The sun was shining and the sky was clear. Lin Yuan sent Yang Zian to the edge of the woods. This time, Yang Zian went to Xinghua with only two people. They had to disguise as small merchants. For this reason, Lin Yuan handed over the only ox cart. Yang Zian also gave Yang Zian a sum of money that he did not have much.
"Take care of yourself first." Lin Yuan held Yang Zian's hand tightly.
Every time someone goes out, his heart is always hanging in the air, falling down there.
No one knows what awaits them in the future.
Just because you can come back safely before, doesn't mean you can come back later.
Luck is the most uncertain thing.
Yang Zian also held Lin Yuan's hand, and after a firm grip, he turned over and got on the ox cart. Before leaving, he rushed to Lin Yuan and said, "The sword does not see blood, it is not a good sword, a soldier does not kill, and it is not a good soldier."
After Yang Zian walked away, Lin Yuan let out a sigh.
After a day of thinking, Lin Yuan called Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang has been eating and living with those "soldiers" recently. Some people are submissive to him, while others are against him. This is all Lin Yuan's expectations. People are complex and have their own way of thinking. , is an individual.
"Since the training is almost done, it's time to get serious." Lin Yuan said, "This time I'll take you with me to find the bandits nearby."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes seemed to be shining: "That's how it should be!"
Lin Yuan nodded: "We leave tomorrow morning, leave early."
"There's no need to eat breakfast." Lin Yuan said again.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and said a little sadly: "It seems that I should eat more tonight."
Lin Yuan laughed twice, then separated from Zhu Yuanzhang and went back to their respective houses.
Although it was inhumane to fight on an empty stomach, Lin Yuan felt that it was better to be on the safe side when he went to fight bandits for the first time.
He forgot where he heard it. On the eve of the war, the soldiers were not hungry. They could only eat at the celebration feast. For the sake of their stomachs, the soldiers had to fight hard.
He wanted to try this method, but was a little worried, so he just didn't give him a breakfast.
Lin Yuan didn't sleep well that night. He tossed and turned on the bed, and his dreams were full of fighting scenes. When Lin Yuan woke up in the morning, he looked at the light shining through the window, wiped his back, and was covered in cold sweat.
When he dressed neatly, walked out of the house, and left the half-built city wall, what he saw was the soldiers who had already lined up neatly.
They are all wearing rattan armor, weapons in their hands, their heads held high, and they are in high spirits. Everyone here knows what they are going to do today, but in addition to a little fear, it is more exciting, and they themselves Clearly, after training for so long, today is the time to test.
What's more, they have rattan armor and weapons, and they are wearing thick-soled shoes made by women who stayed up late to work. Walking on the road is like walking on the clouds, and they don't have to worry about getting wet.
Because there are no horses, we can only go on foot, and everyone carries a water bottle made of bamboo.
The food could only be sourced locally, and Lin Yuan also nibbled the edible bark with them.
The wisdom of ancient working people, they know which tree bark can be eaten, peel off the bark, there is a layer of white stuff attached to the skin, this layer of stuff is edible, although it has no taste, you need to eat a lot to fill your stomach , but talk is better than nothing, and with a little something in the mouth, people can be somewhat comforted.
They walked for three days and three nights, and finally saw a stockade before sunset.
The bandits occupy the mountains as kings, do not listen to the orders of the imperial court, and survive by robbing their homes and robbing the prime-aged men and women.
They will let these young men join them and join them in harming their neighbors.
And women will be locked up by them. If they are beautiful, they can live better if they are favored by high-ranking people.
But if they look average and are not seen, they will become a tool for the bandits to vent their desires.
On this day, Lin Yuan and the others did not act rashly or light a fire. They just observed the stockade in a hidden place. Although it was a bandit stockade, the surprise was that the division of labor was very clear. Torch, the stockade is built with a shed, but it is not simple. On the contrary, it is luxurious compared with ordinary dwellings.
The approximate number of people is around 300 people, which is a medium-sized stockade.
However, they did not have many weapons. After observing for a day, they found that there were no more than fifty people with knives, and more people were holding wooden sticks.
Lin Yuan discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang in a low voice, "You can only attack him by being unprepared."
They spent almost a week observing the stockade.
Every two days in this stockade, a group of people will go down the mountain. When they come back, they will bring a lot of materials. It seems that they are robbed from the homes of the common people.
There are about 200 people in this group, leaving more than 100 people to guard the village.
Now that there is no long-distance accurate communication method, if they attack while these people are going down the mountain, the people in the stockade have no way to notify the people who have gone down the mountain.
