After Xu Huai pushed Xu Wu Qi aside, he snorted coldly, dragged a high chair, and sat down at the door of the meeting hall. He stared at Xu Wufu, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Heng, and Xu, whose faces were gloomy and livid.
Chen, Xu Xin, Xu Bosong, Zhou Jing and others who came from Dazhai later sneered,
"I, Xu Huai, have been stupid and clumsy in Tongbai Mountain for more than ten years. I am looked down upon by my fellow villagers. There are those who insult me, those who scold me, and those who love me and protect me. Even now, I don't understand
There are too many truths, but just because I cut off 60 thieves' heads with my own hands, who of you shrinking cowards have the nerve to laugh at me for being crazy or stupid? Not to mention that I am here today on behalf of the Inspection Department.
, here on behalf of Wang Xianggong and Deng Langjun. I alone killed eleven Xiema bandits for the Xu family in front of Lutai Village. Which of you shrinking cowards dare to claim to be the Xu family?
You have done more things than a fool like me? How dare you shut me out of the stronghold? Do you really think I dare not burn this stronghold clean with fire? Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, you guys
Pat your own chest and ask, who of you has the right to tell me what to do? Xu Heng, Xu Xin, you two, go the hell away. I still have the inclination to scold the rest of you, you two grandsons.
, don’t ask me to chop you to death with a knife if I see it upset!”
Xu Huai was rude and scolded without scruples, but Xu Wufu, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Heng, Xu Chen and others turned blue and white at times, but could not refute a word.
Xu Huai stood up and broke the solid elm chair with another kick. The force of this kick made everyone stunned.
At this time, he looked around and saw that almost all the soldiers of the Xu clan had gathered around, crowding the school ground, and said:
"Why did I come today? First of all, I made it clear in front of the village just now. It's the Prime Minister Wang, Deng Gui and Deng Langjun who want to recruit willing people from the Xu family to join the Huaiyuan Township camp to kill the bandits together. I'm willing to join.
Those who obey my orders in the township camp will receive the same military pay and pension as the patrol officers and soldiers, and will receive an additional seventeen guan reward for every thief killed. If anyone in the Xu family does not want to be a coward, they are willing to join the township camp and strive for a share of the credit.
As a reward for raising parents, wives and children, you can stand up at any time. Don't call people with other surnames and really think that all the Xu family members are like Xu Chen and Xu Heng. They are all shrinking eggs and cowards. Don't be afraid of Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi.
, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and these guys dare to stop me, I am capable of killing today, I don’t mind taking a few more heads to pretend to be thieves and claim credit!"
When Xu Wufu saw that Xu Huai even dared to say such stupid things as killing good people and taking merit, he was so angry that one Buddha destroyed the world and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.
Xu Huai, regardless of the reaction of Xu Wufu and others, continued:
"As for why I came today, the second reason is that from today to the day when the bandits are calmed down, I, on behalf of the Inspection Department, want to commandeer this village as a foothold for attacking and killing the bandits on the east bank of the Baijian River - and I led
When the soldiers and horses are stationed, the Xu family will provide enough food for each head, plus some fat geese and fat mutton. The soldiers of the Xu family must also obey my control and dispatch. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished as a traitor!" General Xu Huai wrote a letter.
He threw it at Xu Wufu's feet and said, "This is Deng Langjun's order. You just have to obey it. But if you delay even a little bit, be careful and I will deal with you severely!"
If Xu Huai made a big fuss for an excuse, Xu Wufu could hold his nose and endure it first.
However, this guy not only reiterated the matter of recruiting brave men from the Xu family to be incorporated into the rural camp, but he even wanted to directly occupy the magpie nest, fight for the control of Beiqiao Village, and ask the soldiers of the Xu family to obey his control.
Xu Wufu's nose was so angry that he was so angry that his hands and feet couldn't help but tremble.
He stared at the letter at his feet and wanted to pick it up and tear it into pieces. At this time, Xu Wuqi caught him and whispered: "Master, look to the left and right..."
