Back Off, Let Me Come

The messenger from Luxia County looked at the "Lu" flag that was stained with dried blood and half burnt and still standing. After dismounting, he walked quickly for a few steps. He ignored the dirt on the ground and fell to his knees. The dull sound made his knees hurt.

His eyes were red, and tears could no longer stop flowing out.

He saluted at the city wall.

In my heart, I also thanked God for His mercy.

Luxia County held on and successfully held off until reinforcements arrived.

He sobbed and cried with emotion, but no one around him laughed at him - if you think about it, they might be more emotional than the messenger, because before arriving at the government office, they all thought that the Luxia County government office had fallen.

If it falls, haha.

As the actions of these refugees and grass bandits spread everywhere, who still doesn’t know the fate of being targeted by this group of locusts?

Nine of the ten rooms were empty, and corpses lay everywhere.

The bloody methods of massacring the city were no less than those of Zheng Qiao back then, or even worse, which was shocking.

You know, in the eyes of quite a few outsiders, Zheng Qiao's methods were not ruthless - because Zheng Qiao's fellow only allowed the soldiers to loot and make money in the first seven days after the city was broken.

After these seven days, no more evil deeds are allowed.

As for the massacres reported outside...

It is also because the people will do anything to protect their money. There are only hiding places that you can't think of. There is nothing they dare to hide. After conquering the city, the victorious party will use their heads to scare the people in the city in order to force them to spit out their money. They must "kill chickens to scare the monkeys." "It depends on whether they think the things outside the body are important, or whether the head on the neck is more important.

There was so much killing that it was close to massacre.

Robbery of women and children for pleasure can only be considered an "additional item".

Euphemistically called——

"Reward" his brothers who accompanied him in the Northern and Southern War.

Only the lord who brings his brothers to make a fortune and become successful together can win the support of thousands of soldiers and the loyalty of soldiers.

This is basically an unspoken rule that has been agreed upon - brothers stay away from home, follow the wars in the south and work for you, and fight without regard for life and death. There must be something to do.

Who is willing to fight and sacrifice his life without getting benefits?

Soldiers are human beings too and have to support their families.

Is the military pay sufficient?

Or is the status and reputation enough?

The meager military pay is not enough for the soldiers to feed themselves, let alone send them home to support their parents, wives and children.

The biggest income for soldiers is the "extra money" after conquering the city! Besides - blocking someone's way of making money is like killing your parents, that's how other soldiers get rich.

The so-called not disturbing the people and not robbing is very rare.

This is true for the "regular army" who have military pay and food supplies, let alone those homeless grass bandits who have nothing but plenty to eat and eat. In order to force money and food out of people's homes, their methods will only become more thorough, ruthless and decisive!

If Luxia County was captured, no one would be left alive in the city, not even a single live chicken, duck, or earthworm, and the eggs laid by the old hens would be taken away in their arms. The survivors who survive are basically the lucky ones who are lucky and well hidden.

The messenger's relatives are all in the city.

The administration is still intact and the family is still alive.

Isn't this worth getting excited and crying?

There is no shame in this matter.

The messenger's voice became hoarse from crying. The guards on the city wall also saw the huge crowd of people and thought they were refugees and bandits coming to attack the city again, so they hurriedly sent a message. Regardless of the pain in his throat and Dan Mansion's luck, the messenger extended his voice to the entire city wall.

"It's not the enemy!"

"It's reinforcements!"

"The four counties of Heyin, Tianhai, Shangnan, and Yiru are here to help! The hunter has honored his mission, and I sincerely ask Mr. Lu to come out of the city to see you!"

Squeak——

Not long after, the dilapidated and patched city gate opened.

A guard ran out.

The guard carefully observed the messenger, took Governor Lu's token from the messenger, and immediately turned back to the city. After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Sheriff Lu hurriedly rode out of the city under the escort of two teams. However, the other party's face was a little dark.

Shen Tang was riding on the motorcycle.

