In the south in early spring, the wind and sun are beautiful and the climate is pleasant. On the riverside on the outskirts of Guangzhou, a handsome young man was practicing martial arts on the grass, and in the woods behind him, a very delicate and lovely girl was looking at the young man obsessively.

"County Lord, it's almost time, it's time for us to go back." The maid beside him reminded.

The little county lord glanced up at the sky, it was the hot sun, and it was already noon, so she shouted: "Swallow, we should go home!" Otherwise, my father will be in a hurry again. ”

The young man had just finished practicing a set of boxing, and stepped forward to salute the thirteen county lords: "Go back to the county lord Niangniang, the villain will let the sedan chair drivers come over to pick up the lady and go home!" ”

"Little Brother Swallow, call them over quickly!" The maid said.

"Yes!" The boy named Swallow retreated.

The maid Ziling looked at the young man's back stupidly, and her heart was drunk. Since this young man came to the Pingnan Palace, took a bath, and changed into a set of clean clothes, he has become a handsome young man. After the little maid saw this young man, she always secretly liked it, helped him wash his clothes more than once, and saved her own things for him to eat.

This young man named Yanzi is the little beggar who was accepted by the thirteen county lords at the city gate last year. After Yanzi came to the palace, because he could speak well, was well-informed, and could tell a lot of jokes, the little county lord who had been frowning had a smile on his face.

It is precisely because Yanzi can speak well that he can often coax the thirteen county lords to laugh, and even Shang Kexi loves him very much. Seeing the smile on the face of his daughter, who had never smiled, Shang Kexi was very happy, and immediately lifted Yanzi from a low-level slave to a junior officer of the guard in the house.

This swallow is also very smart, and he learns martial arts very quickly, and he will soon be able to take on the important task of protecting the thirteen county lords.

Every time the thirteen county lords left the palace, they had to take swallows with them.

"It's a pity that Brother Yanzi is just a subordinate, if not. How nice that would be! The little lord thought in his heart, "No, how can I think about this?" The teacher said that I have a relationship with the Buddha, and I should be a monk. Ziling likes him, so let Ziling be married to him when the time comes. ”

As soon as the little county lord returned to the Pingnan Palace, he heard that the prince had returned.

"Thirteen county lords, you just came back! The little prince is back! The prince is anxious to see you. "When the guards at the gate saw the thirteen county lords, they stepped forward to report.

The son of the king of Pingnan, Shang Zhixin, is brutal and murderous by nature, and likes to drink and gamble. Originally, he was held hostage in the capital by the Qing court, but because Shang Kexi was injured by shelling last year. Blind and with a broken leg. For the sake of Shang Kexi's loyalty to the Qing court, the Empress Dowager and Ao Bai "made a big kindness" and asked Shang Zhixin to go back to be the new king of Pingnan, and Shang Kexi retired at old age.

As soon as Shang Zhixin returned to Guangzhou, the people of the Tiandihui set their sights on him, and prepared to quietly open the port of Xiangshan County through his channels, so that goods could enter Macao and go to sea.

At this time, the Qing court was still strictly investigating the Tonghai case.

Shanyin County, Zhejiang Province, Jiangnan, Qijia Manor.

"Two young masters! Something is wrong! The arrest sent by the imperial court is coming! A family member hurriedly broke into the lobby to report.

The two brothers, Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun, were discussing with Hong Xiguan. Hearing the news, the two brothers broke out in a cold sweat.

Hong Xiguan said very calmly: "What are you doing if you are afraid of the Tartars?" How many people did they come? ”

The family replied, "More than 20 people came. ”

Hong Xiguan laughed: "There are only more than 20 people, let them in, close the door and beat the dog!" ”

Outside the Qi family's mansion. With the documents sent from above, the head catcher of Shanyin County led more than 20 catchers to stand at the door of the mansion, looking at this mansion built like a castle, and the head catcher beat a drum in his heart. He thought to himself: Is this family already prepared? If you storm. I'm afraid I can't take it, right?

Just when the head catcher was thinking wildly, a family member came out and bowed his hand to the head catcher and the catcher: "Grandfather." Our young master asked you to sit inside, have a cup of tea, and give you some souvenirs. ”

Where did the head catcher dare to go in, so he said: "We are here for a routine!" There's no need to go in and sit, the two young masters of your family have made a mistake, and we're here to get people! ”

Jia Ding said: "Our two young masters have already bound themselves, waiting for you in the lobby!" ”

"Then trouble the two young masters to come out, it's inconvenient for us to go in!" Headcatcher.

"Okay, the villain will go and inform the two young masters to come out, please wait." Jia Ding arched his hand.

