Chapter 74: The People's Revolt
Xianyang County, ten miles south of the city, Lijiazhuang.
The eastern sky had just lit up, and most of the people had not yet gotten up, and the entire Lijiazhuang had already been surrounded by thousands of loyal and righteous troops.
"Don't enter the village!"
"Dog officer, go back!"
At the east entrance of the village, a large crowd of people soon gathered, and thousands of villagers, holding hoes, knives, guns, sticks, etc., blocked the way for the loyal and righteous army to enter the village.
A few days ago, people from the county government of Xianyang County came to measure the land and were surrounded by the villagers of Lijiazhuang. At the instigation of Li Gui, the head of the Li family, the radical villagers lifted the officials up and threw them into the Wei River south of the village, where the two leading officials were drowned alive, the rest were wounded, and fled back to Xianyang County in disarray.
Worried that the government would come to investigate the case, police posts were set up at the east and west villages of Lijiazhuang, and the village sent people to take turns on duty in order to deal with the government's investigation.
Lijiazhuang is a large village, with a population of three or four thousand, and a team of three or four hundred strong men guarding the village, patrolling the village every day to ensure that they can resist the officials and soldiers who come to the village at any time.
The neat and solemn sergeants, the bright spears and the cannons made the hearts of the confronting villagers tremble.
Everyone can see that this is not those fox and fake tiger officials in the yamen, these people have a murderous aura and a cold atmosphere, and they are definitely not cowards.
"Folks, say it again, we are here to arrest people, if anyone dares to stop it, don't blame us for being polite!"
The officer stepped forward and shouted, but the crowd did not take a step back.
Wang Yan's face turned pale, and he shouted loudly.
"Ready!"
Seeing the sergeants raise their spears, the villagers who blocked the way turned pale, and many looked nervous.
After all, this is against the government, and it is a loyal army with a long reputation.
Still, no one retreated. The people of Shaanxi are fierce, and the men in the northwest are not frightened.
Seek your own death, die without repentance!
Wang Yan nodded slightly, and the sergeant next to him shouted loudly: "If you don't retreat, you won't be killed!"
The sergeants strode forward, and the villagers stubbornly did not retreat, but no one dared to take the initiative to attack the sergeants.
"Thorn!"
The officer shouted, and the spears in the hands of the sergeants stabbed out, and the villagers in the front row fell a dozen at once. The soldiers stabbed three or four times in a row, and as many as sixty or seventy villagers fell. The rest shouted and hurriedly stepped back.
Blood was all over the ground, and there were villagers holding their injured legs, moaning and screaming in pain. The soldiers did not kill them, they all ran down the third road, and there were no fatal injuries. Otherwise, Lijiazhuang would have already been full of corpses and rivers of blood.
"Li Gui confronted the government and killed the officials, and we were ordered by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion under the rule of Xuanfu Si to escort him back, whoever dares to make trouble will be killed!"
"Where are you bullshit officials from, Shaanxi has never heard of any Xuanfu Division. Hurry up and leave, or you won't want to leave Lijiazhuang!"
Wang Yan was furious, waved his hand, a row of soldiers stepped forward, the surrounding people panicked and dodged one after another, and the man who spoke had no time to flee and was arrested.
"This thief openly confronted the loyal army, incited the people, and confronted the government, according to the military order, immediately executed!"
One of the soldiers stepped forward, raised his spear, and stabbed it directly into the chest of the man who spoke.
With a "poof", blood splattered, the man let out a scream, the soldier drew his spear, and the man fell to the ground, convulsing all over.
The villagers were full of grief and indignation, and they were about to step forward with knives, guns and sticks.
Wang Yan shouted angrily: "All of them, prepare!"
The soldiers raised their spears together and aimed them at the villagers in front of them.
"Hand over the murderer of the official, otherwise let Lijiazhuang's blood flow like a river, and there will be no chickens and dogs!"
Wang Yan was furious, and it seemed that he was going to kill today.
"Holy shit, return my fourth uncle's life!"
Several villagers were red-eyed and pounced with knives and guns, trying to fight with the sergeants, but this time, the soldiers showed no mercy and stabbed their spears one after another. Screams rang out one after another, and several more corpses were on the ground.
The villagers panicked and retreated, silent. They were dumbfounded, looking at the cold soldiers in front of them together, and a chill suddenly felt in their hearts.
"Folks, the anger of the people is difficult to violate, and the law does not blame the people, did they really slaughter Lijiazhuang? Everybody rush up and get them out!"
There was a commotion in the crowd, but no one rushed up again. Those corpses and blood were presented in front of them, and no one dared to take half a step.
"Move forward!"
Wang Yan's military order was issued, and the soldiers marched forward like a wall. The people panicked and got out of the way.
This time, finally no one dared to stop it.
Seeing a few men running backwards, obviously to report the news, Wang Yan sneered and shook his head.
If anyone dares to stand in the way today, he will not hesitate to kill the killer, even if he is infamous, he doesn't care.
"Officers and soldiers kill people!"
Some villagers jumped up and down in the crowd and shouted loudly, but there was not much echo.
Wang Yan took off his hard bow, drew a feathered arrow, and aimed it at the man. The man hid in the crowd, but was ruthlessly pushed out by the villagers and hung in the clearing.
"General, spare your life!"
Wang Yan sneered, and the feather arrow roared out.
"Ahh
The man was shot in the throat and fell to the ground screaming, blood spilling from his neck.
The soldiers continued to move forward, and soon arrived in front of Li Gui's house.
