Chapter 22 Breaking the Wall
By the time Zhang Chong and everyone arrived at Xuejiawubi, it was already afternoon.
After traveling for a long time, everyone was hungry. But they were afraid that the Xue family would find out if they started a fire, so they suppressed their hunger.
But Zhang Chong signaled that everyone was fine, it was time to make a fire, and it was time to cook the millet.
Because they have already been discovered, there is no point in hiding.
Things were just as Zhang Chong said. Buqu, who was upstairs at Xuejiawang, had long discovered that the birds were not falling in the dense forest in the distance, so he knew that there were people lurking in the forest, and there were quite a few of them.
So, the village gate was closed early, and four or five wooden fences were placed outside the dock wall to keep out the horses.
The attic on the Wubao also sounded the alarm, signaling the disciples working outside the village to quickly return to the Wubao. Thieves were coming.
Zhang Dan and the others also heard the sound of the bell and were sure that everyone had been discovered, so they simply started to light a fire and cook.
Several people went together to collect water, and others went to collect firewood together. No one had any idea to leave anyone on guard outside.
Zhang Chong shook his head helplessly.
He first asked Duman to organize everyone, and then appointed Yang Mao, Wang Zhang, and Li Wu as personal guards.
He also called Chen Huan to bring the crossbow and arrows with him, and then walked to the outer perimeter to observe the Xuejiawu wall.
Duman asked people to put down the supplies on the horses and Sun Xun's remains, and motioned to Zhang Chong and others to take the horses with them, which would be more convenient.
My little dad originally wanted to accompany him, but he was persuaded by Zhang Chong.
After all, if the Xue family really comes out of the wall and attacks, it will be more dangerous if the little dad is here.
As for Lao Suntou's body, it has been wrapped in straw mats.
Zhang Chong had not thought about how to bury the body before, whether to bury it on the spot or cremate it and take the bones back.
If you have a horse, just take it with you first and see what happens later.
It would be best to take it back to Dashangli, so as to give Old Man Sun's family a thought.
Zhang Chong led a group of people and dispersed outside the dense forest.
What can be seen outside the forest is a small wooden village. Viewed from the front, it is only about fifty meters long.
Several people were already standing on the wall, pointing at Zhang Chong and the others.
Zhang Chong was also observing the camp wall. He couldn't say how strict it was, but it was certainly not something they could knock down.
Disappointed, he took everyone back and ate together.
The other party didn't know where Zhang Chong and his group came from, so they didn't pursue them.
In fact, what Zhang Chong didn't know was that the old man was a commoner after all and didn't know much. He only thought that the Xue family was a top-notch local tycoon, but in fact, this family did have a good background.
This branch comes after Mengchang Gong and lives in Xue County in this generation.
Later, some tribesmen became officials in Gaoping County, Shanyang County, and they moved here, also called Gaoping Xue.
His family background was a county official, and he was also a powerful person.
But ten years ago, they had to flee here as a family because they were all implicated by one person, Zhang Jian, the then county governor.
Zhang Jian is also a descendant of Erqian Shi. As local wealthy families, the Xue family and the Zhang family naturally have a close relationship.
However, Zhang Jian rarely had great ambitions. He always thought highly of himself and had no ambitions.
When I was promoted to be a talented person, I just looked down on the person who promoted me and refused to do so because of illness.
Later, a prefect came to Shanyang, named Zhai Chao, who was a first-rate member of the Qing Yi party. As soon as he came, he appointed Zhang Jian as the postal supervisor, who tested several counties and checked for illegality.
However, as soon as Zhang Jian took office, he wrote to the great eunuch Hou Lan's tribe that he was committing illegal acts in the local area and directly had a grudge against the eunuch.
As a result, the leader, Zhai Chao, was directly imprisoned.
So Zhang Jian had been looking for an opportunity to take revenge, and finally he got it.
Ten years ago, in the second year of Jianning, the country had just ascended the throne and wanted to build a mausoleum. Hou Lan also felt that his life was short, so he also overhauled the mausoleum in his hometown.
A person like Hou Lan naturally acted unscrupulously. He built a mausoleum and continued to occupy other people's land, which made the people resentful.
This time Zhang Jian did not let him go and led the county officials directly into Hou Lan's house, killed his mother and took away his wealth.
His guests were scattered, and they were tortured and killed by party chiefs from other counties.
It can be said that this is a major armed struggle between the party members and the eunuch group.
This incident directly triggered the conflict between the two.
The eunuchs headed by Cao Jie of Dachangqiu advised the country to arrest party members.
At that time, the country was young and did not know what a party member was, so the eunuchs explained briefly and comprehensively that such people formed parties and promoted each other in order to benefit the country.
Now the country understands, so they are arresting party members all over the world.
Li Ying, Fan Pang, Zhai Chao and more than a hundred old party members were willing to die, but Zhang Jian, who caused the disaster, escaped.
Moreover, dozens of families who took him in were implicated in his escape. Sure enough, death is the only way through the ages.
As long as you live, it doesn't matter if others die.
And their Xue family is the one who will be implicated by Zhang Jian.
Zhang Jian had a former guest named Zhu Bing, who kicked him out and always wanted revenge.
Later, when I saw Zhang Jian's downfall, he immediately exposed him and twenty-four fellow villagers for forming a clique.
The head of the Xue family, Xue Dun, was imprisoned because of this. In order to avoid the eunuchs and take revenge, the clansmen had no choice but to move and hide in the mountains and rivers.
Alas!
It is Xue Dun's younger brother, Xue Yu, who is looking out at the thieves in the dense forest in the distance from the watchtower.
