Chapter 247 Bandits, Always Be Bigger and Stronger
Chapter 247 Bandits must become bigger and stronger at all times
Early the next morning, the four major ministries will bring hundreds of young men recruited at high prices, surround Ma Su, and march towards Yushan in a mighty manner.
On the way, Ma Su took stock of the situation in Jiaozhou.
The current situation in Jiaozhou is like this.
The governor of Jiaozhou is Lu Dai, whose courtesy name is Dinggong. He is 71 years old and is from Hailing, Guangling. He is an important minister of the Wu State who Sun Quan relies on.
Lu Dai was originally a county official in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He traveled south to Jiaozhou to escape the chaos. In his forties, he was appreciated by Sun Quan and served in the Eastern Wu Dynasty. In the 16th year of Jian'an (211 years), he served as a military commander and led troops with Jiang Qin and others.
He quelled the rebellions of Lu He, Qin Lang and others, and was awarded the title of General Zhaoxin Zhonglang. In the 20th year of Jian'an (215), he followed Sun Quan to capture the three counties of Changsha. Later, he defeated Wu Dang and Yuan Long rebelled, and was promoted to the prefect of Luling. In the Yuan Dynasty of Yankang
In 220, he served as the governor of Jiaozhou instead of Bu Zhao, and quelled the rebellion of Wang Jin in Guiyang and Zhenyang. He was promoted to General Annan, and was granted the title of Marquis of Duxiang during the holidays. In the fifth year of Huangwu (226), he quelled the rebellion of Shihui.
He took full control of Jiaozhou and was granted the title of Marquis of Panyu by the Jin Dynasty.
In addition, Ma Di also knew more detailed information. Lu Dai was the same year as Liu Bei (born in 161), and eventually lived to be 96 years old (256 AD), making him the longest-lived person in this era.
After Sun Quan eliminated the power of the Shi family, he divided Jiaozhou into eleven counties, with Lu Dai as the governor of Jiaozhou, and Dai Liang, Xue Zong, Tao Ji, Lu Yin, Nie You, Lu Kai, Chen Shi and others as governors of various places.
There are three counties in the southern part of Jiaozhou (in Vietnam), namely Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan (see the Easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter for details).
Yulin County is directly north of these three counties and borders Jiaoxi County on the Shu territory.
The other six counties are in the east of Jiaozhou, from west to east, Hepu County, Heqing County, Gaoliang County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, and Zhuya County (i.e. Hainan Island).
In Jiaozhou, there are currently more than 10,000 Wu soldiers and horses, evenly distributed in eleven counties. Each county has about a thousand soldiers and horses, making it very easy to conquer.
Such a weak military force was one of the main reasons why Ma Su came to Jiaozhou.
The most important thing is that this move can stab Sun Quan in the back severely and avenge the Shu Han who was stabbed in the back by him twice.
Treat others in their own way.
For Ma Su, after the territory of Shu Han has expanded to this point, the Northern Expedition is no longer as urgent as it was at the beginning. It doesn't matter whether it is earlier or later. Retaking his hometown in Jingzhou and settling old feuds with Sun Quan are the most important things at the moment.
thing.
Traveling quickly, the group soon arrived at the bandit's den in Yushan.
Looking from a distance, dozens of simple stockades were randomly distributed among the green mountains and green waters. Hundreds of unshakably dressed men rushed out of the stockades with weapons in hand, looking at the group of uninvited guests as if they were faced with a formidable enemy.
A strong man with a beard brandished a big sword and stepped forward, pointed at Yang Wanwan and asked: "Who are you from, and what are you doing here?"
Since Yang Wanwan followed Ma Su, he has had almost no opportunity to show off his martial arts. Hearing this, he pulled out his sword without hesitation and shouted coldly: "What are you talking about? Why don't you hurry up and die!"
The strong man chuckled, but was not in a hurry to accept the challenge: "I, Zhu Ya, will not kill the nameless people with my sword, but I will report my name as soon as possible!"
Yang Wanwan was too lazy to talk to him and rushed over on horseback: "Wudu...oh no, Jiuzhen Yang Wanwan is here to learn from you!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Seeing Yang Wanwan charging forward with terrifying momentum, the strong man Zhu Ya's expression changed drastically, and he quickly raised his hand to stop Yang Wanwan, "You have a mount, but I don't. This is not fair!"
