Infrastructure masters in the red building

"What?" Yuan Hua, the county magistrate of Wuyuan County, was taken aback. "The bandits actually bypassed Wuyuan County and went to Taoyuan Village?"

Master Li came here in a hurry just to explain the news. At this time, he nodded solemnly and said: "Someone saw that those bandits found two siege machines with battering rams from somewhere, and they went to Taoyuan Village together. gone."

Yuan Hua was stunned, and said: "It's over, it's over, it's over——"

Taoyuan Village said that the city wall was going to be repaired, but within three days, it was conceivable what kind of city wall could be built - it was rare that the other party even used siege weapons?

If this siege weapon was used to deal with Wuyuan County, Yuan Hua would not be afraid at all, who would have thought that this group of lifeless guys actually moved the siege weapon to Taoyuan Village to deal with Jia Fang?

He still had a little hope in his heart, and told Master Li: "Go to the Confucian Temple and ask, has Mr. Jia returned?"

Master Li had already asked, but at this moment he looked at Master Yuan with great regret and shook his head.

Yuan Hua suddenly felt that the future was bleak, if Jia Fang also...then he...

"The battering ram..." Thinking of this, Yuan Hua felt that both humans and gods were indignant, "What kind of bandit is this? Didn't it mean that Tonghuan Sanliu avenged his brother?"

Master Li felt that his county magistrate was a little too naive, and said: "They say it is Tonghuan Sanliu, do you believe it is Tonghuan Sanliu? I guess the real Tonghuan Sanliu is a pawn, and he was ripped off They came out to use it as a banner, and maybe they are pawns at this time, fighting in Taoyuan Village."

When Yuan Hua thought of this scene, he felt even more uncomfortable, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Go, accompany me to the street to have a look."

Master Li quickly lowered his head, led a small team of yamen servants, and accompanied the frowning magistrate Yuan Hua to patrol the streets of Wuyuan County.

In the past few days, Wuyuan County is indeed in chaos.This time the bandits killed a carbine suddenly, causing some villagers in Wuyuan County to be caught off guard.They had just sent back the grain and various reserves temporarily stored in Wuyuan County to their houses outside the city, but the bandits said they were coming again, and there were nearly 1 people in seven or eight thousand— - Doesn't this scare me to death?

Most of the people didn't care about taking anything, and most of them rushed into the county town to take refuge without their belongings.Last night, the spies discovered that the brigade of bandits had arrived nearby, and Wuyuan County immediately locked the city gates. Now the county is full of people who have not yet settled down, and the streets are also chaotic. It is not you who knocked me down, It was I who touched you, full of complaints and resentment.Looking around, there are almost unreasonable disputes everywhere.

Fortunately, Yuan Hua, the magistrate of the county, still has good prestige in the city.Even the saddest and most angry villagers would stop and bow to salute when they saw Yuan Hua. Once their emotions stabilized, they would be able to find some solutions.

Just like this, Yuan Hua comforted the people under his jurisdiction, and walked slowly along the main road in Wuyuan County.

He sincerely thanked Jia Fang and his subordinates—it had been rumored in Wuyuan County that the bandits started to make trouble because of Zhang Tian’s incident, but Jia Fang’s people tried the Liu family cleanly and let people know about it. The nonsense was all rumors released by the Liu family for their own benefit, and Yuan Hua's reputation and prestige had been maintained, so that he, the county lord, could still have quite solid public opinion in this critical moment.

"How are the big households in the county?" Yuan Hua casually asked Master Li beside him as he walked away.

But Master Li beside Yuan Hua suddenly saw a calm and stern face among the panic-stricken people in the city. Yes, very calm! I am also very supportive of adults."

In such a time of turmoil, calmness is an absolute advantage.

When Yuan Hua heard this, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's good!"

At this moment, it never occurred to him that the county had just killed the Liu family and the Zhao family.

But Mr. Li didn't dare to remind County Magistrate Yuan anything because of the calm and stern face opposite him, so he could only prevaricate it with words.

