"Whoosh!"
Liu Taozi raised her hand and shot an arrow.
The arrow penetrated directly through He Laiqian's neck. He Laigan still maintained an arrogant expression, but his body had fallen off the horse.
The owner of the building was stunned, looking at this scene, trembling and speechless.
The knights who came with the opponent also drew their bows one after another at this moment, but the next moment, the bows were aimed at by the people around Liu Taozi, and they did not dare to move.
Liu Taozi looked at Tian Zili and said, "The deputy garrison commander jumped his horse and died, so report this to Yecheng."
"only."
Liu Taozi then looked at the owner of the building, Tu Xiyue, whose eyes widened in fear, "General! I don't know."
"Get off your horse and clean this place for me."
"only!!"
Tu Xiyue almost jumped down. He called a few people and rushed into the courtyard. Only then did Liu Taozi look at the knights who had followed He Laiqian. He said coldly: "Guardian Lord
He fell to death because you failed to protect him. Kill him."
"Whoosh~~~"
The next moment they were shot into hedgehogs, and they fell down together with their horses.
Tu Xi in the courtyard was working harder and harder, and so were the soldiers.
Liu Taozi led everyone into the courtyard formally. He asked Yao Xiong to place many knights. He jumped off his horse, grabbed Tu Xiyue, took Tian Zili and others and walked towards the inner room. Tu Xiyue
Liu Taozi forcefully dragged her into the house.
Tu Xiyue was so frightened that when he looked at Liu Taozi, something was wrong.
Is this guy really from Yecheng?
The information is not correct!!
Liu Taozi just grabbed him and walked into the inner room, found a place, and sat down. Several people stood beside him, all looking at Tu Xiyue at this moment.
"Then why does He Laiqian go against me?"
Tu Xiyue said hurriedly: "He is afraid that you will ruin the business here."
"What business?"
Tu Xiyue pursed his lips and did not dare to speak. Kou Liu slowly raised his bow and pointed it at him.
Tu Xiyue had a sad look on his face, "General, this is a business with the bandits outside the Great Wall and the West."
"The general doesn't know something. In the past two years, the money and food supplies have not been enough. He always asked us to raise food ourselves. Therefore, the deputy garrison leader led the small and medium-sized garrison leaders to find ways to prepare some food and grass."
"If you speak more clearly, I can forgive your crime."
Tu Xiyue then said: "I only know that He Laiqian had business dealings with the Kumoxi people, and the Kumoxi people gave him gold, food, women, and healthy servants. He gave them ordnance, weapons, and some news.
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"There is also the West Thief. The West Thief just needs some information."
"I have a humble official position. I have only heard a few things, but I don't know anything more specific."
He suddenly knelt down in front of Liu Taozi, "Please spare my life!!"
Liu Taozi looked at Tian Zili and said, "There is no need to report that you fell to death."
"For those who have liaison with foreign enemies, they should be put to death."
Cui Gang couldn't believe what he heard. He said in surprise: "How is this possible? Although Chinese people are arrogant, they are the most loyal. How can they collaborate with the enemy?"
Tian Zili said coldly: "Even a dog raised by himself will bite people if he is not given food."
Liu Taozi immediately looked at Tian Zili and said, "Zili, take Tu Xiyue and lead 300 people to He Laiqian's house quickly, search his house, find evidence, and send it to me."
Tian Zili quickly stood up and said yes.
He took Tu Xiyue and left here.
Kou Liu also stood up and said, "Brother, I will set up sentries around you."
Liu Taozi nodded and left quickly.
Liu Taozi looked at Chu Jiande and said, "You may be able to use the magic weapon if you prepare it."
He finally looked at Cui Gang and said, "Tell me about the configuration of the garrison."
Cui Gang hurriedly said: "There are all military households in the city, and the rest are slaves. Twenty military households will set up the lower garrison commander, thirty military households will set up the middle garrison commander, and fifty military households will set up the upper garrison commander."
"The garrison chiefs were stationed in various places to command the military households. There was a garrison chief in the city who was in charge of all the garrison chiefs. There was also an auxiliary garrison chief, a book assistant, and a history recorder."
