Chapter 137: Collusion with thieves and bandits, intending to rebel
At the time of Xu, Zhao Yi and hundreds of Hu Ji went to lay a trap for the enemy.
Jia Heng was in the Juyi Hall, looking through the account books and letters, while chatting with Fan Yi, who had gone to the rope under Jia Heng's order. The more in-depth the conversation with this person, the more he felt that this person
Extraordinary knowledge.
"Sir, you wanted to gain the county seat before? At that time, the army was hunting down people everywhere. With the fighting power of Zhang Wu's bandits, how could they have such power?" Jia Heng asked.
He felt that the scholar named Fan Yi in front of him was really full of hatred for the Chen and Han court.
Fan Yi said: "Master Jia, do you know how many bandits there are in the three auxiliary areas of the capital? This is still a county in Chang'an. There are bandits in several counties such as Weinan, Huayin, and Wugong. Once Chang'an County is broken, they can coerce the refugees and attack the sacred city of Jing.
,At that time, the world was shocked..."
Jia Heng's eyes were deep and he asked: "Although Sir's plan is brilliant, it is just making wedding clothes for others. Sir, you don't think Zhang Wu and this group of thieves can succeed, do you?"
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Fan Yi said: "Dragon snakes and grass are rough, and they are not exposed to wind and rain. How can they be so good at transforming into dragons? But what if they are the pioneers of kings? At that time, those who were virtuous would punish the people and clear up the world. I think this man is already full of energy.
All!"
Jia Heng's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Today, today, we are diligent in government and love the people, and have the ambition to organize the army and strengthen the military, and to rejuvenate the great Han Dynasty. How can you harbor resentment and disrupt the world just because one person is obedient?"
"It's not because the students hate the imperial court, but because today's Han Dynasty, people's livelihood is in decline, and the people are in poverty. Even if there is no Fan, the world will be in chaos within ten years. Rather than doing this, it is better to start the chaos as early as possible, or maybe one day earlier
Liberate the people and hang them upside down."
Jia Heng said: "Then you know, the Eastern barbarians are raging in northern Xinjiang, and the slaves have established the country in Shengjing and changed the Yuan Dynasty. Once the thieves and bandits disrupt the world, the Han Dynasty loses control, and China is destabilized, it is impossible to say that the clothes of China will sink under the iron heel of foreigners.
Go down! At that time, the land of China was full of smelly smell. Even if you died in the underworld, how could you have the face to meet the ancestors of your Fan family?"
After you sing and I come on stage, in the end it’s just making wedding clothes for others.
When Fan Yi heard this, her face turned pale, and she felt cold sweat oozing out from her back.
Because before, he was only filled with resentment and resentment that blinded his eyes, but he had forgotten that there were still Donglu in the north, and they were already in great difficulty. Just like the Liao and Jin Dynasties in the previous Song Dynasty, they had the possibility of taking control of the Central Plains.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Fan Yi, your misfortunes are all caused by the lawlessness of the small officials in the military and horse divisions of the five cities. I am the emperor's emperor, and I will never stand idle."
He is the emperor's guest, so he will not ignore it when encountering it.
Moreover, Qiu Liang, the commander of the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities, knew that this person was not trying to kill his cousin Dong Qian, but was using this as an excuse.
Disabling the leg of a lifter is simply a slap in the face of the civil service group. If no one cares about it at the beginning, Fan Yiju will have no way to sue.
But with his current virtuous reputation, he just happened to make this matter a big deal. It would be best to bring it to the emperor and the cabinet, making it known to the whole world and causing an uproar among scholars!
Many things are just like this. If they don't weigh four ounces, once they are weighed, they won't be able to weigh a thousand pounds!
Fan Yi gave a wry smile and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia. It's just that the student knows that he will be punished by death if he is a traitor. It is not appropriate to engage in such a dispute of loyalty."
"Who said it was a fight of loyalty?" Jia Heng said in a deep voice, with a look of "righteous indignation" on his face, "It is not allowed for such a young boy to run rampant in a public house like the Military and Horse Division, colluding with young rogues, and beating and maiming candidates for examinations.
Son, this move is simply outrageous to both humans and gods. Even if I try to offend the other generation, it will still be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"
In later arson cases, the imperial envoys who came from the central government were burned to death in a certain place, and the whole place was regarded as "all evildoers". The special zone that was first proposed was all in vain.
Seeing the fierce look on the young dignitary's face, Fan Yi felt both moved and surprised.
Jia Heng said: "I won't lie to you. I regard Ke Jia's birth as a man of the right path. This generation dares to murder even his son, and everyone will kill him."
Fan Yi had a sore nose and a solemn look on her face. She bowed deeply, cupped her hands and said, "Master Jia is so righteous, Fan will not even die."
