The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

As soon as Zeng Laojiu died, the bandits in the passage scattered like birds and beasts, and there was no way to escape from above, because there were plain knives that Qiu Dabao and others dropped one after another. For the fourth class, the only way out is below.

Dozens of bandits cried and squeezed down the passage, but the bandits below climbed up under the intimidation of Chang Da and others, and suddenly huddled together, arching high like a stone arch bridge. He got up and took advantage of the height of the terrain to climb onto the head of the bandit below and slide down, but it happened to be a shield for the bandit below. His back and thighs were full of feather arrows shot by Chen Laosi's men, and he couldn't die for a while. Howling in pain.

Chang Da still didn't know that Zeng Laojiu was dead, so he kept yelling at the bottom: "Zeng Laojiu, why the hell did you shoot arrows, look what your subordinates have done? Don't go down, everyone Charge me up!" The latter sentence was naturally addressed to the retreating bandits.

"Chang Boss, Zeng Lao Jiu is dead, and Chen Lao Si is also rebellious, so he can't go up." A bandit shouted in panic.

"What?" Chang Da squinted his eyes and looked up, and saw a dazzling knife on the checkpoint, followed by Gululu's corpse rolling down, and the arrows on the fortifications on both sides were obviously aimed at his subordinates. When he came, he was horrified.

The big old king came over and said: "Brother Chang, this is not the way to go. This checkpoint cannot be rushed up by force. It is better to go and meet the big boss first, and let him decide."

Chang Dahong said with eyes wide open: "Isn't the one who went to see the big boss looking for death now? The big boss chopped you and me with one knife, and he has to go down the checkpoint no matter what. There are only a few dozen people on it. How many bows and arrows can we have? We have a few hundred People, the pile must be piled up."

The old man was speechless, he got cheated by Qiu Dabao and lost the checkpoint, and now he was suppressed under the checkpoint, he told Shen Yaozu that Shen Yaozu really couldn't spare them, but how can he overcome the current situation?

"Bows and arrows, we also have bows and arrows, if you shoot them up, I don't believe you can't go up." Chang Da shouted.

One word awakened the dreamer, and half of the bandits were carrying bows and arrows. Hearing the words, they untied their bows and arrows and shot upwards. The group of people fighting in the middle were unlucky. Generally, a large piece fell down, Qiu Dabao was having fun with himself, when suddenly there was a stabbing pain in his chest, arms, head and face, he was frightened and realized that he had become a big hedgehog, fell on his back with a thump, for some unknown reason That's it.

The bandits' morale was boosted, and they shouted: "The traitor Qiu Dabao is dead, go!"

Chang Daxi said: "It's done, the dragons have no leader, and the checkpoint is ours."

The situation took a turn for the worse. Once Qiu Dabao died, the bandits above suddenly lost their minds. The bandits below used the cover of arrows to climb up screaming. Chen Lao Si and Xiao Liu could not suppress the situation at all. Ma Han and these bandits Not familiar at all, let alone talk about it.

The bandits frightenedly froze for a moment, then shouted suddenly and fled upwards. Ma Han couldn't stop the defeat even after cutting down a few fleeing ones, and stomped his feet angrily and cursed; passageway.

Chen Laosi let out a long sigh, knowing that today would be impossible, he looked at Qiu Dabao's body, and cursed angrily: "What the hell are you acting like a hero, what are you doing rushing to the front in a war? You deserve it when you die, Even the old men will be finished with it."

People on the checkpoint were in a state of panic, only Chen Laosi, Ma Han, and the little six were still fighting desperately, and the remaining dozens of people had already escaped from the passage and fled around the checkpoint.

But what is strange is that this group of people had just run out for twenty or thirty steps, but retreated one after another as if they had seen a ghost. A large group of people rushed into the light from the shadows, and Ma Han caught a glimpse of Su Jin's funny appearance in a ragged cotton jacket , Tears are coming down.

"My lord, you guys are here, almost."

Ma Han held Su Jin in his arms, tears and snot all over Su Jin's body; Su Jin was so disgusted that he was dying, twisting his buttocks and trying not to break free from the pair of iron clamp arms, he could only shout: "Dynasty, block the passage immediately!" Damn it, why are you so fucking stupid if you don't throw down so many rocks and logs?"

