In the territory of Xiangyang, the edge of Daze between the mountains, the more golden and blanched the Wei**li for nearly September. On the edge of a low mound extending from the hills in the distance, a small fishing village surrounded by water is scattered randomly.
And Murong Wu, who took people to hide in the reeds and still tolerated the bites of all kinds of mosquitoes, regretted it again, because in the close-up mirror where he specially applied for the long tube of water mill, it was just a chill. Very ordinary fishing village.
Soaked white and black wooden boats, all kinds of tattered objects and patches of clothes for drying, dirty mud ground full of sewage and filth, and faint silhouettes wrapped in pieces of tattered cloth .
It's like the exile settlements that were once cleared by the Taiping Army in the counties along the Yunmeng Daze area. In this way, he mobilized the crowd to request expediency and mobilized a coordinated manpower from the local area, but not just to clear out an entire settlement of escaped people who slipped through the net.
Although the result of this fuss may not cause him to be punished in substance, it is never so easy to use the corresponding expediency and opportunity once. Now that he had the future of the public meal, he was not reconciled to go back to be a small businessman who could fish and meat.
Although he consciously agreed with the Taiping Army's philosophy and propositions of seeking a living for the people, working hard and working at a unified pace in the remedial training class, he also wanted to find a future for himself.
Murong Wu, who had never given up his heart, made his eyes sore, and he finally noticed a detail. These fishermen who faintly stay in the village are also too strong, with few dishes and yellowish skin that are commonly seen in famine years.
Then, from this point, Murong Wuyou once again thought of more disharmony. There are not many activities of old and weak women and children here; and it should be the afternoon time for strong laborers to work and fish outside, and there are actually these young men. Stay in the village.
However, between contemplation and speculation, he saw someone on the other side of the village punting a boat and rushed into the village in a hurry. Suddenly, he felt a bit of a heartbeat, fearing that the news had leaked out of his mind. Emerged. Murong Wu quickly yelled behind him:
"Move up quickly, and forty draped with me rushed up along the shore... The others took their bows and arrows to surround the water. If there is any abnormality or escape, let's release the arrows first, and then gather and shoot them."
Then he turned to the scribe again.
"This gentleman and your people will stay here for the first time, as a last resort, just in case..."
After explaining these moments, Murong Wu, who was wearing leather armor on his upper body lined with leather knee pads and handguards, quickly approached the edge of the fishing village in the midst of the grass turning like waves, and began to bypass the wooden stakes entwined with dry thorns. inside of.
And although there were only forty people wearing various old protective gear behind him, they were immersed in the trotting and sprinting, and there was no other extra sound except for gasping; this could not help but give him a bit of admiration and confidence. It is worthy of being the central village in the neighborhood, and its daily operations are very decent.
After rushing out of the gap in the wooden stakes, they suddenly spread out to the two sides, and suddenly shouted under the leadership of Murong Wu:
"The patrol team was ordered to catch the thief, and the man in Neiu came out at a speed and caught him, dare to stop the violators and beheaded and killed.
"Quickly catch it."
"If you kill without mercy..."
The people who followed him suddenly shouted neatly and very cooperatively. Suddenly, it was like shouting out a group of people with dozens of people. Coupled with the sharp whistles and gongs that kept blowing from all around, it was like being surrounded by a large army.
At this time, there was finally a reaction in the fishing village, and he saw curls of fireworks bursting out one after another, which made Murong Wu who had touched the nearest chaiban hut immediately stunned. Then the jagged shouts rang through.
"Goddamn running dog..."
"No, it's the peace thief who killed..."
"Fight with these dog thieves..."
"Hurry up, I still can't settle down here..."
"Copy the guy and follow me to find a way..."
At this moment, Murong Wu's blood was going to be irritated and boiled after hearing the sound; originally it was only chasing some rapists, and at most desperadoes who served as tigers; but he did not expect to set up a new center at this distance. In Zhuang but most of the waterway, he will encounter suspected anti-insurgency elements.