I saw the towering courtyard wall, and the big family of Zhumen seemed to be more majestic than my own house. Wang Yan couldn't help blushing.
It turned out that he was like this before, and he also relied on hiding taxes and concealing the number of acres of land to get rich clothes and food.
The soldiers surrounded Li Gui's house, two soldiers stepped forward, a few grenades were put under the door, and with an earth-shattering sound, the gate of Li Mansion was blown open, and the soldiers swarmed in.
The villagers in the house fled backwards, throwing knives, guns and sticks everywhere. There were also those with knives and guns in their hands, their faces were pale, but they didn't know what to do.
"Why don't you throw down your knives and guns quickly, do you want to fight against the officers and soldiers?"
The soldiers entered the courtyard and shouted loudly, and the Zhuang Ding looked at each other, threw away their weapons one after another, and fell to their knees.
"All the people in the Li Mansion, regardless of men, women and children, except for babies and the elderly, are all tied up, and those who resist will be killed!"
Li Gui was pressed out and fell to his knees by the soldiers, his face was especially indignant.
Seeing that the family members were pressed out one by one, crying for his father and mother, Li Gui suddenly shouted.
"Let my family go, it has nothing to do with them at this time!"
"You are Li Gui, the chief of Lijiazhuang?"
"It's down there. I wonder what you're looking for me? If you trespass into people's houses, aren't you afraid of being investigated by the government?"
Li Gui's face turned pale, he knew that something was wrong, and he pretended to yell loudly.
"Li Gui, it's not a big deal, please go to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion for a few days to be a guest and eat prison food for a few days!"
Wang Yan waved his hand, and the soldiers stepped forward and tied Li Gui with five flowers, and tied it up strongly.
Li Gui struggled and shouted: "You are really bold, I want to sue you!" I'm going to sue you!"
"Shout it out, in a few days, you just want to talk, and you won't have a chance!"
Li Gui suddenly froze.
The soldiers escorted Li Gui and his family out of Li's house, and the outside was full of villagers from Lijiazhuang, and they surrounded Li Gui's house strictly
Tight.
The villagers had already received the news that the government had entered the village, and they gathered together and ran to put pressure on the officials and soldiers to let Li Gui go.
A sharp whistle sounded, and countless soldiers drove in from outside the village, their spears were aimed at the villagers, and even the artillery was already on the ground.
"Hear clearly, I will only give you one chance to tell the murderer of the officials that day, otherwise I will cut off your dog's head immediately!"
Wang Yan shouted loudly at Li Gui and the other tied up families, and rows of soldiers stepped forward, and their spears pressed against the backs of these people.
"The general spares his life, we say!"
The family members were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and at this time, no one would be heroes.
A family member was untied, and he looked at the crowd carefully, pointing to the men who were trying to hide inside.
"General, the two brothers Li Hu and Li Bao took the lead in throwing officials down the river that day."
The crowd fell silent, and the men in the crowd who were shouting just now quietly retreated.
"I heard it clearly, immediately arrest the criminals Li Hu, Li Bao and others, and those who have nothing to do with it quickly dodge, whoever wants to make trouble, don't hesitate to kill!"
The soldiers ran forward quickly, but were stopped by a group of villagers.
"If you want to catch them, kill us first! You government dogs...... Oops"
Dozens of villagers, both old men and women, were knocked to the ground one by one, bleeding and moaning one by one, and then tied up one after another and thrown aside.
The soldiers swarmed in, and the crowd immediately dispersed, and more than a dozen people, including Li Hu and Li Bao, were suddenly revealed.
"Lao Tzu fought with you!"
Several strong men brandished knives and spears and stepped forward, but they were stabbed by the spears of the soldiers, and soon turned into a sieve, lying on the ground, and there was no more sound.
Li Hu and Li Bao had earthy faces, stayed in the local area, and did not dare to make a sound. The other men trembled and threw away their weapons one after another.
The soldiers stepped forward, knocked several people to the ground with the butts of their rifles, and tied them up one by one.
After the prisoners had been identified, fifty or sixty people were bundled, and the bound people knelt on the ground, and no one dared to make a sound.
The villagers were stunned and silent. Except for the occasional cry of a child, the whole scene was quiet, and no one made a single strange sound.
Li Hu and Li Bao were escorted up, their families cried, and no one dared to come up.
"General, it's all made by villains, and it has nothing to do with the villain's family!"
Li Gui finally got a hand and shouted loudly.
"General, I have found out, and it does not have anything to do with Li Gui's family."
Wang Yan waved his hand, and the sergeants let Li Gui's family go.
"The officials of Xianyang County will soon send people to survey the land, you can make trouble again and see if it will be so lucky next time!"
Wang Yan led the people away, leaving the people of Lijiazhuang to stand there one by one, looking at each other, relatively speechless.
The white-haired Li Laohan sat on the grinding plate at the entrance of the village, shaking his head and sighing.
"It is a good thing that the fields are distributed to you, and the reclamation of the fields is also for the people to have food. What a fuss you guys are making!"
Li Laohan shook his head, and with the support of his grandson, he staggered through the crowd and walked towards his home.
"You all live your life well, grow your own crops, and if you don't have fields, are you more comfortable? What do you gain by killing officials against the government and leaving the land barren?"
At dusk, there were bursts of cries in the village, apparently for the family members who had been killed. It's just that in this cry, it's not so heartbreaking, and it's not so reasonable.
The slanting sun withers the grass, yellow and green, green and yellow, who can stop the surging water.