"Fill it! Pour it! (Shaanxi black dialect, that is, the meaning of rushing in) selected jumping hands took advantage of the situation to rush up, they rushed to the courtyard gate, began to lift a stone and hit the courtyard gate violently, the guards in the door at this time did not care about the danger of being hit by the birds, began to venture to climb the wall, throwing stones and other heavy objects at the attacking soldiers, and the attacking side also used spears and arrows, birds to fight back, the battle suddenly became bloody.

Although the jujube wood gate in the inner courtyard was quite thick, it was only used to deal with thieves after all, under the violent impact of the stones. Soon it cracked, and Hao Shaoqi immediately brandished an iron axe, and split the jujube wood door in three strokes and two blows.

"Ignition!"

As soon as He Renlong saw the gate being split, he knew that he couldn't hold it, and at most, it would only take half a cup of tea, and the enemies outside would rush in and cut the people in the courtyard to pieces. He immediately ordered the pile of furniture and debris piled up behind the door as an obstacle to be set on fire, hoping to buy a little time to escape. What he didn't expect was that just when the fire was just lit and not completely burned, a figure rushed in with fire, but it was Hao Shaoqi, who slashed the soldier who was still holding the torch to death, grabbed the torch with one hand, and danced the knife with the other. Although He Renlong's personal soldiers were brave, they couldn't help but retreat when they saw this.

Seeing this, He Renlong drew his sword and slashed a person and shouted: "The one who retreats is killed, quickly and forcefully move forward to kill this guy, and set the door on fire to block it, otherwise it will be a death!" Seeing this, the soldiers had to step forward one after another, Hao Shaoqi's hair and armor were already on fire in many places, but they didn't care about it at all, they just shouted and fought fiercely, like gods and demons. The sergeants outside the courtyard were inspired by Hao Shaoqi's bravery, and rushed in regardless of the fire, killing people on both sides. But over time. More and more people rushed in, but they forced He Renlong to retreat gradually, and finally surrounded him and the remnants of his own soldiers. He Renlong saw that there was no hope of escaping. slashed twice to force the opponent in front of him away, and shouted: "Where is your lord, Lao Tzu wants to see him!" He Renlong saw that the surrounding sergeants didn't pay attention to him, but just attacked with all his strength, and shouted loudly in a hurry: "Liu Cheng! Liu Cheng! Do you dare to send troops to assassinate me, but you dare not see me? ”

He Renlong shouted twice, already a little out of breath, the sergeants attacking around him were attacking more and more fiercely because of the heavy reward promised by Liu Cheng, seeing that he was about to be torn apart by a knife, but he heard someone laughing outside: "It's not that I don't want to see you." It's just that I don't want to rob my subordinates of the credit, but since you said so, I'm embarrassed not to come out, lest you go to Lord Yama and not be convinced. “

While speaking, the besieging sergeants parted a road on both sides, and there were two people standing in the middle, one of them was wearing a green shirt, and he was looking at He Renlong coldly, but it was Zhao Wende. The other person was dressed in iron armor, but his face was full of sarcastic smiles, but it was Liu Cheng. When He Renlong saw Liu Cheng, his eyes turned red all of a sudden. As soon as he stepped forward, four or five spears came over, so he had to retreat to the place, spit on the ground with hatred, and scolded: "The villain who has a personal vendetta! ”

"Lord He, I don't know where to start." Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Let's not talk about the old things between me and Lord He. I sent troops today, but I received orders from Lord Yang of the Yang Army. As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of deceit, and I have broken your stockade. It's a common thing. “

He Renlong didn't speak, just stared at Liu Cheng hatefully, his eyes were full of resentment, and after a long while, he said coldly: "That's it, King Cheng is defeated, today He Mou's luck is not good, and he falls into the hands of you, a thief, kill it!" “

"Lord He's a bad word!" Liu Cheng laughed: "In the final analysis, your defeat today is because you want to be lucky and interfere in something that you shouldn't interfere with." Ask yourself, is it something that a martial artist like you can interfere in in the affairs of the court? Even if you are lucky this time and the matter becomes a knight, you are also caught in this whirlpool, but next time you can still be so lucky? Sooner or later, won't you be crushed? In the final analysis, our martial artists still have to take the name of the sword and gun, otherwise we will encounter ghosts sooner or later after walking too much at night. ”

Hearing Liu Cheng's words, He Renlong's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and he said with a wry smile: "Okay, well said, this kind of thing is indeed not something that I, He Renlong, a guerrilla, can interfere with, and I will not die unjustly if I am defeated in your hands today." For the sake of your feelings for saying this to me today, I will also return a word to you, this pond is very deep, and you should not touch it, otherwise it will be a disaster sooner or later. ”

"Thank you, Lord He, for the point!" Listening to He Renlong's words, Liu Cheng's face became serious, and he returned the salute respectfully.

