More than 1,000 bandits surrounded the village owner Lu Fang and the deputy village owner Luo Jin came slowly, although they were mountain bandits, their equipment was not bad, basically the same as the equipment of the Xiang army, iron helmet and leather armor, weapons were mainly spears, and each soldier was also equipped with a combat knife.

This is a thousand sets of equipment that Lu Fang exchanged for 50,000 taels of silver obtained by the mountain bandits for many years from Liang Fangping, and there are also 5,000 stone of grain, ordinary mountain bandits do not have this kind of courage, but after all, Lu Fang has sat in the position of the Liangshan army, and he knows that development and growth is the only way to resist the officers and soldiers.

It was with these grains and equipment that Lu Fang quickly annexed seven or eight mountain bandits on Taihang, making him the largest mountain bandit leader in Southern Taihang, firmly controlling Fuyang Dao.

At this time, a bandit soldier rushed to report: "Qiqi village master, the officers and soldiers on the mountain have crossbow arrows, and the head of the gold team was shot by them!" ”

It is normal for officers and soldiers to have crossbow arrows, but it is strange that Jin Xiaoyi, who is so afraid of death, was actually shot to death, Lu Fang frowned and asked, "How far was it shot?" ”

"About two hundred steps!"

Lu Fang looked up at the top of the mountain, in such a dark night, he could actually shoot the other party two hundred steps away, there were masters on the mountain!

Luo Jin next to him said in a low voice: "Big brother, could it be Li Yanqing, it is said that his bow and arrow are very powerful." ”

"It's not him, he's just riding and shooting, this is a crossbow arrow shooting, two hundred steps away should be with a divine arm crossbow."

Lu Fang immediately ordered: "The first team and the second team attack the mountain from the north and south, kill an officer and soldier, and reward ten times!" ”

The two hundred bandits were divided into two teams and rushed to the south and north respectively, and Lu Fang summoned another henchman and said, "You take twenty brothers to the east and west to see if there is a trail up the mountain, and pay attention to concealment." ”

"Obey the order!"

His men hurried into the night with twenty soldiers.

At this time, the thin clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, a round and a half moon appeared in the deep blue night sky, the cold clear light reflected the earth very clearly, the north mountain path is a zigzag, the slope is relatively gentle, the snow on the ground is trampled by the three hundred village soldiers and then solidified, so that the slope is extraordinarily smooth, a little careless will slip, but also bring great trouble to the attack of the bandits.

In particular, the bandits are not equipped with shields, so that many bandits can only attack the mountain on the inside of the ramp, the attack is very difficult, although the crossbow arrows shot on the top of the mountain are not intensive, but the lethality is extremely great, an average of two or three arrows will be shot down a bandit will be shot, the bandits only attack the bend of the mountain road, that is, halfway up the mountain, Lu Yi ordered to collect the troops.

At this time, the 200 bandits attacking the mountain had already shot more than 40 people, all of them were terrified, and when they heard the bell ringing, the rest of the bandits ran down like rabbits.

"How's it going?" Luo Jin asked in a low voice.

Lu Fang probably already understood the defense of the top of the mountain, the opponent's crossbowmen did not exceed 100 people, and about 50 people on the north and south sides, they could not attack at all in a small attack, and they had to press on it comprehensively, and it was possible to rush to the top of the mountain at the cost of more than 100 casualties.

He immediately said to Luo Jin: "You and I will each lead five hundred people to attack the mountain with all our might, and kill it at all costs!" ”

Luo Jin nodded, "Big brother attacks the north, and I'm in charge of the south!" ”

Lu Fang turned around and shouted, "Give me the drums to cheer!" ”

Twenty-sided drums' Boom! Boom! Boom! The ground rang, and a thousand bandits, led by Lu Fang and Luo Jin, began to launch an all-out attack on the mountain!

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At the same time as the bell rang for the bandits, dozens of soldiers began to splash water on the hillside, three large iron pots were set up in the yard, and the fire below burned the wood, and the iron pot was burned hot, and the water did not need to be boiled, as long as the snow turned into ice water, it was poured into the leather bag immediately, and the soldiers ran out with the leather bag, splashed on the ramp, the weather was very cold, although it was not dripping into ice, but the speed of solidification was also very fast, and it was not long before the ramp quickly condensed into the ice surface of white flowers.

In addition, Li Yanqing also ordered the soldiers to dig a ditch at the top of the mountain road and stack more than 100 mud bags to form a mud wall, five feet high on the front and three feet high on the sides, becoming the last barrier on the top of the mountain.

Behind the mud wall are dozens of short logs, each two feet long, of different thicknesses, the thickest one is thicker than a basin, and the thin one is about the same as a small wooden barrel, although there are no boulders, but these rolling logs will also become a defensive weapon, this is only the first batch of logs sent, in the yard, twenty soldiers are sawing wood with all their might, and a dozen large pine trees can prepare at least a hundred logs.

At this time, Li Yanqing was standing on the westernmost side of the mountaintop, coldly watching the movement of the large group of bandit troops in the distance, he saw that the bandit army was divided into two teams, rushing in the direction of north and south, and at the same time the drums were beating loudly, he knew that a large-scale attack was about to begin.

Li Yanqing immediately turned around and ordered: "Stop splashing water, the first round of pikemen is ready to fight!" ”

The first round of pikemen dispatched 100 people, 50 people were deployed in each of the north and south mountain roads, and the other 20 people were responsible for monitoring the east and west sides to prevent the bandit army from sneaking up the mountain, and the other 80 people stayed in the compound as the second round of backup to replenish the troops at any time.

