Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 91 You, you, you...are not a hero!
The sky gradually darkened. Qingzhou has many mountains and rivers, so the bandits here come in droves.

The mountainous environment also has its advantages for Su Wu, that is, it is easy to hide. With Yang Zhi by his side, he is familiar with the terrain. He can hide in a valley and wait for the enemy to come, and rest more.

He knew that in order to earn Qin Ming's money, Song Jiang would send people to pretend to be Qin Ming and the government troops to go to a village outside the city to burn, kill, loot, massacre civilians, and set fire to houses.

The place where Su Wu hid is the only way from Qingfeng Mountain to Qingzhou.

Li Yunlong led a dozen people to lie on various high grounds, watching the main road, and also looking at several small roads, just waiting for the thieves to come.

Su Wu sat on the ground in the valley to rest. He was really tired after running back and forth for a while. Everyone else was also resting, eating something and drinking some water.

Yang Zhilin followed closely.

Yang Zhi asked: "How did the chief eunuch know that the thieves would come tonight?"

Su Wu smiled and replied: "I... guessed."

"Guess?" Yang Zhi was even more puzzled, and Lin Chong was also confused.

Su Wu said, "Now, who in Shandong and Hebei has ever fought a war? Who knows how to fight? The bandits were able to defeat Qin Ming this time, which means they really have some ability to command troops. In other words, there are some bandits who really know how to fight. To fight a war, one must use both conventional tactics and unconventional tactics. In the end, they use those tactics, both openly and covertly. Therefore, I guess the possibility of a night attack by the enemy is quite high..."

Su Wu tried his best to speak reasonably, and it made sense. Night attacks happen in every war. It just depends on the scale. A small one is a nuisance, and a big one is an attack on the camp.

Lin Chong seemed to have thought a lot, and sighed: "What the supervisor said is true. There are not many people in Shandong and Hebei, and even in Bianjing, who have really fought in wars. In recent years, in the Song Dynasty, only the Western Army has fought many battles. In the past, I thought I was a good general, but this time I came here to fight a real battle, and compared with Commander Lu, I am far behind."

Yang Zhi also nodded: "Yes, I have gained a lot and learned a lot from this trip."

Su Wu nodded with satisfaction. This time, not only he was learning, but everyone was learning as well. Only with this experience did he truly understand what marching and fighting were all about.

Although the fight hasn't really started yet, we've already gained a lot.

For a long time, many people have believed that fighting a war only requires bravery and wisdom.

In fact, this is not the case. Fighting a war is more of a management science, which is more similar to managing a school or a company. Only by managing everything well can there be room for wisdom and bravery.

If management is not done well, everything else is just empty talk.

How did Song Jiang learn how to fight? Actually, he learned it slowly from actual practice. He first fought here, at Qingfeng Mountain, then went to Gaotang Prefecture, Zhujiazhuang, Sanshan to fight Qingzhou, Zengtou City, and Damingfu, and so on...

On the other hand, Song Jiang was also lucky that when he first went into battle, he met a reckless man like Qin Ming, who allowed him to win with just a few tricks.

If Song Jiang was placed in the northwest, no matter how talented he was, he would not be able to grow up. He would definitely be killed as soon as he went on the battlefield, and there would be no room for him to evolve slowly.

It’s all about time and fate.

Now, it depends on who evolves faster.

At this time, Li Yunlong came running back in front of him with a nervous look on his face, and said breathlessly: "General, here they come, there really are thieves coming."

Seeing Li Yunlong's nervous look, Su Wu didn't blame him. As a boy from a good family, no matter how hard he practiced in the past, how could he not be like this when he went into battle for the first time?
"Let's go! Let's take a look first..." Su Wu stood up from the ground, without stopping his horse, and just galloped towards the ridge in front of him.

The ridge was not high, and Su Wu climbed very quickly. He soon saw a group of people walking in the distance on the official road, and they were slowly approaching.

Although it was night and he couldn't see clearly, seeing the outlines of the figures, the Fan Yang hat, the long spear, and the waist knife, Lin Chong had a question: "Captain, they look like government troops..."

Su Wu nodded and said, "That's right, the government troops. There is no government troops coming to Qingzhou from there at night."

"Is it a thief in disguise?" Lin Chong asked again.

Su Wu nodded. In fact, Song Jiang was really talented. Even Wu Yong was the same. If they were not talented, they would not be able to come up with these strategies.