I had already protected the court officials, but unexpectedly there were young dignitaries like this who were willing to come forward to seek justice.
Jia Heng said: "Fan Juren, you don't have to be like this. One thing is the same. Although you are a thief and rebel, your actions are pitiful and your feelings are forgivable. You may not have a chance of survival."
Fan Yi sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, and Fan has nothing to say."
Jia Heng stopped trying to persuade him. He shouldn't make a hasty promise before the result came out. With this thought, he heard rapid footsteps coming from outside, and then Zhao Yi entered the hall and whispered: "Sir, come back.
Already."
When Jia Heng heard this, he was shocked and said, "Go and have a look."
Then he looked at Fan Yi aside and said, "Mr. Fan, please wait here for now. I'll come back when you go."
Even if I had a pleasant conversation with Fan Yi, there is no reason to give him unlimited trust upon first meeting him.
Fan Yi cupped her hands aside and said, "Students are waiting for you, sir."
After all, he spent a lot of time in the village, so Fan Yi couldn't say anything else.
Jia Heng nodded, and asked others to "protect" Fan Yi outside, and then followed Zhao Yi towards the wall of the village.
At this moment, the troops in the capital camp had already changed into the turbans worn by the Cuihua Mountain bandits, and it was difficult to distinguish them clearly in the darkness.
Zhang Wu led more than 200 people out of a mountain road. The people behind him were tired, hungry, and had injuries all over their bodies.
Luo Xiong on the side had a gloomy face. He had just joined Cuihua Mountain. The first time he went down to hunt for food, more than thirty of his brothers died. He didn't eat the meat, and ended up getting a good beating. Who cares?
Who can bear it?
Looking at Zhang Wu walking in front of him, his eyes looked a little unkind.
He still has a hundred people under his command, while Zhang Wu only has more than 200 people under his command. Someone must be responsible for such a big mistake this time, and the original gold and silver profit sharing ratio needs to be renegotiated.
Zhang Wu didn't know that the second master behind him had other thoughts. He looked at the brightly lit village in front of him with an annoyed expression. Without doubting that he was there, he whispered to a young man beside him: "Xiaowu, go call the door."
The young man named Xiaowu stepped forward and shouted: "The boss is back, please open the gate of the village quickly."
"Jia Heng was at the corner of the village wall at this moment. He waved his hand and heard a "squeak" sound. More than two hundred thieves and bandits, all injured, gathered in.
After entering, Zhang Wu said to Luo Xiong beside him: "Go to the Juyi Hall to discuss with Mr. Fan."
Luo Xiong said firmly: "We need to discuss it carefully."
Hearing the difference in Luo Xiong's tone, Zhang Wu thought it was because he was unfavorable in the battle and was angry that he had lost his brother, but he didn't think much about it.
However, at this moment, the village gate behind him suddenly closed, making it particularly jarring in the dark night.
It was too quiet, a bit...eerie.
Zhang Wu vaguely felt that something was wrong and asked: "Where is the fourth master? Why don't you see the fourth master?"
"Master, are you looking for this person again?" Suddenly, along with a cold voice, something was thrown from the earth-and-stone wall, and it fell to the ground, where it rolled a few times.
It happened to fall at the feet of Zhang Wu and Luo Xiong.
Everyone used the light of the lantern hanging on the village gate to take a closer look and saw that it was clearly a head with ferocious features!
"No! It's the army!" Zhang Wu roared loudly, resounding throughout the village.
Before the Cuihua Mountain bandits could draw their swords on alert, torches were held high on the wall of the village, the lights were brightly lit, and the sound of crossbows firing could be heard endlessly. Arrows were fired at the two hundred bandits like locusts.
"Whizzing!!!"
"ah……"
"snort,"
"Plop..."
There was originally a gathering of hedgehogs, but this time, they were shot from the wall of the village, which was as high as a person, exerting the power of the bow and crossbow to the extreme. The thieves fell like dry grass, falling to the ground in pieces.
A complete massacre!
Arrows were fired in a round, and out of the original two hundred bandits, there were only less than fifty or sixty people. They used the bodies of their accomplices to cover the arrows and retreated into the alleys on both sides.
Zhang Wu was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, ribs, and thigh, and blood flowed gurglingly.
The second boss, Luo Xiong, was even worse. He was turned into a hedgehog by a hail of arrows and died on the dirt road with his eyes wide open and unwilling to rest in peace.
"Master, we've fallen into a trap, let's fight out." A bearded bandit said sternly, holding his stomach that had been hit by an arrow, with a look of pain on his face.
"It's over!" Zhang Wu saw this tragic scene, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said angrily: "Officials and soldiers!"
However, at this moment, shouts of killing were heard from the direction of Juyi Hall, and three hundred soldiers led by several hundred households under Cai Quan, armed with swords, shields, and muskets, rushed toward the entrance of the alley.
