It's really hard to stay up in the middle of the night, Zhao Jin can't help yawning, and after stopping a few times, he went to the nearby stream to wash his face, at this time the stream was about to freeze, and the cold and biting water splashed on his face, it can indeed refresh his mind, and when he vaguely saw the light of day, everyone's spirit also passed, but the fatigue of the mount was still there.

This season is no longer busy farming, but there are still a lot of people who get up at dawn, there are many villages near the official road, and it is not for nothing that I saw Zhao Jin's team when I got up early, but everyone has been in this world for a long time, watching this murderous team pass by, and there is no place to live, they are holding their breath and not daring to make a sound.

Zhao Jin's team has dozens of people who do not wear armor, wandering around the team on light horses, staring at the surrounding villages, if someone goes to report or inexplicably goes in other directions, they immediately catch up and kill people, but there are more people who know the importance of the stakes, and no one is looking for their own death, even the merchants and passers-by who are in a hurry to enter the city on the official road are also panicked to the side of the road to dodge.

Zhao Ziying did not ignore these merchants, directly arrested a few, and asked them if they knew the location of Lujiazhuang, and when they asked the fourth, some people said that they knew, that Lujiazhuang was the Zhuangzi of Master Lu's family, this Lu Xuefeng was the secretary of the military room of Mengyin County, and he gave the position to his younger brother in his thirties, returned to his hometown to run the industry, and became a big household in Mengyin.

After asking about the news, it is easy to make a judgment, the so-called village occupied by the outlaws, is not the private soldier of this old man Lu, no wonder he can go back to this Zhuangzi to hide, after the news is reported, the person who knows the location of the Lu family village got a few taels of silver, and was promised to lead the way there There is a heavy reward, and there is no choice for him now, so he can only listen obediently.

"That guide seems to have suffered from the Lu family's losses. Fear is fear, but he still grits his teeth and wants to go. ”

"In this poor and remote place, how can you accumulate a large amount of family business, and still have a group of outlaws in your hands, not drinking the blood of the local people, and not killing people and goods, how is it possible. These squires and tyrants are like this, even if he has a good reputation, as long as he wants to save his family business, he will have to peel off the skin and drink blood of the people below, we sweep these people away, and the people will definitely have a better life than before. But in the beginning, no one will be grateful to us, only resentful. Zhao Jin said with emotion.

When you can see the city of Mengyin County, you can also see the location of Lujiazhuang, there are many households here, the villages are connected into a piece, and the actions of the hundreds of horses in Zhao Ziying cannot be hidden at all. Under Zhao Jin's order, some of the family changed into civilian clothes, and the two of them rode together to identify the way with the guide, while the others were far away from the official road and temporarily rested outside a village.

At this time, the sun had not yet come out, but many people in the village had already woken up, and suddenly such a large group of people approached, and everyone was frightened, but they couldn't run at all if they wanted to run at this moment. How to leave the wife and children at home, and the belongings can't be taken away, not to mention that the other party still has so many horses, the people in the village are flustered for a while, and several old people come out tremblingly to ask, asking what they are doing here?

The people of this small village didn't expect that this group of fierce men wearing armor and knives would drop a few ingots of silver first. said that they wanted hot water and hot rice, and they also had to know the guide of Lujiazhuang, and it didn't matter if the others stayed at home and didn't move, the people who came out of the village didn't believe it. But they couldn't help but believe the white silver, and the bright knives and guns made them have no choice, so they hurriedly went back to prepare.

Every family has to boil water to cook in the morning, and this preparation is very fast, and it takes not a single ingot to buy these hot hot meals at the market price, and so much silver is given, and there is no harm in the village, so of course everyone should be more diligent.

When Zhao Ziying's family and guide came back, the guide in the village also came, a bachelor in his thirties who had nothing to worry about.

There are more than 100 households in this Lujiazhuang, but the scale is the scale of hundreds of households elsewhere, there are mills, oil mills and shops, and there are school fields for practicing their own people's strength, if they fight for water and land, they can pull out nearly 200 Ding Zhuang on the surface, and there are three leaders who are invited at a high price, it is said that they are all strong players with one hundred, and there is nothing to keep secret about these news, and the people of Lujiazhuang must continue to boast of their strength, and others dare not offend.

Don't look at it is less than ten miles away from the city, but this Lujiazhuang still has an earthen fence built of earth and stone, digging a trench, and can only take the suspension bridge in and out, and the brave patrol duty never relaxes, it is said that there was a good man who wanted to sneak attack, but lost more than a dozen lives and did not rush in, as for the location of the road or something, the bachelor who led the way is clearer, there is a market outside Lujiazhuang, the traders and idlers are willing to go over, this bachelor also often runs over there.

After saying all this, what the two guides said corroborated each other, the team led by Zhao Jin also finished breakfast, there was this hot soup and hot rice, and the fatigue and cold of the night road went a lot, and the people who delivered the food in the village accompanied the smiling faces, but watching this group of fierce men feed the horses with food, they felt that they were really losers, but they didn't dare to say anything, many people couldn't eat these meals on weekdays, just because the "kings" came to take it out, but the other party gave so much silver, and everyone had nothing to say.

