After saying that, Lou Shide didn't say much, just pressed the handle of the knife on his waist, and looked at Chen Zhengtai with blazing eyes, looking full of ambition.

He had prepared for the worst, so he was calm at this time.

Chen Zhengtai also seems to be infected by his spirit.

Han and Tang, Han and Tang, people of later generations are always talking about Han and Tang, and it is only now that he knows the difference between Han and Tang and Song and Ming.

Song Ming is not willing to be lonely and has great ambitions, what he thinks about is the imperial examination, the court is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is the Tianzi Hall.

But in this Han and Tang Dynasty, people like Lou Shide, what they think about in their hearts is to sacrifice their lives and forget to die, and make immortal contributions.

Such people, you could say that they are self-interested. But so what? If the eldest husband is not for fame and fortune, does he have to follow the example of those scholars and doctors in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and talk every day to appear arrogant?

If fame and fortune are like floating clouds, anyone will say it. But if you don't have fame and fortune, why do you dare to say such things?

If you were to be a wild man in the mountains and forests, hungry and ragged, would you dare to say such a thing?

The sages in the bamboo forest, on the surface, hate fame and fortune, hide in the mountains, and seem to live a pure life. But in fact, their cultivation and reading are different from the wandering wreckage in the mountains and forests, and the real poor and lowly.

Although they also pretend to be dashing and live in a meadow, but they cannot be self-sufficient by farming, so they must have special people to deliver food, and in order to feed their needs in the mountains, someone needs to go and collect clear springs for them, and someone must cook food for them. And they only need to wear the so-called 'cloth clothes' that are different from the four, shake their fans, and boast of their arrogance.

Such sages, from the moment they fell to the ground, have piled up countless resources, there are famous teachers to teach them to read and write, there are scholars who have received for them, and even they are still minors, and the imperial court has collected their edicts, I am afraid that they have been prepared!

They enjoy their leisure and do not have to think about fame, not because they disdain fame, but because their fame is ready-made.

So much for!

Chen Zhengtai glanced at Lou Shide and couldn't help but say: "In this case, I will give you a chance to make contributions, do you dare to take it?" ”

"My three-foot sword is beside me, why don't you dare?" Lou Shide said angrily, with a pair of eyes shining with a clear gaze.

"Okay." Chen Zhengtai said: "You go to the governor to dig the trench first, and find a way to lead water into the trench, the thief army will come soon, and the time is already very hasty." ”

"Whoa." Lou Shide didn't ask Chen Zhengtai too much, but went with joy.

He took his eleven-year-old child, a young man named Lou Siying, directly outside Deng's house.

Someone was already digging a ditch here, and Lou Shide kicked his son Lou Siying into the ditch, and said undoubtedly: "You are still young, and it is not the time for you to work hard, but the strength is to come out." ”

Lou Siying was suddenly kicked down, and her head was smashed into the ditch first, but fortunately, all the soil in the ditch was soft soil, and she screamed twice, then obediently turned over, took a hoe, pouted her hips and picked up her arms and began to loosen the soil.

In the evening, it was overcast.

The sky in the south of the Yangtze River has changed again.

First, the slightest raindrops fell, and then the wind and rain gradually increased!

And the entire Deng Mansion, under the arrangement of Su Dingfang and Lou Shide, is like an iron bucket.

Nature...... There are only 200 people, and they are still a little stretched.

Chen Zhengtai looked a little anxious, but it seemed that Su Dingfang was happy.

A martial artist is a martial artist, even if he is a calm martial artist, as long as there is a slight opportunity to make meritorious contributions, he can be as beautiful as marrying a daughter-in-law.

Whatever, I'll finish my business first.

That night, Chen Zhengtai and Su Dingfang slept in the same room, and the rain outside beat against the window.

Lou Shide came in a hurry, knocked on the door outside, and said in a slightly eager voice: "The thief is coming!" ”

Just these three words immediately made Chen Zhengtai, who had just fallen asleep, wake up suddenly, and instantly cheered him up.

