8. Xiong Ershanxia

In the palace, one of His Majesty Renzong's favorite jokes is: "I'm innocent of shooting you!"

However, on September 14, the projectile spewed from the musket under Xiong'er Mountain will not say that you are innocent.

On this day, the unlucky Li Sui led more than a thousand brothers and accidentally bumped into Xiong'er Mountain. He planned to find a robber's cottage nest to kill and catch a few scapegoats. He insisted that they were the same party of the anti-thieves, so as to help him exonerate himself. Unexpectedly, he suddenly stabbed the hornet's nest.

The army of horse thieves from Guo Yaoshan, Zhang Hai and Sanmei really hid here. It was also theirs who attacked Xiongjia Fishing Village last night. After fighting all night last night, they had been sleepy for a long time. This group was resting in the mountains.

The cargo on the two big ships has not been processed yet.

Horse thief camp in the deep mountains, thatched hut.

The little leader of Fulu in the fruit ditch at the foot of the mountain: A Han suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Sir, it's not good. The officers and soldiers are coming, and the officers and soldiers are coming."

"What? Make it clear." Guo Mioshan woke up from a dream, jumped off the bed with birch leaves, grabbed A Han's collar, and showed a cannibalistic expression.

"Sir, I said the officers and soldiers are coming!" A Han repeated.

"Where are you? Tell me?"

"I got off the boat before I got ashore," A Han replied.

"Grandma, I'm scared to death"

Just now, when A Han of Fulu stumbled into the mountain, someone informed Zhang Hai, Sanmei and others. Not long after, they also came to the thatched house in Guo Maoshan.

Seeing that A Han was putting something on the ground with stones, Guo Mioshan couldn't help nodding his head. After a moment, they finished discussing. Guo Mioshan looked up and waved to Zhang Hai and Sanmei.

They hurried over and asked in unison, "Old man, what's wrong?"

Guo Mioshan said, "The team of officers and soldiers came down from the mountain. A Han said that there were more than 1,000 people, and it seemed that they were coming to us."

"What?" Zhang Hai was shocked at first, and then asked, "We temporarily changed our mind and lived in this bear'er mountain. How could we leak the news?"

The third sister didn't understand and was about to ask each other.

Guo Yaoshan waved his hand and said, "Don't say more. Gather the brothers quickly. After a while, I will personally lead the monkeys to lure the enemy and lead this group of officers and soldiers to the stream at the bottom of Jinbao Mountain. You and Sanmei detoured to the left and right to cut off their retreat. Remember that one is not allowed to let go and ambushed the musketeers on their way to escape. By the way, the shore That's where they get off the boat. Ahan, you can take someone to solve it later. Don't leave one, okay?

"Yes, old man," A Han replied loudly.

After a stick of incense, a group of people rushed out from the depths of Xiong'er Mountain, all ragged and unkempt, much better than the begging flower. If they hadn't held a long gun that could kill people in their hands, no one would have thought they were dangerous people, let alone associate them with horse thieves.

However, two quarters of an hour later, when this group of unattractive people appeared next to the bamboo forest under Jinbao Mountain, Li Sui smiled, and tears flowed out. He pointed to the group of people in front of him with the Yanling knife in his hand and said, "Brothers, you have seen it. This is the thief who robbed us. Remember, leave a few alive, and the rest are slaughtered. "

After last night's fight, Li Sui's nerves had long been numb. The purpose of coming to Xiong'er Mountain this time was to find a scapegoat. Unexpectedly, he really met him. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the costumes of these people, he knew that they were in the same group with those chaotic people last night, and Li Sui did not doubt it. He immediately ordered more than a thousand of his men to rush up.

At first, these people resisted for a while and stabbed many officers and soldiers with long guns. However, as more and more officers and soldiers rushed up, their fighting spirit obviously decreased. After leaving more than a dozen corpses on the ground, they began to flee to the depths of the bamboo forest and shouted while running, "Don't catch us, we're just refugees"

Li Suike, no matter what you are, as long as you can catch it. The people in front of him ran and shouted. The officers and soldiers behind him chased more and more happily, so that they completely forgot the danger. It was really a place to play in this deep mountain forest, and even Li Sui forgot to chase the group of people through one forest after another until they came to a Next to the stream.

Opposite were the group of 'refugees' with long guns. They were panting and pale, sitting on the beach.

