Chapter 52: The Raid of the Wakos

Hearing the word "Wokou", Gu Qian couldn't help but blow up his scalp. し

From his previous life to this life, when it comes to the foreigner he hates the most, little Japan dares to call it second, and no one dares to call it first.

"How could the Japanese go to Dongxiang?" Although Qingjiang County is near the sea, there are many reefs on the coast, and it is not a good place for landing and production operations, otherwise the people of Qingjiang will not guard the sea and not eat the sea, but go to the mountains to dig up silver kilns. The locals are not good at taking the road from the sea to the inland, how did the Japanese get in?

"The little one doesn't know," Gu Xiaojiu said with a bitter face, "The Xue family was robbed last night, and the little one rushed to the county office early this morning to deliver the letter, what should you do about this, master?"

"You came here last night?" Gu Qian gasped, although he had not personally experienced the Japanese Rebellion, but from various historical books and the materials of the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, he could also know what kind of goods those Japanese people who burned, killed, looted and did all kinds of evil. "Quick, hurry up and close the three gates of the east, west and north, and ring the gong to warn!"

"Obey!" Gu Xiaojiu ran away.

Because they heard that Dongxiang had been attacked by the Japanese Invaders, Duan Wenrui and Ma Xiancheng also quickly rushed over, although the villagers in the southeastern towns hated the Japanese Invaders to the bone, but because of the high value of the Japanese Invaders, the villagers hated and feared when they heard the name of the Wolves.

"My lord, I am willing to take people to Dongxiang to exterminate the Japanese!" Duan Wenrui was not polite, and stepped forward to ask for his life.

"Don't worry, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. Although Gu Qian's heart was on fire, he couldn't help but consider the gap in force between ordinary villagers and the Japanese invaders.

"Aren't you afraid of those thieves?"

"Afraid?" Gu Qian sneered and said, "This official can't wait to use the heads of these criminals to pay tribute to the villagers who were killed by them in vain, why is this official afraid of a group of robbers who come to my court to attack and disturb?"

"Then why didn't you let me out of town?"

"Let me ask you, what are your chances of winning against the long knife of the Japanese Bandits?"

"Naturally, it's ten. Duan Wenrui said proudly.

Even if you are strong enough to kill one or two of them, but seven or eight people are besieging you, you can still retreat with your whole body? Not to mention your subordinates, you don't know what kind of goods they are, do you think that the soldiers of the county government and the soldiers of the inspection department can withstand the joint blow of the Japanese people?"

Duan Wenrui's face darkened, although he had not directly fought against the Japanese Invaders, but he had also heard that the long knives of the Japanese Invaders were powerful, the long knives made of stainless steel were as easy as cutting watermelons to kill the officers and soldiers of this dynasty, and the guys who saved their lives were all cut down, where was there still life?

What's more, the pirates are all outlaws, and their subordinates never leave a living mouth. Those who wear shoes are afraid of being barefoot, and those who are barefoot are afraid of dying, just Qingjiang, these soldiers who have never seen blood, where will they be the opponents of the murderous widows.

"Then what do you say?" Duan Wenrui said indignantly.

"You first choose a few fast horses, and then choose a few skilled soldiers to go to the northwest and south three towns to report to the police, and order the villagers to guard the gate, so that the young and strong people can form a patrol to not give those Japanese robbers a chance. ”

"Good. ”

"Nanxiang and Beixiang have always been fierce, and they can withstand it for a while, Xixiang is barren, and they can't afford to think of robbing the Japanese invaders, but Dongxiang and the county seat, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape the Japanese enemies!"

"With just a few widows, can we still capture my huge county seat?" Duan Wenrui wondered.

"Closing the city gates will naturally make them helpless, but what if they are unwilling to attract a large number of people?"

"I'll take people and slaughter them!"

