Chapter 99 The most important thing is to rely on yourself
In the county hall of Zhangyu County, Du Hui was sitting there on his knees, listening to the reports from subordinate officials.
"The supplies from the state have arrived, and our county has to raise some more. At least we are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case..." Xie Ru, the county magistrate, raised his head and glanced at Du Hui.
Du Hui said coldly: "While the weather is fine, take out the food to dry when it's time to dry it. If it becomes moldy, whoever takes care of it will take it away directly."
"Yes!" Xie Ru scratched his gray hair and was about to continue when a voice came from outside.
"Mingfu!"
A sergeant appeared outside the duty room, looking anxious.
"Say!" Du Hui nodded.
The sergeant took a breath and said, "Someone came to report earlier and discovered that Deng Hu and a group of horse thieves had gone to Taiping."
"Mingfu!" Xie Ru held the document and looked at Du Hui.
Du Hui was startled, picked up the water glass, and drank slowly.
"How many people?"
He asked the question in a calm and unhurried manner, as calmly as a veteran who had been there for many years.
The Ming Mansion was really calm... The sergeant secretly praised it and said, "It's three to four hundred, and it's even more powerful than before."
Xie Ru tapped the case with the document in his hand and suddenly realized, "Deng Hu and others failed in their last raid on Taiping. They come here again this time for revenge. The Ming Dynasty..."
Xie Ru and the sergeant both looked at Du Hui.
Du Hui squinted and looked ahead. Just when Xie Ru wanted to speak, he said slowly: "Send someone to scout."
Xie Ru was startled, "Mingfu, I'm afraid it's too late!"
Du Hui looked at him and said indifferently: "If we go to rescue now, if Deng Hu and others make a circle and attack Zhang Yu County, which is defenseless, who will defend it? You or me?"
"Yes!" Xie Ru trembled, "Yes."
Du Hui's face turned slightly bright, "I am first and foremost the magistrate of Zhangyu County. My first duty is to take care of Zhangyu County. Now that the enemy's situation is unclear, how can I send troops? Go and find out the news quickly."
"Take your orders!" the sergeant ran away.
In the check-in room behind you.
Xie Ru lowered his head and continued reading.
Du Hui sat upright with a cold expression.
The index finger followed Xie Ru's voice and tapped the table gently.
Silent, breathless!
…
Deng Hu was stunned at this moment.
"Brother, the Tang army is attacking."
"kill!"
Rows of prisoners shouted in unison and raised their guns to kill.
Those horse thieves either blocked wildly or hid behind their companions.
A brave horse thief roared and rushed over with a long knife that was more generous than others.
"kill!"
Assassinated with a spear, the horse thief swung his knife, cut off the spear, and prepared to kill with a grin.
"kill!"
The spears in the second row stabbed steadily into the horse thief's abdomen, stirred hard, and retracted the spears.
The horse thief slowly knelt down and looked desperately at the criminal who had put away his gun.
He was so calm!
"kill!"
Lin Da went forward with his companions.
He saw the horse thieves turning around.
This is preparation for an escape.
The opportunity has come!
"assault!"
Someone shouted loudly.
"Come forward!"
"Keep the array!"
The somewhat chaotic formation was rearranged, and the attack was delayed for a moment.
When the horse thieves got this moment, most of them turned around and ran away.
"Help!"
Someone was left behind, dragging a wounded leg and crying.
From the array trotting behind him, a spear pierced his lower back.
"The enemy army was defeated." Yang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said contemptuously: "Pursuit!"
"Pursuit!"
The array began to become chaotic, and everyone was running. Lin Da was wrapped in it, and from time to time he stepped on the horse thieves who were still alive.
"withdraw!"
Zhuang Sheng shouted to his confidants to evacuate, and gave Deng Hu a vicious look, "Thief, it was your good idea to ruin the brothers!"
Deng Hu drew his sword and charged forward.
Is this idiot going to die alone?
Zhuang Sheng felt happy.
He also shouted hypocritically: "Withdraw!"
The two of them intertwined.
The long knife waved.
Zhuang Sheng's head fell to the ground, still looking in disbelief.
Deng Hu shouted, "Zhuang Sheng colluded with the Tang army and has been killed by me. Withdraw!"
The horse thieves fled in panic, and Deng Hu was protected by his confidants and evacuated. While beating the horse and galloping, he looked back.
Those horse thieves who did not have time to mount their horses were easily caught up and killed by the prisoners from the death camp.
Some horse thieves knelt down and cried, asking to surrender.
"The Ming Dynasty has issued an order. These horse thieves are full of evil and Taiping has no food to feed them, so they should be killed."
The spears stabbed intensively, and the horse thieves who were kneeling on the ground were swept away.
Deng Hu gasped for breath and felt his heart contracting. He couldn't help shouting to the sky with such heartache.
"ah……"
Clang clang clang!
Someone was knocking on the city wall, no, knocking on an iron plate.
