Yanzhou, Dongpingzhou, Ximen.

The city gate was wide open, and nearly a thousand well-clad soldiers were escorting more than 10,000 prisoners of different clothes slowly into the city. The roadsides on both sides were filled with people watching the fun, all stretched their necks and marveled at them, admiring the mighty army.

Over the years, Yanzhou has been rampant, with the soldiers and bandits in one family, and the people have suffered a lot. But this time, in just two months, the three largest bandits in Yanzhou were successively destroyed, and there were so many prisoners alone. How could they not be excited?

Zhao Qin rode on the horse and saw the crowd greeting. He quickly turned over and dismounted and quickly walked up to meet him. He clasped his fists and said, "I will pay homage to Luo Zhizhou and all the lords."

A short and fat middle-aged man with a fat face stepped forward to support Zhao Qin, his eyes narrowed into a slit. "Zhao Shoubei is a benefactor of Yanzhou this time, and he has made great contributions! As a local parent, I should go out to welcome him in person for fifty miles. However, there are many miscellaneous things in the state and cannot get out. I hope Zhao Shoubei can forgive me."

His name is Luo Yuxi, a native of Rencheng, Yanzhou, and was a Juren. Before Zhou Xian took back Yanzhou, he served as the judge of Dongpingzhou in charge of the criminal case. When Li Yan evacuated, a large number of Yanzhou officials were worried about being investigated by the court and followed him to Henan. Luo Yuxi's family was all in Yanzhou and was unwilling to leave. They were eventually captured by the official army and imprisoned. Zhou Xian took down the vast area west of the canal in a very short time and had to rely on some original officials to stabilize the situation. Because Luo Yuxi was not a big mistake, he was put in prison by Zhou Xian and restored his original position. Before the court sent another official, he decided to temporarily serve as the governor of Dongping.

Dongping Prefecture is an ordinary state in Yanzhou, but less than fifty miles away from its prefecture, there is a world-famous place. The water marsh formed by the flooding of the Yellow River, which is about 800 miles long and radius. The novel Water Margin Liangshanpo uses this place as a template to shape 108 heroes led by Song Jiang. The author Luo Guanzhong is also from Dongping Prefecture.

The real Liangshanbo is not as easy to defend and difficult to attack as mentioned in the novel, but because of the vast water area, it has always been a gathering place for bandits in troubled times. After Li Yan evacuated, some generals who originally belonged to Liu Zeqing and were unwilling to surrender to the government were connected with the local bandits. They centered on the Yellow River, Liangshanbo and other waters, as well as the nearby mountains and steep mountains, causing trouble everywhere to resist the official army.

Luo Yuxi, a civil servant, seemed a little helpless when facing such a situation as soon as he took office. He used some local wealthy families to recruit some rural brave men to defend the city and protect themselves, and at the same time asked for help from a higher Yanzhou Prefecture.

Zhou Xian was in charge of all the troops in Shandong and strictly prohibited others from interfering, but not every general under his command was in concert with him. For example, Liu Konghe, Tan Zhencai and others, who had high official positions in the army, were under the command of Zhou Xian, but they were not Zhou Xian's private generals, but were more just following orders. Gao Mingheng and other civil servants also had many conflicts with Zhou Xian because of their interests. For this reason, he focused on promoting some of his confidants. However, he did not directly promote them, but gave them more opportunities to make contributions. Therefore, Zhou Xian ordered Zhao Qin to be the main and Zhou Tai as the deputy, leading two thousand new soldiers to fight against the bandits in Yanzhou.

Luo Yuxi is a good at camping man. After knowing that Zhou Tai was Zhou Xian's nephew, he cooperated with him to provide him with supplies, food and various information about the bandits. It can be said that Zhao Qin was able to suppress the bandits in Yanzhou so quickly, and he made great contributions. The Ming Dynasty emphasized civil servants over military officials, and civil servants always despised military generals. When he went out to greet him in a genius, he did not value Zhao Qin, but his relationship behind him. After boasting about Zhao Qin, he suddenly seemed to think of something, "Well, why didn't you see Mr. Zhou Qian?"

Zhao Qin replied: "Although most of the bandits were wiped out, a few fled westward to Fan County, and Zhou Tai was still leading his troops to pursue them. Moreover, there were some military affairs in Puyang that he needed to deal with. These secrets cannot be explained to Luo Zhizhou. I hope you can forgive me."

Luo Yuxi laughed, "I understand, understand. Zhao Shouji, how should these prisoners be dealt with?"

