The 131st chapter surprise attack on the forest (2)
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The weather in Shanglinli was overcast in the early morning. Pillars of black smoke rose into the sky near Shanglindu. The sound of horse hooves trampling on the stone streets was like the sound of urgent war drums. The whole village was filled with burning, looting and wailing for mercy. In the streets
The corpses of villagers who had been hacked to death also lay scattered in pieces.
Zhao Neng was wearing cotton armor studded with copper and iron nails and inlaid with iron sheets. His sharp eyes were like nails staring fiercely at the vermilion door of the Lin family mansion. There were many mansions on the north bank of Shanglindu, but only the Lin family mansion
The house door can be painted vermilion to show wealth.
Although the sneak attack on the township camp was successful, the Wangxiang Building where the second son Lin Xuzong lived with his wife and concubines was burned to ashes with a fire, and the Shiliang County sword archers on the north bank of Shanglindu were defeated, but the actual gains were not much.
Can capture the Lin family mansion.
Since the threat of Xiangyong in Nan'an must be dealt with first, Zhao Neng and his troops could only attack Xiangyong's camp first. The Xiangyong camp did not guard against him. Seeing him return with his troops, they immediately sent someone to notify the second son, Lin Xunzong, to come;
When a fire suddenly broke out in the direction of Luoyang Lake, Lin Xuzong and the Xiang Yong who stayed behind in Shanglin fell into his trap unprepared. Those horse thieves who had been second son Lin Xuzong's private support with a lot of money were bribed by Zhao Neng within half a year.
He took control of Xiangyong and attacked Xiangyong without mercy. He also attacked the Wangxiang Tower in the south of the Xiangying Camp as quickly as possible. After passing through, another fire set the Wangxiang Tower on fire. The first place Lin Fu and the others saw was in the forest.
The fire in the direction was ignited by Xiangying and Wangxiang Building. At dawn, the sky was as dark as ink. It was unknown how many Xiangyong were killed by a sudden sneak attack, and how many Xiangyong escaped in the chaos. However, Zhao Neng did not dare to divide his troops.
A group of troops attacked the Lin family's mansion. At dawn, all the troops he led gathered on the south bank to attack the township camp. The township camp and Wangxiang Tower were set on fire, and everyone on the north bank was on alert.
Although the sword archers in Shiliang County were immediately defeated, there was no decent force to resist on the North Bank. However, most of the rich families on the North Bank had deep and deep courtyards with thick and high walls. These families kept their doors tightly closed, and organized guards and servants to accompany them.
To resist, we must hold on until reinforcements arrive. Although there are not many people in these houses, Zhao Neng does not have the time and the manpower to storm these houses one by one. He wants to concentrate his forces to attack the Lin family mansion and capture the Lin family mansion, gold, silver and jewelry.
Ren Zhan, the Sixth Madam, and the Seventh Madam are all extremely beautiful in the world, and there are quite a few beauties among the maids and maids. If the old immortal's head is cut off with a knife, all the resentment that has been built up over the years will be drained away.
Little did they know that after Zhao Hu, Sun Jingtang and others were attacked on the south bank, they reconnoitred that several enemy ships were blocking the ferry, so they immediately led their people to withdraw into the Lin family mansion and met up with the seventh lady Gu Yingxiu. Others in the Lin family mansion were in chaos.
In a group, several ladies were at a loss. The sixth lady also wanted to pursue Lin Zonghai for asylum with her young master in her arms, but Gu Yingxiu was used to being the boss in the Lin family mansion, and the servants also obeyed her orders. She learned that it was Zhao.
Being able to lead hundreds of horse thieves to sneak attack on the rural camp on the south bank, Gu Yingxiu immediately tied up Zhao Neng's father, Zhao Changshan, for interrogation. Only then did he find out that on the day of Zhao Hu's wedding, Zhao Neng had secretly sneaked back to Shanglin. Zhao Changshan's period
He had been taking close care of Lin Tingxun, who was bedridden and could not speak or move. Unable to escape early, he agreed that when Zhao Neng led his men to attack the Lin family mansion, he would cooperate inside and outside to open the door of Lin's house in the chaos. Gu Yingxiu immediately eliminated a few people to win over Zhao Changshan.
When the former mole Zhao Neng led his men to besiege the Lin family's mansion, except for one small door, the backs of the other doors of the Lin family's mansion were filled with heavy rice bags and prepared for defense.
Although the Xihe Congregation has shipped a batch of new tea to Jiangning, there are still more than fifty people from the Xihe Congregation who stayed in Shanglin with Sun Jingtang. At that time, there was also a fire in Luoyang Lake. I don’t know how many people poured in from Shiliang County.
