The cavalrymen who were preparing to reinforce Liu Wen in front of him were all stunned. Xiaoqi, who was preparing to launch a rocket to tell Liu Wen that reinforcements were coming soon, was also frightened and quickly put away the fire certificate. Everyone looked there in confusion.
He and Xu Biao, who had just been equipped at this time, hurried out and saluted Commander Yi...
"Commander, Dengzhou and Liu Zhizhou are in Xichuan today to clear their father-in-law. They are afraid of being attacked by thieves, so they agreed with Beizhi to use the rocket as their number. When they see the rocket, it means that there are thieves to attack. Just now the rocket is rising, and Beizhi is preparing to lead his brothers to rush for reinforcements.
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he said.
"Damn it, does he, a civilian official, still have the power to dispatch troops?"
Yi Gui said angrily.
"Well?"
Xu Biao was stunned and looked at Commander Yi in confusion.
It was already surprising that Commander Yi suddenly came over, but now that he said this, it was even more surprising.
"Commander, if there are bandits in the area, isn't it the duty of the garrison to suppress the bandits? Isn't this Baihu Village here just to prevent bandits from the mountains from coming out to harass the place?"
he said doubtfully.
"Even if it is to suppress bandits, military orders should be given to you by the guards. If a civil official asks you to send troops, you will send troops? The civil and military affairs are not under each other. How can he mobilize troops and horses as a prefect? Even if there are bandits, he has to report them to him.
Please ask for help from Wei Li. Wei Li will give you military orders before you can send troops. How can you send troops without permission?"
Yi Gui shouted with a gloomy face.
"Commander, this place is only five or six miles away. Liu Zhizhou has already fired rockets, which means that the thief has arrived. If we ask for help from the guards and wait for the military order to come, I am afraid we will have to collect his body. Liu Zhizhou is a disciple of the late emperor, and there are still people around him
With the Jin Yiwei, to be honest, the father of Xiao Qi, the Jin Yiwei beside him, had also conquered Mobei with Beizhi, and he was also one of his own. There were only ten Jin Yiwei there, and the rest were just common people. If not in time,
The rescue is really going to last for a long time. If the thieves can be eliminated in time, it will be a credit to our Nanyang Guards."
Xu Biao said with a smile.
He was actually reminding Yi Gui that Liu Wen had a special status and should not treat him like an ordinary civil servant.
"Asshole, the imperial soldiers and horses are just doing favors for you?"
Yi Gui said angrily.
Xu Biao looked at Yi Gui somewhat deeply.
This is obviously a bit confusing.
"Commander, I don't dare to do this because of my humble position, but this is not the place to talk. The commander has been working hard all the way, why not go inside and have a cup of tea first!"
he said.
This is obviously intentional.
Everyone knows who is behind Liu Wen.
These newly learned Jinshi are said to be local officials, but who has ever seen a local official who carries an imperial edict and has no authority to arrest even the prosecutors and prosecutors, and who also has imperial guards as bodyguards? To put it bluntly, they are imperial envoys and cannot be equated with ordinary local officials at all.
Not to mention that if there are bandits in the local garrison, it is their duty to send troops to exterminate them. Even if there are no bandits, in fact, according to the right principles, people must be sent to protect them.
This is a good opportunity to curry favor with the government.
These people are going to be successful in the future, so flattering them in advance is the right choice.
But Yi Gui stopped him.
And he suddenly came to stop him at such a critical moment...
This is intentional.
Know in advance that bandits will attack Liu Zhizhou.
He wanted Liu Zhizhou to be killed by the bandits.
Yi Gui snorted coldly and walked straight to the government office in front of him without saying anything else.
Xu Biao quickly followed with a smiling face.
An officer behind him quietly gestured to him.
Xu Biao nodded slightly.
"Brothers, you have worked hard all the way. Come on, let's go have tea."
The officer said to the dozens of soldiers brought by Yi Gui.
Then he looked at the soldiers who were still confused...
"Everyone put them away. No one is allowed to leave without orders from Commander Yi. Hurry up and take these brothers' horses out to feed them some fodder."
he shouted.
A Xiao Qi understood the idea and hurriedly walked forward enthusiastically towards the soldiers who came with Yi Gui. He took the reins from one of the soldiers and the rest of the soldiers also stepped forward. The soldiers who came with Yi Gui ran over from Nanyang.
, it was nearly two hundred miles, and indeed they were all very tired, so they immediately handed over their horses to these soldiers and went to drink tea.
Yi Gui didn't interfere either.
He was not worried that Xu Biao would disobey orders. The latter was just a member of a hundred households, and he was in charge of the military affairs. On the battlefield, he could be beheaded for disobeying military orders. Then he entered the main hall with Xu Biao serving him humbly.
