Chapter 1129 Crazy Duo

Qu Chang looked at Pang Tong proudly.

Pang Tong looked very ugly, then he was silent for a while, waved his hand, looked back and said: "Come here, give me the gift for the captain!" Although there is still a long distance between Qu Chang and the captain, who doesn't like to hear it? Some nice words?

Qu Chang smiled and said: "It would be great to do this earlier! Dried fish? Ha, do you think I'm a chick?"

Merchants must be inspected when crossing the border. Of course, part of this behavior is to identify spies, but mostly it is to gain benefits.

Staying in this inhospitable place, food and grass expenses can only be sent once a month. If these caravans are not inspected and subsidized to some extent, where will the food and wine come from?

The large caravans from Pingyang to the east all take the Huguan-Hanoi route, and will not take the Hedong route at all. Only some small-scale caravans will take the Hedong-Hongnong route to earn some extra money.

Dried fish is not valuable, but the salt used to marinate it is. It's just that salt and iron are somewhat regulated by the court. Although it is no longer strictly prohibited, it is very cumbersome to go to the government to register for business, so many businessmen simply use salted fish instead of selling salt. Although this type of control and restriction is no different for large merchants, it is still effective for small caravans.

Qu Chang looked at the wine and bacon that were served, nodded, then pointed at a few items casually, and said to the soldiers beside him: "Take these, I will have an extra meal today..."

Commander Qu turned his head, his face somewhat relaxed, and said to Pang Tong: "People from the Wei family in Hedong really know etiquette. However, inspections are also necessary, but you can rest assured that a certain subordinate also knows the right rules. Come on, come on board for inspection and be more agile, don’t break the rules!”

Immediately, a team leader responded and walked towards the river bank with about ten people.

Pang Tong didn't behave well this time, and allowed the soldiers to put their heads into the cabin to check, and some even rummaged through some cargo. It's just that the gifts sent out have obviously had some effect, and the hands and feet of these big-headed soldiers are not too heavy...

The leader of the team came back and reported: "It is indeed a salted fish... There are not many weapons, bows and arrows in the cabin, and there are no horses. There are only some carts and the like. Weapons, only three or five waist knives and a dozen sentinels." Great……"

Commander Qu glanced at the leader's obviously bulging waist and said, "Okay, I see...how many did you take?"

The team leader smiled awkwardly and said: "...Well, haven't you been so talkative these days..."

Qu Chang waved his hand to signal him to get out, and then shouted to Pang Tong: "Okay, you guys go over... huh? Is it raining? Ha..."

After such a delay in going back and forth, the sky was getting late. I don't know when it started, but raindrops began to fall one by one from the sky.

"It's broken! It's broken!"

Pang Tong was shouting and screaming, and for a while he was ordering people to transport the goods down, and for a while he was looking at the sky, and then he was asking people not to move the goods down, and then someone who seemed to be the boss of the ship came over to ask for the ship's money, and the two of them started arguing again. It was noisy and noisy.

Naturally, nothing was accomplished in the end. The dozen or so loads of goods that were moved off the ship were moved back again when the rain became heavier...

Qu Chang looked at Pang Tong with a sad face and asked someone to come over with some wine, meat, salted fish and so on. He laughed and accepted it, and then asked Pang Tong and others, for the sake of the Hedong Wei family, it is okay to stay. But I can only stay on the boat tonight, and I have to leave early tomorrow...

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The rain was pouring, covering the entire sky.

Zhang Liao sat quietly next to Pang Tong.

This is a ploy that a madman would only agree to if he meets a madman.

The south bank of Shaanjin is very open, and the entire terrain is in the shape of an inverted trumpet, so it is not difficult to just cross the river, and there is enough width to attack by force. Hongnong's defenders also know this, so they don't even think about it. With the intention of completely sealing off the entire south bank, they just built a small camp based on the terrain.

The Shaanxi-Jinnan Ferry is stuck between two mountains. The camps originally built for market trading were all burned down in the last fire. No one has rebuilt them yet, leaving some vague remains.

The camp near the shore is not big. It is called a camp, but it is actually more like a small yard built with wood. The small camp at the valley road has been roughly repaired along the mountain shape, and it has the shape of a fortress. The one near the south bank entrance is much simpler, but looks like a three-story courtyard surrounded by low walls.

The lower level is considered the kitchen. The fire pits under the large pots are now extinguished. The scattered wooden piles and stone strips around are the seats where the soldiers eat.

