Chapter 24 Bloody Dawn
When Zhang Chi and the other two turned around, it was already sunset. The old man asked Bing'er to send Zhang Chi for a ride. Bing'er was extremely reluctant, but she didn't want to go against her grandfather's wishes, so she sent the three of them to the slender canyon and said to Zhang Chi: "From this trail out of the village, if you dare to come again in the future, be careful that I will shoot you to death with one arrow."
Zhang Chi smiled bitterly. It seemed that this girl Bing'er was still very hostile to the officers and soldiers. However, Zhang Chi had just heard the story of Yin Shi Shennong telling Bing'er, and she understood her very well. I am afraid that even if she had such an experience, she would not have changed her views on the officers and soldiers for a while.
Zhang Chi bowed to Bing'er and said, "Then I'll say goodbye, I hope I can meet again with the girl."
"It's better not to see you again." Miss Bing'er replied coldly, then turned back to the village.
Zhang Chi touched her cold butt with a cold smile, but she didn't feel embarrassed. She pulled Bai Xue's reins and turned over to the horse, and walked out of the secret path with Santong Daoxuan. The scenery in the valley was still the same, but Zhang Chi's mood was completely different at this time.
After careful calculation, it has been a while since time traveling. Zhang Chi has always been following the steps and taking things as he goes. In fact, he is not a person with great ambitions, and he is wandering around China before traveling. He doesn’t want much. No matter where he goes, as long as he can drink a sip of wine, he will not think too much about the future. Having wine today is a typical portrayal of him.
When he traveled to this era, of course he was the same. It is difficult for a person to change his personality.
But today after hearing the old man tell him the story of Tianji, he thought so much for the first time since time traveling.
He didn't believe in any of the will of God, but he just traveled through time, and he thought it was a bit ridiculous. Time travel was difficult to explain by science, and I'm afraid it could only be classified as the will of God.
What did God's will make him travel through time? Is it really like Shennong in the hidden world who let him save the suffering people in this troubled world?
I am the savior? But Zhang Chi quickly rejected his idea. With his shoulders and hands, how could he become the savior in this troubled world where heroes emerge? I am not filming a blockbuster, Zhang Chi smiled bitterly.
Santong pondered the magical mottos that Shennong in the Hidden World and asked Zhang Chi: "Brother Zhang, are you really the secret of heaven? You have no father or mother, born with heaven and raised, born with words, only the future, and no past?"
In fact, Santong cannot be blamed for being too curious, but only for Hidden Shennong to say this very mysterious thing.
Zhang Chi was in a daze when he heard Santong ask, and without thinking, he responded casually: "Checze to death."
"Chasing to death? Who choked to death?" Santong felt that Zhang Chi's speech was so ridiculous that it was incomprehensible.
"What I mean by 'choking to death' means 'yes'." After hearing Santong's question, Zhang Chi woke up from his thoughts and smiled and teased Santong, saying, "Since I am Tianji, then what I say is naturally Tianji. How can ordinary people understand it?"
"Then what other secrets are there? You can say a few more words to let me learn." Santong felt that Zhang Chi might be fooling him, and he was not so easy to be fooled, so she asked Zhang Chi.
"Dog, dog, dog." Zhang Chi thought Santong was very interesting, so she waved her whip forward, and Bai Xue rushed out like an arrow.
Santong quickly rode her horse to follow and asked, "Where are dogs? What does this mean?"
"'Dog' means running quickly, the sun is about to set, so let's go back and find the big army."
"You only said one word, can it have so many meanings? Besides, the dog runs hard, why do you mean dog?" Santong thought for a while, but naturally didn't believe it, and said, "Good boy, you are really lying to me."
After saying that, Santong Daoxuan laughed loudly, rode his horse together to follow Zhang Chi, and ran out of the canyon.
At this time, Ding Yizhi and Du Ximing had already arranged troops to station, but Zhang Chi and the other two returned for a long time. Just as they were about to send someone to find him, they saw Zhang Chi running back first. Santong Daoxuan followed him. Du Ximing hurriedly greeted him and said, "Young Master, I just visited the horse and said that the whereabouts of the bandits had been found. There were about a thousand people. The nest was on a mountain several miles away. Please see if we attacked the night tonight?"
Zhang Chi nodded: "Brother Du has experience, so I will listen to Brother Du."
After saying that, Zhang Chi thought about it and asked Du Ximing again, "Brother Du, you have a lot of experience. As far as you know, will the officers and soldiers plunder the people?"
Zhang Chi naturally remembered what Yin Shi Shennong and Bing'er said to him, and felt that it was necessary to ask for verification.
Du Ximing was a little ashamed and blushed and said, "In fact, it is common for officers and soldiers to plunder the people. However, officers and soldiers rarely plunder villages, and generally more people plunder refugees. Almost all the armies of major clans have done such disgraceful things."