Li Sui was also exhausted. He came to the water with a knife and took a sip of water. He scolded, "Oh, what are you running for?"

One of the old men answered, "Bah, why are you chasing me?"

Li Sui smiled and said, "How dare you argue that you have done something wrong, you don't need me to tell you."

"What did I do?" the old man asked again.

"You robbed the food and fodder of the officers and soldiers, which is a death penalty." Li Sui slowly took a few steps forward and waved his hand. His brother gushed out of the woods and surrounded him.

"We are just refugees. When you pass by here, you frame a good man," the old man replied.

"Bah, good man, how can you hold the weapons of the officers and soldiers?" Li Sui took a few more steps forward, and the encirclement on the left and right sides narrowed little by little, driving the opposite group of refugees to a sand. Behind it was a steep peak, and there was no way to escape.

"Can't we pick it up? Many people ran through here in the morning. They threw things on the ground. Is this also guilty?" The old man shouted.

"You can't pick, you can't pick!" Li Sui waved his hands and rushed up to the brothers on the left and right sides.

At this moment, the old man sneered and suddenly shouted, "Get down and shoot!"

Li Sui was stunned and said to himself: What do you mean? What do you mean by firing a gun?

In the blink of an eye, there were bursts of gunfire in the bamboo forest under Xiong'er Mountain. The gunfire flashed together. The officers and soldiers who were running were first shocked, and then fell down in rows, screaming everywhere. It didn't take long for the stream to turn red.

Fortunately, the officer who was not shot turned his head and fled. The wind rushed into the woods and retreated to the river along the original road. Li Sui was also swept in the middle. The Yanling knife in his hand also ran away, and his hat was gone. He threw away his armor and ran desperately. Like a frightened rabbit, he rushed out of the bamboo forest under Jinbao Mountain in one breath and headed for Running by the river, as if it were the safest.

As long as he gets there and boards the boat, he can escape back to the other side.

However, when Li Sui and his few remaining brothers were close to the 60 steps on the shore, a row of sparks suddenly flashed from the big ship he was on. The gun sounded. Li Sui suddenly felt that his chest was hot, which was very hot, just like someone poured hot water into the armor. When he stretched out his hand to touch it, the black fell in front of him, and then The brothers beside him also fell down one after another. It was not until the last man, when he rushed to the shore with all his strength, that he found that it was not his brother standing on the boat.

Before he died, he scolded, "Damn it, what bad luck!"

Then, he was hit in the head by a musket and fell to the ground.

This was the exchange of fire at the foot of Xiong'er Mountain. The officers and soldiers failed again. More than a thousand people died in two hours, and Li Sui was killed in battle.

When cleaning the battlefield, Guo Miaoshan's people caught a living man who claimed to be a king's pulp. After torture, he knew that the court had sent 10,000 horses to kill them this time. It was just a marching army passing through the waterway, and the cavalry took a dry road to Shaanxi. No wonder a while ago, he saw so many official ships when fishing on the Luoshui River. It turned out to be a large army of the imperial court. He went to Lushi County in Guzhou and did not bring much food and fodder.

That night, Guo Mioshan gathered his brothers again for a meeting in the thatched house and told everyone what he was going to do.

"Gentlemen, the court has sent someone to come, and they have been chased under our eyes. The old man, my tricks are bright. Do you believe me or not?" Guo Mishan asked everyone.

"Of course, old man, just say what to do." Zhang Haitou stood up and expressed his support.

"I believe it, you can say it, old man." The third sister also said.

The rest of the people saw that Zhang Hai and Sanmei agreed, and they had no reason to object. What's more, these horse thieves were the most resourceful among Guo Mishan, so they also agreed in unison.

"Okay, since everyone believes in me, the old man, I said that the court is not kind, and I am unjust. If we blindly hide in Tibet, we will be found sooner or later. Old man, I mean, it's better to do them fiercely and let them know how powerful we are. They dare not underestimate us anymore. Maybe they won't come again. Chasing us"

"It makes sense" and everyone echoed.

"But" a bald monk stood up and asked, "Sir, we have killed so many officers and soldiers. Can they still let us go?"

"Well, since you're all the opposite, what are you talking about?" Zhang Hai laughed on the side.

"Oh, that's right, but the team is worried about buying out the old book," said the bald monk.

"I said marble monk," Guo Mioshan smiled at him.

"Oh, what's the matter, old man," the marble monk asked.