"Don't be impulsive, deal with these widows, the official has his own way, you first let people go to the townships to deliver letters, and then order a few good hands to go out of the city with the official. ”

"It's very dangerous outside the city now, if you have anything to tell me to do, just do it!" Duan Wenrui didn't dare to let Gu Qian do anything wrong, he was a martial artist, and if he died, he would be a cheap life, but Gu Qian was different, if Gu Qian was not in charge, Qingjiang would have to be chaotic.

"Go. Gu Qian glared at him.

Duan Wenrui couldn't, his footsteps hurried, and Gu Tai, who was guarding the side, saw this and said puzzledly, "My lord, as soon as the Japanese invaders come, let's close the city gate, it's just a group of rabble, can we still break through the city gate?"

"Closing the city gate can only ensure temporary peace, but it is not a long-term solution," Gu Qian frowned and said, "I heard that the Japanese are rampant, but the official does not believe in this evil, and he must let them come and go, and when they hear the word Qingjiang, they will be frightened, and they will not dare to come again." ”

Gu Tai was stunned by Gu Qian's cruel words, although Gu Qian's attitude was good, but have you forgotten, master, you are just a civil official who can't lift your shoulders and can't resist, what means do you have to fight the Japanese and have no return?

Gu Tai muttered in his heart, and said in his heart whether he wanted to persuade this old man who only knew how to talk on paper, you must know that once you face the Japanese Kou, you must kill you to the death, and there is no second way to go!

Gu Tai was embarrassed, but when he saw Duan Wenrui going and returning, he came to Gu Qian to receive the task.

Gu Qian's order was also very strange, he sent Duan Wenrui to take people to the nearby mountains to cut bamboo, with thick arms and lush branches, and asked Zhang Yong to take him to the blacksmith shop to make an iron thorn head, I heard that it was to be installed on the top of the bamboo, and even explained to Gu Tai, and called the chief officer of the inspection department and the head of the sixth room over, and selected the strong and strong people among the soldiers and errands to gather in the county government compound for assessment.

These orders were really confusing, Duan Wenrui and Zhang Yong didn't dare to disobey the order, and went full of doubts.

However, Gu Tai and Gu Qian were familiar with each other, so he had the courage to ask, "My lord, what are you going to do here?"

Gu Qian smiled slightly, and said with a straight face, "This official wants to train the troops." ”

Gu Tai: =mouth=!

Although I don't understand what kind of soldiers Gu Qian can train as a scholar, but fortunately, Gu Tai and the others are absolutely loyal to Gu Qian, even if they have doubts in their hearts, they still complete the task meticulously.

Duan Wenrui came back with a large pile of bamboo, and the old blacksmith also built a few iron cones according to Gu Qian's request, while the soldiers who were selected to wait for orders in the courtyard exchanged heads and whispered about the intention of the adults to summon them.

As soon as he was ready, Gu Qian walked over calmly under the arch guard of Gu Tai and Duan Wenrui.

"I've seen the Great Master!" shouted the soldiers.

Seeing the casual appearance of the soldiers, Gu Qian's face sank, "Stand up for me!"

"Yes!"

"I recruited you here today to teach you to practice a formation, this formation was learned from the military generals of the Ministry of War when the official was in the capital, and he specialized in defeating the Japanese invaders!" The sign of the capital is displayed to deter a group of Qingjiang natives, and the real source is that Gu Qian had studied the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" written by Qi Yuanjing, a famous anti-Japanese general, in his previous life, but now General Qi is still on the edge of Jimen, and it is impossible for him to go to Xinghua to teach Gu Zhi County to resist the Japanese, so Gu Qian can only shamelessly borrow the name of the military department first.

As for how Lord Gu and a civil official could run to interact with military generals, Lord Gu could only calmly say: I forgot.

Gu Qian didn't know how to lead troops, but Duan Wenrui, a humanoid killer, was present, as long as he explained to Duan Wenrui one by one the formations such as the Mandarin Duck Formation, the winning formation of the anti-Japanese army, and the Sancai Formation that changed to adapt to the narrow terrain, Duan Wenrui naturally realized the value of this formation.

