Chapter 14 The Bandits Attack on the Crowning Day
The days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, in September, the day of Xu Hui's crowning was approaching. During this time, the business of soap and toothpaste was very prosperous, and the wealth was rolling in, and the reaping profits were extremely rich. In particular, after the newly made sandalwood-scented soap and Tianqi mint-flavored toothpaste were paid tribute to Song Huizong, Longyan Dayue actually rewarded Li Miao's deputy envoy and Zhending prefect of Hebei West Road. And the Xu family also got a lot of benefits, Xu Zhong was reinstated as the training envoy of the Zhending Mansion Regiment, and was dismissed by General Ning Yuan, and Xu Hui, the unofficial dispatch of the militia training envoy, has not changed, but the scattered official has been promoted to the rank of Renyong Captain.
Most of the guests came to Xu's Mansion on the day before the coronation, that is, September 14, Li Miao, Yan Yi, Wu Pei, etc. came with heavy gifts, Li Miao also had to specially celebrities with iron to create a spear and a set of gilded chain mail, the spear is silvery-white, the whole body is made of iron, but see the tiger head bright silver spear carved with a small seal, the tip of the gun flashes cold, the tail of the gun is inlaid with a roaring tiger head, the whole gun is about two meters and twenty centimeters long, weighing forty-five pounds, Xu Hui took the spear, in the courtyard to make a set of family heirloom dragon guns, silver shines, see the guests admire. The forty-five-pound spear is in hand. And Yan Yi sent the best inkstone, which was also out of blood.
The coronation ceremony was held in the ancestral hall of the Xu family, that is, the chamber, presided over by Li Miao, and after tedious etiquette, at the end, Xu Hui also had his own expression, Wen Qian.
After the coronation ceremony, the Xu family feasted relatives and friends, and when everyone was eating and drinking, a subordinate ran in and whispered in Xu Chong's ear, only to see Xu Chong's face gloomy, whispering a few words to everyone on the table, confessing to the guests, and Li Miao, Yan Yi, Xu Hui and Xu Tong came to the study.
The atmosphere in the study was very dull, according to the family's story, it turned out that the bandits of Fenglongshan intercepted the goods of the Xu family, and more than 10,000 pieces of soap and more than 5,000 boxes of toothpaste were looted, and all the five people who went with him were killed, leaving only him alone to come back and report the news, saying that the Xu family should prepare 10,000 taels of silver, otherwise the Xu family fort would be washed in blood.
"The bandits of this Fenglongshan are all bandits, the big leader Liu Guangxiao, known as the one-eyed tiger, gathered 800 people, the officers and soldiers have been encircled and suppressed several times and failed to make contributions, and when the army is opened, this group of people is even more arrogant, suffering from the lack of infantry has been resigned, alas, I didn't expect to attack Xujiabao today." Li Miao sighed.
"Hmph, just a bandit, dare to peep into my Xujiabao, and he will definitely come and go." Xu Chong's momentum of the long-term battlefield was revealed, and he ordered his family to get weapons and armor.
"Daddy, don't worry, this matter is also strange, this one-eyed tiger is hindered by Daddy's prestige, and has not been an enemy of my Xu Jiabao for many years, and today I came to provoke, is it not someone behind my back." Xu Hui analyzed.
Wen Qian's words are reasonable, but who wants to be the enemy of the Xu family? And who can instruct the bandits who move to seal Longshan? Yan Yi asked.
"There is no urgency in this matter, it will be clear when this gang of bandits is defeated. Fenglong Mountain has 800 people and horses, it is impossible to send out the nest, I think he will send a maximum of 600 people, the bandits are brave to fight for a while, my Xu family trained 300 people, although there is no battle formation, but it is also a brave army, with Daddy and your uncles, you can definitely win all. Xu Hui said with a firm gaze.
Without waiting for everyone to discuss again, the family reported outside the door that the bandits from Fenglong Mountain had come and were provoking outside the west gate.
The people gathered the soldiers to take up their weapons and equipment, and went out of the west gate to form a formation. Xu Zhong hit his head, a chain mail, golden light, and an iron spear exuded a murderous aura under the sunlight. Xu Hui stepped forward and said, "That thief, dare to come to my Xu Jiabao, dislike Xu's spear, is it not good?" ”
"Xu Lao'er, my brother heard that the Xu family's business is prosperous, and there is a lot of money, and today is the day of the crowning in your mansion, we are here to ask for some reward, if you don't know each other, don't blame me for not missing the hometown." Liu Guangxiao was dressed as a nondescript general, holding a ring-headed broadsword in his hand, and replied immediately. With his voice, the bandits behind him rang out with uneven cheers and curses.
"The rabble, dare to make trouble here, I am the deputy envoy of Hebei West Road, the prefect Li Miao, will you not retreat?" Li Miao scolded loudly.
