Chapter 18: The Butcher's Knife
In the early Tang Dynasty, the big families had the habit of accepting retainers, but this was handed down from the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasty. Although the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is called a retainer, and his status is equivalent to that of the master's relatives, and he is both prosperous and lossy, but in fact he is just a slave with a very high status, and few people are really like family members to the retainers. However, Xu is the theory of humility is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are few who have become retainers who are not careful, and there are many people who die on behalf of the lord's family at critical moments, and they are really loyal.
There are eight families in Nanshan Village, namely Yang, Zhang, Wang, Liu, Sun, Zhu, Qin, and Qi, each of whom has its own strengths, or stewardship, or iron, or carpenter, or arithmetic, and has a very high status in the village. On the bright side, in this remote village, the wind and rain are omnipotent, who would have thought that these eight families are just the retainers of the young children in the center of the village?
In the twenty-fourth year of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, in addition to Yuwenjue, who founded the country, the only one who can be said to be eloquent is Emperor Wu Yuwenyong. It's just that the fate of Yuwen's family is bumpy, Yuwenyong has seven sons, except for the eldest son Yuwenzan who succeeded to the throne, the remaining six sons were all killed by Yang Jian, the former Emperor Wen of Sui. Yang Jian is very good at cutting grass and eradicating roots, killing Zhou and killing Emperor Jing doesn't count, and the people of the royal family don't know how much they slaughter. It's a pity that the grandson of Yuwen Yong and the son of Yuwen Zan, the king of Han, was taken away by his henchmen and retainers and escaped.
The descendants of the Yuwen royal family who escaped are also fatal, and they can't live a good day in hiding in Tibet with their families, and finally found a remote village at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, and it didn't take long for a good day to meet the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and I heard that Emperor Yang of Sui was killed in Jiangzhou and laughed wildly, and soon he died. Fortunately, there was a posthumous child, which made the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty endless.
The real name of this posthumous son is Yuwenfu, and it is called Zhou Bufu to the outside world, which means "not forgetting to restore the country". It's just that this week is no longer very young, and he has followed the bad roots of the Yuwen family, and his personality is stubborn, and he doesn't listen to advice, but he is very domineering. The people in Nanshan Village are all their generals, and they can't say anything. Thanks to the attendant who took care of him, if he hadn't been restrained by this attendant, I was afraid that Nanshan Village would have been turned over by Zhou Bu long ago.
The chamberlain was the personal chamberlain of the Han King Yuwen Zanshang when he lived in the palace, and although he lived out of the palace later, he always took it with him, which can be described as loyal. Don't say that Zhou Bufu is gone, that is, Zhou Bufu's dead father is also polite when he sees this servant, and he doesn't treat him as a slave, not to mention Zhou Bufu's big child. You can not listen to the words of others, but the words of this servant have to be heard. It's also because of this that I didn't cause too much trouble.
It's just that it's a hundred secrets, but in the end it's still exposed. was first seen by the descendants of a family in the village, and then was targeted by a young man who was not a weak crown from an unknown source. The young man was also really difficult, and he walked around the village every once in a while, although he deliberately covered it up, but in the end it was still a little worse. However, the young man was very clever and would find an errand to tie up the untouchables with him. Let's go around it once, who knows that the young man has become even worse, and he doesn't know when he will be with Yuheng's master and apprentice. As a result, he finally made up his mind to get rid of him, and he caught up with the Zhonglang General of the Yulin Army in the middle of the court, and he ran to the mountains, which was really troublesome.
Zhou Bufu was young and didn't know anything, but the chamberlain knew, and when he noticed that something was wrong, he left Zhou Bufu at home, and asked the retainers to inquire about the news. I never thought about it, but in just a few days, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the imperial court actually asked the Yulin army to surround Nanshan Village. It's the rhythm of the killing! At this point, it is no longer permissible for the chamberlain not to prepare for the worst.
After hiding for so many years, he still gathered a little strength, coupled with the special formation of Nanshan Village, if the imperial army came less, he would be able to carry it. For this, I am still very sure, especially when it is clear that the imperial court only sent a hundred people.
It's just that it's careless.
Nanshan Village has an advantage in numbers, but in terms of actual combat power, it is too much worse. In the decades since Hou Zhou's death, most of the time has been spent in hiding, and except for a very few people, they have not experienced battlefield killing. Although it has been better in recent years, it has not systematically practiced the ability to kill the enemy, and it seems that this kind of recruit who has never been on the battlefield and has never seen blood, where will he be the opponent of the elite Yulin Army in the Imperial City? Even if the number of the Yulin Army is at an absolute disadvantage.
