Lu Ming

Chapter 25

As Zhou Tong led him to the village, he said, "The house in the back is fairly neat, and the gentleman will stay for one night. I should be able to live in the house tomorrow."

Cao Chuan laughed and chose a not so dilapidated room to rest in.Looking at the simple bamboo bed and the seemingly unclean bed in the house, I found a sheet from the ring and put it on, and then I loosened my muscles.It's not easy to ride on the pole, especially after riding the forty-mile mountain road in one breath.

After resting on the bed for two hours, I went out after dark. The courtyard was full of people, and pieces of meat were rolling in several large pots.Seeing Cao Chuan come out, Zhou Tong hurried over with a bowl of fermented brew: "The elders set a rule to drink three bowls before going into battle. Afterwards, if you can come back alive, then open it up and drink it, sir, let's do a bowl too."

Cao Chuan didn't drink much of the wine here, he usually drank tea. He always felt that these local brews had a strange smell and the degree of strength was not enough.But there is no way this can be done. Everyone is watching, and if you don't drink, you will have no reputation.

Amid the cheers of everyone around, someone drank the wine in the bowl in one go.

In fact, these people know himself far better than Cao Chuan imagined. In a closed group, anything will spread at an extremely fast speed, not to mention the characters in stories such as Cao Daochang.

As for the rumbling of the mountain in the past few days, and even today's whole group going down the mountain, everyone is well aware of it, but because of the strict order of the master, it is difficult to talk about it publicly.

Seeing Cao Chuan drinking heavily, Chen Erye was also very happy. After drinking a bowl together, he came to the middle of the venue and loudly expressed his gratitude for the gift of the knife. Tomorrow, he will cut off the dog's head of the Bai brothers to serve Mr.

Next, Mr. Chen had to use the newly acquired treasured sword to show everyone a set of fighting Bafang swordsmanship. Zhou Tong was also helpless, so Chen Huoding shouted and fought amidst the cheers and played a lot of routines. The knife is still sheathed.

Finally, it was Zhou Da's turn to speak. The leader is still of high level. He said that Mr. Cao is now a blessing for everyone. The Pingfeng Village will usher in a great development, so everyone should follow the leader closely. , take the chance, and drink to make everyone have another bowl.
After the swearing-in meeting, the whole group started to eat, and there is no limit today, and the meat and bone sticks are full of brown rice.Cao Chuan took a few bites and went to bed. After a night, the dogs in the village barked before dawn. By the time he washed up and came out for breakfast, most of the people were already preparing their weapons.

As soon as it was dawn, Zhou Dazhai, the master of the village, jumped on the table and shouted loudly: "Bai Zhuang's group of dogs and brothers have been fighting for many years, and the enemy is as deep as the sea. Turn your face, wait for this stake to be pulled out, all the people in Lin'an County will be happy for three days, and the money will come out of the public treasury, I will not live anymore!"

More than 200 lean men roared at the same time, all raising their knives, axes and spears.Zhou Tong looked around and with a wave of his hand, Chen Erye had turned into a special policeman, wearing a stab-proof suit, with a pig knife on his waist, and went first, followed by the mountain people with high morale.And Master Cao, on the other hand, calmly drank the meat porridge, waited until he gnawed another pig bone, then Shi Shiran sat on the sliding pole and followed
There are also a lot of people in the back team. In addition to the dozens of people from Pingfeng Village, there are also a group of Hengtang villagers who are carrying a lot of burdens. They are carrying a lot of things. This is the logistics force.

Not long after we went out, news came from the front that the outpost of the Bai family had been killed and scattered. After a while, we should know that the Pingfengzhai brigade was coming. Zhou Tong asked the back team to walk faster and keep up with the big boss. The tail of the team.

Cao Chuan didn't interrupt, and the back team accelerated forward after Chu Jianli shouted a few times, and soon saw several corpses on the side of the road.The four or five people who were wearing short beatings in home-clothes were either lying on their backs or lying down. Bloodstains and weapons were all taken away. The bodies were left on the side of the road, and no one looked at them.

People are so wonderful. The last time I saw a corpse was still vomiting, and today I have no major reaction.

Cao Chuan knew what he was going to do next. From the time he saw the two corpses until he went to Thailand, he knew that this day would come sooner or later, and he knew that there would be no shortage of shootings.Since you can't escape, you have to face it. In fact, it's not difficult. Take a look at what kind of environment these people in the Ming Dynasty lived in, and think about it.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the team left the official road and followed a dirt road to the north, surrounded by lush woods and forests. After a while, Cao Chuan was sitting on the sliding pole and saw Baijiazhuang in the mountains from a distance. .

Baizhuang faces the south and the north, and is built on the mountain, and the scale is not small.The foundation fell on a stone platform, which was much higher than the ground. There was a four-meter-high stone wall on the periphery. From the top of the wall to the ground, it was almost three and a half stories high.

What is even more vicious is the road in and out of Zhuangzi. A stone path gradually rises from east to west. When it reaches the entrance of Zhuangzi, it turns a small bend and connects to the main gate.

That is to say, after exiting the gate of Baizhuang, take a few steps forward, turn left, and walk along a gradually descending stone path until you reach the flat ground.

After Cao Chuan glanced at it, he understood why Zhou Tong couldn't talk to the Hu family many times. This kind of terrain would be difficult to conquer unless he filled the trenches with human life regardless of the loss.

At this time, the gable was already full of people, and the men and horses of Pingfengzhai had already set up a posture below, with a distance of 70 meters between the two sides, shouting and cursing at each other.

Seeing the arrival of the logistics brigade, Zhou Tong and a few people hurried over to greet them. As soon as Chu Jianli came over, he waved his hands and directed the people to move forward. Several people who were carrying load began to distribute bamboo tubes and dry food to the brigade.

This side began to sit on the ground to eat and drink, the scolding stopped, and the people on the wall of the village were also sparse. It seemed that the other side was also hurrying to eat lunch.

Zhou Tong led Cao Chuan forward, walked to the front row of the team, pointed at Baizhuang and said: "Sir, look at this stone base and the gable wall, there is no way to go for a hard attack. To enter the village, you can only follow the stone road. If you attack, you will be hit by the stone and gray bottles at the top of the wall along the way.

"I remember we also have bows and arrows? Can we shoot at each other?"

Zhou Tong smiled bitterly: "There is a lot of humidity in this mountain, and a strong bow cannot be used at all, nor can it be raised. There are a few bamboo bows that are used for shooting rabbits, but they can't help. This Baizhuang takes a lot of advantage and hurts people from the top of the wall. , the brothers can only endure hard."

Cao Chuan nodded: "I'm afraid this Zhuangzi will also be difficult for the official army."

Zhou Tong snorted: "If Mr. is not there, the officers and soldiers will be smashed. When Mr. sees the narrow bend in front of Zhuangmen, it is used to prevent the big wood from hitting the door. They will all fall, not to mention the big tree."

"Well, but...cough. Oh, by the way, where is my position?"

(End of this chapter)