There is also an area in the corner of the first floor, which seems to be used as a stable, but now it is empty and has nothing. There are some haystacks, dry firewood and other sundries scattered in the corner; the second floor is where the twenty or thirty people are stationed. resting place

The third floor is much smaller, and is probably the residence of a few leading soldiers. On the top of the third floor, under a simple thatched shed, is a beacon match that looks like the word "well" that has been built together. heap.

About two hundred meters inside the ferry camp, winding up the steep mountain road, a straw shed was built in the lee of the top of the mountain, guarded by a few people, as a backup beacon firewood pile.

These two beacon pyres are the ultimate goals of Pang Tong and Zhang Liao.

Only by capturing these two places at the same time can we isolate the possibility of Hongnong noticing any changes in Shaanxi and Jin.

After all, after taking the ferry, we still need to wait on the south bank for the soldiers, horses, equipment, etc. to be transferred from the north bank. This will definitely take less than a day or two. If the Shaanxi and Jin beacons are ignited, the Shaanxi County troops will immediately Drive here and block the exit of the trumpet-shaped valley mouth. In this way, even if Zhang Liao can force his way out with his soldiers, he will probably suffer a lot of damage, which means he will lose the opportunity to break through again.

But such a rainy night seems to be an opportunity given by God.

A person who was originally adventurous met an equally daring person, which led to such a strategy that ordinary people would never agree with.

Pang Tong looked at the sky and said, "It's almost done... Let's do it..."

Zhang Liao, who was dressed as a boatman, nodded, and then walked to the stern of the boat. Under the cover of the rainy night, someone pulled up a thick hemp rope tied to the stern of the boat, and soon pulled the bundles of weapons hidden in the water. Arrived on the boat.

A caravan without weapons does not pose much of a threat.

Therefore, the defenders near the beacon tower on the south bank did not take this "caravan" seriously. In addition, with the wine and bacon, many people had what was considered the best meal in these days. In addition, it was a rainy night, and I felt that my upper eyelids were sticky and my lower eyelids were sticky. I was extremely sleepy. Except for those who still had their turn to be on duty, the rest of the staff basically found a dry place to hold their heads and sleep...

There is nothing wrong with alcohol and meat.

Pang Tong wanted to put some thought into it, but the requirements for the items to be added were too high. Not only did they need to be slow-acting, but they also needed to be non-violent. However, how can it be said that such a medicine can be found whenever it is found, or that it can be carried with you at all times?

Zhang Liao was holding a spear and wearing leather armor, then nodded with Pang Tong, and quietly rolled over the side of the ship onto the shore. The sound of rain in the dark night and the gurgling sound of the river completely covered up the sound of Zhang Liao and others' march.

At the entrance of the small camp at Nan'ankou, two soldiers on duty, one on the left and one on the right, were leaning in with their spears leaning on each other, trying their best to prevent their bodies from being contaminated by the rain outside. There was nothing wrong with leaning against the pillars. A little nap.

Zhang Liao quietly reached outside the camp. Although bows and arrows were too eye-catching, and once they got wet, the bow strings would soon soften and become unusable, Zhang Liao still had his own method.

Zhang Chen took out two short spears from behind and handed them to Zhang Liao's outstretched palm.

Zhang Liao tipped his short spear, then suddenly jumped out of the darkness, took two steps in succession, then charged forward, spearing one step at a time, and fired out!

The tail of the short spear caused slight vibrations due to friction with the air in the rain, breaking all the fine rain and mist. In the blink of an eye, it spanned a distance of nearly a hundred steps and plunged directly into the chests of the two soldiers on duty. , only a muffled sound was heard, and the two people were immediately penetrated by the short spear. The original scream in the chest was suppressed into two muffled groans due to the powerful kinetic energy brought by the short spear.

The short spear flew out, and Zhang Liao had already followed the route of the short spear and rushed straight to the gate of the camp!

Zhang Jing also held a sword and followed closely behind Zhang Liao.

In the last battle on the mountain road, because the force was indeed a bit lacking, Zhang Liao trained him well because of this flaw afterwards, so now he is more or less in shape. According to Zhang Liao, since he has embarked on the road of joining the army, it is not enough to know how to ride a horse. At least there must be some blood on the knife edge to look like a commander, otherwise these veterans will not be convinced...

It was a simple little camp, and the camp gate was only as high as one person.

When Zhang Liao rushed under the closed camp gate, maybe it was the rainy night that blocked the sound, or maybe he was too lazy to think about anything, but there was no reaction in the camp...

"People!"

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice, then stepped on the ladder built by Zhang Jing and several soldiers, jumped over the gate!

