Chapter 29: Siege
Xu Shiyang said this, but Old Man Hu was not as afraid as he was just now.
"Yes, don't worry, young master, I will never be again." He nodded calmly: "I promise to listen to the young master, I will always follow the young master!" ”
Hu Lanshan is not afraid of Xu Shiyang's anger, but afraid of Xu Shiyang sneering.
According to Old Man Hu's previous experience, Xu Shiyang was angry with his own people, and he hated iron more than steel.
But if he sneered at someone, it was that he wanted that person's life.
The previous Tartar was like this, and the Zheng Tianshou Zheng shopkeeper just now would not be any different.
Sure enough, hearing Hu Lanshan's loyalty, Xu Shiyang's evil fire dissipated a lot, he casually threw the old man aside, and ordered:
"It's good to know! Now, you go to the Lord of Luanbao in 8 Tun and the Lord of Sun Fort in 9 Tun, and ask them to bring weapons and strong men from their cronies to me. ”
"Yes."
'Looking for them?' I knew you wouldn't let go of that Zheng Tianshou. ’
Old man Hu was even a little proud, and he guessed Xu Shiyang's thoughts early.
"Xu Er!"
"Castle Master!" The guards in front of them, who had just rescued a group of children from the ogre's mouth, rushed to the makeshift camp.
"Tell our people to get ready, and also, inform the newly arrived Xie Zhen and Xie Bao brothers, and let them bring their blades!"
"Yes!" After Xu Er received the order, he didn't leave directly, but asked, "Castle Master, do you want to talk to the eldest master and the second master?" ”
After all, this is not 15 tun, but the territory of the Xu family, and dealing with people who come to trade here is easy to make others have bad associations, and then affect the future market.
"Just send someone else to report it."
Xu Shiyang thought about it, no matter what, he still had to save some face for his parents.
Although it has been decided to start a war on Fulai Mountain, except for the core Wubao master of the Xu family, no one else knows the news.
The old man is still counting on ambushing the Luo Dao people.
'Killing the three masters of Fulai Mountain is not a small result. Xu Shiyang thought calmly: "Moreover, letting others think that the war between the two families is because of my personal conflict with Zheng Tianshou is also good for hiding the true purpose." ’
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Zheng Tianshou, the third master of Fulai Mountain, is in a very good mood today.
He brought in the vegetable man sold in the Xu family's market, and was all wrapped up by the young castle owner of the Xu family who didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong.
Moreover, it was silver!
In these years, silver is rare, and if you take back a few dozen taels in one go, I'm afraid even the big bosses will be red-eyed, right?
Of course, a large part of them belong to the big bosses, and several other shopkeepers also score a little, but the remaining part must be the party who buys and sells the most benefits.
With silver, even if something happens to the cottage in the future, you will have a way out.
Even, if the silver is enough, he can find an opportunity to go to Jiangnan while the cottage is still there, buy a paddy field, and become a rich man in peace!
Therefore, after getting Xu Shiyang's silver, Zheng Tianshou took a group of cronies who came with him to eat a heavy basket of steamed cakes (that is, steamed buns) to buy people's hearts, and then ......, and then left the first tun of the Xu family directly, preparing to return to the cottage.
As for the task of buying salt...... hehe, hehe, that's not in a hurry.
Anyway, the old bandits of their leaders and cronies are always not short of salt to eat.
As for the other bandits who went up the mountain in order to find a way to survive, who cares if they live or die?
It's still silver that matters!
Zheng Tianshou carried two steamed cakes in his arms and a gourd of turbid wine, and walked proudly towards the north gate of Xujiawu Fort.
Behind him, he was followed by 10 old bandits, and more than 20 novices who came to do chores.
These are Zheng Tianshou's "own people", and they are also the capital for him to settle down in Fulai Mountain.
Especially those old bandits, who have eaten two-legged sheep with Zheng Tianshou and slept with Xiaoniang, they are all lifelong friendships, and when he gets the right equipment, he will try his best to equip these old bandits - the nature of these people is equivalent to that of pro-soldiers.
If he loses them, Zheng Tianshou's status in Fulai Mountain will be greatly reduced, so he is also willing to give these old bandits a little favor.
"Brothers, I am happy today! When we return to the cottage, let's go to the back mountain to pick up a few clean little ladies and have fun! ”
There are three main peaks in Fulai Mountain, which are guarded by three leaders, Zheng Tianshou himself guards Feilai Peak, and the back mountain he is talking about naturally refers to the south side of Feilai Peak, where there are novices who have just gone up the mountain, many people still have families, and some of them are very clean women.
The old bandits usually like to go there for fun, and they are no different from the people under the mountain when they are oppressed.
"Thank you for the shopkeeper's reward!"
The novices trembled and followed at the end, not daring to say a word - they themselves lived in the back mountains.
The old bandits laughed at Ying and Zheng Tianshou, and even began to joke with each other, discussing whose wives and daughters should spend the night with.
The group chewed sweet white flour steamed cakes, occasionally took a sip of wine, and walked out of the gate of the dock fort with a wild laugh.
They were so proud that they didn't notice at all that the north gate of the Dock Fort, which was supposed to be bustling because of the opening of the market, was so quiet at this time that there was an atmosphere of solemnity.
Xu Jiatunding, who guarded the gate of the dock fort, stood on the earthen wall, holding a soft bow and wooden gun, nervously watching this gang of robbers walk out of their dock fort, and many people's fingers pinching the handle of the gun turned white.
With a squeak, the wooden gate closed behind Zheng Tianshou, and Tunding added two heavy latches.
"Huh?" Zheng Tianshou realized that the situation seemed to be a little wrong: "What's the matter?" Why is it closed at this hour? ”
The old bandits also looked at the earthen wall behind them suspiciously, and at this angle, they could only vaguely see the heads of wooden spears raised high between the battlements.
Densely packed, it seems to be enough for dozens of strokes.
"Not good! The Xu family wants to do us! ”
As if being poured from head to tail by a bucket of cold water, the three masters of Fulai Mountain threw the wine gourd in their hands, pulled out their waist knives with a choked sound, and stared viciously at the closed door of the Xu family.
The other bandits didn't react for a while, and some people looked at the vigilant three masters in a daze for a while, and then they pulled out their weapons and prepared for battle.
More than 10 old bandits, staring at the wall, for fear of throwing down rolling stone and wood mines or archery, although the dock fort only has a soft bow for hunting foxes and rabbits, but the bandits are not wearing armor, and a thin dress may still be killed by an arrow.
A group of people slowly, slowly retreated out of range of the earthen wall until they collided with someone else.
"Bastard! What's the dazed at this time? ”
Zheng Tianshou cursed in a low voice, but when he turned around, he was stunned like those ignorant novices.
Not far away, about 100 Xujiawu Fort soldiers with weapons in their hands were slowly pressing towards Zheng Tianshou and his gang from three directions, and together with the earthen wall of Wubao Fort, they formed an encirclement of the bandits.