Chapter 170: Strive for self-preservation
The council hall, the master bedroom of the village.
There was still more than half an hour before the rooster crowed, and the owner had not yet woken up from his coma.
Li Xiangzhong's three arrows were coated with poison. Thanks to the good hands of the medical and health department, the old man Zhang of the Hades doctor, Liu Zhihe, the down-to-earth divine doctor, and Wang Xiaochen, the delicate knife hand, these three people have already gained some experience in surgery after hard "study" and with the support of sufficient "materials".
Old man Zhang roasted the steel knife in the fire, cut the middle arrow neatly, and Liu Zhihe skillfully took out the arrow. Wang Xiaochen immediately cleaned the wound three times with alcohol and sewed it up with good silk threads. The three of them have long been mentally prepared for the owner of the village to treat his injuries, and have practiced many times for this, and now Li Xiang is really injured, although the three of them are not calmer than usual, they have not made a big mistake.
She took out Dali's gold wound medicine, carefully smeared it on the owner, and then carefully bandaged it with a bandage. Liu Xiaoci was teary-eyed, specializing in traditional Chinese medicine, she used a small stove to boil the medicinal herbs, and the fragrance of the medicine filled several rooms.
Uncle Zhao and Na Shusen didn't dare to go anywhere, so they led people to guard the door of the bedroom, and no one else was allowed to approach except for absolutely credible people.
Mingyuezhuang is in trouble, Xiong Chengwen, Zhang Zhanjun, Four-Eyed Boy, Radar and other protΓ©gΓ©s are guarding the owner's mansion, helping to transfer important materials to the back mountain, and are ready to burn down the weapon workshop, medical and health department and top secret workshop at any time.
Li Mengkong, Zhang Wanli, Cheng Clerks and other high-level officials gathered in the owner's greenhouse, always paying attention to the owner's situation. They have also been paying attention to Liu Sheng's resistance outside, and are ready to retreat across the north shore with the owner at any time when things are not harmonious, or even to the back mountain.
Few people thought that the official army and the official difference were so weak, and they were quickly defeated by Liu Sheng. Li Mengkong suddenly remembered the order given by Li Xiang before he fainted, and hurriedly informed Liu Sheng not to pursue, just to defend the council hall.
Xunyang Catcher and the two Shiyan battalion commanders almost ran out of Mingyuezhuang directly, and when they saw the hundreds of people led by Liu Sheng retreating to the council hall, they felt a lot more at ease and got together to discuss.
The battalion commander in charge raised his knife to split bricks and made a "choking" sound, "This Huang Cheng is two families, it's really not a fucking good bird." β
Xunyang is old in the world, and he saw some of Huang Liren's plans, "Huang Liren is worried about Li Xiang's master and Liu Chengdong's backstage. In order to ensure that Mingyuezhuang could not turn the tables, he bought off our men and attacked Li Xiang. β
"Li Xiang is dead. If we don't die, we will also fight with Li Xiang, and Li Xiang will still be killed by us. Who knew that Li Xiangyang's dead soldier was so fierce, cough cough...... I heard that there are a lot of taboo things in Mingyuezhuang, and then Mingyuezhuang was regarded as an accomplice by the court, and there was no physiology. Huang Liren did not hesitate to force people to rebel, and also got rid of Mingyuezhuang in one fell swoop. β
"Damn it, it's poisonous!" The battalion commander in charge clenched the handle of the knife, and his eyes erupted with fire, "When the time comes, the Huang Cheng family can get out smoothly, and they can share the workshop of Mingyuezhuang, and a few of us who forced against Mingyuezhuang will be miserable." β
"As long as Li Xiang dies in Mingyuezhuang, our fate will not be better. Mingyuezhuang did not rebel, we will be used as a scapegoat for Liu Chengdong's people to vent their anger; Mingyuezhuang rebelled, we are even more miserable, Lao Tzu has never heard that the people who force the rebellion can die well. β
The commander of another battalion was clumsy in his words, held back for a long time, and held back three words, "What should I do?" β
yes, what to do?
Continue to fight to the death with the people of Mingyuezhuang? Or do you want to stay here and wait for reinforcements? Or collect the troops and go back and sue Mingyuezhuang for rebellion? In either case, they won't be able to get any good...... He Ruifeng sent by Huang Liren has disappeared, and the three of them are even more certain: the Huang family calculated them from the beginning!
