Chapter 92 Killing the Fox (End of this volume, 6500-word chapter please subscribe) The
Lifang Gang Shu who was responsible for recovering the jingbiao came to Changning Guards in a arrogant manner. He held an official document from the county government and shouted for Lin Baihu to come out.
Lin Mojun happened to be leading his troops for training at sea, and his grandfather took Su Ze, who had just returned to Changning Guard from the county, to meet the assistant secretary.
"The county magistrate has issued an order, and the banners of the former hundred households of Changningwei will be sent back to the county government for the time being."
Hearing this, the people of Changningwei said angrily: "My hundred households died for the country! Why should we pursue them? Return the jingbiao!"
The clerk of the Lifang was a little afraid at first, but when he saw the government officials behind him, he thought of Dian Shi and Xu Shisheng who were supporting him, and immediately said fiercely: "The county government is not recovering the jingbiao, it's just for the time being. Send it back to the county government, and wait until the survey is correct before sending it back to you! Are your Chang Ning Guards going to rebel?"
Once the label of rebellion was slapped, the people did not dare to step forward.
The secretary of the ceremonial room even said proudly: "Get the signal back quickly, I want to go back to the county government to deliver a business!" The
old man was about to step forward to argue, but Su Ze stopped him and said in his ear:
"Grandpa, the county government suddenly wants to take back the order. I'm afraid there is something hidden. I'll go find out."
After saying that, Su Ze took out some broken silver from his body, and then pulled the clerk aside.
Skill, activate.
After a certain skill was activated, the helper's attitude improved a lot.
The ceremonial room itself didn't have much luck, and there were only a few occasions where money could be made. Originally, the assistant thought that Changningwei was a poor place and couldn't get filial piety, but he didn't expect Su Ze to be so smart.
After the clerk accepted the scraps of money, he cleared his throat and said: "This young husband is a sensible person at first glance. The temporary withdrawal of the watch is an order from the county magistrate. Please don't make it difficult for me to handle this matter." ."
Su Ze cupped his hands and said, "I know it was the order from the county magistrate, but why did you suddenly withdraw the banner?"
The assistant looked at Su Ze, then weighed the money in his arms and said,
"This is the Xu of our household." The uncle gave the suggestion to the elder."
As expected, it was Xu Shisheng who was in the way. Su Ze suppressed his anger and continued to ask:
"I wonder if we, Chang Ning Guard, have made any big mistake, so that we have to take back the banner?"
The secretary of the Lifang said: "It's just the mistake. It's your fault that you offended Uncle Xu. For the sake of you being a scholar, I'll tell you a piece of news." After saying that, the hostess
hooked up with the book, and Su Ze immediately understood that this meant asking for more money.
Su Ze handed over some broken silver again, and the assistant secretary of the ceremonial room said:
"News from Fuzhou City, Master Yan, the censor of the Qing army, requested an order from the Chief Envoy to summon the officials in charge of the households in each county to assist the Qing army. Xu The uncle is the official in charge of the household in Nanping City, and your Chang Ning Wei is going to be in bad luck!"
Su Ze was shocked. The assistant told him again about the troubles suffered by Yan Maoqing in Fuzhou Prefecture, and Su Ze immediately understood the whole story.
It turns out that this is how Xu Shisheng got in touch with Yan Maoqing and then falsely accused Chang Ningwei.
After everyone was contacted, Su Ze regained his composure.
There is no room for relaxation between Xu Shisheng and Changning Wei, and it can only be the result of a fight to the death.
Yan Maoqing of the Qing army is the king of hell, and Xu Shisheng, who is the villain of the tiger, is the little devil.
The king of hell is easy to deal with, but the devil is difficult to deal with.
Su Ze thought for a while and said: "Lin Baihu went to sea for training. We, the Changning Guards, will send this banner to the county government ourselves. Please go back to the county first."
The group of disciples hesitated. The banners of the Changning Guards were quite heavy. The plaque, it would take a lot of work to transport it back.
Seeing the small amount of money Su Ze sent, the assistant said: "You will send it to the county government within three days." "
Absolutely."
The assistant nodded with satisfaction, and Su Ze asked again: "I don't know. Has Uncle Xu left for Fuzhou City now?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Don't you want to have some exercise? What if Uncle Xu forgives our Changning Guard?"
The assistant immediately understood what Su Ze meant, and he nodded. Said: "Uncle Xu will set off tomorrow, but I advise you not to waste your money."
After saying this, the lifang helper and his men left Changning Guard without looking back.
It was not until the afternoon that Lin Mojun led the troops back to Changning Guard. After receiving the news, she immediately came to the ancestral hall to discuss matters.