"Tell fifty people to go around, and fifty people charge forward." Lin Yuan used his fingers to draw this piece of terrain on the ground. He painted it crudely, but Zhu Yuanzhang could understand it, "Look, this is the largest in their stockade. The house, the owner of the village should live here.”
"Although it's not certain whether the village owner was in the stockade at the time, it is the fastest to rush in from here."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, indicating that he knew, and he said, "I will lead people around."
Lin Yuan: "I'll lead someone to dash forward. Once there is a sound on my side, you have to do it as soon as possible."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "Understood."
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is still in the learning stage, and Lin Yuan himself is crossing the river by feeling the stones, but Lin Yuan has a little advantage, that is, the knowledge he acquired in modern times.
One of the advantages of modern people than ancient people is that modern people have received information from all over the world since they were born, and these are very precious treasures.
However, the ancients lacked these wealth. What is the speed of modern high-speed rail? What was the speed of the ancient horse-drawn carriage
Lin Yuan thought bitterly that he was standing on the shoulders of giants.
After waiting for another two days, it was finally the day when Lin Yuan decided to attack. He was giving a mobilization speech to the soldiers. He pointed to the stockade: "There is food, meat, and wine there. Yours, you can not only eat and drink enough, but also take it back to enjoy with your family and friends."
The soldiers' eyes widened.
Lin Yuan just said that, but they seem to have smelled the smell of meat and wine.
Many people here have never drunk alcohol in their entire lives.
Wine is made from refined grains.
"There are still women in there." Lin Yuan said, "As long as you save them, maybe you will be able to hold the big fat boy next year."
The eyes of the soldiers became even more frenzied.
What are the pursuits of the people at the bottom? To have enough to eat and drink, to have a daughter-in-law, to have a baby, this is the supreme pursuit.
At this time someone asked: "Master! Do you have one for each person?!"
Lin Yuan said angrily: "You think you're buying something, but you still have one person? They are the people of Zhuangzi when you rescue them. You are in Zhuangzi every day, and you are not confident that you can capture the hearts of beautiful women?"
He didn't want his small team to be like those mountain bandits.
Women are willing to marry and live with these big bosses, he agrees.
If they don't want to get married, he agrees. After all, women are also laborers, and they can also farm and make clothes. The more the better.
The soldiers had green lights in their eyes.
There are too few women in Zhuangzi now, and they still work separately, but since they started training, women have often come to see them.
There will also be discussions about who looks more powerful and who is more upright and imposing.
The most powerful among them, the one with the best performance, is now in a relationship in Zhuangzi.
It's not okay to call the people next to you to be jealous.
In short, under various temptations, these recruits were excited.
It seems that a good life is just around the corner, and if they take down this stockade, they will be able to reach the peak of human beings.
People who go down the mountain usually come back the next morning.
One night when it was dark, Lin Yuan saw the people in the stockade go back to sleep one after another, so he and Zhu Yuanzhang separated and set off towards the stockade.
After training for so long, these recruits are still very obedient.
But fighting skills can never be taught by teaching. In the age of cold weapons, fighting against people depends on experience.
They set out in the dark, but so many were sure not to be ignored by the watchers from the lookout.
The man hurriedly shouted: "There is an enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! Hurry up!"
Lin Yuan had already rushed to the gate of the village with people. The gate of this village was very simple. After all, the bandits did not have much resources for construction, nor were they talented in this area. A lot of effort has been spent.
Before breaking in, Lin Yuan still shouted as usual: "Disarm and don't kill!"
The people inside also shouted, "Give your grandma a leg!"
Since the other party was unwilling to surrender, he could only charge hard. Lin Yuan held a long knife in his hand and his hands were shaking a little, but he forced himself to calm down. He would be on the battlefield one day. To hide, he must have the ability to protect himself.
"Rush in!" Lin Yuan pointed to the village gate.
The obedience that had been trained before showed its power for the first time.
As soon as Lin Yuan stretched out his finger, these people rushed in with a roar, without any hesitation.
It was completely impossible to see that it was the first time they had experienced something like this.
Among these people, there are people who have attacked the coal yard with Zhu Yuanzhang and Brother Dao before. These people are the most brave. They have seen blood and are not afraid of blood. As long as they think of the good things they can get after winning, they are all excited. .
Because of them, all the other people who didn't go last time were also inspired.
Lin Yuan also rushed in with him.
Lin Yuan was also wearing rattan armor. He couldn't see what the person on the other side looked like, but could only see the approximate size.
The other party has also bullied himself up and chopped up.
