Chapter 196: Encountering "Bandits"
Seeing this account book, the lowest level of the Yang family, the hardest, this large group of people was completely angry. They could no longer control their emotions, and they came to the door of Yang Hong's mansion one after another, demanding that he spit out the property that had been annexed for so many years.
These characters, whom Yang Hong looked down on at all on weekdays, now dare to come to his house. Yang Hong was furious, organized the village soldiers to guard his house, and personally ordered that these people would be killed if they dared to step forward.
When the two sides were at a stalemate, the county government suddenly sent someone to ask Yang Hong to transfer the Yang family's income and expenditure according to the account books. The taxes that have been underpaid over the years will be paid to the county government.
Before this, the people of the county government would not dare to come to the Yang family to ask for these taxes. But now, Yang Hong has lost the hearts of the people in the Yang family, and most people no longer care about his life or death.
Yang Hong arranged for some subordinates who were still loyal to him, so that he could finally deal with the people sent by the county government.
At this time, some old people in the Yang family also began to appeal in the family. Yang Hong and some of his subordinates were greedy for ink, and the family had a lot of property, and wanted to remove him from the position of patriarch and clean up his property.
In a short period of time, troubles in many aspects followed, and Yang Hong thought of many ways to barely cope with it.
But in Yang Hong's heart, he already knew deeply that it was impossible for him to continue to become the soil emperor of the land of Yang County as before, and he had to think of a way out.
That night, there was no moon in the sky, and it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers. More than a dozen carriages, escorted by a group of heavily armed village soldiers, left the county seat of Yangxian County and arrived on the outskirts of the county.
Immediately afterwards, several more carriages drove out from all directions of Yang County, and in a flat place on the outskirts of Yang County, they joined more than a dozen carriages before.
"Patriarch, it's still your ingenuity. When we came out this time, the people of the county government did not dare to stop us at all. A head poked out of a carriage, it was Yang Hong, the patriarch of the Yang clan, and the person who spoke to Yang Hong was Yang An, who was still anxious a few days ago.
"Hmph, our current number is several times that of the soldiers in other counties, and they dare to chase us? If it weren't for the fact that those guys in the family made too much trouble, how could we choose to withdraw from Yang County. This is another person who speaks, the backbone of the Yang family who is deeply valued by Yang Hong.
"This time we brought out so much possessions. Where to go? You can live without worrying about food and clothing for a lifetime, but it's a pity that there is such a big profit in this salt well, and you can't make it anymore. Another person said.
"What are you worried about? Rest assured, follow me, we will definitely make a name for ourselves. Perhaps, one day we will return to Yang County in style. After Yang Hong in the carriage heard the voice, he said to his subordinates.
As soon as Yang Hong's words came out, he immediately won a sycophant sound, which made him feel more depressed.
This time, those who followed Yang Hong out of Yang County were only the most trusted people under him. Over the years, they had made a lot of money, and at least one or two wagons of possessions.
As Yang Hong's subordinates said, there are still seven or eight thousand township soldiers that Yang Hong is now leading, and he is going to take these people to find a mountainous area to be bandits for a period of time. After a while, the situation is somewhat stable, and then think of other ways.
These people all gathered together, there were more than a dozen carriages, and no one stopped them along the way. Further on, through a mountainous area, they could leave
Kaiyang County is in the territory.
Seeing that it was getting farther and farther away from the county seat of Yang County, Yang Hong began to feel a little proud in his heart, what if you have evidence, you don't have to let us go obediently.
Yang Hongzheng was proud, and suddenly heard a miserable scream in front of him, because the sky was very dark, by the light of the fire, he couldn't see what was going on at all?
When Yang Hong was about to send someone to check it out, he remembered a miserable scream again, and then as if it was infectious, the scream and the neighing of horses suddenly sounded in the night sky.
"Someone is sneaking up, everyone be careful." At this time, there was a shout in the night sky, and this shout was officially issued by Yang He, the leader of such a township soldier, Yang Hong's younger brother.
Yang He was once conscripted into the army, went to the battlefield, became a centurion, and had some ability to command troops. Therefore, Yang Hong made him the leader of these township soldiers.
In the darkness, it was impossible to see the human figure, but the arrows could be seen, and those who screamed and fell to the ground were all villagers who had been hit by arrows.
Yang He immediately called for the help of the carriage as a cover, or took out a shield to block in front of him, and those who were helpless. All hid in the carriage.
This wave of arrow rain caused the village soldiers under Yang He to lose dozens of people. Most of these villagers had never been on the battlefield. On weekdays, he was arrogant to the common people, but today he really saw blood, and he lost his temper all of a sudden.
"Who are you? People who dare to sneak attack my Yang family don't know how to write dead characters! Quickly get out of the way and let us go, and we can get away with the past, or else you will be bloody. Lend the shield for cover, Yang He said loudly.
With a bang, a bow and arrow were striking the shield in front of Yang He, and it was clear that his voice had revealed his location and had become a target for enemy archers.