"Brother Zhang, if the group of bandits we are going to suppress are officers and soldiers, then will we still suppress them?" Daoxuan couldn't help asking.
"Suppress!" Zhang Chi is not a weak person. When he should be crazy, he can go to heaven. For the first time, he heard that officers and soldiers rob their people, so how could they not be angry? He said firmly: "If you can't defend your country, you will plunder the people. It's better to kill all such officers and soldiers."
Santong was infected by Zhang Chi's heroic spirit and said, "Yes, if this group of bandits were officers and soldiers, they would kill them all. Instead of hitting the Hu people, they would bully the poor people. It would be unsatisfactory to kill all these bastards."
Although it is a night attack, it does not mean going to fight in the middle of the night, because normally, the time close to dawn is the time when people sleep the most deadly. The best time for night attacks is of course around dawn. At this time, the night watchmen are already drowsy and exhausted, which is a great time for a surprise attack.
There are many examples of night attacks at dawn in history, and they are very effective. Often, the troops have arrived in front of the opponent's general's tent, but the opponent's general has not had time to wear armor.
Of course Du Ximing knew these things well, and ordered to go down to cook at the third and fifths to set out, and came to the mountain that Tanma mentioned, and it happened to be before dawn.
Du Ximing was ready, and seeing Zhang Chi riding on horseback was about to go up the mountain together, he hurried over to say to Zhang Chi, "Young Master, these more than a thousand bandits will definitely not be able to escape. You don't need to use a ox knife to kill chickens. You should sit on the mountain to watch the battle."
Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Since I am joining the army, if I don't go up the mountain to see it, wouldn't the soldiers be ridiculed for being too cowardly."
"Young Master, please wait for the good news at the foot of the mountain. If you have no eyes, you may have hurt the young master by chance." Du Ximing persuaded.
Ding Yizhi suddenly said slowly, "Actually, no matter whether you are up the mountain, brother or not, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle this time."
Ding Yizhi didn't speak easily, but Zhang Chi knew that as long as he spoke, it would definitely be very effective.
"Cousin, since you know that this is a fierce battle, there will be dangers in the fierce battle. Why do you still follow me up the mountain?" Zhang Chi asked.
"I will follow my brother to fight the world in the future," Ding Yizhi bowed to Zhang Chi and said with a smile: "How can a weapon of a soldier be in danger? But if you can't even take this first step, how can you accompany your brother to fight the world in the future and achieve great things without ever being able to achieve success?"
This cousin thought for a long time. Zhang Chi smiled and shook his head, but he was really following the wrong person with him. Zhang Chi is still very clear about his temper and personality. He follows the situation and has no ambitions. With someone like him, what kind of achievements can he build?
When Du Ximing saw that Ding Yizhi said that this might be a fierce battle, he also raised his spirit and ordered the entire army to silence the flag and wrap armor, clamp the horses and tie the horses to prevent the neighing people from clamoring the enemy, and then the effect of sneak attacks would not be achieved. Everything was ready, and everyone then quickly marched towards the hill where the horses were reported.
The terrain is not dangerous, and the mountain road leading to the top of the mountain is also well-connected, so Zhang Chi and others did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
The army had not walked quietly for a long time and had approached the mountain. Du Ximing had already seen the bandits camp in his sight. He knew that this was the critical moment of the raid. Success and failure were here, and the soldiers must not be timid. So he raised his gun and shouted: "Kill!" and then rushed into the enemy camp first.
Five thousand elite soldiers followed Du Ximing and rushed over like a tide.
The sentry guarding in the camp was still drowsy, and suddenly woke up when he heard the sound. Seeing that many people had rushed up the mountain and rushed into the mountain village, he hurriedly shouted: "Someone attacked the camp!"
However, he had only had time to shout this sentence. Du Ximing led the way and rushed to his side. With just one shot, he stabbed the sentry's throat and could no longer call the second word.
Du Ximing was brave and had such a characteristic in fighting in ancient times. The power of the chief general was related to the morale of the three armies. When the soldiers saw Du Ximing like a god in the sky, they couldn't help but feel murderous intent. In just a moment, they killed the soldiers who rushed up to resist and were in a hurry to resist.
This morale was like a rainbow and had risen to its highest point. Faced with such a divine weapon that was like falling from the sky, the other guards had long been defeated without fighting, and they were so scared that they fled in all directions.
There is an old saying that "capture the king first to capture the thief." Du Ximing certainly knew this truth. He pointed a spear at the Central Army camp and shouted: "Capture the bandit leader first!" After that, he rushed up. The soldiers with Du Ximing led the way, without any confusion, and rushed straight to the Central Army tent in the mountain village.
