Lord of the House

In the early morning in Shanglin, the weather was thin and overcast. Pillars of black smoke rose into the sky near Shanglindu. The sound of horses’ hooves stepping on the stone slab street was like the sound of urgent war drums. There were also the corpses of the villagers who had been hacked and slaughtered.

Zhao Neng was wearing cotton armor studded with copper and iron nails and inlaid with iron pieces, and his sharp eyes, like nails, were staring at the scarlet door of the Lin family mansion. There are many mansions and manors on the north bank of Shanglindu, but only the mansion of the Lin family can paint the door of the house in vermilion to show wealth.

Although the sneak attack on the township camp was successful, a fire burned the Wangxiang Building where the second son Lin Xuzong and his wife and concubines lived, and defeated the sword archers in Shiliang County on the north bank of Shanglindu, but the actual harvest was not much. Can take down the Lin family mansion.

Since he had to deal with the mighty forces of Xiangyong on the south bank first, Zhao Neng and his congregation could only sneak attack on Xiangyong's camp first. Xiangying also did not guard against him, watching him return with his men and horses, and also asked the second son to notify Lin Xuzong to come; when a fire suddenly started in the direction of Luoyang Lake, Lin Xuzong and Xiangyong who stayed in Shanglin were unprepared. followed his way. Those horse thieves who were once the second son of Lin Xuzong, who were privately raised with a lot of money, paid Zhao Neng for control in half a year, and showed no mercy to Xiang Yong. A fire set Wangxiang Tower on fire. The first fire that Lin Fu and the others saw in the direction of Shanglinli was that the Xiangying and Wangxiang Building were lit. At dawn, the sky was pitch black as ink, and it was unknown how many village braves were suddenly attacked to death, and how many village braves escaped in the chaos. However, Zhao Neng didn't dare to divide his troops to attack the Lin family's mansion. At dawn, all the troops he carried concentrated on the south bank to attack the village camp. The village camp and Wangxiang Building were set on fire, and everyone on the north bank was alert.

Although the Shiliang County Knife and Archers were immediately defeated, and there was no decent force on the north bank to resist, most of the wealthy families on the north bank were deep residences with thick and high walls; Resist and hold on until reinforcements arrive. Although there are not many people in these houses, Zhao Neng does not have the time and enough manpower to storm these houses one by one. He wanted to concentrate his forces on attacking the Lin family mansion, take down the Lin family mansion, and steal gold, silver and jewelry. The resentment that has grown over the years can be vented.

Little did they know that after Zhao Hu, Sun Jingtang and others were attacked on the south bank, they discovered that there were also several enemy ships blocking the ferry crossing, so they took the time to evacuate people into the Lin family mansion, where they joined the seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu. The other people in the Lin family's mansion were in a mess. Several ladies had no masters. The sixth lady still wanted to chase Lin Zonghai with her little son for asylum, but Gu Yingxiu was used to being the boss in the Lin family's mansion, and the servants also listened to her. Order. Knowing that Zhao Neng led hundreds of horse thieves to attack the village camp on the south bank, Gu Yingxiu took the initiative to tie Zhao Changshan, Zhao Neng's father, for interrogation. Only then did he know that Zhao Neng had secretly returned to Shanglin on the day Zhao Hu got married. , Zhao Changshan has been taking care of Lin Tingxun, who is bedridden and unable to speak and cannot move, and can't get out in advance, so he agreed that when Zhao Neng led his people to attack the Lin family mansion, he would open the door of Lin's house in the chaos. Gu Yingxiu immediately eliminated a few of the inner ghosts who had drawn Zhao Changshan in the past. When Zhao Neng led his men to besiege the Lin family mansion, except for a small door, the back of the Lin family mansion was filled with heavy rice bags. Ready for defense.

Although the Xihe Congregation has already shipped a batch of new tea to Jiangning, there are still more than fifty people in the Xihe Congregation who stayed in Shanglin with Sun Jingtang. At that time, there was also a fire in Luoyang Lake. I don't know how many robbers poured into Shiliang County. Sun Jingtang didn't dare to run away at night. Zhao Hu sent someone to find him. mansion. The ten military guards that Lin Fu left to Zhao Hu and the more than fifty Xihe congregation led by Sun Jingtang became the main force to defend the Lin family mansion. Join the defense together. The ten military guards Lin Bie left to Zhao Hu all carried long bows. Zhao Hu took them up the ladder to the high ridge defense of the main house. When Zhao Nengtian was dawning, he suddenly rushed over and shot them several people. Zhao Neng can find a ladder to climb the wall to attack, Zhao Hu and the others are commanding, while shooting arrows, they can also direct the Xihe congregation and the servants of the Lin House to stab the wall with sharpened bamboo poles, horse thieves lose their soldiers, and occasionally one or two horse thieves Jumping into the courtyard, Sun Jingtang also led his people to besiege him.

The seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, stood behind the gate of the mansion, and had Zhao Neng's father, Zhao Changshan, tied to him and knelt behind the gate with a knife, and asked him to scold Zhao Neng for his wickedness and rebellion. Seeing that Zhao Neng was indifferent, and even had people demolish the house and lift the beams and pillars to smash the gate, she had Zhao Changshan hanged and threw his body out of the wall, and had people shouted at the door that Zhao Neng betrayed the master, causing the old father to commit suicide. He also executed the other inner ghosts who had drawn Zhao Changshan and Zhao Neng and his son to death, and threw the corpses out of the wall.

Zhao Neng also did not expect that the Lin family mansion would be so difficult to eat. The key point was that Zhao Hu led ten Wuwei and Sun Jingtang led more than fifty Xihe congregation to hide in the Lin mansion in time. He did not expect it. His thieves saw that the Lin house was difficult to bite, and the people inside were not weak in fighting will, and their defensive qualities were very strong, so they had no intention of attacking. Although Zhao Neng promised to capture the gold and silver treasures of the forest house, and the girls were allowed to rape, but he had to live to enjoy it. At this time, someone came on horseback and said that the main entrance of a large house in the east had been smashed open, and there were dozens of people. People rode there to "help out", and Zhao Neng couldn't restrain him.

When he was expelled from Dongyang last winter, Zhao Neng was not too far away from Dongyang. He was a bandit in the northeast area of ​​Haozhou Prefecture on the west bank of Hongzepu and south of the Huai River. Although he was surrounded by only 70 or 80 private soldiers given to him by Lin Xuzong, But they all have horses, armor, and weapons, and they are considered to be a horse thief with strong fighting power on the west bank of Hongzepu. Zhao Neng wanted to get rid of the control of the Lin family. He used a pseudonym in the rogue area of ​​Haozhou, and he never contacted Lin Xuzong. While leading these rogue places, he bought with his heart, and at the same time recruited troops to buy Ma Peizhi's cronies, and just let him expand to half a year. There are more than 200 people and more than 200 mules and horses. They are already a famous horse bandit in Haozhou Prefecture. However, the most powerful people in this branch of Makoli are the people that Lin Xuzong brought out to him at first. These people are the masters of mothers who have milk, and it is also the most difficult for Lin Xuzong to control. These are the same people who smeared oil on the soles of their feet and turned to rob other wealthy households in Shanglin.

The nearly 100 people left by Zhao Neng were all his newly recruited men and horses. His other subordinates were scattered all over the place to fight and rob. In addition, there was a well-organized cavalry of about 50 people who were quiet and quiet. Guarding in the alley, the leader was a black-faced young woman, about twenty-four or five years old, tall and strong, wearing bright red armor and carrying a saber on her back.

This young woman is Liu Miaozhen, the sister of Liu An'er, the head of the twenty-one water village in Hongzepu. The Lin family raises private soldiers and likes to recruit high-ranking customers with high martial arts skills. Zhao Neng is also well-informed, but he has never seen a sturdy woman with strong arms and can shoot three bows at the same time. Liu Miaozhen has been very strong since childhood She learned swordsmanship and the art of war with her brother Liu An'er. When Liu An'er escaped from Jibei with the army, Liu Miaozhen was already the leader of a famous water village **** Hongzepu, known as the red jacket girl of Sizhou. The water villages of Hongzepu were united, and Liu Miaozhen was ranked 17th.

Liu An'er was determined to do things. In addition to uniting with the Hongzepu water village forces, he also united with the Liuma bandit and the cottage forces on the west bank of Hongzepu. Zhao Neng also went the other way.