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The local soldiers outside immediately took the horses out to feed them.
"Commander, I don't understand my humble position."
After waiting for Commander Yi to sit down, Xu Biao said with a smile.
"Just follow orders, why don't you understand?"
Yi Gui said calmly while drinking tea.
"Commander, I have been with you for many years, so I naturally have to listen to you. But I am here. If he is really killed by the bandits, I will not be able to escape his involvement. He has already made an agreement with me."
Xu Biao said.
With that said, he quickly poured tea for Commander Yi.
"Idiot, everyone else is dead. Does anyone know if they have agreed with you?"
Commander Yi, who was very satisfied with his attitude, glared and shouted.
"Well, it's really stupid to be humble."
Xu Biao said.
This clearly told him that Liu Wen was going to be killed.
Maybe the bandits are related to Commander Yi!
Yi Gui gave him a meaningful look.
"We are all old people who followed Emperor Taizu Gao to conquer the world. We all want to live a life of thousands of hectares of fertile land and great wealth for future generations. Emperor Taizu Gao is indeed a bit harsh, but we are Emperor Taizu Gao after all.
We have to endure whatever he wants when he is promoted. But Yang Feng is nothing. He relies on women to control the government and does whatever he wants there. If he wants to enact public land law, he must learn from Shanxi and divide the land of the guards.
How can we still have thousands of hectares of fertile land?
Besides, we are also doing it for the great Ming Dynasty.
He used the public land law to win over people's hearts, but in the end, wasn't he trying to usurp the throne?
These newly learned scholars are all his minions, and they are labeled as disciples of the late emperor. In fact, they were all taught by him. If these people are really allowed to take control of the place, then when he plans to usurp the throne, who else in the world will be able to resist?
We are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
Even though the imperial court is now controlled by Yang Feng, we know in our hearts that we cannot allow Emperor Taizu Gao’s empire to be stolen by him."
Yi Gui sighed as if he was concerned about the country and the people.
"It is the one who directs and teaches."
Xu Biao said quickly.
At this moment, there was chaos outside, and then an officer who came with Yi Gui ran in...
"Commander, the soldiers who fed our horses ran away with their weapons on our horses!"
he shouted anxiously.
Yi Gui stood up suddenly and glared at Xu Biao.
"Well, Commander, maybe they just think that the grass is growing outside and they want to ride out to graze for a while. I'll ask someone to call them back."
Xu Biao said with a smile.
Yi Gui continued to stare at him.
Xu Biao continued to accompany him with a smile.
He's not stupid. What's the use of Yi Gui talking so much?
Liu Wen was really going to be killed by the bandits, and Ambassador Yang took revenge. He was the unlucky one. Just because he tried to arrest Li Xin, the highest official of the Huguang Third Division was dismissed from office, so Li Xin didn't hurt anything. If Liu Wen
He was dead. It is conceivable that Ambassador Yang's anger could not be suppressed without a few deaths. What's more, there were still ten Jin Yiwei. Liu Wen was indeed a civilian official and had no power to dispatch troops. However, Jin Yiwei was a military position and he had the right to find them when he was running errands outside.
Assisted by the garrison.
People have already said it.
He also agreed.
Sit back and watch the bandits kill Zhizhou and Jinyiwei. Basically, the only place for a small family like him to go is the imperial prison.
When the time comes, will people like Yi Gui stand up and fight against Ambassador Yang to protect his small family? Besides, Yi Gui may not be able to escape by then. Who is Ambassador Yang? Even Emperor Taizu Gao was alive
You dare not provoke someone who dared to shoot Emperor Taizu Gao at Chengtianmen. If you provoke such a person, aren't you looking for death?
Commander Yi is indeed right. Everyone follows Emperor Taizu Gao to conquer the world for the sake of prosperity and wealth for future generations. But Xu Biao is just a householder of 100. No matter how prosperous and wealthy he is, he is nothing more than a man with no worries about food and clothing. But
Isn't this difficult to achieve?
It’s okay to flatter Ambassador Yang.
He belongs to a small household, but unlike Commander Yi, he has countless fertile fields both overtly and covertly.
There is no need to risk your life for this.
"Commander, if you are worried, I will personally go and call them back."
Xu Biao said.
Yi Gui drew the knife with hatred, but after pulling it out halfway, he finally pushed it back.
"Walk!"
he shouted.
Then he turned and left.
At this time, there was a mess of rocks.
There is still fierce fighting here.
Although those young men did not have many real weapons, they had an absolute advantage in numbers, especially as there were twenty-two short muskets in the middle as long-range weapons, and there were countless stones at their feet. Although their casualties were actually not small, as long as they did not collapse, those
After all, the horse bandits had nothing to do with them.
This is the helplessness of the cavalry against the infantry. As long as the latter does not collapse, the cavalry really has no good way to open it up.
