Chapter 040: Charming Perfume
After everyone left, Lei Man said that he would lead the team across the river to protect Wu Yuqi. Lei Man knew how important Wu Yuqi was to Zhao Yulin, so he took the initiative to cross the river.
Zhao Yulin knew that there was not much point in him staying here, and said with a smile, "It would not look good if the commander-in-chief swam across the river himself, right?"
Lei Man is full of heroic spirit and doesn't care about his image at all. He even says that protecting his sister-in-law is his responsibility as a brother.
Damn, even barbarians can flatter.
Zhao Yulin bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Lei."
As soon as the day broke, the team assembled and Zhao Yulin sent Wu Yuqi, Lei Man and the others off. Wu Yuqi took ten female soldiers on the boat, and Lei Man took ten strong water ghosts to swim behind the boat.
Zhao Yulin watched the ship leave the shore and smelled the perfume in the air becoming increasingly faint. He turned around and told Zhou Ping seriously that after an incense stick of time, no matter what the situation on the other side was, the entire team must immediately cross the river to provide reinforcements and there must be no mistakes.
He turned and ran towards Genting Mountain.
Wu Yuqi took two speedboats and headed straight for Jue Creek. Seeing that the flood had destroyed the dock on the shore, they moored the boats directly to the village gate.
The guarding militia immediately jumped out and asked what we were doing.
Wu Yuqi walked off the boat with two heroic female soldiers, and immediately attracted the eyes of the militiamen guarding the gate. The unique scent of perfume on the female soldiers made them even more infatuated.
Wu Yuqi said that the Shenwei Army had run out of food, so why didn’t Qiu Dubao send any food?
Two militiamen were circling around them, their eyes almost falling on the beauties. They said in a frivolous tone that a flood was coming and how could they transport grain when the dock was broken?
As she spoke, Wu Yuqi had already walked into the open gate. While calling on her sisters to get off the boat, she asked two female soldiers to open the village gate and instructed the militia to quickly send people to transport grain and load it onto the boat.
One of the militiamen immediately ran to find Qiu Qian, while the others leaned against the door and looked at the group of female soldiers of the Shenwei Army who were dressed strangely and exuded charming fragrance. Seeing that Lei Man had already jumped ashore, Wu Yuqi immediately subdued the militiamen at the door and firmly controlled the village gate.
Lei Man rushed forward and successfully entered Juexi Field.
Zhou Ping's fleet can be seen approaching on the river behind...
At the foot of Yunding Mountain, Miao Gui had already organized an attack. Zhao Yulin asked him, have you ever seen an iron barrel cannon fired?
Miao Gui said he had seen it, and it was like a huge thunder exploding above his head, and people felt dizzy.
Zhao Yulin said, let the other side enjoy it.
At this time, Hao Xiaoming said in surprise: "Look, there are rockets in the sky. Captain Wu and his team succeeded."
Zhao Yulin immediately ordered the artillery to fire.
Suddenly, iron cannons of different calibers were ignited, and explosive packs of different sizes were sent to the bandits' mountain gate, and the wooden gate was immediately blown to pieces.
Miao Gui took on the responsibility of commander-in-chief and called on his brothers to go forward.
A dozen explosive packs were fired from four newly made iron barrels, and the mountain gate was already a sea of fire.
The bandits who were watching the fireworks on the other side of the river never dreamed that the Shenwei Army had such a powerful weapon. They were quickly dismembered and met their death one by one.
Zhao Yulin followed behind and found that the bandits' first line of defense had been breached. Most of them were killed, but there was no one who was not injured.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Miao Gui set up a catapult and was about to attack the second line of defense.
Han Yongchao discovered that there was a three-meter-high steep slope in the northwest. If he sent the iron barrel cannon up there, he could cover the bandits' position on the mountainside, so he decided to take some men to do it.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied with these brothers' meticulousness and good observation and thinking. He looked at Miao Gui.
Miao Gui suggested using the catapult to intercept the bandits and prevent them from escaping, which would also serve as a cover for Han Yongchao's actions. Zhao Yulin nodded in agreement.
The Shenwei Army immediately launched a second attack.
After adjusting the angle, the two modified catapults managed to smash the big cannons on the bandits' heads. The effect was just right. They then fired lime bombs at intervals. Suddenly, the bandits' positions were filled with rumbling sounds of cannons and white mist.
Under the cover of smoke, Han Yongchao successfully sent a small-caliber iron barrel cannon up the steep slope, and then the barrel cannon started working. The barrel cannon with a smaller caliber increased the amount of projectile, reduced the weight of the explosive pack, and had a longer projectile distance, which was very suitable for these assault missions in mountainous environments.
The gunner skillfully loaded the explosive pack with gunpowder and fired it, directly blowing the bandits' bunker and the people inside into the air, causing them to scream in fear.
After ten consecutive shots, Zhao Yulin called for the lead and rushed forward, and the soldiers shouted and rushed forward. The remaining enemies were captured before they could wake up.
Miao Gui felt that this battle was too easy to fight and there was no technical difficulty at all.
Zhao Yulin said that the next few steps would be tough and difficult to tackle.
The team quickly deployed and rearranged their defenses.
In the afternoon, Lei Man and Wu Yuqi came back to report that they had successfully occupied Juexi Field.
However, they encountered troubles when they were trying to capture Qiu Qian. Qiu Qian was very skilled in using his iron palms, and Wu Yuqi almost fell into his trap. Fortunately, there was Lei Man, who was a former coach and had a higher skill level. In addition, Wu Yuqi's fine steel sword took advantage of the opportunity to kill Qiu Qian.
Qiu Qian was fighting two people alone? How could he be so capable? He received a palm strike from Lei Man on the chest and a sword strike from Wu Yuqi on the abdomen, and immediately lost his fighting ability.
