Liujia Town, as the name suggests, is the town of the surname Liu, but the town is actually a family - Liu Ba Nu's family, the rest of the people are either Liu Ba Nu's tenants or his slaves, in fact, not only Liu Jia Town itself, in addition to the south gate towards Yangzhou City, the remaining three directions are Liu Ba Nu's industry within a hundred miles, within this range, whether it is acres or mountains and forests, there is no exception, there is such a strong economic strength as the support, Liu Jia Town is quite magnificently built, The five-zhang high city wall covers the entire town tightly, and there is even a team of guards of the Liu family on it day and night, it is like an independent kingdom in general, if you want to storm this town head-on, it is not easy, there are more than 10,000 troops, it is difficult to do, this one, Hongqing has a lot in his heart, because of this, a leader out of the city, Hongqing did not dare to have the slightest delay, all the way to Liujia Town.

"Quick, close the door, go and report to the master!"

It was late autumn, the autumn harvest had passed, the crops on both sides of the road had already been harvested, although the actions of the officers and soldiers were rapid, but it was obvious that they could not avoid the observation of the Liu family guards on duty on the city wall, and when they marched to less than a mile away from the town, they found that the situation was not right The Liu family guard guards were already in a commotion, and a strong man with the appearance of a leader roared and suppressed the commotion of the guards, and ordered by fingers.

"Kill and take control of the gates!"

At this time, although Hongqing led the troops to run wildly, but it is still far from Liujia Town, if it is really closed by the town's guards, then the trouble will be big, not to mention that Hongqing only has more than 1,000 green battalion troops with good combat effectiveness at hand, even if Hongqing is given five times more troops, he will not want to enter the town in a short time, if the war is delayed, there may be unexpected changes, fortunately, such things did not happen, just when the city head guards were in an uproar, but heard a roar near the town gate, A group of plainclothes men armed with various blades had rushed out of a corner, rushing towards the city like thunder, and the first burly strong man was Cao Yanshan!

Cao Yanshan and others had already mixed into Liujia Town two days ago under various cover identities, or disguised as businessmen, or disguised as singing troupes, or fortune tellers, and so on, in order to cooperate with the official army to take Liujia Town in one fell swoop today, they had secretly gathered near the town gate early. The other road was led by Cao Yanshan himself, and he went to the city along the corridor.

As soon as the war began, it was a one-sided posture, although the number of guards on the head of the city was actually nearly twice as much as that of Cao Yanshan's department, but the combat power was not old or young, and under the guard, it was impossible to figure out the situation at all, the two sides only fought face to face, and the escort team was already crushed, after more than a dozen people were killed and wounded, the rest all laid down their weapons, and honestly became prisoners under the steps.

"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good......"

Liu Ba Nu has always had the habit of getting up early, and although the sun had just risen for a short time, he had already finished practicing his fists and feet, and was about to go back to the room to freshen up, but before he could leave, he saw a man dressed in the costume of the town guard running in from the courtyard gate sweating profusely, and roaring recklessly while running.

"Bastard, panic, say, what's the matter?"

Liu Ba Nu's mood is actually not good, not for anything else, just because last night Chen Biao led the private salt fleet to break through the customs and there has been no news - according to the usual practice, if the ship passes the West Dam this time, Chen Biao will put back the carrier pigeon to report the victory, counting the hour, the carrier pigeon should arrive home half an hour ago, but now there is no feathers, Liu Ba Nu can't help but be a little worried, and then see the guard so frightened, he is very angry, his eyes are wide, and he scolds angrily.

"Master, the official army is here, the town gate has been lost, master, you hurry up and get an idea."

The guard was very anxious, and although he was scolded by Liu Ba Nu, he did not slow down, rushed to the front, and shouted urgently.

"What? How so? ”

Hearing what the guard said, Liu Ba Nu was taken aback, grabbed the guard's corset, and asked angrily.

"Master, the little one doesn't know, this morning the little one is on duty at the head of the city, and the big man found that the big army is coming towards the town, and the leader of Qiao didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered the gate to be closed, and let the small one come to the master, but I didn't expect that a group of strongmen suddenly came out of the town, the brothers were caught off guard, and the gate was lost, and the small one saw that the situation was not right, so he rushed to report to the master, master, you still hurry up and think of a way."

Being dragged by Liu Ba Nu like this, the guard's face instantly turned pale with fright, but he didn't dare to delay a little, and stammered out what happened this morning.

"How many people are there, and where are the soldiers and horses?"

The guard said in detail, but after talking for a long time, he didn't get to the point, and Liu Ba Nu was extremely anxious when he heard it, but he shook the guard vigorously and asked angrily.

