Along the way, the four of them were anxious, returning to their hometown like arrows, hurrying and whipping, non-stop, day and night, encountering officers and soldiers, and rushing over for a while, instead of fighting, they rushed to their hometown.

Although, under the order of the culprit Demon Marshal Liu Sheng, the officers and soldiers slaughtered the village fiercely, how could they compare to the hearts of the four grandfathers, grandsons, masters and apprentices returning to their hometowns. In order to seize time, so that they could mobilize the fathers and villagers in their hometown before the arrival of the slaughter of the village, so the four of them immediately ran around and told the villagers that the officers and soldiers were going to slaughter the village and kill the common people. ”

The four of them told them what they had seen with their own eyes, and some of them said that although they still didn't believe it, they couldn't help crying uncontrollably when they saw them talking and talking, and they couldn't help but shed tears in fright, and they began to think about the bad things in their hearts.

But some people, under the blood and tears of the four of them and the true accusation, still believed, they saw the four of them like blood and tears of accusations, thinking that they are all adults, and what the adults say will not be false, and this is a matter related to their own life and death, not a trivial matter, at this critical moment of life and death, it is better to believe that they have something than believe in their inaction. As a result, many young and middle-aged people from various villages gathered together and came to Hongjiazhuang spontaneously.

On the first day of Hongjiazhuang, thousands of people came in one day. The next day, those who didn't believe it saw that many people believed it, and they all moved into Hongjiazhuang with their families, so they also believed it. Forced by the current situation and the safety of his family, he also moved into Hongjiazhuang from all directions, from the surrounding eight villages.

At this very moment, as soon as the people in Hongjiazhuang heard that the officers and soldiers were going to kill the civilians, they were also extremely terrified, and they all knew that there were many people with great strength, and there were many people who came together to follow Hong Renquan, the four grandsons, masters and apprentices, to guard the house, and the village would be safer. As a result, every household opened their doors and spontaneously came to accept the villagers from the neighboring villages who moved into Hongjiazhuang with their families from all over the village. For a time, several families merged into one family and came together to spend this terrible time with difficulty. In this case, people don't know how many more days they can live, so everyone doesn't care about everything, and they don't care about everything, as if they are living the end of the world.

The rich man in Hongjiazhuang also heard some rumors, and after confirming that the matter was true, he was first sad and sad. Later, I thought about it, at this critical moment of life and death, I still have to rely on these poor people to jointly protect their safety. Therefore, after accurately hearing that there was not a single grass or tree left in the places where the officers and soldiers went, they also found Hong Renquan one after another, and poured all the money, food, and property of his family into tribute, hoping that Hong Renquan would accept them well so that they could jointly defend Hongjiazhuang.

The rich owners of the neighboring villages, in this case, also knew that the only thing to save their lives now was to find Hong Renquan in Hongjiazhuang, let Hong Renquan go out, and quickly move everything in their family into Hongjiazhuang, and also determined to tide over the difficulties with the poor people in Hongjiazhuang and come to the same boat. At this time, they don't care about their identity as a rich man, as long as their family can first save their lives in peace and stability, as for the family wealth, they only need to have food in front of them, so within a few days, the rich owners of these neighboring villages also moved into Hongjiazhuang with their families.

Therefore, for a time, within a few days, more than 30,000 people gathered in Hongjiazhuang, and as many as 5,000 people could participate in the Self-Defense Forces armed with weapons. Those rich people also took out all the weapons in their homes for the self-defense team, and also took out all the iron tools for the self-defense forces to make weapons, and the rich man in Hongjiazhuang also paid tribute to all the houses, and decided to help the poor people who came with them to survive this difficult time of life and death.

Those blacksmiths who came from the four towns and eight villages also worked all night to speed up the production of weapons. In this way, by the time the officers and men arrived seven days later, they had become a self-defense force of more than 7,000 people with a certain amount of weapons and combat effectiveness.

And those officers and soldiers who came to slaughter the village did not know the changes that had taken place here. They slaughtered all the villages, and they killed them all without any effort. And when they came here, they saw that they had not yet been killed, and when they entered a village, they saw that the village was empty, and there were not even a single goose or duck in sight? Although they felt strange in their hearts, they did not think that there was already a team of self-defense here, and they all thought that maybe this was because the people here had heard the wind and had found a place to hide in the wilderness. So, when the officers and men saw that there was no one in the village, they all came out of the village again, and they all went out into the wilderness one after another to look for people.

But this time, strangely, no one was found in the wild. As a result, the officers and men all wondered in their hearts, and they all said to themselves, "Where are all these damned villagers hiding this time?" So they went into the village again to look for them in every house, thinking that they were all hiding at home.

However, they went back to the village to look for it again, but after this careful search, some people who did not believe in Hong Renquan in the village were frightened when they saw that the officers and soldiers were really coming, so they temporarily hid the people at home, and some of them were found by them. As soon as the officers and men found these people, they were like flies finding blood, and they were immediately very happy, and with three strikes and two blows, they happily hacked people to death, picked them to death with guns, and then went to find people according to the experience of finding people this time. But they searched and searched, and there were few people who could find them, but there were still many people who couldn't find them, and only a few households were found in a village, and most of the households were not found. Those officers and men were puzzled again, and turned the village upside down, and when they saw that they could no longer find anyone, they had no choice but to go to the wilderness, and according to the experience of finding a few families in the village this time, they went to the field to find people, but they still couldn't find anyone in the wilderness. So, I remembered it again, and then followed the bird's flying trail to find someone.

So, those officers and soldiers, all over the mountains and over the ages, in teams, and trips, were all looking for birds. But when the birds saw them, they all flew in the direction of Hongjiazhuang. They followed the bird across the village and Yueling, and they all ran in the direction of Hongjiazhuang.

In this way, I saw that those officers and soldiers, all in groups, came out of the village, all over the mountains, and followed the traces of birds from all directions to the outside of Hongjiazhuang. When they came to the outside of the village, they saw that the birds they were staring at had flown down to Hongjiazhuang. So this group of officers and men, groups of men and men, holding all kinds of bloody steel knives and all kinds of weapons in their hands, happily raised the blood-smelling spears in their hands outside the village, and the broadswords cheered, and some officers and soldiers even jumped and shouted with joy and excitement: "Okay, it turns out that they are all hiding in this village, and there are still people in this village." ”

Screaming, they saw that this village was different from other villages. The village has also built a wall, and the wall looks very new and very tall, as if it had only been built. When I looked closer, I saw that although the village was walled, all four gates were open. So, seeing these strange phenomena, these officers and soldiers who killed people and killed red-eyed people did not feel strange, but hurriedly finished cheering, and while they were happy to cheer, they waved the weapons in their hands, and with the heat of cheering in their brains, they boldly and unscrupulously rushed into Hongjiazhuang without even thinking about it.

But they never dreamed that they would not return this time. These executioners, who rushed to the front when they heard that the village was slaughtered, came in one by one, and they were all captured alive, and they could not enter or leave when they saw it. When Shen Shijie led the team to come, he saw that his generals had entered and returned without a trace, and he wondered in his heart, and said in his heart that since he was ordered by the marshal to slaughter the village, he had not lost a single soldier, and all the villages he passed through were killed and killed, and the soldiers were shouting to kill when they saw everyone, why did his subordinates only see them entering and not coming out today? After only going in for a while, there was no movement without even shouting to kill, what is the reason for this? Could it be that he has met a richer rich man without seeing anyone? What is a better treasure? But he didn't know the situation and didn't dare to move forward rashly, so he hurriedly reported to the general, and his brother Shen Shi always knew.

When Mr. Shen Shi heard the news, he also hurried to the outside of Hongjiazhuang to restrain his horse and watch carefully, and saw that this village was indeed a little different from other villages. When he was about to go in other villages to slaughter the village, there were still people who kept looking at the head of the village, or they ran away in fright when they saw them, and most of the villages did not have walls, and they came and went at will, as if they were in a no-man's land. And the village in front of him, it seems that this wall has only been built for a short time, and it looks very strong, the wall door is wide open, but there is no one on the gatehouse, the door, and the wall, why is this? Shen Shi always felt strange, so he didn't dare to rush in, so he lined up people into the village to see the reality.

But after the people who were discharged also went in, there was no movement when they didn't see the shouts of killing, and no one came back to report the situation, so they realized that something was wrong, so they said to themselves: "What the hell is going on? Since I slaughtered the village, I have slaughtered many villages, killed countless people, all the old, young, young, men, and women, but I have never encountered such a situation, is this really the same as Shijie said? When they went in, did they really meet some rich man's treasure? I robbed the baby and didn't want to come out? Or are there many beautiful women in it, and they all want to be sons-in-law in it and don't want to come out?"

But if you think about it again, when you observe, you feel that something is wrong, if you grab the baby, then there is a reason for not fighting the baby? If you fight, is there a sound? But now you don't hear the sound of a fight, they won't go in and see the baby get the same treasure without fighting or grabbing, right? Someone has to see it and don't grab it, or don't see it and see someone else get it to grab it, so how can there be no sound of robbing? Will there be a time when no one comes back to report the situation? Could it be that the rich man of this village would have so many treasures to rob? Could it be that one or several people would get one? Only in this way would there be no more sound of robbing treasures and fighting.

Another is that they really met beautiful women when they went in, and they were all attracted by beautiful women, and they all scrambled to have fun with beautiful women first. So there was no sound, and they didn't come out to report the situation, for fear that we would go in and disturb their good deeds, and this possibility was also possible.

Another possibility is that the situation in this village is indeed special, how can there be a wall in the village for no reason? Could it be that there are anti-thieves in it? Could it be that Tang Sai'er's anti-thieves are hiding in this village? Could it be that this is the old nest of Tang Sai'er's anti-thieves?"

When Shen Shi always thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't dare to be careless, but he was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he said in his heart: "Tang Sai'er anti-thief was defeated in Qingzhou, and there are not many troops left, it seems that today is the time for me to make a great contribution, if I want to catch Tang Sai'er anti-thief, I must not let go of this good opportunity to make meritorious service." So, in order to ensure safety, that is, the timid and meritorious Shen Shizong, he was very cautious to transfer all the 8,000 men and horses he led, surrounded Hongjiazhuang from all directions, and ordered Hugh to let go of a thief, be sure to kill them all, and be sure to catch Tang Sai'er against the thief.

So Shen Shizong personally led an army at the north gate, his younger brother Shen Shijie led an army to the west gate, and his two generals Li Yugui and Song Tianbao each led an army to the south gate and the east gate respectively.