You don’t understand, you really don’t understand!
At this moment, Liu Mo completely understood He Ruda's words. It turned out that he really didn't understand!
Why, he did underestimate the arrogance of the Salt Gang. Shortly after Su Zhongle left, the Salt Gang rebelled.
Yes, there was a real rebellion!
A drumbeat sounded through the night. It was the drumbeat of the county government, signaling the approaching danger.
In the blink of an eye, all the government officials were busy dressing and grabbing various weapons.
The drums kept beating, urging Liu Mo to run towards the gate. Halfway through, he heard horse hooves and shouts outside the wall.
He stumbled and ran to the door, but the wall was a bit high. He stepped on the hollow in the wall and could barely see out from the top of the wall.
You wouldn't know it if you didn't look at it, but you would be shocked to see a large group of people standing outside the door, holding torches and shouting curses.
"Come down, Brother Liu Xian, come down quickly!" He Ruda stood next to him, "Danger!"
"What the hell, there are so many people!" Liu Mo said in surprise.
"How many?" He Ruda asked.
Liu Mo had not counted them carefully before, but he only saw countless torches in the night sky held above his head. "Three hundred," he said, "or five hundred, I don't even know."
Through the crackle of the raging fire, people in the county government office could hear people shouting.
There are hundreds of opponents, but there are only about thirty government officials in the county government. The numerical disadvantage is quite obvious!
At the outer gate, the third elder of the Salt Gang led a group of people towards the gate. The firelight shone on them, dyeing their clothes orange.
One of the disciples held a spear high, with a flag fluttering at the tip of the spear. It was hard to tell the color of the flag at night, with fire everywhere, and everything looked either red, black or orange.
The third elder tightened the reins outside the door, "People inside, listen up!" The disciple holding a spear shouted, "Open the door immediately and let my salt gang brother go."
"There are no brothers from your Salt Gang here, only criminals!" He Ru shouted.
"Hmph, don't toast and you'll be fined with wine. If you don't open the door, we'll tear down your county office!" As soon as the spear-wielding Salt Gang disciple finished speaking, he was immediately slapped shut by the third elder of the Salt Gang.
"Master He." The third elder's voice was high and shrill. "We don't want to embarrass you, and we hope that if you let my Salt Gang brothers go, this matter will be wiped out!"
Looking around, the night sky was filled with thick smoke, and the dancing flames obscured the stars in the sky. He Ruda frowned and said, "I'm sorry to have to obey my order. If your Salt Gang wants to attack the county government, you must consider the consequences clearly."
as a result of? I don't think they care at all! Liu Mo thought to himself.
Sure enough, the third elder sneered and threatened again, "I say it again, open the door and let people go!"
He Ruda thought for a long time and kept chewing in his mouth. Finally he spat: "No."
"Huh, in that case, don't blame us for being rude!" The third elder ordered, "Except He Ruda and Liu Mo, everyone else will be killed by me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of bows and arrows shot out from the firelight and shadow outside the door.
"Get away, get away!"
Liu Mo shouted, but it was too late. The other officer couldn't dodge. The bow and arrow penetrated his throat and burst out bloodyly from the back of his neck.
The officer didn't even make a sound, then he fell back weakly and fell to the ground.
Damn it, even an official would dare to kill him!
Before he had time to sigh, he heard the third master shouting again, "Attack in and kill!"
More bows and arrows shot over, and Liu Mo quickly grabbed the back of He Ruda's coat and pulled him down.
There were sounds of collisions outside the county government gate, and the sound of swords being unsheathed, mixed with curses and galloping horses. A torch flew high over everyone's heads and hit the dirt floor of the courtyard. The flames immediately spread.
This scene frightened the officials in the county government, and everyone stood there at a loss.
The first person to react was still Liu Mo. Last time in Linyang, he had already experienced life and death, so he was naturally calmer than others.
"Get weapons!" Liu Mo yelled, "Everyone spread out! Protect each section of the stone wall. Shiputou, you take people to guard the side door. Zhao Da, you take Mr. He into the house to hide, and another group of people will follow me. .”
Just as the order was given, a government officer dropped his sword and said, "Sir, I don't dare, I don't know how to use a sword!"
"Yeah, then you're just waiting for them to kill you?" Liu Mo's words got stuck in his throat because he saw a hand climbing up the parapet.
I saw that hand so clearly in the light of the fire burning at the outer door, and time seemed to stop flowing at that moment. The fingers were thick, calloused and there was mud in the thumbnails.
Fear hurts more than a sword, he thought silently.
When the man's face appeared in Liu Mo's field of vision, he mustered up the courage, picked up the single knife, and slashed hard, hitting the opponent's climbing knuckles with the single knife.
"Go to hell!"
Blood splattered, fingers separated, and newly appeared faces came and went.
"Behind!" the timid government servant shouted.
Liu Mo immediately turned around and saw another bearded man holding the short knife between his teeth and climbing on it with both hands.
As soon as his legs crossed the parapet, Liu Mo struck him in the eye with a knife. The knife missed him, so he ducked back and fell down the wall.
"I hope you break the shit and bite off your own tongue, you bastard!"
"Why are you looking at me? Join the fight!" He shouted to other government officials, "I am a weak scholar who can kill people with a knife. Is it possible that you are not as good as a weak scholar like me?"
This voice really works.
Then another one tried to climb up their section of the wall, so the timid government officer slashed his hand with a single knife until the man let go and fell.
The walls of the county government office are made of rough stones and are easy to climb. There seems to be no end to the number of Salt Gang disciples. Every time Liu Mo cut down or pushed someone down, another one would climb up the wall.
After confirming He Ruda's safety, Zhao Da also rushed to Liu Mo's side.
"Uncle, there are too many of these offal." Zhao Da said after cutting off the hands of a Salt Gang disciple with a sharp knife.
Little did Liu Mo know that every time he looked up, he would see more torches flying into the county government office, leaving long tongues of fire in his eyes.
"Gate, watch the gate!"
It turned out that Liu Mo noticed that four Salt Gang disciples were hacking at the door with axes.
Zhao Da quickly climbed up the stone wall, took out the long bow behind him, and shot them one by one.
However, this move also put him in danger.
"Zhao Da, be careful!" Liu Mo shouted anxiously.
Before he could finish his words, he saw a shower of arrows coming towards Zhao Da.
Zhao Da was so skilled that he turned over and got off the stone wall.
Unfortunately, luck was not on his side. Two arrows shot into his body, making him cry out in pain like a baby.
"Are you okay?" Liu Mo asked with concern.
"Can't die!"
There was no time for them to chat. In the blink of an eye, a Salt Gang disciple had climbed over the stone wall and rushed in front of them.
"Uncle, be careful!" Zhao Da pushed Liu Mo away and fought with the man with a single sword in his hand.
In an instant, several more Salt Gang disciples appeared in Liu Mo's field of vision.
A government official immediately stepped forward, struggled with another Salt Gang disciple and fell down.
Before the salt gang disciple could get up, the timid government servant smashed his head with a stone. He screamed a few times with pride, but found that a knife had been inserted into his head. Only then did he realize that death is Such a taste!
Just when Liu Mo was stunned, he heard Zhao Da shouting anxiously.
"Uncle, be careful!"
