Three days later, the bandits did not increase their troops to the east bank of the Baijian River. Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan, and Zhou Tian's bandits on both sides of the Baijian River did not dare to approach Huaiyuan to harass them, but instead drove them to attack.
The people cut down trees and took earth to strengthen the stronghold.
The main force of the bandit army insisted on attacking Shibaliwu first. How could Xu Huai, Wang Zhen, Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and others still not understand?
As we look forward to July, the heat in Tongbai Mountain has eased a bit.
In addition to the two hundred men and horses left in the rural camp, led by Su Laochang, Zhong He and others, to guard Huaiyuan together with the patrol officers and soldiers, the other nearly four hundred infantry and horse soldiers once again followed the dirt road on the east bank of the Baijian River.
, passing in front of the bandit barracks at Tiaohutan.
"Xiaoqing, we didn't hunt any bandits today. Give the sheep's head cooked by Zheng Tu to our old friend!"
Xu Huai took off the roasted sheep head next to the saddle and handed it to Tang Qing.
"My Lord, do you know how much effort I put into this sheep's head when I got up in the middle of the night? Why did I just leave it to the bandits?"
This time Zheng Tu got the opportunity to go on an expedition with the army.
Xu Huai asked him to clean up overnight yesterday and cook a sheep head and bring it with him. He thought that Xu Huai was greedy for his roasted sheep head meat and wanted to take it with him to satisfy his craving on the road. He spent a lot of effort to select a good sheep head and used it.
The sauce is so good, I got up in the middle of the night and simmered it carefully for an hour and a half, but I didn't expect Xu Huai to throw the roasted sheep head into the bandit camp.
Tang Qing happily grabbed the sheep's head and tied it with a rope. He kept an eye on it, found a big tree, and threw the sheep's head towards the Tiaohutan bandit camp with all his strength. Guo Junfan was really going to be humiliated, so he took it
If you shoot him with a bow and arrow, he can still hide behind a tree in time.
"What are you doing?" Deng Gui reined in the reins and looked at Xu Huai. Tang Qing playfully threw a good roasted sheep head into the bandit camp. Tang Pan, Yin Peng, Tang Xia and other generals were all laughing.
Looking around, he asked curiously.
Although Tang Qing could throw it so far, he didn't understand the meaning of doing so.
"Guo Junpan gave us more than 40 heads last time and got more than 700 yuan from you in exchange for Deng Langjun. Of course we must reciprocate," Xu Huai grabbed the reins and said, "Look how excited Guo Junpan is.
My whole body is shaking, but unfortunately we were too hasty to set off this time, so we came out with a roasted sheep head; if we give one more, Guo Junpuan will send his subordinates to give us another head!"
Xu Huai said to Zheng Tu again: "You have done meritorious deeds by burning the sheep's head and giving gifts as gifts. The next time Guo Junpan gives you the head of a bandit as a gift in return, you will be considered the first to do so."
"Master, please don't lie to me." Zheng Tu said happily.
From a distance, he saw Guo Junpan hitting the fence with his palm angrily. Deng Gui smiled and warned Xu Huai: "We are going to see Xu Wufu. You have to restrain yourself and don't make him angry."
Easy to clean up!”
"What's so difficult to deal with? It's just a few clicks!" Xu Huai said.
Seeing that Xu Huai did not restrain his murderous intentions towards members of his own family, Deng Gui could only shake his head and said that he felt that he could not negotiate with such a reckless general.
This time Deng Gui personally accompanied Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai and others, with the purpose of persuading Xu Wufu to accept the reality.
This is not only to prevent Xu Wufu from getting entangled in this matter in the future, but also only when Xu Wufu accepts the reality can these four hundred Xu clan soldiers completely put aside their worries and become resisting thieves under the leadership of Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai and others.
The backbone of the army.
If Xu Wufu continues to fight hard, not only will Yuhuangling be easy for the rebels to seize the opportunity to attack, but the families of the four hundred Xu clan soldiers will all fall under Xu Wufu's control.
