The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 302: Chasing and intercepting (Part )

Kang Dayong originally planned to wait for the officers and soldiers to enter the woods to search, and then suddenly launched a sneak attack. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers were very cautious and stopped and camped outside the woods. It seemed that they were going to wait for dawn before entering the woods to search. Kang Dayong secretly cried out that it was a pity, but he could only order Saburo Kato to take action in advance, because it would be very detrimental to his side during the day.

Let's say that after Saburo Nagato received the order, he immediately led dozens of Japanese pirates and quietly approached a hundred-man troop of officers and soldiers outside the woods. These Japanese pirates were short in stature, moved swiftly and wretchedly, and spread out a distance from each other. Soon they tiptoed to the edge of the woods, and quickly got into the grass on the periphery of the woods.

The officers and soldiers whom Saburo Kato and others wanted to attack were located on the southeast side outside the woods, thirty or forty meters away from the woods, with a large patch of grass half as tall as a man in between. At this time, some officers and soldiers were busy setting up tents, while others were responsible for holding torches to warn.

It is now the end of the Xu period, that is, around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, with a missing moon and a few sparse stars. The light is dim, the night breeze is blowing, the weeds are swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds, and various insects are chirping and croaking. It kept going, adding a bit of excitement to this summer night.

"Fortunately it is a hot day. If it had been a hot winter, we would have frozen to death. It's all those damn pirates' fault. I had to crawl into the nooks and crannies of the mountain at night. If I caught one of them, I would have to skin him." ." An elderly musketeer complained fiercely while wiping the barrel of his gun.

The knife shield hand next to him scratched the back of his itchy hand and said: "Although it is cold in winter, at least there are no mosquitoes. I hate mosquitoes the most. I would rather be cold than suffer this. By the way, I heard that it is the third master Huan." Our guards are ordered to focus on searching this area. To be honest, do you think it is really possible for the thief to escape here? "

A nearby spearman, who probably belonged to the same banner as the swordsman and shieldman, interjected: "Master Huan is quite capable. No, Chongsha was captured by him in a matter of seconds. Since he said The thief may have run in this direction, so there shouldn’t be anything wrong.”

The Musketeer licked his lips and said with envy: "Speaking of Mr. Huan, I wonder if you have heard that the brothers who participated in the landing at Chongming Sand that day each received ten taels of silver, and for every head captured, an additional two taels of silver were awarded. Silver, each prisoner was rewarded with three taels of silver. It is said that some people got more than a hundred taels, and Mr. Huan paid it off that night. The real money was distributed directly to everyone without deducting a penny. "

As soon as he said this, the surrounding soldiers looked envious, and the swordsman and shield hand swallowed his saliva and said: "It would be great if we really met the thieves head Kang Dayong and his gang. Hehe, this guy's head is worth five hundred taels." , as long as you kill him, you won’t have to worry about it for the rest of your life.”

The young soldier named Xiaohan replied: "There seemed to be a black shadow flashing past in the grass just now."

The musketeers, sword and shield bearers, and pikemen all immediately stood up vigilantly and followed the young soldier's direction. However, under the dim moonlight, countless weeds swayed gently with the night wind, making bursts of rustling sounds. Other than that there is nothing unusual.

As soon as the spearman finished speaking, a cold light suddenly flew from the grass and went straight to the back of his head.

However, at this time, more Japanese pirates jumped out of the grass. The musketeers were about to change their ammunition, but were cut off in the middle without paying attention, and died tragically.

Seeing that Kato Saburo and others succeeded in the sneak attack, Kang Dayong immediately led the remaining pirates and rushed out of the woods with a killing cry.

After hearing this, the spearman took a few steps forward, stretched out his spear and struck hard into the grass a few times, but found nothing, so he said: "If you didn't make a mistake, it was a passing little beast..."

This sudden sneak attack obviously stunned this hundred-man team of officers and soldiers. They were in chaos from the beginning, and completely collapsed and dispersed under the fierce impact of Kato Saburo and Kang Dayong.

Kang Dayong turned around and saw two fire dragons rushing towards this side. It was obvious that two other 100-man teams of officers and soldiers came to the rescue. Then he reluctantly stopped the pursuit and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow I'm going to kill him."

"Baga!" the Japanese pirate shouted, flying up and kicking the vine shield of the sword and shield hand.

Seeing the tragic deaths of his two comrades, the sword and shield wielder couldn't help but his eyes were split open. He roared and rushed forward with his shield raised.

"Xiaohan, what did you see?" the swordsman asked in confusion.

