Chapter 16: Night Fire
Before Cao Jian's voice could be shouted out of his throat, he was pinched back by Zhao Tianyou's hand, and two fingers followed closely under his throat, and Cao Jian immediately trembled with spasms. Then he fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.
Everyone in the Meng family in the courtyard also heard the movement outside, Zhao Tianyou signaled everyone to stay put, and the soldiers guarding Hou San's and Si's side had already blocked the mouths of the two with rags. Cao Jian, who fell to the ground, was weakly spitting blood foam in his mouth, the soldiers patrolling the night outside were his last hope, he believed that what he had done, the Meng family would not have any reason to spare his life.
The sound of messy footsteps was mixed with complaints, the hilt of the spear rustled on the ground, the boots kicked the pebble, followed by two curses. The night patrol team went away in a blink of an eye, and Cao Jian on the ground also **** a piece, and in desperation, this kid was incontinent, and the smell of feces and urine came out.
"Sect Leader Zhao, what should I do next?" Meng Wenshan, who got out of the panic, is now looking forward to Zhao Tianyou. In fact, from the moment he got off the ship, Zhao Tianyou's plan and arrangement played a role, if today's matter was to divide troops to intercept this hand, even if he killed Cao Jian tonight, he would not escape the investigation of the state government tomorrow.
"Move them all upstairs to the bedroom, knock them out, douse them with oil, and burn them out! Not a single living mouth can be left. Even so, sooner or later, we will be found, but who will speak for these dead people at that time. Zhao Tianyou's voice in Meng Wenshan's ear was very low, enough for him to hear clearly.
Meng Wenshan frowned and nodded, when Cao Jian held him hostage just now, his blood surged and he was bent on death, and he wanted to die with Cao Jian. But after the situation reversed, he hesitated, and the order to kill people was delayed.
The two leaders, Meng Qiang and Meng Hao, looked at Zhao Tianyou vigorously, and they also knew very well that Cao Jian could not be killed, but the patriarch did not open his mouth to give the order. This time is life, and when the night patrol comes back and finds the anomaly, the lives of these dozen people are not enough to be thrown here.
"Prepare to set fire to ......" Meng Wenshan finally said this, and the people in the house moved together, knocked Cao Jian and several people unconscious and put them in the bedroom on the second floor, and found two barrels of fire oil and candles scattered all over the house.
"Patriarch, there's a cash box here."
The two soldiers stumbled upon a dark room with a chest containing a lot of money and broken silver, hundreds of times.
"Let's carry it back, there is a shortage of money in the fishing village, and these can buy some knives, guns and weapons." Several soldiers were excitedly carried to the door, but were stopped by Zhao Tianyou.
"Spread the money from downstairs all the way to the yard as fast as you can, and then we'll set fire to it and leave!"
Several soldiers were puzzled, looking at Meng Wenshan and not taking further action, while Meng Qiang and Meng Hao trusted Zhao Tianyou's words without thinking, and then shouted: "Listen to Zhao's order, quickly disperse all this money, scatter some everywhere, and we will withdraw as soon as we are done." β
When the two boats of the Meng family quietly went to sea, the fire of the small building owned by Cao Jian in Fang City had already risen to the sky, reflecting half of the red and bright night sky, accompanied by the sound of people shouting and neighing in the distance, Zhao Tianyou felt lonely in his heart.
In this history book, the Great Song Dynasty, which was once prosperous and powerful, and the economy was highly developed, has been in jeopardy, and in a few years it will completely die down after the First World War in Yashan, and history will enter a new stage.
Zhao Tianyou has read history, and in his spare time during his military career, he has dabbled in the evolution of weapons in Chinese history and books on classic battles. Not only that, but even in the army's propaganda activities, the Battle of Yashan was used as an example, and the soldiers expressed their opinions and put forward their views on the largest naval battle in ancient times.
When Zhao Tianyou came to this era as a lost time traveler, at the beginning, he really wanted to find a quiet corner, silently watch the changes of history, and would not participate in it until he was old.
However, as long as he is a thinking human being, no matter where he lives and who he lives with, he will have a desire to protect anyone or anything he cares about, which is not his deliberate but a natural instinctive reaction. During this period of contact with Meng Ling'er, Zhao Tianyou, who has a deep innocent personality, loves it, and is even closer than the hazy relationship between men and women with Meng Shuirou.
Meng Shuirou has a good figure and a beautiful figure, a bold personality and a neat work, and her admiration for Zhao Tianyou is almost written on the door of her head, but Zhao Tianyou never expressed the intention of accepting it. The two are often together, Zhao Tianyou teaches boxing skills to defeat the enemy, and the two go to the sea to catch fish and crabs together, which seems to be very close, but there is an invisible film barrier in the middle.
A man in the prime of life, a stunning beauty with a good figure, could it be that there is something wrong with Zhao Tianyou's sexual orientation? No, what has been bothering him is the sense of belonging, where is home here? Who can be a confidant? Who is the lover you can confide in?
For a long time, he taught the Mengjiazhai soldiers to capture martial arts, trained them in the execution of orders, simple tactical coordination, etc., just to improve their survivability, but absolutely did not really want to intervene in any war.
"Sect Leader Zhao, will we do this too much? After all, Cao Jian's uncle and I know each other, and we often come to our fishing village wharf to do business......"
Zhao Tianyou, who was interrupted from his contemplation, said with a smile: "Patriarch, if we don't kill people today, and in a few days, the Meng family's fishing village will be slaughtered, which outcome will you choose?" β
"Hey, in this world, how can there be more vicious people than pirates, Cao Jian, this kid was not like this when he was a child, he learned from those bad people in the city......" Meng Wenshan hung his head and muttered in a low voice, his tired expression showing his old age.
Meng Wenshan's performance disappointed Zhao Tianyou, his lack of decisiveness at critical moments and his ability to control emergencies are the most important traits that an excellent leader should have. If your subordinates find out about your hesitation, it will greatly reduce your prestige, weaken their sense of security and ability to execute things.
Zhao Tianyou himself is lacking in this issue, he is not a particularly good captain, he will make mistakes when he encounters problems, especially when it comes to his close comrades-in-arms, emotions will overwhelm reason and make inappropriate actions. During actual combat and exercises, similar problems have been exposed, and after learning and strengthening afterwards, Zhao Tianyou has become mature, but he is not good enough.
Zhao Tianyou thought that when he was the first captain, he was not calm and forward-looking, and made many mistakes that seem naΓ―ve now, but compared to Meng Wenshan's performance today, it is much better.
"Patriarch Meng, are there any good officials in Quanzhou City, or gentry who have traveled widely, this fire will find out about the fishing village sooner or later!"
"Ahh I can still find it, it's miserable! β