Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

The cold wind was howling in the village, and the snowflakes in the sky were getting bigger and denser. Hundreds of villagers stood silently in the wind and snow, surrounded by fierce soldiers wearing military robes and holding knives in their hands. Li, no matter how you look at this scene, it looks like tough soldiers passing through the border bullying the villagers.

But the actual situation was completely different. After Lu Chuan finished shouting, he saw that the villagers were still timid and did not dare to come forward. He did not feel that there was anything wrong with him and his group. He only felt that the powerful and powerful people in this village were too vicious and had too much power. Repeat the words.

"Those sheep in the house came from which household, and which household took them back! If you are worried that this village thief will be held accountable later, let him beheaded here today, and use this thief's head to correct our military order!"

Lu Chuan saw that the villagers just didn't dare to move, so he simply jumped off the earth wall, put the blade directly on the neck of the trembling clan elder, and said viciously.

"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding... General, wait a minute, the folks here are all members of our Zhang clan, and the person under the sword is the clan elder! The clan elder, he is not trying to extort relatives, he is just afraid that the general will wait for the wind and snow to rush on, or because of the courtesy After seeing the crime of not being careful, he moved out of the clan to give birth to sheep..."

Finally, a man from the village had the courage to step forward and explain that although he still didn't believe that any officers and soldiers could be so disciplined and have no offense against the people, in this situation, it was better to save the elders first before talking about anything else.

After Lu Chuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He turned the blade and pointed at other villagers and asked. The answers they received were similar. Then he felt a little embarrassed. He then lowered his head and looked at the clan elder whose hands and feet were frozen. He scolded: "If this is the case, why didn't you say it before?"

The clan elder felt a little aggrieved after hearing this. It seems like you didn't give me a chance to defend myself.

He still didn't dare to say this, but just lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Is what the general said true? Do you really don't need the villagers to prepare food and entertainment?"

"Hot soup is still required, but other food does not need to be provided by the village. It turned out to be a misunderstanding, which disturbed the village owner and the villagers. I'm sorry."

Lu Chuan used to be from Beizhou, and he also knew that these villagers lived like frightened birds under the dual oppression of soldiers and bandits. Now that the misunderstanding was resolved, he stopped being arrogant, apologized with fists in his hands, and asked his subordinates to bring a flag. Zhang Zhan showed it to everyone: "In the past, the officers and soldiers may not have shown sympathy to the locals, but we, Governor Li, are not like this.

Look for this flag with a mountain character. Anyone who flaunts this flag across the border and causes harm to the villagers should go directly to the southern Dushui Administrative Office and tell them. Not only will Governor Li not punish you, but he will also reward the villagers for overseeing military discipline. Power! When the mountain-character flag passes through the border, those who step on the seedlings and injure the seedlings will be punished with sticks, and those who take supplies will be punished! "

When the villagers present heard this, the crowd suddenly burst into thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time. The elder was so excited that his eyes filled with tears. He repeatedly cupped his hands and said, "My humble opinion, my humble opinion... it's really true." In all my years of living, I have never seen such righteous officers and soldiers!”

"We will see you often in the future. Governor Li oversees both sides of the Luoshui River. His soldiers often wander around the east and west villages without disturbing anyone! The villagers go to their own homes, and we also have to eat and rest."

Lu Chuan also proudly promulgated the military order of the Governor. To be honest, he did not understand why the Governor would issue such a military order to restrain his own hands and feet.

He once served as a commander of a rural regiment, lived in seclusion in the countryside, and was massacred by thieves. He just felt that the weak and the strong were the way of the world. Wearing armor and holding a knife would put life and death at risk. If the control was too strict, it might weaken morale.

But when he saw the dancing and admiring expressions of these villagers with his own eyes, he felt a sense of satisfaction and pride in his heart. It turned out that the joy of life was not only about bullying the weak. It is also joyful to see others recognize and admire you from the bottom of their hearts.

They found a few empty houses outside the village to stay in, and sent several people to report the situation here. They were still cleaning up the earth stove under the shed, and the elder of the tribe had already entered with several strong men, bringing a lot of dry firewood, Purified water, a jar of pickles, two fans of dried meat and several buckets of corn.

"The general and others are here to eliminate harm to the village. We braved the wind, snow and cold. Although we villagers are poor and stingy, we are not completely unloyal. Although these foods are simple, general, please accept them and feed them!"

The elder came forward and waved his hand to let the village man carry these materials into the house.

However, Lu Chuan raised his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "The previous misunderstanding disturbed the owner of the village, but you can't trick me into committing a crime despite knowing the military order. What's more, the food you have is not necessarily as delicious as ours. We, the soldiers, I have my own support, so I won’t bother you with waiting for envoys. Although I’m borrowing a place, I have limited supplies, so I won’t invite you fellow villagers to share them!”

As he spoke, he pushed the villagers out of the yard, chopped the grain cakes into the boiling water with a knife, and cooked them for a while. The cakes had completely melted and turned into a large pot of sticky porridge. The group gathered around the stove fire. Eat and drink next to each other.

The elder of the tribe stood outside the fence, watching the soldiers eating and drinking around the stove. He suddenly blinked, raised his hand to wipe away the snowflakes that fell in his eye sockets, took a deep breath and sighed: "I have lived for a long time, how can I?" You can see all kinds of monsters! Whether you are an official or a gangster, how have you ever seen someone so kind and unwilling to bully someone who is strong and has a knife in his hand?"

He raised his hand, rubbed his old face heavily several times, and signaled the villagers to leave. When he returned to his home and sat down, he was silent for a while, and then said to a villager: "Go, inform Shi Nu and the others, come back, come back tomorrow!

