Chapter 43: Rescuing the Ma Family [Chapter 2]
Under Zhao Yuan's organization, the city walls at both ends of East Street were quickly dismantled, and more than 5,000 elite laborers were divided into two groups, one group of more than 3,000 people, mainly composed of disaster victims who had cleared the wasteland. The other group of 2,000 people were mostly tenants from Xujiaqiao and workers from Wanjiaqiao. After all, the tenants are more familiar with the locals of Xujiaqiao than those who are affected by the wasteland, even if they don't know each other, they all have a familiar face and will not kill each other.
Both groups had a kitchen knife in their waists and carried weapons such as bamboo poles and hoes. To avoid cannibalism, a white towel was tied to each person's head. This white towel is very useful, not only can you distinguish the enemy, but also can keep warm and bandage wounds......
After Zhao Yuan explained some matters, he immediately set off in two ways.
In fact, Zhao Yuan's explanation is very simple, telling everyone not to be alone, not to drop the towel on the head, and it is best to have a spare towel on the body.
As Zhao Yuan said, at this time in Xujiaqiao Town, there were small groups of mobs everywhere, they broke in, burned and looted, the evil in the heart of human nature was completely released because of hunger and cold, Xujiaqiao was full of crying and screaming, some mobs began to set fire, many houses were burned, and the sky was filled with black smoke.
More than 2,000 able-bodied laborers from the end of East Street began to hunt down the small mob.
Compared with the number of mobs with about dozens of hundreds, this team has an absolute advantage, all the way like a wolf and a tiger, when they see the mob, they rush up, hoes and flat shoulders and kitchen knives fly wildly, the mob is a rabble that is temporarily entangled together, facing an enemy several times their own, immediately collapsed, crying father and mother scattered and fled.
In fact, the mob army went to Ma's house, and there were not many mobs left in Xujiaqiao to burn and loot, after all, in the complex lanes of Xujiaqiao, it is not suitable for thousands of people to attack. Of course, the most important thing is that the mob knows that there is not much food in the homes of ordinary people, and there is simply not enough to plug the teeth of thousands of people.
The pace of advancement is fast.
In order to increase efficiency, four groups of more than 2,000 people, a group of 500 people, began to advance rapidly, and converged at the end of the Xujiaqiao Bridge at the end of West Street.
At this time, the people of the Wan family have already killed the red eyes, as long as they see the ragged and suspicious people, they immediately rush up, knives and sticks, countless mobs died tragically, the streets and alleys of Xujiaqiao, like hell, everywhere are mutilated corpses, dried blood coagulated into ice, shocking.
The large mob in Xujiaqiao Town was quickly dispersed, and some of the sporadic mobs were unable to stir up any storm and began to flee into the wilderness. At the same time, the locals of Xujiaqiao began to organize a rebellion, chasing and blocking the mob in the lanes.
In less than two hours, the situation of the mob, which was already arrogant, took a turn for the worse and became a street rat.
Soon, everyone went all the way to the head of the Xujiaqiao Bridge on West Street to converge, and the Xiaojiaqing Building, a landmark building of Xujiaqiao, standing by the Hedong Bridge, had been engulfed by the fire, and dozens of young ladies in tattered clothes hugged each other in the cold wind, trembling and crying.
The old man of the Xiao family was standing in front of the burning green building in a daze with a sluggish face, and suddenly saw a large group of people killing again, and he was so frightened that he was about to jump into the river with his head in his hands......
As far as the eye could see, I saw that there was already thick smoke billowing above Ma's house in Hexi, and there was an incessant shouting of killing.
"Brothers, kill!" Chef Luo shouted as he stood at the head of the bridge, carrying two sharp butcher knives.
"Kill!" Guo Axe raised his iron axe and responded.
More than 2,000 elite men raised their arms and shouted at the same time.
Under the leadership of the rich voices of Chef Luo and Guo Axe, one by one, the blood boiled, raised the weapons in their hands, and shouted "kill" all the way, and the tide generally killed the west of the bridge......
Ma family.
The Ma family moved to Xujiaqiao more than 200 years ago, and through these years of hard work, it finally became the largest household in Xujiaqiao, but today, the Ma family has ushered in the biggest disaster in more than 200 years.
Thousands of mobs poured in.
In fact, when a mob marched in the direction of Xujiaqiao, the Ma family had already gotten the news, but when the Ma family knew the news, it was too late.
Of course, the Ma family still has some preparations, the Ma family is originally prosperous, with a group of servants, plus temporary mobilization, up and down, there are nearly 1,000 people.
It's a pity that before the thousands of people could support it for half an hour, the Ma family compound completely fell.
Thousands of mobs swarmed into Ma's house, smashed those who could not be moved, burned those who could not, looted gold, silver, soft and valuable things, and the granaries were in a mess......
Zhao Yuan did not participate in the battle, he was with the Chen clan and commanded the battle.
Around the two of them, there were more than 200 strong tenants, all of whom were carefully selected by Zhu Dacang, all of whom were tall and tall, and absolutely loyal to the Wanjia, some of whom followed the Wanjia for generations.
In addition to being physically strong, the equipment on the two hundred workers is also very luxurious, and they are all sharp weapons for killing, in addition to long knives and sharp swords, there are even more than a dozen crossbows.
After confirming that Xujiaqiao was safe, Zhao Yuancai and Chen stepped out of the Wanjia compound.
Surrounded by two hundred stout men, Zhao Yuan and Chen came to the bridgehead and saw the Xiao family's old man Xiao with a sad face.
Chen walked over, and after a few words of comfort, Master Xiao went with him to Wanjia to visit.
Standing on the arch bridge and looking from afar, you can see that the battle of Wanjia should be nearing the end, because some of the raging fires have been extinguished and turned into billowing smoke.
Zhao Yuan did not directly participate in the battle. He didn't make a sound the whole time, bowing his head and following behind Chen, he didn't want to attract the attention of others.
Along the way, Master Xiao thanked Chen for his kindness.
It turned out that a small mob stormed the Xiao family's Qinglou, in the chaos, the third son of the Xiao family was killed, the other sons were also injured, and some prostitutes died, and then, the Qinglou was set on fire, just when the panic and chaos, more than 3,000 people from the Wan family rescued the Ma family, and the mob immediately collapsed and fled in all directions.
Although the Xiao family died a son and the Qinglou was destroyed, most of the family members survived, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
If it weren't for the timely arrival of Wanjia's rescuers, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After crossing the bridge, from time to time, small groups of scattered mobs would encounter them, but in the face of two hundred sturdy men dressed uniformly, the mob scattered and avoided them, and did not entangle them.
In fact, at this time, the people of the Ma family were everywhere chasing and killing the mobs who were scattered and fleeing for their lives, and the mobs had been dispersed, and they had no power to resist at all, and they all hated their father and mother for having two legs......
Soon, the group arrived at Ma's house.
The tall fence of the Ma family, which stretched for hundreds of meters, had been pushed up, the gate had been knocked down, and the gate was littered with bricks and rubble and some scattered weapons.
After entering the Ma family compound, the miserable scene is even more miserable, those pavilions and pavilions have been destroyed, the main buildings are full of holes, some buildings are still smoking, and some families are carrying water to fight the fire.
In the middle of the courtyard, there were piles of corpses, at least hundreds, and under one roof, the wounded were crowded, and the wails and screams were incessant, like hell on earth......
Ma Junwu sat on the threshold in a daze, as if he was ten years old. In front of him, lay a corpse, covered with snow-white sheets. The curves looming out of the sheets revealed that the body was female, and naked.