Chapter 493: The two villages fight

Xu Xiaoliu is a sturdy young man in Xujiawan. He has a name in the military government office of Yongning County and is a government soldier. Every year, during the busy farming season, he works at home, and when the farming season is off, he enters the military camp for training. In the barracks, he practiced a strong arm and a whole body of martial arts.

In the entire Xujiawan, there are more than 30 young adults like Xu Xiaoliu who have trained in the military camp. Among them, Xu Xiaoliu's martial arts are the most successful.

In the summer, when crops grow, it is the time of year when farming is off. Xu Xiaoliu and a group of children of Xu Jiawan are all training in the military government.

Among the military government, in addition to the children of Xujiawan, there are also people from Zhoujiazhuang and Yangjiacun in the upper reaches of Xujiawan. These hot-blooded young adults receive monotonous training every day, and after training, there will naturally be various conflicts. There are all kinds of conflicts between surnames, between regions.

Xu Xiaoliu and a man named Zhou Fugui of the Zhou family are mortal enemies in the military camp, and they have to fight at least once a day before it is over. And the direct reason why the two became mortal enemies was the competition between the two in this military camp. This Xu Xiaoliu and Zhou Fugui are the two top soldiers in the Yongning Military Mansion, and when they usually train, they are often on par. The two of them each had a group of relatives and friends as support, and they went and came, which resolved the grudge. The most fundamental reason is the long-standing contradiction between Xujiawan and Zhoujiazhuang, two upstream and downstream villages.

The two villages are located in the upper and lower reaches of the river, each with fertile land and cultivated land, and the river originates in the Sankun Mountains, which is formed by the convergence of countless streams, and the water flow is not large. Every spring, around the farmland water, there will be a battle for water in Xujiawan and Zhoujiazhuang.

This struggle has been going on for decades. Xu Xiaoliu and Zhou Fugui grew up in the competition for water year after year. Therefore, there are constant contradictions between the two.

This year's weather was unusually hot, and the scorching sun shone on me like a fire. Every morning, when he looked up at the white sun, the farmer felt a sense of anxiety in his heart. If the weather continues to be so hot, I am afraid that the grain production will be greatly reduced in a few years!

In this weather, the water evaporates very quickly, and the babbling river is also half-dry. Finally, after more than 20 consecutive days of sunny days, the people of Zhoujiazhuang took the lead in building a dam on the river, blocking the river, and allowing the river to water the crops of Zhoujiazhuang.

When the dam was started to be built in Zhoujiazhuang, the people of Xujiawan who got the news were immediately angry, and after the village elders came to negotiate to no avail, the first brawl broke out between the two sides!

Next, around the dam, the two villages fought more than 10 times, injuring more than 20 people. Eventually, however, the dam was built.

When Xu Xiaoliu and the sergeants of Xujiawan returned to Xujiawan from the barracks, they saw many soldiers and servants standing outside Xujiawan. The weapons on the bodies of these soldiers are different from the ones in their hands, they are also horizontal knives, look at the horizontal knives in the hands of those soldiers, and at a glance, you can see that they are the standard weapons of the equipment yard in the imperial court. That kind of horizontal knife is made of stainless steel, and I don't know how much better than the horizontal knife that I have used in my hand for more than 30 years! Look at the Mingguang armor on their bodies, tsk, only these soldiers of the government have made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy on the battlefield, and the next time they go on the expedition, they are eligible to receive this Mingguang armor, but after the war, whether it is damaged or not, it must be returned.

Just when Xu Xiaoliu was greedy when he saw the equipment of these soldiers, the playmates in the village who grew up with him and did not join the government soldiers because of their livelihood beckoned to him and let him go.

Xu Xiaoliu went over and was about to ask the soldiers what they wanted to do when they came to their village, but the playmates told him that Zhoujiazhuang had built a barrage upstream to prevent the people of Xujiawan from watering the crops.

As soon as he heard the news, Xu Xiaoliu suddenly became furious, and immediately said: "These eight sons of Zhoujiazhuang have always been unable to get along with our Xujiawan, grabbing water in the spring, and now they are still robbing, really when we are weak and can be bullied in Xujiawan?" Brothers, grab the sticks and we're going to him! ”

These young people faintly took this Xu Xiaoliu as the leader, and when they heard him say this, they were all enthusiastic, and they all said: "Go, fuck his eight lambs!" ”

But thinking of the soldiers outside, Xu Xiaoliu asked carefully: "What are those soldiers doing, why are they in our village?" ”

A young man said: "We don't know much about this, it seems that there is an official who came down to inspect the disaster!" When I asked the old man in the family yesterday, he was hesitant and didn't make it clear! ”

When Xu Xiaoliu heard this, although his heart was strange, he was even more angry about the dam construction of the Zhoujiazhuang River. At the moment, he said angrily: "No matter how much, let's go to the bad luck of the group of kings and eight lambs in Zhoujiazhuang now!" If something happens, Lao Tzu will bear it! “

So, these soldiers who had just come back called for their friends, and soon gathered fifty or sixty young adults, each with a wooden stick in their hands, and scattered in the direction of Zhoujiazhuang.

