Chapter 20: Entering the Shifu at night
It was getting darker, and the official road in front of me extended north to Taojiataizi Village ten miles away and reached the end. Further north were mountains and hills, and the roads were all small paths.
There are not many people within seven or eight miles of Shijiazhai Fort, and there are few people on this official road. Occasionally, someone passes here and sees the scene of fighting and fighting, he will naturally avoid it early and will not know the details of the two sides of the fight. Therefore, Hu Dadao and others are not worried that Shijiazhai Fort will learn about Shi Dayong's capture in advance.
The Shi family carriage was still parked alone next to the official road, and two horses pulling the carriage were freely looking for the weeds beside the road and constantly eating. The Shi family master was stuck in a coma on the shade of the tree next to the official road.
Hu Dadao settled the scene and counted the seizures of this adventure: including twenty-two horses pulling the carriage, twenty spears, and more than twenty ordinary waist knives. A batch of gold and silver vessels were found from the carriage that Shi Dayong rode, and a thousand taels of silver notes and seals were found from Shi Dayong.
Hu Dadao packed up the silver notes and seals on Shi Dayong, turned around and surrounded Feng Jian and others to discuss the seized horses. Looking at the more than 20 tall and majestic war horses in front of him, they have since been owned by Huluyan. Everyone felt a little unreal. Having more than 20 war horses is probably the only one among the more than 30 powerful peaks in Daze Mountain!
Sun Fang introduced on the side: "These horses are ordinary horses and have not undergone any military training. In order to show the strength of the Shi family to outsiders, Shi Dayong asked someone to purchase them from other places, and specially selected twenty servants to equip them with complete weapons and armor. Whenever he went out, he always brought twenty horse riding servants to show off his power, which was purely a flowery manner."
Hu Dadao said with a sound of "tsk" in his mouth and praised: "Even ordinary horses are rare. They can ride, pull carts, or even pull plows and plow fields. For Huluyan, it is a huge fortune! These war horses alone are worth a risk for our brothers. Let's look at the more than 20 weapons and weapons seized, as well as the silver on Shi Dayong, which are urgently needed by our Huluyan!"
Time slowly slipped away amid the discussion and expectation of the crowd. Suddenly, a "brushing" sound sounded in the woods behind him. Feng Jian, Hu Dadao and others immediately became nervous, and they each held the weapons in their hands and stared at the woods.
A thick voice sounded in the forest: "Haha! Lao Hu, Feng Jian, don't panic, brothers."
It was the commander and the others who arrived. Hu Dadao and Feng Jian were overjoyed and hurriedly came forward.
In the hazy night, the commander Xu Ma Gang led a group of leaders of Huluyan to emerge from the dense forest behind him.
The shadows in the dense forest were still rustling, and it was the guards of Huluyan Mountain Village hidden in it.
Xu Ma Gang looked at several people coming forward, and his eyes were slightly signaling to Hu Dadao and Feng Jian, then turned to Sun Fang: "Oh, Brother Sun, we haven't seen each other for five or six years!" Seeing that Sun Fang was about to kneel down and kowtow, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't do this, Brother Sun is too dissatisfied, why should we be like this between brothers?"
Sun Fang insisted on kneeling and kowtowing, saying, "It's been five or six years since I've been missing. Now the villain has nowhere to go. Please take the commander in." Xu Ma Gang was a little surprised and had to let him kneel down and kowtow.
He quickly helped him up and said, "Brother Sun is willing to come to my Huluyan. I'm so happy that I can't get up quickly!"
He felt that Sun Fang was a little too cautious compared to the past!
On the way he came, he heard Jiao Gan'er talk about the battle between the two sides, and learned that Sun had been watching the wall while fighting.
In this regard, Xu Ma Bang felt that Sun Fang was not wrong. Both sides had never contacted each other and did not understand what the other party was. Just by your one-sided words, why did Sun Fang help you!
Judging from Sun Fang's current posture, it was obvious that Hu Dadao and several others were putting pressure on him.
Thinking of this, Xu Ma Gang complained in a tone: "Lao Hu and the others are too bold. Fortunately, they succeed in taking the risk. There are also contributions from Brother Sun. Brother Sun will not forget it. If you take down the Shijia Village Fort, the seizure is naturally indispensable for Brother Sun!
In the night, Sun Fang felt that Hu Dadao, who was standing beside him, looked at him with a sneer. He said a little embarrassedly: "President Xu, don't put a high hat on the villain. I am so ashamed that the leader Hu and Feng Jian brothers dealt with Shi Dayong, but I didn't help. Hu led his brothers to fight against the attack of the family. The brothers Feng Jian captured Shi Dayong purely on their own, and then they won the victory."
Hu Dadao and Feng Jian had to admire him. This sentence of Sun Fang not only cleaned his inaction, but also lifted Hu Dadao and Feng Jian and others up, which made people feel very comfortable. No wonder Shi Dayong regarded him as his confidant!
