A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 38

Since the creation of clans, local tycoons have been a specialty of various places.

Lijiazhuang, Hujiazhuang, and Zhujiazhuang, which have appeared in Water Margin, are the three major villages in Yanggu County. They have their own manors, soldiers and horses, and the children in the villages have practiced martial arts since childhood. Extraordinary.

Even the heroes on Liangshan Mountain encountered these three Zhuangzi and spent a lot of effort to defeat them.

The main reason why this kind of local semi-military power existed that the imperial court acquiesced to was the Baojia system.

The Baojia Law was one of the contents of the reform proposed by Wang Anshi. After the implementation of the Baojia system, it replaced the rural organizations in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was still used until the Qing Dynasty.

However, the Baojia system was still essentially rural autonomy, a by-product of imperial power not going to the countryside.

According to the laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty, every ten households in rural areas have one guarantee, five guarantees are one major guarantee, and ten major guarantees are one capital guarantee.

If a household has more than two daughters, one daughter will be selected as a guarantee daughter, and they will receive intensive military training during the off-farm period.

The person in charge of each Baozheng is naturally a local powerful person, who is called Baozheng.

These Zhuangzi's soldiers and horses are essentially Baoding. The more households there are, the more Baoding will naturally be there.

However, these Baoding can defend against invasion by foreign enemies, but if they want to lead them to rebel, I am afraid that the Baoding will disperse first.

This is also an important reason why the rulers believe that the wealthy gentry will not rebel against the court and acquiesce in the existence of semi-military powers in these places.

Chao Gai, the King of Tota, was born as Baozheng of Dongxi Village in Yuncheng County. He once had his own manor and social status, but he was just the Baozheng of a small village and did not have many people under his command.

Moreover, this guy didn't learn well and only loved to make friends with the world's heroes. In the end, he led someone to rob the birthday card and ran to Liangshan to Luocao.

There are also local snakes like this in Yishui County. For example, Li Daguan, who once sold weapons and armor to Li Gui and was tricked by Li Gui, is one of the leaders.

Li Gui is now plotting against Li Daguan.

For intelligence matters, just ask Zhu Fu.

He called Zhu Fu over and expressed his thoughts. Zhu Fu was also in a dilemma.

"Brother, this Li Family Village is different from other wealthy households. The owner of the village, Li Qing, is the Baozheng of Shagou Town. He has thousands of guards under his command and has no shortage of weapons and armor. It is really a tough nut to crack."

"And as far as I know, there are countless powerful people hidden in Lijiazhuang. They are all from the Lian family, and there are also many famous figures in the world."

"The most powerful one is a man named Wu Cheng. He has a long spear in his hand and can't get water into him when he dances. Even Li Yun, a blue-eyed tiger, can't resist him."

"The official Li Qing has trained martial arts with Wu Cheng. Although he is not well-known in the world, he is actually very skilled in bow and horse. He is not a weakling."

"There is also a handmade workshop for weapons and armor hidden in the village. The soldiers are fully equipped and trained regularly. Their combat power is far superior to that of the imperial troops."

"If my brother had told me earlier, we could have taken advantage of the autumn harvest. At that time, most of the soldiers went to the fields to collect grain. It was the best time to attack. But now we have missed the opportunity!"

"Brother, you might as well wait patiently. When we start plowing next year, we will definitely be able to defeat Lijiazhuang in one fell swoop and cut off that young man's head for him to play as a ball."

Li Gui couldn't wait patiently for so long, and immediately asked: "Is it possible that you can't win if you fight hard?"

"Brother, I don't know. If we fight head-on, the opponents will be those who have never seen blood. They may not be the opponents of the brothers in the village. But there are archers in Lijiazhuang!"

"Ah!" Li Gui slapped his thigh and suddenly realized, "I almost forgot!"

The troops in the village are monotonous, all are infantry, and the difference is nothing more than spearmen and axemen.

If it were a head-on battle with other enemy troops, it wouldn't be a big deal.Only when encountering an archer, I am afraid that the person will be shot into a hedgehog before he even gets close.

What's more, the city wall of Lijiazhuang is quite high, and there is a watchtower. It is so high up that it is difficult to block even a shield.

The reason why the bandits in the cottage were invincible before was that on the one hand the enemy was too weak, and on the other hand Li Gui led his troops to charge forward every time they fought.

Although the Yushan Army looks like an elite force, in fact its morale is not very high. If it encounters a slight setback, its true colors will be revealed.

If you want to solve this problem, you can either wear armor to reduce the damage, or shoot at it to suppress the enemy and improve the morale of the army.

However, neither of these two methods are possible in Yushan now.

Although there are many people in the village, most of them come from poor backgrounds and know nothing but farming.

And those who have a certain skill often live a good life and rarely end up in a desperate situation.

In short, no one on the mountain knows how to make armor, bows and arrows.

Although the village also seized some bows and arrows, it would take more than three or two months to develop a qualified long-range unit.

In Lijiazhuang, the Baojia system has been in existence for many years, so it makes sense to have a team of qualified archers.

That is to say, there is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains, otherwise I am afraid that even the cavalry troops in Lijiazhuang can be saved.

"Straight thief!"

"No wonder Manager Li refused to sell me a crossbow that day. He only gave me some tattered paper armor and scrap copper and iron to fool me. It turned out to be such an idea!"

"He uses all the good stuff at home and never leaks it out!"

"This kind of profiteer deserves to be hacked to death by a certain family!"

Li Gui cursed a few words angrily, frowned and thought for a while, and then suddenly asked:
"They say that catching thieves and catching kings, if I intercept and kill Li Qing on the way, might I break his village?"

After Zhu Fu considered it carefully, he replied:
"That Li Qing has no heirs. If he dies, there will be civil strife in the manor. We can easily break it."

"But because of our Yushan situation, most of the gentry are now hiding in the county. Li Qing is also hiding in the manor and rarely travels."

"Li Qing knows that there is a gap between me and Yushan. Even when he travels, he is accompanied by dozens of followers, all of whom are heroes. Wu Cheng is always there to protect him. It is really difficult to take action."

"Is there any way to lure him out of the village?"

"Well...I'm afraid Li Qing won't be fooled easily."

Li Gui frowned after hearing this, unable to find a solution, but the role of his subordinates is to solve problems. If the boss is allowed to do everything, what else do these juniors do?
"Forget it, let this guy live a few more days!"

"I leave this matter to my dear brother. Think about it carefully and discuss it with the other brothers. We must fish this guy out of his bastard shell."

"After luring him out, I went to chop off his dog's head!"

"... Let me think of something." Zhu Fu had no choice but to nod and accept the job.

After Li Gui handed over the task, he put the matter aside and went to practice his martial arts.

The physical fitness brought about by luck increases too fast, and you need more practice to master it, so that you don't have to replace your chopsticks with iron ones when eating.

(End of this chapter)