In the eyes of the people of Zhoujiazhuang, this dam is the key to whether Zhoujiazhuang can achieve a good harvest this year, and of course, this good harvest is for those villages that are not irrigated by river water. Therefore, Zhoujiazhuang attaches great importance to the dam, and built a shady shed next to the dam, in which more than ten sturdy young people of the Zhou family live, each holding a wooden stick, specially guarding the dam.

When Xu Xiaoliu led fifty or sixty young adults to kill violently, the children of the Zhou family who were standing guard on the hill saw it, but they quickly went down the hill silently, and said to the children of the Zhou family who were stationed at the side of the dam, these children of the Zhou family knew that with more than ten people of their own, it was difficult to beat each other. So, at the same time, he ran back to Zhoujiazhuang and moved the rescuers.

When Xu Xiaoliu and the others came to the dam, they didn't see anyone. Xu Xiaoliu looked at the dam made of wood, mud and stone, spit on it fiercely, and said hatefully: "This group of eight lambs is really willing to work hard to build this dam, look at this wood and stone, I don't know how much effort has been wasted!" Come, my brother and I will destroy this dam here today! ”

"Sixth brother, we don't have axes, saws and other tools, how can we destroy this dam?" A young man beside Xu Xiaoliu asked puzzled.

Xu Xiaoliu said in a low voice: "While there is no one guarding this dam now, you take five people back, go to the axe and saw, hurry up, let's break this dam!" ”

The young man just responded: "Okay! Just as he was about to leave, he heard a young man standing on the hillside shouting, "Sixth brother, sixth brother, those eight kings and eight lambs have come out!" That's a lot of people! ”

Xu Xiaoliu took a look in the direction of Zhoujiazhuang, and sure enough, he saw a group of young adults from Zhoujiazhuang holding wooden sticks and farm tools, rushing over violently.

The young men who were about to go back to get the tools also stopped, gathered around Xu Xiaoliu, and looked at the people who came.

When the people from Zhoujiazhuang gradually approached, Xu Xiaoliu sneered, hey, the road is narrow!

It is Zhou Fugui who is the leader of Zhoujiazhuang.

The two groups of people gradually got closer, and when they saw that the two sides were less than five zhang, Xu Xiaoliu shouted fiercely: "Brothers, go on!" "He knows that the first strike is the best.

Zhou Fugui was not to be outdone, and also led the Zhou family to meet the more than seventy young adults, and the two sides fought in a scuffle.

After they had been fighting for nearly two quarters of an hour, and their physical strength was exhausted, they only heard a loud shout from the hillside next to them: "Stop! ”

The nearest young man kissed this roar and couldn't help but stop, and this emotion gradually spread throughout the battlefield, and after a while, both sides stopped.

When they looked up, they saw only a dozen or so soldiers who were stubbornly clad in their nails.

Zhang Yunwen and the others slowly rode their horses down, came to the dam, turned over and dismounted. Walking a few steps around the dam, Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "This dam is built tightly!" ”

Whether it was the people of Zhoujiazhuang or Xujiawan, when they heard Zhang Yunwen say this with a smile, they had to laugh twice. Although they are countrymen and rarely go to the state capital, they are faintly headed by Zhang Yunwen, and Zhang Yunwen is dressed in a gorgeous costume and has a scimitar decorated with gems hanging from his waist, and he knows that it is worth a lot at a glance. Everyone couldn't help but guess Zhang Yunwen's identity, but they were silent, just pursed their lips and smiled, for fear that their words would be inappropriate and cause the dissatisfaction of this nobleman.

Zhang Yunwen saw that everyone didn't react, and couldn't help but smile again: "Hehe, I watch you and other weapons fighting, between advance and retreat, it is also quite orderly, when the joint attack, there are also traces in the army, presumably among you, there are government soldiers!" ”

That Xu Xiaoliu and Zhou Fugui glanced at each other, and said in unison: "We are the government soldiers!" As soon as the words came out, the two felt that something was wrong, how could the other party say the same as themselves, and they looked at each other again, and turned their heads in an instant.

Zhang Yunwen had a deeper smile on his face: "Oh, it turns out that you are waiting for a government soldier!" I learned martial arts in the military government, just to return to my hometown to fight for water and weapons! ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of Xujiawan and Zhoujiazhuang couldn't help but be silent at the same time, and lowered their heads, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Zhang Yunwen's voice suddenly turned cold, and he said sharply: "The imperial court organizes special personnel to train government soldiers every year, because it wants to train a reserve force, and one day, it can go into battle to kill the enemy and be loyal to the country." But you wait, but you are using the martial arts you learned in the military government to do weapon fighting, so you are worthy of the imperial court and those captains who teach you martial arts? ”

The field was silent, only Zhang Yunwen's voice echoed.

