Chapter 247 Wu Erlang takes Shaohua Mountain lightly, Jiuwenlong takes revenge and rushes to Liangshan
As a veteran, Governor He naturally knew what Li Yunze meant.
He clapped his hands, and the steward came over holding a wooden box.
The box was placed on the table, and when opened it was filled with silver coins.
"Here are three hundred taels." Governor He raised his chin and said, "General, please go to Shaohua Mountain."
After slowly drinking the wine from the glass, Li Yunze glanced at the silver in the wooden box and raised his hand to close the lid.
Seeing this scene, Prefect He was stunned, "What does this mean?"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty," Li Yunze said slowly, "I am going to the front line to fight against Xixia in the name of the Privy Council. I have no time to suppress bandits here. If the trip is delayed, I will be prosecuted by the military law. I must congratulate you."
Will you cry out for me?"
We are all old-timers, and as soon as we heard this excuse, we understood that this was too little.
Bandanas love money. After all, they lose their income after begging for bones, so they take money very seriously.
Seeing that Li Yunze was still too little for three hundred taels, Prefect He looked dissatisfied, snorted and picked up his glass to drink.
The steward on the side advised him, "General, three hundred taels is quite a lot. It is enough to buy hundreds of acres of good land. Don't be too greedy."
"joke."
Li Yunze didn't give any face at all, and placed the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table, "I'm not begging you, you are begging me to do something!"
The relationship between supply and demand is very important. If you ask me to do something, you must show the corresponding attitude and benefits. Otherwise, why should I help you?
Hearing this, Governor He, who already felt that he was being condescending, simply stood up and walked away.
Li Yunze looked at his leaving figure with a smile, picked up the flask and poured wine, "You are quite crazy when you are about to die."
The next day, Prefect He's steward entered the military camp, discussed the price privately with Li Yunze, and finally agreed on an appearance fee of three thousand taels.
This is just the money that Taishou He personally contributed. The three thousand taels of silver rewarded by several heroes on Shaohua Mountain will be given to them after the completion of the project. The property on the mountain will also belong to Li Yunze.
Li Yunze naturally doesn't care about a mere three thousand taels, he cares more about the heroes on Shaohua Mountain.
Except for Shi Jin, he did not intend to keep any of the heroes on Shaohua Mountain.
The reason why Zhu Wu, Chen Da and Yang Chun went to Shaohua Mountain was because they were "forced by lawsuits".
In other words, he is an out-and-out bandit who is burdened with crimes.
Moreover, after going up the mountain, he went around robbing homes and houses, and he committed all kinds of evil.
Li Yunze never thought about collecting 108 stars. Of course, such bandits must be dealt with.
He is honest and trustworthy, and he will definitely do things since he took the money.
The soldiers and horses under his command left the camp and headed straight for Shaohua Mountain.
There are only five to seven hundred minions on Shaohua Mountain, so they are not considered a big force.
The main reason why it was difficult to capture for a long time is that the terrain here is difficult and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although it is not as steep as a road in Huashan, the road up the mountain can only be used by three or five people at most.
If there are piles of rolling stones and logs, no matter how many people come up the mountain, it will be a dead end.
The best way to deal with this kind of cottage is to besiege it for a long time, cut off food, water, salt, oil and cloth. Cut off all resources, surround it on the mountain and let it collapse on its own.
After all, people need all kinds of materials to survive, and there is basically nothing on the bare mountains except trees and animals.
Li Yunze understands the art of war and naturally knows that this is the best choice.
However, under the current situation, it is impossible to maintain a long-term siege, so we can only defeat the enemy by sending out surprise troops.
After blocking the passages up and down Shaohua Mountain, Li Yunze arranged for Yang Zhi to command troops and horses at the foot of the mountain to besiege.
He himself paid to recruit local hunters and guides, and then selected more than a hundred elite soldiers from the army. He made an appointment with Yang Zhi on a time and a fire signal, and took the mountaineering equipment with him to go around the back of the mountain to climb.
The so-called battle was uneventful.
The hunters, who were familiar with the local geographical environment, acted as guides to guide Li Yunze and others around the side of the mountain village where the view was narrow and difficult to observe, and then everyone climbed up the rock.
The people on Shaohua Mountain are all bandits and minions, and their fighting ability and will to fight are extremely weak.
When patrolling at night, there is often no one around, so I go out to have a drink.
Li Yunze led the team up the mountain easily. He first opened the main road up the mountain, set fire to the signal, and then led Yang Zhi to climb the mountain with the main force.
Then the soldiers and horses who went up the mountain easily invaded the mountain stronghold and defeated all the bandits in a fight.
After learning the news, Shi Jin led several brothers to counterattack, but was knocked down and tied up by Li Yunze himself.
After dawn, the customary cross-examination and reporting began.
"Name, place of origin, when did you go up the mountain, what did you do before you went up the mountain, and have you done any evil since you went up the mountain."
Asked again and again, reviewed again and again.
Bandits have never encountered this kind of torture, and many who want to get through it will be found out soon.
After that, there are merits for exposing, and rewards for reporting.
The bandits, who had a psychological breakdown, immediately started biting each other.
Anyway, when we were drinking and having fun together, we dared to brag about all the past events.
At this time, stimulated by the desire to survive, not to mention the evil things said by his friends, he could even remember how old he was when he wet the bed.
After checking the belongings on the cottage, Li Yunze carried Shi Jin into the house alone.
