Two days later, Wangjiazhuang.
Late at night, the suspension bridge at the south gate of Wangjiazhuang was slowly lowered. Two soldiers from the Hundred Household Office changed into common people's clothes and were looking out from the fort wall.
At the same time, the two flag pier troops led by the small flag officer Chen Xun and the small flag officer Miao Shao were quickly crossing the suspension bridge and entering Wangjiazhuang.
"Have everyone come in?"
Miao Shao nodded and said, "Everyone is here, let's split up."
Chen Xun said hello, and then said with some regret: "How many people can the Xu family have? I think it would be better to concentrate our forces and take down the Xu family's house directly to save the trouble!"
Miao Shao smiled and whispered: "They say you, Chen Xiaoqi, are good at scheming, but I didn't see it, right? There are many young men and servants in the deep courtyard of the Xu family house. If we really want to attack by force, I don't know how many brothers will be killed and how much will it cost." How much time! Let’s just obey orders, Commander A’s orders will definitely be correct.”
Chen Xun snorted and said: "I just can't swallow this breath. So many brothers were killed and wounded in the battle at the salt field. Now I feel angry when I think about it. It's best to kill the old thief of the Xu family tonight, so that I can be relieved. Hate!"
The two said a few words and then split up. The two banner dungeon troops followed Chen Xun and Miao Shao respectively and rushed towards the depths of Wangjiazhuang.
After a while, Chen Xun led people to an alley. In front of him was the Xu family's oil shop. He and Liu Yan had visited this shop before when they first bought soybean oil.
"Are all the people who went to the other oil mill in place?"
The Xu family has two oil mills in Wangjiazhuang. At this time, Chen Xun led two groups of Dunjun troops to prepare here, while another group of Dunjun troops went to another oil mill.
"Don't worry, sir. The oil shop is not far away. The brothers must be in place."
"Okay! Come on."
Chen Xun waved his hand, and a group of Dunjun soldiers spread out to guard the surrounding area. Another group of Dunjun soldiers sprinkled the gunpowder, kerosene and other materials they carried with them on the doors and windows of the oil mill. A captain kicked open the door, rushed in with several soldiers, and threw all the jars containing grease to the ground. In the blink of an eye, the floor of the oil shop was covered with grease.
"Give me the fire discount!"
Soon all the Dunjun troops withdrew. Chen Xun took a fire stick and blew on it. The sparks turned into flames. Chen Xun sneered and threw the fire stick into the oil shop, instantly burning the grease on the ground. ignite.
Large tongues of flame seemed to be alive, meandering and spreading rapidly in all directions. Along with the crackling sound of gunpowder, the entire oil mill was swallowed up by the fire in a very short period of time.
The fire was completely out of control from the beginning. With the help of gunpowder and grease, the fire instantly spread to the sky. Even the arrival of the Great Luo Immortal could not save it.
Almost at the same time, a fire broke out in a house not far ahead. It was another oil mill of the Xu family. The fire was equally fierce, and the flames swallowed up the house in the oil mill almost in an instant.
"Haha, okay, the brothers over there have succeeded too!"
Chen Xun laughed when he saw this and waved to everyone to leave immediately.
Chen Xun's bannermen and horses evacuated quickly. The surrounding people were awakened by the fire and ran out screaming. At this time, Chen Xun and his men had disappeared.
On the other side, Miao Shao has also succeeded. The largest grain store in Wangjiazhuang belongs to the Xu family. At this time, Miao Shao commanded his Dunjun to break open the door of the grain store, and then everyone rushed in and took out bags of rice and noodles. Move it out.
Miao Shao stood at the door and looked around. He saw two fires burning in front of him. He knew that Chen Xun must have succeeded, so he said to his subordinate Dunjun: "Move quickly. Brothers who don't collect the flag at night will be killed." Wait outside the fort and transport as much as possible out, quickly!"
Just a moment later, more than 30 Dunjun soldiers took advantage of the two burning oil mills to attract everyone's attention and emptied most of the grain store's warehouse, leaving only less than one-third of the original quantity. .
"Sir, Xu Xiaoqi asked me to come over and report: The war horses can no longer carry food. Let us withdraw as soon as possible."
"knew!"
Miao Shao looked at the warehouse where there was still a lot of food, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is still so much food!"
After saying that, Miao Shao asked his subordinate Dun Jun to sprinkle gunpowder and grease inside and outside the warehouse, and then Miao Shao personally lit the fire with fire sticks.
In the blink of an eye, the warehouse of the grain store was engulfed by fire. It didn't take long for the fire to spread to the entire grain store, echoing the other two fires.
"Quickly retreat!"
Miao Shao and his Dunjun quickly withdrew from Wangjiazhuang. The two Baihuguanting soldiers who had been waiting here waved anxiously to everyone. After everyone had withdrawn, the two hurriedly closed the door. , raised the suspension bridge.
Almost at the same time, Jia Jinglang rushed outside the grain store with dozens of servants with an angry face. Huge tongues of flames were raging and heat waves hit his face, blocking dozens of servants more than 20 steps away and unable to get close. .
At this time, Jia Jinglang was panting. After being knocked down by Liu Yan two days ago, his injuries were still not healed, and the wounds on his hands were still aching.
Looking at the almost burned grain store, Jia Jinglang was so angry that he almost went crazy, roaring loudly at the fire, as if he was crazy.
Although the Xu family has a large business, the most profitable industries are the grain store and the oil mill. After all, these are necessities for the people in Wangjiazhuang and even several surrounding villages and villages. Even Wangwen Town has to buy from the Xu family. The demand is very high.
