It was the darkest time before dawn, and the forestry team quietly walked through the mountain forest, bypassing the small hill in front of it along the valley, and came to the foot of the stone mountain where the people of Guangyuan Prefecture were stationed. During the day, Forestry and Peng Dalang had already checked the terrain clearly, climbed halfway up the mountain along the selected path, and beckoned everyone to cover their bodies.

Sun Qilang looked at the road from time to time as he walked, until he turned a corner and couldn't see the way he came.

The yellow dog had been following him closely, and he was still following him when he set off just now, and Sun Qilang couldn't get rid of it no matter what he did. It wasn't until Peng Saburo glared at him fiercely with a knife on his waist that he squatted down honestly.

Sun Qilang is also strange, this Peng Sanlang didn't know what he was doing when he was a soldier, he was full of murderous aura when he had a seizure, and he was afraid of it, but he didn't expect that even the animals were afraid of this wicked person.

The light of the fire reflected in the cave was the guiding light, and the first few teams came here one after another, taking advantage of the darkness to quietly approach.

A bird's cry broke the silence of the night sky, and the two barbarians guarding the entrance of the cave woke up from their state of fierce sleepiness, looked left and right, and one said, "What bird is a ghost in the middle of the night?" ”

Another muttered: "Is it possible for night owls to bark during the day if they don't bark in the middle of the night?" ”

After saying that, the two shrank back again, leaned against the big stone behind them, and closed their eyes.

After less than a cup of tea, two figures appeared behind the two, covering their mouths and killing them with one knife.

The people around who were hidden in the dark night saw it, waited silently for a few breaths, and saw that there was no movement at all, and then they were convinced that these two sentries were the only ones guarding outside, and they got up and hid at the entrance of the cave.

The two men who had touched the sentry waved their hands to their companions, and stood at the entrance of the cave, one left and one right.

Forestry whispered to his squad. They took out a white cloth and wrapped it around their arms. Went into the cave with the rest of the team.

The cave is very tall. And it's dry, and there is no one at the entrance to the cave. It turned out that the barbarians inside thought that the entrance of the cave was windy at night, so they all crowded inside, and it was much more comfortable to be lukewarm or hot.

At this time, the bonfire in the cave was not extinguished, and the torches still had a faint light, and by this light, everyone touched into the cave until they came to the depths of the cave.

I saw the Guangyuan Prefecture soldiers in the cave staggering. One here and one there slept on the ground. Some people are wrapped in blankets, while others are wrapped in stolen bedding. Mixed among the soldiers were captured mountain barbarians, tied together with ropes, sitting or lying on the cold ground.

Following the dark shadows of the fire on the mountain wall, the soldiers who entered the cave went all the way to the deepest part of the cave, or behind the huge stone stalactites, or in the uneven small holes, and hid themselves one after another.

Sun Qilang leaned down behind a stalagmite. I couldn't help but stick my head out to look, and saw that the barbarians guarding had already fallen asleep. But there were all kinds of people who were captured. They were tied up here, eating and drinking without a mouthful, even defecating in place, their bodies were filthy, and some of them were already half dead.

Sun Qilang swept the situation in the cave and sighed in his heart. I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, what the ancients said really makes sense, these people in the cave are worse than the yellow dogs outside.

Inexplicably, Sun Qilang felt that a gaze had been staring at him, and when he looked at the feeling in his heart, he saw a woman who couldn't see anything, covered in bloodstains, and she didn't know how many punishments she had suffered, crooked on the ground, and a pair of eyes were looking at herself.

The woman's hair was spread out, and her face was half swollen from a whip or a twig, and she could not see what it looked like. Only a pair of eyes were extraordinarily bright, I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, it was aimed at Sun Qilang, which made him panic.

Forcibly calmed down, Sun Qilang comforted himself, this woman is half dead, thinking that she is just facing this side, where do you know how to look at people.

At this moment, the rest of the Taiping army rushed in from the outside with torches, and when they entered the cave, they shouted and broke the silence of the darkness.

The barbarian soldiers, who were sleeping, were awakened by the sound and jumped up from the ground, regardless of what was around them, with knives and guns, and some just grabbed a wooden club, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave with a scream.

The people of the Taiping army came prepared, and they were used to training in peacetime, where are these barbarians opponents? After a while, he rushed into the middle of the cave and fought with the barbarians.

There were about 100 barbarian soldiers in the cave, and only more than 50 officers and soldiers rushed in.

In the high open space at the bottom of the cave, a middle-aged man got up and shouted, "Why is there a mess all of a sudden? The killing of Bozhou is coming? Kill me out! ”

As he spoke, he jumped up from the stone, grabbed the steel knife leaning beside him, and stretched out his foot to kick the person next to him: "What are you rubbing!" Come out with me and kill! ”

As he spoke, he rushed out of the cave with the last person who had been called.

Seeing that all the barbarians in the cave had rushed out to meet the battle, a whistle sounded, and the Taiping soldiers hiding in the shadows rushed out, bypassing the barbarians in the Bozhou Mountains who were tied up on the ground, and blocking the people of Guangyuan Prefecture in the middle of the cave.

Forestry whispered to Sun Qilang, who was following behind: "Brother Seven, follow closely behind me, the knife and gun have no eyes, be careful of hurting yourself!" ”

Sun Qilang shook the steel knife in his hand: "Brother Xie Lin is kind!" However, with the officials in Zhongmu back then, I also practiced swords and guns, and Sang Xiucai also pointed out. I thought that I had also received a reward for killing the thief that night, if it weren't for Lu Song's luck, he might not be where he is today. ”

Where did Forestry know about Zhongmu, he just said in a deep voice: "Seventh brother just follow me closely!" ”

As he spoke, he rushed forward, raised his steel knife and slashed at the back of a barbarian, knocking him to the ground, and rushing forward through gritted teeth.

