"Beggars gang?"

The news quickly reached Su Yuan's ears.

After Zhang Bai went to complain to the officials, because this matter might involve Jianghu sects, the subordinates also reported the information as soon as possible.

After Su Yuan heard this, he was naturally very unhappy.

In his territory, no matter what gang he belongs to, he must stay honest. If he dares to gather a crowd to bully ordinary people with force, he must go to jail.

Just as he was about to tell him to arrest someone, Lu Wuyou hurried over, and he also heard about it.

"Your Majesty, you must handle the Beggar Clan's affairs with caution."

"Um?"

When Su Yuan saw Lu Wuyou's serious expression, he knew there might be something going on.

Lu Wuyou said: "The Beggar Gang is the largest gang in the world, mainly because of its large number of people. It is said that the number of Beggar Gang in the entire Great Zhou is hundreds of thousands, or even millions."

Su Yuan nodded. The large number of beggars can only mean that many ordinary people cannot survive. Otherwise, they would not become beggars if they had other options.

"Are there many beggars in Mozhou?"

"There are many, at least tens of thousands." Lu Wuyou said, "This group of people moves between cities. The four major families have cooperated with them in the past."

"Cooperation, cooperation for what?"

"They are just hired to do some evil things." Lu Wuyou mentioned this with disgust, "They are beggars anyway, and some of them have martial arts skills. Ordinary people can only hide away."

"Escape? I don't allow such unscrupulous people here." Su Yuan said coldly.

"My lord, do you want to talk to the leader of the Beggar Gang in Mozhou first?"

"What's there to talk about? We'll arrest anyone who commits a crime. There's no need to talk."

Su Yuan didn't care about the gang at all, he directly asked Shen Lian to lead the team to arrest people.

Shen Lian led a group of imperial guards and quickly found the beggars.

When they found them, they were squatting in the corner and having a fight. When Shen Lian led people around them, they realized something was wrong and quickly stood up, looking alertly.

"What are you doing?!" asked the beggar who was showing off his porcelain before.

Shen Lian was too lazy to talk nonsense and waved his hand: "Arrest him!"

"dare!"

The beggar who spoke had martial arts skills and punched out a guard who was approaching and knocked him down.

As soon as this happened, things changed.

"You dare to resist arrest?" Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

Su Yuan has previously announced many policy provisions, one of which is that resisting arrest is not allowed. If you have a grievance, you can go through formal channels to clear it even if you are arrested, but if you resist arrest, it will automatically be judged as a felony.

In this case, soldiers can directly injure and kill people.

"You guys belong to the Beggar Clan!"

The beggars were obviously unwilling to be captured without mercy, and Shen Lian had nothing more to say when he saw this.

"Do it."

This time it's not about arresting, but about attacking.

The guard raised his spear and stabbed several beggars directly.

Shen Lian also took action. Although the beggar had martial arts, he was only at the second or third level. He was no match for Shen Lian. He was knocked to the ground in just a few moves.

He was the leader of several beggars, and when he fell, the others also surrendered.

Seeing himself being tied up, the beggar struggled and said, "How dare you arrest me! How dare you provoke the beggar gang?!"

Snapped!

Shen Lian slapped the beggar hard on the face with his scabbard.

"What kind of thing is the Beggar Clan? If we adults want to destroy you, it's just a matter of a few seconds."

"Bah!" The beggar spat out a bloody tooth and stared at Shen Lian bitterly, "Just wait, our beggar gang has millions of members, and if you mess with us, your bullshit prince won't be able to survive!"

When Shen Lian heard this, he laughed.

"Very good, keep your mouth strong. When you get to jail, I want to see how long you can keep your mouth strong. Don't worry, I will greet you well and take you away!"

The imperial guards arrested the beggars, and the people around them were applauding in their hearts when they witnessed this scene, but they remained silent.

These beggars are used to wandering in the market, and many people have suffered from them, but because they are afraid of the beggar gang, they can only swallow their anger.

Now Su Yuan's men are arresting people forcefully, which makes them feel very happy. But because they are worried that they will be released again within a few days of arrest, they dare not publicly applaud them, lest these beggars be released and later retaliate.

But the people did not expect that after they were arrested in the morning, the government would publicly collect criminal evidence of these beggars from the public in the afternoon. If they could provide it, they would be rewarded with money.

