The north wind seems to have stopped, there is no starlight in the sky, and in the dark and simple barracks, the cold is even heavier. But the barracks is leaking.

Zhang Yong's whole body was not cold, and the brothers hugged each other, and they couldn't feel the slightest heat. He was even more annoyed in his heart, he knew that there would be snow tonight, and he and his brothers had made a good meal of this broken nest during the day. It's too late!

It was easy to get to dawn, and when it was time for the changing of the guard, the group braved the wind and snow and came to the city gate tower to visit. It was hazy in front of me, and all the fields were heavy, and there was no figure in sight. Like sharp arrows, snowflakes swooped down on people's faces with the wind. I can't see some of the surrounding villages and idyllics, and I can't see any people moving outside.

Zhang Yong stood quietly and listened several times, but there was no sound. I also thought in my heart, the thieves are coming to fight this Linzhang County, and they can't fly in, how can there be action in such weather? It was expected that he would not be able to come to do anything, so he went back to the gate tower to drink.

The group did not sleep enough at night, and at the moment they were burning braziers in the city tower, without the wind and snow, and the group even used Zhang Yong, who was in charge, for a short time, and then they all fell asleep on the table and leaned against the corner of the wall. The big candle on the table burned three times and burned twice, and the cold wind came in through the cracks in the doors and windows, and the flame on the candle shook and swayed.

If you look at the leopard in the tube, you can know how lax the military discipline of the county Yong in Linzhang County, Zhangde Mansion is!

Zhang Yong and his group slept freely in the city tower, and the other three city walls were also full of people. The soldiers and horses on duty were so unbearable that it could be found that a thief army of hundreds of people had quietly sneaked into the city.

The person who was the leader was a small leader in Tian Hu's army at the beginning, and he had a remnant of the army under his command, and based on this, he pulled up the current team of six or seven hundred people. Self-proclaimed Descending Tiger.

There are three or four hundred people in Linzhang County, so the county seat, on weekdays, the tiger will definitely contact several other soldiers and horses to eat this piece of fat together. But today he ventured in, and the spies' return confirmed his suspicions.

Hugh said that it was on the city wall, and even in the enemy tower, I am afraid that there is no one. It's just that the wonderful woman spread her legs, and immediately beckoned a leader who was not worthy of the author's name, and gestured to the Linzhang city wall, and the latter nodded in response. A few people shouted out from the ranks, put on white cloaks, and strode towards the walls.

Although the New Year has passed, the weather is still extremely cold, and the moats have long been frozen, completely losing the effectiveness of the guard. Xiashan Tiger personally led hundreds of people and horses to wait outside the city gate.

When the thick gates were opened from the inside, everything fell into place. Zhang Yong was awakened by the sudden commotion in the city, and hurriedly ran out of the city tower to see, and was shocked to find that the north of the city next to it had somehow been broken by the thieves, and there was a team of thieves chasing a few people, who had already run along the city wall to the corner tower, those people were obviously the guards of the north city, and the purpose of the escape was obviously pointing directly at the west city tower where he was.

"My brother is still stunned, so he should leave quickly."

Cao Cheng pulled Zhang Yong suddenly, he didn't know how many bandits had entered the city, but it was better to go first at this moment. Although their brothers are locals of Linzhang, they still expect them to be able to fight to the death at such a time because of the meager money and food of the county government and the porridge and rice that people can't starve to death or eat? Grandpa's life is not so cheap!

Cao Liang grabbed Zhang Yong's arm from the other side, "Brother, hurry up." ”

Although the county lord is poor and hungry, Zhang Yong is the brother of the Zhao family, and the friendship between the brothers is deep. At the beginning, if Zhang used help to help the poor, Er Cao couldn't even buy a thick wooden coffin for the dead old lady, let alone how many times he helped their brother on weekdays. Er Cao pulled Zhang Yong and went down to the city tower.

It's a pity that at this time, the downstairs of the city gate was already crowded with people, people crowded, people were crowded, and each did not give in. Tell Zhang Yong and Er Cao how to break out easily.

"Brother Zhang, save my little brother's life."

"Brother Cao, Erlang, help."

Ma You and Li Hong shouted loudly, and the weapons in their hands were all lost, so that they were not caught up by the thief. There were seven or eight of them when they fled, and now there were only two of them.

Zhang Yong, who had never spoken, said loudly: "Two brothers, you and I have eaten half of the money and food of the official family, and now the thieves are robbing the city, and the brother can't sit idly by." If you wish, you will follow me to kill this wave of thieves, and you are worthy of the villagers and elders. If you are afraid of death, you will rush out of the city, and Zhang Yong will never use the past to force him. "The man is also the leader of the county Yongli, and he is conceited and brave, and the thief soldiers with Ma Friend Li Hong also have thirty or twenty people, so he is not afraid.

As he spoke, he picked up a simple knife on the side and ran to the city. scolded Li Hong and his two friends: "You two pickled birds, in the past, you have been strengthened with me, why are you scared of these thieves." A nest of damn thieves, look at your grandfather Zhang's knife. ”

As he spoke, he rushed in, let go of his friend Li Hong first, stopped his head, and chopped down a thief who was chasing the hardest. The voice of the second Cao brother sounded behind him: "Brother, wait for us." In the shout, Zhang Yong got up and took two more steps, suddenly kicked a thief, kicked down a thief, and slashed the knife, the head rolled off, and blood sprayed.

Cao Cheng and Cao Liang also have a lot of martial arts, and Cao Cheng is the top of the two brothers, seeing that the three or twenty thieves are going to besiege Zhang Yong, how dare they slack off, dancing two steel knives, like a poisonous dragon and a tiger, slashing and killing, and the injuries that are touched will die in front of the person. Then Zhang used a simple knife is also sharp, and even the horse friend Li Hong, who escaped all the way, also picked up the blade and killed it, such as the group of thieves retreated one after another, fell half, and fled to the place where they came.

