Chapter 57: Ambush
Two days later, Huangshan Dun.
Liu Dayu frowned and leaned on a bamboo chair, and a letter was placed on a small offering table in front of him, and the envelope was impressively covered with the seal of the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village.
At this time, Liu Dayu pondered for a while, then looked to the side, and Jia Jinglang, the head of the Xu family, was sitting next to him, looking over with an angry face.
"Liu Zongqi, you also understand what the old lady meant, now that the inspection documents issued by Dai Baihu are here, I think you can gather people as soon as possible and work hard."
Liu Dayu subconsciously nodded in agreement, and then said: "Inspect the salt drying field, this is the means on the surface, I don't know if there is a saying from Wang Weizhen, the officer of the management team?" ”
"Wang Weizhen?"
Jia Jinglang snorted coldly and said: "He is already on Liu Yan's side, if it weren't for Jia Hongyu, the chief flag officer under Wang Weizhen, the night before yesterday, I would have led people to catch up with Liu Yan's subordinates!" ”
"Speaking of which, this matter was handled bypassing the management officer Wang Weizhen, and if he asks about it in the future......"
Jia Jinglang got up angrily and said: "Mr. Liu has not forgotten, this is the Xu family's business, and the old lady is your uncle!" Even if Wang Weizhen wants to settle accounts afterwards, we also have the support of Dai Baihu, and the old lady is in town, what are you afraid of! ”
Liu Dayu sneered in his heart, after all, he was the chief flag officer of Wangjiazhuang, and he was under the jurisdiction of Wang Weizhen, so he naturally had such worries.
So Liu Dayu said: "I think this is good, I will immediately gather people and horses to set off, and when I arrive at the salt drying field, I will send someone to inform the management officer." In this way, the team manager has no time to inform Liu Yan, and there is no excuse to settle accounts afterwards, how about it? ”
Jia Jinglang said dissatisfiedly: "Anyway, I have already conveyed the matter, how to do it is your business, and you will bear it yourself if something goes wrong!" ”
After speaking, Jia Jinglang walked away.
Liu Dayu snorted viciously and scolded: "A bullshit leader dares to talk to me like this, it's really unbelievable!" ”
On the same day, Liu Dayu sent someone to contact Shen Wenyun, the head of the Shagou Dunjia, and Liu Qunyi, the head of the Fengshan Dunjia, and asked the two to gather people and horses to come to the meeting at the cost of each person getting two thousand catties of sea salt.
At the same time, Liu Dayu also made a bloody investment, and gathered all the wanderers he gathered on weekdays, together with the three dun armies and young men of the chimney dun, and gathered more than 330 people in two days.
Looking at the people gathered inside and outside the Huangshan Pier, although Liu Dayu was still a little worried, he was also a little complacent, beckoning Liu Qunyi and Shen Wenyun to drink in his house, and the three of them planned to go to the Dapanbao salt field tomorrow.
On this night, Shen Tuo rode his horse into Dapanbao and came to the General Flag Hall to see Liu Yan.
"I've seen Mr. Liu, and I've brought news below."
Then Shen Tuo leaned over and whispered something in Liu Yan's ear. I saw that Liu Yan suddenly exuded a burst of evil energy, and said with a sneer: "The old thief of the Xu family and Liu Dayu are also going to do it?" I really didn't expect them to think of using official means! ”
Shen Tuo said with some worry: "The master of the management team is worried about the conspiracy of the old thief of the Xu family, so he has been secretly inquiring about the news in Xia for the past few days. ”
"Liu Zongqi should deal with it carefully, this time Liu Dayu should have the official document in his hand from the Qianhu Office in Xiahe Village, this matter is not trivial, if you don't get it right, it will be Shangguan to ask!"
Liu Yan said: "I know, Brother Shen has worked hard this time, I will let people prepare some food, and Brother Shen will rest here for the night." ”
Shen Tuo shook his head and said, "No, I'll go back to the mountain pier overnight." ”
"Okay then."