But tonight, these three properties were burned down at the same time. The Xu family's loss was so huge that it was almost unbearable!
"Coach, what should we do?"
After Jia Jinglang vented his anger, he said, "Chase! Water broke out in three places at the same time. Someone must have set the fire deliberately. It must be Liu Yan!"
"Then where can we chase?"
Jia Jinglang kicked the servant who asked the question and said angrily: "After Liu Yan succeeds, he will definitely not dare to stay in Wangjiazhuang. He will definitely withdraw to Dapanbao overnight and follow me to pursue Dapanbao!"
"yes!"
"Send someone back to tell the old man what's going on here, and then transfer twenty people from the mansion, all armed with weapons, to come together. Hurry!"
"yes!"
Jia Jinglang didn't care about the intensity of the fire at this time, even if it burned down the entire Wangjiazhuang, he had only one thought in his mind, and that was to catch up with Liu Yan's men and kill them all!
Soon Jia Jinglang led his troops to the south gate, but was stopped by soldiers from the Baihu Government Hall.
"What are you doing? Open the door and release the suspension bridge. I want to get out!"
Jia Jinglang looked at the indifferent soldiers, his anger could no longer be suppressed, so he called the servants to come forward and wanted to rush out directly.
At this moment, the commander-in-chief Jia Hongyu walked over with square steps and said loudly: "What are you doing? What the hell are you doing? Rebellion!"
Seeing Jia Hongyu, Jia Jinglang could only suppress his anger, clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Jia Qi, three of my Xu family's businesses were set on fire by Liu Yan, the commander of Dapanbao. Now I want to lead people out to pursue them. Please also ask Mr. Jia Qi." For the sake of Mr. Xu, please open the door for convenience!"
Jia Hongyu looked at the three fires in the distance and said: "You said it was Mr. Liu who burned it? Is there any evidence? Is there any witness? None. You are going out at this late night with all your troops. What are you talking about!" "
"you!"
Jia Jinglang naturally knew that Jia Hongyu was deliberately partial, so he said loudly: "Since Mr. Jia said so, I have no choice but to invite Mrs. Xu over!"
"It's no use asking anyone!"
Jia Hongyu pointed to the fire in the distance and said: "Now your Xu family's property is in ruins. Instead of leading people to put out the fire, you go out to make trouble and stir up trouble. What a disgrace! I can tell you, if it's because of you Water leaked into the Xu family's house, which ignited the surrounding people's houses. All losses will be borne by your Xu family. If someone is really burned to death, I will see how your Xu family will explain to the management team!"
Jia Jinglang looked at the soldiers on guard near the gate, then looked at Jia Hongyu, smiled angrily, and said, "Okay! Since General Jia Qi is so disrespectful, let's wait and see!"
Jia Jinglang led the crowd back, detached some of his servants to put out the fire, and then took several of his servants directly back to the Xu family residence.
At this time, Mrs. Xu was sitting in the yard. Three fires were still burning, and the firelight all over the sky was clearly visible.
The two maids looked at Mr. Xu, who was turning blue, and did not dare to make a sound. They stood tremblingly with their heads lowered.
"Old Master!"
Jia Jinglang came angrily, and after clasping his fists, he described the situation again. Mrs. Xu's face also changed. In addition to anger, there was also a hint of vigilance.
"So, Wang Wenzhen is determined to side with Liu Yan?"
Jia Jinglang said: "Liu Yan sends money to Wang Wenzhen every month, so Wang Wenzhen will naturally side with Liu Yan. But what should we do now? Our Xu family can't suffer such a big loss and remain silent." !”
Mr. Xu sighed and said: "Liu Dayu proposed to join forces with Sun Qian to cause trouble before, but I didn't agree! I'm old, how many more years do I have to live? I have no children, and this family business will belong to Liu Dayu in the future. But he didn’t know how to cherish it, and he insisted on fighting endlessly with Liu Yan, that desperate soldier, and ended up causing so much trouble!”
When Jia Jinglang saw that Mr. Xu was about to quit, he hurriedly said: "Old man, don't worry too much. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Liu's idea of joining forces with Sun Qian. It's just that Sun Qian was too incompetent, so Liu Yan was lucky enough to win!"
Old Mrs. Xu waved his hand and said, "No more! Now that the matter is over, our Xu family has no room to look back and can only fight to the death with Liu Yan."
Then Mr. Xu was about to get up, and two maids hurriedly stepped forward to help him: "Oh! I didn't expect that at such an age, I would still have to compete with those younger generations."
Jia Jinglang stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Please give me your instructions!"
"Since Liu Yan made a move, we must fight back and see who can't hold on first!"
Mr. Xu looked at the sky in the distance, and the orange-red firelight reflected in his eyes, just like Mr. Xu's mood at this time, he was burning with anger.
"I have sent someone to contact Dai Baihu. There should be a response in the next two days. You immediately send someone to tell Liu Dayu and ask him to gather troops and transfer all the Dun troops that can be assembled to Huangshan Dun. As long as Dai Baihu As soon as the paperwork arrives, we will act according to the plan!”
"yes!"
Jia Jinglang asked: "Old Master, why don't I take someone with me? Liu Yan's army is quite strong. I'm worried that General Liu Qi is not strong enough. If we really fight, we will suffer a loss."
Old Mrs. Xu sneered and said: "This time I used official means. After all, Liu Yan is the commander of Dapanbao. How dare a mere flag officer to compete with the hundreds of households in front of Xiahe Village! "
"Don't worry, this matter is foolproof. As long as Liu Dayu goes there with the documents, Liu Yan will only have two options: admit defeat or cause chaos. I am very interested and want to see what Liu Yan will choose!"
