Xu Guang laughed angrily at the other party's words.
A country boy actually threatened him.
He didn't even bother to talk to the other party. This Tanjiazhai must be attacked and dealt with severely, so that the powerful locals on the ground in Jinan Mansion can understand the Tiger Flag firsthand.
Qin Qi, the battalion chief of staff on the side, stepped forward and said, "Go back. I'll give you half a stick of incense. If you don't surrender after half a stick of incense, we will attack your village directly."
After saying that, the man with the mustache was taken out directly.
"Are everyone in this Tanjiazhai crazy and actually threatening us? They really think of us as bandits coming down from the mountain." Xu Guang said to Qin Qi.
Qin Qi picked up the cup and took a sip of water before saying: "The powerful people in these places have been dominating the local area for many years. They may have forgotten what it means to be afraid. They may think that we are not much stronger than those bandits."
"Then let these people who don't understand our tiger-character flag re-understand the military front of the tiger-character flag." Xu Guang pressed his hand hard on the table.
On the other side, the mustachioed man who was driven out of the camp had no choice but to return to the village.
As soon as he came back, he was immediately taken to a house in the center of the village by the people in the village.
The house we came to belonged to the patriarch's family.
Although there are several nice houses and courtyards in the village, the best one is the clan leader's house.
"The third child is back. Let's talk quickly. Have the tiger thieves agreed to our conditions?" The speaker was Tan Qingchun, the patriarch of Tanjiazhai.
Besides him, there were some other people sitting in the room, all of whom were prominent figures in the village.
"My foolish brother is incompetent. I am ashamed of the clan leader and everyone else." The man with the mustache shook his head with a wry smile.
When everyone in the room saw this, their expressions changed.
Patriarch Tan Qingchun said: "Have you told them that as long as they give up attacking our Tanjiazhai, we are willing to give them a sum of money and food."
"I told them all, but it's useless. Moreover, I also told them that bandits once tried to attack our village, and they ended up with a bloody blow. But these bandits didn't take it seriously at all, and even threatened to kill them with half a stick. If Xiang Nei doesn't open the gate of the village and surrender, they will take action." The man with the mustache said.
"It's a disaster this time, alas!" The patriarch Tan Qingchun let out a long sigh with a disappointed expression, and slapped his thigh hard with his palm.
An old man with white hair and a crutch next to him said, "I don't think you should worry too much. The church was so violent at first, and several groups of people came to have an idea of our village. At most, there were ten or twenty thousand people at one time. In the end, Why don't you leave with your bag covered in dust?"
"Second uncle, this time is different. This tiger thief is not an ordinary rebel. Shaanxi and Shanxi in the northwest, and Henan as close as possible, were all occupied by this tiger thief. Although the religious rebellion was big in the past, in the end It's just a matter of moving between several state capitals, the two are different." Patriarch Tan Qingchun explained to the other party.
Although there have been many civil unrests in Shandong in recent years, the most famous and most harmful thing is the religious unrest during Tianqi years. Many big families in these places suffered deeply from it.
If their Tanjiazhai had not done a good job in defense, Tanjiazhai might have ceased to exist.
"Is it really as powerful as you say? The imperial court just allowed them to occupy several provinces?" The Chinese-haired old man frowned, and the other party's words made him unbelievable.
The patriarch Tan Qingchun said: "How could the imperial court not care about it? It can't be controlled. Let's not talk about the distance. Let's talk about our Jinan Prefecture. The imperial army has been stationed in Jinan Prefecture for a long time. I haven't seen them deal with the tiger thieves in Yanzhou Prefecture. I'm not afraid. "
"But I heard that the imperial troops from Jinan Prefecture went to Laizhou to deal with the tiger bandits? Is this false?" The old man with Huafa looked at Tan Qingchun.
He is not young, he has already reached the age of taking care of himself. He usually cares about his grandchildren and rarely worries about outside affairs. He knows the news about the Ming army going to Laizhou because both the Ming army and Tanjiazhai are there. Jinan Prefecture.
Patriarch Tan Qingchun said: "I can't tell whether it's true or false, but I heard that there is indeed a war in Laizhou, but I didn't expect that a group of tiger and bandit troops would also appear outside our Tanjiazhai."
"You mean someone is pretending to be a tiger thief?" The Chinese-haired old man pressed his crutch with his palm and looked at the patriarch Tan Qingchun who was sitting in his seat.
The clan leader, Tan Qingchun, pursed his lips slightly and said, "Who knows whether the soldiers and horses outside the village are the soldiers and horses of the tiger bandits, or there are people acting under the banner of the tiger bandits. If they are really the soldiers and horses of the tiger bandits, I am worried that the Tan family The village can't be defended."
"Then what do you want to do? Open the village and surrender as the other party said?" the Huafa old man asked.
After hearing this, the clan leader Tan Qingchun shook his head and said: "If the other party is really the tiger bandit's soldiers, we must not surrender. Second uncle, you may not know that this tiger bandit is different from ordinary bandits. They do not snatch those Mudlegs specialize in dealing with local big households, and they will allocate the fields of big households to those Mudlegs, and there will be no compensation at all for the big households that have lost their fields.”
Snapped! Snapped!
The crutch in the old man's hand poked the ground hard several times, and he said angrily: "This is a bandit. People like this will not last long. Our Tanjiazhai will never surrender until it surrenders."
"Second uncle, don't be angry, we will definitely not surrender. After all, there are hundreds of young men in our village, sixty or seventy armored stomachs, more than a hundred people who are good at using bows, and there are even six cannons in the village. The general Ming army has nothing to do with our village, but I think we can still defend the village," said the clan leader Tan Qingchun.
Tanjiazhai had fought off several groups of bandits who came to take advantage of the village. When the chaos in the village was big, there was a Ming army that also wanted to attack Tanjiazhai. In the end, the Ming army lost its troops and left in disgrace.
Although he had heard about the power of the Tiger Flag soldiers and horses, he thought that no matter how powerful they were, they were at most about the same as the Ming army.
In his opinion, rebels like the Tiger Banner could occupy several provinces, and even if they had some force, they would not be much stronger than the Ming army. In addition, there had been famine in the northwest for many years, and banditry was everywhere. In the end, the Tiger Banner took over. It doesn’t mean that the Tiger Flag is really powerful.
After the religious rebellion, he obtained several more cannons through connections. With these cannons, he was more confident in defending Tanjiazhai.
"That's good, we must defend the stronghold. We are a kind family and we must not bow to a group of rebels." The old man with white hair said angrily.
"Yes, yes, yes, that's what the second uncle said." The patriarch Tan Qingchun followed the other person's words and said.
The other party is so old, and he doesn't want to be angry.
The Tan family is a heirloom of farming and education, and the most important thing is filial piety, loyalty, propriety, justice and shame. As the patriarch, he naturally does not want to be known as an angry elder.
