Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 63 0060 [Smart General]

"Come and get the weapons!" Zhu Ming shouted.

The archers gathered one after another, and those who did not have decent weapons in their hands quickly received bamboo and pot lids.

Then, everyone looked at the thing in their hands and fell into a strange silence.

"Think these things are useless?"

Zhu Ming pulled the two pot-cover hands to the front and lined up, and let the two bamboo-holders stand behind him, and said to Chen Ziyi, "Chen Dutou, can you try their new weapons?"

Chen Ziyi didn't take it seriously at all, and said cheerfully, "Then I'll try."

Zhu Ming said to the four archers again: "The one holding the pot cover should protect the friendly troops behind him. The one holding the bamboo can just poke forward."

The two sides stood still, and Chen Ziyi held a spear and said carelessly, "Come on!"

The two pot-cover hands seemed timid, but the two bamboo-holders were confident, because the bamboo in their hands was long enough.

"kill!"

Two moso bamboos more than three meters long, with sharp forked branches at the front, stabbed at Chen Ziyi in a burst.

Chen Ziyi wanted to go forward to fight with his spear, but those bamboo branches were so annoying that they would smear his face if he didn't pay attention.And it's sharp, and it's just a few bloody grooves.Even the very front end of the bamboo is sharpened, and poking into the throat is likely to cause fatal injury.

He subconsciously stepped back, then turned sideways, trying to get close to the attack.

The two pot cover hands followed Chen Ziyi's movement and turned around. At this time, courage was born in their hearts, and they always protected the teammates behind them.

Chen Ziyi could only speed up to circle around. The bamboo was too long and without training, he was quickly circled and succeeded.

The body of the gun hit, and Chen Ziyi won.

Zhu Ming asked: "Chen Dutou, if you go to the battlefield, is there a place for you to go around like this? You can go around alone, and if you bring soldiers, can you still keep the formation?"

Chen Ziyi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy."

"There are elite soldiers, who quickly and neatly circle around," Zhu Ming walked to the archers. "I am here, and I will arrange four spearmen. Then here, let two people hold dung forks to push away the enemies and weapons. The pot The cover hand has also been changed to the sword and shield hand, is it still useful for you to go around?"

Chen Ziyi imagined that scene, and suddenly felt terrible.

Zhu Ming said: "This formation is called Yuanyang Formation, and it is suitable for narrow battlefields such as mountains, ravines, and paddy fields. If the battlefield is narrower, it can be divided into two, and one can be turned into two formations, which is called Liangyi Formation. Narrow, for example, on the ridge of a field, it can be divided into three, called Sancai formation. Of course, in a slightly open terrain, according to the situation, it can also be divided into Liangyi and Sancai formation, and the column can be transformed into a horizontal team to attack."

Although he still doesn't know exactly how it will change, Chen Ziyi is already convinced.

Although the young man surnamed Zhu in front of him was several years younger than himself, he could not only kill bandits with his own hands, but also arrange formations and drill troops, which was by no means comparable to ordinary heroes.

Grinding the gun before the battle, unhappy also light.

Zhu Ming said to the archers: "The one with the pot lid is in the front, the one with the bamboo is in the back, and the one with the simple knife, the spear, and the pole is in the middle to kill the enemy. Let's practice a few times."

They are about to act immediately, and there is not much time left for them to train.

Familiar with the basic play is good!

The most important thing in the mandarin duck formation is discipline, or in other words, all military formations are based on discipline.

Only with discipline can we truly cooperate.

Otherwise, no matter how good your drills are in normal times, if you just run away when you start a war, you will be blinded for nothing.

But a group of temporarily recruited villagers, what discipline do you talk to them about?
The equipment has not been fully prepared for the time being, and a few door panels have to be made to act as long cards to resist bows and arrows.

Get some dung forks to use as boring palladium.

After about three to ten minutes of training, Zhu Ming walked up to the county magistrate: "Xianzun, when are you leaving?"

Looking at the many archers, Xiang Zhixian has a new formation, and his confidence is doubled: "Let's go now!"

Zhu Ming suggested: "It's better to wait until after dark and the city gates are closed before going."

"It's dark and I can't see clearly, I'm afraid he will run away, just listen to me." Xiang Zhixian insisted on this.