The face on the opposite side of the street was Yi Ran from the previous Liu family task force. This person has now been transferred to the special case team responsible for investigating the Zhao family. Master is not convenient to hear.Therefore, it was co-organized by people from Pingnan Daying and those from the task force.

Therefore, when Mr. Li was asked about "big family in the county" by Yuan County Magistrate in the street, he could only use the word "calm" to cover it up, so as not to startle the snake.

That Yi Ran seemed to have heard the two people's conversation from a distance, lowered his head, slightly pulled down the brim of his hat, nodded, and then disappeared into the crowd, not knowing where to go.

Yuan and Li came to the Confucian Temple for a while, and Zheng Boyi welcomed him in to visit Mr. Xia Shengshen.The old man was in good spirits, but he only asked one question: "Where is Jia Fang? Where is Jia?"

Yuan Hua didn't know how to answer, Xia Shengshen immediately flattened his mouth and said, "I'm going to Taoyuan Village too, so you send someone to take me to Taoyuan Village right now."

Facing the stubborn elder, Yuan Hua persuaded and persuaded, but failed, and finally told the truth: "Lord Xia, the bandits have now bypassed Wuyuan County and headed for Taoyuan Village. Master Jia Fang is on the way Commanding the attack there, it is really inconvenient for you to go there now."

Xia Shengshen sighed, and said, "Lord Yuan, this old man is getting old, and he is new to the South, so his words are meaningless. You are the county's honorable person, and you have the responsibility to guard the land, and the official office of the Jiedushi is under your jurisdiction. It's already at this juncture, don't you understand a little bit?"

Yuan Hua still didn't understand: "My lord, please advise."

Xia Xingshen said, "There are sweets for crying children!"

"I heard that Mr. Jia let [-] troops from the southern battalion stay in the Sanguan and Two Villages for the sake of the peace of the southern border, and left the rest of the troops in Yong'an and Yongning prefectures. But it's at this juncture. It’s gone, can’t you cry twice on behalf of Mr. Jia, and ask for some reinforcements to come—”

"It's a good thing not to ask for anything, but... if you don't ask for help, others won't regard it as a big deal!"

Xia Xingshen looks like an old pedant who doesn't understand the past, but he was born in a family of officials and has been in the officialdom in Beijing for decades. He knows the basic rules of the officialdom.At this time, I simply reminded Yuan Hua: It's time to cry to the top to ask for reinforcements, otherwise, Wuyuan County and Taoyuan Village, even if they are lucky enough to defeat these bandits by their own strength, they will be rewarded for their merits and deeds. It will not be taken seriously, and even questioned.

Yuan Hua suddenly realized, bowed down to Xia Xingshen, took Master Li with him, hurriedly went back to write a letter, and hurriedly sent him to Yong'an Prefecture while the bandits failed to surround Wuyuan County.

He also decided that from today onwards, letters asking for help will be sent one after another, and all kinds of "weird" things about the bandits on the other side should be described vividly, so that the superiors can know that what they are dealing with is not "ordinary" Bandits.

Now Jia Fang didn't know what was going on in Taoyuan Village, Yuan Hua could only pray that Yong'an Prefecture would send troops to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, so that the siege between Wuyuan County and Taoyuan Village would be resolved as soon as possible.

On the side of Taoyuan Village, the bandits took a risky attempt and hit the protective wall of Taoyuan Village with the only intact siege machine on hand. , and due to inertia, this huge and heavy siege machine broke through the several feet thick protective wall and rushed into Taoyuan Village.

At this moment, Zhao Wuguang, the inspection captain of Taoyuan Village, concentrated his wits and threw a smoke bomb.Several team members around him followed suit and threw the smoke bombs down.

Immediately there was smoke in front of the protective wall, and even the people in Taoyuan Village had their eyes red and coughed continuously.

The bandits in the distance saw them, but they burst into laughter.

It turns out that the protective wall of Taoyuan Village is so vulnerable?It looks like a thin brick wall, so what's there to worry about?

The gap is there, it's just that the smoke is strong.Just wait for a while, and when the smoke dissipates, rush directly into the gap.

