Character sample three

The Eight Great Bandits——Wu Changbo

The Eight Great Bandits——Wu Changbo

Wu Changbo sat on the horse and looked around. Apart from the white snow, there was only The green and black pine trees on the low hills.

This is the case in the North. As long as there is white snow, the other colors will change, and even the water will turn into black water.

Wu Changbo was very envious of his uncle Zu Fuyu's beard. Only such a beard could make him stand out among thousands of troops.

The war horse slowly descended the hill. A sentry opened the cover of the pit and stood nervously outside the pit waiting for Wu Changbo to check.

It is customary to have six soldiers in one sentry pit. Wu Changbo glanced at the six soldiers and saw that they were all wearing sheepskin coats and standing in a mess in the snow, exuding a stench. As fluffy as a white bear, he took a wine bottle from his waist and threw it to the man with chilblains on his face, and said casually.

"Have you been harassed by slaves and thieves?"

Shi Chang held the wine bottle and said carefully: "Yesterday, a group of slaves and thieves came. The old slave saw that they were in large numbers. No one was dispatched, but they were seen heading west. There were about sixty people in total, all riding!

Worried about the slave thieves making any move, they sent out a warning message! ”

Wu Changbo! I couldn't help but glance to the west. Further west is the Daling River. The Daling River flows fast in winter and does not freeze. In such weather, even if you have a boat, it is easy to be hit by the ice in the river. Dead, so he was not worried that the slave thieves would risk crossing the river.

Shi Chang didn’t dare to put his mouth to the spout of the wine pot, so he took a sip of strong wine from outside his mouth and carefully returned the silver wine pot to Uncle Wu.

“Take another sip, and the rest of the brothers will also take a sip to warm themselves up. It’s so cold in Liaodong this winter.”

Shi Chang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he He impatiently took a sip of wine into his mouth and handed the wine bottle to the brothers behind him.

He couldn't bear to breathe, so he held back the alcohol in his stomach, and it took a long time before he exhaled a breath of white breath.

Wu Changbo saw that the soldiers were pitiful, so he sighed and said: "If you endure it any longer, our Jinzhou army will have no shortage of food and grass. It's just that the weather is too cold in this dog day and the road is blocked by heavy snow and we can't deliver it. When you get off duty, you will have hot meals to eat when you return to the military camp."

The commander quickly raised his hands and said: "Young general, I am the leader of the Wu family. Now, the eldest master is in the city. You guys must be extra careful and don't dare to make mistakes."

Wu Changbo smiled and said, "That makes sense. Being a soldier and eating food is just a living with your head tied to your belt. It has become my Wu family. Biaojun, even if he dies in battle, I, my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law and my daughter will definitely have a mouthful of food and will not starve to death in this world."

As he spoke, he said to the other soldiers: "Be good. Come on, the Wu family has been rewarded by His Majesty with a large piece of land. The Wu family can't cultivate it by herself. My father is kind-hearted, so he has to use the pretext of recruiting bidders to provide food for everyone without food.eat.

Every army works hard, if they can get the head of a first-level slave thief, someone else’s house doesn’t know it, and if it gets into the hands of a certain house, they can exchange it for three taels of silver and transfer it to the standard army. Those who don’t want silver will be given five taels. acres of land, in an instant it will be better than your old dog.

This old dog relies on the fact that he has served me, Mrs. Wu, for a long time! Nothing else! "

Everyone laughed in amusement after listening to Wu Changbo's funny words. The old servant even looked proud, holding up his chest and said: "This is because I have a vision, isn't it? These idiots can't compare.

Wu Changbo smiled, took back the jug, weighed it and feigned anger: "A bunch of filthy bastards, a good jug of wine is all that's left. This was stolen from my father's study by someone." Good wine!

I have been ruined by your drunkenness! "

As he spoke, he hung the wine bottle on his waist, looked to the west and said to Shi Chang: "Sixty-horse slave thieves, now that you are here, don't even think about going back!