The families in Shituoling, Xiemashan and Jinshagou will also be threatened by Xu Wufu and have trouble sleeping and eating. How can they be expected to go to fight against the rebels without any distractions?
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"Why do you still have to smile at these thieves? I don't understand, I won't go!" Xu Heng slammed the table with his sword and scabbard, veins bulging on his forehead, and asked his father Xu Wufu in an almost roaring voice. He couldn't understand Deng Gui.
, Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai and other dog thieves led the Xu clan soldiers to Beiqiao Village, and his father had to take them out of the village to greet them.
This is nothing more than an ignorant young man who has just stepped out of school and been slapped eight hundred times by society, and has to put on the most perfect smile to face the fucked up society.
Damn! So angry!
"What else can't you understand now? All this is a conspiracy between Xu Wujiang and Deng Gui," Xu Wufu took a long breath and said slowly, "Deng Gui needs soldiers from the Xu clan to guard Huaiyuan for him.
Wu Jiang needed Deng Gui to clear him of the charge of desertion. Our mistake was to let Xu Wukun go to Huaiyuan to exchange news and let them negotiate a peace plan to seize the army. The prefectures and counties were isolated from the bandit army, and Deng Gui was in the sky in Tongbai Mountain.
, to fight against him is to fight against the states, counties, and the imperial court... Is there anything else you don’t understand?”
If Deng Gui were here, he would definitely raise his arms and shout: I'm not, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense!
It's a pity that Deng Gui is not here.
After hearing his father's words, Xu Heng felt as if a muscle had been pulled out of his whole body. He sat on a chair beside him in frustration and asked unwillingly: "Are we really going to let these ruthless people succeed?"
"Deng Gui conscripted soldiers from the Xu clan to suppress bandits. If we openly oppose it, it is wrong. Deng Gui can accuse the bandits and kill us. So, if we don't accept the reality, we will die!" Xu Bosong sighed repeatedly.
Xu Heng asked in confusion: "Can Deng Gui really be so cruel? He also insisted on arranging for Xu Wujiang and the others to die. Can Xu Wujiang trust him?"
"So I was wrong from beginning to end," Xu Wufu said bitterly. "Maybe Xu Wujiang was sent to Qingxizhai without any premeditation, but since then, Xu Wujiang has led us by the nose in everything.
Let's go - it's ridiculous that we spent tens of thousands of dollars to build dams, build new villages, and reclaim mountains. In the end, everything was made into a wedding dress for this guy. If you don't want to give in, do you think I can't beat you? I feel so angry.
ah!"
"The gangsters can be pacified, and ruthless men like Xu Wujiang can be proud of it, but we are still wealthy people. Why should we fight with such ruthless people?" Xu Zhongyu sighed, and he tended to accept the reality and said,
"Actually, if you calm down and think about it, apart from not being able to swallow it in one breath, how much can you lose?"
The banditry in Tongbai Mountain was fierce, but the world was generally peaceful and prosperous.
None of them would think that Chen Zixiao and other gangsters could really succeed.
As soon as the imperial bandit-suppressing army arrives and the bandits are brought to peace, all the clan soldiers will return to their hometowns and pick up their rakes and hoes again and go into the fields to cultivate. Is it possible for them to seize the command of four to five hundred clan soldiers?
Can he still go to heaven?
As for the duties of rural servants such as Dubao and household chiefs, they have to bear the responsibility of collecting and escorting grain and taxes. If there is a slight discrepancy, they have to use their wealth to make up for it. Sometimes they are really hard work.
Deng Gui now had great power, so he could take this mission away from them, but it would not be a pity. At most, the Xu family property would fall into the control of Xu Wujiang and others.
What Xu Zhongyu cares more about is his own land and house. As long as they obey everything, he is not afraid that Deng Gui, a small inspector, would dare to take it away.
Of course, if they insisted on fighting and were accused by Deng Gui of being collaborators, everything would be difficult to explain.
