Zengtou City outside Lingzhou City, Zeng's mansion.

After listening to the content of the report of the shopkeeper of the grain shop in front of him, the head of the house Zeng Lang also showed a puzzled look on his face: "You mean that those dozen guys have not come back since they went out in the afternoon?" Did they go home? ”

"No, the little one had already visited their house before he came, and none of them had come home. It was precisely because of the fact that this matter was so strange that the little one did not dare to delay, and came to report at this time. The shopkeeper said with some concern.

Those Jurchens obviously didn't know that as the tycoons of black and white in Lingzhou Mansion, the grain business here had always been controlled by the Zeng family, so when they wanted to sell grain in the city, they were doing business with the Zeng family. And when they killed the gang that sent grain into the village for the sake of safety, the news naturally spread to Zengtou City and became known to everyone in the Zeng family.

"Bianjia Village, thousands of catties of grain, this is enough for hundreds of people to eat for half a month......" Zeng Tu, the son of the Zeng family, also frowned and thought carefully, and then asked: "What kind of dress are those people, but is there anything abnormal?" ”

"They don't seem to speak too neatly, not like me from the Central Plains. Besides, there seems to be an extra pigtail on the back of their heads...... "The shopkeeper tried to recall, and said the details he had noticed. And just this sentence made Zeng Suo, who had been silent, suddenly change color: "It's not good, the situation is not right!" ”

"Third child, what do you see, why are you surprised?" The second son, Zeng Mi, gave him a strange look.

Zeng Suo ignored him, but looked at his father: "Dad, those Jurchens really can't believe it, they have always hidden their hands near us, in that Bian family village!" In a hurry, he couldn't care about the presence of outsiders, so he directly told the problem.

In the dazed face of the shopkeeper of the grain shop, Zeng Suo continued: "Those costumes are owned by the Jurchens! But they had been telling us that they were planning to send troops to other nearby state capitals, and they asked us to send people to help them infiltrate. But now, their people are clearly on the edge of Lingzhou City, so where will their real goal be? ”

These words finally made Zeng Tu and the other sons' faces change greatly, and Zeng Tu stood up even more abruptly: "How is this possible? Then, he walked to the stunned grain shop shopkeeper in two steps, grabbed the other party's collar with one hand, and asked in a shout: "Tell me honestly, do you really see the looks of those people clearly?" Did they really drag their pigtails in their brains? ”

"No, that's good." The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly: "Although they wore hats, there were still braids leaking out when they turned around, which looked really funny, so the little ones wrote it down." ”

"Father, eldest brother, they are simply using to coax us, it is Lingzhou City that they want to take this time!" Zeng Suo shouted: "This is the foundation of our Zeng family, how can they be ruined?" ”

"But......" Zeng Lang still wavered and hesitated in his heart. It is said that when he first came to Lingzhou, he was also ruthless and decisive, but as he grew older, after dragging his family with him, he had more worries.

Seeing this, Zeng Suo hurriedly said: "Father, if we are a little later, we will be completely finished, since they are hiding from us in such an important matter, they obviously do not treat us as their own people, the biggest possibility is to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and even after taking Lingzhou, they will attack our Zengtou City, we must not sit still." The saying that we are also the same Jurchen race is just an excuse to use us, and if it drags on, we will become fish on the chopping block! As he spoke, his eyes were already fixed on Zeng Tu: "Big brother......"

Before Zeng Tu could speak, the youngest Zeng Sheng had already responded loudly: "Dad, eldest brother, the third brother is right, we must not sit still, we must take action to protect ourselves." Now that they've all attacked our guys, in two days, they might be attacking my Zengtou City directly!" ”

"But we can't deal with those Jurchens at all, haven't you seen their fierceness......" Zeng Rong was still a little hesitant in his heart, in the end, he was also worried that his own strength was not enough, once he turned against the other party, the end would only be worse.

"Of course, our family is not an opponent, but if we have Lingzhou City as our support, it will be different if we have the help of officials and soldiers. After all, this is my Great Song Dynasty land, and no matter how many hundreds or thousands of Jurchens can fight, what waves can they make? Zeng Suo said urgently: "Father, the crisis is imminent, and we can't hesitate anymore!" ”

Just when Zeng was in a dilemma and didn't know what choice to make, someone outside suddenly let out a few exclamations: "It's water, it's water in Lingzhou City, it's a big fire......"

The father and son who were staring at each other in the hall subconsciously pushed the door out when they heard this, and looked at Lingzhou City in front of them from a distance, and then saw a red light shining in the sky, which was the scene of the fire constantly burning.

