Chapter 803: The Price of Arrogance
Soon, the three platoon leaders were called together by Hu Hai. .
When Hu Hai said his thoughts, the platoon leaders didn't think about it and their eyes were so hot that they agreed.
According to the information provided by Neiwei Xizu, the Zhang family, which is more than 40 miles away from Cangyun Ridge, was first selected by everyone and became the first target of attack after the formation of the small team...
The rows of long-term leaders sitting in front of Hu Hai spoke first...
"Company Commander, this Zhang family is the largest tycoon in a radius of 100 miles around Cangyunling... Not only does the family own tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, but also several shops have come to Yangzhou City!"
"More importantly, the Zhang family has a son who works as an official in Nanjing City and is a fourth-rank official in the court... Not only the local county magistrate, but also the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture are polite to the Zhang family..."
"No matter what illegal and irregular things the Zhang family did, the county government and the prefectural government office would ignore them..."
"For several years, not to mention anything else, there are as many as a hundred ordinary people who died unjustly because of the Zhang family's violation of laws and regulations..."
"It's certain that this Zhang family is the biggest bully in Cangyun Ridge's radius of a hundred miles... If we can destroy this Zhang family, we will definitely cause a big sensation in the hearts of all the people in Cangyun Ridge's radius of a hundred miles..."
"Not only that, it also caused a great sensation in the county and prefectural offices... The reputation of my team was expelled in the battle..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second platoon leader was unwilling to fall behind and said, "Company Commander, beating the Zhang family is definitely the best choice... Not to mention anything else. Just the grain and silver that may be seized after capturing the Zhang family is enough for our team to expand and eat for several years..."
"There are also those people who have lost their families because of the Zhang family. Our team helped them get revenge. As long as nothing unexpected happens, they will take the initiative to join our team... In this way, our team can get a steady stream of troops for expansion..."
At this time, the only third platoon leader who did not speak was unwilling to fall behind and said: "Also, the Zhang family has hundreds of guards. This means that he has hundreds of weapons and equipment... Although we don't like these equipment, it is still very good to use it to equip new recruits..."
Facing the three subordinates in front of him who were eager to try, Lian Shanghu Hai's already firm facial expression became even more firm at this moment...
After slamming his clenched fist hard on the table in front of him, he shouted and affirmed: "Okay, then let's take this Zhang family..."
In order to prevent bandits, the Zhang family, like many landlords in the north, did not set up their homes in the town.
Instead, it spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to build a land of more than 100 acres in the fertile land less than five miles away from the town.
The entire castle was surrounded by a battle of brick walls. From a distance, it looked as indestructible as a turtle shell.
Not only that, on this city wall that is as high as one battle, there are nearly a hundred servants guarding the courtyard day and night, holding long spears and swords, carrying long bows and muskets. They patrol back and forth...
In order to make the first battle since the formation of the team more sensational, Hu Hai did not choose to launch an attack at night that was more conducive to him.
Instead, in broad daylight, he led less than 60 soldiers under his command to rush towards the Zhang family fortress.
So, when the team was almost one mile away from the castle, a crisp bell rang out of the castle.
Then the thick iron-packed gate of the earthen castle was locked up. Hundreds of guards were also rushing up to the city walls and preparing to fight amid the shouts of their respective leaders.
Just as hundreds of guards were ready to fight, Hu Hai and others also clearly came into their sight...
What disappointed them was that the so-called bandits actually had less than a hundred people...
A bandit with less than a hundred people came to attack the Zhang family, which was protected by the city walls and guarded by hundreds of guards. Isn’t that an egg hit a stone and seeking death...
This is what Hu Hai thought about all the Zhang family guarding the hospital after he walked outside the Zhang family's fortress.
Just as the serious expressions on the faces of many guards were slowly being contemptuous, the thoughts in the guards had gone from how to defend the Zhang family's fortress to how to destroy the bandits outside the fortress, and used the bandits' heads to exchange for rewards and silver...
So, the fierce-looking old man Zhang had just walked up to the city wall, and several leaders rushed to ask for a fight from his master, demanding to take the initiative to attack, and eliminate the bandits outside the fort in one fell swoop, so that the bandits in Cangyunling knew that the Zhang family was not something they could shake...
Mr. Zhang, who is used to wandering around and doesn't even care about the county magistrate or the prefect, saw that the bandits were really less than a hundred people, also showed a contemptuous expression on his face...
With several eyes fixed on each other, he said fiercely: "If you don't kill them, they won't know the power of my Zhang family... A group of uninformed bandits. Today I will definitely let you taste the price of provoking my Zhang family..."
"Teacher Wang, I will give you these bandits outside the fort... My husband's request is very simple. These bandits want to cut off their heads... As for the bandit leader, I want to chop him up and feed the dog..."
"Win this battle, I will prepare a reward of five taels of silver for each of you. As for your leader, I have prepared a reward of fifty taels of silver for you. I hope you will not insult my reputation as the Zhang family..."
Facing the heavy reward, the expression on the Wang leader's face became even hotter.
With several pairs of envious and jealous eyes around me, I promised loudly: "Please rest assured by Mr. Zhang. I will definitely take my brothers to cut off all the heads of these bandits, including all the remaining ones..."
After saying that, Leader Wang, who had a confident look on his face, rushed towards the city wall with his 100 guards...
Hu Hai, one hundred and fifty steps away from the fort, was looking at the fort without moving with a trace of pre-war seriousness, thinking about a way to not only capture the fort, but also reduce casualties...
At this moment, a scream suddenly sounded beside him!
"Company Commander, the gate of the earthen castle is here! The Zhang family guards are coming out..."
"Are they crazy? They didn't guard the turret and actually came out... Didn't they hit us in the gun..."
Listening to the constant screams in his ears, he looked at the gate of the earthen castle rushing towards him, and was extremely arrogant. The company commander Hu Hai immediately showed an expression of sudden enlightenment on his face.
Then, he said with a sneer: "It's not that these guards are crazy, they are too arrogant and underestimated us and want to destroy us here..."
"But this is exactly what I want... Today, we will let these guards taste what is real battle and what is real army..."
Chapter completed!