As a rogue, Sun Jingtang did not dare to run away at night. Zhao Hu sent people to find him, so he and his men abandoned the boat and went ashore to hide in the Lin family mansion. The ten military guards Lin Fu left behind Zhao Hu and the soldiers led by Sun Jingtang
More than fifty members of the Xihe congregation became the main force in the defense of the Lin family mansion. In addition, Gu Yingxiu also organized servants and accompanied fifty or sixty people to participate in the defense. The ten military guards Lin Fu left for Zhao Hu all carried
With long bows, Zhao Hu led them up the ladder to the high ridge defense of the main house. Zhao Neng and his men rushed over at dawn and killed several of them immediately. Zhao Neng sent people to find ladders to climb the wall and attack by force.
The tigers and others were condescending, shooting arrows at the same time, and commanding the Xihe congregation and the servants of the Linzhai to use sharpened bamboo poles to stab under the wall. The horse thieves lost their troops. Occasionally, one or two horse thieves jumped into the courtyard, and Sun Jingtang led his men to surround and kill them.
The seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, personally guarded the gate of the mansion and had Zhao Neng's father, Zhao Changshan, kidnapped and knelt behind the gate with a knife on him, asking him to scold Zhao Neng for his lack of virtue and betraying the master. Seeing that Zhao Neng was indifferent, he also
She ordered people to tear down the house and lift beams and pillars to break down the door. She then had Zhao Changshan hanged and his body thrown out of the wall. She also had people yell at the door that Zhao Neng had betrayed the master, causing the old man to commit suicide. She also gave the others to Zhao Changshan.
Zhao Neng and his son roped in the former moles and executed them together and threw the bodies out of the wall.
Zhao Neng did not expect that the Lin family mansion would be so difficult to gnaw. The key was that Zhao Hu led ten military guards and Sun Jingtang led more than 50 Xihe congregants to hide in the Lin mansion in time.
The people inside were not weak in fighting will and had strong defensive qualities, but they had no intention of attacking by force. Although Zhao Neng promised to capture Lin's house, the gold and silver treasures could be robbed and the women could be raped, but they also had to live to enjoy it. At this time, someone came on horseback.
It was said that the front door of a large house in the east had been broken open. Dozens of people immediately rode there to "support the battle", and Zhao Neng could not restrain them.
When he was expelled from Dongyang last winter, Zhao Neng was not too far away from Dongyang. He was working as a bandit in the northeastern area of Haozhou Prefecture on the west bank of Hongzepu and south of the Huaihe River. Although he only had 70 or 80 private soldiers given to him by Lin Xuzong around him,
But they all have horses, armor, and weapons. They are considered a group of horse thieves with stronger combat effectiveness on the west bank of Hongzepu. Zhao Neng wanted to get rid of the control of the Lin family, so he used a pseudonym in the Haozhou bandit area and never contacted Lin Xunzong.
He led these people to invade the area, carefully bribed them, and at the same time recruited soldiers and horses to cultivate his close followers. He just allowed him to expand to more than 200 people in half a year, and he also had more than 200 mules and horses. He was already a famous rogue bandit in Haozhou Prefecture.
.But the most effective fighting force in this rogue army is still the group of people that Lin Xuzong brought out for him at the beginning. These people are the masters of their mothers, and they are also the most difficult for Lin Xuzong to control. Now it is difficult to find the Lin family mansion.
, these are the same people who smeared the soles of their feet with oil and went to rob other wealthy families in Shanglin.
The nearly 100 people left by Zhao Neng were all his newly recruited troops. His other subordinates had dispersed to various places to rob and rob families. In addition, there was also a well-organized cavalry group of about 50 people who were quietly fighting.
Guarding in the alleyway, the leader is a dark-faced young woman, about twenty-four or five years old, tall and strong, wearing bright red armor, and carrying a saber on her back.
This young woman is Liu Miaozhen, the sister of Liu An'er, the leader of Hongzepu No. 21 Water Village. The Lin family raises private soldiers and likes to recruit wealthy merchants with strong martial arts skills. Zhao Neng is also well-informed, but his arm strength is so strong that he can shoot three strong bows at the same time.
I have never seen a fierce woman. Liu Miaozhen has been very strong since she was a child. She learned swordsmanship and military skills from her brother Liu An'er. When Liu An'er returned from Jibei's exile with her troops, Liu Miaozhen was already a famous female leader of the water village in Hongzepu.
She is known as Sizhou Red Coat Girl. Hongzepu water villages united, and Liu Miaozhen was ranked seventeenth.
Liu An'er was determined to do something. In addition to uniting with the Hongzepo water village forces, she also united with the rogue bandits and copycat forces on the west bank of Hongzepo. Zhao Neng was also involved.
Liu An'er's initial plan was to wait for the Qin family's fleet to leave Dongyang Prefecture and enter the depths of Hongzepu before attacking. In the depths of Hongzepu, the water area is vast and the lake is shallow. Large ships such as Louchuan are extremely restricted in such waters.
The small boats in the water village can play a greater advantage and do not need to waste lives to attack Qin Chengbo's boat. Since Liu An'er sent a large number of boats to sneak into the Shiliang River to block the retreat of the Qin family's fleet, he attacked the troops in Shiliang County.
