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Volume 7: Joking about drinking the blood of Huns Chapter 2: Fighting thieves

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    Shang Zhongxin ordered to go down, and shopkeeper Sun hurriedly went to prepare horses and call for people.  An Sidao and Bagan looked at each other. They didn't know how strong the horse thieves were. Although the Chengying camp sergeants were elite, they would suffer heavy losses in a melee with two hundred horse thieves. The top priority was to protect the safety of Longxi County Duke Li Yu.  As a last resort, they must surround him and break out.

    "Brother Shang, we are on errands for the Anxi Jiedu Envoy Office. What are the countermeasures for the horse thieves attack?" In terms of familiarity with the local area, we have to rely on the seemingly rough and arrogant Tenth Commander of the Hussars Battalion, so An thought  Dao showed him the military waist badge mark. Shang Zhongxin took a look at it and cursed casually: "I have only seen the image of your waist badge, never the real thing. Who knows whether it is true or false? But you dare to pretend to be an Anxi Festival in Saibei  I'm afraid the bandits walking around the Dudu Mansion have not yet been born." He nodded, recognizing the identity of An Sidao and others, and asked: "I see that the fifty brothers you are waiting in the store are all sergeants.  Which army are you from?" He was responsible for the security here. Naturally, he had already taken a look at An Sidao and others. He was secretly happy that he happened to happen upon a group of sergeants resting here. As long as it was not the occasional wooden stakes of the infantry, these horse thieves would  It can be considered as a kick to the iron plate.

    "Teaching the Rong Army." An Sidao replied, and exchanged glances with Bagan. The Ya Army Camp and Chengying Camp were too conspicuous in the Anxi Army. On the contrary, Li Si's Teach the Rong Army had a poor reputation among the military and civilian households.  is excellent.  Shang Zhongxin nodded, a little disappointed. If they were from the Chi Hunter Army and the White Feather Army, he would have the guts to take them out to confront the horse thieves.

    "The Hussars' Muzi Camp is stationed twenty miles away from this inn. There are more than two hundred cavalrymen on standby in the camp. I will go out to distract the horse thieves in a while, and you can send a small team to move the reinforcements. There are two guys here who are  It's good to be a guide if you know the way." As Shang Zhongxin was talking, two young men ran over from the back kitchen. Zhang Tai was simple and honest, wearing a dirt-covered apron around his waist. Liang De was capable and held a  With kitchen knives in their hands, the two of them had excited expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they heard that Shang Zhongxin could be of use to them, so they rushed over immediately without caring about cleaning up.

    "Shang Juntou, if you have any orders, my brother will fight through the mountains and seas of fire without blinking an eye." Liang De said with a wave of his hand, hitting the kitchen knife.  He and Zhang Tai were originally porters in the caravan, but they had great ambitions and decided to join the prestigious Anxi Army as sergeants. Because Sun Gouzi's shop was close to the business road, they provided food and accommodation, and the wages were okay.  So the man stayed and settled down as a merchant. He pestered Shang Zhongxin all day long for introductions. Shang Zhongxin occasionally gave him some pointers on bow and horse skills, but he never agreed to introduce the two of them into the army.

    Hearing this, Shang Zhongxin smiled and said, "It's not that troublesome. The horse thieves are coming to attack. I'll go and distract the thieves later. You and I will take this team of soldiers on horseback to Mu Ziying to ask for help." He pointed at An Si said  The sergeant from Chengying Battalion who was called out asked them to follow Liang De to the backyard to prepare their horses.  Shang Zhongxin himself also followed into the backyard stable, took out a pair of two-level armor from the package behind his saddle and put it on his body. This is also the armor that the hussars must carry when they are not stationed in the camp. He led the horse out of the inn and looked back at Liang De and others.  Everyone was standing on horseback in the courtyard, nodded, and shouted: "Keep your eyes open, don't delay when it's time to rush out." After saying that, he got on his horse, pulled out his horizontal sword and made two false cuts, then returned the sword to its sheath.  Holding a bow in his left hand and three arrows in his right hand, he lightly clamped his legs on the horse's belly and galloped towards the horse thief who was galloping around the inn in the distance and kept making threatening shouts.