"These pro-soldiers of mine are just their own masters, and I ask Lord Liu to give them a way out!" He Renlong's voice finally revealed a hint of pleading.

"That's nature, don't tease."

He Renlong looked at the people around him, and suddenly laughed wildly: "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" As soon as the words fell, he fell to the ground, convulsed twice and then did not move, a stream of blood flowed out from under his body, Du Gu stepped forward to turn it over, only to see his eyes wide, a dagger in his heart, and he had lost his breath.

"Your Excellency!" Du Gu turned around, shook his head and signaled that He Renlong was out of breath, Liu Cheng walked to He Renlong's side and squatted down, stretched out his right hand to close his eyes, and sorted out his appearance for a while before standing up. Zhao Wende, who was standing on the side, asked with some confusion: "Lord Liu, He Renlong is a sinner, you are-"

"Come on, show the head of the dragon owl to the public, collect the corpse well, and bury it together after the demonstration is completed!" Liu Cheng suddenly shouted, Zhao Wende felt that something was wrong, and just wanted to say something, but heard Liu Cheng say in a deep voice: "Lord Zhao, although He Renlong is guilty, he is after all the fourth-grade military attache of my Ming official army, and he has bloodied and killed enemies for the Son of Heaven, for the court, and for the people of Shaanxi." If you end up in the wilderness, I'm afraid it will chill the soldiers! ”

"This-" Zhao Wende just wanted to say something, as Yang He's mastermind, he naturally hated He Renlong to the core, if it was according to his intentions, he would never simply do it so easily. But Liu Cheng came over and said in a low voice: "Lord Zhao, as soon as He Renlong dies, his soldiers will be panicked, if he has done it, I am afraid that the last general will not be able to do it next." “

"That's what Lord Liu said!" Zhao Wende immediately understood, there are more than 100 people of the same clan in He Renlong's department, if he does too much to He Renlong, it will inevitably make his rabbit die and the fox will be sad, if he scatters the grass and the grass is a coward, I am afraid that the first unlucky person is not someone else. It's Zhao Wende himself. Thinking of this, Zhao Wende's opinion of Liu Cheng was also much better, and he felt that the other party was not only resourceful and good at fighting, but also knew the general situation, and was a rare general.

"Lord Liu, you are so good at living, and your future is naturally limitless!"

"Thank you Lord Zhao for cultivating!" Liu Cheng hurriedly thanked, he turned his head and said loudly: "Du Gu, quickly change into an official robe for the adult!" “

After about a meal, the small open space in front of Hutou Village was crowded with six or seven hundred people, all of whom were soldiers and officers under He Renlong. They looked at the empty dirt slope with a little blankness, counting a large flag with the character Liu and two chairs. Not long ago, they were in a deep sleep, until the sound of trumpets and drums woke them up. But before they could understand what was going on, groups of soldiers in armor burst into their barracks and drove them out. The dazed soldiers whispered to each other.

"What's going on?"

"The camp was robbed, right?"

"The size of the camp? Crow's mouth, you are not too unlucky, if you really rob the camp, you can still be so polite to us. It's been a long time ago! “

"That is, if you look at the soldiers around you, or under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be a reason in the world for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to rob the Ming battalion?"

"That's hard to say. My ancestor said that when my grandfather was martyred, he was also the Ming Dynasty's army robbing the Ming Dynasty's battalion! “

"Phew, you can talk nonsense like this, be careful of losing your head!"

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll talk about it when the master comes back!"

"Yes. I'll talk about it when the master comes back! “

As time passed, the commotion in the crowd became more and more apparent, and the soldiers were all looking for He Renlong's figure. Suddenly, there was a rush of agitation. This is usually a sign that Shangguan is about to start the review. The soldiers and officers habitually stopped talking and looked at the mound under the banner. But it was not He Renlong's familiar figure who walked up to the mound, but a civil official in a scarlet robe and a military general in iron armor and a brocade robe, and the appearance of these two strangers made the mood of the sergeant below fluctuate.