Liu An'er's original plan was to wait for the Qin family's fleet to leave the territory of Dongyang Palace and enter the depths of Hongzepu before attacking it. In the depths of Hongzepu, the waters are vast and the lake is shallow. Large ships such as building boats are extremely restricted in such waters, but small ships in the water village can play a greater advantage, and do not need to fill their lives to attack Qin Chengbo's ship. Since Liu An'er sent a large number of ships to sneak into the Shiliang River to block the back road of the Qin family's fleet, he did not pay much attention to the troops and horses in Shiliang County, but he must consider that the Shanglinli Township Camp, which owns the warships, has an impact on the water village. The men and horses threatened, so he asked his sister and Zhao Neng to lead a team of cavalry to Shanglinli to contain the village camp in Shanglinli.

Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng didn't think of attacking the township camp directly at first. Their combined cavalry only had more than 200 people, while the Shanglinli township camp had more than 700 township warriors. . They wanted to sneak attack on the Lin family mansion on the north bank, harass Shanglinli, and restrain Shanglinli Xiangyong here.

Last night, the Qin family's fleet paused in Shanglin before heading north. Lin Fu and Dongyang officials insisted on escorting them out of the country, which was far beyond Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng's expectations. At the same time, Lin Zonghai took Shanglinli Xiangyong nearly halfway, and Liu Miaozhen immediately decided to change the plan and decided to make a surprise attack on Shanglinli to completely eliminate the threat here.

What made Liu Miaozhen and Zhao Neng even more unexpected was that the water battle broke out in Luoyang Lake before the Qin family's fleet left the Dongyang mansion. They were trying to cover the people in the Shiliang River, so they couldn't do it in advance. It wasn't until the fireboat in the direction of Luoyang Lake burst into flames that they attacked the village camp and Wangxiang building.

At this time, a fast horse came galloping, and a man who looked like a fisherman rode up to the front and gave the password and his name, and then he got off. He walked up to Liu Miaozhen and reported: "Report to the head of the seventeenth, Luoyang Lake. The flag was successful, and Qin Chengbo killed the first, third, and ninth masters together, but Dongyang prefect Shen Rong, Tongju Lin Tingli, Lin Fu and others all rushed out of the siege by Dongyang and the four fast oars in Shanglinli. Four hundred soldiers broke through the siege, the Dongyang sailed very fast, and the brothers of the family fought all night, and it was too late to pursue, so the seventeenth master should be careful!

"The thief!" Zhao Neng spat viciously. He never imagined that the combined forces of the water villages would have more than 3,000 troops. He also temporarily invited more than 1,000 fishermen to participate in the battle. There are more than 200 large and small boats such as Pahechuan and Loach Boat, and in Hongzepu, where the forces of the various water villages have the advantage of geographical location, they were not able to keep this son Lin Fu, and even brought them four More than a hundred new troops escaped, how could he not hate him? This time he even folded Dad in!

Liu Miaozhen frowned~www.wuxiaspot.com~ She knew that her brother's men were not without warriors who could fight to the death. In the end, when Qin Chengbo was killed, she asked her brother, Wu Shiyi and Sun Ganzi to lead him into battle. It can be seen that Luo Yang The most fundamental reason for the tragic lake battle was that it did not follow the established plan, and the water battle broke out suddenly in Luoyang Lake ahead of schedule.

After a while, the sentry that Liu Miaozhen released also came back to report that the big ship was coming from Shiliang Hebei, less than three miles away. The army was in chaos, and I didn't know how many villagers fled last night. Liu Miaozhen had limited manpower and did not dare to put the sentry too far.

"Master Zhao, what do you think we are going to do?" Liu Miaozhen asked Zhao Neng. Although she is the mainstay of this trip, Zhao Neng has three times as many people as her. She naturally asks Zhao Neng's opinion when it comes to making up her mind.

The Lin family mansion could not be attacked, and the father hanged the Seventh Lady and slandered it into suicide, asking Zhao Neng to retreat willingly. At this time, a powerful enemy is approaching, and it is too unwise to attack the Lin family mansion at this time. Zhao Neng clenched his fists and almost pinched his fingernails into the flesh. Send troops?"

"I don't know about this either. I have to send someone to contact Luoyang Lake..." Liu Miaozhen knew that fighting hard at night, the forces of the water villages of the various families would suffer heavy casualties. A war of power is meaningless.

"Lin Bie returns by boat. When he disembarks, we can take advantage of the situation to kill him, otherwise going to the forest will always be a threat to the south," Zhao Neng said, "It's not like we are more than 250 elite cavalry soldiers, and we are afraid of him 400. Weak soldiers..."

Liu Miaozhen nodded, she didn't retreat when she encountered a strong force, and asked Zhao Neng to immediately gather up those horse thieves scattered all over Shanglin. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter