stand back, let me come

Chapter 373 373: Unexpected ([-]) [Two in One]

The envoy of Luxia County looked at the "Lu" flag that was stained with dried blood and still standing on the charred half. After dismounting, he walked a few steps quickly.Regardless of the dirt on the ground, he fell to his knees with a plop, and the dull sound made his knees hurt.

His eyes were red, and the tears couldn't stop flowing out.

He saluted the city wall.

I also thank God for his mercy in my heart.

Luxia County defended and successfully dragged the reinforcements to arrive.

He whimpered and cried emotionally, but no one around him laughed at him because of this—if you think about it, they might be more emotional than the messengers. You must know that before arriving at the government office, they all thought that the Luxia County government office had fallen.

If it falls, huh, huh.

As the deeds of these homeless grassroots spread everywhere, who doesn't know the fate of being targeted by this group of locusts?
Ten rooms are empty, and corpses are everywhere.

The bloody methods used to massacre the city were no less than that of Zheng Qiao back then, and even worse, which was astonishing.

You know, in the eyes of quite a few outsiders, Zheng Qiao's methods are not ruthless - because Zheng Qiao just indulged the soldiers in the first seven days after breaking the city to collect money.

After these seven days, no more evil deeds are allowed.

As for the massacres rumored by the outside world...

It is also because the common people do everything they can to protect their money. There are only hiding places that you can't think of, and there is no place they dare not hide. After conquering the city, the victorious side uses human heads to scare the common people in the city in order to force them to spit out their money. ", to see if they think things outside their body are more important, or the head of the item is more important.

Killing is so much that it is close to massacre.

Looting women and children for pleasure can only be regarded as an "additional item".

Its nickname is——

"Reward" his brother who accompanied him to the north and south.

The lord who brings his brothers to make a fortune and rise to the top together can win the fans of all armies and the loyalty of soldiers.

This is basically an unspoken rule of convention-brothers stay away from home, follow the South and North Wars and work hard for you, and fight with life and death regardless, you have to figure out something.

Who is willing to fight and die without giving benefits?

Soldiers are human too, and they have to support their families.

Is the military pay enough?

Or is the status and reputation enough?
The meager military pay is not enough for the soldiers to feed themselves, let alone send them home to support their parents, wives and children.

One of the biggest sources of income for soldiers is the "extra cash" after the siege!Furthermore - blocking people's money is like killing their parents, and other soldiers get rich like this.

The so-called non-disturbance and non-robbing are very rare.

This is true for the "regular army" with military pay and rations, let alone those refugees and grassroots who lack everything except food.In order to force out money and food from the common people's homes, their methods of action will only be more thorough, ruthless, and decisive!
If the Luxia County Government is lost, not to mention the living people in the city, not even a live chicken, duck or earthworm will be left, and the eggs laid by the old hen will be taken away in the arms.The survivors who can survive are basically the lucky ones who are lucky and well hidden.

The messenger's relatives are all in the city.

The government is not broken, but the family is still alive.

Isn't it worth crying out for?
There's no shame in that.

The messenger was hoarse from crying, and the guards on the city wall also saw the huge crowd of people, thinking it was the refugees and grassroots attacking the city again, so they hurriedly delivered the message.Regardless of the pain in his throat, the messenger extended his voice to the entire city wall.

"It's not the enemy!"

"It's reinforcements!"

"The four counties of Heyin, Tianhai, Shangnan, and Yiru are here to help! Hunting is not disgraceful, I beg Lu Gong to come out of the city and see you!"

squeak-

Not long after, the dilapidated city gate that was fully patched opened.

Run out a guard.

The guard carefully observed the messenger, took the token from Governor Lu from the messenger, and immediately turned back to the city.After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Governor Lu hurried out of the city under the guards of two teams.It's just that the face of the other party is a little dark.

Shen Tang was riding on the back of the motorcycle.

He clasped his fists and greeted: "Mr. Lu, we meet again. I left Sibao County last year. I didn't expect to see you like this. How is the city? When we received the news, we hurried here, but we ran into tens of thousands of bandits in ambush on the way. There was a delay."

Shen Tang's mouth could not be idle.

In addition, she didn't like to chat with people about those useless scenes, so she spoke first and went straight to the point.

Governor Lu is also a tall, strong middle-aged man.

He has a bushy beard.

It's just that the eyes are slender and the corners of the eyes are downward, and there is a bit of meanness and ruthlessness on the face, which makes people not like it.

Shen Tang really didn't like it, and had a bad time with this Governor Lu during the alliance.The other party favored tough guys full of masculinity, but Shen Tang was short in stature and handsome in appearance at that time, which was exactly the type he disliked the most.

Don't talk about these grievances at this moment.

Governor Lu carefully identified Shen Tang, reluctantly matched Shen Tang with a year ago, and asked, "Why did you come here now?"

The tone was full of dissatisfaction and questioning.

Shen Tang: "???"

Shao Chong was dissatisfied and said, "How do you talk?"

The person in charge of Tianhai and Yiru also turned black.

Among them, the most embarrassing one is the Luxia County messenger.

More than [-] troops rushed to rescue the siege, not to mention tears of gratitude, but at least they didn't look like this.It was as if someone owed him.This is because the homeless grassroots attack is not fast enough, and you want to change opponents?

Hearing the words, the staff next to him changed their expressions even more, and hurriedly jumped out to smooth things over, apologizing to Shen Tang repeatedly.

"Don't blame Governor Shen, don't blame Governor Shen, my lord didn't mean to offend. It's just that I lost my youngest son before the battle today, and I was just talking nonsense when I was overwhelmed with grief. My lord, Governor Shen sent troops to help out of righteousness, he is the great benefactor of thousands of common people in Luxia County ...How can you, how can you say that? If it gets out, you will be ridiculed by the heroes of the world..."

The staff member who spoke was not low in status.

It is estimated that it is still a relative of Lu Junshou.

Being reprimanded by his subordinates in front of outsiders, Governor Lu's face turned darker, and he pursed his thick dry and curly lips, as if anger was brewing in his chest, his cheeks tightened.It's just that, in the end, he suppressed the excess emotions abruptly.

He let out a foul breath.

Bluntly apologized to Shen Tang Zhili: "There is nothing sad in life than a white-haired person giving a black-haired person. Today, the youngest son died. I am really... desolate, tears are dry and heartbroken... I can't choose what to say for a while, but I still don't know what to say." Please forgive me, County Sheriff Shen. I will host a banquet some other day, and solemnly apologize to Sheriff Shen..."

Then?

Then there was no more, and they didn't ask Shen Tang to come into the city to meet the wind and entertain the reinforcements from afar... Is this to let the army spend the night outside the city? ? ?
Shen Tang prides herself on being a "good person" and "a good old man", but she is kind-hearted, it doesn't mean that she is a bun that everyone kneads and flattens!She has worked so hard to help—although she did this to keep the vagrant bandits out of Heyin, so that she can let go of her hands and feet when fighting on other people's territory, and she doesn't feel bad if she breaks it.But anyway, she was kind.

The surname is Lu, my wife is your elder brother!

Shen Tang cursed inwardly.

Just as he was about to spray back, another member of the bureaucrat passed the Governor of Lu, and said cautiously: "It's getting late, Governor Shen and the generals have worked hard to get rid of the harm for the people. If you don't mind it, why not have a good night's rest in the city? But, Luxia County has been suffering from robbers and looting, there is nothing good to entertain the big guys... Please don't blame Governor Shen..."

Shen Tang felt relieved.

She curled her lips inwardly, with a bit of displeasure on her lips: "Forget it, there is no shortage of this meal. Now that the thieves have receded and the crisis of the government has been resolved, we are going to stay outside the city overnight. Tomorrow Search for traces of bandits. If they have diverted to go elsewhere, we will return home."

When the subordinates heard this, they became anxious immediately, and kept winking at the ashen-faced Governor Lu.

