Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Just hearing the sudden burst of shouts outside the north wall, Li Hanzhang knew that something bad was going on. The main force of the bandits was indeed coming here.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

Li Hanzhang had no intention of holding on and fled with a group of rabble.

After running back and seeing Mr. Bai, Li Hanzhang said: "Bring out the belongings quickly. The more valuable the better!"

Officer Lao Bai immediately woke up and shouted: "Listen to Li Erlang's command!"

Li Hanzhang ordered Bai Chongyan: "Everyone, go move the belongings and scatter them everywhere on the ground along the way."

"Okay!" Bai Chongyan acted immediately.

Li Hanzhang went to look for Bai Chongwen again and said: "Bai Dalang, the inner courtyard cannot be defended anymore. The bandits have gone around to the north. Lead those who dare to fight to guard the side door to the east. When you hear my order, open the door immediately and go out. Charge. The thieves there are just feigning an attack. I'm afraid there aren't many of them. If you kill them, you can lead everyone to escape to the mountains."

But he said that more than ten bandits climbed up the ladder, sat on the wall and observed the courtyard, and soon cheered: "No one is guarding here, come in quickly!"

Bai Fu was overjoyed when he heard this. He had always envied Mr. Bai and even coveted the Bai family's belongings. Now I can finally swagger into the house. Although I don't get much, I already feel infinite satisfaction.

Unfortunately, the leaders had to go up first, so Byford could only help hold up the ladder for the time being.

This seemed to be a garden. Several bandit leaders jumped off the wall and rushed out with weapons without waiting for more accomplices to gather.

Yang Jun also entered the courtyard, turned around and saw that the guide was not there. He shouted: "Bai Fu, come in and lead the way!"

Baiford immediately climbed up the ladder, leaned on the wall and said, "I have never entered the inner courtyard, so I don't know how to get there."

"waste!"

Yang Jun no longer cared about Bai Fude and rushed out with his men.

The circular arch that leads out of the garden can go left, right, or forward. Although the Bai family mansion was built in an ordinary way, the area was really big, and Yang Jun didn't know where to go.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully, only to feel shouting everywhere. He immediately divided the team into three and gave the order: "First, we must seize the old member Bai, or kill him. Second, we must find the Bai family's property and capture a few of them." If you ask him alive, he might be buried in the cellar!"

A group of bandits who were rushing to the right ran past and entered the courtyard in a daze. They saw several servants carrying baskets and scattering money everywhere on the ground.

"The thief is here, run away!"

The slaves were so distraught that they dropped the basket and ran away, dumping the iron money on the floor.

"money!"

The minions held up torches and exclaimed. They stopped chasing people and all lay on the ground picking up money.

The bandit leader roared: "Everyone, stand up and stop picking it up. There must be more money outside!"

The minions pretended not to hear it. When they encountered a large sum of money, they had to hand it all over and then reward them based on their merits. How much reward can the little guy get? It's better to pick up some more odds and ends now and hide them on your body and say they were brought by you.

The bandit leader beat and scolded him, but the gangsters finally obeyed and continued to rush out with him.

It was another courtyard. All the slaves had fled. Several baskets were placed on the ground, and the baskets were densely packed with iron money.

At this time, even the bandit leader was jealous. He said to his henchmen: "You take two people to stay here to guard, and the rest follow me. There must be a lot of wealth!"

They ran quickly, but became more and more scattered.

Because there is money everywhere on the ground!

The servants of the Bai family also had selfish motives, so they ran away with the money. If they survived, they might be able to embezzle the money. But it was too heavy and I couldn't run fast, so I just threw it away along the way, leaving only a few coins hidden on my body.

Many bandits deliberately slowed down their pace, then bent down to pick up money. They did not speed up until their leader urged them to do so.

All the bandits who invaded the house encountered this situation and scattered in a mess.

