It’s no wonder that Xiao Lubuhua is so proud.
His old rival Li Gan was easily lured away from the mountain by him and finally fell into his trap.
Li Gan's stepmother and Xiao Lubuhua got in touch through the staff of the new thousand households. They hit it off immediately and were both very interested in getting rid of Li Gan, the scourge.
Xiao Lubu spent less than three hundred taels of silver in total, and through his aide, he persuaded the new captain to participate.
If nothing unexpected had happened, Li Gan would have been dead by now!
Jin Yong was assassinated and suffered repeated injuries. He was suspicious all day long. In order to save his life, he completely surrendered to me and obeyed me in everything.
The new captain and deputy captain of Beiguan Town got in touch with him through Jin Yong and accepted his filial piety. The information that slipped through his fingers was enough for him to use.
The emperor's brother Xiao Liyou finally made up his mind to launch an autumn offensive. This time, the emperor's brother adopted his own opinion. He was not satisfied with just grabbing a handful and leaving, but planned to start from Beiguan Town and bite off a piece of meat from Bohai County.
The plan of his imperial brother Xiao Liyou required the full cooperation of his forces in Da Chu, and the relationship between the two sides was much more harmonious at this time.
It can almost be said that everything is developing in the direction expected.
How could Xiao Lubuhua not be proud?
Sitting in the sedan chair behind him was a patient with a haggard face, thin body and unshaven beard - this man was none other than the seriously injured Jin Yong.
Originally, Jin Yong's injury made it difficult to move.
However, although Jin Yong's relatives did not get the good ginseng from Pujitang, Xiao Lubuhua got high-quality ginseng and generously gave it to Jin Yong to make medicine.
Jin Yong once again accepted a favor from Xiao Lubuhua, so naturally he had to work harder.
Although his injuries hadn't healed and he still needed to recuperate, Jin Yong had to come in order to help Xiao Liyou's vanguard officers sneak into Beiguan Town, trick the city gates open without bloodshed, and capture this crucial location, no matter how much trouble it would cause or how much it would harm his injuries.
The soldiers guarding the gate rarely saw Xiao Lubuhua, but they were very familiar with Jin Yong. Even though his injuries kept recurring and he was much thinner due to illness, they still recognized him:
"Master Jin, what's wrong with you?"
"I was stabbed by a spy." Jin Yong thought of an excuse shamelessly. He never dreamed that the woman who almost took his life was actually Mrs. Zhou, the old lady of the Xia family.
"Oh, there's a spy in Beiguan Town too?"
"That's right! Not only was I injured, but the distinguished guest from the capital was also injured a few days ago! Now his whereabouts are unknown. You must be extra careful in the future and make sure to strengthen the inspections to prevent the spies from getting away!"
"Yes! I will follow your orders!"
After a while of getting close to him, giving him some copper coins and small change, and asking about the distribution of troops defending the city and the order of their shifts, Jin Yong's mission this time was completed.
He has to get familiar with the situation here in the next few days, and he has to open the city gate at the most critical moment to let Xiao Lubuhua's men in.
Jin Yong was actually sweating in his heart.
But Xiao Lubuhua deceived Jin Yong by saying that this wave of troops came only to use Beiguan Town as a springboard and would not burn, kill, loot or disturb the local area.
Because they were anxious to penetrate into the hinterland and attack the capital of Bohai County, they did not have the time to waste on such a small matter.
Jin Yong didn't believe all of these words, but he could only try his best to convince himself to believe them.
Otherwise, I would feel guilty about it.
Jin Yong wasn't usually a good person. But having to personally surrender a city to the barbarians, leaving them to burn, kill, and loot... he felt a little overwhelmed. But, seeing others die was better than his own.
It would be fine if Beiguan Town was still under Xiao Lubuhua's control, but if Da Chu fought back, he would have to follow Xiao Lubuhua to the north.
Otherwise, there is no way to escape from being tortured to death.
Jin Yong and Xiao Lubuhua hung around the city gate for a few days, and after becoming familiar with the gate officer and the soldiers guarding the gate, one dark and windy night, they stuffed a few jars of wine and a portion of smoked meat into the soldiers guarding the gate, tricked them into opening the city gate, and welcomed Xiao Liyou's vanguard officer Xiao Dashi and his 500 elite soldiers into the city gate.
Xiao Dashi is a ruthless character.
As soon as he entered the city gate, he killed all the gate officers and guards.
Immediately afterwards, several thousand cavalrymen behind these five hundred elite soldiers also followed in.
The sound of horse hooves echoed far away on the silent streets. Beiguan Town suddenly welcomed a night of bloodshed.
The first to be killed were the newly appointed captain of Beiguan Town, the local tyrant deputy captain, and their soldiers. They were completely slaughtered, leaving no one alive.
Next, officials, wealthy families, merchants, and even some ordinary people in the city were invaded by robbers in every household.
Jewelry, jade, gold and silver jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, antiques and collectibles, whatever is valuable, just take it.
The most popular ones are gold and silver, young women, and children who are not yet adults.
Adult men and older women were all hacked to death on the spot.
Jin Yong originally thought that what he borrowed from Xiao Lubuhua would be useful in protecting his family.
Unexpectedly, his home was not spared.
Jin Yong's mother was cut in half with a knife, the women in the family were abducted, the adult men were hacked to death, all kinds of easily portable property were looted, and the property that was not easy to carry was burned.
When Jin Yong ran home, terrified, he saw a scene of hell on earth. His mother wasn't dead yet, but she only saw Jin Yong one last time and died before she could leave any last words.
Jin Yong fell to his knees and burst into tears.
Xia Youcai's house was also looted.
The enemy had just smashed open Xia Youcai's door, and when they saw Xia Youcai opening the door, they chopped off his head with a single blow. Seeing this, the sisters Jinhua and Yinhua screamed in fear and collapsed to the ground.
The family's property was looted by enemy soldiers, and Liu's tablet was broken by the enemy soldiers who were rummaging through the house.
Jinhua, Yinhua and Zhu were all abducted.
Zhu was originally holding A Liu and looking for some Pinellia fruit for A Liu in the vegetable cellar. Suddenly, she heard a commotion outside. She hurriedly coaxed A Liu and hid.
She never expected that Jinhua and Yinhua would keep calling her: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, come out quickly!"
She hardened her heart, gritted her teeth, hid A Liu in the cellar, crawled out herself, and went to share the suffering with her two sisters-in-law who were harming others and not benefiting themselves.
The kitchen maid Fei, whom Liu had bought, hurriedly put a bag of silver in her pocket and sneaked away through the back door. However, she didn't run far before she was discovered by the enemy soldiers who were looting in the neighbor's house. Seeing that she was an old woman, they killed her with a knife.
On this day, Xia Daohua and Zhou were also in the town.
They came to visit Xia Yujiao and once again stayed in the inn with her.
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