You guys are very protective. If you find anything wrong, you will light up the flames. Grandpa will collect these sixty slave thieves today! "

Shi Chang grabbed the reins of Wu Changbo's war horse and said: "Young general, don't underestimate the enemy. The old slave heard the heavy thump of the slave's horse's hoofbeats and was worried that there were white-armored soldiers inside, and there would definitely be a white-armored soldier on his side. There are eagle shooters, and the major general only has 200 cavalry under his command, so he may not have a chance of winning! ”

Wu Changbo looked down at Shi Chang’s rotten face and said, “You guys are so good at guarding, maybe you will have a chance to pick up the heads of some slave thieves!” ”

Without waiting to speak again, Wu Changbo left on horseback and led his two hundred servants in pursuit westward.

Between the white mountains and black waters in winter, there is a world of slaves and thieves. , these frozen savages became more active once winter arrived.

Since the slave prisoner Nurhaci died of illness in Liaodong in July due to an artillery wound, internal strife immediately broke out among the slaves and thieves.

Now, a slave thieves sentry suddenly appeared on the Daling River defense line. Tan, this is not a good sign.

As the war horse galloped and the cold wind hit his face, Wu Sangui suddenly remembered the unprovoked explosion that occurred in the capital this year.

As a member of a noble family, he knew. It is much clearer than ordinary people. Just from the letter written by the eunuch Liu Ruoyu to his father, we can see how weird the big explosion was.

Liu Ruoyu was a witness to the event. He was the chief eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and what he said should be the closest to the truth.

“On the sixth day of the lunar month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, there was a loud earthquake and a thunderous roar that knocked down more than 20 trees. The plants are all pulled out of the soil, with roots pointing upwards and tips pointing downwards. There are pits several feet deep, with smoke clouds rising straight up, like Ganoderma lucidum, rolling toward the northeast.

Since the Xi'an Gate area, iron slag, like bran and rice, has been flying down, and it will only stop when it moves. From Xuanwu Gate to the west, Xingbu Street to the south, near the factory house, it suddenly collapsed, with the earth and wood on top and the tiles on the bottom.

Kill thousands of named people,And the number of people who have died and whose names are unknown is also unknown, and there are thousands of people.

Whenever a house is collapsed, the fire in the furnace is extinguished. Only two or three rooms of the four wine-selling houses were burnt, and the rest was not burned. All the deceased had many missing limbs, regardless of whether they were men or women, they were all naked, and the undead were all stripped of their clothes and hats..."

"Is this explosion a punishment from heaven? "

As soon as he said a word, the cold wind forced it back into his mouth. Wu Changbo coughed and ordered the front army to speed up. He really wanted to catch these slave thieves so that he could know where they were. What happened?

Soon we arrived at the Daling River. The black water flowed slowly, and there was not a single footprint on the snow on the river bank.

Wu Changbo did not disperse his manpower to explore the whereabouts of the slave thieves. He only had 200 men under his command. If he dared to divide his troops, even into two groups, those bold slave thieves would dare to attack their hundred-man team!

Since the slave thief Nurhachi proclaimed himself emperor in Hetuaqinji in the 44th year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty invested a huge amount of money in Liaodong and built fortresses one after another. Unfortunately, most of these fortresses are now occupied by slaves and thiefs. , now, only Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan are left.

The Ming army is familiar with the Daling River, and Wu Changbo is familiar with every plant and tree here.

Similarly, the slave thieves also have the same understanding of this place. Whether it is Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, or the slave thieves general, they are equally familiar with this place.

The slave thieves invaded the Central Plains with the rest. The savages are different, they are more cunning, more ferocious, and more planned...

The snow at the foot of the mountain is very thick. From time to time, hares come out of the snow, and occasionally they freeze. The pheasants fell on the snow. Wu Changbo had no interest in these things. His eyes were always on the dark pine forest.

There were no birds flying in the cedar, or any small birds jumping out of the pine forest. Beast, it was as quiet as a dead land.

The sun drew an arc from the horizon, and finally hung lazily on the horizon, shining feebly on the world.

Wu Changbo stopped his horse. , he wanted to go to the front to take a look, but was held tightly by the deputy general Wu Tong, and ordered the other soldiers to surround Wu Changbo tightly.

"Major General, the thieves are dragging behind the horses. The branches cleared the snow path, but there were still traces to follow. "

The former army complained loudly.