Nothing is more motivating than money!

For a time, the people enthusiastically provided information, and soon news came out from the government that several beggars had extorted, defrauded, and beaten others many times. The crimes were serious and they would be imprisoned for at least ten or twenty years.

As soon as the news came out, even Zhang Bai, who initially complained, was stunned.

In the academy, Zhang Bai couldn't believe it at first when he learned about this. He never thought that the efficiency of the government under Su Yuan's rule would be so high.

But then he burst out laughing.

"Brother Wu! Look at what I said. Reporting to the official is still useful!"

A young man surnamed Wu was also at the academy, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Prince Bei'an is really different. It seems that we may really be able to live a good life in the future."

"That goes without saying! You and I must study hard and strive to become an official in the future and assist Prince Bei'an!"

News that several street beggars were swiftly and severely punished quickly spread throughout Taiyuan.

Somewhere in Taiyuan, a group of beggars gathered to discuss this matter.

"This Su Yuan is really hateful!"

"We arrest people when we say we want to. They don't take our biggest gang in the world seriously at all!"

"Elder, what do you think we should do?"

The beggars looked at a long-bearded beggar, who was holding a bamboo stick in his hand. There were three red lines on the bamboo stick, which was the symbol of the helmsman.

This person is Yu Datong, the elder of the Taiyuan branch. His turbid eyes are now full of resentment.

You must know that the Beggar Clan has always been arrogant and domineering in their actions. But they are very smart. They will not provoke those powerful families, but will cooperate with them. Occasionally they will do some shady things for them.

But for ordinary people who have no power, they treat them like clay balls and squeeze them into balls at will. After all, how many people can a family have at most? Faced with hundreds of organized beggar gang disciples, they can only be patient. .

By licking up and down, the disciples of the Taiyuan branch of the Beggar Clan are living a pretty good life. Although they cannot settle down and buy a house like ordinary people, they at least have food and drink every day, and occasionally they can satisfy the pleasure of bullying others.

Now that Su Yuan is doing this, where is the prestige of their beggar gang in Taiyuan?

If there is no reaction at all, then the beggar gang disciples will really become like rats crossing the street, and everyone will shout and beat them up.

But……

Yu Datong frowned.

He didn't know how to deal with that Su Yuan. You know, the four major families in Taiyuan that they needed to lick before were all killed by Su Yuan, and even the houses began to be demolished in the past two days.

If they want to deal with Su Yuan, they must ask the chief rudder to send experts over.

"Elder."

Yu Datong was annoyed when he heard someone calling him and said impatiently: "What's the matter?"

"Elder..." the disciple said with an embarrassed look on his face, "In the past few days, many of our Taiyuan branch disciples have quit the gang..."

"Quit the gang?!"

Yu Datong was shocked. He took a closer look at the crowd and found that there were several fewer people than usual. You must know that the people who can be here are not ordinary gang members, but managers.

There are even fewer management staff, not to mention the following...

"What's going on?" Yu Datong looked anxious. A large number of disciples have withdrawn from the gang. This is a big deal. If the chief helmsman knows about it, he might not be able to continue as the branch helmsman!

The disciple said helplessly: "This is also related to Su Yuan. It seems that after he collected the land from the four major families, he gave it to some landless poor people for free so that they could plant it."

"Many disciples in the gang had no family or land, so they had no choice but to join the gang. Now that Su Yuan has come and given out land for free, those disciples have all gone to claim land and quit the gang."

"..."

Yu Datong was speechless. He had never expected that Su Yuan would be so vicious and give land to the poor.

But this way, he naturally understood. For the low-level Beggar Clan disciples, if they had free land and no need to pay taxes, they would be able to have a family very quickly.

Who would want to join a beggar gang and hang out on the streets all day long when they already have a family?

The more Yu Datong thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Su Yuan only has Mozhou in his hands now, so he is doing this. If he is allowed to expand his territory, won't there be fewer and fewer Beggar Clan disciples?

Without this group of disciples, what will these elders do? Go drink the northwest wind?

It’s hard to imagine in Datong.

It is simply impossible for him to be allowed to cultivate the land and make a living by himself after he is used to receiving offerings from his disciples.

It's scary to even think about it.

