Soldiers come to the world

In the Chaisang barracks, Xu Shu was listening to a report from a water spy. On the river about ten miles northwest of Chaisang, dozens of five-hundred-stone warships were found, and they were slowly approaching Chaisang.

Xu Shu stroked his beard and laughed. This is the army sent by Huang Zu to attack Chaisang. If there is no mistake in deduction, they must be operating tonight. Xu Shu sits in Chaisang and leads the army into the urn.

Xu Shu walked to the door with his hands behind his back. The setting sun in the distance was like blood. This kind of statement is scoffed at, but today's sunset like blood seems to prove this point.

At this time, Liu Hu rushed over, clasped his fists and saluted, and said in a low voice, "County Captain, we are all ready."

The county captain is just Xu Shu's official name, but in fact Xu Shu is Chaisang's military adviser, assisting Liu Jing, controlling military affairs, and is the second person in Chaisang's army. Even Liu Hu treats him with the same respect.

"Hu Junhou, do you know what I want you to do with the army?"

Liu Hu shook his head, "Tiger doesn't know!"

"Follow me to arrest people, and find out the forty Jiangxia soldiers hiding in Zhou's house!"

Liu Hu's eyes widened suddenly, there was actually Huang Zu's army in Chaisang City, he was very excited, eager to try, "County Captain, let's go then!"

Xu Shu nodded, and walked out quickly with Liu Hu.

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Just like Huang She's deployment, he selected forty elite soldiers from the army, disguised as tenant farmers of the Zhou family in Wuchang City, and drove more than a dozen grain boats to Chaisang. As a guarantee, and they did not bring any weapons, this small fleet was put into Chaisang City.

The 40 people disappeared without a sound, and the Zhou family hid them in the mansion, waiting for the opportunity to come. In the room, the head of the house, Zhou Gu, was a little nervous. He had just received Huang She's order. Time to attack the water gate in the northern city, and ordered forty dead men to seize the water gate in advance.

The reason why they chose to attack the Water Gate is because both the Water Gate and the Lu Gate have urn cities. It is difficult for 40 people to snatch the Lu City Gate, but the Water Gate can use the Cao River to sneak into the urn city. .

Thinking of the approaching night attack, Zhou Gu couldn't help but feel extremely nervous. Although he had been looking forward to this day for a long time, it really came, which made Zhou Gu feel uneasy, and he was afraid that an accident would happen at the last moment.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a housekeeper reported: "Patriarch, Zhu Xiancheng and Xu Xianwei have come, saying that there is a problem with the Zhou family's land tax, and the fourth master can't handle it. Please ask the Patriarch to go out."

"Useless things!"

Zhou Gu cursed inwardly, he didn't want to fall out with the government at this critical moment, so he had to put on his outer robe and go to the lobby.

In the lobby, dozens of yamen servants surrounded Xu Shu, and the county magistrate Zhu Xun sat next to him. Zhu Xun was drinking tea slowly from a teacup with a calm expression on his face.

Xu Shu's face sank like water, and he said to Zhou Xin in a stern tone: "I have checked the records of Chaisang over the years, and your government has 63 hectares of farmland in Chaisang, but you have not paid the land tax for a load of rice to the government. How do you explain it!"

Zhou Xin was sweating profusely. Of course he knew the reason. The 63 hectares of land was tax-free under Huang Zu's special care. In return, the Zhou family would give Huang Zu military food support. After summarizing, they will be concentrated in Xiangyang, and then Xiangyang will allocate part of it to the army.

Because the Zhou family privately gave the land tax that should be handed over to the government to Huang Zu's army, it formed the Zhou family's de facto tax evasion. According to the Han law, evading land tax is a first-class crime, and beheading is certain. Zhou's tax evasion The number will be ransacked and wiped out.

Zhou Xin didn't know how to explain it. He didn't dare to tell Huang Zu, so he had to bow again and again, "There is another hidden story in this matter. I have reported it to the Patriarch, and the Patriarch will come to explain."

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Gu walked in, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Xin hurried forward and said in a low voice: "They are saying that there is a problem with our Chai Sangtian Fu."

"What's the problem!"

Zhou Gu was very dissatisfied and said: "Our land tax has always been handed over to the county government, but not to the county government. Of course, the county government has no record. Xu Xianwei went to the county government to check and found out that my Zhou family has been innocent for generations. When did we steal the land? Tax?"

Zhou Xin was stunned, he secretly admired the master of the house, Gao Ming, for pushing the matter to the county government so lightly and deftly, but Xu Shu would never go to the county government to investigate, and the matter would be left alone, he quickly patted his forehead and said to Xu Shu: "I'm really confused. Every year, the Zhou family escorts grain boats to Wuchang to pay the land tax. I was confused for a moment and forgot."

Xu Shu smiled coldly, "Then, please explain to Patriarch, why did more than a dozen grain ships come to Chaisang yesterday?"

Xu Shu said this lightly, but it was like a thunderbolt to Zhou Gu. He suddenly understood that Xu Shu was not here to check for some land tax, but he was here to arrest the forty Jiangxia soldiers. Surround Zhou Gu and Zhou Xin.

Xu Shu stepped forward with his hands behind his back, staring at Zhou Gu and said, "The life and death of the Zhou family depends on your thoughts. The head of the family is a smart man. Whether he wants to protect the family or his loyalty to Huang Zu, you can choose for yourself!"

Zhou Gu stood there for a while, before he sighed deeply, lowered his head, and thought for a long time, but there was nothing he could do. Everything about him had already been noticed by the other party, and he had a feeling of being tricked. At this time, the Zhou family still had a choice. room?

