choke element

Chapter 26 Invitation

Monk Luo sat back on the high embankment, and slowly wiped the iron rod with his robe.

The battle in the dark is over.

The night grew darker.The wind brought thick clouds, covering the moonlight.Few stars could be seen in the sky.

Monk Pei arranged for someone to light more than a dozen pine torches, and he returned with one graciously held up to illuminate Monk Luo, so that he would not miss anything when he wiped the iron rod.

After wiping his head for a while, Monk Luo felt a little bored again.So he put the iron rod horizontally, and his big eyes like copper bells scanned the bottom, reminding the busy people in the valley from time to time: "North, take a step north, do you see that bag of arrows? Take it! Take the leather rope too. And you, forget about the clothes, I want the chain armor! Yes, the Sa family is talking about you! Take the chain armor and don’t worry about anything else!"

Sometimes he yelled, sometimes he closed his eyes and dozed off for a while, and then continued to yell.His mid-spirited voice echoed between the earth embankments on both sides of the river, and everyone he pointed at immediately sped up their movements, even Li Ting's subordinates were no exception.

The ambush just now seemed fierce, but in fact it was just a small fight.After Ji Junli was injured and fell to the ground, his subordinates were all frustrated.What's more, Monk Luo and Li Ting's troops are brave and fierce.

Under their attack from both sides, dozens of soldiers were quickly defeated.The ten or so people who resisted in the corner were all killed, but it took a lot of effort to chase and arrest them afterwards.Thanks to Li Ting's subordinates being extremely familiar with the surrounding terrain, the soldiers searched every nook and cranny, and it took more than an hour to capture most of the fleeing people.

At the moment, what everyone is busy cleaning up are the weapons and equipment scattered on the corpse or during the battle.For veteran soldiers who have experienced many battles, cleaning the battlefield is instinctive, and any supplies may save their lives at critical moments.

During this process, several wounded of our own side were found, treated one after another, and transported to the simple camp south of the Luohe River.Of course, the enemy's seriously injured were also found, and all of them were repaired, so there is no need to say more.

The sound of grass blades being picked, Li Ting climbed up an old tree from the river beach.

Just now when he saw Monk Luo's courage, he admired him for a moment.But in his bones he was unwilling to be disadvantaged, so he was extraordinarily ferocious when fighting.When everything was settled, there were several more wounds on his body, and even on his neck and chest, he was hit with a torch by the enemy, causing a bunch of big blisters.

Although some simple treatments have been done at this moment, the scalded area hurts no matter what it touches, so he can only walk around shirtless, revealing the scrambled bandages on his body.

"Where's Guo Liulang?" He asked.

"Leaving with the prisoners, didn't you say that just now?" Monk Luo replied lazily.

Li Ting was taken aback: "He really went?"

Monk Luo raised his finger and pointed towards the upper reaches of the Fuhe River. There was a faint light flickering there, which was the movement of the torches in the procession: "I've been walking for a long time. Make another bend to the north, and there's Guchengdian. , and you can see them."

Li Ting was speechless for a moment.

He sat down beside Monk Luo and sighed, "I thought Guo Liu was joking!"

The two were silent for a while.

Under their sight, the faint light on the upper reaches of the Fu River slowly receded and disappeared.The party apparently went north, bypassing the woodlands, and embarked on the road leading to Guchengdian.

"Master?" Li Ting asked.

Monk Luo raised his hand and touched his head: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"Master's skills are unparalleled, and I have only seen them in my life. If you want to gain fame and fortune through this, it's easy to get..." Li Ting complimented a few words before continuing: "But I don't know, how did Master know Guo Liu? You two have a very close friendship. Is it?"

Monk Luo looked at Li Ting in surprise and thought about it.

"Half a year ago, the imperial court's army to rescue Xijing failed at the entrance of Migu. Hundreds of thousands of people collapsed, wrapping our brothers and sisters in it, and retreated into Hebei in one breath." Speaking of this, he patted the iron rod and sighed. : "I only know some guns, sticks and fists. My bow and horse are loose, which is useless on the battlefield of thousands of horses. After arriving in Yizhou, it was Guo Liulang who led people to stop the Mongolian cavalry and meet us. That journey, but It was really soul-stirring, Guo Liulang fought back and forth, and saved me twice. Well, how many times have you saved Lao Pei?"

Monk Luo looked up at Monk Pei next to him.

Monk Pei said: "I saved me three times. In addition, I saved Gurban twice and Zheng Shouguang once. If he wasn't here, we would all die. But..." Monk Pei snorted: "Later Zheng Shouguang robbed After destroying two villages, he blamed Lao Zheng for killing people indiscriminately, and the two families merged...he killed Lao Zheng on the spot!"

"That's right..." Monk Luo nodded: "On the battlefield, Guo Ning is very good at it, and he is a reliable person for the sake of Brother Paoze, regardless of his own life; but outside of the battlefield, he is too straightforward and old-fashioned. , Reckless and stupid. Earlier I estimated that he would give up his life sooner or later. After Xiao Haohu attacked Guo Liulang, I rushed from Shenyuanbo to Feijunhe, originally intending to avenge him."

