Han ride

Chapter 175 Jiangnan Shakes
"That's right, open a granary to release grain." Li Xin showed a mysterious smile on his face, and said, "Jiangnan is a rich land of the court, and there are many gentry here, but what follows is that the annexation of land is becoming more and more serious, and the risk of losing land There are countless people. The poor people are like carp crossing the river. It is hard to count. In times of disaster, there are also people who sell their sons and daughters, but these gentry don’t know how much food they have in their homes. We can’t take all these grains away, so let’s distribute these grains to the people. Let these people remember us.”

"But if this happens, the general's reputation among scholars will be ruined." Xiao Yu said nervously.

"That's why I want you, Mrs. Xiao, to provide me with some heinous gentry. The so-called people are divided into groups, and those who are with these gentry are not good things. If you kill such people, you will kill them and remove some moths for the world. Really. How could the people of insight care about these things, and even applaud them, I, Li Xin, want such people of insight, as for other people, no matter how many there are, how can they shake my foundation." The corner of Li Xin's mouth Showing a hint of disdain, the so-called killing also has a way to kill, and there is also a bottom line. It is impossible for Li Xin to fight against the entire Jiangnan gentry, but he still doesn't care if some of the heinous people among them are eliminated, just as he said , A truly insightful person will only applaud, and will not trouble him.

"Since the general has made a decision, I just have to obey." Seeing that Li Xin had made up his mind, Xiao Yu naturally would not stop him, so he immediately passed down the order without mentioning it.

There is a town more than a hundred miles away from Li Xin, called Yujia Village. In Yujia Village, there is a manor named Liu Mai, a gentry. The entire Yujia Village is almost all his tenants. He is domineering in Yujia Village. There are two hundred thugs, each of whom is powerful.On this day, he summoned his men and said: "Recently, I received an official document from the county magistrate that a group of horse bandits was about to pass through my Yujia village. I will definitely be rewarded."

"My lord, how many are these bandits?" These so-called guards below are basically vicious and vicious, and some of them have some lives in their hands.As soon as they heard that there were horse bandits coming, and they would be rewarded for killing them, they immediately became noisy, but although these people thought about gold and silver treasures, they also knew the importance of life.

"It's only a few dozen people, probably not more than 50 people." Liu Mai said disdainfully: "Even if fifty people are habitual bandits, they probably won't be much better. Everyone, if you kill these 50 people, you will not only get a lot The gold and silver treasures, and even rewards from the court, at that time, it will not be difficult to get a half-job. At that time, there will be silver, and some women. How about it? Dare to do this vote."

"Okay, it's done." After a moment of silence, the thugs' eyes were bloodshot, and they waved the long knives in their hands and shouted loudly in an instant.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" At this moment, a shrill voice came. Liu Mai looked around, but saw a servant in Tsing Yi running in the distance, and he recognized that this person was his right-hand man.But at this time, it was too late for him to care about it, because there was a burst of smoke and dust in the distance, and a group of cavalry came to kill them.

"The horse bandits are here, pick up your weapons, and it's time to make contributions." Not only did Liu Mai not have any fear on his face, but there were bursts of enthusiasm.

"Ah!" At this time, a sharp arrow flew from a distance, and a nurse fell down with his hands on his throat, and a gust of blood gushed out from between his fingers.

"Piercing Yang with a hundred steps!" Liu Mai saw it clearly, and couldn't help but turn pale with fright.I didn't expect the opponent to have such a powerful shooter.But something that frightened him even more happened. Dozens of sharp arrows flew from a distance, and his side screamed again. In an instant, dozens of people fell down, and some people had three or four sharp arrows stuck in their bodies. Those who shoot are like hedgehogs, those who are already dead cannot die anymore.

"How to fight this battle?" Liu Mai was shocked. He didn't expect that the two sides hadn't fought each other yet, and the other side's bow and arrow would kill dozens of people.

"Close the door quickly." After a moment of stupefaction, another dozen people were shot to death by the opponent, and the blood finally awakened Liu Mai, who couldn't help but shouted in horror.It is good to get promoted and get rich, but it is also necessary to have life to enjoy.So Liu Mai ordered his men to close the door without hesitation.

It's a pity that it was too late for him to give the order. The 50 people who followed Li Xin to the south were all elites in the army. , and Li Xin's army was only a few dozen steps away from the manor. At this time, these nurses had long been frightened by Li Xin's strength, and those who dared to resist fled one after another, even Liu Mai was no exception.

"Zhang Wu, split up your men and hunt them down. It's not a pity for these people to die." Li Xin took out a letter from his arms, which recorded all the crimes committed by Liu Mai, such as seizing women, selling women, etc. They even buy murderers to kill people, and they even raise a group of unforgivable people. They don’t know how many crimes they have committed. It’s a big joke that such a person can still be called a gentry. Even if such a person is not prepared Come to kill yourself, and you have to take advantage of the trend to get rid of yourself.

