stubborn thief

Chapter 89

Liu Chengzong climbed the mountain ridge and looked at Jingjiagou.

He fought against the tax among the people, and even took the villagers to demolish the grain chief's house.

So I am very familiar with this village.

Salt, iron, coal and pottery are produced in this ravine, and many pastures, medicinal materials and trees grow, but there are few fields.

It was a coal mountain at first, and later the coal that was easy to mine was dug up, leaving the people to settle here. Even in normal years, they could only rely on handicraft subsidies to live.

Clay wine bowls, pots, and tiles are made from clay, and some farm implements are made from poor iron ore in the mountains, and carts are sold for money.

The people are living a tight life, and they can't wait to dig out the seeds from the fields that didn't germinate last year and eat them.

On the mountain ridge, the commoner named Jing Xiaoliu pointed to the ravine and said with hatred: "The villagers have all run away, they have dominated the village, they have found all the things left at home, and they are cooking noodles!"

This place in northern Shaanxi is strange, with ravines and ravines.

The two places looked quite close, and Liu Chengzong was only a mile away from the village, but if he wanted to get there, he had to go around seven or eight miles no matter which way he went.

Officers and soldiers deployed scribbled defenses in the village. In addition to the front and rear sentries that could be seen at a glance, Liu Chengzong also discovered two secret sentries.

"Look at that, my brother often inserts a secret whistle in that position."

Liu Chengzong pointed at Cao Yao, frowned immediately, and asked Jing Xiaoliu, "You killed the horse, didn't you mean selling money?"

There are two pots in the yard of the village's grain chief's mansion, and the soldiers are putting meat into the pots.

A large group of soldiers were sitting around, and they gathered around the pot and surrounded the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

From this position, Liu Chengzong could only see the skeleton of a large animal.

"Where are we willing to kill horses? We sold three horses for grain, and the good horse from the grain chief's house. No one bought the remaining three. When the officers and troops came, they all led them into the mountains."

Jing Xiaoliu said aggrievedly, pointed to the village and said, "That's the lame horse of Liang Chang's family. It doesn't walk and doesn't obey, the villagers can't take it away, and the officials and soldiers can't ride it, so it's slaughtered."

After saying that, Jing Xiaoliu shuddered: "I was hiding on the mountain over there when I was slaughtering it. This horse is screaming miserably. When it was chained, the knife didn't break. It took several knives to die."

Liu Chengzong was not interested in how the horse died. He asked, "Do you know where the officers came from? How many are there?"

"five hundred!"

Jing Xiaoliu was so sure, he opened his hands and said, "They asked Jingjiagou to prepare meals for 500 people, and we all ran away."

Cao Yao twitched with laughter: "Damn it, no matter how grandpa looks at it, he can't see that there are 300 people here!"

The village follows a road along the ravine, Yingshankou Official Road in the east, and Jinshan Mine in the west.

The officers and soldiers are all drilled in the courtyards and kilns, and they watch as many as 200 people.

The number of soldiers fluctuates up and down due to air pay, war injuries, leave and other reasons, but the number of middle and lower officers in the regular army cannot deceive anyone.

The two hundred generals and the three teams always drink in the big mansion, and the other team always looks like a hapless outcast, and takes a few companions around the village on horses.

The number of officers and soldiers matched.

Cao Yao leaned over and asked, "Lion, what do you think, go down the mountain to discuss with Mr. Gao and Lingzi?"

"There are good and bad. The good thing is that they have 200 people and they can move around."

Liu Chengzong took a deep breath, pursed his lips and said: "The bad thing is that they are close to the full set. Xiaoliu said that the official army is led by a guerrilla general named Lu and scattered in four villages, damn it."

The real name is used to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. After all, the officers and officers do not know who it is if they pretend to be a tiger general or a lion general.

Only Liu Chengzong, the officials knew that this man had robbed the Yan'an Mansion.

But he did not expect to use his real name to attract so many officers and soldiers.

According to this ratio, this guerrilla general may bring thousands of people over to look for him.

