Chapter 192: Chaos in Three Villages of Dulonggang

"Sanniang, you are drunk!"

"I'm not drunk!" Hu Sanniang held Cao Jie's hand and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I'm so miserable! Tell me... why did I give birth to a girl?"

Hu Sanniang patted her chest, her face surging as she said, "In terms of martial arts, I, Hu Sanniang, am better than many men. With my two Sun and Moon swords, a dozen or so big men can't get close to me... If I were a man, how could the Zhu family bully Hujia Village and use me for marriage... My brother is useless!"

Hu Cheng's face turned black. He grabbed Hu Sanniang and said, "Sister...sister...we can talk tomorrow...someone, come! Send Sanniang back to rest!"

Silent all night.

On the second day, at the urging of Hu Taigong, Hu Cheng went to Zhujiazhuang before dawn.

Mr. Hu really couldn't do anything about his daughter. If he didn't cancel the engagement early, she might end up in someone else's bed tomorrow.

When the time comes, it will be him, Hu Taigong, who will be embarrassed!

He couldn't afford to lose this face.

At noon, Cao Jie and his party came to say goodbye and go to visit Lijiazhuang.

Hu Sanniang volunteered to lead the way to Lijiazhuang in the west.

They are allies of the three villages, so they are familiar with each other.

That day, Hu Taigong waited and waited, but his son Hu Cheng did not come back. He sent out a few farmhands to inquire about him, but they did not return either.

When the sun was at its highest point in the sky, they saw the three brothers from Zhujiazhuang leading hundreds of villagers, each holding a weapon, and tied up Hu Cheng and heading to Hujiazhuang.

At this moment, Cao Jie and his party took their seat at Lijiazhuang.

Although Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, who is also known as "Putian Diao", is not very good at martial arts and cannot be ranked among the Five Tigers and Eight Braves, he did business in Song and Liao when he was young and earned a huge fortune by relying on his outstanding skills.

Later, when he became rich, he lost the drive to work hard and just wanted to be a rich man and live a carefree life.

When Cao Jie and his party arrived, they were warmly received.

His subordinate leader, "Ghost Face" Du Xing, was a gangster. He once killed his business partner in Jizhou and was imprisoned in the Liao Kingdom. Because he was familiar with boxing and fighting, he had similar interests with the jailer Yang Xiong, so Yang Xiong saved him.

After he was released from prison, he met the wealthy Li Ying, and gained Li Ying's trust and became the manager of Lijiazhuang. The original book said, "Every day, tens of thousands of dollars are entrusted to Du Xing."

Li Ying's ability is not on the battlefield.

He should be good at allocating food and managing logistics.

Food and supplies must be sent before troops move out; war is actually a battle of logistics.

Li Ying ranks eleventh in Tiangang, after Chai Jin, the real chief steward, which shows his importance.

Before they had taken a few bites of the meal, a farmhand from Hujia Village rushed into Lijia Village. A moment later, the farmhand whispered something to Li Ying.

"Is this happening?"

Li Ying was surprised and said, "My fellow brothers, there is a disaster in Dulonggang, and I have to go and deal with it. Du Xing, you accompany everyone to drink here, I will be back soon. Hu Sanniang, you come with me..."

"Brother Li Ying, please only ask Hu Sanniang to go, but is there any trouble in Hujia Village?"

Cao Jie asked. When he left, he heard that his elder brother-in-law Hu Cheng went to Zhujiazhuang to cancel the engagement. Now thinking about it, he must have gotten into trouble.

Given the personalities of the three heroes of the Zhu family, how could they give up?

"Ah! Brother is right."

Li Ying smiled bitterly, "The Zhu family is used to being powerful, but now they have captured Hu Cheng and are leading hundreds of villagers to attack Hujia Village. If I don't go, there will be bloodshed."

"ah!"

Hu Sanniang stood up and said through gritted teeth, "Does the Zhu family dare to capture my brother? My two swords are not bad at all!"

"Sanniang, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. If you trust me, Li Ying, I will mediate, what do you think?"

"Sanniang!" Cao Jie said, "It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. Let Brother Li Ying mediate first. Everyone stop eating and go and give support."

"Of course it is. Yesterday, the three brothers of the Zhu family treated Teacher Luan like this, and today they captured the Hu Cheng brothers. This is too overbearing."