The people under the gate of the West City settled down, and after everyone escaped from the city, they were naturally grateful to Zhang Yong.

Ma You also stopped thinking, Zhang Yong has such a great favor to him, if he still acts as before, he will not be a son of man. At that moment, he said: "The city has been invaded by thieves, if my brother has nowhere else to stay, how about going to Fujing Town?" My younger brother and uncle were in that town. "Anyway, this thief doesn't dare to hover in the city for a long time, and the edge of Zhangde Mansion is the Daimyo's Mansion. That Tong Guan and Zhang Suo have been recruiting troops recently, how can they not know how empty Hebei is now without the support of the Western Army? If the Liangshan army is involved, they will not be able to resist this little force in their hands at all.

If the two of them jointly played Zhao Ji, they asked Zhao Ji to order the neighboring places in Hebei to recruit soldiers on their own, build dock forts, and gang up to resist thieves. No one can say how effective this will be. But only in the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion, it is still stable. The Zhangde Mansion was next to the Daimyo, and the latter would inevitably send troops as soon as he heard the news.

The thieves were not in Linzhang County for a long time.

They will take refuge in the countryside for a few days before returning to the county seat. Zhang responded with a mouthful. When everyone on the road talked about the city defense, several people were angry and sighed.

The county Yong of Linzhang County is just getting by, the money and food are difficult, and no one can do anything. In heavy snowy weather, everyone relaxes their vigilance. was so successfully attacked by thieves, it can only be said that it was self-inflicted.

"It's a pity that the money and food that Zhang Xianggong finally saved made wedding clothes for the thief." Cao Cheng sighed.

Li Hong smiled and said: "I don't think it's a pity for money and food, but it's the beautiful lady in Zhang Xianggong's back house......" He shook his head and chirped his lips as he spoke, as if he had really tasted it. A few people burst out laughing.

"You are a pinch of birds, you only think about two taels of stinky meat under your crotch all day long. I haven't seen you Xiao think about developing in the future......"

"When Lao Tzu is developed in the future, he will have to raise a group of beautiful wives and concubines, and be a groom every day, which is really happy." Li Hong opened his mouth and continued.

In this way, the group was all sturdy, and their feet were very fast, and they had already thrown off the people who had gone to Fujing Town in half an hour. By the end of noon, Fujing Town was already in sight.

Ma You patted his hungry belly, looked in the direction of the town and smiled: "Just in time for the meal." Let's hurry up a little longer, and we can still eat a hot mouthful. As soon as several people thought of hot soup and hot rice, the fatigue in their bodies dissipated in an instant, and full of strength surged up.

The snow on the ground was thick, and it creaked when stepped on.

From afar, I saw wisps of white smoke rising from the sky over Fujing Town, twisted, and dispersed by the north wind. The group chuckled in their hearts, this white smoke was not like cooking smoke, but like the aftermath of a fire.

Several people couldn't help but speed up their feet, and a quarter of an hour later, Fu Jingzhen finally arrived. But the Fujing Town at this time is very different from the Fujing Town in the old memories of the group. At this time, Fujing Town was already under the baptism of fire, and half of the market town was in ruins.

There was not a single gap in the two-foot high outer wall, and there were blood stains, which were all covered by snow at the moment. But at the city gates, there were scars that could not be concealed. The two gates had been brought down against the wall, and no one bothered to fix them at the moment, and they were covered with cracks, apparently from heavy logs, and there were also pieces of debris falling from the wooden doors around them.

Perhaps the war had been over for some time, and because of the heavy snowfall, there was hardly any smell of blood in the air.

But when he entered the town, Fujing Town was already a completely different picture, and everything in the past had come to naught. The storefronts were either burned to ruins or emptied. This was originally a lively town, but at this time it is like a hell on earth.

Mingyue Building, Youde Commercial Bank, Qiaoyi Fang, Ho's Silversmith Shop......

Ma You looked at a few white places and said to Zhang Yong, these places are the most prosperous and valuable places in the town. The bigger the merchants, the more they will suffer when there are disasters and thieves.

The sound of crying in the ears was still good luck, because it meant that the family was not dead. On the streets, people kept dragging out dead bodies and placing them on the side of the street, most of which were civilians. Now it is piled up on the side of the road, just waiting for the next step to be incinerated again.

On the ground, the blood stains have turned into ice, and they have been stretched out for a long time. White snow is stained red......

Ma You stopped talking, and rushed straight to his uncle's house with a dull head. But his face was already pale.

Uncle Ma You's uncle was not a very landlord and gentry, but could only be regarded as a wealthy family in the countryside. The new house that was only started two years ago was covered with heavy snow, and the sound of crying could be faintly heard inside, which made Ma You overjoyed.

The house is still a great joy, and the sound coming out of the house is an even greater joy.

He went up and banged on the door, and the noise inside stopped instantly. "Second uncle, second uncle, it's me......"

The crying inside turned to sound again, and after a while, the second uncle of Ma You came to open the door for him, and when he saw Ma You, he was very happy.

Ma You and Zhang Yong looked at the furnishings in the yard again, and they already understood that none of the family died. Then Ma You's cousin greeted him and let a group of people into the wing, but it was his father-in-law's family who was killed and no one was left. When the news came, it made his daughter-in-law cry sadly.

Uncle Ma You's second uncle dug a dark cellar in the backyard in the autumn of last year, because the boundary of Hebei is not very peaceful, just in case. This was his second uncle's care, but tonight saved the lives of Ma You's second uncle's family.