Su Dingfang slept on the ground bunk, and said lazily: "Although the thieves are here, it is only in the middle of the night, they don't know the depth, and they will not dare to attack here easily, even if they send some soldiers to test, the guards on duty at night are enough to deal with it." The first thing to do is to surround this Deng house, which is impermeable, and will never attack in a big way, everything will be said tomorrow, the most important thing now is to sleep well, so that you can nourish your spirits, and Ming'er will be refreshed for a while. ”

After that, he closed his eyes directly, turned over, and quickly snored.

This guy's psychological quality is a bit too strong.

Chen Zhengtai didn't know if he was right, but he was always a little uneasy.

It was night, and the sound of wind and rain was unsettling.

In the second half of the night, there were occasional sporadic shouts, but soon the sound died down again.

Sure enough, as Su Dingfang said, the other party will come to try the depth, and there will be no big move.

When the sky was bright, Su Dingfang turned over on time, but he didn't have a calm mind late at night at this time, and with a low roar, he looked for his clothes and armor violently, and after wearing layer by layer, he pressed the handle of the knife on his waist and hurriedly drove people out.

In the morning, Chen Zhengtai drank some rice porridge, then dressed neatly, and then rushed to the arrow tower near the middle gate.

When you climb here, you can see countless thieves, and sure enough, they have set up camp and surrounded this place.

Chen Zhengtai looked at the dense people under his head, and couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp.

The opposite side also seemed to see movement, and a group of people came flying horses, the first one, wearing a winged hat, it was the thorn Shi Wu Ming.

Wu Ming was very cautious, beating his horse, not daring to get too close, and then shouted: "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

Chen Zhengtai stood on the arrow tower and scolded: "You dare to see Your Majesty even if you stab history?" What is the purpose of bringing your troops here? ”

Wu Ming said calmly: "But Chen Zhan's matter? Why didn't Chen Zhanshi open the door of the house and let the old man go in to greet His Majesty? ”

Chen Zhengtai was not in the mood to continue to talk to this kind of person, and sneered: "Don't be verbose, just meet the swordsmen." ”

Wu Ming didn't seem to be annoyed, but just sneered: "Gaoyou County Ling Lou Shide can be in the house? ”

Lou Shide was already standing behind Chen Zhengtai, but he didn't say a word.

Chen Zhengtai laughed and said: "If you rebel, you will rebel, this rebellion is still so verbose, I only saw it today." Lou Shide is here, so what? ”

When Wu Ming heard this, he gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "Lou Shide, you dog thief, you are instigating us to rebel there, but you go to report the news, and you are a ruthless and unrighteous person, if I take you, I will break your body into thousands of pieces." ”

When Chen Zhengtai heard this, he turned his head to look at Lou Shide.

Lou Shide had no expression on his face, but just said to Chen Zhengtai: "Will Chen Zhanshi believe the words of this traitor?" This must be a traitor's ruse, trying to drive a wedge between you and me. ”

Chen Zhengtai was happy with him: "I don't think this assassination is like a trick, you can really do such a lack of virtue." ”

Lou Shide: "......"

Fortunately, Lou Shide's face was not red at the moment, he was not panting, he was still calm, he thought for a while and said: "Instigation and instigation can't be talked about, they have no way out, and they are afraid that their crimes will be discovered by His Majesty, so they naturally want to rebel, the lower officials did say some things, on the one hand, to win their trust and make them not suspicious of the lower officials, on the other hand, it is just throwing bricks and attracting jade." ”

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, why are you teasing me, do you call this throwing bricks and attracting jade?

But at this point, it was useless to say anything, so Chen Zhengtai said sharply: "You don't have to explain, I'm too lazy to care about this, either I want to make meritorious service or die." ”

Lou Shide hurriedly said: "Huh." ”

He really didn't argue anymore.

Doesn't make much sense.

This Chen Zhanshi seems to be a person who only looks at the results.

Such a person is very easy to deal with, that is, try his best to give him a good result.

What's more, Lou Shide even brought his own family members here, and he was obviously ready to burn the jade.

It's just that 200 people are here for half a month, and they are already creating miracles, but where are the miracles in the world easy to create?