According to Cui Gang's words, what is currently implemented in the garrison is military control. Xianbei soldiers have slaves, armor and horses, similar to military aristocrats, and every twenty Xianbei households have a garrison master to manage them.
According to Cui Gang's previous calculations, a soldier can bring more than 20 to 30 military slaves into battle. In conversion, a lower garrison leader has about 600 troops, and an upper garrison leader may have about 600 soldiers.
There are about 1,500 troops.
Logically speaking, there should be detailed information in the official office, explaining the population of the city, the number of garrison leaders, etc., but now there is no information about the local situation in the abandoned official office. Cui Gang led his people to dig through it.
I tried several times but couldn't find even half of the paper.
At this moment, Tian Zili arrived in front of He Laiqian's house.
It's said to be a mansion, but it's actually a small Uburg.
Soldiers patrolled up and down, and the gate was tall and strong.
Fortunately, the door was not closed. Before Tian Zili got close, he asked everyone to slow down and raised his head, letting Tu Xiyue walk in front of him.
The group of people approached slowly, which aroused the alertness of the soldiers above, but they did not start to be alert.
Tu Xiyue wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked forward quickly, and shouted: "Hurry up and prepare the food. The deputy garrison leader will be coming soon with the chief garrison leader. These are the nobles under the garrison leader. They are
Guests!! Don’t scare the guests!”
After hearing Tu Xiyue's words, the people above slowly put away their crossbows and exchanged a few words in Xianbei dialect.
Tian Zili approached slowly, and suddenly he raised his bow and shot.
The soldiers on the tower were immediately shot by him and fell down screaming, and everyone started shooting.
The distance between the two sides was extremely close. The soldiers were suddenly attacked and suffered many casualties. However, they soon began to fight back. Tian Zili led his men into the city gate, and knights rushed out. There was a melee between the two sides.
The knights charged at each other, slashing with swords and stabbing with spears. From time to time someone fell to the ground screaming.
There were many people on Tian Zili's side, so he easily killed the Xianbei knights in front of him and rushed towards the backyard.
The buildings in the fortress are also quite simple. There are about eighty Xianbei soldiers, less than half of whom are left at the moment. They are still fighting tenaciously without fear.
Tu Xiyue had no choice but to draw his bow and shoot arrows, killing several soldiers in succession.
After fighting for a long time, all these soldiers were killed, and Tian Zili was also wounded, with blood flowing from his left arm.
This group of Xianbei guards on the border were really capable of fighting. Even when dozens of them were attacked by surprise, they actually caused a lot of casualties and had resisted for so long!
Tian Zili ordered people to guard the place while he rushed into the inner room.
At the same time, Cui Gang looked at the two knights standing behind him, took a deep breath, held the military order, and walked on horseback in the city.
"The garrison leader has an order!! All garrison leaders, go to the official office immediately to pay a visit and receive food!!"
"The garrison leader has an order! All garrison leaders, go to the official office immediately to pay a visit and receive food!!"
Cui Gang walked along the main road, shouting continuously.
The next moment, a burly man rushed out of the courtyard, drunkenly grabbed the reins of Cui Gang's horse, stared at him with wide eyes, "You Han! What did you say?!"
Cui Gang looked at this guy's fierce look and said hesitantly: "The temple sent the chief garrison to record the food shortages in recent years and prepare to make up for it. He and the deputy garrison chief are waiting at the official office to ask you to register.
receive"
The strong man suddenly screamed strangely. The words sounded like Xianbei words, but not quite. He shouted behind him, then let go of Cui Gang's reins and walked quickly.
After a while, a dense crowd of people appeared around Cui Gang. They all gathered around Cui Gang and looked at him with evil intentions.
Cui Gang said what he just said loudly again.
This immediately caused a commotion. Everyone was shouting and talking to each other, and several more people were seen hurriedly walking towards the official office.
Cui Gang's face was filled with fear. He braced himself and walked forward. Suddenly, someone shouted beside him. Cui Gang was so frightened that he galloped on his horse.
Everyone pointed at him and laughed.
Cui Gang continued on his way, shouting all the way.
