Fighting a war is difficult to say, but it is actually not easy at all.
The battle at the village gate lasted for quite some time. Even with the incentive of dividing the land, the farmers, who only knew how to farm and hunt, were unable to unleash power beyond their cognition and could not quickly destroy the private army of only 20 people. Instead, they suffered many casualties.
As time went by and casualties increased, the farmhands began to waver. After all, they were not only afraid of death, but also afraid of revenge from the Songpa family. As an old family that had been entrenched in the local area for hundreds of years, although the Songpa family was becoming increasingly corrupt like the Khmer, for these farmers from generation to generation, it was still an unshakable behemoth.
After their initial courage was exhausted and they saw the people around them falling one after another, the farm guards' team began to loosen up. Many of them looked back frequently. The momentum of the wavering formation was almost unstoppable. Even the offensive and defensive situation had reversed. The farm guards relied on their numbers to defend the city gate, instead of the initial hope of eliminating this team of private soldiers and opening the city gate.
If the two captains had not been fighting on the front line and told them in the harshest terms: "As long as the Songpa family finds out, everyone here will be fed to the dogs!", the farmhands would have barely mustered up their little courage to continue fighting.
So this support came very timely.
When the captain led his team down from the city wall, the morale of the farmhands who were struggling to hold on below gradually recovered.
People are often like this. They start to doubt themselves, but as long as they find more and more people who share the same path around them, their self-confidence will return.
And when the captain took advantage of the private army captain's inattention and rolled directly to the center of the battle line between the two sides, then raised his hand and chopped off the private army captain's calf, the balance of victory finally tilted towards the farmhands.
The remaining dozen or so private soldiers knelt down in surrender, and he opened the gate of Songpa Village.
Yes, Mrs. Song Wu once told him that you just need to open the door at the right time.
He never knew when the right time would be.
Now he knew that it was never too late to open the door, or rather, the door should have been opened long ago.
He stood at the door and watched the leader Liu Da walk in arrogantly holding the Qinghe flag, followed by dozens of Qinghe soldiers.
He quickly stepped aside and bowed his head to salute Qinghe's team. Many other people on the side had already knelt on the ground. The boy in the team even pulled his trouser legs when no one was paying attention, signaling him to kneel down quickly. It was not a good idea to offend the officers and soldiers at this critical juncture.
The captain was not worried. When he was in the next village, Song Wusao had told him that in Beilan County, except for Zhang Zhixian, who was the chief official, they still had to kneel when they met, but other kneeling rituals had been abolished by Qinghebo. If anyone wanted to, they could just bow their heads and salute. Besides, he knew the man walking in front who was so arrogant. He was Liu Da, a former small landlord and the previous county magistrate. He was later driven out of the village by the Songpa family. Why was he pretending to be so big and powerful?
He kept looking down at the ground until a pair of red embroidered shoes appeared in front of him.
He raised his head and said angrily, "We're fighting, why are you joining in the fun?"
This question was asked so abruptly that he felt a little embarrassed after asking it.
Song Wusao didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "You forgot that I'm the cook. If I'm not here, what will they eat?"
After saying this, he walked to the side and personally helped the farmers who were kneeling on the ground up, and then said to these men who were still a little confused:
"Everyone, get up! Don't just stand there! Get to work and tie up these private soldiers. Qinghe's army will come and deal with them later. Now, if you want to see what happens to the Songpa family, you can come with us."
After saying that, he glanced at the captain and turned back to catch up with the team.
The captain hurriedly followed Song Wusao. Behind him, all the farmers in Songpa Village gathered together. Those who knew what had happened raised their hoes and axes, while those who didn't know what had happened hurriedly asked and then joined the team with their weapons in hand.
In less than a quarter of an hour, thousands of farmers, surrounded by dozens of Qinghe soldiers, appeared outside the gate of Songpa's compound.
"Liu Da, you son of a bitch, how dare you come here?"
The one who shouted was Songpafeng.
Such a big commotion finally alarmed the core figures of the Songpa family. It is said that old master Songpa was so angry that he was shaking, but he refused to climb up the courtyard wall to take a look. In the end, it was the eldest young master who had just shown his power to the maid he bought who went up and shouted, thus saving the Songpa family's prestige.
"Song Pafeng, be careful with your words. I'm here on behalf of Qinghe and the government. This small courtyard wall can't protect you. You're still so arrogant after all this. Aren't you afraid that I'll settle the score with you later?"
This was the highlight of Liu Da's life. He was unwilling to give up the opportunity to show off in front of so many people. He continued, "If you can't make the decision, tell Songpa Xiong to come forward and talk to him. If you can make the decision, then quickly open the door and kneel down to surrender. County Magistrate Zhang said that if the Songpa family knows the situation and surrenders voluntarily, they can save their lives. Save one life!"
At this point, Liu Da laughed heartily and even repeated, "Listen carefully! If you voluntarily open the gate and surrender, only one Songpa will live, otherwise everyone will die! I'll give you a quarter of an hour to decide whose life to spare."
Upon hearing this, Songpaxiong ordered the private soldiers in the courtyard to guard the gate tightly, and then quickly jumped down the ladder. From the sound, it seemed that he was discussing with others.
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