When he received the quick horse report that the thieves were attacking Lou Nu Mengjiazhuang, He Changbao was at a loss.

Not because of how important Mengjiazhuang is, but because he is a dignified Jingle County order, and the village households in the territory were robbed by thieves, and it must be difficult to blame.

The most important thing is that Lou Fu is only more than 70 miles away from Jingle County, in case the thieves go north and attack Jingle County, how can he defend this small county seat?

After relieving himself, He Changbao hurriedly sent his master to take a hundred taels of silver and hurried to Ninghua Qianhu, asked Qianhu Han to send troops to garrison the county seat, and sent someone to sentry in the direction of Lou Fu.

Han Mao still knows how to behave, and immediately ordered the generals after receiving the money, and left only 200 soldiers to garrison the thousand households in the afternoon of the same day, and he led the remaining 300 soldiers to come, most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and only Han Mao and a few other officers' 100 or so private soldiers barely looked at it.

For the guards, He Changbao knows very well, for many years without paying, most of the guards have fled everywhere to find another way to make a living, and those who remain are some old, weak, sick and disabled who can't run, and the vacated soldiers' salaries and silver naturally fall into the pockets of those generals.

Ninghua Qianhu belongs to the nine-sided town, the situation is not bad, 1,120 soldiers can still be left, to the south of the state capital of the thousand households, the actual number of soldiers is only two or three percent of the abounds.

With Han Mao's three hundred guards, He Changbao felt a little more at ease.

The sentinel also quickly reported: Mengjiazhuang was captured by the thieves and looted, and there were countless dead, only the steep gatehouse of Mengjiazhuang had some living mouths, and the thieves had retreated to the west of Linxian and the Huangcong Mountain in the southwest.

Hearing that the thieves had retreated, He Changbao breathed a long sigh of relief.

Soon, his mind turned again, and all he thought about was the words "countless dead".

Also, how can you properly keep the black gauze hat on your head, and even take this opportunity to go further and get promoted and make a fortune?

Lou Fu and Mengjiazhuang were sacked by the thieves, it was a slack job in defending the land, if they could pursue the thieves and kill the heads, it was the merit of the bandits, and the merits would be met, and the lives would definitely be saved.

Of course he won't really go to suppress the bandits, there are countless dead people in Mengjiazhuang, and those heads, whether they are good or bandits, are all credits.

After thinking about it, He Changbao patted his thigh and immediately summoned the third class of officials and the county and city and rural Yong.

In addition to the clerks in the sixth room, he ordered 20 people in the third class, 80 people in the white service, plus 100 village warriors led by the gentry of the county town, a total of 200 people.

Hearing that he was going to Lou Fu to suppress bandits, Han Mao also volunteered and led 300 guards to participate in the suppression of bandits.

He Changbao knew what the other party had in mind, but he just wanted to grab someone's head with him.

But He Changbao didn't refuse, after all, people were kind enough to help him defend the city, and it would be beneficial to naturally score some benefits.

So, 500 people and horses made food for three watches, prepared enough dry food for three days, set off on the fifth watch, traveled lightly, and went straight to Lou Fu Town in the south.

He Changbao naturally did not risk his life, and only led the officials and village warriors by his master, and temporarily obeyed Han Mao's command.

Under the constant urging of Han Mao and his master, the team marched all the way, and in the midst of the complaints all day, they walked seventy miles in five hours, and arrived at Lou Fu at noon.

As soon as I entered the Lou Fu realm, I ran into a group of homeless people who also went towards Lou Fu, all of them were so hungry that their faces were yellow and thin, and they didn't look like human beings anymore, the two leaders were barely human, one had rolling eyes, and looked quite clever, and the other was a simple and honest little old man, grinning at Han Mao with a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

Han Mao felt unpleasant when he saw this person, and raised his horsewhip and whipped down, and the little old man grinned and hid to the side, not angry, only grinning with big yellow teeth.

Han Mao didn't bother to pay attention to this stupid little old man, and after driving all the homeless people to the side of the road, he led the army to Mengjiazhuang with a high spirit.

What he didn't know was that the half-sized man with his eyes rolling straight up had already grasped the two short knives in his sleeve, and the smirking little old man had been staring at the dozens of war horses they had.

War horses are a good thing.

Seeing the chaotic group of officers and soldiers approaching, Qin Chuan's eyes also kept staring at the dozens of war horses.

What he lacked the most was horses, and the ten old and weak thin horses given by Bashanhu that day were originally tied under the gatehouse, and Bashanhu's people couldn't get close to the gatehouse, so they simply shot them with arrows.

Now that all those dead horses have been slaughtered, the old bandits of Jiuji Mountain have eaten and drunk, and the rest have risen to make jerky.

Now there are only twelve horses on hand, which Luo Daniu and Song Zhiting snatched back in the mine.

There are horses in Yunding Mountain, but the horse farm there has been controlled by Bashan Tiger, and he is not strong enough to fight Bashan Tiger now.

However, the group of officers and soldiers in front of him are easier to gnaw than Bashan Tiger, and if he has more people, he will definitely snatch those war horses.

In a moment, the group of officers and soldiers stopped two hundred paces away, and only a few officers and soldiers rode towards Zhuangzi.

"Lord Han of the Thousand Households of Ninghua Institute was ordered to suppress the bandits, who is the owner here? Come out and speak. ”

As the officers and soldiers approached, one of the petty officers with a tumor on his face shouted at the gatehouse.

