Kai Fu Han

8 Slaughter
Time goes back to August [-], Liujiapu.

After all the people who entered the mountain had left the fort gate, the clan leader Liu Lihuai continued to make arrangements for the clansmen below.

"Starting today, we will collect crops in the field in the morning, organize training and prepare materials and equipment for fort defense in the afternoon."

"Liu Lizhen is responsible for training militiamen over 30 years old in the use of spears, shields, wall defense, etc."

"Liu Ligao is in charge of training horseback riding for 30 militiamen under the age of 56."

"I am responsible for training other tribesmen in the use of city defense equipment, assisting in city defense, etc."

……

On September [-]rd, clan member Liu Zhigong, who was arranged to be watched in Changqing County, rushed back and reported to clan leader Liu Lihuaihui: "Uncle, I saw the Jurchen Tatars. I looked at them from a distance, but I didn't see many of them clearly. Anyway, there are quite a few, tens of thousands.”

"If there are tens of thousands of people, it's boundless. Are you sure?" Liu Lihuai asked.

"I'm not sure, but I only saw the people at the front. The queue was so long that I couldn't see the people behind. I think there were tens of thousands of people."

"With so many people, our Liujiabao will definitely not be able to escape this time. It's time to prepare to hold on." Liu Lihuai said, and then continued to give instructions: "Go and call the clan elders, Liu Lizhen, and Liu Zhixuan to come over."

"Okay, sir." Liu Zhigong responded and quickly walked out of the ancestral hall.During this period, Liu Lihuai had been living in the wing behind the ancestral hall.

Wait until everyone arrives at the main room behind the ancestral hall.Liu Lihuai made arrangements: "Li Gao, please arrange for the militiamen to move all the fort defense equipment, stones, and wood onto the fort wall." Liujiabao's fort wall was only six feet wide, and there was no space to use the "gold juice", otherwise it would burn The gold juice should be enough for the Jurchens to drink a pot.

"Zhixuan, you lead the young and strong team (the team under 30 years old) to take care of the horses in the clan these days, and feed these beasts in the past few days. When the Jurchen Tatars come, you don't want to join the war. Wait. I give orders." Liu Lihuai continued to make arrangements.

"Clan leader, do you plan to let us take their retreat? Although they have trained in riding skills for more than ten days, the combat power of the clan members on horses is definitely not as good as those of the Jurchen Tatars who have been participating in the war for a long time." Liu Zhixuan asked.

"Don't ask any more questions. Be prepared and listen to my instructions when the time comes. If anything happens to me, your Li Gao and Uncle Li Zhen will make arrangements for you." Liu Lihuai said.

"Okay, patriarch."

"Li Zhen, please arrange for your tribe to destroy the wooden bridges over the canals outside the south and north gates, then block the north and south gates with earth and rocks, and check the secret door on the south side to make sure it cannot be seen from the outside."

"Okay, patriarch."

……

On September [-]th, traces of Jurchens appeared on the east side of the Changqing River. After pointing to Liujiabao across the river, they crossed the river from the lower reaches of the Changqing River, and then circled to the north of Liujiabao.

The patriarch Liu Lihuai stood on the north gate and looked outside. The Jurchen Tatars who came here only had a team of 100 people, a little more than [-] people. It seemed that the Jurchen Tatars had scattered and looted in Changqing County.

These Jurchens basically all wore armor, and the dozen or so people in front were probably wearing double armor, and they all had one person and two horses, one with a horse carrying a person and another with a package.

The centurion marched to a stop thirty feet away in front of the fort wall. The leading Jurchen led a Han man with a rope and walked another ten feet. Then the Jurchen whipped the Han man with a whip.The Han man walked up to the horse and shouted towards the fort wall:
"Folks from Liujiabao, I am from Changqing County. This Jurchen master said that as long as you open the fort gate, they only want property and no killing."

"This hero, our Liujiabao is willing to donate a hundred tons of grain, fifty taels each of chickens and ducks, and 100 taels of silver to buy him peace. I hope the hero will let Liujiabao go. The gate of this fort cannot be opened. Please forgive me. One." Liu Li responded loudly.

The Han people outside the wall turned to look at the Jurchen, but did not translate. It seems that the Jurchen can understand Chinese.

"Don't bargain, just open the gate obediently. I am Mohe Hanhai, a Jurchen royal family. I keep my word. If I say I won't kill, I won't kill." The leading Jurchen shouted back without letting the Han people do it for him.

"Chief, this is a royal family, can you believe it?" Liu Ligao asked Liu Lihuai in a low voice.

"Don't believe him. The Jurchen royal family no longer has the surname Mohe a long time ago. The current royal family has the surname Wanyan. He is lying to us. Patriarch, the gate of this fortress cannot be opened. If the gate is opened, we will be the fish on the board and we will be left alone. Slaughtered." Liu Lizhen said.

"I know." Liu Lihuai replied.Then he shouted to the Jurchens below: "This Jurchen royal master, we Liujiabao villagers are poor and we really don't have much food in stock. We are willing to add another 100 taels of silver. Please be lenient."

