Chapter 32 Drive away the bandits and collect the corpses
Chapter 32: Drive away the bandits, collect the corpses and reward them
At this time, the city of Deyang was really in chaos. The people were in chaos, and the bandits were gradually in chaos, because no one could find the leader Xia Guang since they entered the city. The bandits had no order and no restrictions on each other.
The entire city of Deyang was in chaos.
Even the elite bandits who surrounded the Yamen were a little confused at this time. After all, they just wanted to grab a handful and leave, and did not plan to stay in Deyang permanently. Even if they wanted to stay, they could not afford to live in Deyang. Deyang
There are three guard posts around, with a total of more than 20,000 men and horses. Once they occupy Deyang, the court will definitely not give up. Not only the 20,000 men and horses, but also many more men and horses will rush back. By then, they will be wiped out like slags and oars.
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There was silence in the yamen. Everyone looked at Wang Xunfeng. Wang Xunfeng's face turned red and white at this moment. His grandson was actually taken away by the lama as a living Buddha. What is this?
During the Yuan Dynasty, the lamas brought trouble to the Central Plains and committed heinous crimes. Although hundreds of years have passed, the seeds of hatred have not completely disappeared. Wang Xunfeng hated lamas very much. In the past, if he saw him in
The lamas who walked in the city were whipped several times at least. Wang Xunfeng now felt that Wang Renfu might as well have died outside just now, so that he could have no descendants from the Wang family!
Chang Xiao stood on the wall and suddenly said: "There is something wrong with the bandits outside. They want to withdraw!"
After hearing this, everyone stood up one after another, and several government officials who stood on the wall and looked out also said excitedly: "These bandits really want to leave!"
Originally, the bandits were always whistling like the wind, coming to grab something and then leaving. This time they were so bold that they dared to attack the city. It was really against the norm. The behavior of the bandits at this time was normal.
Everyone felt relaxed when they heard this. As expected, there were sounds of footsteps walking in the distance outside, but Wang Xunfeng's brows furrowed. Before he could speak, Chang Xiao said again: "Be careful, they are probably coming."
They are cheating, be careful they come back!"
Wang Xunfeng and Huang Lingsong also touched the wall and looked out.
Sure enough, we saw that the bandits were gradually retreating, and only a few bandits were still entrenched at the gate of the government office.
A short moment later, outside the yamen wall, a burst of fire suddenly shot up into the sky, and a package wrapped in a quilt and burning with blazing flames was thrown in. Then the surroundings of the yamen burst into flames, from all directions and every corner.
Throw the torch in.
At one time, hundreds of torches were thrown into the yamen, turning the yamen into a sea of fire.
This hand is too bad. Houses in this era are all made of wood, especially the yamen. Moreover, this yamen has been built for I don’t know how many years ago, and the wood is dry and rotten. It is autumn again, and the weather is dry.
Basically, anything will catch fire.
As soon as the fire started, the smoke started to rise, especially the smoke from those quilts, which was extremely choking. There seemed to be some grass wrapped in it, and the smell was so spicy that it made people unable to open their eyes.
There was really no one left in the yamen, so Wang Xunfeng and Huang Lingsong each led their sergeants and yamen servants to attack outside.
There were seventy or eighty people behind Chang Xiao. After two groups of sergeants and government officials rushed out one after another, Chang Xiao also rushed out of the gate with others.
This battle lasted until dawn. Unexpectedly, less than three hundred people drove all the bandits out of the city. Even Chang Xiao couldn't explain the reason. The victory came inexplicably.
In short, by daybreak, most of the bandits who broke into the city had been driven out of the city.
In fact, the bandits had already begun to scatter. When the little leaders discovered that Sole Light was missing, they felt that something was wrong. Originally, they did not agree with the attack on the city, but Sole Light insisted on going his own way, and now he is gone.
Without a trace, these little leaders were sweating from behind, and left with their men one after another. Most of the remaining bandits in the city were newly recruited refugees. These refugees didn't have enough to eat. How could they be expected to fight with them?
Do soldiers and government officials fight against each other?
Although this battle was won, it was also a miserable victory.
Wang Xunfeng received countless knives all over his body. Huang Lingsong simply died in the battle. Half of the body was found, and the other half was unknown. This result is not surprising. Wang Xunfeng rushed forward because he had been rushing to kill him for most of his life.
Well, Huang Songling, a powerless civil servant, rushed forward. Isn't that looking for death?
But Chang Xiao knew that Huang Lingsong was looking for death. He killed his wife and children. Who would still want to live? If he died cleanly, he would die early and be reunited soon!
Chang Xiao was also covered in blood. He had been stabbed up and down seven or eight times, but they were all flesh wounds. The problem was not serious. The key was that he was severely out of strength. He led the dozens of servants behind him forward, and almost all the enemies.
He faced them all directly. Of the more than ninety servants Chang Xiao brought out, there were still more than thirty left in the end. He also found a dozen injured among the dead, so half of the manpower was lost.
Basically half of Deyang City was in ruins. The fire at the Yamen didn't stop until the next day, and all the files and everything were burned down.
Deyang City has become like this. Wang Xunfeng blames himself very much. In addition, he was seriously injured and has been in a semi-conscious state. He is hot all over and has a high fever. Chang Xiao went to see him twice, knowing that Wang Xunfeng might not survive this life.
It's been a day or two.
Order was quickly restored in Deyang City. It has to be said that this era has its advantages. People are not so independent. Everyone relies on relatives or large families to survive. Each of these relatives is like a needle that fixes the sea.