Stepping on his foot, he said angrily, "My lord!"

Governor Lu said: "Slow down!"

Shen Tang looked at him coldly.

Governor Lu took a deep breath, put his posture extremely low, and invited Shen Tang to enter the city in a tone that was mixed with pleading but reluctant.Shen Tang was puzzled, and became somewhat wary, and said: "Since that's the case, I'm sorry."

After all, the tense and tense atmosphere suddenly eased.

Governor Lu personally led Shen Tang into the city.

Shen Tang secretly exchanged glances with Chu Yaokang.

Always feel a little strange.

But not sure.

Because when the Sibao County formed an alliance, the Governor of Lu saw that Shen Tang's eyes were not eyes, and his nose was not a nose—well, it wasn't just the Governor of Lu, most of them had this bad attitude, and it was said that he had trouble with Shen Tang after drinking related.

Shen Tang said that he was wronged.

It's not that she has bad wine, but it's not that she has bad character.

How can you kill him with one shot?

Besides, the bad things that Shen Tang did while drunk had anything to do with her sober Shen Tang?I'm not happy to sit in a row!

Just looking at the traces of the city wall, I couldn't imagine how fierce the battle was until I entered the city and saw the corpses lying in the city caves that had not been cleaned up in the future. Most of them were thieves in tattered Gebu The stones and wooden pillars blocking the gate lay quietly... It can be seen that the bandits once broke through the city gate and entered the outer city... The city was in emergency several times!
At a rough estimate, there are hundreds of them.

This is already the case in the city cave, and even worse in the outer city.

Seeing that Shen Tang frowned, with a compassionate expression, the subordinates said, "The fierce battle will end, and we will send someone to clean it up before it's too late."

Shen Tang waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind.

It's just a pity that these people died inexplicably. If the world was not difficult, they would not be forced to become bandits and die here.This scene also strengthened Shen Tang's determination to protect the people of He Yin.As long as she is still the master of He Yin, she will not allow these things to come to her territory and overwhelm her.

Where to find it, where to kill it!

When he was found in the latrine, he drowned on the spot in the latrine!
Governor Lu hosted a banquet for several envoys.

In addition, bring good wine and food to entertain more than ten thousand soldiers.Shen Tang secretly ordered Bai Su to pay attention to those good wines and dishes, to see if someone tampered with them.Bai Su was puzzled: "My lord, what do you mean, this man surnamed Lu is trying to harm us?"

But why?

They are reinforcements and not to attack the city.

If they are killed, the exiles and bandits will turn around and attack the Luxia County Government. Judging from the current defense, the Government will not be able to resist the next attack.At this time, using conspiracy to deal with the alliance is tantamount to giving oneself a red crown!
Shen Tang said: "Be cautious when going out."

Caution is the boat.

Although Bai Su was puzzled, he still took the order.

Chu Yao said: "The lord also found the problem?"

Shen Tang nodded: "There is indeed a problem. Tell me, where is the city gate and the city cave? That is the key point of the city! Once the enemy invaded the outer city, why are you confident that the repelled enemy will not be in such a crisis situation?" Taking advantage of their tiredness to attack again? The right way is to clear the corpses in the city cave first, and then move stones, or even block the door with corpses..."

But other than this problem, everything else is fine.

Sheriff Lu really had no intention of harming anyone.

It's all here, if you leave because of this reason, it's one of them to startle the snake.Second, if there is no problem with others, it is purely because there is no extra manpower to clean up the city and deploy defenses. Shen Tang will get a bad reputation if he does so.

The previous grace of rescue has also been erased.

There are more enemies for no reason.

This information was also passed on to the other three.

I have to tighten my nerves tonight, and I can't take it lightly.

If there is no problem with the food, if you should eat and drink, just make sense and don't let people see the flaws.Wait until the sky is completely bright before making any plans.Everyone has no objection.

For the sake of safety, Kang Shi, Xian Yujian, Gong Shuwu and others did not attend the banquet, so they made excuses to keep them.