Xu Wufu raised his head and looked around. He didn't know when they and Xu Huai were in the innermost circle. On the outside, there were the soldiers from the rural camp that Xu Huai brought into the village. Tang Pan, Zhong He, Yin Peng and others were scattered at the right place.
On three sides, people were staring at him with eager hands holding the swords at their waists, and Xu Wukun was guarding behind Xu Huai; while most of the clan soldiers who were ignorant and a little excited by Xu Huai's nonsense did not show any signs of action.
Unsuspectingly, they crowded on the outer edge to watch the fun.
Seeing this scene, cold sweat broke out on Xu Wufu's back at this moment.
This can't be a coincidence, this idiot wants to kill people and seize power!
"This guy may be pretending to be an idiot, but he is actually hiding a murderous intention!" Xu Wuqi took a breath of cold air and said to Xu Wufu in a suppressed voice.
Just handing over the power like this? Xu Wufu couldn't be reconciled. He stared at Xu Huai with soft eyes and asked word by word: "I would like to ask General Xu for advice, but I don't know how to control and regulate?"
"Deng Langjun's order is written down. I don't know a few words, and you don't know the words either?" Xu Huai tapped his fingers on the handle of his sword and asked in a pitiful tone.
Xu Wufu picked up Deng Gui's order, read it over, and asked: "Deng Langjun said that Xu Du will take advantage of everything, but he didn't say how to control it and regulate it?"
"Are you stupid? You don't understand what 'exploiting' means?" Xu Huai tilted his head and stared at Xu Wufu, "I might as well tell you that I didn't understand what these four words meant at first, but Deng Langjun told me
I said, these four words mean that as long as I find it convenient, I can do whatever I want. Let me put it this way, Xu Wufu, are you following the order, or are you prepared to resist and disobey it, giving me an excuse?
Take off your head?"
"..." Xu Wufu's brows twitched twice, and he was about to have a seizure, but he couldn't help but look at Xu Huai's finger tapping the handle of the knife. He didn't know if he would spit out the word "no" and this killer would directly draw the knife at him.
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"The head of the family seems to be tired," Xu Huai took off the saber from his waist, held it in his left hand, and looked around, "Yin Peng, you are responsible for leading people to escort the head of the family, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Heng, Xu Xin,
Xu Chen, Zhou Jing and the others are going to Qiaonan Dazhai to rest. Don’t make any noise, but if it disturbs our banquet, don’t blame me for turning against me and stabbing people with a knife!"
In addition to Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi who saw the situation clearly, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Heng, Xu Xin and even Zhou Jing waited until Yin Peng, Xu Wukun, Tang Qing, Tang Xia and others brought the twenty soldiers prepared.
He came forward to hand over their sabers, only to wake up with a start. They all shouted and asked: "Xu Huai (you idiot), what do you want to do?"
"The head of the family has just read Deng Langjun's order. Do you want to resist the order?" Xu Huai stared at Zhou Jing and others eagerly and asked in a cold voice, "Or do you still think that I am a fool?
Are you qualified to be the general of this rural camp, but not qualified to control and regulate you?"
"Xu Huai, what's going on?"
Although there was no advance notice, Xu Huai led his troops to tear apart the bandit blockade. Such a big movement had already been noticed by those in Shituoling.
Even though it was not clear before that Xu Huai's original purpose was to repeatedly drill through the rebel army's blockade of money, Liu Qiong'er and Xu Wuliang immediately took Zhou Jianxiong, Wu Liangsheng and others to Shituoling to meet with Xu Wujiang.
, Xu Xin'an, Su Laochang and others secretly meet to deal with all changes.
And just now, Han Qi hurriedly swam across the Qingliu River and rushed to Xinzhai in Shituoling. He immediately rushed to Xinzhai to meet them. When they happened to see the scene in front of them, they were also stunned there, a little confused as to what Xu Huai wanted to do.
