"Okay, young master, just wait a minute. I'll go build the raft right now." After the guard finished speaking, he searched for a while, and his voice gradually faded away. The surroundings soon fell into darkness again, except for the croaking of frogs and the endless sound of insects.
Suddenly, my sister felt a big black shadow next to her, swooping towards her with the scent and heat of a beast.
Before she could scream, her mouth was covered and pushed to the ground. The man roared and tore at her violently and roughly, as if he was eager to devour her like a hungry tiger.
Suddenly there was a muffled sound, and something wet splashed on her face. The man fell to the side. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and saw the stars in the sky.
The shape of a personal guard appeared in front of him, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Are you okay? Put this on." Then he stuffed something like linen into her hand.
The elder sister struggled to get up and saw the bright eyes of the bodyguards. She looked down and saw that the clothes on her body were torn in a mess. Only her bellyband was still intact.
A burst of embarrassment made her curl up again involuntarily, covering her chest with the linen in her hand. Turning around, he saw Chen Tong lying naked and motionless. "If you can leave, let's leave here." The guard said.
Ren Erchao looked around. On the right were his subordinates, and on the left were the Taoist priests from Qingyuan Temple. Everyone lined up and gathered around, no one spoke or coughed.
Behind them, there were 300 fully armed regiment drills under the leadership of Yang Yi.
In the evening, someone brought an evil-eyed woman and a little girl to Yang Yi, crying and begging him to save his eldest daughter, saying that he had been kidnapped by bandits in a reed bush.
After Yang Yi asked carefully, he learned more details from the little girl. He immediately sent someone to find Bai Yan and other masters, and asked the little girl to describe the appearance of the bad guy. Everyone immediately concluded: It's Chen Tong!
So tonight's plan of action immediately changed. Yang Yi spread a circle of hidden sentries around the reeds, and then the brigade set up a three-layer iron barrel array on the outside. Now it’s time to close the net.
Suddenly, the person in front stopped leaving. After a while, someone sent a message to the back, asking Mr. Ren to come to the front.
Ren Er was surprised and brought two of his confidants to the front. There were two people standing there under the moonlight, surrounded by the cold light from various weapons.
"Who?" Ren Er asked.
"Second Master, don't you recognize me? I am Mr. Chen's bodyguard, Li Tiedao!"
"Is it you?" Ren Er was surprised, and the guard beside him immediately stepped forward nervously and pushed the knife out of its sheath.
"Slow, slow," Ren Er looked at the other person. The man reached out and took off his bamboo hat, exposing his face to the moonlight. "As expected, it's you. Tiedao, haven't you always been with Chen Tong?" Ren Er asked, "Where are the others?"
"Here." Chen Tiedao threw the package in his other hand: "I will kill this scourge!"
"Um?"
Someone caught the package, opened it, and shouted, "It's Master Chen!"
"Hurry and show it to Master Bai! Where is his body?" Ren Er was still worried.
"In the reeds at the back. It's more than eighty steps away from here." At this time, a few couldn't wait to run in the direction he pointed.
After Li Tiedao answered calmly, he clasped his fists and said, "Second Master Ren, I don't want your reward. I didn't kill him for money. Just thank you for sparing me my life!"
Hearing the cheers in the distance, Ren Er's face showed a smile: "Damn, you really killed him. But, why? You have worked so hard to get him here, how much have you lost for him My life!"
"Second Boss, I was hired by the Chen family for a term of three years. In fact, the term expired last month. I don't owe them anything.
I brought him here with the intention of leaving a legacy for the Chen family, but who would have thought...he turns out to be a wolf cub with a cannibalistic personality.
It is precisely because the brothers died in vain for such a thing that I want to kill him. Otherwise, how many more people will die and how much blood will be shed? Injustice! "Li Tiedao sighed deeply.
At this time, the torches were lit and there were cheers everywhere. People already know the heinous crime,
They couldn't sleep, the guy who came out to be bitten by mosquitoes died, and many people ran to see the headless body.
In the end, Wei Laodao spoke, and then he covered it with a mat and asked people to guard it until the animals came to carry it away.
"Hey, this is true. Such a harmful man has harmed many good women and ruined many loving couples. Now he is dying naked in an unknown reed pond. Really, this is really..."
Wei Zhengzi sighed for a long time, shaking his head, but in the end he could neither express his feelings nor tell the reason.
"The war in the west is over, and now we can concentrate on dealing with Polygonum Huazi!" Zhao Jingzi said with his arms crossed:
"Hey, Saburo, do you know? Now I begin to feel how heroic and heroic Taizu was when he pacified the world, expelled the Tatars, and restored the Central Plains!"
"Stop, stop making assumptions and pay attention to safety." Li Dan pulled him down from the crenellation at the top of the city in a fit of laughter and tears:
"If you shake your figure and spread the news that a certain royal family at the top of Yugan City accidentally fell into the city when they were feeling emotional..., that wouldn't be heroic, it would be tragic!"
After patting the dust on his clothes, Zhao Jingzi glared at Li Dan with dissatisfaction: "Can't you say something auspicious? On the occasion of the good news coming, what to say about falling into the city, how depressing!"
