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There are more than two thousand chieftain soldiers, belonging to more than a dozen different chieftains. Among them, the largest group is the Babu tribe whose home base is in Chitan.
Liu Ruyi met these dozen chieftains in the big tent.
Their clothes were also of various kinds. It seemed that some were Miao, some Li, and many others. Liu Ruyi could not identify them.
"Babu, the chieftain of Chitan, has met the general!" Babu had become friends with Luo Rucai. Among these chieftains, he was the most powerful and the most familiar with the Han people's ways of doing things. Seeing that Liu Ruyi didn't speak, Babu hurriedly knelt down on the ground respectfully.
When the other chieftains saw this, they also imitated the situation and fell to their knees.
Liu Ruyi didn't know the details of these chieftains. He couldn't say he had a favorable impression or a bad impression, so he waved his hand and said: "You are considered to be deeply favored by the emperor. Why would you team up with the traitor Luo Rucai to attack my army? It's up to you to do it first.
Say it! If you say it well, I might let you live! If you say it badly..."
Liu Ruyi's tone instantly turned cold and she looked directly into Babu's eyes.
When Babu heard Liu Ruyi's tone, his calves felt weak.
These chieftain soldiers were usually used to charge into battles in Luo Rucai's refugee army. In fact, they were equivalent to cannon fodder. But last night, how could those refugee soldiers expect that things would go so smoothly?
They rushed forward one after another, squeezing the chieftain soldiers behind. In this way, these chieftain soldiers were lucky enough to survive.
"General, spare your life! Young one, you guys can't help it! This Luo Rucai is powerful and vicious. He forces us to send troops, otherwise, our stronghold will be destroyed! We are looking forward to the rescue of Master Wang.
It's been a long time! General, with your arrival, we are finally free!" Babu obviously has a deep understanding of human nature, and without moving, he has already put on a high hat for Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi couldn't help laughing.
Babu was startled, but he also laughed.
For a long time, Liu Ruyi looked into Babu's eyes and said coldly: "Mr. Babu, I don't care about your sneak attack on our Caishi Army this time, but you have to settle the accounts of General Yang Shien and Luo Anbang yourself.
Come! Someone, please bring in General Luo!"
"yes!"
Within a moment, Luo Anbang was brought into the tent by his own soldiers.
When Babu saw Luo Anbang's face, his expression changed drastically.
Luo Anbang also reacted, grabbed Babu's lapel, and cursed: "It's you! It's you, you bastard! Ah~~~~! I'm going to chop you alive today! You died for Lieutenant General Yang, for us."
Brother, take revenge!"
Luo Anbang was tall and strong, like a strong bull, while Babu was short, dark and fat, and could not reach Luo Anbang's chest. After several fights, Luo Anbang had already grabbed Babu's neck and strangled Babu.
I just roll my eyes and lose my temper when I see it!
"General, general, help, help!" Babu struggled to break free from Luo Anbang's big hand and shouted for help to Liu Ruyi.
A hint of a faint smile appeared at the corner of Liu Ruyi's mouth, but he did not stop it in time. Instead, he waited until Luo Anbang pinched the babu half to death and saw that he was about to run out of breath. Liu Ruyi didn't worry.
He said nonchalantly: "Stop! General Luo, what do you think this place is? You won't even let me back down!"
Although Luo Anbang was extremely unwilling, he did not dare not listen to Liu Ruyi's words, so he bitterly let go of the hand on Babu's neck, knelt down in front of Liu Ruyi and said: "Please make the decision for me, general!"
General, please make the decision for our dead brothers!"
Babu couldn't help but curse in his heart. He now understood clearly that this Luo Anbang was an 'evil dog' raised by Liu Ruyi!
If we can't reach an agreement today, this 'evil dog' will bite people to death!
"General, general! I didn't expect that things would turn out like this! This, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" Babu also kowtowed desperately.
When the other chieftains saw this, they kowtowed as hard as they could!
Although they were all local tyrants in their respective territories, how could they still dare to resist when they thought about how Luo Rucai's nearly 20,000 troops were burned to ashes by this young general overnight?
"Misunderstanding~~~~?"
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but sneered loudly, looked straight into Babu's eyes and said: "Babu leader, you are so easy to say! Then who should I go to settle the grievances of my thousands of officers and soldiers who died in the battle?
?Who should pay for their pension? General Luo, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Luo Anbang also understood at this time that this was the general venting his anger on him and his brothers who died in the battle. He no longer had any scruples, pointed at Babu's face and cursed: "General, these bastards are eating them inside and outside.
Whoever has milk is a mother! If we let him go today, they will come back tomorrow! In my humble opinion, we might as well kill them all at once! I have long heard that these toasts are all fat and oily, waiting to be taken.
Their heads are confiscated and their strongholds are raided, so there is no need to worry about the compensation for those brothers who died in the battle!"
"Oh~~! So it's like this!" Liu Ruyi deliberately lengthened her tone and nodded with deep satisfaction, "This is a good idea! Not only can we avoid future troubles, but the brothers can also make money. Not bad.
very good!"