At this time, the sound of killing was already shook the sky. A general had just rolled out of the central army's tent and crawled out. He was not wearing armor and his hair was disguised. It was obvious that he was still dreaming the moment before, and he said furiously: "Where did the thief come from, dare to rob the camp?"
However, the soldiers were so scared that they ran away in scattered all over the place. Who would have paid attention to this general? The general snatched a long sword from a soldier's hand and killed two soldiers who were about to escape. He shouted: "Military law is like a mountain. Who dares to escape in the battle, kill!"
This move was indeed effective. The soldiers were so scared that they dared not take another step by step by step by step by step by step. However, despite this, most of the soldiers had been killed. The general hurriedly pulled the war horse, turned over and jumped up, and then rode his sword with his sword. Although he was not yet wearing armor, he was still majestic and ordered loudly: "A strong enemy is coming, hurry up and smoke."
Du Ximing had already led the team to the central army tent, but seeing that the other party had strict military discipline, it was obviously not a bandit, and it was probably a regular organization of the court, so it was not easy to make a decision. When he looked back, he saw that Zhang Chi had already rushed up and asked, "Young Master, I'm afraid you're really talking about it. Maybe it's really an official army in the court, what should we do?"
Zhang Chi replied without thinking: "Share you kill me."
What Zhang Chi hates most is the people who oppress the people. Why don’t they use the Five Barbarians in the North if they have the ability? That’s a real man. He can’t beat the Five Barbarians but he specializes in oppressing the poor people. Keeping such people is also a disaster.
After hearing Zhang Chi's order, Du Ximing was about to lead his troops to rush forward, but the other general had already stepped forward for two steps and asked, "Which family are you from? Why are you coming to rob the camp?"
Zhang Chi roughly estimated that there were only less than a thousand soldiers on the other side, but most of them were dispersed at this time. I am afraid that there were only hundreds of people near the central army's tent. He could be said to have completely grasped the situation, so he talked to him and said, "We are soldiers of the imperial court."
"It turns out to be a family," the general heard Zhang Chi say that he was a soldier from the court, and he also called himself and said: "We are also an official army of the court, and we are ordered to collect food and money here. Why do you come to rob my camp for no reason?"
"Then why do you plunder the people for no reason?" Zhang Chi asked.
"We were just ordered to collect food and wages, so the people are naturally the people of the court. Now the court's military system is huge, so of course we have to rely on the people's support." The general argued violently.
Nonsense, Zhang Chi couldn't help but curse: "Soldiers should seek to defend their families and the country. The soldiers of the court are the soldiers of the people. How can there be a reason to turn around and rob the people?"
"This is a bad statement. The people are naturally the people of the court, but the court is not the people's court." Zhang Chi himself felt that he was speaking righteously, but he did not expect the righteous words that the general also refuted: "Since we are both the imperial army, we are a family. You came to rob me for no reason. Do you want to rebel?"
"Sunzi is a family with you." When Zhang Chi heard that the general called looting the people and collecting food and money, how could he not be angry? When he looked up, he saw that there had been smoke from the central army's tent. He was afraid that reinforcements would be there in a while, so he turned to Du Ximing and said, "Kill them all first."
"You dare!" The general glared and said, "I am a general of the Wang family in Langya. Lord Wang Xun, the Minister of the Central Secretariat of the Court, is my head of the family."
"Why don't you dare?" Du Ximing was not angry at first, but when he heard the general mention the Wang family of Langya, he was angry and there was Zhang Chi's military order. So Du Ximing thrust his spear, shouted "Kill", and rushed forward first.
The other party was also an official army of the court. Although the formation was suddenly scattered by night attacks, they were trained after all. At this time, the general of his own side was in charge, so their morale naturally improved. In a blink of an eye, the two groups of people were strangled together.
But despite this, the number of people is very different after all, and Zhang Chi's soldiers are several times more than the other party, and it is only a matter of time to solve the battle.
Daoxuan has been staying with Zhang Chi since he went up the mountain, naturally because he knew that Zhang Chi didn’t know how to do it, so he could protect him by his side. However, when he looked back, he saw Santong following him, and asked, “Why don’t you go up and fight? If you don’t go up, you won’t have your contribution at that time.”
Santong said strangely: "Then why don't you go to fight?"
"My task is to protect Brother Zhang. As long as Brother Zhang is not in danger, that is my contribution." Dao Xuan said with a smile: "You are different. You have to practice the fists and feet I teach you. Isn't it a great opportunity to practice now?"
Santong has asked Daoxuan to teach him fists and feet many times these days, and has never practiced it. At this time, when he heard Daoxuan say this, he said happily: "It's true. If you don't say it, I don't think it's it. When you say it, my hands will itch."
Daoxuan taught him all his fists and feet, and he could not perform them immediately, so Santong jumped off his horse, picked up a knife, and rushed up to fight with the enemy infantry.
Chapter completed!