Chen Zhuang is the most conspicuous one in more than a dozen nearby villages, the village is surnamed Chen, there are two hundred acres of family property, this generation has produced a lot of strong people who can be civil and martial, and they can get along in the county government.

It's just that now Chenjiazhuang is a color of slaughter, there are few people to see on the country road at all, men, women and children are on the wall of the earthen fence, not only bow and arrow, and even set up the bird guns and earthen cannons that have been treasured for many years, and are also ready to roll stones and wood, but everyone's expression does not dare to relax at all.

Hundreds of people were in the enclosure, and the fate of the entire family surnamed Chen hung between the thoughts of these strongmen, and they stared out of the earthen fort, not daring to be careless at all.

In the past, there were no people to see on the busy road, only the cold north wind blew, and I don't know how many murderous machines were hidden from afar, and many white flags were planted on the wall, but everyone was far away from these white flags, for fear of attracting something unclean.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Several of the village leaders stood up, and they heard the roaring hooves of the horses, and then several horses galloped over like a breeze.

In Wenzhou Mansion, which belongs to the subtropics, it is not easy to find such a few fast horses, everyone saw them holding yellow flags, red turbans on their heads, and their hearts were hanging in their throats, and many old people talked in low voices.

"Phew!" A cavalryman fired a shot into the sky, and then rode his horse at a trot and ran over, glanced at the earthen fort, and roared: "Chen Jiazhuang is so courageous, he still hangs the white flag of the Qing demon, is he ready to die for the old thief of the Sun family?" ”

Several of the leaders of the village warriors on the walled wall are people who have seen a big scene, but in the face of this shout of riding a red scarf, no one dared to speak, and the horse sneered and shouted backwards: "Give them long courage!" ”

Someone set up a long wooden stick, the women on the wall were already screaming, and a village leader shouted: "This is Sun Dashao!" ”

"Sun Yigu Sun thief led more than 1,000 regiments to fight against our Red Turban Army, and we killed all of them cleanly, pity the orphans and widows in their family! Are you Chen Jiazhuang determined to follow the old thief of the Sun family against the Red Turban Army? ”

Sun Yigu's head was hanging high on the wooden stick, and most of the courage of the Xiangyong leader on the wall of the wall had gone, this eldest young master was not simple.

People's fathers and uncles have all been in the Jinshi and have ordered Hanlin, and they usually don't even dare to take care of the county magistrate in the township, but now they are so silent.

They had long heard that the White Cloth Society had suffered a setback this time, and that thousands of people had been killed and wounded, and that the corpses and wounded had been sent down from the vicinity of Chenjiazhuang, and the rumors described the Red Turban Army as having three heads and six arms: "The guns were like raindrops, and it took more than 1,000 of us to be killed in a quarter of an hour!" ”

In this era, the family is more important than everything, although Chenjiazhuang can pull out hundreds of men and women, but the Red Turban Army is such a giant, even the county has been opened, Chenjiazhuang can block a few quarters of an hour, if the Red Turban thief opened Chenjiazhuang, what will happen to the men and women in the village.

A leader of the township brave, who is usually considered very courageous, responded on the wall: "Brother, this brother, give face, it's not that we don't want to hang the yellow flag, it's really in a hurry that we can't find the yellow cloth, we have sent someone to the county seat to buy it!" ”

The light rider below sneered: "No matter what you say, if you Chenjiazhuang still don't hang out the yellow flag, when the soldiers arrive, what should we do after opening the Zhuangzi?" Do you know what the ending of Yang Shanren's Mansion in Yongjia County is? Don't blame me for not giving face! ”

The leader of Xiangyong hurriedly said: "Brother, brother, don't give face, if you marry a lady, I will introduce you to a good daughter-in-law, and I will immediately find a few yellow scarves and hang out your yellow flag!" ”

"Do you know the rules for hanging the flag?"

"I know, I know, the whole white flag is to break the Zhuangzi and not collect the knife, the whole yellow flag is to follow your army wholeheartedly, to ensure that there is no crime in the autumn, half of the yellow flag and half of the white flag are not to help each other, but to support the soldiers!"

"That's good! We'll be back later! At that time, if you don't hang the flag, you can only invite Liu Jiehu's dragon lance whistle to come! ”

As he spoke, the light horsemen had already galloped away.

Several township leaders wiped their cold sweat on the wall, and the knowledgeable old man in the clan shouted repeatedly: "Find a few pieces of yellow cloth, find a yellow flag!" Although we are loyal and righteous families for generations, and we have a relationship with the three grandfathers, we can't fill in hundreds of lives! Hurry up and hang the yellow flag! Otherwise, Liu Jiehu will come to the door. ”

Some people ask, "Can the white flag be raised?" ”

"If we don't pull it out, we don't rely on anything, and we can be regarded as worthy of the three Sun masters, whoever comes over, we will pay for it!"

