Chapter 165: The Fire Rises
"Uncle, the current situation, you don't know, the movement made by the five thousand soldiers is not small, and it is certain that it will cause an uproar, which will inevitably make Emperor Wanli angry, if we increase the troops again, we will be passive, this is not in line with our current interests, let alone long-term interests!"
Liu Zheng's worries are correct, even if an ordinary person is repeatedly subdued, he will be furious, not to mention that this time and again being subordinated is an emperor, an emperor who does not go to court but has a strong desire to control. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Jiang Mingda sighed lightly and said: "I know, but if you really want to subdue the Cao Gang, you can't do it unless you are a sergeant, if Zheng'er you insist on using Jianghu means, I'm afraid the result will only make you fall deeper and deeper here." ”
Liu Zheng had to admit that the situation had really fallen into an embarrassing realm, and an unbreakable iron triangle had been formed between the Cao Gang, the Yunjun, and the banknotes, in addition to Ma Tang and Bai Hongru on the side, if he was a little careless, he would fall into the danger of being fed by a strong enemy.
"Arrange more manpower near the granary, just in case, and let the brothers of the four cousins try not to go out recently, and don't act alone!"
Sighing, Liu Zheng said again: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I don't believe it, I, Liu Zheng, will be trapped in this small Linqing, and I will be blocked by a small Cao Gang!" ”
He turned around and went downstairs.
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Two days later, on this night, Liu Zheng had just taken off his clothes and lay down to rest, when he heard hurried footsteps outside, followed by a strong knock on the door.
"Lord, something is wrong, there is a fire in the granary next to our dock, and the fire is out of control!"
"What!" Liu Zheng was shocked, picked up his clothes and put them on his body and walked out of the bedroom.
As soon as Pei Qiu saw Liu Zheng coming out, he immediately said: "Lord, things are too strange, there are at least dozens of people under the open and dark sentry of the granary, and there are three or four hundred brothers on patrol, but the fire just started all of a sudden, and as soon as it burned, it was a monstrous fire!" ”
In an instant, Liu Zheng understood what was going on, this was arson by an internal ghost, otherwise how could a monstrous fire be ignited all of a sudden?
"Go and call my uncle and Liu Kou up, and wait for me in the front hall!"
After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the bedroom, and soon Liu Zheng, who was dressed in a short dress, walked out of the bedroom, and ran to the front yard with a strong step.
When I came to the front hall, I saw Jiang Mingda and Liu Kou, who were already waiting in short clothes, but at this time, Jiang Mingda had a spear on his back, and Liu Kou also hung the iconic string of stainless steel Buddha beads around his neck.
The courtyard of the front hall was also full of guards with steel knives out of their sheaths and Jianghu people under Liu Kou who were armed with swords.
Liu Zheng waved his hand and walked out, saying as he walked: "It's really interesting, our people are actually mixed with the inner ghosts, let's go see what the situation is before making a decision!" ”
Before Jiang Mingda could speak, Liu Kou opened his mouth first: "Lord, I'm afraid it won't be peaceful tonight, if the lord waits in the mansion, his subordinates will go to investigate before!" ”
Liu Zheng didn't stop, just waved his hand slightly and said: "No need, even if you stay in the house, it may not be safe, no matter whether this fire is loud or luring snakes out of the hole, we will all enter the tiger's den to get the tiger!" ”
At this time, Liu Zheng was really angry, and he burned down the granary, these people really dared to play with anything, dared to do anything, and were not afraid of being punished by God.
Out of the gate, he saw nearly a hundred horses already waiting, Liu Zheng's eyes lit up, he glanced at Liu Kou and Pei Qiu approvingly, and then silently rode on the black horse in front.
When everyone got on the horse, Liu Zheng waved his hand lightly and said, "Let's go!" ”
The horse's hooves were raised lightly, and a moment later the sound of the horse's hooves sounded in the silence of the night, and a torrent rolled in an instant through the narrow streets.
But as soon as the torrent rolled up, it was forced to stop.
"Who dares to ride a horse at night, doesn't you know that the curfew has begun?"
Hundreds of armoured and torch-carrying soldiers stood in the middle of the street, a man with a sword in one hand standing in front of him, and in the light of the fire, this man seemed to be a god descending from the earth to block the torrent.
Liu Zheng, who was sitting on the horse, squinted his eyes, had nothing to say, turned his head and glanced at Liu Kou, Liu Kou understood that he would take two steps forward on the horse, and arched his hand on the horse and said: "Under Liu Kou, I don't know who the general in front of me is?" ”
"What Liu Kou, Liu thief, Lao Tzu doesn't know, Lao Tzu is the commander of the second battalion of the Yun Army, Zhang Chao!"