Li Yanqing gave the order, and a group of soldiers rushed out of the compound and took their positions, some of them about 30 people were responsible for the frontal defense of the mountain road, and the other 20 were with the crossbowmen on the flank, the crossbowmen were to shoot arrows downward, and the pikemen used logs to smash the enemy downward.

The bandits from the north took the lead in attacking, and under the encouragement of the sound of trumpets and drums, hundreds of bandit soldiers rushed up the mountain road like a black torrent, rushing to the top of the mountain.

Wang Gui shouted loudly: "Shoot arrows, roll wood down!" ”

Fifty crossbowmen fired arrows downwards together, and a dense stream of arrows whizzed towards the bandits, and the screams and wails of the arrow-hit were constantly heard on the mountain road, but fifty arrows were still too few for hundreds of people to attack the mountain, and by the time the soldiers wound up, the enemy advance had already rushed to the bend in the mountain road.

At this moment, ten swarthy objects fell from the sky and smashed into the crowd, which was much more effective than crossbow arrows, and dozens of people were smashed in an instant, and the bandit soldiers were so frightened that they fell down, and the momentum of the attack was seriously frustrated.

"Smash it down!" Wang Gui pointed to the dense crowd below the mountain road and shouted.

A cold arrow whizzed and grazed past Wang Gui's ear, scaring Wang Gui into a cold sweat, he suddenly became angry, picked up the heaviest wooden stake and smashed it into the crowd, and scolded: "Lao Tzu stoned you bastards to death!" ”

Ten logs were smashed down from the top of their heads, and the dense crowd on the mountain road could not hide, and they were smashed to the death and wounding, and the screams rang out, and the two rounds of logs were smashed down, and the casualties were more than 100 people, and the bandit soldiers were frightened, and they turned around and ran down the mountain, and the mountain road was full of corpses.

At this time, good news also came from the south, and they used only ten logs to break down the attack of the bandit army, and the attack on both the north and south ended in failure.

"Lao Li, this thing is much stronger than a bow and crossbow, and the lethality is really enjoyable!" Wang Guixing said to Li Yanqing angrily.

"It's a pity that it's not much, I asked just now, there are more than sixty of them, and they can be used for two more rounds!"

Wang Gui scratched his head, and he was also very sorry in his heart, "It's a pity that there are too few trees on the top of the mountain, if there are more than a dozen big trees, these bastards won't want to attack them." ”

Yue Fei walked over and smiled slightly: "I have a good solution!" ”

"What a good way!" Li Yanqing and Wang Gui asked in unison.

Yue Fei kicked the mud bag that was already frozen hard, and said with a smile: "What if this mud bag is spherical?" ”

Li Yanqing and Wang Gui's eyes lit up, this is really a good way, make a big mud ball, the weather is so cold, it is estimated that it will freeze in half an hour.

Li Yanqing made a quick decision and ordered the soldiers supporting the yard to dig together to make a big mud ball, which was difficult to break with a hammer after it was frozen.

Wang Gui smiled again, "It's also a good meat stone to get those corpses up." ”

Li Yanqing kicked him lightly, "You can imagine it, how many people have you seen in the war using corpses as weapons?" Is it really not enough, these mud bags are not better than corpses? ”

"I'm just kidding, I'm going to arrange to make a mud ball!" Wang Gui hurriedly found an excuse and slipped away.

At this time, Yue Fei said to Li Yanqing: "I carefully observed the attacking soldiers just now, and I found that although they were well equipped, their training was very bad. ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "Our task is to protect the safety of the Supervision Mission, this is the first priority, if the reinforcements can arrive in time, we can cooperate with the reinforcements to destroy this mountain bandit, and other plans should not be considered for the time being." ”

Yue Fei nodded silently, and sighed again: "My first arrow was a bit of a mistake, I shouldn't have released the arrow too early, I scared the snake, and as a result, the main generals of the bandit army are now out of range, otherwise I can kill their main general." ”

Li Yanqing comforted him and smiled: "In the end, they will forget to dodge when they are in a hurry, and then your chance will come, in fact, I want to know now what happened to the little baby you held?" ”

Yue Fei showed a smile of relief on his face, "He slept very soundly, he hasn't been woken up, I like this child very much, if possible, I want to adopt him as an adopted son." ”

"You want to adopt him?" Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment.

Yue Fei nodded, "I've thought about it, I've always wanted to have a son to bring life to the family, my father has a wish, of course it's good to have one, but it's not bad to adopt one, this child is about two years old, he looks very strong, and his parents are unfortunately dead, I feel that I have a fate with him." ”

Li Yanqing also laughed, "I also think that he has a fate with you, and others will cry when they hug him, but when you hug him, he is very quiet, and he knows that you saved him." ”

"Then you think I can adopt him, too?"

It was very common to adopt sons and daughters during the Great Song Dynasty, and since Yue Fei himself was willing Li Yanqing certainly did not object, he nodded, "Give him a resounding name!" ”

Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said, "The mountain I saved him is called Turning Cloud Ridge, and my younger brother is called Yue Turning, so I will name him Yue Yun." ”

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[Yue Fei was born in 1103, and Yue Yun was born in 1119, that is, Yue Fei gave birth to a son at the age of sixteen, a little earlier, Lao Gao personally still thinks that Yue Yun is more likely to be an adopted son. 】