There are not a few big families that these bandits have robbed, but when they encounter a big family that builds a high wall and resists in the corner, their countermeasure is this-as long as they can break a hole in the wall, the big family will be finished. , gold and silver, women... Sooner or later, they all belong to everyone.

The bandits were in no hurry.

However, the bandits who pushed the siege machine through the protective wall of Taoyuan Village have not retreated from the smoke so far.

The bandits are all cold and indifferent, and they don't have the slightest sense of being in the same robe as Zi. On the contrary, they are glad that they will snatch the property of Taoyuan Village. Without these few companions, they will still be able to share more.

For a while, a large group of bandits became calm and waited patiently for the smoke to clear.

Unexpectedly, not only did the smoke not dissipate, but it became more intense. Apparently, the people in the village threw a few more smokes and popped them out, covering the periphery of the gap with smoke.

"Shoot the arrows!" the leader of a bandit gave an order.In an instant, the bow and arrow greeted the gap together.

Suddenly there were several cries of pain, followed by the clanging of arrows nailed to the iron shield.

"It must be building emergency fortifications." The bandit leader suddenly realized this, and told the bandits who were already sitting on the ground to get up quickly, and rushed forward to see what happened - at least the bandits who rushed straight into Taoyuan Village The siege engine was snatched out.

As soon as the bandits moved, the trebuchets in Taoyuan Village began to show their power again.Hundreds of catties of boulders flew out one after another, and sometimes it was not a boulder, but a huge sandbag.The sand poured down, immediately fascinating people's eyes; and sometimes a fist-sized stone flew out from the protective wall, hitting people in all directions, and the lethality was quite large.

The bandits' attempt to rush into the gap was immediately blocked.These bandits are no different from regular soldiers, they will stop immediately when encountering setbacks, even if the bandit leader promises money, they can haggle casually, then try again, and then retreat... This cycle goes on and on.

After about half an hour, the smoke in front of the gap finally dissipated.

The frustrated bandits finally gathered in front of the gap in Taoyuan Village's protective wall again, ready to rush into Taoyuan Village at any time and start their long-awaited "grab".

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the bandits heard a gasp from their companion, whom they did not know.

It was a sharp gasp.

This shortness of breath seems to be contagious, and soon, the sound of this shortness of breath became more and more frequent, and almost everyone gasped when they saw the situation before them, and each one became more and more ruthless— —

Did you just see a gap in the long protective wall of Taoyuan Village that was knocked out by a siege machine?

But now, the protective wall is obviously a whole section intact, where is the gap?

All the bandits couldn't help stretching out their hands and rubbing their eyes, thinking that they were in a dream, or just woke up and lost their eyes.

And what about the siege engine just now?What about the battering ram?Mingming saw that he broke through the opponent's protective wall and rushed straight into the stockade.At that moment, it was clear that there were fields, houses, and women in the stockade... Why did it take so long for everything to seem to exist, and the protective wall was still well sealed?

This incident stunned the bandits, especially Tonghuan Sanliu, who came around from the Qingfang River, and his companions who survived by chance.

Suddenly, the cry of a half-grown child sounded again: "There are heavenly soldiers and generals in this village, we must not beat them!"

The sharp crying sound infected everyone for a while, and everyone felt awe in their hearts: it turns out that this village is assisted by magic soldiers.

Otherwise, how to explain that the wall of the stronghold that was obviously smashed down returned to its original state in a short time?Otherwise, how could it be explained that the siege equipment that had been rushing into the village earlier disappeared without a trace like a ghost?

Jia Fang wiped the sweat off his brow—it was too difficult for him.

Earlier, no one expected that the bandit would dare to push the siege engine so nonsensically, and no one expected that the protective wall built with great difficulty would be knocked out of a gap like this.

At that moment, everyone's emotions fell to the lowest point, and no one had ever been so frustrated.

Simply at this time, Zhao Wuguang was vigilant and threw a smoke bomb, and the thick smoke rose immediately, covering the entire siege machine that rushed into Taoyuan Village.

The bandits behind the siege equipment were so smoked that they could not see, coughing desperately.

