In the territory of Xiangyang, on the edge of Daze between the mountains, the further you go in the reeds of nearly September, the more golden and white you are. And on the edge of a low mound that extends out of the hills in the distance, a small fishing village is scattered around the water.

And Murong Wu, who led people to hide in the reeds and endure all kinds of mosquito bites, regretted it again, because in the mirror where he specially applied for the water mill tube, this was an extremely cold and ordinary fishing village.

Soaking white and blackened wooden boats, all sorts of tattered objects and patches of laundry to dry, filthy mud floors full of sewage and filth, and looming figures wrapped in patchwork of tattered cloth.

It's like the exiled settlements along the prefectures and counties along Yunmeng Daze that were once cleaned up by the Taiping Army. He mobilized the crowd to ask for expediency and mobilized coordinated manpower from the local government, not just to clean up the entire fugitive settlement.

Although the result of this fuss may not allow him to be punished substantially, it is no longer so easy to use the corresponding expediency and opportunity only once. Now that he has eaten the future of the public meal, he is not willing to go back and become a small businessman who can fish and meat.

Although he consciously agreed with the concept and proposition of the Taiping Army to survive for the people, go all out to cultivate and fight, and act in unison in the remedial training class, he also wanted to seek a future for himself.

Murong Parrot, who had never given up, stared at the pain in his eyes, and it was easy to notice a detail. These fishermen who vaguely remained in the village were also too robust, and there were few dishes and yellow muscles that were commonly seen in famine years.

Then, from this point, Murong Wuyou thought of more dissonances again, there were not many traces of the activities of the old and weak women and children here; And now it should be the afternoon time when the strong laborers are working outside to fish, and there are still these young people left in the village.

However, while thinking and speculating, he saw someone on the water at the other end of the village holding a boat and docking the shore, and rushed into the village in a hurry, and suddenly his heart chuckled, and the conjecture that the news had leaked appeared in his heart. Murong Wu hurriedly shouted behind him:

"Get moving, and there are forty draped men rushing up with me. The others took their bows and arrows and surrounded the water's edge. If there is any change or escape, the arrow will be fired first, and then the arrow will be fired. ”

Then he turned to the scribe again.

"This gentleman and your people stay here first, and then make a last resort, just in case."

After explaining these moments, Murong Parrot, who was wearing leather armor and leather knee pads and hand guards, quickly approached the edge of the fishing village in the movement of the grass like waves, and began to go around the dry thorny wooden stakes and go inward.

And behind him, although there were only forty people in various old protective gears, they were in the trotting sprint that they were buried in, and there was no other superfluous sound except for the sound of wheezing; This can't help but make him more admired and grasped, worthy of the center of the left near Tunzhuang, the daily execution is very decent.

After rushing out of the gap in the stake fence, they suddenly spread out to both sides, and suddenly shouted under the leadership of Murong Parrot:

"The patrol team was ordered to arrest the thieves, and the people in the inner vultures came out as soon as possible and were captured, and those who dared to block the disobedience were killed."

"Hurry up and get caught."

"If you don't kill you, there will be no mercy."

The people who followed behind him also suddenly shouted in unison in full cooperation. Suddenly, it was as if dozens of people shouted out a wave of people. Combined with the shrill whistles and gongs that kept blowing from all directions, it was as if it was surrounded by a large army.

At this time, there was finally a reaction in the fishing village, and they saw the curling fireworks coming out one after another, which couldn't help but make Murong Parrot, who had already touched the nearest firewood hut, stunned immediately. Then there was a jagged shout.

"lackeys."

"It's not good, it's the Taiping thief who killed it."

"Fight these dog thieves."

"If you don't go quickly, you still can't live here."

"Copy the guy, and follow me to kill your way."

At this moment, Murong Parrot heard the sound, and his blood was stirring and boiling; Originally, it was just to chase down some traitors, and at most there were outlaws who fought for the tiger; However, he did not expect that in this place, which is only half a day's waterway away from the newly established center Tunzhuang, he would encounter suspected rebels.