Babu's face turned green. He pointed at Luo Anbang and cursed tremblingly: "Luo Anbang, you, you bastard! You have such a heart! General, you, you can't listen to this despicable villain's nonsense!
We, the chieftains, all have their hearts set on the imperial court, but today we are all forced to do nothing! I beg the general to make the decision for us!"
Babu kowtowed desperately, he was really frightened by Luo Anbang's plan!
Liu Ruyi smiled slightly and ignored Babu, but turned to look at the other dozen chieftains, "Everyone, what do you think?"
Most of these chieftains were from small tribes, but Babu followed suit. Seeing that Babu had become like this, how could they have the courage to rebel again?
"General, I am willing to pay five hundred taels of gold to atone for my sins! Please spare my life, General!"
"General, I am willing to pay you one thousand two hundred taels of gold. I just ask you, General, to spare my life!"
"General, general..."
These chieftains were kowtowing desperately. I don't know who it was, but the first one said that he wanted to buy his life with gold, and then everyone followed suit.
Although these chieftains rule only a small area, because they are adjacent to the Yangtze River, there are many caravans passing back and forth. In addition, coupled with the rewards from the court, the output of the people they rule is quite rich.
!
When Babu saw this, he knew that people could not unite, so he shouted loudly: "General, I am willing to pay you five thousand taels of gold. I just ask you, General, to forgive my sins!"
Liu Ruyi glanced at Luo Anbang with embarrassment, but her heart was filled with joy. Unexpectedly, these chieftains were all 'rich'!
Almost in the blink of an eye, they collected nearly ten thousand taels of gold!
This is gold!
If converted into silver, it would be 70,000 to 80,000 taels!
"General Luo, look at this..." Liu Ruyi looked at Luo Anbang, but did not understand what he was saying.
Luo Anbang still didn't understand Liu Ruyi's intentions at this time, but at this point, there was no room for him to speak, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I'll let the general make the decision for everything I do!"
"Okay! The general will have to do it!" Liu Ruyi laughed, turned to Babu and said: "Brother Babu, on behalf of General Luo, I can forgive your sins! But what about the specific method of compensation? We still have to go further.
It’s better to talk about it!”
Babu was startled, but after looking at Luo Anbang who looked like a hungry wolf beside him, he could only grit his teeth and nodded.
After more than an hour of negotiation, Babu finally offered 10,000 taels of gold, and the other chieftains also collected 10,000 taels of gold, totaling 20,000 taels of gold, to atone for their sins!
But the more than 2,000 chieftain soldiers currently imprisoned in the camp have to be reckoned with separately!
Liu Ruyi offered a discounted price of ten taels of gold for each soldier and twenty taels of gold for each officer. The chieftains would use the gold to redeem their people!
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The messengers from the chieftains traveled all night to their respective villages!
And Liu Ruyi was not idle either. He ordered Huolang and Chunwa to lead a thousand elites each in two groups overnight to enter Xingshan County, collect the remaining troops of Luo Rucai, and most importantly, count Luo Rucai's property!
Luo Rucai has been in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years and is considered a well-known figure. Liu Ruyi will naturally not let this fat fish go!
However, Liu Ruyi did not order the army to enter Xingshan County. At this time, the situation was unclear and Xingshan was too close to Zhang Xianzhong. Liu Ruyi did not want to use the main force of the thieves so early to attack him!
The most important thing is that Luo Rucai's die-hard ally, Prime Minister Hui Deng of "Guo Tianxing", still has more than 5,000 troops hidden in the mountains on the side of Xingshan.
It's not that Liu Ruyi is afraid of the combat power of Hui Deng's troops, it's just that the terrain in western Jingxi is complicated, the mountains are steep, and the climate is harsh. Either he can wipe them all out like he did when Luo Rucai's troops were wiped out, or he just doesn't provoke him.
, waiting for Zuo Liangyu to send troops, making plans!
And with Luo Rucai's head, Liu Ruyi believed that Zuo Liangyu and his son would soon be unable to sit still!
Xiangyang City (today's Xiangfan, Hubei Province).
Luo Rucai's head and body have been sent to Yang Sichang's official residence.
Yang Sichang couldn't help but be overjoyed! He knew that Liu Ruyi was a strong soldier, but he never expected that he would achieve results in such a short time!
In the evening, Yang Sichang held a combat meeting at his official residence. Civil servants and generals from all walks of life in Huguang gathered together. Even Zuo Liangyu did not put on airs and came in person!
In the hall, Yang Sichang was in high spirits, sweeping away months of decline!
He pointed at Luo Rucai's body, which was placed on the table in the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "Everyone, you must have heard about it! Liu Ruyi, the Zhendong general, has completely annihilated Cao Cao at Xiangyouping in Jingzhou Prefecture.
'All of Luo Rucai! This is Luo Rucai, nicknamed 'Cao Cao', who has caused trouble for our Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. Now everyone can see the true appearance of this traitor!"
As the saying goes, clothes are a man’s face and money is his courage!
With Liu Ruyi's solid military exploits in hand, Yang Sichang's courage and aura were inexplicably enhanced!