Zhao Qin took out a stack of paper from behind and handed it to Luo Yuxi, "Luo Zhizhou, there are 113 bandit leaders here. In addition to those who died on the battlefield, there are fifty-six people. Please choose the day and punish them with the statutory order."

Luo Yuxi's face changed slightly, "Is it going to kill?"

Zhao Qin nodded, "Using heavy dictates in troubled times will not be enough to shock the world if they don't kill them. Besides, they do many evil deeds and have more than enough death. Not only do they have to behead them all, but they also have to behead them for three days to warn the people. As for the other prisoners, please send some clerks to me to help register their identities. At that time, I will use them separately."

Luo Yuxi nodded and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

The long sword was raised high, then it fell heavily, and the heads rolled down aside. More than ten thousand prisoners stood aside, looking at it tremblingly, with fear in their expressions. The onlookers cheered loudly, and their expressions were full of excitement.

Afterwards, the prisoners were driven to the east of the city. There was a temporary circle surrounded by logs. They were driven into it, and soldiers were guarding them. The soldiers brought them some food and firewood to cook for themselves. In the evening, Zhao Qin and thirty clerks walked into the circle.

Zhao Qin stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "You are all guilty people, but God has the virtue of being a virtuous person, and gives you the opportunity to be a human being again. The commander has an order and will be admitted from you to select the best you want. As long as you pass the assessment, you can be incorporated into the army and receive monthly salary. Others, such as those who are literate, who can settle accounts, who can sail, who can fish, who can cook, who can cook. In short, as long as you have a skill, you will be rewarded and will be given wages according to the different things you do. As for the rest, gold and silver will be distributed to you later. But one thing is that you can no longer act. Otherwise, God can spare you, and I will not be able to spare you."

When Zhao Qin walked down, Luo Yuxi went up to meet him. "Zhao Shoujie said so well."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Qin said: "All this is taught by the governor. These people are good people, but most of the reasons why they are thieves are not because of poverty. Even if they are letting them go back and cannot solve their livelihood problems, they will inevitably become thieves again. Moreover, even more than 10,000 bandits still have many people available. They are good at teaching and can be used for their own use. This is what ordinary people say about turning enemies into friends and making up for war."

Luo Yuxi smiled and said, "The General's consideration is far-reaching. However, Dongping is poor and may not be able to solve the livelihood problems of so many people. If possible, please take as many people as possible."

Zhao Qin nodded and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Magistrate Luo, I have sent a letter to the Supervisor and informed that there are more than 10,000 prisoners. I think there will be a reply soon, and there should be some arrangements for this at that time."

At this time, Deputy Zhao Qin rushed over and handed him a piece of paper. "What I just delivered has been translated."

After seeing it, Zhao Qin frowned and was silent for a long time.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Luo Yuxi asked, "Zhao Shouji, what's wrong?"

Zhao Qin paused for a moment and said, "The commander-in-chief ordered me to lead my troops to Caozhou immediately and follow the command of Deputy General Liu."

Luo Yuxi's expression stagnated, "Then you left, what should I do if these more than 10,000 prisoners?"

Zhao Qin thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this! Luo Zhizhou. I will leave two hundred-man teams for you, responsible for selecting three thousand soldiers from these prisoners and joining the army. I will lead the troops first, and I will lead these people to Caozhou tomorrow. This time I will defeat the bandits and get a lot of gold, silver and treasures. Please contact the wealthy families in the prefecture and exchange these gold and silver for food and grass. Then, please organize people to transport them to Caozhou. This is also what the General Supervisor told you to do in his letter."

Luo Yuxi looked ugly, "At this time, every family is short of food, so I'm afraid they can't collect much?"

Zhao Qin said: "It's as much as you can replace it! It only costs twenty taels of silver per stone, so you need as much as you can."

Luo Yuxi looked ugly. From Zhao Qin's words, he tasted some different flavors. He purchased food and grass at all costs and recruited prisoners into the army. This was only possible when the war occurred. Caozhou is located northwest of Dingtao. In the front line of fighting with the thieves, is it necessary to start the war again? From the court to the Lu family, from the Lu family to Liu Zeqing, from Liu Zeqing to the thieves, and then from the thieves to return to the thieves. Within a year, he had changed his master four times, not knowing whether this time was a blessing or a disaster. He sighed silently in his heart and bowed to Zhao Qin, "Since it is the order of the governor, the subordinates will do their best."