"Don't talk nonsense. You have to open the fort gate within half an hour, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences." The Jurchen did not agree. After shouting back, she led the Han man on his horse and turned back to the team.

Then I saw the Jurchens dismounting their horses to eat, drink and feed their horses.

"What should I do? They seem to be really going to fight." Liu Ligao asked.

"Don't be afraid, we have a river protection, a fort wall, and two hundred militiamen, and there are tribesmen behind us to help. They only have 100 people, and they have no siege equipment, so they can't attack." Liu Lizhen said.

"Don't be too optimistic. Our canal can't be called a river, and none of our tribesmen have seen blood. We can't tell if we really get into a fight. We hope they can accept our conditions and save money and avoid disaster."

Half an hour later, Jurchen Mohe Hanhai stepped forward and shouted: "What are you thinking about? If you don't open the fort door, we Jurchen warriors promise to break through your broken fort in half an hour, and then kill all your men." , snatch the woman back and make her a slave."

"Master, we really don't have much left. We are willing to dedicate ten plow horses from our clan to Master Jurchen. Please bypass us." Liu Lihuai shouted back.

"Your Liujiabao is famous for its wealth. If you are dishonest, don't regret it later." The Jurchen said, pulling the Han man to the horse and garrotting his head. The Han man's head flew ten feet away, and the blood on his neck spurted out. Six feet tall and extremely bloody.

After beheading the people, the Jurchens rode back and led the team into two teams, heading north and east.

"These Jurchens are really cruel. Just to relieve their anger, a life is lost." Liu Ligao said.

"There is also the intention of demonstrating, which means they will come again. Next time it will not be so simple, and there will definitely not be such people." Liu Lizhen said.

"No matter what, you can't open this fort gate by yourself. If you surrender and resist to death, we in Liujiabao choose to die standing." Liu Lihuai shouted to the militiamen on the fort wall, which restored some of the morale affected by the corpse outside. .

"Li Zhen, take someone out and bury him, and he will be safe in the ground." Liu Lihuai ordered.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Liu Lizhen said and called two people to get off the fort wall.

"Clan leader, let's retreat now while they are all gone." Liu Zhi said. "I can't run away. The Jurchen Tartars must have arranged for people to follow them. There is no reason for a hunter to let the prey out of sight. Our run is even more dangerous without the protection of the fortress wall. It may even bring the Jurchen Tartars to Go to the hunting base.”

……

At noon on September 500, a group of people came from the north of Liujiabao. There were about [-] people walking in front. Some of them were known to Liu Lihuai. It was certain that these people were villagers from nearby villages.Behind them were the Jurchen Hundreds who came to demonstrate the day before yesterday. No more Jurchens were seen.It seems that this hundred-man team wanted to take Liujiapu to themselves and did not summon the nearby Jurchens to help.

There are more than 50 villagers at the end, held down by a few Jurchens, carrying 4.3 simple ladders. From a distance, this ladder should be much higher than the fort wall. The wall of Liujiabao is only one foot and three feet. High ([-] meters).

When the crowd reached [-] feet in front of the fort wall, some Jurchens started to swim around the fort wall on horseback, making strange screams as they ran, and from time to time they shot a few arrows at the fort wall. Some militiamen who were unlucky enough to be hit by arrows cried out in pain. The sound was heard and was picked up by the fort residents under the wall.

Some Jurchens drove these villagers forward. After arriving at the fort-protecting canal, they divided the villagers into twenty teams, each team was two feet apart. They used shovels, baskets and other agricultural tools to start digging and filling the canal. Outside the Liujiabao wall The ditch is only one foot (3.3 meters) wide and six feet (2 meters) deep. According to the way these people fill it, it is estimated that it will not last long.

"Shoot or not, if we keep looking like this, they will fill up the ditch soon." Liu Ligao shouted to the clan leader.

"How do you shoot? Look around. These people below are all related to each other. Who could do it?" Liu Lihuai replied.

Liu Ligao looked to both sides. The militiamen in Liujiabao had red eyes and clenched their weapons hard in their hands, but most of the archers put down their bows and arrows that were originally pointing outside the fort.

Begging for mercy came one after another outside the fort wall, and some villagers could even call out the names of the militiamen on the fort wall.

"Folks, please stop filling in. If you keep filling in, our Liujiapu will be doomed." Liu Ligao shouted down.

After hearing this, some villagers stopped their work.When the Jurchens behind saw it, they immediately fired dozens of arrows, and a dozen villagers fell into a pool of blood. The other villagers were frightened and quickly stepped up their actions.

"Dog Tartars, I'm not done with you." Liu Ligao shouted angrily.But he could only shout that those Tartars were still standing thirty paces away so far, and with the soft bows in the hands of the militiamen on the fort wall, there was nothing they could do.