"No, this Su Yuan is too dangerous! What he did must be reported to the chief helmsman immediately!"

Yu Datong made a quick decision. He knew that Su Yuan was probably the biggest enemy in the history of the Beggar Clan.

The conflicts between other Jianghus and the Beggar Gang are nothing more than bloodshed and fighting. But this Su Yuan simply wants to dig out the roots of the Beggar Gang!

After making the decision, Yu Datong said to the crowd: "You all listen, go back and tell the people under you to be more honest recently and stay out of trouble. Also, if anyone quits the gang, don't even think about coming back in the future!"

…

The transformation of Taiyuan was in full swing. On the other side, Chu Changning took Zhang Qian and 30,000 Xiliang cavalry and stationed themselves at the Wansheng Camp of the former Beirong Army.

Su Yuan gave him only one task, which was to go straight to the royal court of Beirong and completely bring Beirong into the sphere of influence of King Bei'an.

Chu Changning would naturally complete this task well, so he and Zhang Qian discussed for a long time about handing over prisoners of war.

Inside the camp, Zhang Qian said: "General, tomorrow is the appointed day, how do you plan to do it?"

Chu Changning said: "How to do it? As soon as the Beirong army appears, I will lead the cavalry to directly attack them! The prince said that in the face of absolute strength, there is no need for any strategy at all."

Zhang Qian nodded.

If it were in another place, he might have objections. But in this plain area, there is no cover and there is no way to set up an ambush.

When a war starts in a place like this, whoever has the stronger force will win.

As for the Beirong army... they had suffered so many losses before. Combined with Zhang Qian's personal visit to the Beirong King's City and his observations along the way, he believed that the Beirong army was now the largest and could pull out tens of thousands of people.

Tens of thousands of people may seem like a lot, but facing 30,000 Xiliang cavalry... it can be said that they will be broken at a touch.

There is no way, the equipment is too different, and the quality of the soldiers is also too different. As a summoned soldier himself, Zhang Qian still understands the many advantages of summoned soldiers.

Chu Changning said: "The prince gave me 30,000 cavalry, which is really too much. In fact, 10,000 is enough... 30,000 is enough to defeat the Beirong and then clean up all the surrounding small tribes!"

Around Beirong, there are several tribes such as "Chengjin" and "Duozhen". These tribes have repeatedly invaded the border in the past.

Later, until the northern Xinjiang camp was established, these small tribes were not strong enough, so they never came again.

Chu Changning thought that after taking Beirong, he could easily deal with these small tribes. But Zhang Qian expressed his opposition.

"General, my lord only asked you to capture Beirong, and did not ask you to invade other tribes. If the general has such an idea, it is better to seek my lord's opinion first."

"Too."

Chu Changning nodded.

The next day.

The army of Beirong was fully equipped, and the king of Beirong went out to fight in person. Several of his sons also rode behind him.

This is the most important battle for Beirong, and they must only win but not lose.

The Beirong army totaled 40,000, which was the largest number they could muster. Among them, 5,000 were cavalry, and the rest were archers and infantry.

Among these soldiers, only the cavalry and a few infantry can be considered elite, and many others have never even been on the battlefield.

But the King of Beirong had no choice but to bring them together. The elite troops of Beirong were originally placed in Wansheng Camp, but now they are all prisoners.

Logically speaking, the elite troops were defeated miserably, and these old and weak soldiers were still unable to defeat them. But the King of Beirong was making a desperate move.

He knew that Su Yuan had already captured Taiyuan, which meant that after Su Yuan had recuperated, he was likely to attack Beirong and completely eliminate the threat from the rear.

If you drag it on, you will only be dragged into the abyss of destruction.

The King of Beirong could only choose to take a gamble. He bet that Su Yuan's troops were currently mainly in Taiyuan, while the Northern Camp and Beifeng City had no military strength.

If he bets right and can capture Beifeng City before Su Yuan's army returns, everything will change dramatically. With Beifeng City's strong defenses, it will not be a problem to resist Su Yuan's return forces.

It can be said that the idea of ​​King Beirong is wise enough, and his courage is also very extraordinary. If it were someone else who was the king, I am afraid he would not take such a risky move.

At this moment, the army was ready. King Beirong looked at everyone and shouted: "Let's go!"

