Outside the Zhelin Village on the bank of the confluence of the big river, it is located in the salt patrol station composed of more than 20 houses at the intersection.

Ouyang Heng, the deputy head of the Quanzhou Navy Army, looked at the woman who had passed out with disbelief and disgust, and couldn't help but sigh that the country woman in this small place was just a court official who didn't understand the benefits, and she actually dared to resist and cry with the bad guys. Didn't she beat her family when she went to the countryside, and used her husband and parents as a coercion to be willing to comply.

You must know that when he was still in the Quanzhou Army, as long as he saw something in the market, someone would come up spontaneously when he turned back; Especially the wives and daughters of those Xiaohai merchants, they are even more at his disposal to enter the house; If it weren't for the fact that the boring days are suffocating now, how could he look down on this kind of country woman with rough hands and rough skin

Thinking of this, he didn't get a little annoyed, how could these damn ant ant people and rednecks with no long eyes understand the painstaking efforts of the imperial court and the embarrassment of these officials, and when they saw the banner of the official army, they would only hide and run, so that he couldn't even find a decent woman, but could only use this kind of goods that had given birth to children to make up the numbers.

When he thought of the generals and colonels who came over on the same boat, they were all spending all day and drinking freely in the state city of Kefu, but he could only guard the back road for them in this remote rural place, just because he was from a naval army, he was even more upset and depressed;

And in the port city where their navy is temporarily stationed, there are still several people who can ride on his head, give instructions or give orders, even if they recruit a female actor, they may not be comfortable.

So he simply invited himself out and said that in the salt patrol station that guarded the intersection, he was finally happy to be at ease and clean for a while; Not only can they concoct and abuse those passing business travelers in the name of random inspection, but they can also go to the countryside from time to time to fight the autumn breeze; I live in a dirt house, and I can still get by with only turbid wine and thin chicken and ducks, but I can't help but have to endure this kind of country woman who is full of dirt and the smell of chicken manure.

Therefore, in the future, if you can go back as promised, you will go to the city of Nazhou to wrap up the prestigious Green Qiao lady and have a good time; Thinking of the occasional sight of Luo's skirt sleeves and graceful figure at the family banquet, he suddenly felt that the country woman on the faint bed was not so hateful and disgusting, and her dark and rough skin had also become another unique flavor; It's like the fisherman's daughter he once raised and forcibly occupied.

"Both... All.. All heads. ”

Suddenly, a loud shout outside broke his salty state of mind just in the time of the sage, and the little good mood that was brewing.

"Yes ... Someone is coming. ”

"What a worrying thing,,:

He couldn't help but scold and tighten his belt again, put a light gauze on his shirtless, and strode out of the door.

"It's the one coming over again, is it Qiu Erma or Li Siyan'er"

"Lao Tzu, I have to fight back the autumn breeze to them."

Then, I saw a group of cavalry rushing over in the distance, although there was no obvious banner, but the neat armor and robes on their bodies looked quite elite officers and soldiers.

"Brothers along the way."

Ouyang Heng cleared his throat and called out loudly.

"Don't you even want to talk about the rules?"

"Don't blame me for turning my face...

Then, apparently, there were other things that arrived faster than these cavalry; I saw that the angry soldiers around him suddenly broke out into screams and wails for a while, but they were shot and fell to the ground in the blood splashes; Then the horse of the leading cavalry on the opposite side had already crossed the crossbar that was blocking the way, and leaped in front of him, and in an instant in some dull cracking sound, he was slammed into the air.

"your mother drops."

This is the last sentence that Ouyang Heng, who only feels that the heavens and the earth are reversed and everything in his body is about to be squeezed out of his mouth.

。。。。。。

Soon after, Zhou Huai'an stood on top of the sentry tower, looking at the adjacent but silent stockade not far away; Underneath him, corpses and dejected captives were being cleared from the nooks and crannies of various buildings.

Along with them were unkempt women, the oldest of whom were forty or fifty years old, and the youngest of whom had the highest death penalty from three years; As soon as they were brought out, the nearby villagers who were waiting outside hurriedly gathered up, and then looked at the parties covered in bruises as if they were separated from each other, and eventually it would become a heart-wrenching scene of the whole family hugging their heads and crying together.

However, by chance, after the person concerned was brought out, even the father and brother family with a blue nose and swollen face did not see it; then stood dumbly and watched the reunion of others, hugging his knees and hugging his body in a trance for a while; He took advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention and ran to the river with all his strength, and in the exclamation and shouts of the others, it turned into a large splash in the deep river water.

"Hurry up and salvage it."

Zhou Huai'an, who noticed this unexpected change, did not sigh and commanded to his side.

"Let's find a way to get it back."