"Well, why don't I pour some cold water on you? You'll have to recite a poem in a while, right?"
"Hey, that's right, I didn't expect this level."
"Forget it." Li Dan waved his hand as if to get rid of this thought: "Brother, the fighting in Leijiawan is fierce. That grandpa has attacked three times, but you still have the heart to write poetry?" said He shook his head.
"So what if he has attacked three times, but he still failed in defeat?" Zhao Jingzi dismissed it: "If you don't dig into your pockets honestly, you have to attack the stronghold with all the effort and effort, this Taigong Mao is nothing more than that!"
"Not sure." Li Dan shook his head: "If his attack on the stronghold was fake, is it possible?"
Zhao Jingzi's expression froze for a moment, and he turned back suspiciously: "You mean... he's doing it for us to see?"
"I don't think he will really attack the stronghold." Li Dan put his hands on the battlements and said thoughtfully:
"Look, according to the information, the old guy is not a fool. He has been fighting and killing for twenty years and has never seen anything. How can he realize that this village is a turtle shell that cannot be broken by his more than a thousand people? Then since he saw it, why did he insist on attacking the city?"
"Maybe I was forced by Polygonum Huazi." Zhao Jingzi thought for a moment and answered.
"Perhaps, but Dong Qi is Tenghuazi's favorite general. After his side failed Tiaohuazi, he was exposed. The main force of Tiaobe must stop to meet him and help him consolidate his defense.
So I don’t think Liaohuazi has to capture Leijiawan immediately, immediately, or now. It’s not urgent to this extent, right? "
"Then...it's true that Mao Taigong is attacking Leijiawan. What do you think he means?"
Li Dan patted the battlements next to him: "I had an idea last night, tell me and you can read the details.
Do you think it is possible that Liao Huazi was just showing off to the leaders to show that he had indeed sent out troops? In fact, he did not expect Mao Taigong to take down the hard nut of Leijiawan soon? "
"Just to hold back the defenders of Leijiawan from returning to defend Yugan?" Zhao Jingzi suddenly understood: "He wants to hold us back, and we also want to hold them back..."
"Of course, the more enemy troops Sanhu Fort can hold back, the better it is for us." Li Dan turned around and said, "So we should remind Uncle Ma Jiu that the more enemies he kills, the more painful he will be. good!
We and Fuzhi moved the lake bandits back and forth from the south to the north, making it difficult for them to take care of both. Doesn't Polygonatum like to hesitate?
Then let him hesitate. In the end, he has to move. Only by moving can he suppress the doubts of all the leaders. If he dares to move, it may expose his flaws and negligence, so that we can find weaknesses and beat him hard! "
The repairs of the Yugan City Wall were gradually approaching completion during the days when the war started in Leijiawan and Santang Town. Mr. Fan inspected the heightened and consolidated city wall and was quite satisfied.
Because I started painting the facade
, the amount of cement used increased significantly, and in order to be waterproof, boiled isinglass was added to the cement four feet upward from the wall base.
The Qian family took the initiative to take responsibility for the facade project, while the supply of cement was provided by the Xu family, and the lime and river sand were handed over to the Wu family and Zhao family respectively.
After Li Yan and Li Dan discussed, they came forward to contract the transportation of materials to various construction sites. In the process, he came into contact with the heavy four-horse carriage, and the cargo capacity of each cart made him excited.
"This carriage invented by Saburo is really a good thing!" He mentioned it more than once. Aunt Cui heard this and said that since it is a good thing, sir, you might as well buy some stocks.
Li Yan felt that he was embarrassed by his elders, so he reluctantly asked Aunt Cui to come forward and encouraged Li Zhu to mention it to Li Dandian. Who would have thought that Li Dan answered simply:
"This matter is not urgent now. The production of carriages to defeat the lake bandits will definitely be expanded. At that time, there will be a public offering, and the third uncle will naturally have the opportunity!" Li Yan was very happy to see that his nephew did not object, and even offered to be the first in the future. Purchase a car.
The easing of the relationship with Third Uncle made Li Dan relieved. After Aunt Qian learned about it, she took the initiative to visit Grandma Shu San and gave her something, saying she was grateful for Third Uncle's support to Brother Dan and so on.
Li Zhu also met his younger brother more often because he went to the county government office to help with work, and the relationship between the two families improved significantly.
There are two other pieces of good news that were delivered this morning by people sent by Wannian Sun Xun. Also arriving at the same time were 2,700 kilograms of iron ingots and more than 300 kilograms of ash powder (manganese oxide) and six manganese oxides that Li Dan specified. More than a hundred pounds of quartz.
Sun Xun's people brought a letter from Song Xiucai. In the letter, he first said that he fulfilled his mission and met Lou Liang. After talking with him, Lou Liang did not reply immediately. The second visit finally convinced him.
Lou Liang promised to go to Geyang Yunyun within a month after settling down his family. This made Li Dan both happy and worried.
"I asked someone to hire a very knowledgeable gentleman to teach. After all, the child will still have to take the imperial examination after defeating the bandits." Li Dan told his aunt.
