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  Chapter 116 114 [Winner wins] (addition for the lord "Neven Moore")

  Three jinshi in one school, two prime ministers across the river, three champions in five miles, two ministers in a hundred steps, nine ministers in ten miles, nine sons and ten magistrates.

  The above few sentences are referring to Jishui County, where the number of Jinshi ranks first in the country.

  The Li family in Gu Village is just one surname for each village. If counting posthumous gifts, there have been eleven ministers in the past few decades alone.

  Of course, the current number of ministers remains at eight. He had to wait until no one was available in the imperial court, and Chongzhen had to restore Li Banghua, before his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather would be granted titles or posthumous titles.

   In the dynasty, he was Tian Shelang, and in the evening he went to the Tianzitang.

   These words could not be more appropriate when applied to Li Banghua. He really had a poor family. When his grandmother passed away, there was no thin-skinned coffin, so he had to wrap it in straw and bury it secretly.

  Seeing that his nephew was scared back by the rolling stone, Li Banghua immediately thought about how to defeat the enemy.

   In order to repay the emperor's favor and eliminate thieves for the country, even the old and weak, women and children have to be killed!

  Li Banghua did not dare to attack by force. He led troops to block the way down the mountain and sent soldiers to explore other ways up the mountain.

   The enemy and the enemy began to confront each other.

  One dared not retreat, the other dared not attack, they just looked at each other like that.

   After a confrontation for a while, Xiang Yong came back and reported: "Uncle, two miles to the right, you can climb up the slope, but there are also rebels guarding the slope."

  There is no way for a surprise attack, so we can only attack from the front.

   "Boys, follow me to kill the thief!" Li Banghua drew his sword out of its sheath and led the crowd to charge in person.

  Pang Chunlai immediately ordered: "Throw a rolling stone!"

  Stones of different sizes kept rolling down the hillside, and more than a dozen Xiangyong were knocked down one after another.

  It's a pity that the mountain is not steep, and the speed of the stone rolling is not fast.

  Two unlucky ones had their tibias broken, and the rest were just crushed on their feet, and those who were knocked down quickly got up.

   "Sisters, dog killer!"

  Xiaohong organized the women and children, picked up fist-sized clods and rocks, and threw them at Xiangyong who was charging.

   This thing is actually more lethal than rolling stones. If it hits the body, it only hurts, but if it hits the head, it will definitely bleed.

  Even Li Banghua himself, the dignified former Minister of the Ministry of War, was hit on the head by some village woman, and a big green bump appeared on his forehead.

  The mountain pass is narrow, and there are too many villagers to line up.

   Seeing that the women and children were able to throw stones to the ground, the villagers who were unable to prepare for the battle in the rear picked up stones and clods and threw them down one after another.

  Xiang Yong's first charge was thrown back by the villagers with stones.

   Three thousand people smashed rocks together, and countless small stones flew in the air. The scene was as spectacular as a hail of bullets.

   "Quickly pick up stones, not big ones, just small ones!"

  Xiaohong gave an order, and together with Xiaocui, she took the women and children to pick up stones. The nearby stones had been picked up, and some people simply took off their shoes and threw them down.

  Li Banghua led his troops back down the slope, in a panic.

   Not only did he have a big green bump on his forehead, but he was also hit in the back of the head when he retreated, with faint blood stains in his hair.

  A few of the township braves were even knocked unconscious by small stones, and it took a lot of effort before they were dragged back by their companions.

   "Win, we won!"

  The villagers cheered loudly, but the village braves were frowning.

  Li Banghua held back his anger and felt a deep sense of frustration. He had never fought such a battle before.

  Under normal circumstances, the villagers should be defeated at the first charge, but now it was Xiangyong who was repelled.

  Pang Chunlai couldn't help laughing and said: "The official below, those who gain the Tao will help more than those who have lost the way. You don't understand this kind of truth? Come down quickly, and don't want to help the evildoers."

  Seeing that there are scholars among the rebels, Li Banghua stepped forward a few steps and said loudly: "I am Li Banghua, who is your Excellency?"

  The name surprised Pang Chunlai. He cupped his hands and said, "It turned out to be Li Mengan. I was lucky enough to meet him in Tianjin. It's a pity that things are different now."

