Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 78 0074 [True and False Night Attack] (For the first order)
"Dutou, caught a bandit spy!"

"bring it here."

At night, Zhu Ming was awakened by the messenger, and Chen Ziyi also ran over when he heard the sound.

Not long after, the bandit came.

"Master, I was ordered to surrender." The bandit was a young man with rolling eyes, and seemed very smart.

Zhu Ming asked: "The front is blocked, how did you get here?"

The bandit replied: "The fourth brother Qian and the sixth brother Meng are in charge of guarding the cliff tonight. I belong to the fourth brother Qian. I was quietly let down while hanging on a rope."

Zhu Ming asked again: "How does Fourth Brother Qian plan to surrender?"

The bandit said: "In the middle of the night tonight, fourth brother Qian will lead people to kill the village master. He will set fire to the mountain as a pretext, and the military master can bring people to kill while there is chaos."

Zhu Ming didn't speak, but thought quietly.

Zhang Guangdao led people around to attack at night, either tonight or tomorrow night, and he would easily collide with the bandits, which would affect his judgment.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Ming finally said: "Go back and tell Fourth Brother Qian that if he makes a move, he will beat the gong on the top of the cliff in front. , I realized it was he who sent the signal."

"Four four three four, I wrote it down." The bandit nodded.

Zhu Ming waved his hand and said, "You go."

The bandit was taken away immediately, and Chen Ziyi asked, "Brother Zhu, do you really believe his lies?"

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, we don't take the opportunity to attack. If it's true, let the bandits fight among themselves. If it's false, it's just to avoid danger. Zhang Sange has already led the troops to attack, we just need to believe Brother Zhang, there is no need to take risks just because of a bandit's word."

"That's the way it should be. I'm afraid Brother Zhu will believe it." Chen Ziyi felt relieved.

Zhu Ming called the herald: "Tell the soldiers, step up your precautions tonight, and don't move around without my order!"

Yin time two quarters.

Suddenly there was a shout of killing on the mountain, fires lit up in many places, and gongs were also beating on the top of the cliff in front.

Zhu Ming just pretended nothing happened, lying on the mountain road, sleeping by the campfire.

The bandits tossed and tossed for a long time, and they were nervous, but found that the officers and soldiers did not move at all.

Yang Ying gritted her teeth and said, "These thieves are not fooled!"

Sidangjia was also quite speechless, he felt that this plan was brilliant, but who knew it would be useless.

Another day of stalemate.

On the third day of the battle, in the middle of the night.

With more than 30 people, Zhang Guangdao has gradually touched the back of the cottage.

Four people were cut off midway, all of them were injured from falls, and they were concentrated in a certain mountain depression.

The rest of the archers were extremely exhausted.

But none of them flinched, they gritted their teeth and followed Zhang Guangdao up the mountain.

Their idea was very simple. Ju Ming gave them enough food and salary, and treated them very well. It would be too dishonest to give up halfway.What's more, there is also military law. If you flee in battle, you must be beheaded. What if you are really beheaded?

Gracious and powerful, enough to support the three-day trek.

"Take out the tinder!" Zhang Guangdao said.

The archers took out bamboo tubes one after another, which were cheap fire pockets.

Vines, wormwood, reed flowers, etc. are smashed and dried in the sun, rolled up layer by layer, and the outermost layer is rolled with straw paper.After igniting, put back the bamboo tube and cover the lid, which has small holes for ventilation.

The yin fire can burn for one or two hours, as long as the cover is pulled off, it can be turned into an open fire with just a blow.

Zhang Guangdao took out a fire knife and tinder, and lit some dead branches and leaves.The rest of the archers came over one after another with tinders and lit them, then put on the lids and hung them on their waists.

Everyone continued to climb up, and Zhang Guangdao climbed to the front alone.

He had a rope in his hand, and when he encountered a steep place, he climbed up first by himself.After finding the trees and tying them up, the rope was thrown down, and the archers grabbed the rope and followed in batches.