The leader of the village, Yang Jun, was so angry that he slashed one of the thugs to death with his sword. Only then did the scene get shaken up, and the bandits gathered together to continue the killing spree.

"Open the door!"

On the other side of the side door, as Li Hanzhang gave orders, the door of the house suddenly opened.

The bandits outside the wall are still feinting to attack. There is not even a ladder, just a group of minions shouting. Suddenly seeing someone rushing out, the minions were a little confused. They immediately threw away their torches and picked up swords, spears and other weapons to fight.

Gu San rushed to the front with the strong young man from the tea house. Although this young man was only seventeen years old, he was very skilled.

I saw him waving his whistle stick, knocking the bandit's spear sideways with one blow, and then hit the bandit's forehead with the tip of the stick. Before the bandit could fall, Gu San continued to charge forward, knocking away another bandit's simple knife with his whistle stick.

The nineteen strong men in the tea garden behind him, seeing how brave their leader was, also roared and rushed forward.

There were only a dozen or so bandits in this group. They were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.

"Don't chase, run to the mountain!" Li Hanzhang ordered.

Bai Chongwen carried Old Bai Yuanwai on his back, Bai Chongyan carried Old Mrs. Bai on his back, followed by a bunch of family members and servants, rushed out of the house and fled in the direction of Chashan.

The bandits from other places came to join them one after another after learning about the situation here.

The main force led by Yang Jun himself was held back by money. By the time they chased them out, everyone in the Bai family had already escaped a mile away.

"Brother, it's important to move the belongings, so stop chasing after them." Yang Ying said.

Yang Jun angrily scolded: "You know what the heck, you must kill Mr. Bai! Leave two leaders behind to carry money and food, and the rest will follow me to kill you!"

If the bandits retreat at this time, they will have a great victory and be able to evacuate calmly with their belongings.

However, Yang Jun was afraid of Lao Bai's prestige.

Once Lao Bai Yuanwai survives, he will definitely put pressure on the county magistrate and recruit rural soldiers to attack Heifeng Village with all his strength. By that time, Master Zhu will be unable to stop him at all, and Heifeng Village will never have peace again in the future.

"Chase!"

Yang Jun rushed to the front with his sword, and the other bandit leaders could only follow with their minions.

But the bandits have lost their will to fight. They are all thinking about the treasures and hope to go back and share the money as soon as possible. Who is willing to continue fighting?

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As soon as the bandits arrived, they shouted in unison, and the gongs in the Bai family mansion also sounded.

The mountain village is quiet at night. Although the tea garden is far away, you can still vaguely hear the movement.

Lao Gu ran outside the house, listened carefully and took a few breaths, and suddenly shouted: "There is a thief, get up quickly!"

Zhang Guangdao has come out, holding a simple knife in his hand.

Lao Gu returned to the house and took out a eyebrow-tip knife. This thing is a military standard weapon and is 100% a civilian controlled knife.

Weapons management in the Northern Song Dynasty showed two attitudes: loose and strict, depending on time and region.

In general, the regulations become stricter as time goes by and looser as we get closer to the border.

In places like Sichuan, Shaanxi and Guangnan, even regular troops are not allowed to hold weapons because they do not often fight. For normal training, wooden spears and wooden knives are used instead, and weapons can only be applied for in case of war.

It is completely different in Hebei and Northwest China. Soldiers can take their weapons home because they need to be prepared for enemy soldiers going south at any time. Even in autumn, the season when wars are most frequent, the government will issue weapons and armor to the strong men who can protect the armor.

During the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty, due to frequent uprisings, the management of weapons was the strictest.

In the beginning, in order to save money, we let civil society organize bow and arrow societies, and the people purchased their own bows and trained them. Gradually, all bow and arrow clubs were banned, and no one was allowed to hide bows and arrows privately.

After the Fangla Uprising, people in the Jiangnan area were not even allowed to hold simple knives, let alone other weapons.

"Hurry up and get everyone down the mountain!"

