Chen Chao is now like an ant on a hot pot.

After receiving Zheng Jing's report last night, Chen Chao immediately ordered Wang Sanhe, the captain of Zhuang Ding, to gather a team to guard the north and south gates. He didn't dare to send Zhuang Ding out, for fear of being ambushed by the ringing horse.

Zheng Jing's message only said that he would send troops to reinforce Bai Wei, and did not make a request to Chen Jiaya, and Chen Chao was happy to pretend to be confused. Chen Jiaya's soldiers were outnumbered, with a total of 100 people and 60 guns, half of which were old guns retired from Zhengjiazhuang, and there were few bullets. Chen Chao only hopes that his Zhuangzi will not have an accident.

Restless for half the night, the direction of Chen Jiaya and Zhengjiazhuang was too peaceful, but I didn't know what Bai Wei was, Chen Chao wanted to send someone to Bai Wei to take a look, when it was ugly, Chen Chao finally couldn't help it, called Wang Sanhe, and asked him to take twenty clever Zhuang Ding to Zhengjiazhuang first, and after asking about the situation, go to Bai Wei to see, it is also an attitude, not to mention that Xiao Guanyu is indeed good friends with himself.

Soon, Wang Sanhe ran back in despair, "Master, master, something is wrong, Zhengjiazhuang was opened by thieves__"

Chen was shocked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

"As soon as I took the brothers to the ditch, I heard a gun over there, and it was a mess, so I quickly took the brothers to touch it, and saw that the thieves had rushed into Zhengjiazhuang__"

"Nonsense! The walls of Zhengjiazhuang are high and thick, how can they be opened casually? How much effort did it take to hold the calf at the beginning? I will withdraw you from lying about the military situation__"

"It's true! I'm not alone."

Chen Chao immediately fell into an ice cellar.

The first feeling is that this time Chen Jiaya is over! Zheng Jiazhuang can't hold it, how can Chen Jiaya survive alone? Originally, he wanted to send someone to reconnoiter Bai Wei's situation, but Chen Chao, who gradually calmed down, thought that it was useless, although Bai Wei's strength was much stronger than Chen Jiaya, but since the thief could open Zhengjiazhuang, Bai Wei was naturally out of trouble.

What to do? Chen Chao, who confirmed that the situation was extremely critical, had the first feeling that he would flee and flee with his family. Chen Jiaya's decent rich family is his family, and he is the primary target when he enters the village. Money is still secondary, the key is that he has two young daughters (Chen Chao treats his niece Chen Shu as his own), which is too dangerous.

However, at this critical juncture, leaving behind the villagers who have always admired him to escape is really not in line with Chen Chao's consistent behavior.

What will be the result if you don't run?

The news inevitably spread, because Chen Jiaya and Zheng Jiazhuang were too close. Standing on the edge of Chenjiaya ditch, the situation of Zhengjiazhuang can be seen at a glance. In the morning, someone in Zhengjiazhuang had already taken advantage of the chaos to run to Chenjiaya for refuge, bringing the news of the fall of Zhengjiazhuang to Chenjiaya, which inevitably caused Chenjiaya's panic, and several elderly villagers in Zhuangzi coincidentally ran to Chen Chao's house to ask for countermeasures, but the countermeasures did not come out, but Chen Chao's family was terrified.

At this time, there was an unfortunate news that the rangers of the ringing horses were found outside the south gate of Chenjiaya, and several villagers who were about to flee were blocked, but fortunately, the cavalry of the thieves did not harm the villagers, but only drove them back. This news ruthlessly shattered Chen Chao's idea of taking his family to escape for refuge.

After discussing with a few bad old men, Chen Chao calmed down, sent a few old men away, scolded the crying You family, and asked her to stay at home with Chen Shu and Chen Xian honestly and don't go anywhere, Chen Jiaya has not been opened yet, what's the use of crying? However, Chen Shu was quite heroic, wearing a short backrest for practicing martial arts on weekdays, carrying a big knife, and seemed to be ready to fight. Chen Chao ordered his niece to put the knife away with a cold face, and embroidered her legs with a few strokes, what could she do?

Chen Chao asked Chen San, a long-term worker, to take care of the courtyard gate and not allow anyone in the family to go out. He personally went to the north gate to look at the direction of Zhengjiazhuang, and asked Wang Sanhe to closely monitor the thieves in Zhengjiazhuang, and resolutely resist if they attacked.

Wang Sanhe, who had a solemn face, pulled the owner aside, "Master, I'm afraid it's not okay." It's better to think differently. ”

"How? Well? "Chen Chao doesn't want to spend money to settle it, but will the thief agree?

Until noon, the thieves who had occupied Zhengjiazhuang had no movement to invade Chenjiaya. Chen Chao returned to his house uncertainly, didn't eat, and thought hard about countermeasures. The thieves who occupied Zhengjiazhuang seemed to have forgotten the Zhuangzi on the other side, which was very abnormal.