The shouts of killing shook the forest for a moment.
Zhang Wu raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, kill, make a bloody path!"
Three hundred soldiers came to attack, clanging and clanging.
The fifty or sixty bandits left by Zhang Wu are all tough bandits among the tough bandits, but because they are all injured, another one is added.
Jia Heng looked at this scene coldly and said to Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, take a team down and see if you can capture Zhang Wu alive!"
If the bandit leader can be captured alive, sent to Shenjing, and punished, then... this will be a big deal.
The thieves and bandits in Cuihua Mountain have been wreaking havoc for a year or two. The merchants carrying goods to Beijing are extremely troubled, and the Beijing camp has repeatedly suppressed them.
Zhao Yi looked at the young man with more and more awe. As a bystander who witnessed the young man's decision-making and surprise attack from beginning to end, this shocking feeling was even stronger.
With a promise, he went down first, and immediately the soldiers rushed out like a tide.
Jia Heng looked at the people below who were under siege by the government troops, and the number of people was getting smaller and smaller.
Zhang Wu and the two thieves were also surrounded. Because of the injury on their legs, they knelt on the ground with a knife.
"Catch them alive!" Under Zhao Yi's instruction, the soldiers around him shouted. Some went to get long bamboo poles to stab him, while others prepared sand and soil to blind him.
Jia Heng was on the wall of the village, watching this scene quietly with a gloomy expression.
Zhang Wu's face was ashen, and he and the two bandits were back to back, waving their knives and roaring at the officers and soldiers.
However, because they were seriously injured, the two thieves were knocked off their weapons by bamboo poles and sand from the army in a short time.
Then Zhao Yi stepped forward with his sword in hand, jumped up a few times, and knocked away Zhang Wu's sword across his neck. Four or five soldiers swarmed up and held Zhang Wu down.
Jia Heng looked at this scene with a calm expression, pressed the Yanling knife on his waist, and walked down from the wall of the village.
"My lord, we are all captured alive." Zhao Yi looked excited and said with his hands raised.
Not only Zhao Yi looked excited, but the hundreds of households in the capital camp and the general banner also looked excited and their hearts were burning.
Obviously everyone knows the significance of this battle.
"Tie them up and gag them. Don't bite your tongue and kill yourself." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.
Although we know that the so-called tongue-biting suicide is nonsense, we should still avoid biting the tongue to commit suicide, which may lead to shock due to excessive blood loss.
"Dog officer! Uh..." Zhang Wu's eyes widened angrily and he stared at Jia Heng. Before he could curse, his mouth was gagged.
The two thieves on the side also cursed together.
Then I heard someone shouting from the side: "Slap your mouth!"
"Pa bang..."
After a while, Zhang Wu and the bandits were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
Jia Heng looked coldly, waved his hand and said: "Put them in custody and work three shifts at night. Keep your eyes wide open. Don't let them die or run away!"
"Yes, sir!"
The soldiers escorted Zhang Wu and the two bandits away.
Jia Heng breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the Juyi Hall in front of him, and thought: "Tomorrow is a tough battle to be fought!"
"Zhao Baihu, if I command Qianshi with the fourth rank of Jinyiwei, will there be any hindrance in capturing Yunguang tomorrow?" Jia Heng walked towards the Juyi Hall and asked Zhao Yi who was following half a step behind.
After all, it was too slow to request an imperial edict, and it was very easy for the news to leak out. Chang'an County was only a hundred miles away from the sacred capital, and could be reached by a quick horse. In Dream of Red Mansions, Sister Feng took control of the Iron Kan Temple, and Lai Wang rode a fast horse and arrived there that night.
Therefore, with this delay, there is a great risk that Yun Guang will know that the bandits in Cuihua Mountain have been surrounded and wiped out.
Most of them will take desperate risks.
Zhao Yi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty's oral instructions are for you to supervise and suppress the bandits. If there is a case of rebellion, the emperor's own army has the right to deal with it at the opportunity."
On that day, Dai Quan delivered an oral edict. The content of the edict was actually about suppressing bandits, but the specific content of the edict was rather vague...
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Then, let's take the Yun Guang for the moment as "colluding with bandits and intending to rebel." The evidence is these letters. As for the day before yesterday, Cuihua Mountain went to Shenjing Yin to send bandits, and they were spying on Shenjing City.
In order to be on guard, I have repeatedly mobilized troops to attack the capital camp, just to explore the military strength of the capital camp! Zhao Baihu, what do you think?"
With that said, he turned his gaze to Zhao Yi for advice.
Zhao Yi: "..."
There are two official Chinese characters, so whatever you say is what it is.
However, I had never seen it before, but Master Jia's ability to collect and weave crimes was as good as that of the Zhenfu Division's Chief of Punishing Thousand Households.