Country color

Chapter 147 Thieves
Even without listening to Gao Chu's words, Li Chongjiu knew that the morale of the enemy troops in the city had already dropped by seven or eight.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "Send someone to speak to the bandits, saying that the court thinks about you, the incident is a last resort, and I can't bear to do more killings. Let the bandits go to the city to take care of the wounded and spare their lives."

"Lord Hou, this is letting the tiger go back to the mountain. If the bandits recover from their injuries and have the strength to fight again, and then come to attack the city, the more important thing is to let the bandits survive. In the future, they will be lucky, and they will not be afraid to make trouble. Lord Hou , you must not have the kindness of a woman!" Gao Chu said hastily.

Hearing this, Li Chongjiu glanced at Gao Chu.

Gao Chu's face turned pale, and then he knelt down with a plop, and said: "Master Hou, if you make a slip of the tongue next time, please punish Master Hou."
Li Chongjiu helped Gao Chu up.

It's no wonder that most of the measures taken by the imperial court to exterminate the rogues are strict in order to achieve the effect of killing one and others.

For example, not long ago, Fan Zigai, in order to quell the bandits in Jingpantuo and Chai Baochang in Jiangjun County, killed all the bandits he encountered, burned down the villages, and even those who surrendered, regardless of age, were killed together. Tens of thousands of people were killed within half a month, but it is a pity that Hedong still could not be pacified.

As for another one who gained fame two years ago because of his counter-insurgency, the great general Wang Shichong of the Sui Dynasty led the Huainan Army to suppress Liu Yuanjin and others.

In order to avoid future troubles, Wang Shichong falsely allowed the enemy to surrender, and then perfidiously killed more than [-] surrendered people. Therefore, Wang Shichong was promoted to Jiangdu Tongshou.

Although the thieves were forced to revolt, which is understandable, the damage to the counties and counties is unimaginable, and it is ten times more oppressive than the imperial court.

When the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed the thieves, they never showed mercy, and even the captives were killed together. It was not cruel, and there was really no surplus food supply.

The price of rice in Guanzhong is hard to find, the bandits in the east of Shanxi are still in chaos, and the fields are not harvested.

Deal with these thieves, lock them up, the court has no food left to feed them, and put them back. These people have been hungry for a few days, forced by life, and have to become thieves again, so they simply have to kill them, so as not to become enemies next time.

As a modern person, Li Chongjiu has lived in China for 3000 years, and the world will be divided for a long time, and the world will be divided for a long time.Several uprisings in which the lower classes overthrew the upper classes caused unprecedented social damage.

The Yellow Turban of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Nest of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Zicheng of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the 36 anti-king rebellion knocked down the population of the prosperous Sui Dynasty from the peak to the bottom. Even the later Zhenguan prosperity did not complete the restoration to the most prosperous era.

Li Chongjiu smiled at Gao Chu, and said: "It's not that I want to be a saint. Gao Lu's rate shows that it takes two or three people to take care of a wounded person. If these people go back, it will show the court's tolerance." , Second, it is also exhausting the enemy's strength."

After hearing this, Gao Chu suddenly realized, and looked at Li Chongjiu again, but felt that this Marquis is not very kind and likes to play tricks.

At the moment, Li Chongjiu sent people on the top of the city shouting to allow the rogues to heal the wounded in the city, and he would never stop him. The rogues in the city couldn't help but be skeptical after hearing this.
Not long after, a team of ten bandits tentatively came to the city to treat the wounded.During the treatment, the officers and soldiers really did not commit any crimes and allowed them to carry the wounded away.

In this way, the thieves were relieved, and more thieves came to the city to carry the wounded, and lifted more than a hundred people back in one breath.

After more than a hundred wounded were taken back to the army, a general in iron armor, a member of the former Liu Zei army, galloped out, clasped his fists to the top of the wall and said, "Champion Hou Gaoyi, Zhao is here to thank you for the brothers. .”

Li Chongjiu stood on the top of the wall, and replied: "You are all forced to do nothing, and this is why you follow the thief. As a parent and official, I can't bear to see this. You should settle down early and fight again tomorrow."

The general in iron armor on the other side said with emotion: "If the court is full of Lord Hou, such a good official, why worry about the rebellion of the people everywhere."

At that moment, the general clasped his fists on the horse, said and rode away.

The sun was already in the west, and the thieves began to call for money to withdraw their troops and retreat in an all-round way.

The general in iron armor returned under the Yan character flag, dismounted and said, "The last general, Zhao Gan, see King Wei!"

A thirty-something man wearing a dragon robe said coldly, "Zhao Gan, are you guilty?"

After Zhao Gan heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "King Wei, the last general is stupid."
A man who looked like a counselor stood up and said: "General Zhao, you went out and failed to save the ballista. This is your crime."

"However, when our army is newly defeated and morale is depressed, you should not praise the enemy's defender Gao Yi in front of the two armies. Where will this cause the king of Wei?"
Zhao Gan was sweating, his body was trembling and he said: "The last general made a slip of the tongue for a while, I implore King Wei to forgive me."

Wei Wang Wang Xuba said: "The lonely king was going to be beheaded, but because of the kindness of you and me in the past, I will temporarily record [-] sticks this time. If I commit a crime next time, I will behead you."

"Thank you King Wei for not killing me." Zhao Gan kowtowed heavily before stepping back.

Immediately two soldiers stepped forward, pulled off Zhao Gan's armor and trousers, and beat them with sticks in front of the generals.
Zhao Gan was on the verge of death after being punished with a stick, he was immediately dragged down to the camp to rest.

Wang Xuba squeezed his beard and said: "I thought that this ballista could break through this bird city, but I didn't expect to meet such a strong general."

"It's better to be famous than to see it. I heard that the champion Hou dared to assassinate Shibi Khan in front of 20 Turkic wolves. When I saw him today, he was really brave. With such a fierce general stationed in Feihu, don't think about it alone." Stepping into Taiyuan."
The counselor at the side said: "King Wei, our army has just been defeated. I don't think it will be possible to advance in Taiyuan for a while. Why don't you go south to join forces with Yashuai and eat in Boling County, so you can survive the winter!"

Wang Xuba was pleased, and said with a smile: "The military advisor is right, although Boling County is a big county, but there is nothing to be afraid of when Yashuai is here, let's go, let's meet up, take the road to Boling, eat and drink well. "

You must know that Shandong and Shanxi are suffering from famine right now.

If Mantian Wang Xuba gathered 10,000+ people together, the food and grass would be exhausted in a few days.Therefore, Wang Xuba divided his army into three, and he led one army. The commander-in-chief Li Shan flew to Wei Daoer, and the general Zhen Zhaier each led an army to attack the counties.

Therefore, the bandit battle has always been to divert the various counties to flee, firstly, it is convenient to get food, and secondly, it is convenient to respond to each other.

For example, Boling County is a large county with a population of hundreds of thousands. If it is to be conquered, the bandits must gather together.

Wang Xuba said with a smile: "At present, the imperial army is fighting fiercely with Dong Haigong and Dou Jiande's gang in Hejian. I will certainly not touch the bad luck of the imperial army. I will let them fight the imperial court instead."

"Our brothers went south to Boling County with great fanfare, set up a feast, and went to drink and eat meat."

After saying that, Wang Xuba laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)