The whole Wuchuan became a little noisy at this moment, with Xianbei people filling the streets, and some even followed Cui Gang just for fun.
It has been a long time since Han Chinese dressed like this have been here, which is really strange.
"Pu Liuru!! Come out quickly!! Food is being distributed!!"
A rough and arrogant man kicked open the door and barged in.
I saw a man putting on clothes in a hurry, and there was a woman on the bed, hiding her face and crying bitterly. The man ignored her, walked out naked, and closed the door.
"What are you yelling about?!"
"What kind of food supply?!"
The big man couldn't help but peek inside the house a few times, and then looked at the man with a smile, "The big garrison leader is here. He is indeed from Yecheng. He said he was summoning all the garrison leaders to distribute food!"
Hearing this, the man was overjoyed.
"Distribute food? Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true. I've said it a long time ago. In the past, it was the Han people named Yang who withheld food and grass and refused to distribute it to us!"
"Now that all the people surnamed Yang have been killed, and my own family has come to power, the situation is indeed different. The chief of the garrison sent someone to shout on the road!"
The big man pulled the man out. Both of them were disheveled.
As he walked, he said: "He is really a nobleman from Yecheng. The man he sent, hahaha, is a Han. He wears a high crown, has a snow-white face, and is timid. He is just like a lamb!"
"The deputy garrison commander is still capable. It seems that he has suppressed this noble man."
"Later, we have to be tougher, you know? Let's join forces, let alone a nobleman from Yecheng, even if the fucking governor of the state comes, we will scare him more and get more food later.
"
The two of them were talking, their eyes sparkling, they mounted their horses and rushed towards the official office.
The big man looked at his naked upper body and couldn't help but joked: "If you want to eat, it's better to find one of those slave Han people. If you want something with fine skin and tender flesh, why don't you ask someone to do it for you?"
"Oh, I just like strong ones!"
"Aren't you afraid that her man will shoot you?"
"Ha, her man died in the war a long time ago. Both of them are still young. If they want to remain a military household, they have to be at my mercy. Otherwise, I will kick her family out! Let her family become slaves as well.
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"You still have the skills. Have you tried playing with all the women in this city?"
The two of them chatted about women all the way, looking lewd and talking obscenely, and finally rushed to the door of the official office.
The two men rode into the official office. A soldier came forward and helped them down.
"Where is the Great Guard Chief?!"
The big man got off his horse and started shouting.
"In the backyard."
The soldier spoke, and the two men quickly walked to the backyard.
Walking into the backyard, I saw many familiar garrison leaders. At this moment, they were all gathered together and talking loudly. The whole courtyard was filled with smoke and demons were dancing wildly.
There were twelve or three people in total, all of whom were very familiar with each other. They were all ugly, tall, and disheveled.
Compared with them, Kou Liu really didn't look like Xianbei at all.
Someone couldn't help but walked to the inner room and shouted inside: "Where are the people?! We have been standing there for a long time! Where are the people?!"
The soldier guarding the door came forward and said: "The garrison leader, the chief garrison leader and the deputy garrison leader are looking for someone to divine important events. They will come out later."
After hearing this, the man didn't dare to yell anymore, and returned to his position with a low voice.
Everyone has been waiting here for a long time, and almost all the garrison leaders have arrived.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside the door. For a moment, the courtyard became silent, and many garrison leaders looked outside the door.
I saw a group of cavalry parked outside the door, and the entire road seemed to be blocked by the knights.
These people looked like they had just been through a hard fight.
Tian Zili jumped off his horse, ignored the garrison leaders gathered in the backyard, walked through them, walked quickly to the door, said a few words to the soldiers, and walked in.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the entire backyard suddenly became a little different.
The garrison leaders looked at the knights guarding the door with vigilance, then at the soldiers around them, and looked at each other, their expressions becoming more solemn.
At the next moment, the door to the inner room was suddenly pushed open.
Some soldiers rushed out with crossbows in their hands, and rows of crossbows were aimed at the dozen or so people.
Facing the powerful crossbows, these strong men immediately stretched out their hands obediently, indicating that they had no weapons.
Some of the drunk guys were completely sober at this moment.
