retaliate

Chapter 101 The most important thing in life is to rely on yourself

In the county hall of Zhangyu County, Du Hui sat on his knees, listening to the officials' report.

"All the supplies from the state have arrived, and our county has to raise some more. At least I'm not afraid of [-], just in case..." Xie Ru, the county magistrate, looked up at Du Hui.

Du Hui said coldly: "Taking advantage of the good weather, the food should be taken out to dry. If it becomes moldy, whoever takes care of it will take it away."

"Yes!" Xie Ru scratched his gray hair and was about to continue when a voice came from outside.

"Mingfu!"

A sergeant appeared outside the duty room, looking anxious.

"Say!" Du Hui nodded.

The sergeant took a breath, "Just before, someone reported that Deng Hu and his gang of horse thieves had gone to Taiping."

"Mingfu!" Xie Ru held the document and looked at Du Hui.

Du Hui was startled, picked up the water glass, and drank slowly.

"how many people?"

He asked calmly, as if he had been a veteran for many years.

Ming Fu was really calm... The sergeant secretly praised, and said: "It is said to be three or four hundred, which is more powerful than before."

Xie Ru tapped the case table with the documents in his hand, and suddenly realized, "Deng Hu and others failed to raid Taiping last time, and they came here again this time, it must be revenge. Mingfu..."

Xie Ru and the sergeant both looked at Du Hui.

Du Hui squinted and looked ahead, just when Xie Ru was about to speak, he said slowly, "Send someone to investigate."

Xie Ru was startled, "Mingfu, I'm afraid it will be too late!"

Du Hui looked at him, and said indifferently: "Go to the rescue now, if Deng Hu and others go around in circles and attack the defenseless Zhang Yu County, who will defend? You, or the old man?"

"Yes!" Xie Ru trembled, "Yes."

Du Hui looked pale, "I am the magistrate of Zhangyu County first, and my primary duty is to take care of Zhangyu County. Now that the enemy situation is unknown, how will I send troops? Hurry up and find out the news."

"Take orders!" The sergeant ran away.

In the value room behind.

Xie Ru lowered his head and continued to read.

Du Hui sat upright with an indifferent expression.

Following Xie Ru's voice, the index finger lightly tapped on the table.

Silent, silent!
……

Deng Hu was dumbfounded at this moment.

"Brother, Tang Jun is attacking."

"kill!"

Rows of criminals shouted in unison and raised their guns to kill them.

Those horse thieves either frantically blocked, or hid behind their companions.

A brave horse thief roared and rushed over with a long knife that was thicker than others.

"kill!"

Assassinated with a long spear, the horse thief swung his knife, cut off the long spear, and prepared to kill with a grinning grin.

"kill!"

The spears in the second row pierced the horse thief's lower abdomen steadily, and after a vigorous stir, the spears were retracted.

The horse thief knelt down slowly, looking desperately at the criminal who collected the gun.

How peaceful he is!

"kill!"

Lin Da walked forward with his companions.

He saw the horse thieves turning around.

This is ready to rout.

Here's your chance!
"assault!"

Someone shouted sharply.

"dash forward!"

"Keep the array!"

The somewhat chaotic formation was rearranged, and the attack was delayed for a moment.

Most of the horse thieves turned around and ran away after seeing this moment.

"Help!"

Someone was left behind, crying with a wounded leg.

In the trotting formation behind him, a long spear pierced his lower back.

"The enemy army is defeated." Yang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said contemptuously: "Pursuit!"

"Chase!"

The formation became chaotic, everyone was running, Lin Da was wrapped in it, stepping on those surviving horse thieves from time to time.

"withdraw!"

Zhuang Sheng shouted for his confidants to evacuate, and gave Deng Hu a vicious look, "The dog thief, it was your good idea, ruining the brothers!"

Deng Hu drew his saber and charged forward.

Is this idiot going to die alone?

Zhuang Sheng was overjoyed.

He also shouted hypocritically: "Withdraw!"

The two staggered.

The long knife swung.

Zhuang Sheng's head fell to the ground, still with an expression of disbelief.

Deng Hu shouted, "Zhuang Sheng colluded with the Tang army, and I have killed him. Withdraw!"

The horse thieves fled in a panic, Deng Hu retreated under the protection of his confidants, he galloped his horse and looked back.

Those horse thieves who didn't have time to get on their horses were caught up and killed easily by the criminals from the death camp.

Some horse thieves knelt down and cried for surrender.

"The Ming government has ordered that these horse thieves are full of evil, Taiping has no food to feed them, so kill them."

The spears stabbed intensively, and the horse thieves kneeling on the ground were swept away.

Deng Hu panted heavily, feeling his heart constricting, and he couldn't help shouting to the sky because of the pain in his heart.

"what……"

Dangdang Dangdang!
There are people knocking on the top of the city, no, knocking on iron plates.

The pursuers turned back.

"Go and have a look."

Yang Xuan got off his horse and slowly walked into the battlefield full of corpses.

