The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 123 Opportunity
The Hunting Demon King finally made his move.

Before the Chinese New Year, when Lu Changle went to Jiahe Village for the joint defense of the militia, he heard that he found the eyeliner of the Huntian Demon King.
There was no movement for so long, I didn't expect it to start suddenly.

Gan Hui also rushed over upon hearing the news, and quickly asked, "Third brother, tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Liu Rufeng took a breath and began to explain: "Recently, I have focused on Quanzhou and paid less attention to Tingping. I didn't receive the information until Huntian Demon King led his subordinates to dispatch. A big bandit leader, with a total of more than [-] people, claimed to have an army of [-], and they sent their cronies to open the way, killing and coercing the people along the way, until it was too late to find out."

"More than 5000 people?" Gan Hui said in surprise: "A month ago, the largest demon king, Hunting Demon King, had only more than [-] people under him, and Ghost Face Ax and Huadilong were small bandits with hundreds of people Bandit, how long has it been, where did he come from?"

The population of a Zhongxian County is only a little over 5000 people, and the Hunting Demon King can gather more than [-] people to attack a county town, which is very powerful.

Liu Rufeng said with some joy: "Before I came back to report the news, I grabbed a tongue to inquire about the news. That tongue was a soldier of the Huntian Demon King. He knew a lot about it. He said that there was a man named Iron Abacus who joined the Huntian Demon King years ago. Iron Abacus He used to be the gang leader under the thief Li Zicheng, and told the gangster Li Zicheng's methods to the Hunting Demon King. The Hunting Demon King first became brothers with Ghost Face Ax and Huadilong, and then began to force the strong men. People burned down the homes of the common people, and the common people were homeless and had no money to rebuild their homes, so they could only follow him.”

"Some stubborn people refused to leave, so he used his family to coerce the people to kill them. Those people had blood on their hands, and they could only go one way to the dark, so the number of people increased."

Gan Hui gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, this Huntian Demon King is too hateful. If I meet him, I will kill him."

Lu Changle has always been calm, and asked directly: "Uncle Feng, is there any movement in Quanzhou?"

I have always regarded Zheng as an imaginary enemy, and I don't know how Zheng will react to such a big movement made by the Hunting Demon King.

During the plague, Lu Changle called back all the people in the clan, and Qian Zhengrong is now in charge of Changle County, let them eat dog first, not in a hurry.

Liu Rufeng shook his head: "Zheng Du, Zheng Zhibao's uncle and nephew really want to go out as soon as possible, but the soldiers under their command disagree. They are afraid of the risk of going out of the city. They hope to wait until the plague subsides before sending troops. I don't think the Zheng family will make any big moves in the short term."

When the pimple plague was raging, the military camp was also in the hardest hit area, and a large number of soldiers died tragically. Many people had psychological shadows.
It's normal to be cautious.

Lu Changle nodded and said: "If the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has not passed, then the New Year has not passed. Huntian Demon King, Ghost Face Axe, and Huadilong are so eager to attack Changle County. It is very likely that they have also heard the news that the Zheng family is going to send troops. , so anxious to expand their power."

"Thousands of households in the Plum Blossom House became flying tigers. After we wiped them out, Changle County became an empty city without reinforcements. However, Changle County is full of rich merchants, and there is a gold shop in the city. It is normal for the Huntian Demon King to take a fancy to it. "

Speaking of this, Lu Changle sneered and said: "Okay, very good, if the demon king of the sky dares to come to Changle County, give him a praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the oriole is behind. Let's take Wu Gou and fight for his mother's ten thousand households." .”

The defense of the militia is not hanging around, Lu Changle has been looking for an opportunity to expand his power,
Now is the chance.

Gan Hui and Liu Rufeng glanced at each other, and quickly saluted Lu Changle together: "All according to Patriarch Lu's orders."

The three brothers were willing to be driven by Lu Changle. In addition to Lu Changle's appreciation, giving them a shelter and generous rewards, they also took a fancy to Lu Changle's potential.
Why don't men take Wu hook and charge Guanshan Fifth State.

Would you please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, what a scholar?
Both Gan Hui and Liu Rufeng have heard this poem by Li He, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, and liked it very much.

On the Lingyan Pavilion, which scholar can be a thousand households?
If you want to be a thousand households, you have to hang your head on your belt, go to the battlefield to fight, and exchange military exploits for glory and wealth is the most real.

Seeing that Lu Changle was going to make a big move, he immediately expressed his loyalty.

Lu Changle said decisively: "Uncle Hui, take a hard trip to Lianjiang County and bring the militia here. You can bring as many as you can, and you have to act fast."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Gan Hui responded, knowing the urgency of the situation, he rushed out quickly.

