Daqin: In the beginning of the rebellion, Zulong eavesdropped on his heart

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and suddenly someone came to report.

"Report..."

"My lord, I found a large group of bandits deserting outside the village. Do you want to send troops to exterminate them?"

As soon as Tan Ma made a sound, the room suddenly turned from noisy to quiet.

After all, we all know that it's normal to play and play, but no one dares to joke when it comes to business.

Li Si raised his sword eyebrows when he heard the words, instead of being surprised, he was delighted: "The main force of the bandit army has long since collapsed. If you dare to come to the door now, it is likely that a group of rebels lost their way while fleeing for their lives. They gathered their troops and captured the gang of bandits. , this is a credit from heaven!"

After all, he put on his armor and went out of the house, ready to mount his horse to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, before he got on the horse, another visit came.

This time, the scout's face was full of doubts: "My lord... the deserter of the bandit army sent news that they came...to surrender!"

surrender?

Li Si was taken aback for a moment. He thought that the bandit army had mistakenly escaped in the wrong direction and came here by mistake. They came here after cooperating with the other party?
"If that's the case, let the bandits drop their weapons and send someone who can talk!"

Not long after, there was a sound of tinkling outside the village, and the collection of weapons went smoothly. All the bandits obediently threw their weapons on the ground.

Following the three visits to report, there were two middle-aged men dressed as old farmers standing behind him.

One of these two people called himself Li Dayu, and the other called himself Lu Zhongyi, both were the leaders of this bandit army.

Seeing Li Si, Li Dayu quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I beg the general to spare all the sons and daughters. They didn't mean to rebel, but they couldn't survive. The rebellion was just to eat their food first. I, Li Dayu, are willing to bear all the crimes. "

Li Si looked at Li Dayu thoughtfully, thought for a moment, and smiled instead of anger.

"Who said I'm going to kill you?" Li Silang laughed: "Get up, go into the room and say, let's have a bite of food first, don't you all say that the rebellion is just for a bite of food?"

Lu Zhongyi didn't see anyone outside, and walked in with his head held high.

And because Li Dayu was worried about Lu Zhongyi, he could only keep up, thinking that even if he really wanted to be punished, the two of them would have to die together, so they had a companion!
After entering the dilapidated house in the village.

Li Si sat firmly in the main seat and said loudly: "From the left hand, Xiao Guizi, Ma Xiaozhi, Huang Zhen, Nie Zheng, and Wei Laosan, these are all brothers who have passed my fate. They have official positions in marching and fighting, but they are more casual in private. Take your seat." Come on, let's eat and talk."

Lu Zhongyi and Li Dayu looked at each other and took their seats.

"Brother Lu, how many troops are there in your bandit army?" Xiao Guizi, who was the chief steward, was the first to ask.

Lu Zhongyi replied truthfully: "There are about 4000 troops, and most of them are wounded."

"What's the background of the soldiers?" Ma Xiaozhi followed up and asked.

"They are all farmers' children, and they are just for a bowl of rice. They have come to this point, and they are also for survival." Li Dayu dutifully pulled back.

After repeated questions, Nie Zheng became a little unhappy.

"It's dinner, what are you asking!" Nie Zheng interrupted unwillingly.

Sure enough, after saying this, the two laughed and stopped talking, and gave Lu Zhongyi and Li Dayu an apologetic look.

Lu Zhongyi cast an unexpected look at Nie Zheng, and was shocked in his heart. He dared to come forward to reprimand even if the coach didn't speak.

What kind of identity background is this?
Now it's time to eat, but this meal is not good for Li Dayu and Lu Zhongyi, both of them thought this was the last meal.

After a while, the two had enough to eat and drink.

"You're full!" Li Si said with a smile all over his face, "I have no other reason to invite the two of you over this time. Since you have become deserters, the bandit army regards you as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, and they must get rid of them. You are short of soldiers and food, and you have no city defenses, so you are definitely not the opponent of the bandit army, so I thought, it would be a good choice to join the imperial court!"

"Take refuge in the imperial court?"

"No, Mr. Li, you are wrong. You are relying on the court, you are relying on us."

Ma Xiaozhi added sharply: "Both of you have been thieves, and rebellion is no small matter. It is a dead end to seek refuge in the court, but it is different to seek refuge with us. We are directly behind the king, so the two of you..."

In the second half of the sentence, Ma Xiaozhi deliberately reserved it for Li Si to say, so as to win people's hearts.

"It won't work just for a bite of food. A man's ambition is everywhere. It's ridiculous to sacrifice his life for a bite of food."

"I have all the food and salary. It depends on whether you have the ability to get it. In the future, Nanyang County will obey my orders, and you will become my pro-army, the pro-army who only obeys my military orders."

"I don't dare to talk about prosperity and wealth, but life must be better than what you are living now."

Both Lu Zhongyi and Li Dayu were stunned. Instead of killing their heads, they returned them to officials. This is simply a great thing. The most important thing is that they are not subject to the imperial court.

"Lu Zhongyi is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse."

"So is Li Dayu."

Li Si hurriedly supported his two "love generals": "I left you to let you be the overlord of one party, and you have to be a little arrogant yourself. It's not okay to kneel down every now and then. I, Li Si, don't like spineless people." People, and we will not allow such people to exist in our army."

The two looked at Li Si with tears of gratitude, and were speechless in a moment of excitement.

Since they chose to come to see Li Si, of course they had the intention of seeking refuge, but because of the rebellion, they were always afraid of Li Si's rejection.

And once they refuse, what awaits them will be death by a thousand swords!

So don't say that Li Si gave generous conditions, even if Li Si didn't give them a dime, as long as they didn't kill their heads, they would agree in a hurry.

It's just that they might have some gratitude in their hearts at that time, anyway, they definitely won't take Li Si's order as their bounden duty like now!
Why did Li Si treat the two of them so favorably?This is the art of imperial power!
"Don't be dazed, let me show you around and introduce some soldiers to you. We will be a family in the future."

Ma Xiaozhi stood up, let out a sigh of relief, and walked out: "The bedding is also arranged for you. As of today, you can receive food and wages every month, but you have to ask Xiao Guizi for the exact amount. He is our family purse."

"Let me go, Xiaozhi, you are unwell." Huang Zhen stopped him.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid to walk a few steps!"

"Then I'll go too." Xiao Guizi followed suit.

Wei Laosan looked around and felt that he was a bit out of the group: "Then I will go too, familiarity is a good thing!"

With that said, the crowd dispersed, leaving only Nie Zheng and Li Si in the barracks.

"It's a good move to attract people's hearts!" Nie Zheng hugged his shoulders and sighed: "It's just a pity that there are not many soldiers left in the bandit army!"

"It's not that there's not much left, I'm still worried!" Li Si replied lightly.