Ma didn't pay much attention to it, but he had to consider the threat that the Shanglinli Township Camp with warships posed to the Shuizhai people, so he asked his sister and Zhao Neng to each lead a team of cavalry to Shanglinli to contain Shanglinli.
Rural camp.
Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng did not initially think of attacking the township camp directly. Their two groups of cavalry together only had more than 200 people, while the Shanglinli township camp had more than 700 warriors. They were well equipped, trained diligently, and had strong combat effectiveness.
.They want to make a sneak attack on the Lin family mansion on the north bank, harass Shanglinli, and pin down Shanglinli Xiangyong here.
After dusk last night, the Qin family's fleet stopped in Shanglinli and set off northward. Lin Fu and the Dongyang officials insisted on escorting them out of the country, which was beyond Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng's expectations. At the same time, Lin Zonghai took away nearly half of Shanglinli Xiangyong.
, Liu Miaozhen immediately decided to change her plan and decided to make a surprise attack in the forest to completely eliminate the threat here.
What made Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng even more unexpected was that before the Qin family's fleet left Dongyang Mansion, a water battle broke out in Luoyang Lake in advance. It was dark, which made it easier for them to covertly attack the rural camp, but they
They had to cover the troops in Shiliang River, so they couldn't take action in advance. It wasn't until the fireboats in the direction of Luoyang Lake started to burn that they made a sneak attack on the township camp and Wangxiang Tower. Unexpectedly, they were blocked from the Lin family's mansion.
At this time, a fast horse galloped over. A man who looked like a fisherman rode up and gave the password and his name. Then he rolled down and walked to Liu Miaozhen and reported: "Report to the head of the Seventeenth House, Luoyang Lake
The victory was achieved, and Uncle Qin Cheng gave the first, third, and ninth masters a joint effort to kill him. However, the prefect of Dongyang, Shen Rong, the general magistrate Lin Tingli, Lin Fu, and others all took the Dongyang and four fast paddle boats from Shanglin to break out of the encirclement.
Four hundred soldiers broke out of the encirclement, and the Dongyang sailed very fast. The brothers of the various families fought all night long, but they couldn't catch up, so Master Seventeen should be careful! The big master also gave some instructions, Master Seventeen should be especially careful about Lin Fu."
"Mother of the thieves!" Zhao Neng spat fiercely. He never expected that the various water villages combined to have more than 3,000 troops. They also temporarily invited more than 1,000 fishermen to participate in the battle, and Meng rushed to the warships, Dawu Peng and
There are more than 200 large and small boats such as river boats and loach boats. In Hongzepu, where the various water villages have a geographical advantage, they were unable to keep Lin Fu and even brought four of them out.
How could he not hate that more than a hundred fresh troops had escaped? He even got his father involved this time!
Liu Miaozhen frowned. She knew that her brother did not have warriors who could fight to the death. In the end, he asked her brother, Wu Shiyi and Sun Ganzi to lead people into battle when he killed Uncle Qin Cheng. This shows that the fierce battle in Luoyang Lake was so cruel that in the end,
The fundamental thing is that the water war broke out suddenly in Luoyang Lake ahead of time without following the planned plan.
After a while, the sentry sent out by Liu Miaozhen also came back to report that a large ship was coming from the north of Shiliang River, less than three miles away from here. The war was in chaos, and he didn't know how many country warriors fled last night. Liu Miaozhen had limited manpower and did not dare to send it.
The Sentinel Cavalry was placed too far.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you think we should do?" Liu Miaozhen asked Zhao Neng. Although she was the leader of this trip, Zhao Neng had three times as many people as her. She naturally wanted to ask Zhao Neng for his opinion when making decisions.
After the Lin family mansion was captured, the old man hanged the seventh lady and accused her of committing suicide. How could Zhao Neng be willing to retreat. At this time, a strong enemy was coming, and it was unwise to attack the Lin family mansion at this time. Zhao Neng clenched his fists and almost
He wanted to dig his nails into his flesh and asked: "When will the chief master and other masters finish their rest and send troops to Shanglin?"
"I don't know about this either. I need to send someone to contact Luoyang Lake again..." Liu Miaozhen knew that in the hard fight at night, the Zhujia water village forces would suffer heavy casualties. After Shanglinli stormed it, there was no solid fortress to defend, so she invested her money here.
A military war is of little significance.
"Lin Fu returns by boat. When he gets off the boat, we can take advantage of the situation to cover him up. Otherwise, there will always be a threat from the south in the forest," Zhao Neng said. "We can't be afraid of him with four hundred elite cavalry and more than two hundred fifty."
Weak soldiers..."
Liu Miaozhen nodded. She didn't just retreat when she encountered a strong force, so Zhao Neng immediately went to collect the horse thieves who were scattered around the forest and robbing houses.