"What should I do if I can't find the yellow cloth? I can't find a yellow scarf at home, what should I do? ”

"Buy it now, no matter how much it costs, buy it for me, if you can't buy it, you can dye it, you must hang this yellow flag!"

However, in one day, Ruian County, which was originally full of white flags, changed color greatly, and at least one-third of the villages had already hung up flags, although there were often more white flags and only a few yellow flags, but it also represented a tendency - this war has nothing to do with them, and whoever comes they are good to wait.

The closer they got to the Red Turban Army, the more villages hung the yellow flag, and even Liu Chang didn't expect that there were actually three or five villages that pulled out all the white flags, only hung the yellow flag, and wrapped them in red turbans, which meant that they were willing to follow the Red Turban Army.

Liu Chang made it clear after a little inquiry, it was not how high the consciousness of these villages was, and they did not want to follow the Red Turban Army to kill officials and rebel, but it had something to do with the clan contradictions among the people.

The Sun family and the most prestigious clans in the county can be regarded as the mainstay of the Baibu Society, but after hundreds of years, there are naturally countless enemies, not to mention that the countryside is the most likely to cause conflicts, whether it is marrying a wife or daughter, fighting for land and water, or even a small matter as big as a sesame seed, it can trigger a clan fight of hundreds of people.

These villages, which are usually in a weak position, finally seized the opportunity for revenge, so they simply set up a yellow flag and followed the Red Turban Army to fight, preparing to return all the grievances suffered in the past few decades.

However, there was a response in the local area, and the momentum of the Red Turban Army was greatly shaken, and as a result, the speed of the army was not fast, but thousands of new soldiers had come to serve.

It's just that in this way, the business of several cloth shops in the county is booming, but the shopkeeper's brows are tightly locked, and the yellow cloth is usually used in small quantities, and it is sold out in less than half a day, where to transfer the yellow cloth?

People with flexible minds thought of transferring yellow cloth from Fucheng or even Fujian, and the price of yellow cloth rose five or six times, but it was still impossible to buy it on the market, and several dyeing factories also stopped all business, so they dyed yellow cloth wholeheartedly.

Even many families who are regarded as the backbone of the White Cloth Society are secretly buying yellow cloth, and the miscellaneous servants in the yamen have themselves been asked to help purchase more yellow cloth, so how can they manage it well, and now they have to dye a few yellow cloths, and they can't do it with silver alone, so they have to have a way.

People with a heart have already kept an eye on the red scarf that no one is paying attention to now, and are ready to secretly stock up on a batch of red cloth for later use.

Even when the Taiping army besieged Guilin, Sun Qiangming was never so angry: "Hongkou is vicious to such an extent, it is really out of my expectations, how can I explain it to my brother!"

Although his brother Sun Yiyan is in the prime of life, he is not yet the age when a white-haired person sends a black-haired person, and his young son is smart and has been studying in Beijing with his father, but this kind of pain of losing a child is not something ordinary people can bear.

Next to him, Sun Jiayan comforted his brother in a good voice: "The red thief is more vicious than the bandit, this method is said to be the poisonous plan of the Liu Jiehu to Qu Zhenhai, as long as our brothers capture this thief, they will definitely cut it with a thousand knives to avenge the nephew of Yigu!"

"Willow Household, Willow Household! This thief is hateful!" Sun Qiangming gritted his teeth with hatred: "If he violates Ruian City, he will be told that he will not return!"

Next to him, Xu Muqian comforted: "Father-in-law, don't be too angry, Ruicheng attacks and defends, all of which are yours alone!"

He said again: "Also, as for Tai Yong, I have already contacted people, and three hundred Zhuang Yong only needs two thousand seven hundred silver yuan to be willing to serve the imperial court!"

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Sun Qiangming gritted his teeth: "With these three hundred Taiyong, and a few more chances of winning, I will send the head of the meeting to contact." ”

These 300 Taiyong have been active near Ruian, and they can be regarded as the role of a mother who gives money, but their combat effectiveness is not bad, which is good news for Sun Qiangming.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, trying his best to wake up from the blow of his nephew's dead army, but he heard a few horsemen galloping in the distance, and shouted in his mouth: "Kang Zhengji, as an official who defends the territory, abandons the city without a fight, and his sin is unforgivable.

It was Kang Zhengji's head who arrived, and there was also a secret order from the county officials such as Yunsi, Daotai, prefect and general soldier.

Xu Muqian breathed a sigh of relief on the city wall: "My father-in-law, it seems that the reinforcements have left the city." ”

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