After Zhang Yunwen finished speaking, there was silence in the field, and it took a long time before a young man muttered in a low voice: "I said that I went to the battlefield, but I have never been there!" ”

Zhang Yunwen glanced at the young man, saw that he hung his head tightly, and did not force him, his eyes turned to the other side, and said loudly: "You may still be complaining, saying that the Tang Dynasty is fighting on all sides, and there are forbidden troops and border troops in front of it, and it is difficult for you to go to the front line." However, every three years, the imperial court selects elites from among the government soldiers to recruit soldiers, why haven't you been able to enter the recruitment? ”

Everyone blushed and snorted, but finally did not speak. After all, it's a shame to fail this selection.

At this time, I saw another group of people coming from the direction of Zhoujiazhuang. The group came slowly, and many of them had gray beards.

It turned out that the movement here had alarmed the villagers of Zhoujiazhuang.

"My lord, look at ......" Seeing the person from Zhoujiazhuang, Pei County Ling couldn't help but come to Zhang Yunwen's side and ask him for advice.

Zhang Yunwen showed a smile: "Come on, wait for the people from Xujiawan to come, and solve this matter together!" ”

When the village elders of Zhoujiazhuang saw Zhang Yunwen and Pei Xianling and others, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and kept greeting in their mouths, but their eyes glanced at the dam next to them from time to time.

Zhang Yunwen knew the intentions of the people of Zhoujiazhuang, but he smiled and said nothing.

While chatting with the people in Zhoujiazhuang, he waited for those people in Xujiawan. Finally, after waiting for a quarter of an hour, the people from Xujiawan also came.

By this time, nearly 400 people had gathered around the dam. There are both men and women, young and old.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yunwen walked into the middle of the field and said loudly: "Since the people from the two villages are almost here today, then the official will deal with the matter of this dam!" ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen's voice fell, there was a completely different noise on both sides.

"My lord, this dam is something we have worked so hard to build, and it can't be demolished!"

"Fart, this dam is blocking the river, how can our villages downstream get water?"

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Hearing these noisy voices, Zhang Yunwen yelled: "Don't make noise! Suddenly, the scene fell silent.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the dam, and then at the young people with wooden sticks in their hands, rolled his eyes, and said loudly: "Before dealing with the dam issue, this official should first deal with this weapon fighting incident!" The two villages of Xujiawan and Zhoujiazhuang gathered crowds to fight, which were extremely frequent and the interest was bad, and it was not enough to correct the law of the country and the military discipline if not dealt with. Therefore, the official ordered that all members who participated in the fight should be put in a flail for three days and punished as coolies for one year. Those who are in the military government will be dismissed and will no longer be used! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen make such a severe punishment, not only the young people who participated in the fight and the old people of the two villages, but even Pei County Ling couldn't help but be a little stunned.

"Uh, my lord, the punishment for this weapon fight doesn't seem to be that severe!" Pei Xianling whispered in Zhang Yunwen's ear.

Zhang Yunwen didn't hear it, and still asked in a deep voice: "This official's verdict, can you be convinced?" ”

"Your Excellency!" I saw the old people of the two villages taking the lead, and everyone knelt down, only to hear the old people say, "My lord, these children are not sensible, you can spare them this time!" ”

Zhang Yunwen showed a sneer: "Hmph, don't be sensible? These people are almost twenty, what else is there to be ignorant! But the official looked at it, when these people were fighting, the desperate energy was like they were going to kill each other! Hehe, do you two villages really want to kill each other? ”

The old man hurriedly waved his hand in fear and said, "No, no, my lord, we are all good people, where can we have such thoughts!" ”

Zhang Yunwen continued to sneer: "Not this time, can you guarantee that no one will die in the next fight?" Even if there is no dead next time, will there be no dead next time? If there is a deceased, I will see how you two villages will explain! Think about it, what kind of scene is it for the mother to cry and call for her son, and the son to cry and call for his father, and the white-haired person to the black-haired person! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's words, the old people of the two villages couldn't help but sweat. For a while, everyone in the audience was silent. Finally, a clan elder in Xujiawan bowed his hand: "What the adults have taught is this!" I'm waiting for two villages to have a grudge over the water, and if another person dies, it will really be endless! ”

As soon as these words fell, an old man in Zhoujiazhuang also said: "In previous years, our two villages fought only a few times a year, but now once this dam is built, in just one month, there have been six fights!" Now that I think about it, I'm a little afraid! The old man groaned, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "Since the dam was raised, let's push it today!" ”

As soon as these words came out, most of the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang couldn't help but show unnatural colors on their faces.