My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 416
Although I was lucky enough to win a battle, it was just taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Shu army. If I really want to fight openly, these people like myself are really no opponents. Now that the Shu army is sticking to the stronghold, we can't ignore it. , and led the troops to Mapan, relying on the mountain, set up a big camp, blocking the way for the Shu army to enter Sanquan.

Today, in these three springs, the two sides, real and fake, big and small, have fought more than a dozen battles in a row. The Hanzhong army has not lost the wind because of its large number of people.For so many days, both sides did everything they could to steal camps, rob food, poison, and set fires.Therefore, in a radius of several tens of miles, except for the sergeants in the county town and the barracks, there was not a single person outside the city who had fled long ago.Carefully prevent the infiltration of enemy troops.

However, this kind of confrontational patrol and ambush is set up for the official roads and mountain roads. In the big mountains and wild forests, a few people can walk around.Because this way of walking across mountains and forests can only be done by local mountain hunters who are familiar with geography.That's why the four of them, Huang Hai, took advantage of the loophole and entered the boundary of Sanquan.

The four stood on the top of the mountain, and Huang Hai pointed to a mountain peak in the southwest in the distance, and said to the three of them: "I will tell you three, my house was originally under that mountain. From which mountain do you turn? Less than three miles away, there is a mountain." Although the mountain peak is not high, it is very steep. My brother, who is not talented, built a small village on that mountain. It is said that there are nearly a hundred people in his village."

Wang Tong said with a smile: "Hehe, I can't see that Brother Huang is such an honest person, since there will be a bandit brother who opens up a mountain and stands up!"

Huang Hai was very embarrassed, and explained in a low voice: "Although my younger brother is not a talent, his village is very disciplined, and he does not plunder houses or people. The people in this village are all engaged in selling salt. Harassing the people."

Zhou Bao lined up Huang Hai's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Brother Huang, why bother to explain? Wang Tong is just joking with you. Brother Huang is such a loyal and upright person. Your clan brothers have been good at doing things since childhood. Although they are not in your eyes now, they are also It’s definitely not bad, to be able to gather a group of brothers and set up a village, he must be a respectable man.”

Huang Haidao: "Actually speaking about my younger brother, although he doesn't like giving birth, he has a chivalrous mind since he was a child. Those young children admire him very much. It's just that the elders in the clan don't like it."

Zhou Can said with a smile: "For such a person, this time, I must make a good friendship."

Huang Haidao: "The three of you and your younger brother are almost the same age, and they all like martial arts, so they must hit each other very well."

Wang Tong looked to the southwest and said, "Hehe, it looks like it's only about 20 miles away. If I want to see this brother, I'm afraid I'll have to walk for two or three hours."

Zhou Baodao: "That's not enough. If you take the official road and go smoothly, two hours should be about the same. If you go through mountains and forests, I'm afraid four hours is not enough. I think it's getting late too. The road in the mountains, It’s impossible to go at night. Let’s find a place sheltered from the wind, rest from the tip, sleep well, and we’ll be there tomorrow.”

The other three agreed together, and the four searched for it as they walked. When they reached the middle of the mountain, they found a cave. Although it was only about ten feet deep, it was quite dry inside. It's close and very convenient.Zhou Bao asked Huang Hai Wangtong to pick up some thatch and firewood.He brought Zhou Can himself, shot some pheasants and hares, went to the stream to wash them clean, and brought them back.Huang Hai had already burned the fire, and the four of them sat around the fire, putting wild animals on the fire and roasting them back and forth.Not long after, a scent wafted out. The four of them ate dry food and drank mountain springs all day, and their mouths were always tasteless. After smelling the smell of barbecue, they couldn't stand it for a long time.It was finally cooked through, and one piece was grabbed by one person earlier. Although it was terribly hot, he ate it with relish, and his mouth was full of oil. One pheasant foot was not eaten, but dry food was saved.

The four of them wiped their hands, sat and chatted for a while, and ranked the positions for the night shift. Huang Hai rushed to be on duty for the last night. How could Zhou Bao give way? He forced Huang Hai to watch the first shift, then Zhou Can, and finally Wang Tong. .The three couldn't compete with Zhou Bao, so they had to obey.The three of Zhou Bao paved thatch and fell asleep on the ground by themselves. Huang Hai got more energy and watched the fire to know the update.