He kept howling before he died, saying that the Shenwei Army was just a decoration and could not destroy Yunding Mountain, and that the One-Eyed Dragon would come back to avenge him.
Zhao Yulin sat in the boss chair of the One-Eyed Dragon and squinted his eyes, thinking about Qiu Qian's dying words. He always felt that there was a secret escape passage on Yunding Mountain.
He asked Miao Gui to arrange two teams to expand the search, outflanking from the left and right wings, and thoroughly investigate whether there was a secret passage behind the mountain. He himself and the naval squadron moved to Juexi Field.
Lei Man summoned the gentry on the field to give them a lecture. Zhao Yulin said that the county magistrate promoted him to supervise Juexi in order to eliminate the bandits, eliminate the bad apples here, and carefully implement the laws of the Song Dynasty. Now that the main culprit has been eliminated, if there are criminals who voluntarily surrender, they will be given a lighter sentence.
Everyone in the hall was so frightened that they were talking nonsense. Lei Man roared again, asking them to confess the truth. Two of the timid ones actually collapsed to the ground, and one of them even had yellow liquid flowing out from under his feet. Soon the foul smell floated in the air.
Zhao Yulin waved his hand, and the soldiers went over and grabbed their arms and dragged them away. Before they were dragged out of the hall, these people were already confessing and begging for mercy.
Under Lu Youpeng's arrangement, Wu Yuqi and others became busy and nervous, and even Lei Man personally participated in the interrogation.
After one night, Zhao Yulin basically cleared out the spies in Juexi and seized a large amount of money and property. Shiploads of food were being quickly transported to the other side.
Lei Man said that after defeating the bandit forces in Juexi, the bandits would lose their money and food support and would definitely not be able to stay in Yunding Mountain. He said proudly that it was natural, and that was why this deputy commander wanted to march into Juexi Field.
The two returned to Genting Mountain again.
Miao Gui said that an old fisherman nearby came to him and said that he saw the powerful weapons of the Shenwei Army and was determined to wipe out this group of bandits, so he came to report that there was an underwater secret passage in the back mountain, which could be used to wade across the valley into Liangfengkou. If the bandits wanted to escape, they would most likely take that passage.
Zhao Yulin estimated from the map that it was about fifty miles around the mountain. Lei Man suggested that he lead the team to block the gap.
He said forget it and let Han Yongchao go, and he would be the one to guard Yunding Mountain in the future.
He asked Han Yongchao to lead his troops, plus a squadron of 100 elite soldiers, to set off immediately and march to Liangfengkou to block any bandits that might escape.
The team set out immediately.
Lei Man said that these places are far away from the county town, and everyone in these places has become a local tyrant, oppressing the people lawlessly. Have their consciences been eaten by dogs?
Zhao Yulin picked up a flat stone and skipped it on the river. He said that the court had never sent officials to govern the towns and villages, so it was normal for landlords and bullies to grow and harm the villages. The county government still relied on them to collect taxes from the people.
Otherwise, why are more and more people fleeing to Cuiping Mountain to beg for food?
It was getting dark, and Zhao Yulin sat and talked with Wu Yuqi, telling her to protect herself, because arrows on the battlefield have no eyes and will not hide just because she is pretty.
The little girl happily rested her head on his shoulder, squinting her eyes to enjoy this rare moment. She said she really wanted to listen to his sweet words for the rest of her life, and every word made her heart beat fast.
Zhao Yulin was depressed. What did this mean?
There are countless people who are better at picking up girls than him.
He was about to say that he was just a playboy, but he heard Lei Man shout, "Look, the mountain is on fire."
They stood up and looked back, and saw that Genting Mountain was already engulfed in flames.
Zhao Yulin said it was too late, the bandits had already escaped.
Lei Man said that a frontal attack would result in heavy casualties. What should we do?
He said that we couldn't do that, so we had to guard it well. He asked Miao Gui to immediately call up fifty elite soldiers and asked Wu Yuqi's medical team to assemble immediately and set out to Liangfengkou for support.
Zhao Yulin told Lei Man that if a war broke out in Liangfengkou, there would definitely be heavy casualties, so he immediately led the medical team there.
Lei Man wanted to go in his place, but Zhao Yulin said forget it, he should love his own woman. He wanted to go in person to protect Wu Yuqi, and then he would go with the 800 million yuan that Xia Dingtian sent him.
Torches were flying all the way, and they were like a fire dragon passing through the woods. They walked for an hour and stopped to rest. Some medical soldiers could not bear it anymore, and Miao Gui asked nervously what to do?
He said the purpose of this trip is to send medical soldiers over. What do you think we should do ?
Zhao Yulin saw a hunter's family on the mountain road ahead, so he asked Miao Gui to arrange for all the unused supplies to be placed in the hunter's house, and asked the soldiers to carry the medical soldiers' medicine boxes and run forward immediately. After the adjustment, the team moved forward lightly and the speed was obviously much faster.
On Yunding Mountain, One-Eyed Dragon received a pigeon message from Juexi Field in the morning, and learned that the Shenwei Army had entered Juexi and that Qiu Qian was in trouble.
Ba Chi Qing immediately advised him to move. He said that although there were a hundred fewer people on the mountain, Yunding Mountain would be a dead end without reinforcements, and the food would run out sooner or later.
If the Divine Might Army manages to break the blockade, we will starve to death if we don't fight.
This kid also understands the principle that when his ancestor Chen lost people, both the people and the land were lost.
However, the one-eyed dragon was reluctant to leave the lair he had run for nearly ten years. He thought about it from morning to afternoon and finally decided to escape. He asked his men to bring out good wine, killed a fat pig and had a good meal, and then burned down the house on the mountain to clear the way.
