A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 123: Victory at the Night Battle of Nanzhuang

The night is dark,

The torches were bright.

On the high wall of Feng Liulang's Nanyuan, where the earth piled up, Li Yi looked at the patches of fire in the vast night.

That was the burning Luojiabao, the burning Wujicaotang, the burning Guozhuang, Gaojiabao, and Sanjiacun.

Those rebellious Qiang people set fire everywhere.
"Can we hold it?" Guo Erlang asked nervously. He saw that his compound was also on fire and his heart was bleeding, but he was more worried that Fengjiabao could not be defended and his whole family would lose their lives.

"Gather the brothers of our security group and use them as the general reserve force. Be prepared to fight hard battles and fill in wherever there is danger."

Good steel should be used on the blade.

What he could truly call armed now was the Xingshengli Security Corps, which had just been practicing drills for a few days. It was called a regiment, but in reality it was less than a team.

But after all, they also have spears, hunting bows and shepherd knives, and now they are also equipped with hastily made wooden shields.

Feng Liulang’s Nanyuan is actually very dangerous.

Not to mention that it already occupies the high ground at the top of the plateau, and the piles of earth and soil make Nanyuan even more dominant.
The wall of the South Garden is 33 feet high and 10 feet thick at the bottom. The manor has a gate on each side, both located at the thickest part. Although there are no defensive facilities such as a city wall, moat, or arrow tower,
But with only a wall that is 33 feet high and 10 feet thick, it already provides strong defense.

Fengjiabao originally had two village walls and village gates. There was a rammed earth wall and a gate on the east and north sides of the fort, and there were cliffs on the west and south sides.

But because the fortress wall was only a little over ten feet high, Li Yi simply gave up defending the outer fortress wall and gate, and simply retreated to the South Garden of Feng Liulang's house, which was easier to defend and harder to attack.

It is always easier to defend a manor than a village.

They are all ordinary people, and the larger the place, the harder it is to defend and the more likely loopholes will appear.

"I told you to set up the pot to boil water, heat oil, and cook manure. Have you done it?"

"We have it. We have set up many pots on the high walls and are burning. If the Qiang bandits dare to come, we will pour water on them."

"We should also prepare more stones and wood to put up on the wall. We are short of bows and arrows, but fortunately we are at a high point."

They could only use what they had, sharpening sticks and bamboo to make javelins, moving stones, earth and wood to the wall for defense, and even boiling water, oil and manure to attack the enemy.

The night is long,
Many villagers in the fort were crying, feeling sad that their homes had been burned.

Those ferocious bandits even set fire to the rice crops in the fields that had not yet been harvested.
the fire blazed into the sky,

at last,

The Qiang bandits finally arrived at Fengjiabao.

They easily broke into the unguarded fortress gates and walls, searched and looted along the way, and finally arrived at the foot of Fengjia Mountain.

Li Yi specifically ordered that torches should not be lit on the wall and that everyone should be quiet.

Fengjia Mountain is pitch black.

Fengjia Nanyuan is like a huge monster sleeping quietly in the dark night.

Countless torches gathered under the high walls.

Others shot arrows into the wall.

Those people were shouting and yelling loudly.

Li Yi held his troops still.
Watching them quietly,

It looked like there were several hundred.

"It's been so long, and the thieves haven't noticed that Pangyi has been killed?" Li Yi wondered.

"These people were sent out before Pangyi was killed, so they may not have received the news yet."

"What should we do now?"

Li Yi squatted on the high wall, holding a rough wooden shield in front of him, and only leaned out a little to observe.

"Use stillness to control movement. Our advantage is the high walls of our small fort, while the enemy has strong soldiers, horses, and bows. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move."

The Qiang bandits burned several villages in succession and became increasingly brazen.
Riding a horse in front of the fort,
Li Cunxiao said to Li Yi, "I can shoot them."

Li Yi shook his head, "Don't worry."

There was a stalemate for a while.
Faced with a ten-meter-high wall, these Qiang cavalry had no idea where to start.

