0024 The villagers dominate the water
"What's going on?"
Li Tai ran back to the manor from the hillside, found Li Zhusheng who was convening the troops, and pointed to the villagers gathered on the west side of the Border Stone and asked.
"After mowing the grass, you have to plough it. After ploughing, you have to plough it, you have to plough it. I sent a few people to the canal to observe the water, and then I was chased and beaten by the villagers. Three escaped, and two were captured and beaten by them."
Hearing Li Zhusheng say this, Li Tai's face suddenly pulled down. Seeing that there were hundreds of people from outside Jieshi gathering, they waved their weapons and sticks and kept scolding. The two of their own groups were tied into the crowd and spitting and beating.
"Take me on horseback!"
When Li Tai saw this scene, he was already furious and shouted directly. Soon all the strong men working everywhere gathered.
Seeing the troops of all the troops holding bows and swords, Li Tailiu pondered and said, "Don't use a sharp blade to distribute sticks and sticks. Get rid of the scattered, goose head, filial pony, get on the horse, and take back your companions first!"
Li Tai turned over the horse, but did not receive the horse spear handed over by his troops. He picked up a long stick and rushed straight to the crowd opposite. Li Quji and others also rode their horses to follow him, while Li Zhusheng shouted in the back: "Come on the left formation! The good man who wins his life in the battle formation will not allow the thieves to harm the village!"
The people in the village opposite were self-respecting that there were many people, but they did not expect that the people in the pastoral countryside were so strong. They were still shouting and scolding, but when they saw Li Tai rushing towards him with a horse and holding a stick, they suddenly became a little panicked.
"Friends, take out the blood of Guansai Erlang and kill these foreign thieves who invaded my country!"
A strong villager who was leading the team raised his hoe and smashed Li Tai who was rushing towards him. Li Tai was about to shake the stick and stab him until he was close to him. The stick shook slightly and swept the man's armpit.
With the power of the stick and the horse's stance, the man was swept away directly. Li Tai's long stick was crossed, and more than a dozen villagers on the road ahead were swept down. The good horse under his crotch had not yet declined, and the villagers who had no time to hide were knocked away one after another.
Seeing that he was coming fiercely, the people on the back also fled from both sides. Soon the formation of the villagers was drilled through the middle. Li Quji and several others rushed up and consciously rode their horses north. Although there were only a few riders, they were hard to bear. Soon the formation of the villagers was cut into a gap several feet wide.
"Those who abandon the stick will not chase, and those who hold the stick will chase and fight!"
Li Tai returned from the back road and the many people who were running away in the fields became even more chaotic. He picked up the villagers who were still waving their sticks and wielding their sticks like a snake in his hand. There were four or five brave villagers who were still waiting to be surrounded, but before they could get close, they were knocked down by him.
"Uncle Jiu's leg was broken by this foreign thief!"
A cry of sorrow sounded in the chaotic villager's circle. The villagers who were originally separated showed their indignation after hearing the sound and gathered together one after another.
At this time, Li Zhusheng also led the soldiers of his troops to rush up and swung them all the way from the chaos of the left line. The just-gathered villager formation was rushed again.
Although there were no broken limbs and broken arms in the village fighting, and the flesh and blood were flying tragically, when it comes to the hedging in the battle formation, these mobs of the villagers were not opponents of Li Tai's troops.
Most of these people are old soldiers in the army, and they are commonplace in life and death, but they have a voice command and guidance, and they have no retreat. Although there are not many members, their momentum is not something that the villagers can do. Soon, the formation of hundreds of villagers was dispersed. Although the father and son were close relatives, they could not cooperate in this chaotic scene.
Soon, some villagers fled in fear. With the first one, there was a second one. The formation of hundreds of people fled in an instant.
At this moment, the group had already made a real fire. Although some villagers beg for mercy, they were inevitably fisted and kicked.
Seeing that the villagers no longer had the courage to gather, Li Tai stopped and ordered: "Sweep the ground, pick up farm tools and captives, and those who were injured were arrested, and those who were injured were digging trenches! Distribute bows and arrows, and those who dared to get closer were shot and chased, and no matter how dead or injured they were killed or injured!"
In addition to those escaping villagers, more than fifty were left behind, either exhausted or injured.
Seven or eight villagers who were injured and broken bones were dragged back to the pastoral camp, and more than 40 who were still able to move were all driven to the edge of the canal. Under the threats and scolding of the troops, they were frightened and lost their souls. They waved their hoes or used their hands and feet to dig out a large gap in the canal.
"Dig from here, dig all the way into my countryside. I want to stand up and don't want to dig hard!"
Li Taylor stood in the field with a blue face roaring.
From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to be enemies with the villagers, but it didn't mean he had to be tolerant in everything.
It is now late spring and early summer, and the villagers have already cultivated their fields in time, but these villagers still gathered and did not allow their families to use water. This is no longer a matter of robbing water for a livelihood, but simply trying to exclude them, such as foreigners.
Is it tolerable, who can't bear it?
The villagers gathered nearby did not have the courage to gather again for the time being. Those captured villagers could only dig ditches with great force under the threat of bows and swords.
