There is a table in the open space of Baima Jin Village, and a chair behind the table. However, Xu Shiying, who is in her early twenties, is sitting on it in full armor, calmly questioning the visitors.
And behind him was the big river that was rolling as usual.
"yes."
The visitor wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to speak while suppressing some tension and excitement. "We haven't officially taken action yet. The money and grain warehouse, the government office, and the prison are all under our control. According to the original statement, they are locked and guarded."
Okay, don't move, wait until the situation is settled, and then open the warehouse to release grain... But for some reason, Superintendent Huang is nowhere to be found..."
"Huang Junhan was sent out by me." Xu Shiying answered slowly. "Don't worry, I'll ask you again...does Leader Zhai have any additional arrangements?"
"Yes." The man was startled for a moment, but he immediately made a report. "All the county officials were about to revolt, and the government officials were also controlled by us. After the warehouse was sealed, we had more manpower than we thought before. Zhai Facao
The extra people were sent out, and a group of people went to talk to Master Zhai and asked him to be careful about Li Tingwen; a group of people went to the east gate to talk to the gatekeeper, stalling for time, and see if they could pull someone over;
Then...then, he himself took people to the county governor's house."
Xu Shiying smiled and pretended not to hear the other party's explanation for taking credit for Zhai Qian's troubles. He just continued to ask: "Congratulations, right? Let me ask you one more thing. After Zhou Juncheng finished explaining, is it?
How to deal with it?”
There was nothing difficult about this question. The congratulatory document almost blurted out: "Fa Cao Zhai gave him a small yellow flower, and then asked him to stay in the warehouse and grain delivery compound. He is very honest..."
"I understand." Xu Shiying nodded and continued to smile. "He Wenwen, I'm going to see Dou Bing now. I'll give you ten soldiers to bring Zhou Juncheng safely and take him directly to the military city in the city.
Okay, can it be done?"
He Wenwen hesitated for a moment, but when he glanced at the soldiers gathering behind him, he immediately nodded: "Don't worry, boss, I'll go back and take the people."
Xu Shiying nodded and waved, and ten soldiers immediately rushed forward and returned to the city with the sweaty congratulatory documents.
As soon as the person left, Xu Dalang sat for a while, dazed for a while, not knowing what he was thinking, and then got up. After getting up, he did not wear a helmet, but took a pair of belts from the case and tied it to his forehead.
, then he took a small yellow flower from his hand and pinned it on the belt next to his ear.
At this point, Xu Shiying just turned around and stood with his hands behind his hands in the afternoon sun.
After a while, hundreds of soldiers who had planted small yellow flowers on the roadside in autumn gathered neatly. The confidants were about to say something, but Xu Dalang waved his hand to reject him. The latter immediately got on his horse and walked a dozen steps in front of the soldiers.
Simply rein in your horse and speak calmly:
"Everyone, if something goes wrong today, follow me to take down Baima City!"
The soldiers below shouted in unison, and dozens of cavalry led the way to protect Xu Shiying. Hundreds of soldiers immediately lined up behind, armed with weapons, and followed closely.
Most of the soldiers under Xu Dalang's command came from his own family. They were personally trained in military arts about two or three years ago. After three expeditions to Dongyi, they repeatedly obtained a large number of regular army ordnance and equipment. Now they still find a way to wear military uniforms on the county.
The skin of the soldiers is really nothing more than a real elite army, with strict discipline and actions like the wind.
This seems to be in line with Xu Dalang's style. He came from a powerful family, and he did have some vision, limited structure, and even some hypocrisy and calculations, but he could not conceal his serious talent and prowess.
Moreover, almost inexplicably, when Xu Shiying led these hundreds of soldiers majestically along the road to the north gate of Baima City, even he himself felt a little dazed... He began to question himself, those self-righteous calculations.
Wouldn't it be too ridiculous? If you can make progress openly, why do you have to calculate and calculate?
Why can't he be an upright hero like his name? Holding hundreds of heroes and marching across the world with thousands of armies?
No, I still can't be an upright hero, because when I was young, in order to maintain the power of my family, I took to the so-called underworld, played with knives, and did all kinds of illegal things... Even by the lowest standards, I am still a criminal.