"How long have we been together?" Guo Mishan asked him.

"probably?" The marble monk scratched his bald head and thought about it, "It's been almost a year."

"It's been a year. How many people are in your team now?" Guo Mishan asked him again.

This time, the bullet monk answered quickly: "Not much, only three thousand"

"Three thousand, how many people did you have at the beginning"

"At the beginning..." The bold monk blushed, sat back, and bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry, old man. Just think I fart. I didn't mean to, but my brother asked me to keep some back. Don't toss around."

When everyone in the room heard the words of the marble monk, they all laughed and said to their hearts: This simple man is straightforward and can actually tell others what's on his heart. Well, it's really stupid.

But that's why Guo Yaoshan believed him.

"It's good that you know, old man, I won't treat anyone badly." Guo Yaoshan looked around and glanced at everyone's faces. "There are a thousand fewer people in your team, and more than 5,000. Although I am the most old man, I have what I have. Everyone has a share in the musket, old man, I Only 500 more than you, because every time I fight, the old man, my team is at the front. Of course, I'm not complaining, but just talking about the matter. Now we can only live together. If we are separated, we are not the opponents of the officers and soldiers. Do you know what we got last night?

Guo Mioshan's words immediately aroused everyone's interest. He said that there were good things again. He had to hear them clearly. The marble monk opened his eyes wide and asked, "Is it a musket? I'm still short of two hundred. Don't forget me, old man."

Guo Mioshan shook his head with a smile, "It's not!"

"No," the marble monk shrank back as soon as he heard that it was not a musket.

However, others are still interested, because the musket is not the most important thing. They need more food and fodder, because the team is growing day by day, and eating and drinking are very problematic, and hunting alone is not enough.

Guo Yaoshan wink at Zhang Hai. He quickly stood up and punched everyone: "Guys, everyone's contribution last night. Now I'll read what I got last night."

After a while, Zhang Hai took out a piece of straw paper from his arms, wrinkled, but recorded the dense fly head words.

Some smart people immediately felt that they had grabbed good things this time. They immediately stood up and complimented Guo Mioshan, and then expressed their willingness to follow Guo Maoshan to join the army. Guo Maoshan nodded proudly, and then motioned him to sit down and listen to Zhang Hai read the list of loot.

"530 ounces of white rice, 1,700 jin of pork, more than 5,000 sets of official uniforms, more than 2,000 knives and guns, 169 ounces of green salt, 1,000 boxes of projectiles, and a very heavy thing..."

Zhang Hai intermittently thought about the time when he could have a sip of incense. Everyone put their ears in their hearts one by one. When Zhang Hai said to divide the food and fodder for a while, everyone stood up excitedly.

Guo Mioshan looked at them happily, and then asked mysteriously, "Guys, don't you want to know the heavy thing that my adopted son Zhang Hai just read?"

Everyone was stunned, and immediately someone asked, "Sir, what is that? Gold or silver?"

Guo Yaoshan smiled and took out a pamphlet from his arms, which was exactly the same as the pamphlet attached to grab the musket before. He explained, "This thing is called an artillery. According to the book, this cannon can open a monument and crack stones, attack the city and plunder the land, attack, retreat and defend, and invincible. When attacking the city, you only need to point the mouth of the city gate, in a hundred steps. If you open fire suddenly outside, the city gate will be blown up, and the jade will be burned. When guarding the city, it will be extremely powerful. As long as you fire a shot at the enemy's array, hundreds of people will be killed and injured immediately."

As soon as Guo Mioshan's words fell, the marble monk jumped up and asked in surprise, "Sir, is there really such a powerful thing in the world?"

"Can there be any fakes?" Guo Mioshan shook the brochure in his hand and told him that the others also looked over in surprise.

"If..." The marble monk thought that if I could get this thing, wouldn't it? He was thinking about how to ask Guo Mioshan for the cannon, but he heard Guo Mishan say, "This thing is only this one, that is to say, it is indeed a rare thing, and it really can't be divided into everyone, so I take the liberty to make my own decision. I'll take charge of this thing. I'll seize the artillery of the officers and soldiers in the future, and then I'll give them to everyone."

Everyone heard it as soon as they heard it. What's the point of it? It's better to let Guo Yaoshan take charge of it. Anyway, every time there is a war, his people rush to the front, so he said in unison, "We are obedient and willing to listen to the old man's orders!"