Wu Ming heard Chen Zhengtai say that Lou Shide was also there, and he was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and couldn't help but scolded loudly: "Lou Shide, you dog thief, don't you dare to speak?" ”

Lou Shide laughed and said: "You are a thief, I am a soldier, the Han and the thief are not separated, what else do you have to say?" Let me go, come and kill me! ”

Saying that, Lou Shide wanted to take a hard bow.

Seeing that Lou Shide was about to open his bow, although the distance was quite far, Wu Ming was still startled, and hurriedly galloped back to his own formation.

In a short time, a group of rebels attacked.

This is clearly just a tentative attack.

Therefore, although there are a lot of people, but if you look closely, most of them are old and weak, and they are just the tribes of those clans.

The crowd slaughtered outside the house, and the hussars standing on the ladder on the wall drew their bows.

These bows and arrows were all found in the Deng family, and there were also a batch, which were carried from the arsenal in the county town by Lou Shide with his errand soldiers.

It seems that for these small fish and shrimp, Chen Zhengtai is still reluctant to take out the treasure at the bottom of his box, but these bows and arrows are enough.

The hussars had great arm strength, and it was like child's play with such a bow, and dozens of feathered arrows shot out like flying locusts, and seven or eight people fell down at once, and then continued to open their bows and continue to shoot.

A moment later, before they could reach the ravine, dozens of them had fallen, and their morale suddenly became low, and some even fled back.

Wu Ming was calm and relaxed, and there were two people around him guarding him, one was Chen Hu, the general of Yue Wangwei, and the other was Wang Yi, the general of Yangzhou Hussar, these two were obviously people who were proficient in military formations, and letting these troops go to death first, in fact, it was just to test the defense of Deng Zhai.

The tribes attacked from all sides, and they struggled to find holes in the defense, and when the tribes left behind the bodies of those who had already been shot and fled, the two still did not react much.

"Envoy, it seems that there are people in this house who are proficient in the art of war, and those who want to come and command it in person are Your Majesty. The defense of this Deng Mansion is decent, and it seems that it can't be taken without paying some price. ”

It was Chen Hu who spoke.

Chen Hu's face was pale at this time, he was also a fierce general, otherwise he would never have become Yue Wangwei's general.

At this moment, although his face was a little unpleasant, he still looked like an old god, and he pointed his fingers in his hand to show the defense of this Deng Mansion one by one.

Finally, he said: "They are just this meager number of soldiers and horses, how can they hold on?" We have a lot of soldiers, and today let people take turns to attack a few more times, if they can take it, they will take it, but if they can't take it, today's bento is to consume their physical strength first, and then to tomorrow, and then attack on a large scale. ”

Wu Ming nodded, he naturally believed in Chen Hu, and with just one round of attacks, he had already figured out the reality of Deng Zhai, and then he just consumed the defenders first.

So for a whole day, the rebels took turns to attack.

There were many opponents and they were repulsed again and again, but soon ushered in a new round of offensives.

Some rebels even stormed the trench and began to fire arrows into the house.

A few of the officers were shot down, but fortunately, the hussars were fine, and occasionally some were hit by arrows, because the opponent was far away, the penetration of the arrows was insufficient, and the iron armor on their bodies was enough to offset the arrows.

It's just that this day's attack seems to have no consumption in the house, but in fact, it makes the defenders a little anxious.

On the one hand, there was a shortage of arrows in the bow, and this situation could not be replenished at all, and on the other hand, the other side was endless, and everyone was nervous, and the hussars were fine, but those who were auxiliary were already exhausted and out of breath.

Until the sky was dark, Lou Shide was already a little anxious.

He said to Chen Zhengtai: "Chen Zhan Shi, Chen Hu of Yue Wangwei is proficient in the art of war, he deliberately wants to consume us, today has consumed a large number of our arrows, and tomorrow, if it is a large-scale attack, I will not have a bow and arrow, after all, this is only a mansion, not a city wall, even if it is a stone, it cannot be borrowed, so if it goes on, I am afraid that it will not last for three days." ”

Su Dingfang said happily to him: "Don't worry, this is what we are waiting for, and tomorrow, it will be time to meet each other in a short manner." ”

Looking at Su Dingfang's still leisurely appearance, Lou Shide looked suspicious, frowned and said: "Short-handed, we have few soldiers, and if we have no geographical advantage, we will definitely die." ”

Su Dingfang and Chen Zhengtai glanced at each other.