Near the riverbank, there was a renewed uproar, and the battalion commander in charge shouted: "Are all the people dead?" Personally, let's see what the hell Liu Xiadu is doing? β
Soon, a man in the army ran back, hugged his fists and said, "Report to the command." The rebels did not continue to attack us, but completely retreated to the north bank of the small river. Liu Xiadu was looking for a raft to cross the river, wanting to suppress the rebels on the other side and occupy the entire Mingyuezhuang. Also, there's ......"
"Just say, what else?!"
The man told the whole truth in a rambling manner. It turned out that the reason why the uproar was so loud was not only that Liu Xia was shouting on the south bank of the Xiaohe River with the people who betrayed Li Xiang, but also that some officials and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were defeated by Liu Sheng in one fell swoop, and many soldiers were disheartened, feeling that they would always gain something from a trip, so they started the idea of many houses on the south bank of the small river.
The officials who were partially present were accustomed to raiding their homes for extortion, and they were very clear about what kind of people were richer, so they took the military men to search door to door.
The family of Li Xiang, who was interested in Li Xiang, had successively transported their family property to the north bank of Xiaohe half a month ago, and most of the goods obtained by the soldiers came from the families of those who took refuge in Liu Xiadu.
has not yet conquered Mingyuezhuang, and the soldiers who have lost the battle have become chaotic soldiers.
After listening to the words of the delivery husband, Xunyang was thoughtful. It just so happened that Liu Xiadu also sent a young man from the Liu family to come and ask the two battalion commanders to restrain the soldiers and not cause misunderstandings.
The headcatcher's eyes lit up, and he stopped the commander who was about to answer, and sent the young man surnamed Liu away after a few vague sentences. Then Xunyang beckoned the surrounding officials and relatives to go away, and said in a low voice: "He is unkind, I am unjust." Lao Tzu has a way to break the game, it depends on whether the two of them dare or not. β
The two commanders gritted their teeth, "There is no good end to the left and right, you can tell me and listen." β
Chief Xunyang said the plan, "What if Mingyuezhuang doesn't get along with the rebellion, but there is just a riot?" We're ......."
Seeing that one of the two Shiyan battalion commanders had a flickering look in his eyes, and the other bowed his head and said silently, Xunyang caught his head and said: "This incident, whether it is a rebellion or a riot, is not only related to our life and death, honor and disgrace, but also related to the evaluation of several officials." As long as we clean up the beginning and the end, Shangguan will definitely support the three of us. β
"Li Xiang is dead or not, we don't have a good end. Since the Zhuang Ding of Mingyuezhuang has retreated, he has no intention of rebelling, so we have room to show. According to the plan below, at least we are not at fault, and the two of you still have to hesitate? β
There was only a few breaths of silence......
"Damn, it!"
"Well, so be it."
The three of them crossed their palms and clapped their bloody hands together to reach a cooperation.
Carpenter, Lei Chenglei Blacksmith, and Wu Xiaoling stayed in the workshop on the edge of the Han River to deal with the chaos there.
North of Xiaohe, Aunt Xiong, Aunt Lei, Zhen Laoshi, Zhang Qingping's housekeeper, Tang Guohao's Hun family, Sanyanzi's Hun family, Deng Yushun...... Most of the people who could speak in the village were organizing the villagers to transfer important materials, and encouraging the familiar guards to resist the officials, officials, and Liu Xiadu.
Liu Xia saw that nearly a thousand officers and officers could not storm the council hall, but were killed all over there, so naturally he would not go there to touch the mold. He took the relatives of the Liu clan and the centrifugal villagers to the south bank of the small river, and looked at the burning boat in the river and was speechless.
In the middle of winter, no matter how shallow the river is, rafts and boats are needed. Otherwise, as many people go into the water, they will die.
"Can't get into the water yet?" Liu Xia asked a family, "How long is there?" Hurry up, you must take the opposite bank before dawn and kill Li Xiang. β
Although Liu Xiadu is a little arrogant, he does have some capital, and at this moment he thought to himself: I can't take the entire Mingyuezhuang before dawn, and I can't see Li Xiang's head, what can Lao Tzu do to negotiate terms with Huang Cheng and the two families, as well as those big merchants? The government and the army poured in on a large scale, how many things can I keep?
It's when I'm upset, and there are people who don't have long eyes.