"Ah, look at the people who are in the garrison camp, but I didn't see General Sun."

The guard was dizzy by Liu Ba Nu's shaking, but he didn't dare to complain in the slightest, and hurriedly explained it.

"Bastard thing! Come on, hurry, close the door tightly, and prepare for war! ”

Although it is known that the situation is not good, Liu Ba Nu is still lucky, and secondly, she has no intention of standing still, so she pushed the guard away fiercely, and roared like thunder, and the Liu family's mansion suddenly became a mess......

"Quick, enter the town, capture Liu Banu alive, and reward a thousand taels of silver!"

Just when the Liu family compound was panicking and preparing for war, Hongqing had already led his troops to the front of the town gate, and when he saw that the town gate had been firmly controlled by Cao Yanshan and others, Hongqing's tight heartstrings were a little looser, but he didn't dare to be careless, leaned out of the carriage, and shouted a heavy reward order.

"Capture Liu Ba Nu alive!"

"Keep up, keep up!"

……

Many of the officers of the garrison battalion are frequent visitors to Liu Ba Nu's Mansion, and they are very familiar with the location of Liu Mansion, and when they heard that Hongqing offered such a high reward, they were all so excited that they all screamed and drove their officers and soldiers to rush to Liu's Mansion with all their might, and after a while, they had already rushed to the door of Liu's Mansion, only to find that Liu's Mansion had already been closed with the gate, and the wall was heavily guarded, and there were not many Liu's Mansion guards in the four directions.

"Li Shun, go and shout, let the people inside come out and surrender, otherwise, they will all be punished for treason!"

Hongqing got out of the carriage and saw that Liu Fu was already prepared, and it was obvious that a battle was inevitable, and his heart couldn't help but sink, but he didn't show it, but gave an order with a solemn face.

"Wow!"

As soon as he heard this order, Li Shun didn't dare to delay a little, and hurriedly responded, hurried to the front of the formation, carried enough energy, and preached loudly: "Listen, Liu Ba Nu colluded with the White Lotus Sect bandits, trying to rebel, the crime is unforgivable, and he has repeatedly sold illicit salt, the amount is huge, and it is difficult to escape the death penalty. ”

"Where is Lord Chincha? Liu is here, please come out to speak. ”

The guards in Liu's mansion are not all the gangsters from the rivers and lakes that Liu Ba Nu gathered, and there are a lot of family members, who don't actually know about Liu Ba Nu's shady deeds, but just go to the wall to defend against the enemy on the order of the head of the family.

"Liu Ba Nu, Er colluded with the White Lotus Sect and repeatedly sold illicit salt, now it is the East Window Incident, this Belle is here to arrest you, and if you dare to resist the power of the imperial court, the nine clans of Er will be wiped out, if the people in the house do not descend early, they should be guilty of the same crime as Liu Ba Nu!"

The soldiers were in danger and dangerous, Hongqing didn't plan to play any tricks to go to Cao Ying, so he didn't go out of the array at all, just stood on the wheel of the carriage, pointed to the wall, and mercilessly announced Liu Ba Nu's crime.

"Why did Lord Qincha say this, the grass people have always been kind, and never dared to cheat, you act like this, but do you have a personal vendetta? Isn't it just that the grass people didn't agree to your extortion, if you really want silver, the grass people will give it, why is this so? Although the grass people are stupid, they are not mermaids, and they should have a lawsuit with you! ”

Although Liu Ba Nu already knew that something was wrong, she didn't want to admit it, and she was counting on things to take a turn for the better, so she refused to admit her guilt so easily, not only did she not admit her guilt, but she beat Hongqing instead.

"Bold fanatics, dare to frame Ben Baylor when he is dying, come, attack in, capture this fang alive!"

As soon as he heard that Liu Ba Nu was reversing right and wrong there, Hong Qing was furious, and after a snort, he wanted his officers and soldiers to launch a strong attack.

"Wow!"

Hongqing had already given the order, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to slack off a little, and they all responded to the promise and launched an attack.

"Slow down, slow down!"

Just when the officers and soldiers were about to move, they heard a burst of horses' hooves, more than a dozen horsemen flew in, and the first one was He Mingfu, the two Huai salt transport envoys, but when he saw his left hand holding the reins of the horse, his right hand stretched forward, and he even shouted loudly, and when he saw this, the officers and soldiers who were preparing to launch an offensive were all stunned on the spot.

It's a good time, I'm afraid you won't come!

As soon as he saw He Mingfu coming, the corners of Hongqing's mouth immediately picked up, revealing a disdainful smile, not for anything else, just because He Mingfu's arrival was exactly in Hongqing's arms.