The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Shen Yaozu hoarsely commanded the bandits at the pass to put out the fires that ignited from time to time, and at the same time, he also had to guard against the sudden surprise attack of the officers and soldiers on the front. It's not true, the officers and soldiers must be playing some bad tricks.

But the fire has to be saved. Although it is covered with snow, the weeds are as high as the knees. If it spreads, it will cause a catastrophe. Although the pines and cypresses are difficult to catch fire, once they catch fire, they cannot be extinguished by beating with the help of oil. There is no water for rescue here, so everyone can only beat the fire with branches. You said that if the big tree is burned into a torch, what can you do with it?

"You, go to the top and have a look, why don't these bastards come down for reinforcements, do you want to watch me die of exhaustion here?" Shen Yaozu yelled towards the young man beside him.

The young man hurriedly turned his buttocks and ran up the mountain. After running for a few steps, he suddenly shouted: "Boss, reinforcements are here. Isn't that Chang Da, Da Lao Wang and the others?"

Shen Yaozu turned his head to look, his heart was overjoyed, Chang Da and the elder king had come before him, Shen Yaozu looked at the wounds on their faces that were scratched by thorns and oozing blood, and said: "Why do you look like this? Did it roll down the hillside?"

Chang Da muttered and didn't dare to make a sound, Shen Yaozu didn't have time to ask, he waved his hands and said: "Chang Da on the left and Old Wang on the right, help put out the fire, I think the officers and soldiers' rockets are going to be used up, soon they won't be able to jump up .”

Chang Da and Da Lao Wang didn't move, they seemed to be hesitant to speak, Shen Yaozu shouted: "Go quickly, what are you dawdling for?"

"That... the first master, the second master..." Chang Da summoned up his courage.

"Don't mention this son of a bitch, I don't know where he is hiding now. After the matter here is over, I will open the incense hall and announce in public that he will be withdrawn as the second head of the family. I will put him in armor outside the cottage tonight." Shen Yaozu said viciously .

"It's not... the second-in-charge..."

"Why are you hesitating? If you fart, let it go, don't you see that the fire is imminent here?"

Chang Dayi gritted his teeth and said in one breath: "The second leader is rebellious, Diao Mazi is dead, the third checkpoint is lost, the locked officials have escaped, the first leader, we are finished!"

Shen Yaozu's arms that were waving and adjusting suddenly froze in the air, he tilted his head, approached Chang Da's face and said: "What are you talking about? This is not a time for joking, if you talk nonsense, don't blame me for disregarding brotherhood. "

Chang Dapu fell to his knees and said: "The master, it's all true. That dog thief Qiu Dabao released the bird envoy who came up from the mountain, and then somehow controlled the cottage, and recruited many of us, and then faked it." Pass your order, deceive us out of the checkpoint, and finally occupy all three of our checkpoints."

Shen Yaozu staggered, his face turned from red to white, from white to blue, suddenly a mouthful of old blood spurted out, making Chang Da and Da Lao Wang's heads and faces covered with paste.

"Master, take care of your health, don't be too sad, keep the green hills, and don't worry about running out of firewood." Chang Da hurriedly stepped forward to help Shen Yaozu who was about to fall.

Shen Yaozu took a few quick breaths, suppressed the turbulent blood pressure in his heart, pushed Chang Da away, and said quietly: "The whole team, take back the checkpoint, give up the pass, if you don't smash Qiu Dabao into thousands of pieces today, I am in vain."

Chang Da hurriedly said: "Master, Qiu Dabao has been shot to death by our random arrows. This level... I'm afraid we won't be able to overcome it. As you know, most of the drivers who were captured during the grain grabbing last time were in the first level. Digging rolling stones, we attacked twice just now, nearly a hundred brothers were killed by rolling stones, think twice."

Shen Yaozu understood completely, all of this was planned and premeditated, and now the retreat route was cut off, and the officers and soldiers might attack on a large scale in the next moment, this was originally a plan to make dumplings between the front and back, but unfortunately he was still in the dark, Being fooled by the little official and Qiu Dabao.

It is good that the stronghold is as strong as gold, but any strong fortress can be easily breached from the inside.Now the natural danger that he is proud of has become a giant pincer that strangles his throat, what a twist of fate.

After all, Shen Yaozu is a bandit leader who has experienced a lot of battles, he soon calmed down, he quickly analyzed the situation at the moment, weighed the pros and cons, and made a decision immediately.