Seeing this, Jia Fang immediately yelled, "Drag that siege engine in!"

A group of desperate villagers gathered nearby, probably not deciding whether to run or not.Hearing Jia Fang's cry, he suddenly seemed to have a backbone, rushed forward with a bang, and started with all his hands and feet, dragging the siege weapon in through the gap in Taoyuan Village.

Those who were dragged in together were those mountain bandits who were so smoked that they were in a daze.They were immediately caught by the villagers who covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs, and they were crying and yelling for mercy.

Jia Fang pondered for a while, and then ordered loudly: "Don't panic! We can fill this gap immediately."

The villagers in Taoyuanzhai had already panicked for a while. At this time, most of them had basically completed their psychological construction. They thought: Mr. Jia, such a big official, didn’t panic. Why are we panicking?

Jia Fang continued to order: "Continue throwing smoke bombs! Use the trebuchet for me, and prepare the archers. Try not to let the bandits approach this gap within an hour!"

"Drag me the prefabricated cement board!"

The "cement prefabricated board" was an attempt made by the villagers when they built the protective wall two days ago.They dug a hole on the ground as deep as the foundation of the wall, and then used the same method to build the wall to prefabricate large cement slabs.After these cement slabs are completely dry, they are dug out of the hole and set aside for later use.

Later, the villagers found that prefabricated panels were not as convenient as pouring concrete walls directly into the wall foundation.Therefore, this cement prefabricated board is useless in the end.

But Jia Fang is used to living a poor life, as long as he has a little building material, he will not waste it.Immediately, these prefabricated panels were also ordered to be hoisted with crane wheels, put on a cart and pushed away, and kept for later use.

When the protective wall was under attack, Jia Fang thought that maybe these prefabricated panels could come in handy.really--

At this moment, under the command of Jia Fang himself, several villagers quickly jumped into the foundation pit of the wall, cleared away the bamboo-reinforced concrete blocks in the earlier section, and then dug the foundation of the wall about one foot deep. He picked up the prefabricated cement slabs prepared in advance, then erected them and stuck them in the foundation of the wall.

At this time, the villagers were already located inside and outside the protective wall, and both sides worked together to backfill and compact the earthwork under the wall foundation.

At this moment, the bandits shot tentatively with their bows and arrows, and immediately several villagers were killed by their arrows.

Zhao Wuguang immediately led a group of inspectors, with shields and long knives, jumped directly outside the wall, raised the shields, and protected the villagers who were working.

Several injured villagers gritted their teeth and continued to complete their homework, but were immediately hung back from the top of the protective wall by their own people.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Fang asked someone to bring up the concrete that had just been mixed and was just suitable for use on the wall, and poured it in through the gap.At this time, the inspectors with shields had to pretend to be construction workers, and were responsible for helping to hold down the special wooden boards for pouring outside the wall.

Wait until the concrete has set slightly—really only slightly set, not runny or falling apart.Zhao Wuguang hurriedly led the people to withdraw.After all, the number of smoke bombs is limited, and if you use the smoke for a long time, it will also harm your own people.

"Come on, come up!" Wang Erlang leaned over the wall and stretched out his hand to Zhao Wuguang.

Zhao Wuguang grasped the opponent's hand without hesitation: "Okay, brother!" Wang Erlang lifted him up to the wall with a strong lift. Zhao Wuguang patted his brother's shoulder with a smile, probably thinking that this trip "Journey Beyond the Wall" is quite exciting.

Everyone immediately stayed on the protective wall, waiting for the smoke in front of them to dissipate slowly, feeling very nervous.

Everyone knows what is going on with this protective wall.Not to mention the siege equipment, even if the bandits sent a few people over at this time and poked a finger at the place where the cement concrete had just been filled, they would be able to poke a hole.

But when the smoke dissipated, judging from the expressions of the bandits on the opposite side, their temporary repair was very successful.

From the eyes of the bandits on the opposite side, the section of the protective wall that should have been breached in Taoyuan Village, except for a slight difference in color from the previous one, there is no abnormality in the rest, and it is still a complete wall.