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Chapter 348 Attacking Baojiazhuang

Bao Danwen moved to Hejian Mansion from the south in his grandfather's generation. His grandfather's generation was regarded as a middle-level landlord. The family had land, and opened an oil workshop, and gradually managed the family business.

In his father's generation, he worked as a Ma Kuai in Qing County Yamen, because the family had two spare cash, and the yamen's catchers also had various conveniences, and the family business grew bigger and bigger, and when Bao Shanwen's father became a head catcher At that time, his family was already among the top five families in Qing County.

However, this kind of rich family without fame is really nothing. The local juren, the officials who have returned from their official careers, who would look at this kind of rural rich man.

At any rate, his family had an errand in the yamen, so that people would not be bullied. In Bao Danwen's generation, his father wanted him to spend money to study and get a reputation.

This kind of reading really requires talent. Bao Danwen was used to his old man's prestige in the countryside since he was a child, and he wanted to learn this wholeheartedly.

I hired a teacher at home, angered the teacher away, and went to a private school to study and became a private school bully. When he was 13 years old, my father saw that there was no way, so he had no choice but to teach him martial arts instead.

He failed in literature, but he is quite talented in martial arts. When he was 17 years old, this Bao Danwen was able to overthrow the opponents all by himself and a few men, and he was not injured at all.

Not to mention tough, his personality is still hospitable, calling friends and making brothers everywhere, spending the family's money like water, and his father can't control him, so he can only let Bao Danwen toss.

At the age of 25, when the family fortune was spent, he was so angry that he hanged himself. Although he was rescued in time, this incident also woke him up.

Serious business can't be done, and there are soldiers from Ji Town nearby to block the road and rob, and there is nothing to do with the things on the canal. Bao Danwen has a group of brothers around him, so he simply started the business of smuggling salt.

Although his family was dilapidated, but after all, he was born in a local tyrant, and he was familiar with the people in the land. He was like a duck to water in smuggling smuggled salt, and he made a lot of money very quickly.

Bao Danwen is just a rising salt lord. In the past, the Hejian Mansion was dominated by Le Er, known as the Pingdi Tiger. There must be conflicts between the two parties in the private salt business.

But the ending was very simple. When the two groups were on fire, Bao Danwen rushed to Le Er with an arrow and chopped off the Pingdi tiger's head.

After getting rid of competitors, Bao Danwen's private salt business began to expand, and the family business that had been lost in the past was also doubled. Dahao.

Bao Danwen relied on his acquaintance in the land and many friends in the local area. When he was 40 years old, he simply stopped doing the trafficking business that traveled from country to county. Instead, he distributed the products on the ground and collected money at home.

In doing so, the risk is small, but the profit is not small at all. Moreover, Bao Shanwen hooked up with a certain nobleman, and with the protection of this nobleman, his family fortune prospered.

There are two hundred men who can work hard in his hands. Panorama of Hejian Mansion, the north of Guangping Mansion, and the east of Zhending Mansion are all his distribution sites. If this place wants to traffic in private salt, it must go through him. Bao Danwen's hand.

Now when he is with his father, they are completely different. Even the magistrates of Qingxian County and Jinghai County have to politely call Bao Shanwen "Bao Weng" when they see Bao Shanwen.

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The New Year is not considered to be over until the first lunar month is out of the locality, and there is a festive atmosphere in Bao Shanwen's Zhuangzi.

Bao Danwen is now 45 years old. He was obese in his life. He was given the nickname "Qingxian Wolf" when he was so hot. Now that he is bigger and fatter, he is called "Hejian Fat Wolf".

People who don't know the inside story see Bao Danwen, who is dressed in a uniform and looks rich and friendly, must not have imagined his vicious means of killing the whole family of a small private salt dealer in Jinghe Town in order to fight for territory.

Bao Danwen's subordinates are all officially identities of the farmer and servant, and they also return to the village from various places during the Chinese New Year.The supply of wine and meat here is like flowing water, and there are women called from all over the world. Everyone gathers together to drink and eat meat, and play with women to gamble. There are bounties sent down, which is clearly the work of gods.

Today is the [-]th day of the first lunar month, when the sky first came out and the paper on the window turned white, Bao Danwen woke up. He had been working hard since he was a child, and he had developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

After dancing in the yard with stone locks and stone poles for a while, practicing a few sets of sticks, and going back to wipe off his sweat, Bao Danwen has been thinking about something since last year. His child is not young, so he should not be allowed to behave like this with himself. Find a teacher to teach, and get a fame in the future is the real thing.

The sun gradually rose, and the village gradually became lively. Bao Danwen just wanted to go to his subordinates to take a look around, and calculated that everyone had already had breakfast.

Before he could walk out of the house, a farmer stumbled and ran in in a daze. Seeing Bao Danwen, the farmer collapsed on the ground without saying a word.

Bao Danwen immediately knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked loudly:

"What's up!!"

"Old...Master, the officers and soldiers...the officers and soldiers are at your door."