Several Zhuang people who took refuge in Liu Xiadu came over and cried, "Liu Zhuang is mainly in charge of us." Several soldiers robbed my family's belongings, bullied my daughter-in-law, and set fire to my family's house. Master Liu, you can't ignore it......"
Liu Xia didn't think it would be a big deal, but just sent a cousin over and asked the two battalion commanders to restrain his soldiers. The good things of Mingyuezhuang are a part of the backers behind the two Huang Cheng families and the big merchants of Mingyueji.
Liu Xia believes that Xunyang's chief catcher and the two martial artists will be interesting. His heart was full of disdain: such a soldier, no wonder he couldn't defeat the Western Xia of the Liao State. When the owner of the village sits in a secure position, he must raise a combatable army. Some of Li Xiang's practices are still desirable, although he is stupid enough in many practices, but since there are advantages, the owner of the village still has to learn, so it is in line with the way of a gentleman.
Liu Xiadu ordered the villagers who took refuge in him to shout to the opposite side, "Li Xiang is dead, hurry up and join the new owner", "Do you really want to rebel?" "Don't worry about the property, the workshops and property of the craftsmen, widows, martyrs, untouchables, and newcomers are enough for everyone".
Li Xiang's life and death are unknown, and Liu Xiadu's little trick has also achieved certain results, but it has aroused the heartfelt anger of some other people.
Seeing that the young acquaintances on the other side, such as Da Sang Er and Da Niu, looked indignant, but they were helpless, Liu Xia thought to himself proudly: You two stupid people who don't know how to do it are actually dead set on Li Xiang. For the sake of the face of the old acquaintances, let you wait for your life, and let you wait to be a family.
Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong handed over ten straightbow squads, totaling more than 300 people, to Da Shengmen and Da Niu, and asked them to find a good position, test the distance, and prepare to shoot arrows to the opposite bank.
Zhang Qingping and the two took the guards who dared to fight hand-to-hand, and they were on guard.
Before the owner of the village woke up, if Liu Xiadu, the official army and the official messenger really risked their lives to cross the river, the result was really hard to say. Mingyue Village's real combat power brother old camp, after all, there is only one card in the village.
Yang Yingdong, who was sweating like rain, approached Zhang Qingping, who was almost exhausted, "If the Zhuang people who took refuge in Liu Xiadu really crossed the river to fight, what should they do?" In the past, if you look down and don't look up, can our subordinates really kill you? β
Zhang Qingping pulled the bowstring from time to time to prevent damage to the bowstring from the cold winter weather, and said without raising his head: "If we don't kill the killer, who will die?" β
Yang Yingdong's face was so ugly and ugly, he opened and closed his mouth, and he couldn't speak for a long time. He steadied himself, exhaled, and was about to say something when he heard an exclamation from the south bank.
Zhang Qingping almost let go of the bowstring, he raised his head and squinted at the south side of the small river.
Divided by the small river in Zhuangnei, the south bank occupies half of the area of Mingyue Fort, and at this moment, four fires are lit at the same time. The terrifying exclamations pierced through the ice and snow, and the screams of the old and weak, the wails of women, and the angry scolding of young and strong people rang out at the same time.
"Liu Xia of Mingyuezhuang wanted to seize the throne and brewed a big riot. We were ordered to come to suppress it, and before we could tie our hands and arrest them, we went to the government to make it clear. β
When a commander received a message from the commander of his battalion, he knew the meaning of the song and shouted this sentence everywhere, and did not forget to let his subordinates set fire and rob everywhere.
"Well, where is the Great Zhou education and neighborhood harmony? Where is the court mansion? It's humiliating to fight for the sake of industry and commerce...... You can endure this, that, that, you can endure eating?! β
An official couldn't recover the original words of the headcatcher, so he had to add his own personal experience. Accompanied by the words, the official kicked open the door of a small brick and stone building, and walked in with a cruel smile. After a few breaths, the cries of women and dolls were heard.
"The officials and the officials and soldiers came to mediate the dispute, and the people of Zhuangmin took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, causing more than 100 casualties in our army. You still don't know it...... Don't hide the birds, where to hide, and hand over the gold and silver, I have seen them all! β
The self-protection method that Xunyang always came up with is: burning, killing and looting, making everything into a mess of, and getting out wrapped in poop.
Two hundred and thirty meters west of the council hall, on the south bank of the small river.
Liu Xiadu, who saw the firelight, heard the screams, and heard the shouts of the officials and soldiers, was surrounded in place.