Huang Hai listened to the snoring of Zhou Bao and others, sat by the fire, and smiled naturally. These little brothers are not only good at skills, but also enthusiastic about people. They force themselves to be worth this song, and I am afraid that they feel that their age Older than them, it's too hard to spend the night, right?It is really lucky that I escaped with my family and escaped to such a mountain villa, and met such a group of good brothers and neighbors.This time there is something wrong in the villa, no matter what I do, I will ask my brother to help the villa.

In the cottage of Yingkou Peak, Huangshan is worrying.

It is said to be a cottage, but in fact, dozens of houses have been built on the top of the mountain, and several layers of guard posts have been set up on the mountainside.Although Yingkou Peak is not high, it has steep cliffs on three sides and cannot be climbed at all. On the west side of the mountain, there is a ridge that can be climbed up from the bottom of the mountain. The widest point is no more than two feet, and the narrowest point is no more than two feet.

At the beginning, Huang Shan abandoned his family's farmland, wandered around the rivers and lakes with a few friends, and got into the business of smuggling salt.Every sale, although the profit is huge, is also extremely risky. In addition to the government's investigation, and other colleagues, also because of the relationship with the salt road, they often fight and fight.Speaking of which, there are no fewer than ten lives on Huangshan.

These brothers were originally people who liked to fight for strength and ruthlessness, but they were not necessarily bad in heart.Although at home, they are all unworthy children and grandchildren who are regarded as alien by the tribe, but everyone still has the desire to earn a fortune and show it to the tribe.Since the sale of private salt, there may be the danger of being reported and arrested by the government at any time. For safety and not to cause trouble for the tribe, the brothers simply established this cottage as the foundation.

In the past few years, the land of Sanquan, as the frontier of Hanzhong's defense against the King of Shu, has been built taller and taller, but the towns outside the city are on the contrary a land boundary that does not matter. After two years, the salt goods outside Sanquan City, In all likelihood, they were all trafficked by the village of Huangshan.It's just that the villagers in this village's market are also poor, so even if private salt is not worried about selling, how much profit can they have? Besides, the brothers in the village are all from the same village, so they can't do anything wrong. They are a group of bandits, but in the eyes of the mountain people, this cottage is just a businessman selling salt secretly behind the government's back, and has nothing to do with bandits who kill people and plunder goods.

Although the people in the cottage are not vicious to the villagers, they live a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife. At the beginning, in the middle of Sichuan, in order to compete for salt goods, they killed several times viciously. With the bravery of the brothers who were not afraid of death, they wiped out a few groups of small salt lords, and only then seized a salt road. After two years, they made a name for themselves, and many villagers' children came to join them, and the cottage became more and more popular. Prosperous, large and small, there are more than 100 people, and Lianxi County, Baocheng and other places have become the business sites of the cottage.Brothers, I was thinking about it at first, looking at the posture, if I work for a few more years, it will not be a problem to save a lot of gold and silver. At that time, the brothers will quit, return to their hometowns, marry wives and have children, and become rich. Glamorous and respected, how beautiful it would be that day.

The brothers drank and ate meat, and after celebrating the new year in a lively manner, they began to contact for the first business of the year.This family is also a regular customer, and it is also talking about a happy new year. Not only is the stock full, but the supply price is only [-]% of the usual price.After hearing the reply, several village owners were overjoyed, and decided to do their best to make a big fortune.Except for a few housekeepers, the rest of the people will go out to eat as much as they can.

Not to mention, this trip may be due to the large number of people, and there is no obstacle to go all the way.Huangshan poured all it had into two hundred shiyan, and returned immediately without delay.

This round-trip journey, where there are obstacles, where there are dangers, and how to bypass them, is well known by the heart.What's more, the county government may not be able to offend the hundred and ten people.Even so.Huangshan didn't dare to be careless, and still sent outpost guards for safety.

The Yan gang from Yingkou Peak walked nearly a hundred miles in the middle of Sichuan without incident.This leader of Qianwei is the fourth younger brother sworn by Huangshan, and he is the most cautious in his life. Seeing that he is about to leave the border of central Sichuan, he dare not be careless.

Look at the nearby mountain pass. There are cliffs on both sides. The only road leading to Hanzhong is the Guli road. The owner of the four villages was about to send people up to check it out when he suddenly shouted: "Who is it? Stop!"

When the Lord of the Four Villages looked up, more than 100 sergeants jumped out of the mountain pass, all in full armor, lined up in an array, and blocked the road.The owners of the four villages were shocked immediately, as long as they caught this illegal salt trade, they would be beheaded.The salt gang sells salt, as long as they are blocked by yamen guards, they can run if they can, and if they can’t run, they just have to go all out. Even if.The members of the Salt Gang also know this, and usually leave some salt goods, whether it is used by the guards for business or privately distributed, it can be regarded as a way to buy money.But when did this salt checker become the work of the regular army?

