Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 346 Killing with Power

Zhang Lu lay on the wall of the village, with half of his head exposed, looked out furtively, then retracted with a heavy expression, slowly got off the wall of the village, and returned to the hall, but he couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "Father, the camp has already reached the door of the house, you are still in the mood to read... Uh, my lord, your book... has been taken down..."

Zhang Han quickly poured the book back when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Confused! Be calm when you encounter important events! It doesn't matter what book you read, what matters is that you have a calm mind. !"

   "Wei! The child has been taught!" Zhang Lu cupped his hands and took a book, ready to imitate his father.

  But Zhang Lu couldn't bear it after all. After turning two pages, he said, "Father, do you think something will happen? Are you really going to fight?"

"Hmph! These people are just pretending at most! Will there be a real fight? Even if there is a real fight, the camp is full of newly recruited soldiers. How much ability can they have to attack the city? Besides Yes, the Wei family also said that they will help when necessary, so don’t worry!” Zhang Han said, as if he was comforting Zhang Lu, but also comforting himself.

  After Zhang Lu finished listening, he relaxed a little, took a breath, and then started to read the book.

   But the two of them hadn't turned over a few pages of the book when a guard hurried over and reported that the soldiers from outside the village had left the camp and were forming formation, as if they were about to attack the village!

   "What?!" Zhang Han couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, threw the book away, stood up, and left the hall, and went to Zhuangqiang with Zhang Lu.

"Within a stick of incense, quickly open the door and surrender, or the army will come together, and you will not be spared!" Zhang Han Zhang Lu went to the village wall, and saw a few loud soldiers screaming with their necks stretched out. A stick of incense was inserted in front of him, and the green smoke was lingering.

Zhang Han estimated that there were about a thousand soldiers in front of him, and he couldn't help but frown. It stands to reason that if more than a thousand soldiers attacked his own village, he might not be able to take it down immediately, and his own village was also as high as the wall. The trench is deep, there are suspension bridges and female walls, not much worse than a small county town, but after all, when the war breaks out, the guards at home will probably suffer heavy casualties, so it is better not to fight or not to fight.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Han ordered several guards with loud voices to shout, and wanted to invite the chief of the opposite army to have a talk, after all, it would be better to try the courtesy first and then the soldiers.

"You wait to open the door and surrender quickly, otherwise the army will come together, and it will be easy to break through Xiaoxiaozhuang Village! It will be too late for the Zhang family to regret!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Han's yelling was ignored at all, and the soldiers with loud voices continued to be arrogant roared.

Seeing that there was nothing to talk about, Zhang Han was also angry, and shouted: "You actually underestimated our Zhang family. With just a few simple ladders, the soldiers want to break through the village? It's wishful thinking! Zhang's sons! ! Ready to fight!"

  The guards of the Zhang family also followed Zhang Heng and shouted in unison, which was quite imposing.

   A stick of incense soon passed away. Outside the village, the drums of war rumbled. Huang Xu led the soldiers approaching step by step. It seemed that he was about to enter a stone's throw, and a big battle was imminent.

   "Stop it all! Stop it all!"

  At this critical moment, a few horses ran out from the corner of the road, and the leader was Lu Chang, who rushed to the front of the army while shouting loudly.

   With one move of Huang Xu's hand, the soldiers gradually stopped and stood on the ground where the village was shot.

   "Where are you in charge? Come out and meet me!" Lu Chang got off his horse, stopped in front of the soldiers, stood under the wall of the village, and shouted loudly.

   Jia Qu separated the soldiers, walked out from the army formation, walked to the front of the village, cupped his hands to Lu Chang and said, "Lu Juncheng, why are you here?"

   "It's Jia Zong, you still ask me why I came? If I don't come again, you will all fight! Oh, tell me, what is the reason?" Lu Chang said bitterly.

  Jia Qu talked about it for a while, and then said angrily: "It's obviously good, even the paperwork has been signed, but I have to go back on my word. How do you think this is possible?"

"Ah, I thought it was a big deal, and it's just a little more profit, and it's not a big deal?" Lu Chang persuaded, "It's not good to use swords and guns just for a few money. If others know, He also joked that we people in Hedong don't show affection!"

