Chapter 36: Counting is Counting
At that time, 1,500 people quietly entered Suiyang County.
This is the most sleepy time of the day, and before a few old guards at the city gate could understand what was going on, they were disarmed, gagged and tied into zongzi.
They entered the city, and the vendors who had risen to catch the morning market were also controlled, and no one made any noise.
Then, the county prince's mansion, which was separated by a wall from Xiao Mansion, was surrounded by them.
Wow......
The rooster crows and the sun rises in the sky.
The county magistrate stretched his waist and walked out of the door, muttering: "What's the matter today, didn't the children of the Xiao family go to the backyard to perform martial arts, quietly?"
The housekeeper crawled over: "Oh no, grandpa, we are surrounded by soldiers." ”
"What!" The county magistrate almost didn't get scared under the table, who is so bold, Lang Lang Qiankun dares to besiege the county government and rebel?
He put on his official clothes tremblingly, and asked: "What about the Marquis Xiao's mansion next door, there is no movement at all, is it possible to destroy people?"
Not only did he wonder, but Pi Zhendong outside also wondered, why was the Xiao family so lazy, they were all on the rise, and it didn't matter if the door of the house was not opened, there was no movement at all, and they all slept to death?
The county magistrate looked through the crack in the door, Nanpihou he knew, so he cautiously opened the door, bowed down and saluted: "I don't know if the Hou Ye has arrived, what are you doing?
Pi Zhendong had already thought of his rhetoric, and hummed: "Ben Hou received a report that a large number of Jiangyang thieves learned that Suiyang County produced soul spirit stones and wanted to loot Xiao Mansion, so they joined forces with the soldiers and horses of Yuzhong Mansion to come here to help. What about Marquis Xiao, why is there no movement at all in his house?"
The county magistrate shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't know, I haven't seen any Jiangyang thieves, are you mistaken?"
"How could Ben Hou be mistaken!" Pi Zhendong waved his stinky face and said, "You are a local parent official, then you will knock on the door of Xiao Hou's house." ”
When the county magistrate heard this, he was definitely going to be used as a gun, but who made the family a Hou Ye, a small county official, dare not obey orders?
He stretched out his hand and grabbed the knocker and smashed it, and the vermilion lacquer door inlaid with brass nails opened by itself.
"What's the matter, is there no one at home?" The county magistrate was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Pi Zhendong and said, "Master Hou, it seems that there is no one, could it be that Xiao Hou heard that a robber was coming, so he left early?"
Mao, what Jiangyang thief is Pi Zhendong thinking, it was made up by Lao Tzu, do you really believe it!
Xiong Xijian came over from behind, lowered his voice and said, "Did you leak the news, Xiao Tianhao and his family hid in advance?"
Do you still need to ask, otherwise how can you pounce!
Fifteen hundred people, carefully arranged all night, I wanted to give Xiao Tianhao a dismount, so that he could clearly know that our Nanpihou is not easy to mess with. Only by calming down the old man first, can we take advantage of the next negotiation process.
Who wants to spend so much effort and not even see a figure, just like a person who concentrates all his strength into his fist and fights hard only to find that it has hit cotton.
In front of so many people, of course Pi Zhendong had to focus on morale, and he said stiffly: "I've seen it, the surname Xiao is afraid, which shows that we have an advantage in momentum!"
Xiong Xijian and the others began to pat themselves against their will, and Pi Zhendong said again: "If the monk runs away, he can't run the temple, and the old immortal can give up the mansion, can he give up the mine? Let's rush over and stand under the mine to talk about the conditions, it's much better than here!"
"That's it!" Xiong Xijian echoed, and then ordered in a loud voice: "Everyone, show the knives and guns, we must scare the people of the Xiao family as soon as they appear." ”
Fifteen hundred people shouted slogans, drawing out bright knives and guns, can you scare the Xiao family to pee, not to mention the county master, if it weren't for the tight clamping of his legs, it is estimated that he would have been out of control a long time ago.
The team drove out of the county seat in a mighty way, and Pi Zhendong liked this kind of high-profile very much, just to let everyone know that the Xiao family was going to be unlucky after Suiyang.
Five miles out of the city, a mountain col appeared in front of him, Xiong Xijian said: "There are less than ten miles left from the Xiao family's mine, is the team speeding up?"
"No, instead of accelerating, you have to slow down. Pi Zhendong has his own reasoning: "I want to put psychological pressure on Xiao Tianhao, isn't he a god of war, when thousands of troops appear in front of him, do you think he is still calm?"
The procession slowly came to the col, and suddenly a gong sounded, and bows and arrows flew out like locusts, accompanied by a large number of rolling logs and stones.
Whoosh...... Gollum......
Caught off guard, many soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and some were hit by rolling logs and stones, and screams were everywhere.
"What's the matter, who is so bold and dares to attack the officers and soldiers?" Pi Zhendong came to Sun Ming's side under the cover of several shields, and was just about to issue an order to counterattack, when suddenly someone on the mountain col shouted: "Kill the Jiangyang thief, the Jiangyang thief disguised as an officer and soldier, is coming to harm the people, everyone kill!"
Pi Zhendong and Sun Ming were stunned at the same time, Jiang Yang thief disguised the official army, this seems to be talking about us, right?
The two of them looked at each other, and all the people standing on the high place were dressed as militia groups, this was a misunderstanding!
Sun Ming hurriedly shouted: "Misunderstanding, we are really officers and soldiers, not Jiangyang thieves! Stop, it's really our own people, it's a mistake!"
"Everyone, stop!" a neutral voice sounded, and the militia members quickly stopped.
Pi Zhendong looked up, his nose was almost crooked, it was his old opponent Xiao Tianhao, the old marquis was wearing armor, and his grandson Xiao Chen, who was also wearing armor, was beside him.
Only now did he realize that the bow and arrow and rolling wood and stone strikes just now were completely aimed at his own private soldiers, because there were no casualties among the officers and soldiers.
Looking at the 1,000 people of the four noble families, dozens of people were shot dead on the spot, dozens of people were stoned to death, and together with the light and serious wounded, almost one-third of the number of people was reduced.
The old marquis and the little marquis glanced at each other, and the two laughed together.
Evacuating Xiao Mansion was the idea of the old marquis Xiao Tianhao, and the strategy of setting up an ambush here and Zhu Bajie beating a rake first came from the clever head of the little marquis Xiao Chen.
Since it is acting, of course, it is necessary to do enough of the scene, the old marquis pretended to be surprised, and said: "It's really your own people, what are you doing here, Nanpi Hou, Xuan Gaohou, why are you leading private soldiers and official soldiers here? Don't you know, Suiyang County is making trouble with Jiangyang thieves, Ben Hou received a tip, saying that Jiangyang thieves are disguised as officials and soldiers and want to rob my mine, so Ben Hou set up an ambush here, but I didn't expect it to be you." What are you doing with your knives and guns, you really look like bad guys. ”
Pi Zhendong's face was pale, what is this, lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot?
Just now, he swore in the county that there was a Jiangyang thief, who came to protect Marquis Xiao, and now people are also fighting Jiangyang thieves, so that their own people beat their own people by mistake, and you don't even have a chance to get angry, let alone take revenge.
The officers and soldiers were originally frightened, but suddenly found that there were no casualties on their side, and while they were happy, they couldn't help but accept Xiao Tianhao's words, since it was a misunderstanding, what was there to worry about.