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When there were still twenty miles away from the goal, the four battalions led by Wang Tong deliberately delayed the road for a day, and then set off on the road at night.When they were still three miles away from Zhuangzi, the four battalions took a short rest, and then marched quickly to Bao Danwen's village.

By doing so, the time to arrive at Baodanwen Village happened to be in the morning, and the people in the village would not be aware of it, and they would not be able to take any timely precautions.

In order not to alarm Bao Danwen, when the magistrate of Qing County wrote the letter, everyone around him did not tell that the person who came to guide Wang Tong and others last night was the magistrate's confidant, and even this servant did it before leading the way. know the news.

Seeing the other party being so cautious, Wang Tong also sighed secretly, how far this so-called Bao Danwen has achieved, but he is a powerful man without fame, who actually made the parents and officials of this county so careful.

When Baojiazhuang could already be seen, the actions of Wang Tong's four battalions were finally discovered by a farmer who had come out early on business in Baojiazhuang. Wang Tong didn't order to pursue the other party as he watched them flee.

Anyway, he had already arrived in front of Zhuangzi, and it was too late to take any precautions. Wang Tong looked back, and the soldiers and horses he brought had arrived at the destination as they had been taught in the usual training, and slowly spread out in front of the Zhuangzi.

"Three bids, take the cavalry and spread out, and the thieves who ran away in disorder will be handed over to you!"

Hearing Wang Tong's order, Ma Sanbiao on the side agreed and rode out. The guards behind him raised their flags and waved them. The cavalry followed him and ran towards Zhuanghou.

"The Seventh Battalion made equipment, and the First Battalion stepped forward to shout, let these thieves open the door and surrender!!"

Since it is a manor, this Baojiazhuang really has everything it should have. There are high walls built outside, deep ditches dug, and there are even two archery towers on both sides of the gate with suspension bridges.

When Ma Sanbiao led the villager to explore the road, he saw a big tree planted outside the village. Wang Tong came this time to seek a surprise, except for the necessary supplies, he didn't even bring heavy equipment.

"My lord, if this Zhuangzi can get together, let's talk about three hundred men. Sanbiao only brought a hundred cavalry. Should we add another battalion?"

"No need! We came in a hurry, and they didn't have any preparations. The gold and silver are probably too late to take away. If we run away, all these years of hard work will be in vain. Besides, we are only [-] people. These salt lords are used to the useless guards in the local area. Definitely have to risk it all!"

Wang Tong stared at the gate of the villa, and dismissed General Tan's proposal in a deep voice. The soldiers of the first battalion covered the gate with their shields and shouted loudly in front of the deep ditch.

"Listen, thieves inside, you've been surrounded, if you want to survive, drop your weapons and obediently come out and cast..."

Halfway through the conversation, people climbed up the archery towers on both sides of the village gate, shouting and cursing and shooting down a few arrows. At any rate, the people from the first battalion reacted quickly and blocked them in time.

"The first battalion sent thirty archers, and the seventh battalion sent sixty soldiers to cover them with big shields. They stepped forward and shot at each other, and shot down the people on the archery tower!!"

Wang Tong gave another order. Sixty soldiers from the Seventh Battalion marched out holding large shields. The first row held their shields horizontally, and the second row held their shields obliquely, forming a shield wall. The archers of the first battalion raised their bows and set arrows , Mao Yao hid behind the shield wall.

The whole team chanted and pushed forward slowly. There were no more than eight archers on the archery tower. Seeing the opponent approaching like a big wooden box, they shot down the arrows desperately, but they couldn't hit anyone at all.

After the people on the archery tower finished shooting a round, someone shouted from below, and the person holding the shield tilted turned over the shield, and the archers of the first battalion immediately stood up and drew their bows and arrows.

The archers of the first battalion had already had a good foundation before they joined Wang Tong's subordinates. They came to this battalion and practiced hard every day, and they were taught by experts like Yu Dayou and Tan Jiajia. many.

This round of their volley, the effect was very good, only the sound of the bowstring, the roar of the arrows, and the screams from the arrow tower, several people fell straight down.

There were also two people who escaped by chance, and didn't dare to stay on it for too long. Seeing that they were preparing to draw their bows and arrows below, they gritted their teeth and jumped down, screaming again. Their lives might be saved, but their legs were in jeopardy.

"Archers and shields cover in place, weapons step forward!!"

Wang Tong yelled again, and the messengers brought the order to them on horseback. The Seventh Battalion had tied up several wooden ladders just now, and more than [-] people carried a ladder and walked forward quickly.

The ladder was built across the deep ditch, and several soldiers stepped on the ladder with axes and sledgehammers. When they got there, they found something to support them and began to cut the iron cables connecting the suspension bridge.

After a few cuts, the suspension bridge was lowered by itself, and the gate of the villa was slowly opened from the inside. Wang Tong's messenger rode over and shouted:

"All withdrew lightly!!"

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A large number of men armed with weapons roared out of Zhuangzi, and Wang Tong who was on the horse also waved his arms and shouted loudly:

"Fifth Battalion, No.12 Battalion, line up!!"

(End of this chapter)