He clasped his fists and greeted: "Gong Lu, we meet again. We said goodbye to Sibao County last year, and I didn't expect that the meeting would be like this. How is the city? After receiving the news, we rushed over quickly, but we encountered tens of thousands of thieves ambushing us on the way. It took a while."

Shen Tang couldn't stop talking.

In addition, she didn't like to chat with others in useless conversation, so she spoke first and got straight to the point.

Sheriff Lu is also a tall, middle-aged man.

He has a thick beard.

It's just that his eyes are slender, the corners of his eyes are downward, and he has a rather mean and sinister face, which makes people dislike him.

Shen Tang really didn't like it, and even had trouble with the Governor Lu during the alliance. The other party favored tough guys with a masculine aura, but Shen Tang was short in stature and beautiful in appearance, which was exactly the type he disliked the most.

There is no need to talk about these grievances at this moment.

Sheriff Lu carefully identified Shen Tang, and reluctantly matched Shen Tang's number with the one from a year ago, and asked: "Why did you arrive now?"

The tone was full of dissatisfaction and questioning.

Shen Tang: "???"

Shaochong said dissatisfied: "Why are you talking?"

The people in charge, Tianhai and Yiru, also had dark faces.

The most embarrassing one is the Luxia County messenger.

More than 10,000 troops rushed to rescue the siege, not to mention crying with gratitude, but at least they didn't look like this. It was as if someone owed him something. Is this because they think the homeless bandits' attack is not fast enough and they want to change their opponent?

The staff around him suddenly changed their expressions when they heard this, and hurriedly jumped out to smooth things over, apologizing repeatedly to Shen Tang.

"Don't blame me, Commander Shen. Don't blame me, Commander Shen. My lord didn't mean to offend you. It's just that I lost my young son in front of the battle today, and I was so sad that I talked nonsense. My lord, Commander Shen ignored past grudges and sent troops to help. He is a great benefactor to thousands of people in Luxia County." ...How could you, how could you say that? If word spreads, you will be ridiculed by the heroes of the world..."

The subordinate who spoke was of high status.

He is probably a relative of Governor Lu.

Being scolded by his subordinates in front of outsiders, Sheriff Lu's face only turned darker, and he pursed his thick, dry, curled lips, as if anger was brewing in his chest, and his cheeks were tense. However, in the end, I still suppressed the excess emotions.

He let out a breath.

He apologized bluntly to Shen Tang: "There is nothing more tragic in life than a white-haired person giving a black-haired person. Today, my youngest son lost his life. I am really... devastated, and my heart is broken with tears... I couldn't help but say something for a moment, but Please forgive me, Commander Shen. Someday, I will hold a banquet and solemnly apologize to Commander Shen..."

Then?

Then there was nothing more. They didn't ask Shen Tang to come into the city to meet the wind and entertain the reinforcements coming from afar... Are they planning to let the army spend the night outside the city? ? ?

Shen Tang prides herself on being a "good person" and a "good old man", but she is kind-hearted, which does not mean she is just a piece of cake! She went through all the trouble to rush for help - although she did this to keep the refugees and bandits out of Heyin. She could have a free hand when fighting on other people's territory, so she wouldn't feel bad if she was damaged. But no matter what, she has good intentions.

My surname is Lu, I am your boss!

Shen Tang cursed inwardly.

Just as he was about to spray back, the staff member crossed over to Commander Lu and said cautiously: "It's getting late. Commander Shen and the generals have worked hard to eliminate harm to the people. If you don't mind, why not take a good rest in the city? But, Luxia County has been suffering from plunder by thieves and bandits, and there is nothing good to entertain everyone... Please don’t blame me, Commander Shen..."

Shen Tang chuckled in his heart.

She curled her lips inwardly, with a bit of displeasure on her lips: "That's all, we don't lack this meal. Now that the bandits have retreated and the crisis in the prison has been resolved, we are going to stay outside the city overnight. Tomorrow Search for traces of bandits. If they have changed their route to go elsewhere, we will also go back home."

When the staff heard this, they immediately became anxious and kept winking at the gloomy-looking Sheriff Lu.

He stepped on his foot and said angrily: "Lord!"