Liu Taozi walked out from behind the soldier, stood among the many crossbows, and stared at the garrison leaders in front of him.
Everyone looked at Liu Taozi's cold eyes and looked at each other, already guessing the other's identity.
The new garrison leader.
One of them cleared his throat and spoke in a friendly manner, "Grand Guard Lord, we have come to pay our respects. I wonder why?"
Liu Taozi slowly raised a bloody document.
"I found this from He Laiqian's house."
"It contains detailed records of Wuchuan's dealings with Kumoxi, the Turks, and even the Western thieves. It also has your names and dividends."
"On weekdays, is this what he uses to maintain his rule?"
The garrison leaders suddenly woke up and looked at each other with panic in their eyes.
The man spoke again: "Master of the Great Guard, we can't all be blamed for this. The temple always has insufficient food and grass. We are guarding here. Without food and grass, how can we resist the enemy?"
"An envoy came earlier and told us to raise our own food. We beat him to death and hung him at the city gate. How do you think we can raise our own food and grass? The Han slaves in the city are poorer than the dogs in the wild. They have nothing.
If you can't snatch them out, even they themselves are just a layer of flesh and bones, and even if they are cooked, they won't be enough to eat!"
Upon hearing these words, Tian Zili's eyes suddenly turned red and his whole body trembled.
The man continued: "We are not collaborating with the enemy. The weapons we threw to the Xi people are all weapons and equipment that should be eliminated and cannot be used. There are also some Han people who are literate, but they even do farm work.
No, for some reason they are allowed to serve in the border defense, and we throw these useless things to the Xi people in exchange for food to satisfy ourselves. Isn't this great?"
"This should be a meritorious service!"
Liu Taozi added: "I see the share in the document. In exchange for the grain, He Laigan will get 50%, the other garrison leaders will get 40%, and one share will be distributed to the military households. You seventeen people actually eat more than thousands of people."
There is so much. If you have such a huge appetite, how can you still say that you have merit?"
The man was stunned and quickly said: "The military households under our command are all ignorant. We are worried that they will eat them all at once, so we save them for them!"
"Even with the Western thieves, all they want is information that everyone knows. Every time we tell them the news from a few months ago in exchange for food, this can't be considered collaboration with the enemy!"
The more this man spoke, the more confident he became, as if it was really what he said.
Everyone nodded and agreed.
Liu Taozi was not anxious at all. He listened patiently to what this person said.
After the man explained, he hurriedly knelt down towards Liu Taozi and said, "Grand Guard, in fact, these things were forced by Na He Laigan. He used the book to blackmail us, but we are powerless."
"From now on, we will definitely obey your orders and will never dare to disobey them. Whatever you say will be whatever it is."
These people knelt down and began to beg for mercy.
Liu Taozi listened to them and then gave the order.
"Kill."
The leader jumped up quickly, with a panicked look on his face, "Great garrison leader!! Don't scare us!! We are all officials canonized by the temple!! We are all descendants of the border town!!"
"My brother is the Great Garrison Commander of Huaishuo!!"
"Everyone here and their relatives are all joining the army!!"
"If we die, all the military households in the city will rebel."
"Even if we break the law, we still have to be ordered by the Khan."
Everyone began to beg for mercy, but the crossbows had already started to be fired. These strong and powerful guys were not wearing armor at this time, and most of them did not have weapons. Of course, even wearing armor was useless. At this distance, the force was useless.
The crossbow can completely penetrate any armor, and in an instant, all powerful crossbows will fly.
"Pfft~~"
"Pfft~~"
After a round of crossbow bolts, there was no one standing in front of Liu Taozi.
Many garrison leaders fell into a pool of blood, motionless.
Tian Zili did not vent his anger, so he called several soldiers to come forward and cut off all their heads with a knife.
Cui Gang looked at this scene, but his face turned pale with fear and he was trembling.
"Mr. Liu, just kill him like this. You, you, you."
Liu Taozi turned to look at him, with some approval in her eyes.
"You have done a great job in deceiving them. From now on, you can be my assistant."
"I will write a letter to the temple to express my merit for you."
Chapter completed!