My grandpa, Su Ze, Ninth Auntie, and Lin Xianzong, a master craftsman from the shipyard, were present, and Lin Xianyang stood behind my grandpa.
This is the person who is responsible for decision-making in Changning Guard. Together with Lin Mojun, a hundred households in the guard, all major issues in Changning Guard are decided through discussion.
The atmosphere in the ancestral hall today was very heavy. Lin Mojun stepped in and asked, "Is the county government going to recover my father's jingbiao?" The
old man sighed helplessly. Su Ze said, "Recovering the jingbiao is only the first step. It's Xu Shisheng's. We are going to attack Changning Guard."
Lin Mojun was not too surprised when she heard Xu Shisheng's name. She knew the hatred between the old people and Changning Guard best.
After Su Ze finished explaining the key points, Lin Mojun was silent for a while and said:
"My father still has some old friends with the general manager, why don't we think of a solution?"
Su Ze shook his head and said: "Yu Shi Qingjun, put the Everyone in the General Directorate is in danger. How can anyone stand up for Chang Ning Wei? Besides, even if he helps, it may not be effective."
Lin Mojun clenched his fists and said, "Isn't there any other way?"
When he thought of it , His father sacrificed his life for the country, and now he has to get his royal certificate back from the county government. He may even be blackmailed by the imperial censor and lose his hereditary military position.
Lin Mojun felt a strong sense of powerlessness.
For the first time, she was shaken by the belief that her father taught her to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Su Ze winked at Lin Xianyang. Lin Xianyang closed the door of his ancestral hall and made sure that no one was eavesdropping.
Su Ze then said: "There is another way."
Everyone looked at Su Ze. At this time, he actually said there was a way?
Lin Mojun asked: "What can we do?"
Su Ze said: "Kill Xu Shisheng."
The ancestral hall fell silent for an instant, and his voice seemed to have solidified.
After a long time, Lin Mojun said: "Xu Shisheng is a county government official."
"We pretended to be Japanese pirates outside the city to rob and kill him."
Lin Mojun was silent for a while and said: "Now that the sea is not peaceful, Xu Shisheng will definitely be escorted."
Su Ze said: "Just kill Xu Shisheng."
"How sure are you?"
"About five points."
Aunt Jiu suddenly said: "This method is good, but Su Ze can't go!"
Lin Xianyang also said: "Yes. Yes! Brother Aze will take the imperial examination and become an official in the future, so he cannot get involved in this kind of thing."
Su Ze said: "I want to go."
He looked at Lin Mojun and said: "The people escorting Xu Shisheng must be the Minzhuang of the county. If they recognize the soldiers, they cannot use the guards of the guard." Lin Mojun nodded, the people of the county and the guards would sometimes
be When soldiers fight together, even if it is a masked robbery, the size of the main soldiers can be easily recognized.
Su Ze said: "Let the newly trained gunners go and I will take them."
Lin Mojun said: "The people in Nanping City are strong and fierce. Can the gunners be able to beat them after only practicing for such a short period of time?" Su Ze
said Said: "We just want to kill Xu Shisheng, not to annihilate all the Minzhuangs. We just need to scare those Minzhuangs."
Lin Mojun thought for a while and said, "I want to go too."
"That's natural."
Su Ze Then he said to my old grandpa, "I would also like to ask my old grandpa to select some reliable young men from the army." "Don't worry, Ze.
This time, I will definitely choose those who are all in the guardhouse."
Su Ze added, "You have to volunteer."
The old man nodded and said: "I understand."
Just when everyone in the Changning Guards agreed to kill Xu Shisheng, Xu Shisheng was purchasing goods to be shipped to Fuzhou City.
There are many dignitaries and dignitaries gathered in Fuzhou City, and many goods from Nanping City can make money when shipped to Fuzhou City.
But this road is not safe. It is not only infested by Japanese pirates and bandits, but also by private checkpoints set up by Yanping Guards and various county guards. For ordinary businessmen, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes can offset most of the profits once they go back and forth.
Although Xu Shisheng is the head of the household in Nanping City, there are still Yanping Prefecture outside Nanping City, and there are other prefectures and counties outside Yanping Prefecture. If he wants to transport goods to Fuzhou City, he still cannot escape these tax cards.
But this time, Xu Shisheng had received an order from the Chief Envoy of Fujian and was going to Fuzhou Prefecture on official business. With the support of Yan Maoqing, the censor of the Qing army, he was not afraid of being robbed at checkpoints along the way.
When he went out on business this time, County Magistrate Bai was also afraid that Xu Shisheng would make a mistake, so he ordered Li Hu, the leader of the county government's Minzhuang, to lead thirty Minzhuang to escort him along the way.
