"Kill!"
The sound of killing outside the city wall of Chang'an Town was loud. A team of nearly a thousand people, carrying the banner of "Tian", was struggling to attack the city.
Jiang Guanjun held a spear and stood on the city wall like a god.
More than 500 civilians boarded the city wall and used bows, arrows and stones to block the invading enemies.
It can be seen that the people were extremely restrained. All the bows and arrows they used had their arrowheads removed. They did not cause any harm to the officers and soldiers, but only caused them pain and did not dare to attack unscrupulously.
This group of officers and soldiers was headed by Tian Pei, the inspector of Liping Prefecture.
After the siege failed, he retreated to a safe area and shouted loudly: "You Jiangjia Village supports its own troops and resists the imperial court. Is it possible that you intend to rebel?"
Jiang Guanjun sneered: "We farm together, what's the crime? If you want to rebel, I'm afraid more than half of your team will be dead or injured."
"Inspector Tian, calm down and let me talk to the people on the wall."
Zhang Wen, the promotion officer, calmed down the field inspection, then rode his horse out and said with his fists in his hands: "Deng Ke, the magistrate of Jinping County, reported that your Jiangjia Village changed the village into a town without authorization. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"We are called Chang'an Town Village, not Chang'an Town."
The articulate Zhao Yun used the fifth-place theory to defend himself, "We villagers are autonomous and have the full right to change the name. Just like Jingdezhen, can you say it is a town?"
Zhang Wen did not dwell on a single issue and continued to ask: "Magistrate Deng reported that you were suspected of gathering a crowd to rebel. How can you explain it?"
Jiang Guanjun said: "There is a severe drought in Guizhou and the people are in dire straits. Our Chang'an Town has fertile land and simple folk customs. Therefore, the people around us have come here to live and work in peace and contentment. Men farm and women weave. How can there be any talk of rebellion?"
Zhao Yun added: "It should be the responsibility of local officials to appease the people and solve people's livelihood. Magistrate Deng and Magistrate Tian did not want to solve the famine, but instead came to question the people who were making a living on their own. What's the point? Isn't there no king's law in this world? , believe it or not, we will go to Guiyang to file a complaint, and we will go to the capital to file a complaint?"
Zhang Wen was so angry that his brows knitted into knots, and he asked again: "You gather people to make a living and form a village together, so you certainly haven't violated the law. But why do you practice martial arts and forge weapons? Isn't this a conspiracy to rebel?"
Jiang Guanjun sneered: "Who doesn't know that Yang Yinglong in Bozhou is recruiting troops and has evil intentions? A great chaos is coming in Guizhou, and thieves are swarming everywhere. In order to protect themselves, why don't the villagers practice boxing, martial arts, and keep fit?"
Zhao Yun sang along: "We don't make armor, we don't plant flags, we only practice fists, feet and sticks. This is allowed by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. What is rebellion? Could it be that the laws of your Liping Prefecture are self-contained and different from the laws of the Ming Dynasty? ? If so, I’m afraid it’s your chieftain Tian who wants to rebel and stand on his own feet, right?”
"Stop nagging them!"
Inspector Tian rode out again and shouted loudly: "Don't show off your rhetoric here. If you didn't make armor, flags and other prohibited items, why don't you let the officers and soldiers go in and search?"
Jiang Guanjun knew that there were indeed no armors and flags in Chang'an Town, but there were firearms, and firearms were being manufactured on a large scale. Officers and soldiers must not be allowed to come in to search.
"How dare we let you enter the village when you mobilize troops like this and attack the territory with large numbers of soldiers?"
Jiang Guanjun put his hands behind his back and responded calmly, "If you want to check, it's not impossible, but you must withdraw your troops first, and then send a few civilian officials into the village. If so, then our 'Chang'an Town and Village' welcomes inspections by all officials."
As Jiang Guanjun spoke, he quietly glanced at Xu Le.
Xu Le understood and immediately sent a dozen people to the firearms bureau to hide the prototype of the firearms.
As long as the officials cannot search for contraband, even if Tian Zongrengui is the prefect of Liping, he will not be able to convict Chang'an Town.
Tian Pei laughed loudly: "Haha... Who do you think you are? Do you have the qualifications to bargain with the government? If you don't open the city gate for inspection today, I will massacre your Chang'an town by gathering a crowd to rebel. All the men will be jailed and all the women will be sent to prison." Become a prostitute."
"Haha... With just over a thousand of you, can you really defeat our Chang'an Town?"
Jiang Guanjun was so excited that he shouted loudly, "Give me the order, all the people must be ready. We have already treated you with courtesy first, and then attack with force. If there is an invading enemy, there is no need to be polite."
Seeing that the people in Chang'an Town were not intimidated, Inspector Tian immediately discussed countermeasures with Zhang Wen, the official of Liping Prefecture.
Before sending troops, the Liping Mansion obtained information that nearly a thousand people had gathered in Chang'an Town, and more than two hundred strong men were practicing patrols, and there were suspicions of rebellion.
Through the tentative siege just now, Inspector Tian found that there were more than two hundred people in Chang'an Town, and there were probably three to four hundred people, or even more.
Seeing that the arrows shot down by the villagers had only shafts but no arrowheads, Tian Pei guessed that the people in Chang'an Town did not dare to make a big deal out of the matter. After all, fighting against officers and soldiers, or even killing officers and soldiers, even if there is no rebellion, becomes a rebellion.
