At noon, gongs and drums were beating loudly in Zhide City, and the officers and soldiers opened the warehouse to release grain, which aroused the enthusiasm of the people and mobilized their enthusiasm. They took the initiative to help open the warehouse in the Wang family compound.
Chang Yu liked to see this kind of scene where soldiers and civilians were having fun together, and he was busy sweating profusely while participating in it. It wasn't until Kuang Ren came over and told him that Chen Ruxin and the prisoners had left the city, that he went back to the Yamen to wash up and then went to bed.
City head.
The sky was overcast and cloudy. Although there was no scorching sun, it was windless and muggy. Chang Yu went up to the east city wall and held up a telescope to watch. To the east of the city was a large valley running east-west. The valley was filled with farmland and some villages. The trees in the valley were lush and vague.
It can be seen that a group of people have entered the woods, needless to say, they are Chen Ruxin's group.
"That's Tiger Point." The Sky Monkey pointed to a peak in the northeast next to Chang Yu and said in a low voice: "Don't look at the top of the mountain, which is not very high but very dangerous. There is only one way up the mountain that is blocked by our village gate.
, it can be said that one man can block everything but ten thousand men cannot open it..."
"You know it's easy to get slapped in the face when you say this?" Chang Yu rolled his eyes, but the Sky Monkey said seriously: "What the official said is true. The reason why Yu Datou did not buy Jiang Yitao's account is because of this.
Although our Laohujian is not a big village in the surrounding area, it has a great reputation, all because of the dangerous terrain, otherwise it would have been swallowed up by others."
"There are only twenty or thirty people in such a good terrain, so Yu Datou is also a waste." Kuang Ren looked disdainful at the side, and the Sky Monkey chuckled: "When Yu Datou first opened the mountain and established the stronghold, there were only four people, but within two years, there were only four people.
There were hundreds of people... Later, when there were too many people to support many brothers, they left... Ahem, cough, cough."
"Otherwise, we can say that he is a waste." Kuang Ren rolled his eyes and sighed: "It's not that easy to be a thief these days."
"Is your Yu Datou village master good at kung fu?" Chang Yu asked suddenly. The Sky Monkey was startled and then laughed: "They are all poor people and have never practiced martial arts. How can they know any kung fu? But Yu Datou is very strong and ordinary people
Even two or three people can't defeat him." Chang Yu exclaimed: "Then how resourceful is he? Is he just a bright brain?"
"Well... he's quite smart, on par with me." The Sky Monkey thought about it seriously before replying. Chang Yu and Kuang Ren looked at each other, and they both said, "Don't worry then."
As his name suggests, Yu Datou has a big head, and people say that people with big heads are smart. This is a matter of opinion, but there is no scientific basis for it. Anyway, after Yu Datou heard the good news brought by the flying rat early in the morning, he was so excited that he couldn't sit still.
"My subordinates found out that dozens of officers and soldiers entered the city yesterday to fight with Jiang Yitao's people. The officers and soldiers were all wiped out, but most of Jiang Yitao was also killed and injured. Now there are only a dozen people who can move. It can be said that Zhide County is very empty now.
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"Are you sure they are officers and soldiers?" Yu Datou's interest was immediately piqued. Feitianshu shook his head: "Not sure, but the villagers outside the city said so, but I think it is unlikely that they are officers and soldiers. How could there be officers and soldiers here?
Well, it must have been impersonated by someone else. The most likely reason was that they were fighting among themselves and pretending to be officers and soldiers to cover up the scandal. However, the specific subordinates could not find out who they were, because they were all killed by Jiang Yitao."
"Have you seen those corpses?"
The Flying Squirrel nodded vigorously: "I saw it. Last night, I and the Flying Sky Monkey entered the city and saw it at the south gate. There were nearly a hundred corpses piled up... Jiang Yitao's men only had three or four on duty inside the west gate, and the rest
They are all in the county government office. You can hear the wailing from far away. Anyway, there are only about ten people who can move now..."
"Let's do it, boss. Jiang Yitao always wants to kill us. Now he is sick and wants to kill him. It will be great for us to capture Zhicheng and become the county master." More than a dozen of his subordinates shouted. Yu Datou was moved but a little worried.
, Jiang Yitao is a regular bandit, well organized and backed. Anyone who seizes his territory and kills him will be retaliated against. When his accomplices come to attack the city, he will never be able to stop them.
"Boss, if they come, we will just run away. They will plunder everything in the city. There is no place to hide in this vast mountain. If they don't come, we will be the county magistrate in the city. If they come, we will run away... We won't kill them now."