"It's not a big deal?" Jia Qu said indignantly, like a young man who just wanted to show off but was dismantled, "Mr. The house is broken, how can you explain to Mr. Fei when you say you are going to me?!"

Lu Chang raised his head and glanced at Zhang Han, and then said: "Mr. Zhang must have done it unintentionally. Don't worry about Jia Zong. They are all from the village. There is nothing to talk about. I mean, Mr. Zhang? "

Zhang Han listened, guessing that Lu Chang was probably the one who came to mediate, so he nodded in cooperation and said, "Jia Zong, I don't know that you are in charge, you are so presumptuous, I hope you forgive me! It's easy to discuss, easy to discuss!"

"Look! Zhang Gong also said the same thing! Jia Zong, I heard a certain statement. Everyone is from the village. It's just a matter of a few dollars, and it's not a big deal. Can we sit down and talk about it? Why do you hurt your peace by using knives and guns like this? Let's go, let's go!" Lu Chang persuaded loudly.

  Jia Qu hesitated for a while, but finally heeded Lu Chang's persuasion and waved an order to disband the army formation.

   "Mr. Zhang, this place is not a place for discussion. Don't you want to part with a bowl of tea?" Lu Chang looked up at Zhang Han and joked.

"Yes, yes! This is why the old man is not treating guests well! Come here, open the middle door to welcome the distinguished guests!" Zhang Han saw that Lu Chang, who was mediating in the middle, had arrived, and Jia Qu also ordered the soldiers to disband. He felt that the crisis was finally over. In the past, he also felt that such a conversation was inappropriate, so he ordered the gate of the village to be opened, and Lu Chang, Jia Qu and others were welcomed in for a detailed discussion.

  Seeing that a tense battle turned into a breeze and drizzle, Zhang's guards couldn't help but gasped, and put down their knives and guns one after another. Several people hurriedly turned the wheels, lowered the suspension bridge of the gate of the village, and opened the door.

Zhang Han saw that only Lu Chang, Jia Qu, and Huang Xu were waiting outside the gate of the village with more than a dozen people, and most of the soldiers had already dispersed, and some had even sat on the ground to rest, so he was relieved. Lu Chang and Jia Qu were invited in.

   "Please, Mr. Zhang, please, please, Mr. Zhang!" Lu Chang chuckled, seeing his brows but not seeing his eyes, with his hands folded in his sleeves, arched slightly, and said humbly.

  Zhang Han laughed, stroked his beard, and didn't keep refusing, so he took the lead and entered the gate, leading Lu Chang and others into the village.

  Huang Xu lagged behind, holding the ring knife, walking slowly with his head down, his dark face expressionless.

  As if intentionally or unintentionally, some soldiers following Huang Xu also slowly walked to some key gates and corridors, and the soldiers outside the village gradually stood up in twos and threes, approaching the gate of the village...

   "Lu Juncheng, Jia Zong, why don't you enter the hall?" Zhang Han stood in front of the hall, turned his head and saw Lu Chang and Jia Qu stopped, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

  Lu Chang and Jia Qu looked at each other and nodded slightly.

   "Come on! Take down Zhang's father and son!" Jia Qu yelled violently, and several soldiers rushed up immediately, and tied Zhang Han and Zhang Lu with ropes.

Hearing the order, Huang Xu, who had occupied a dangerous position for a long time, led the soldiers along the courtyard corridors on both sides to kill, and the soldiers outside the gate of the village also rushed in. The guards of the Zhang family, who thought everything was safe and sound, were caught off guard, and both father and son of the Zhang family were captured, and there was no one to command them.

  Hearing the screams gradually spread to the backyard, Zhang Han resisted the panic in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Jia Zongcheng, Lu Juncheng, what is the meaning of this?!"

  Lu Chang and Jia Qu stood quietly without saying a word.

   It was about a stick of incense, Huang Xu held the blood-stained ring head knife, and escorted the Zhang family, big and small, and some guards of the Zhang family who surrendered, all of them were escorted to the courtyard.

