Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

At this time, there were traces of the previous battle everywhere inside and outside the manor. After the soldiers swept the inside of the manor and carried the wounded into the manor, before they had time to clean and repair it, a large cloud of smoke and dust gradually came from the southeast. close.

Soon, a galloping cavalry team appeared in the field of vision. Seeing this scene, the soldiers couldn't help but secretly expressed their gratitude. If the manor had not been captured, they would inevitably fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Zhu Meng led dozens of cavalrymen to the south and wandered out of Lixu. The other armored soldiers all retreated into the manor. They first closed the gate of the manor, and then built a barrier with fences inside the gate using local materials.

When they finished these things, the cavalry team also arrived in front of the manor. There were about 400 people. One of them, a man who looked like a soldier, pointed at the guard on the wall and shouted: "Where are you waiting for?" Wu, why are you entering our county? The Luochuan Township group is here, please come and see the owner of this village, Lei!"

Li Tai stood on the wall, looking at the cavalry team of the rural regiment, and couldn't help but secretly lamented that the rural areas in the north were not richer than those in the lower reaches of Luoshui River, but when it came to horses, they were much better than Wuxiang County.

Today's Wuxiang county and township regiments have participated in river defense and are among the best in the reorganization of Zhuzhou's township regiments. However, there are only four to five hundred horses in the entire county and township regiments, and a considerable part of them are just horses for pulling carts.

He inherited He Basheng's troops, so he was able to pull out a cavalry team of several hundred people. But the Luochuan County Township Regiment can also pull out a cavalry team of several hundred people. Regardless of whether the township is more martial, at least the number of horses is much higher than that of the southern counties.

"A certain group of people are from the Daxingtai Zhonglang and Dushui envoy Li Shijun. We were ordered to search and rescue our colleagues who were troubled by local thieves! The local thieves Lei Mou have been captured and have no involvement with you and other local justices. If you want to coordinate the inquiry, Please come to the county magistrate!"

At Li Tai's nod, Li Yantou shouted loudly: "The evidence of crime is gathering here. If there is no local official, no one else can enter without permission!"

"Nonsense! Party leader Lei is a virtuous person in our hometown. How can we allow foreigners to slander him! Who is the envoy from Dushui? What qualifications do he have to interfere with the local people here! You and other thieves should withdraw quickly. If you dare to harm the lives of our local people, I will kill you without mercy!”

When the villagers outside heard this shouting, they immediately became angry. Under the orders of the soldier commander, they quickly set up an offensive formation.

"Throw out Lei's body."

Li Tai gave an order, and the soldiers inside the wall threw the corpse of the village owner Lei Bang, who had been beheaded, out of the wall.

The soldiers of the township regiment who had already formed up were greatly shocked when they saw this scene. One of the commanders of the township regiment even had his eyes cracked. He must have been a member of the Lei clan. He pointed his sword at the wall and shouted angrily. : "The dog thief is so vicious, do you think I, Luochuan, have no one? The thieves who violate the territory today will die, and no one can save you!"

"Lei has committed a serious crime and has already been brought to justice! Those of you villagers who are not deeply involved in the matter should retreat. Some of you are just pioneers in law enforcement. When the army comes later, this village will suffer even more disasters! For this reason, the thieves in the village are one of them. Will you bear to push the villagers into despair?"

Li Yantou continued to shout: "Lei is a tough man, and the villagers know it. This people is not immune to death, so how can you resist the magic sword? Retreat quickly and don't pursue the past. If you continue to resist, you will die." !”

These words were still very intimidating. Everyone present in the township group took one look at Lei Hong's corpse and felt secretly awe-inspiring in their hearts.

If Lei Hong were alive, they would still be afraid of clinging to his power, but now that he was dead and not their closest relatives, they would hesitate to fight for him and avenge him.

They did not know how powerful Li Shijun, the envoy of Du Shui, was, but they still knew how powerful Lei Hong was. The opponent didn't fear Lei Hong's powerful backing at all, and would kill at will. Whether their hometown group could beat the opponent or not really needed to be weighed.

The commander of the Lei family in the township regiment had no such thoughts. He immediately shouted loudly: "Man from Luochuan, how can we allow foreign thieves to frame us! Quickly attack and seize this village to avenge the party leader!"

As he spoke, he galloped forward on his horse, brandishing his sword, but soon realized that except for his own dozens of steps, few of his fellow travelers were following him.

"Are you afraid of these foreign thieves? Aren't you afraid that my family will pursue you and wait for your enemies to escape!"

Upon seeing this, Captain Lei's army was furious. He turned around and shouted: "Hurry up and attack with me and take back the manor!"

"Brother Lei, I know your feelings are painful, but please also understand the worries of the villagers. The former is chasing these thieves' comrades, and the villagers are acting rashly. The county's envoy Yang has even ordered that they must be captured alive. I want to know what these thieves are. The Lord’s power is not weak.”

Another soldier commander rode his horse forward and persuaded: "This group has been trapped in the village, it is safest for us to report it to Shangguan for punishment. If we really provoke a strong enemy for the village, the trouble we will suffer will not only be immediate." Already..."

"You cowards, shut up! If your relatives were killed like this, would you be afraid of the enemy's power and not dare to retaliate?"