Zhao Feng and Chu Yao followed.

The Gu mother in Shao Chong's body had just been suppressed, so it was inappropriate to show up on such an occasion, so he only sent a subordinate official as a representative.The two families of Tianhai and Yiru also have similar arrangements.Luxia County didn't know the strength of the four families and didn't notice it.

It is said that life is difficult and poor, but the banquet for the reception is still passable, and there is wine for wine, and meat for meat.

Governor Lu also arranged simple singing and dancing, but he just lost his son and was not in the mood to eat meat and drink, so he substituted vegetables and tea.

Shen Tang also expressed his understanding.

After all, she can't drink too much.

Both of them drank tea, and after a short while, Bai Su's news came that the rice and food for more than ten thousand soldiers and horses were all right, and there was no suspicious person following them in the temporary camp where they were stationed.

Shen Tang digested this information calmly.

Is she too suspicious?

As the atmosphere heated up during the banquet, the others gradually let go of eating and drinking. Compared with the stinky face of Lu County Sheriff, the staff member was very enthusiastic.Come down in person to persuade everyone to drink, that mouth can speak, and it can be said nicely.

Shen Tang received the most toasts.

Filled a full pot of tea.

By the light of the candles in the room, she saw other staff and officials of Governor Lu, and asked casually, "Hey, Duke Lu, where did your staff go when Sibao County formed an alliance last time?"

Governor Lu asked, "Which one?"

Shen Tang gestured and said: "Short and small, with a goatee, a strategist in his forties..."

Governor Lu said with a dark face: "I don't have such a person by my side, I'm afraid Shen Jun remembered it wrong..."

He admires tall, mighty and masculine men the most, such as his model, a real man, a real man.Anyone who is not as tall as his neck and whose body is as thin as a bamboo pole is a crippled fake man in his eyes.Appointment will not be appointed, let alone take part in such an important alliance.It just so happened that Shen Tang described it so clearly, she must have misremembered it.

Shen Tang smiled awkwardly and apologized to the other party.

I muttered in my heart: [This is not fake...]

The so-called "goatee strategist" was of course Shen Tang's nonsense to deceive the prefect of Lu, and the other party reacted naturally, obviously it was the deity and not some means of disguise.Just when Shen Tang was about to let go of her guard, she found that among the officials of Luxia County, the middle-aged man dressed as a strategist, whose figure... did not meet the aesthetics of the county guard.

tut tut-

Shen Tang raised his guard.

With the action of drinking tea, he gave Chu Yao and Zhao Feng the look of "you know what I mean", and the two understood each other.

The rest of the people were coaxed into drinking one after another by the good-talking staff member, but the alcohol content in this era is not high, and one person can drink three or five jars without getting drunk, let alone most of them are literary scholars and warriors. .drink!

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

No matter how good the alcohol capacity is, there is a degree.

With a bang, one person fell on the food table, and Shen Tang was still chattering with Sheriff Lu—specifically, she was talking, and Sheriff Lu listened patiently.When she heard the movement, she turned her head, raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Oh, it's just this cat who can drink, tsk tsk tsk!"

Governor Lu: "..."

Although he didn't say anything, his expression and eyes revealed everything.Shen Tang's drinking capacity is well known.

It's a joke that people can drink several pots?
Shen Tang didn't blush.

When the conversation was almost over, she suddenly asked Lu County Sheriff: "Hey, don't look at me as a stranger, I haven't seen you before... Hey, just by looking at this face, you can tell that you are a talent..."

Governor Lu: "..."

He knew that Shen Tang was out of touch, but he didn't know that this guy could talk nonsense in a serious situation.Following Shen Tang's line of sight, he glanced over, then looked away lightly, and said, "Of course you haven't seen him, he didn't go to Sibao County with him before..."

Shen Tang asked with a smile: "I don't know who is Mr.'s last name?"

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　　Five hundred words have been added to this chapter.

　　I'll see if I can make up a thousand words tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)