In the second year of Guanghe, at the end of March, Jiyin County.

At night, the reed swamp outside Chengyang County.

At this time, several villages outside Reed Lake were in ruins, and fighting continued in the light of the fire.

More than a dozen water bandits were pushing their wooden boats into the water.

The Li family's tribe, who had been lurking by the reeds all night, broke out at this time, raining arrows and wailing continuously.

Then there was another camp to the east, and seven or eight water bandits pushed a fire cart to break through the encirclement.

But before he could get very far, he was surrounded by the Li family members on both sides. He cut off his feet with a spear and dragged him to the front by hooking his armor, and bowed his head.

The fighting in several other villages has ended, and only the middle one is still resisting.

Li Dian sat on the Hu bed and allowed his companions to bandage his wounds. He took the military supplies and dispatched his troops to surround the stronghold.

Someone on the stronghold was crying and shouting:

"We are from the Chengyang Zhong family, and we have an old relationship with Zhang Jiyin. Which one is the one below? Can you tell me your name?"

When Li Dian heard this, he felt troubled.

Because he knew that when the prefect came to build the stele of Emperor Yao, it was the Zhong family from Chengyang who did the work.

Chengyang is the place where Emperor Yao was buried.

The Zhong family, a local wealthy family, often used this method to invite people to their names.

This time, as soon as Zhang Chong took office, they suggested that the emperor build a monument to Emperor Yao.

Firstly, it will increase the reputation of the prince, and secondly, it can make a network of local wealthy people.

Zhang Chong naturally did not miss this opportunity and built a monument to Emperor Yao as soon as he arrived.

When the monument was dedicated, Li Dian also participated.

And regardless of their relationship with the prince, the Zhong family itself also dominates the county and township.

His family had the governor Julu, the chief Guangzong, and the chief Lu, all of whom had served as chiefs of a county and a county. They should not be underestimated.

Now, the innocent Zhong family is actually linked to bandits. Who would have imagined this?

Li Dian's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and chose a detective to report back to his uncle Li Qian and let him make a decision.

The people on the wall, watching the Tanma run back, took a long breath when they knew the turning point was coming.

After a while, Tan Ma came back, shouting all the way:

"This is the only way for thieves and bandits to plan? Order: Only the first evil ones will be killed, and those who threaten will not be ignored."

Tan Ma shouted several times, and the whole audience heard it.

The people on the wall also heard it, cursed loudly, and cried, but it didn't help.

At this time, Tan Ma dismounted, hurried to Li Dian's place, knelt down and reported:

"My master told me, I don't know that my thousand-mile horse has the ears of a dolphin and a dog! How can I not shoot this bow?"

Li Dian's face turned red all of a sudden. He picked up his feet and jumped on his horse. The wound burst open without anyone noticing.

Flying all the way down the wall, you have to climb up first with the trap in mind.

The archers in the Li Family Trilogy quickly followed up, shooting below and suppressing the wall.

Li Dian was about to attack by force when suddenly there was a commotion inside the wall of the dock, and then more than a dozen sections of human heads, with their hair tied together, were thrown out of the wall.

Li Dianzheng was puzzled, and saw that the wooden gate of the camp had been opened, and several leaders tied themselves out of the camp, saying that they were willing to surrender.

Li Dian tensed and relaxed, and now he felt that his arm was bleeding profusely.

He quickly asked someone to bandage his wounds, and then asked his companion to lead the surrendered prisoners to Li Qian's camp behind him.

The camp area where Li Qian was located was called a camp, but in fact it was just a tent area simply surrounded by a few curtains.

In the afternoon, under Li Qian's order, Li's tribe ran lightly for twenty miles and took advantage of the darkness to attack the unprepared water bandit camp and swoop down.

At this moment, some large tents were filled with people lying around, snoring loudly.

They were the first group of Li family members to participate in the battle. After breaking the camp, they came back to rest.