Zhu Ming suggested: "It's better to lure the man surnamed Zhu into the county government office, and ambush him with swords and axes to arrest him."

Xiang magistrate shook his head and said: "Before I did something, I deliberately forced him to flee, lest he was prepared. If he invites you rashly, he might as well return if he doesn't come, for fear of scaring the snake away."

Zhu Ming was a little speechless, he had to use archers to solve things that could be solved by design, so he could only ask, "Where is the mansion surnamed Zhu?"

Xiang magistrate said: "It's near the county government office, not far from the school grounds."

Zhu Ming said: "It's better to make a big fanfare and pretend to go out of the city to practice, so as not to scare the surname Zhu away. You can go straight to the north gate of the city, and kill Zhu's family suddenly on the way. At the same time, the county's relatives go to the north gate and order the guards to close the gate to prevent If the surname Zhu escapes, the county lord can sit on the gate tower and plan a strategy."

"This plan is very good!"

The more Xiang Zhixian looked at Zhu Ming, the more pleasing he was. According to this plan, it would not only paralyze Zhu Zongdao, but also ensure the personal safety of the magistrate.

Moreover, it would save face to spread the word. Xiang Zhixian was not afraid of death, but was strategizing and directing the overall situation.

Zhu Ming asked again: "How many doors are there in the Zhu family's house?"

Xiang Zhixian said: "I don't know very well. I have been there several times, and I only enter through the main entrance."

The entourage of the magistrate said: "There are three gates, one main gate, one side gate, and one back gate. If you go north first, then go to Zhu's house, the closest to the back gate and the farthest to the main gate."

Zhu Ming instructed Zhang Guangdao and Chen Ziyi: "The three of us, each of us will block a door. The one who walks in the front must run to the main entrance at full speed. The one who walks in the back, blocks the back door. The one in the middle blocks the side door."

"I can save it!"

Zhang Guangdao and Chen Ziyi surrendered at the same time, and without knowing it, Zhu Ming seemed to be their leader.

As for the few attendants of Xiangzhi County, they followed the three capitals as guides.

“Dang Dang Dang Dang!!!”

The gong was beating loudly, and Bai Sheng was sent to clear the way, shouting at the top of his voice: "Idle people avoid, Xiang Zhixian personally leads the archers out of the city to practice! Idle people avoid, Xiang Zhi County personally leads the archers..."

Zhu Zongdao's subordinates have been secretly monitoring the school grounds.

At this moment, seeing that the archers were all heading north, they did not go to the Zhu family's mansion, so they did not go back to report, but followed quietly all the way.

"Nephew of success, you lead someone to lead the way!"

Xiangzhi County is really afraid of death, and he trusts Zhu Ming quite a lot, so he ordered Zhu Ming to lead the troops in front, and he took a bamboo car to keep up.

The habit of sitting in a sedan chair was developed in Xixiang County, and the sliding pole is more convenient for going up and down the mountain.

Scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty were not popular for sitting in sedan chairs. Wang Anshi, Cheng Yi and others advocated that sitting in sedan chairs was "replacing animals with humans".The emperor also supported this point of view, ordering senior ministers and senior ministers to travel in sedan chairs, and the rest of the officials should ride horses.

Follow the example, even businessmen follow suit.Those who have horses can ride their own horses, and those who don’t have horses can take taxis (horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts).

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the trend of sitting in sedan chairs gradually became popular, and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

With his sword in his arms, Zhu Ming immediately showed off his might, berating passers-by, "Get out of here quickly, don't get in the way, the county lord is going to train troops outside the city!"

The archers pretended to be tigers and yelled loudly, they still don't know the truth.

Along the way, chickens fly and dogs jump.

This situation paralyzed the spy even more.

Turning around a street, Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng back and told him, "You escort the magistrate to the north gate and protect his safety."

"Brother Zhu, don't worry, take care of me!" Bai Sheng replied excitedly.

The team continued to move forward, and the magistrate's entourage reminded in a low voice: "Go forward for a while, and when you turn left, you will separate, and the killing there will be the closest to Zhu's family."

Everyone walked very slowly, bluffing all the way.

After several minutes, Zhu Ming suddenly shouted: "Follow me to kill the thief!"

He ran out first, and the archer under him was stunned, and followed him in a daze.

