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Chapter 285 Collecting the Net ([-])

Liujia Town, as the name suggests, is the town of a family surnamed Liu, but there is actually one family in the town—Liu Ba'nv's family, and the rest are either Liu Ba'nv's tenants or his servants. Outside the south gate facing Yangzhou City, within a hundred miles in the other three directions are Liu Banu's property. Within this range, no matter whether it is fields or mountains, there is no exception. With such a strong economic strength as the support, Liujia Town has its own It is quite magnificently built. The five-foot-high city wall covers the entire town extremely tightly. There is even a team of guards from the Liu family on duty day and night. It is almost like an independent kingdom. If you want to attack this town head-on Town, since it is not an easy task, without a force of more than ten thousand, it is absolutely difficult to do it. Hong Qing knows this very well. Due to the delay, he rushed all the way to Liujia Town.

"Quick, close the door, and report to the Patriarch!"

It was late autumn, the autumn harvest was over, and the crops on both sides of the road had already been harvested. Although the officers and soldiers moved quickly, they obviously couldn't escape the observation of the guards of the Liu family on duty on the city wall, so they marched to less than one mile from the town When they landed, the guards of Liu's family, who found that the situation was not right, were already in chaos. A strong man who looked like a leader roared and suppressed the commotion of the guards, gesticulating and giving orders.

"Go up and control the city gate!"

At this moment, even though Hong Qing and his troops are running wildly, they are still far away from Liujia Town. If the gate of the village is closed by the guards of the town, it will be a big trouble, let alone Hong Qing right now. With only a thousand or so Green Battalion troops at hand, even if they give Hong Qing five times more troops, they will never be able to enter the town in a short period of time. If the war is delayed, there may be unexpected changes Fortunately, such things did not happen. Just when the guards at the top of the city were in a commotion, they heard a loud roar near the town gate, and a group of plainclothes men with various weapons rushed out from a corner. , rushed towards the top of the city like a thunderbolt, and the first strong man with a burly figure was Cao Yanshan!
Cao Yanshan and the others had infiltrated into Liujia Town two days ago under various cover identities, some disguised as businessmen, or disguised as troupes selling and singing, or fortune tellers, etc., for the sake of convenience. It was today that they cooperated with the officers and soldiers to take Liujia Town in one fell swoop, and they had already secretly gathered near the town gate. Now that the guards on the top of the city were about to close the town gate, they dared not neglect it, and all shouted at this. Charged out from the ambush, the soldiers divided into two groups, one group killed a dozen guards who were rushing to close the town gate, and the other group was led by Cao Yanshan himself, and killed along the corridor to the top of the city.

As soon as the battle started, it was a one-sided posture. Although the number of guards on the top of the city was almost double that of Cao Yanshan's troops, the combat power was quite inferior. The situation, the two sides only fought face to face, and the guards were defeated. After dozens of people were killed and injured, the rest all put down their weapons and became prisoners honestly. In less than a cup of tea, the town gate The important area has already fallen into the control of Cao Yanshan's subordinates.

"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good..."

Liu Banu has always had the habit of getting up early, although the sun has just risen for a while, he has already finished practicing boxing and kicking, and is planning to go back to his room to freshen up, but before he leaves, he sees a man in a The man in the uniform of the town guard rushed in from the courtyard gate, sweating profusely, roaring recklessly while running.

"Bastard Xingzi, panic and say, what's the matter?"

Liu Banu is actually not in a good mood, not for anything else, but because there is no news of Chen Biao leading the private salt fleet to pass through the customs last night. The pigeon replied the victory, counting the time, the pigeon should have arrived home half an hour ago, but now there are no feathers, Liu Banu can't help but feel a little worried, and seeing the guard so panicked, she is very annoyed, her eyes widened. He stared, and cursed angrily.

"Master, the officers and soldiers are coming, and the gate of the town has been lost. Master, you should quickly make up your mind."

The guard was very impatient, even though he was scolded by Liu Banu, he didn't slow down, and rushed to the front, yelling anxiously.

"What? How could this be?"

Hearing what the guard said, Liu Banu was taken aback, grabbed the guard's corset, and asked angrily.

"Master, the little one doesn't know. The little one was on duty at the top of the city this morning. He found a large army of officers and soldiers coming all the way to the town. Leader Qiao didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered the gate of the village to be closed and let the little one come through. I reported to the master, but I didn't expect that a group of strong men suddenly appeared in the town. The brothers were caught off guard, and the gate of the village was lost. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the younger one rushed to report to the master. Master, you should quickly think of a way .”

Being dragged by Liu Banu like this, the guard's face instantly turned pale with fright, but he didn't dare to delay a little bit, and stammered out what happened this morning in detail.

"How many people are there, where are the soldiers and horses?"

The guard spoke in detail, but after talking for a long time, he didn't get to the point. Liu Banu was very anxious, but she shook the guard vigorously and asked angrily.

"Ah, the banner is from the garrison battalion, but General Sun is not there."