But nearly an hour later, the dust was flying on the southern country road, and a team of nearly a hundred knights passed through the fields and were galloping towards it.
Li Tai had long expected that the soil dug by the villagers was ordered to pile up into a trench. Seeing that the team of knights approached, he ordered: "Carry the array behind the ditch and distribute the bow and knife!"
"You are waiting for the evildoers in other countries to take my statement yesterday as a singular voice!"
The team of knights rushed over quickly. The leader was Zhou Changming, the garrison leader whom Shang Yangshu saw yesterday. At this time, he no longer looked like an old farmer with mud on his legs. He was wearing half of his body of iron armor, holding a long sword, with a horse bow across the saddle, and a Hu Lu arrow hanging on his waist. He stood in front of the horse ditch, and Li Tai shouted angrily.
"Zhou Shuzhu saved me..."
When the villagers who were forced to dig trenches when they saw the rescuers coming, they shouted loudly, and some people fled over the ditches.
Li Tai was also holding a horse spear at this moment, ignoring the escaped prisoners, and sneered in anger at Zhou Changming: "In the battle of Mangshan a month ago, tens of thousands of thieves in the east cannot stop me from returning to power! The big tour station rewarded me at the front and gave me a mu of land to make a living in Guanxi. The evil people in the thief village stopped me from rushing to plough water, which would be no different from my life!
If Zhou dares to cross this ditch, he will be divided into life and death today! My husband will die if he dies. If this village does not flow into a river, I will let down my ancestors! Come and fight!"
When Zhou Changming heard Li Tai's shouting, his face became quite ugly for a moment. As the lord of the village, he certainly put the guardians of the local people first, but when he heard Li Tai's shouting, it seemed that the villagers were provoking them first.
Although Shangyuan is located in the countryside, it is still close to the outskirts of Huazhou. After hearing Li Tai’s declaration of a great ceremony, Zhou Changming would inevitably be afraid of being afraid of the enemy after hearing Li Tai’s declaration of a great ceremony.
At this time, several prisoners from the village also fled over the ditches and begged Zhou Changming to rescue and revenge.
Zhou Changming changed his mind and asked in a deep voice: "Why did he start to fight?"
"Yes, it was the former West Party Chief Zhao and the County Commander Shi. They sent slaves to tell the villagers that these foreign thieves were arrogant and wanted to punish the villagers for their crime of privately moving the border stones. They also wanted to expand the garden to the Luoshui River... and called on the villagers not to allow them to use water and suppress these foreign politeness..."
Several villagers dared not hide it, so they told the reason for the incident in a trembling voice.
After hearing this, Zhou Changming's face became even bluer and said angrily: "You plant the fields and weed them with peace of mind. What should you do if you are blocking the canal? The fields cannot be planted and there is nowhere to come out. What is the difference between killing people? The hometown feelings of our ancestors teach you to bully foreign tourists like this and kill people by killing people by abandoning the land!"
"How dare we? It's just that the big families in the village, they don't like outsiders to take root in the village... The few families that are good at moving the border stones are all poor families in the village. I really can't bear to see their officials asking for death."
"Stop talking! Go home quickly and don't cause trouble!"
Zhou Changming angrily scolded again, drove the villagers away, then turned over and got off the horse, clasped his fist at Li Tai through the ditch and said, "This husband, this husband, today's trouble is unreasonable. Regardless of the good and evil of the hometown, the land is always innocent, and the people's food is the basis, and abandoning farming is a sin. Before, the public land was abandoned, and the poor households in the village could not bear it, so they occupied it... If the husband had me in his eyes, then I would take the liberty to do an arbitration. The farmland was collected by the acres of invaded land, and half of the compensation was lost, which was limited to three years. This matter depends on the village, and there is no need to pass the husband. What should I do if the husband thought?"
Li Tai was so angry that he was not a cause for the countryside to be occupied by the villagers. After hearing this, he said, "Although I am a visitor from other places, I know that the villagers have a difficult life. I am not at ease with the short and long fields. But these people in the villages protect the canals and the water disturbed my livelihood and could not tolerate it!"
When Zhou Changming heard this, he felt a little fond of Li Tai. After pondering for a moment, he said again: "I led the village soldiers to this point and realized that the mistake was in the village. The village righteousness was still straight but did not protect the evil. He should admit it if he had any mistakes. So he helped the village soldiers build the canals and enter the garden without trauma. He thanked the husband Gaoyi to give the land to the poor households in my village!"
Many disputes and struggles are not just about the solution by force. After hearing Zhou Changming say this, Li Tai also slightly changed his mind about the garrison leader who was still domineering and arrogant yesterday.
He handed the horse spear to his subordinates, turned over and dismounted, pointed to the ditches and said, "This is indeed a mistake in the village. The Lord of Zhou Shu was willing to support righteousness, so I accepted it with a smile. He did not let the village soldiers do it in vain. When the canal entered my garden, Xie Yi gave it to me. As for whether the villagers invaded the fields, I did not know or ask if I entered the village for a short time."
When Zhou Changming heard this, he took a step back and bowed to Li Taishen: "I met him for the first time yesterday, and I was offensive! I will be together in this village in the future. But if you ask me, I will never refuse!"
Chapter completed!