Chapter 17 Up-and-coming
Nie Haiwu led more than 400 minions down the mountain to lead the sheep. Seeing dozens of caravans on the other side, they were covered with canvas tightly. The wheels were very deep, so they must have been filled with gold, silver and treasures.
The caravan has more than 200 people, but only one-third are corpses carrying weapons.
Nie Haiwu was immediately overjoyed and urgently ordered his followers to take action. When the other party entered their encirclement, he couldn't wait to kill the general.
The caravan suddenly had a chaos for a while, but the order was quickly restored.
They pulled the cloth from the car and opened the big boxes. There were no gold, silver and treasures inside, but weapons such as swords, shields, bows, and guns.
"Array!"
One of them shouted loudly, and more than two hundred people were holding various weapons. A caravan actually quickly built a defensive formation like a well-trained army.
Archers are in front, followed by swords and shields, and spearmen are behind, as if they are like iron walls.
That's right, they were Xiao Yi's subordinates, disguised as caravans and deliberately lured the bandits from Heifeng Village to come down.
But Xiao Yi was not in the formation, but ambushed in the dark nearby with his cavalry.
When Nie Haiwu led his men to the front, he found that the other party had formed a tight formation, but he was slow to react and had not guessed the other party's true identity. He had seen caravans armed with private soldiers before, and the formation was just a scare. He could not hold on with just a few attacks.
"Shoot the arrow!"
The archers first took three rounds of volleys, and the first two rounds were mainly suppressed. The arrows shot at the back of the bandits, causing the bandits to be divided into two. In the third round, the bandits had already rushed to the front. The archers shot more than a dozen people from close range and then retreated immediately.
The formation changed suddenly, with the spearmen in front, the sword and shield soldiers in the middle, and the archers fired arrows at the end.
The first bandit rushed over, and the spearmen suddenly stabbed hard, using the advantage of the weapon's strength to assassinate the bandits.
Many of the bandits used long weapons and quickly stepped forward to support and threw flying spears at the official army.
The formation of the official army was changed at this time, and the sword and shield soldiers and spear soldiers exchanged positions.
Dang! Dangdang!
The flying spears thrown by the bandits were blocked by the shields of the sword and shield soldiers. At this time, the bandits had rushed to the front, and the spearmen stabbed out from the gaps between the sword and shield soldiers, causing the bandits to be either dead or injured.
Seeing his side suffering heavy casualties, Nie Haiwu was still unwilling to give up.
"You guys come on me, and those who break the formation will be rewarded!"
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. A group of minions immediately rushed forward and attacked with great costs.
Xiao Yi in the dark couldn't help but exclaim, the bandit was much stronger than he thought. Pang Zhen beside him whispered: "Nie Haiwu was a captain in the Northern Zhou Dynasty before, and he should know some military skills. But he was a bandit for a long time and had all the instincts he should have."
Xiao Yi nodded. This is just like playing chess. The weaker the opponent, the worse his chess skills will be. The same is true.
Seeing that Nie Haiwu's attention was focused on the caravan, Xiao Yi knew that the opportunity had come and immediately led the cavalry to rush to the rear of the bandits.
At this time, the cavalry were still heavy cavalry. Because they were charging at a short distance, Xiao Yi did not ask them to remove the armor of the war horses.
It was not until he saw the heavy cavalry that Nie Haiwu woke up and screamed that something was wrong, and immediately ordered to retreat.
When the bandit saw it was an officer and soldier, they immediately ran away like a mouse seeing a cat.
The official army, which was originally defensive, immediately covered up the killing according to Xiao Yi's instructions.
Never leave your back to the enemy. This bloody experience is naturally not something that the bandits can think of. They only care about escaping, but they don’t know that the short-range charges are faster. In the blink of an eye, they catch up with them. With a big knife and a long spear stabbed out, most of the bandits were killed and injured.
Xiao Yi took the lead and led more than a dozen cavalry to block the only way for the bandits to retreat to Heifeng Village.
Seeing a white-robed young general blocking his way, Nie Haiwu secretly asked the other party to be not old and was easy to deal with, so he shouted, urged the horse to carry the gun, and rushed over with a scream.
Xiao Yi snorted coldly, without any fear. He suddenly grabbed the horse's belly and immediately met him.
The second horse was kicking in the wrong moment, Nie Haiwu swung his spear and stabbed Xiao Yi at the throat. Xiao Yi dodged sideways, and at the same time he grabbed the other party's gun with his right hand, pulled it hard with force, and stabbed Nie Haiwu's left waist with a long spear in his left hand.
Nie Haiwu thought Kong Wu was powerful, so he didn't take Xiao Yi seriously at all, so he stabbed him with all his strength at the first shot. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi could easily avoid it. Nie Haiwu's move was used by old, and Xiao Yi grabbed the gun again with force, and pulled it back instinctively, but he never thought that the other party's power was huge, and he couldn't pull it back with both hands.
Seeing the opponent's spear stabbed, Nie Haiwu was shocked and forced to give up the gun in his hand and rolled in a hurry to fall off his horse.
Knowing that the other party was powerful, Nie Haiwu got up in a mess and ran away.
Xiao Yi held the chase wind and turned back the horse to chase him quickly. At the same time, he waved his hand and threw Nie Haiwu's spear out.
Nie Haiwu didn't run a few steps, and when he heard the sound of the wind, he turned around in shock, but he didn't have time to hide. The spear passed through his chest. He looked at his spear on his chest and looked at Xiao Yi who was coming to him in disbelief. He was naturally extremely unwilling to accept it. He wanted to ask the other party's name, but he died with blood gushing out of his mouth and couldn't say a word.
Xiao Yi didn't give him time either. He pulled out his sword and chopped off his head. He swayed his head while shaking it, saying, "The thief's leader is dead. If you don't surrender quickly, otherwise you will be killed without leaving anybody."
Xiao Yi's subordinates shouted in unison. Seeing that the leader was dead, there were interceptors in front and pursuers behind, they could not escape, so they threw away their weapons and surrendered on their knees.
Xiao Yi ordered people to count the number of people, and called a few minions to interrogate them separately. The number was right, and many of them were all here.
Xiao Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want anyone to escape back and inform him, because Xiao Yi planned to follow the clues and take over Heifeng Village in one fell swoop.
"Major General, how to deal with these bandits?"
"Let's find a place to lock it up first, remove their skins and let the soldiers replace it, and then find a few obedient bandits. Let's go directly to open the gate of Heifeng Village."
Soldiers are very fast, and Xiao Yi doesn’t want to have long nights and dreams, so he immediately takes people up the mountain.
Along the way, Xiao Yi saw that the surrounding terrain was dangerous. If the bandits were not afraid of officers and soldiers, they were afraid before fighting and planned to leave to avoid the limelight, even if the army came to conquer, they would have to pay a great price.
Several surrendered bandits led the way. Xiao Yi brought more than 100 elite soldiers to disguise themselves as bandits and mixed among them, escorting more than 200 other officers and soldiers dressed in merchants and drove their carriages to Heifeng Village.
Xiao Yi deliberately delayed the time. It was already evening when he arrived at Heifeng Village, which was conducive to cover.
The bandits who were holding the door saw the team from a distance and thought it was the second leader's return. Seeing that the two acquaintances were coming to inform him, they had no doubts, so they immediately ordered people to open the village gate.
When the gate of the village opened and several bandits approached, Xiao Yi immediately took action. After three years of hard practice and the guidance of General Nangong Ao, a master of swordsman, Xiao Yi's sword skills have improved greatly, and he has made his sword faster and more ruthless.
A sword flashed, and several bandits lost their lives before they could react.
"Do it!"
With a command, the officials behind him immediately sent out their own weapons and rushed into the mountain village.
The bandits above the village gate looked something was wrong and were about to shout, but they were shot down by the archer.
At this time, there were still a hundred people left in the Heifeng Village, and most of them were preparing to pack up and evacuate, without any preparation.
When the officers rushed in, they quickly gave up their resistance.
Under the guidance of the bandit who had already surrendered, Xiao Yi quickly went to the residence of Nie Haiwen, the boss. Nie Haiwen was very clever and jumped out of the tunnel to escape, but was shot to death by Xiao Yi shaking his hand and with an arrow.
The officers and soldiers around them couldn't help but admire the major general's brilliant archery skills.
None of the bandits in the entire Black Wind Village ran away and were arrested.
Pang Zhen quickly counted the assets of Heifengzhai. When he reported to Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi first asked him how he was injured or killed.
Pang Zhen and some of the officers and soldiers next to him were immediately moved. In this era, the lives of soldiers were not much better than those of the untouchables. Most of the generals were concerned about the results of the war and rarely cared about their life and death.
"Only seven people were slightly injured!"
"As a matter of fact, they are all elite soldiers!"
Xiao Yi knew that the three hundred officers and soldiers who followed him were elite soldiers carefully selected by his father. If the Cavalry Camp was an elite army of Nanchen, then the three hundred officers and soldiers in front of him were the elite among the elite.
Xiao Yi knew that most of the 100,000 generals who were captured with his father had escaped halfway because they missed their hometown. His father did not stop them and gave them money to go home.
Xiao Yi knew that they were eager to return to their hometown, but they were embarrassed to leave due to their father's favor. Now that their father is left with only 30,000 soldiers of the cavalry camp, they are the guarantee of their father's survival. Xiao Yi had already had a problem in his heart and had to win them over. Even if he didn't think about his father's sake, the world chaos in the near future would depend on them.
The way to survive is to have a gun in troubled times.
Looking at the packaged antique objects of gold, silver, treasures and treasures, Xiao Yi immediately joked: "These bandits knew we were coming, so they prepared all their filial piety."
When Pang Zhen and others saw that the major general was easy-going, they all burst into laughter.
"The cash is divided by one according to the number of people this time, and the injured are given half as a pension. I will give the remaining money to Changli Pang, and the remaining money can be taken away, and the fire will be burned. That's it."
The soldiers were immediately overjoyed when they heard this. They had never encountered such a good thing. Xiao Yi's generosity and tyranny undoubtedly left a very deep impression on them. Everyone couldn't help but shout in unison from the bottom of their hearts: "Thank you, Major General!"
Only Pang Zhen asked in confusion: "Major General, you are? It's a bit inappropriate to allocate them to us!"
"The rewards and punishments are clear, what do Pang Changli think?"
Looking at Xiao Yi's harmless expression, Pang Zhen has been following Xiao Mohe for a long time, and there is nothing I don't understand. He immediately smiled and said something thankful.
That night, Xiao Yi ordered people to kill chickens and sheep, prepare fine wine and food, and celebrate with the soldiers in the Heifeng Village courtyard.
During the meal, Xiao Yi did not show off any major general airs, and personally danced his sword and gun to cheer everyone up, winning a lot of cheers.
The feelings between the people suddenly became much closer.
Early the next morning, Xiao Yi discussed with Pang Zhen how to deal with the captured bandits. Pang Zhen suggested sending them to the nearby government office, and Xiao Yi believed that since it was captured by the Xiaoqi Camp, he should make great efforts to let the people of Bingzhou know that it was they who did it, so as to block the mouth of King Yang Liang of Han.
As a result, more than 300 Heifengzhai bandits were taken to Caishikou, Shanyang County, and collectively beheaded. Local people rushed to tell each other, praising the Mayi garrison Xiao Maha for doing a good thing for the people.
Of course, as a hero who defeated the Black Wind Village, Xiao Yi's name spread for the first time.
After executing the bandits, Xiao Yi was planning to destroy the remaining two bandits in Mayi before the rumor was heard. The remaining two bandits were not big, just one or two hundred people, which was easy to deal with.
However, before Xiao Yi could leave Shanyang County, he met the guards who hurriedly came to find Xiao Yi's return.
"Major General, lord, please go back quickly!"
Xiao Yi couldn't help but frown and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
The guard said, "I don't know what the matter is. It seems that someone rebelled in the south again! It seems that under the name of the lord, the emperor Long Yan was furious and had sent people to Bingzhou."
Chapter completed!