Zhang Guangdao urged anxiously, Brother Yao's son was still down the mountain.

Lao Gu's son was also at the foot of the mountain. He was also very anxious. He went to nearby teahouses and kicked every door.

After gathering more than 20 strong men, Lao Gu couldn't wait any longer, so he hurried down the mountain with only these people.

Encountering many villagers on the way, Lao Gu ordered the young men to join the team. But no one listened to him at all, everyone just wanted to escape. After running for half an hour, only three brave men dared to fight back with him to protect their property.

After walking for a while, they met Ju Ming.

"Dad," Zhu Ming finally stopped calling Dean Zhu, "you guys will go up the mountain first. After calming down the villagers' emotions, we will organize them to pick up weapons. I will go down to see the situation first."

Zhu Guoxiang hesitated slightly and said: "Be careful, if something goes wrong, run away."

"I'm not stupid." Ju Ming smiled.

Including Zhu Ming, Zhang Guangdao, and Bai Sheng, a total of twenty-eight people came down the mountain.

Hurrying slowly, I bumped into a few Bai family servants first.

These slaves are the fastest runners. They just want to save their lives and leave their masters behind.

Lao Gu asked a few casual questions and hurried down.

"Kill Bai Zongwang!"

"Kill Bai Zongwang!"

The bandit leaders led their minions and chased after the Bai family.

Li Hanzhang's original plan was to use his property to delay the bandits, and then rush out of the mansion and into the mountains. If bandits are chasing after them, let the old, weak, women and children go first, choose a suitable place, and organize the young and strong to intercept them.

Although the plan is good, it forgets the human heart.

The nursing staff and tea households were young and strong, and they could still unite and fight hard when they were trapped in the mansion, but they became distraught after they rushed out of the mansion.

Those who have family around them only care about protecting them and running away.

Those whose families are in the mountains just want to go to the mountains as soon as possible to reunite with their families.

They all ran away in a swarm, and then they collapsed. Not to mention Li Hanzhang, even Lao Bai, a member of the Communist Party of China, couldn't stop drinking.

The bandits are a mob, and so are the young men in the village.

Some old, weak, women and children could not run fast and were gradually overtaken by the bandits.

Yang Jun raised his knife and cut down one person, yelling: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way!"

A wise woman jumped into the wheat field with her child in her arms to escape, making way for the bandits. More and more people are learning to do this, no longer just going into the mountains, but running away in all directions.

Yang Jun did not chase them and rushed forward. His target was only Lao Bai.

But when Lao Gu met a few strong men from the tea household who were running away, he immediately scolded him: "You eggless bird man, don't run away, just follow me and kill him!"

Lao Gu seemed to be quite authoritative. Under his scolding, those strong men actually stopped running away.

After walking for more than ten steps, we finally met Lao Bai.

Bai Dalang and Bai Sanlang were out of breath from exhaustion, so they asked two loyal servants to carry Lao Yuanwai and Mrs. Bai on their backs.

Member Lao Bai was originally in panic, but when he saw Lao Gu, he felt relieved: "It'll be good if you come."

The bandit was already approaching, and Lao Gu raised his eyebrow-tip knife: "Anyone with eggs, follow me to kill the bandit!"

Yang Jun saw many shadows coming under the moonlight, and he also shouted: "Get ready!"

The so-called setting up a battle formation was because the village road was too narrow, so the leaders were asked to take their minions to spread out their troops in the dry fields beside the road.

The bandits had also practiced forming formations, but they had forgotten all about them at this moment, and scattered in the dry fields and rushed forward in a swarm.

Lao Gu's side is exactly the same.

Rookies pecking each other!

Ju Ming got on his horse and did not charge immediately. After he traveled through time, although his strength became stronger, his physique improved, and his reflexes became more agile, he still didn't know how to fight.

In a newly harvested wheat field, Ju Ming rode around on horseback.

His riding skills are not good either. He has just started to practice, so he must choose the best time to do it.