Sheriff Lu said: "Slow down!"

Shen Tang looked at him coldly.

Sheriff Lu took a deep breath, lowered his posture very low, and invited Shen Tang to enter the city in a tone that was mixed with pleading but unwillingness. Shen Tang was puzzled, a little wary, and said, "In that case, it's time to do the work."

After that, the tense and stiff atmosphere suddenly eased.

Sheriff Lu personally led Shen Tang into the city.

Shen Tang secretly exchanged glances with Chu Yaokang.

It always feels a little strange.

But I'm not sure.

Because when Sibao County formed an alliance, Sheriff Lu thought that Shen Tang’s eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose. Well, in fact, it was not just Sheriff Lu. Most of them had this bad attitude. It was said that he and Shen Tang got into trouble after drinking. related.

Shen Tang said that he was wronged.

She is not a good drinker, but she is not a bad person.

How can he be killed with one shot?

Besides, the bad things that Shen Tang did when she was drunk had anything to do with Shen Tang being sober? Don't want to sit in a row!

Just looking at the traces of the city wall, I couldn't imagine the intensity of the battle. Until I entered the city, I saw corpses lying in the caves that had not yet been collected. Most of them were bandits wearing tattered Gebu, and some were broken. The gate-blocking stones and gate-blocking wooden pillars lay quietly... It can be seen that the thieves once broke through the city gate and entered the outer city... The city was in danger several times!

At a rough estimate, there are hundreds of them.

This is already the case in the city cave, and even worse in the outer city.

Seeing Shen Tang frowning and looking pitiful, the staff members said: "We will stop after a fierce battle. We haven't had time to send someone to deal with it."

Shen Tang waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind.

It's just a pity that these people died in unknown circumstances. If it weren't for the difficult times in the world, they wouldn't have been forced to become bandits and die like this. This scene also strengthened Shen Tang's determination to protect the people of Heyin. As long as she is still the master of Heyin, she will not allow these things to come to her territory and overturn her stall.

Wherever I found it, I killed it!

He was found dead in the latrine and drowned on the spot!

The governor of Lu County hosted a banquet to entertain several envoys.

In addition, they brought good wine and food to entertain more than 10,000 soldiers. Shen Tang secretly ordered Bai Su to pay attention to the good wine and food to see if they had been tampered with. Bai Su was puzzled: "My lord, do you mean that this man named Lu wants to harm us?"

But why?

They are reinforcements, not here to attack the city.

If they are killed, the returning bandits will turn around and attack the Luxia County Government Office. Judging from the current defense, the Government Office will not be able to withstand the next attack. At this time, using conspiracy to deal with the alliance is tantamount to giving yourself the red crown!

Shen Tang said: "Be careful when you go out."

Caution is the boat.

Although Bai Su was puzzled, he still took the order.

Chu Yao said: "Master, has the problem also been discovered?"

Shen Tang nodded: "There is indeed a problem. Tell me, where is the city gate and city cave? That is the key point of the city! Once the enemy invaded the outer city, in such a crisis situation, why are you confident that the defeated enemy will not Taking advantage of their fatigue to attack again? The right way is to clean up the corpses in the cave immediately, then move stones, or even block the door with corpses..."

But apart from this problem, everything else is fine.

Sheriff Lu indeed had no motive to harm anyone.

Even if you come here, if you leave for this reason, it is one of them to scare the snake away. Secondly, if there is no problem, but simply killing people so that there is no extra manpower to clean the caves and deploy defenses, Shen Tang will get a bad name if he does this.

The grace of previous rescue was also erased.

There are many enemies for no reason.

This information was also passed on to the other three companies.

You have to keep your nerves tight tonight and don't let your guard down.

If there is nothing wrong with the food and you should eat and drink, just do what you mean and don't let others see the flaws. Wait until the sky is completely bright before making any plans. No one had any objections.

For safety reasons, Kang Shi, Xian Yujian, Gong Shuwu and others did not attend the banquet and found excuses to leave them behind.

Zhao Feng and Chu Yao followed.