Li Hu was a ruthless man who dared to go out to fight even when the Japanese pirates besieged the city. The bandits and small groups of Japanese pirates along the way were no match for Li Hu, so Xu Shisheng took out the money he had saved over the years and extorted money from other hereditary military households in Nanping City. With the money, he purchased three carts of goods worth two hundred taels of silver and prepared to take them to Fuzhou City for sale.
Xu Shisheng brought only two helpers and pushed three full carts of goods to the gate of the county town.
In order to save money, Xu Shisheng was reluctant to hire mules and horses, and directly asked Minzhuang to help him push the cart.
Li Hu is a tall, dark man with curly black hair, somewhat resembling the image of Zhang Fei in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Li Hu also took Zhang Fei as his idol and worked hard to practice a snake spear since he was a child. Because he was stronger than ordinary people and wielded the spear with amazing power, he was also famous around Nanping County.
Li Hu had a fierce personality, but Xu Shisheng came up and gave him a thumbs up, saying that this time he was assisting the imperial censor in the Qing army, and if his military post was vacant, he could help Li Hu run a hundred or a thousand households or something.
Li Hu is the leader of Minzhuang. Minzhuang is just a servant, lower than the officials of the county government. They are completely temporary workers hired by the county government, and they are not paid at all.
Although the status of a hereditary military position is not high, it will be much better than a temporary worker like Li Hu in the county government.
Li Hu's family was poor and had no money to study and read, so he was raised by his old mother. He had been working hard in the county since he was a child, and he had also been a bandit. He would definitely not be able to take the martial arts examination.
Later, when County Magistrate Bai arrived in the county, he was ordered to stay in order to maintain stability and made him the leader of the people. Finally, he no longer needed to live in a drafty village with his old mother.
If he can get a hereditary military position, it will be regarded as a glorious ancestor, and Li Hu's old mother will definitely be very happy.
Therefore, Li Hu turned a blind eye to Xu Shisheng's driving of Minzhuang under his command. Anyway, Minzhuang in the county often did this thing of pulling carts and transporting goods.
Without Li Hu to support him, Xu Shisheng intensified his efforts and asked his two assistants to serve as supervisors, constantly urging the people to move forward faster.
These two helpers were also the same kind of bullies as Xu Shisheng. When they saw these people who usually ran rampant in the county being driven around by Xu Shisheng, they even tormented the people with fake power. The people of the people complained, but Li Hu did not say anything, and they did not dare to contradict Xu Shisheng.
After walking stumblingly for half a day, they were only thirty miles out of the county. The people were exhausted. Xu Shisheng and the two assistants thought they were walking too slowly. They rested by the river for half a moment and urged Li Hu. Hit the road.
For the sake of the fame promised by Xu Shisheng, Li Hu had no choice but to order the repairs to be stopped and the cart to continue on the road.
At this time, Su Ze, who was ambushing in the woods ahead, said to the Changning Guardsman Yu Qingzhuang beside him: "Have you remembered the key?" The remaining
soldiers all had their faces covered, and the gunmen were divided into two rows. Led by Su Ze, the second platoon was commanded by Lin Xianyang.
Su Ze looked at the sparse team of county government officials preparing to set off in the distance. A lean middle-aged man wearing a soap-colored clerk's uniform, while being served by two assistants, cursed and urged the people to pull the cart. Su Ze Pointing and asking, "That's Xu Shisheng, right?"
Lin Xianyang nodded, and Su Ze finally asked,
"Do you remember how to fight?"
Lin Xianyang nodded and said, "Remember, the first row is a hundred steps away. Just aim and shoot. Our second row must wait until the enemy is within 70 steps before firing." "
If the county residents run away, don't continue to pursue them. If someone rushes within 50 steps, we must kill them decisively. Do you understand? ?"
"Understood!"
Lin Mojun was also covered with a black cloth. She was squatting in the bushes with a spear across her side. After Su Ze finished explaining to Lin Xianyang, Su Ze walked over and said to Lin Mojun: "Remember what we once said about "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
? That sentence? 'Use the right combination to win by surprise.'"
Lin Mojun said: "Remember."
"Very good, this time my brother Xianyang and I are leading the regular army, and you are the strange army. This time to assassinate Xu Shisheng, we must It's up to you alone."
Lin Mojun immediately nodded and said: "Understood!"
"Everyone takes a final rest and attacks when they are about to enter the woods."
Xu Shisheng finally finished packing up the convoy, and Minzhuang pushed the truck and finally started to move forward. When they arrived in front of the woods, Li Hu frowned and said, "There are usually a lot of animals in this forest, why is it so quiet today?"
