One day in late April, when the sky was just dawning, fifteen miles west of Humu Township, on the road to Daliang, there were already people coming and going in the grass on both sides of Tu Road, reporting to Zhou Shi and Chen Yu, who were hidden in the forest, what they had seen in Humu Township.

"The grain in Humu Township has been loaded into carts of cattle and horses, pressed to the brim, and lined up on the roads outside the city."

"The Qin officials in the Qin army camp came out with thirty people, and there was a child in custody."

Hearing this, Chen Yu clenched his fists and said, "It must be my nephew!" ”

"Qin officials and Qin pawns said goodbye to the Zhang family outside the city, and took more than 100 young people in the township to escort the grain cart and set off, and the child was tied to one of the cars......"

Hearing this, Zhou Shi also said to Chen Yu: "Those more than 100 young men will not die for the Qin people, and we will only need to deal with those more than 30 Qin soldiers at that time." ”

He turned his head and smiled at the strong men of the Wei State who had followed him in the past two months and continued to fight against the tyrannical Qin, as well as the more than ten Zhao Di knights brought by Chen Yu.

"This time, the Qin army in Daliang City will not get a grain of grain!"

Then, when the sun rose high, the news that his subordinates inquired about broke Zhou Shi and Chen Yu's plan......

"Then the Qin officials escorted the grain cart, suddenly turned around at the fork in the road, and went to Waihuang County!"

"What!?"

Zhou Shi and Chen Yu were shocked.

"Could it be that they sensed that we were going to intercept us?" Zhou Shi looked at Chen Yu with some suspicion, although Chen Yu's words that day made him have a lot of impressions of this person, but Zhou Shi did not fully trust him.

Chen Yu speculated: "Maybe Qin officials were worried that the grain truck sent to Daliang from Yangwu County had an accident on this road, so they planned to take a detour?" ”

There are two roads from Humu Township to Daliang, one is to go directly to the west, to walk 100 miles to reach Daliang, and to spend the night in Xiaohuang Township on the way, Zhou City they are ambushed in the middle of Humu and Xiaohuang.

The second is to go to Waihuang for the night first, and then go west from Waihuang, which still takes two days.

The Qin people chose to take the second route, which disrupted the ambush plan, and Zhou began to hesitate to cancel the attack.

But Chen Yu refused to give up, and persuaded him bitterly: "It's better to go to Waihuang, that's my brother's hometown, although the Qin people occupy Waihuang and search for light heroes everywhere in the city, but there are still many light heroes hidden in the countryside outside the city." They had been favored by my brothers, and several of their leaders were associated with me. Zhou Jun might as well take people to the only way to Daliang in Waihuang to continue the ambush, and I will quickly go to the suburbs of Waihuang to contact the light man, or I can get dozens of people! When the time comes, they will fight together, and they will destroy Qin Kou and burn their grain! ”

Chen Yu's words made Zhou Shi's heart lively again, at this time, even if he gave up his plan and attacked Humu Township, in the face of the remaining Qin pawns and Zhang's servants, the chances of victory were not great.

But if he can take advantage of this matter to absorb Waihuang Qingxia, he will be able to gather more people and do bigger things!

Zhou Shi immediately spread out the map he had brought out when he was an official in Yangwu County, but saw that less than thirty miles south of their location was the road leading from Waihuang to Daliang, and it had to pass through a dense forest......

Today, the Qin people's control over Wei still only occupies the towns as strongholds, barely maintaining the lines of communication, but can do nothing about the vast countryside of Lilu.

Therefore, for the locals who are familiar with the local roads and rivers, it is not difficult to avoid the eyes and ears of the Qin people. Moreover, most of the Wei people did not submit willingly to the rule of the Qin army, not every county and township, the relationship between the two sides was as harmonious as Humu Township, and in Waihuang, Chenliu and other places, the atmosphere was almost to the level of saber rattling, and the local Wei people were happy to assist Zhou City.