Lin Yuan was stabbed, but fortunately, he was protected by a rattan armor. Apart from the dull pain, his skin was not cut.
At the moment when the other party was surprised, Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and raised his knife. He couldn't fight with others with his current strength.
When Lin Yuan came back to his senses, he had already cut the opponent's neck.
Lin Yuan didn't look at it again, he held the knife in his hand, and shouted at the other party again: "Disarm, don't kill!"
No one answered him this time.
In his ears, he could only hear the sound of metal colliding, and the subtle sound of weapons piercing his flesh. Lin Yuan took a deep breath.
At this moment, a human voice came from behind the cottage. It was Zhu Yuanzhang's voice.
"kill!"
Countless killing words were shouted from their mouths, and the people on Lin Yuan's side were also infected and shouted with knives.
The momentum is amazing, there are only a hundred people, but they just shouted the momentum of a thousand people.
Sometimes it's all about momentum.
Lin Yuan obviously felt that the person on the opposite side was beginning to hesitate.
Once people are afraid, once they feel that they may die, their actions will become dull, and there will be more miscellaneous thoughts in their minds.
On the battlefield, slow action can lead to death.
Lin Yuan shouted, "Rush over!"
As expected, the people on his side rushed over like a bull, brave and savage like they had been trained countless times.
Although he was protected by the cane armor, Lin Yuan was still injured. He felt a burning pain in his back, but he didn't touch it. If he found that his back was covered in blood, he might fall down before the enemy made a move. .
It's okay, Lin Yuan said to himself, if there is a rattan, even if he is injured, it must not be serious.
When the last person on the other side fell, Lin Yuan sat down on the ground. Because of the protection of the cane armor, they won a big victory. In addition to a few serious injuries and more than 40 minor injuries, there were nearly 50 people. In perfect condition, not even a single injury.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked more energetic than Lin Yuan. He didn't have any scars on his body. There were knife marks on the rattan armor, but they weren't heavy. Obviously, he didn't let the other side cut them down.
"Master, on your back..." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Lin Yuan's back.
Lin Yuan turned around and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to help him take a look: "Is the wound deep?"
Zhu Yuanzhang opened the cotton-padded coat with a knife and said with a smile: "It's not deep, it's shallow, and the skin is scratched a little. You wait for me to find some herbs to apply to you."
Lin Yuan: "What herbs are there in winter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
Lin Yuan sighed.
It can only be left like this, if you are lucky, you will be lucky, but if you are not lucky, you will die of tetanus.
Five to five.
They had to clean up the battlefield at night, and the gangsters who went down the mountain would be back in the morning.
All the soldiers lined up in the open space, and Lin Yuan told them not to be rude to the women and children held by the bandits, and just focus on the supplies.
In fact, such a bandit is still very rich. There are a lot of broken gold and silverware, and there are also a few paintings, but the paintings are worthless at this time. The women are locked in a small room, there are more than 30 people. Many people were pregnant, their clothes were scanty, and the house was full of stench. When the door was opened, their expressions were still in a trance.
Even when the soldiers called them out, they were all numb and walked out one by one.
As soon as the fire lit up, Lin Yuan saw these women clearly.
They were unkempt and had scars on almost every body, some on their faces.
There were nearly 20 of them with big stomachs, holding their stomachs and looking at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan could see the confusion on their faces.
In ancient times, the emphasis was on innocence. They were basically from ordinary families, and they were taught to keep themselves clean since childhood.
In many ancient biographies, after women were defiled, most of them were left hanging.
But whether this is their own choice or the family's choice, it is unknown.
"Find some clean supplies and bring them in first." Lin Yuan instructed Li Da next to him.
Li Da said "hey" and took the women to another room.
At this time, Lin Yuan finally began to look at the bandits who were tied up. These people were already afraid. They were the only ones who killed people, but now they have become meat on other people's chopping boards.
Someone begged for mercy: "Heroes, heroes forgive me, I was forced by them, and I don't want to be a bandit, hero! I have old people and young people, hero!"
Lin Yuan picked up a knife and put it on the neck of the person who begged for mercy. The other person shivered and his crotch was cold. Lin Yuan smelled the smell of urine, and the person was scared to pee.
Then he put away the knife: "I ask you, how many people came down the mountain?"
The man quickly replied: "A hundred people."
"What are you going down the mountain for?" Lin Yuan asked again.
The man swallowed: "Go get the food..."
Lin Yuan's knife cut a bit of skin on the man's neck.
So the man shouted again: "Hero! It's a robbery! They're going down to grab food!"