The only consolation is that this era did not form an atmosphere of cannibalism in later generations; There is also no Zhu Chenglixue, who has gone through the iron-blooded Emperor Song with the highest victory rate of "an insider in the civil war and an outsider in the foreign war", and Zhu Chenglixue, who was born in the conservative and repressive ideological atmosphere of the inside, has intensified his moral cleanliness in the observance of virgin women; Therefore, for these humble and poor people, it is the greatest blessing and preciousness to be able to live and meet again for the rest of their lives.

Of course, it seems that these women are all from the nearby villages, but none of them are from the nearby Zhelin Village. Even according to the accounts of these recruited villagers, these people in the village even played the role of accomplices in a sense during this period.

This seems to be a certain sense of "dead friends do not die poor", indifferently sitting back and conniving at the tragic experiences of others in exchange for a moment of peace in front of them, the so-called "necessary evil of human nature".

This time, under the help of a large number of carriages and horses and taking turns to rest, the volunteer soldiers, who were all able to carry large backpacks of similar size, made a jagged and rapid march on only two feet, and arrived at the Zhelin Village at the confluence of the river and the vicinity of the salt patrol station specially used to investigate smuggling.

And this pass, which was set up on the main road at the mouth of the river, did not stop them for long; Under the divergent impact of concentrating all the horse teams, the salt patrol station where more than 200 suspected officers and soldiers were gathered, and the simple checkpoints they set up, were easily broken through.

And in this process, there are even people who regard them as Tutuan troops who run over to fight the autumn wind, and lead the people to run out loudly to reprimand and negotiate something, and then, caught off guard, the horse team that did not slow down, kicked and trampled to death on the spot; The rest of the armed men guessed that they had just woken up from a dream, and they rushed out to meet the fight.

Then, after being slashed and torn apart by the front team that followed closely, they were already scattered and fled; Most of the rest fled into the river without any choice but to be wounded and killed by arrows from behind, turning them into corpses floating on the river.

However, when cleaning up and cleaning up the remnants of the recalcitrant enemies hiding in the salt house, it took a little more effort and trouble because of the underestimation of the enemy; In the end, a dozen people broke through the corner and ran out, leaving a few corpses behind, and then fled into the stockade in panic; But that doesn't affect the big picture anymore.

In the end, Zhou Huai'an only left a regiment of garrisons to guard and besiege the stockade, ensuring that no one could escape and report the news; The rest of the regrouped group, led by a few local guides who volunteered, continued their march towards Qiling Port (present-day Chengyanggang Township, Guangdong), which was located not far from the sea.

Half a day later, Zhou Huai'an stood on a low mountain range again, looking at the larger villages hidden in the distance on the concave edge of the fjord, and the dozens of long and short trestle bridges and all kinds of illegal buildings built indiscriminately in the depths of the sea, the spontaneous chaos of the port city.

And the most conspicuous in his magnified field of vision are undoubtedly those surrounded by a pile of tattered fishing boat sampans, more than a dozen large and small sea boats of different shapes and styles;

According to the plan of the former merchant gang found out in the team, Wang Qinian, the current temporary secretary, introduced on the spot: among them, there are typical flat-headed and big-bellied Fujian-style official ships and civilian boats, as well as widely built Dahu and inland river boats, and even a Tianzhu boat with an obvious extraterritorial style and two curved and straight points. It's just a mess docked in one place.

It seems that this is an important stronghold and bridgehead for the initial landing of the official army, and it is also an important foreign port in Chaozhou, mainly exporting locally produced porcelain and transshipment of coastal salt industry to develop.

"Next, it's up to you to perform."

Zhou Huai'an solemnly said to several former officers and soldiers who were brought up, and their faces were full of respect and fear

"This is your last chance to redeem yourself and the people of Li, and thus gain a new life."

"Yes, yes, what the master said."

The leading officers and soldiers nodded and bowed.

"The small one must strive to change his mind. Poke force to do things for the rebels. ”

Then he looked at these figures, and gradually disappeared under the supervision and custody of the righteous soldiers who were also dressed as officers and soldiers; Soon after, it became a dozen or so small black dots that disappeared outside the fishing village and the port market.

Because according to the confessions of the captured officers and soldiers, Zhou Huaian also knew that they came from different regions and belongings, and actually liked the tradition of infighting and friction; These preliminarily modified captives were used as bait to set simple traps and ambushes; Even if it fails, it won't hurt the overall situation, but it will take a little more twists and turns to get a direct attack.

However, if it succeeds, it will be possible to mobilize some of the enemies that may exist in the port city and fishing village to break them down, so as to weaken the defenses and resistance forces therein, and even reduce the casualties and losses of the corresponding rebels.

(End of chapter)