The Long family belongs to the first large family in Dunhuang.【】
The Long family mainly deals in porcelain and tea, as well as jewelry.
Many families of the big merchants in the Western Regions are running these businesses. They buy exquisite porcelain and good tea from the original places, transport them to the West, and then buy jewelry from the Western Regions and Damascus swords and sell them back to the original places. However, each family has its own emphasis.
Some focus on salt and iron, some focus on silk and cotton, and some focus on grains and rice. The scale of other families in the tea and porcelain industries is far from comparable to that of the Long family.
The head of this generation of the Long family is Long Geer.
Longgren is thirty-two years old this year. He is in his prime. He has a face with sharp edges and corners and is resolute. He works like his appearance. He is resolute and resolute. Once he makes a decision, he never retreats and will never give up until he achieves his goal. Originally
This kind of character lacks tact and is not suitable for business. However, the business environment in the Western Region is different from the original environment. There is no use in making money here. The guarantee for doing business is absolute force.
The Long family cavalry has about two thousand people, all of them are fierce and brave men from the Western Regions, as well as swordsmen who have migrated from Persia, Dashi and other places. This is a team composed of absolute desperadoes. Even a swarm of bandits in Barcelona can easily defeat them.
They don't want to provoke them, so the Long family's business in the Western Regions has always been smooth sailing.
Although Longger is young, the Nian family has been doing business for many years, and many things are on track. There is no need for him to show up in person for everything. Unless it is a big and difficult matter, his subordinates will naturally handle it according to the rules of the past. There is no need for him anymore.
He came to ask for advice, so Longger lived a very leisurely life.
In the afternoon, Longger called his two brothers back to the mansion. The Long family is a big family, and the Ming Dynasty and Timur Empire are about to go to war. They must take precautions and make early preparations.
The three brothers discussed secretly in the room for a long time. Just as the two younger brothers were about to say goodbye and leave, someone suddenly knocked on the door and called hurriedly: "Master! Master! Our mansion is surrounded!"
The three brothers jumped up, and Long Geer asked in shock: "Who dares to surround our Long family?"
People outside said: "I don't know yet, these people have no banner. Several of our brothers came to negotiate, but they were shot dead on the spot by random arrows!"
Long Geer's expression suddenly changed. Without giving any reason, he shot the warrior with random arrows. This was a clear sign that he was going to fight to the death. No matter who it was, he could only fight with force at the moment. Long Geer said nothing, and a
He jumped up to the wall, stretched out his hand and took off a sword.
Although the Long family is extremely wealthy, Long Geer doesn't like gold, jewelry, and treasures, but only likes famous swords. He has many sharp blades in his room. The one he picked off at this time was a Damascus sword, which is what Yuan said.
A snowflake iron knife that cuts iron like mud.
His two younger brothers did not hesitate, each took a knife from the wall, and the three brothers rushed in through the door.
"Uncle, second master and third master, outside..."
The person who spoke was the steward of the government. Before he could finish speaking, screams and shouts could already be heard outside.
This is the back house, and shouts and fighting sounds can be heard even in the back house. The powerful enemy has clearly invaded the house. The three brothers rushed into the courtyard with knives. After hearing the news, all the family members ran out and made a mess. The three brothers were stunned for a moment.
Regardless of them, the Long family's horse team was brave and good at fighting. Although the guards left in the house were only more than 200 people, they were even more elite. As soon as they heard the warning, they were already fully armored, abandoned the front yard, and rushed to the back house to protect the head of the family.
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The Western Region is a turbulent place, and even the city of Dunhuang is not very peaceful. Therefore, the wealthy and powerful families have private guards, which are as large as a small army. Of course, this is not allowed in the original, but in the Western Region
, but it is allowed to bring your own spears, crossbows and horses. A rough look at the guards gathered in the back house showed that there were nearly two hundred people, all wearing armor and carrying sharp swords, carrying powerful bows and quivers, and they were filled with murderous intent.
Long Geer raised his thick eyebrows and ordered: "Quick! Everyone gets their horses, rush out of the city, and join the cavalry!"
The Long family's cavalry team of more than 2,000 people lived at their own horse farm not far from Dunhuang. The enemy who came to attack them did not explain the reason at all and had already started fighting. If they stayed behind to figure it out, they would be asking for death. Long Geer made a quick decision and wanted to
Breaking out of the city. As for the wives, concubines, young children and even the old mother, they can't care about it. People in troubled times are not as good as dogs. As long as he is alive and his power is still there, his family will not be in danger even if they fall into the hands of others. If the power of the Long family
Once someone has uprooted it, nothing can be done about it.
Two hundred well-trained personal guards only obey the orders of the family master.
As soon as he heard the order, he immediately tightened the encirclement again, abandoned the women and children who were running around in panic and crying, and protected the three Longgren brothers. They formed a sharp cone formation and moved quickly to the horse corridor behind the house.
The Long family has a great business, and the house is also very spacious. After leaving the big house at the back, there is an open house. On both sides of the high courtyard wall are horse corridors, and the open space in between should be flower gardens in spring and summer, but now it is all empty.
