Chapter 413: A Little Try

Lianyunzhai once had a certain weight in the entire rivers and lakes of the Great Sui, although it was called a cottage here, it was a veritable sect. However, this sect is not a pure place of cultivation, there are special lay disciples who operate the industry belonging to the cottage, Lianyunzhai once had seven commercial houses thousands of acres of fertile land.

Although Qiu Yanlai, the master of Lianyun Village, is not a great cultivator of the Nine Grades, he also has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes. This person's martial arts skills are not outstanding, but his character is excellent, if the past Jianghu guests encounter any trouble and lack silver, as long as they visit and leave their names, Qiu Yanlai will send a sum of silver to solve the urgent need.

But because of this, there are also many people who come to cheat and cheat. Qiu Yanlai did not expose it, and still entertained well. In the long run, it made most of the people who had the idea of cheating money embarrassed. Even the name of Qiu Yanlai, the gentleman of the clouds, is getting louder and louder in the rivers and lakes. Qiu Yan has traveled extensively, has friends all over the world, and is said to have close contacts with the heads of many major sects. So although he is not a first-class master, not many people dare to come to Lianyunzhai to make trouble.

Qiu Yanlai's biggest trick was to invite relatives and friends to Lianyunzhai to admire the moon and eat seafood feasts on the day before his birthday on August 15, more than ten years ago. In the coastal counties, eating seafood is not uncommon. But in the inland northwest, it is not easy to eat seafood. In order to show the strength of Lianyunzhai, Qiu Yanlai insisted on preparing more than 300 tables.

It is said that at that time, many high-rollers from the rivers and lakes were invited to come and drink for four days and four nights in Lianyunzhai. Many famous sects are either in charge of the sect in person, or have sent capable disciples. It is said that in those days gathered in Lianyunzhai more than 2,000 people, most of them are accepted by Qiu Yan to help the Jianghu guests, although some people are poor, even if they only bring a few longevity peaches, they are not far away, at that time, Lianyunzhai is full of lights, the guests are like clouds, it can be described as a grand event.

It is said that the county keeper of Yancheng County sent people to congratulate him, and the local county magistrate and other officials were even present to congratulate him on his birthday.

It's just that no one thought that it would be on the day when the feast was about to end. Yuan Chongwu, the newly appointed governor of Shandong Province, personally took 5,000 county soldiers and borrowed 800 cavalry from Li Yuanshan, the right guard, to besiege Lianyunzhai. At that time, no one knew what was going on, and even Qiu Yanlai himself felt that it was just that the newly appointed governor wanted to establish his authority, and he was angry that he was not filial.

So he didn't care too much, prepared a generous gift of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and sent someone to send it to Yuan Chongwu under the mountain. As a result, Yuan Chongwu ordered the person who gave the gift to be cut off on the spot, and then sent someone to inform Qiu Yanlai to come down the mountain and surrender on the same day, otherwise Lianyunzhai would be uprooted.

Many of the Jianghu guests present at that time were angry, thinking that Yuan Chongwu was bullying others.

At that time, the total number of people gathered on the mountain was no less than 3,000, and if there was a fight, the men and horses brought by Yuan Chongwu might not be able to win easily. The Jianghu guests are good at reaching out, and the army is well-trained and well-equipped, each with its own merits. Of course, not everyone is willing to offend the court for Qiu Yan's sake.

Qiu Yanlai thought about it again and again, and decided to go down the mountain and surrender to ask Yuan Chongwu why his troops surrounded Lianyunzhai.

As a result, before he came down the mountain, he was directly tied up by Yuan Chongwu's people and cut off his head on the spot, without even asking a word. Then Yuan Chongwu sent people up the mountain to announce the crime, saying that Qiu Yanlai had conspired to rebel.

This is a felony, and it is a matter of nine clans.

The quacks on the mountain were immediately shocked, and no one thought that it would be such a big crime. Some people theorized, but Yuan Chongwu ordered that all those who interceded for Qiu Yan were punished as complicit, and even the total of 1,100 people in Yunzhai were all taken down, of which more than 300 of Qiu Yanlai's disciples and grandchildren were cut down.

No matter how righteous the Jianghu guests are, they dare not be involved with the rebellious people. It's just that no one can understand how Qiu Yanlai, a person in the rivers and lakes, is associated with rebellion?