"Haha, we know that you are from the Yang family, and what you are going to rob today is the people of your Yang family, what kind of oil and water are there to rob others?" A voice suddenly rang out in the night sky.
Immediately afterward, countless torches suddenly lit up in the night sky, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day.
At this time, Yang He and the others found that the hillside near them, the mountain roads in front and behind, were all occupied, and people dressed as bandits.
Looking at the dress of these bandits, it should be two groups of people. The bandits in front of them were led by a fair-faced and elegant man.
And the bandits behind them, the leader is actually a beautiful woman, this woman is about twenty-five or sixteen, it seems to be a very strong woman.
"Leave all the carriages and the people in the carriages, and you can let you go." The elegant man in front of him was Yan Xiong, who was arranged by Ju Yuanguang to come to Yang County to be bandits, and they were waiting for this day.
The bandits behind him, of course, are led by Liu Haini, her husband, who came here to be the county commander, because of the existence of these guys, his life in Yang County is very sad, and Liu Haini has long hated these guys.
"Do you know who's in the carriage? He is the patriarch of my Yang family, if you dare to touch him in Yang County, I think you are impatient! Yang He said fiercely.
"What is the patriarch of the Yang family, that was in the past, now it's just a lost dog." Liu Haini in the rear said loudly.
"Brothers, give it to me, kill these guys, and the patriarch will definitely be rewarded." Hearing Liu Haini's words, Yang Hezhi knew
Dao, the other party will definitely not give up. So I decided to strike first.
A fight began like this, and the number of village soldiers under Yang He was more than the bandits under Yan Xiong and Liu Haini, which was why he dared to take the initiative to face the battle.
But Yang He thought about the situation too optimistically, and none of these township soldiers had ever been on the battlefield. Usually, I only know how to be powerful and blessed in Yang County. When they encounter hard stubble today, they will not be able to do it at once.
The gang of bandits under Yan Xiong and Liu Haini have been used to licking blood on the tip of the knife for so many years. There are even some people who have participated in the war with Chu with Yang Yun, and their combat power is not comparable to these ordinary villagers.
In addition, the "bandits" under Yan Xiong and Lin Haini, these weapons under their hands, but they were built by Tieshan himself. After using bellows and coal as fuel, the hardness of the forged weapons far exceeded the blades in the hands of these villagers.
In many cases, as soon as the weapons of the two sides come into contact, the weapons in the hands of these village soldiers can be cut off.
Therefore, this battle that Yang He originally thought was evenly matched, but it became a one-sided situation. In a short time, many village soldiers were killed on the mountain road.
The death of his companion frightened some of the villagers, and they began to flee in all directions. Yang He saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly led people to protect Yang Hong and others to break through.
But Yan Xiong and the others, the purpose of this trip is for Yang Hong, how could they let them leave. Yang He saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, so he had to take some villagers who were loyal to him and break through and escape alone.
Seeing Yang He and the others fleeing, Yan Xiong and Liu Haini did not chase after them, and led people to disappear into the mountains and forests with Yang Hong and others, who had already been frightened, and several cars of Yang Hong's and the property that his subordinates had been greedy for over the years.
The patriarch Yang Hong and several core figures in the clan tried to abscond with the huge amount of money that had been greedy for so many years. Unexpectedly, he encountered bandits in the mountains, and the life and death of the patriarch Yang Hong and several black core figures in the clan were unknown, and it was said that a large amount of property was also robbed by the bandits.
This news quickly spread among the Yang tribesmen, which made everyone in the Yang tribe deeply shocked.
A large amount of property was looted by bandits, and the tribe had no financial resources to support the villagers. In this way, the strength of the Yang family has been greatly damaged, and they no longer have the strength to compete with Yang Yun again.
And at this moment, Qiu Ze of the Unity Society is not having a good time, and the secret account books of the Yang family that Yang Hong has hidden are now being made public. Yang Hong and the core figures under him are greedy and numerous, which is jaw-dropping.
The Yang family, who have used the salt well for so many years, has actually gained so much wealth. And the Unity Society, which controls about the same number of salt wells as the Yang family, makes a lot of money.
Therefore, as in the case of the Yang family, the low-level people in the Unity Association also began to organize themselves to ask the speaker Qiu Ze for an explanation.
In desperation, Qiu Ze made two decisions. First, a large amount of silver taels were allocated to the middle and lower members of the congregation, so as to reduce the hostility of the lower members to the upper echelons of the Unity Church as much as possible.
Immediately afterwards, Qiu Ze sent his most trusted subordinates to Yunzhou, to which Yang County belonged, to find some high-ranking officials they had bought over the years.
Who knew that the information they got made Qiu Ze feel desperate, and many high-ranking officials they had bought were actually removed from their posts and investigated because of various things.
The few remaining officials shook their heads like rattles when they heard that Qiu Ze wanted them to help fight Yang Yun together.
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