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With a formidable enemy at hand, it would be too wild to seize the power of the Xu clan from Xu Wufu and others, right?
"Uncle Seventeen, it's just the right time for you to come here," Xu Huai said with a laugh, "Deng Langjun has also found out that you and others were falsely accused by the traitors and forced to flee the army. Wang Xianggong is your guarantee, and we are about to go to Tizhou together.
The county will clear your grievances; this time, I have come to recruit you into the rural camp to kill the bandits. However, Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi and others have heavy troops, but they are unable to fight against the bandits. Deng Langjun wants me to take advantage of it. I am
I want to relieve them of their military power and plan to personally command the soldiers of the Xu clan. Uncle Seventeen, it’s just in time for you to come over. Please first invite Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi and the others to go back to Dazhai to rest. Don’t hinder me here!”
Xu Wujiang looked at Xu Wukun in confusion. He could not imagine that Deng Gui would be so responsible and decisive.
Xu Wukun shrugged, saying that the situation had led to this reckless guy, and he also had a headache, but no matter what, he had to control the situation in front of him before talking about anything else.
"Master, please go back to Dazhai to rest first." Xu Wujiang could not prioritize things at this time. The top priority was to control the situation in front of him. If Xu Wufu was not called, Xu Wuqi and the others had a chance to make a comeback. He said in a deep voice to Xu Wufu
put pressure on.
Although Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Xin'an, Han Qi, Zhou Jianxiong and others came over, there were less than twenty people, but most of them were members of the Xu clan, and they also had great prestige in the minds of the Xu clan's lower-level soldiers.
At this time, Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Heng, Xu Chen, Xu Xin and others were actually surrounded on the innermost side.
Xu Wujiang appeared again at this moment, and Xu Huai was carrying Deng Gui's warrant, and there was someone like Wang Zhen as a guarantee behind him. What's more important was that the Xu clan soldiers had long been frightened by Xu Huai's momentum, even at this moment
Everyone could tell that what was happening in front of them was a power seizure, and they all stood aside as quietly as quails.
There was someone who wanted to please the head of the family, but everyone else was silent. He was afraid that it would be too sudden to take a deep breath. Who dared to step forward and question the murderer?
The bloody head makes me have nightmares at night!
"Okay, okay, okay, you guys put on a really good show!" Xu Wufu pointed at Xu Wujiang and couldn't help laughing miserably, "I, Xu Wufu, thought I was prosperous in the prefecture and county, but I didn't
It makes me think that I have completely lost sight of you. I haven't seen through your ambitions all these years. You are really good at it, and no matter how I treat you these days, you can be ungrateful, but you think you can expel us from here.
, can you really control the 400 clan soldiers here, and control the Xu family? Xu Wujiang, if you do such a treasonous and unethical thing, are you really not afraid that the bandit army will take advantage of the chaos to come over and slaughter all the 4,000 men, women and old people of the Xu family?
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Xu Wujiang was very depressed, thinking that I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense, but he still felt a little ashamed to ask Xu Wufu to point his nose and scold him. After all, they still wanted to work together to resist the rebel army these days, but at this time they couldn't excuse this
Everything was done by Xu Huai.
"You still have the guts to say such nonsense!" Xu Huai picked up a head and smashed it at Xu Wufu's head, and cursed, "The thieves come to kill one, and two to kill two. You still have the nerve to act like a cow at this time."
You coward? Yin Peng listens to my orders. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of our army will be killed without mercy!"
Xu Wufu failed to avoid it and was hit by a bandit's head, leaving his face covered in blood.
Seeing that Xu Huai was murderous, others did not dare to compete with him for verbal advantage.
"Send them out of the stronghold! Tang Pan, Han Qi and you guard the south stronghold gate. Zhong He and Tang Qing are responsible for guarding the northern stronghold gate. Anyone who dares to break in without my order will be killed!" Xu Huai gave the order one by one.
Arrange limited manpower to control Beiqiao Village first...