  Have you seen Tianjin?

  Li Banghua thought carefully, if he saw him in Tianjin, it would be when he was the governor of Tianjin.

  He has vigorously rectified the Tianjin New Army, which once made the Tianjin New Army the strongest army in the Northern Zhili area.

  But the person in front of me doesn't seem to have any impression.

  Pang Chunlai smiled and said: "Brother Li, don't think about it again. You were the governor of Tianjin back then, and I was just a small staff member. It is impossible for you to remember me!"

   "Excuse me, which minister's staff are you?" Li Banghua asked curiously.

   "Hey, I won't say it. If I say it, it will definitely drag down the old owner." Pang Chunlai smiled happily.

   Right at this moment, smoke suddenly rose from the south.

  Li Banghua was in shock and couldn't figure out what was going on.

  Pang Chunlai smiled strangely. It was the sentinel he sent, and the smoke should have risen when the officers and soldiers appeared.

   There are six sentinels in total.

  The two were on the mountain beside Lijiaguai, responsible for detecting the enemies from the east.

  The two are on the high mountain in the west, responsible for detecting the enemies behind them.

   The two stayed at the inn in Wuxing Town, and even if the smoke couldn’t come out, they could walk into the mountains to report the news.

   However, all the sentries failed, and I don't know what went wrong.

   Li Banghua looked back at the beacon, full of worries, his food and grass were all on board.

  Because he was afraid of insufficient troops, Li Banghua did not dare to divide his troops into the mountains. Only one soldier was left to guard each boat, and the rest were all Yongxin County boatmen.

   Seeing that there was no hope of attacking the mountain, and there was another smoke behind him, Li Banghua suddenly ordered: "The whole army retreats to the river!"

   "You want to leave after coming?"

  Pang Chunlai suddenly drew his sword and shouted: "Even if half of the people died today, I will keep you, Li Mengan!"

   "Withdraw!"

  Li Banghua ordered to retreat, and personally led a hundred villages to the rear.

  Pang Chunlai climbed out of the temporary barrier and shouted: "All young and strong over the age of fifteen, come forward and hold these **** back!"

  Nearly 600 young and strong, armed with farm tools, were all picked by Zhao Han. Most of them are males aged 15-18 and 45-50, and there are only a hundred people between 18-45.

A wounded man suddenly came over the mountain from behind, panting: "Mr. Pang, it rained in the middle of the night last night, and the firewood and cow dung were soaked, and the wolf smoke couldn't be ignited for a while. Huang Zhuang is still there Continue to light the fire, let me run back to report first!"

  He looked back, and forced a smile again: "It's burning, it's burning."

   "I'll punish you two later," Pang Chunlai said with a smile, "It's just a mistake, and I caught a big fish this time."

  Pang Chunlai led six hundred young men and walked slowly towards Li Banghua. But they didn't dare to get too close. These people were untrained, and most of them would collapse when they charged.

  The more this happened, the more panicked Li Banghua became, and he simply ran towards the river.

  Pang Chunlai was afraid of being killed and returned to the carbine, so he only dared to lead people to follow him from a distance. He really had no soldiers at hand.

  …

  But said that the two sentries who stayed at the inn, one was sleeping and the other was on guard.

   But Li Banghua went down the river, and he came too fast at that time, and there was no warning signal upstream, so the sentry at the inn found it too late.

  Wake up the sleeping person. The two wanted to go into the mountain to pass the news. Li Banghua had already landed on the upstream river beach. Moreover, Xiangyong was quickly dispatched to investigate and block the nearest road into the mountain.

   The two sentries panicked, one detoured into the mountain to notify Pang Chunlai, and the other ran towards the Li family downstream.

  Those who took a detour into the mountain, because they didn't know that Pang Chunlai was going down the mountain, they haven't found the main force until now.

  But when I ran to Li's house, I saw Huang Shunfu.

   "Mayor Huang (Deputy), quickly lead people into the mountain, officers and soldiers are coming!" said the messenger.

  Huang Shunfu asked: "How many are here?"

  The messenger replied: "I didn't have time to count, there may be hundreds of numbers, and many ships have come."