After a while, the whole manor was caught in a massacre, and Li Xin asked Xiao's people to distribute the grain in the manor to the neighbors, and wrote Liu Mai's crimes on the hall of Liu's family. He was busy for an hour, It was not until two hours later that the county magistrate came in a hurry with his troops. Unfortunately, the food had already been distributed, and Liu Mai's head was hung on the manor. As for Liu Mai's The crime was also spread through the mouths of those yamen servants in an instant.

Of course, the most important thing is Li Xin's whereabouts, which finally appeared in the south of the Yangtze River. The entire Nanzhili area became more tense because of Li Xin's whereabouts. All the troops were ready to go, waiting for information about Li Xin at any time .

It's a pity that Li Xin at this moment is wandering around. One day he broke through Li Yuanwai's manor, and the next day he broke through Zhang Yuanwai's manor, killing countless people, and Jiangnan was shocked.

"It's really a disaster." In Taicang City, although it was still a little distance from Nanzhili, the story of Li Xin killing the gentry along the way spread quickly.For a time, there were those who cursed, those who were afraid, and those who were afraid, and of course some clapped their hands and applauded.

"Brother Tianru, the entire south of the Yangtze River is boiling now. Some gentry have already hid in the county town in order to escape their lives. There will be no more gentry in the countryside." Gu Menglin in the city had a hint of anger on his face. Looking at Zhang Pu in front of him, he said: "The whole Li Xin is really audacious, to actually wreak havoc in the village and kill the gentry, he is defying the displeasure of the world!"

"It's not an exaggeration!" Zhang Pu shook his head and said, "I think Li Xin is very kind. The gentry in Nanjing are ordered to kill and intercept Li Xin at will. Why, you are only allowed to kill him, but you are not allowed to kill him." He is here to kill you! Zhongqing, don’t you think so?” He looked at an extremely young scholar beside him.

"Students think that Tianru's brother's words are very reasonable." The scholar named Zhongqing cupped his hands and said, "Students have carefully looked at the people killed by General Li Xin. Whether they were gentry or landlords, they all had to die. If there are other people who have a good reputation in the countryside and do little evil, General Li will repel them and distribute their food to the surrounding people. It can be seen that General Li is not a vicious person."

"Gu Jiang, you've only been studying for a few years, don't talk nonsense." Gu Menglin frowned and couldn't help scolding.Gu Jiang and Gu Zhongqing said that no one knew about Gu Jiang, but he must know his other name, that is Gu Yanwu. He never thought that Gu Yanwu, who would be famous in the future, would actually speak well of Li Xin.

"Brother, did I say something wrong?" Gu Yanwu shook his head and said, he is Gu Menglin's cousin, so it is natural for a cousin to say a cousin.But Gu Yanwu still followed his own point of view.

"This is a major military matter. Although you have read a lot of books, what do you know? If these words are heard by other people, you will accept some of them." Gu Menglin couldn't help but said angrily.

"Okay, brother, don't be like this. Most of us are friends, and Zhongqing didn't say anything else, so don't worry." Zhang Pu waved his hand and glanced around, only to see that Wu Weiye, Chen Zilong, etc. were all his. Best friends.Naturally, Gu Yanwu would not be reported on.

"Li Xin's army has come and gone without a trace, and his men are full of cavalry. Although there are many water networks in the south of the Yangtze River, he is only a few people. It is not easy to find him!" Wu Weiye shook his head and said: "Nanjing mobilized the gentry to look for it. Method."

"Hmph! The imperial court wants to use Li Xin to gain the military power of a [-]-strong army outside the customs. Using this method, hey!" Chen Zilong shook his head, with a hint of disdain in his tone.

"As a subject, Li Xin holds a heavy army and doesn't respect the imperial court. Why should the imperial court be sympathetic to this man. There is no way for Mr. Shoufu to do this. As long as he controls Li Xin, it will be better than Li Xin becoming a slave!" Wu Weiye obviously He also supported Zhou Yanru.

"I don't know how many of you know. Recently, there was a news from Nanjing that Li Xin's unmarried wife is no longer in Suzhou." Zhang Pu said softly suddenly.

"What?" Everyone's complexion changed, and they all looked at Zhang Pu with surprised eyes, but they didn't doubt what Zhang Pu said at all.Although Zhang Pu was dismissed and returned home, his reputation was very high. Many people in the south of the Yangtze River were his friends, such as Donglin Party, Jishe, etc., and many gentry admired Zhang Pu very much.It is normal to hear such news.

(End of this chapter)