Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 110 Gou's Village ([-])

Lin Quanan was so forced that he realized that the short-haired master's money was not so easy to earn, and said: "Your old man's accent is still a bit weird, it's better to talk less when you go in."

When I came to the village, the gate was wide open. There were horses in front of the gate, and there were a few townspeople standing guard.The defense is fairly tight.Because Lin Quan'an was familiar with the locals, he said hello a few times, stuffed some small items, and brought Xue Ziliang in.

There are about [-] households in the village, most of which have stone walls and thatched roofs, and some poor ones have walls and roofs made of bamboo. Xue Ziliang was very surprised when he saw it.But he didn't come for sightseeing, he just remembered the road appearance and whereabouts.There are no pedestrians in the village, only some old and young people, probably all go to work.

Lin Quan'an was shaking the shopkeeper's drum all the way, and walking all the way, when the women saw him coming, they all gathered around to buy some needles and thread.Some people have no money, and they can use eggs and dry powder in exchange.After a while, a lot of things had piled up on him.Xue Ziliang followed Lin Quanan for about a week, and there was only one gate in the whole village.The wall of the village is no more than three meters high. It is made of rammed earth and rocks. It is very strong. There are almost no traces of peeling and erosion. You can see defensive equipment such as stones and logs piled up on the wall, and there seem to be things like artillery.There are no defensive facilities in the village, and the so-called inner wall is just a relatively tall courtyard wall - more than a dozen households of the Gou family are concentrated in those connected houses. The houses are separated by a wide street, and at first glance it feels a bit like a village in a village.

But if you look closely, the wall of this house is not simple. Although I heard that there are more than ten Gou family houses there, there are only two entrances and exits, namely the main entrance on the south and the back entrance on the north.Facing the street in front is a tall gatehouse. On both sides of the gatehouse are brick-wrapped eaves and upside-down enclosures. There are bullet holes on the back wall for firing blunderbuss and shotguns.The very thick elm gate is covered with iron leaves, and is nailed with big iron nails in rows, which is absolutely difficult to hack with an axe.The back door is small but strong, and the wall is built of stones, about four meters high. Looking at the stones under the wall foundation, it will not be thin.

However, these obstacles are not worth mentioning to the crossing crowd.Xue Ziliang felt that it would be superfluous for him to do reconnaissance in person. With the little firepower of the military team, breaking Zhuangzi was an easy task. The only difficulty was how to open the gate of the village. Huge top door bar.It's best to blow open the gate of the village directly, but the military team doesn't have blasting equipment, maybe burn it with oil?

After leaving Zhuangzi, Xue Ziliang returned to the woods, wrote down all the main points he saw in his notebook, and drew a map of the village. Those who stayed in the woods also took some photos of the exterior with a long-focus lens.

Wang Rui said to Xue Ziliang: "Let's release the reconnaissance plane to take some information."

Xue Ziliang thought it was a bit redundant at first, but he thought that the situation of the inner house was still unclear. After breaking through Zhuangzi, it would take a lot of effort to attack the inner house, and the road environment was not good, so he agreed.After Wang Ruixiang heard this, he geared up and was so excited that he went to assemble the large model airplane.

This thing is so huge that it takes three people to carry it when disassembled. With the addition of a bunch of miscellaneous accessories, fuel, a set of cameras and a notebook for receiving signals, a few people quickly assembled a large model airplane. After installing it, I found a problem.There is no concrete floor here!

This kind of large model airplane is not like a small remote-control plane, which needs to roll to take off and land. In modern time and space, it is almost easy to find a flat place. Even in remote rural areas, there are always roads or cement-paved drying grounds.If it is not possible, a flat playground or grass will do, but at this moment, none of these conditions are available.

It would be fine to flatten a piece of land outside the woods, but they had no tools, and making such a big commotion on the open ground would definitely attract patrollers. In desperation, they had no choice but to pack up their things and head back house.The first aerial reconnaissance operation ended in failure.

"We must develop a rocket-assisted take-off system!" Wang Ruixiang said angrily.

"Let's go back, see the opportunity along the way, and catch two people!"

"Touch your tongue?"

"That's right." Xue Ziliang is already familiar with this Chinese-style slang, "Some things can only be clarified by asking them."

"Success!" A group of people were gearing up, except Wang Ruixiang, who was dejected.

Xue Ziliang divided the people into two groups and ambushed in the woods on both sides of the road.This place is not far from Zhuangzi, so there is enough time to retreat, and it can also avoid accidentally arresting irrelevant personnel.In order to avoid too much disturbance, it was decided to use knives and Wang Ruixiang's short crossbow if force was needed.

The weather in Lingao, no matter in spring, summer, autumn or winter, the daytime in autumn and winter can be around [-] degrees. Staying in the woods is not ventilated, and it is so hot that several people are sweating. The flies kept biting them, causing the recruits to complain endlessly.Fortunately, the hard training for more than a month has cultivated their willpower, and no one is walking around.