At this time, a young soldier who was holding a torch on guard suddenly pointed at the grass ahead and shouted: "What is that?"

boom……

Ah hey——!
Black shadows jumped out of the grass like wild wolves, and they all let out piercing screams, killing dozens of officers and soldiers who had no time to react.

When the young soldier named Xiaohan saw the spearman being killed, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The Japanese pirate who attacked and killed the spearman showed a ferocious smile when he saw this. He took a step forward and slashed the young soldier to the shoulder. Cut diagonally into two pieces.

"Enemy attack! Fight!" A shrill cry resounded through the night sky, and then a firework rose into the sky with a long tail, and two other nearby troops of hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed here quickly.

"Haha, what a pleasure!" Kang Dayong is always brave and bloodthirsty. During this period of time, he has been hiding in various places. He has long been holding back his anger. When he vents this anger, he is like a crazy beast, chasing the retreating officers and soldiers. A series of random killings.

Upon seeing this, Li Hongji raised his voice and said: "Master, don't be wary. The enemy's reinforcements are coming soon. It's not advisable to stay here for a long time."

"Old Zhou, Xiao-Xin!" the swordsman exclaimed in shock, but it was too late. The cold light passed by, and the spearman's head immediately flew into the air, and the smell of blood instantly bloomed in the night wind.

Although this Japanese pirate was short, he was still very strong. He actually kicked the man with the sword and shield over, and at the same time he jumped up to finish the attack. At this time, the musketeer finally pulled the trigger.

There was a gunshot, hitting the chest, and blood spattered. The Japanese pirate screamed and fell from the air. The sword and shield player took the opportunity to get up and slashed off half of the injured Japanese pirate's head.

A group of pirates followed Kang Dayong and ran away in the direction of Yancheng County. The officers and soldiers were obviously afraid of being killed, and the sky was dark. They were probably afraid of being ambushed, so they did not dare to pursue them. They only watched Kang Dayong helplessly. Dayong and his gang disappeared into the darkness, and it was not until the other two Centuries came to join them that they dared to follow the footsteps.

Let's talk about Kang Dayong's group, a total of about a hundred people, taking advantage of the pale moonlight to rush up the official road and flee towards Yancheng County. They did not dare to stop and rest until it was almost dawn.

At this time, a pirate who was familiar with the road set up a pergola and looked into the distance for a moment with the faint morning light. He said happily: "Master, not far ahead is the Baiju Salt Field. After the Baiju Salt Field, we will reach Yancheng County." "

Kang Dayi heard the words and said proudly: "Look what I said, if we had listened to that boy Li Ji, we would still be starving in the mountains and feeding mosquitoes."

Li Hongji obviously did not expect that the journey would be so smooth. He could only remain silent at the moment, but Li Hongyi couldn't help but argue for his cousin: "You can't say that. If we hadn't listened to the words of the second master, we would have gone inside." Hiding in the mountains and forests of Lu, we are afraid that we have been overtaken by the cavalry. We are not enough to fill the teeth of the cavalry!" Kang Dayi curled his lips and said: "Fart, if I hadn't listened to Li Ji, I’m afraid we’ve already returned to Huanglong Island and had a good time with women in our arms. Do we still deserve to suffer that crime?”

At this time, Li Hongji stood up suddenly with a cold expression.

Kang Dayi was stunned for a moment, then stood up and sneered provocatively: "Li Ji, you dare to hit me?"

Li Hongji ignored Kang Dayi and just looked uneasily back and forth. At this time, the thieves finally realized something was wrong. They all stood up and looked around, only to see birds flying in the direction they came from.

Li Hongji didn't say anything at this time. He picked up his cousin Li Hongyi and started running forward. Just as everyone was looking at each other, there seemed to be muffled thunder coming from the direction they came from, and the sound became clearer and louder, rumbling...

It's the cavalry! ! !
Only then did all the pirates react. They were all frightened and ran away with a coaxing sound. Brothers Kang Dayong and Kang Dayi were no exception.

However, how can two legs outrun four legs? Soon, the muffled thunder got closer and closer, louder and faster, and finally turned into thunder - boom! boom! boom!

The pirates subconsciously turned their heads to take a peek and were immediately frightened out of their wits. They saw a team of cavalrymen galloping towards them from behind like a sky full of thunderclouds. The iron hooves of the war horses were flying, shaking the earth and mountains. The momentum of the explosion that could explode the world was enough to scare even the fierce bandit Kang Dayong to death.

The cavalry chasing after them at this moment was naturally Tiehu and Xingwei. They said goodbye to Jia Huan yesterday afternoon and immediately rushed to the border area between Rugao County and northern Taizhou without stopping. They happened to encounter a cavalry in the middle of the night. Taizhou Guard's hundred-man team learned that more than a hundred thieves had fled towards Yancheng County, and immediately rushed in this direction regardless of fatigue.

