Chapter 373 373: Unexpected (3) [Two in One]


Chapter 373 373: Unexpected (3) [2-in-1]

The messenger from Luxia County looked at the flag with the word "Lu" stained with dried blood, half of which was still standing black, and dismounted. , take a few steps quickly. He ignored the dirt on the ground and fell to his knees. The dull sound made his knees hurt.

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

He saluted at the city wall.

I also thank God for His mercy.

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

He sobbed and cried emotionally, but no one around him laughed at him - if you think about it, they might be more emotional than the messenger. You must know that 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 out of ten rooms are empty, and corpses are 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 are not ruthless - because Zheng Qiao's fellow only allowed the soldiers to loot and collect 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 rumored by the outside world...

It is also because the common people will go to any lengths to protect their money. The hiding places are only in places you can't think of. There is nothing they dare not hide, and they conquer the city. Later, in order to force them to cough up their money, the victorious party used human heads to frighten the people in the city. It was necessary to "kill the chicken to scare the monkeys" to see whether they felt that the things outside the body were more important, or the heads on their necks were more important.

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

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

The euphemistic name is——

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

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

This is basically an unspoken rule that has been agreed upon - brothers stay away from home, follow the wars in the north and south to 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?

Xiaobing is also a human being and has to support his family.

Is the military pay enough?

Have you had enough status and reputation?

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 a 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 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 mouth to 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, not even a living person would be left in the city, not even a 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 rule has not been broken, 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 grass 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 the reinforcements!"

"The four counties of Heyin, Tianhai, Shangnan, and Yiru are coming to help! Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission, and I sincerely ask Duke Lu to come out of the city to see you. !”

Squeak——

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

A guard ran out.

The defender carefully observed the messenger, took Governor Lu's token from the messenger, and immediately turned around and returned 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 rides on the back of a motorcycle.

Hold each other with fists: "Gong Lu, we meet again. We said goodbye to Sibao County last year. I didn't expect the scene to be like this when we meet again. How is the city? We rushed over after receiving the news, but we only bumped into each other halfway. The bandits ambushed tens of thousands of soldiers and delayed the attack for 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.

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

With 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 look, which makes people dislike him.

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

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

Governor Lu carefully identified Shen Tang, 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: "How do you talk?"

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

The most embarrassing thing among them is the messenger from Luxia County.

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?

Hearing this, the staff around him suddenly changed their expressions. They hurriedly jumped out to smooth things over and apologized repeatedly to Shen Tang.

"Don't blame me, Commander Shen. Don't blame me, Commander Shen. My lord did not mean to offend. 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 the past grudges and sent troops to help in a righteous manner. This is Lu Xiajun Wan A great benefactor to thousands of common people... How could you, how could you say that? If word got out, you would be ridiculed by the heroes of the world..."

The subordinate who spoke was of high status.

Probably still a relative of Governor Lu.

Being choked and accused by his staff 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 exhaled a thick breath.

I apologized stiffly to Shen Tang: "There is nothing sadder 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... for a moment. I have spoken so carelessly, please forgive me, Commander Shen. I will hold a banquet someday 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 that she is a piece of cake that everyone rubs and rubs! 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 County Sheriff Shen..."

Shen Tang chuckled in his heart.

She curled her lips inwardly, with a bit of displeasure on her lips: "That's all, there is no shortage of this meal. Now that the bandits have retreated and the crisis in the prison has been resolved, we are preparing to fight in the city. Stay outside for a night, We will search for traces of the bandits tomorrow. If they have changed their way to somewhere else, we will have to go back home."

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

Trespassing on his feet, he said angrily: "Lord!"

Sheriff Lu said: "Slow down!"

Shen Tang looked at him coldly.

Chief 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 reluctance. Shen Tang was puzzled, a little wary, and said: "In that case, it's time to work." After saying that, the tense and stiff atmosphere suddenly eased.

The governor of Lu personally led Shen Tang into the city.

Shen Tang secretly exchanged glances with Chu Yaokang.

I always feel a little strange.

But I’m not sure.

Because when Sibao County formed an alliance, the Lu County Sheriff thought that Shen Tang’s eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose - well, in fact, it was not just the Lu County Sheriff, most of them had this bad attitude. It is said that It has something to do with Shen Tang causing trouble after drinking.

Shen Tang said that he was wronged.

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

How can you kill him with one shot?

Besides, how does the bad things done by drunk Shen Tang have anything to do with her 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 thieves wearing tattered Gebu. , there are also broken gate stones and wooden pillars lying 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.

The staff saw Shen Tang frowning and looking pitiful, so they said: "The fierce battle is over, 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, they wouldn't have been forced to become bandits and die here. 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 you find it, you will die there!

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

The Governor of Lu 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: "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 refugees and 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."

Be careful when sailing the ten thousand year ship.

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

Chu Yao said: "Lord, 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! The enemy once 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 except for this problem, everything else is fine.

It is true that Sheriff Lu had no motive to harm anyone.

You have come, 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 previous rescue grace has also been erased.

There are many enemies for no reason.

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

You have to tighten your nerves tonight and don’t take it lightly.

If there is nothing wrong with the food, and you should eat and drink, just do it as you mean it, and don’t let anyone see any 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 keep them.

Zhao Feng and Chu Yao followed.

The mother Gu in Shaochong's body 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 life is difficult and poor, but the banquet for entertaining the wind is still passable, including wine and wine, and meat and meat.

Governor 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 the drinking capacity either.

Both of them 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 troops, and there were no suspicious people watching the temporary camp where they were stationed.

Shen Tang digested this information calmly.

Is she too suspicious?

As the atmosphere at the table heated up, the others gradually began to eat and drink more freely. Compared to the stinky face of Governor Lu, 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 the other officials of Governor Lu, and asked casually: "Hey, Mr. Lu, when we went back to Sibao County to form an alliance, where was your staff? ?”

Governor Lu asked: “Who?”

Shen Tang gestured: “A short strategist with a goatee and a figure 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 most admires tall and powerful masculine men, such as this one, a real man. A real man. Anyone who is not as tall as his neck and 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 a lie...]

The so-called "Goatbeard Strategist" was naturally Shen Tang's casual lie to deceive County Sheriff Lu. The other party's reaction was natural. It was obviously him and not him. What disguise means. Just when Shen Tang was about to gradually let down her guard, she discovered that among the officials of Luxia County present, that middle-aged man with a different identity and dressed in the attire of a strategist, his figure... didn't quite fit in with the aesthetics of Governor Lu.

Tsk tsk tsk——

Shen Tang's wariness rose.

Using the action of drinking tea, he gave Chu Yao and Zhao Feng a "you know what I mean" look, and they 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 jars without feeling drunk, not to mention that most of them were literary. A scholar with a heart and a warrior with courage. drink!

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

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 and raised her eyebrows to laugh: "Oh, a cat like this can drink, tsk tsk tsk!"

Governor Lu: "..."

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

How many jars can you drink of one cup?

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 haven't seen him before... Hey, you can tell he is a talent just by his appearance..."

Chief 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 go to Sibao County before..."

Shen Tang smiled and asked, "I don't know what Mr. surname is. Whose name? ”

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This chapter has added another 500 words.

I’ll see if I can add a thousand words tomorrow.

 

 

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