The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Zhu Shiyong was caught off guard by the sudden mutiny of more than a hundred soldiers in the front yard. Before he could react, the soldiers had already broken up the formation of the governor's army, and immediately knocked down five or six of the governor's personal guards.

Zhu Shiyong was furious, cursed repeatedly, and at the same time ordered the supervising army loudly: "Hold it, don't retreat."

Although Zhu Shiyong's personal guards had only 80 people, they were several times as brave as the side soldiers. They quickly reacted and assembled a good formation to block the forward momentum of the side soldiers.

At the same time, Zhu Shiyong ordered people to mobilize two hundred soldiers from outside who were acting as security and siege missions to rush to reinforcements quickly.

The reinforcements arrived noisily, and they were all dumbfounded. Why did their own people fight with their own people? Wang Dutou and Li Dutou, who led the team, hurriedly asked the brothers who knew each other why.

"Brother Mazi, what is this? Why did you have sex with the magistrate?"

"Wang Dutou, you don't know what's going on inside. The old thief Zhu Shiyong didn't care about our brothers' life and death, and shot and killed dozens of our brothers with arrows; Zheng Dutou and Chen Dutou were all killed by him. Commander Yang was also killed by him, this old thief is out of his mind, he wants to rebel and drag our brothers to hell."

"What?" Wang Du's head was at a loss when he heard it. He was about to ask a question when he heard a scream.

"My lord, is this...?" Wang Du felt dizzy and turned to Zhu Shiyong for help.

Zhu Shiyong shouted: "Don't ask anything, don't believe anything, they listened to Su Jin's bewitching and defected, and the government had to follow the law. Wang Yaocheng, Li Du, are you going to make trouble?"

Both Wang and Li hurriedly said: "How dare you be humble, because you don't understand the situation.\\.. \\"

Zhu Shiyong nodded and said: "Okay, from now on, the government will appoint you two as the chief and deputy commanders of the Baoxin Army. When the matter here is settled, I will ask the imperial court to formally appoint you."

Wang Yaocheng and Li Du thanked, Zhu Shiyong waved his hands and said: "Don't rush to thank you, you two must immediately quell the rebellion, capture and kill all the soldiers who turned against each other, and arrest Su Jin and others. This is a great achievement. The imperial court will definitely approve the petition from the government."

Wang Yaocheng and Li Du clasped their fists at the same time and said, "I am willing to die for my lord."

Zhu Shiyong nodded in satisfaction and said, "I'll leave it to you. My government will lead the guards out of the yard to make room for you. Wait for a good performance, and don't let down the cultivation of my government."

"My lord, don't worry about supervising the battle outside the courtyard. I will not disgrace your life if you are a low-ranking officer."

Wang Yaocheng and Li Du each led more than a hundred people from their troops to rush into the courtyard to replace Zhu Shiyong's personal guards. The personal guards surrounded Zhu Shiyong and exited the courtyard to supervise the battle; Afterwards, with the addition of Su Jin and the defected Xiang Bing and others, there were more than 300 people, and it suddenly seemed overcrowded.

The defected soldiers were still delighted that their brothers came to put out the fire, but soon they were disappointed, and quickly turned from disappointment to fear; the soldiers under Wang Yaocheng and Li Du raised their swords and killed them The two sides immediately handed over.

"Damn it, Lu Kuizi, are you really killing me? Last night we drank and called each other brothers, and you fucking greeted your brother with a knife; ouch, my arm!"

"Brother, don't blame my brother. My brother can't do anything about it. The king has issued a strict order and even brought people to supervise the battle. My brother doesn't want to kill you, but my brother doesn't want his head to be chopped off either. Take the knife."

"Damn it, you're ruthless! Don't you know that the prefect Zhu is planning to cause chaos? The imperial army is almost outside the city. If you follow the prefect Zhu to make trouble, you will be executed by everyone."

"Brother, don't waste your time talking, you can coax a three-year-old child with such words; I don't know what you are thinking, but you actually defected before the battle. I think you should surrender, otherwise I am afraid that you will not fall..."

Both sides are box soldiers. They eat, sleep, gamble and train in the same camp on weekdays, and they are very familiar with each other. Now they are fighting and chatting, but it is very lively; One's fierceness.

The reinforcements were outnumbered, and soon gained the upper hand. The number of defected soldiers dropped sharply, and thirty or forty of them were quickly knocked down. Fortunately, the courtyard is not big and the area to meet the enemy is limited. Otherwise the situation will be even worse.