Wu Tong's eyes turned like a revolving lantern. After carefully checking the surrounding environment, he whispered to Wu Changbo: "This place has a mountain on one side and a mountain on the other. It is an unprotected snowfield, which is good for thieves who are good at marksmanship, so they should not enter rashly.

You should exit slowly!

Wu Changbo shook his head and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. If we exit now, we will pass by the slaves and thieves. No, please pass my order to the general and advance with the shield up!" "

When Wu Tong saw that Uncle Wu did not listen to his advice, he immediately shouted to the front army: "One horse's distance, erect your shield, the protection direction is the pine forest, move forward! "

The originally compact cavalry team quickly became looser under the command of the deputy general. Wu Tong also quickly left Wu Changbo and went straight to the head of the team.

He is a very experienced general and a strong general who has experienced countless battles. At this time, protecting Wu Changbo is no longer the most important thing, but to ensure that the head of the army is not killed in one fell swoop.

The soldiers also dispersed one after another. Wu Changbo's armor was the same as theirs. In order to confuse the enemy, he was the first to leave the crowd.

There was still no sound in the dark pine forest, but it seemed that a tiger was watching them. Wu Changbo felt that the hairs on his back stood up.

After finally leaving the mountain bag, in a short period of time, Wu Changbo forgot about the cold and fatigue, and mobilized all the spiritual senses in his body to prepare for the coming crisis.

“Don’t relax!”

Wu Tong’s voice, like a broken gong, came from the front of the team again.

Wu Changbo shuddered, and a cold star suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye...

"Enemy attack!"

Wu Tong discovered it earlier than Wu Changbo In response to the threat of the enemy, he roared and urged his war horses to run straight to the small high ground at the foot of the mountain.

Han Xing’s target was not Wu Changbo, but a big man with a beard on his face. The big man also found the feather arrow, and his body shrank into a ball on the horse and hid behind the shield. With a trembling sound, the feather arrow Blocked by the shield, the big man who had huddled up screamed and staggered off his horse. At some point, a black arrow was inserted into the root of his thigh.

When the big man fell off his horse, his body was already motionless, and a black arrow pierced his temple...

"Amukayougunka! (Laide Good)"

The originally flat snow was suddenly lifted up, with snowflakes all over the sky, and a slave wearing a sheepskin coat burst out from the ground. Before the Ming army on the opposite side could react, a heavy sword , the simple mace hit the chest of his horse.

The chest of the war horse immediately became shredded, and the knight fell to the ground with a crash. The slave seemed to have been prepared. The mace hit the knight's helmet again, and the black helmet flew far away. , and the knight's head also turned into a bloody mass.

Wu Changbo felt that he was fully focused, but the war still caught him off guard.

When the sword was raised, he had already witnessed the tragic deaths of two soldiers at the hands of slave thieves.

The arrogant and arrogant Wu Changbo couldn't hold it back. His horse took two quick steps forward and chopped down the slave thief with all his strength.

With a "clang" sound, his long knife collided with an iron rod, and the long knife jumped high. Wu Changbo, who had participated in the war, ignored the long knife and took his left hand from the saddle bag of the war horse. He slid out a short spear and drove it into the chest of the slave in front of him with the help of the momentum of the war horse.

The war horse knocked down the dying slave thief and rushed out of the splashing snowflakes.After the fog formed, it was discovered that the originally peaceful snowfield had completely turned into a bloody battlefield.

Sixty slave thieves dared to set up an ambush on the plains to ambush two hundred elite Guan Ning cavalry, which made Wu Changbo extremely angry.

On the battlefield, anger is a good emotion. Wu Changbo threw away the protection of his soldiers and rushed towards the hill first.

The biggest threat to the cavalry is not those who hide their bodies in the snow and raid, but the arrogant eagle shooters standing on the hills.

Standing into the wind with a strong four-stone bow, he fired three arrows. The former had just left the string, while the latter had already buckled the bowstring. The former had not yet killed the enemy, and the last arrow had already left the string. In an instant, a pot of feathered arrows Already gone.

You can kill the giant eagle in the clouds from above, you can kill the giant fish in the abyss from below, it is common to hunt tigers and wolves, and you cannot be called a eagle shooter unless you are a hero!