The pursuing criminals turned back.
"Let's go and have a look."
Yang Xuan dismounted and slowly walked into the battlefield where corpses were scattered everywhere.
The appearance of the corpses was not good-looking, and the pain and panic before death made the faces extremely distorted and all kinds of weird.
The injured war horse was whining and whining beside him.
Zhao Youcai and Diao She trotted over and saluted.
“Well done!”
Yang Xuan patted their shoulders seriously.
Cao Ying saw the crazy reverence in their eyes, and thought that if Lang Jun let them die now, he would be happy to do so.
Prisoners from the death camp were standing there one after another, and wherever Yang Xuan went, they all saluted.
"Thank you for your hard work." Yang Xuan turned around and ordered: "Order the people in the city to go out to clean the battlefield. All the gains will be returned to the public, and the rewards will be distributed uniformly."
"In addition, the captured horses should be gathered together. We should also have cavalry and scouts."
Diao She was overjoyed, but then became confused, "In the Ming Dynasty, brothers can collect the corpses, so why call the people."
"You don't understand." Yang Xuan didn't explain.
The people in the city have been waiting for news.
Food, clothing, housing, transportation, birth, old age, illness and death are the necessities of a person's life.
Zhang Qifa, who is like a bamboo pole that can be blown down by a gust of wind, runs a coffin shop, but as one of the three business giants in the city, Zhang Qifa also runs a counter-travel business.
In front is the reverse journey, behind is the coffin.
So Zhang Qifa occupied both food, clothing, housing and transportation, birth, old age, illness and death.
From the moment the death camp left the city, Zhang Qifa was anxious.
He squatted inside the gate, trembling all over, while his wife and children behind him were calmer.
When the shouts of death came, Zhang Qifa turned around and went in, cursing: "Why are you still squatting? Hurry up and carry the baggage. Do you have enough money to sew the corners of the two children's clothes?"
His wife nodded, "It's sewn."
Zhang Qifa picked up his burden and looked at his property. He couldn't help but feel sad, "How can I give up such an inheritance?"
The shouting outside suddenly became loud.
"Could it be that the city has been breached?" Zhang Qifa trembled all over, "We ran fast five years ago, and we will still do the same this time. Be prepared. I will hold Erlang and you hold Dalang. If there is any chaos, we will run away."
The whole family was waiting, shaking like chaff.
The sound of horse hooves came suddenly.
"Enter the city!"
Zhang Qifa leaned over and picked up his second son, "Let's go!"
"The Ming government has issued an order that the people in the city can go out of the city to collect the corpses, and they will be rewarded afterwards!"
"What?" Zhang Qifa heard the sound and looked out, and saw a horse rushing over. On the horse was Zhen Siwen.
"Victory?" an old man shouted.
Zhen Siwen said proudly: "If the Ming Dynasty's command is determined, our army will win a great victory!"
Zhang Qifa put down his youngest son, clasped his hands and prayed: "Thank you to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and thank you to Yang Ming Mansion."
He said with a red face: "We have won a big victory. Those horse thieves are just a mob. How smart is the Ming government? How can they be invincible? Hahahaha!"
The family next door rushed out, and the last one shouted: "Zhang Langjun, go collect the corpses and make money!"
Zhang Qifa said reservedly: "Do I need the money? Go ahead!"
Looking back, he said to his wife with dissatisfaction: "Nothing else, hurry up and bake the pancakes and send them to the county house later. After all, it's a kindness."
In the backyard of the county house, Yi Niang knelt on the mat and prayed softly.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to keep me safe..."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, you are not as good as a weak man, he works hard for big things. Hard work is nothing, your Majesty still has to fight, you still have to go... Your Majesty, your Majesty once said that you hope that your Majesty will be an ordinary person. If your Majesty is alive in heaven,
Just bless your husband and let him be an ordinary person..."
"Victory!"
Suddenly cheers came from outside.
Yi Niang wanted to get up, but she felt that her prayer was not over yet, and she did not respect the emperor's filial piety.
"A great victory." There were more cheers.
Yi Niang couldn't bear it any longer and said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, I'll go ahead."
All the way to the outside of the county, she saw people running out one by one. She even saw two strong men running with an old man on their backs, and she said angrily: "Why are you torturing the old man?"
The old man trembled, "The Ming government has said that those who leave the city will be rewarded on a per-head basis. Da Lang, Er Lang, please hurry up and don't be overtaken by others."
As Yi Niang stood there, people kept running past her towards the outside of the city.
She raised her head.
"Are you asking for the support of the people? That's right. Whenever the concubines in the palace get rewards, they will share them with the people below. In this way, everyone is united. Lang Jun actually understands such methods..."
She turned around and clasped her hands together, "Your Majesty, we have won a great victory."
The wind picked up the fallen leaves and fluttered in the air.
Yi Niang seemed to see the filial emperor back then. He smiled and touched the infant child and said, "Let him spend his life in peace."