Chapter 161： great victory

The torches gradually climbed up the south slope. They first walked around and then slowly approached the Jiang family wall.

Jiang Sanlang has clearly seen that this is a group of more than a hundred bandits.

The gangsters also dragged two people with them, Chen Jiaxing, the eldest son of patriarch Chen, and Chen Shu, the eldest son of Chen Sanyou.

The two men were tied into rice dumplings with ropes and dragged along by the gangsters.

Chen Yin was so angry that his teeth itched when he saw this.

His eldest brother just refused to listen. Today, he finally persuaded his family to come to Nanpo and live in Jiang's house. However, his eldest brother and cousin refused to come, saying that they would live or die if they encountered bandits.

I thought they would at least find a place to hide for a while, but instead they ended up staying at home like this.

This is great. The two of them were caught by the thieves and dragged all the way here. If their uncle and parents saw them, they would feel bad for some reason.

Jiang Sanlang said nothing, looking coldly at the thieves below to see how they acted.

This group of bandits did not approach, but circled around the wall.

The bandit leader couldn't help but nod his head and murmured to himself: "The construction of this place is wonderful. Such a wall was built in less than ten days, which shows that this family is really rich."

He turned around and raised his chin to the men beside him: "Ask a few people to go up and take a look.

"yes!"

The little boss called two thin young men and asked them to climb the wall to explore the way.

These two people were originally snitches, and they were very good at scaling walls and climbing buildings.

The two bandits nodded and ran quickly towards the wall. When they arrived at the wall and saw that there was no movement above them, they took out the rope grappling hook from their waists and threw it against the wall with all their strength.

The claw hook was stuck on the wall. The gangster pulled hard. Seeing that the claw was tight, he climbed up the wall quickly with both feet on the rope.

The villagers hiding on the wall were a little anxious and quietly asked Jiang Sanlang: "Third brother, what should I do?"

Jiang Sanlang thought for a while and whispered: "Let them come up."

This group of thieves was far away from them and out of reach of the arrows. They had to be led forward to shoot arrows.

Moreover, they had two hostages **** in their hands. These two were the sons of Chen Sanyou and Patriarch Chen. He had to worry about the lives of these two people.

Although the villagers were puzzled, they still hid aside.

In order to resist the bandits, a lot of wood, stones, and bamboo arrows were piled on the wall. The villagers hid behind these things. In addition, the night was dark and moonless, so the bandits might not be able to detect them.

A gangster climbed up the wall, but his hands were scratched by broken porcelain shards on the outside wall.

He cursed secretly but did not dare to speak loudly. He looked up and saw black shadows on the wall, which startled him. When he looked carefully, he saw that they were not people, but piles of wood, stones and other debris.

Looking down further, the yard was dark and there was no sound.

The thief thought for a moment and immediately waved to his comrades below.

The bandit leader did not take any action when he saw it, but waited for the other person's reply.

Another thief also climbed up the wall, but before he could get up, his neck was already strangled by a thin rope. He tried to struggle, but his head was grabbed and twisted violently. There was only a slight click sound, and the thief It went limp like a dead fish.

Although the movement was small, it also alerted another bandit.

The thief reacted quickly and immediately wanted to climb the rope and escape.

But he failed to escape and was dragged over and had his neck broken.

Only then did Jiang Sanlang see clearly that it was Wen Fu who made the move.

Wen Fu said calmly: "The more you worry about the hostages, the more rampant the gangsters will be, and in the end they will only make a fuss. Send the signal immediately, let's attack from both sides, and catch him off guard!"

Jiang Sanlang nodded and immediately ordered someone to light the arrow. The flaming arrow flew directly down to the haystack ten feet away.

This distance cannot kill anyone, but it can light a haystack soaked in tung oil.

For a time, the gangsters were surrounded by fire, illuminating them with nowhere to hide. Suddenly, the cry of killing came from behind the bandit.

The bandit leader was taken aback and looked back subconsciously.

I saw more than a hundred villagers suddenly rushing out from the darkness. They were holding sticks, forks, shovels, and some were holding big knives, shouting to beat and kill.

The gangsters had never seen villagers fighting in this kind of formation, and they immediately ran towards the wall in a panic.

"shoot!"

Seeing that the bandits had already reached the shooting range, Jiang Sanlang gave an order, and a dozen archers standing on the wall shot arrows directly at the bandits below, knocking down a dozen of them at once.

The door opened immediately, and Wen Fu rushed out with dozens of villagers, wielding machetes and axes to attack the bandits.

The villagers have long been holding back their anger.

Their homes were burned down and their food and property were robbed. They were so full of anger that they were fearless and rushed over regardless of their own safety. When they saw the culprits, they cut them down, almost one by one.

This gang of kidnappers is a group of defeated gangsters, and some of them are still injured. They acted at night just to get some food and money secretly to facilitate their escape in the future.

In the end, when we met such a group of villagers, they acted like regular imperial troops and played so many tricks to deal with them.

Now the bandits were in complete chaos, running around in all directions.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the bandit leader wanted to escape alone, but someone had already targeted him. The cold light slashed over the two bandits guarding him, and another cold light directly cut off one of the bandit leader's arms.

The bandit leader yelled and rolled to the ground, covering his arms.

Two villagers rushed forward, held him down, and tied the bandit leader into a rice dumpling in two or two strokes.

Wen Fu whispered: "Drag him back to stop the bleeding and don't let him die. This is a great achievement."

The villagers understood and dragged the bandit leader back.

At this time, the lights were brightly lit inside the wall, and everyone was standing in the yard, listening carefully to the shouts, killings and screams outside.

The villagers dragged the bandit leader into a hut and called Mrs. Wen to stop the bleeding and heal his injuries.

Mrs. Wen and Ying Bao walked into the house together. Ying Bao was holding a medicine bag. Mrs. Wen took out her own medicine box and wound treatment tools to suture the bandit leader's wound.

At this time, the bandit leader was already semi-conscious due to excessive blood loss. Ying Bao took out a pill, crushed it in water, and drank it for him.

This is a great treasure that has made great contributions, and it cannot just die like this.

Outside the wall, the thieves were killed or injured, and only one or two out of ten escaped under the cover of night.

The people **** the injured ones with ropes, and dragged the corpses of the gangsters to a place to be disposed of.

The patriarch’s eldest son and Chen Sanyou’s eldest son were also untied and sent back to the Jiang family for treatment.

Each of the two men had one of their ears cut off, and their faces were swollen like pig heads. Apart from these flesh wounds, they were fine. However, they were frightened and made their pants wet.

Chief Chen was so angry that he asked his daughter-in-law to change his son's clothes and trousers. Then he asked Aunt Wu's husband Wu Si to give them medicine.

After clearing the battlefield, it was already daybreak.

Jiang Sanlang asked the two of them to go to the town quickly to report the matter to Sun Lizheng, and then he lay down to rest for a while.

This great victory was not only due to Dongchen Village, but also to the help of more than a dozen households and dozens of masons from Xichen Village.

Among them, the one who has made the greatest contribution is Wen Fu.

Jiang Sanlang finally figured it out. This Wen Fu was very powerful. Not only was he highly skilled in martial arts, he was also decisive in killing. His ability to deal with the enemy was like that of a battle-hardened general.

But Jiang Sanlang couldn't understand that such a person would stoop to being a slave.

Even though the court now values ​​civility over military affairs, for such a talent, as long as he is willing, there is no problem in escaping from slavery.