This was a more hot task than ordinary thieves and thieves, but then he became a little faintly worried; It seems that he is a little too trusted, and with these manpower brought here, I don't know if I can ambush these unknown number of rebel forces.

However, before he could think about it, a group of people rushed out of the fireworks of the houses that had been lit one after another; Then I saw that the members of the patrol who followed Murong Parrot to hide under the house and were restless, some of them couldn't help but raise the tip of the spear that was lying on the ground, and stabbed them fiercely.

I saw that the two people who ran in front were immediately stabbed to the ground by surprise, but the few armed thieves behind did not hesitate to cross the bloodied companions, and slashed at them with knives and axes of different shapes.

Then, the crossbowmen in the team hurriedly pressed the arrow magazine and shot a flutter of short arrows, knocking them over and falling to the ground, and then someone swung his knife forward and slashed down, completely ending his life.

"The players take cover in front, with spears on both sides, bows and crossbows in the center, and everyone goes in with me."

At this moment, Murong Parrot, who was a little difficult to ride a tiger, also gritted his teeth and immediately decided.

On the other side of the water, there was also a group of people who ran to the shore in a panic and scattered the dozen or so fishing boats, and then the gongs and whistles in the grass began to change their tunes again.

At this moment, the water whistled like the flapping of the wings of a bird, and like a swarm of locusts that had been disturbed, and suddenly there was a burst of jagged exclamations and screams on the fishing boat, which had just rowed not far from the shore.

It was a splattered white feather shaft and a tailless short arrow, the former piercing the oars and nailing them to the planks and gangs, struggling and screaming.

The latter was a low-curved figure that could barely dodge standing on the boat, and fell into the clear water of the river near the shore, splashing clouds of muddy mud and sand.

Then, with the sound of an approaching whistle, many riverboats loaded with five or six crossbowmen burst out of the splash of the reeds, but they crossed diagonally one after another, and towards the near-shore and the fishing boats, they were stunned and confused, and the crowd continued to radiate their bows.

Suddenly, it was like a shower, causing tragic casualties and the corresponding dispersal effect. At this time, in the rear position of Ludang, there was a rapid and fierce fighting and shouting again.

Murong Parrot, who met the fleeing thieves and slashed and tore all the way over, and finally rushed into the village, but he was in trouble again. The thieves who came out to obstruct peace in the midst of the fireworks seemed to kill more and more;

As the initial momentum and momentum gradually subsided, casualties and stragglers still appeared in this small temporary team. Especially the rocks that flew suddenly in the fireworks and the cold arrows that sneaked up.

Is he too big, Murong Parrot was annoyed and secretly remorseful, and at the same time instructed the only half of the people around him to retreat into a slightly decent house.

Then he could not help but be stunned, and in the thick stench and the dry black blood stains on the siding, he saw a number of corpses stacked haphazardly, men, women, and children, with thin and swarthy hands and feet, which were obviously the original inhabitants of this fishing village.

And then, in a certain renewed indignation and agitation, they piled up their humble household belongings against the rocks and cold arrows that were constantly being hurled in the clamor outside, and smashed and slashed a breach from the side back wall that was large enough for a man to step over.

When Murong Parrot led the people to crawl out of the fragile back wall, and detoured around the narrow back furrow and the edge of the thatched roof, and the side of the thieves who were firing arrows and throwing stones, they were still trying to light a few bundles of firewood as if they were unaware of it, as if they wanted to burn them out.

Then, silently, he rushed forward with his knife, pinching his neck with one hand and stabbing the back of a sturdy thief with the other; Pushed and bumped into the thief who turned around with another name, and put it

The other members of the patrol team also followed suit one after another, cutting down and overturning the nearest thief, and fighting with the thieves who reacted; At this time, the team members who stayed in the house also heard the sound, and the stone formed a flanking force on these thieves.

When the fireworks in the fishing village are finally extinguished, everything is settled. Murong Parrot, who was gray-headed and covered with blood and sweat, also bandaged the wounds on his body with the help of others.