, it is easy to make waves, but it is also very easy to stabilize. Coupled with the suppression of those wealthy families and nobles, most of the chaos was calmed down almost in the afternoon of the second day after the bandits entered the city. In addition, the Ming Dynasty
A set of filing methods is also very effective. Although Deyang City has lost its city guard and prefect, it is not unmanaged.
All those with official status, including the gentry, mobilized to demolish damaged houses, clean up the corpses in the city, and search for hidden bandits!
The bandits only wreaked havoc for one night, and later became a mess because they had no command, so only a limited amount of food was taken away. It can be maintained for the time being, and people will not starve to death.
But now it is late autumn, and we need to speed up the reconstruction of houses, otherwise people may freeze to death if there are a few more autumn rains. Fortunately, the weather is getting colder and drier, so there is no need to worry about the emergence of diseases.
Chang Xiao has also been busy these days, but he is not busy helping Deyang rebuild. He is looking for doctors, immortal masters to hire people, and looking for the bodies of dead and injured servants.
It's not that he doesn't want to help Deyang rebuild, but that he can't take care of himself. There are more than a dozen seriously injured people, and the remaining more than 30 subordinates are injured, including himself. Among all the servants, only Ping'er is uninjured.
It can be said to be extremely lucky.
Chang Xiao envied those who could abandon their men and devote themselves to various reconstruction activities after fighting a war, but here he could only settle down his men in a panic.
It took Chang Xiao and others two full days to find all the corpses of the dead servants. Some of the corpses were scattered, but Chang Xiao insisted on finding the whole body. It took a long time, but the servants had no complaints.
Chang Xiao understands a truth. If you want others to work hard for you, then there is a basic principle that must be guaranteed, that is, they can have dignity after death. If they cannot even get basic dignity after death, then you
No matter how much money you give them, they won't sincerely sacrifice their lives for you. They only sacrifice their lives for the sake of money.
So after Chang Xiao gathered more than 40 corpses, he spent a lot of money to hire people to sew up all the wounds on the corpses to ensure that each corpse was complete. Then he burned each one by himself and used the best to burn the ashes.
The good jars were filled and sent back to Wufeng County. The procedures were meticulous and there was no sloppiness in the slightest.
Chang Xiao didn't say anything, and the Chang family's servants didn't say anything either, but they all saw Chang Xiao's actions.
According to what Manager Lin said, the family of each deceased person will receive one hundred taels of burial expenses, and if there are children in the family, they can also attend private schools and go to school for free. And they themselves were directly given fifty taels of silver by Chang Xiao.
Knowing that more than twenty taels of silver can buy a maid, their annual salary is only thirty taels. With this money, they can get a real wife and buy some daily necessities. Naturally, everyone is extremely happy.
That's enough, it's worth it! Brothers did not die in vain! This battle was not in vain! That's enough!
The reason for looking for the immortal master is because Chang Xiao encountered too many evil things along the way. Deyang is not his final destination. He has to rush to the capital and there are still many roads to go, so he urgently needs to find some magic masters.
character.
Unfortunately, we did find some Taoist priests, divine men and the like in the city, and even some immortal masters who were said to be very famous. However, after Chang Xiao asked them to demonstrate a few times, he realized that they were all swindlers and swindlers.
Chang Xiao had also seen Science at first, and he had some understanding of those mysterious deception methods. Even he himself knew how to use them. Not to mention Chang Xiao, even Manager Lin couldn't pass the test.
Then there is hiring manpower, which is easy to handle. After the war, it is a very simple matter to find a few young people who have no way to survive. Manager Lin and Chang You are concerned about these things, but Chang Xiao doesn't care much about this aspect.
On the third day, a sergeant hurriedly came to find Chang Xiao. Chang Xiao looked at the sergeant who was sweating profusely and pulled him away without saying a word, and knew that Wang Xunfeng was probably dead.
Chang Xiao has a very good impression of Wang Xunfeng. Although he has not had much contact with him, in Chang Xiao's eyes, Wang Xunfeng is a full-fledged soldier, with all the courage and advantages that a soldier should have.
When Chang Xiao arrived in a hurry, he was surprised to find that Wang Xunfeng was no longer lying down but sitting up leaning on the head of the bed. He was in good spirits, his face was rosy, and his whole face was radiant.
Chang Xiao was overjoyed at first, and then he realized that this was just a flashback. This radiant appearance was burning the last part of his life.
When Wang Xunfeng saw Chang Xiao coming, he smiled heartily and waved to him.
Chang Xiao quickly walked a few steps to the bed.
Wang Xunfeng reached out and took Chang Xiao's hand. Seeing Chang Xiao's face turned gloomy, he laughed and said: "The general died in a hundred battles and his body was returned wrapped in horse leather. This is a great blessing. It is also an honor to die on the battlefield. Otherwise, wait until I
I died of old age. When I got down there and met those old brothers, they asked me how I died. How shameful would it be if I told them that I died of old age? Haha!"
Chang smiled when he heard the words, and he also smiled. Yes, a man should die in a certain way, just like in his previous life. The cause of death was immediate, and he was considered a romantic ghost. Although it was a bit unbearable, it was worth it. At least he died in a serious way.
Ordinary.
Wang Xunfeng has obviously completely looked away. He has spent most of his life going back and forth on the battlefield, and he probably doesn't care about life and death that much anymore.
Seeing Chang Xiao smiled, Wang Xunfeng showed a satisfied look on his face. He looked at Chang Xiao up and down, then sighed and said: "You are very good. Mr. Chang has a good grandson, but I am just surprised that he is a
How could Wen Chen give birth to a full-blooded grandson like you? Tsk tsk, what a blessing, what a blessing!"
Chang laughed at this and didn't know what to say, so he laughed along with it.