Monk Luo chuckled and said, "However, when I arrived at the Feijunhe camp, Guo Liulang suddenly figured it out after that experience. He started to use his brain, started to make some plans, and wanted to gather the strength of all of us to do something big. Isn’t this great? Haha, Li Er, think about it, if you want to do great things, it’s better to follow someone who is willing to save your life on the battlefield and be willing to be the first to go through life and death, or is it better to follow those big men who are full of style and high above you?”

"Master, I didn't mean this..."

Li Ting shook his head again and again, accidentally pulled the blisters on his neck, and grinned: "I actually want to ask, is Guo Liulang always acting so boldly? His actions are more dangerous than fighting on the battlefield. Why did you let him went?"

Monk Luo didn't care at all, and said indifferently: "He has always been bold, but I don't understand what his plan is. So, I can't go for him."

This statement was really reasonable, Li Ting smiled wryly in astonishment.

On the contrary, it was Monk Luo who started talking, and began to question Li Ting enthusiastically.How about the pavilions and palaces in Zhongdu?Among the Buddhist scriptures engraved and printed in Zhongdu, which one is better?You, Li Erlang, must be able to pay the exemption money, why do you still want to be a soldier?

As a result, Li Ting's thoughts were immediately confused.

The two talked nonsense back and forth, and it seemed that it was going to be late at night.

At this time, the companions around Guo Ning were busy arranging Ji Junli and others captured in the battle.

The so-called resettlement is to bring down the captives who were already tied up one by one, and then use leather ropes to add a few circles of restraint, so that they are connected together and completely immobilized.

In the army, rope is the most commonly used thing. It is necessary to tie various objects, armor, and side weapons.The ropes that Guo Ning's subordinates drew from Ji Junli and the others were enough to tie them up.

However, after all, the rope is not too plentiful, and I was afraid that it would not be tight when tying it, so I wished I could wrap it a few more times.At this time, there was not enough leather left.In order to tie up Ji Junli and others, the soldiers had to hold them together, some with their heads facing their feet, and some with their stomachs pressed against their knees.

Guo Ning, who was standing on the side, suddenly remembered that in his big dream, he seemed to have seen the scene where the emperor, the princess and a large group of guards crowded into the sedan chair, which was quite different from what he saw.

However, Ji Junli worked much harder than the people in the sedan chair in Guo Ning's memory.This general under Yang An'er's command, who had a reputation for bravery, was trembling and lying on the ground, his tall body curled up, trying to bury his head in the ground, as if he was afraid of being recognized.

After the soldiers had fought, they had to tie up the captives and bring them here with great effort, which was unavoidably irritable.Shicai shouted, kicked, and hit him hard, but it wouldn't make Ji Junli unbearable.

He would do this, mainly out of humiliation.Guo Ning could smell the urinating air emanating from his body.

Generally speaking, people will do this when they are suffocated, frightened, or seriously injured and dying.On the battlefield, the probability of occurrence of feces and urine and blood spattering is about the same.Guo Ning has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has long been used to this.

However, for Ji Junli, being ambushed, half of his subordinates were killed and injured, and his family was beaten like this by a fat monk, it was really unbearable.Even if he returned to Yang An'er's command, I'm afraid he would be ridiculed, and he would be ashamed for a while.

Guo Ning walked around the captives, making sure everything was in order, then waved his hand, signaling a broad-shouldered and long-armed soldier to draw his strong bow, and fired two gongs in the direction of Guchengdian.

They are located on the Zhengnan Avenue of Guchengdian, and they can see the light of torches on the outer wall of the village and the patrolling soldiers.

In just half an hour, a group of people swaggered on the road and set up pine torches to arrange prisoners.The defenders in the village must have seen it, and their quarrel with the prisoners must have fallen into the ears of the defenders.

If the defenders go out rashly, Wang Shixian and a group of archers have already ambushed in the field, ready to attack head-on at any time.

But the defenders did not move out, and the soldiers standing guard on the high wall outside the village did not even show the slightest disturbance. This shows that Guo Yaoer's troops are well-trained, and it also shows that Guo Yaoer is a leader of the army. good hand.He is smarter and calmer than Ji Junli.

Until then, the bone whistle worn on the arrow cluster made a sharp sound and fell in front of the sheep and horse wall at the main entrance of the Gucheng Store.It was only after the sheep and horse wall that armed soldiers flashed out, and they came out cautiously to take a look.

Li Ting had suggested before that since the ambush was successful, he might as well take advantage of the victory and go into the village, wipe out the enemy army in one go, and give Yang An'er a heart-wrenching blow, but Guo Ning refused.

If you really want to enter the village, even if you succeed, your own casualties will be severe.However, Guo Ning did not intend to start an endless fight with Yang An'er.

This Ming Dy with a sharp whistle was Guo Ning's invitation to the people in the village.

He wanted to talk to Yang An'er's subordinates, it would be even better if the people who came were really smart and calm enough.

(End of this chapter)