"Brothers, chop up these bastards and avenge the villagers." Shitou Xingwei pulled out his waist knife and shouted with gritted teeth.

The cavalrymen looked at the pirates fleeing in embarrassment in front of them. They were all excited and gearing up, as if they had been given blood. Even the fatigue on their bodies was swept away. They drew out their sabers and clamped down on the horses' belly, showing a cruel smile: " kill!"

The cavalry was like an indestructible sharp blade, slicing through the ranks of the thieves. The sword passed by like cutting melons and vegetables, causing screams and screams, heads rolling, and blood flowing like rivers.

Brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongyi heard the screams of the thieves behind them crying for their fathers and mothers. They were both frightened and ran forward with all their strength. When they were feeling desperate, a small river suddenly appeared in front of them. They were only about ten years old. It's about meters wide, but there was a heavy rain yesterday and the river was a bit turbulent.

Brother Li Hongji was surprised and delighted. There was no end to the problem. No matter how deep the river was, they just jumped in and swam desperately to the other side.

Fortunately, the river was not too wide. After being pushed downstream for more than ten meters by the rapid water, the two finally succeeded in reaching the other bank. At this time, other pirates also ran to the river and followed the example of the Li Hongji brothers and jumped into the river to escape.

Kang Dayong was good at water. After jumping into the water, he quickly swam to the other side. However, his younger brother Kang Dayi was not good at water. Seeing that the cavalry was about to kill him, he cried anxiously: "Second brother, save me!"

"Trash!" Kang Dayong cursed, and finally returned and took his younger brother with him.

At this time, Tiehu and Xingwei had led their cavalry to the river. The slow-running pirates were killed in an instant, and the remaining ones all jumped into the river regardless of their status.

Bang bang bang... whoosh whoosh whoosh
The cavalry reined up their horses by the river, picked up their matchlocks and bows, and fired at the pirates in the river. In an instant, the river was dyed red with blood, and the corpses of the thieves were washed downstream.

"Hey, that guy can't be Kang Dayong, right?" Xing Wei suddenly saw a strong thief swimming to the other side, not only carrying one person on his back, but also holding a heavy machete in one hand. You know, ordinary people can He didn't have this ability, so he quickly took aim at the thief with his bow and arrow.

However, before Xing Wei could fire his arrow, there was a sound of a string from the other side, and a cold star broke through the sky. Xing Wei's heart trembled, and he turned sideways subconsciously. The next second he felt a sharp pain on his shoulder, and his whole body was lifted off the saddle by the huge force, and he fell heavily off the horse.

"Stone!" Tiehu yelled, his eyes were cracked, and he was about to jump off his horse to check, but he heard Shitou groan, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Brother Tiger, be careful, there is a sharpshooter on the other side!"

As soon as Tiehu heard Xingwei's voice, he knew that his life was in danger. He immediately felt relieved and looked towards the other side with eyes like lightning.

At this time, hundreds of people rushed out from the opposite side, wearing various clothes and weapons. They were obviously a group of pirates.

Yes, this group of pirates are brothers Zhu Jinaxe and Zhu Jinyue. It seems that they are brave enough to meet them at this critical moment.

"Master, don't panic, we are here to rescue you!" The Zhu brothers each ran to Kang Dayong holding a bow.

Kang Dayong was extremely surprised and asked hurriedly: "Nine heads and ten heads, where are you from? Do you have a boat to go to sea?"

"There is a boat, come with us quickly!" The Zhu brothers turned around and left.

The pirates quickly followed, but after only walking a few miles, there was the sound of rapid horse hooves behind them. It turned out that Tie Hu had already led his cavalry across the river to pursue them.

At this moment, Tiehu's face was stern, his eyes were red, and he was obviously completely angry because of the stone being shot.

Seeing the smoke and dust billowing behind them and the pursuers getting closer and closer, the Zhu brothers had no choice but to give up temporarily and flee to the seaside, retreating towards a woodland.

As soon as the pirates retreated into the forest, Tie Hu led his cavalry to kill them at lightning speed. However, Tie Hu was not carried away by his anger. Seeing the thieves fleeing into the woods, he did not rush in recklessly. While sending scouts to survey the terrain, Tie Hu Send someone to notify nearby infantry teams to come and cooperate with the encirclement and suppression.

The thieves were trapped in the woods and were extremely anxious when they suddenly discovered a narrow path leading to the north behind the woods, so they fled along the path.

(End of this chapter)