It is impossible for them to be reborn overnight, but fortunately, Gu Qian's requirements are not high, as long as they are familiar with the formation, and when they encounter the Japanese invaders, they can fight for Duan Wenrui a chance to breathe.

Duan Wenrui didn't mention it since he went to train the troops, Gu Qian returned to the signing room, and he was not idle, he ordered Zhang Yong to take people to inspect the city defense, and he and Ma Xiancheng, Gu Tai and others took the map of Qingjiang and studied the possible route of the Japanese invaders, wanting to intercept and kill this group of Japanese soldiers on the periphery of the Qingjiang River as much as possible.

Qingjiang County Yali was preparing for war intensely, but the Dongxiang Xue family hung a white flag at the door.

Although they had heard of the murderous name of the Japanese Bandits, the people of Togo had never seen them before, and who would have thought that they would suddenly be besieged by a group of Japanese ronins with bright heads and pigtails on the back of their heads.

Because the attack of the Japanese invaders was very sudden, and there was no weapon to take advantage of, only one face, the Xue family's family Ding Courtyard was cut down and killed as many as a dozen people, in the face of the murderous Japanese Kou, Xue Si Master ordered the guards to retreat, while closing the gate of the Xue Mansion, the wooden gate and the brick wall failed to stop the footsteps of the Wokou, they touched into the compound from the wall, and took the opportunity to split the gate of the Xue Mansion.

Fortunately, the Japanese only saw gold and silver treasures in their eyes, and after the Xue family retreated to the main courtyard and ordered to defend the second gate, the Japanese did not fall in love, but left after looting the account room.

"Master, you haven't eaten for a day, and everyone in the family is counting on you. In this battle, the fourth master Xue's sister-in-law was unfortunately killed, seeing the tragic death of his beloved son, the fourth master, who had always been strategic, seemed to be more than ten years old, he couldn't accept this fact, locked himself in the study, and sat for a day.

"Chen Er's funeral has been done?" asked Fourth Master Xue with red eyes and a hoarse voice.

"It's all done, the young master has already changed his clothes, and he is just waiting to be buried. "Because Young Master Xue died in a very tragic state, he was afraid that the Xue family would be stimulated again, so the housekeeper was concerned and asked Fourth Master Xue if he would bury Young Master Xue in advance.

"The dead family members are also going to be buried, and they will give their families some money to settle down. "Fourth Master Xue has no strength to say.

"Yes. ”

"Let's go, come with me to see Chen Er again. The fourth master was silent for a long time, and finally he was reluctant to let his son be buried in a hurry, he stood up with his support on the table, and staggered to the backyard.

"Sir, watch your step. The butler said with tears in his eyes.

"The family has suffered a great disaster, and I can't fall yet, master!" Burying the remorse and hatred in his heart, the fourth master Xue regained his former shrewdness and ability, and he asked in a cold voice as he walked forward, "Has the person who went to the county government to report the news come back?"

"It's back. ”

"Oh?" Fourth Master Xue raised his eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: "What did Gu Shenzhi say?"

He just closed the three gates of the county seat, and sent people to the townships to call the police, and then ......" The housekeeper glanced at the fourth master Xue and didn't dare to say anything.

"And then what?" Fourth Master Xue's heart jumped, and he said angrily, "Dongxiang suffered such a catastrophe, and he has no intention of sending troops here?"

"No, not only did he not send troops, but he also temporarily recruited some strong soldiers into the county office. ”

"Okay, you Gu Shenzhi, you are so greedy for life and afraid of death!" Thinking of the twenty percent of the money and food he paid to make friends with him, and thinking of Gu Shenzhi's move of hearing that Dongxiang was in trouble, but closed the city gate and summoned soldiers to bravely protect the county government, Xue Si was angry, and a mouthful of old blood surged into his heart, "Okay, okay, even if the old man looks away this time, but on the day of my son's revenge, I will let Gu Shenzhi kneel in front of my son's grave and plead guilty!"