The army headed north, and Gu Lifeng followed King Beirong on horseback. He was excited and full of longing for the future.

These past few days have been a turn of events for him. When he first planned to kill Zhang Qian, he thought it was a good plan. Later, when the assassination failed, he felt extremely frightened, fearing that his father would kill him.

But what he didn't expect was that this incident actually led to a heart-to-heart talk between him and his father. Before the army left, his father had already told him that if he could win this time, Beirong would give him Guli Fenglai in the future.

manage.

This made him excited, and he wanted to hurry up and rush to Beifeng City in the next moment.

But in stark contrast to his expectant expression, was the serious look on King Beirong's face.

Compared with Gu Lifeng, King Beirong knew that this battle was really dangerous. If he lost, Beirong might disappear from now on. Therefore, he could not do it as easily as Gu Lifeng.

Alas, Lieer...

He couldn't help but regret in his heart. If Gu Lilie was still here, he wouldn't have taken such a risk. At worst, Beirong would continue to move north and give up the territory to Su Yuan.

But now that Gu Lilie is gone, the remaining sons are useless... In order for Beirong to have a future, this is the only way to do it.

The army moved forward and soon arrived at the agreed place for prisoner exchange.

At this time, Su Yuan's army also appeared.

Thirty thousand cavalry led by Chu Changning came from a distance.

King Beirong's face instantly turned extremely pale.

"Hush!"

Chu Changning reined in his horse and stopped, looking at the Beirong Army on the opposite side and laughing.

"It seems that we thought of going together! You didn't bring cattle, sheep, camels, and we didn't bring any prisoners!"

King Beirong: "..."

At this moment, his heart had completely hit rock bottom.

Chu Changning was right, both parties had reached a tacit understanding.

The tacit agreement to break the contract.

"Father, father, they..."

At this moment, looking at the 30,000-strong cavalry with a solemn military appearance, Gu Lifeng also felt a strong sense of oppression welling up in his heart.

Even as if they felt his fear, the horse under him was shaking its head back and forth uneasily, and its hooves kept kicking back and forth.

As for the ordinary Beirong soldiers, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads at this moment. They were not stupid, they could tell the strength of the opponent's army and the strength of their own.

Gu Lifeng said anxiously: "Father! Let's withdraw!"

"Withdraw?" King Beirong sneered, "Do you think you can run away? Can you run with two legs better than four legs?"

"Yes, but -"

"King of Beirong!" Chu Changning's shout continued, "You surrender now, there is still a way to survive!"

The King of Beirong suddenly roared angrily: "You want me to surrender, dream! Su Yuan's bunch of bastards, if you have the ability, come and try your grandfather's scimitar!"

He squeezed the horse's belly with both legs and went into battle alone. He actually wanted to challenge Chu Changning to a duel.

Chu Changning said coldly: "I really want to kill you with my own hands, but our prince has a destiny, and military matters are not trivial. If you dare to go out into battle rashly, you will die under random bows!"

"Fire the arrow!"

As soon as the order came out, the Xiliang cavalry immediately took off their crossbows from their backs and mounted their horses to shoot.

For a time, the sky was covered with dense crossbow arrows, most of which flew towards King Beirong. He waved his short sword, and his bodyguard Lai E roared and came forward to protect him.

But facing thousands of crossbow arrows, the two of them had no ability to survive. In just a short moment, they became two hedgehogs and fell off their horses.

"King!

!”

King Beirong died and the army was in chaos. Chu Changning looked at him coldly and rode forward on his horse, leading the cavalry to charge together.

The power of the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry was astonishing. The tens of thousands of people from Beirong who had been thrown together here and there suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye. Many of them were not even killed by the cavalry, but were trampled to death by their own people.

Gu Lifeng was still alive for the time being under the protection of his personal guards, but he already looked desperate. The sweet dream he had had was completely shattered in less than a day.

"Come die!"

A loud roar fell from the sky, and as soon as Gu Lifeng raised his head, he saw Chu Changning stabbing him with a spear, piercing his body and the horse under his crotch.

Several personal guards slashed at Chu Changning with swords, but the latter was already at the second level of innate strength and had internal energy to protect his body. He was not afraid of ordinary swordsmanship at all until his internal energy was exhausted. The swords that had been attached to him were shattered with a few clangs,
Chapter completed!