Xu Shisheng said nonchalantly: "We have only been out of the county for less than thirty miles, how could there be bandits here? Ambushing here? Mr. Hu, you are too cautious."
Li Hu relaxed his brows and said, "That's right, I hope I'm worrying too much."
But when the convoy was about to enter the woods, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the woods. .
On Li Hu's side, Minzhuang was pushing the cart. When he saw someone suddenly rushing out, he panicked.
However, Li Hu usually has great authority in the minzhuang team. He calmed the team with a loud shout, and the minzhuang people drew their swords one after another.
At this moment, Su Ze had already lit the match and ordered: "First row, shoot!"
The remaining young men of the Changning Guards had not trained for long, and had just mastered the shooting action. The guns were not fired neatly at all. Scattered gunfire sounded, and smoke from the burning powder came out. There was chaos on the battlefield.
However, Changningwei's side was in chaos, and Xu Shisheng's side collapsed.
Minzhuang from Nanping City had fought against Japanese pirates, so of course they had seen blunderbuss, and they also knew the power of this weapon.
So many blunderbuss! That's definitely no ordinary bandit! It must be a Japanese pirate!
Just after the first round of gunfire, all the people were unsteady, and some even dropped their weapons and prepared to escape.
Xu Shisheng and the two helpers were even more miserable. One of the helpers was holding his head and shaking. He didn't have the arrogance he had when he had just oppressed Minzhuang.
The other one has hid at the end of the team, ready to turn around and run away at any time.
At this moment, Li Hu stood up with a spear in his hand. He shouted: "The distance is so far, and the musket can't be fired accurately! They fired once, and they can't fire a second shot in a short time. Follow up quickly." I still have a way to survive if I charge!"
After saying this, Li Hu took the lead and rushed forward.
Seeing Li Hu charging, five courageous Minzhuangs also rushed forward.
Qingzhuang, the remaining member of the army on Su Ze's side, was also a little panicked when he saw Li Hu rushing up with his men.
However, Su Ze remained calm. He shouted to Lin Xianyang in the back row: "Load! Wait until within seventy steps before shooting!"
"Load in the first row!"
After saying this, Su Ze began to clean the powder room and chamber, then follow the steps to reload, reload with powder and lead shot.
Li Hu was very fast. He had already rushed within eighty steps, and finally someone couldn't help but shoot.
The accuracy of the cannon was impressive. These young soldiers had not been trained for a long time, so naturally they failed to hit Li Hu who was moving at high speed.
Li Hu even shouted loudly, like a tiger descending the mountain and rushing towards Su Ze in the front row.
The five men who followed Li Hu in the charge were not so lucky. When they rushed within 70 steps, the second row of gunmen began to fire intensively. Although the accuracy of the gunshots was not high, at 70 steps The hit rate on the humanoid target aimed at inside was already quite impressive, and the five Minzhuangs who followed Li Hu in the charge were all shot.
Although they failed to hit their vital points, the severe pain caused by the bullets caused them to fall to the ground and let out pitiful wails.
Now the people behind them no longer have the will to fight.
Seeing the lethality of the cannons on the opposite side, I knew that these were no ordinary Japanese pirates, but maybe the famous iron artillery team under King Lu!
The last time he fought tooth and nail to defend Nanping City, it was to protect his homeland, and the county government also offered a generous bounty.
So what is the purpose of protecting Xu Shisheng this time? Originally, they were bullied by Xu Shisheng and Bang Shu along the way. They had no reward for protecting Xu Shisheng, so they didn't want to risk their lives at all.
The people put down their weapons one after another and were ready to escape at any time, but Xu Shisheng's two assistants had already fled.
As for Xu Shisheng, he originally wanted to escape, but he was reluctant to part with the goods he had purchased with a lot of money. He looked at Li Hu who was charging alone, hoping that Li Hu could drive away these Japanese pirates with bravery like the last time the Japanese invaded Nanping City. At that time, you can return to the county seat and ask Yanping Guards to send troops to escort you.
Sixty steps, fifty steps!
Li Hu had already seen the black hole of the bird's gun. He raised the spear in his hand with a grin, and was about to throw the spear at the leader-looking Su Ze.
This is Li Hu's famous stunt. Within thirty steps, he can hit the enemy with a hundred hits and nail the enemy with a spear!
Li Hu smiled grimly. According to his last experience, as long as one Japanese pirate is nailed, the other Japanese pirates will run away in fear, and the Japanese pirate can be repelled.
Forty steps!
Li Hu calculated the distance and was almost there!