It wasn't until a few days later that Zuo Houwei made a move in Jiangdu City, thousands of miles away, and slaughtered three families in one go, and people suddenly realized after learning the news.

Qiu Yanlai...... From the Jiangduqiu family.

In this way, the once prominent Lianyun Village completely disappeared. At that time, the village has been deserted, and most of it has fallen into disrepair. After the rebels established a large camp on the north bank of the Huangniu River, Yin Poshan sent people to build dozens of small villages around the camp as outposts.

Lianyunzhai occupies a huge area and has a good line of sight at a high place, so Yin Poshan sent a regiment of 300 soldiers to garrison, standing at the highest place on the mountain and observing with clairvoyance, if there is a movement of soldiers and horses in the left avant-garde battalion more than 30 miles away, it is also in sight. According to reason, Duan Bian Leopard should have sent someone here a long time ago, otherwise as long as there are soldiers and horses in the big battalion, they will be looked at first. But the left guard clearly did not intend to engage the rebels, so even if the scouts on both sides passed by, no one paid attention to anyone.

After crossing the river, the men and horses of the Shanzi camp found a place in the forest to rest, and did not move for two days.

During this period, Fang Xie sent a large number of scouts out to investigate, and found out the terrain near Lianyun Village. This was the first battle after the Shanzi battalion crossed the river, and most of the soldiers did not think about whether the commander's order was right or wrong, they just waited to kill people with knives, and they were ready to fight one by one.

Although Chen Yishan was worried, he knew that he would definitely be in his chest when he looked at Fang Jieyun's light and breezy appearance. After asking a few times, Fang Xie only said that he would tell him when he started, and he was not good at continuing to ask.

On the third day after crossing the river in the Shanzi camp, Fang Xie sent a big dog to take people out, and only came back half a day later, and whispered to Fang Xie for a long time.

That night, Fang Xie summoned all the officers above the rank of lieutenant under his command.

"Tonight, let's raid Lianyun Village in Funiu Mountain."

Fang Xie said bluntly, although the officers knew the news, everyone couldn't help but tighten their hearts, excited and worried.

"Chen Yishan"

Fang Xie glanced at Chen Yishan, and Chen Qianshan hurriedly came out: "The subordinates are here." ”

"Tonight, you take the Shanzi camp to wait ten miles below Funiu Mountain, and see me signaling to act. If there is no signal, do not act rashly. ”

"General...... You're going up the mountain yourself? ”

Fang Xie nodded: "Raids at night, cavalry is of little use. If you're not careful, you'll lose your men. Therefore, most of the people in the Shanzi Camp only waited in the place I designated, and I brought my own elite up the mountain. ”

"General, how many people are you bringing?"

Chen Yishan asked eagerly.

"Ten guards around me, plus twenty or thirty elite soldiers, are enough."

Qilin is now Fang Jie's pro-soldier team, he glanced at Chen Yishan and said, "General Chen doesn't have to worry, I will take my pro-soldiers to protect the general." ”

Chen Yishan was still not at ease: "It's better for me to go up the mountain to attack Lianyunzhai, and the general will lead the troops to respond!" ”

Fang Xie smiled and waved his hand: "When it comes to this kind of battle, you are not as good as me." During this period of time I have been training those fifty soldiers especially for this kind of skirmish. You don't need to worry, it's not just the Shanzi Battalion, I have other back-ups, so this battle is foolproof. Remember, without my signal, just wait ten miles away. ”

"Whoa"

Chen Yishan responded, still feeling that it was too risky to take only a few dozen people up the mountain.

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The terrain of Funiu Mountain is not very steep, Qiu Yan chose to build a cottage here, because it is not far from the Huangniu River, and the official road is under the mountain, and the water and land routes are unimpeded. The purpose of building the cottage in the first place was not to build this place into an impregnable fortress.

On the whole, this cottage is more like a big manor.

The wooden walls of the cottage have been simply repaired, and the watchtower of the arrow tower has been re-erected. Three hundred soldiers of a regiment of the rebels were stationed here, and they did nothing all day. Since the men and horses of the left avant-garde crossed the river, the soldiers here have something to do. Every daytime, stand on the watchtower and observe the movements of the left avant-garde battalion.