In less than an hour, the moat in front of the northern fort gate was filled.Thirty Jurchens rode horses in front of the north gate, and shot arrows at the gate tower of the castle while running to suppress the militiamen above.Six Jurchens carried logs towards the gate of the castle, presumably intending to knock on it.

"I'm going to shoot some arrows." After Liu Lihuai finished speaking, without waiting for Liu Lihuai's consent, he walked to the gatehouse and walked to the female wall. When the Jurchen soldiers came closer, he suddenly leaned out and raised a load of gunpowder in his hand. He bent his bow and shot six arrows quickly. The arrows hit the target, but because the Jurchen soldiers had armor, only three of them were shot to the ground, but this also interrupted their scoring rhythm.

"Dog Tartar." Liu Lizhen cursed loudly in relief. Just as he was about to retract his body, he felt pain in his shoulder, and was brought down to the ground by the force.The Jurchen cavalry was still very capable in cavalry shooting. In the blink of an eye, the Jurchen cavalry wandering outside returned a few arrows, one of which hit Liu Lizhen's right shoulder.

When Liu Ligao saw Liu Lizhen being shot down, he quickly threw himself to the ground, crawled over, pulled Liu Lizhen back and sent him to the wall.

The three Jurchen soldiers who ran back were whipped several times by Mohe Hanhai. They ran over again and pulled out eight strong villagers from the villagers who had filled the canal. They pressed them with knives and came to the gate of the fort. They picked up the logs and He rushed straight towards the fort gate.

There was a loud "dong" sound, and the log hit the fort gate. The villagers holding the log were shaken so hard that they could not hold the log, and they fell to the ground due to the rebound.Because the fort gate has been filled with earth and rocks before, it cannot be opened by hitting the wood.

Seeing that hitting the door was useless, the three Jurchen soldiers turned back.

This time, Mohe Hanhai did not crack the whip again, and arranged for people to call back all the villagers who were filling the canal.Then twenty people held up a ladder and rushed towards the fort wall along the filled part of the ditch.

"Shoot or not? It's over if you don't." Liu Ligao shouted towards Liu Lihuai.

"Shoot, but I'll make the arrangements. You go to the back, lead the young and strong team out of the secret door, and escape to the stronghold in the mountains on horseback. Liujia Fort cannot be defended anymore." Liu Lihuai replied.

"No, you go ahead, I'll guard here." Liu Ligao's voice was a little hoarse.

"Listen to me, go ahead. I'm old and can't run anymore. You've always been in good health. Take them, escape, and fight with Li Sheng. Remember, don't cut off the Liu family's incense." Liu Lihuai Said again.

Liu Ligao's tears couldn't stop flowing down, and he cried: "Brother, take care, I will come back to accompany you after we send them to a safe place." After saying that, he rushed down the gatehouse and hurried towards the inside of the fort without looking back. go.

"Everyone listen to me. The archers shoot at the people holding the ladder. Others are ready. When the ladder reaches the wall, use a long pole to knock it over." Liu Lihuai shouted to the militiamen on both sides.

After shouting, a wave of arrows shot out, knocking down more than a dozen people, which had little effect on the overall situation outside, but the militiamen who leaned out were shot down several times by the Jurchen Tartars suppressing outside.

After a few breaths, a ladder was set up on the fort wall. The militiamen on the wall used long poles to push the ladder outwards. After a hard effort, they found that the ladder had not moved. The Tatar who had been among the villagers had been hung on the back of the ladder. The weight pressed the ladder against the wall.

"Come and help, I can't push..." Before he could finish shouting, the militiaman was hit by an arrow in the face and fell backwards.

Then Liu Lihuai saw Mo He Hanhai climbing up the ladder. Before he landed, he chopped down a militiaman in front of him to the ground with a knife. He glanced at Liu Lihuai and walked straight towards him. As he walked, he shouted: "Soldiers, Attack the fort, don’t seal the sword today!”

Liujiabao was broken.

……

Here, Liu Ligao had just led a young team of more than 50 people out of the secret door when he saw five Tatars riding in the distance. Liu Ligao knew that if they followed or went back to bring people over, Liujiabao would be destroyed. None of these young men on horseback can escape, and they may even lead these devils to the hunting stronghold.

"Zhixuan, after the ten of you break up with me, the rest will be led by Xin Ang and flee towards the hunting stronghold." Liu Ligao pointed out ten people to come out.

"No, we will fight them." Liu Xinang shouted excitedly.

"No matter how hard you fight, the fort must have been broken now. The Liu Family Fort is over. I have been training you to ride horses for more than ten days to give you a chance to escape. Xin'ang, don't be so angry at this time, don't let the clan members die in vain. ." After saying that, he led ten people and rushed towards the five Jurchen Tatars.

"Ah!......," Liu Xin yelled angrily towards the sky.Then I saw that Liu Zhixuan was shot off his horse by an arrow before he could reach the tartar, and was dragged forward by the horse, leaving long bloodstains on the ground.

"Let's go." After wiping his tears, Liu Xin'ang led the remaining people and fled southward.

Ps: 4000 words, no chapters.

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