Sun Qilang caught up from behind, but it was a knife on the shoulder of another person, feeling that the blade was entering the flesh, he changed the force of the situation, pulled out the steel knife, and beckoned to Forestry in his mouth: "Brother Lin, your knife is wrong, have you seen me like this?" The injury is ruthless, and the force is small! ”

Forestry shook his head secretly, when is this time, Sun Qilang still has the heart to say this.

Sun Qilang was on the rise, and they were taken by surprise. It's a two-sided attack again. Attack the light with darkness. It's easy to chop melons and vegetables.

All the officers and soldiers who came to Taiping had white cloth wrapped around their arms, and they could recognize their own people at a glance, and they could just slash and kill them without hurting their own people. Where can the barbarians understand for a while, they can only see the shadows of people in the firelight, and they can't recognize people, so they shrink their hands and feet.

Sun Qilang kept stabbing in the east and stabbing in the west, and his mouth kept saying: "Brother Lin." Let me tell you, this is the method taught by the officials back then, and it is extremely useful! The official said that cutting diagonally is less laborious than cutting straight, and cutting down and dragging the knife is less laborious than cutting straight down. Brother Lin, why don't you try? ”

Forestry said in a deep voice: "Seventh brother, when is it now?" Shut up, if you have something to say, go back! ”

Only then did Sun Qilang notice that a barbarian turned around when he heard the voice, he was already well-behaved, and he was just a little carried away just now. Hurriedly closed his mouth and stabbed him with a knife.

The truth just said. It was indeed taught to his subordinates by Xu Ping in Zhongmu back then. Xu Ping didn't understand the knife and gun fighting, but there was no one in the world who understood the principle of cutting better than him, and he had specialized in this kind of thing in his previous life. The tangent is the most laborious, the oblique cutting saves two percent, and the sliding cut is two or three percent less labor-saving than the oblique cutting. This was studied by Xu Ping's experts in his previous life in order to make a harvester, until the Soviet experts came up with reliable empirical data, where in this world did anyone specialize in this problem? Soon after the sickle cuts the wheat, they will learn to cut it diagonally, and no one deliberately thinks about why it is like this, and people naturally learn the most labor-saving method.

When Zhuang Ke was trained, Xu Ping specially popularized this theory, and taught Zhuang Ke to cut people, don't cut straight to the bone, don't cut straight down, and drag the knife in time after entering the meat, Sun Qilang also practiced.

The battle did not last long, although the number of men was roughly the same, but the officers and men came prepared, had already calculated the course of the battle, and their own combat strength was much stronger than that of the other side, and the course of the battle was one-sided.

Du Lian kicked the dead body at his feet aside and shouted, "Each team counts its own numbers, and all casualties are reported to me!" Also, bring all the people who are not dead to the fire! ”

Chen Anzhang, the deputy head of the capital, whispered: "The captives don't have to be gathered, just ask the leader, and the others will die here." When you get to the fire there, you will not look good in the eyes of the barbarians in the mountains. ”

Du Lian nodded and said in a loud voice, "Who is their leader?" Did you find it? ”

It turned out that the middle-aged man who was sleeping at the bottom of the cave was kicked out: "This is the leader, surnamed Nong, must have a relationship with the Nong family in Guangyuan Prefecture!" ”

Du Lian grabbed the middle-aged man and put his clothes on his back, strode to the fire with them in his hands, and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do, you take care of the corpse, and the sky will be dawn!" ”

A group of officers and soldiers understood it, and took advantage of the night to kill the remaining soldiers in Guangyuan Prefecture on the ground. This is not because the officers and men are ruthless, but because they are far away from the rear and fighting in the guerrilla warfare, it is impossible to take prisoners at all, and it is even more impossible to put these people back, and they can only kill them to solve the troubles.

Du Lian threw the middle-aged man to the ground in front of the fire, stepped on his chest, and asked sharply, "What's your name?" Where did it come from? What is the ministry in Guangyuan Prefecture? ”

The middle-aged man was injured in the leg, and was trampled under the feet by Du Lian, and said viciously: "Straight lady thief, it turns out that you are not the cubs of Bozhou!" Who the hell is it? ”

"We are all subordinates of the Taiping Army, soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and we are here to assist in pacifying the place in Bozhou! You burn, kill, plunder, and disturb the place here, how can the court tolerate you? Tell me who you are? ”

"Grandpa doesn't change his name, he doesn't change his surname, Zhen'an Tianming is also!"

Du Lian didn't bother to pay attention to his attitude, but just asked, "Are you Zhen'an Zhitong?" ”

"Zhitong is my uncle, and I am the general of Zhen'antong!"

Du Lian took a sip: "I thought I caught some big guy, but it turned out to be just a miscellaneous fish!" ”

After saying that, he didn't bother to pay attention to this general of Zhen'andong, called his subordinates, and quietly escorted him outside the cave and died. Naturally, these more than 100 people can't all come from Zhen'andong, they must have gathered some small villages, so they don't have to worry about these in order to manage Du Lian, and they can report when they go back.

At this time, the sun had just poked its head out, and the red light of the sky clashed with the darkness, and the warm daylight shone into the cave from outside. The cool breeze of the early morning blew with the fresh breath of the sun, diluting the bloody breath in the cave.

Sun Qilang curiously bent down to look at the injured woman on the ground, and saw that her eyes were bright, and she really saw herself just now, but fortunately she didn't scream. (To be continued.) )