Bang bang! Bang!

More than a dozen bird guns were quite loud for a while, and the miners, who had already been frightened birds, suddenly turned around, only to see a large puff of gunpowder smoke rising from the forest hillside, and everyone panicked. When the smoke cleared, I saw the generals on the hillside who were wearing helmets and armor and sticking flags on their backs raised their right hands, and a group of flag soldiers behind them held bird guns, neatly stuffed the lead pellets into the mouth of the guns, compacted them with a whole strip, and then raised the bird guns to aim at them.

At the side of the gunner, the longbowman pierced the feather arrows in front of him, holding the bow and ready to fire, and the spears, spears and swords were lined up, and the blades were unsheathed and only waiting to charge, and the momentum was really terrifying.

Silent.

Zhang Yongshou, who was besieged halfway up the mountain, was also trembling by the sound of the gun, and suddenly got up from the ground and looked in the direction from which the sound came. He was really embarrassed by the miners and suffered a big loss, the iron helmet didn't know where to throw it, and the armor was torn out of several gaps, at this time, he saw Chen Mu Xiaoqi's style one hundred and ten steps away, and taught him to raise his hand and hammer it on his chest.

"I didn't think of that!"

Why didn't he expect to stand in a place out of reach of miners!

Zhang Yongshou suffered such a big loss, and the matter of Bai Yuanjie's meritorious service was spread all over Qingyuanwei all winter, how could ordinary military households not mention it for the time being, Zhang Yongshou was very envious in his heart. Just fought a battle outside the city of Qingyuan, harvested more than ten true and false Japanese heads, and also made the first contribution to expelling the Japanese outside the city, who doesn't envy this?

The first merit, that is, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies said that it is a big or small feat, as long as the legs and feet run well, the rejection of the enemy outside the city can be said to be meritorious in defending the city!

Zhang Yongshou regretted it all winter, if he usually practiced diligently on the military households of the 100 households in Qingyuan Gorge, would there still be a matter of collapse with the Japanese Kou? If it hadn't happened, the person who was promoted to deputy Qianhu should be him Zhang Yongshou!

"This fucking is Yundao, you stupid dicks look at the white deputy Qianhu, and fight with the Japanese outside Qingyuan City, that is a person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven, Chen Erlang can now be the general flag and put a gun and smoke there." Zhang Yongshou beat his chest and paused, waved his hand and scolded his cronies, "Look at you, in the battle with the Japanese in Qingyuan Gorge, you were beaten and lost your helmet and flag, and one by one you just knew that his mother fled for her life, and the dog's bag did not get merit after the battle, and more than 20 people died!" ”

"No dead man, can I beat these miners!"

Zhang Yongshou scolded on the mountain, and the flag army around him didn't dare to come out. They really didn't have the gas to come out, they had just been killed by the miners and beat more than a dozen military households, and now there were only more than 30 people left on the mountain, relying on the firearms and crossbows in the army to get a moment of respite on the mountain, where did they still have the strength to talk these nonsense to Zhang Yongshou.

Zhang Baihu was scolding on the mountain, but the miners under the mountain were really frightened, and the appearance of the banner army that appeared on the hillside was not as easy to deal with as the more than forty people led by Zhang Yongshou. Among other things, the mere sight of a bird pointing at the crowd scared many miners.

In fact, without Zhang Yongshou's defeat in Qingyuan Gorge, Qingyuan City had a sense of crisis that was strong and unstoppable, and Bai Yuanjie might not be able to make great contributions; If it weren't for Zhang Yongshou's banner army in the chaotic battle, hundreds of miners would not be afraid of Chen Mu's more than ten bird guns.

Speaking of which, Bai Yuanjie and Chen Mu should both set up wine and thank Zhang Baihu for his affection!

But what made the miners tremble even more was not the bird gun that aimed but did not hit, it was the words in Chen Mu's mouth, "The reinforcements of the thousands of households in Qingcheng under the Qingyuan Guard have arrived, do you want to rebel!" ”

The majesty in these words is complete, and Chen Mu's helmet and armor standing there is also majestic, and Zhu Xiang, the rouge tax collector next to him, is sideways, and secretly gives a thumbs up to this Chen Zongqi who has just met for a short time, so majestic!

Only Wei Xiaogui, who was standing behind Chen Mu with the handle of the knife standing upright, glanced at his eyes and saw that Chen Mu's left hand behind his back had been rubbing gently, and he was still rubbing his armor every once in a while—looking carefully, his palms were sweaty!

Although there were a full fifty sergeants standing behind him, repeatedly giving them psychological hints that nothing would happen, no accident would happen, but his hands and feet could not help but tremble slightly. Only after he shouted that no one stepped forward did Chen Mu breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and then shouted: "There is no objection, and you don't put the tax collector back - that is the head of the mountain owner's workshop, come and talk!" ”

What Chen Mu was most afraid of was that the miners had already made up their minds and saw them rushing up in a hurry, so they could only aim their guns at these poor people with wooden sticks and iron pickaxes and fight with them.

He had barely been able to overcome the fear of fighting, but he couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart. Whether it is a mountain bandit or a wolf, in Chen Mu's heart, it is self-preservation, and it is the people who should be killed, but these miners who are just tax-resistant, no matter what the reason is, they are obviously not guilty of death!

The army of the protector of the country should take it as its responsibility to protect the people, not to bully and kill the people - in this era, Chen Mu does not think that he can change his course.

People must always have their own persistence, if they insist on not doing the right thing, how is it different from livestock?

Chen Mu's words fell, and after a short silence, the miners all ran out of ideas, and most of them looked behind each other involuntarily after looking at each other. In the middle of these dark-skinned, sturdy miners, with withered expressions, people gathered around a cloth-clad man with a short knife, thirty or forty years of age with strong limbs, but who did not look like a great traitor. What's more, it is impossible for a traitor and a wicked person to come here to open a mine, and Chen Mu can see from his clothes that this middle-aged man with an excited expression is a businessman.

"You can't release the tax collectors, what should you do if you release the tax collectors?" The man raised his head and looked at Chen Mu, although the distance was far away, Chen Mu felt that he should be hesitant in his heart, took two steps forward and stopped arching and pointed to the tax collector tied to the pillar and said: "Yang Fan, the master of Caomin Mountain, holds a ticket to open a furnace and dig mines here, there are less than fifty workers, and there is no more than one furnace, and he has never refused to pay taxes every year. Just because the tax collector said that if Xiaomin gave him five taels of silver, he would get a ticket, but he didn't expect that after collecting the cashier, he asked for money one after another, and today he brought the tax collector to ask for taxes, where did Xiaomin still have money to deal with him! ”

Speaking of the back, Yang Fan had already roared out with great anger, and then his nose twitched, his eyes were red, and he pursed his lips and said with a complicated expression: "Today's matter has become irreparable, Xiaomin will kill this tax collector and judge himself here, just ask the military master not to embarrass these miner brothers, the fault lies with Yang alone, don't blame him ......"

Chen Mu knew that things were going to be bad when he heard this trick, and hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, now you haven't made a big mistake, make up the ticket for ten taels of silver, and the tax official will pay the errand, so I don't have to be embarrassed for you." If you kill the tax collector, not only will you die, but most of the miner brothers you keep talking about will also die. ”

How can you save the life of a tax collector at such a time?

Chen Mu couldn't think of a perfect solution, but he had the courage to take risks, put down the bird's gun, slowly bypassed the hillside, and walked alone towards the miners' gathering place at the bottom of the mountain.

Note: The iron ticket is used to open an official mine, and it is sold once a year, and one ticket is ten taels.