Wandering thief.
This idea inexplicably made Xu Dalang look a little melancholy and sad on this critical day.
The north gate was unobstructed. The North Gate team leader who had previously tried to win over did not show any signs of repetition. Instead, he stood in the doorway wearing a yellow flower and allowed Xu Dalang to lead his troops through the gate... The whole process was just like a normal deployment of troops.
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Not only that, when entering the city and turning south at the first crossroads towards the military city, Guo Jingke and Zhai Kuan, who had been waiting for a long time, also led a hundred cavalry each to greet them from the other two roads and gathered together at one place.
This is the backup plan prepared before. Once the city is closed, it will immediately attack from both inside and outside.
"Has Li Tingwen been looking for you?" Xu Dalang came back from his strange thoughts and asked Zhai Kuan.
"No." Zhai Kuan, who was riding on the horse, responded seriously. "I didn't see anyone. But I left an ambush in the house. Where are the crossbows? There are also fishing nets and wet quilts. Even if it's a street tiger,
All the people are gone, and they will suffer a big loss!"
Xu Dalang nodded.
At this time, on the noisy street, suddenly a pancake seller hurried over carrying a pole, and then boldly asked: "Xu Dalang, Second Master Zhai, are you going to cause trouble?"
Xu Dalang was stunned for a moment, then smiled quickly: "What are you talking about? Why don't you go home quickly? We are here to catch a thief who is on the blacklist on the order of the commander!"
The seller of cooking cakes was greatly disappointed, but instead of hurriedly closing up his stall and going home like the others, he just put down his pole and stood by the street blankly.
This made Xu Shiying glance at this man again... He was sure that he did not know this man, and he was definitely not a Taoist figure, because this man's joints were too thick, and the calluses caused by physical labor were too thick.
This is an ordinary local man selling cooking cakes.
Xu Dalang has always had experience in recognizing people.
Putting aside the strange emotions brought about by this person for the moment, Xu Dalang, wearing a small yellow flower, came to the military city, and then once again led his troops to enter in a grand manner - there was more than one person who reported the news to him, and one team member turned back early after reporting the news
, took control of the main entrance of the military city, and then led a total of seventy or eighty people to join the queue and headed straight to the central lobby.
The whole process was like searching for something.
Of course, everything came to an end as a matter of course. Dou Qi quickly led the people back to the main hall, while Xu Shiying calmly ordered like the master of a military camp here, sealing off all the doors and surrounding the main hall.
He then dismounted and led the crowd into the hall on foot.
"Captain Dou is a descendant of a wealthy family in Guanxi, why don't you raise your sword and fight bravely?" Xu Dalang asked seriously. "I just finished setting up the crossbow outside, but I was actually waiting for a while."
Dou Qi, who was holding his sword, turned back to look at his young master. He had no doubt that as long as his young master gave the order, even if they were destined to die without a burial place, the dozen or so private soldiers of the Dou family here would still risk everything and let them go.
These Guandong thieves have to pay the price. And if possible, he can try to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, cooperate with the young master, and take down a little thief leader as a hostage. By then, I don’t expect to be able to really stop this rebellion, at least I can cooperate with others
Let's talk in exchange for the young master and young lady to return to Kansai.
Didn't it mean that the two big thieves had served as court officials in the capital? We can always discuss it, right?
Yes, this is a feasible plan.
However, Dou, who had been the most enthusiastic at the banquet, did not give the order. Instead, he looked at the other party's ears and asked back from the seat: "So, is Xu Dalang really going to be a thief? Is the whole city going to be a thief?"
This is a very simple and normal nonsense.
But Xu Shiying's eyes became inexplicably weird: "Your Excellency is an official, and we are thieves? Yes or no?"
"Of course." Dou Bing was inexplicably flustered.
"But you are officials and we are thieves?" Xu Shiying asked sincerely. "Who decides the number of officials and thieves?"
Dou did not expect that Xu Dalang, who was always known for his ability, would engage in such a verbal argument like a scholar, but since he asked, it showed that there was still the possibility of a theory, so he was slightly relieved:
"Xu Dalang, it is up to the imperial court to decide whether officials and traitors are good or bad. There are one or two things wrong with the Wei Dynasty's annexation of the country, and it is also the only righteousness. Now that you are rebelling, do you want to bring out a Dong Qi descendant with a surname of Gao? Dong Qi?