There were sporadic people walking around on the road, but there were no people worth capturing. After a long time, I saw a small sedan chair with sliding poles and a green cloth sail on it. Followed by a dozen servants, there is another figure like a maid, holding a package in his hand, accompanying him by the sliding pole.

Ye Mengyan was a little nervous, so he hurried over and asked Xue Ziliang, "Captain, a big guy is here!"

Xue Ziliang nodded, without asking, it is obvious that he is a big shot in Goujiazhuang, maybe it is Gou Da himself.There are four people on our side except the guide, and there is a considerable chance of winning.

He pondered for a while, and saw Lin Quanan.Shocked the peddler—every time the short-haired man looked at him like this, it was not a good thing.Sure enough, Xue Ziliang called him over again.

The person sitting on this sliding pole is none other than Gou Xunli, the second child of the Gou family, the gang leader of Lingao County who lives in the city. He recently got the news that the pirates from Bairen Beach have arrived at the Mayou Salt Farm.This Gou Xunli has read some books, handed over to the government in the county seat, and arranged litigation for many years, so he has some knowledge.He knew that the Maliu Salt Field was a big source of income for the county, and his brother Gou Xunyi spent a lot of effort to control the salt field.A few days ago, I heard the news from the people in the yamen that the thieves sent people to see Mr. Wang, and they wanted to take the salt class.Gou Er knew that something was wrong, so he quickly ordered the sedan chair to be prepared and go back to the village - a countermeasure must be taken as soon as possible.

He is different from Gou Xunyi, the modern saying is that his eating is not so ugly.Knowing everything, there is room for three points, so although he is also a feared stakeholder in the county, his reputation is not too bad.In contrast, Gou Xunyi is a tyrannical person who takes three points for being reasonable and unreasonable, and is afraid that he will not do enough bad things and not be cruel enough.Gou Xunli was a little worried about his elder brother, this Kunfa pirate was no ordinary little bandit, if there was a conflict between the two sides, the Gou family would definitely suffer a big loss.

Gou Xunli intends to persuade Gou Xunyi, and send someone to talk with the thief as soon as possible, sell part of the interests of the saltworks, and make money with each other.He guessed that the thieves had the idea of ​​occupying Lingao here for a long time.They are powerful, if they can climb up, it may not be a bad thing to suffer a small loss in front of them.Just thinking about this idea, thinking about how to convince his grumpy elder brother, suddenly the slider stopped, he opened his eyes, and asked, "What's going on?"

The head servant came back and forth: "There is a peddler on the road who said he wanted to complain."

Gou Xunli scolded: "Bastard." He thought it was probably another servant of the village or a villager who robbed the peddler. This group of bandits knew lawlessness, and they didn't understand the reason why rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests.He waved his hand annoyedly: "Drive him away."

Just as he was talking, suddenly the bowstring rang on the side of the road, and a crossbow arrow had already been inserted into the neck of the bearer. He rolled his eyes, and even the man and the sedan chair fell to the ground, and the whole group suddenly became a mess.

With a whistle, four people rushed out from the side of the road, all wielding bright short knives in their hands. The servant of the guard was wiped off his neck and fell to the ground before he had time to draw his knives. .The change was so fast that people couldn't react, the servants were so panicked that they even forgot to draw their knives, and they swung their scabbards and slashed at the people who came and went.

Ye Mengyan didn't have time to recollect the feeling of killing someone for the first time, when he saw a servant rushing towards him with a hideous expression, brandishing a scabbard knife.I couldn't help but backed up a few steps, tripped over the corpse on the ground, and sat down on the ground—a fear in my heart, mother, I'm going to die!Confused in his heart, the knife in his hand stabbed out subconsciously. The sharp knife pierced into the opponent's stomach like cutting tofu, and it was easily lost. Ye Mengyan saw the man in front of him with wide eyes, His face was distorted and he collapsed down, something like intestines flowed out from under his body, his heart was overwhelmed, and he sprayed out the compressed dry food he ate at noon in one gulp, and the shot was far and accurate, right in the middle of the person who was lying under the sedan chair in a panic The servant girl's face was so frightened by the scene in front of her that she couldn't move. The little girl fainted from fright on the spot when she caught this sour and stinky "***".

Although there were many servants, they were unprepared, four of them were killed in one round of assault, and arrows kept coming from the bushes, and they were not interested in fighting, so they scattered and fled.Six dead bodies and two wounded were dropped on the ground, and three prisoners were captured alive, including a servant girl.It's a pity that the master sitting on the sliding pole escaped the moment the sedan chair fell down, moving as fast as a rabbit.

Xue Ziliang ordered the wounded and women not to be ordered, and to tie up the captives and leave quickly.Ye Mengyan saw the girl's delicate features, so he insisted on taking her away.Xue Ziliang was bored for a while, so he had to ask a prisoner to carry the girl on his back, and the group retreated quickly.After all, these people were not professional soldiers. After the killing, they couldn't help being flustered. They drove the prisoners all the way and didn't even feel tired.When we got back to the camp, before we could finish the handover and write the report, several people were already vomiting.

(End of this chapter)