novelonline Chapter 138 Colluding with bandits and intending to seek rebellion
Chapter 138 Colluding with bandits and intending to seek rebellion
Chapter 138 Colluding with bandits and intending to seek rebellion
At the time of Xu, Zhao Yi and Hu Ji from a hundred households went to lay traps to ambush the enemy.
Jia Heng was in the Juyi Hall, looking through the account books and letters, while talking with Fan Yi who had gone to the rope under Jia Heng's order. The more he talked with this person, the more he felt that this person Insightful.
"Sir, did you want to win the county seat before? At that time, the officers and soldiers were hunting everywhere. With the fighting power of the bandits under Zhang Wu's command, how could it be possible?" Jia Heng asked.
He felt that the Juren named Fan Yi in front of him was really full of hatred for Chen Han's court.
Fan Yi said: "Lord Jia, do you know how many bandits are there in the three sub-districts of the capital? This is still Chang'an County, such as Weinan, Huayin, and Wugong Counties. There are bandits and bandits in chaos. Once Chang'an County is broken, they can bring refugees to attack Shenjing City. , At that time, the world shook..."
Jia Heng's eyes were deep, and he asked: "Although Mr.'s strategy is brilliant, it's a pity that it is nothing more than making wedding dresses for others. You don't think Mr. Zhang Wu and his bandits can make things happen, do you?"
Because the screen retreats to the left and right, there are fewer taboos between words.
Fan Yi said: "Dragon snakes are reckless, and they are not exposed to wind and rain. How can they be so good at transforming dragons, but even if they are kings, so what? At that time, those who have their own virtue will hang people and punish crimes, and clarify the world. In my opinion, this big man is full of vitality. It's all over!"
Jia Heng's complexion changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Today's son is diligent in government and loves the people, has the ambition to organize the army, master the military, and rejuvenate the great man. How can you harbor resentment and disturb the world because of your obedient life when you are alone?"
"It's not because the students hate the imperial court, but because today's big man, the people's livelihood is in decline, and the people are in poverty. Even if there is no Fan Mou, within ten years, the world will be in chaos. Instead of this, it is better to have chaos sooner, and wait for the real dragon to be born. , or it may be able to relieve the people's hangings one day sooner."
Jia Heng said: "Then you know that the eastern barbarians are raging in the northern border, and the slaves have been established in Shengjing to change the Yuan Dynasty. Once the bandits disturb the world, the Han Dynasty loses control, and the state of China is in turmoil, it is impossible to say that the clothes of China will sink under the iron hooves of foreign races." Next! At that time, the land of China was full of mutton, even if you died in Huangquan, how could you have the face to meet your ancestors of the Fan family?"
After you sing, I will appear on the stage indiscriminately, but in the end I am just making wedding clothes for others.
When Fan Yi heard this, her face turned pale, and she felt cold sweat oozing from her back.
Because, before, he was only filled with resentment and resentment blinded his eyes, but he forgot that there were still Donglu in the north, and he was already in dire straits, like the Liao and Jin in the former Song Dynasty, who had the possibility of conquering the Central Plains.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Fan Yi, your misfortune is all caused by the rampant lawlessness of the soldiers and horses in the five cities. I am the emperor's brocade clothes, and I will never stand still."
He is a guest of the emperor, and he will not ignore this matter.
Moreover, Qiu Liang, the commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division, did not intend to mess with his cousin Dong Qian, but just used this as an excuse.
Discounting a person's leg is simply a slap in the face of the civil servants group. It's fine if no one pays attention at the beginning. Fan Yi has nowhere to report, that's why.
But with his current reputation, it is just right to make a big fuss about this matter, preferably with the emperor and the cabinet, so that the whole world will know about it, and the public opinion of scholars will be in an uproar!
Many things are just like this, if you don’t put them on the scale, once you put them on the scale, you can’t hold a thousand catties!
Fan Yi smiled wryly, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia, but the students know that they are traitors, and death is inevitable, so it's not appropriate to engage in that righteous struggle."
"Who said it was a battle of righteousness?" Jia Heng said in a deep voice, as if he was "filled with righteous indignation", and said: "Let these young people run rampant in the military and horse divisions, colluding with green-skinned rascals, beating and maiming candidates for examinations. My son, this move is truly outraged by both men and gods, even if it is the same generation, it is still difficult to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"
Beating and mutilating exam candidates is a blatant provocation to the system and trampling on the state apparatus, which no dynasty or generation will tolerate.
Seeing the stern look on the young dignitary's face, Fan Yi was both moved and surprised.
Jia Heng said: "I'm not going to hide it from you. I regard Kejia's background as a bright and righteous one. This generation dares to murder even a son, and everyone will be punished if they get it."