He, when he calms down, he will kill us all." After your subordinates said something to each other, Yu Datou made up his mind to go down the mountain and raid to De County.
There were a total of twenty-six people at the top of the mountain, leaving three to guard the mountain gate. The rest, led by Yu Datou himself, went down the mountain and lurked in the woods outside the city until it got dark, allowing the Flying Rat and the Sky Monkey to open the door from the inside and seize the city together.
In the afternoon, without any accidents, Datou Yu waited for his men to lurk outside the city, but they were directly surrounded by the prisoners who had already been ambushing them. They started fighting after a disagreement.
However, Yu Datou's men were obviously far inferior to Jiang Yitao's men in terms of experience in robbing houses and fighting, not to mention the number of people was nearly three times smaller. They were beaten down without any surprise, six of them were hacked to death on the spot, and the rest were all taken prisoner.
To the city.
Almost back and forth, Chen Suole also came back with the three prisoners. Yes, he led his team to lurk in the forest at Laohujian early in the morning. After seeing Yu Datou leave, he went straight to his lair. There were only
The three people took it down with almost no effort, but...
They were so damn poor that they only found more than a hundred taels of silver and very little food. However, they raised a lot of cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and other livestock in the village, and they all confiscated them.
"Why do you, a dignified copycat, have so little wealth?" Chang Yu looked at Yu Datou with a look of disdain on his face. This guy was not afraid of the stage: "Whoever has money will become a bandit."
There is nothing wrong with this. Chang Yu nodded: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who are bandits should be killed. You have been on the top of the mountain for several years and have done a lot of robbing and plundering of homes. Isn't it unfair to kill you?"
"Since I have fallen into your hands, I will not survive, but don't talk about the Ming Dynasty law. If you want to kill me, it will be decided by the government. Who are you to try to pull the Ming Dynasty law for me?" Yu Datou shouted with disdain.
, Chang Yu turned to Kuang Ren in astonishment and said, "This guy doesn't seem very smart."
Chen Ruxin went up and kicked Yu Da's head to the ground: "How dare you, do you know who is in the hall?"
"Who could he be? He's pretending to be an elephant with onions stuck in his nose, and he's pretending to be an official?" Datou Yu pouted with a fierce look on his face, and the flying rat next to him hurriedly whispered: "Boss, they are really officers and soldiers."
"Let go of you, why did the officers and soldiers come here... You are so fucking stupid that you betrayed me..." Yu Datou cursed Chang Yu and shook his head: "This guy is so stupid and cute, I can't bear to kill him, but I can't bear to kill him."
It's also a source of trouble, come on, give him a good time."
"Where are his subordinates?" Kuang Ren asked.
"Dispose according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty." Chang Yu said calmly. The meaning was very clear. He was going to kill him. However, he frightened the flying rat and flying monkey next to him so much that his legs softened and he knelt down directly: "Master, we...
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"I think you have meritorious service, and I will spare you once, and work hard in the future to atone for your sins." According to Chang Yu's temperament, if he wants to kill people, he should treat them equally. The reason why he didn't kill them was because they were interested in their ability to climb high and low.
, this kind of person is very useful to keep!
In just two days, he captured the city in one fell swoop and managed to eliminate the banditry outside the city and also seize a lot of supplies. More importantly, what he did in these two days rebuilt the reputation of the officers and soldiers. This is what makes Chang Yu most satisfied.
Yu Datou and a group of mountain bandits were shown their heads to the public, and the people cheered. Chang Yu also rewarded his soldiers with more than fifty taels of silver each. Even the enemy and the salt dealer who led the way were given five taels of silver. In addition,
In addition to slaughtering pigs and sheep and feasting on them, don't ask where these pigs and sheep came from, just the bulk of them.
As night fell, the people who had distributed the food went home happily, and the squire who had recovered some of their plundered property was also very happy. The soldiers who had received silver rewards were eating meat, drinking and gambling in the yamen, and the whole city was full of joy.
Until there was a knock on the door outside the west city gate.
The one who came was one of our own, sent by Li Muxian.
A shocking news was sent: Liu Zeqing died in the battle of Anqing Xiancheng!
Uh... After hearing the news, the soldiers who were enjoying themselves were suddenly at a loss and looked at Chang Yu.
Chang Yu's expression was solemn. He didn't like wine, so he poured a glass himself, walked to the entrance of the lobby, saluted in the direction of Anqing City, and then raised his head and drank the drink.
"Brothers, give General Liu a good drink!" Chang Yu roared, and dozens of his guards raised their glasses and drank.
Kuang Ren frowned, feeling a little weird, whether it was to commemorate or celebrate, he felt a little stupid and couldn't tell.