"You bastards, there are not many of you with hairy hair, but you want to join the bandits! Hutou Village did such a big thing yesterday, and it was very popular, but do you know that big trees attract wind, and when officers and soldiers go to suppress it, they must first In the battle against Hutou Village, if you go to surrender at this time, are you not going to be pushed into the front line to block the hail of bullets from the officers and soldiers? Furthermore, if you all join the gang, what will happen to your family? Have you ever thought about this? "Xu Wukun asked, looking around.
"What's so scary about the officers and soldiers acting like bears? Besides, there is no way for everyone to survive. If we drag them on any longer, they will starve to death. How can we care so much?" Yin Peng picked up the straw rope tied around his waist. , said meaninglessly.
He is an impetuous young man, about the same age as Xu Xinan. When Ge Lezi came to the blacksmith shop to cause trouble, he was eager to grab someone and beat him. Now he said what he wanted to say directly.
"Since you have made up your mind, Xu Wuliang and I have already set up a pole in Jinshagou, why do you want to join other families?" Xu Wukun asked.
"Master (Uncle Liang, Xu Tiejiang) joined the gang in Jinshagou? Which force is Jinshagou? Why haven't you heard of it before? Master, why did he leave Huaiyuan without saying a word and join the gang? My master's skills, Have you become the leader in Jinshagou?"
Hearing Xu Wukun's words, Yin Peng and others were like a lake being smashed by huge rocks, creating huge waves.
Everyone was surprised and surrounded Xu Wukun, throwing out a bunch of questions like a slingshot.
Zhou Jianxiong was the most valued by Xu Wuliang, and he had to be more prudent and delicate in his thinking. He asked: "Did my master kill that Ge Lezi, and then the Tang family found clues about it, so he had to escape from Huaiyuan and go to Jinshagou Luocao? "
"So talkative, how should I answer you? Do any of you recognize me, Xu Wukun?" Xu Wukun asked.
"Master Kun, the golden-tailed rat? He looks familiar, I didn't dare to recognize him just now," someone said.
"Do you know who I am?" Xu Xin'an interjected and asked.
"Are you Xu Xin'an, the whirlwind gun? Didn't everyone say that you ran to join Hutou Village without wearing military uniforms? Why did you go to Jinshagou to set up another pole?" Yin Peng asked.
"I heard someone said that they defected to Hutou Village and were kicked out..." Someone heard more rumors and corrected Yin Peng in a low voice.
"Shit, is that bird like Hutou Village worth investing in?" Xu Xin'an spat, but he was very satisfied with others calling him "Tornado Gun". He pointed at the thin-faced man who was tied up and said, "We were harmed by others. , were not allowed to return to the military camp, and had no choice but to set up a pole in Jinshagou. Now is not the time to talk about these things. If you really want to make up your mind to follow us, then take this guy to the courtyard and kill him now, and then take your family with you. , go to Jinshagou immediately!"
Since the dead man is a bandit, there must be rules - Xu Xin'an called Zhou Jianxiong, Wu Liangsheng, Yin Peng and others to take the thin-faced man to the backyard and kill him, which was considered as a surrender.
Zhou Jianxiong and the others were excited to go to Luocao just now, but now they were asked to kill people, and they all hesitated.
"The trees in Hutou Village attract the wind, and they do such cruel things. Not to mention that the government will come to suppress them, and heaven and earth will not spare them. But we in Jinshagou want to be righteous thieves, and we have been harmed by thieves in Hutou Village in the past. "Killing this guy is a way of doing justice for heaven." Xu Wukun saw the hesitation of these people, which did not surprise him, so he followed the lead.
They say that when a sharp weapon is in hand, the murderous intention arises.
Hearing what Xu Wukun said, Zhou Jianxiong and others accepted it more easily, so they escorted the thin-faced man to the yard behind; they also knew the rules very well, and each one stabbed eleven bloody holes in the thin-faced man's body.