After watching for a while, Lin Chong immediately said, "They are really bandits in disguise. There are only about fifty people in front, dressed like government soldiers, and there are two or three hundred people following not far behind. They must be bandits."

After seeing enough, Su Wu immediately went down the ridge.

After returning to the mountain valley, Su Wu mounted his horse, looked around at the three or four hundred riders, and said, "Brothers, this is your first time on the battlefield, so don't think too much. Just follow me. Wherever I go, you should follow me. When you encounter an enemy, just stab them with your spears. Whether you can stab them or not, don't worry too much. Just ride your horse and follow me!"

Su Wu was down-to-earth again. He didn't ask for anything, just asked everyone to follow him. He didn't ask how to kill people. It was dark at night anyway, so he just stabbed them.

Even Su Wu knew that the vast majority of people present had already turned pale and extremely nervous, some even had trembling legs and some were sweating profusely.

Maybe there are some people who can't even control their urine.

Su Wu didn't care. He would not laugh at or despise anyone's cowardice.

There is no one who is not cowardly. Courage is the victory over cowardice.

As long as these people did not turn around and run away, but were able to mount their horses and sit still, and still follow Su Wu, these people already had the courage.

"Let's go and kill the bandits!" Su Wu waved his hand, turned around and hit the horse, and the horse galloped straight out of the valley.

One could hear a rumbling sound in the air.

On the road outside the valley, the group of people stopped and looked around in confusion.

I had never heard such a sound before, the sound of hundreds of horses galloping.

Even the two leaders, Yan Shun and Wang Ying, looked around in confusion.

When several or dozens of horses run, the sound of "clattering" can be clearly heard.

When hundreds of horses galloped, even the ground was shaking, and there was only a rumbling sound...

Wang Ying was asking, "What's going on?"

Yan Shun also answered: "Could it be that the earth dragon is turning over?"

Yan Shun had some knowledge. When the earth dragon turned over, it was an earthquake. This rumbling sound was somewhat similar to that of the small earthquake.

Just as they looked over the other side of the valley, the sound suddenly became clearer. Everyone turned around to look and saw dark shadows, which turned out to be people riding horses at full speed.

Wang Ying subconsciously shouted, "Who is coming?"

Someone actually answered: "It's Su Wu from Dongping Prefecture!"

Yan Shun's brain exploded instantly, and he said, "Go, go!"

Yan Shun did have a horse, and he was pulling the horse and turning around.

Wang Ying actually wanted to go forward to meet them at this moment. Just as he was about to ride his horse, he hesitated for a moment and saw that the black shadows running out of the valley were no longer just one person.

But in clusters.

The rumbling sound was extremely clear, like an overwhelming tidal wave.

Wang Ying was still thinking about going forward to meet him, so he immediately reined in his horse and turned around.

"Kill!" Su Wu was the first to shout.

Shouting is actually very useful. Once you shout, your emotions will arise and adrenaline will flow, and human cowardice will be easily overcome.

When Su Wu shouted, Yang Zhi and Lin Chong followed suit, and Li Cheng and Li Yunlong also shouted. In an instant, three or four hundred cavalrymen all shouted loudly.

Perhaps, at this moment, these people are not qualified cavalry, and are even far from it.

But in the future, they may become the most elite cavalry.

The overwhelming cavalry shouted and screamed to the sky.

There were also countless people with pale faces of fear and the cowardice of running away.

Su Wu took the lead, his figure visible under the moonlight, he caught up with a man, raised his spear and stabbed him, he had no idea how many times he had practiced, at this moment, his accuracy was incredible.

He stabbed him through and through, but there was no blood. He just released the force, drew his gun, and chased the second one.

There was not even time to look back to see whether the person was alive or dead.

Li Cheng also followed suit, rushing into the crowd of legs with all four hooves, just stabbing at the figure, and even stabbing with both hands.

Li Yunlong's mind had gone blank for a long time. He only looked at the person in front of him, who was getting closer and closer. He hurriedly poked him, poking randomly, but he felt no force at all.

Li Yunlong couldn't help but feel anxious, and he just regretted that he couldn't stab it.

Another one came and stabbed randomly, but the horse passed by in an instant and missed again.

Li Yunlong became even more anxious. He thought about what he had been taught in the army these days, and quickly put the spear under his armpit again, and tried again!
Puff, it’s stabbed!

It’s on, it’s on!

Where's the gun?

Where is the spear in your hand?