Around dawn, Zhang Guangdao took the lead to climb to the top of the mountain.

One after another, the archers climbed up the rope, and then lay down on the ground panting.

Zhang Guangdao didn't give the order to attack immediately, but sat there and waited, and when the panting gradually subsided, he said in a low voice: "Light the torches, a team of five, and burn everything you see!"

The lid of the tinder was torn off, and when he opened his mouth and blew, the flame ignited, and more than 30 torches were quickly ignited.

There are also bandits standing guard here, but there has been no fighting for two days.Not to mention the sentry on the top of the mountain, even the tiger's mouth is a little slack.

Holding torches, Zhang Guangdao led his men and rushed more than 20 meters before the sentinels were finally awakened.

The first reaction was not to fight, nor to warn, but to run away, and then shouted all the way: "The officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming..."

"Call up! Kill!" Zhang Guangdao yelled.

"Kill!"

The archers shouted one after another, rushed aimlessly, and set fire to combustible objects when they saw them.

What a team of five, everything is in chaos at the moment, after all, the training time is too short, and they can't care about each other at night.

Fortunately, bandits are more chaotic than them.

First, they heard shouts of killing, and then many fires broke out. It is completely unknown how many officers and soldiers killed.

Those old thieves were still a little calm, and the young men recruited temporarily were already frightened, throwing away their weapons and running away crying.

Many young and old people are fleeing in one direction, where the old and the weak are placed. They want to run to find their families and protect their own safety.

……

Hearing the movement on the mountain, Zhu Ming suddenly woke up halfway up the mountain, and was sure that this time it was Zhang Guangdao who was attacking at night.

He drew his sword and shouted: "Zhang Dutou successfully attacked the camp, light the torch and stand by!"

Putting torches next to the bonfire, Zhu Ming listened carefully to the movement in front of him, and instead of attacking immediately, he ordered: "Beat the drums first, and shout to kill the thief!"

"Dong dong dong dong!"

"Kill!"

"Kill the thief!"

After beating drums and shouting, the officers and soldiers finally started to act when the mountain was on fire.

Chen Ziyi was still the pioneer, so he ignored the door panel, and replaced the sword and shield hand with a pot cover and hand knife.

The old thief stationed at the checkpoint, as well as the old thief in ambush above, are shouting in a panic at this moment: "Don't run away, don't run away, it's important to hold the killing tiger's mouth!"

Who is so obedient?

Before the officers and soldiers came to suppress, most of the elite old thieves were dead, and their subordinates were all young and strong farmers.At this moment, the village was full of flames, it was obvious that the officers and soldiers had really been killed, and the officers and soldiers below were also shouting, under the enemy's front and back, they only wanted to escape for their lives.

Shouting and shouting, several old thieves also ran away!
"Gather soldiers, gather soldiers!"

Yang Ying rushed out of the house with her pants in hand, and found that the cottage was in complete chaos.He ran around for a while with the spear, but only gathered more than a dozen bandits, and he still didn't know where the enemy had killed.

"Father, your horse!" The son led the horse.

It was the horse of Yang Jun, the former owner of the village. It was only half a month after Yang Ying got it, and he "borrowed" it from his nephew.

As far as his riding skills are concerned, even Zhu Ming is not as good as him, how dare he ride and charge at night?

Yang Ying roared angrily: "What do I want this beast for? Hurry up and gather your men!"

The father and son went forward hand in hand, and within a short distance, they ran into the fourth master head-on.

There are only a few bandits around the Sidang family.This guy actually still remembered the promise made by the officer and the army. With the mentality of desperately seeking to survive, he held the simple knife and shouted: "I have voted for the government, and I will kill Yang Ying with me. The government will reward you with a hundred guan!"

"Straight mother thief!" Yang Ying was furious.

This guy went down to Huobin with his hands, and ran, but there were only a few people around him.