After about a stick of incense, I saw two brothers, Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun, who were tied up by five flowers, walking out surrounded by eight family members. The two of them just walked to the door of the mansion and waved their hands: "Up!" Take down the prisoners! ”

More than 20 hunters rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and were about to take down the two brothers. At this moment, one of the leaders suddenly waved his hand: "Up!" ”

Before these catchers could understand what was going on, the eight family members showed off their weapons one after another. The leader of the house showed a short stick from his waist and slew at the head like lightning.

This head catcher is also a person with strong martial arts, and when he suddenly saw someone attacking him, he immediately drew his waist knife. But I saw that the short stick of the master stretched out like a magic spell, turned into a spear, and stabbed straight at the face of the headcatcher. The two fought only one move, and the head catcher was stabbed in the calf by the housekeeper, and he fell to the ground with a scream. The spear in the housekeeper's hand flickered, and the tip of the spear was already pointed at the throat of the headcatcher.

More family members rushed out of the mansion gate, blocking the retreat of the fast catchers.

These family members are actually good hands of the Heaven and Earth Society and special forces of the Qiongzhou Army, everyone is strong in martial arts, how can those headhunters in the Yamen of Shanyin County be opponents. In the blink of an eye, all the catches were obediently tied up.

Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun shook their bodies, and the rope that was tied to them automatically fell down.

"You openly attacked the government and the government, this is already a great crime of rebellion! If you are willing to go astray, let us go, and follow us honestly, what happened today should not have happened! We will speak well of you in front of the Governor, too!" The catcher shouted.

The leader of the family was none other than Hong Xiguan, and he walked up to the head catcher: "The crime of rebellion? We've been clearing it up a long time ago! We were born as Ming people, died as Ming ghosts, and are we still afraid of you Tartars? Bring it in! ”

After returning to the lobby, Qi Bansun asked worriedly: "Hong Zhuangshi, we took the tolerance of the county government, will they retaliate against us?" If they come in more, will we be able to stop them? ”

Hong Xiguan smiled: "Come and catch more fast." Don't even try to take our castle! Don't say that the catch is fast, even if Ning Shao's green battalion soldiers are here, they can still make them meet in front of our castle and break the blood! ”

"What if the Tartars invite Hangzhou Green Camp? Can we stop it? Qi Lisun asked.

Hong Xiguan laughed: "Come! They came better! When they come, our Zhejiang army has already taken Chongming Island and rushed here to support you! As long as they dare to transfer Hangzhou Green Camp away, we will even serve Hangzhou City to him! ”

At the same time, the head catchers and fast catchers sent by the Huiji County Ya to arrest Yu Yuankai were also subdued by the Tiandihui and Qiongzhou special forces stationed in Yufu in advance. At this time, the head catchers and fast catchers of Huiji County were "drinking tea" in Yufu.

The county orders of the two counties waited until dark, and did not wait for the "key criminals" to return. It was only at this time that the prefectural order sensed that something was wrong.

Early the next morning, the two county orders appeared in the Shaoxing Mansion almost simultaneously.

"You?" The Sanyin County Commander was stunned.

"Why are you here too?" The county magistrate of Huiji was also stunned.

Afterwards. The prefect knew about the head-hunting and head-catching of the two counties to arrest the "important criminals" but disappeared. The prefect knew that this matter was very tricky, so he went to Ningshao Daotai and asked Ningshao's green battalion soldiers to dispatch, along with all the head catchers and catchers of Ningshao and Ningshao Prefectures. There were more than 500 green battalion soldiers and more than 100 tolerances, and they rushed towards the Qi family in Shanyin.

The Qing army and the men came to the outside of the Qi Mansion first, and the leading Qing military camp Qian Zong suddenly saw the strong Qi family castle, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "Is this still the gentry's mansion?" It's a small town! ”

However, for the strangely shaped fortress, the Qing army really couldn't understand what was the use of such a fortress.

"Listen to the prisoners of the Qi family!" A catcher stepped forward to shout. "You are the culprits of the court! If you are willing to tie yourself up, we can ask the governor of Jiangsu to intercede and give you a little reduction in your crimes!" ”

At the head of the city, Hong Xiguan poked his head out and replied: "Governor of Jiangsu? This is Zhejiang. Why did the governor of Jiangsu reach here? This hand is too long, isn't it? ”

The head catcher roared: "This is a big case that the imperial court is concerned about!" It was the imperial court that allowed the governor of Jiangsu to handle it single-handedly! ”

"Hahaha!" Hong Xiguan looked up to the sky and laughed, "Governor of Jiangsu? It's Zhu Guozhi who is called Zhu Baidi, right? Hahaha! What kind of case is fake, I'm afraid that coveting our property is real, right? What else is good about the case he was involved in? It's nothing more than to make a big profit! ”

"Bold! Dare to insult the court officials! The headcatcher yelled.