Fan Yi's nose was sour, her face was solemn, she gave a deep salute, she cupped her hands and said, "Lord Jia is very righteous, even if Fan dies, he will never forget your kindness."
Originally, he had long been disheartened by the imperial court who protected each other from officials, but unexpectedly, there were still such young dignitaries who were willing to come forward to seek justice for him.
Jia Heng said: "Fan Juren, there is no need to be like this. One thing is one thing. Although you are a thief and a traitor, your actions are sympathetic and your feelings are forgivable. There may not be a chance of survival."
Fan Yi sighed, and said: "The matter has come to this, Fan has nothing to say."
Jia Heng didn't try to persuade him any more, he shouldn't promise rashly before the result comes out, thinking like this, he heard hurried footsteps from outside, then Zhao Yi entered the hall and said in a low voice: "My lord, come back gone."
Jia Heng was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Go and see."
Then he looked at Fan Yi at the side, and said, "Mr. Fan is waiting here first, and he will come whenever he goes."
Even if we had a happy conversation with Fan Yi, there was no reason to trust him at first sight.
Fan Yi cupped her hands and said, "Students are waiting for you."
After all, she spent a lot of time in the cottage, so Fan Yi couldn't say anything else.
Jia Heng nodded, "protecting" Fan Yi outside, and then followed Zhao Yi towards the wall of the cottage.
At this moment, the original Beijing camp troops had already changed into the turbans worn by the Cuihua bandits, so it was difficult to distinguish them clearly in the night.
Zhang Wu led more than 200 people out of a mountain road. The people behind him were tired and hungry, and all of them were wounded.
Luo Xiong on the side had a gloomy face. He had just joined the Cuihua Mountain. He went down the mountain for the first time to fight for food. More than 30 brothers died. He didn't eat the meat. , who can stand it?
Looking at Zhang Wu who was walking in front of him, his eyes became a bit unkind.
He still has a hundred people under his command, and Zhang Wu only has more than 200 people under him. Someone must be responsible for such a big mistake this time, and the original gold and silver distribution ratio needs to be rediscussed.
Zhang Wu didn't know that the second boss behind him had already had other thoughts. He looked at the brightly lit stockade in front of him with annoyed expression. Without doubting him, he whispered to a young man beside him, "Xiao Wu, call the door."
The young man named Xiao Wu stepped forward and shouted: "The master is back, open the gate of the village quickly."
"Jia Heng was in the corner of the wall at the moment, waving his hand, only heard a "squeak", and more than 200 thieves and bandits, all wounded, gathered in.
After entering, Zhang Wu said to Luo Xiong who was on the side: "Go to the Juyi Hall and discuss with Mr. Fan."
Luo Xiong said firmly: "It is necessary to discuss and negotiate."
Hearing the difference in Luo Xiong's tone, Zhang Wu thought it was a bad battle and resentful for losing his brother, but he didn't think much about it.
However, at this moment, the gate of the village behind him was suddenly closed, which was particularly ear-piercing in the dark night.
It's so quiet, it's a bit... eerie.
Zhang Wu faintly felt that something was wrong there, and asked, "Where is the fourth master, why don't you see the fourth master?"
"The master is looking for this person again?" Suddenly at this moment, accompanied by a cold voice, an object was thrown on the wall of the village built of earth and stone with a "bang", landed on the ground, and rolled a few times on the ground, It happened to land at the feet of Zhang Wu and Luo Xiong.
Everyone took a closer look at the light of the lantern hanging on the gate of the village, and it was clearly a head with hideous facial features!
"Not good! It's the official army!" Zhang Wu roared, resounding through the village.
Before the Cuihua bandits drew their swords to guard, on the wall of the village, torches were raised high and the lights were brightly lit. With the sound of the crossbow being pulled, the arrows shot towards the two hundred bandits like locusts.
"Whizzing!!!"
"what……"
"Humph,"
"Pfft..."
It was originally a place where hedgehogs gathered, but this time, they shot from the wall of the village that was more than one person high, and brought the power of the bow and crossbow to the extreme.
A complete massacre!
A round of arrows was shot, there were originally more than 60 thieves, but there were less than [-] people, and they retreated into the lanes on both sides under the cover of their accomplices' bodies.
Zhang Wu's shoulder, ribs, and thigh were each shot with an arrow, blood gurgling.
And the second leader, Luo Xiong, was even worse. He was shot into a hedgehog by the rain of arrows just now, and died on the dirt road, his eyes wide open, and he could not rest in peace.
"Big boss, we've been tricked, let's kill it." A bearded bandit said sharply, clutching his belly that had been hit by an arrow, with a pained face.
"It's over!" Seeing this tragic scene, Zhang Wu's eyes were bloodshot, and he said angrily, "Guanjun!"
