Li Er and Xiao Jiu had lunch cooked by Mrs. Xu at home and then went to open up wasteland in the fields.
Originally they had to train in the afternoon, and they both had dinner before going out to open up new fields. Unexpectedly, they suddenly received a notice that there would be no training this afternoon, so the two wanted to seize the time and open up new fields.
Sister-in-law Xu and Li Er have been registered as husband and wife in the village's household registration book. Although Li Er has not yet wanted her, the two have slept together for many days and truly regard him as their husband.
Seeing that he was about to go out, he mustered up the courage to say: "I, I have half an acre of mountain land, and there is no need to open up wasteland... You two have been tired all morning, so please rest at home!"
Li Er grabbed a hoe and carried it, and said warmly: "As you said before, the village will distribute food to you based on the amount of food you turn in. If we open more fields, it will always be beneficial in the future!"
Li Jiu picked up Xiao Qi, kissed her little face, and said with a smile: "Aunt Xu, you don't know, new refugees have come to the village every day in the past few days, and the wasteland is getting less and less. If you don't grab it, in the future,
You won’t be able to grab it!”
Xiao Qi smiled and stuffed a vegetable dumpling into Li Jiu's mouth.
Sister-in-law Xu has a weak temperament and has no independent opinions. What she just said was the limit. After hearing what Li Er said, she stopped trying to persuade her and just said: "Come back early for dinner!"
The two agreed and went out with their hoes.
Just a few steps along the village road, a short and thin man ran over quickly and said to Li Er: "Brother Li, I remember you said you could ride a horse, right?"
That man was the elder of the two, an old soldier from Longtan Village named Qian Luzi.
Li Erdao: "Yes."
Qian Luzi said happily: "That's good, you come with me quickly." He took his hand and walked away. Seeing Li Jiu also following, he waved his hand and said: "Xiao Jiu, you go back, you don't have to follow."
Li Er stood still and said: "Sir, what happened? Aren't we not going to train this afternoon?"
He was much stronger than Qian Donkey. When he stood still, Qian Donkey immediately stopped holding him and said hurriedly: "There is a big deal in the village. The military advisor has issued an order. Only people who can ride horses will be selected for this deal!" p>
Li Er was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "As expected, we still have to rob." Feeling a little disappointed, he waved to Li Jiu to go back to rest, and followed Qian Luzi to Qianshan Square.
More than two hundred people have gathered in the square, as well as more than two hundred horses. Centurions such as Wang Da and Shan Zhu are allocating horses to everyone.
The centurion of Li Er and Qian Luzi was Geng Si, so they found Geng Si.
"Brother Geng, I have found another brother who can ride a horse in our team!" Qian Luzi asked for credit with a smile.
Geng Si patted him on the shoulder, looked up at Li Er, and said, "Can you... shoot... archery...?" He stuttered.
Li Er said in a deep voice: "I know a little bit."
Geng Si nodded, took out a bow from behind and handed it to Li Er, raising his chin: "Try... try it!"
Li Er took the bow and held it lightly, knowing that it was a heavy bow. He grabbed the handle of the bow with one hand and the string with the other, and pulled the bow to the full with ease.
Geng Si was overjoyed, patted Li Er on the shoulder and said: "Good... good brother!"
Not long after, Li Er was assigned to a team of more than thirty people, under the command of a centurion named Wang Da, and received a horse and a heavy bow.
The bow is good, but the horse is very poor.
Li Er knew that the stockade had recently obtained two hundred good horses. He was still confused as to how the stockade got these good horses.
Now I finally guessed that it was a robbery.
He didn't get a share of the two hundred good horses. What he was given was an old horse, but it was still in good spirits. Apparently there were experts in raising horses in the village.
After a while, someone gave Li Er a long gun. The head of the gun had obviously been maintained and was still sharp. The barrel should be made of sword spine wood.
Although this kind of wood is hard, its elasticity is not as good as that of beef tendon wood gun shafts.
