The torches gradually went up the south slope, first circled around, and then slowly approached the Jiang family's wall.
Jiang Sanlang could already see clearly that it was a group of more than a hundred bandits.
The bandits also dragged two people, namely Chen Jiaxing, the eldest son of Chen clan leader, and Chen Shu, the eldest son of Chen Sanyou.
The two men were tied up like dumplings with ropes and dragged along by the bandits.
Chen Yin was so angry that his teeth were itching when he saw this.
His eldest brother just wouldn't listen to advice. Today, he had finally persuaded his family to come to Nanpo and live in the Jiang family, but his eldest brother and eldest cousin refused to come, saying that if they encountered bandits, life and death would be up to fate.
I thought they would at least find a place to hide, but it turned out that they just lived in the house openly.
Now the two of them were caught by the bandits and dragged all the way here. If my uncle and my parents saw this, they would be so heartbroken.
Jiang Sanlang said nothing, just stared coldly at the bandits below, watching how they would act.
The bandits did not approach, but circled around the wall.
The bandit leader nodded continuously, muttering to himself: "This place is well built. It took less than ten days to build such a wall. It shows that this family is really rich."
He turned around and raised his chin to his men beside him: "Ask a few people to go up and take a look.
"yes!"
The small leader called two thin young men and asked them to climb the wall to explore the way.
These two men were originally thieves, and they were very skilled at climbing walls and buildings.
The two bandits nodded and quickly ran towards the wall. When they reached the wall and saw that there was no movement above, they took out the rope grappling hook from their waist and threw it towards the wall with force.
The claw hook was stuck on the side of the wall. The bandit pulled it hard, and seeing that it was very tight, he climbed up the wall quickly using the rope and his feet.
The villagers hiding behind the wall were a little anxious and asked Jiang Sanlang quietly: "Brother San, what should we do?"
Jiang Sanlang thought for a moment and whispered, "Let them come up."
The bandits were far away from them and their arrows could not reach them, so they had to lure them forward before they could shoot.
Moreover, they had two hostages tied up in their hands. These two people were the sons of Chen Sanyou and Chen Zuzhang. He had to take into account their lives and deaths.
Although the villagers were puzzled, they still hid aside.
In order to resist bandits, a lot of wood, stones, bamboo arrows, etc. were piled on the wall. The villagers hid behind these things. In addition, it was dark and moonless at night, so the bandits might not be able to find them.
A gangster climbed over the wall, but his hands were scratched by broken tiles from the outer wall.
He cursed inwardly but didn't dare speak loudly. He looked up and saw dark shadows on the wall, which scared him. When he looked carefully, it seemed that they were not people, but piles of wood, stones and other debris.
Looking down again, the yard was dark and there was no sound at all.
The thief thought about it and immediately waved to his accomplices below.
The bandit leader did not take any action when he saw this, but waited for the other person's response.
Another thief also climbed up the wall, but before he could get up, his neck was strangled by a thin rope. He tried to struggle, but someone grabbed his head and twisted it violently. There was a slight click, and the thief collapsed like a dead fish.
Although the noise was small, it alarmed another thief.
The thief reacted quickly and immediately tried to climb down the rope to escape.
But he couldn't escape as he was dragged over and his neck was broken.
Only then did Jiang Sanlang see clearly that it was Wen Fu who had done the action.
Wen Fu said calmly: "The more you worry about the hostages, the more rampant the bandits will become. In the end, nothing will be accomplished. Send the signal immediately, and we will attack from both sides and catch them off guard!"
Jiang Sanlang nodded and immediately ordered his men to light the arrowhead. The flaming arrow flew from high above and directly towards the haystack ten feet away.
This distance will not kill people, but it can ignite haystacks soaked in tung oil.
Suddenly, there was a huge fire around the bandits, leaving them nowhere to hide.
In an instant, shouts and screams came from behind the bandits.
The bandit leader was shocked and looked back subconsciously.
Suddenly, more than a hundred villagers rushed out from the darkness, holding sticks, iron forks and shovels, and some even holding big knives, shouting loudly for fighting and killing.
The bandits had never seen such a scene of villagers before, so they immediately ran towards the wall in panic.
"shoot!"
Seeing that the bandits had run into the shooting range, Jiang Sanlang gave an order and a dozen archers standing on the wall shot arrows directly at the bandits below, knocking down more than a dozen people at once.
Then the gate opened, and Wen Fu rushed out with dozens of villagers, wielding machetes and axes to attack the bandits.
The villagers were already filled with anger.
Their homes were burned, their food and property were stolen, and their anger made them fearless. They rushed forward without hesitation and hacked at the bandits they saw, almost killing one by one.
The kidnappers were originally a group of defeated bandits, some of whom were injured. They acted at night just to secretly get some food and money to facilitate their escape in the future.
As a result, they encountered a group of villagers who were just like the regular army of the imperial court and used so many tricks to deal with them.
Now the bandits were in complete chaos and ran around in all directions.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandit leader wanted to escape alone, but someone had already spotted him. A flash of cold light chopped down the two bandits who were protecting him, and another flash of cold light directly cut off one of the bandit leader's arms.
The bandit leader screamed and rolled to the ground, covering his arm.
Two villagers rushed over and held him down, and in a few seconds they tied the bandit leader up like a dumpling.
Wen Fu whispered, "Drag him back and stop the bleeding. Don't let him die. This will be a great achievement."
The villagers understood and dragged the bandit leader back.
At this time, the lights inside the wall were brightly on, and everyone was standing in the yard, listening tremblingly to the shouts and screams outside.
The villagers dragged the bandit leader into a small hut and called Mrs. Wen to stop his bleeding and heal his wounds.
Mrs. Wen and Yingbao walked into the house together. Yingbao held the medicine bag, and Mrs. Wen took out her own medicine box and treatment tools to suture the bandit leader's wound.
At this time, the bandit leader was half unconscious due to excessive blood loss. Yingbao took out a pill, crushed it in water, and fed it to him.
This is a great treasure that has been used to perform meritorious services. It cannot just die like this.
Outside the wall, the bandits were either dead or wounded, and only one or two out of ten escaped under the cover of darkness.
The crowd tied up the injured with ropes and dragged the bodies of the bandits to a place to wait for processing.
The clan leader's eldest son and Chen Sanyou's eldest son were also untied and sent back to the Jiang family for treatment.
The two men had one ear cut off each and their faces were swollen like pig heads. Apart from these flesh wounds, they were not seriously injured, but because they were frightened, they defecated and urinated all over their pants.
Patriarch Chen was so angry that he asked his daughter-in-law to change his son's clothes, and then asked Aunt Wu's husband Wu Si to apply medicine to them.
After clearing the battlefield, it was already dawn.
Jiang Sanlang asked two quick men to go to the town to report the matter to Sun Lizheng, and then he lay down to rest for a while.
This great victory was achieved not only due to the efforts of Dongchen Village, but also with the help of more than a dozen households in Xichen Village and dozens of bricklayers.
The one who made the greatest contribution was Wen Fu.
Jiang Sanlang could see that Wen Fu was very powerful. Not only was he skilled in martial arts but he was also decisive in killing. His ability to deal with the enemy was like that of a seasoned general.
But Jiang Sanlang couldn't understand why such a person had to be a slave.
Even though the imperial court now values civil officials over military officials, for talents like this, as long as they are willing, it is not a problem for them to escape from slavery.