"There is no fire in the morning, no fire in the evening, but at this time it suddenly caught fire! I'm afraid that this matter has nothing to do with those Jurchens, maybe they are scheduled to do it tonight! Zeng Suo said, and became even more anxious: "Father, you can't hesitate any longer, otherwise there will be a catastrophe!" ”

"The owner, Shi thinks that what the third prince said is very true, we are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, how can we see the Jurchen thieves running rampant in our country, not only do not stop them, but act for the tiger?" While speaking, a big man flashed in the dark, this person looked mighty, walked calmly, and had the style of a general, it was the head of Zengtou City, Shi Wengong, who had the title of electric gun.

Although this Shi Wengong is not a member of the Zeng family, he has a very high status in Zengtou City, and only one sentence and sentence have a great impact on Zeng Rong, making him more inclined to defect. Seeing this, Zeng Suo stepped forward again: "Father, we can't hesitate any longer, there is still a possibility of saving now, while the Jurchens have not yet entered the city, we can take the initiative to persuade the Weng prefect, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

"Good...... Okay......" The situation is critical, and according to the current situation, it seems that the Jurchens have indeed calculated their own family in it, and he really didn't want to risk the killing of his family to risk being killed with those original clansmen, so he finally made this decision: "Pass the order, the young and strong people in the whole town will gather, and I will go to Lingzhou with me to report the news, and together with the official army, encircle and suppress the Jurchen thieves who invaded my Lingzhou!" ”

With the order of the head of the family, the entire Zengtou City, which was still relatively quiet, quickly boiled, and countless young people walked out of the house, quickly lined up according to the habits they had developed in the past, and after assembling, they galloped out of the gate of Zengtou City under the leadership of the five sons of the Zeng family and the two sect heads, who were already neatly dressed, and wanted to go straight to Lingzhou City.

But just when the team had just left the town and had traveled less than two or three miles, suddenly there was a burst of shouts and killings from the west, which made everyone panic. Zeng Mi and the others shouted orders even more, asking his Zhuang Ding to quickly set up a formation and show his weapons to guard against possible enemy troops.

It wasn't until they were doing everything in a hurry that someone realized that the shouting and killing was actually ten miles away from them, and the movement was not the appearance of people rushing over to kill, but the performance of two groups of people and horses suddenly meeting in a narrow way and fighting together......

"What's going on?" Everyone had a question in their hearts, but this black rumbling, coupled with the fact that the two sides were far apart, no one could guess which army and horses were fighting with the Jurchens.

"Could it be that the official army has already discovered the whereabouts of these Jurchens one step ahead of us, so they have come to strike first? It's not right, Lingzhou over there doesn't look so big, and the fire hasn't even been extinguished......" Zeng Suo frowned and thought carefully, but then found that the fire in the city was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a continuous drive, even if they were still five or six miles away from the city, they could still feel the fierceness of the fire, and they could even hear the sound of the people in the city crying for help.

Although their hearts were full of doubts about this, they had no better choice now, and under Shi Wengong's suggestion, everyone still set on the road again and rushed towards Lingzhou.

At this time, in Lingzhou City, the chaos was completely out of control, and when a group of murderous and cruel beasts showed their fangs and claws, it was impossible to take it back easily.

Although Shi Qian led people to block the way of the Jurchens in time and quickly started a fight with them, after a few face-to-face meetings, the brothers of the Qingzhou scout camp, which were more numerous, fell into a great disadvantage.

These Jurchens were all natural warriors, and the fierceness of their fighting was simply terrifying, and they often ignored the weapons of their opponents, and only attacked with all their might. This made the soldiers of the scout battalion who had no intention of fighting with them seem to shrink back after a face-to-face, and after a few moves, three or four people were seriously injured and fell, and the others also hurriedly retreated under the leadership of Shi Qian.

At this time, the people in the surrounding houses finally rushed out when they heard the sound, and after seeing this bloody scene, many people screamed in shock. But in this way, it stimulated the Jurchens to be more ferocious, and they immediately stopped caring about Shi Qian and the others, and turned around and killed the innocent people around them, and in an instant, screams and blood splashed, frightened the people into panic, ran around, and also rushed the scout camp people who wanted to form a battle formation and fight the enemy head-on.

Fortunately, at this time, the Jurchens only cared about chasing and killing those innocent people who fled in the wilderness, and casually put a fire in each house, making the whole city more and more chaotic, otherwise if they took the opportunity to cover up the past, Shi Qian and others might not be able to resist it.

Before the third watch, Lingzhou Xicheng was already in chaos, and until this time, the officials of the government in the city were late, and the person headed by him was the second brother Han of the Tsing Yi Gang......