The vast majority of the refugees had already been captured or dispersed during the thousand-mile flight.
The people who can still follow their leader at this time are all veterans in the real sense, mostly deserters and powerful thieves.
The world is in chaos, and bandits and bandits from all over the country will naturally take the opportunity to cause trouble.
If the imperial court is in arrears with pay and silver, and the generals are depriving soldiers of their blood, naturally there will be a large number of deserters.
Every time there is trouble, ambitious people will emerge in droves, and of course there will be powerful people from all over the world.
As for the gangsters, needless to say, they are desperadoes.
The tens of thousands of bandits who were finally forced to the riverside by Li Yunze can be said to have gathered a large part of the scum and scum of the Zhou Dynasty at this time.
It is precisely because of this that when these desperate scum sent envoys to deliver dozens of carts of gold and silver they had looted from various places, Li Yunze refused without thinking.
"General."
The envoy was a kind-faced young man who looked like he had read a book. He asked angrily, "Why is this? Doesn't the general know that the bird is gone and the bow is hidden?"
"Of course I know." Li Yunze nodded immediately.
The envoy was overjoyed, "The cunning rabbit is dead and the running dogs are cooked. If we are all wiped out, with the cold temperament of the current emperor, how can we tolerate the general who holds the military power? Why don't we join forces, the general can support the invaders and respect themselves."
"Really can not."
"Why is this?" The messenger really couldn't figure it out.
"Because you are all scum." Li Yunze said frankly, "Your hands are stained with blood and you have harmed too many people. I, the general, want to seek justice for the innocent people."
Having said this, he stood up and looked at the boxes of gold and silver jewelry in front of him. Among them, those with rich blood stains were particularly dazzling.
"Go ahead."
Li Yunze waved his hand, "You guys still have some food left in the army. Eat a full meal before you go on the road. This will save you from starving to death by the Naihe Bridge."
The messenger was about to say something, but he was directly thrown out.
Looking at the dozens of carts of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, Li Yunze shook his head with his hands behind his back, "It's not a good idea."
If he had been a bandit, so much gold, silver and jewels would have been thrown on the way to escape, to attract officers and soldiers to snatch them and buy time for escape.
Carrying so many inedible things along the way not only slowed down the marching speed, but in the end it also gave me an advantage.
If you don't even understand these simple truths, you are of course a loser.
The bandits also wanted to run away, but no matter where they went, they were accurately pursued by the officers and soldiers, and finally they were forced to go all the way south to the bank of the river.
It wasn't that they didn't want to cross the river to escape, or that they couldn't find a boat or that they didn't have people who were proficient in water skills, but the navy on the Yangtze River blocked their way.
Some unlucky people have already tried it, but unfortunately their boats were capsized by the waves. They were either stabbed to death by the navy with long poles, or they lost their strength and sank into the river.
With no way to go, he jumped over the wall and launched a desperate counterattack.
Tens of thousands of people rushed towards Li Yunze's military formation like a tide, and were immediately drowned in the dense smoke of artillery and muskets.
This was a last-ditch battle in the true sense. Knowing that they would not be pardoned, the bandits unleashed their strongest will to fight and braved the barrage of blunderbuss and artillery, fighting to the death.
Li Yunze, who was on the viewing platform, silently watched the scene in front of him.
Fragments of history also flashed through his mind.
It was probably the same at Bali Bridge.
The army in the cold weapon era is bound to collapse under the attack of advanced weapons that have transcended a stage.
Sure enough, after sustaining more than 20% of the casualties and the vanguard composed of the most courageous desperadoes being almost completely wiped out, the remaining people collapsed again and turned around and ran towards the river.
Even if they knew that they would inevitably die if they ran to the river, but stimulated by the desire to survive, even if they could take a breath more, it would be good.
Thousands of soldiers pressed forward mightily, driving the bandits into the water like ducks.
"I am the vanguard general under Jia Shuai, and so is the butcher Xue Pan! Who dares to fight to the death with me!"
Xue Pan, who was above, rushed out of the military formation and charged into the group of rogue bandits.
A fierce and fearless man came forward to fight, but the sword and spear could not break the armor. Instead, he was hit with a hammer and the gourd was opened immediately.
This battle was a hearty one, and Xue Pan was simply having a blast.
He held an explosion-proof shield in his hand and wore heavy armor. He carried a melon hammer and crashed into the group of bandits. He smashed the small hammer randomly, which was called "bang bang bang" with great arrogance.
Xue Pan felt unprecedented freedom. For him, he could only feel the meaning of life in the army and on the battlefield.
In comparison, hanging out with the maids in the yard at home was simply too weak.
This guy suffers from typical mania, and the battlefield is the most suitable place for him.
"That guy." Li Yunze, who followed on horseback surrounded by many personal guards, put down his binoculars and pointed at Xue Pan, who had transformed into a berserk warrior. "He left the military formation without authorization and gave him twenty lashes after the troops were withdrawn."
"Take orders!"
Many bandits knelt down and begged for mercy, but the answers they received were either axes, hammers, or bayonets from the gunmen.
Li Yunze will not show any mercy to these scum of society who do all kinds of evil and specialize in bullying good people.
When the scum bullied the kind and weak, people also begged them, but did they let the kind and weak go?
No!
Why wait until they beg for mercy and then let them go?
dream!
