Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

"Are you okay?"

Jia Cong threw the corpses out of the car and saw many of them, and his heart finally returned to his stomach.

Baochai shook his head with tears in his eyes and said, "If this strong man hadn't risked his life to save him, we would..."

"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay." Jia Cong took a long breath, cupped his hands towards the man and said, "The grace of saving your life will be rewarded generously."

The man shook his head, bowed slightly towards Jia Cong, turned over and plunged into the moat, disappearing as quickly as a black fish.

Daiyu sighed: "Unexpectedly, there are such knights in the world."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "How did he get here?"

Sister Feng said: "Some thieves came in to arrest us before, and suddenly a knife was thrust out from under the floor and the thieves were stabbed to death.

Only then did we realize that someone was already hiding under the car. "

Qingwen said excitedly: "Later, that man was so powerful. He flew around in the car and killed many thieves. He was as powerful as Linghu Chong."

Everyone nodded, but Chu Chan couldn't understand.

Jia Cong muttered, "What kind of knight would hide under your car? Linghu Chong, that's nonsense."

Baochai said: "What does Cong'er mean? That person has other plans?"

Jia Cong said slowly: "It's hard to distinguish between friends and foes now, but no matter what, he saved you, and I appreciate his kindness."

"Third Master, Brother Sen is dying." Yan Shuangying came over and whispered, his eyes slightly red.

Jia Cong turned around and saw Zhang Yuanba holding Cai Sen. He saw that his armor was broken all over his body, bleeding everywhere, and his flesh and blood were blurred.

Jia Cong leaned over and said: "Caisen, I am the third master!"

Cai Sen turned his head to look at him with difficulty, his face was as white as paper, his lips trembled slightly, and he said: "Third Master... I... shouldn't... disobey military orders, and I... apologize to you."

He was among the first batch of soldiers selected from Baihe Village and has always been loyal.

Even though Jia Cong was murderous and had a heart of stone, he felt his nose was sore at this moment. He held his hand and said, "I know, it's not your fault."

With tears in his eyes, Cai Sen said softly: "Third Master, I... can no longer... follow you around. You... take care of yourself."

Jia Cong took a deep breath and said, "Whatever wish you have, just say it and I will make it happen for you."

Cai Sen smiled and shook his head, the light in his eyes gradually dimming.

Jia Cong said in a deep voice: "I will treat your parents, wife and children well."

"Thank you... Third Master..." Cai Sen struggled to utter a few words, then loosened his hand and lost his breath.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers could not help but shed tears.

Jia Cong endured his grief and said, "Who else is in his family?"

"He is still alive, has two brothers, and a mother-in-law to raise a boy." Yan Shuangying cried.

Jia Cong nodded silently, picked up the Mo Dao next to him, and said, "Take this knife back and leave it to the boy as a reminder. Let him know that his father is a hero."

"Yes!"

"After this battle, the bodies of the brothers were collected in high-quality coffins and brought back to Shenjing for burial."

"Yes."

"Gather your soldiers and return home," Jia Cong said.

"Sir, help!" Suddenly, a weak cry for help was heard from under the bridge.

Qiao Yin? Jia Cong hurriedly looked over.

It turned out that Qiao Yin saw that the thieves were too powerful and could not be defeated. After being stabbed twice, he pretended to be seriously injured, fell into the river, and hid in a grass hut under the bridge to save his life.

The thieves thought he was dead, so they attacked Cai Sen and the ranger again.

It wasn't until he heard Jia Cong's arrival that the overall situation was decided, that he asked for help.

Everyone hurriedly picked him up.

Seeing that he was covered in injuries, Jia Cong nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

At this time, Qiao Yin wished he had two more wounds, and said with emotion: "This is a matter of humble duty, no matter how hard it is, I only regret that my martial arts are poor and I couldn't save brother Cai Sen." After saying that, he wiped it and it was not there. tears.

Jia Cong patted him on the shoulder, walked to another car, opened the curtain, and saw Zijuan, Ying'er and other girls were there. He nodded and showed his identity to the city. He stopped riding and went with Baochai. Waiting for someone to take a bus into the city.

When the defenders on the city saw it was Jia Cong, they hurriedly opened the door to greet him.

Jia Cong smiled coldly, and did not criticize the defenders for not saving them in the face of death, but first fought outside and then settled inside.