"Insulting the imperial court? It's the court official of the Tartars, right? Lao Tzu not only dared to scold Zhu Baidi. I also dare to scold the Tartar Emperor Kang Xiao Mazi in the northern imperial city! Hahaha! Hong Xiguan laughed.

The head catcher was furious, but he had no choice but to retreat from the castle.

President Green Camp Qian ordered: "Build a trench bridge and a ladder immediately!" Get ready for the siege! ”

The area around here is a paddy water network area. It's quite far from the woods. The Qing army could only ask the local county commander to recruit the people and cut wood in the nearest woods to build siege weapons, while the green battalion soldiers rushed to Yufu in Huiji County. As a result, after arriving at Yu Mansion, I found that Yu Mansion was built bigger and stronger than Qi Mansion in Shanyin!

The Qing army returned to San'in, where the people had already built improvised moat bridges and ladders.

"Siege!" Mr. Green Camp gave an order.

The temporarily recruited people carried improvised moat bridges and ladders and rushed towards the Qijia Castle.

"Put!" Hong Xiguan roared.

Flintlock pistols and bird guns protruded from the shooting holes of the city walls and fortresses, and were aimed at the people who rushed towards them. The agents of the Tiandihui and the special forces of Qiongzhou did not want to kill more, they just aimed casually and pulled the trigger.

A row of gunshots rang out, and fire erupted from the city, and white smoke rose from the city.

The gunfire was intense, but it didn't really hit a few people. The three people in front of him were shot and fell down with blood mist spewing out of their bodies. Seeing this, the people behind threw down the moat bridge and ladder, turned around and ran.

After all, they are temporarily recruited people, and they are neither semi-militarized people, nor are they auxiliary soldiers.

"The thieves still have a lot of birds! It seems that people have to report to Ningshao Daotai, mobilize more green battalion soldiers, recruit people and auxiliary soldiers, and create more siege tools! "Green Camp Thousand General Road.

Minfu is different from Minzhuang, Minzhuang is actually a semi-military personnel, and when fighting, he is equivalent to an auxiliary soldier. And the people are just temporary laborers.

At that time, the transportation was inconvenient, and after the Qing army quickly went back to report it, it was already the morning of the third day when Ning Shaodao recruited the people and auxiliary soldiers, and then mobilized the green battalion soldiers. It took another two days to march on the road, and it was not until the morning of the fifth day that the reinforced 500 green battalion soldiers, 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 600 people arrived at Qifu.

After Minzhuang and the auxiliary soldiers arrived, the two commanders of the green battalion ordered the construction of a large number of improvised trench bridges and ladders. Busy until the afternoon, the Qing army built simple siege tools and began to attack Qifu.

"Give me a siege! The first one to rush into Qi Mansion will be rewarded with five taels of silver! As long as you catch any of the offenders, Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver! Qing Jun Qian shouted.

Under the heavy reward, the people and the auxiliary soldiers carried the simple moat bridge and the simple ladder, and rushed towards the castle in a hurry.

At the top of the city, the guns roared, and the dense bullets rained down the city, and the people and auxiliaries who rushed over in dense clusters fell one by one like harvested rice. After more than 100 people were killed and wounded, these people and auxiliaries no longer cared about how rich the bounty was, and turned around and ran.

The Qing army ordered to build a shield car.

The next morning, Minzhuang and the auxiliary soldiers pushed the shield cart towards the Qijia Castle. Bullets fired from the front wall will be blocked by the shield cart, and will not be able to harm the people and auxiliaries behind. However, when the shield cart approached the city wall, a dense number of bullets were fired from the forts on both sides. Because the bullets were fired from both wings, the shield cart with frontal protection could not stop the bullets at all. With the roaring gunfire, Minzhuang and the auxiliary soldiers fell one by one.

The second attack failed, and the Qing army could only consider building large siege weapons such as large ladders, crash cars, and nest cars. It takes three or four days to craft these siege weapons. During this period, the Qing soldiers sent a request for help to Hangzhou, asking the Hangzhou Green Battalion to send out and cross the river to attack Qifu.

Zhu Changzuo, the governor of Zhejiang, received the battle report, and then he realized that things were not good, but he did not expect that the Qi Mansion not only built a strong city wall, but also a large number of birds, and the Qing army attacking the city suffered heavy losses.

Zhu Changzuo hesitated for a long time, and finally made a decision: "I can only let Hangzhou Green Camp dispatch!" Otherwise, the court will know about this matter, and we will not have any good fruit to eat! (To be continued.) )