The war horse was shot dead by the eagle shooter, and Wu Tong was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. Wu Tong, who was hiding behind a boulder, saw his general charging in person. Thinking of his master's extremely cold face, he couldn't help feeling like he was dead.

He gritted his teeth and roared, holding up his shield and charging out from behind the boulder.

The arrows were like locusts. The eagle shooter standing on the mountain had no intention of leaving. His body was as light as a willow in the wind. He avoided the arrows one by one. Even though his body was shaking, he still did not forget. Using his bow and arrows, he easily killed several Ming soldiers who were fighting against him.

Seeing that Wu Changbo's war horse had reached the hillside, the eagle shooter looked sarcastic, raised his hand gently, and a huge black arrow flew towards Wu Changbo's throat.

Wu Changbo raised his somewhat red eyes, lowered his head slightly, and turned his helmet tassel towards the arrow. He heard a sound as the arrow grazed the iron helmet and flew up into the air diagonally.

The eagle shooter let out a sigh, grabbed the quiver with his left hand, and three feather arrows immediately appeared on his bowstring.

Wu Tong desperately threw the long knife in his hand and jumped forward, trying to block the disaster for Wu Changbo.

The long knife made a bloody gash on the face of the eagle shooter, flew behind him, and finally fell to the ground helplessly.

Wu Tong's body also fell heavily to the ground, but the feather arrow in the hand of the eagle shooter did not fire.

Wu Changbo’s war horse spewed out white air and jumped up forcefully, preparing to crush this hateful eagle shooter to death.

The eagle shooter sneered, all the longbows and arrows in his hand fell to the ground, and a black sword was already in his hand.

The front hooves of the war horse were cut off by him in the air. He turned his body slightly to one side, waiting for the horse to fall and then cut off the enemy general's head.

The war horse fell to the ground with a crash, but no one was around immediately. There was a whistling wind behind his ears. The eagle shooter was startled and fell down quickly. A chain hammer the size of a fist passed in front of him. , the frightened Condor Shooter rolled several times on the snow, and then stood up.

Wu Changbo stood no more than ten steps away from him, pulling the chain hammer with one hand and looking at him coldly.

"Are you a Ming general?"

Wu Changbo grinned.He smiled and said: "Grandpa is Wu Changbo, the son of Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan."

The Condor Shooter smiled and said: "Finally I saw a man who can fight and dares to fight!"

Wu Changbo spread his hands and clenched his fists heavily: "Today, let you, a thief slave, see what grandpa is capable of!"

The Condor Shooter's expression slowly became serious, and he nodded and said: " Okay, you look like a hero. After you die, I will not behead you, but leave one of your subordinates alive and let him take your body back!"

Wu Changbo sneered: "You! After you die, grandpa will not behead you, but spare the life of one of your subordinates and let him take your body back." After that, he took off his armor, revealing his strong upper body and holding a hammer in his hand. , a short knife in one hand as if ready to try.

The Condor Shooter also laughed, tore off the white armor on his body, and also exposed his dark, iron-like chest and said: "Let's start!"

Wu Changbo rubbed his body and suddenly After taking the first two steps, the body suddenly fell down, and the chain hammer jumped up from the ground like a poisonous snake, and went straight to the abdomen of the eagle shooter.

The eagle-shooting hand pushed aside the chain hammer with a long knife, and when he wanted to continue to pounce, he suddenly heard a dense sound of bowstrings. It was too late to move away, and five arrows were fired at close range. The arrow flew straight into his chest.

His forward body stopped, with five feather arrows stuck on his chest, each of which penetrated half a foot into his body...

"Shameless... villain... ..." The Condor Shooter barely let out a roar, then threw himself to the ground, staring at Wu Changbo who was gasping for air with a pair of eyes that were almost split.

The captain of the centurion, the Condor Shooter, is here, and these sixty thieves are the wolf pack. After the Condor Shooter died in the battle, the remaining thieves became a mob, with no rules at all.

Under Wu Tong's command, it didn't take long to kill these thieves and slaves one by one.

Wu Changbo's chest felt like it was on fire. After drinking a lot of strong wine, he realized that his hands were shaking badly.

Looking at the remaining soldiers of less than fifty people, and then looking at the bodies lying in the snow, I felt that this world was unacceptably cold!