"I will take people and wait for Chen Sheng here."

Zhou Shi pointed to the forest on the map and looked at Chen Yu, who had changed into a coarse cloth brown coat and was about to leave, but the scholarly business was still in high spirits.

"If everything goes well, Chen Sheng, before dawn tomorrow, take the outer yellow light man to meet me in this forest! If the sun is not up to three poles, forgive me! ”

……

Chen Yu did not break the contract, and before dawn the next day, he followed the township guide sent to him by Zhou City and came to this dense forest in the dark.

It was not only those who came with him, but he saw that behind Chen Yu, there were still forty or fifty people with him! They are all light men wearing short clothes, or carrying torches, or carrying sword blades, all with unkempt hair and sideburns, speaking loudly, saying that they want to meet the "Zhou Daxia" who has caused countless troubles to the Qin army in the past two months.

"In just one day, Chen Yu has recruited so many people! Zhang Er's fame is so great? ”

Zhou Shi suddenly frowned, as a soldier who has been a soldier for generations, he actually can't look down on these light heroes. But now, with the fall of Wei imminent, he must unite all those who are enemies of Qin, even though most of them are motivated by personal enmity and are not the same as Zhou Shi, who is bent on protecting Wei.

He could only suppress his temper and praised the light heroes, saying that after the fall of Waihuang, they did not escape, but stayed to continue to fight against the Qin army, and they were also "heroes".

After appeasing the light heroes and letting them go down and close their eyes and rest for a while, Chen Yu sat down next to Zhou Shi, who noticed that his face seemed to be unhappy.

"Chen Sheng, what did you hear about Huang Waiting?"

"The Qin official Heifu stationed in Humu Township is really hateful!"

Chen Yu punched the tree and said angrily: "That black man not only forced my sister-in-law to death and kidnapped my nephew, but after arriving in Waihuang, he also swaggered through the market, publicizing his merit in capturing Zhang Er's son. And insulted my brother and Wai Huang Qingxia as lost dogs, who would only use the wealth of his wife and family to recruit scoundrels, violate the ban with force, and disrupt the law of the country. ”

He also threatened to take Zhang Ao to Daliang today to receive a reward in exchange for a gold reward. What else does he say, 'This little light man may be taken to Guanzhong, castrated into the palace, be a small temple man, and serve the king'. Haojie can suffer this humiliation after that, it is really bearable, which is unbearable! I will kill this thief! ”

This news spread ten, ten, hundreds, and in less than a day, all the townships and villages near Waihuang knew about it, so Chen Yu was able to recruit forty or fifty people so smoothly.

These people were either light warriors or local heroes who had received Zhang Er's favor, and when they heard that Chen Yu was going to cooperate with Zhou City to ambush the Qin people, they all said that they were willing to help rescue the little gentleman......

There was also a light man who raised his arms and shouted: "These days, we can have enough of Qin Kou's anger, and we are just happy to kill, and we can be regarded as worthy of Zhang Daxia's favor of wine and meat!" ”

Zhou Shi nodded, without much suspicion, the Qin people were arrogant for a day or two, and the Qin army in Yangwu County captured his subordinates, and they had to parade through the streets, and then behead and abandon the city to set an example, but they didn't know that the men in Wei Di couldn't be killed?

He was just worried that when that Qin official Heifu came out of Waihuang with the grain team, would he increase the escort manpower?

The result made Zhou Shi breathe a sigh of relief, and the spies reported that the Qin officials were too confident, and they did not send more manpower, but they were still more than 30 people, with more than 100 people to carry grain, after dawn, they had already left Waihuang County, and slowly walked towards this side......

Seeing that the sky was bright, as the commander of this ambush, Zhou Shi began to assign tasks to Chen Yu and others.

His two cronies, who were also Wei Wushu, were responsible for leading nearly a hundred Wei people into two teams, which were ambushed in the grass on both sides of the road.