Saying that, Liu Yan took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Shen Tuo, saying, "Brother Shen, don't be surprised, I didn't buy the silver for the news, but for my own brother, and please don't dislike Brother Shen." ”
Shen Tuo smiled faintly, accepted the silver and said, "Then Liu Zongqi will take care of himself and leave first." ”
After sending Shen Tuo away, Liu Yan convened several small flag officials to discuss the matter. At this time, except for the small flag official Zhang Yi stationed at the salt field, the rest of Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming were all in the fort. When everyone arrived in the General Flag Hall, Liu Yan informed everyone of the news sent by Shen Tuo.
"As soon as tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, Liu Dayu will gather two or three hundred people from Huangshan Dun, Fengshan Dun, Shagou Dun and other places to go to the salt field, and now Liu Dayu has the inspection documents of the Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village, and this time he is rushing to seal our salt field!"
Several people were excited, and Chen Xun shouted directly: "Captain A, let's gather people and horses to wait for Liu Dayu in the salt drying field, I don't believe it, this time I will kill him!" ”
Wang Yue also stood up to express his loyalty, and said: "Captain A rest assured, as long as Captain A gives an order, we will fight with Liu Dayu and others to the end, and there will be no words!" ”
Miao Shao said with some worry: "Since Liu Dayu has the official document of the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village in his hand, then he has nothing to fear, and even wishes that we can do it, so that he can use the relationship of the Qianhu Office to sanction the first chief, this matter cannot be impulsive, it must be discussed in the long run!" ”
Several people immediately argued, Liu Yan signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Since Liu Dayu and the old thief of the Xu family have made another move, then I can't let them down." ”
"Send the order: all the banners will cook at midnight and set off in half an hour."
Liu Yan immediately began to deploy: "Chen Xun, the little flag officer, led his troops to garrison Dapanbao. In addition, he sent someone to inform Zhang Yi, the small flag officer, and ordered him to lead his troops to defend the salt drying field, and be more vigilant in the past two days. The rest of the flags set off with me in the middle of the night, preparing to ambush Liu Dayu's headquarters halfway! ”
Everyone was excited when they heard this, Liu Yan was really not afraid of heaven and earth, if anyone dared to be an enemy of Dapanbao, he would directly kill the general, without the slightest hesitation. Of course, Liu Yan is not an ordinary reckless man, and every time he makes a move, he is carefully considered.
Miao Shao reminded: "Chief A, then Liu Dayu still has the official documents of the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village in his hands, let's attack rashly, will it make the situation uncontrollable?" ”
Liu Yan sneered and said, "Kumon? Where is the official document, who gives the official document! Did you see that? ”
Miao Shao was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "My subordinates didn't see it, it should be Liu Dayu's bastard." ”
In the early morning of the next day, Huangshangang.
Huangshangang is a small hill that is not too big, a radius of more than ten miles, dense vegetation, tortuous terrain, there is an official road passing through here, but because of disrepair, it is not very easy to walk, in case of rain and snow, this official road will become muddy, not to mention the carriage and horses, even the hike can hardly pass.
At this time, Liu Yan led Wang Yue, Miao Shao, and Wang Bo to ambush on the Huangshan Gang, which is a halfway mountainside, with lush shrubs, and can overlook the official road below, which is very hidden.
Wang Bo came over with his waist and whispered to Liu Yan: "Captain A, Xu Xiaoqi has already led the night flag to Huangshandun, after our side succeeds, Xu Xiaoqi will raid Huangshandun, Fengvolcano Dun and Shagou Dun according to the plan. ”
Liu Yan nodded, and said to Wang Bo, Wang Yue, and Miao Shao: "The bird fighters of each department are the main force this time, and after two rounds of salvos, they must disrupt the enemy's formation and kill and injure the enemy's forces with as many salvos as possible. ”
"Yes!"
While speaking, Liu Yan suddenly saw a flock of birds in the woods in the north, and hurriedly signaled everyone to prepare for battle, a total of forty-five bird guns in the three banners had been filled, and all of them lay behind the mounds that had been temporarily piled up on the ground, and stretched out a pole bird guns, all aimed at the official road below.
The remaining dozens of pikemen and sword and shield bearers were assembled in the back, and Wang Bo, Wang Yue, and Miao Shao were also on standby over there, and when Liu Yan gave an order, the three of them led their troops to rush down.