Seeing that the rebel soldiers were about to collapse, Su Jin hurriedly shouted: "Shrink the formation and move closer to the west."

The rebel soldiers had no leader, and they were in full swing. Hearing Su Jin's cry, they seemed to be grasping at straws, and they all tried their best to gather to the west. Su Jin also called everyone to protect the female relatives to gather to the west.

After throwing down more than ten corpses, the crowd finally gathered in a group at the west end; only then did they realize Su Jin's intentions. There were several large flower beds in the west end of the courtyard, which happened to form several roadblocks, and it was not so convenient for the enemy to attack; And there are more than a dozen big trees growing, making it even more difficult for the opponent to move around.

The most important thing is that the main hall is already on fire, and the flames have reached the roof. Everyone was leaning against the fire, not to mention that there is no way to retreat, even the high temperature of the flames is definitely unbearable; after moving to the west head , to avoid the high-temperature flames, there is an additional barrier on the north and east sides, and the opponent cannot deploy troops in the direction where the fire ignites, so that the pressure on the stretched manpower on the side is slightly relieved.

Su Jin ordered loudly to distribute troops, and the remaining [-] or so defected Xiangbing soldiers were divided into two teams, with Mahan and others from each dynasty guarding the southeast and southeast sides. Defensive terrain.

Wang Yaocheng and Li Du ordered the soldiers to attack several times, but they were all repulsed by the opponent relying on the cover of trees and flower beds. Not to mention five or sixty people were killed or injured, and even a single person of the opponent was not injured.

The soldiers are nothing to be afraid of, but the hateful thing is that the six or seven men under Su Jin are like fierce tigers. They kill one person when they meet each other.

Zhu Shiyong saw it clearly from the high place outside the courtyard, and cursed angrily: "Idiot! Idiot! Since they are shrinking, why don't they shoot their arrows? Send someone to tell those two idiots."

Waking up the dreamer with one word, Wang Yaocheng quickly ordered to stop attacking the enemy, retreat [-] steps to leave a gap, and at the same time ordered fifty archers to rush to the front to bend their bows and set arrows.

Su Jin had expected this move a long time ago. When the other party bent his bow and set an arrow, Su Jin had already ordered it quietly. Everyone pulled and dragged the corpse lying in front of the formation towards him. When Wang Yaocheng With a wave of his arm, when the arrows rained down, Su Jin also shouted at the same time: "Stand up the shield!" , the meat shield was densely filled with arrows, but the people behind were unscathed.

The distance between the two sides is too close, and people with a little common sense know that bows and arrows can only be shot flat, and cannot be thrown; It was catastrophic, the arrow fell from the sky, and there was no way to prevent it.

Zhu Shiyong was also dumbfounded, his skinny fingers almost scratched his scalp into several deep grooves, this kid is really tricky, he can think of such a way, it is really depressing.

Zhu Shiyong bowed his head and thought hard about the countermeasures, and he heard commotion in the courtyard, and the panic and shouts of the soldiers everywhere, Zhu Shiyong hurriedly asked the left and right: "What's the matter?"

A personal guard said with a trembling voice: "Return...Report to my lord, Wang Du was shot to death by an arrow."

Zhu Shiyong said in astonishment: "How is it possible? Does the other party have bows and arrows?"

The guard said: "There is only one bow, and it uses the arrows we shot..."

Su Jin and others in the courtyard have already started to shout loudly: "Thank you, Zhifu Zhu, for the arrows. We picked up a bow, but we have no arrows. Now it's all right, and I sent dozens of arrows for nothing."

Ma Han giggled, took the arrows pulled out from the shield by everyone, happily piled up a small pile in front of him, put them on the bowstring one by one, and flew towards the hostile soldiers with a scream , At such a short distance, there is almost no need to aim, each arrow penetrates a person's body, without fail.

Ma Han looked proudly at the other party's crowd fleeing and dodging one after another, enjoying the admiration of the soldiers around him, feeling like a fairy.

Wang Chao shook his head and gave him a headache, cursing: "Soldiers are useful? Didn't you see Zhu Shiyong standing outside and pointing fingers? If you have the ability, give him a chill."

Ma Han woke up with a start, and stretched out his hands to grope on the ground. After a while, he shot all of the more than 50 arrows, and there was not even one. They couldn't help but regret it; A corpse with a broken arrow and feather was found at the base of the thigh. Ma Han hurriedly took it, put on the bowstring and stretched it like a moon, and there was a "click". Everyone exclaimed and were dumbfounded.