Xu Wuliang took care of his three apprentices and gave them the blacksmith shop to make a living. Zhou Jianxiong, Wu Liangsheng, and Yin Peng came to run the shop early in the morning and late at night, but their families still lived in shacks outside; they usually kept the yard behind.
It's clean, but empty there.
Now in broad daylight, we can't just drag the body out and throw it away. We can temporarily throw it in the woodshed and close the doors and windows tightly to prevent the bloody smell from spreading out——
Zhou Jianxiong and others are young people. Considering that they may not be able to persuade their families to evacuate Jinshagou from Huaiyuan immediately, they are discussing with Xu Huai to take out the broken silver they have brought with them for emergencies and let everyone distribute it back.
He lied about being recruited to work in Yuhuangling. At this time, there was a beeping and knocking sound on the door.
Everyone was a little frightened, worried that the other accomplices of Hutou Village hiding in the market would notice some clues and come to their door.
"Wu Liangsheng, go and see who is outside!" Xu Wukun ordered everyone else to hide in the room. He, Xu Xin'an, and Han Qi, holding sharp knives, stared at the hospital and motioned to Wu Liangsheng to open the door.
Xu Huai walked quietly behind an old locust tree in the courtyard.
If an informant from Hutou Village really came to their door, they would have to find a way to kill him.
"Master! Why are you here too?" Wu Liangsheng peeked out from the crack in the door, opened the courtyard door in surprise, and welcomed in Xu Wuliang and Xu Wujiang, who was wearing a bamboo hat and covering most of his face.
"What do you mean... Thank God, I didn't find you at Qinzhai, but I found you here - you haven't done anything to catch people off guard, right?" Xu Wuliang saw Xu Huai, Xu Wukun and others coming from behind the tree.
Walking out of the room, he asked like a frightened bird.
The informants lurking outside the military camp took the text messages written by Xu Huai and the others and rushed back early in the morning. Xu Wujiang was also in Shituoling at that time. When he learned that Xu Huai had sneaked directly from the vicinity of Zhongjiazhuang to the market yesterday, he should have been with Xu Huai.
Wu Liang set off and rushed over to Huaiyuan Market.
"We didn't do anything harmful. We just came here to lure Zhou Jianxiong and others to join the gang in Jinshagou." Xu Wukun walked to the corridor and smiled.
At this time, Zhou Jianxiong, Yin Peng and other ten people came out of the room. Xu Wuliang became a little anxious and glared at Xu Wukun: "Aren't you harming them?"
Being convicted of a crime is not an easy thing. Life is difficult at ordinary times, and the person who committed the crime will fall to the ground.
Xu Wuliang has always been afraid of dragging down Zhou Jianxiong and others. Even though Liu Qiong'er talked openly and secretly for several days, he did not respond.
At this time, he did not want to mention that apart from Zhou Jianxiong, Wu Liangsheng, and Yin Peng, who were officially his disciples, Xu Wukun also found seven or eight people who had learned kickboxing from him for a few days.
"If we hadn't arrived by chance, these bastards would have surrendered to Hutou Village!" Xu Wukun explained with a smile, and greeted Xu Wuliang. Xu Wujiang sat down in front of the steps and slaughtered the thieves in Zhongjiazhuang.
Tell them in detail about the restlessness caused by Huaiyuan.
When Xu Wujiang and Xu Wuliang heard that Xu Huaiqian had come to Huaiyuan, they hurried over. Before they thought about the reaction that the bloodbath at Zhongjiazhuang would induce, they were dumbfounded when they heard what Xu Wukun said.
They did not expect that the situation would develop so rapidly and unexpectedly.
At this point, Xu Wujiang and Xu Wuliang also took out the scraps of silver they brought with them and distributed them to Zhou Jianxiong and others, asking them to use the name of hired workers to deceive their families to Shituoling as soon as possible, even if it was a lie.