Zhao Wende stood up, walked to the front of the mound, and said loudly: "This official is Zhao Wende, who is the praise of the Governor's Palace, He Renlong sent troops without the permission of his superiors, attacked and killed friendly generals, and destroyed the overall situation. This official has been ordered by Lord Yang, the governor of the three sides, to kill him! Speaking of this, Zhao Wende made a gesture, and a personal soldier held a mound on a tray with both hands, and a human head was placed on the tray, which looked like He Renlong's.

The people in the field were in an uproar, yesterday he was the lord of the army, but now he has become the head of the East City, this contrast is too great, especially many of them are the same clan of He Renlong, and they suddenly scolded in anger, some people are still picking up the stones on the ground and throwing them on the mound, Liu Cheng, who has been prepared, has also returned, but Zhao Wende's face has changed slightly, and his eyes trembled.

Bang!

A row of loud guns overwhelmed the shouts and scolding of everyone, and a row of guns behind Liu Cheng stepped back with white smoke from the muzzle of the gun, and behind them stood two rows of bird guns, and the mouth of the black hole was aimed at the crowd below. Under the overwhelming threat of violence, the crowd immediately fell silent, but from the look of their eyes, they only dared to be angry.

"You are a soldier of the imperial court, not a soldier of He Renlong, so don't you want to overpower the officials like this?" Zhao Wende shouted: "Based on this one thing alone, it can be seen that He Renlong's crime is not punishable!" “

"Lord Zhao!" Liu Cheng said in a low voice: "Now it's a mixed bag, and it's useless to talk a lot, so it's better to let it be dealt with here!" “

"It's fine." Zhao Wende looked at Liu Cheng with some gratitude, if Liu Cheng hadn't prepared well, he would have made a foreign appearance.

Liu Cheng walked to the mound and said loudly: "Wait a minute, listen up!" This general is Liu Cheng, a guerrilla in Yansui Town, and he will be the general of Er's in the future. He Renlong's matter was done by him alone, it has nothing to do with you, and the crime only affects one person, and this official will never investigate it in the future, if there is any violation, it will be like an arrow! Speaking of this, Liu Cheng took out a feather arrow, broke it in two in front of everyone, and threw it on the ground.

Hearing Liu Cheng say this, the faces of many people in the audience looked a lot better, and the more estranged they were, the more relaxed they looked, even the same clan that had a closer relationship with He Renlong was much better. After all, Liu Cheng swore cursed in front of more than a thousand people, even if he was not afraid of retribution in the dark, it would take a bit of shameless courage to turn his face and not admit it.

"The second incident, this officer heard that the army has owed a lot of money for a long time, I don't know if it's true or not?"

As soon as the words fell, the ears of all the soldiers and generals in the field pricked up, and the payment of arrears of wages was something that the broad masses of the people liked to see, regardless of ancient or modern times, whether in China or abroad. A voice sounded in the crowd: "Naturally, it's true, I already owe a year and five months' salary!" “

"I owe it for eight months!"

"I've been in debt for two years!"

The soldiers' attention was suddenly diverted from the murder of He Renlong, and they shouted loudly, lest they should be left out. It's no wonder that they, judging from past experience, the Ming court is quite forgetful in the matter of paying wages, if they don't seize this opportunity, the devil knows that next time it will be the Year of the Monkey.

"Silence, silence! There are so many of you, I can't hear you shouting together! Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Later, you will go to the paperwork, register your name, how much money you owe, and the official will compare whether there is any error, and then issue the salary?" ”

"Good!"

Seeing that Liu Cheng easily solved the problem of unstable military morale, but Zhao Wende's face was full of worry, he asked in a low voice: "Lord Liu, how much silver do you have on hand?" “

"About a hundred taels, plus some cloth!" Liu Chengman replied in a low voice that didn't care: "I'll go and collect He Renlong's private pocket later, and I should be able to get a thousand taels of silver out!" “

"That's it?" Zhao Wende's face changed greatly: "Lord Liu, then why did you promise them to pay military salaries?" There are four or five hundred people here, and they can't beat it without 10,000 taels of silver! ”

"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge!" Liu Cheng laughed, he waved his hand at the soldiers, turned around and walked behind the mound: "Otherwise, how can we find out their old bottom and just kick out He Renlong's cronies, so that they can be regarded as eating." ”

"Lord Liu!" Zhao Wende almost cried: "You can't do this, either drag it out, or pay it, if you say it like this, it doesn't count, nine times out of ten times you will make a big incident, I'm afraid that Yang Zhijun may not be able to keep you when the time comes." (To be continued.) )