Chapter 10: Ten Thousand Stones

"Don't panic, big guy, as long as we can withstand these few days, the soldiers of Wuchang will be here in an instant." The old man of the Huang family said loudly.

Everyone present exchanged their heads and talked about it, and they didn't listen to Old Man Huang's words in their ears.

Those who stubbornly resisted the rebels in the south of Yunmeng County were actually not big families, the gentry who were really famous, and they didn't care about a quarter's income. They could tell at a glance that the thieves would not stay here for long, so they would leave after stealing the food. People don't care.

But some people have to care.

For example, the Huang family.

The Huang family is also a local family, and it is said that the ancestor is also the famous Jiangxia Huang family. That is, Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan. That Huang.

However, this is all the old yellow calendar.

The current Huang family is in Yunmeng, and it is also a big family, and there are more than 1,000 strong men in the whole clan, but few people have fame, even Old Man Huang himself, and he is just a showman. Without fame, there is no status.

If you don't have a status on the government's side, you have to pay it as usual. Therefore, the Huang family must not lose this season's grain income, otherwise it will be difficult for the government to urge the department.

"Knock knock." There was a big man on the side of the old man of the Huang family, picked up a wooden stick, and knocked it heavily on the table.

Everyone was quiet for a while, and Old Man Huang coughed twice and said, "What's the noise?" The Liukou has already sent someone over, and he has already gone out of the city gate at this moment, what do you think, whether to fight the Liukou with my Huang family, or be a turtle with a shrunken head, you can decide in a word. ”

"Hit." A thin old man said: "If you don't fight, my Zeng family will starve to death this winter." Say whatever you want to fight. ”

"Hit."

For a moment, all the shouts were in unison.

Everyone has decided to discuss it, and for a while the crowd is angry. Each family went back to his house to gather the strong men.

I only heard the gongs ringing in a dozen villages. The people who usually grab water and land together gather together, and on the road to the county seat, there is simply no room for so many people, and many people come by stepping on the farmland on both sides. The black pressure blocked a large area. It's very bold to look at densely.

However, it is only a matter of courage.

Zhang Xuan was shocked when he saw this momentum, and then after taking a closer look, he pressed his heart.

These people seem to be numerous, but they are chaotic, and there is no queue and no order at all. There are even people running back and forth from time to time, coupled with the sound of buzzing talking.

Like a temple fair in the countryside, it is better than a war.

It's like fighting with people in middle school.

It seems that this mode of group fighting has not changed for thousands of years.

"If I lose at the hands of this rabble, I don't have to mess around, just wipe my neck and go back to modern times." Zhang Xuan immediately ordered the formation to be formed.

More than 1,000 people set up two phalanxes on the left and right. 、

Swinging out more than a hundred paces of blowing, with the sword and shield hand in front and the spearman behind, all the spearmen held the short spears in their hands, and just waited for an order to throw their javelins.

Although these soldiers were a little nervous, under Zhang Xuan's strict training, they kept their positions still, and there was quite a sense of not moving like a mountain and moving like thunder.

Just when Zhang Xuan was about to give an order, he saw an old man staggering over from the opposite side.

This old man wore a square scarf on his head and a Confucian robe, and looked like a country school teacher.

Zhang Xuan was puzzled: "What is he here for?" ”

Luo Dai said: "Come to negotiate the price." ”

It seems that Luo Dai has a lot of experience in robbing houses, and he guessed correctly. The old man was led in front of Zhang Xuan, bowed down and said, "Little old man Huang Chao greets the general." ”

Zhang Xuan rode on the horse and lowered his head and said, "What are the old people doing here?" ”

"Little old man, I want to ask the general to give me and other people a way to live." This Huang Chao is the old man of the Huang family, he is a knowledgeable person, as soon as he saw Zhang Xuan's formation, he knew that they couldn't win, so he came to negotiate with Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan sympathized with them in his heart, but no matter how sympathetic he was, there was no way.

Food is indispensable.

Zhang Xuan let them go, who will fill the mouths of more than 100,000 people in the righteous army.

Zhang Xuan said: "God has the virtue of a good life, I don't want much, I can only hand over 10,000 stone of grain, I will let go of other things, before the righteous army leaves De'an, I will definitely not come to your business." ”

10,000 stone of grain is not a small amount.

