The rise of the prince

Chapter 409

At first, the imperial court had no way to deal with them. In the past, the merchants were miserable and repeatedly reported to the officials.Until later, the emperor appointed General Zhong Daoyu as the transfer envoy to Guanbei, and personally led the two armies of Zhending Mansion and Ningjiang Mansion to suppress bandits.

At that time, General Zhong was still young, and he was only the commander of the Zhending Mansion Xiangjun before, but he had made great achievements in fighting the Liao people, and he was a local, so the emperor decided to give it a try.

As soon as he arrived in the north of Jiangzhou, he gave up the squatting tactics used by the local Xiang army before, but attracted some thieves, surrounded them without killing them, and then attacked those black mountain thieves who came to save people."

He Zhao also seemed to have lingering fears when he said this, and drank a sip of tea: "The method was vicious, and it was indeed criticized by many people at the time. Those black mountain thieves valued friendship. Once someone was besieged, they would desperately come to the rescue. In the end, they were all killed. Daoyu killed everything, and it was extremely tragic.

Heishan bandits are not like thieves in other places. Heishan bandits have a family. They used to be ordinary people. They lived in the west of Taihang Mountain. They were forced to rob for a living after they practiced officialdom. So every family, man, woman, and child are bandits. Zhong Daoyu also knows This point, so no matter men, women, old or young are killed! "

"You must know that according to King Jing's law, even if it is a serious crime of copying and beheading, female family members under the age of 12 and males under the age of eight are exempted from death as official slaves, but Zhong Daoyu is still breastfeeding, let alone eight years old." Even my children will not be spared!"

He Qian was startled and trembled, and gasped.

"However, although his methods are vicious, they are also very effective. After two years of suppressing the bandits, the Black Mountain bandits hardly dared to harass the merchants in the east of the Taihang Mountains. It's just that a large number of people starved to death." He Zhao said with emotion: "It was decades. What happened in the past, now that Zhong Daoyu is old, the Black Mountain bandits are likely to make a comeback.

A few months ago, there was a small county in Jiangzhou that was completely slaughtered by the Black Mountain bandits. Hundreds of people, men, women, and children were not spared. Everyone said that the Black Mountain bandits were vicious and inhuman, but the old man guessed that there was probably revenge for what Zhong Daoyu had done back then. What do you mean?"

He Zhao took another sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said, "This old man can only tell you so much about the Black Mountain Bandit. This time you go north, you will inevitably have to deal with the Black Mountain Bandit. The chaos in Jiangzhou must have something to do with the Black Mountain Bandit." .”

Speaking of this, He Zhao said solemnly: "However, as someone who has experienced it, I still have some advice for you, that is, don't be soft-hearted!
When the old man was young, he also wrote a letter denouncing Zhong Daoyu for being inhumane and inhumane, but after experiencing many things, he gradually realized that there was no other way than that.
The people are right and wrong, but things have become like this, it has reached the point where either you die or I die, there is too much blood in the middle, and the conflict and hatred have reached the point where it cannot be resolved. "

Li Xingzhou nodded and took a sip of tea: "Thank you, Mr. He, for your enlightenment."

"Hmph, teach me, I don't dare to teach you, how can I afford to teach you with your title now." He Zhao snorted.

"Master He is angry with me." Li Xingzhou smiled: "Why does this king make Master He so angry?"

"Don't dare." He Zhao arched his hands, then frowned and thought, yes, where was he angry with himself, I can't remember the specifics, but it was just anger.

"In short, this time going north, we should not take it lightly. The Black Mountain thieves are desperadoes who have been thieves for generations, and ordinary people cannot deal with them."

Li Xingzhou nodded, thinking that he was asking the right person this time to ask He Zhao.

From the last generation of emperors to the present, it has been at least three to forty years, and it has been five or six generations. As He Zhao said, too much blood has been shed in it, and it has almost become an endless grievance.

After visiting He's residence that night, Li Xingzhou gave him a great gift, and he and He Zhao talked about the evening, and He Zhao knew everything.

In the end, He Qian sent him out of the palace. Although He Zhao had an ugly face, he didn't make a sound to stop him. The little girl hardly wore women's clothes, and every time she saw her, she was fully armed.

"When do you want to leave?" He Qian asked.

Li Xingzhou answered her while walking: "The morning after tomorrow."

