"Okay, happy. Why wasn't Blind Liu beaten to death?" Xiang Nan said regretfully.

I thought that this firefight would cause Liu Xiazi and others to fight fiercely and the entire army would be wiped out.

Unexpectedly, he only lost more than 10,000 people, which was a bit cheap for him.

"It's already great that it can cause such a big loss." Lu Zhaopeng advised him.

Without a single blow, the enemy could inflict losses of 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 amazing and his merits were immeasurable.

"Yes." 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."

When Lu Zhaopeng took it, his hand felt heavy, as if there was a big stone inside.

He opened it curiously and saw that the golden light was so bright that it almost fascinated his eyes. They were all small yellow croakers. At a rough estimate, there were almost more than three hundred.

During the Republic of China, one small yellow croaker was worth about thirty to forty yuan. This bag was worth more than ten thousand yuan, which was 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 ahead and come back to me if you need it." Xiang Nan also nodded. He believed that Lu Zhaopeng would make good use of the money.

…

A few days later, news came back that the Zhensong Army's bank vault had been stolen, causing internal strife.

"I heard that Blind Liu's bank account was confiscated."

"No way, who is so capable that he even dares to take over the Crow Soldier's bank account?"

"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 people talked a lot and applauded Liu Xiazi's plight.

…

In May, Liu Xiazi's siege continued.

He could not attack, nor could the troops defending the city, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

However, Liu Xiazi's exploitation of the counties around Xi'an City continued, and he kept robbing the people of food and money, demanding more than they could.

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 also resulted in the originally vicious 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 looted, making it difficult 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 these things were probably done by Shilu Zhaopeng and his comrades.

They are indeed weak against an army of 100,000 people. But they should be enough to deal with a 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 a large group of troops into a village to collect grain is not enough trouble, as the grain collected is not enough for them to eat themselves; sending a small group of troops to a village to collect grain 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 is also in a dilemma.

But he still didn't leave, he was wasting his time with the defenders of Xi'an City.

It will be June soon, and the wheat in Guanzhong will be ripe. He can send troops to grab grain, but the people in the city have no food to use.

He had already received news that the food supply in the city was almost at its lowest, and it would not last until July at most. By then, they would have nothing to eat and would still have to surrender.

At that time, he can break into the city of Xi'an and completely occupy the land of Sanqin. And all his previous losses, such as the bombing of the arsenal, the theft of the bank, the mutiny of soldiers, etc., can all be made up for. return.

Therefore, he would rather die than retreat.

…

Entering June, the confrontation continued.

Blind Liu has already started sending troops to grab food.

Taking advantage of the summer harvest, when the people had food in their hands, 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 feel uneasy, worried that the Crow Soldiers would break into the plain at some time.

When the time comes, they will be in dire straits.

But two days later, a strange thing happened in Bailuyuan.

There was a group of about 200 crow soldiers. On the way to Yuan, for some reason, they all went crazy.

When they were discovered, everyone was dumbfounded, and not even their weapons were lost.

It is acceptable to say that one person is crazy.

After all, the moon waxes and wanes, and people are prone to misfortune and good fortune, and there is no guarantee that they will go crazy in one fell swoop.

But if two hundred people went crazy at the same time, it would be truly a miracle.

Such a strange incident also caused people in Bailu Village to talk about it.

"It must be a punishment from God. Our village is protected by a little fairy. 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 god. Otherwise, how could those crow soldiers suddenly go crazy?"

"Oh, the little god is so powerful, he took care of two hundred crow soldiers~"

The villagers all said.

…

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 lead his troops to Yuanshang to grab food. 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 began to murmur secretly and began to wonder if there was really retribution.

Because many people in Zishui County believe in Xiang Nan.

Especially this time when the Zhensong 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.

Therefore, 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 have a certain understanding of Xiang Nan.

Especially when the crow soldiers suddenly went crazy twice, and the unexplained death of their regiment leader, they inevitably felt fearful and wondered whether they had really offended the gods and would have such retribution.

Later, Zhang Zhigong, commander of the Second Division of the 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 a result, as soon as he walked out of the conference room, he fell to the ground and never woke up.

And there were no scars on 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.
Chapter completed!