The torches gradually moved towards the south slope. They first walked around and then slowly approached the Jiang family wall.
Jiang Sanlang had already seen clearly that they were a group of more than a hundred bandits.
The gangsters dragged two people with them, Chen Jiaxing, the eldest son of Patriarch Chen, and Chen Shu, the eldest son of Chen Sanyou.
The two people were tied into rice dumplings with ropes and dragged along by the gangsters.
Chen Yin was so angry that his teeth itched when he saw this.
His eldest brother didn't listen to the advice. Ming'er finally persuaded his family to come to Nanpo and live in Jiang's house. However, his eldest brother and cousin refused to come, insisting that they would live or die if they encountered bandits.
I thought they would at least find a place to hide for a while, but it turned out that they lived in such a big way at home.
Nadong is so good. The two of them were caught by thieves and dragged all the way there. Please let my uncle and parents see it. I don’t know why I feel sad.
Jiang Sanlang said nothing and looked coldly at the Eastern bandits to see how they acted.
The group of bandits did not approach, but circled around the wall.
The bandit leader couldn't help but nod his head and murmured to himself: "The construction of that place is wonderful. Such a fence was built in less than ten days, which shows that the family is really rich."
He turned around and raised Dongba: "Ask a few people to take a look.
"no!"
The little boss called two thin young men and asked them to explore the way.
Those two people turned out to be snitches, and their ability to climb walls and climb buildings was superb.
The two gangsters nodded and ran quickly towards the wall. When they arrived at the wall and saw that there was no movement, they took out the rope grappling hook from their waists and threw it towards the wall with all their strength.
The claw hook got stuck on the wall, and the gangster pulled hard. Seeing that the claw was tight, he climbed up the wall quickly with his feet on the rope.
The villagers hiding behind the wall were a little anxious and quietly asked Jiang Sanlang: "Third brother, what should I do?"
Jiang Sanlao thought for a moment and whispered: "Let them come."
The group of thieves were far away from them and the arrows could not reach them. They had to be led in front before they could shoot.
Moreover, there were two hostages tied to their legs. Those two were not the sons of Chen Sanyou and Patriarch Chen, and he had no control over their life or death.
Although the villagers were puzzled, they hid aside.
In order to resist the bandits, a lot of wood and stones were piled on the wall, as well as bamboo arrows, etc. The villagers hid behind these things. In addition, the night was dark and moonless, so the bandits might not be able to detect them.
A gangster climbed over the wall, but his legs were scratched by broken porcelain shards on the outside wall.
He cursed secretly, but did not dare to speak loudly. When he looked up, he saw that the wall was surrounded by black shadows, which startled him. When he looked carefully, he saw that they were not people, but piles of wood, stones and other debris.
Looking further east, the yard was dark and there was no sound.
The bandit thought for a moment and immediately waved to his Dongfang accomplices.
The bandit leader saw it and made no move, instead waiting for the other person's reply.
Another thief was also climbing on the wall, but he didn't have time to get up. His neck was already strangled by a thin rope. He tried to struggle, but his head was grabbed and twisted violently. There was a slight click sound, and the thief
It slumped away like a dead fish.
Although the movement was small, it also alerted the other thief.
The thief reacted quickly and immediately wanted to climb the rope and escape eastward.
But he couldn't escape to the east, someone had already dragged him over and had his neck broken.
Only then did Jiang Sanlang see clearly that the one moving his legs was Wenfu.
Wen Fu said calmly: "The less I care about the hostages, the more rampant the gangsters will be, and in the end they will be beaten. Send the signal immediately, let's attack from both sides, and kill him by surprise!"
Jiang Sanlang nodded, and immediately ordered his men to light the arrows. The flaming arrows were positioned high in the east, and directed towards the haystack ten feet away.
It can't kill anyone at that distance, but it can light a haystack soaked in tung oil.
Suddenly, the gangsters were surrounded by fire, illuminating them with nowhere to hide.
Suddenly, the cry of killing came from behind the thief.
The bandit leader was startled, and Dongzhi looked back.
Suddenly, more than a hundred villagers were seen rushing out from the darkness. They were holding sticks, forks and shovels, some were holding big knives, and they were shouting to beat and kill.
The gangsters had never seen villagers fighting like that, and they immediately ran towards the wall in a panic.
"shoot!"
Seeing that the bandits had already reached the shooting range, Jiang Sanlang gave an order to the east, and a dozen bow and arrow legs standing on the wall shot directly at the bandits in the east, knocking down a dozen of them.
Then the gate opened, and Wen Fu rushed out with dozens of villagers, wielding machetes and axes to attack the bandits.
All the villagers have long been holding back their anger.
Their homes were burned, their food and property were robbed, and their anger made them fearless. They rushed over and cut down the robbers whenever they saw them, almost every one of them.
The kidnappers were originally a group of bandits, and some of them were seriously injured. They were acting at night, so they wanted to secretly get some food and money so that they could escape later.
It turned out that when I met such a group of villagers, they were like regular soldiers of the imperial court, playing so many tricks to wrongly pay them.
The bandits in the east were completely in chaos and were running around in all directions.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandit leader wanted to escape alone, but someone had already been watching him. The cold light slashed over the two thieves who were guarding him, and another cold light directly cut off one of the bandit leader's arms.
The bandit leader yelled and rolled to the ground, covering his arms.
Two villagers pounced on him, held him down, and tied the bandit leader into a rice dumpling in twos and twos.
Wen Fu whispered: "Drag him back to stop the bleeding and don't let him die. Is that a great achievement?"
The villagers understood and dragged the bandit leader back.
At this time, the lights were brightly lit outside the wall, and everyone was standing in the yard, listening carefully to the shouting, killing, and screams outside.
The villagers dragged the bandit leader into a hut and called Mrs. Wen to stop the bleeding and heal his injuries.
Mrs. Wen and Yingbao walked outside the house together. Yingbao was holding a medicine bag. Mrs. Wen took out her own medicine box and wound treatment tools to suture the bandit leader's wound.
At this time, the bandit leader was already semi-conscious due to excessive blood loss. Ying Bao took out a pill, crushed it, dissolved it in water, and drank it to him.
Could the great treasure who had made meritorious deeds die like that?
Outside the wall, the thieves were killed or wounded, and one or two out of ten people escaped under the cover of night.
Everyone tied up the injured ones with ropes, and dragged the corpses of the gangsters to a place to wait for disposal.
The patriarch's son and Chen Sanyou's eldest son were also untied and sent back to the Jiang family for treatment.
The two men each had their ears cut off, and their faces were swollen like pig heads. Apart from the flesh wounds, they were not seriously injured, but they were frightened and made their pants wet with urine.
Patriarch Chen was so angry that he had no choice but to ask his daughter-in-law to change his son's clothes and trousers, and then asked Aunt Wu's husband Wu Si to give them medicine.
After clearing the battlefield, it was already daybreak.
Jiang Sanlang asked the two quick-legged people to go to Zhen Zai to report the matter to Sun Lizheng, and then Tao Shi took a short rest.
This great victory was not only due to the efforts of Dongchen Village, but also to the help of more than a dozen households and dozens of masons from Xichen Village.
Among them, the one who has made the greatest contribution is Wen Fu.
Did Jiang Sanlang realize that Wen Fu was very powerful? Not only was he highly skilled in martial arts and decisive in killing, he was also able to deal with the enemy like a battle-hardened general.
But Jiang Sanlang couldn't understand that a person like that would succumb to being a slave.
Even though the current imperial court values civility over military affairs, if you are wrong about that kind of talent, as long as you are willing to do so, there will be no problem in escaping from slavery.