The emotionally broken-up bandits jumped into the river one after another, regardless of whether they knew how to swim.
The naval forces on the rivers were able to gain a lot of military merit, and countless people were killed by them. They stabbed them to death with long poles.
It is said that fishermen downstream have seen hooligans floating down the river for many days in a row, and no one dares to buy the fish that has been caught ashore for several days.
On the way to Yangzhou City, Li Yunze saw a group of captured bandits not far away.
He called his generals to signal, "What's going on?"
"General." The general quickly explained, "These bandits are not old."
Li Yunze immediately interrupted him, "Have your hands been stained with blood?"
".yes."
"Everyone has been dealt with." Li Yunze immediately rode forward, "As long as there is a crime, he should be dealt with!"
When we arrived at Yangzhou City, the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not open the city gate.
Li Yunze didn't waste any time and directly mobilized dozens of artillery pieces to point at the city wall, making a gesture of attacking the city.
Now the defenders were frightened and hurriedly opened the city gate.
"Lose the city." After the army entered the city, Li Yunze immediately took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to the general beside him, "Go and search the homes and arrest the people according to the list."
After that, he escorted Lin Daiyu's carriage all the way to Yanzheng Yamen.
Zicuckoo and the others got off the bus first and arranged the curtains before letting Lin Daiyu come down.
Li Yunze, who was wearing armor, accompanied Sister Lin all the way to the backyard.
A lot of people have gathered here. In addition to Lin Ruhai's concubines and servants, there are also some distant relatives of the Lin family.
Lin Ruhai was a single family member, and his son was killed by a salt merchant when he was three years old, leaving him with only one daughter.
Although most of Nuo Da's family property was still left to his daughter, and was later used by the Jia family to build the Grand View Garden, there was still a lot of property left to distant relatives. After all, he would be buried in his hometown's ancestral grave after his death, and he would not benefit others.
, why should I guard your grave and put incense on it?
When everyone saw the iron-blooded Li Yunze coming in, they all lowered their heads and dared not look directly at him.
The biting murderous intent seemed to be real, and it was pretty good even if I wasn't frightened to the point of peeing.
Walking into the room and turning into the back room, the first thing you see is Lin Ruhai, who is half leaning on the bed.
"Daddy~~~"
With a cry of grief, Lin Daiyu threw herself over and sobbed non-stop.
Lin Ruhai opened her eyes and looked at her daughter lovingly, "You're here, okay, okay."
The father and daughter reunited after a long separation. After a while, they gathered their emotions and looked at Li Yunze who was standing at the door.
"Thank you, General, for sending me all the way." Lin Ruhai did not call him nephew, but addressed him as a general.
Li Yunze took a step forward and simply asked, "Uncle, do you know who killed my aunt and cousin?"
Mentioning this sad past event, Lin Ruhai looked sad, "I don't know exactly who it was, but I can't escape the work of those salt merchants."
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded, "Uncle and cousin have a nice chat, I'll come back later."
After saying that, he turned around and went out, leaving the father and daughter looking at each other.
Lin Ruhai frowned and asked, "Good girl, tell me what he did?"
Sister Lin blushed and began to slowly tell Li Yunze's story.
She was very detailed and even a little complicated.
But Lin Ruhai didn't urge her. Not only did she listen carefully, but she also looked at her daughter with a look that was strange at first, and then became clear.
This means that the sky is getting dark.
Just when Lin Ruhai was about to ask someone to prepare dinner, Li Yunze pushed the door open again.
"Uncle."
Li Yunze handed over, "All the salt merchants in Yangzhou City have been captured."
After hearing this, Lin Ruhai's expression finally changed, "What?"
"Since we don't know which salt merchant did it." Li Yunze, who looked calm, seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, "then just get rid of them all."
Lin Ruhai fell into Nuo Da's shock.
He had been fighting with the salt merchants for many years, and his wife and children's lives were involved in this.
But such a difficult opponent, an opponent who could not even take revenge until his death, was about to be doomed?
After staring blankly at Li Yunze for a long time, Lin Ruhai suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter was extremely hearty.
She laughed until she coughed repeatedly. Sister Lin kept stroking her back. Lin Ruhai sat up straight, coughed and asked, "Good nephew, what crime did you use to punish the salt merchant?"
"Of course he is a bandit." Li Yunze said sternly, "I drove those bandits all the way to Yangzhou Mansion to eliminate them, just for this matter."
"Okay, your aunt and your cousin can finally rest in peace."
Lin Ruhai was extremely happy, as the great revenge of his wife and children was finally avenged.
The thing that he has been unable to achieve after years of hard work is just an extremely simple and trivial matter in Li Yunze's eyes.
Sure enough, troubled times have arrived!
Lin Daiyu on the side finally realized, and turned to look at Li Yunze, her eyes already full of tenderness.
"Nanny." Lin Ruhai stopped coughing and looked at Lin Daiyu lovingly, "You go out first and let them prepare the food and drinks. I have a few words to say to him."
"Yes." Lin Daiyu, whose pretty face was full of shame, stood up, lowered her head and walked out.
When the door was closed, the loving look on Lin Ruhai's face gradually dissipated and turned into indifference.
He stared at Li Yunze and asked in detail, "Are you going to be Wei Wu or Sima?"
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