Chapter 50: The Return
The fire and smoke trapped the whole house, and finally some people could not stand the heat and smoke, and rushed out regardless of life or death, this time almost everyone rushed out, and the banner army had already prepared, all the pikemen stood behind the sword player, and when they saw the shadow of the person, they stabbed the spear, and the short gunners prevented people from jumping out of the window, and someone climbed the window and stabbed it with a shot.
After a short time, a bunch of people died by the window and in front of the door, blood flowed down the stone steps of the doorway, and the banner soldiers stepped on the blood, and their backlomb shoes were soaked with blood, making a crackling sound as they walked.
Guan Er also rushed out in the crowd, this evil scoundrel leader was full of panic on his face, he was not injured in time, he just asked his subordinates to rush out, but at this time the head on his head was ignited, his hair was burned, and his robe caught fire in many places, this scoundrel leader didn't care about the danger, and rushed out desperately in the crowd, he stretched his neck, as if he was desperate to breathe the air outside the house, but soon he was stabbed hard by Shen Liang, and the sharp spear pierced Guan Er's neck, almost stabbing the entire neck off, The famous scoundrel's neck was ridiculously tilted to one side, his eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, and his eyes were full of horror......
Yang Shida never rushed out, and later when the fire was in full bloom, people saw him lying on the ground, with a Japanese knife in his hand, most of which wiped his neck, and he would not be stabbed to death, and he was spared the pain of being roasted to death by the fire.
After the fire was completely burned, Min Yuanqi ordered Yang Zhijin to lead a team of people to search the rest of the river houses, Gao Cuncheng took another team of people to guard along the river, beware of fish that slipped through the net, and Min Yuanzhong took people to stay on guard in the burning courtyard.
The screams gradually subsided, and then there was only the crackling sound of the fire burning, and the people were all solemn, and many of them had their lips simmering and looking pale and wanted to say something, but no one said anything out of place.
Including Min Yuanzhong and Han Sen, the eyes of the banner soldiers looking at Min Yuanqi at this time were very different.
This young trial hundred households, not many people took him seriously before this, but he was a young offspring, and having a hundred households is not a great thing now, and the same as the ordinary middle and lower military attaches of the guard, the Min family's family background is almost lost, and those who hold the power of the guard, control the shipyard and armory, are responsible for the ordnance storage, the collection and distribution of military rations, and also control thousands of acres of land......
A young descendant, in front of an inconspicuous hundred households, has little experience and prestige, and has no family background, who will really look at him in his eyes?
Under the light of the raging fire, everyone present had a feeling that today's events were done so happily, and the results were so violent and tragic, everything was related to the trial hundred households in front of them......
Wang Sanyi, Min Yuanjin, Liang Shifa and others were quickly rescued, and Yang Zhijin acted very simply and decisively, and after rescuing people, he set the rest of the river houses on fire.
The fires were burning one after another, and everywhere there was the smell of blood and human body burning, and many of the banner troops were in pantothenic acid, and a few simply bowed down and vomited.
Liang Shifa and Min Yuanjin were red-eyed when they saw Min Yuanqi, and the two of them bowed down together, and both said, "Thank you for saving me." ”
"Both Yuanjin and Shifa have suffered." Min Yuanqi helped the two of them up, and said in a deep voice: "You went out to do errands for me, and you were captured for me, and you suffered so much and were beaten, it is only right for me to save you!" You have no merit in this matter, and when you have money and food to sell salt, of course you will be rewarded. ”
Liang Shifa and Min Yuanjin were also a little worried in advance, and the matter of the regular health office was handed over by Shangguan and needed to be done, although the responsibility for the failure of buying grain this time was not on Liang Shifa and Min Yuanjin, but if Min Yuanqi blamed him, the two would have nothing to say.
Fortunately, Min Yuanqi did not blame a word, but tried his best to soothe him, not only Liang and Min were extremely moved, but the flag soldiers with guns around them also felt the same way, and their respect for Min Yuanqi deepened a little.
After a short time, all the people who searched the river house withdrew to the courtyard, and then the fire broke out all around the compound, and people could not stand and retreated outside the courtyard.
Waiting for Min Yuanzhong and others to withdraw, Gao Cuncheng and others searched the riverside, and there was no one who missed the net, and the three teams of more than 40 people gradually gathered together, although it was to defeat the enemy and kill countless enemies, but somehow everyone had a sense of the aftermath of the disaster.
"Carry the injured brother to the boat first," Min Yuanqi looked around, only seven flag soldiers were injured and could not move, none of them were injured, only the arms or legs and other non-vital places were scratched, two people lost too much blood and their faces were pale and could not stand, and the rest of the wounded flag soldiers could still walk on their own, he gave an order, and then said to Wang Sanyi: "This time it is our business that affects Wang Baihu, I'm really sorry, I will send someone to buy grain after a few days when the wind is loosened, and then I will have a compensation to Wang Baihu." ”
Wang Sanyi's expression has been calm after being tied up, unless Yang Shida wants to kill the official and rebel, otherwise his life must be fine, but when he was searched and rescued and passed through the courtyard full of corpses, and saw the tragic situation of dozens of people being burned to death in the house, Wang Sanyi looked a little miserable.
At this time, after listening to Min Yuanqi's words, Wang Sanyi shook his head and said: "Yang Shida and his gang have done a lot of injustice, and today's incident can be regarded as retribution." I happened at the right time, and now that I have nothing to do, Yuan Qi doesn't have to take it to heart. ”
Wang Sanyi faintly felt alienated, Min Yuanqi smiled, and didn't take it to heart.