The mother Gu in Shaochong had just been suppressed, so it was not appropriate to appear in such an occasion, so he only sent an official to represent him. Tianhai and Yiru families also have similar arrangements. Luxia County did not know the strength of the four families and did not notice it.

It is said that the life is difficult and poor, but the banquet for entertaining the wind is still decent, and it requires wine and wine, and meat and meat.

Sheriff Lu also arranged simple singing and dancing, but he had just lost his son and was not in the mood to eat meat or drink wine, so he had vegetarian dishes and tea instead.

Shen Tang also expressed his understanding.

After all, she doesn't have a good drinking capacity either.

They both drank tea, and not long after, news came from Bai Su - there was no problem with the rice and food for more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there were no suspicious people watching the temporary camp where they were stationed.

Shen Tang calmly digested this information.

Is she too suspicious?

As the atmosphere at the banquet heated up, the others gradually started eating and drinking. Compared to Sheriff Lu's stinky face, the staff member was quite enthusiastic. He personally came down to persuade everyone to drink. He had a loud mouth and knew how to talk, and he spoke nicely.

Shen Tang was toasted the most.

I drank a full pot of tea.

By the light of the candles in the room, she saw other officials working under the command of Governor Lu, and asked casually: "Hey, Mr. Lu, when the alliance was formed in Sibao County last time, where was your staff?"

Sheriff Lu asked: "Who is it?"

Shen Tang gestured: "Short, with a goatee, a strategist in his forties..."

Sheriff Lu said with a dark face: "I don't have such a person around me. I'm afraid Mr. Shen may have remembered it wrong..."

He admires tall and mighty masculine men the most, such as this one, a real man. Anyone whose height is less than his neck and whose body is as thin as a bamboo pole is considered a incomplete fake man in his eyes. He wouldn't be able to appoint someone, let alone take him to participate in such an important alliance. Shen Tang's description happened to be so clear, so she must have misremembered it.

Shen Tang smiled awkwardly and apologized to the other party.

I muttered in my heart: [This is not fake...]

The so-called "Goatbeard Strategist" was naturally Shen Tang's casual lie to deceive Sheriff Lu. The other party reacted naturally, and it was obvious that he was the real person and not some pretense. Just when Shen Tang was about to gradually let down her guard, she discovered that among the Luxia County officials present, the middle-aged man with a different identity and dressed in the attire of a strategist... his body shape... did not fit the aesthetics of Governor Lu.

Tsk tsk tsk——

Shen Tang became wary.

Through the action of drinking tea, he gave Chu Yao and Zhao Feng a "you know what I mean" look, and the two understood each other.

The rest of the people were coaxed into drinking one glass of wine after another by the eloquent staff member. However, the alcohol content in this era was not high. One person could drink three or five bottles without feeling drunk, not to mention that most of them were literary scholars and brave warriors. . drink!

After three rounds of wine, the five flavors of food are gone.

No matter how good a drinker is, there is still a certain level.

As one person fell down on the dining table with a bang, Shen Tang was still chatting with Sheriff Lu - specifically, she was the one who was talking, but Sheriff Lu listened patiently. When she heard the commotion, she turned her head, raised her eyebrows and laughed: "Oh, this cat can drink so much, tsk tsk tsk!"

Sheriff Lu: "..."

Although he didn't say anything, his expression and eyes revealed everything. Shen Tang's drinking capacity is well known.

You pour one cup and you laugh at someone who can drink several jars of it?

Shen Tang didn't blush at all.

When the conversation was almost over, she suddenly asked Governor Lu: "Hey, you don't look like a stranger. I've never seen him before... Hey, you can tell he's a talent just by his appearance..."

Sheriff Lu: "..."

He knew that Shen Tang was unconventional, but he didn't know that this guy could talk nonsense like this in a serious situation. Following Shen Tang's gaze, he glanced away and said, "Of course you haven't seen him before. He didn't follow him to Sibao County before..."

Shen Tang smiled and asked, "I wonder who your surname is sir?"

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Another 500 words have been added to this chapter.

Let's see if I can add a thousand words tomorrow.