Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 305 4.101 The White Lotus Sect has surrounded the county town

Volume Four

4.101 The White Lotus Sect has surrounded the county town

On February 50, the 22th year of Longwu, the small courtyard where the chief official of Daye Qianhu Office lived.

"Why don't you go to the school grounds and have a look? Let us sisters talk to each other." Zhao Qiying tried feebly to drive away a certain unsatisfied farm cow, but it basically had no effect. "When I had a meeting with them last night, Didn’t you say you should be extra careful to prevent unexpected situations? Why did you just——"

"I am Lord Qianhu, and I have the final say if there are any problems!" A shameless person continued to work for a long time before stopping. "If it weren't for the fact that there was no reason to rest today, I would have thought of stopping and adjusting. This day is really too long. It’s so disturbing, the top, bottom, left and right are all two, it doesn’t look auspicious no matter how you look at it.”

"February 22?" Feeling that the offensive had stopped, Zhao Qiying felt that she didn't have to be tortured to death at last, but she couldn't understand someone's inexplicable worry, "What's wrong with this day? Don't you have to train on weekdays? Besides, Daye County is almost in ruins, so if there is a spark, we must be prepared, right?"

"Okay, you can rest." Shaking his head to drive away the inexplicable uneasiness in his mind, Zhou Yang got up and went to the bathroom to wash himself off, put on his clothes and went out, "I'd better go out and take a look, no matter what, I have to It’s better to be aware of something than to be confused.”

At the Qianhu Campus, there were already shouts of killing. When Zhou Yang made the training plan, although the intensity was much lower than that of the modern army, there was basically no change in the work and rest time. It was also divided into morning exercises and morning exercises. Classes and afternoon physical fitness, of course, this is other people's schedule, not his.

Along the way, I looked at the hundreds of troops training with satisfaction. Except for the cavalry troops, who were out riding their horses due to their own reasons, all the other departments were training seriously, even the artillery. Although they would not be like the matchlock gunners, they would be there every one or two days. Real shooting, but only once every half month, three shots each time.

"Yan Ling, do you have anything important to deliver today?" All the way to the Chinese army's tent, he saw Zhao Yanling, who had just returned yesterday, sorting materials in front of the desk. His beautiful figure moved up and down from time to time, which made someone's eyes warm. , Fortunately, it was all consumed in the morning, so I couldn't hold it anymore, but I still stepped forward and gently hugged the girl.

"Brother-in-law!" Zhao Yanling turned around when she heard the voice, and a charming blush appeared on her face after being hugged by someone, "Why did you come here just now? Yuan Baihu had already come over to report just now, but nothing happened. I asked someone to I put my breakfast in the back tent - oh, please let go, my eldest sister has never rejected you even once!"

"Is your nose so good?" Zhou Yang lifted up his sleeve and smelled it. He really didn't feel like he was famous. "I washed it before coming here and wandered outside for a long time. You are not a puppy."

"Hmph!" Zhao Yanling blushed and pushed him away, took out a piece of information and said, "My eldest sister likes the elegant rouge with the scent of jasmine the most. We sisters have been together for many years, and we still can't feel it - this is sent by the county government. The official document requires us to send at least one hundred households to assist them in their operations, with the purpose of arresting one."

"I saw it yesterday, don't worry about it." Zhou Yang threw the official document back to the desk, "This stupid county magistrate wants others to clean up the mess he caused. I really want to blind his evil heart and arrange for Fu Shi at will. Write a reply letter and tell him that unless there is a war, the garrison will not interfere in local governance matters - Forget it, don't worry, it's over anyway. I'll eat first, and you can send a portion to Qiying. Reply to the letter Let’s talk about it when we have time!”

"Hmph!" Of course Zhao Yanling knew why her eldest sister didn't get up. She rolled her eyes at someone and took a tray out of the back hall. She was obviously well prepared.

Zhou Yang watched the girl go out with a smile, then turned around and grabbed a pile of official documents on the desk and returned to the back hall. He used chopsticks in one hand to eat steamed buns and porridge, and with the other hand he casually flipped through the backlog of various official documents - in fact, there was no What an important thing, how can a guard of thousands of households without fighting, and a dedicated chief bookkeeper Fu Shi, have anything to say——

"Sir!" Just as he was thinking about another day of paddling, Yuan Xiu's anxious shout came from the tent, "Something happened!"

"I'm inside!" Zhou Yang put down the steamed stuffed bun suspiciously, and turned to look at the impatient Yuan Xiu, "What a big deal that has made you so anxious—have you had breakfast yet?"

"My Lord Qianhu, how can you still care about this when the house is in flames?" Yuan Xiu was so angry that he completely lost his dignity and pulled him up to the tent. He didn't forget to use a chopstick as a teaching stick and pointed. The very abstract map behind the writing desk said, "Sir, please take a look. After dark last night, County Magistrate He led hundreds of police officers and took the opportunity to raid a village called Sunjiazhuang on the outskirts of the city. The purpose was to arrest Daye of the White Lotus Sect. Incense Master."