Qi and the one with the surname Gao are worse, okay? And if there is no one with the surname Gao, aren't you just pure thieves? Just thieves, no matter how big the trouble is, what future do you have?"
Xu Shiying thought for a moment and nodded: "Your Excellency is absolutely right."
Zhai Kuan, who was already impatient, and Guo Jingke, who had always been calm, looked at each other in surprise at the same time. The flower arranging officer who followed and the accompanying family members were also surprised.
"If so..." Dou Bing was overjoyed.
"But if that's the case, why do you, as officials, torture the local people, and we, as thieves, seem to be trying to save the people from the fire?" As he said this, Xu Shiying suddenly exhaled, and then the immortality essence on his body
His anger coiled up from his waist like a giant green python with huge horns slowly coming out of its hole. "To be honest with you, there are two kinds of officials and thieves. I, Xu Da, would rather be a living thief than a retarded civilian official!"
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There was silence in the hall, as Guo, Zhai and others came to look.
Dou Qi and Dou Bing also stared blankly at each other's vitality that was like a living thing, and then their faces turned pale.
The next moment, just as the giant python stretched out Xu Shiying's arm to hold the knife in his waist, Dou Qi suddenly turned around and glanced at Dou Bing, then swooped forward, drew out the knife like lightning, and cut off the knife at the same time.
Jiang Zhenqi rolled up and struck Xu Shiying on the shoulder.
But Xu Shiying was faster than him. He just raised his hand and cut with a knife, and he blocked it easily. At the same time, a strong and vigorous vitality of immortality rolled around the saber, and it easily bypassed the opponent's blade like a python attached to the knife.
Duanjiang Zhenqi took advantage of the situation and rolled it hard on the opponent's arm.
With just one roll, Dou Qi's arm was broken, the weapon fell out of his hand, and he staggered backward for a moment.
Around Guo Zhai and below, many Daihua officers and soldiers did not hesitate, each drew his sword and slashed wildly, and killed more than ten Dou family soldiers in the tent. The few who did not die on the spot were all killed.
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How could there be no blood?
Especially when facing the Guanlong people.
Dou Fang was stabbed four or five times, and there was a fatal wound on his neck. He still had a breath of life. He was dragged to Xu Dalang like a piece of rag. Obviously, Xu Shiying was asked to personally decide how to deal with it...
Corpse, hanging head on horseback, or hanging head on top of the city?
"Li Tingwen probably sold you and Zhou Juncheng and escaped, and your family general." Xu Dalang knelt down, holding the knife in one hand and pressing the other's wound with the other and laughed. "It must have been the family's advice, for fear that you would...
My beloved wife was in the city, but she surrendered for a while, ruining the name of the Dou family..."
"My wife... is innocent... she is Bai's daughter... let her go..." Dou Feng pressed his wound and tried his best, but he still missed his wife.
"I have said it all." Xu Dalang became serious. "I am a thief. However, when I was a rogue thief on the twelfth and thirteenth year of my life, I was a little excessive. I often killed people just to be brave and ruthless. On the fourteenth and fifth year of my life, I became a thief.
Those who are displeased are just here to kill; those who were seventeen or eighteen were good thieves and killed when they saw strong and evil forces; now that they are twenty, they are living thieves who kill for the generals in battle... Killing you is certainly like killing a chicken, but so what?
Are you going to kill innocent women and children indiscriminately again? The leader of our Deposed Dragon Gang, Zhang Dalong, is an old member of the Yitian Sword, and our kindness has not been broken so far. I will send your wife there."
Dou Bing was relieved.
Xu Dalang cut off the opponent's head with one stroke and easily took off the opponent's head. When blood spattered, he turned around and came out with the opponent's head.
The people around Zhai, Guo and below were all solemn and hurriedly chased him out.