Li Chang pinched the time and saw the smoke rising in the village before he ordered an attack. Nanshan Village's reaction was quite fast, and as soon as they saw the shadow of the imperial army, they reacted, drawing knives in their hands and blocking the road into the village. It's just that this level of defense is no different from paper paste for Li Chang and others, especially the road led by Qian Zheng, which can't be stopped by a single face, and they are defeated and retreated.
Don't look at Qian Zheng's appearance as Si Swenwen, in fact, his temper is quite straight, his arm strength is extraordinary, and he is at the forefront with his blade, and he is unstoppable. Zhao Qi is not simple, although the strategy is better, but he is also brave and extraordinary in battle. These two people went in one south and one north, and with the guidance of the map drawn by Wei Xuan, the so-called protection of Nanshan Village did not play a role at all, and it was going to be killed to the center in a short time.
Li Chang was not idle, and greeted the defenders of Lantian County early, so he didn't care about the east direction of the village at all. Although the Lantian defenders are only defenders, they are victorious because there are many people, and two hundred people are stuck at the intersection that everyone in Nanshan Village can block them for a while, but they can't be used to attack, which is a pity. But it doesn't matter, the soldiers say that "besieging the division must be que", that is a siege, and this kind of village is not needed.
Zuo Shenwu's army was like a bamboo, but after a while, Nanshan Village suffered heavy losses. Zhou Bu is a child in the end, how can he be stable at this time? Even Yang, Zhang, Wang, Sun, Liu and other eight families also panicked five families. Fortunately, Village Chief Yang made a quick decision and gathered all the people to protect Zhou Bufu's master and servant to break through in the direction of Zhongnan Mountain. In fact, he also knew that there must be an ambush in the west of the village, but he couldn't care so much at this time.
Li Chang's soldiers paid attention to a stable character, not to mention that they had to prevent the rebellion from escaping into Zhongnan Mountain, so they set up the formation early and blocked the only way out of the village. As soon as Village Chief Yang and the others rushed out, they saw that someone was blocking them, and their hearts were half cold, and they rushed hard again only to find that the line of defense was simply impregnable, and they broke a lot without hurting a person on the other side.
At this time, it can be said that the fate of Zhou Bufu and others is hanging by a thread. There were pursuers in the north and south of the village, and the only escape route was blocked. In a hurry, he was ruthless, and immediately ordered his subordinates to slaughter the ordinary people of Nanshan Village nearby. In order to hit the blow without leaking the news in advance, Li Chang and the others did not evacuate the innocent people in advance, but only began to evacuate when attacking. That's where the result was oversight. The ordinary people are all Gu family, even if they flee, they take a lot of things in large bags, and there is no order, they are in a mess, and the rebels' knives are even more like adding fuel to the fire.
Where do the people care so much, they can only have their lives if they run for their lives, and they don't care about the sergeants who have been trying to maintain order at the moment, they directly rushed the formation that Li Chang had put in place. Zhou Bu and the others saw it, knowing that the opportunity could not be lost, but instead accelerated the pace of slaughter.
The sword soldiers are ruthless, Li Changxu has been in the army for a long time, and his family is not among them, so everything is mainly based on total annihilation and rebellion. It's just that Zhou Bufu and others expelled the people and used the people to storm the army formation, this method is really hateful, at the beginning, Li Chang also caused people to evacuate the people, but in this case, how could anyone listen? Not only did the people not stop it, but the military array they had set up was also flawed, and they were seized by Zhou Bufu and others. If it weren't for Qian Zheng and Zhao Qi leading the army in time, I am afraid that they would really escape.
The fire of being a soldier is very strong, especially what Li Chang brought out this time are all battle-hardened killers, and it doesn't matter who you are when the fire comes up? Seeing that the mastermind was surrounded, he directly waved the blade in his hand and rushed forward, cutting and poking people when he saw them. Zhou Bufu and others have the upper hand in numbers, but now they have really become turtles in the urn, and they can't escape. They had the intention to fight back, but they were not the only ones who were surrounded, and there were many people who did not run out, and they could not organize an effective counterattack at all.
Zhou Bufu and the others were also ruthless, and they had already swung the butcher knife at those who were familiar with each other on weekdays, so how could they hesitate at such a critical moment. In this way, there are the soldiers of the Zuo Shenwu Army who are annoyed in their hearts outside, and there are red-eyed rebellions inside, but in the blink of an eye, nearly half of the people fell forever in a pool of blood.
What is the meaning of not being in the heavens and not in the earth?
That's it!