"Oh." He Qian nodded, and said, "I want to go too!"

"Um, do you think I'm going to play?" Li Xingzhou shook his head amusedly.

"Of course not to play, but I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and I can protect myself, so you don't have to worry about me at all." He Qian said confidently, and waved her never-leaving sword in front of her body.

"Hahahaha, the last time the assassins came in the city, which one was scared to cry?" Li Xingzhou asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

"Then it was an accident. I was unprepared for a moment, that's why there was an accident. If they didn't come sneakily, I could hit ten of them!" The little girl quickly quibbled.

Li Xingzhou laughed even harder, and directly bent over: "Hahahaha."

He Qian pinched him angrily, "I don't care, I'm going anyway!"

"It hurts"

On the early morning of August [-]th, before the morning fog cleared, at Wangfu Ferry, the Dingnan-class ship Dijian had already docked on the river bank. The Dijian had not been there since it unloaded many cargoes from the south a few days ago. It left with the other three ships, but was overhauled at the ferry, and then two guns were installed on the left and right, and some shooting holes were added to prepare for the north.

These tasks took many days, and now they have been completed. The Pingnan Wanglong Banner, the New Army Commander's Flag, the Jingbei Transit Envoy's Flag, and the New Army's Army Flag are hung on the mast together. Two hundred elite musketeers and two soldiers selected from the New Army The three artillery squads also lined up neatly in new uniforms and stood by the river bank.

Everyone in the palace came to see him off at the case, Gillian, Shiyu, Qiu'er, Yan Chu, Yan Kun, Qifang, Yue'er, Gu Feng, Ji Chunsheng, Di Zhi, Yan Shen and others were all present, and the riverside was crowded with people. people.

Everyone bid farewell one by one, Gillian put on the black cloak that she and Yue'er sewed by herself, and said tearfully, "My lord, please take care of yourself, remember to come back early."

Li Xingzhou nodded, then rubbed the little girl's head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. I will definitely be back a year ago, and Jiangzhou is not far away."

Shiyu looked away, pouted and just looked at him, everything was silent.He gave her his wealth and life to her, so there is no need to say much about this kind of trust.

Yue'er stuffed in his arms the things she had prepared for many days, including snacks and homemade socks.With her pursed lips and tears streaming down her cheeks, she felt that if she touched her, she might burst into water. Li Xingzhou pinched her lovely face: "I'll be back in two days."

"Well, my lord is lying."

"will not."

"that is."

"."

Qiu'er hugged him tightly, without saying a word.

"Don't care about other people's gossip. If there is something to do, just ask someone to send me a message." Li Xingzhou instructed.

Qiu'er nodded, wiped away her tears, and said: "The terrain to the west of Taihang Mountain is high, sometimes the musket and flint may fail to ignite, the prince should be careful."

Li Xingzhou nodded and rubbed her little head.

Yan Shen originally wanted to argue, but he left, and no one trained the artillerymen of the new army, so he was left behind.Di Zhi assured him that the new army training would never be missed.

When she arrived at Qifang, she just smiled: "I wish you all the best."

"It's rare for you to say something nice."

"Seeing this scene, do you dare not say nice things, little girl?" She raised her chin and looked at Qiu'er, Yue'er, Shiyu, Gillian and others with tears in their eyes.

"Hahaha, I am very popular, but not like you."

"Hehe, making a woman cry is called popularity, okay? It seems that the north and the south are really different. In the south, we are all called scum."

"." Li Xingzhou was speechless, why did she feel like she was right?
The parting was short, and the morning mist had not yet cleared, and the first order was given. Two hundred musketeers and two artillery squads stepped on the big ship "Tianjian" in neat steps. Li Xingzhou was also armed in gray and gray, wearing a Gillian and Yue'er's cloak, boarded the boat in the mist.

Amidst the chant, the big boat sailed slowly out of the ferry, and the figures beside the case became smaller and smaller. Li Xingzhou vaguely saw Yue'er finally couldn't help but threw herself into Gillian's arms. She must have cried very sadly. Going away, the figure is getting smaller and smaller.

Li Xingzhou stood at the bow of the boat, and his clothes were covered with fine droplets in the mist.

Going north today, the future is really uncertain
The chaos in Jiangzhou, the black mountain bandits, generations of blood feuds... all the information poured into his head at once, making him feel dizzy.

(End of this chapter)