At this moment, Su Ze had already finished loading and took the lead!
A lead bullet wrapped in oil paper was pushed out of the gun chamber by the expanding air and shot straight at the moving Li Hu!
The "shooting" skills of Level 3 are much better than those of Chang Ningwei, a bird gunner who has just been trained.
Less than fifty steps away from Li Hu, this is already a fairly close range.
Lead bullets wrapped in oil paper are more airtight than ordinary lead bullets, but they need to be wrapped in oil paper for loading. Except for Su Ze, the other gunners only use ordinary lead bullets.
Su Ze's lead bullet flew a beautiful trajectory and hit Li Hu's shoulder!
It's a pity that this is not Li Hu's hand holding the spear. Being shot did not make Li Hu give up the charge, but stimulated his ferocity even more!
At this time, he was shot in the left shoulder and could no longer throw the spear with all his strength.
Li Hu simply came over with a spear and wanted to fight Su Ze in the front row!
Li Hu was getting closer and closer. At this time, it was too late to reload. Su Ze also decisively put down the blunderbuss and drew out the sword from his waist.
Li Hu endured the severe pain in his shoulder and thrust out the spear with all his strength. At this moment, he just wanted to kill Su Ze in front of him!
[It was discovered that on the battlefield where you can learn the skill "Sword Skills", do you want to learn it?]
"Learn to learn!" Needless to say, learn it immediately!
"System, increase your strength with two points!"
Su Ze's strength instantly reached 9 points. He immediately used basic sword skills to hold the spear thrust by Li Hu.
What a strength!
Li Hu had never encountered such a powerful opponent. His spear was held tightly by Su Ze and he could not move forward.
This is a master! Is there such a character among the Japanese pirates?
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Li Hu's fierceness dissipated. He was decisive and gave up the spear in his hand, then crouched down and ran for his life!
This Li Hu was also very lucky. When he squatted down, Lin Xianyang and his second row of gunners had already reloaded, but they did not dare to shoot for fear of accidentally injuring Su Ze.
When Li Hu squatted down and ran away, the lead bullets flew past his scalp.
Blood flowed down his cheek, and Li Hu felt the fear of death.
This is much more powerful than the Japanese pirates last time! It’s better to run first!
Li Hu quickly escaped from the effective shooting range, and Su Ze immediately asked people to stop shooting.
Seeing Li Hu also retreating, the remaining Minzhuang lost their will to fight and began to flee one after another.
Xu Shisheng also wanted to run away, but he was wearing a robe and could not run as fast as the Minzhuang men in shorts, and was soon left behind.
A masked black figure appeared from behind, and Xu Shisheng immediately said: "Hero, spare your life! I am Xu Shisheng of Nanping County, and I have friendship with you, King Lu!" Xu Shisheng added: "
I provided all your gunpowder! Spare me With one life, these goods belong to heroes!"
The black shadow asked in a neutral voice: "Do you know our King Lu?"
"Of course! The last time King Lu ambushed the former Baihu of Changning Guard, I was the one who provided the information! Your King Lu also gave me a piece of gold cake!"
Xu Shisheng took out the gold cake from his arms and held it high above his head.
When Xu Shisheng saw the silence on the other side, he thought he had a way out and was about to continue begging for mercy.
Hearing the sharp sound of breaking through the air, Xu Shisheng instinctively felt the threat of death, but he was unable to dodge, and the spear passed through his body, nailing him to the ground.
Then there was a flash of light. Lin Mojun drew out his saber and chopped off Xu Shisheng's head.
Grabbing Xu Shisheng's head and pulling out the blood-stained spear, Lin Mojun let out a long roar.
Lin Mojun was not happy at all that his father's revenge was avenged.
Discussing the actual facts with Su Ze these days, Lin Mojun understood that it was not just Xu Shisheng who killed his father. Xu Shisheng was just the most insignificant member of this group, but he had the dirtiest hands.
Su Ze blew a whistle, Lin Mojun put away his spear, and Su Ze led his men to clean the battlefield.
After unloading the valuable goods from the truck, everyone carried the valuable goods on their backs, and then set Xu Shisheng's body and the truck on fire.
The crowd retreated into the forest under the leadership of Su Ze, hiding traces of their escape. Lin Mojun was in a state of disbelief along the way. After seeing Changning Guard's 100-household residence, Su Ze said to Lin Mojun, "Changning Guard still needs you." Lin Mojun was
silent
. Nod.
Su Ze looked at the sunset on the horizon that was rapidly expanding, gradually dyeing half of the sky red, like a flame burning the dirty night.
Su Ze murmured in a low voice:
"A single spark can start a prairie fire. We still have time."
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