However, at this moment, there was a sound of shouting and killing from the direction of the Juyi Hall, and three hundred soldiers led by several hundred households under Cai Quan rushed towards the entrance of the alley with swords, shields and guns in their hands.
The sound of shouting and killing shook the forest for a while.
Zhang Wu raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, kill, kill a bloody road!"
Three hundred soldiers came to besiege, clanging.
The fifty or sixty thieves left by Zhang Wu were all thugs among the thugs, but because they were all wounded, and they were exhausted after walking for a long time on the mountain road, they fell into a disadvantage not long after.
Jia Heng looked at this scene coldly, and said to Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, take a team down and see if you can catch Zhang Wu alive!"
If the leader of the bandit can be captured alive, sent to Shenjing on the threshold, and punished by the official punishment, then this... the platoon will be big.
The Cuihua bandits have been raging for a year or two, and the merchants carrying goods to Beijing are in great trouble, and the Beijing camp is repeatedly suppressed.
Zhao Yi looked into the boy's gaze, and became more and more awed. As a bystander who witnessed the boy's plan and surprise attack from beginning to end, this shocking feeling was even stronger.
With a promise, he went down first, and the soldiers rushed out like a tide.
Jia Heng looked down, under the siege of the government army, the number of people was getting smaller and smaller.
Zhang Wu and the two thieves were also surrounded. Because of injuries to their legs, they half-knelt on the ground with a knife.
"Catch the living!" Under Zhao Yi's instruction, the surrounding soldiers shouted, some took long bamboo poles to poke them, and some prepared sand to distract them.
Jia Heng was on the wall of the village, watching this scene quietly, his face darkened.
Zhang Wu's face was ashen, and the two thieves, back to back, brandished knives and roared at the officers and soldiers.
But because they were seriously injured, the two thieves were knocked out of their weapons by the officer's bamboo poles and sand in a short while.
Then Zhao Yi raised his saber and jumped up a few times, flying Zhang Wu's saber across his neck. Four or five soldiers rushed forward and pressed Zhang Wu hard.
Jia Heng looked at this scene with a calm expression, pressed the Yanling knife on his waist, and walked down from the wall of the village.
"My lord, they are all captured alive." Zhao Yi said with an excited expression, cupping his hands.
It wasn't just Zhao Yi who looked excited, but all the hundreds of households in the Beijing camp and the general banner also looked excited and their hearts were hot.
Obviously everyone knows the significance of this battle.
"Tie it up, shut your mouth, don't let you bite your tongue and kill yourself." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.
Although we know that the so-called tongue-biting self-mutilation is just nonsense, but we must also prevent self-mutilation by biting the tongue, and shock due to excessive blood loss.
"Dog officer! Uh..." Zhang Wu stared at Jia Heng with wide eyes angrily, and before he could curse, his mouth was gagged.
The two thieves on the side also cursed together.
Then I heard someone from the side shouting heavily: "Slap your mouth!"
"Clap clap..."
After a while, both Zhang Wu and the bandits were beaten with black noses and swollen faces.
Jia Heng looked cold, waved his hands, and said: "Put them up, work three shifts at night, and keep your eyes wide open. Don't let anyone die or run away!"
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers escorted Zhang Wu and the two thieves away.
Jia Heng breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the Juyi Hall in front of him, and thought: "Tomorrow will be a tough battle to fight!"
"Zhao Baihu, if I am in command of the fourth rank of Jinyiwei and win Yunguang tomorrow, will there be any hindrance?" Jia Heng asked Zhao Yi, who was half a step behind, as he walked towards the Juyi hall.
After all, it is too slow to ask for an order, and it is very easy to get out of the wind. Chang'an County is only a hundred miles away from Shenjing, and it can be reached by a fast horse.
Therefore, there is a great risk that Yunguang will know that the Cuihua bandits have been completely surrounded and suppressed by the delay.
Most of them will take risks.
Zhao Yi thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty's oral order is for the adults to supervise and suppress the bandits. If there is a case of treason, the emperor's own army has the right to stop it on the fly."
On the same day, Dai Quan delivered an oral order, which actually only said to suppress bandits, but the specific content of this oral order was rather vague...
Jia Heng pondered for a while, and said: "Then use the name of "colluding with thieves and intending to seek rebellion" to take down this Yunguang for the time being. The evidence is these letters. The heart of Shenjing's city defense has repeatedly dispatched troops to the Beijing camp to attack, just to find out the strength of the Beijing camp! Zhao Baihu, what do you think?"
As he said that, he turned his attention to Zhao Yi for advice.
Zhao Yi: "..."
You have two official characters, you are an adult, so you can do whatever you want.
It's just that I didn't see it before, that Mr. Jia's ability to fabricate charges is no less than that of Zhen Fusi's punishment of thousands of households.
(End of this chapter)