Volume 1 The Fierce Wind Rises Chapter 47 Dock Fort (5)
The weather is cold and dry, and it is easiest to start a fire, and in the blink of an eye, the fire head will be seen by the front door. The Guo family's subordinates were suddenly in chaos, and many people even put down the stone logs that were supposed to be thrown down and looked back blankly. Taking advantage of this opportunity, dozens of strongmen in iron armor shouted in unison, carrying a thick tree trunk stripped of excess branches, and slammed the main gate with three or five hits with the trunk.
Shen Jin led his cavalry to watch from the rear, and when he saw the gate collapse, he roared and rode his horse straight away, and several enemies under the door of the dock fort were knocked away by his galloping horse, how to stop it. Shen Jin broke into the dock fort first, stabbed with a long lance from afar, and slashed with a skullknife at close range, killing more than a dozen people instantly. His bravery and good fighting were quite famous among the 50,000 people of the Bingzhou army back then, and he was the first to attack at this moment, which was really like a tiger entering a flock.
Guo Rong was originally standing on the door to command the defense, and seeing the officers and soldiers breaking into the dock fort from behind, he was already a little timid; Seeing the ferocity of Shen Jin in front of him, he couldn't help but be frightened, and he shouted and turned around and fled first. Since the leader fled, those strong men suddenly lost their backbone, and most of them were just farmers, how could they resist the fierce soldiers who were left out of a hundred battles? How dare you really confront the soldiers and horses of the imperial court? In the blink of an eye, the army collapsed.
The foot soldiers of the official army followed Shen Jin and rushed in like a tide, shouting, "Only punish the evil, and never ask!" Or, "Surrender or Kill!" Slogans like that, rushing into the depths of the Dock Fort. Guo Rong's subordinates saw the officers and soldiers coming like wolves, many of them immediately fell to their knees with weak legs, and even kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, only a very small number of them covered Guo Rong and fought and retreated, retreating to the highest and majestic residence in the dock fort. In a moment, the situation has been defeated, and everyone knows that the situation is decided.
The officers and troops soon occupied the periphery of the dock fort, Shen Jin and Gao Xiang were both veterans of the battlefield, and after the two met, they did not delay, and each brought fifty warriors to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and directly took the main house in the center of the dock fort. And the rest of the soldiers, who had no task, scattered and plundered.
Lu Yao always stood in the open space in front of the dock fort gate, and did not lift himself inside until half an hour later, but became one of the last people to enter the dock fort. When he stepped into the Dock Fort, the entire Dock Castle was already full of smoke and dust. Many soldiers broke into people's houses and rummaged through their cabinets. A soldier hurried past Lu Yao with a package on his face full of joy; An old woman cried and chased after the soldier, who slapped her face twice and kicked her to the ground. Xue Tong was following Lu Yao's side, and he was about to get angry when he saw this scene with big eyes like copper bells, but was stopped by Lu Yao.
Over the years, the military discipline of the officers and soldiers has been worse day by day, and it is probably more difficult for these soldiers and men who lick blood with their knives and live a precarious life to follow the rules than to ascend to the sky, so the places where the officers and soldiers go are no different from bandits. Lu Yao had also thought about stopping it earlier, but when he saw it a lot, he was not surprised.
This looting was even what he himself had promised to his soldiers before the war. Without these benefits, who would want to brave the bitter cold wind and march hard? Who wants to tie their head to the waistband of their trousers and fight to the death for the generals? Autumn's innocent army may be in the book, but in this chaotic era, it is absolutely impossible to exist. Seeing the soldiers looting everywhere, he just snorted coldly in disgust, waved his hand and said to a personal soldier: "Go and reiterate the military order, although it is okay to loot, those who kill the people in vain will die!" Death to the one who rapes the adulterous woman! ”
The soldier hurriedly ran to give the order, and Lu Yao continued to walk along the main road in the dock fort.
In the early days of joining the army, Lu Yao also changed something and reversed something. But soon he realized his personal helplessness in the torrent of the times, and gave up these unrealistic ideas. In this world, no one should talk about lofty ideals and goals, as long as they can live, it is already a great achievement.
A thought suddenly came to his mind: Maybe he really shouldn't delay in Bingzhou, and finding an opportunity to go back to Jiangdong is the best policy? At least that's where it is. What's more, compared to the chaotic north, the southeast half is much safer. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty established by Sima Rui, the king of Langya, was maintained for a long time.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Yao shook his head again and threw out the idea. The world has long been in chaos, thousands of miles away from Bingzhou to Jiangdong, and there are countless thieves, thugs, and Hulu along the way; If you want to get to Koto safely through such a journey, what kind of luck do you have to have? It is better to follow Liu Yueshi Gong to temporarily take refuge in Bingzhou, and see how the situation changes.
Lu Yao walked forward, the iron armor around him was sonorous, and there were pro-soldiers winged to protect him on the left and right. The residents in the dock fort all hurried to give way when they bumped into him, and some were even so frightened that they knelt directly on the side of the road, because he walked extremely fast. The road in the dock fort twists and turns, and it takes a few turns to reach the castle lord's mansion. The shouting and killing there was fierce at first, but now it has gradually subsided, and the fighting must be going well.
He looked down and thought about something he didn't know what was on his mind, and walked straight forward. Suddenly, I heard a thunderbolt in my ears like a loud shout: "Traitor! Take your life! In the midst of the shouting, a big man pounced on him, and flew up a sword light and slashed towards Lu Yao's head!
Lu Yao dodged and retreated.
The big man's move failed, and he didn't delay, and then stepped forward, and the sword light took Lu Yao's chest like a training path. Lu Yao sneered slightly, didn't block, dodged and retreated.