Li Yunlong looked down at his empty hands, and quickly drew the long knife from his waist. He looked at the man not far away, who was getting closer and closer. Li Yunlong even subconsciously leaned sideways, swung the knife to reach him, and chopped him hard.

The horse passed by again. Li Yunlong turned back to see the man howling and running away. He didn't know where the blow hit him, maybe his shoulder...

Then I heard the general in front of me shouting, "Where are the bandits escaping?"

Looking up, the general was going to chase the thief who hit the horse. There was no doubt that the thief who hit the horse must be a big thief. Hurry up and catch up. He even pinched the horse's belly and even hit the horse's back with the blade of the knife!
Hurry up!
Follow the General!

I could hear the general in front of me shouting, "Commander Yang Tian, ​​go diagonally over there and catch up with those on horseback. Don't let any of them escape."

In front of him was Commander Yang Tian, ​​whose face was covered with horrific scars. He was extremely skilled in horsemanship. He pulled the horse to turn, leaned his body sideways, and left the team in one go.

Another one comes and another one comes, getting closer and closer, cut it quickly!

It was cut empty again.

Li Yunlong was very annoyed. Why couldn't he chop it down?

The more anxious I became, the more sweat fell from my forehead!

No one knew how humiliated he was just now. He couldn't help it and said he wanted to start a war and kill people. He was shaking all over and couldn't help but urinate into his trouser legs...

Fortunately, it was dark at night and no one saw it.

Even at this moment, he was still shaking all over and couldn't help trembling.

Li Yunlong hated himself for not being able to stop trembling. So, he couldn't stab or chop, and even lost his spear...

The general values ​​me so much, why am I so useless?
Li Yunlong was so anxious that he was about to cry!

Then I heard the general in front of me shouting, "Scatter, scatter and chase!"

It was because the bandits had already lost their will to fight and fled in all directions, not to mention any military formation. At this time, it was no longer necessary for a large group of troops to stay together. The only thing they had to do was to disperse and chase them, and kill as many bandits as possible.

Then the general shouted, "Li Yunlong, go over there! Don't let those two get away!"

"Oh!" Li Yunlong answered in a daze, feeling a little guilty. He pulled the reins to turn the car. He did not think about it and just did what he was told.

Just looking at Li Cheng on the side, he was actually drawing a bow and shooting on horseback. After one arrow went out, a man fell down about twenty or thirty steps ahead.

Li Yunlong just wondered why Li Dutou was so powerful? Why was he so useless?

"Ah, ah!" Li Yunlong kept shouting while beating his horse. For some reason, he didn't even realize that his body had stopped shaking.

Cut once, then cut again.

Chop it up!
The blow was very solid, hitting the thief's neck, and his head actually rolled to the ground. Li Yunlong saw it clearly.

At this moment, Li Yunlong felt an inexplicable sense of relief and release in his heart!
"Still running! You bastard, how dare you run!" Li Yunlong shouted and cursed.

"I'll chop you to death!" Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and turned sideways to chop again.

I saw a man not far away, who suddenly turned around and knelt down: "Please spare my life, please spare my life, General!"

Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, with a bewildered look on his face. He turned around and looked at the scene. He saw a chaotic battle with endless killing everywhere.

But the horse was still running, and when he turned around, the man begging for mercy was already under the long sword.

Li Yunlong didn't think about anything, he just subconsciously raised his knife and swung it, and the sound of begging for mercy stopped abruptly.

There were also generals shouting: "Run around, run around the field, chase wherever there are people!"

Li Yunlong simply rode his horse back and went to the general.

The general was just intercepting a big thief who was trying to attack his horse, and the two men started fighting with their spears, and the fight was fierce.

The thief on his horse even shouted: "Su Wu, Grandpa is not afraid of you!"

The general said nothing, he just swung and stabbed with his spear!
Li Yunlong hurried to help the general, but the general said: "Chase over there..."

Li Yunlong was stunned. Which way? He looked around and saw that there was indeed a thief running away alone, so he quickly chased him.

The general wants to fight today, not for anything else, but to build his own confidence.

He has been practicing hard for so long that it is said that he has become very skilled in horse fighting.

He himself doesn't know, he hasn't tried.

The man who was fighting against him was shorter than him even when he was sitting on a horse. Su Wu didn't ask, but he knew that this man must be the dwarf Wang Ying.

Su Wu held his strength and swung his spear back and forth several times. He became more and more calm, as if he had seen it all before.