When he came outside, he met the shocked He Wensheng and Zhou Juncheng, who was pale and could hardly stand. However, Xu Dalang ignored the blood stains on his face and laughed loudly on the spot: "Don't panic, Mr. Zhou... This generation Guan Long
People still resist and have to be killed. We have to rely more on Duke Zhou for today's affairs and for the future."
Commander Zhou Weishi gritted his teeth and stepped forward to hand over his hands. But when his eyes fell on Dou Bing's head, he couldn't bear it and hurriedly turned his head away: "Please give me the order, Chief Xu."
"The matter is very simple." Xu Dalang just handed the head to the general, indicating that the other party was hanging under the horse's head, and then smiled at Zhou Weishi. "The three counties are all rebelling, and the overall situation is mine, but I still have to ask
Junjun Liu surrendered and ordered all counties, towns, villages, cities, and ferries to surrender to me and depose the Dragon Gang... Tell him that with his cooperation, even though I can't make the decision, I will ask Li Dalongtou for instructions and try my best to release him.
...and you are the county magistrate, so this appointment belongs to you."
Zhou Juncheng sighed, knowing that he could not refuse, so he just nodded.
Xu Dalang, on the other hand, ignored the bloody hands and directly supported the other party and continued: "Zhou Juncheng... We have always been suppressed by the court and cannot participate in government affairs. There are some things that we are really not used to doing. If you go for a walk today,
Regardless of whether it is successful or not... I will introduce you to the two leaders Zhang and Li, and ask them to give you an explanation."
Zhou Weishi was already ready to agree. When he heard the words, he had no more words to say and just bowed his head.
Xu Dalang put down the man, got on his horse, and jumped directly onto the general's platform in the colonel. He just reined in the horse and shouted loudly to the many soldiers who were still confused after hearing the movement:
"Brothers, the leader of the left wing of the Dragon Gang, Xu Da from Caozhou, is here! Today, we have deposed the Dragon Gang, and we have attacked Dongjun, Dongping, and Jiyin counties. The three counties have attacked together, and it is unstoppable. Now the captain of this county is dead.
You are soldiers, you should know that you don’t take chances... If you follow me, wear a yellow flower and come with me! If you rebel against me, immediately draw your sword and come to the stage to fight with me! There is no argument that we can’t help each other! Those who want to kill me
, come quickly! come quickly! come quickly!”
Xu Shiying reined his horse on the rammed earth general platform, exercised his energy, and roared with all his strength, shouting three times in a row. The sergeants who had listened earlier were stunned, not to mention a big human head shaking with the horse, and several more soldiers
Ten, more than ten heads were hung up one after another, and several baskets of yellow flowers were placed in front of them, and they were encouraged. They were already very excited, who dared to come forward.
After a while, when no one came forward, Xu Dalang laughed loudly and shouted again: "If you don't dare to kill me, then let me be a thief! Come on! Come on! Come on!"
After shouting three more times, Xu Shiying jumped off the stage, then slowly rode towards the gate of the military city.
The soldiers behind them kept urging and pushing, and some people even couldn't wait to get flowers to bring to those acquaintances who didn't have flowers to wear. After a while, a trend developed, and the remaining officers couldn't wait and rushed to get flowers from the baskets to wear.
, then turned back to the weapon, and followed his boss, old friends, and fellow villagers out of the house in droves.
When he came out of the door, Xu Dalang took the lead, but when he saw that the cake seller was still there looking at him, he immediately rode forward.
Unexpectedly, the other party still took the initiative to come up to him and asked: "Xu Dalang, your horse has such a big head. Did you kill the official? Is there something trouble this time?"
"Lift it, lift it!"
Xu Shiying answered loudly, then reined up his horse on the street and shouted loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, depose the leader of the left wing of the Dragon Gang, Xu Da is here in Caozhou! The imperial court treated the Eastern Territory harshly, and the people were left to masturbate, so that the people were in dire straits.
We are in fire and water day and night! But the government is repressing the people, and we, the Deposed Dragon Gang, are going to be thieves to save the people!
An incident occurred today! For those of you who are afraid and want to protect yourself, I will never force you to do so. Just close the door and stay safe at home! The Dragon Gang's orders are strictly enforced and Qiu will not offend anyone. If anyone in Baima City robs, just come to me, Xu Da.