Huaiyuan was in chaos at this time, and some people were fleeing from the west. Some people left Huaiyuan or went to Xinyang or hid in the countryside. Zhou Jianxiong and his family would not attract special attention if they went to Shituoling at this time.
Just be careful that there are still people lurking around Hutou Village.
Xu Wujiang and Xu Wuliang came over this time and brought two people with them. Han Qi and them secretly took care of everything to prevent any mistakes.
"If there is nothing else, should we go back first?" Xu Wujiang asked Xu Huai while sitting on the floor in the corridor.
"Since Uncle Seventeen is here, do you dare to take this body to see Deng Gui?" Xu Huai opened the door of the west wing and asked Xu Wujiang, pointing to the body.
"Are you crazy? If you go to see Deng Gui at this time, aren't you afraid that he will tear out our bones and sell them?" Xu Wukun said, slapping his forehead.
"There are people in Hutou Village who have been lurking in the market for a long time, secretly recruiting people into gangs in Liutiao Lane, shanty areas and other places. This shows that Zheng Hui is very clear about the impact that Zheng Hui will have on the bloodbath of Zhongjiazhuang. It can even be said that all of this is
He did it deliberately - that is to say, Zheng Hui could not have let the military camp go without fighting," Xu Huai said. "In fact, now that the trend has arisen and people are restless, even if Deng Gui took the head of Wang Zhen and ran away
He went to Zheng Hui to beg for mercy, but Zheng Hui had no way to stop. So, Deng Gui had no way out at this time: if the army stronghold is there, he will be there, if the army stronghold dies, he will die!"
"Are you trying to persuade Deng Gui to join forces with us? How is this possible?" Xu Xin'an asked in disbelief.
"As long as today and tomorrow, Chen Zixiao, Pan Chenghu, Zhong Changqing, and Gao Xiangzhong will bloodbath one or two villages west of the Baijian River, and then recruit hundreds of young men from all over the country to join the bandits.
Does the clan dare to hand over the clan soldiers and strongholds to Deng Gui to defeat the invaders? If he can't summon the local soldiers, Deng Gui only has a hundred or so wavered soldiers in his hands. If he still wants to defend the military stronghold, there will be no straw.
If it floats in front of his eyes, he will reach out to catch it!"
The short flash of written memory was too vague and mysterious, and Xu Huai could only tell Xu Wujiang about his other intention of rushing to Huaiyuan.
In fact, after he assassinated Guo Changling, Deng Gui continued to be held in the position of Huaiyuan Inspector and was unable to move. This also destined him, who had always wanted to have both sides, to escape cleanly, and his situation became increasingly embarrassing.
Deng Gui was born in martial arts, and no matter how difficult the situation was, it would be difficult to win him over directly. But in order to save his wealth and life, and to defend the military stronghold, would Deng Gui compromise and secretly negotiate a peace with this side?
Xu Huai felt that Deng Gui was a smart man who could understand how bad the situation was and should know what to do. But the key was their choice, whether to be more proactive rather than as planned in the past.
, huddled tightly in Yuhuang Ridge, unable to come out from Shituoling Ridge.
"Our intervention is just a straw!" Xu Wujiang shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He recognized Xu Huai's judgment of Deng Gui, but the whole matter was not about his approval or disapproval. Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi would definitely object strongly.
It would be much more likely for the direct descendants of the Xu family to fight to the death against thieves who would probably swell to thousands in a short period of time. Perhaps they would put a knife directly to Xu Wufu's neck and force him to do so.
It is not difficult to imagine that Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and others will definitely oppose it. How many people can fight on both sides of Xiema Mountain and Jinsha Valley combined?
Xu Huai knew that it would be too difficult to persuade Xu Wujiang to use dozens of people to fight against the bandit army that was likely to swell to thousands in a short time. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, opened his eyes, and said solemnly and calmly
He told Xu Wujiang and the others:
"I decided to stay in Huaiyuan and not go back to Jinshagou. If I unfortunately die in battle, you must recognize Miss Liu as the leader of the third village!"
