Chapter 392 Rebels
Jiang Dalang and his eldest son heard the sound and ran to open the door. When they saw that it was shopkeeper Qiu, they quickly opened the threshold and led the donkey cart in.
Qiu Rong also ran out of the house. When she saw her father, mother and brother coming, she felt relieved. She helped her mother into the house and went to pack up two side rooms for them to live in.
Shopkeeper Qiu told his relatives what he saw: "Well, as soon as I left the city, I saw the city gate closed. The city gate was closed in broad daylight. Either we encountered foreign enemies or there was civil strife. Up to now, I feel worried about it. Bang bang jump, it’s so dangerous!”
Fortunately, I listened to the words of my third in-laws and my daughter, otherwise I would be locked up in the city and not be slaughtered?
After hearing this, Old Man Jiang and Jiang Dalang's faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly called Jiang Sanlang to discuss countermeasures.
The next day, Jiang Sanlang convened a meeting with the villagers and told the strange things about the county. Finally, he said: "There must be something going on over there in the county. We must be more vigilant to prevent rebels from coming. I will inform the surrounding stations about this later." Ting, let them decide.”
There are also several Wupu Inns around Qinchuan County. I don't know if they are accomplices from the county seat, so he wants to inform other counties.
Moreover, the county lieutenant of Qinchuan County had an old grudge with him, and he was not allowed to take this opportunity to retaliate against his family.
The patriarch frowned: "Could it be that the county town has also rebelled against the new dynasty?" If that is the case, it would be really bad. His grandson and the two children of the Jiang family are both newly promoted military attachés of the new dynasty. Everyone knows this.
It would be terrible if the rebels invaded the village and captured the old, weak, women and children to threaten the new dynasty army.
Thinking of this, the clan leader said again: "Sanlang, please take a few more people to inform the surrounding garrisons, and we will also arrange them in the village."
"That's exactly why I called everyone here. The first thing now is to build the village gate, and then call all the villagers in the surrounding villages to fight against the enemy together." Jiang Sanlang said.
Over the years, under the supervision of my little girl, most of the village wall has been repaired, and now only a few entrance and exit gates have not been installed.
As long as they guard the village gate, no one can break in from the other side of the wall.
One is because there is a circle of saponaria trees outside the wall, and the other is that there are several tall arrow towers beside the wall.
"Okay! Let's do it!" Everyone agreed in unison.
So, several villagers who were good at riding horses followed Jiang Sanlang to inform the post house and the garrison, while the others supplied wood and hemp rope from their homes and started building the village gate together.
There were also boys from the school who ran to other villages and notified the village leaders of other villages, asking them to bring people over quickly to help.
Chen Changsheng of the West Village couldn't sit still, so he simply notified the people of the West Village to come and help, and built a straw and bamboo shed in the East Village. Everyone in their village had to come in to take refuge, including his own family.
While everyone was busy, Yingbao took Dahuang and Xiaohei to the wild to pick up stones. No matter how big or small, as long as they can be pried, all will be put into the cave.
In a real fight, those bamboo arrows and the like wouldn't do as much damage as hitting someone with rocks, so she had to pick up more rocks.
It's a pity that there are not many highly toxic medicines that can be prepared with five colors and odorless ingredients. Otherwise, it would be easier to secretly poison those bad guys.
Even if Ma Fei Powder was used, she didn't have much on hand and couldn't numb a group of people in a short time.
Several days passed in a flash.
On this day, several teenagers who were acting as scouts suddenly ran back and shouted loudly as soon as they entered the village: "No! A group of soldiers are coming!"
Everyone was shocked and rushed to tell each other.
People in the market also ran into the village carrying baskets and pushing wheelbarrows.
Although the textile workshop also has high walls, it is not as safe as the village, so all the weaver girls ran in.
Ying Bao, like everyone else, heard the scout's cry and immediately ran to the West Village to find Mrs. Wang and asked her to come into the East Village quickly.
Mrs. Wang did not hesitate and ordered her servants to load the family's food and other items into the carriage and quickly entered the East Village.
Not long after, Ying Bao, who was standing on the high sentry tower, saw more than a thousand soldiers going up the south slope. They rummaged around in the market for a while, but when they couldn't find anything valuable, they went straight to the textile workshop.
The door of the workshop was closed tightly. They smashed it for a while, but when they couldn't open it, the leader ordered them to turn back and besiege the village.
The gate of the village is poorly made, and the inside can be seen from the outside.
But these doors are made of logs and are very strong, and the rebels cannot break through them for a while.
Ying Bao saw that it was Cao Shen who was riding on the tall horse. There was another person beside him, who seemed to be talking to him.
Ying Bao always felt that she had seen this person somewhere. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly remembered that he and Chen Changping had been together.
Thinking of the Chen Wan incident, she became a little clearer.
This person should be Yan Jinshan, Cheng Wang's confidant.
He actually colluded with Cao Shen. The dream he had might be a warning.
If the cousin's family hadn't come back, they might have killed his family.
Thinking of this, Ying Bao felt chills running down her back.
If you ignore your dreams, your cousin and your aunt's family may be killed.
Ying Bao narrowed her eyes slightly and saw those people starting to set fire to the village gate.
The gate was made of hemp rope and wood, and tied with wooden pegs. It couldn't be burned at all.
Zhang Meng stood on the sentry tower next to the village gate. He shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Several villagers standing on the guard tower began to shoot arrows at those people.
But for the first time, they used bows and arrows against officers and soldiers wearing court uniforms. They still felt sorry for them and did not dare to kill those people.
Zhang Meng was a little angry and shouted sternly: "Aim at them and shoot them. They come with so many people at once. Either they die or I die. Why are you hesitating? Are you waiting for them to kill your wives, children, and children?"
The villagers shook their hands and saw those people outside setting fire to the houses in the market. The flames shot into the sky, and they suddenly became angry. They drew their bows and shot arrows, shooting downwards without hesitation.
But the village gate has been broken open, and rebels are pouring into the village like a tide.
Ying Bao stood on the arrow tower, throwing stones downward one by one.
Next to her were her father Jiang Sanlang and Aniang Chunniang.
This sentry tower and Zhang Meng's sentry tower opposite are also two strongholds guarding the gate of the village.
If an enemy attacks, these two arrow towers can also block it.
But neither she nor her father expected that Cao Shen would bring so many people at once just to attack a village.
However, Cao Shen may not know that the village gate is only the first barrier, and there are second and third barriers behind it.
The rebels rushed into the village despite the rain of arrows and stones from the villagers, but what the hell is this circle of honey locust branches in front of them?
I saw a circle of Chinese honey locust branches piled up inside the gate, blocking all roads. The pile of branches had sharp thorns that made one's scalp numb.
The road ahead was blocked, and their heads were constantly attacked by bamboo arrows and stones. The rebels retreated in a hurry, leaving behind dozens of corpses and injured people.
Cao Shen frowned and waved his team to retreat, out of the attack range of the arrow tower.
"It seems that we can't break in from the front gate." Yan Jinshan touched his chin and said, "This village is indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, so don't take a peek. Brother Cao, your plan may take some trouble."
Cao Shen sneered: "If I can't take over a small village, how can I be worthy of becoming the king? Brother Yan, don't worry, Cao will definitely flatten the village and take all the heads and property to see the king." (End of Chapter)