Hearing this, Yang Baiwan, who was halfway out, jumped off the horse with a speechless expression, flicked his sword, and rushed forward again: "Idiot, suffer death!"
"Slow, wait!" Seeing that Yang Wanwan's momentum was still very sharp even without riding a horse, Zhu Ya panicked a little, raised her hand to stop him again, and said very fast: "You have armor, but I don't, it's not fair!"
Damn it!
Yang Baibai ran back, took off his armor three times, threw it on the ground, and looked at Zhu Ya with angry eyes: "Tell me what other conditions you have!"
Zhu Ya smiled awkwardly: "You are young and I am old. It's not fair to fight one another!"
Damn it, is it only fair that I tie my hands and feet and beat you?
Yang Wanwan was furious and rushed over on foot, shouting as he rushed: "Stop talking nonsense, you all can come together!"
What Zhu Ya was waiting for was Yang Wanwan's words. He immediately took a step back and waved his hand: "Brothers, come on!"
However, none of the minions moved. They all took a few steps back, looking at him with contempt and disdain.
Coward, I'm trying to challenge you!
Can you act like a man?
Seeing this, Zhu Ya had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush towards Yang Wanwan, but his pace was extremely slow, and it seemed that his momentum had been taken away by him.
Sure enough, as soon as he rushed five steps away from Yang Wanwan, Zhu Ya made a "pop", knelt down on the ground, kowtowed with a knife and said: "A brave man is brave and unparalleled in the world. I am willing to be inferior. I am willing to be inferior."
Yang Baiwan stopped with a confused look on his face and wondered: "Why did you kneel down before I took action? Get up and fight me first!"
Zhu Ya waved his hands repeatedly, "I can't beat you. I can't beat you. Yang Yingxiong Die Hard, I am convinced. From now on, I am willing to listen to you and will never say anything."
"This..." Yang Baiwan looked back at Ma Su.
He was born in Longyou Wudu, and since childhood he has been exposed to the tough men from Longliang who can do anything but never beep. He has never encountered such a coward who gives in before a move is made. He didn't know what to do for a while.
In this era, warriors put righteousness first and integrity first, value reputation ten times more than life, and regard living in an ignoble life as a shame.
For Zhu Ya's behavior, after today, he will be unable to hold his head high and be laughed at by others for the rest of his life.
Ma Su shook his head.
You don't have to kill such people, but you definitely can't use them.
Yang Baiwan understood, kicked Zhu Ya over, and scolded: "Killing you will dirty my hands, get out!"
"Thank you hero for not killing, thank you hero for not killing..." Zhu Ya kowtowed again, got up and ran away in a hurry.
"Stop!" Yang Baiwan raised his sword and shouted: "Keep the sword, you are not worthy to use it!"
"Leave the valuables on you too!"
Zhu Ya followed the instructions with a mournful face, took out all the things on his body and put them on the ground. After Yang Baiwan said "yes", he ran dejectedly towards the wild.
Yang Wanwan raised his sword and took a few steps forward. He looked around proudly at the hundreds of minions and said loudly: "I am Jiuzhen Yang Wanwan. My master is Shisan, Shiwei's disciple. I am here now to restore my ancestors."
Jiye, drive out the Wu thieves, lead everyone to eat meat and drink wine. Okay, no more nonsense, the followers will stay, and those who don’t want to follow will put down their weapons and leave on their own."
"Hero, can you really leave on your own?" one of the minions asked bravely. He saw a martial artist (Huang Xi) beside Ma Su riding his horse after Zhu Ya left. After a moment, he had a look on his face.
He turned back easily, blood dripping from the blade.
This scene made my scalp numb and suffocating.
Yang Wanwan laughed: "Fake!"
As soon as these words came out, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, and Zhang Xiu all raised their swords and glanced at everyone with evil expressions.
More than 300 minions hesitated for a moment, then knelt down and raised their hands, saying, "I'm willing to obey!"
Ma Su stepped forward, looked down at everyone, and laughed loudly: "Okay, very good."
Having said that, he first rode his horse into the small village and ordered Li Sheng to register everyone. He first selected five centurions and fifty captains out of nearly five hundred people through a two-by-two gladiatorial elimination method.