Zhang Xuan looked through the tax lists of many counties in Henan, and it turned out that the annual tax payment in some counties was only 10,000 or 20,000 stone of grain. How much is in one stone?

Zhang Xuan also doesn't have the current measuring tools, but he estimates that it is about 100 kilograms, which may be a little less.

Zhang Xuan wants to scrape 10,000 stone of grain from this half of the county, but it may not be impossible to do it in the peaceful season, but unfortunately this is not the peaceful season, under the heavy conquest of Chongzhen, the financial resources of the people of the Ming Dynasty have dried up, and they have come to the edge of life and death, and even in a rich place like Zhejiang, there has been a civil uprising, which can be imagined.

He was in the lion's wide mouth.

"General, we can't hand over this 10,000 stone of grain." Old Man Huang said: "We are willing to offer a thousand taels of silver." Just want to let us go. ”

"Nope." Zhang Xuan said ruthlessly: "I only need 10,000 stone of grain, too much." As long as I give 10,000 stone of food, I will leave immediately, if I don't give it, I will go and get it myself, and the old man will not have to speak. Let's get back to the battle. ”

After Zhang Xuan blasted Old Man Huang away, he gave them a little time to rectify the team, however, these villagers didn't seem to feel this way, Zhang Xuan saw that the people on Old Man Huang's side were making noise, and they didn't mean to fight at all.

Zhang Xuan didn't have time to wait for them.

No matter how sympathetic Zhang Xuan is to them, this prestige must be established, after all, this grain must not be harvested.

Zhang Xuan gave an order. I only heard "Knock." With a bang, the drumsticks struck heavily on the drum surface, and a drum sounded next to Zhang Xuan, followed by Cao Zongyu, and the drums around Deng and Deng corresponded.

Heaven and earth were so solemn that all sounds were suppressed by the sound of drums, leaving only the roaring drums echoing back and forth between heaven and earth.

Zhang Xuan said loudly: "Attack." ”

Behind Zhang Xuan, there was a red flag, with a big Zhang character embroidered in black on a red background, and he pointed forward sharply. More than 1,000 troops, under the command of Zhang Xuan, approached these villagers step by step like a wall.

Where have these villagers seen such a formation, for a while, they have the courage to go to three points, but they are all native to their hometowns, and they are even related to each other, so none of them dare to escape at the risk of being pinched by their parents and fellow villagers, and they can still maintain it for a while.

Although there was no battle at this moment, the victory and defeat were divided.

The sword and shield hand slowly approached, Cao Zongyu felt that the distance was about the same, and shouted: "Throw the gun." ”

The sword and shield hand immediately crouched down, and the spearman behind him took turns to project the javelin in his hand, and more than 200 javelins were thrown out at one time, smashing them into the villagers.

In an instant, these villagers were like frightened sheep, running around like crazy, and suddenly they were in chaos, their command system was already very chaotic, but even now there is no such command system. Forwards, backwards, and backwards bump together. The people in front have long lost the courage to fight, but the people behind do not know what is happening.

Very express, the second round of javelin shot out.

This time, it broke through the bottom line of these villagers at once. They had no more quarrels to disagree with, and fled in droves.

Zhang Xuan's department was a little overwhelmed.

What Zhang Xuan has always emphasized is to throw the gun three times, and then he will launch a charge. The sword and shield men broke the formation, and the spearmen rushed over, but they didn't want the situation to be like this, but although these soldiers were new soldiers, Cao Zongyu and Deng He were not, they rushed over without Zhang Xuan's command, chasing after these villagers.

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered under the order, but they separated left and right, and gave way in the middle, Zhang Xuan rushed over with a team of more than 100 horses.

The villagers who were fleeing in rout suddenly didn't care about anything, knives, guns, farm tools, and rolling sticks were thrown to the ground. It's just falling flowers, farts and urine.

This is a big victory, but this big victory is not what Zhang Xuan wants.

"Phew." Zhang Xuan abruptly reined in and said, "Stop the pursuit." ”

"My lord, chase after me like this. This area is ours. Why not chase? Luo Dai said.