Not easy to deal with.

Liu Chengzong, Cao Yao and others retreated from the mountain, thinking about what to do after they beat this official army on the way.

As soon as I walked to the mountain nest where the soldiers were stationed, I heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Wei Qian'er brought the two of them back, controlling four horses, and a person was tied on the horse's back.

Go to the place and threw people to the ground, throwing a lot of meat and meat.

Wei Qian'er slammed the eight-foot red ying spear to the ground, jumped off the horse and strode forward, very proud: "Chief, we have caught a messenger."

He also grabbed the prisoner on the head, grabbed the iron helmet and slammed it on his head, looking like that.

"Good job!"

Liu Chengzong walked over with a smile, the prisoner's mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth, his body was tied tightly, and there was a flag stuck behind his hood.

Order the pond to ride.

From other places, it is likely to have information on the guerrilla general Lu.

He gave Cao Yao a wink and asked the sentry chief Feng Keng to take the prisoners down for questioning.

Only then did he ask: "This is the commander Tang Qi, how did you catch it?"

"The horse was mixed up with a rope on the way and beaten."

Liu Chengzong looked down, Wei Qianer's fists were blue and purple, and the palms were rotten, and asked, "How did you get your hands?"

"It's burning, he wants to set it on fire." Wei Qian'er said, "I put out the fire box."

is a cruel man.

The fire is a giant chasing sky monkey, a kind of fireworks, which is lit and flying high.

The folk are used as toys, and the military is used to convey police information.

Especially at night, the screaming sound and light can make the entire camp alert.

Liu Chengzong found him a piece of clean cloth to wrap his hand, and then said to Cao Yao and Gao Xian who were gathered beside him: "If there are no other secret whistleblowers, they will probably find us two miles away.

Fortunately, Jingjiagou is blocked, so they can be blocked in the ravine and fight, so there is no need to worry about them running out.

However, this time is enough for them to form a battle, and it is very difficult for us to win. "

Cao Yao said: "It's more than difficult, the two donkey carts at the gate of the compound, covered with cloth, look at the size of two or three hundred catties, I guess it is two cannons.

They formed on the spot in the drying field, and we were just in range.

If it is a general cannon, it can be fired twice, and if it is a Buddha wolf machine, it will take at least four cannonballs. "

Cao Yao's meaning is obvious.

The recent attacks on Yicheng have been going smoothly, and the [-] people under his command are very popular.

Even if he knew that he was going to fight with the official army, he had no obvious fear.

After all, the enemy army is small, even if there are strong bows and fire guns, stick them on it and use four small cannons to bombard them together, there is a chance to directly defeat them without the hard battle.

But two or even four shells were fired, no matter whether it was a solid bullet three hundred paces away, or a loose bullet a hundred paces away, they couldn't bear it.

After thinking for a moment, Feng Hao stepped forward and said, "I've asked, there are more than [-] troops in the entire army, including the soldiers of Jingbian Camp and Jingbian Qianhu Station, and here are [-] soldiers.

Guerrilla Lucheng was divided into four teams, the furthest twenty miles away and the nearest eight miles. "

After that, he raised his chin and said to Liu Chengzong, "I'm here to find you."

Liu Chengzong smiled and asked nonchalantly, "What news did Tang Qi send?"

"Routine reports, once every two hours."

As soon as Feng Hao finished speaking, Cao Yao narrowed his eyes and said, "Then if this pond can't go back, the officials in the village will be suspicious. There's not much time...Will you fight?"

"Fight, they have guns, so don't let them form a formation, Wei Qian, didn't you say you're going to beat me up to find my teeth?"

Liu Chengzong said with a smile: "You are very courageous, do you dare to lead the cavalry with me to face the village?"

"Hey, there's nothing to dare, I dare you if you dare."

Wei Qianer stubbornly said with his neck stuck, but he swallowed his saliva involuntarily, and then whispered, "My name is Wei Qianer, and Wei Qian is my elder."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)