The appearance of the corpse was not good-looking, the pain and panic before death made those faces extremely distorted, all kinds of strange things.

The wounded war horse wailed beside him.

Zhao Youcai and Diao She trotted over and saluted.

"Good job!"

Yang Xuan patted their shoulders earnestly.

Cao Ying saw the crazy admiration in the eyes of the two of them, and thought that at this moment, the Lord would let them go to die, thinking about it, he would be happy.

The prisoners from the Death Battalion stood there, and wherever Yang Xuan went, they all saluted.

"It's all hard work." Yang Xuan turned around and ordered: "Let the people in the city go out to clean up the battlefield, and all the gains will be returned to the public, and the rewards will be distributed uniformly, and the rewards will be unified."

"In addition, the captured horses are gathered together, and we should have cavalry and scouts."

Diao She was overjoyed, but then he was puzzled, "Mingfu, brothers can clean up the corpses, so why call the people."

"You don't understand." Yang Xuan didn't explain either.

The people in the city have been waiting for news.

Food, clothing, shelter, transportation, birth, old age, sickness and death, these are the necessities of a person's life.

Just like a bamboo pole, Zhang Qifa, who can be blown down by a gust of wind, runs a coffin shop, but as one of the three commercial giants in the city, Zhang Qifa also runs a reverse journey.

In the front is the reverse journey, and in the back is the coffin.

So basic necessities of life, food, housing, transportation, life, old age, sickness, and death accounted for two things.

Ever since the Death Battalion left the city, Zhang Qifa was in anxiety.

He squatted inside the gate, trembling all over, but his wife and children behind him were calmer.

When the sound of shouting and killing came, Zhang Qifa turned around and went in, cursing: "Why are you still squatting? Hurry up and carry the burden, and the corners of the two children's clothes have been sewed by you?"

His wife nodded. "Sewed."

Zhang Qifa shouldered the burden, looked at his property, and couldn't help feeling sad, "How can I give up such a property!"

The shouts outside suddenly became louder.

"Could it be that the city was broken?" Zhang Qifa trembled all over, "We ran fast five years ago, and we will continue to do so this time. Get ready, I will hold Erlang in my arms, and you will lead Dalang, if something gets messed up, run away."

The whole family was waiting, shaking like chaff.

The sound of hooves came suddenly.

"Into the city!"

Zhang Qifa leaned over and picked up his second son, "Let's go!"

"The Ming government has an order that the people in the city can go out of the city to collect the corpses, and they will be rewarded afterwards!"

"What?" Zhang Qifa probed out when he heard the sound, and saw Yiqi rushing over, with Zhen Siwen on the horse.

"Win?" an old man shouted.

Zhen Siwen said proudly: "If the command of the Ming government is determined, our army will win!"

Zhang Qifa put down his youngest son, put his palms together and prayed: "Thank you Mantian gods and Buddhas, thank you Yang Mingfu."

He said with a blushing face, "It's a big victory. Those horse thieves are just a mob. How wise is Mingfu, how can they be invincible? Hahahaha!"

The family from next door rushed out, and the last one shouted: "Mr. Zhang, clean up the corpses and earn money!"

Zhang Qifa said reservedly: "Am I missing that money? Go!"

Turning around, he said dissatisfiedly to his wife: "It's all right, hurry up and make pancakes, and send them to the county office later, it's a kindness anyway."

In the backyard of the county house, Yi Niang knelt on the mat, praying in a low voice.

"I beg Your Majesty to bless you, Mr. Lang, to be safe..."

"Your Majesty, if you are not as good as the weak crown, you will work hard for great things. Hard work is fine. You have to go to fight, you have to go... Your Majesty, back then, Your Majesty once said that he hoped that Your Majesty would be an ordinary person. If His Majesty is alive, Let me bless you and make him an ordinary person..."

"Win!"

Suddenly, cheers came from outside.

Yiniang wanted to get up, but she felt that her prayer was not over yet, and she didn't have much respect for honoring the emperor.

"A big victory." There were more cheers.

Yiniang couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have to go beforehand."

When she went all the way to the outside of the county, she saw those common people running out one by one.She even saw two strong men running with an old man on their backs, so she said angrily, "Why are you torturing the old man?"

The old man trembled, "Mingfu said that those who go out of the city will be rewarded by the head. Dalang, Erlang, hurry up, don't be snatched first."

Yi Niang stood there, and people kept running from her to the outside of the city.

She looked up.

"Is this to win the hearts of the people? That's right, the concubines in the palace will distribute the rewards to the people below if they get rewards. In this way, they are united. Your husband actually understands such methods..."

She turned around and folded her hands together, "Your Majesty, you have won a big victory."

The wind picked up the fallen leaves and danced in the air.

Yiniang seemed to see the filial emperor back then, he smiled and touched the baby in the swaddle, and said: "Let him live his life safely."

"Wan Sheng!"

Cheers came from outside the city.

(End of this chapter)