So they had no choice but to set fire to Fengjiabao while shouting and cursing.

Li Yi could only watch.

Without tools, a ten-meter-high wall cannot be climbed with bare hands.

Although cavalry is powerful,

But there is nothing we can do in the face of a high wall.

Time passes slowly,
The air smells of ashes.

Fengjiazhuang is like a sleeping giant, and no matter how people scold and curse, it will not wake up.

at last,

The Qiang cavalry began to attack with rockets.

The rockets are as dazzling as shooting stars.
Shooting into the city walls and manors in the night sky,

Li Yi immediately asked everyone to put out the fire. Fortunately, they had prepared in advance and stored a lot of water. At this time, they also dug up the soil to cover the fire and poured water on it.

Put out fire immediately if you see it.

Someone screamed and was hit by a rocket.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The Qiang bandits below the city continued to fire rockets, and everyone in the village worked hard to put out the fire.

This went on for a while.
The manor did not burn.

The Qiang bandits under the wall were shouting and cursing angrily, but Li Yi still ignored them.

There is no need to provoke these rebels. It would be best if no one paid any attention to them and they would retreat.

quickly,

The rocket stopped.

But they did not retreat, and surrounded outside.
Unscrupulous and extremely arrogant.

"Do you want us to pick up the heads of the people next door and announce it to them?" Feng Xiangzuo asked.

"Then what? Provoke them?" Li Yi shook his head. "Let's just guard the high walls and leave them alone."

About half an hour later,
There was movement outside.

"They looked like they were going to bang on the door."

I don’t know where these people got the car from, but they put a log on it and turned it into a simple battering ram, which they used to directly break down the door.

It seems they haven't given up yet.

"Bring the prepared oil bags, and when their car gets close, throw them onto their car. Then, Cunxiao, you guys set off rockets to ignite them." When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.

All we can do is respond to each move accordingly.

In fact, they might not be able to break through the fortress gate even if they used wood to ram it, because Li Yi was not a regular soldier guarding the city, so after nightfall, he simply blocked the two gates with stones.

Anyway, we didn't think about leaving the city to fight back, we just defended it to the death.

A group of Qiang bandits started shooting arrows at the village gate to provide cover.

Others held up shields for protection.

Others pushed carts and shouted as they attacked the village gate.

Liu Heizi was very strong. He picked up the leather bag full of oil and threw it down when the opportunity arose. Li Cunxiao and his four Qiang men lit arrows and shot at the oil bag that fell on the car.

boom,
Several rockets fell.

The oil bags were ignited, causing blazing flames.

The cart and the wood also caught fire,
There was even a Qiang bandit who was unlucky enough to be set on fire and rolled on the ground in panic.

Li Cunxiao shot another arrow, pinning him to the ground.

The Qiang bandits' plan to break into the house quickly failed. The carts and wood were burning, and two people were shot dead.

The unwilling Qiang bandits seemed to have drawn inspiration from the fire. They also collected fuel, threw it on the village gate, and then set off rockets to ignite it, preparing to burn down the village gate.

Feng Liulang quickly ordered the servants to pour water on the fire to put it out.

Soon, the Qiang bandits' plan to burn the door failed again.

The furious Qiang bandits shot arrows at the high wall again.

Fortunately, this barrage of arrows did not cause any casualties.

It's almost the middle of the night.

The Qiang bandits suddenly retreated.

Soon, Fengjia Mountain became quiet.

"What's the matter?"

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps these Qiang bandits finally realized that their chieftain Pangyi had been killed, so they ran away."

But everyone still dared not take it lightly.

So continue to hold on,

The east is about to dawn,

The sky gradually woke up from the darkness, and the sky in the east began to turn pale.

Li Yi stood on the high wall, looking towards the east.
Finally, a red light began to appear in the distant sky.
Countless villagers stayed awake all night.
At this time, everyone is looking forward to the rising sun.

This night, after surviving a disaster, was so long.

And this red sun will mark the beginning of a brand new day.

Time slowly passes in the cool autumn morning.