Maybe these fields and houses will not fall into the hands of such ruthless men as Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang, but there are so many owners in prefectures and counties who eat meat but don't spit out bones. Who wouldn't seize their handle and come over to get a share of the pie?
Those who know the current affairs are heroes. There is really no need to fight for a breath.
"We are also deeply threatened by Xu Wujiang. If Xu Wujiang cannot be cleared of the charge of deserting the army, we will also be implicated in future incidents. Now that Xu Wujiang can be cleared of charges, it is not a bad thing for us." Zhou Jingzuo
The son with a foreign surname is not very concerned about the struggle for power within the Xu family. He still remembers the old friendship between Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang and Xu Huai's father, hoping to try his best to heal the broken relationship between the two parties.
Xu Wufu glanced at Zhou Jing with a sinister look, but did not say anything. He just warned Xu Heng to put up with whatever temper he had.
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"The bandits are so brutal and slaughtering the countryside, who can endure it? However, Wu Fu has caught wind and is about to burst with the limelight. Uncle Bosong and Uncle Zhongyu are also old and can no longer lead the country soldiers into battle to kill the bandits. It is a pity," Xu
Wu Fu said with a gloomy face, "Fortunately, the Xu family has Xu Wujiang, who is very brave and has the plan to lead the army. He first served as a commander in the military camp and was respected by everyone. He was framed by a traitor and was forced to flee.
Army, fortunately Deng Langjun cleared his name - I discussed with the elders of the Xu clan, and specially recommended Xu Wujiang to Deng Langjun to be the chief security officer of Yuhuangling, and served Deng Langjun in Anqian, leading the local soldiers to kill the thieves.
also……"
"Well, Mr. Xu Langjun has the skill of training soldiers, he knows people well, and he also devotes all his efforts to transporting grain and fodder to help suppress bandits. These righteous deeds will be reported to the imperial court by the magistrate Chen Langjun. Maybe Xu Langjun will become a prince!"
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Although Deng Gui was able to serve as all rural servants in Tongbai Mountain at this time, he would be able to block all excuses if Deng Gui, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and others were recommended by him as the elders of the Xu clan.
And since Deng Gui, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and others can cooperate like this, Deng Gui will certainly not be stingy with his kind words.
Of course, he was not completely exaggerating. If there was no Cai Qing standing in the way in the future, after the bandits were put down, it would not be difficult for Xu Wufu to be transferred from official to official through meritorious deeds based on Xu's achievements in suppressing bandits.
Of course, there was Cai Qing in the court who was obstructing him. Deng Gui himself was now thinking about surviving this disaster safely, and did not expect to achieve great achievements and be rewarded. The higher he climbed, the closer he was to Cai Qing, and the closer he was to Cai Qing.
Apart from the danger, what good can it do?
Xu Huai held the knife and secretly observed the expressions of Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Wuqi, Zhou Jing and others, and saw that although they were angry, they could still recognize the facts before them.
This is also normal.
This time he failed to lure the main force of the thief army from Shibaliwu, which shows that Zheng Hui is still somewhat capable.
In order to prevent the main force of the bandit army from conquering Shibaliwu and to solve their worries before besieging Huaiyuan, they must also launch an offensive against bandit camps such as Tiaohutan and Yingzizui at the same time to alleviate the banditry in the area east of Baijian River and finally reduce the banditry in the area east of Baijian River.
It would be nice to open up the connection with Xinyang County to the east.
And if the worries on the Yuhuang Ridge side cannot be solved at this time, how can we expect that the rural camp, with the Xu clan soldiers as the main force, and the patrolling military soldiers, can use all their strength to attack the bandit camp without any distractions?
At this point, if Xu Wufu, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu and others really don't know how to praise them, even if Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and others still hesitate, Xu Huai will encourage them to forcibly accuse Xu Wufu and others of collaborating with bandits.
Detain them, or directly reward them with a few good coffins!