In some large tents, people remove their armor from time to time.

They are in the battle formation, and their armor is usually carried by special personnel. They only wear it when fighting.

At this moment, they quit the battle, and with the help of their servants, they dragged off their crotch armor which was full of knife marks.

They cannot remove their armor casually outdoors because there is a strange wind called the armor-removing wind, which is the same as the legendary horse wind and has killed countless heroes.

And the one in the middle is Li Qian's big tent, which is brightly lit.

Li Qian tortured the prisoners overnight.

The corpses of water pirates who could not endure being tortured to death were constantly being dragged out of the tent by military officials.

At this moment, Li Dian's army officers escorted the water pirates who had just surrendered into the tent.

After walking in and watching for a while, a water bandit collapsed and his urine was dripping down.

Don't blame these water pirates for being timid.

Some thieves have no courage, but even if they don't, they have to.

The philosophy of the water bandits is that if you are not fierce, you will be eaten.

The main reason why they were so miserable was that the internal affairs in the big tent were really scary.

Everyone was whipped once before they could say anything. When they were beaten to the point where they were half alive, someone asked:

"Were you the ones who robbed Cao Gang before?"

Those who were questioned all denied it and were subsequently beaten.

Those who couldn't bear it would nod and admit, and then they would be pulled out for questioning. If there were those who couldn't bear it repeatedly, they would be burned with an iron rod again.

The tent was filled with the smell of meat, and the thieves behind were so horrified that they vomited sour water.

It wasn't over yet. There was someone who might have been tortured and went crazy. He was lying on the ground with his feces and urine all over the ground, screaming and screaming.

Li Qian, who was sitting there with Yu sitting there, squinting his eyes and concentrating, felt uncomfortable. As soon as he frowned, Ma Bian took a short knife and cut out the man's tongue.

In this way, those who could endure were tied up with thin ropes and thrown together; those who could not endure were dragged away and thrown out of the big tent.

Those who couldn't bear it would naturally die. But those who were tied with strings wouldn't get better either.

This string binding is the most cruel. Over time, the muscles on the body will ulcerate inch by inch.

By then, he will also be a living dead.

At this time, it was finally the turn of Chengyang Zhong to be escorted up.

This man's hair was disheveled. Just as he was about to be whipped, he cried:

"Know."

Someone had whispered in Li Qian's ear for a while, and roughly told him that this person belonged to the Chengyang Zhong family.

Therefore, when he made a move, Li Qian immediately opened his eyes and asked:

"What do you know? But it's useless to know. Give me a whipping first."

With that said, he motioned to the military officials to be punished.

Just as the man was about to scold him, he was slapped with a whip. Even if he begged for mercy, it was useless. He was whipped thirty times before the officer stopped.

After the beating, the military officer signaled the man to speak quickly.

But this Zhong clan member was lying on the ground erect, being humiliated like this, and he was not prepared to say anything.

"Huh, he's still a fierce guy." Li Qian sneered, "Then give him another stick and make him a little more fierce."

The military officer drew his stick and was about to execute him.

The Zhong family stopped lying down and immediately started crying and wailing:

"Don't fight, don't fight, attack, attack."

Li Qian ordered the soldiers to retreat and let the man speak.

While the man was confessing, he was resentful of Li Qian's cruelty.

When he was pulled into the tent, he already recognized this person as Li Qian, the head of the Cheng family's Li family.

There is no one in the Jiyin County's wealthy family who does not know someone like him.

He couldn't understand that even if they were close to Zhang Chong, the prince of the mansion, the Li family was jealous of the prince.

But how dare the Li family treat themselves like this?

Even though he had revealed his clan name, he still wanted to kill them all. Could it be that the Lord Fu had done something without telling the family?

Li Qian frowned as he listened to this man's confession:

"You said that the ones who attacked the boat the night before were from Taipingdao? How do you know? Tell me about it from beginning to end."
To be continued...