Chen Zhengtai comforted Lou Shide and said: "Whether they will die or not depends on their ability." ”

Su Dingfang ordered people to prepare food, and then instructed the hussars below: "Rest well tonight, tomorrow is a tough battle, rest assured, the thief army will not attack at night, these thieves come from complex sources, each has its own subordinates, the other party leads the army, and is also a veteran, in this case, the night siege, nine times out of ten to trample on each other, so sleep well tonight, and tomorrow, it is time for you to show your might." ”

He should have eaten, he should drink, and he should not worry about tomorrow at all.

But Lou Shide noticed something, could it be that Chen Zhanshi and Su Dingfang really wanted to engage with each other in a short fight? This...... It's too confident, the number of people on the other side is nearly a hundred times that of their side, according to this kind of disparity comparison, even if it is three heads and six arms, it will definitely die.

Lou Shide only felt that Chen Zhengtai and Su Dingfang were crazy.

The next day, the rebels, who had rested all night, began to regroup.

In the morning, there were several more tentative attacks.

It wasn't until noon, after it was determined that the bows and arrows in Deng's house were exhausted.

Chen Hu personally led a team of guards to inspect the battalions, and then recruited the men and horses of each department to one place.

He looked around, and said: "Chen Zhengtai's wolf ambition is to hold the current son hostage, and it is urgent for us to serve the king of Qin." The longer the time drags on, the more dangerous the Son of Heaven will be, today must break the door, they have no bows and arrows, as long as they break the door of the house, they can drive straight in, the general personally supervises the formation, after everyone is full of food and drink, immediately attack, there is a step back, cut! ”

As he spoke, his guards were escorting out more than a dozen deserters who had retreated from yesterday's defeat, and these deserters were all wailing and crying for mercy.

Chen Hu didn't even look at them, only coldly popped out a word from between his teeth: "Kill!" ”

So the axemen pressed the man to the ground as if he were slaughtering a chicken, and cut off the deserter's head with a heavy knife that cut off his head neatly.

Chen Hu sat on a tall horse, the spear in his hand picked up a head, raised it, and then shouted: "If anyone retreats, this is an example." I tell you the truth, if you take a step back today, you will definitely die, and if you charge forward, you will have a chance to live, and someone will ......."

Dozens of soldiers brought the boxes, and when the boxes were opened, the seven or eight boxes were filled with hanging copper coins, and countless rebels looked greedily at the contents of the boxes, and their eyes could not be taken off.

Chen Hu sneered: "Invade here, not only will there be another reward, but all these money will be rewarded to you now, this is the grace of Wu Envoy Jun and this general, everyone will distribute it, two hundred and fifty dollars a day, and those who will board first will be given ten times of money." ”

All of a sudden, the rebels were in high spirits and said, "Dare not obey your orders." ”

…………

In the lobby of the Tang Mansion.

Chen Zhengtai mentioned this and wrote pieces of paper, while Lou Shide, Li Tai and others on the side were dumbfounded.

But I saw that on these pieces of paper, there were the words Qian Shiguan written on them, and Chen Zhengtai's signature was underneath.

Chen Zhengtai has been writing for more than an hour, his hands and neck are sore, and then he handed over this pile of IOUs to Lou Shide, and said: "Go, distribute it, and tell them that this is the IOU written by Chen Zhengtai himself, and when today's battle is over, with this IOU, you can go to exchange for the real IOU of the Chen family, ten times per person, which is a small matter, and then tell everyone, I Chen Zhengtai is a conscientious person, and will never treat my brothers badly, as long as I am willing to work hard today, these ten times are just hors d'oeuvres!" ”

"If there are those who died in battle, each person will be given a pension of thirty times, if they are still alive, not only will the court reward them, but I will also have a reward of ten times, all in all, everyone has a share, and everyone is allowed to follow me Chen Zhengtai to eat and drink spicy food."

It's today!