"Huh?" Liu Guangxiao didn't expect the Xu family to have such a big face and invited the prefect to come, it seems that the Feng family kid didn't tell the truth, although he was fierce, usually in the fish and meat township, but he didn't have the courage to move the prefect of a mansion, he couldn't help but be a little cowardly, but the most important thing in the green forest is a reputation, wouldn't it be a prestige to retreat like this, and it was a big deal to capture the bird prefect here and go to the Taihang Mountains to join the righteous brother, so he laughed and said: "I really didn't expect this little Xujiabao to have the great god of the Li Governor's Mansion, so as not to worry about the brothers, I captured you and asked the court for some reward. ”
"You!" Li Miao wanted to scold again, but Xu Chong stopped him, "Brother Yan Si, don't make trouble, Wen Qian, come forward and capture the leader of the thieves." ”
"Yes" Xu Hui heard his father call his name, and subconsciously replied, but immediately regretted it, although he is also a martial artist, but from later generations, he subconsciously resists this kind of heads-up behavior, but there is no way, since the father still has to be named, be careful, and just test how far his martial arts have become.
Liu Guangxiao saw a silver-armored young general coming out of the opponent's formation, and laughed and said, "Xu Lao'er, isn't it okay?" Send a doll up, how can you lose your life later, old five, come forward and fight him. ”
"Yes, big brother" A bandit of medium stature held a big knife, slapped his horse forward, and raised the big knife in his hand: "Doll, Lao Tzu's big knife does not kill the nameless, report the name?" The fifth child said what he heard from the play, which provoked Liu Guangxiao in the back and couldn't help but admire, the fifth child is good at learning.
"It's just a bandit, what kind of general, look at the gun." Xu Hui said, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the war horse galloped, and came to the front of the fifth child, and the fifth man was also shocked when he saw the fierceness of his coming, and the horizontal knife was in front, doing a defensive style.
"you, take your life." I saw the front hooves of the war horse under the seat raised, Xu Hui raised a spear ghostly upward, and then down a little, before the fifth child could react to what the sentence "you are numb" meant, he was shot in the head.
"Hiss" The bandits gasped, this doll's kung fu was so amazing.
On Xu Jiabao's side, seeing Xu Huiqi's victory, Li Miao and Yan Yi couldn't help but congratulate Xu Chong, both saying that Wen Qian's courage was no less than that of Changshan Zhao Zilong in the past, and Xu Chong also bowed slightly. followed by the Xujiabao militia group and shouted three times in unison; "Victory, victory, victory." The sound shook the sky, and the bandits on the opposite side couldn't help but retreat.
Liu Guangxiao knew that the momentum could not be lost, so he hurriedly ordered Dai Qin, the second general next to him, to step forward to marry the name of the young general. This Dai Qin is a Mongolian, about two meters tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a face full of meat, and a big axe in his hand.
Na Dai Qin slapped the horse and didn't speak, raised the big axe, pointed forward, and charged up when he came to Xu Hui's approach, Xu Hui raised his gun to block, and suddenly felt numb, and suddenly felt surprised by the strength of this strong man. Na Dai Qin was also surprised in his heart, few people could take the power of his axe, but he didn't expect this doll to have such strength.
Xu Hui knew that his strength was slightly inferior, and although the opponent's big axe was fierce, it was not very flexible, so he chose to fight, and the two sides fought back and forth for fifty rounds, and Dai Qin was a little impatient by Xu Hui's style of play, and immediately shouted, danced the big axe, and slashed several times.
Xu Hui was waiting for this moment, after blocking the money and grain axe with the sticky word trick in the dragon spear, the third axe was chopped down, and Xu Hui suddenly caught the opportunity, one move You Long three probes, the first shot pierced the head, was dodged by Dai Qin, the second shot pierced the heart Dai Qin twisted his body and was stabbed in the arm, the third shot pierced the horse's belly, and the horse was knocked down with one shot. Suddenly, Dai Qin also became a rolling gourd, and was thrown into a lot of meat and eight vegetarians, Xu Hui stepped forward to the tip of the spear to Dai Qin's denomination, and the people who came up behind him tied him back into the formation.
Liu Guangxiao saw that Dai Qin was captured, he was taken aback, waved his hand in a panic, and the bandits charged up, and at this time Xu Hui, who returned to the formation, raised his spear and pointed forward, and suddenly the drums in the Xujiabao formation sounded, the sword and shield soldiers were in front, and the pikemen were behind, and they pressed up step by step along the drum, and the one hundred archers in the auxiliary soldiers carried out three rounds of salvos in the same place, giving the bandits without armor a certain amount of damage, and the infantry of the two armies handed over the fire, Xu Hui's famous regiment practiced the technique of combined attack, a group of five, two sword and shield soldiers for defense, and three pikemen for attack, Although there was inevitably a hint of panic in dealing with the battle formation, in the face of the bandits whose morale was also lost, they scattered and fled with almost no casualties.
Liu Guangxiao saw that things were not good, and he also fled back to the mountains with a few henchmen.