Yang Qin led his troops back to Yang Tan Water Village and saw the burned ruins and more than forty corpses lying cold on the charred grain drying ground. His wife Zhou Rong was nowhere to be seen and was taken away by the thieves along with their two children.
At this moment he was about to cry without tears.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh!"
Yang Qin roared angrily, pulled out his sword and chopped at a burnt beam, venting his inner regret and anger. The wood chips flew everywhere, and a fine iron sword that was forged over a hundred times was chopped beyond recognition.
"Big shopkeeper, come here and see if this is the handwriting left by my sister-in-law." A strong man ran over and asked Yang Qin to follow him.
The mansion was built with blue brick walls and covered with small tiles, and the courtyard was relatively spacious. Except for the warehouse, kitchen, and back yard where firewood and debris were stored, it was completely burned down. There was no fire in the atrium and front yard.
The damage was not serious and it was basically intact.
The handwriting left by Zhou Rong is hidden in a very inconspicuous corner of the front yard. It is three characters carved on the green brick with her fingernail, and a small half of the fingernail is broken under the wall.
However, when other people saw these three characters, they suspected that the thieves who attacked the village had deliberately left them in. However, after his wife Zhou Rong got married, she followed him in reading and literacy. She had a habit of writing with horizontally folded pens separately. Yang Qin would never admit his mistake.
"Ji Kun, this thief, if I don't cut his body into thousands of pieces, I, Yang Qin, will live in vain!" Yang Qin was so angry that his heart and lungs were about to explode. He pointed at the sky and the earth and swore and cursed.
At this time, someone came over and said they had seen the whereabouts of the two robbed paddle boats.
Yang Qin suppressed the resentment in his heart. He expected that Ji Kun would not bring many people this time. He had only asked them to cooperate in the assassination of Han Daoxun, the governor of Xuzhou. He thought that as long as Ji Kun was caught, there should be a chance to save his wife and daughter.
come out.
However, he was worried that Ji Kun, who was hiding in the dark, might kill them again. This time, he left most of his troops in the residual village and only took more than 30 subordinates with him to take a galley to the east lake beach.
Search past.
At the end of the night, Yang Qin and the others found two abandoned paddle boats in the reed swamps. When they wanted to find a place to land, they continued to follow each other's traces, but they saw fire again in the direction of Yangtan Water Village.
Yang Qin sent people to pull up the sails and retreat. They saw more than 30 war oars seven or eight miles away, surrounding Yangtan Water Village. In the light of the fire, hundreds of soldiers and horses were rushing forward with swords and shields held high.
Water landing.
Except for Jiangzhou Shuiying, no other force near Poyang Lake has so many war oars.
Seeing this scene, Yang Qin's eyes darkened and he almost fainted. He originally thought that Ji Kun did not dare to expose their plot and deeds of assassinating Xuzhou Governor Han Daoxun, so he must not dare to disturb the place. How could he have thought of Ji Kun and others?
His cruelty was far beyond his imagination.
"..." The veins on Yang Qin's forehead were exposed. After biting the back groove, he roared like a wild beast. He wished he could fly back to the water village with his wings and kill the attacking state soldiers. However, in addition to his anger, the only remaining
A trace of reason told him that the water stronghold was in chaos and could not hold on for much longer. He led the remaining twenty or so people back, only to die.
After waiting for a night, he saw more than 30 war oars sailing away from Yangtan Water Village under the morning light, going down the river and returning to Shuiyingwu Port in the southeast of Jiangzhou City. At this time, Yang Qin took the two of them to swim in the water.
Return to the water village.
At this time, Yangtan Water Village was full of corpses.
Except for the two hundred thieves left behind by Yang Qin, all the men, women, and children in the village were slaughtered and their heads were cut off, leaving only six to seven hundred headless corpses piled up on the ground.
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At this moment, Yang Qin really fainted. He was dragged down by two angry subordinates and quietly left the completely abandoned water village...
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"The surnamed Ji is really a ruthless master!"
Han Qian sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the rippling water of Poyang Lake under the setting sun, as if there were thousands of gold and silver in the lake, and said with emotion.
