Chapter 3098 3100【God''s Punishment】
"Okay, happy. Why wasn''t Blind Liu beaten to death?" Xiang Nan said regretfully.
??I thought that this time of war, Liu Xiazi and others would fight fiercely and the whole army would be annihilated.
Unexpectedly, he only lost more than 10,000 people, which was really a bit advantageous to him.
“It’s good to be able to cause such a big loss.” Lu Zhaopeng advised him.
?Without a **** battle, the enemy can cause the enemy to lose more than 10,000 soldiers. Such a record can be said to be quite remarkable.
?He didn’t know how Xiang Nan did it, but being able to do it was really awesome and his merits were immeasurable.
"Yeah." Xiang Nan nodded, then took out a cloth bag from the drawer and handed it to Lu Zhaopeng, "I picked this up too. It should be useful to you, take it."
?Lu Zhaopeng took it and felt his hand heavy, as if there was a big stone inside.
?He opened it curiously and saw a bright golden light that almost blinded his eyes. All of them are small yellow croakers. At a rough estimate, there are almost more than three hundred.
During the Republic of China, one small yellow croaker was worth about thirty to forty yuan. This bag is equivalent to more than 10,000 yuan, which is a huge sum of money.
"Hei Wa, this..." Lu Zhaopeng looked at Xiang Nan in surprise.
"Don''t ask, I picked it up." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
?Lu Zhaopeng was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I understand, I will make good use of the money."
“Go and come to me again if you need it.” Xiang Nan also nodded. He believed that Lu Zhaopeng would make good use of the money.
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?A few days later, news came back about the theft of the Zhensong Army''s bank vault, which triggered internal strife.
"I heard that blind man Liu''s bank account was stolen."
“No way, who is so capable that he dares to carry the Crow Soldier’s treasury?”
"Who knows, anyway, now that Blind Liu has no money, the army will no longer listen to him."
"This is a good thing. It should be done. If he is allowed to bully the people, he should be tortured by others!"
The common people talked about it one after another and applauded blindly Liu''s experience.
…
In May, Liu Xiazi''s siege continued.
?He could not attack, and the troops defending the city could not attack, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
??Liu Xiazi''s exploitation of the counties around Xi''an City continues, and he constantly steals food and money from the people''s hands, demanding endless demands.
However, because he suffered two big losses in succession, the arsenal was confiscated, the bank vault was stolen, coupled with internal mutiny, and he was counterattacked by the defending army, and suffered several defeats, his fearful image among the people plummeted. .
?This has also resulted in the originally menacing crow soldiers no longer being so terrifying in the minds of the people.
??In addition, these crow soldiers continued to exploit the people, raped, looted, burned, killed and robbed, making it impossible for the people to survive. Therefore, the government forced the people to rebel, and crow soldiers were attacked in various places.
Xiang Nan guessed that Shilu Zhaopeng and his comrades probably did these things.
They were indeed unable to cope with an army of 100,000 people. But it should be enough to deal with the small group of crow soldiers who collect grain and collect taxes.
?And this kind of thing happened so often that it was difficult for Blind Liu to send troops to collect food.
?Sending large groups of troops to the villages to collect grains is not enough trouble, and the grain collected is not enough for themselves; sending small groups of troops to the villages to collect grains is just waiting to be beaten.
? Many villages have now secretly established militia groups. Small groups of grain requisition troops enter the villages, only to be slaughtered. Therefore, Blind Liu was also in a dilemma.
?But he still didn''t leave. He was fighting with the defenders of Xi''an City.
It will be June soon, and the wheat in Guanzhong will be ripe. He could send troops to grab food, but the people in the city had no food to use.
He has received news that the food supply in the city is almost at the bottom, and it will not last until July at most. When the time comes, they will have nothing to eat and will still have to surrender.
At that time, he can break into Xi''an City and completely occupy the land of Sanqin. And all his previous losses, such as the bombing of the arsenal, theft of the bank, mutiny of soldiers, etc., can all be made up for.
?Hence he would rather die than retreat.???…
As of June, the confrontation continues.
Liu Xiazi has already begun to send troops to grab food.
??Taking advantage of the summer harvest, the people had food in their hands, so he sent a large group of crow soldiers directly into the village to plunder it.
?? Every now and then, the villagers would hear about which village was being raided by the Crow Soldiers. They could not help but turn pale with fear and worry about when the Crow Soldiers would break into the plain.
At that time, they will be miserable.
?But two days later, a strange thing happened on Bailuyuan.
??A group of crow soldiers, about two hundred people, were on their way to the original place. I don’t know what happened, but they all went crazy.
When they were discovered, everyone was dumbfounded, and not even their weapons were lost.
It is acceptable to say that a person is crazy.
After all, the moon waxes and wanes, and people have good fortunes and misfortunes. There is no guarantee that they will go crazy at once.
??But if two hundred people went crazy at the same time, it would be truly a miracle.
?Such a strange thing also made the people of Bailu Village talk about it.
“It must be a punishment from God. Our village is protected by little gods. If they dare to come and steal food, they will certainly be punished by God.”
"That''s right, it must be the blessing of the little gods. Otherwise, how could those crow soldiers suddenly go crazy?"
“Oh, the little fairy is so powerful, he took care of two hundred crow soldiers~”
The villagers all said.
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?After the defeat of this group of crow soldiers, Xu Dabiao, commander of the Zhensong Army that occupied Zishui County, sent another group of crow soldiers to Yuanshang.
The result was the same as before, this group of crow soldiers also went crazy.
? Xu Dabiao still refused to be convinced and prepared to personally lead his troops to grab food in Yuanshang. However, he was found dead in bed the next day, his body stiff.
There were no scars on his body at all. He was usually healthy and strong, but he died overnight without any explanation.
?As soon as this incident came out, the crow soldiers in Zishui County murmured secretly and began to wonder whether there was really retribution.
Because many people in Zishui County believe in Xiang Nan.
?Especially this time when the Suppressing Song Army attacked Xi''an City, Xiang Nan had already started warning half a year ago.
?They didn''t take it seriously at first, but the army to suppress Song arrived as scheduled, and they suffered a lot.
So after seeing ghosts, they were naturally afraid of the dark, and they were even more convinced of Xiang Nan.
?The Crow Soldiers are stationed in Zishui County. They have heard people talk about it a lot, and they also know Xiang Nan to a certain extent.
?Especially when the Crow Soldiers suddenly went crazy twice, and the mysterious death of their regiment leader, they inevitably felt fearful and wondered whether they had really offended the gods and would receive this retribution.
?Later, Zhang Zhigong, commander of the Second Division of Zhensong Army, sent a new regiment commander to take over Zishui County.
After the new regiment leader arrived, he did not believe in evil and still summoned his subordinates to prepare to send people to the plains to grab food.
?As soon as he walked out of the meeting room, he fell to the ground and never woke up.
??Moreover, there were no scars all over his body, so he didn’t know how he died.
?Seeing this, the subsequent regiment leaders learned the lesson and no longer dared to send troops to Bailuyuan, lest they accidentally offend the gods and die inexplicably.
Because of this, the people in Bailuyuan were able to escape.
(End of this chapter)