   "Second son, go and inform the villagers to pack up your belongings and prepare to go into the mountains." Huang Shunfu thought for a while, and then said, "Let Liu Laosi and the others row a fishing boat to see what's going on."

  Several fishing boats soon arrived in Wuxing Town, approaching the large and small boats on the shore, staring at the boatmen on board.

   "The rebels are coming, run!"

  The boatmen panicked and subconsciously wanted to sail away.

   "Don't make a mess!"

  Li Banghua left a Xiangyong in each boat, all of them were soldiers he brought from Jishui.

  Those brave men were enough to frighten the boatmen, and they stabilized quickly.

  The fishermen rushed back to Lijiaguai to report that there were no officers and soldiers on board, and Huang Shunfu immediately led Qing Zhuang to **** the boat.

   Seeing more than two hundred rebels coming, the boatmen finally couldn't hold on anymore. Regardless of Xiangyong's repression, they sailed downstream and fled downstream, escaping Li Jiaguai before stopping.

   "The officers and soldiers are coming!"

  Huang Shunfu was thinking about how to chase the enemy, when Li Banghua suddenly led his troops out of the mountains, frightened him and quickly organized the villagers to retreat.

  Li Banghua chased Huang Shunfu far away, and Pang Chunlai chased Li Banghua far away.

  Li Banghua ordered to fight back, and Pang Chunlai retreated immediately, the distance between the two sides was half a mile.

   This battle was very funny, one was guilty and the other was cautious, both of them were afraid of beating a wolf with a stick.

  The main reason is that everyone's troops are not enough, and Li Banghua can't divide his troops to guard the ship. At this moment, the ship is lost and he feels very panicked.

  As for Pang Chunlai and Huang Shunfu, although the villagers they led were large, they did not have the slightest degree of training to speak of. You can still be obedient half a mile away from the enemy, but if you are approached on flat ground, you will definitely collapse in an instant.

   I would like to thank Fei Yinggong a lot. The inexplicable night attack last night caused Li Banghua to lose forty people, which is one-sixth of the officers and soldiers.

   Moreover, most of them were not killed, but were drowned when the boat hit the rocks at night.

   Otherwise, if Li Banghua stayed in the forty villages to guard the boat bravely, how could he be afraid of the villagers sneaking up on the boat?

   After tossing and tossing for a long time, Li Banghua finally found his own boat downstream and kept his food and grass.

   "Oh, I still haven't kept it." Pang Chunlai could only sigh.

  The villagers can only watch the officers and soldiers leave, but they dare not chase after them. A close encounter will inevitably lead to defeat.

   Li Banghua was also extremely depressed. He belonged to a surprise attack from behind, but the thieves had already prepared for it. Even more speechless, where did Xie Xuelong's main force go?

  It was agreed at the beginning that even if the surprise attack fails, you can still attack back and forth.

   Now that his teammates have disappeared without a trace, how can he catch him with less than 200 troops? It's almost as if he was pinched!

  Wuxing Town, Lijiaguai, and Huangba Village on the opposite bank, thieves appeared everywhere, and even fishing boats followed from afar on the river.

  Li Banghua had no choice but to attack all the way, and also divided troops to guard the ships and food. This battle was impossible to fight.

   In desperation, Li Banghua chose to escape by boat and retreated to Yongyang Town before he dared to dock.

  When I went ashore to inquire, I found out that Xie Xuelong had already withdrawn his troops.

  Li Banghua could only look up to the sky and sigh, and then took a boat to Sanjiangkou, and finally got more detailed military information: Xie Xuelong first went to Lushui to Anfu County, and after defeating tens of thousands of bandits, he came back by boat to rescue Fucheng, because Fucheng had been captured by bandits.

  The city of Ji’an Prefecture fell?

  Li Banghua was stunned. He couldn't figure out how Fucheng was captured by the rebels.

   More nonsense is yet to come.

   Li Banghua went to Fucheng by boat, wanting to join Xie Xuelong, passing by Shishan Town, and got the news—Governor Xie Xuelong, the whole army was wiped out!

   (Ask for a monthly pass.)

  (end of this chapter)