"Get on the horse, the third company will go to the back door, the fourth company will divide five teams to cruise around, and the rest will attack the main gate with me!" Zhao Jin said loudly, everyone agreed, and everyone turned over and got on their horses, and their armor didn't take off overnight.

The bachelor man in the village was also on the horse, he was choked by the horses, but the collapsed expression was not because of this, Lu Jiazhuang was heavily guarded, he knew, and heard the city gate officials and soldiers say, even if two thousand officers and soldiers may not be able to gnaw this Zhuangzi, and these people rushed over on horseback, although they had never seen a battle, but this horse could not rush the soil fence, this time I wanted to make a profit, but don't be hated by the Lu family.

Not to mention how this bachelor is cranky, Zhao Jin led the horse team to drive over like this, even if he did not gallop wildly, but the momentum was still not small, and the people who were always on duty on the earthen fortifications of Lujiazhuang soon found out, so that no one dared to ignore the team of hundreds of horses, and each of them paid attention nervously, and when they found out that they were coming towards their own side, they immediately beat the gong and shouted to warn.

After hearing the sound of the gong, the guide almost fell off the horse, but at this time he couldn't move, so he could only move forward with a bitter face, and when he was more than a hundred steps away, he saw that the earth was full of people, and someone was shouting outside: "Brother on the road outside, it's easy to discuss if you want money, food, food and drink, don't hurt the harmony on the rivers and lakes, this side is eight miles away from the county seat, as long as there is a big trouble, the officers and soldiers in the city will be killed, and no one can run!" ”

The team led by Zhao Jin stopped at a distance of 100 steps, everyone dismounted, at the moment when they dismounted, they shot an arrow from the side of the Zhuangmen, urgent and accurate, in front of the Zhao Zi battalion team about forty paces, there was a burst of cheers on the earthen fence, this arrow is a demonstration and a warning, we are not vegetarian in this Zhuangzi, you must know that this bow and arrow is a great killer weapon for the pole and the handmaiden, as long as the shot is accurate, you don't need to fight hand-to-hand, you can kill and injure the enemy on the fortifications, Zhuangzi has this on the stockade, It means that the enemy can't get close.

This decent archer can get a full salary anywhere, and he can share an extra share of the thieves among the bandits, and Lujiazhuang actually has such a strong hand, which can be regarded as worthy in the Mengyin area.

The two guides were eager to bury their bodies in the ground, and they didn't dare to raise their heads at all, and Zhao Jin didn't care at all, Ji Xiang and Zhao Jin glanced at each other, and then raised their hands and said: "Fire gun ready, take turns shooting at the head of the wall, don't let them stand up!" ”

The firecrackers are all there to load ammunition in an orderly manner, they are all the most elite families, can ride horses, can skillfully use firearms shooting, and there are not too many such families in the Zhao Zi camp.

There is already a thick pillar of smoke rising in this Lujiazhuang, it seems that this is arson for help, I don't know if there is a rule for beacon fire near Mengyin County, but the Zhuangzi outside the city has such a conspicuous change, and it is a local tyrant like Lujiazhuang, the city will definitely not ignore it, but the team of Zhao Ziying is not worried, the city gate is opened and closed by a fixed hour, less than an hour, the city gate will never be opened, and it will take more than an hour to see the sky.

In addition to this smoke column warning, the gongs and drums in Lujiazhuang are all ringing non-stop, this is to ask for help from the surrounding villages, most of the grange villages outside the city have the rules of Lianzhuang Lianbao, a family in trouble came to help, saw the smoke column, heard the sound of gongs and drums, and the two guides who led the way were pale and trembling.

"The first wave of firing was changed to a salvo of thirty muskets, and then ten rounds!" Zhao Jin changed the requirements for shooting.

It didn't take long for this side to be filled, the brazier was borrowed from the village where breakfast was borrowed, ignited the fire rope, and the fire torch family began to lean forward after a little arrangement, and the people on the soil fence of Lujiazhuang could clearly see the general situation of Zhao Jin's team, and naturally saw that the other party was holding a firearm.

"When you are about to get to the edge of the ditch, everyone has to hide, those who open the bow are ready, the master has an order, shoot a thief, and reward five taels of silver!" Of course, the people in the Zhuangzi have seen firearms, and they also know the approximate range of firearms, in their minds, firearms must be within thirty paces if they want to kill, not to mention that this is still a bottom-up attack, then they have to get closer, at this distance, bows and arrows are more lethal, and even throwing spears and flying stones will be more effective than firearms.

The team of strongmen who came over suddenly looked fierce and murderous, and the people in the village were extremely nervous, but when they saw the other party take out firearms, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they didn't dare to fight hard and bloody with real knives and guns, and they were not heroes.

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