At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 420 The Soldier Without Fighting

Gao Bufan, Yuchi Jingde and his party galloped on horseback, hunger and thirsty for food and drink along the way, Xiao Xing overnight, wherever they went, what they heard the most was that there was another strongman, and where someone raised a flag against the Sui Dynasty. It seemed that the entire Sui Dynasty was full of wars and thieves everywhere, even Yuchi Jingde and others were secretly shocked. It was obvious that the desolate Sui Dynasty was no longer what they used to know.

Gao Bufan already knew this well. Although Yang Xuangan's mutiny was extinguished, its impact was far-reaching. It was different from the previous uprisings of Caotou kings. It marked the break of the ruling class of the Sui Dynasty. It can be seen from how many gentry families responded to Yang Xuangan.

The saying "Water can carry a boat can also overturn it" is true, but it is also true that "the one who wins the gentry wins the world". The power of the gentry is so powerful that it cannot be ignored. The gentry supported the family, and Yang Xuangan himself was a representative of the Guanlong gentry, and even he rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, which meant that the basic situation of the Great Sui Dynasty was shaken.

Yang Guang himself is obviously aware of this, that's why he is so sensitive to the phrase "the Li family should be the emperor", and at the same time he dare not attack all the nobles with the surname Li, because the Li family is also one of the common surnames of the Guanlong gentry .

Closer to home, although thieves and bandits were entrenched along the way, few of Gao Bufan's cavalry dared to provoke them. After all, although there were many mobs, they were just mobs. Not many dared to provoke a cavalry, um, except for Xu Shiji.

On the tenth day of the first winter month, Gao Bufan and his party passed by Funiu Mountain between Liyang County and Hua County, which was the place where Xu Shiji, Zhai Rang and others staged an ambush last time.

Because they were ambushed last time, Yuchi Jingde and the others were still in the shadows, and they did not dare to rush through Niujiaoao, but sent out scouts to check carefully to make sure there was no ambush before preparing to pass.

"Wait a minute!" Gao Bufan suddenly said loudly.

Yuchi Jingde immediately ordered his subordinates to stop advancing, and asked vigilantly, "General Gao Lang has discovered something?"

Gao Bufan smiled slightly and said, "Bring the general's Chasing Sun Bow."

A soldier immediately rode forward and used the four-stone strong bow given to Gao Bufan by Yue Wang Yang Tong.Gao Bufan took the bow in his hand, checked the distance with his eyes, nocked the arrow and opened the bow, and easily drew it to the full moon.

Yuchi Jingde smacked his tongue secretly, he is also a person born with supernatural power, he can also use Gao Bufan's four-stone strong bow, but he will definitely not be able to do so lightly like Gao Bufan.

Crash hum...

As soon as Gao Bufan loosened his bowstring, there was an explosion, everyone felt their eardrums shaken, and the sharp arrow pierced through the air with a shriek, heading straight for the tall and dense tree on the top of Funiu Mountain.

Funiu Mountain is not very high, probably only about 40 meters, but from where Gao Bufan is to the big tree on the top of the mountain, there are at least 400 meters, which is quite an exaggerated distance. The powerful arrows shot by the four stone bows It hit the big tree as quickly as lightning, and then there was a shrill scream, and then a leafy branch on the top of the tree fell slowly.

Seeing this, Yuchi Jingde's complexion changed slightly, and he blurted out: "There is an ambush on the mountain."

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "The thief on the tree is in charge of watching the wind, and the branch is their communication tool. If it is not bad, the big army of the thief is either hiding in a secret place on the mountain, or hiding in the mountain. Finally, otherwise our scouts would not have been able to detect it, and it is estimated that when we enter the range of Niujiaoao, the thief in the watch will bring down the branch and notify his accomplices to launch an attack."

Yuchi Jingde was admiring, but also a little curious, and asked, "How did Gao Lang find the thief in the tree from such a long distance."

"Just with these eyes!" Gao Bufan pointed to his eyes that were as clear as streams of water and as bright as stars, and said mysteriously.

All the government soldiers were even more admirable when they heard the words. In fact, it was not so mysterious. Although Gao Bufan's eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary people, he was not so perverted that he could spot the hidden enemy 400 meters away. It was purely the thief's bad luck. , the dagger in his mouth reflected light, which happened to be caught by Gao Bufan's sharp eyes.

At this time, Gao Bufan had already galloped forward, and shouted loudly: "Which friend is that on the mountain? You might as well show up and see."

Gao Bufan drank three times in a row, only heard the howling mountain wind, the surrounding fields were silent, no one paid attention to him, all the soldiers couldn't help but looked at each other, could it be that the boss made a mistake, the unlucky guy on the tree was actually a woodcutter, cutting firewood on the tree , but was shot dead by the boss as a thief?
Gao Bufan frowned, and said calmly, "Light the torch."

Although everyone didn't know why, they still lit more than a dozen torches for lighting at night.Gao Bufan took one and shouted loudly: "Since my friend doesn't want to show up, I will have to set fire to the mountain."

At this time, it is winter, everything is withered and yellow, and the vegetation on the mountain is thick. Once it is ignited, it will definitely be a situation of continuous fire.Sure enough, when Gao Bufan said to set fire to the mountain, the thieves on the mountain could not hide immediately. With a sound of drums, all the thieves hiding in the bunker on the mountainside came in at once, but there were vague figures and flags waving. It is estimated that there were thousands of ambush soldiers .