Although I don’t know what kind of power and style Governor Li has, but his military style is such, I think he should be a benevolent official who can care for everyone and his loved ones, which may be the vitality of my family. It’s hard for the sons and daughters to return home, and it’s hard work to hide and wander outside..."

Not to mention that several people from the village went out quietly in the wind and snow. After Lu Chuan and others finished eating and feeding the horses, they assigned watch posts for the night, and then they spread out their felt furs and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, the night watchman suddenly sounded the siren, approached Lu Chuan and whispered: "Team leader, there are nearly a hundred people coming from outside the village!"

"Get up, get up!"

After Lu Chuan heard this, his sleepiness disappeared immediately. While the soldiers were still hurriedly dressing up, he had already bent down and went out with his saber in hand. When he arrived at the village gate, under the snow light, he saw hundreds of people entering the village.

"Could it be the remnants of the Longzhou bandit, or other bandits?"

He murmured to himself, and soon after he arranged for the soldiers to occupy the sheltered areas in the village, he did not forget to send someone to notify the owner of the village to summon the villagers to guard against the bandits.

The gangsters outside the village were obviously very familiar with the environment here. They were scattered and hiding, but their progress was not slow. If the night watchers had not been alert and discovered in advance, judging from the sneaking posture of these people, they would have been able to sneak into the village silently.

The wind, snow and cold were not suitable for the use of bows and arrows. Lu Chuan and others all hid their swords under their armpits, waiting for the opponent to approach from the front before jumping up to kill them. But when they were still a few feet away from each other, there was a sudden noise in the village, which immediately alerted the enemies who were sneaking closer. Even a dozen people stopped hiding and rushed towards the village.

"Death to the thief!"

When Lu Chuan saw this, he shouted loudly, jumped up from the low wall, and swung his knife to slash at a gangster who was rushing at the front.

The gangster was tall, holding a hardwood staff as thick as an arm. Seeing Lu Chuan leap out, his expression was startled. He hurriedly responded to the enemy but did not move slowly. He kicked his legs back, swept his body backwards, and swung his hand. The stick swiped slightly towards the side of Lu Chuan's face.

Lu Chuan suddenly sank, and after landing, the blade of the knife was slashed forward. If the knife struck hard, it could directly disembowel the gangster in front of him.

The gangster retracted his arms and held his long stick in front of him. Lu Chuan slashed him and the stick down with a knife, and fell heavily into the snow. The soldiers on the left and right flew forward, and the tip of the knife was about to penetrate his ribs, but the man Like a snake clinging to the ground, the strong body actually showed extraordinary flexibility, narrowly avoiding the sharp edge, and the long staff in his hand jumped up sharply, pushing against Lu Chuan's chest to distance them.

Lu Chuan groaned, raised his left hand, grasped the long stick, and pulled it sideways. The gangster who had just stood firm on the ground did not move at all. He couldn't help but whisper: "The thief has great arm strength!"

"Kill you enough!"

The gangster snorted coldly, raised his arm and accurately grasped the back of the knife that was slashed from the side. However, he was led by Lu Chuan and he couldn't help but dive forward. The long staff in his other hand had already been released, and he saw that the blade was heading straight towards his left shoulder. He slashed at Lu Chuan and roared, "Thief, what have you done to the people of the village?"

The fighting skills of this gangster are very exquisite. Lu Chuan and other soldiers who are accustomed to fighting in large and open battlefields actually felt quite passive when fighting in close quarters. Lu Chuan was just waiting for a collision to stab the opponent to death, but his movements slowed down after hearing this roar. After a moment's delay, the blade of the knife that didn't have time to turn sent the person flying several feet, and then he shouted and asked: "Who is the thief?"

"Be merciful, don't hurt your life..."

The hoarse shouts of the elders rang out in the village, and dozens of villagers rushed towards it in a noisy manner.

"Third uncle, are you still there?"

The gangster who was whipped away by Lu Chuan's knife heard the shout and responded with surprise.

"How dare you offend the Righteous Master? Kneel down and beg for mercy! If I don't ask you to come back tomorrow morning, who will you pretend to be a ghost in the middle of the night?"

The elder of the clan looked furious. When he got closer and found that there were no casualties, he was relieved. Then he bowed to Lu Chuan repeatedly and said: "General, please forgive me, please forgive me! These are all sons and daughters of the household, because the clan has old When Nian saw the big family in the harsh countryside, he was afraid of being persecuted, so he asked his sons to pretend that they had been kidnapped by bandits and hide out..."

After the explanation from the elder of the clan, Lu Chuan gradually understood that it was another misunderstanding. The gangster he fought with turned out to be a descendant of this village. The messenger's failure to explain clearly made him suspect that his tribe had been persecuted by tough soldiers, so he wanted to take revenge at night.

The young man named Zhang Shinu had a bit of arrogance in his eyes because he had not lost in the fight with Lu Chuan and others.

But when Lu Chuan beckoned the armored soldiers lying everywhere to show up, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back. Fortunately, he rushed in first in a hurry, and with his strength and strength, he stretched out his hands for support. If he and his companions stepped into this surrounded In the middle, he might be able to fight for a while, but the other companions would probably be lost here.

He then obeyed the clan elder's order and knelt down on the ground with a plop. Before he could open his mouth and lower his head, he saw blood from the tiger's mouth sprinkling on the ground. He dared not underestimate Lu Chuan, who had fought with him for many times: "General, you are really brave and strong, little one." The people are ignorant and do not know authority..."