appearance of Zhang Gui and all the soldiers, I'm afraid they have done many such evil things in the past.If you want to plunder the people after defeating the enemy, is that any different from robbers and bandits?
Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng was about to speak out to persuade him, Xu Yingyang stood beside him, and hurriedly gave him a wink, motioning him not to speak.Li Qiufeng was stunned, thinking that Zhang Gui was going to send troops to plunder, Xu Yingyang, as the governor of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, if he just sat and watched Zhang Gui act recklessly, wouldn't he be guilty of the same crime as Zhang Gui?It's just that although Li Qiufeng was suspicious, seeing Xu Yingyang's serious expression, he didn't want to ask more questions, so he kept silent.

After Zhang Gui finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked to the edge of the mountain. Then he reined in his mount, sat on the horse's back, and stared at the battlefield down the mountain.At this time, the Japanese pirates dispatched seven phalanxes, a total of no less than 2 people, and surrounded the barbarian cavalry.Manzi was extremely tough, and relying on the strength of his horse, he charged and killed repeatedly between the two Japanese pirate phalanxes.But the Japanese pirates had already regained their vitality at this time, instead of fighting individually as before, they advanced together and retreated together, with swords and guns in hand, and worked together to fight against the barbarian horse army.The barbarian sergeants were riding on horseback, wanting to condescendingly kill the Japanese pirates, but the long knives in their hands were at a disadvantage compared to the Japanese pirates' spears, and they could not take advantage of the slightest advantage.He wanted to gallop his horse wildly, but was stopped by a Japanese sergeant wielding a long knife.At a glance, the barbarian Ma Jun still seems to have the upper hand, but Li Qiufeng, Qi Jiu, Jin Yulou and others have already seen that the barbarian is like a flying insect stuck in a spider web. Although he can still move slowly on the spider web, he can The space for flickering is getting smaller and smaller.The surrounding spiders keep shrinking their circles, wrapping more and more spider silk around the flying insects, making the flying insects gradually become stiff, and finally they can only become delicious food for the spiders.

Qi Jiu stood on the edge of the old man's mountain, watching the Japanese pirates surround the barbarian horse army with seven phalanxes. Zhang Gui looked down on the chief general of the Japanese pirates army, thinking that although he had set up a formation of hanging chariots, he was only gaining form but losing spirit.But seeing that although the Japanese pirates sent out a force to surround the barbarian horse army, the rest of the soldiers and horses still kept their formation unchanged.From this point of view, the leader of the Japanese pirates spent a lot of effort in training his soldiers and horses, so that tens of thousands of Japanese pirates would not be chaotic in case of danger, and they would not be surprised in every defeat.Right now the barbarian horse army is in a desperate situation. After the Japanese pirates kill all the barbarians, they will definitely attack Laowengshan on a large scale.There are only four to five hundred officers and soldiers under Zhang Gui, even if one is against ten, they are definitely not opponents of the Japanese pirates.

Thinking of this, Qi Jiu couldn't bear it any longer. Even though he knew that Zhang Gui hated him very much, he walked quickly to Zhang Gui, cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhang, if you don't recall the barbarian Ma Jun, they will have to be wiped out." No! Once the barbarians are defeated, we will definitely not be able to escape. I also hope that Mr. Zhang will not be complacent, and find a way to rescue the barbarian horse army from the encirclement, and then rely on the advantages of the old man's mountain to deal with the Japanese pirates."

Zhang Guiduan sat on the horse, ignoring Qi Jiu at all, staring directly at the foot of the mountain.Li Chengliang and the others glanced at Qi Jiu with disgust in their eyes.

Wang Xiaoyu saw that Qi Jiu was so despised by Zhang Gui's group, he couldn't bear it anymore, walked quickly to Qi Jiu, pointed to Zhang Gui with his left hand and said loudly: "Hey, Mr. Qi is talking to you, did you hear me?" ?!"

Qi Jiu didn't expect Wang Xiaoyu to accuse Zhang Gui, and was startled, fearing that Zhang Gui and Wang Xiaoyu would be in trouble, so he hurriedly protected Wang Xiaoyu behind him.It's just that Zhang Gui stared at the barbarian Ma Jun fighting with the Japanese pirates at the foot of the mountain, and ignored Wang Xiaoyu at all.Seeing this situation, Qi Jiu knew that it would be futile to say anything, so she shook her head and stepped aside to protect Wang Xiaoyu.

(End of this chapter)