Lin Yuan: "What time do you usually come back?"
"It's time!"
It was nine to eleven in the morning, and Lin Yuan nodded.
Lin Yuan asked again: "Look around you, who kills the most people? I'll spare you if you point it out."
The bound man hurriedly shouted:
"Third son, you can't point fingers!"
"Third son, I gave you a piece of meat last year!"
"Three sons!"
This man named Sanzi was dressed in shabby clothes, and at first glance he knew that he was not an important person, but it was precisely because of this that he hated those who were above him even more.
The third child closed and opened his eyes, and Lin Yuan cut off the rope that bound him with a knife and told him to identify the person.
The third son looked around and saw that these people were just like him, with human life in their hands. He walked towards the person furthest away from him. This person was wearing a cotton-padded coat and looked like a gangster. He said to Lin Yuan, "He It's our fourth master, he kills the most!"
"Is there any objection?" Lin Yuan asked the bandits.
No one spoke.
Lin Yuan said, "That's good."
As soon as these two words were uttered, Lin Yuan had already raised his sword and killed this man.
He wasn't strong enough, and it took two stabs to cut off the head.
"vomit-"
Several soldiers who watched this scene vomited.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes when he started, and almost vomited when he opened his eyes. He took a deep breath. The tip of his nose was full of blood and urine, and a few others were scared to pee.
Although these people have killed people, they have not cut off their heads.
Especially watching the heads of people who used to be a blessing on their own heads to be chopped off.
"I didn't beg for mercy." Lin Yuan sighed, "I'm still a man, but unfortunately I took a detour."
The three sons have fallen to the side.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the head indifferently, and said to Lin Yuan, "Master, it's time for us to make arrangements."
Lin Yuan nodded, and he looked at the man named Sanzi again.
"Third son, stand up." He ordered.
The three sons supported the ground with both hands and got up from the ground.
Lin Yuan asked him, "Do you want to live?"
The third son nodded vigorously: "Think!"
He is now in tears.
Holding a knife at someone else and being held by someone else with a knife are two completely different feelings.
Lin Yuan smiled at the third son. In the eyes of the third son, this man was like a Rakshasa who came out of the dark night.
The courage of the three sons has been broken by fright.
This night, they were all sorting out the things before the stockade and the food they had not finished eating.
I have to say that this stockade still has a bit of grain, not only coarse grains, but also a lot of refined grains, and a lot of bacon.
There's even rice wine.
Lin Yuan asked people to tie all these to the scooters, trapping six scooters—of course they were in the stockade. They traveled lightly on their own, not to mention the scooters, not even luggage.
"When it's dawn, we'll catch the rest of them, and you'll be able to open your belly to eat." Lin Yuan shouted loudly.
The crowd yelled like crazy.
"Will take their heads!"
"Kill them!"
"Have a full meal!"
Those who were seriously injured were placed in the room. Lin Yuan asked someone to clean the wounds and wrapped them with clean cloth. As for himself - the wounds were too shallow, there was not much blood, and now he didn't feel any more, he washed them with water. After washing, the cloth strips are not tangled.
Those who came back at this time must have traveled overnight, eager to return to the stockade to have a good meal, and then go to bed. The spirit is the most relaxed time.
Lin Yuan and Zhu Yuanzhang left ten people here, telling them to take good care of the bound man, and take the rest to ambush and kill him by surprise.
The third son was also brought along, after all, he knew better where the people in the stockade would go up the mountain.
"If they don't come, I will kill you." Lin Yuan lowered his voice and said to the third son, "If you expose us, I can kill you too."
The three sons shivered, if the leaves were crumbling on the treetops in autumn.
There was finally a movement in his ears, Lin Yuan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise, and Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was exactly the same as Lin Yuan's.
These bandits have horses!
The third child whispered, "Yes, there are five horses..."
There's no time to ask where these horses come from, but they are horses!
Lin Yuan made a gesture, and then waved it down.
His soldiers rushed out like hungry tigers.
Lin Yuan also rushed out.
After all, he is a man, and he eats and drinks well, he is not hungry, his physical strength can keep up, and he will not hold back.
The people on horseback are not people, but food!
This is simply great news.
After being caught, the horses began to scream in a panic, and the bandits behind the horses were caught off guard, but they quickly reacted and took up their weapons.
It's just that he was overworked and slack off at this time. How could he beat Lin Jiabing, who had waited all night and just wanted to eat
"Who is coming?!" Someone in the bandit group roared.
Lin Yuan also shouted: "The one who took your life!"