As the bolts were pulled down and the camp gate opened wide, Zhang Jing led his men like a ferocious beast into a sheepfold, and followed Zhang Liao into the camp!

The spear was originally inconvenient to use in a small space, and it was also inconvenient to use, but such a situation was not seen at all in Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao held the middle end of the spear, as if holding two short spears, and rushed into the resting place of the soldiers on the second floor. The tip of the spear swung like a living dragon, and it was already on the throat of the soldiers he encountered. It brought out a canopy of blood mist, and then rushed towards the people behind without stopping, getting through any cracks it saw. It was not hindered at all by several large and small wooden pillars in the house, and only the sound of puffing and puffing was heard. Became one piece!

By the time Zhang Jing led his soldiers and followed Zhang Liao into the house, Zhang Liao was already like a strong wind, sweeping past from the entrance to the stairs to the third floor, leaving corpses everywhere he went!

Zhang Liao glanced over with lightning-like eyes and shouted: "Zichu! Second floor! Black Gouzi, follow me!" After the words fell, the person had already rushed up the stairs to the third floor.

As soon as Zhang Liao showed his head on the third floor, he heard the sound of wind above his head, a buzzing sound, and a sword slashed down on his head!

Zhang Liao roared, and the spear was actually in such a narrow space. It rushed up the stairs as if it was alive. A spear flower bloomed above his head. With a clang, it burst out even louder than the torch next to it. The brilliance of sword-to-blade clashes shines brighter!

Qu Chang, who was awakened by the movement below, originally wanted to sneak attack Zhang Liao, but he didn't expect that the gap in force between himself and Zhang Liao was too big, and he couldn't resist Zhang Liao's strength at all. Under the loud sound of the swords clashing, he couldn't hold the sword. As soon as the tiger's mouth was released, the long knife flew out with a buzzing sound and pierced the wooden wall beside it!

Qu Chang was horrified, and turned around quickly to draw the sword, but it was too late. Zhang Liao, who had rushed up to the third floor, rushed over, swept him down with his kick, and then pierced the back of his back with the tail of his gun. He was furious on the spot. Absolutely.

On the top of the three-story wooden board is the beacon fire pyre. At this time, someone is already banging on the flint and fire sickle. Just waiting to light the tinder, the fine wood chips in the beacon fire pyre can be ignited. Then the beacon can be lit in the blink of an eye!

Zhang Liao raised his head, distinguishing among the noisy sounds, and then fired a shot from bottom to top, directly penetrating the three-layer wooden board! There was a crash, and a scream was heard from the person who was preparing to light the fire on the top floor. He was stabbed through the calf. He staggered, became unstable, and fell from the top floor...

"Black dog, go up there and clean it up!"

Zhang Liao turned around and saw something with a bow and arrow standing next to a low couch. He reached out to take it and ran straight downstairs to a pile of beacon firewood in the lee of the cliff.

On the mountain road, a fight has already begun.

Several soldiers stationed at the backup beacon pyre had discovered something was wrong and intercepted Zhang Liao's soldiers who were trying to climb up.

Although there were only a few soldiers in the lee of the mountain top, because the mountain road was winding and narrow, it could only accommodate two people standing side by side. The fighting surface was so large that Zhang Liao's soldiers were stuck in the mountain road. , the people behind can't exert their strength at all.

Although he also used long spears to stab the ankles of the soldiers stationed on the mountain, the opponent also used long spears, which gave him an advantage from being condescending. After several back and forth, he not only failed to attack, but instead stabbed several people by the opponent. , He couldn't stand firmly and fell down the mountain road. He didn't know whether he would live or die.

The person who stayed on the top of the mountain was eagerly striking flint and fire sickle, sweating profusely. The tinder has been lit just now, but because this place was originally a standby beacon pyre, daily inspections were somewhat lax. In addition, on the top of the mountain, when the wind and rain came, the drifting rain and mist somewhat penetrated into the originally dry wood chips. Among the wooden sticks, the tinder lit for the first time did not successfully ignite the beacon pyre.

"Kara Kara..." Under the impact and friction of the flint and fire sickle, the sparks splashed out finally ignited the tinder again. The soldier carefully held the tinder in his hand, blew gently twice to make the tinder bright, and then stretched out his hand tremblingly, ready to put the tinder into the beacon wood chips...

At this moment, with a "whoosh" sound, a long arrow cut through the rain and fog, came through the air, and plunged into the soldier's neck!

The soldier's legs went weak and he threw himself forward. Before he died, he saw his own blood sprinkling on the small tinder that had just become bright...