"Dog officer!" Shi Jin, who was tied up, yelled, "If you want to kill him, kill him. If he frowns, he is not a hero!"
"hero?"
Li Yunze smiled, "Do you know what a hero is? You don't."
He tilted his head toward the door and shouted, "Bring the things in."
Several sergeants pushed open the door and entered, holding trays in their hands, and on the tray were three heads.
"brother?!"
When Shi Jin saw the three heads, he roared excitedly.
Yang Chun, the white-flowered snake, Zhu Wu, the divine machine strategist, and Chen Da, the jumping tiger.
These three people were burdened with heavy blood debts, but they were directly executed without interrogation.
Li Yunze waved his hand, and the sergeants retreated with the trays in hand.
"Dog officer! Dog officer!" Shi Jin, whose eyes were splitting from his eyes, roared repeatedly, "Kill my brother, kill my brother!"
"Well, I was the one who killed them." Li Yunze readily admitted, "They have heavy blood debts and the lives of countless people on their hands. After crossing the Naihe Bridge and entering the underworld, those wronged souls will seek revenge on them."
"Kill me!" Shi Jin roared repeatedly, "Kill me quickly."
Li Yunze smiled and suddenly asked, "Do you know Luda?"
"Huh?" Shi Jin was stunned and said, "Ruda."
"Well, the monk Lu Zhishen, Master Lu. Together with you, Lu Zhishen destroyed Cui Daocheng and Qiu Xiaoyi in the Crock Temple."
Shi Jin looked at him doubtfully, "What do you mean?"
"Master Lu and I are close friends." Li Yunze raised his finger and pointed at him, "Master Lu told me about you."
"What?" Shi Jin was furious when he heard this, "Since you are a good friend of Master Lu, why do you want to attack my Shaohua Mountain and kill my good brother!"
"I am an officer and soldier." Li Yunze nodded at his armor, and then nodded at Shi Jin, "You are a bandit. It is natural for officers and soldiers to suppress bandits. You are robbing families and committing all kinds of crimes, so why can't you attack?"
"I have never killed good people." Shi Jin finally looked away, "I admit that I have done evil, but I have never hurt anyone's life."
Li Yunze smiled, "You are still alive to talk to me now because there is no blood on your hands. However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be forgiven. I will remember you with eighty sticks and let him execute you when you see Master Lu."
".You, you want to let me go?"
"Well, seeing that you can still be saved, I'll give you a chance." Li Yunze waved and said, "Come over here. I heard that you agreed to the request of painter Wang Yi to rescue his daughter who was snatched away by Prefect He?"
The next day the army went down the mountain. Before going down the mountain, in front of all the gangsters whose hands were not stained with blood, they dealt with all the bandits who were full of crimes.
Then a fire was lit on Shaohua Mountain and the village was completely burned to the ground.
After taking Shi Jin and others back to Huazhou and imprisoning them all in cells, Li Yunze went to Governor He to ask for the rewards offered by everyone in Shaohua Mountain.
"The governor is not here."
The people from the Yamen responded coldly.
"Ha~~~" You don't need to ask much to know that this is an attempt to renege on the debt, which is worthy of a big turban.
Li Yunze was furious and made a fuss at the yamen gate for a while before leaving angrily.
"This man's military situation is urgent and he will not stay in Huazhou longer." Inside the Yamen, Prefect He drank tea leisurely and contentedly. "When he goes to the battlefield, it remains to be seen whether he can come back alive."
"What your husband said is absolutely true." The butler responded with a smile, "But a mere general can do nothing even if he finds a way to file a lawsuit."
Governor He waved his hand casually, "Don't mention him anymore. The prisoners in the prison have taken note of him. They will be interrogated and dealt with on another day."
"yes."
"Also, remember to send the reward money to my house."
"yes."
Li Yunze left in anger, and immediately set off with his troops and horses, heading straight for Jingzhao.
Unexpectedly, that night, the Shaohua Mountain thief Shi Jin actually escaped while the guards were unprepared.
This man rescued more than a hundred minions, and before escaping, he took advantage of the situation and broke into Governor He's house, beheaded him with a knife, and took away one of Governor He's concubines. Afterwards, the thieves left the city and disappeared without a trace.
When the news came out, there was an uproar in the surrounding areas.
Many people expressed regret after learning about this incident. If Governor He hadn't been stingy with the reward, then Dongping Prefecture would not have suffered such a disaster if the grain embargo army was still there.
Shi Jin and his party dressed up in disguise, dispersed and set out across Tuzhou and headed straight for Shuibo Liangshan.
On the way, Shi Jin took Wang Yi's daughter away and walked all the way to hand her over to Wang Yi, which was regarded as fulfilling his promise.
Afterwards, he returned to Dongping Mansion and found Master Lu.
He handed Li Yunze's letter to Master Lu. After reading the letter, Lu Zhishen immediately laughed, "Good brother, get down."
Shi Jin, who received eighty sticks, was carried to Liangshan for treatment.
This matter was kept secret, but Li Yunze, after responding to the government's documents regarding matters related to Prefect He of Huazhou, had already arrived at Jingzhao Mansion with his troops.
Chang'an, Jingzhao Prefecture, was once the greatest city in the world and the most dazzling pearl during the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Looking at the huge Chang'an City in front of him, Li Yunze had a thought in his mind.
"The majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties makes people fascinated."
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