Xiao Qian was overjoyed when he heard about it and said it was great. It doesn't matter how much money it costs to hire a husband for you.
Li Dan sighed secretly because he vaguely remembered that Geyang fell to the rebels in history, but he couldn't remember when.
So he wrote a letter to Sun She (Tie Linglong) who stayed in Geyang and Sheng Huai'en in Guangxin City, telling them about his invitation to Lou Liang and asking them to give him the necessary care.
In his letter to Sun She, he asked him to send several capable and astute brothers to pick up Mr. Lou.
Tell him that there are many traitors and thieves roaming around Geyang. If the safety is immeasurable, there is no need to force the husband to leave immediately. He can either sit back and watch the situation, or change his route and go directly to Wannian to contact Sun Xun.
Another good news is that the replacement Raozhou civilian husband has left Wannian and is on the road. Sun She reported that it is estimated that these civilian husbands will arrive in Geyang around the time they receive the letter, and their mission will be over.
This news made Li Dan think about it for a while. Although he hopes that Sun She will bring his people back to Yugan as soon as possible, if there are thousands and hundreds of people in the team, even if only half of them are left, it will be a great help to him.
But from a strategic point of view, going directly to Yingtan would be more helpful for the layout of the enemy rear in Yan'an.
According to reports from Sun She and Su Piantou, the number of members of the Chashan Society in the team has exceeded 20%. Such a relatively united team should not be weaker than the people they brought back.
Li Dan finally told Sun She in his letter that, except for a small number of troops to protect the return of the civilians, the main force should enter and establish a camp near Yingtan in a concealed manner and wait for action.
This great victory in Santang not only annihilated the two thousand invading lake bandits, but also killed the Chen family and his son who had been doing evil in Huxi for many years. Everyone's morale was boosted.
More importantly, by cutting off the clutches of the west wing, Li Dan could devote himself to dealing with Liao Huazi and others in the east, avoiding a two-front battle. .
He is now asking Zhao Jingzi to transfer some of the participating troops back. With a tacit understanding between Jinxi Lake and this side, the White Goose should immediately return to the west of the lake and sweep away the remaining pro-Shinaozhai forces, so there is no need to stay too long in the west. More defenders.
Yang Yi, Zhou Qin, and Yang Dayi were all retreating, and Liu Qi
With the support of Shenbu and Ruihong Xiangyong, the district team is preparing to be stationed in Tangxi to cooperate with the inspection branch to completely block the land communication channel from Hudong to Huxi.
All the ministries participating in the war made a small fortune. Zhou Qin captured twenty-seven boats!
The armor and weapons of each unit were replaced. Excluding those captured and captured, each combatant received a minimum of one denarius, and each unit directly facing the enemy received an additional one and a half cents, so morale was not low.
Especially after the district team experienced bloodshed, although Yang Yi only said it would be a draw, Liu Qi, who was embarrassed, did not dare to take it seriously. In the end, he invited the sentry commander and above to have a big meal in his house. From then on, he no longer cared about team training. There is a scornful heart.
A small number of the nearly a thousand prisoners captured were screened and killed, and the rest were sent to the ancient port to chop down trees, saw wood, and dig coal.
Although Li Dan and Magistrate Fan reached a tacit agreement and did not announce the news for the time being, the city defense team training and Xiang Yong suddenly changed their weapons, which made many people speculate.
Everyone in the city guessed that they had won a big victory, but when they went to ask the team trainers, they shook their heads in confusion and said they didn't know.
Hey, regardless of this, these guys must have won the battle somewhere. Otherwise, how could they have so many weapons at once?
In fact, not all the weapons that were replaced were seized this time. Many of them were newly built by Li Dan's "military industrial base" in Yujiazhai under the leadership of Tang Kai, especially guns and spears that are easy to make. , more than four hundred were delivered.
Tang Kai also handed over three hundred sets of rattan helmets and bamboo armor. Although the defensive power is weaker than iron armor, it is better than nothing. At least it can make novices who have never been on the battlefield more courageous, and the degree of injury can also be greatly reduced.
What people can most see with the naked eye are the catapults erected on the city walls. There are more than ten catapults erected on each city wall. Every day, operators and local warriors practice how to aim, adjust the angle, launch and reset.
Each station has a well-known regiment training veteran as its "commander", shouting loudly and directing everyone to repeat each action back and forth.
They often glanced at the idle people watching on the corridor below the city with pride from the corner of their eyes, and shouted loudly:
"Sweat more before the war and bleed less during the war! We all said on patrol: Only when the gunners are well trained can the infantry have courage. This is how courageous I am, do you remember?"
Li Dan quietly found Aunt Su from Chunxiang House and arranged for her to send the girls out to various military training grounds and construction sites to "watch the excitement."
Aunt Su said this is not a casual job, but you should give me a serious job. Li Dan laughed and said this was a serious mission.
The key is, it would be fatal if there were one or two young ladies in the crowd of spectators. These sweaty men would be more energetic, shout louder, and move more diligently!