The two moves were ineffective, and the big man seemed to be unable to continue, stumbling two steps, and suddenly showing a downward trend. But he roared wildly, held the knife behind him with both hands, and continued to rush towards Lu Yao!
Lu Yao sighed imperceptibly and took a step back.
Lu Yao took these three steps back, and even Xue Tong couldn't help but let out a surprised "huh". He knows that Lu Yao's martial arts have a profound heritage, which is unusual and comparable; Therefore, when the enemy attacked Lu Yao, he stood by and watched, and did not interfere. Who knows, Lu Yao regressed again and again, and it seemed that he had no power to fight back?
Just when Xue Tong was in shock, the big man had approached Lu Yao. Seeing that the strong wind of hunting was stirring, Lu Yao's sideburns were blowing, but at this moment, his huge body suddenly lost his strength like a puppet with stritches removed, and he fell to the ground with a bang.
At this time, everyone saw the appearance of this big man, and it turned out to be the warrior of Guojiawu Fort who had just stopped Shen Jin's arrow and fought fiercely at the wall. This person was covered with wounds, and there were huge wounds on his back and left ribs that were half a foot deep, and even his organs were faintly visible. As he breathed, more blood splattered from between his mouth and nose, like a blood mist.
The big man couldn't move at this time, but he glared at Lu Yao with tears in his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Traitor! Traitor! What kind of hero is it to attack women and children! ”
Lu Yao looked down at the big man quietly, and did not answer, but his brows gradually wrinkled. For a moment, everyone present fell silent. A moment later, Gao Xiang arrived in great panic, bowed down to the ground and said, "General forgive your sins!" This guy is a samurai invited by the castle lord with a lot of money, and he has good skills. I was negligent for a while, and I actually let him run away and collide with the general! ”
Lu Yao didn't raise his eyes to look at Gao Xiang, but just let out a low "hmm".
Xue Tong crossed the crowd and said: "Daoming, I think this person is also a man, you might as well ......" He has always loved warriors, and when he saw this big man, he was moved to love talent. Although he was seriously injured, the vitality of a person who practiced martial arts was vigorous, and if he came back from treatment in time and then knew that he was moved by emotion and reason, he may not be able to recruit a hero in the army.
Lu Yao is not as soft-hearted as Xue Tong. Before Xue Tong's words fell, he resolutely made a gesture of drawing the knife: "Kill!" ”
With that, he strode on towards the main mansion in the middle of the Dock Fort, walking faster and faster.
When Lu Yao entered the castle lord's mansion, broken swords and sprayed blood stains could still be seen everywhere, it was obvious that the castle lord, his family, and the tribe had put up desperate resistance here, and fierce battles were fought in every portal and corridor. However, the officers and soldiers far outnumbered them in both strength and personal bravery, so the organized resistance eventually collapsed, and the lord of the castle retreated with his few cronies to the granary at the end of the mansion.
Lu Yao stood in the courtyard of the house and looked out, and he could see the granary through the two courtyards. The granary was built on a large scale, more than two zhang high, rammed with loess and gravel, extremely strong, I am afraid that when it was built, it took into account the dual role of grain storage and defense.
When he continued to walk towards the mansion, he met Shen Jin, who had rushed out.
"How's it going?" Lu Yao didn't stop, asking as he walked.
Shen Jin followed his side and replied, "Guo Rong and his cronies have twenty-one people, and they have all been killed. Twelve of the brethren died, and ten were seriously wounded. The granary is intact, and I have sent someone in to count it. ”
With so many casualties on his side, it was really a bit unexpected by Lu Yao, and it seemed that the final resistance of the Guo clan was very fierce.
Just as he was about to say a few words to Shen Jin, a group of soldiers passed by carrying several corpses wrapped in coarse cloth. Lu Yao suddenly said: "Wait! ”
He walked a few steps and pulled open the coarse cloth, only to see that the deceased under the coarse cloth was extremely small, and it turned out to be a child of six or seven years old. Lu Yao's face sank like water, and he pulled open the coarse cloth of another shroud, but the deceased was a richly dressed woman, and seeing her face distorted, she was obviously killed in extreme horror.
Lu Yao Huo Ran looked back at Shen Jin: "What's the matter?" He said word by word.
Shen Jin involuntarily took a step back and replied in a whisper: "That old guy Guo Rong was stationed in the granary with more than a dozen henchmen, and many brothers died in order to capture the granary. Everyone was furious...... Later, they happened to catch their family members, and the brothers killed a few ...... in a moment."
"Kill a few ......" Lu Yao pulled open another shroud, the deceased who was hidden under the cloth was a disheveled cardamom girl, and her bare limbs were covered with bruises and blood. As long as she is not blind, anyone can judge that she must have been violently humiliated before she died.
"Do you think I don't have long eyes?" Lu Yao asked with a sneer.
Shen Jin said in a low voice: "The brothers are all fighting men, and there are some who vent occasionally......"
Lu Yao frowned and said, "What are you waiting for my military order?" Death to those who kill the people in vain! Do you understand? Death to the one who rapes the adulterous woman! Do you understand? ”
At this time, Gao Xiang must have disposed of the big man who attacked Lu Yao, and hurriedly came in from outside. Seeing that Lu Yao was angry, he hurriedly took a few steps and explained: "General, that granary is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Guo Rong has quite a few good men, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties...... As you know, the brothers are all veterans of the Bingzhou army, and they did not die under the sword of the Hu people, but were killed by this local tyrant...... The brothers were so angry ......"
Lu Yao flicked his sleeves and left, not listening to his babbling explanation; As soon as I entered the hall, I came to the backyard where the granary was. There were still a number of corpses that had not been removed, and the blood that flowed had turned the ground red. More than a dozen old and weak women and children huddled in corners, some of them young women visibly disheveled; Some of them were still crying, and some of them were completely frightened.
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