It is normal for people to kill more than 100 people at once, to kill excessively, and to be a little frightened and afraid. Daming had not lost the law before this, and this matter in front of him was a tragedy, and it had to be thoroughly investigated.
Min Yuanqi led people to kill everyone in Shuiguan, although he killed Yang Shidaguan and others, and set fire to the river house, but as long as someone carefully investigates this matter, he can't hide it, fortunately, at this time, the law is chaotic, and the state and county officials and garrisons will not pay attention to this kind of public security case at all, and Min Yuanqi killed more than 100 people in a battle, and the state and county officials will only be afraid, and it is impossible for anyone to go to Yunti Pass to arrest him and ask about the case.
The person who is worried is Yang Shili, but the soldiers will block, if the soldiers can have enough food after this battle, what is Yang Shililai afraid of?
Wang Sanyi may not have thought about it for a while, and it is not surprising that he is afraid of trouble and alienation.
"Yang Shida's gang is afraid that the silver and soft are hidden elsewhere." Min Yuanzhong finished searching, came back and handed over the order: "Those furniture and appliances can't be moved, and they will attract people's eyes, I didn't ask anyone to take them, I searched in each room for a long time, and only picked out more than 130 taels of silver, more than ten hanging money, and a few hairpins, bracelets, and rings, all of which are silver, not valuable things." ”
"Not bad." Min Yuanqi said with a smile: "There are many and miscellaneous people here in the river house, it is impossible for Yang Shida to put a large amount of gold and silver here, it is estimated that he will be sent to other places every day to hide." It doesn't matter if we don't have a windfall, this silver is enough to buy 300 stone grain, which is enough for us to eat for a while. ”
The eyebrows of the banner army are all smiling, although the consequences of this matter may be very serious, but there are adults on their heads, they will not worry about this, with silver and a large amount of food, from the nature of the hundred households, everyone's life will be better and better, plus there is no water to extort here, the ship selling salt can easily cross the border to Huai'an Mansion to sell, and there will be a steady stream of money in the future......
The fire of the river house burned more and more, and in the sky-high firelight, the flag soldiers got on the boat one after another, and the long pole was propped up, and the hull of the boat swayed away from the river bank, sailed to the center of the river, and then went down the river.
After walking out of a few miles of water, people look back and look forward, they can still see the fire behind them, the surrounding villages have been moving, I don't know who is playing the gong to report the news, the fire will not spread, so you can see many people wearing robes standing on the river bank to watch the excitement, really rushing to fight the fire is afraid that there is no one in ten thousand, this group of people in the river house is really full of evil, if it is not for the fear of being seen by the green scoundrel to come to the door to retaliate, I am afraid that there are many people not only do not want to go to the fire, but want to clap their hands and praise.
Seeing the faces on the bank of the river that couldn't hide his happiness, Min Yuanqi sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, and a burst of happiness surged into his heart...... There were a lot of killings tonight, and the water was burned, but there was no when it looked dangerous. Shuiguan here is not set up by the government at all, it has long become a paradise for scoundrels and green skins, this matter is clear from Huai'an Mansion to the officials of various states and counties, at this time, don't say that it is the Hongwu Yongle Renxuan period, even if it is from Chenghua to Jiajing, there are already local officials who have sent troops to suppress the thief's nest, how can they be allowed to make trouble until now? At the end of the dynasty, the local order collapsed, and even the gentry did not dare to come forward to maintain the local order, which gave the green skins room to jump...... This time, Min Yuanqi came out to kill Yang Shida and Guan Er's gang, whether it is the government or the gentry in the local government, they will only applaud, and the government will go through the official article to investigate, who will find out about him, the military attache of the guard, without real evidence, who will be so concerned about a group of green-skinned scoundrels? Moreover, there are now many local rebels, and the urging of food and wages has made the officials and gentry breathless......
The only thing to worry about is that Yang Shida's brother, who is about to be appeased, has changed from a big salt lord to a general or guerrilla of the Ming Dynasty.
Min Yuanqi didn't think too much about the aftermath, and Yang Shili wouldn't find it for a while, so he first took advantage of the spirit of this battle to absorb more banner troops to participate in training, expand the venue and increase personnel, at least train more than 100 elite banner troops, and almost be able to gain a foothold in this land. As long as he has enough strength in his hands, whether it is a guest soldier or Yang Shili coming to find trouble, there is much more room to deal with it......
The boat swayed and continued to move forward, and it was much easier to go down the river than upstream, and when it was almost dawn, the three hundredth households appeared in the early morning light at the wharf by the river, and many of the flag soldiers slept in a hazy way, and some people woke up at once, and then everyone else was awakened, and many people who had just woken up were still rubbing their eyes, and then their faces were shining.
Running back and forth all night, fighting with people's lives with white blades, when setting off, many people just held the psychology that they couldn't come back...... This is not hypocrisy, although the banner army has been training with Min Yuanqi, they don't understand at all how big the difference in combat effectiveness between the regular army with training, armor, and shields and the green skin is there! The banner army only knows that there are few people on their own side and there are many people on the other side, and from the bottom of their hearts, these honest and honest flag soldiers who are usually afraid of smashing their heads when the leaves fall, have long accepted the fact that they have a low social status and even the green-skinned gangsters are qualified to bully themselves at will...... If it weren't for the salt pond in front of you, a good life would be not far away, and if you don't fight, you would have to be pinched by the neck to live, not only a matter of swallowing in one breath, but also a practical problem related to whether you and your wife and children can live a good life.