But the men and horses of the left avant-garde have crossed the river for so many days, and there has never been a large group of people and horses. The rebels also discussed in private, and it was said that there was an agreement between the general Yin Poshan and Luo Yao, and there would be no real fight. Originally, the left avant-garde army arrived, and 400,000 horses covered the sky and the sun, and everyone in the rebels trembled a little in their hearts, lest Luo Yao, known as the Luo Butcher and Luo Barbarian, lead his troops across the river.

But over the past few days, the two sides have been at peace, which has made the rebel soldiers feel a lot more at ease.

There were more than two dozen soldiers on duty on the wooden wall, four in the two arrow towers, two people on the highest watchtower, and the others patrolling back and forth. But because there was no fighting, the soldiers were lazy. The people in the arrow tower and watchtower were accustomed to sleeping when they came up, and the soldiers in charge of patrolling back and forth were too lazy to move.

The moonlight is sprinkled like water, and it is rare to have a good weather with few stars in a month.

The rebels had been at ease for too long, and no one expected that a group of killing gods were quietly approaching. Fang Xie took the ten people from the camp to stand in the shadow of the mountain forest and watched, his face calm. Qilin stood on the side with thirty personal soldiers, Fang Xie stretched out his hand and pointed forward, Qilin immediately nodded, turned around and gestured.

The thirty soldiers behind him immediately began to check their equipment, a long knife, a short knife, a triangular steel thorn, a repeater, ropes, signal fireworks, poison, iron claws, and other things, each of which was fully equipped.

Twenty seconds later, the unicorn rushed out first. In the grass under the moonlight, thirty-one people divided into six teams and quickly approached Lianyun Village. There was a ripple in the grass, like the ripples left by a swimming dragon in the sea. But these people are light under their feet and barely make a sound.

Qilin led six people to the outside of the wooden wall, and the other five groups of pro-soldiers squatted down and waited more than ten meters away. The unicorn pointed upward, then buckled his hands and squatted down. A personal soldier raised his foot and stepped on the hands of the unicorn, the unicorn suddenly let go of it, and the soldier's body swept up as light as a harrier eagle, and his hands pressed on the wooden wall in mid-air, and he landed silently.

He took off the rope behind his back and tied it down, and the others below began to climb up the rope one after another. The Qilin was the last to climb the wooden wall, looked at a few places where the lights were on, and made a few gestures, and the six of his own soldiers immediately scattered and ran out.

The two soldiers walked slowly up the ladder of the arrow tower, trying not to make a sound. When they arrived at the arrow tower, they found that the four rebel archers were sleeping soundly, and there was no reaction. Two of the soldiers moved from the nearest place, holding the sleeping soldier's mouth and nose, and then sliced his neck with a short knife. Two men killed four archers in less than two minutes.

The archers on the two towers were cleared out in a very short time, and at this time, there was also a black shadow on the watchtower that stood up straight and waved his hand, indicating that the two rebels above had also been taken care of.

After the six pro-soldiers killed, they returned to Kirin's side. Qilin pointed to the walled gate, and the six people went down the ladder from the inside and quietly opened the walled door. The five groups of pro-soldiers waiting outside immediately came in, just like a group of cheetahs, quietly with a cold murderous aura.

Fang Xie stood in the woods, silently calculating the time.

About an hour later, a black shadow ran quickly in the distance, and a soldier dressed in black knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists with blood-stained hands: "General, clean up!" ”

Fang Xie frowned slightly, looking unexpectedly dissatisfied.

"It's taken a little longer, and next time it's so slow, everyone will get their own ten army sticks."

The pro-soldier looked ashamed: "Subordinates remember! ”

Fang Xie pointed forward and said, "Let's go, let's go in." Go and tell Chen Yishan that the matter is done. ”

He spoke in such a flat tone, but his heart was very happy. The training in the past few months has not been in vain, and the first results of these fifty pro-soldier special operations actually made him very satisfied. Thirty-one people killed more than 300 people, including miscellaneous servants, in less than an hour, and each person had to kill more than 10 people on average.

What satisfies Fang Xie the most is that these soldiers are not arrogant or impatient, and there is still room for improvement!