Holy Monday second update
While Baijiabao was busy preparing to defend against the invasion of the bandits on Huanglong Mountain.
Deep in Huanglong Mountain, in an unknown valley.
More than six thousand bandits were huddled together in the valley, making a lot of noise.
Not all of these six thousand people are capable soldiers, half of them are
They were old, weak, women and children with no fighting ability at all, and most of the other half of the three thousand people were ordinary young men with low combat effectiveness, not much different from the young men in Gaojia Village.
Only the one thousand people at the head are tough and fierce bandits.
These thousand people also come from several famous heroes in the world, Brother Green Forest.
One of the green forest bosses was called Bu Zhanni (a historical figure) from Luochuan County. He had five hundred gangsters, a thousand young men, and fifteen hundred old, weak, women, and children under his command.
The other one is called Zuo Guazi (a historical figure), who comes from Yichuan County. He also has 500 fierce bandits, 1,000 young men and women, and 1,500 old, weak, women and children under his command.
The two are equally powerful, each accounting for half of the bandit army.
Bu Zhanni was holding a rabbit leg and gnawing it happily. His subordinates caught a rabbit in the mountains today and brought it to him like a treasure. They roasted the rabbit and invited Zuo Guazi to share it with him. , two green forest big brothers, you take a bite, I take a bite, and you are enjoying yourself.
Bu Tianmu tore off a piece of rabbit meat with his mouth. While chewing it, he said vaguely: "Guazi, I can't go back to Luochuan County now. The Luochuan patrol led troops to block the Huanglong Mountain Pass. That guy led the border troops. He is a ruthless character. If I go down the mountain and return to Luochuan, I will have to fight head on.
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Zuo Guazi said vaguely, "Hey, I can't go back to Yichuan County. Damn it. There is a grain supervisory road in Yichuan. His name is Hong Chengchou. Damn it." It’s amazing, I, with thousands of men, couldn’t defeat a group of his servants, and he led his servants to cut me all the way into Huanglong Mountain. To this day, this guy is still blocking the Huanglong Mountain Pass, and I don’t dare to go back.”
Bu Zhanni's mouth opened wide when he heard this: "The servants are so powerful, who is Hong Chengchou?"
Zuo Guazi: "How the hell did I know."
When the two of them said this, they said almost at the same time: "It seems that we can only go to Chengcheng County."
Huanglong Mountain is located at the junction of three counties. To the west is Luochuan, to the north is Yichuan, and to the south is Chengcheng County. Since Luochuan and Yichuan cannot go, naturally the only way left is Chengcheng County.
Don't stick to the mud: "I heard that Cheng Xu, the inspector of Chengcheng, was a loser. When Wang Er of Baishui rebelled, this loser chased Wang Er for several months and couldn't touch a hair of Wang Er."
Zuo Guazi smiled: "I've also heard that this guy is very afraid of death, and will lead his army to flee at the slightest sign of trouble."
Bu Tie Mu: "Hey hey hey, it's settled then. Let's first send people to Chengcheng County to step on the plates and find out what's going on at the foot of the mountain, and then go to Chengcheng County to dig out some food."
Zuo Guazi also laughed: "I heard someone say before I fled into the mountains that the new Chengcheng County Magistrate Liang Shixian was giving porridge to the people, which means he still has a lot of food on hand. Let's rush into Chengcheng County and chop it up. He killed the newly appointed dog officer and snatched all his food to enjoy."
Don't stick to the mud: "Okay! Just do it like this."
The rumors in Chengcheng County suddenly became tense again.
The news that there was a large number of bandit troops entrenched in Huanglong Mountain soon reached the county town, and the people in the city were panicked. The last time Baishui King Er made a rebellion, the rich families in the city suffered a lot. Many of their wives and daughters were humiliated and had strange heads. Some people were lucky enough to escape with their lives, and their belongings were also looted.
Even some poor people had to live on the streets because the rebels set fire to them and the fire spread and burned down their shabby wooden houses.
The people throughout Chengcheng County were as frightened as a bird.
Of course, the new county magistrate Liang Shixian couldn't just sit back and watch. He didn't want to lose his life inexplicably like Zhang Yaocai, so he immediately organized more than thirty yamen officers, and each yamen officer called in three to five helpers to form a "force" of more than 100 people. Army" and then encouraged farmers around the county to take up arms and organize militia to assist the government in resisting the rebel army.
This sudden organization of an army would of course require a large number of weapons. Liang Shixian sent someone to summon the old craftsman from the official workshop: "Quickly organize all the resident craftsmen and shift craftsmen, and do your best to build various crafts." Plant weapons to meet the needs of the militia."
The old craftsman showed an embarrassed expression: "I would like to inform you, Lord County Master, that there are not enough craftsmen in the official workshop... I'm afraid... we can't cope with it..."
"What?"
Liang Shixian was surprised: "Why are there not enough craftsmen?"
The old craftsman said: "For some reason, many craftsmen have fled in recent days, especially the shift craftsmen. Inexplicably, they all gained the confidence to hand over the craftsman's silver and then walked away, which made Nuo Da miserable. The official workshop is now deserted and only a few craftsmen can be seen."
Liang Shixian: "!"
The old craftsman said: "Yesterday, I also presented the craftsmen's silver handed over by dozens of shift craftsmen to the master. The county magistrate will know when he asks."
Master Shaoxing hurriedly handed over a page of paperwork. Liang Shixian looked down and saw a row of names listed on it. They were all shift craftsmen. Each of them had paid a shift salary ranging from six to thirty years.
From this point of view, we don’t want them to come back to work in the short term.
Liang Shixian, who has learned a lot, immediately started the reasoning mode in his mind. The information he had just read was tumbling in his mind. Various possibilities were intertwined, spinning like a revolving lantern. Finally, with a "ding" sound, all the reasoning was combined into one result. .
Someone help them!
Liang Shixian snorted and said, "Someone needs craftsmen to help him with work."
So he took out a large sum of money to help them pay the craftsman's class silver. This man was powerful and must be a wealthy family and gentry from nearby Chengcheng County. It is not difficult to find this person. Since these shift craftsmen are willing to pay the craftsman's shift money, it means that they do not want to flee and become refugees without identity. Someone among them must have told where they are going, so check quickly. "
The master hurriedly went to check, and after a while he came back and whispered: "They went to Gaojiacun."
"Gaojiacun?"
Of course, Liang Shixian remembered Gaojia Village. The food he gave to save people was provided by the Li family in Gaojia Village.
"I understand." Liang Shixian said: "It turns out to be the Li family. No wonder they have such strength. The Li family is a kind family and we need to treat each other with courtesy. Master, please go to the Li family in person and ask the Li family to lend some help." Weapons are here to be used, and when the bandits are defeated, I will return all these weapons in full, and I will never be greedy for them."
Master Shaoxing: "I'm just afraid that the Li family won't want to..."
Liang Shixian: "It is based on emotion and reason. I am serving the people of Chengcheng, not for my own selfishness. The Li family is a kind family, so there is no reason not to help."
Master Shaoxing: "I understand, I will go to Gaojiacun now."
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