About a moment later, there was finally a movement that Chen Chao was both afraid and looking forward to, and Zhengjiazhuang, who had fallen into the hands of thieves, sent someone to send a letter, and the sender Chen Chao knew that it was Luo Tongxiu, a talented man from Zhengjiazhuang. To Chen Chao's deep surprise, it was Chen Chao's old acquaintance who came with Luo Tongxiu, Jiang Yun, who followed Mr. Long's entourage who had a good negotiation ten days ago.

Before he could open the letter, Chen Chao asked Jiang Yun first, "Why are you here?" How is Mr. Long? ”

Jiang Yun said with a smile, "My master is fine." All doubts, Chen Zhuang will know when he reads the letter. ”

Chen Chao opened the letter and read it, and couldn't help but be surprised.

The letter was written to Chen Chao in the tone of Long Qian, a hand-made regular script, the font is extremely beautiful, Long Qian made it clear in the letter that he was not a tourist, but the head of the Mengshan Army. The attack on Zhengjiazhuang was done by the Mengshan army. Now that Baiwei Town and Zhengjiazhuang are under the actual control of the Mengshan Army, Xiao Guanyu has been captured, and Zheng Jing has absconded and is missing. The reason why Chen Jiaya's idea was not beaten was because Mr. Chen was a sage in the world and was deeply respected by the villagers, which was completely different from Zheng Jing, who was full of evil in the fish and meat township. Now send Jiang Yun to pay his respects, and ask Mr. Chen to recognize the general trend and not to do anything unreasonable, Zhengjiazhuang's strength is by no means comparable to Chenjiaya, but the Mengshan army went down overnight, which is enough to prove that Long is not lying in vain. As long as Mr. Chen lays down his arms, Mengshanjun promises not to invade a single grass or tree in Chenjiaya.

After the letter, Long Qian said frankly that the previous visit to Guizhuang was really to reconnoiter the terrain and strength, and he didn't want to get to know Mr.

Chen Chao was furious when he saw it, and tore the letter to shreds with two of the three, "It's hateful that Chen is blind!" I didn't know the identity of Er, I'm really angry! If you want Chen to be a thief, don't think about it! You go and reply to your master and ask him to send troops! Chenjiaya would rather be a broken jade, not a tile! ”

Jiang Yun was not angry, "It's a pity, it's a pity!" It's hard to believe that the person who my commander admires so much is a fool! ”

was pointed out as a fool by a hairy child, which made Chen Chao unbearable, "What, you dare to insult me like this!" Come! ”

Two Zhuang Ding, who had big shoulders and round waists, rushed in, each grabbed one of Jiang Yun's arms, and waited for further instructions from the owner.

Wang Sanhe was still above Chen Chao, and hurriedly persuaded, "The owner of the village, the owner of the village, the two countries have not yet cut the ......."

"Phew! Mengshan thief, can he also be called an envoy? ”

"Becoming a king and defeating a king, how do you know that Commander Long can't break out of a new world? Since I dared to deliver the letter, I was ready to be killed by you, but it's ridiculous that you are such a fool and have blinded the eyes of the commander of my family! It doesn't matter, kill me, and the commander of my family will cut off a hundred and ten Chen Jiaya's heads to avenge me! Jiang Yun's face does not change.

Wang Sanhe quietly pulled the placket of Chen Chao's back behind his back.

Bai Wei and Zhengjiazhuang have fallen, Chen Jiaya's resistance is ridiculous, although Chen Chao is furious, but he knows very well in his heart that resistance is meaningless. What does it mean to kill Jiang Yun, Chen Chao knows it clearly......

"Master Chen," Luo Tongxiu, who had not spoken, finally spoke, "Master Chen, and the anger of the thunder......"

"Brother Tongxiu," Chen Chao coldly interrupted Luo Xiucai, "You have also read the sage books to the fullest, have you been a thief so quickly?" ”

"Brother Yue," there are only a few meritorious people in Sanzhuang, Luo Tongxiu is quite friendly with Chen Chao on weekdays, and he is no longer called Master Chen at this moment, "Brother Yue, don't lose your cool." It is true that the Mengshan army broke the village, but the military discipline was strict, and there was no crime in the autumn, which was by no means comparable to the general reckless and cracked grass cowards. For the sake of the thousands of villagers in Chenjiaya, I hope that Brother Yue will let go of this little brother who passed the message first, and everything can be discussed. ”

Chen Chao despised Luo Tongxiu extremely in his heart, the Mengshan thieves had just broken the village, how could they talk about strict military discipline, and there was no crime in the autumn? But Luo Tongxiu's last half of the sentence moved him, don't think about yourself, but also think about the thousands of people and children in the village, right? Not to mention his own family. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to let go of Jiang Yun, "Leave your dog alive for the time being." Did your master send you here just to deliver a message? ”