The Xu Ma Gang looked at Hu Dadao and Feng Jian with satisfaction, and then said to Sun Fang: "You don't have to be humble. Brother knows that in the end, without the cooperation of Brother Sun, even if Feng Jian captured Shi Dayong, his servants would not surrender so happily."
Xu Mabang’s words made sense, and Feng Jian and Hu Dadao both admitted that if Sun Fang didn’t cooperate with Feng Jian a little in the final stage, maybe the matter would be another ending!
Then, Xu Ma Gang patted Hu Dadao's shoulder and said, "Old Hu, you and a few brothers are amazing! This commander was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat just by hearing Jiao Gan'er telling the story. You are not allowed to do such a rash in the future!"
Hu Dadao shook his head. He couldn't tell what it felt in his heart now, so he could only smile bitterly: "I think if the commander faced this kind of scene, he would never be indifferent!"
He pointed to the spoils in the field and said, "Please look at these twenty war horses, many weapons and weapons, that is not urgently needed by our Huluyan. In addition, the most important gain of this battle is to capture Shi Dayong. As long as you plan carefully, it will be almost a foregone conclusion that Shijiazhai Fort falls into the hands of Huluyan, so the villain thinks this adventure is worth it!"
Although I couldn't see the expression on Xu Magang's face clearly in the night, I could hear satisfaction and pleasure from his deep laughter: "Yes, hesitation in encountering things is not our bandits' style! Haha, you and Feng Jian and other brothers have made such a great contribution, and I and the leaders of the village will see it. After returning to the mountain, I will definitely reward you according to your merits."
As he said that, he patted Feng Jian on the shoulder and said, "Since Feng Jian fell into the grass, he has created miracles at critical moments one after another. He is really a blessing to Gu Jian!"
Xu Ma Gang's comments attracted the approval of most people in Huluyan, and they all agreed, as if Feng Jian took the risk to capture Shi Dayong was entirely due to his luck.
Although Feng Jian felt depressed, he was not easy to refute the Xu Ma Gang, so he nodded and said, "The commander praised the mistake. What kind of blessing is a villain? Without the cooperation of the leader Hu and all the brothers, the villain could only stare at him." The leaders of the Xu Ma Gang and Huluyan would smile, and they said so, but everyone knew it.
Afterwards, the Xu Ma Gang praised the surviving escorts one by one, and promised in public that they would compensate the casualties and their families. The escorts of the escorts were naturally extremely excited when they were praised.
After the Xu Ma Gang finished greetings with everyone, he looked at Hu Dadao and said, "Old Hu, what measures should be taken next to capture Shijia Village Fortress? I believe you guys have plans, so come and listen!"
Jiang Saner seemed to be unable to show that Commander Xu valued Hu Dadao, and interrupted: "Hehe, that's all! Mr. Shi was captured and the guard of his family leader Sun, it would be easy to open the Shijiazhai gate if he cheated on him!"
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he continued, "Hmph, Commander, leave this matter to me. If the Shi family refuses to open the village gate, I will cut Shi Dayong's head with one knife." After that, he hummed twice.
Xu Ma Gang said angrily: "Say less, as you are so reckless, we should not conquer Shijia Village Fortress in Huluyan. If you cut Shi Dayong with one knife, the people of the Shijia family must fight you even more!"
Jiang Saner scratched her neck and hummed twice in discontent.
Hu Dadao took the conversation and told the three of them what they had come up with.
After hearing this, Xu Mabang nodded and turned his eyes deep to Yan Zhanwei: "Brother Yan thinks Hu Dadao and the others' plan is like, do you have any additional supplements?"
Yan Zhanwei's expression could not be seen clearly in the night, and he could only hear him say casually: "I have no supplements. The commander said that he would fight the villain as he would."
Sun Fang coughed from the side and said, "Grand Commander, I wonder if the villain can say a few words."
Xu Ma Gang said in surprise: "What can I say? Brother Sun has any good ideas. Let me tell you quickly and let everyone listen!"
Sun Fang said: "The villain's plan has been discussed just now. However, the villain has another way to open the village gate, and it is said that for the commander to choose."
Xu Ma Gang was interested: "Brother Sun, tell me, what's the good idea?"
Sun Fang pondered for a moment, turned to Hu Dadao, "Head Hu had just seized the seal on Shi Dayong, which is sometimes more effective than Shi Dayong himself. The villain means for forging a letter with Shi Dayong's seal on it, and then sending a team of copycat brothers to take the letter to Shijia Village Fort. The letter can be said that the brothers carrying the letter are newly recruited guards, because the Shi family has been recruiting guards recently. The servants guarding the village gate will never doubt the seal when they see the letter. When the village gate is opened, the brothers rushed up immediately to control the village gate."
Xu Ma Gang pond pondered: "What you said is a good idea, but in the middle of the night, a group of people suddenly appeared and asked to enter the fort. Although Shi Dayong's letters were used as evidence, it would eventually lead to doubt. Besides, no one here would imitate Shi Dayong's handwriting! Alas, this method would not work."
Chapter completed!