This is a hotter effort than the ordinary catching thieves, but then he became a little worried; it seems that he is a little bit bigger, and I don’t know if he can ambush these numbers just by bringing these people. Unidentified counter-insurgency armed forces.
However, before he allowed him to think about it, people in twos and threes rushed out of the house fireworks that had been lit one after another; and then saw those members of the patrol team who followed Murongwu hiding under the house and were agitated. Someone already pressed Nai. He couldn't help but straighten the tip of the spear that was lying diagonally on the ground, and stabbed the past fiercely.
Seeing that the two running in the front were immediately stabbed to the ground by surprise, but the armed thieves in the back did not hesitate to jump over their bloody companions, and wield inconsistent swords and axes to kill them.
Then, the crossbowmen in the team hurriedly pressed the arrow box and shot a short arrow, shot it over and fell to the ground nearby, and then someone swung a knife and threw it down and completely killed it.
"The player is in front of the screen, holding the spear to protect the sides, the bow and crossbow are in the center, and everyone follows me in."
At this moment, some Murong Wu, who was struggling to ride a tiger, also gritted his teeth and immediately decided.
On the other side of the village, a group of people rushed to the shore in a panic, and scattered on the dozen or so fishing boats. At this time, the sound of gongs and whistles in the grass began to change their tone.
At this time, the surface of the water roared like a fluttering bird's wings, and it was like a locust swarm that was disturbed. Suddenly, it was set off on a fishing boat that had not been far from the shore. There was a burst of jagged exclamations and screams.
It was the white feather arrow shaft and the tailless short arrow that splashed down. The former penetrated the person who was shaking the oar and nailed it to the ship's plank and the boat gang, struggling and screaming and couldn't get rid of it.
The latter is a low-curve figure that is almost unavoidable while standing on a boat, and fell into the clear river water near the bank, splashing a cloud of blood mixed with muddy sand.
Then with the sound of the closer whistle, many river boats loaded with five or six bowmen suddenly drove out of the splash of these reeds, but then slanted across the body one after another, and faced each other. Fishing boats were added to the shore, but they were stunned and confused, and the crowd continued to flank their bows.
Suddenly, it caused tragic casualties and corresponding dispersal effects like a shower of rain. At this time, in the rear position in the Lu **, there was again a burst of rapid and fierce fighting and shouting.
Facing the fleeing thieves, Murong Wu slashed and fought all the way, but Murong Wu, who finally rushed into the village, was in trouble again. In the midst of the fireworks, there are more and more thieves who have appeared to hinder peace.
As the initial momentum and momentum faded away, casualties and lagging losses also appeared in this small temporary team one after another. Especially those rocks and cold arrows that suddenly flew over in the fireworks.
He was too big, Murong Wu was annoyed and secretly regretted, while instructing the remaining half of the people around him to retreat into a slightly decent house.
Then he couldn't help but stunned. Among the heavy smell and the dry black blood stains on the wall panels, he saw a lot of corpses piled up indiscriminately. There were men, women and children, and their hands and feet were thin and dark. It was obviously in this fishing village. Where the original residents are.
Then, in the midst of some renewed indignation and excitement, they piled up simple household items to resist the clamor from the outside and constantly projected rocks and cold arrows, while smashing and smashing them from the back wall. Cut a gap enough for a man to cross.
When Murong Wu led the people out of the fragile back wall, and then detoured around the narrow back border and thatched edge, on the side of the thieves who were throwing arrows and struggling to throw stones, they were still working hard as if they hadn't realized it. I lighted a few bundles of wood, looking like I wanted to smoke them out.
Then, silently, he rushed up with the knife, pinched his neck with one hand, and slammed the back of a strong thief with another hand; and pushed him against the thief who had turned around by another name.
The other members of the patrol team also hacked down and overturned the nearest culprit one after another in a similar manner, and became a piece with the culprit who had reacted. At this time, the team members who remained in the house also heard the sound. Liao Shi formed a force of attacking these culprits.
When the fireworks in the fishing village were finally extinguished, everything had settled down. Murong Wu, with a gray head and a face covered in blood stains and sweat, also bandaged the wound on his body with the help of others.