Yuchi Jingde couldn't help calling it a fluke, all the government soldiers broke out in a cold sweat, and admired the boss's insight even more.

"The one who got into his mother is another thief from Wagang Village." Yuchi Jingde spat hard, and all the soldiers in the government were also filled with righteous indignation, it was the enemy who met, and they were extremely jealous.

A hint of surprise flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, because the big flag on the mountain clearly had the two big characters "Wagang" written on it, and there was a military flag with the word "Zhai" next to it, and it was unknown whether it was Zhai Rang or his stupid big brother Zhai Hong.

"It turns out that Wagang Zhai is the head of the family, how dare he show up?" Gao Bufan shouted loudly.

As soon as the words were finished, a man holding a steel knife appeared under the banner of the word "Zhai", and said triumphantly, "It's your uncle Zhai Hong!"

Gao Bufan laughed and said, "So it's Master Hong, did you bring the 5000 taels ransom?"

Zhai Hong was stunned for a moment, then recognized Gao Bufan, and immediately yelled: "Yeah, bah, it turns out that you are a dog official, no wonder you look familiar, brothers, rush down with me and kill this bitch."

However, no one listened to him, they all looked at the military advisor Xu Shiji, the enemy did not enter the ambush circle, and they were all cavalry, rushing down at this time was no different from sending them to death.

Di Hong couldn't help blushing, and said angrily, "What are you doing in a daze? Let's go with Master Hong."

Gao Bufan laughed loudly and said, "Uncle Hong, your words don't seem to be very effective. It's better to ask Xu Shiji to come out. He's sure to be more effective than you."

Zhai Hong was shocked and angry, stared at Xu Shiji fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Officer dog, let your mother fart!"

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Before Zhai Hong finished his sentence, the four-stone bow in Gao Bufan's hand had already been fired. The former almost scared off a few hairs on his buttocks, and hurriedly threw himself on the ground. The power of the arrow has already shocked the enemy, so when Zhai Hong saw Gao Bufan draw the bow, he was frightened like a frightened bird, but he didn't know that Gao Bufan just drew the empty string.

All the government soldiers couldn't help laughing when they saw this, and Zhai Hong realized that he had been fooled. He got up from the ground, his face was as red as a pig's liver. ugly.

"Uncle Hong's trick of hungry dog ​​eating shit is good, but it's too cowardly. Go away, Xu Shiji is the only one in the whole Wagang who can be seen by the general, and the others are just people with vain names." Gao Bufan said loudly road.

Xu Shiji finally couldn't listen anymore. The last time Gao Bufan did it like that, he had already created a rift between himself and Zhai Dazhang. He got up and sneered, "It turns out that General Gao Lang is not only skilled in martial arts, but also has a mouth that kills people without blood. I, Xu Shiji, have no grudges or enmities with you. Why bother to hurt me?"

When Gao Bufan saw that the Lord was finally forced out, he said with a smile: "Brother Xu, what do you mean? What I said is the truth, the whole Wagang is full of mobs, and you, Xu Shiji, are still considered a talent." , if you are willing to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, I will definitely reuse you, which is much better than you being with a group of idiots on the mountain."

Di Hongfei was about to explode with anger, and shouted sharply: "Dog Guanan dares to insult us, brothers, I will kill you with Master Hong, let this dog officer see and see... Damn it!"

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Before Zhai Hong finished speaking, there was another sound of strings, which made him fall to the ground again in fright, but the strings were empty again. Now even the gangsters felt disgraced, and looked at Zhai Hong with dissatisfaction. .

Di Hong couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, and yelled at Xu Shiji: "Xu Shiji, if you don't order to kill that dog official, do you really want to betray the head and join that dog official?"

Xu Shiji frowned and said, "The other party didn't catch the trick, and they are all cavalry, even if they kill them now, they won't be able to catch up with them, so why bother to humiliate themselves?"

Di Hong also knew this was true, but when he became angry, he lost his mind a little, and roared: "Fart, there are so many of us, each of us will drown them with a mouthful of saliva, I think you are in collusion with that dog official, by the way, come on!" The dog officer had already caught you, but with the dog officer's martial arts skills, how could he let you escape, you must have secretly joined the dog officer and stayed in the cottage because you just wanted to sell the cottage to claim credit for the dog officer."

Xu Shiji couldn't help being a little angry when he heard Di Hong talking nonsense, and said coldly: "Nonsense, if I, Xu Shiji, were a spy, you Di Hong would have died a long time ago. Don't forget, I used myself as a hostage to save you. , you are not grateful, but still doubt me?"

Di Hong was at a loss for words at the time, and after a long time he snorted coldly, and stammered: "You...you are hypocritical, you must have hooked up with that dog official long ago, so you deliberately saved me and won everyone's trust, yes, that's right. so!"

Zhai Hong finally made a nonsense reason, and became confident!

No matter how good-tempered Xu Shiji was, he couldn't help trembling with anger at this moment, but he ignored Zhai Hong and said coldly, "Withdraw the troops!"

(End of this chapter)