Chapter 43: A Critical Moment
"We have to organize the charcoal burners. Fight with them! Shao Dong said his idea.
"Liu Shantang started killing people, and he will never be polite to us! Let all the members of the Chuxia Salvation Association gather quickly! ”
After listening to Feng Qingluan's words, Shao Donglai hurriedly notified the charcoal burners, and the charcoal burners passed on one by one, and soon more than 2,000 people gathered.
"Liu Shantang has already attacked us, we naturally can't let him bully, everyone takes up arms and fights them to the end!"
Feng Qingluan shouted.
"Listen to me, Liu Shantang's villagers are at most 300 people, and many of them are our former charcoal burners, let's not be afraid of him, if you don't have weapons, pick up wooden sticks, shovels, and fight with them!" Shao Donglai's voice was loud and resolute.
"We are the people of the Chuxia National Salvation Association, we are called the Chuxia National Salvation Army, we are playing the banner of the Chuxia National Salvation Army, I think the people of the Chuxia National Salvation Association in other places will also help us!"
Feng Qingluan said, the crowd was excited!
"Folks, Uncle Zhang, they were killed in the ancestral hall of Liu Shantang's family, and now we will burn down the ancestral hall of the Liu family!"
Shao Donglai waved his hand and led everyone to the Liu family ancestral hall.
Liu Shantang's villagers saw that they were powerful, and they had already run away, and Liu Shantang fled with Liu Hongrui's family and disappeared.
When everyone arrived at the door of the Liu family ancestral hall, it was already empty.
Shao Donglai ordered: "Fire the Liu family ancestral hall!" ”
Feng Qingluan looked at the raging fire and knew that Liu Shantang would never give up.
"Donglai, since we have raised the banner of the Chinese National Salvation Army, we will truly build these people into an army, and you will be the regimental training envoy!"
Feng Qingluan said it and announced it to everyone.
Shao Donglai immediately said that he would never disappoint everyone's high expectations.
Everyone burned down the ancestral hall of the Liu family and broke into the Liu family compound.
"You take out all the things in the Liu family's compound, remember, these things belong to the Chu Xia Salvation Association, and we have to distribute these things uniformly!" Feng Qingluan commanded.
The charcoal burners usually hate the Liu family to death, but now when they enter the Liu family's compound, they all feel angry.
Everyone collected all the things in the Liu family's compound, including grain, cloth, livestock, and money.
Feng Qingluan asked people to register these things.
He called this army the Cangqingshan Detachment of the Chuxia National Salvation Army, and the headquarters of the detachment was temporarily located in the Liu family compound.
Shao Donglai asked people to sew the Qinglong Flag, and organized everyone into dozens of squads, with members of the Chu Xia Salvation Association serving as the leaders of each squad.
Everything looks disorganized, but the real situation is in order.
Feng Qingluan summoned the team leaders for a meeting!
"Now our main task is to raise supplies, the Liu family compound can't stay for a long time, we have to find a safe place!"
Feng Qingluan said eloquently: "Tell me, where is the safest?" ”
"I think we are still on the Cangqing Mountain, the Cangqing Mountain stretches for eight hundred miles, the mountains are majestic, the trees are numerous, as long as we occupy the Cangqing Mountain, Liu Shantang and the army in the official mansion will have nothing to do with us!" A young strong man said.
"Are you familiar with Cangqing Mountain, what's your name?"
Feng Qingluan asked.
"Our ancestors have been hunters of Cangqing Mountain for generations, my name is Kou Jingyu, Cangqing Mountain is eight hundred miles away, and I have almost been to hundreds of mountains, as long as we get to Cangqing Mountain, Liu Shantang has nothing to do with us!"
Kou Jingyu is like a treasure!
"Kou Jingyu, can you take us to Cangqing Mountain?" Feng Qingluan asked.
"Of course you can, I've already thought about it, this Liu family compound can't be entered, and we can't guard it, let's go to Cangqing Mountain safely!"
"If you have any opinions on Kou Jingyu's words, if you don't have an opinion, we will take things to Cangqing Mountain!" Feng Qingluan said.
"Brother Feng, we can go to Cangqing Mountain, but in the depths of Cangqing Mountain, there is a group of bandits, who are haunted, and they are afraid of being disadvantaged by us!" Shao Donglai said with some concern.
"We are not afraid of this, we people will also occupy the mountain as kings, if they are not good for us, we will take them down!" Feng Qingluan said with a smile.
The Chu Xia National Salvation Army confiscated a lot of things and silver money in the hands of the rich people in the Liu family's compound and the surrounding areas, and Feng Qingluan asked people to send these things to the broken Taoist temple first.
Naturally, Liu Shantang was unwilling to be robbed.
Xiu Nan, the county shou of Tianshuo County, looked at Liu Shantang's emergency document and knew that the charcoal burners had rebelled.
As for whether to send a large army to conquer and suppress, he hesitated for a while.
The garrison Chai Sheng said to him: "Marshal, we have now surrendered to Wu Shaoguang of Cangyuan City, Wu Shaoguang ordered to clear the Chu Xia Salvation Association, if we have the Chu Xia Salvation Association in Tianshuo County, it is inevitable that all these chaotic ministers and thieves in the world will flock to it, in my opinion, we still send a large army to conquer and destroy these ghosts!" ”
After listening to Chai Sheng's words, Yuan Xiunan made up his mind and asked Chai Sheng to lead 5,000 men and horses to go to the expedition, and asked people to send a letter to Wu Shaoguang overnight to ask him what he thought.
Chai Sheng led the men and horses straight to Cangqing Mountain, unaware of the ghosts along the way, and asked people to quietly inform Liu Shantang, Liu Shantang saw Yuan Xiunan sending troops, his heart was happy, and he greeted dozens of miles.