"Regardless of whether Chang'an Town intends to rebel, today they must be labeled as rebels!"
Tian Pei stroked his goatee and unsheathed his sword sadly, "We have a thousand men and horses. I don't believe we can't take down a small village. What kind of fighting power can a group of mud-legged people have? We must break through the city gate today. Destroy this rebellious town of Chang'an!"
Zhang Wen was a little worried: "Chang'an Town is, after all, a village of more than a thousand people. If it causes huge casualties, will it trigger an investigation in Guiyang?"
"Yang Yinglong is about to rebel. The governor of Jiangdong and the inspector-general Guo Zizhang have too much time to take care of themselves. Nipusa can't save himself when crossing the river. How can he have the time to take care of this place where birds don't shit?"
Tian Pei drew his sword out of its sheath and shouted loudly: "All soldiers listen to the order. The people of Chang'an Town gathered together to rebel and openly defy the government. Everyone is ready to attack the city again. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
The officers and soldiers had suffered a loss just now, and they were all holding their breath in their hearts. Now, after receiving the order from their superiors, they immediately regrouped and prepared to attack the city again.
Ever since Tian Gui's death, Tian Zongren has always regarded Jiangjiacun as a thorn in his side. For this reason, he even hired bandits from Wulong Mountain to massacre the village.
Just a deposit of five hundred taels was wasted. Jiangjia Village is still safe and sound, and it is even growing step by step, with an increasing population.
This made Tian Zongren suspect that the middleman had taken away the money and escaped. He never expected that the bandits from Wulong Mountain suffered a big loss in Jiangjia Village and lost more than a hundred lives in embarrassment.
Tian Zongren had no choice but to transfer Deng Kewei to Jinping County as the county magistrate, asking him to wait for opportunities to cause trouble in Jiangjiacun. However, I heard that Jiangjiacun had a tall city wall and was renamed "Chang'an Town" without authorization, and the number of people had grown to five or six hundred.
Therefore, Tian Zongren did not stop, and he ordered his master Zhang Baichu and his son Tian Wu to select 300 elite clan soldiers, disguised as bandits, and quietly rushed to Jinping County, preparing to massacre Chang'an Town.
When Tian Wu and Zhang Baichu led their troops to Yinma Town, they discovered Yang Yinglong's people. The two were worried that the commotion would cause a big disturbance, so they led their troops to hibernate in the mountains and forests while sending people to report back to Tian Zongren.
Later, this team disappeared and was never heard from again.
At the beginning, Tian Zongren could still keep his composure.
After all, the one sent out was the most elite killer of the Tian family, his son Tian Wu was also good at martial arts, and the Five Elements Killer was even more ferocious and fierce. Tian Zongren did not think that the mud-legged man from Jiangjiacun was his opponent.
But after waiting and waiting for a month, there was still no news about this team.
Not only the three hundred killers, but even his son Tian Wu and his master Zhang Baichu, as well as the Tian family's most elite Five Elements killers, all evaporated and disappeared without a trace.
Tian Zongren panicked and sent several waves of scouts to Jinping County to find out the news and find the team led by Tian Wu.
After a period of investigation, rumors and evidence pointed to the Banshu Yang family.
Under the feedback from various scouts, Tian Zongren finally accepted the bad news that his son Tian Wu was killed and the entire army of 300 people was annihilated.
In Tian Zongren's view, only Yang Yinglong has the strength to deal with his three hundred elites, and only Yang Yinglong can kill people so unscrupulously!
This feud between the Sizhou Tian family and the Bozhou Yang family is irreconcilable!
From then on, Tian Zongren fell in love with Yang Yinglong.
He wrote several memorials reporting Yang Yinglong's intention to rebel and sent them to the capital. He also wrote several letters to Jiangdong, the governor of Guizhou, asking him to mobilize troops to suppress Yang Yinglong.
A few days ago, I learned that Yang Yinglong's men purchased a batch of grain from Guilin and passed through Liping Mansion.
Therefore, Tian Zongren sent people to rob them without hesitation, killing the three hundred Bozhou native soldiers who were escorting them, and burning a hundred thousand grains.
This made Tian Zongren finally feel the evil in his heart.
Feeling proud, Tian Zongren remembered that his two sons had died in Jiangjia Village, so he ordered the inspector Tian Pei to lead a thousand soldiers to Chang'an Town, intending to trick the city gates into opening and massacre the entire village.
Finally, he framed the blame on Yang Yinglong, killing two birds with one stone.
With Tian Zongren's order, the thousand people led by Inspector Tian were fully prepared, not only carrying bows and arrows, firecrackers, but also ladders and siege hammers for siege.
This group of officers and soldiers did not expect that the villagers would dare to openly resist. They thought it was just a show, but they were frightened into flight. Therefore, the first wave of siege did not go all out, and was even a little careless.
But unexpectedly, they were attacked head-on by the people. They were hit by arrows without arrows, leaving their noses bruised and their faces swollen. They were in a miserable state. This made the soldiers of the Tian clan, who had always been arrogant and domineering, angry and gnashing their teeth in hatred.
At this moment, after receiving an order from Tian Inspection, a thousand Tian's native soldiers were gearing up again, bows and arrows, gunpowder loaded, shouting and rolling towards the wall of Chang'an Town again like a tide.