Lu Chang put his hands in his sleeves, and his round face was smiling, looking very kind, but what he said was not kind at all: "Last night, bandits set fire to the envoy Fei's camp, destroying food, grass and equipment without any means. Check, it is the reason why the Zhang family in Anyi is dissatisfied with the price, and they have formed alliances with Qianghu outside and seduced soldiers inside. They want to do wrong things and ruin the plan of the county. According to the law, they should be punished!"

  Jia Qu looked at Lu Chang and was a little surprised. In the morning, he only said that he would build some evidence to punish the Zhang family, but he didn't say that he wanted to kill Zhang's family?

   "Ah?! This is not done by my family, our Zhang family didn't do this at all!" Zhang Lu struggled and roared angrily.

   "Shut up!" Zhang Han stopped Zhang Lu's defense, because he knew that in this case, a blank defense would be useless...

Zhang Han took a step forward, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain offended the envoy Fei, and is willing to redeem his death with his wealth according to the law of the Han Dynasty! I just want to protect the Zhang family's incense. There are people who can sacrifice!"

  The miserable words were accompanied by the cries of several children in the Zhang family, which made people feel unbearable.

  Jia Qu looked at the white-haired Zhang Han kowtowing loudly, the skin on his forehead was already torn and the bricks were stained red, he couldn't help hesitating, and glanced at Lu Chang.

   Lu Chang put his hands in his sleeves, and with a smile all over his face, he walked slowly to Zhang Han's side, showed a hand, and helped Zhang Han up.

  Zhang Han was immediately overjoyed, with blood on his face, he smiled and said repeatedly: "The villain will never forget Lu Juncheng and Jia Zheng's kindness to spare their lives!"

Lu Chang smiled, didn't say anything to Zhang Han, but turned his head and said to Jia Qu: "Nephew, you did a favor to Uncle Shi earlier, and now Uncle Shi will help you too—sometimes, open The bow must be drawn to the full, and the work must be done properly. After all, it is not good to leave some tails..."

Before Lu Chang's words fell, Zhang Han felt a chill in his chest and abdomen. When he looked down, Lu Chang had already turned to one side, skillfully dodging the spurted blood arrows, not only withdrew the knife, but also smoothly The knife wiped Zhang Han's clothes, leaving two horrifying bloodstains...

  Zhang Han only had time to let out a half roar, and then lost the strength of his whole body with the blood gushing out, and fell to his knees with a plop.

Zhang Lu let out a miserable howl, and the strength he didn't know where it came from broke free from the shackles of the soldiers, and rushed to Zhang Han, trying to block the blood gushing from his father's chest and abdomen with his hands, but because his arm was I can't move, I can only use my shoulders, and use my body to support it as much as possible...

  Zhang Han looked at his son, and said with difficulty: "My son... I often scold you for my father... You are confused... Only today... I know... Being a father is... the most... The most confused..."

  After speaking, Zhang Han fell back and died.

  Lu Chang put his hands in his sleeves again, walked back slowly, and looked at Jia Qu with a slight smile, as if he didn't hear the sound of Zhang Lu's painful cry on Zhang Han's corpse.

  Jia Qu's face was pale and pale, watching the blood from Zhang Han's corpse slowly spread in the courtyard, and finally nodded to Huang Xu silently.

Huang Xu, who couldn't hold it back for a long time, waved his hand, and the whole courtyard was filled with screams one after another. The heads of people were like ripe watermelons, plopping down on the green bricks on the ground. Rolling, colliding, squeezing, and then gradually getting together, the stack is getting higher and higher.

The thick plasma kept accumulating in the courtyard, and finally overflowed the courtyard, the door, and the steps, and began to flow outward. The plasma mixed with air bubbles was abnormally black and viscous, as if mixed with The thick porridge with cinnabar boiled out of the pot...

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  Hedong Dizhi records: "In the second month of Chuping, the Zhang family in Anyi secretly married Qianghu, burned food and caused chaos, and the county soldiers leveled it."

   Nearly 4,000 words, should I divide it into two chapters? hey hey...

  (end of this chapter)