I will kill it with my own hands!
But if there are those who are short of food at home and are afraid that they will not be able to survive this winter; if there are relatives who have fled and have not returned, they have already become the relatives of thieves; if there are those who died on the roadside in the past as laborers, and if there is anger in their hearts, all come out and use either a knife or a stick to fight.
Follow me, Xu Da, to be a thief!
Come quickly! Come quickly! Come quickly!”
After shouting three times, Xu Shiying put down his horse's speed, without squinting his eyes, he just reined in his horse in the middle of the street and walked slowly towards the county government.
Most of the people around him had already settled in their homes when Xu Shiying passed by this place when he entered the city, so not many people followed him at first. However, the man selling cooking cakes on a pole actually followed Xu Shiying, and he did not forget to turn out a piece of cake to sell.
He handed the remaining cooking cakes to Xu Shiying, then threw down the steamer and followed him with only the pole.
Xu Dalang didn't mind it either, so he took it with his bloody hands and started eating it right away.
By the time I finished eating one pancake and walked half the street, there was already a commotion behind me. Countless people were walking with wooden sticks, iron forks, and poles. The soldiers and civilians connected with each other, blocking the streets, and washing the whole city like some kind of tide.
When we arrived at the gate of the county government, the sun was still high, but the whole city of Baima City, the capital of Dongjun County, had rebelled.
Zhai Qian surrounded the county government. The gates of the county government were tightly closed and private soldiers carefully protected him. He did not dare to enter easily. At this time, seeing Xu Dalang's power, he was secretly frightened. He immediately greeted him and took the initiative to salute.
But Xu Shiying turned over and dismounted without any arrogance. Instead, she calmly supported the opponent, called her brother, and put her arms forward:
"Brother, can you see Li Tingwen?"
"No." Zhai Qian became more and more ashamed. "The Lord is still sitting there. It's just like what we guessed when we discussed it before. I should go and capture Li Tingwen first."
"It doesn't matter." Xu Dalang took the initiative to comfort the other party. "The overall situation only depends on the county prince and Li Tingwen. And I have already asked Huang Tou to lead the soldiers to ambush on the road. He may not be able to escape... Today's thing is done, the five of us
Being a leader is just a joint effort."
Zhai Qian nodded repeatedly.
Xu Dalang also looked back at Zhou Weishi.
Zhou Juncheng followed all the way, feeling as if he were jolting on a horse, flipping up and down constantly. But at this time, he heard the noise in the city and knew that all the soldiers in the city had surrendered and Dou Bing was dead. Li Tingwen probably took the opportunity to escape.
There was no more psychological burden, and I even had some confidence and resentment, so I slightly handed over my hand and actually took the initiative to call the door.
Suddenly, a basket hung from the corner tower on the wall of the county mansion, and Zhou Juncheng was hoisted in. The latter entered the county mansion, and went to the backyard in a grand manner to see Liu Ye, the prefect of the county, who was drinking with his wife Sima, or sitting with his wife waiting to die.
Heavy.
After listening to Zhou Juncheng's introduction, this county governor who undoubtedly belonged to the noble clan of Kansai fell into a long silence. After a long time, he finally asked:
"So, Li Tingwen knew that a disaster was coming, pushed you and Dou into the tiger's mouth, and escaped on his own? Dou was dead, and you were taken directly? They asked me to surrender, showed the official document, and ordered the whole county to surrender.
The Dragon Gang, maybe they can let us and my wife go, right?"
"It should be like this." Zhou Juncheng responded respectfully and sincerely.
Liu Yezhong sighed, raised his glass and took a sip, obviously undecided.
"So, now not only is the whole city rebelling, but even three counties are rebelling?" Mrs. Sima glanced at her husband, then suddenly turned to Zhou Juncheng and interjected.
"Report to Madam." Zhou Juncheng was silent for a moment, and then saluted again, his tone becoming more sincere. "According to what my subordinates have seen, this is not a rebellion, this is an act of righteousness... The city is full of righteousness, and all three counties are doing it!"
Mrs. Sima wanted to say more, but when Liu Yezhong heard this, he sighed: "Does Xu Dalang keep his words?"