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Yang interrupted him with a thought in his heart, "Are you talking about the arrest operation yesterday when County Magistrate He sent an official document to ask for help?" "Not bad!" Yuan Xiu nodded, "No one Thinking about it, County Magistrate He's men were all trash. Even with accurate information and twice the number of people, they were dispersed by the No. 30 followers. If Magistrate He hadn't run so fast, he might have been killed. I want to be trapped in this place called Sunjiazhuang.

I thought that if I lost, I would lose. But this morning, the White Lotus Sect of Daye County gathered a crowd at night to surround the county town. It is said that the number was thousands this time. Fortunately, Magistrate He still had some sense. After he escaped, he ordered the city to be closed tightly. This way the city will not fall; however, since there are only more than 100 government officials and policemen in the county plus two to three hundred village warriors, it is hard to tell how many of them will escape, and the fall is only a matter of time. "

"Huh -" Zhou Yang breathed a long sigh of relief, but still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, "This dog officer, I knew I was going to wipe his ass, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly - In this way, Dongjie handed over hundreds of artillery households To the deputy, you personally take a few people out of the camp, find the cavalry trained by Bai Hu, and then move to hide near the chaos outside the city, but do not move and try to keep it secret.

I will take all the arquebuses, two spears and artillery to support, and the remaining arquebuses will be responsible for guarding the house. You don't have to worry about how we fight here, just wait for my signal. Whenever you see the cannon taking off, attack the rebel formation with all your strength! "

"Your Excellency, you are worried." Yuan Xiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately saw that Zhou Yang was not sure, "They are just random mobs. We have fought them twice. The second time we were still strong miners, so this time they should not be affected. in this way"

Whether it was destroying the Ye family manor or clearing out the private soldiers of three mine owners in one go, Zhou Yang actually didn't use any tactics. He just spread out his formation and pushed forward. After the firearms were blasted, the spearmen rushed forward, and the spearmen rushed forward. Basically, only last-minute hits and cover were left. The arquebusiers who followed behind used iron sand to show all enemies that this road was impassable - but this time it was obviously different!
"The White Lotus sect rebels are no ordinary young and strong people. Although they are considered a rabble in military terms, they have been bewitched for an unknown amount of time before launching their attack. The only thing left in their minds is 'the homeland of the Wusheng Mother'. Even their own lives are at risk." I don't necessarily care." Zhou Yang shook his head and said, "You just said it was already over a thousand? I'm afraid it's more than that now.

Our current total strength is actually less than half of the enemy, maybe even only one-third. If we can't destroy the enemy's morale at once, and then take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, and completely settle the matter, once the White Lotus Sect rebels are launched, we will be able to Our numbers and bravery will overwhelm us! "

"I understand, I understand!" Yuan Xiu said with a solemn expression and clasped his fists respectfully, "Your Excellency is responsible for confronting them head-on and destroying their morale. I am responsible for crushing and killing them with all my strength. Now that the military situation is urgent, it is really not the time to talk. After victory, After the chaos is calmed down, I will definitely toast you with a few glasses of wine!"

"Okay!" Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction, "Let's wait until this matter is over, the good wine has enough!"

After watching Yuan Xiu leave the tent, Zhou Yang was about to look away. Before he could think about the problem again, he saw a pretty figure walking in with a worried look on his face.

"Brother-in-law." The person who came was of course Zhao Yanling. She walked in without shyness and threw herself into Zhou Yang's arms. "Is it dangerous this time?"

"Did you just hear that?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "There's no danger, they're just a bunch of rioters. It's not like we haven't seen them before when we were at Ye's house. These people have no training. There is no organization, no equipment, except for one life, and there may not even be much military rations to fill the stomach. With such an enemy, what do you have to worry about?"

"Brother Zhou, I heard everything." Zhao Yanling rolled her eyes angrily and pushed him into the back hall, "Even if I didn't hear it just now, would I still not know about the White Lotus Sect's affairs in the world? Let's talk about martial arts. , capable, the larger forces in the world are not afraid of them, but the most terrifying thing about them is that there are many people, and the core believers are not afraid of death.

Once you get into trouble with them, if you are not careful, you will be besieged by tens of hundreds of congregants. Even if you can fight well, you will be killed by them if you are not careful. Come on, who wouldn't be afraid of such an enemy?Not to mention the siege of thousands of people, at least half more than us! "

"You, you just think too much, and you can come up with such a lot of words!" Even seeing the girl's worry, Zhou Yang still smiled and comforted, "Don't you know my ability? , this little thing. Well, why are you taking off your clothes? It’s not that you’re not ready yet, and you don’t want to just let yourself go so easily.”

"Hmph!" Zhao Yanling pushed away someone who wanted to reach out, pulled off the armor from the wall and put it on her body, "No matter what, I want to follow - oh, brother-in-law, please stop making trouble and help me put on the armor." Come on, things are so urgent, how can you take care of this!"

"You girl!" Zhou Yang dared to take the girl and kissed her gently. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded, "Okay, let's follow. But you have agreed that you will never leave my sight, and I won't either." I need you to kill the enemy, do you understand?"

"Brother-in-law, don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)