Zhao Qin nodded and said to his deputy: "Send someone to inform Zhou Tai so that he will not have to pursue the remnants of the bandits anymore, and lead his troops to Caozhou immediately."

By the time Gao Wencai arrived, the huge lobby of the governor's yamen was full of people, all of which were important civil and military officials in Shandong. The civil officials included Shandong Governor Gao Mingheng, Jinan Prefect Wang Zhang, Qingzhou Prefect Wu Ganlai and others. Among the military generals were Li Kai, Wu Yuanji, Sun Xuan and others. Anyone who could call the name in Jinan was there.

Because of Gao Wencai Jinyiwei's identity problem, most of the people in the hall didn't know him. Even if they knew him, they would not want to say hello to him in person. Instead, the military eunuch Li Hong was very happy to see him and hurriedly asked him to sit beside him.

Gao Wencai sat down and asked in a low voice: "Eunuch Li, so many adults have come. Is something wrong?"

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Gao Qianhu respects our family very much. Although our family is ordered by the emperor to serve as the military supervisor here, you actually know more about the situation than our family. Don't say anything, even if the knife is on your neck in the end, our family is the last one to know. Seeing you coming, I thought you would know a little more than our family!" He went to Shandong to serve as the military supervisor at Chongzhen's order, but Zhou Xian was strong and never let him interfere in military affairs. Instead, he sent people to intimidate through various channels from time to time, making him feel uneasy. He was worried that one day, Zhou Xian would take his life privately. But on the other hand, Zhou Xianming often sent people to send him some gold, silver and antiques to make him feel at ease. In this case, he simply became a hand-off manager and ignored anything.

Gao Wencai knew this and nodded without saying anything more.

After a while, with a singing voice, Zhou Xian stepped into the lobby. Two people followed behind him, one was tall and tall, with a quiet appearance, which was ten thousand yuan. The other was white in skin and not tall in size, with a smile that seemed to be there, which was Chen Mingxia. Others, such as Huang Zongxi, Han Chang, Xiao Leng, and Yu Chenglong, also walked into the hall one after another.

Zhou Xian waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down, "There are two main things to call you here today. One is to inform you of the latest military report that Sun's Ministry of War was defeated in Nanyang, and his life and death are unknown. Nanyang City was broken, Tang King Zhu Yuyou, Henan Governor Ding Kuichu was captured and captured. Zheng Jiadong, Niu Wancai, and Lian Guoshi died in the chaos. Bai Guangen and Zuo Yi were defeated and surrendered. Tens of thousands of troops, and it is said that less than 20,000 people were defeated and retreated to Xi'an, Hanzhong and other places."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hall suddenly exploded.

Gao Mingheng stood up in shock and asked anxiously: "Is what the Commander in charge said true?"

Zhou Xian nodded, "In just one or two days, the news will spread completely. I just learned in advance. Perhaps there will be differences in the details and the real situation, but Sun's Ministry of War did suffer a crushing defeat. I summon you to come, and the other thing is to discuss with you, what should we do next in Shandong?"

Wu Ganlai and Gao Mingheng looked at each other, and their faces changed slightly. Wu Ganlai stood up and bowed to Zhou Xian and said, "Please tell the general clearly, what should we do in Shandong?"

Wan Ji stood up and said, "The lords here may be the same as Master Wu, and they are puzzled. This is actually some military attack strategies. Let me listen to the officials to explain it to you." He ordered the soldiers behind him to hang a map on the wooden board and pointed to everyone, "After the great victory of the thief, the entire Henan was completely in the hands of the thief army. At this time, the thief had three routes to choose from. First, with the help of the great victory, they would definitely win.

The troops went from Henan to Qin. Then they captured Shaanxi, Shanxi, Zhili, and until the capital, overthrew the Ming Dynasty. Second, they led their troops south to attack Qin Liangyu and Jingzhou. They captured Bashu to the west, occupied Huguang to the south, and occupied Wuchang to the east. Then they took a boat to the east, seeking Jiangxi and Nanjing. Third, they gathered heavy troops to the east and invaded Shandong from the direction of Guide. At the same time, they attacked Longwu Army, captured Jianghuai, and took fertile lands such as Xuzhou and Yangzhou. They continued to block the canal and trapped the capital."

Gao Mingheng asked, "Sir Wan, what will Li Chuangzhe do next?" Wan Ji once praised Yang Sichang's army and had a certain prestige in the hearts of the officials.
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