Han Qian thought that blaming the camp attack the night before on the Zifang Division and tempting Yang Qin and Ji Kun to fight dogs would severely damage the Zifang Division's deployment in Jiang'e and other places. However, he did not expect that not only did Ji Kun immediately
Guessing that they were responsible for the sneak attack on Yangtan Water Village the night before, they were extremely decisive and directly mobilized the soldiers and horses of the Jiangzhou Water Camp to directly wipe out the water bandit forces in Yangtan Water Village.
However, after Jiangzhou Water Camp troops were dispatched to completely annihilate Yangtan Water Village, Han Qian expected that the water bandit forces in Poyang Lake would be frightened, and Ji Kun would no longer be able to use the water bandit forces in Poyang Lake to embarrass them in a short time.
In the evening, Han Qian took everyone on a boat, crossed the mouth of the lake, and met his father on the west bank.
During the two days that Han Daoxun stayed in Jiangzhou, he did not hide in Jiangzhou City, but took everyone to live in a fishing town outside Jiangzhou City.
This was also done to create signs that he would leave Jiangzhou at any time, forcing Ji Kun to hastily urge the water bandits to take action in advance, exposing more flaws.
There was no inn outside the city, so Han Daoxun found the local Li Zheng and borrowed a courtyard to live in.
Han Qian led everyone ashore and walked into the yard where he was staying. He saw his father standing in front of the porch with a tense face. He walked over and asked, "What happened to make dad unhappy?"
Han Daoxun sighed bitterly, and Fan Xicheng explained next to him: "Jiangzhou Governor Zhou Ang and Tunying Military Mansion Zhong Yanhu invited the master to inspect the military achievements of the bandit suppression in the afternoon. The master saw that the soldiers and horses of Jiangzhou Water Camp were suspected of killing good people and taking merit, so he was on the spot
I got into an argument with Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhong and broke up in a bad mood. I was still sulking when I came back."
"Obviously they killed the good ones and pretended to be meritorious, massacred the whole village, and even unscrupulously took the heads of old, weak, women and children. If the state soldiers don't know how to restrain themselves and act more brutally than the bandits, the Poyang Lake bandits will surely become more and more powerful, and there will be no
It's time to cut off!" Han Daoxun said angrily when he saw that Fan Xicheng was still secretive and did not speak clearly.
At this time, Han Daoxun saw Lin Zongjing and others escorting Yang Qin's wife, children and young daughter into the yard. He asked Han Qian with a rather unhappy expression: "Who are they?"
"The wife, children and young daughter of the bandit leader Yang Qin were captured when we broke into the bandit stronghold last night," Han Qian saw that his father was furious, but did not want to cause any trouble, so he said honestly, "I was planning to tie them up and send them away.
It seems that it is not very appropriate to hand it over to the Jiangzhou government for disposal. From what Master Fan said, it seems that it is not appropriate to hand it over directly to the Jiangzhou government for disposal."
Han Daoxun didn't believe that Han Qian worked so hard to capture the three of them just to hand them over to the Jiangzhou government for disposal. He waved his hand and wanted Han Qian to release them directly, but then he thought again and asked: "Zhao Mingting's people,...
Are they watching us nearby?"
"While we have given them more than a day to breathe, Ji Kun should mobilize a lot of spies. If we let the three of them go now, they will only fall into the hands of Zhao Mingting's people." Han Qian said cheerfully, after all his hard work
If you want to catch someone back, of course you don't want to let him go.
"Bring that woman here, I have something to ask her," Han Daoxun sighed softly and said, "Leave the two children to Qingyun and Aunt Zhou to take care of them."
Seeing Han Laoshan and his mother-in-law running over to untie the two children and take them away, Han Qian couldn't help but ordered: "These two little bastards know how to bite, be careful not to let them touch the knives and scissors."
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Han Qian signaled Guo Nuer to untie Yang Qin's wife, and then heard Fan Xicheng briefly talk about the state soldiers' water camp's attack on Yangtan Water Village last night. Only then did he know that more than 600 people, men, women, old and young, in Yangtan Water Village were all killed by Jiang.
The state camp envoy led his troops to massacre them.