Yang Ying's martial arts are not good at all, and the morale of the bandits following him is also low.On the other hand, on the side of the Sidang family, in order to receive a reward of [-] guan, everyone rushed over with all their lives.

The moment the two sides fought, Yang Ying's side quickly collapsed.

The Sidang family took a few bandits and began to surround and kill Yang Ying and his son.

Yang Ying took a knife and cried out in pain: "I will die, and you will not be able to please, no one who is an official can believe it!"

"I'll talk about it after I kill you," the fourth master scolded angrily.

"Father, help... ah!"

Yang Ying resisted indiscriminately, and suddenly heard her son scream.

He was burning with anger, and was about to go mad and fight for his life, when he was hit with a simple knife in the back.

Si Dangjia took the opportunity to pounce on Yang Ying's forehead with a knife.

Yang Ying's eyes were wide open, she couldn't rest in peace, she fell on her back.

The fourth family immediately squatted down and cut off the head, holding the head and saying: "I have killed Yang Ying, follow me to receive the reward!"

This person ran down the mountain and encountered several broken soldiers on the way.

Byford almost ran into the Sidangjia. He didn't know that Zhu Ming was the leader of the officers and soldiers. He thought that as long as he fled back to reunite with his family, he might be treated as a little transparent escape.

The fifth master was also planning to turn against the water, but unfortunately he was unlucky, and led his men around everywhere, but he couldn't find where Yang Ying was.

Zhu Ming and Chen Ziyi had already led their troops into the gate of the village, and heard someone shouting in front of them: "I killed Yang Ying, I come and surrender to the government!"

Zhu Ming sneered: "If you surrender early, you can still survive. At this time, it is also called surrender? The whole team will be killed together!"

The person who killed Yang Ying must not live.

If he is a bandit leader with a lot of land under his name, how can Zhu Ming grab the land and distribute it?

"Kill the thief!"

There is no way to form a mandarin duck formation in the dark, and it makes no difference whether you form a formation or not.

Seeing the officers and soldiers rushing towards them, Sidang's family immediately understood that Zhu Ming was dishonest, threw away Yang Ying's head, turned around and ran away.He planned to jump off the back mountain to escape for his life, and he could not care about his wife, children and property.

This guy fled for a while, and unexpectedly bumped into Zhang Guangdao.

Zhang Guangdao yelled: "You dog thief, pay back my elder brother Yao's life!"

The fourth master was frightened out of his wits: "Second brother Yao was not killed by me, brother Zhang let me live, and he will definitely repay me in the future."

"Go to hell!" Zhang Guangdao was furious.

The fourth master didn't dare to fight at all, threw the simple knife in his hand, and fled in another direction.

Zhang Guangdao narrowly avoided Pu Dao, chased after him with all his might, and pierced the fourth master's back with a dart.

Zhu Ming and Chen Ziyi each led a few teams of archers, ordering the soldiers to shout along the way: "Surrender, don't die, surrender, don't die!"

Wherever they passed, bandits put down their weapons one after another and lay down on the ground praying for their lives.

The five masters who had been wandering around, as well as several other leaders, all chose to surrender, with a little bit of luck in their hearts.

There were even bandits who killed the son of the former village owner Yang Jun, and came to ask for credit with their heads raised.

Although Zhang Guangdao hated Yang Jun to the core, he couldn't help it now, he kicked over and scolded angrily: "You birdman, you actually sell your master for glory, don't you have to be shameless!"

After Zhang Guangdao vented his anger, Zhu Ming stopped him: "Don't fight anymore. Brother Zhang, go and collect the property. Brother Chen, go and take care of the prisoners. Let's settle down here first."

Byford lay down among the captives, not daring to say a word, he had already recognized Zhu Ming.

The sky is getting brighter, and the chaos subsides.

Zhu Ming's real work has just begun. He must take complete control of this place within a day or two and become the new master of Heifengzhai.

There is no other way, but to...a big coin!

(End of this chapter)