Just look at Wang Ying holding the spear horizontally. Su Wu has seen that Luan Tingyu often fights like this, just to knock the man off his horse.

Su Wu simply raised his spear to block and then hit him on the head.

Wang Ying raised his spear to block, and the butt of the spear went straight to Su Wu's face.

Su Wu had also seen that Lin Chong liked this kind of smooth moves. Lin Chong's smooth moves were extremely smooth and fast.

Wang Ying was far less agile than Lin Chong, so Su Wu simply tilted his head and retracted and extended his spear to stab Wang Ying in the side.

Wang Ying was an expert horseman. He was able to lean to one side on horseback to avoid the spear, and he could stand up again immediately. Perhaps it was because he was short and had a low center of gravity.

No matter how short the man was, Su Wu was in a high position and just kept hitting with his spear.

Wang Ying raised his spear to block again, and swung the spear across Su Wu's chest.

Su Wu had also seen this, he didn't know how many times, so he just held his spear forward to block it, then squeezed his horse's belly and took a few more steps forward.

He was no longer standing side by side with Wang Ying, but rode his horse ahead and moved forward.

Wang Ying was overjoyed because Su Wu's back was exposed, which was a flaw.

But Su Wu hadn't even turned around yet, but the spear had already returned very quickly. He learned this from the unrivaled Lu Junyi.

If it were on flat ground, Wang Ying would have jumped back quickly. This was the method used by Lu Da when he was fighting against Lu Junyi.

But he was on horseback, and the horse was just running forward, and the person on the horse was unable to exert any strength to leap back.

Then a wailing cry was heard: "Ah!"

Wang Ying fell off his horse and felt a numbness on his shoulder. He reached out and touched it, and it was warm and sticky.

Wang Ying hurriedly tried to stand up, but the numbness in his shoulder immediately turned into a heart-wrenching pain.

Su Wu reined in his horse, turned around, and let out a long breath.

Su Wu reined in his horse and turned around. Wang Ying had already stood up despite the pain and was looking around for the spear that had fallen from his hand when he fell off the horse.

Su Wu's horse hooves were already approaching, and he held his spear horizontally in front of Wang Ying and asked, "Are you the short-legged tiger Wang Ying?"

Wang Ying looked up. The horse was very tall, and the person on the horse was even taller. In the darkness, there was only a silhouette.

"Hmph!" Wang Ying snorted.

Su Wu laughed, a laugh from the bottom of his heart. It was an incomparable sense of accomplishment. Although Wang Ying was not a true master, Su Wu still felt confident because Wang Ying was no longer a mediocre person.

"Will you continue fighting with your gun? Or turn around and run away?" Su Wu asked with a smile.

Wang Ying's shoulder was already bleeding, and he just used his hand to stop it. His body was already in unbearable pain, so how could he continue to fight? Escape?
Looking around, Wang Ying didn't move. There were government troops riding horses everywhere. How could he escape?
"Just come and kill me. Twenty years later, you'll be a hero again!"

Wang Ying said this with a grin.

This is a common routine in the underworld. Begging for mercy will only make people look down on you. A real hero should prepare to die standing, and then... most of the time, you won't actually die.

It will make people pay more attention to it. Most people in the underworld are like this, unless there is a deep blood feud.

Who doesn't have a great reputation in the world? Who doesn't have some face in the world? Who doesn't have a few friends?

Su Wu nodded: "Stand up straight, stand still."

Wang Ying tilted his head to look at Su Wu, who just stood there with his hands covering his shoulder, as if he didn't care whether he was to be killed or cut into pieces or not.

Su Wu first looked into the distance and saw Lin Chong and Yang Zhi, who had captured someone.

Su Wu slowly picked up the spear.

"Come and kill me!" Wang Ying stiffened his neck. Who is not a hero? How can he be afraid of death? How can he let others scare him?
Su Wu slowly picked up the spear, and suddenly thrust it with great force. The spear was as fast as lightning and instantly pierced into Wang Ying's chest.

"You..." Wang Ying looked down at his chest, then looked at Su Wu on horseback, his face full of disbelief.

Where is this?

How can you kill someone like this? How can you kill a hero like this?
"You, you, you... are not a hero!" The words were choked out of Wang Ying's throat.

He saw Su Wu pulling out his spear, his eyes turned away and he didn't look any further.

Wang Ying's legs were weak and his knees dropped. He first knelt, then lay prone on the ground, twitching. He could no longer get up.

(End of this chapter)