"You're right. If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood. It's unwise to go back to attack the checkpoints. The only solution for now is to abandon the stronghold, rush out of the pass, and find another place to live and live. There are five hundred brothers, fortunately the officers and soldiers don’t know the situation on the mountain yet, so hurry up and assemble as a team, let’s fight out, there are many peaks in the deep mountains, and any place can become our new stronghold.”

Chang Da and Da Pharaoh lifted their spirits, and ordered people to beat the gong and start the whole team to prepare for the charge.

The flames on the hillside cast red light all over the mountainside, shining a pink light on the snow-covered canopy. Shen Yaozu knew that it was the traitors on the mountainside sending a signal to the downhill. Time is running out, and we can't wait any longer. Pass, and then follow these slowly assembled troops, I'm afraid they will be dragged to death.

Shen Yaozu shouted loudly: "Chang Da, Lao Wang, you two will lead 100 people each. Once the officers and soldiers catch up, you have to hold them back. The rest of you will follow me to fight out of the pass and out of this mountain. The sea and the sky."

Chang Da and Da Lao Wang's faces were ashen, knowing that Shen Yaozu had taken them as abandoned sons, but at this moment, he couldn't think about it, only by desperately rushing out of the pass, could he have a way out.

Shen Yaozu drew out his saber and pointed at the sky, shouting loudly: "Come on!"

The bandits followed him like ants and rushed out of the pass, and the bandits on both sides of the mountain ridges also jumped off the mountain ridges one after another, following a large group of bandits like a muddy current and rushing forward along the passage in the middle of the mountain ridge.

The gate of the pass has long been burnt down, and the outside is black like the mouth of a huge beast. No one knows what is there, but no one has time to think about it. Everyone regards this huge mouth as the road to heaven. It seems that outside the pass is the bright, warm and happy shore full of all the pleasures in the world.

However, the poisonous snake-like feather arrows from the other side with vicious screams completely awakened their dreams, and replaced them with a waking nightmare. Hundreds of feather arrows shot three rounds in a row, A large group of bandits rushing forward shot into sea urchins.

The bandits shouted loudly, and someone saw Shen Yaozu's tall body falling under the rain of arrows, and immediately shouted and retreated in panic; at the same time, the short and puffy figure of Panjiang at the pass led more than a thousand Yangzhou soldiers behind him. Panting like a wolf, he ran towards the pass.

"Kill me! Retreating is death, and the only way to survive is to rush forward." Shen Yaozu miraculously got up from the pile of dead people, swung his sword and cut off the part of the body exposed by a feathered arrow on the arrow, howling hoarsely shouted.

The ferocity of the bandits was aroused, and the resurrection of Shen Yaozu gave them the courage to fight. Hundreds of bandits rushed forward, and the two streams of people collided like two groups of galloping wild horses. The narrow area with a width of tens of steps on the interface becomes a meat grinder. Once you touch this range, no matter who you are, you will be chopped into pieces.

The two sides, who were so red-eyed, couldn't even tell the difference between the enemy and the enemy. After entering the melee, everyone became a machine commanding the machine to swing a sword and slash at the people who were still standing beside them.

Pan Jiang stomped in the crowd and cursed: "Idiot, is there such a war? The four-man formation that taught you bows, shields, guns and knives on weekdays doesn't even use it. Idiot, you are so stupid."

No one took his words seriously. In this situation, his words could only be ignored like the last cry of a dying person. People just swarmed and slashed at each other with their knives. Who would go at this time? Care about what battle formation.

The number of casualties on both sides rose explosively. During the half-stick incense time after the fight, 40 to [-] people were killed on each side. That is, the armor really flatters them. On average, every three people can get together a set of helmet armor and skirt armor. It can only be said that they seem to have more protection than the opponent, but these play a role in this kind of hand-to-hand combat. negligible.

Shen Yaozu climbed to one side of the mountain ridge, his eyes glowed with excitement, he kept yelling, hoarse voice desperately urged the bandits around him to charge forward, the scene in front of him almost made him vomit blood again with excitement, Like a bloodthirsty beast seeing its wounded prey, he even enjoys the pleasure of commanding his subordinates to fight head-on. This is just like what he has dreamed of countless times, turning himself into a mighty general , pointing at the long sword in his hand, the Erlang family fought bravely like a tide, and then returned triumphantly, being supported by thousands of people.

Shen Yaozu fell into an inextricable frenzy. Suddenly, someone poured a bucket of cold water on his head and chilled his heart; because he saw behind the mountain pass, a large group of dark figures running fast rushed towards the rear of the bandits.

Shen Yaozu, who has excellent eyesight, recognized at a glance the slightly thin figure in the front of the team. That person had delicate features and raised a shiny simple knife. That person was the enemy who destroyed his stronghold——Su Jin .