The cronies received the order, gave a military salute to Zhou City, and ran out with the fifty people who had been assembled, crossed the road, and ambushed in the opposite forest.

Chen Yu was asked to take those dozens of light heroes in this side of the forest, and they were specifically responsible for killing the enemy and saving people.

"This time, it is still mainly about burning grain, saving the little gentleman of the Zhang family, burning the grain, you can retreat into the forest and withdraw, Qin Kou does not have to kill it all."

Zhou Shi knew very well that he couldn't just see the Qin people transporting grain in front of him, although they were still on the land of Wei, they wanted to regard this place as an "enemy territory", and they couldn't be careless at all. Daliang is a hundred miles to the west, and the cavalry of the Qin people can gallop here in a few hours, and they meet them on the plain, and no matter how many people there are, they will definitely die.

In the end, he also left a few hunters to squat at the entrance of the woods, responsible for watching whether the Qin people's chariots and horses entered, using the sound of birdsong that was difficult to distinguish between true and false as a signal......

……

The sun gradually rose, the dew slowly evaporated, and while lying in the trees and grass waiting, Zhou Shi found that Chen Yu was actually very nervous.

Although he took off his Confucian clothes, wore a short back coat, and had a two-foot sword in front of him, dressed like a ranger, he could still see a bit of scholarly temperament on his face, and he kept blinking at the appearance, some expectation, and some nervousness.

"Chen Sheng said that he had killed people, I believe it."

Zhou Shi smiled: "But, you have never fought?" ”

"Not really." Chen Yu knew that his nervousness had been discovered, and he was a little ashamed.

"It's okay, when I first went into battle, I was just like you, just like them." Zhou Shi comforted him, and then snorted at the people behind him.

Among the group of people who followed Zhou City, how many of them really fought?

Among these nearly 100 people, there are no more than five real warriors. The rest of the people are all county pawns, farmers, and even small businessmen in Yangwu County and Huangchi County. They either wanted revenge because they were killed by the Qin people, or they didn't dare to surrender because they had been enemies of the Qin people, and they even ran out of the city with Zhou City for no reason.

In the eyes of the Wei people, the Qin people are like tigers and wolves, and they are shocked by their first merit and notoriety, so no matter where they are, there are not a few people who run away.

These people were not warriors in the past, and even if they followed Zhou Shidong to hide in Tibet for two months, they still looked immature. At this moment, there is another battle, although it is more to fight less, but it is still tense.

Chen Yu saw it. A boy of about fourteen years old clung to the handle of the wooden spear as if he was holding his parents, and was about to cry, and many more moved their legs or swallowed saliva unconsciously.

"It's good if I can't help but pee."

Zhou Shiyun said lightly, he asked people to pass on the word and said: "Second and third sons, listen well, this battle is the same as the last time I robbed grain in Yangwu County, I will go first, and you will follow!" ”

Zhou Shi was a military soldier, and he learned on the battlefield that as a lower-level military officer, taking the lead was the best way to boost morale. If he is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he persuade everyone to join him in resisting Qin, just to renew the life of Wei?

After appeasing everyone, he taught Chen Yu again: "If your hands are sweaty, pinch the dry soil and wipe it, and when you rush up, the sword will fall." ”

Chen Yu was indignant when he heard this, but he still did what Zhou Shi said, and at the same time thought in his heart: "It is worthy of being regarded by the Wei Di Qin army as an old soldier who is a thorn in the flesh......"

As if seeing through his heart, Zhou Shi suddenly sighed.

"There's no way, who let us wait, we're already the last military pawn of Wei?"

At this time, a burst of birdsong came from a distance, one by one, until it reached Zhou Shi's ears.

He immediately became solemn.

"The Qin people are here!"

……

The woods are old and have thick trunks, and in mid-April, when the trees are in full bloom, the turquoise leaves are like a canopy, and the wind blows through the branches.