If the infantry has enough long-range weapons, the cavalry will become a target.
They kept running around on horseback outside this rocky hill, shooting with arrows, trying to make the young men disperse, but the latter used pieces of cotton-padded clothes to form a barrier that although the effect was limited, was ultimately an effective defense.
They gathered together to maintain a circular defense line. Then they kept throwing stones from the inside and shooting with short muskets to attack the horse bandits. Instead, the horse bandits kept falling off their horses while galloping.
"Reinforcements are coming!"
Liu Wen used a telescope to look at the dust appearing in the direction of the military camp.
Then he took out a grenade.
This is what Ambassador Yang gave them to save their lives.
A graduate had ten coins. He could not use them casually unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, they could not be replenished after they were used up. He looked at the horse bandit leader in front of him who was already aiming his bow and arrow. He immediately pulled the safety guard, counted silently for a few times and threw it at him.
The latter didn't know what it was. He raised his bow and arrow and watched the grenade fall. Then he stopped and looked up at Liu Wen, and then aimed at him with his bow and arrow.
Liu Wen looked at him calmly.
The next moment the grenade exploded.
The power of the explosion instantly caused the horse bandit leader to fall to the right.
Seriously injured, he struggled on the ground and tried to get up.
Then a young man saw an opportunity and immediately ran over with a big stone and smashed it on his head. The unlucky Harding was considered brave, but at this time he could only collapse on the ground and let him hit him on the head.
His head was smashed into a rotten watermelon.
At the same time, Liu Wen's second grenade was thrown.
Amidst the explosion of grenades, the horse bandits, who had almost lost their fighting spirit because they could not open the defense and suffered heavy casualties, immediately turned around and began to rout.
"Kill, behead for military merit!"
Liu Wen roared excitedly.
Then he drew his sword and rushed forward.
The young and strong men suddenly became energetic and rushed towards the injured horse bandit who fell to the ground with the same excitement, and soon began to pick up the hoe and dig into the head.
This thing is very useful for slicing people's heads. It's sharper than a knife. After all, its power is comparable to a battle axe. The injured horse bandits watched in despair as these old farmers raised their hoes, hoe, and shovels high, and then pointed them at them.
When his own head fell, there were others holding up the severed heads and cheering.
As expected, the folk customs are simple and honest.
At the same time, reinforcements appeared in the distance.
More than fifty cavalrymen charged straight into the fleeing horse bandits.
These were regular troops, and they had been prepared long ago. Protected by armor, they charged forward with spears in their hands. The fleeing horse bandits were immediately pierced by spears. The cavalry who completed the wave of assault rushed forward.
Then they turned back and started a second round of attacks on the few remaining horse bandits. The desperate latter fought desperately. The two sides immediately got into trouble. Many of these horse bandits were fleeing military households with lustful eyes, and their combat effectiveness was actually not weak.
Yes, but by the end of the fight there were only about twenty people left, and they soon became fewer and fewer in the cavalry attack.
The young men were looking for dead horse bandits like a carnival and carving their heads.
They are also robbing horses.
Including dead horses.
A dead horse is also meat!
It's not easy to have meat these days.
They actually had nearly a hundred casualties, but most of them were arrow wounds. At this time, the local medical system was already very complete. The county had a Huimin Pharmacy similar to a public hospital, and all of them used the Huangming Medical Codex adapted from the Barefoot Doctor's Manual by Yang Feng.
Training, already familiar with disinfection and other knowledge.
After all, this was the first thing Lao Zhu fully promoted.
So as long as it doesn't damage the internal organs, it's basically not life-threatening.
Of course, Liu Wen had no interest in taking care of them, so he went straight to Li Yi with his royal guards.
The latter is already stupid.
However, he reacted quickly and hurriedly got into the woods while cursing.
Liu Wen immediately chased after him.
Because it is a mountainous area and it is full of trees, Li Yi actually cannot run fast. Instead, he is not as good as Liu Wen in chasing after dismounting. The latter has been running in schools in Wutai Mountain for many years, starting from elementary school, every morning. After arriving in college,
He even had to run ten miles every morning. How could someone like Li Xiucai compare with him? Soon he couldn't bear it anymore and had to dismount, but this only made him watch Liu Wen approaching step by step. And the ten Jinyi guards also quickly surrounded him, watching
Li Yi, who could not escape, suddenly stopped, and then fell to his knees without hesitation...
"Liu Zhizhou, the student was instructed by others, and the student is willing to testify for Zhizhou."
he shouted eagerly.
"Well?"
Liu Wen, who had just raised his short gun, looked at him speechlessly.
"Zhizhou, not only Nanyang gentry, but also Nanyang Guards are involved in this matter."
Li Yi quickly said with a flattering smile on his face.