In addition to local troops from prefectures and counties, Jinling will also dispatch elite Nanya Imperial Army troops to garrison some prefectures and counties that are in dangerous locations, important positions, or cross-border with hostile forces.
The generals responsible for commanding the elite Nanya Forbidden Army in the local area usually also serve as the local military envoys.
Zhong Yanhu was originally a general under Sun Ru, the great demon king who harvested human flesh for military food. After being captured, he joined the Huainan Army. Only a few years ago, he was promoted to Yuhou, the capital of the Nanya Horse Infantry Army, and envoy to the Jiangzhou garrison.
The Nanya Forbidden Army stationed one battalion of naval forces and one battalion of horse infantry in Jiangzhou, both under the command of Zhong Yanhu.
Even if Han Qian was not familiar with the situation in Jiangzhou, he had heard of this man's reputation for cruelty.
Han Qian also heard from Fan Xicheng that Yang Qin and more than 30 people were lucky enough not to be in the stronghold at the time and were able to escape. At this time, Jiangzhou governor Zhou Ang and Jiangzhou garrison envoy Zhong Yanhu had ordered all counties to send troops to conduct a nationwide search. He couldn't help but blink.
Bright.
Han Qian pulled up a chair and sat next to his father Han Daoxun. He listened to his father asking Yang Qin's wife about the people's sentiments in Poyang Lake, and interjected: "You must also know the fate of Yangtan Water Village at this time. In the past, Ji Kun wanted to
In order to assassinate my father, except for a few close associates, it was impossible to mobilize the spies and scouts of the Zifang Division, so he had to contact Yang Qin. However, at this time, as long as Ji Kun had an official letter from Jiangzhou to assist in the arrest of the big bandit, he would
You can openly mobilize a large number of elite spies and scouts into Jiangzhou. Of course, Ji Kun still dare not directly use the scouts of Zifangsi to assassinate the court ministers, but it is hard to say whether your husband can escape this disaster."
Zhou Rong can be regarded as a calm woman with everyone's style. Over the years, she has married Yang Qin, raised her husband and raised her children, and presided over the affairs of the village. In the eyes of the thieves and soldiers, she is also the head of the family who cannot be underestimated. However, no matter how strong her heart is, she has no regard for this.
The strange changes and tragedy in the past two days cannot be faced calmly.
"The so-called cunning rabbit's three caves. I see so much food and grass in Yangtan Water Village. I believe Yang Qin should have a hiding place outside." Han Qian stared at Yang Qin's wife Zhou Rong, "If you don't want to delay time, finally sit down and watch
Your husband fell into the hands of Ji Kun and became their military merit for promotion. You might as well help us and invite your husband over so that we can sit down and have a cup of tea and chat."
Zhou Rong didn't know that the people who ruthlessly killed more than 40 people in the water village and set fire to the water village the night before were worthy of trust.
Seeing that Yang Qin's wife remained silent, Han Qian smiled and said: "It's okay if you don't say a word. We can only stay in Jiangzhou for one more day at most. We can't bring the big bandit's wife Xiaoxi into the country without any reason. At that time, we will have to hand you over."
Jiangzhou government office, maybe Yang Qin has great supernatural powers and can rob you from Jiangzhou prison!"
Zhou Rong turned pale, took off a silver bracelet from her wrist, and said, "My husband may go to Meiwu Port east of Shuiying, Jiangzhou to inquire about news. If you really want to see my husband, you can take this bracelet."
Go to Meiwu Port and guard..."
"Most of your family's spies in Meiwubu have been pulled out by people from the Zifang Division, so they were wiped out by Jiangzhou Shuiying without any notice; or perhaps the spies there have been bribed by people from the Zifang Division.
, If Yang Qin really wants to run over and inquire about the news, even the gods can't save him. My men can't just die, you can just tell me where to go." Han Qian said.
"My maternal cousin is a blind fortune teller who works in Jiangzhou City. No one outside knows..."
"Okay, you write a letter and I'll have someone send it over. It depends on whether he comes for tea or not. My people won't just wait there with your bracelet." Han Qian said and asked Zhao Ting'er to get a pen and ink.