The guard was dizzy from being shaken by Liu Banu, but he didn't dare to complain at all, and hurriedly explained.

"Bastard! Come on, hurry up, close the door and prepare for battle!"

Although it was known that the situation was not good, Liu Banu still had a fluke mentality on the one hand, and on the other hand, she didn't intend to stand still, so she pushed the guard away fiercely, and roared furiously With this order, the Liu family mansion suddenly became a mess...

"Quickly, enter the town, and whoever captures Ba Nv Liu alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

Just as the Liu family compound was preparing for the battle in a panic, Hong Qing led his troops to the gate of the town. Seeing that the gate of the town was firmly controlled by Cao Yanshan and others, Hong Qing's heartstrings were tense. He relaxed a little, but didn't dare to be careless, leaned out from the carriage, and loudly issued the order of heavy reward.

"Catch Liu Banu alive!"

"Keep up, keep up!"

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Many of the officers of the garrison battalion were frequent visitors to Liu Banu's residence, and they were very familiar with the location of Liu's residence. When they heard that Hongqing had offered such a high reward, they were all extremely excited. Everyone yelled and drove the officers and soldiers to rush towards the Liu Mansion with all their strength. After a while, they rushed to the front of the Liu Mansion, only to find that the gate of the Liu Mansion was already closed and the walls were heavily guarded. There were not many guards of the Liu residence in the surrounding area, they dared not attack indiscriminately, they just surrounded the Liu residence.

"Li Shun, go and shout out, let the people inside come out and surrender, otherwise, they will all be punished as treason!"

Hong Qing got out of the carriage and saw that the Liu family had already made preparations, and it was obvious that a battle was inevitable, her heart sank, but she didn't show it, but gave the order solemnly.

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Upon hearing this order, Li Shun didn't dare to delay a little bit, so he hastily responded, and hurried to the front of the formation, with enough energy, he proclaimed loudly: "Listen, people inside, Liu Banu hooked up with the bandits of the White Lotus Sect , trying to rebel, the crime is unforgivable, and has repeatedly sold illicit salt, the amount is huge, and the death penalty is inevitable. If you are attached to rebellion, you should be dealt with as an accomplice. My little prince has an order: Those who surrender will not be killed, but captured alive Miss Liu Ba, let the past go, and reward you with a thousand taels of silver, if you don't hurry to open the door, when will you wait?"

"Where is the imperial envoy? Liu is here, please come out and talk."

The guards in Liu's residence are not all gangsters recruited by Ba Nv Liu, there are quite a few servants among them, they don't know about Ba Nv Liu's dark deeds, they just go up the wall to defend against the enemy under the order of the Patriarch. When they heard what Li Shun said, they couldn't help being flustered, and there were commotions on the walls everywhere. Seeing this, Liu Banu obviously couldn't hold her own, so she led a few confidant guards to board the On the wall, he clasped his fists and shouted loudly.

"Liu Banu, you have colluded with the White Lotus Sect and sold private salt many times. Now it has become an incident. Ben Beilet has come to capture you. If you dare to resist the imperial court's power, your nine clans will undoubtedly be destroyed. If the people in the mansion don't come down soon, you should be with me." Liu Banu is guilty of the same crime!"

The soldiers were dangerous, Hongqing didn't intend to play the trick of going to Cao Ying single-handedly, she didn't go out at all, she just stood on the shaft of the carriage, pointed to the wall, and announced Liu Banu's crime mercilessly.

"My lord imperial envoy, why did you say that? The grassroots have always been kind and never dared to cheat. You acted like this, but you are avenging your own private revenge? Isn't it that the grassroots never agreed to your blackmail? If you really want money, the grassroots will just give it. Why is this? Well? Although the grassroots are stupid, they are not slaves, so they should have a lawsuit with you!"

Although Liu Banu knew that something was wrong, she didn't want to admit it, and hoped that things would turn around, so she refused to plead guilty so easily, not only did she not plead guilty, but Hong Qing was beaten up instead.

"A daring lunatic who dares to frame Ben Baylor when he is about to die, come on, attack in, and capture this beast alive!"

As soon as she heard Liu Banu confuse right and wrong there, Hong Qing immediately became angry, shouted loudly, and ordered her officers and soldiers to launch a strong attack.

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Now that Hong Qing had given the order, all the officers and soldiers dared not be negligent, they all complied with the promise, and launched an attack accordingly.

"Go slow, go slow!"

Just when the officers and soldiers were about to move, they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and dozens of horsemen flew towards them. The first person was He Mingfu, the envoy of salt transport from the Huaihe River and Huaihe River. Stretching forward, shouting repeatedly, seeing this, the officers and soldiers who were about to launch an offensive were all stunned on the spot.

Well done, I'm afraid you won't come!

Seeing He Mingfu rushing over, Hong Qing immediately twitched the corner of her mouth, revealing a slight disdainful smile, not for any other reason, but because He Mingfu's arrival happened to be exactly in Hong Qing's arms.

(End of this chapter)