Chai Sheng saw Liu Shantang and asked, "How many people are there in the rebellious army?" ”
Liu Shantang replied, "At least 5,000 people!" ”
Hearing that there were so many rebels, Chai Sheng groaned slightly.
"My lord, don't worry, although there are many rebels, they are all charcoal burners, a group of rabble, they don't have decent weapons, how to fight!"
Hearing Liu Shantang say this, Chai Sheng was relieved. Immediately ordered the gods to be unaware and unaware of the ghosts, and the soldiers were sent to the Liu family's compound.
There is a young villager next to Liu Shantang, his name is Liu Wenjie, who is his family, but the young man is not used to the Liu family's bullying and goodness, he saw that there were so many people in Tianshuo County, and he was secretly worried about those charcoal burners.
Because he is his own family, Liu Shantang trusts him a lot, so he has always followed Liu Shantang.
Chai Sheng's men and horses are regular troops, more than enough to deal with those charcoal burners, if Chai Sheng's sneak attack is successful, the charcoal burners will be caught off guard, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
He kept thinking about it, and finally decided to report to the charcoal burners.
Liu Shantang led his subordinates to serve as a guide for Chai Sheng.
"Big brother, I'll go to Gong!"
He whispered to Liu Shantang, and Liu Shantang glared at him: "The lazy donkey grinds, and there is a lot of feces and urine." He burrowed into the nearby forest.
He knew that if he copied the path, he could get half a day earlier than these people.
He no longer hesitated, and went straight to the Liu family's compound.
Liu Shantang saw that Liu Wenjie was gone, and immediately understood that he had gone to report the news, but he didn't dare to make a noise, so he had to bury his head and hurry.
Liu Wenjie trotted all the way, he knew that as long as he hurried a little longer, the charcoal burners would have more chances to live.
The Liu family's compound is still a busy scene!
Although many things have been transported to Cangqing Mountain, all the work has been carried out at this time, and people around Cangqing Mountain continue to join the Chuxia National Salvation Army.
Feng Qingluan and Shao Donglai didn't know that Chai Sheng's army had attacked. Kou Jingyu sorted out affairs in the Taoist temple.
"Shao Tuanlian, someone asks to see you!"
Shao Donglai agreed, and then someone brought a young man, who was Liu Wenjie.
Liu Wenjie has always been by Liu Shantang's side, and everyone knows him.
"Liu Wenjie, why are you here?" Shao Dong asked.
"Tianshuo County sent the garrison Chai Sheng to lead 10,000 horses and horses, and immediately arrived at the Liu family's compound!" Liu Wenjie said breathlessly.
"What?" Feng Qingluan and Shao Donglai exclaimed at the same time, after all, they were still young.
"Thank you, Liu Wenjie!" Feng Qingluan immediately regained his composure and said, "Liu Wenjie, you leave Li Shantang to report to us, and we Chuxia Salvation Association welcome you to join!" ”
Liu Wenjie said: "I am also from a poor background, I can't bear to watch them being slaughtered by Chai Sheng and them, so I came to report to you!" ”
Shao Donglai said: "Liu Wenjie gave us such important information and saved thousands of us. ”
"Hurry up and pass the order, the things here are gone, everyone rush to the Cangqing Mountain Taoist Temple!" Feng Qingluan gave an order.
The atmosphere in the Liu family's compound suddenly became tense.
"Don't bring anything with you, get up immediately and rush to Cangqing Mountain!" Shao Donglai shouted loudly.
Dozens of squad leaders hurriedly organized people, and everyone also knew that the matter was urgent, and under the command of Feng Qingluan, they quickly gathered and rushed to Cangqing Mountain.
The mountain road was rugged, and a few squad leaders rushed over panting and said to Feng Qingluan and Shao Donglai: "There are many people who are grabbing things, and they don't want to go to Cangqing Mountain!" ”
When Feng Qingluan heard them say this, she was very anxious and wanted to go back and explain the situation to them and ask them to hurry over.
Shao Donglai hurriedly stopped him.
"Brother Feng, it's too late now, those people who rob things are not our charcoal burners, I see, there are many of them who are the families of those landlords and old money, their purpose in joining our Chuxia Salvation Association is not pure, I heard that their master is here, where will they follow us up the mountain!"
Feng Qingluan listened to his words, pondered carefully, and had some truth.
Shao Donglai said in a low voice: "If we can fight with Chai Sheng, it will frustrate his morale and let our Huaxia National Salvation Army be mighty!" ”
"I'm afraid this won't work, our Chinese National Salvation Army has just been established, the sergeants have not been trained, and they have no combat effectiveness at all, so it is important for us to preserve our vitality!" Feng Qingluan said that, and ordered everyone to move forward at full speed.
Liu Shantang took Chai Sheng and quietly rushed to the Liu family's compound. Although there was a lot of noise in the courtyard of the Liu family, after the surrounding, almost all the people caught were the family members of the bullies and the old rich.
But Chai Sheng didn't care about this, he thought that these people were rebels, and ordered them all to be beheaded. Liu Shantang didn't dare to intercede for them, he knew that Chai Sheng didn't know that the news had been leaked, otherwise, how could he be reconciled with him.
"Liu Shantang, just these rabble, and Tianshuo County wants to make a big move, how do you do this group practice!"
Chai Sheng was furious.
"Their elite people have all gone to Cangqing Mountain, these people are all gangsters who grab things!" Liu Shantang had no choice but to say so.
"Alright! We fence the green mountains, and not a single bird is allowed to go," Chai Sheng said viciously.