One hundred corps commanders. Then he promoted the Shu army's method of sitting together from top to bottom to prevent them from escaping.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
More than a hundred recruited warriors and more than 300 minions were vigorously trained by the four major generals, and their discipline was greatly improved. They now have some shadow of a regular army, and are no longer the scattered appearance before.
Ma Di made a big flag and hung it on a tall mast, with eight characters written on it:
[Return my ancestral property and expel the Wu thieves]
Originally, Ma Su planned to write the four words "Practice for Heaven" on the flag. After thinking about it, he felt that the slogan was too empty. It would be better to "return my ancestral heritage and expel the Wu thieves" to make it more upright and down-to-earth, so I left it at that.
idea.
Afterwards, Ma Su left Huang Xi and a hundred people to look after the house. With a wave of his hand, he led four hundred people to kill Guishui in a mighty manner.
The next battle went very smoothly. As soon as Li Sheng, Zhang Xiu, and Yang Wanwan led the "bandit soldiers" with high morale into the bandits' den, they chopped the unprepared Dan'er into two pieces and killed him.
After dropping a few thorns, the village was quickly conquered.
Immediately afterwards, the five hundred newly recruited people received the devilish training of the four major generals.
Finally, seven days after arriving in Yulin County, Ma Di successfully obtained his first "army", and his basic plan gradually took shape.
Current generals: 5 (4 men and 1 woman).
Current number of soldiers: 1,000 (amateur soldiers).
Current food: 1000 stones (can be eaten for one month).
Current soldier equipment: 0.5 pieces of swords and weapons per capita.
Current money: one thousand Daquan five thousand (approximately equivalent to five million Wei five baht coins, with purchasing power equivalent to two thousand stone grain).
Current territory: two hills (about four square kilometers).
Current enemy: one thousand regular Wu troops.
Next, it's time to attack the local tyrants and divide their property...oh no, it's time to completely wipe out Wu's military forces stationed in Yulin.
In the stronghold, Ma Su looked at the brand new army in front of him with high spirits, and instantly came up with more than a hundred clever ways to deal with the Wu army.
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The county seat of Yulin County is Guiping City, the prefect's mansion.
Lu Yin, the governor of Yulin, was holding a bamboo silk in his hand and studying the Spring and Autumn Period.
While he was reading intently, a soldier and the chubby tycoon Li Tong walked in from outside. The tycoon Li Tong raised his hands in a panic and said: "Sir, it's not good, more than a hundred bandits have attacked Dongcheng.
He snatched the concubine that the grassroots married today and also kidnapped more than fifty of my servants."
"Oh?" Lu Yin put down the bamboo cloth, calmly raised his eyes and glanced at the plump Li Tong, and asked: "Do you know where the gangster ran?"
"North of the city, direction of Yushan."
"North of the city...could he be from the gangster Zhu Ya?" Lu Yin tapped his fingers on the desk with a solemn look on his face.
Li Tong, who looked like he was ten months pregnant, said anxiously: "The common people ask you to send troops to suppress the bandits and rescue my concubine. I am willing to pay one hundred thousand yuan."
"One hundred thousand dollars? Zhu Ya has more than 300 people, and his strength should not be underestimated... We need to pay more!"
Li Tong gritted his teeth and said: "Two hundred thousand! Your Majesty, hurry up and send troops. If it's too late, my concubine will... That Zhu Ya is so lustful!"
Lu Yin laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "Master Li, don't panic. Give me my order, and I will immediately mobilize five hundred soldiers and horses to follow the prefect to suppress the bandits!"
Inside and outside the prefect's mansion quickly became busy.
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At the foot of Yushan Mountain, Ma Su stood on the top of a side slope of a terrain with two mountains and a ditch. He looked at Wu Jun hurriedly running from a distance, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
This time the attack was extremely swift.
It only took half a day to check the location, select the actors, and take action, and the entire kidnapping process was completed at lightning speed.
On the premise of only sending a hundred men, he succeeded in making Yulin Governor Lu Yin misjudge his true strength, and successfully attracted the former and his 500 troops to the Pi Valley area below Yushan Mountain.
The remaining more than 800 people under Ma Su were ambushing on both sides of the valley entrance and had prepared a large amount of combustibles, waiting quietly for Lu Yin's army to fall into his trap.
This battle kicked off the Shu Han's "conquest of Jiaozhou".