This made Zhang Chao's words not very good, but Liu Kou knew that this was not the time to be angry, so he arched his hand again: "Mr. Zhang is invited, I don't know about this curfew, but there is a reason for it, the granary of the Lion Street Wharf caught fire, and the brothers and tens of thousands of taels of silver goods are at the Lion Street Wharf, and I also ask Mr. Zhang to raise his noble hand and let the brothers go over to fight the fire, and check the losses by the way!" ”
Zhang Chao snorted softly and said: "When the Lion Street Wharf is out of the water, there will naturally be people from the government to put out the fire, you don't need to check the damage, let's talk about it when the fire is extinguished tomorrow!" ”
At this time, the people on Liu Zheng's side no longer understand what is going on, it is a group of pigs, there is a curfew in Linqing, but this curfew has never been enforced, and even if the curfew is enforced, it is the soldiers of the inspection department and the government officials, where is the use of your army to meddle in things.
Liu Kou hugged his fists and said: "Mr. Zhang, as the saying goes, ......"
Before he finished speaking, he listened to Zhang Chaodao on the other side: "Lao Tzu is not interested in listening to any vulgar sayings, hurry up and go back to where to go!" ”
Liu Zheng didn't have the heart to delay with this person, so he took out the silk cloth that had been prepared and dipped in water from his waist and covered his face, and the guards around him knew what to do next when they saw Liu Zheng do this, so they all tied the silk cloth and pulled out the saber from their waists.
Ma Ning untied a hanging Liu Zheng's saber and handed it over, Liu Zheng took the waist knife handed over by Ma Ning, pulled it out with a bang, waved it forward, and rushed over with a rein.
"Kill !!"
The earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded instantly!!
Although the distance was short, the horses couldn't rush up, but even so, the three or four hundred Yunjun foot soldiers holding steel knives on the opposite side could not stop Liu Zheng and the others from rushing and killing.
Originally, Liu Zheng was in the front, but before the horse could rush out a few steps, Jiang Mingda's horse beside him had already overtaken, and a spear stabbed the arrogant Zhang Chao like lightning.
Zhang Chao had long been ready for battle, and he had received an order before he came, that is, to stop Liu Kou's men who were heading to the docks.
But even if he had prepared for a long time, he panicked in the face of this spear that stabbed like lightning, and before he could swing his knife to block, he felt his eyes bloom and his chest hurt, and then the whole person flew up.
In just one move, Jiang Mingda stabbed Zhang Chao's gun through the gun, picked it on the spear, and rushed into the crowd with Zhang Chao's corpse with horsepower.
"Kill !!"
After Jiang Mingda roared angrily, he casually threw Zhang Chao's corpse towards the Yunjun who came up, the spear was like a dragon out of the sea, flying up and down, and not long after, Jiang Mingda's side was already lying on the ground.
Liu Kou was not to be outdone, the stainless steel Buddha beads were used as a whip by him, and every time he swung it, one of them flew out screaming upside down, and immediately disappeared after landing.
Although Ma Ning and the others couldn't do kung fu right away, after all, they had learned to fight immediately from Old Man Wei, and three or five people formed a small formation, advancing in parallel, and the speed of killing people was not slower than Jiang Mingda and Liu Kou.
And those heroes of the rivers and lakes gave up their horses one after another, wielding all kinds of weapons and constantly rushing left and right in the crowd, and it didn't take long for a small world to fill with a strong smell of blood.
Such a clean killing, such a bloody scene, even the regular army of the imperial court can't stand up for long, let alone these black/social/social transport troops.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the three or four hundred people could not hold on, and they did not know who was the leader, so they threw down their blades one after another, shouted and fled towards the alley next to them.
After a little rectification, Liu Zheng said to the people who followed: "If you encounter obstacles again, you don't have to answer, just kill them!" ”
"Yes, my lord!" After everyone agreed, they lifted the reins and rushed forward with Liu Zheng.
When he rushed out not far and encountered the soldiers who blocked him again, Liu Zheng understood that today's incident was afraid that it was impossible for a wave of people on the other side to stop him, and he also understood that the opposite side would not easily let them reach the Lion Street Wharf.
With such determination, it seems that behind this fire there must be a bigger backmove, or a bigger conspiracy, or a killing move.
But it doesn't matter anymore, since the moment Liu Zheng told Ma Tang's godson Ma Jing about his doppelganger, he didn't plan to live in peace with them, nor did he think that he could control Linqing without blood.
This rush is not as simple as the last time, the opposite side is obviously prepared, the one in front is an appetizer, this is the main meal, as soon as the two sides touch, hundreds of archers appeared on the rooftops on both sides of the street.
Archers were definitely a big killer in ancient warfare, especially in this street battle, if the archers were ambushed on the rooftops on both sides of the street, they were the must-kill.
Although Liu Zheng came in a hurry, he had already made complete preparations for the events that were about to happen, and after a short period of panic, the guards took off the Zhuge Repeater from the horseback hook and shot at the archers on the roof.
Liu Kou had also been prepared for this situation for a long time, only to hear him roar violently, and jumped up from the horse's back with the momentum of the horse, jumped on the roof, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes who followed behind also jumped on the roof one after another.
The archer, once he is close, can only change from a killer to a weak chicken to be slaughtered, and the killer instantly becomes the object of slaughter.
But just as Liu Zheng was slashing and killing the Yun army, a low horn suddenly sounded, followed by heavy footsteps like muffled drums into everyone's ears.
Liu Kou, who was standing on the roof, immediately looked towards the source of the sound, it was okay not to look at it, this look almost shocked his soul......