Chapter 284: Constant setbacks
The bandits of the four mountains of Qingzhou have united into a family, and today they have broken down the big households where they are, and the 'chickens' and dogs that have been killed are restless, such gossip has spread everywhere, and those big families living in the countryside in Qingzhou are all soldiers. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com](.access:..)
It is different from the Zhulong and West Gate celebrations of Peach 'Flower' Mountain. Lei Heng and others went to Erlong Mountain, the conditions of Erlong Mountain were relatively much better, originally Erlong Mountain was a treasure pearl temple, and later Deng Long occupied it to become a bandit nest.
As soon as he arrived at Erlong Mountain, Lei Heng couldn't sit still, and found Deng Long, Wang Ying, Wang Daoren, and Li Zhong together, and said: "Seeing that the New Year is coming, the money and grain in the mountains are still enough, but we can't help but contribute some money and food to the general village during the New Year." ”
Wang Ying said: "Naturally, we should eat 'meat' and drink wine during the New Year, and it is best to have herds of cattle and sheep." ”
"You should vote for him ruthlessly, and by the way, rescue those maids, 'servants' and 'women' who are oppressed by big families." Wang Daoren said.
Wang Ying smiled: "It seems that you and I are fellow believers, so we must rescue some more 'female' people." The two looked at each other and smiled.
Lei Heng asked: "Deng Long, is there a big family nearby?" If you want more livestock, more money and more food, you must open the 'door' for him. ”
Deng Long said: "There is a big village called Zhangjia Village nearby, there can be thousands of people, there is the largest old Zhang family in the village, and one-third of the land in the village is his family, but there are too many strong men in their village." ”
Lei Heng said: "You don't have to worry about this, you can tell me how much livestock money and food this old Zhang family has." ”
Deng Long said: "When I used to count when I stepped on the plates, his family had at least 40 cows, 20 mules, and 10 horses. The grain is piled up, after all, his family has thousands of acres of land. ”
Lei Heng slapped the table and shouted, "It's okay, it's the old Zhang family." ”
Li Zhong still wanted to say a few words, but Lei Heng was a celebrity in front of Song Jiang, so he didn't say much immediately, Li Zhong and Deng Long stayed to guard the mountain. Lei Heng, Wang Ying, Wang Daoren, lit up more than 200 horses, went down the mountain in the starry night to Zhangjiazhuang, the distance is not too far, it is only sixty miles like that, when I arrived at Zhangjiazhuang, the day was just dawn, the villagers got up early, and the smoke curled in the village. The walls of Zhuangzi are all made of 'chaotic' stones, that is, more than one person high, and the 'gate' of Zhuangzi is just a big 'gate' of rotten wood, which is tattered.
Looking at Zhuangzi, Lei Heng smiled and said: "No wonder Deng Long has been 'mixed' in Erlong Mountain for so long and is still like that bear, he is afraid of such a Zhuangzi, brothers, rush with me, break the old Zhang family, and take any money and food." ”
What are the bandits trying to do, isn't it just trying to be happy? As soon as they heard the shouting, they rushed into the village. Before I got to the entrance of the village, I heard the alarm bell in the village ringing. The men went to get weapons, the old people and children hid in the cellars, and the 'women' went to the bottom of the pot to find the ashes.
When Lei Heng led people to the entrance of the village, the strong men in the village also killed the entrance of the village, and killed them. Both sides shouted.
Seeing that the village 'door' was about to be closed, Wang Daoren wanted to grab the first gong, wielding a simple knife to rob the Zhuang 'door', and suddenly felt like a cloud under his feet, and fell into the pit with a pop, inside was sharpened bamboo, one of which pierced the feet of the Wang Daoren.
"Ahh The king's screams continued.
Everyone was taken aback, Lei Heng hurriedly asked people to rescue Wang Daoren and let people rob the Zhuang 'door', at this time there were already people on the Zhuang wall, and when they held more than a dozen weights, they smashed down, and the two who ran fast were smashed by the big stone and fell at the 'door' entrance.
At this time, there was absolutely no reason to retreat, Lei Heng shouted: "Attack, whoever is the first to attack will be rewarded with five cows and horses, and five hundred yuan in money." ”
There will be a dead husband under the heavy reward, more than a dozen strong minions rushed forward with knives, straight to the village 'door', to the village 'door' that was dumbfounded, although the village 'door' has many holes but the frame is very firm, and it is fixed from the inside. At this time, several reed leaf guns suddenly stretched out from the hole on the 'gate' of the village, suddenly, suddenly. Five minions fell on the spot, and the reed leaf gun was powerful, with a spear head more than a foot long, like a reed leaf, as long as it stabbed the blood on the body, it would fly out.
Seeing that there is no hope of grabbing the 'door', then you can only climb the wall. Lei Heng took a shield, and charged at the front with a knife, the shield blocked several stones one after another, and when he reached the bottom of the village wall, there were two minions squatting on the ground and Lei Heng stepped on it and climbed up. The village wall is too short, and Lei Heng's skills are so good, he naturally went up easily. Lei Heng is terrible, a Pu knife killed a large area, Wang Ying and the minions of the rear team also followed, don't look at Wang Ying's long like a grinding plate, the martial arts are also powerful, at least these strong men can't resist.
Zhuangzi bangzi knocked in a hurry, seventy or eighty strong men came over with spears, and they didn't play any 'tricks', just stabbed forward, not only strong men, but also fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-grown children, as well as strong 'women' and 'women', one by one with weapons and Erlongshan's minions this meal is easy to kill.
After killing a stick of incense, Lei Heng was getting up, Wang Ying came over covered in blood, and scolded: "Where is this Zhuangzi, it is clearly a barracks, men and women, old and young, have weapons, hurry up, if you don't retreat, you will make dumplings." ”
Lei Heng saw that more people in the village were coming out, all of them were holding spears or knives, and seeing that it was not a thing, he hurriedly led people to jump off the village wall and reads;.