Now the more than 200 tribesmen and guests are all headed by him.
He has a little bit of courage and is good at bow and horse.
He thought that by relying on himself and his tribe to guard the wall of the dock, he could resist hundreds of bandits even if they came.
When he saw the thieves leaving, he and a few troops continued to stay on the watchtower to guard.
After a while, smoke curled up from the dense forest in the distance, and the enemy invaders were eating.
Xue Yu had read some military books and knew that fullness was a precursor to battle. Therefore, Xue Yu immediately asked the tribesmen in the village to prepare weapons.
The atmosphere was so heavy, and the Xue family was not a martial artist after all, and some of them were so nervous that they were trembling.
It was probably not restricted by clan rules, and he might have run away long ago.
About half an hour later, Xue Yu suddenly saw several people walking in the forest. One of them, he also knew, was a refugee from a nearby mountain shed.
The refugee shouted something from a long distance away, but Xue Yu didn't hear it clearly.
He signaled to the tribesmen on the side and shouted, asking him to come closer and speak more clearly.
After hearing this, the refugee was about to walk in.
The young man next to him suddenly stopped him. Afterwards, they didn't know what they said, and the refugee walked in again.
When he reached a place only fifty steps away from the dock wall, Xue Yu heard clearly.
It turns out that these mountain people are coming to borrow food.
What a joke, the Xue family just collected food from them, how could they send it back.
And how can these poor people afford it?
It's not just for freeloading.
And judging from what the man said, the group of people in the forest were all mountain people, so there seemed to be nothing to be wary of.
Guess, he's going to draw his bow.
But just when he was about to cum, a little bean sprouted out and grabbed his hand, whining and pleading.
Xue Yu took a closer look and saw that it was his servant Tian Dayong.
This kid's name is Da, but he's actually less than five feet tall, really three inches tall.
That year his father, oh, seemed to be the refugee outside Wubao, he looked so familiar to me.
When his father came here that year, he didn't want to take it.
But then the boy showed extraordinary bravery. He was not as tall as a horse, but he sat on a horse and moved his spear like flying.
He was surprised, so he accepted the man as his temple and followed him.
Xue Yu kicked Tian Dayong away and cursed:
"I'll tie you immature slave to the flagpole."
After saying that, he picked up his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the refugees downstairs.
The man shouted "Be careful" and fell down in response to the arrow.
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Zhang Chong discovered that this old man was really screwed.
He tried to persuade me several times not to come, but he still insisted on coming.
He also said that if he came to talk to the Xue family, he would definitely be able to borrow food.
Zhang Chong had no choice but to take him with him again. After all, there was someone he was familiar with, which was more convenient.
After they finished eating, everyone packed up their belongings, tied Old Man Sun's body firmly to the horse, and walked out of the dense forest together towards the dock wall of Xue's house.
Along the way, the old man kept chanting:
"The Xue family is pretty good. Some of us have agreed to be apprentices with them."
Zhang Chong ignored him and walked out of the dense forest.
The old man volunteered again. He patted his chest and said that he could borrow food.
Zhang Chong didn't believe it, but there was nothing he could do, so he took Chen Huan and others forward to negotiate.
At first, the old man stayed away and yelled a few words, but the person on the other side didn't hear them clearly, and then he started to step forward again.
Zhang Chong looked at the danger and warned him not to go.
Unexpectedly, the old man pointed at a person on the dock wall and said:
"That man has some friendship with the old man, so everything is fine."
As he said that, he strode forward.
But who knew that the other person didn't say anything, and he raised his bow and arrow to shoot from the watchtower.
Zhang Chong just reminded the old man to be careful, and the old man turned back to look at him when he was hit in the chest by an arrow shot from upstairs.
The old man was bleeding "ho ho", looked at Zhang Chong with a smile, and fell down.
Chen Huan and the others were shocked. They raised their shields and rushed away to protect Zhang. Zhang Chong grabbed the card and rushed to the old man.
The old man has left with a smile on his face.
Why is he laughing?
Before Zhang Chong could think about it, the gate of the village opposite opened wide, and a knight rushed out with a red horsetail, it was Xue Yu.
As soon as he finished shooting the arrow, he went down to the watchtower, asked someone to open the door, remove the antlers, mounted his horse and charged towards Zhang Chong and others.
He believed that this kind of rustic, meager and begging people would collapse under his charge.
But who would have expected that as soon as he clamped his horse's legs and rushed thirty steps, a halberd flew towards him. He narrowly avoided it, but another halberd was thrust into his neck.
Xue Yu's eyes darkened and he fell off his horse, stirring up a burst of dust.
Xue Yu, died.
Zhang Chong ignored the pop-up window that appeared in the upper left corner: "Defeat Xue Yu and inherit his riding proficiency" and called on everyone to charge with him.
He wanted to rush in before the village gate closed.
Zhang Chong took the lead, throwing out two hand halberds one after another, one on the left and one on the right hitting the guards on both sides.
The Xue clan members in the village were shocked and were about to close the door in the chaos.
But then a burst of crossbow arrows came, and Chen Huan, holding his hand slave, accurately killed the Xue clan members in front of the village gate.
The front door was empty.
In this way, Zhang Chong led Yang Mao and other swordsmen and crashed into the wall of the dock. Then Hei Fu, Ding Sheng, led Zhang Dan and others, and charged in one after another.
Xue's Wubao, destroyed!
Defeat Xue's armed forces, defeat Xue's followers, seize the village gate, occupy the watchtower, seize the granary, and occupy the arsenal.
Except for a few of the Xue clan members who fled, all of them were relieved and beheaded.
A hearty battle is over.
(End of chapter)