As soon as Meng Guiming wanted to speak, he heard Qin Chuan already shouting: "Lord Hui, yesterday the village was robbed by thieves at the beginning, the money and grain were empty, the people of the village were almost dead, only the owner of the village and the guardian of the house more than 20 people, the thieves had retreated yesterday, and now there are no bandits in the village to suppress." ”

The little official shouted again: "In that case, why don't you quickly open the door and let the official enter the village to investigate?" ”

Qin Chuan pointed to the collapsed courtyard wall not far away: "Back to my lord, when the thieves attacked the village yesterday, the door hole was blocked by bricks and stones, and it was impassable, so you can enter the village through the gap over there." ”

The officers and men rode around the other side, unleashed their weapons, and slowly approached the gap, first throwing a javelin into it, and then suddenly rushing in on horseback, and then cautiously probing inside.

The hundreds of officers and soldiers outside sat down and rested on the spot, gnawing on dry food one by one.

After a long time, the officers and soldiers walked around the village, and then went outside the courtyard wall to investigate the hundreds of corpses piled up there.

Originally, there were nearly 1,000 dead bodies in the Zhuangzi, Qin Chuan had the heads of more than 200 old bandits cut off, and all the headless corpses and those of the Fan family were buried.

Not long after, several officers and soldiers rode back and reported back to Lord Qianhu.

After a while, the thousand households scolded him, and hundreds of officers and soldiers got up in a mess and walked towards the pile of corpses on the side of the courtyard wall with knives.

Just now, the little official rode his horse to the gatehouse not far away, and shouted: "The people upstairs have listened, and it has been found out that there are some corpses of thieves under the courtyard wall over there. ”

After shouting, the petty officer rode away and went to command others to cut off people's heads.

Qin Chuan was a little stunned.

He thought that he was going down to greet the official master, so he had to wipe a few tears and cry a few times, and take the opportunity to make a deal with the other party.

Unexpectedly, the other party only entered the village to investigate, and after seeing that there were no thieves and no oil and water to scrape, he began to cut off people's heads, and he didn't even symbolically care for the people.

Has the erosion of the officers and soldiers in these years come to this point?

In desperation, Qin Chuan had no choice but to lead Song Zhiting and Luo Da Niu downstairs and make a bend around the gap to get out of Zhuangzi.

When he went outside, and when he saw the little official just now, Qin Chuan arched his hand and said, "My lord, the little people have something to discuss with the adults of the thousand households, can you invite the adults of the thousand households to come and talk about it?" ”

The petty official frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

"The stakes are very high, and the small people can only talk to the adults of a thousand households, and hope that the adults Haihan."

"Come with me." The petty official was a little displeased.

Qin Chuan looked two hundred steps away, there were more than a hundred heavily armed officers and soldiers, and at first glance they were the private soldiers of those generals.

He has not forgotten his identity as the leader of the bandits, and if someone in the opposing army recognizes him, or if the other party finds out his identity as a bandit, he will not be able to come back.

He is not Zhao Zilong, he has neither the courage nor the ability of the ten thousand armies to kill seven in and seven out.

So, he had to bow his hand again and said apologetically: "My lord Haihan, can you invite Lord Qianhu to come and talk about it?" ”

"Presumptuous!" The little official frowned, "You are a villager in a district, how can He De let the adults of a thousand households come to see you?" ”

Qin Chuan also frowned, a little embarrassed.

He originally wanted to wait for the thousand households to enter the Zhuangzi and the two sides to greet each other before talking about the sale, but he didn't expect that the dog Qianhu was so timid that he didn't even dare to enter the Zhuangzi.

Of course he couldn't go out either.

In desperation, Qin Chuan had to apologize again and said, "Then Master Lao will tell Lord Qianhu on his behalf." ”

"Xiaomin yesterday led people to pursue the thieves, a bloody battle, cut off two hundred heads, see that the mouth is some old bandits, now nitrate stored in the village, I wanted to transport it to Taiyuan to dedicate to the prefect, today you have arrived in the village, Xiaomin courage, I implore you to pay tribute to those heads."

"Oh?" A leading tumor junior officer raised his eyebrows, "Where is the head?" Why don't you get it soon? ”

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment."

Qin Chuan arched his hand again and said: "My lord, Lou Fu Town is located in a remote area, nearly eighty miles away from the county government, if you are attacked by the thief, you will definitely not be able to ask for help, and the thirty archers of the town's inspection department will not be able to defeat the thief." ”

"The villain is brave and wants to borrow the two hundred heads, and the thousands of households will ask the court for an official and a half position on behalf of the small people, so that the small people can train strong soldiers in Lou Fu, serve the court, and protect the family and the people."

After listening to his words, the tumor officer was stunned.

"Are you not daring, and you still want to do business with a thousand households?" After the tumour petty official came back to his senses, he said with a gloomy face.

Qin Chuan smiled: "My lord, Xiaomin just wants to do a little bit for the imperial court and protect the family and the people." ”

"Okay." The petty official looked embarrassed, "You bring the head first, and I'll go back and talk to Lord Qianhu." ”

Qin Chuan smiled apologetically: "My lord, forgive me, as long as the Lord of the Thousand Households agrees, Xiaomin will naturally offer his head and hands." ”

The petty official frowned: "You still dare to bargain with Lao Tzu?" ”

Qin Chuan also frowned, and scolded a few words in his heart.

The tumour petty officer looks like he's just a small flag or chief flag officer, and he talks to him with a smiling face and a good voice, and he's good, and he puts up a fight with Lao Tzu.

Do you still want to take the goods first, but you can't get the credit?

There are no doors.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan simply arched his hand and said, "Since it is inconvenient for adults to tell me, let's not do this business for now." ”

After that, he took Song Zhiting and Luo Daniu, who was already angry, back to Zhuangzi.

Seeing them turn around and leave, the tumour petty official was stunned at first, and then furious.

"How the fuck do you dare to play tricks?"