Although it looks scary, it does not hurt the muscles and bones, and will not leave sequelae that affect the movement in the future; But I was a little afraid to recall the scenes of life and death several times before.

The thieves and rebels who were entrenched and hiding in this fishing village actually had three groups of people from different backgrounds, so they showed completely different reactions after being besieged. But the total number of them is probably more than the number of people he brought.

On the other hand, after unfortunately killing one of the fleeing thieves, he ran into the least numerous and most ferocious one; They not only had bows and arrows, but also the means to cover each other, so they almost forced Murong Yu and his party to death.

Fortunately, before they were about to exhaust their strength in the end, the small group of armor soldiers who stayed outside as a mobile not only defeated a group of thieves who bypassed and sneaked attack; Under the cover of other crossbowmen, they took the initiative to advance the village to support and respond.

With the support of these obviously proficient and well-equipped soldiers, it is easy to divide and break those scattered thieves, and kill and force them down one by one in the current fireworks. Compared to the patrol team, which had half of the dead and wounded, they had not even been pierced with oilskin.

And the person in charge of directing all this was actually the middle-aged scribe known as "Mr. Yang"; This couldn't help but make Murong Yu both frightened and happy. This is obviously a figure with a lot of background in the Taiping army.

And what he did this time was too great for him to do and what he did for duty; Although there were many thieves killed, even a full set of printing utensils and corresponding plates that had been burned in the village were found; There were also many thieves who had been robbed and killed by caravans. But the patrol team that was brought in to help alone suffered more than 20 casualties.

If there is a person with such an identity to prove and say things afterwards, his responsibilities and negligence can be at least partially offset afterwards. Under this complicated mood for the rest of his life, he couldn't control his gushing gratitude and admiration all the way back.

"You must let me be the east, and thank you well."

"I can't pack other things yet, but I can't afford to ask for this fish in the river?"

"Right now, the other party on the riverside from Xiangzhou to Ezhou, the cheapest thing to sell is these water fish. Sometimes they are even sold cheaper than seasonal vegetables. ”

"Don't you know, today's fish are all the fleets of the Taiping Army, which are fished out with huge trawls and winches on the river, and there are thousands of fish in any net."

"Therefore, when they are dragged to the shore, the cheap price makes the fishermen in the vicinity unable to survive, so that they can only be pickled or chopped to make sauce, boiled paste, and even used as feed for livestock."

"How so?。。。 So, what about those fishermen?"

"Naturally, he let his small family make a living, either to join the Taiping Water Army, or to work in the public fishing team. After all, people have a lot of equipment and good equipment, and the small portal of a single boat can't be compared. ”

"Shopkeeper, cut me a table of fish dishes."

"Well, I don't know what kind of names you want; I have a three-flavor fish and four fish here; There are five plates of fish and six portions of fish, and if there are many people, there are eight colored fish and twelve bowls of fish dishes on the big table. ”

"In addition to copper coins, if it is a meat stamp, cloth stamp, grain stamp, or blue-stamped hospitality coupon of the supply and marketing cooperative, it can also be discounted,"

"Give me six portions of fish, but the fish should be fried, the pork should be mixed with vinegar and garlic, and the belly soup should be more spicy."

- I'm the dividing line -

In the mountains and wilderness of Xiazhou,

"It's the demon tower built by the thief army."

Someone pointed to the hillside of the river, which was flowing in the distance, and most of the siding signal tower had been built; Gritting his teeth, he said to the many expressions and faces behind him who were holding blades such as knives, wood axes, fork handles, and sticks:

"Zhang Yushi has performed it with his own eyes, this is suppressed on the leylines of our country, and it has damaged the local feng shui weather;"

"If you can't get rid of this harm in time, don't say that you want to have good weather in the future, but I'm afraid that there will be floods, droughts and famines for many years."

"Moreover, according to the news of the people who escaped from the east, once this demon tower is erected, the thief army within dozens of miles will come and go as soon as it is called, and the response will be like the wind. If it cannot be eradicated as soon as possible, it will be infinitely harmful. ”

(End of chapter)