Chapter 392： rebels

Jiang Dalang and his eldest son heard the sound and ran to open the door. When they saw that it was shopkeeper Qiu, they quickly opened the threshold and led the donkey cart in.

Qiu Rong also ran out of the house. When she saw her father, mother and brother coming, she was heartbroken. She helped her mother into the house and went to pack up two side rooms for them to live in.

Shopkeeper Qiu told his relatives what he saw: "Well, as soon as I left the city, I saw the city gate closed. The city gate was closed in broad daylight. Either there were foreign enemies or there was civil strife. Up to now, I feel worried about it. Bang bang jump, so dangerous!”

Fortunately, I listened to the words of my third in-laws and my daughter, otherwise I would be locked up in the city and still not be slaughtered?

After hearing this, Old Man Jiang and Jiang Dalang's faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly called Jiang Sanlang to discuss countermeasures.

The next day, Jiang Sanlang convened a meeting with the villagers and told the strange things about the county. Finally, he said: "There must be something going on over there in the county. We must be more vigilant to prevent rebels from coming. I will inform the surrounding stations about this later." Ting, let them decide.”

There are several Wupu Inns around Qinchuan County. I don’t know if they are accomplices from the county seat, so he has to inform other counties.

Moreover, the county lieutenant of Qinchuan County has an old grudge with him, and he is not allowed to take this opportunity to retaliate against his family.

The patriarch frowned: "Could it be that the county town has also rebelled against the new dynasty?" If that is the case, it would be really bad. His grandson and the two children of the Jiang family are both newly promoted military attachés of the new dynasty. Everyone knows this.

It would be terrible if the rebels invaded the village and captured the old, weak, women and children to threaten the new army.

Thinking of this, the clan leader said again: "Sanlang, please take a few more people to inform the surrounding post offices to garrison, and we will also arrange them in the village."

"That's exactly what I meant when I called everyone here. The first thing now is to build the village gate, and then call all the villagers in the surrounding villages to fight against the enemy together." Jiang Sanlang said.

Over the years, under the supervision of the little girl, most of the village wall has been repaired, and now only a few entrance and exit gates have not been installed.

As long as they guard the gate of the village, no one can break in from the other side of the wall.

Firstly, there is a circle of saponaria trees outside the fence, and secondly, there are several tall arrow towers beside the fence.

“Okay! Let’s do it like this!” Everyone agreed in unison.

Hence, several villagers who were good at riding horses followed Jiang Sanlang to notify the posthouse and the garrison, while the rest of them supplied wood and hemp rope from their homes and started building the village gate together.

Another school boy ran to other villages and notified the village leaders of other villages, asking them to quickly bring people over to help.

 Chen Changsheng of the West Village couldn't sit still, so he simply notified the people of the West Village to come and help, and built a straw and bamboo shed in the East Village. Everyone in their village had to come in to take refuge, including his own family.

Yingbao took advantage of everyone being busy and took Dahuang and Xiaohei to the wild to pick up stones. No matter how big or small, as long as they can be pried, all will be put into the cave.

In a real fight, those bamboo arrows would not do as much damage as hitting someone with stones, so she had to pick up more stones.

It’s a pity that there are not many highly toxic medicines that can be prepared with five colors and odorless ingredients. Otherwise, it would be easier to secretly poison those bad guys.

Even if the numbing powder was dispersed, she didn't have much on hand, and she couldn't numb a group of people in a short time.

A few days passed in a flash.

On this day, several young men who were acting as scouts suddenly ran back and shouted loudly as soon as they entered the village: "No! A group of soldiers are coming!"

Everyone was shocked and rushed to tell each other.

People in the market also ran into the village carrying baskets and pushing wheelbarrows.

Although the textile workshop also has high walls, it is not as safe as the village, so all the weaver girls ran in.

Like everyone else, Yingbao also heard the scout's shout and immediately ran to the West Village to find Mrs. Wang and asked her to come into the East Village quickly.

Mrs. Wang did not hesitate, and ordered her servants to load the family's food and other items into the carriage, and quickly entered the East Village.

Not long after, Ying Bao, who was standing on the tall sentry tower, saw more than a thousand soldiers going up the south slope. They rummaged around in the market for a while, but when they couldn't find valuables, they went straight to the textile workshop.

The door of the workshop was closed tightly. They smashed it for a while, but when they couldn't open it, the leader ordered them to turn back and besiege the village.

The gate of the village is poorly made, and the inside can be seen from the outside. But these doors were made of logs and were very strong, and the rebels could not break through them for a while.

Yingbao saw that it was Cao Shen who was riding on a tall horse. There was another person beside him, who seemed to be talking to him.

Ying Bao always felt that he had seen this person somewhere. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered that he and Chen Changping had been together.

Thinking of the Chen Wan incident, she became a little clearer.

This person should be Yan Jinshan, Cheng Wang’s confidant.

He actually colluded with Cao Shen. The dream he had may have been a warning.

If the eldest cousin's family didn't come back, they might really kill his family.

Thinking of this, Ying Bao felt chills running down her back.

As long as you ignore your dreams, your eldest cousin and your aunt's family may be killed.

Ying Bao narrowed his eyes and saw those people starting to set fire to the village gate.

The gate was tied with hemp rope and wood, and tied with wooden pegs. It was not allowed to be burned at all.

Zhang Meng stood on the sentry tower next to the village gate. He shouted: "Fire the arrow!"

Several villagers standing on the guard tower began to shoot arrows at those people.

But this was the first time they used bows and arrows against officers and soldiers wearing court uniforms. They still felt sorry for them and did not dare to actually kill those people.

Zhang Meng was a little angry and shouted: "Aim at them and shoot them. They come with so many people at once. Either he or I will die. Why are you hesitating? Are you waiting for them to kill all your wives, children, and children?"

The villagers shook their hands and saw those people outside setting fire to the houses in the market. For a moment, the flames shot into the sky, and they suddenly became furious. They drew their bows and shot arrows, shooting downwards without hesitation.

But the gate of the village has been broken open, and rebels are pouring into the village like a tide.

Ying Bao stood on the arrow tower, throwing stones downward one by one.

Beside her are her father Jiang Sanlang and Aniang Chunniang.

This sentry tower, and the sentry tower opposite Zhang Mengdai, are also two strongholds guarding the gate of the village.

If an enemy attacks, these two arrow towers can also block it.

But neither she nor her father expected that Cao Shen would bring so many people at once just to attack a village.

However, Cao Shen may not know that the village gate is only the first barrier, and there are second and third barriers behind it.

The rebels rushed into the village despite the rain of arrows and stones from the villagers, but what the **** is this circle of honey locust branches in front of them?

I saw a circle of honey locust branches piled inside the gate, blocking all roads. The pile of branches was so sharp that it made one's scalp numb.

The road ahead was blocked, and their heads were constantly attacked by bamboo arrows and stones. The rebels retreated in a hurry, leaving behind dozens of corpses and injured people.

Cao Shen frowned and waved his team to retreat, out of the attack range of the arrow tower.

“It looks like we can’t attack from the front gate.” Yan Jinshan touched his chin and said, “This village is indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, so don’t take a peek. Brother Cao, your plan may take some trouble.”

Cao Shen sneered: "If I can't take over a small village, how can I be worthy of becoming the king? Brother Yan, don't worry, Cao will definitely flatten the village and take all the heads and property to see the king." (End of this chapter)