"Although we are not from Dulonggang, we are also Hu Cheng's brothers. We will not sit idly by."

"go!"

The people galloped on their horses and when they arrived in front of Hujia Village, they saw hundreds of villagers from both sides confronting each other. Hujia Village also had high walls for defense, and even though Hu Cheng was captured, they could not get in for a while.

The three brothers of the Zhu family rode on their tall horses, led the bound Hu Cheng, and shouted, "You, the Hu family, have gone too far in bullying others. If you don't give me, Zhu Biao, an explanation today, we will break into your Hujia Village..."

"Leave no chickens or dogs behind!"

"Hu Sanniang, get out!"

"Bitch, I heard that Cao Jie from Yuncheng entered your Hu family yesterday. Isn't it said that a woman should not serve two husbands..."

“……” He cursed a lot.

Li Ying bowed to everyone and said with a wry smile: "Please stay, my dear heroes. I will go to mediate first. Please don't let blood be shed."

"My brother is in their hands, what should I do?" Hu Sanniang was very anxious and drew out her two swords.

"It's okay!" Li Ying said confidently.

At this time, Du Xing stepped forward and said, "I will go with the owner of the manor."

After waiting for a while on the hill, they saw Li Ying and the three heroes of the Zhu family arguing in front of the battle.

Not long after, the master and servant were seen riding back on horseback.

Li Ying's face was grim, but Du Xing's was full of anger.

When Du Xing was angry, there was a poem as evidence:

Who dares to approach him with his wide-open eyes? He has such sharp eyebrows that it is hard to resist.

Born and raised in Zhongshan Prefecture, he is a heroic man with a tough face.

"But the Zhu family is unforgiving?"

Hu Sanniang said anxiously.

Cao Jie and others were also looking at him.

Thinking about how confident Li Ying was before, he returned empty-handed and was even scolded by those three guys.

Li Ying's state of mind at the moment was filled with anger and hatred. The fire of ignorance in his heart was three thousand feet high and could not be suppressed.

What a shame!
"Don't worry, brothers. Give me a moment... Du Xing, come back with me and put on your armor!"

Cao Jie liked to fan the flames, so he advised: "Brother Li Ying, calm down. Why don't we rush over and capture brother Hu Cheng and then leave? This way, we won't damage the harmony among the three villages and avoid the Li family and the Zhu family becoming enemies."

Li Ying refused to listen and clasped his fists, saying, "This is our Dulonggang matter, let us solve it ourselves. Hu Sanniang, please don't worry, let me go back and call the farmhands, and together we will make the Zhu family give up."

After saying this, he rode his horse to the village and put on a suit of golden chain mail, with animal masks covering his heart in front and back, a bright red robe, five flying knives inserted on his back and hips, took some steel spears, put on a phoenix-wing helmet, went out to the front of the village, and called up the three hundred brave farmhands.

Du Xing also put on a suit of armor, took a spear and mounted his horse, leading more than twenty riders.

But when they arrived on horseback, Cao Jie, Wu Song and others had already captured Hu Cheng and others and returned. The three heroes of the Zhu family were killed and fled back to the village.

This first battle, however, did not injure or kill him.

After all, it was Dulonggang’s own business, and it was not easy for Cao Jie and his team to intervene and kill people.

Li Ying saw that things had come to this point, so naturally he was still angry. After all, he had already put on armor and went into battle. Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing to go back like this?

So he went to Zhujiazhuang.

Cao Jie and his entourage also gathered their troops, holding their swords and spears, and followed Li Ying's troops, heading straight for the Zhu family formation.

As the sun rose higher up the mountain, the men and horses were lined up in front of Dulonggang.

Zhujiazhuang occupies the best geographical location, almost monopolizing the entire Dulong Hill, and is surrounded by wide harbors.

There are three layers of city walls, all built with hard stones, about two meters high.

There were two gates in front and back, two suspension bridges, and huts built on all four sides of the wall. Guns, swords, and weapons were inserted everywhere, and war drums and gongs were arranged on the gate tower.

Li Ying reined in his horse in front of the farm and yelled, "Zhu's third son, you just slandered me, why are you acting like a coward now?!"

(End of this chapter)