Finally, the red light became brighter and brighter, and the rising sun shone with a dazzling red light.

sunrise,

At this moment, everyone began to cheer, as if celebrating the new life.

The morning sun drives away the coldness of the night and brings warmth to everyone.

After the sun rose, they saw no trace of the Qiang bandits.

Until the afternoon,

The officers and soldiers of the brigade came over from the plateau and saw that the person had survived the attack, so they sent someone to inquire.

Li Yi, Feng Xiangzuo, Mr. Dong and others went to meet him together.

He met an acquaintance, the general leading the troops was Pang Yu. He had met him on the battlefield of Jingzhou and had even drunk with him at the King of Qin's celebration banquet.

He also recognized Li Yi,
"Isn't this General Li?"

The two acquaintances were very cordial when they met. Pang Yu asked how Fengjiabao was saved from the rebellious Qiang last night. Li Yi explained the truth and then reported to him a piece of news that he could hardly believe.

"You said you killed Pangdi,"

"His head is with us now."

"The military flag is also there."

Pang Yu was surprised and suspicious at first, then extremely excited.

Could it be that the rebels suddenly fled from the Sanguan Temple last night, and they fled very quickly, even splitting into several groups? He originally thought that the Qiang bandits were fighting among themselves, but he didn't expect that they were killed by others.
That makes sense.

"What exactly happened?"

Li Yi told the whole story, inevitably adding some embellishments. The situation was tortuous and the process was thrilling.

Pang Yu felt like he was listening to a heavenly book.
If he hadn't recognized the young man in front of him and knew that he had twice been appointed an official by the emperor and was highly appreciated by the King of Qin, he would have really wanted to slap him in the face.

His female slave went out to look for her child and was abducted by Qiang scouts and cavalrymen and given to Pang Yidi. Pang Yidi then forced the female slave to drink and got herself drunk. Then the female slave took a knife and cut off Pang Yidi's head?

And it just so happened that after the last victory in Jingzhou, the four red-row Qiang slaves awarded to Li Yi by the emperor killed five Qiang bandit scouts. Li Yi asked them to put on Qiang bandit clothes and armor to scout the enemy situation. They sneaked into the location of Pang Yidi and happened to run into the female slave who killed Pang Yidi, and then rescued both the people and the heads?
"Heizi, bring the head and the military flag to General Pang Da for inspection."

Pang Yu also came back to his senses, "Yes, quickly take the rebel's head." He knew this "subordinate".

When the heads of the neighboring lands were brought in,

Pang Yu recognized him immediately, "It really is that Qiang slave!"

His breathing became rapid and he was extremely excited.

Unexpectedly, Pang Yidi died at the hands of Li Yi's female slave, and Li Yi's four Qiang slaves killed ten Qiang bandits.

Ten heads of Qiang bandits, ten war horses, and ten sets of armor, that's for sure.

He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
What kind of luck is Li Yi having? He is so rich.

"Come here, immediately escort County Master Li, his maid, and four servants, along with the heads of the ten Qiang bandits, along with their clothing, armor, and horses, to Chang'an."

"Where is the military secretary? Report my victory to the Saint immediately!"

"The rebel leader Pang Yidi has been executed and his head surrendered. The three thousand rebellious Qiang have fled in panic. Your servant Pang Yu will pursue them and annihilate them all!"

In Feng's manor,
When the villagers confirmed that the Qiang bandits had indeed fled, they burst into cheers again.

Amidst the cheers, Li Yi took Xiuzhi, Li Cunzhong, Liu Heizi and others to Chang'an to report the victory. Xiuzhi, who had fallen drunk after returning last night, had been sleeping until now.
She had even lost all memory of the killing of Pang Yidi last night. When Li Yi said he would take her to Chang'an to claim the credit and receive the reward, she still couldn't believe it.

"When we get to Chang'an, I will release you as well." Li Yi said with a smile.

"Alang, don't you want us three mothers anymore?" Xiuzhi was terrified.

(End of this chapter)