Only then did Chen Laosi remember the rocks and logs piled up on the checkpoint fortifications, scolded himself for being stupid, and hurriedly shouted at the people to cut off the ropes binding the rolling rocks and logs, and the rolling stones and logs immediately rolled down, This is a fatal blow, rolling stones and corpses fly together on the mountain road, blood and brains together, Chang Da and Da Lao Wang, who were smiling for the upcoming victory, opened their mouths almost out of joint in an instant.

After a round of rolling wood and rocks, there were basically no people standing on the mountain path, and they all turned into rolling gourds, and it was hard to tell which was a rock and which was a human body.

Chang Da and Pharaoh hurriedly jumped into the dense forest on the right, and only then escaped from being crushed by the human stone and wooden bullets. The people who were still in shock got up and looked at each other's ghost-like pale face, which was covered with blood. The wounds pierced by forest trees and thorns, but I can't take care of them.

Looking at the checkpoint again, a small group of bandits who rushed up were quickly eliminated, and even the refusal horses were moved to block the checkpoint. This time, it was impossible to rush up; More than 100 people were killed and injured, and there are nearly 200 people left, so I finally settled down a little bit.

"Brother Chang, what should we do?" The old man was about to cry.

"Go to the foot of the mountain to meet the head of the family. We can't get along here. If the head of the house wants to kill or cut him, let him go. It's better than being smashed to death here."

The two mourned and led the people to go around the mountain pass and head towards the fiery pass at the bottom of the mountain.

Su Jin let out a long breath, if he stood at this checkpoint, he was most likely to succeed. Right now, he just needs to defend the checkpoint firmly, and he can break it by cooperating from inside to outside.

Su Jin broke off Ma Han's eagle claws, and shouted: "Set up a fire, light a big fire and send a signal, make it bigger and more prosperous." The human-shaped corpse reached out and fumbled in his pocket, Except for some money and miscellaneous items, I didn't get that gold medal.

Su Jin panicked, and carefully groped the body of the corpse again, but still found nothing.

The bandits around looked sideways and thought, "This official is really friendly. He has such a good friendship with our second leader. He even helped tidy up the clothes when he died. He is a kind person, but he just stretched out his hand in his crotch." I don't know what kind of custom it is to grope around. Is this a way of showing respect for the dead?

Everyone hurriedly piled up miscellaneous trees like a hill, lit a raging fire, and the flames shot straight into the night sky, illuminating half of the mountain beams in crimson.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Zhong, who was standing outside the camp to supervise the battle, was anxiously waiting for the signal from the mountain. Seeing that the dozen or so cars of various colors that Zhao Fang and his two had brought in from Shouzhou City were almost used up, there was no movement on the mountainside. He rubbed his hands in a hurry, and it was time for a cup of tea, and the fat in the melted cauldron would almost bottom out.

A yamen servant next to him suddenly shouted: "Fire, fire, the mountain is on fire."

Li Chong hurriedly looked in the direction of his fingers. On the mountainside behind the pass, a pile of fires was burning more and more. It was obviously a man-made fire. He was overjoyed and said loudly: "Quickly call Commander Pan and Everyone head over here."

Pan Jiang and the others all saw the fire on the mountainside, and they rushed over with joyful faces. Li Zhongsheng said in a loud voice, "Generals, it's time for us to get serious."

Pan Jiang said with a smile: "Finally I can show my strengths. I didn't say anything. I led a thousand infantry to go up first. Zhao Fang's two men from the bodyguard division Ma Kuai blocked the pass. They either ran up the mountain or went to the pass. What protrudes is yours, and what is inside is ours."

When Zhao and Fang heard this, they were in the middle of their hearts. If they were told to charge into the pass on horseback, then they would not do it.

Li Chong said with a smile: "There are also a hundred warriors under my command, let's rush up together."

Pan Jiang laughed and said: "No need, I have a thousand warriors in the Yangzhou Xiang Army, but I can't fight a few hundred bandits face to face. From now on, I'll be an ass. Li County magistrate just order your men to bury the pot and cook the best Pork and mutton are stewed in dozens of pots, waiting to welcome the envoy and me in triumph."

Li Chong cupped his hands and said: "Dare not to obey orders, in military affairs you are the only ones to follow. Generals, I wish you a successful and safe return."

Pan Jiang and the others bowed their heads and returned the salute, turned the horse's head and roared away.