It must be bad luck for the Yingkoufeng cottage, these sergeants really didn't come for them.These people originally belonged to a squadron of Wang Zongdi's most trusted Chinese army.There must be a day for the army to go out, prepare food, grass, and tents.In order to block the news of the dispatch of troops, Wang Zongdi directly lined up his elite Chinese army, and blocked all roads and small roads, detaining people and things when seeing people, and not allowing one person to flow into Hanzhong.

The school lieutenant who led the Shu army had just led the troops to this mountain pass. Before they set up their tents, they spotted the vanguard of Yingkou Peak and immediately lined up to block the way.The Lord of the Four Villages is also a smart character. Although he doesn't know why officers and soldiers are blocking the way to check the salt this time, he knows in his heart that no matter what the other party's intentions are, as long as they block the salt goods, it will be a dead end.The owner of the four villages yelled, led the vanguard, turned around and ran away.While running, whistle again and again.

The lieutenant of the Shu Army saw that when he showed his face, these people ran away without even daring to answer, and they knew there was a big problem with a guess, so he waved his hand immediately, and let his deputy lead more than 50 people to chase him down.He took the brigade by himself and was still stationed at the mountain pass.

There was only about a mile between the Yan Gang brigade and Qianwei, and the four village masters were running and signaling.The team members heard the signal, Huang Shan and other brothers knew that they had encountered a government inspection, and they would inevitably fight today, and no one was afraid.It's not that I haven't experienced it before, just rush over. Huangshan pulled out twenty strong brothers, let a few village leaders lead them, and went straight forward to meet them. He led the brigade and followed.

Several members of the Fourth Village Master ran back and saw several Village Masters leading the elite of the village preparing to fight, they hurriedly shouted: "Second Brother, Third Brother, don't be reckless, the front is not servants, but the army."

The owner of the third village smiled and said: "Fourth brother, don't run away, whether he is a servant or an army, isn't that afraid of death? Just kill him."

The second village master was also cautious, and hurriedly asked, "How many people are blocking the way?"

The master of the four villages took a deep breath: "There are more than 100 people, not officials, but fully armored sergeants. Hurry up and talk to the elder brother."

The master of the second village nodded quickly, lined up a brother, ran back to find Huangshan, restrained his brothers, and prepared to fight the enemy

There was a sound of killing from the direction of the mountain pass, and a group of officers and soldiers, with bright armor and neat ranks, rushed towards this side.The leader of the pursuit team is also an old soldier. Just now, seeing these people running back, the captain asked him to lead the pursuit team.The boss knew it well, if there were only these few people, and his team was fully armored, if he wanted to catch a few empty-handed passers-by, he would definitely not be able to catch up.These guys were signaling while running, indicating that there was a brigade behind them, so they definitely wouldn't be walking empty-handed.Presumably he just wanted to run, but he couldn't go fast.If you go slowly, you can still make it in time, that is, the queue should not be chaotic, so as not to be taken advantage of by others.

Seeing the people on Yingkou Peak, holding knives and sticks, blocking the road, the person who ran just now was also among them. Said: "The mob!" and yelled: "Brothers, rush over, but if there is resistance, kill without mercy." Leading the queue, they rushed over.

The master of the second village saw that he had rushed over, spit, and shouted: "Where is the son of a turtle, dare to block my way of making money! Brothers, kill!"

Although the several village owners saw that the number of officers and soldiers had more than doubled, they were not afraid, swung their steel knives together, and took the lead in rushing over.The more than 20 people selected here are all veterans in the village who have always been brave and dare to fight and kill.The master who never frowned with a knife resting on his neck, watched the village master rush forward, who would be willing to lag behind?Everyone shouted loudly, wielding knives and guns, and rushed over.

If these people were to fight alone, the elite of Yingkou Peak would definitely be much better than sergeants.However, these sergeants, under the control of the leader, did not disrupt the team even in pursuit. Now they are facing the enemy, and the formation is even tighter.With short knives in the front row and long spears in the back row, plus the armor on your body, it's hard to say how protective it is, but it's better than the commoner clothes worn by everyone in Yingkou Peak.The village owner of Yingkou Peak is brave, but it's a pity that a hungry tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves.

As soon as they met each other, only two of them were beheaded, and the second village master was shot through.

(End of this chapter)