Everyone stayed in the square until Youshi, when a circle of villagers slowly gathered in the distance. Li Er saw Xiaojiu holding Xiaoqi, who was also in the crowd. The little girl waved to him from a distance.
The crowd was talking in low voices, but the plan this time was top secret. No one knew what the village was going to do when so many people gathered there, and some Xinzhai residents felt a little uneasy.
After a while, the crowd suddenly separated. Zhang Yangquan, the Qin sisters and Guo Niansheng came to Qianshan Square. Wang Da went forward to report: "The three village leaders and military advisors have been assembled."
Zhang Yangquan looked at the sky and said: "Let everyone eat on the spot, and then set off after eating!"
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "There is an old rule in the village. Every time before setting off, the brothers will have a good meal. Military advisor, will you make a meat bun for everyone?"
Zhang Yangquan nodded and agreed. Everyone had a meal of meat buns and led their horses down the mountain together. Zhang Yangquan and the Qin sisters went out in full force this time, leaving only Guo Niansheng to guard the village.
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The night is dark and the sky is full of stars. In Jiangdu City, the sound of gongs and drums at the second watch can be faintly heard.
Zhang Mingjian and Zhao Ping's troops were resting two miles away from the city gate. The bandits were no more sophisticated than the troops, and they didn't have tents to shelter them from the wind, so they slept in the open air.
Zhang Mingjian, Zhao Ping and several leaders of Qingyi Village gathered around a fire, drinking wine and eating meat, having a great time.
Like them, a mountain stronghold blocked a gate of Jiangdu City, forcing the officers and soldiers to retreat. In the future, if the word spreads, Zhang Mingjian's name will be known to the whole world!
In troubled times, if you have a reputation, people will come to seek refuge. The development and growth of Qingyi Village is just around the corner!
Only Zhao Ping was worried. He had been sending people to monitor the north gate of Jiangdu, but he did not see a single messenger leaving the city, indicating that Polo Buhua did not send anyone to ask Wang Mengge to come back for reinforcements!
His family knew about his family affairs, and he had been secretly in contact with the Red Scarf Army. He knew that the morale of his own army was poor. If he could not deceive Brother Wang Meng back, the Red Scarf Army would not be able to defeat the Yuan army.
However, at this point, he had no choice but to hope that Polo would send out messengers again tomorrow.
The night was getting darker, and except for the bandits who were keeping watch, everyone else began to fall asleep. At this moment, in the silence, the sound of horse hooves could be faintly heard.
Zhang Mingjian and Zhao Ping stood up almost at the same time. They both looked suspicious and listened carefully, suspecting that the Yuan soldiers in the city wanted to make a sneak attack at night.
After a while, Zhang Mingjian heard the sound coming from behind and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, other people also heard the sound of horse hooves and looked up one after another.
Under the starlight, I saw a bandit from Qingyi Village galloping towards me. He dismounted from afar, rolled and crawled over, and shouted: "Master of the village, it's not good, someone is attacking our village!" Zhang Mingjian picked him up and said angrily: "Who is so bold? Huangyazhai?"
The bandit said hoarsely: "It's Longtan Village!"
Zhang Mingjian was startled for a moment, kicked the bandit away, gritted his teeth and said: "Bitch, you are so bold! Come, prepare your horses, and the cavalry will follow me back to the stronghold for rescue. Zhaolong, you and the others will follow.
!"
Zhao Ping was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to catch him: "Zhang Zhai Leader, do you want to retreat?"
Zhang Mingjian glared at him: "My old nest is about to be taken away. In three days, you will let me and a bunch of brothers drink the northwest wind?"
Zhao Ping also knew that it was impossible to persuade Zhang Mingjian to stay in this situation, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll go with you, we will quickly solve the Longtan Village, and then come back quickly!"
Zhang Mingjian patted him on the shoulder: "This is a good friend! You take the people with Zhaolong, I will go first, you come here quickly!"
After saying that, he got on his horse and headed back to the village with more than two hundred riders.