"Uncle Feng, you go to Min'an Town and bring back all the militia groups in Min'an Town, just in case, the rest let them retreat to Hutou Mountain first."

"Okay," Liu Rufeng replied simply, and rushed to Min'an Town again.

Lu Changle glanced at Yang Xuan, Yang Xuan understood without opening his mouth: "Changle, I'll go back and find my father right away, and gather all the young and strong of the Yang family."

"Okay, be careful," Lu Changle urged.

Not long after Yang Xuan left, Lu Changle found Lu Jinyuan and asked him to take a small team to Zhujia Village in Min County to gather a militia group.

"Dangdang.dang."

"Dangdang.dang."

First, the bronze bell of Lu's Ancestral Hall in Fuzhou rang,
Soon, the bronze bell of Yang's Ancestral Hall in Fuzhou across the river also rang.

Hearing the bell, the two tribes immediately began to prepare,
The young and strong men put on their weapons and went to their houses to wait for orders. The elderly prepared their weapons for emergency.

The clan elders and Fangtou approached the clan leader Lu Changle.

The Lu family in Fuzhou was the first to respond, and they acted the fastest, and soon assembled [-] fully armed Lu family members.

They are all young and strong who can fight and fight hard. Those who are injured or older are eliminated and stay in the village to guard their homes.
Lu Changle stood on the stage by the side of the Sun Valley Field, a little sighed looking at these energetic children of his family,
After trying everything possible these days, 200 people were equipped with iron weapons, complete with long spears, long knives and shields.

100 of them were equipped with bows and arrows,
These are all thanks to the smithy,

In addition to weapons, there are a total of 560 pieces of cotton armor, mountain armor, and blue armor, all of which are equipped on the children of the clan.
The rest of the people also used cowhide and iron sheets to protect the vital positions,
It looks like a patchwork army, but this army is the result of Lu Changle's painstaking efforts.

It's great to do this in a short period of time from scratch.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for the disciples of the Lu family to gather, and Yang Zhengbao brought the disciples of the Yang family from Fuzhou to meet them in a mighty manner.
I saw Yang Zhengbao wearing a gleaming silver mountain armor, riding a white horse, with a servant knife on his waist, and a long spear in his hand.
Yang Zhengbin and Yang Zhengpu followed him on horseback, each holding a large flag embroidered with the word Yang,
Yang Xuan, Yang Qijun, Yang Qiyi, and Yang Qihu followed closely,

Behind are Yang's children all wearing cotton armor,
The Yang family in Fuzhou is rich and well-connected. Yang Zhengputuo hooked up with a quartermaster,
Spend a lot of money to get a batch of brand new cotton armor,

According to Yang Xuan, the batch of cotton armor originally belonged to the Fujian Navy, and Zheng Zhilong took people away. The quartermaster saw that someone was willing to pay a high price, and secretly sold it to the Yang family in Fuzhou, and fled to nowhere with the money.

At this moment, Yang Zhengbao is like a general on patrol,

I have to say that this prospective old man is a bit flirtatious.

Lu Changle quickly went up to meet him: "Patriarch Yang, there are so many Yang brothers, you came here really fast."

Yang Zhengbao sat on the horse, glanced at Lu Changle condescendingly, and said a little unhappy: "What time is it, why are you still called the patriarch?"

The daughter is delivered to the door, and the big bed is ready to be upside down.

Now that he is devoting all his strength to help, he still wants to be equal to himself?

This kid, why don't you fly into the sky?

The second uncle coughed dryly, and reminded: "Patriarch, I forgot to tell you, the old man and Patriarch Yang agreed on auspicious days yesterday, exchanged Geng invitations, and gave the betrothal gift. You should be called father-in-law or Taishan lord."

Everyone present laughed kindly, Yang Xuan quickly glanced at Lu Changle, his eyes were full of tenderness.

Lu Changle saluted generously: "My son-in-law has met his father-in-law."

Only then did Yang Zhengbao smile and say: "Okay, get up, this time I came in a hurry, and I will make up for the meeting ceremony next time. By the way, your second and third uncles are also here, so don't forget the etiquette."

Lu Changle saluted Yang Zhengbin and Yang Zhengpu one by one.

I didn't see Yang Zhengshu, the head of the fourth house. Fujian has the habit of guarding the house. Needless to say, Yang Zhengshu stayed in the clan to sit in charge.

Yang Zhengbin and Yang Zhengpu were very polite, they dismounted and helped Lu Changle up,

When meeting for the first time, even elders can’t empty-handed,
Yang Zhengbin gave Lu Changle a dagger inlaid with rubies,

Yang Zhengpu didn't have any preparations, so he tore off the jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Lu Changle.

(End of this chapter)