The flow of people on the street was still chaotic, and fires broke out everywhere. Jia Cong didn't care. He only ordered his soldiers to clear the way. The top priority was to send a few girls home.

Jinling City is too big, and it is night again. The efficiency of suppressing bandits at this time is too low. Let them kill and rob them. Anyway, he has already set up pockets on the outside. Waiting for dawn will be the end of this group of thieves.

"If you are right, please order the Jinyi Guards to strictly guard the inner and outer city gates to prevent thieves from escaping by land."

"Yes."

The girls saw Jia Cong's dull expression and didn't know what he was thinking. They thought he was angry, so they didn't dare to speak.

You look at me, I look at you, and in the end both look at Baochai.

Baochai had no choice but to say apologetically: "Cong'er, we shouldn't have disobeyed you and forced ourselves to go out, causing so many soldiers to suffer."

Jia Cong asked the reason and sighed: "I don't blame you. This matter has been planned for a long time. Even the elderly people of the Wang family and the Xue family have bought it off. It is reasonable for you to fall into the trap."

Daiyu felt both self-blame and remorse, crying: "I didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of me. It's always my fault."

Jia Cong comforted him: "It's wrong to think so. Even if you don't go out, the thief can't do anything about it?

Their goal is you. At worst, they can storm the house, and the soldiers will gather together to protect you. If the thieves use fire to attack, the consequences will be even more disastrous. Now this is the best result. "

Sister Feng said hurriedly: "That's it, these bandits are really cowardly!" Jia Cong glared at her and ignored her. If Sister Feng hadn't joined in the fun, there wouldn't have been any of this. But now that the girls had just calmed down, they didn't It was a blessing that something happened, and he couldn't bear to be harshly blamed.

Sister Feng was bright-eyed and didn't know what he meant. She smiled coquettishly and shrank back.

After returning home, after settling down the girls, Jia Cong went back to the front hall to give orders.

Yan Shuangying led Du Fugui in and knelt down to plead guilty. When he learned that Cai Sen died in the battle, Du Fugui cried like a child and kept slapping himself.

"Third Master, I'm guilty of the crime. I don't dare to beg for mercy. I just ask Third Master to let me avenge Brother Sen and come back to die."

Jia Cong looked at the soldiers who had been summoned back and the remains of forty or fifty dead soldiers, mainly those who died tonight.

These soldiers are all tough veterans who have fought with him for several years. The death of any one of them is a huge loss.

Yin sighed and said: "Enough people have died tonight. I already know about this. There is a reason for everything, and I can't blame you entirely. Why are you crying? A man bleeds and doesn't shed tears!"

"Thank you Third Master for your kindness. Please rest assured, I will sacrifice my life to kill the enemy and avenge Brother Sen!" Du Fugui touched his head to the ground and burst into tears.

"Come here, pass on my military order. Leave a hundred people to guard the mansion, and another 500 cavalry from the Jinyi Guards to help guard. The rest of you, follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Yes!" All the soldiers shouted in unison. They had never fought such a useless battle, and they had already suppressed their murderous intent.
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Jinling has a rich water system and numerous docks. In the final analysis, there are two directions. One is to go south along the Qinhuai River and merge into the Lishui River through the Rouge River. The second is to go north along the Qinhuai River, Pearl River and other waterways and merge into the Yangtze River.

Ruan Yanghui strictly implemented Jia Congjun's order and blocked all the north and south piers such as Lion Rock Pier, Dinghuaimen Pier, Qingliangmen Pier, Longjiang Pier, Qiqiao Weng Pier, Yanziji Pier and so on overnight.

Ruan Yanghui made some calculations and secretly thought that his two thousand soldiers were now thinly divided, but he was not afraid. As long as he delayed a little and waited for the admiral and other peerless generals to arrive, wouldn't the thieves just surrender and be captured?

I was very happy to think that I had to make a contribution out of nowhere.

Rongguofu

"Come here, go to the Governor's Mansion and send a message to Governor Gu, asking him to coordinate the defense of the city and stabilize the overall situation. Once the traitor is exposed, I will send my own troops to pursue him!" Jia Cong said.

"Yes!" Wen Youfang bowed and said, "The thieves can make such a big noise. I think there are not many of them. Do you want the governor to send troops to help?"

Jia Cong waved his hand and muttered: "A group of grass bandits, no matter how many there are, are nothing more than chickens and dogs. What's the point? Don't you hear that the soldiers will win?"

