Chapter 22: The Harvest
Sun Fang, Jiang San'er and others behind him were very nervous, for fear of another accident halfway.
Jiang San'er couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "This corn-eyed fool on the wall, his eyesight is not bad, and when he enters the walled gate, Lao Tzu will settle accounts with him first." ”
Before he finished cursing, he saw Qian Lao Er on the gate of the village sticking out his head again, and the thieves under the gate immediately looked at Qian Lao Er nervously.
Qian Lao Er shouted at Sun Fang: "Brother Sun, the housekeeper Shi has come to the gate of the village, ready to welcome the master back to the house, I heard that the master is seriously ill and is very anxious, please wait a while, he must personally greet the master at the gate of the village." Sun Fang knew that he was tempting.
Sun Fang knew that the other party was still tempting, "You wait a minute, I went to ask the master." ”
Sun Fang pretended to come to the carriage and pretended to ask for instructions, his eyes anxiously looking at the direction of the drawbridge, which was still about three feet away from the ground.
Jiang San'er beside the carriage couldn't bear it anymore, he waved his waist knife heavily and shouted: "Don't be long-winded, the brothers will cut the rope with me and kill it." ”
Behind him, the bandits turned over and got on their horses, shouted and rushed to the suspension bridge, and waved their waist knives to chop the ropes of the suspension bridge.
The huge sound came far away, and the people and horses of the Huluyan Brigade who were ambushed a mile away stared nervously at the direction of the Shijia Zhaimen, and heard the sound of killing in the distance, and the Xuma Gang shouted: "The gate of the village has been opened, and the brothers are rushing with the commander!" ”
The Huluyan Brigade ran at a speed of more than twice as fast as Pingyue, and heard the sound of crying and screaming from the gate of Shijiazhai far away.
Xu Ma Gang shouted: "The team must not be confused, each outpost will pass through the suspension bridge in turn, if there is resistance, there will be no forgiveness, follow the commander of the charge!" ”
There was chaos inside the walled gate, and the guards waved their weapons and fought with the thieves who seized the gate, among which the various people who fled, cried, and shivered by the wall behaved differently.
Not far away, a middle-aged man in housekeeper costume hissed and shouted something, and no one paid attention to him in the chaos, seeing the bandits guarding the gate of the village, obviously waiting for backup.
The family members who came forward to fight gradually became impatient, they didn't know where this group of strongmen who opened the door of the village came from, but they all knew that if they were killed by this group of strongmen into the house, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When he was anxious, a team of family members suddenly rushed out of the manor, and the leader shouted loudly to lead the later family members to join the battle group.
The situation on the field changed suddenly, Jiang San'er, Sun Fang and others were slowly forced to go outside the walled gate, and the middle-aged man in the housekeeper's costume seemed to be relieved, as long as the walled gate was recaptured, the walled fort would become impregnable.
It's not to underestimate these thieves, as long as they close the walled door, it will be extremely difficult to break through the Shijiazhai gate with their little ability.
He pointed at Sun Fang from afar and scolded: "Sun Fang, you dog thief, the master regards you as a confidant, you actually colluded with outsiders to plot against the old man's fort, it is really better than a pig and a dog." Hand over the lord quickly, or tonight will be your death. ”
The middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper saw that Sun Fang in the fight ignored his scolding, so he went crazy and kicked the servants who were squatting in the corner and trembling, driving them to come forward to fight in order to vent the resentment in his heart.
Just when the steward of Shifu was acting against the servants, suddenly there was a noise outside the walled gate, and the precarious bandits in the field suddenly cheered, and saw a large group of bandits pouring into the walled gate one after another.
The fighting Shi Fu family Ding watched the foreign robbers continue to pour into the walled gate, and suddenly they no longer had the fighting spirit to flee in all directions.
The middle-aged man in the housekeeper's costume suddenly changed his expression, and he no longer cared about punishing the cowards on the ground, so he quickly turned around and fled towards the inside of the walled fort, and the speed of escape far exceeded that of the fleeing family.
There was chaos at the gate of the village, most of the family members turned around and ran to the inside of the manor, and some of the family members knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The bandits seemed to have forgotten the deployment of the Great Commander, and rushed to the inside of the fortress in a chaotic manner.
Feng Jian did not forget his duties, he restrained the guards of his post to guard at the gate of the village, his own guard team was composed of a total of 25 people, led by the captain Huang Fuchun to participate in the robbery, these peasants who were honest more than a month ago, they still could not be applied to killing people and setting fire to their homes and robbing houses, and they shrank back against the enemy, and now they are guarding the gate of the village to their heart.
The shouting and killing of Shijia Manor lasted for more than an hour, during which many people fled to the Zhaimen, but unfortunately the Zhaimen had long been closed, and most of the people who fled here were some guards, of course, these people were captured and guarded by Feng Jian and his guards, presumably there will be no fewer people who escaped from the Xizhai Gate guarded by Chen Laoliu.
After another half an hour, the shouts of killing in the village gradually subsided, and the people who fled to the east gate gradually disappeared. Feng Jian instructed his guards to light torches around the gate to prevent those who had escaped from the net from absconding.
At this moment, Jiao Pole ran out of the Shi Mansion and sent a message to Feng Jian, the Shi family's mansion had completely fallen into the hands of Huluyan, the cottage guards were counting the seizures, Commander Xu and the leaders of the Huluyan cottage were discussing, and Commander Xu invited him to the meeting.
Feng Jian instructed Huang Fuchun to lead his guards to guard the gate of the village, and then follow Jiao Gan'er to walk inside the historical mansion.