The weeds along the road are also growing wildly, and they can hide an adult inside, as long as you can resist the sultry itching of the blades of grass, and the chirping of grasshoppers will also drown out the breathing of the ambushers......

However, they couldn't hide the sound of wheels, footsteps, and the neighing of cows and horses in the distance!

Zhou Shi and Chen Yu led their subordinates to hold their breath and lie in the grass under the forest, motionless, staring at the distance with their eyes. But seeing that the originally empty road began to be dusty, the first two horses opened the way, and two lightly armed Qin soldiers rode on horses, vigilantly looking at the woods on both sides.

Then, there was a convoy of oxen and horses with a long snake, there were as many as seventy or eighty vehicles, and the distance between the front and back was hundreds of steps, and those Wei people who wore coarse cloth clothes were responsible for leading the cattle and horses in front. Every ten steps, there were a few Qin pawns carrying spears, still talking happily, as if they were ignorant of the impending danger......

Chen Yu raised his head slightly, he was trying to find Zhang Ao's whereabouts.

Zhou Shi's eyes were fixed on the things dragged on the oxen and horse-drawn carts, and it seemed that they were indeed bags of grain in sacks, which made the wheels creak. There were also some manuscripts mixed in with each car, presumably with the cattle and horses.

At this time, Chen Yu's body froze, and his eyes widened!

He finally found Zhang Ao's whereabouts, and the poor child was tied to a car, still sobbing. The cart did not pull grain, and a black-faced Qin official wearing a crown and armor sat in the car, looking relaxed, as if he was looking forward to the reward he would get after sending Zhang Ao to Daliang.

Chen Yu immediately gritted his teeth and looked at Zhou Shi, meaning that he could do it?

Zhou Shi shook his head, telling him to calm down for a while, and it was not too late to wait for the grain cart and the Qin people to completely enter the forest.

Chen Yu had no choice but to continue to endure, thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, seeing that the car carrying Zhang Ao had crossed the ambush site where he was, Chen Yu couldn't bear it anymore! Suddenly there was a loud shout from beside him!

"Kill the Kouke!"

Zhou Shi lifted his disguise and stood up, he held a sword and shield, pointed at the Qin people on the road who had not yet reacted and shouted!

"Zhu Qin!"

With the words, Zhou Shi was the first to rush forward, just as he had promised everyone earlier.

"Kill Qin Kou!"

Chen Yu also hurriedly jumped up and shouted, but because he ran too fast, he stepped on a stone, his feet slipped, and he almost didn't fall. By the time he gained a firm foothold, there were already many Wei people and light heroes following Zhou Shi and rushing in front of him!

"Save my nephew first!"

Chen Yu hurriedly shouted, but only then did he suddenly realize that those "Wei people's husbands" who should have been frightened and scattered did not panic at this moment, but gathered together in five or others, and skillfully pulled out the blades hidden inside from the oxen and horse carts!

And in the sharp brass whistle of the black-faced Qin officials, in the carriage of the ox and horse-drawn carriage, there were also Qin pawns with right or left buns who violently lifted the straw poles, and they squatted in the car, and the crossbow machine in their hands was actually wound up a long time ago, ready to go!

"Oh no, fooled!"

Only then did Chen Yu realize that this empty grain transport team, and even his nephew, were a bait, in order to catch them for the bait!

However, without waiting for Chen Yu to warn him to retreat, the Qin soldiers on the car had already aimed at the Wei people and light heroes who were rushing over, and pulled the hanging knife......

The sound of strings like bangs, the dull sound of sharp objects entering the body, followed by the clumsy sound of falling to the ground.

After a burst of screams, running in front of Chen Yu, those fierce and brave warriors who were not afraid of death actually fell more than a dozen people, horizontal and vertical......

Chen Yu was stunned, and couldn't help but think of that sentence.

"Under the bait, there will be dead fish!"