"Yes, Third Master is wise."

"The royal guards have supplied two hundred healthy horses, which will be delivered immediately."

"Yes."

"Go to the kitchen and quickly light a fire to cook."

"Yes."

……

In the Rongde Hall, the lights were brightly lit, and Jia Congyi sat in the hall without removing his armor, gently wiping the blade of his knife.

Dozens of soldiers were lined up on both sides of the hall, standing with their swords drawn, and a solemn and murderous aura came out of their bodies.

It was dawning.

"Report! A large number of thieves suddenly gathered from all sides, escorted hundreds of vehicles, and forced their way to the Guanyin Gate. The defenders were unable to resist." The spies in Jinyi reported.

Jia Cong stood up and looked at the map. Guanyin Gate was in the north of Jinling City. He pointed a little further north and sneered: "Yanziji!"

Yanziji Wharf is right on the Yangtze River. The thieves can board the boat at the wharf and then go down the river, which is very convenient.

"Attack!" Jia Cong shouted and strode out.

The city gate defenders could not withstand it. He had already expected it. Not to mention the city garrison, the guard army, the governor Biaoying and other officers and soldiers each had their own masters. Even if they were of the same mind, there would be thirteen gates in the inner city of Jinling and fifteen in the outer city. How can the Taoist gate be guarded tightly with thousands of people in the city?

What's more, if there is chaos in the city, a large number of troops will be needed to suppress the local area and protect the yamen at all levels and the wealthy families. It is estimated that less than half of them can be used to defend the city.

Jia Cong was waiting for now. These thieves were probably the remnants of the Dahe Gang. Their main purpose was to rob and make money, not just to kill people and cause chaos. They were not afraid of not showing up.

Even if they dare to hide in the city, once daybreak and the situation is calm, they can be found by searching house to house with the power of Jin Yiwei and the Yamen.

Therefore, they will definitely rush through the pass by force. Anyway, with their military strength, it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers defending the city to resist.

More than two hundred cavalry filed out of Rongguo Mansion, their angry iron hooves smashed through the early morning mist, and headed straight towards the north of the city.
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Duan Tianlei, the leader of the Dahe Gang, led more than 2,000 gang members, easily broke through the obstruction of the government troops, and walked out of the Guanyin Gate leisurely.

It is difficult to rush into the city gate from the outside in, but it is easy to rush from the inside out.

A few hundred steps ahead is the Yanziji Pier, where a dozen large ships have already been waiting.

Duan Tianleibao was sitting in the car with a ring of eyes, wearing a waistcoat, with two dark and thick arms bare, with tattoos on his arms. He had a green dragon on his left and a white tiger on his right, humming a tune proudly, his beard like a steel needle trembling slightly. .

This is the biggest act he has done since his debut. Although he did not achieve full success, he still made a lot of money.

"The gang leader has a clever plan. We are going to have a good year this year."

"I also thought that Jinling was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. I didn't expect that if we were allowed to take whatever we wanted, the officers and soldiers would be useless."

"The only drawback is that the little ladies in Jia Cong's family didn't come out. I heard that they are all like gods."

"What I'm saying is that this time we are in a hurry. The brothers only took things and didn't have time to enjoy the beauty of Jinling."

Several hall masters laughed obscenely in unison.

Duan Tianlei smiled and said: "Don't get carried away, if there is no help from experts, how dare we come to Jinling to beg for food?

This success was indeed due to the right time, place and people. Who told Gu Tao and Jia Cong to introduce new laws and offend too many people?

We use money to do things, and it is reasonable to make a windfall on the way. Although those young ladies didn't get it, we tried our best, and those old men can't blame us.

What's more, with such a commotion in Jinling, public resentment is boiling, and Governor Gu's life is not easy. We can be considered a big help to them. "

"The gang leader is wise."

"I am short-sighted and only know how to steal money and women. We rely on the gang leader to show us the way."

"The leader of the gang is talented and strategic, and the gang will surely prosper in the future."

……

Duan Tianlei accepted the flood of flattery, secretly saying that as long as he got on the boat and everyone hid in various places along the river, the government would have great abilities and there would be nothing they could do to him.

Suddenly I saw two to three hundred officers and soldiers guarding the pier. No one was allowed to approach. (End of chapter)