Covered in white snow, the guards protected the three Longger brothers and quickly moved to the horse gallery. Just halfway through, several figures suddenly jumped up from the high walls on both sides.
The Long family guards, who had been alert for a long time, immediately picked up their bows and arrows, shooting arrows at the leaping black figures without thinking.
His reaction was really fast, he was definitely a top-notch archer. However, after the arrow was shot, they noticed that the shadows were a little fluttering. It turned out that they were just a few cloaks that had been thrown into the air. Then, the gunfire sounded like fried beans.
There was a bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! The banging guard's clothes were stained with blood, and he fell to the ground screaming miserably.
In this kind of environment, firearms are very powerful. The fence is very high. In order to prevent thieves, the wall in the backyard is as high as 1.7 feet. Of course, it is impossible to climb up with bare hands. Without the help of equipment, it is difficult for others to jump down.
The people outside were lying on the wall, firing bullets at leisure, without having to worry about them rushing forward and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with them.
And they were lying on the wall, firing a shot and then sliding the gun down. Someone from below handed them a blunderbuss filled with gunpowder and gun. The yard was full of people, so they raised their hands and fired, and they suffered very little damage.
This would not be possible if they were using bows and arrows. They would have to lean out at least half of their bodies from the wall to shoot, and they would become the opponent's target.
This is the most useless battle that the Long Mansion guards have ever encountered. They have never fought such a battle. Of course, there are firearms in the Western Regions, but the military equipment is very small. When encountering a battle in the wild, the scattered firearms and equipment have no effect at all, but
Now an army suddenly appeared with a large number of firecrackers, and in such an environment where the advantages of firearms could be fully utilized, they could only scatter arrows aimlessly, and batches of bullets fell down.
They wanted to retreat to the back house and rely on the buildings to engage in street fighting with the invading enemies. However, it took only a short time because they all retreated to the back yard. The front yard, courtyard and back house were all occupied, and a large number of well-dressed troops
They rushed to the backyard, and their large shields and spears formed an airtight line of defense, which had firmly blocked their retreat route.
"Bang bang bang..."
The gunshots kept ringing, and those brave and skilled Longfu guards had no use at all, and the small shields in their hands could not stop the bullets. They fell down one after another like wheat being cut down.
The shape of the team gradually turned into a circle. This circle was cut away layer by layer, screams came one after another, and the ground was covered with corpses.
Long Geer was heartbroken and shouted miserably: "Why? Why? Whose army are you! Come out and talk!"
No one spoke, only the sound of gunfire sounded one after another.
The gunshots gradually became sparse, and finally stopped completely. Long Geer's third brother also fell down. He and his second brother were protected by the remaining seven or eight guards, standing in a circle lying in a pool of blood.
Among the corpses, it seemed like a small island in the wild sand and roaring sea. Longger held the knife and his body was trembling. With red eyes, he slowly raised his head and looked towards the wall.
The wall was filled with smoke, and even though the wind was blowing, it was not possible to see clearly for a while. At this time, the gunmen and shieldmen advanced densely.
The soldiers marched forward in neat steps, like a wall, and then curved into a circle to surround them. Surrounded by iron shields were frames embedded together to form a wall.
Between the gaps are spear tips that are more than three feet long.
"Whose troops are you? Why do you want to break into my Long family? Why?!"
Long Geer's voice was like a cuckoo crying for blood, and his despair and anger had left him with no energy to get angry. He just wanted to find out the identity of the other party, otherwise he would die in peace.
There was only one word to answer him: "Kill!"
The barrel-shaped shield array suddenly shrank in size again, and countless spears protruding from the gaps in the shield suddenly protruded another three feet like poisonous snakes spitting messages.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
The sharp blade entered his body and blood splashed everywhere. Longger's eyes widened as he was pierced by countless spears from all directions. As a result, he stood still, stable and never fell down. His eyes widened.
He was so shocked that he didn’t even know who killed him until his death!
Outside Dunhuang City, the Long Family Horse Farm was surrounded by heavy troops. Then they showed the heads of the three Long Family brothers to the leader of the Long Family Horse Troops who were confronting them. The two thousand besieged Long Family Horsemen saw that their master was dead and were forced to abandon their weapons.
surrender.
The Long family was confiscated, and all the gold, silver, books, and property were confiscated, and all the women and children were sold into slavery.
Immediately, the Long family's shops, properties, outhouses, and Xiazhuang were all confiscated one by one by Shazhou Wei Kunji.
The Long Family of Dunhuang became history from then on, and soon, like countless monuments buried under the yellow sand, they were no longer visible.
Yang Xu, Fu Guogong of the Ming Dynasty and Imam of the people of the Western Regions, announced that the Long family secretly colluded with the notorious Ba family, a swarm of horse thieves, to cause harm to the region and had been punished.
Just one day later, Suinan of the Handong Guard led troops to bloodbath the Ling Yunting family. The charges were similar to those of the Long family, with an additional charge: liaison with Tamerlane's army stationed in Mongolia. He already had a political discourse.
After the powerful Xia Xun took control of the religious voice of the largest religion in the Western Regions, the Great Purge began... To be continued.