Xiang Zhixian jumped off the pole and ran towards the city gate under the protection of Bai Sheng.

Xiang Bi shouted from a long distance away: "There are thieves, close the city gate quickly!"

The guards were frightened out of their wits, thinking that the bandits were outside the city, driving the people inside the gate, and hurriedly closed the gate and barred it.

Xiang Zhixian ran up the gate tower from the horse road, already panting with exhaustion, but still pretending to be forceful: "Hoo hoo... move... bring a high-ranking chair, I will sit on the tower, and... let's see you guys break the thieves." .”

But he said that the people Zhu Zongdao sent to monitor followed them all the way to the north.

The sudden change made this person turn pale with shock.He didn't dare to follow the archer, so he could only turn back and take a shortcut in an alley.

It wasn't much closer, and when he went back to report, Zhu Ming could already see the wall of Zhu's courtyard.

"Brother, the county magistrate has brought people this way!"

Zhu Zongdao stood up abruptly when he heard the words, and said with a ferocious expression, "Xiang Bi, you really want to attack me. Grandpa has long since wanted to do this bird officer. It's not as happy as being a robber! Brothers, let me kill you!" Go out of the city and find a place to occupy the mountains and become king!"

"Where my brother is going, I will go!" Everyone shouted.

The former rebels were all resettled after being recruited, and those who fled back to join Zhu Zongdao were all restless guys.

Counting Zhu Zongdao, there are 26 people in total.

The county Weisi also had a few fine weapons, all of which were picked up in advance, mainly hand knives and straight knives around the head, and two of them were holding spears in their hands.

Zhu Zongdao himself was fully armed.

He was wearing a pair of leather armor, with a fish head knife hanging from his waist, a large bow and quiver hanging on his back, and a spear in his hand.

Under the terrified eyes of the servants, more than 20 people moved quickly and swaggered out from the main entrance of the mansion.I don't want any money in the family, even my wife and children, because more money, real wives and children, have long been secretly sent to the countryside by Zhu Zongdao.

The cunning rabbit has three caves, he understands this truth.

"Brother, the horse is coming!" A subordinate led the horse and chased after him.

It was the same group of horses last year, Yang Jun kept one in the cottage, Zhu Ming picked up one in the waste tea mountain, and Zhu Zongdao also secretly withheld one.

The main door of Zhu's house was opened wide, and Zhu Zongdao led the horse out.

The group had just passed the stone steps in front of the door when they saw Zhu Ming leading troops to kill them.

At this time, if Zhu Zongdao wanted to escape, he could escape alone on horseback. Only the nearest north gate was closed, and the other gates were still open.

But what's the use of him running alone?

The old thief under him must also be taken away, otherwise he will be a poor commander from now on!

Zhu Zongdao looked at the archers holding the pot lids and bamboo, and sneered, "Farmers who haven't practiced for half a day dare to come up to seek death, so follow me to kill all the officers and soldiers!"

"Stop, line up!"

Zhu Ming shouted loudly, and the military orders depended entirely on his voice.

The archers, who were running fast, were in a mess when they stopped.

"Go and inform Zhang Dutou and Chen Dutou to stop blocking the door and bring troops to support them!"

While Zhu Ming dispatched his men to ask for help, he organized the team hand in hand.Those who took the pot lids were forcibly dragged to the front by him, and the rest of the archers were in a mess, and it was too late to correct them slowly.

Zhu Zongdao rode a few steps forward, reined in his horse suddenly, aimed at Zhu Ming and shot an arrow.

"Lift the pot!"

While Zhu Ming hissed and yelled, he dodged subconsciously.

I don't know if he hid well, or Zhu Zongdao shot crookedly, the arrow flew past Zhu Ming and hit a spearman next to him.

The spearman's front teeth were shot, his gums were torn apart, and blood was gurgling from his mouth.

The huge impact force made this person fall backwards, as if being shot in the throat by an arrow.

The surrounding archers panicked inexplicably, and the already chaotic formation instantly became even more chaotic.

"Come on!"

Before Zhu Zongdao could shoot the second arrow, Zhu Ming took the lead and rushed forward, and the archers under his command rushed up after seeing this.

During the running, the formation was completely messed up, no one cared about anyone, they just ran forward in a swarm.

(End of this chapter)