Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 153
Wei Qing withdrew his long sword, took off his bow, asked for another bag of arrows, and shot down a Yueman with one arrow.

"Ah Xiao, how are you doing?"

"It feels good." Liang Xiao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the sound of the string and saw the Yueren who was more than ten steps away fell to the ground after being shot by an arrow.Although Wei Qing's archery skills are still far behind his, they can be regarded as outstanding, more than enough to deal with these Yue people who have lost their command.He let go of the bow and flexed his fingers.The continuous shooting made his drawing fingers sore.

"Let's try it." Wei Qing said, and once again opened his bow and arrow, shooting down a Yueren who was looking around.

"I'll stay with you till the end." Liang Xiao smiled, put on an arrow, swept his gaze, and shot the arrow through the thigh of a tall Yueren.The Yue man screamed in pain, the shield in his hand was lowered, just when the opening was exposed, Wei Qing shot an arrow, right in his face, and hit his left eye.

Yue Ren fell on his back, covering his face, rolling on the ground, screaming.

The companions around him looked at each other in blank dismay, not to mention being careless.

With the protection of the inner wall and the support of the people in the inner circle, Liang Xiao and Wei Qing were much more relaxed.You shoot one arrow, I shoot one arrow, sometimes doing their own thing, sometimes cooperating with each other, shooting down five people in a blink of an eye.The people in Lizhong were inspired by their superb archery skills. Every time an arrow is shot, they will stamp their feet and shout in unison.

"Pick!"

Amidst the cheers, the morale of the Yue people became even more depressed. They tried to attack, but were repelled by the high-moralized Lizhong people, and several people were shot and killed instead.In front of Liang Xiao and Wei Qing, any negligence could lead to death, which put the pressure on the Yue people up sharply, and the offensive was severely frustrated.

One ebbs and another ebbs and flows, and the people in the village are full of fighting spirit, screaming and cursing.

It was only then that Liang Xiao noticed that most of the common people who participated in the war were women and children, and there were not many men. Except for the men on the front door, they were almost all gray-haired old men, and there were also a few disabled men. Looks like he was injured and retired.

Liang Xiao was sweating profusely.It seems that he still overestimated Li Zhong's strength and underestimated Wu Chu's aggressiveness.These old, weak, sick and disabled actually blocked the attack of nearly a hundred Yue people, and have persisted until now. I have to say that it is really awesome.

The stalemate between the two sides lasted until evening, and the Yue people who had suffered heavy losses finally couldn't hold on, and reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield.

The people in Lizhong cheered thunderously.

"Good boy, good at archery!" A white-haired old man walked over on crutches, and gave Liang Xiao and Wei Qing a thumbs up. "From Chang'an?"

The old man spoke Mandarin, although it was rather blunt, but Liang Xiao could still understand it.If it's pure native language, he can't understand a word.After fighting side by side with the people in Lizhong for half a day, except for understanding their cheers, he hardly knew what they were talking about.Probably because of this, Lizheng found this old man.

"My husband has been to Chang'an?"

"When I was young, I traveled all over the world and visited Chang'an, so I could speak a few words of official Chinese." The old man stroked his beard, and there was a strange expression on his brown face, as if he remembered his youth in the past. "Look at your clothes, are you officials from the palace?"

"Old man has good eyesight." Liang Xiao jumped down from the inner door, pulled the wound, sweating from the pain.After fighting for half a day, he got four more wounds, which he couldn't feel during the battle, but as soon as the battle was over, the pain that had been suppressed all the time flooded him like a tide, drowning him.

"Injured?" The old man looked him up, and immediately called a few people to help Liang Xiao and Wei Qing into a small courtyard.

The small courtyard is very dilapidated. There is a hole in the front main room, and the thatch above it has been torn to pieces, all over the courtyard.It looked like it was hit by a rocket, and almost the entire roof was blown off to fight the fire.

"It's all caused by the murderous Yue thief." While cursing, the old man directed the two aunts to help Liang Xiao and Wei Qing bandage up.A daughter-in-law in her early twenties was busy boiling water for cooking.

Taking advantage of the gap between bandages, Liang Xiao asked about the situation.The old man told them that the attack by Yue people was not a big deal, it was almost an annual practice.Kuaiji is a border county, and every year after the autumn harvest, it will be organized to prepare for the border.It's just that this year's situation is even more severe. In previous years, Yue people usually did not cross the Wulin River, and only appeared in the south of Kuaiji, but this year they have attacked all the way to the vicinity of Wu County.

All the strong men in the village were transferred to Beibian, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled. They were very passive in the face of the sudden arrival of the Yue people.

"Old man, do the Yue thieves come every year?" Wei Qing was surprised.He has served the emperor for some time, and he has never heard similar news.

"Of course." The old man was very calm. "We are very familiar with these Yue people, and we are not afraid of them. It's just that there are too many of them this year. Speaking of which, more than ten years ago, when I was still in the state of Wu, I still had a few friends from the Yue people. Became an enemy. Alas—"

Liang Xiao didn't say anything.He heard Wu Guo again.From the sigh of the old man, he felt his nostalgia for the former Wu country.

"Old man, the more thieves came to attack and the common people were harmed, did the eunuch rescue him?"

"Rescue?" The old man narrowed his eyes. "They can't take care of themselves now. They don't know if they can keep Wu County. They don't care about saving us. They are just some poor ghosts. They die as soon as they die. Who cares. It's good to die. The fields and acres belong to them. Even a penny You don't have to pay either."

"The prefect's mansion occupies the fields?"

"The prefect's mansion is not occupied, but they are deaf and blind, and they don't care about anything." The old man was so angry that his beard was raised, and his crutches knocked on the ground. "Those big clans run rampant in the village, buying and selling by force. They are rich and powerful, and they have raised a lot of rangers. If any family refuses, they will go to make trouble and fight, either breaking people or destroying crops. Years of hard work were all in vain, and finally had to be sold to him at a low price..."

Hearing the old man's angry accusation, Liang Xiao frowned.He has heard of such things before, but the Liang family has no land, so he has no personal experience.Although the Tu family is also selling land, they have not reached this point.The situation in Kuaiji County is obviously more serious than that in Guangling. Here, the government has less influence, and the powerful families are the real controllers.

"Without the land, what do we live on? Those with high skills fled to Zhenze and became thieves, while those with little skills fled to the mountains and became barbarians. If it was really impossible, they wandered in the countryside, or sold their sons and daughters, It’s a change of food. The more thieves are powerful, it’s not unrelated to this. They hate those big families, so they are naturally willing to work hard..."

Liang Xiao couldn't help taking a deep breath.The hatred caused by land annexation has turned into war, which is something that none of them expected.No wonder Minyue has been able to attack like a broken bamboo, and has been attacking near Wu County. It turned out that it was not only because of the joining of Huan Yuan and others, but also the hatred that had been accumulating and fermenting.

Does Yan Zhu know these questions?Did he mention it to the emperor?Probably not, because the Yan family is one of the big families in Wu County.

Liang Xiao looked at Wei Qing.Wei Qing is the emperor's confidant, and he has the opportunity to convey this information to the emperor's ears.He is also from a poor and humble background, so he must be able to understand the pain of these landless people.

Amidst the old man's angry yelling and under Liang Xiao's gaze, Wei Qing remained silent, showing no special expression.
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(End of this chapter)