Water Margin people

Chapter 1696 Falling out
"Governor, we have already found out the location of the alien tribes in the mountains. There are more than ten tribes, large and small. The largest has a population of over ten thousand, and the smallest has three thousand!"

A scout appeared in front of Lin Chong and reported.

"it is good!"

Lin Chong smiled and said that since this group of merchants had caused trouble, he finally got some help. Those foreign tribes who were hiding were difficult to find.

"Call all the generals to discuss the matter!"

Lin Chong immediately gave the order.

Soon the generals gathered in the center of the army.

"Governor, are there any combat missions?"

All the generals were looking at Lin Chong. The retirement system had made them uneasy for several days. The thought of leaving the army made them feel upset, as if the sky was falling.

Now that Lin Chong has summoned all the generals, it must be due to some important military affairs, and the most important military affairs is war.

"Yes, the scouts followed the alien caravan and found the hiding tribe. Now it's your turn!"

Lin Chong looked at the generals and spoke.

"found it!"

The generals were all overjoyed. Although they now controlled the Mesopotamian Valley, they only controlled the river valleys and plains. They had no way to deal with the foreign tribes hiding in the mountains. The mountains were so vast that they had no way of going into the mountains to search with such a small number of people.

"The details are in here, you can sort them out among yourselves."

Lin Chong looked at the generals and said, and the personal soldiers beside him immediately handed over the sorted intelligence.

"Governor, is this what you got by following those foreign caravans?"

Cao Zheng was a little surprised, he had no idea about this situation.

"That's right, the aliens understand the aliens best!"

Lin Chong nodded.

"Governor, if this continues, I'm afraid those foreign merchants will become wary! And they may even rebel!"

Cao Zheng said that he had just established a relationship with the foreign merchants, but they immediately turned against him and took advantage of him. He was afraid that there would be no possibility of cooperation in the future.

"Do you think it's so easy to make money in our Qi country?"

Lin Chong looked at Cao Zheng and said, when our merchants come here, they have to hand over 70% of their profits and also bear the risks themselves, so of course the treatment of the foreigners can only be worse.

Cao Zheng lowered his head. If this was the case for his own merchants, then he would have no psychological burden in dealing with foreigners. He was just worried that future trade would be affected.

"You also said that they are foreign merchants. Since they are foreigners, they must be aware of this!"

Lin Chong continued, emphasizing the word "foreigners". Although these merchants had surrendered on the surface, they still acted the same way in private. Look, they knew where the resistance forces in the mountains were but they just wouldn't tell anyone. Any means would be sufficient to deal with such indecisive guys.

"As for what happens next, if they are willing to cooperate, we can naturally give them some benefits. If they are not willing, then who can we cooperate with? Those Saracens in the desert are begging us to cooperate with them!"

Lin Chong looked at Cao Zhengdao and said, the Saracens are as famous as the Jewish merchants in Venice, cruel, cunning, stupid and profit-driven.

"A Saracen?"

Cao Zheng then remembered the bandits hiding in the desert. The Saracens were originally a nomadic people in this area, but later they found that doing business seemed to be more profitable, so some of them turned into merchants. In their heyday, they controlled most of the trade in the desert and even entered the Mediterranean, defeating the arrogant Venetian merchants.

"Yes, the Saracens have sent people to surrender. They are willing to submit to my Qi State. I thought that since that is the case, why not give them some sweet treats and let them enter the Mediterranean to see what is happening in the west."

Lin Chong smiled and said that due to the obstruction of the Arabs, they could only move in the south and could not enter the Mediterranean. "I see!"

Cao Zheng smiled and clapped his hands, saying that this was indeed a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

The army quickly gathered together. Many people in the city discovered the army's movement. Some people wanted to leave the city, but the city gates had been blocked early.

"Send the Governor's order. Because there are bandits approaching the city, the army will go out of the city to suppress them. The city will be sealed off for five days."

The general defending the city announced to the civilians who were gathered and clamoring to leave the city.

Those people were still unwilling to give in and kept clamoring to leave the city.

"Shameless you! Shoot!"

The general defending the city's face turned cold. It had only been two months since he had been kind to these foreigners, and these guys really regarded Qi as a good country.

From the top of the city wall, a rain of arrows fell, directly knocking down a group of people.

There was wailing in the street at the gate of the city wall. Those who were hit by arrows were either dead or injured.

"If you disobey military orders and attack the city gates, you will be killed according to the law!"

The general on the city wall said coldly that he did not let the army to warn because there was no need to do so. The rules had been established long ago, and since they did not abide by them, they would die sooner.

The soldiers drew their bows and continued to shoot, and the rioters under the city wall were killed or wounded again. The rest dared not shout anymore and ran away.

"You want to gather a crowd to cause trouble and leave the city to report the incident? It's not that easy! I wonder who dares to come!"

The generals didn't even look at the corpses under the city. These people were not innocent. Today's incident was obviously instigated by someone who wanted to use pressure to force the city gates open and inform the police. The rules set here are that those who are coerced or instigated are considered to be committing a crime.

The rioters who had just turned around to run were blocked at the street entrance. A general and his soldiers blocked the road, and the alley next to it had also been closed.

"General, we dare not leave the city, we will go home now!"

Those people immediately gave in and begged.

"Go home? Go home to what? You guys are here to make trouble today, so make trouble happily. When you are done, follow me to the cell and we can chat some more!"

The general looked at those people with a smile. There were big fish among them. He would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go.

After hearing these words, those guys hiding in the crowd could no longer hold back. They were frightened by the decisiveness of the Qi army and wanted to run away. However, the army had already blocked the road, so there was no way they could escape.

All of this quickly spread throughout the city, and the originally bustling city returned to its original deserted state, with no one on the streets.

The interrogation soon produced results, and the army rushed directly to the homes of those behind the scenes and arrested them all.

“That’s all the determination I have!”

Lin Chong looked at the report in his hand and smiled, saying that the city should be peaceful for a while after this.

"Governor, the battle report came from the front. More than half of the enemies in the mountains have been wiped out, but some have fled far to the north! The generals at the front asked whether we should pursue them!"

A lieutenant general came in to report.

"Heading north?"

Lin Chong frowned. If he continued to run north, he would reach the territory of the northern barbarians. At present, there was no real country there. It was just a group of indigenous tribes living there, controlled by loose tribes such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turks, and Khitans.

"Just give them a short chase and destroy their food and supplies, then you don't have to worry about them anymore."

Lin Chong waved his hand and said that it was not safe to continue chasing northward. He was not clear about the terrain and tribal situation over there. Anyway, those foreign tribes had no food, supplies, cattle, sheep, or horses, and they could not survive in the north.