When the people in the village saw that the bandits had run away, they cheered loudly one by one, and some people shouted: "You can't let them run away, strip them of their clothes for wine and drink, and kill." ”
The Zhuang Ding opened the 'door' of the village, and chased after Lei Heng and the others one by one, but all the slow minions were cut into 'meat' mud. Lei Heng and the others ran away, and ran out for six or seven miles until they got rid of the chase of the Zhuang Ding. When they gathered their minions, they brought out two hundred people, and now there were still a hundred left, and most of them were lightly injured.
Lei Heng looked left and right and asked, "What about the royal people?" ”
A Taoist priest limped out of the crowd and said, "Poor Dao is here, my feet hurt badly, thanks to the minions on my back." ”
Lei Heng said: "This time the loss of troops is broken, it is not appropriate to fight again, let's go back to the mountain." ”
Lei Heng returned to Erlong Mountain with the remnants of the defeated army, Deng Long and Li Zhong didn't dare to laugh, but Lei Heng was much more honest and not so cross. The defeat is big, and it can't be hidden, Lei Heng asked people to send a letter to Song Jiang, admitting their mistakes.
It turned out that during this period of time, the news of the merger of the four mountains in Qingzhou had been spread to everyone, and when the big families were rumored to be soldiers, there was a mysterious caravan that was very active, looking for big families in all directions, selling weapons such as knives and reed leaf guns. If you put it in normal times, these big families just buy a few self-defense, but now it is different, the years are not peaceful, and it is better to rely on the government than to rely on dogs. Therefore, everyone loves to buy weapons, especially the price of the reed leaf gun is very cheap, and it is much more cost-effective than expected. Therefore, all the big families around the cottage have bought weapons, and tens of thousands of reed leaf guns have been sold.
I'm afraid other prefects would have known about such a big thing, but Murong prefect didn't know, he didn't listen to good or bad words, so he liked to listen to compliments. Anyway, these weapons are all in the village, and they have also advanced the county seat, and they can't enter Qingzhou City, and no one has gone to report to Murong Prefect.
At the beginning, it was only Erlong Mountain that was frustrated, and everyone thought that Lei Heng had underestimated the enemy, but the successive White Tiger Mountain and Peach 'Flower' Mountain were all frustrated. Especially in the west 'gate' celebration of Peach 'Flower' Mountain, I think it's very majestic to be a mountain king, and when I get to a big family, I will scare people down, and you can take money and food, and 'women' will rob you, but it's not the same thing. The first time out of the robbery of the West 'Gate' Qing let a large family of Zhuang Ke cut the horse to death with a knife, and another spear stabbed in the crotch of the West 'Gate' Qing's 'pants', fortunately, the minions rescued in time, the West 'Gate' Qing that donkey big thing was not lost, but according to the cook who cooked for the West 'Gate' Qing said that since then the West 'Gate' Qing has fallen in love with the sheep whip soup, and every other day I have to drink a bowl, no way, all of them are scared.
In view of the grim situation, Song Jiang had no choice but to inform the mountains not to act 'privately', to obey the command in all actions, and to concentrate superior forces to eat the big ones.
Qingfeng Mountain, in the Juyi Hall, Song Jiang's face was dark, and Yan Shun and Cui Daocheng next to him were also cold.
Song Jiang asked the minions who reported the incident, and said, "Have you found out, why did the big households in Qingzhou have so many extra spears." ”
"It's a mysterious caravan peddling, they take samples to the 'door' to sell, if the buyer is willing to buy the delivery to the 'door', this caravan is all horses, even the transport weapons are also used fast mules, they are too fast, our people can't keep up at all." Minions said.
Song Jiang waved his hand: "Let's go down." ”
Yan Shun said: "Brother, this caravan is not well-intentioned, it seems that it is specifically aimed at us." ”
Song Jiang had already thought that it must be the caravan of Liguo Iron and Steel Plant in Yuncheng County, but it was not easy to say, it was originally a merger and the foundation was not stable.
Song Jiangyi 'touched' his beard and said with a smile: "It's just a caravan that smuggles weapons, and all they do is a job of losing their heads, and they will definitely have to ride horses." Don't we often ask the officers and soldiers in Qingzhou to buy some weapons? ”
Urging Daocheng said: "The farmer gave weapons and still farmed, as long as we concentrate our troops, what kind of big family can't eat." ”
Song Jiang said: "It is reasonable, before the war, 'fine' reconnaissance, and then concentrate troops, you will definitely be able to take down a few large households." ”
The strength of the four mountains is still fierce, and there are good hands like Lei Heng, Cui Daocheng, Li Erseng, and Yan Shun, and sure enough, they won two large households at a slight price and got more than 100,000 yuan of money and grain. The morale of the already low 'fans' has been raised again.
The big families see that this is not good, just having weapons is not enough, and someone will send pillows when they doze off. Huang Xin, the commander of the Qingzhou Soldiers and Horses, led three hundred cavalry to carry out a large patrol, don't look at the five or six thousand soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, but Qin Ming's general army was in the city, and there were nothing more than dozens of personal soldiers in his hands, and he only had the power of the army when he was fighting. Huang Xin was outside the city, slightly better, with five hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry. In the autumn, Chao Gai sent Huang Xin 800 sets of cotton clothes and leather boots, although he said that he was a gift, but he had to be careful and pretend to sell them.
Huang Xin not only patrolled, but also launched propaganda in all directions, setting up early warning gongs in each village, and each village could help each other when something happened, and at the same time he could give simple military training to Zhuang Ding.