    An Sidao and Bagan glanced at each other, and both saw a look of surprise in each other's eyes. The hussars' fierce and domineering army even reached the ears of the Bianliang officials. When they saw each other today, it was indeed good. An Sidao had originally intended to send  Twenty riders helped him lure away the horse thieves. Unexpectedly, Shang Zhongxin went out to fight without even looking this way.

    Seeing Shang Zhongxin riding out, shopkeeper Sun asked the dozen or so waiters in the store with a sad face to take out the bows and arrows that were kept in case of accidents. In addition to the bows and arrows, some of the waiters were holding spears and some were holding horizontal knives. It was obvious that  Li Yu was secretly frightened and muttered: "A small inn actually has many weapons hidden secretly. Could it be that this is a black shop?" Thinking of the notes of his predecessors that he had read, there was a story about a black shop killing people and making meat buns.  I couldn't help but feel sick in my throat.

    Ansidao and Bagan were both experienced in battles. After observing the terrain, they sent a team of sergeants to guard the windows on the second floor. Another team of sergeants, together with the shopkeepers, prepared to rely on the fence outside the inn to prevent the horse thieves from rushing in.  "Thank God, there are many adults who teach the army here today, otherwise the shop would be in trouble." Shopkeeper Sun saw all the sergeants assisting in the defense and hurriedly thanked An Si, but his face was still miserable, as if he was about to cry.  .  An Sidao waved his hand to stop him from talking and watched Shang Zhongxin galloping towards the horse thieves. The mission of the Chengying Battalion was to escort Li Yu'an back to Dunhuang. If the horse thieves were strong, they would have to abandon this inn and break out. These words of thanks were not enough.  Just listen.

    When the horse thieves saw that Shang Zhongxin was riding alone, they all reined in their horses and gathered in a group. When he came up, they would attack with their swords. Some of them were on horseback with bows and arrows, aiming from a distance. Once he came, they would  If you get close, you will shoot this person into a hedgehog.  Who would have expected that Shang Zhongxin would be under the control of the horse thief?When they were within a short distance, they fired an arrow first. The arrow was fast and urgent, and it hit a thief in the forehead. He saw the thief yelling and getting off his horse.

    Shang Zhongxin laughed loudly, turned his horse around, and circled half a circle. Taking advantage of his long arrow range, he fired two more arrows at the horse thieves who had gathered together, one arrow hitting the shoulder and the other hitting the chest.

    Unlike the prairie tribesmen who preferred to use soft cavalry bows, the hussars required their sergeants to draw their bows as hard as possible while on horseback. When charging into the formation to expel the light cavalry, they fired arrows at the enemy first, and the cavalry followed their own arrows into the chaotic enemy group.  The mounted bow and arrow used by Shang Zhongxin had a particularly long range. The horse thief was caught off guard when he killed him. They all became furious and stopped using arrows. Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed over brandishing their spears and sabers.

    However, Shang Zhongxin was not in a hurry to rush back to the inn. Instead, he galloped back and forth outside the inn. Relying on the speed and endurance of his war horse, which was better than that of the horse thief, he circled far beyond the range of the horse thief's arrows, turning around and shooting a few arrows from time to time.  , causing more and more horse thieves to gallop to intercept him from all directions.

