Text Chapter 24 Capture the Village 4
Yu Zhilong arranged for the volunteers who put down their weapons to be locked up in several brick houses, and Qian Zheng, a team of 100 households, was left outside the door to guard them. He led the rest of the men and horses and went straight to the Liu family's mansion, and those soldiers with wooden spears took this opportunity to change their swords and guns, and with the weapons in hand, the morale of these people was even higher.
There are more than 800 households in Liujiazhuang, the number of households in Hujiazhuang is similar, the high house of Liujia becomes an independent courtyard by itself, covers an area of nearly ten acres, the high houses in the courtyard stand in a forest, the courtyard wall is nearly three zhang, all are big bluestone bricks. The Liu family's mansion is located next to the main road in the village, and there are tea shops, wine shops and several shops on both sides of the street.
At this time, there were no villagers on the streets of this village, and there were noisy people in the direction of the Liu family's old house, and there was no shouting and killing sound when listening carefully, it was estimated that Mu Chun and Hou Ying had already succeeded. Yu Zhilong had already ordered before the attack that no arson, no looting, as long as the rebels surrendered, no wanton killing. This is the first big village led by Yu Zhilong, and he wants to see what kind of results can be achieved.
There were several corpses lying messily on the street, and there was no doubt that they should be volunteers. Yu Zhilong gave an order to Chang Zhi and Hou Ying to bring people into the village, one of Chang Zhi's tasks was to block the main intersection, and the other was to inspect the wall of the village, so as not to allow anyone to escape from the gap. Hou Yingbu came over as soon as possible to meet and listen to the order.
A pro-soldier received the order and went out to give the order. Although Yu Zhilong assigned most of the old brothers to positions such as 100 households and general banners, he still left some old brothers around him as his own personal soldiers and heralds, and they could be concentrated as an assault force at critical moments.
Along the way, Yu Zhilong and others finally arrived at the door of the Liu family's mansion, the gate is more than four zhang wide, there is a big cyan stone lion on each side, a gilded wooden plaque on the door, writing "Liu Mansion" two big characters. At this time, the gate of the Liu family's mansion was opened, and there were more than 20 corpses lying outside the gate and at the root of the wall, most of them were family members or volunteers in black clothes and pants, and a few were ragged people. Looking in from the gate, the figures inside are longing, the exclamations and shouts of men, women and children are coming and going, at this time the sky is getting dark, it is the time to hold the lamp, through the hazy twilight, you can see that the battle inside seems to have basically ended, the sound of fighting and fighting gradually sinks, and it is mostly the exclamation and shouting of ladies and children.
Yu Zhilong looked around, there are several bamboo ladders placed at the bluestone wall, look at the appearance and know that they are brought from the quarry, these bamboo ladders are specially brought by Yu Zhilong before going on the road, once the door is fruitless, he will use it to storm the wall. This time, the deception of the gate was very smooth, so the bamboo ladder was not used on the wall, but was used by Mu Chun and them on the courtyard wall of the Liu family's mansion.
Yu Zhilong found that the doors of some shops on both sides of the street were wide open, some of the door panels were obviously kicked open by people, and the door panels were still obliquely falling into the house, and some of the houses also heard the sound of shouting and scolding, smashing, and women's pleading and crying from time to time.
Yu Zhilong's face turned black, no matter how you look at this scene, it looks like a thief breaking into a house and robbing him, he was ashamed to promise those volunteers just now that he would never do anything about robbery, and when he turned around, he saw the scene in front of him, and his face was beaten too quickly!
Yu Zhilong called his own soldiers and ordered him to take a few people to each shop on the street to stop the evil deeds on the scene, and strictly ordered all the soldiers who entered the store to quit and not let one go. Think about the Liu family's mansion that has been breached, it is estimated that the situation inside is even worse! Turning around, Hou Ying hurriedly led his team to completely surround the Liu family's mansion and not allow anyone to escape, while Wu Side first rectified the headquarters and lined up in the streets, not in a hurry to enter the Liu family's mansion for reinforcements.