The Lei soldier commander was even more furious when he heard this. He first scolded his comrades, then looked back at the fellow soldiers and said, "You and other fellow villagers have all been greatly benefited by our family. Today my family was robbed, so it is time for me to sacrifice my life to repay the favor." …”

When some of the village soldiers heard this, they lowered their heads in shame, while others also said angrily: "I am holding a sword to defend the land, but I am not a slave soldier of the Lei family! Your family is just seducing foreigners." You are a strong general from the state, plundering the countryside to enrich yourself, and you have a bad reputation. Now you are provoking powerful forces from outside. The villagers are brave and will not sacrifice their lives for you! "

During the commotion, the rural soldiers outside the city were actually divided into two parts. The commander, who was criticized by Captain Lei as a rat, did not look very good. He pointed and led some of the rural soldiers to stand sideways and ordered: "Wait a minute." I'm here to cause trouble in Pingding Township. If you don't risk your life to avenge a private family, please return to the city quickly to inform the superiors. The people in the village are not allowed to attack without permission!"

The township group came in force, but internal strife broke out within itself. Although Captain Lei was eager for revenge, because the manor was occupied by the other party, he could not get the support of the masses, so he could not help but resort to evil tactics for a while.

Luochuan City is not far from here, and is also the county seat of Fucheng County. Soon after the township messenger went to report the news, county officials came on horseback. The first one was a middle-aged man with a burly body and a majestic appearance who was the county governor of this place. Yang Shao.

Yang Shao led a group of armored soldiers to ride in here, summoned the commander of the township regiment to understand the situation briefly, and then took a look at Lei Bang's body that was thrown outside the manor, and his face suddenly darkened.

He did not respond to the sad and stern accusation made by Captain Lei. He rode his horse to the main entrance of the manor, raised his hand and pointed at the wall and shouted: "This is the official who is in charge of affairs in this area. Guests from outside the village should hurry up." Go out, if you dare to commit murder again, even if Li Boshan comes in person, he won't be able to save you!"

"Hello, Commander Yang, Li Boshan is here!"

Li Tai had met Yang Shao once before in Tai Mansion. When he saw him coming to shout in person, he also stuck his head out from the wall, cupped his hands towards Yang Shao and said, "It's really embarrassing to meet in such a scene. Capture the Thief It's really rude not to go to the house to tell you when the matter of life is urgent.

I have no intention of interfering with the envoy's case, but it is an unforgivable crime for this thief to attack and kill the members of the Dushui Department and the envoy on the road. I originally intended to report it to the envoy after I entered the Xiangxi clan, but I didn’t expect that this thief was stubborn and resisted, so I had no choice but to kill him..."

When Yang Shao saw that Li Tai was actually in the village, his expression suddenly changed. He couldn't help but turn around and glare at the soldier commander who was leading the crowd away.

He didn't mean to put Li Tai to death, but it was indeed an offense for him to lure people in and kill the people under his rule. If he could break through the manor, capture the opponent and make his subordinates before he arrived, he could teach him a lesson.

But now that he has arrived, if he orders an attack again, he will have to fight to the death.

"Li Zheng is young and brave, which is really admirable. But fighting in the countryside without caring about safety is a bit rash."

He suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Li Tai and said: "Now that I am here, if you feel that I am worthy of commenting on the matter, please go out and make a fair judgment of right and wrong out of this chaos."

"It's not that I can't trust Mr. Yang, but the members of the army who were attacked before are still missing from the country, and their lives and deaths are unknown. Although the original evil has been eliminated, the matter is not over yet. May I ask Mr. Yang, what laws did the forward envoys violate, and the people of the township corps need to be instructed? Siege and interception? "

Naturally, Li Tai would not walk out casually. Instead, he had the corpses of his subordinates who had been publicly displayed by the people of this village be moved up the wall. Then he said to Yang Shao: "It is indeed offensive and disrespectful to enter the country without reporting it. But. Yang Shijun said that I was careless, which shows that I didn't know each other.

I am a member of the water genus, and I will be rewarded for my merits and punished for my crimes. If these members really exercise power and break the law, even if they do not cause harm, I will kill them! But they died innocently and in vain. Since they followed my orders, whoever caused the harm will have to pay with blood!

Justice in the world is nothing more than repaying evil with straightness and repaying kindness with kindness! If Yang Shijun dares to say that this thief died unjustly, without disturbing other people's opinions, I will kill myself to apologize for being rude! "

Yang Shao had only met Li Tai once in Taifu, so he really didn't know much about his character. When he heard what Li Tai said, he didn't know how to answer for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "I know the inside story about this matter." I don’t know the details, but please ask Li to engage you..."

"It turns out that the envoy didn't know, so neither you nor I know. I was in the wrong for being disrespectful, and the envoy was at fault for dereliction of duty. This beast is indeed guilty of serious crimes. He is good at harming the envoys in Taiwan, and is good at mobilizing rural groups to help evil. It's really a death. Not a pity!”

Li Tai raised his hand again and said: "Open the gate of the village and ask Mr. Yang to enter the village to inspect the evidence of crime displayed in the village. The evil thieves are lurking in the village, and the evidence of the crime is shocking. If they are spread out rashly, the people will be frightened, which will make you willing to enter." Check it out?"

When Yang Shao heard this, he frowned immediately and saw the gate of the manor slowly opening. He pondered for a while and then said to a county official behind him: "I will enter the manor first, and you will stay outside."

A faux pas is a small matter, but a dereliction of duty is a big deal. If Li Tai was just an ordinary official, things would be easy to deal with, but he was the youngest employee in the Taifu, so Yang Shao had to treat him with caution.

But when he walked into the manor, he saw the corpses piled up inside the wall, and his expression suddenly changed: "Li Boshan, how many people have you killed?"