    "While the horse thieves gathered the crowd to intercept and kill Shang Zhongxin, suddenly more than ten horsemen rushed out of the inn and headed west.  Seeing that his plan was successful, Shang Zhongxin stopped playing with the horse thieves and ran back to the inn. He did not pass through the gate, but urged his horse over the low fence, almost passing over An Si Dao's head. The horse landed steadily.  On the ground, he overturned his saddle and dismounted, took the saber and bow and arrow in his hands, walked up to An Sidao, and said in a deep voice: "Who is teaching the army? Today you can count on seeing our hussars kill the horse thieves, how about it?"  "

    A hundred paces away, a horse thief was shouting at the top of his lungs and was about to rush into the inn to commit murder. The tenth commander of the Hussars did not forget Liang Zi, who was offended by An Sidao.  An Sidao couldn't think about it, so he could only say casually: "I admire him!" Instead of arguing with him, he only bent his bow and arrow, and pointed steadily in the direction of the horse thief.  He gave the order and they all fired arrows together.

    Seeing the horse thieves getting closer and closer, suddenly, there was a sound of a string, and the nearest horse thieves grabbed their throats and fell down. An Sidao ordered at the same time: "Fire the arrow!" He shot his own arrow, and the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion each held their own.  Unique skills, and this time to escort Li Yu outside the Great Wall to Hexi, the guards selected were all excellent archers. They only heard the sound of strings and the arrows biting the flesh. Many horse thieves were shot in the throat, eyes, heart, etc.  The key points.  This round of arrows was so powerful that it forced the horse thieves in front to rein in their horses. A hundred steps away from the inn, smoke filled the air. The smoke was filled with horse thieves who were in a disorderly manner. They tried their best to beat their horses and escape.

    The innkeepers were stunned and could hardly believe their eyes.  "The archery skills are good," even Shang Zhongxin, the tenth commander of the Hussars who thought highly of himself, praised him. He felt that his showoff just now was a bit embarrassing, so he turned around and taunted Shopkeeper Sun: "There are so many sharp archers here, Sun Gou  Son, you can no longer defraud those clerks out of their wages." Shopkeeper Sun said with a naive smile: "No, no, my lord, you have given me a reward." Rubbing his calloused hands, he shot the arrow straight into the throat of the first thief.  It was him who shot it.

    During the Lanzhou Competition, Chen De ordered people to shoot silver ingots for fun. Shopkeeper Sun, not knowing whether he was lucky, actually shot down a small silver pancake. It was the biggest fortune he had ever gained since he knew silver.  As the saying goes, people who are obsessed with wealth have a keen mind. Sun Gouzi saw the hope of getting rich first from an accidental fortune. From then on, he couldn't control it. He gritted his teeth and bought a pair of bows and arrows. He practiced archery every day and used the skills he had originally distributed in Lanzhou.  When I was young, I was so energetic that I spent all day thinking about how to improve my shooting skills. Every now and then, I would dream that I had shot down the heaviest and farthest silver pancake.  God paid off, and as he was gifted with archery, he actually managed to achieve the ability to pierce an enemy with a hundred steps.

    After moving to Lingzhou, in order to cultivate martial arts, the Hussars often hung up silver ingots for civilians to shoot down. Sun Gouzi, who had greatly improved his shooting skills, actually hit the target several times and opened this large-scale shooting for himself.  The inn made enough money for the first time. Later, the sergeant was afraid that it would dampen the enthusiasm of other households to participate, so he asked him to join the military camp. But shopkeeper Sun said that he was timid and just wanted to eat comfortably, and the Hussars also  It¡¯s not easy to force each other.  After he became famous, many young men came here to learn skills, and they all stayed in the shop as waiters for this profit-minded shopkeeper, and the wages they paid were not high.

    Just then, the horse thieves rushed straight into the inn, and Cheng Yingying shot more than twenty people to death. They were all the most vicious people who rushed in front. When the leader saw that there were powerful people guarding the inn, he became afraid and ordered the rest of his troops to rectify from a distance.  Just retreat.  Shang Zhongxin looked at the horse thief's back with some regret and sighed: "Although this horse thief is not very powerful, his whereabouts are erratic. He specializes in targeting caravans and inns with weak protection. He does all kinds of evil. It is a pity to let him go like this today."  While going to lead the horse, he looked back at An Sidao and others.

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