After a while, the relatives and soldiers entered the house and drove out some of the foot soldiers who indulged in robbery indoors, these people were originally following Mu Chun and others to attack the Liu family's mansion, seeing that the Liu family's mansion was breached, everyone rushed in to kill and plunder like crazy, they had more eyes, knowing that so many people rushed in, even if there were many treasures, first, there were leaders staring at the side, it was not good to start wantonly, because Yu Qianhu had announced before the war that they were not allowed to loot or insult women, and secondly, after all, there were more wolves and less meat, so many people did it together, It's hard to guarantee how much you'll end up with. Seeing the shops around, there are treacherous people who can't help but live, taking advantage of the small number of people around, they are first-come, first-served!
There was no need to discuss, these foot soldiers glanced at each other, and their hearts and minds were immediately connected. Under the long-term inhuman work of the stone field, those honest men died the fastest and the most, but some sneakers and tricksters, good at flattery, bullying the weak, and were taken care of by the house slaves, and this time they were also rescued by Yu Zhilong and others, and they lived a lot. In fact, those house slaves also need these shameless people to do something unclean, and it is with their help that the quarry can be better managed. It's like a prison in a big prison for a long time, and there will always be a prison bully.
There were those who took the lead in looting, and the people behind rushed to see it, and some people joined in the robbery while the fire was burning, and some even saw that it was too late to do it themselves, so they simply broke into the villagers' homes to search for their belongings.
Yu Zhilong and others ordered all the soldiers who broke into the house and looted on the street to drive out, disarm their weapons, and make them stand on the side of the street and kneel in a column, Wu Side led people to point knives at them, so angry that their faces were full of anger. Yu Zhilong looked over one by one, there were about 20 of these soldiers who did not respect military orders, knowing that they were arrested by Yu Qianhu, thinking of the military orders before entering the village, these people couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts.
"Wu Baihu!" Yu Zhilong said with a cold face.
"My lord, what do you command?" Wu Side stepped forward and clenched his fists.
"Immediately assign subordinates, search the whole village, take down all the people who enter the house, if there is resistance, kill them!"
"Tie up all the soldiers who entered the house, and watch them! Inform Quanzhuang that our army only kills the bully gentry, and the villagers' family assets are not penny, and all soldiers are not allowed to enter the villagers' homes. For the act of breaking into the house and looting without obeying the military order tonight, when it is dawn tomorrow, our army will definitely give an explanation to the villagers of Quanzhuang! β
"It is your sole responsibility to interrogate them here and find out all the plundering of these men. Send people to patrol around and make every effort to ensure order in the village! No one is allowed to enter a private house without my permission! Also, strictly prevent fires in the houses in the village! If you find the fire, organize a rescue immediately! β
After Yu Zhilong finished ordering one by one, he should enter the gate of the Liu family's mansion first.
The courtyard of the Liu family is divided into four layers, the front is the main hall, the back is the study hall, the bedroom, the backyard, the left and right of each courtyard is a room, and there are a large and small side courtyards on both sides of the courtyard of the central axis, which should be the residence of the dependents and servants of the Liu family.
The courtyard is planted with various trees on both sides, and there are occasional large and small flower beds, in which different flowers and plants are cultivated. The night was already dark, and with the help of the soldiers around him holding a few torches, Yu Zhilong and others could see that the courtyard doors and wings everywhere were opened, and in the courtyard, there were many sundries discarded on the ground in the house.
Along the way, more than a dozen corpses were abandoned in various parts of the courtyard, and the clothes and ornaments were the servants of the family and the soldiers on both sides, and the tables and chairs, incense burners, various colored clothes, and broken jade objects in the hall were scattered everywhere. The jade has been damaged, and naturally no one wants it anymore. In some rooms, there was also the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and in addition to candles, there were people holding torches and shaking around, which was clearly rummaging over the items, and the pleas and cries of the ladies were heard from time to time.