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It was almost the second watch, and a fleet of ships slowly approached the mouth of Caohe River. All the lights and fires of the ships were extinguished, and they slid silently in the mountains and rivers. Holding a stainless steel crescent halberd in his hand, he stared coldly at the dark Chaisang city wall in the distance.

"My lord, there doesn't seem to be any movement!" Su Fei, the general next to him, reminded in a low voice.

Su Fei is the third person in Jiang Xia's army, second only to Huang's father and son. He is the captain of Jiang Xia. He has followed Huang Zu for many years and has always been Huang Zu's right-hand man.

Su Fei was a little worried. From his understanding of Liu Jing's incidents, he felt that Liu Jing was not a careless person. On the contrary, he was very meticulous and cautious. How could he go all out for Yangxin County and only guard five hundred guards? Jun, you must know that Chaisang is much more important to Liu Jing than Yangxin County.

Although Su Fei felt that something was wrong, he could no longer persuade Huang's father and son who were blinded by the flames of hatred. Huang Zu had already determined that his second son, Huang Yong, had died in the hands of Liu Jing. He vowed to capture Chaisang and behead Liu Jing.

Although Huang She was calmer than his father and had thought of some ways to seize the city, he was just as eager in his heart and wished he could catch Liu Jing. Su Fei sighed secretly, both father and son were blindfolded by hatred, He knew that Huang She actually wanted to snatch the Tao family's daughter, so he was so eager to work hard.

At this time, there was a kind of excitement in Huang She's eyes to find the prey. He ignored Su Fei, and his eyes were fixed on the iron fence of the water city gate. Suddenly, he saw a small fire flashing inside the iron fence. His eyes widened suddenly, and he stared at the black water gate without blinking. At this moment, the flames flashed twice again.

Huang She was overjoyed immediately, "They succeeded!"

He turned his head and said: "Give me an order, the fleet enters the Cao River and sails into the water gate."

Big ships entered the Cao River one by one, sailed to the Water City Gate by riding the wind and waves. It should be said that Huang Zu still has a lot of experience. He knew that the masts of the ships were a problem when entering the Water City Gate. Thirty low-masted sailing ships can just sail into the Water City Gate.

The speed of the fleet is getting faster and faster, and Huang She is getting more and more excited. He has already seen the iron fence open. At this moment, there seems to be a scene in front of him that makes his blood rush. Tao Zhan falls on him like a little sheep. Liu Jing's head was hanging on the door, dripping blood. This was his dream time and time again, and it was about to come true today.

Su Fei felt that Huang She's eyes were blood red, and he was already a little possessed. He was secretly surprised, and quickly said: "Young master, I'm going to command the Chinese army!"

He turned around to leave, but Huang She grabbed his wrist and said viciously: "I am the commander, and I still take the lead, why do you want to run away?"

Su Fei explained with a wry smile: "My lord, the chief general and the assistant general cannot be on the same boat, that's the rule."

"What bullshit rules!"

Huang She scolded: "What I say is the rule. If I tell you to stay, you must stay."

Su Fei was also slightly angry, and stared sternly into Huang She's eyes. After a while, Huang She let go of his wrist and snorted, "Go!"

Su Fei turned around and walked to the door of the cabin, but Huang She said coldly behind him: "I will enter the city later, I have my own business, you are the general, command the battle for me."

Only then did Su Fei realize that Huang She wanted to enter the city first, probably to capture Tao Zhan. This person usually looks calm, but now it seems that he is exactly the same as his brother Huang Yong.

It's just that one is manifested on the outside, and the other is hidden in the heart. He will only show it at critical moments.

With a disdainful coldness on the corner of Su Fei's mouth, he turned and left the hatch.

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It was pitch black at the water gate, and the front and rear iron gates had been raised, allowing the fleet to enter the Wengcheng unimpeded. In the water gate hole, a black figure was waving to the big ship outside the city, "Quick! Quick!"

Huang She's big boat sailed into the Shuimen City Cave first, and sailed into the Wengcheng very smoothly. Even Huang She himself felt a little incredible. Was it really so easy to enter the Wengcheng?

But the fact is before his eyes, they entered the Wengcheng, he even saw the city wall inside the Wengcheng, and then the second and third large ships also sailed into the Wengcheng, the accident happened at this time, the originally high hanging The two iron gates inside and outside suddenly fell down with a bang, hitting the water hard, causing a wave of spray.

The fourth boat can't dodge, 'Bang! With a loud noise, it hit the outer iron gate, sawdust flying, and the ship shook violently. The hull was lying across the water, and the soldiers on board cried out in alarm, and many soldiers fell into the water amidst the violent shaking.

This is the signal to start, and the water city gate suddenly burst into flames, 'Boom, boom, boom! The sound of drums was like thunder, and the sound of shouting and killing came one after another. In the dark night, there were countless ambush soldiers. Arrows were like rain, shooting inside and outside the urn city. More than a hundred soldiers lying in ambush at the mouth of the Cao River fired rockets together, and quickly ignited the sails of several large ships. The soldiers on board jumped into the water and fled for their lives, yelling in horror.

The boat caught fire and was unable to move across the water gate, which blocked the retreat of the boats in Caohe, making dozens of boats in Caohe in a dilemma and in a mess.

In the Wengcheng, dense arrows had been fired for an unknown amount of time, and suddenly flames blazed, and more than a thousand soldiers appeared on both sides of the Caohe River in Wengcheng, and the leader with a serious face was Wei Yan.

As soon as he beckoned, dozens of soldiers rushed onto the ship, and after a while, a young general was escorted, with a golden crown crooked and a terrified expression on his face.

"I'm Huang She, the son of Huang Zu, please spare my life!" He shouted when he saw Wei Yan.

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