Jiang Yunwan smiled, "Thank you Mr. Chen for not killing," Although he is young, his courage and carefulness are counted in the whole army, otherwise Long Qian would not have selected him as the chief scout, this time he was sent to Chenjiaya to deliver a letter, Zhou Yi and Lu Shan expressed concern about his safety, what if Chenjiaya's dog jumped off the wall in a hurry? Anyway, the overall situation has been decided, and the two villages that are much stronger than Chen Jiaya have been taken down, the troops are not badly damaged, the ammunition has been replenished, and Chen Jiaya will not fall, just fight! Why take the risk? But Long Qian was confident and insisted on sending him over...... "Mr. Chen, please allow me to tell me the real situation. Bai Wei and Zhengjiazhuang have been down, the two villages are under the actual control of our army, whether it is Zhengjiazhuang or Bai Wei, they are vulnerable. Commander Long restrained the officers and soldiers, not to mention the ordinary people, even the Zheng and Baizhuang township soldiers who fought with our army last night, as long as they lay down their arms, our army will not be held accountable! If you don't believe me, you can ask this Mr. Luo. Zheng Jiazhuang and Bai Wei have no friendship with the commander of our family, let alone you? Our commander said that as long as Guizhuang is not an enemy of our army, our army will never attack Guizhuang by force! ”

"What you said is true?"

"It's true! That's what the dragon commander said. Since Brother Yue once had a relationship with him, it couldn't be better. The government can't count on it, and the current situation of Sanzhuang has to be maintained by Brother Yue. Without waiting for Jiang Yun to answer, Luo Tongxiu hurriedly said.

"Okay, since Long Huisi said so, I agreed, my Chenjiaya's township soldiers will never step across the ditch, and I hope that your army will not enter my Chenjiaya!"

Jiang Yun smiled, "Mr. Chen doesn't seem to have heard what the commander of my family meant. The commander of my family said very clearly in the letter, asking Chen Jiaya to lay down his arms, instead of relying on one hundred and ten broken guns to defend Zhuangzi, what is the situation in Zhengjiazhuang? It's not enough for our army to fight in the middle of the night, what is the matter with Chen Jiaya's 100 guns? The reason why the commander promised our army not to attack Guizhuang was entirely for the sake of the meal of the owner of Chenzhuang! Master Chen Zhuang should not be mistaken. Zhuangzi our army is sure to enter, Guizhuang's weapons must be confiscated, for the sake of Mr. Chen's golden face, our army promises not to arrest a person, let alone kill a person, of course, the matter of raiding the house can also be exempted, and even will not occupy the residence. But the troops must be stationed in Chenjiaya! This is non-negotiable. Negotiable, how to enter the village, the method of peace or the method of force? ”

"This," Chen Chao didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"The commander of my family said that the rules are all made by the strong. I, Meng Shanjun, am now the lord of Sanzhuang, and I guess Mr. Chen will not fail to see this fact. For the sake of Mr. Chen, our army will not disturb the people when entering the village, but Guizhuang can no longer hold weapons. What Luo Xiucai said just now is right, the government can't count on it, if the government is useful, why should your village spend money to train Zhuang Ding? In the future, the safety of Sanzhuang will be responsible for the Mengshan Army to ensure that no half of the thieves dare to step into Sanzhuang! Now I give Mr. Chen half an hour to consider, if Mr. Chen knows the current affairs, Guizhuang will immediately open the gate of the village, our army will send a small number of troops to station, Guizhuang will hand over all weapons before dark, disband the villagers, our army should abide by the agreement, never disturb the peace of Guizhuang. ”

Chen Chao did not answer Jiang Yun's request, but asked rhetorically, "What happened to Bai Wei's Xiao Zhuang Master?" ”

Jiang Yun smiled brightly, "Last night, our army headed Bai Wei, Xiao Guanyu was considered to be aware of current affairs, and ordered to stop resisting, Commander Long has always advocated not killing prisoners, so Lord Xiao Zhuang stayed in his courtyard well." ”

Chen Chao returned to the house, his wife You Shi, niece Chen Shu, and daughter Chen Xian were already in a hurry, "What's the matter?" How, exactly? ”

"What else?" Chen Chao said the request of the Mengshan army, "I hate that I am blind!" Last time, that Long Qian turned out to be a thief! He's here to find out what I'm doing! ”

"Huh?!" You Shi and Chen Shu exclaimed in unison.

The situation is stronger than the man. After Chen Chao consulted with several old men, he agreed to Mengshanjun's request. Ye Yanbing's platoon entered Chenjiaya, which had given up resistance, and began to count weapons and register the villagers. As Jiang Yun promised, these dozens of soldiers were well disciplined, and none of them trespassed into the houses, so they lived in the courtyard of the Chen family ancestral hall at night, but asked Chen Jiaya to provide some food, and even the rice was cooked by themselves.

For some reason, what Chen Chao wants to see most now is Long Qian. He asked the platoon commander who led the team, "Our commander is very busy, I don't know if he will come here." "Maybe I got Long Qian's instructions, the platoon commander surnamed Zhang said kindly Chen Chao.

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