From time to time, there were soldiers running in and out of the courtyard, some people were jubilant, and some people were angry and depraved. Some soldiers saw Yu Zhilong and a large group of people coming in, and they were not in the mood to look, and some of them shouted at Yu Zhilong and others: "Why did you come?" All the good things were taken away by the people in front! If you don't hold on tightly, you won't even have a hair! β
Yu Zhilong kicked over a foot soldier who broke out of the wing room with a package in his hand, and without looking at him carefully, he strode into the wing room to take a look, only to see that it was a mess inside, and all the valuable things were gone.
"Take it!" The soldiers behind him stepped forward and seized the soldier's weapon, took the package, pressed him to the ground and knelt down, and found a flower cloth in the house to tie his hands behind his back. The package rolled to the ground, and the miscellaneous items inside were scattered, Yu Zhilong stared at it, in addition to some silk shirts, there were also some exquisite porcelain, incense burners, gold and silver jewelry. This soldier was originally full of joy, but he was caught by Yu Zhilong, and he wanted to argue, but just opened his mouth to say a few words, and a personal soldier immediately flashed a few slaps, hitting him so that he lost two teeth, the corners of his lips were bleeding, and he was speechless for a while.
Yu Zhilong didn't pay attention to it, went out of the house and continued to move forward, and suddenly heard Mu Chun shouting loudly in front of him, "What are you doing!" Qianhu Yu has already had a military order, no looting, no insulting women, do you don't want to live by doing this? β
"Do you want to do a lot of things? The brothers worked so hard to build the house, take a little, play a little, what's the matter? If there is no benefit, who will be willing to die? β
"What's wrong with the adults, don't take the adults to press us! They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and adults also have to talk about human feelings! A few unconvinced voices replied.
Yu Zhilong hurriedly stepped in, only to see a group of people surrounded by a courtyard on the left, more than 30 people divided into two groups, there are some soldiers outside watching, some at a loss, there are two groups of people arguing face-to-face, on one side is Mu Chun, about ten people, five people on the opposite side, there are two young women inside, looking at their clothes, they are dressed as maidservants, about twenty-eight years old. The faces of the two women were frightened and frightened, and their faces were full of tears.
"A few handmaidens of old rich families, is Brother Mu Chun so nose-pulling? I don't know how many times these goods have been used by the Liu family's dogs! Now the brothers are fighting for their lives, why, in the end, they can't even be happy? A tall and thin-faced foot soldier on the opposite side asked Mu Chun rhetorically.
"My lord has already ordered, it is strictly forbidden to rob and commit adultery, you are happy to see wealth, rob some, as long as it doesn't hurt the heavens and harm, I can still pretend not to see it, but if you insult a woman, I will never agree!" Mu Chun pointed to the two women that the other party was holding, and did not let go at all.
"What's the urgency of you? What is the difference between these two little girl's skins and gold and silver jewelry and mules and horses? Who uses it or not, if you like it, brother, I'll let you go first! The tall and thin man scoffed.
"Bold!" Mu Chun was anxious and angry, and his face turned red. He was not good at words, and when he saw that these soldiers were all quarry companions who were suffering together, they also knew each other, but when these soldiers saw the beauty of the woman, they were moved and wanted to pull them into the side room to vent, so they couldn't help but stop it.
"Presumptuous!" Yu Zhilong heard it clearly outside, and scolded loudly. Someone heard that this was Yu Qianhu's voice, the people in front of him got out of the way, Yu Zhilong entered proudly, and looked at Mu Chun first, Mu Chun's face was red, and his cheeks could be vaguely seen to be slightly red in the light of the torch.
Mu Chun lowered his head a little ashamedly, clasped his hands into fists and saluted: "Lord Qianhu, the villain is incompetent, since he knocked down the gate of the Liu family's mansion, he can no longer control his subordinates. Now Huang Baihu is still leading people to attack the last courtyard behind. Some of the villain's subordinates saw that their eyes were open, and they moved selfishly and began to loot everywhere. It is difficult for the villain to lead people everywhere to stop the order, and now I see that these brothers are going to force these two women, and I know that if I don't stop it, it will be a big disasterβ"