The wheels were turning, and the carriages were slowly driving towards Shouchun. The carriages were lined up in a long, winding queue, especially because the carriages were very heavy and the horses pulling them looked very tired.
This scene was arranged by Shi Huan himself according to Yu Jin's plan.
Shi Huan was riding on the horse, his eyes constantly moving, looking at the surrounding situation. The grain sent to Shouchun twice before was robbed by bandits here. This time Shi Huan escorted the grain and grass past with great fanfare.
In order to attract bandits, Shi Huan felt a little excited at the thought of capturing all the bandits.
Han Hao followed Li Tong on the expedition. He seemed panicked in Shouchun, and there were bandits looking for fun to pass the time.
"General, will the bandits not come?"
A primary school principal followed Shi A, turning his eyes left and right, taking a look twice, and saw that the roads on both sides were empty, with no one around, and asked in a low voice.
"Crow's Mouth!"
Shi Huan snorted and said confidently: "The bandits are short of food. If a large amount of food passes by, they will definitely come. Although they know there is danger, the bandits are living on the edge of the knife. If they don't rob, there will be no food."
We wait slowly, waiting for the bandits to rob the food, and then capture them all, so that we can achieve great success."
The principal smiled flatteringly: "The general is wise!"
Shi Huan shook his head and paid attention to the surrounding situation.
He now has nothing to do in Shouchun. If he had known that he would be so free, he should have taken the initiative to volunteer and follow Li Tong to Xuzhou to fight against the Shu army. It would be refreshing to fight on the battlefield.
Shi Huan's ears moved and he heard the sound of rapid footsteps.
coming!
Shi Huan's heart moved, and he ordered to the small school beside him: "The bandits are here, brothers, cheer up."
After hearing this, the primary school hurriedly passed on the order.
The seven hundred soldiers who were on their way got the news, but they still pretended not to know and continued on their way.
Not long after, a group of bandits in shabby clothes appeared on the hillside on the right side of the road. One of them was riding a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, showing his black teeth, and shouted: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers are sending food again.
.Let’s go and rob him. With this batch of food, we don’t have to go hungry. In order not to go hungry, I’ll kill you.”
The bandits listened to the leader's encouraging words and shouted at the top of their lungs.
A messy roar sounded, without any momentum.
The position where the bandits came out was in the center of the convoy, where they could disrupt the formation of the officers and soldiers as quickly as possible.
Shi Huan heard the words of the bandit leader and knew that the bandits in front of him were a mob. The bandits rushed down, and the officers and soldiers in the center of the convoy quickly backed away as before, not to fight with the bandits. Shi Huan sneered in his heart, the officers and soldiers did disperse.
However, it gradually formed a circle to surround the bandits, preventing them from escaping.
"No, the box contains stones. It's a trap."
"My mother, they are all stones. You have been tricked. Run away. Run away quickly."
Urgent and panicked roars sounded one after another, and the bandits immediately became confused. These bandits lacked training, and when encountering emergencies, they immediately withered away and no longer had the arrogance they had before.
Shi Huan galloped forward and shouted: "You are surrounded, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
The number of bandits was only about 200, but Shi Ah had 700 soldiers, as well as soldiers who were guarding grain. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and the bandits were far from the match of Shi Huan's 700 soldiers.
If you choose to resist, you will definitely be seeking death.
"Master Jun, I surrender, I surrender!"
When the bandit leader heard Shi Huan's words, his eyes rolled, and he glanced at the bright swords of the officers and soldiers. He stopped resisting, simply and neatly threw away the weapons in his hands, and knelt on the ground to surrender.
Seeing this, the other bandits knelt down and surrendered.
Shi Huan had a look of disdain in his eyes and sneered: "Those who bully the weak are afraid of the strong. However, the officers and soldiers escorting food in various counties are also cowards. When encountering such bandits, they all robbed the food. They are a bunch of idiots."
The colonel followed Shi Huan and whispered: "General, the bandits are of no use, so kill them all."
Shi Huan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Although I led the troops to fight against the thieves, I have no right to kill these people. I will wait until I lead the troops back to Shouchun and report to General Yu."
The junior commander added: "The junior general is not thoughtful, but the general is wise."
Shi Huan rode up to the bandit leader and asked, "I would like to ask you, where is the food that was robbed in the previous two times?"
The bandit burst into tears and said with a sob: "Reporting to the military master, the food stolen in the first two times has been distributed to the people. Military master, we are all the common people around us, not the real bandits. Because we can't open the pot at home,
Then they quietly gathered together and pretended to be bandits to rob food. Military Lord, please spare us, we will definitely not do it again."
Shi Huan snorted and shouted: "Want to leave? How can it be so easy? Come, arrest them and take them back to Shouchun."
After hearing this, the bandit leader had a smile on his face.
Next, Shi Huan ordered the soldiers to push all the boxes containing stones off the carriage and take the empty carriage back to the city. Shi Huan looked at the group of bandits who were walking forward with their heads lowered, and a feeling of joy suddenly arose in his heart. Such bandits
You can come a few more times, come in a group, he will catch a group, and there will be nothing to do anyway.
Shi Huan led his army back to the city and imprisoned the bandits in the county jail.
Next, he went to the Governor's Mansion to see Yu Jin.
Shi Huan told the story about the bandits, and Leng Cheng said: "General, a total of two hundred bandits were captured this time, and they were all brought back and imprisoned in the county prison. Although the bandits were pretended to be ordinary people,
However, this list cannot be opened and must be severely punished in order to serve as a warning to the monkeys. The general suggested that all the bandits be beheaded to warn the people."
After hearing this, Yu Jin shook his head slightly.
Shi Huan asked: "General, why not?"
Yu Jin said in a deep voice: "The situation in Shouchun is unstable and cannot cause panic. Besides, we don't have many troops. The two hundred bandits can be trained and used to defend the city. Or, these two hundred bandits can be used as cover.
Logistics soldiers. In this way, we give them a way to survive, and these bandits will be grateful."
"General, they are bandits." Shi Huan looked serious and said loudly: "As the saying goes, thieves are hard to change, even if these bandits are recruited, it will not be useful. Once the news of the bandits being recruited comes out, it will definitely cause more trouble.
The bad influence may be that countless people will rob food, hoping that you will be merciful and include them in the army."
Yu Jin thought for a while and said, "In that case, use them as slaves to build city walls and carry food."
Shi Huan then said: "The general is wise."
The two discussed it carefully, and Shi Huan turned around and left the study to carry out the order and use the two hundred captured bandits as slaves to carry food, build city walls, etc.
Time passes and the night gets darker.
Since the bandits were imprisoned in the county jail, each bandit did not wear shackles, etc., and could move freely in the prison. Once there was a problem with the bandits, there were soldiers on night watch in the prison, so Shi Huan was not worried about the bandits.
The thief had a problem. Under the dim light, the bandit leader sat up and whistled.
When the bandits around heard this, they all woke up.
"General, it's almost time, get ready for action." The person close to the bandit leader whispered.
The bandit leader is not a bandit, but a Shu army general.
This person was none other than the surrendered general Zhu Huan. He took two hundred soldiers and pretended to be bandits, stole the food, and then waited for the Wei army to encircle and suppress them. Then he took the opportunity to surrender and sneaked into Shouchun City.