Shijia Zhaibao is actually a small city, and the circumference of the walled fort is more than two miles. The main house where Shi Dayong lived in the walled fort was built at the north end of the walled fort, and the northeast of the main house was a north garden, which was stocked with war horses, cattle and sheep and other livestock. Outside the gate of the main house where Shi Dayong lives, there is a wide avenue built, which leads directly to the east and west gates, and several archways are erected on the avenue. At both ends of the east-west avenue, most of the houses are facing each other, and these houses are where the servants of the family live. At the southern end of the walled fort, there is an ancestral shrine, Guandi Temple. There are several huge granaries built at the southwest end of the walled fort, and further south of the granary is the training ground for the Shi family to practice martial arts.
It can be said that Shijiazhai Fort has most of the functions of a city, and it is definitely a fluke that hundreds of bandits in Huluyan can easily capture it.
Jiao Gan'er introduced the situation inside the Shi Mansion to Feng Jian as he walked, and the two entered from the door of the Shi family's main mansion, passed through a courtyard, and came to a luxuriously decorated hall, only to see that all the leaders of the cottage were already seated, and most of the people's faces were full of joy and excitement.
Feng Jian hurriedly stepped forward to bow down to Xu Ma Gang, and the dark face of Xu Ma Bang showed a rare expression of satisfaction and excitement under the light.
He looked at Feng Jian and asked kindly: "Feng Jian, let you guard the gate of the village, you won't have any complaints!" What is the situation in Zhaimen? As he spoke, he stared at Feng Jian carefully.
Feng Jian looked at ease, and said loudly to Xu Ma Gang: "Returning to the Great Commander, no matter how you arrange the villain, it is all right, the villain has absolutely no complaints, although there are people who want to flee from the walled gate, but they are all captured by the villain, please rest assured that the Grand Commander." ”
Xu Mabang laughed: "What a cautious boy, the Great Commander of this country sent you to guard the gate of the village, just to see that you are cautious and cautious, and now it seems that you can also understand the painstaking efforts of the Great Commander." Well, this commander has always had clear rewards and punishments, and after returning to Huluyan, he will naturally not let you be too wronged. ”
Feng Jian had a flash of thought in his heart, and suddenly understood the meaning of Xu Mabang's arrangement to guard the walled gate, he had just fallen into the grass Huluyan, and he was already a small flag officer at a young age, and now he captured Shi Dayong, and made great contributions to Huluyan's successful capture of Shijiazhai Fort. As the saying goes, "The rafters that leave the ship rot first." "It's definitely not a good thing to be too windy, Xu Ma Gang is protecting himself.
Thinking of this, Feng Jian felt a fever in his heart, and felt a little grateful to Xu Ma Gang.
In fact, all the leaders present still have a good impression of Feng Jian, not only this time they obeyed the orders of Commander Xu to guard the gate of the village, wasting the opportunity to make a fortune, but also in Huluyan Cottage, getting along with the leaders here is also humble and polite.
Therefore, the leaders echoed Commander Xu one after another, saying that Feng Jian had made such a great achievement, and Commander Xu should be rewarded.
Feng Jian naturally didn't take the benefits that didn't come to heart, he bowed down and said: "Thank you for the love of the Grand Commander and the leaders, I Feng Jian has just arrived, and I will have to help the Grand Commander and the leaders in the future!" ”
After Feng Jian sat down in the corner, Xu Mabang said: "Just now, Brother Sun Fang led people to capture Master Shi's family, and found that they wanted to escape through the corner door behind the Shi Mansion. ”
Then his eyes turned to Hu Dadao, and he said excitedly: "Old Hu, you can talk about the harvest this time, so that the brothers are happy!" ”
"Yes, the Great Commander, after rough statistics, this time the historian copied out more than 300 taels of gold, more than 21,000 taels of silver, various jewelry, jewelry, jade, calligraphy and paintings, etc.; The three granaries of the Shi family actually hoarded more than 1,800 stones of grains and grains; In addition, thirteen war horses, more than 100 cattle, sheep and livestock were seized in the North Garden of the Walled Fort; In addition, there are some various farming implements and iron. Hu Dadao excitedly reported the seizure.
Xu Ma Gang's black face turned red, this seizure is only counted as food, which can save more than two months of food for the four thousand people in the cottage.
Everyone present applauded, Xu Mabang waved his hand, interrupting everyone: "It is also a difficult thing for this lot of property to be transported back to the cottage smoothly, this place is more than 30 miles away from Huluyan, and the return journey needs to pass through the two peaks of Sow Ridge and Mo Cone Mountain, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of a large number of goods and grains, especially Mo Cone Mountain and my Hulu Rock have made enemies, and all the brothers have to come up with ideas about this matter, how should we quickly and safely seize the Shifu and quickly transport it back to the cottage." ”
Hu Dadao said: "It's still the commander who is thoughtful, the villain reminded him long before preparing for this operation, the thieves of the Mill Cone Mountain have been eyeing each other, and we have escorted so many goods to pass by, once they are discovered by the Grinding Cone Mountain thieves, a bloody battle is inevitable." If it was just a robbery by the Mill Cone Mountain family. We have more than 500 guards in Huluyan, and this time we have seized a large number of weapons and blades from the Shi family, but we are not afraid, I am afraid that the thieves at the top of other peaks will see the wealth and unite with the thieves of Mocone Mountain, and ambush them halfway, then the goods we have worked hard to get will be dangerous! ”
Jiang San'er blurted out: "I'm afraid of where he came from!" More than 500 of us protected the goods and went on the road together, and the blind man dared to make up his mind, and Lao Tzu chopped him with a knife. ”
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