Chapter 75: The Zhang Family

Xu Shiyang's attitude is quite scary.

Whether it is the Wang family, the Ding family or the Bao family, they dare not say a single "no" in this atmosphere.

They always felt that as soon as they refused, Xu Shiyang's cavalry would rush towards them first.

The person they are facing now is a "young tiger" who has killed Tartar bandits like chopping melons and vegetables!

"My men are in the first formation, and you all follow."

Xu Shiyang rode on his horse and said in a condescending tone:

"After defeating the Japanese invaders, the all-out pursuit, whoever grabs the loot will go to whom, cowering, don't blame me for being rude."

"I'm done, who's for and who's against?"

Silence.

All you can hear is the bored snort of the horses.

"Very well, now gather your team and go."

Xu Shiyang gently pulled the reins, and more than two dozen cavalrymen turned around together and walked towards Rizhao Port, five miles to the south.

"Third brother! You were so good just now! ”

Xu Shiliu rode a horse and followed Xu Shiyang, and the whole person was trembling slightly with excitement.

"So many people are so frightened by the third brother that they don't dare to move!"

"I'm done, who's for and who's against?"

"Hahaha, happy! It's so exciting! ”

Xu Shiyang smiled slightly, and he was also a little complacent about this.

Just now, there were more than 20 dock castle lords and their family members opposite them, 5 or 6 times the number of this small cavalry force, and as a result, they were all dumbfounded by Xu Shiyang's words.

"A cavalry is a cavalry after all." Xu Shiyang proudly explained to Xu Shiliu: "As long as you ride on a horse, it has a deterrent effect on the foot soldiers, and I deliberately chose to appear with my back to the sun, so that they can't look at me directly, and psychologically I will fall behind." ”

This is also the reason why Xu Shiyang must wait for these unruly cavalry under Luan Tingyu - he needs to first overwhelm those half-hearted allies in momentum and unify their thoughts.

For the first time, Xu Shiliu felt that his half-brother was not really as reckless as he looked.

"San Lang, let's rush over like this?" Luan Tingyu stepped forward and whispered, "Then I have to let the children dismount." ”

"Nope."

Xu Shiyang refused:

"It's my job to charge, don't dismount this time, pretend to be a regular cavalryman."

"I will lead my foot soldiers forward and defeat the pirates. Let the other dock soldiers follow, and your cavalry will protect the fifth brother, at the end. ”

"Third brother! I'm going to charge with you! Xu Shiliu shouted dissatisfiedly.

"You should first learn to seize the most critical moment on the battlefield." Xu Shiyang said: "You command the cavalry together with Lord Luan Fort and Lord Sun Fort, and don't let other Dock Fort fall behind or escape." ”

"I am responsible for breaking through the formation of the Japanese invaders, and the other dock forts are responsible for rushing up to crush the Japanese invaders, and you cavalry should seize the opportunity to continue to pursue and kill the fleeing enemy."

Xu Shiliu tilted his head and thought for a while: "I'm in charge of chasing and killing?" ”

"Yes." Xu Shiyang did not hesitate to fool the child: "Your task is very important, at least half of the widows who have landed on the land must be left, and you have to block their retreat before they get on the boat." ”

"You have to understand, we can't come here every year, otherwise our land won't be planted? Therefore, we must teach the Japanese a profound lesson once and for all, so that they can walk around Rizhao Port in the future! ”

"Done! I listen to you! I'm going to teach them a lesson! ”

Xu Shiliu's blood boiled with flickering, he was very envious of Xu Shiyang's appearance just now, he calmed down hundreds of people, as a second-year teenager, he thought it was cool.

'If I can keep half of the Wokos this time, I suppose the other Dock Castles will look up to me, right?' ’

……

"When did the Xu family raise cavalry?"

"What's strange about that, haven't you heard, Xu Jia Saburo killed a whole Tak Tartar, and dozens of serious war horses were captured!"

"Twenty cavalrymen, this is just a person in the second room, right? There are still some three rooms in the Xu family's room? Even if they have horses, how can they afford them? ”

"Floating Mountain! They broke through Fulai Mountain! Didn't the ten years of Luo Dao people's savings fall into the hands of the Xu family? ”

"This is true, otherwise where did Xu Muze's gold and silver come from in Jiangnan."

"It's all Xu Muze's fault! If he hadn't leaked his wealth, why would he have attracted so many widows! ”

"Let's help the Xu family like this? What are the benefits? Those who died in battle were all their own sons! ”

"What are you afraid of! Didn't you listen to what Xu Jia Saburo said just now? Follow me! Naturally, he will take the lead, let's just give him a sweep! One ride to five steps, hehe, let's open our eyes today and see how capable this Xu family tiger is! ”

……

Rizhao Port once again repelled the attack of the Japanese invaders.

However, at this time, the most important line of defense, the earthen wall, had been dug down by the Japanese for a long time, and several large holes had been dug in several places.

Just now, a group of elite Japanese swordsmen screamed and rushed into the fort through the gap in the earthen wall.

These widows were not tall, but they were skillful with their swords, and they screamed and jumped like monkeys, and from time to time they swung a knife, and one of the militiamen fell to the ground screaming.

The sword was extremely sharp, with a large arc, and it was a terrifying bloody wound when it was lightly slashed on the militia without armor.

And the slashing weapon is also very handy, whenever a flash of knife flashes, the ground is always sprinkled with severed spear handles and human arms.

Just 20 or so widows, fighting hundreds of militia were defeated and retreated, seeing that things were not good, in the end it was the master of Rizhao Port, the head of the Zhang family personally led all his sons and nephews, and the family to fight back, and everyone rushed up to drive this gang of widows out of the dock fort.

Between the battles, the head of the Zhang family patrolled the collapse of the earthen wall with a gloomy face, and commanded the old and weak women and children to work together to find a way to build a low wall here, even if it was very short and short, it was better than fighting directly with the Japanese with knives.

"Dad, this time our family has died almost thirty!" The eldest son of the head of the family came over and said in a sad tone, "I can't go on like this!" ”

"Yes, Dad, let's use our own lives to protect the Xu family's goods!" The other son couldn't help but shout: "Let's hand over the Xu family's boats!" Then it's time for them to retire! ”

"Nonsense!" The head of the Zhang family couldn't help but scold: "How many times has my father told you?" As long as we pay enough money and food and enter Rizhao Port, our Zhang family will have to protect it even if they are desperate! Otherwise, who will come to our house in the future? ”

The arable land controlled by the Zhang family was very small, and the yield was lower than that of the inland, so they would not have been able to stand without relying on the port to collect berthing fees.

The head of the family knows very well that Rizhao is not a good place in terms of port conditions alone, not to mention Lushun in the north and those big ports in the south of the Yangtze River, even if Dengzhou, which also belongs to Qi Province, can stabilize Rizhao.

The reason why people still come to Rizhao to berth in this way is purely because the Zhang family has always strictly ensured the safety of cargo ships berthed in their own port, and they do not charge indiscriminately.

Without this insistence, Rizhao would not have been able to continue as a port.