It didn't take long for Liu Yan, who was lying next to the bird's hand, to see a figure, and saw Liu Dayu wearing a cotton armor walking in the front, beside him were Liu Qunyi and Shen Wenyun, and there were more than a dozen well-equipped dun soldiers around the three of them, which should be the family of the three.
Then the team walked along the official road, Liu Yan also frowned slightly, Liu Dayu brought at least 200 people this time, it is estimated that there are nearly 300 troops, it seems that Liu Dayu is ready to die.
"Humph! Now that you're here, don't go! ”
By the time Liu Dayu and his group passed through the ambush site, half of the team of more than 300 people had already passed, and Liu Yan suddenly shouted: "Fight!" ”
Forty-five bird guns fired instantly, the straight-line distance between this halfway mountainside and the official road was only more than 30 steps away, plus Liu Dayu and the others were in a hurry, everyone was crowded on the official road, so this round of salvo was huge, at least more than 30 people fell to the ground in response, and most of them were directly killed!
"There's an ambush!"
Liu Dayu suddenly exclaimed, only to feel that his hairs were blowing up, who would attack him here? The answer is self-explanatory!
Immediately afterwards, there was another volley, and the men and horses on the official road were shot down again, and the whole team was already in chaos.
After all, these 300 or so people were all put together by Liu Dayu temporarily, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a rabble, among which the number of people who can fight is only a few dozen at most, and the rest of the people are all young and strong military households in various places, and even wanderers everywhere, which are just a few people.
At this time, Liu Dayu was already completely anxious, and shouted loudly, asking Liu Qunyi to rush to the end of the team to command, and everyone immediately retreated.
"Shen Zongqi, you immediately organize a counterattack and rush up for me!"
Shen Wenyun's eyes widened, he looked at Liu Dayu and said angrily: "You are just a chief flag officer, why should you command me!" The fire is fierce over there, why don't you rush up with someone! ”
Liu Dayu said angrily: "Okay! I'll lead people to rush up, you lead people to detour and attack on the side, you must be fast, otherwise everyone will die! ”
At this time, Shen Wenyun stopped arguing, and was about to take his men and horses to detour to the halfway up the mountain, but he caught a glimpse of Liu Qunyi at a glance.
At this time, Liu Qunyi was lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, there were four blood holes on his body, and he was gurgling blood out, and the people were already angry, and the surrounding dun army and military households were running around, and the entire official road was full of people, completely blocking the already not wide official road, where is there room to mobilize people and horses and reorganize the team?
Shen Wenyun's eyes rolled, and then he took a few family members and prepared to run away, but was directly stopped by Liu Dayu: "Why are you going!" ”
"You're blind, you can't win this battle, now don't run and wait for death!"
Liu Dayu was furious, this victory or defeat is related to the survival of the Xu family, as well as his own glorious future, and now there are more than 200 people on the official road, how can he run for his life?
So Liu Dayu drew his knife and pointed at Shen Wenyun, and was about to reprimand loudly, when there was another volley on the mountainside, and more than 30 people on the official road suddenly fell, and the rest of the people and horses suddenly exploded.
"Gather your men and follow me!"
Liu Dayu gritted his teeth and said, suddenly there was a crowd of people on the mountainside, and then he was horrified to see dozens of spearmen and sword and shield men rushing down, directly rushing the subordinates on the official road to pieces, and there was no power to fight back at all.
"That's ......"
Liu Dayu saw Wang Yue in the crowd at a glance, and immediately roared angrily: "Kill, kill me!" ”
But at this time, no one obeyed Liu Dayu's orders, and even Shen Wenyun took the opportunity to run back, but he was very unlucky to meet Liu Yan himself.
"Where to go!"
Liu Yan slashed hard, and the sharp Yanling knife cut off half of Shen Wenyun's shoulders and his head, and the blood mist suddenly sprayed out, and the surrounding Huangshan Dunjun and Qingzhuang ran away screaming, looking at Liu Yan as if he had seen a demon, he didn't dare to step forward at all.
Then Liu Yan saw Liu Dayu, and under the protection of Wang Bo and several spearmen, he killed Liu Dayu.