Although it looks scary, it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, and it won't leave any sequelae that will affect the action in the future; but there is some fear in recalling the previous scenes of life and death.
The thieves and anti-insurgency elements entrenched and hiding in this fishing village are actually three groups of people from different backgrounds. Therefore, after encountering the siege, they showed completely different reactions. But the total number of them is probably more than the manpower he brought.
I unfortunately killed one of the thieves who had fled, and ran into the least and most fierce one of them. They not only had bows and arrows but also provided mutual cover, so they almost brought Murong Wu to his party. To be forced into death.
Fortunately, before the end of their battles, the small group of armored soldiers who stayed outside as a maneuver not only defeated a group of thieves who went around and attacked, but also actively pushed forward the village to support and respond under the cover of other crossbowmen. .
With the support of these veterans who are obviously skilled in the army and equipped with complete equipment, it is easy to split and smash the scattered thieves, and kill them one by one and force their surrender into the current fireworks. Compared with the patrol team that had half the casualties, they had not even been penetrated.
The middle-aged scribe who was in charge of all this was actually called "Mr. Yang"; this made Murong Wu both frightened and rejoiced. This is obviously a person with a lot of history in the Taiping Army.
And what he did this time was too much of his duty and duty; although many thieves were killed, he even found a set of printing equipment and corresponding plate making in the village that had been burned down; There are many thieves who have been robbed and killed business travelers. But the patrol team that was transferred out to help had more than 20 casualties.
If he can prove the position of a person with such an identity afterwards and make statements, at least a large part of his responsibilities and negligence can be offset afterwards. Under this complicated mood of the rest of his life, he couldn't control his endless gratitude and admiration all the way back.
"Be sure to let me be the host, and thank you all..."
"I can't pack the other things, but can't I still afford the fish in the river?"
"At the moment the other side of the river from Xiangzhou to Ezhou, the cheapest thing to sell is these water fish... often they are even cheaper than seasonal vegetables..."
"Don't you know, today's marine fish are all Taiping Army fleets, which are fished out by huge trawl nets and winches on the river. Any net is worth thousands of tails..."
"So when it was dragged to the shore, the low prices made it difficult for the nearby fishermen to make ends meet, so that they could only be used to pickle or chop for sauce, ointment, or even use as animal feed. ..."
"How could this happen?... Then, what should those fishermen do?"
"Naturally, it is to let his small family work. Either join the Taiping Navy or work in a public fishing team. After all, the family has many equipment and good equipment, and the small door of a single-boat canoe is simply incomparable... "
"The shop, cut the fish and vegetables to the table for me..."
"Okay, I don’t know what kind of title you want from the guest; I have three-flavored fish and four pieces of fish for a drink here; I have five dishes of fish and six pieces of fish for my drinks. If there are many people, there are still big ones. The eight-color fish and twelve bowls of fish and vegetables on the table..."
"In addition to copper coins, if it is a meat ticket, cloth ticket, food ticket or blue-printed hospitality coupon from a supply and marketing cooperative, it can be used at a discount."
"Give me six pieces of fish, but the fish needs to be deep-fried, the meat needs to be mixed with vinegar and garlic, and the belly soup needs to be more spicy..."
—I am the dividing line —
In the mountains and plains of Xiazhou,
"It's the demon tower built by this thief army..."
Someone pointed to the mountainside of the big river rushing in the distance, and most of the siding signal towers were already built; they gritted their teeth and faced the many faces of various expressions holding swords, firewood axes, fork handles, clubs and hammers behind them. The Tao:
"Master Zhang Yu has done it with his own eyes. This is suppressed on the ground veins of our countryside, and it has destroyed the geomantic atmosphere of the place;"
"If you can't get rid of this damage in time, don't say you want the weather to be smooth in the future, I'm afraid that floods and droughts will continue for years..."
"Furthermore, according to the news of people who fled from the east, once this demon tower is erected, the thieves within dozens of miles will come and go, and the response will be like the wind. If you can't get rid of it early, That's endless harm." (End of this chapter)