Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 553 Solving the Bandits 6
Luo Rucai, Yuan Zongdi, He Yilong and others are all senior rebels, and they have been recruited several times, and they have extremely rich experience in recruiting.From Li Yan's kind act of bringing food to satisfy their hunger, they were sensitive to the possibility that the Heluo New Army was planning to appease them, and they were fed up with being trapped in the mountains catching mice and digging grass roots, and they were willing Accept the solicitation, just wait for the sky-high asking price, and pay back the money when it lands.But they never expected that Yang Menglong would ask them to surrender unconditionally after tossing for so long!

what is this?They hang their heads on their waists to rebel, isn't it just a picture of wealth?If they surrender unconditionally, they will only be a farmer who can humiliate even a village chief at will for the rest of their lives. What's the taste?After tasting the joy of having the power of life and death, and thousands of people obeying their orders, how can they be willing to be ordinary people without any power!Luo Rucai was the first to yell: "This is the condition for the warlord's conquest!?"

He Yilong said: "It's too arrogant! Even the old emperor would not dare to speak to us in such a tone! I didn't know that the imperial envoy tried to appease us with the rich salary of the same official, but he was lucky enough to ask us to surrender unconditionally! It's disgusting!"

Yuan Zongdi stared straight into Li Yan's eyes and asked, "Young Master Li, are you joking?"

Li Yan shook his head: "It's definitely not a joke. Champion Marquis asked you to get out of the mountains and surrender unconditionally. He promised not to kill any of you, and let your children have books to read and food to eat. Work and support your family.”

Such conditions are indeed very attractive to rogues. The problem is that these few have tasted the sweetness of power. After realizing that they have the ability to compete with this rusty machine, and even have the strength to defeat it, they Their ambitions have also swelled to the point where they cannot be increased. How can it be possible to ask them to surrender unconditionally and accept the resettlement of the Heluo New Army!Luo Rucai snorted, and said, "I thought Champion Hou was a great hero, but he turned out to be such a naive idiot! Did he think he could bribe us with a meal and make us surrender obediently? Dreaming!" He pointed to the outside of the tent and said sharply, "Our rebel soldiers are strong enough to have 10,000+ people. They cross the northwest and rarely encounter enemies. Does he think he can swallow us with just a few troops! ? Surrender unconditionally? Surrender to his grandma!"

Li Yan's voice raised slightly: "Champion Hou is an upright person. He doesn't bother to make a bunch of false promises to lure opponents into surrender, and then carry out secret plots! He really has nothing to use the generals. With his strength, he wants to annihilate the opponent. It is very easy for your troops, but you don't want to see so many women and children being affected by the flames of war, and the bones fill up the valleys. Generals, believe me in the next sentence, fight him, you have no chance of winning!" He looked Dignified, dipped his fingers in some water, and made a simple map on the desktop, "You started in the Northwest, wandered around, and wherever you went, the provinces of Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Shanxi were all corrupted, that's because The imperial court is busy dealing with Liaoxi Jiannu, and has no time to deal with you. But now Liaoxi Jiannu has been defeated by our army, losing more than [-] troops. It can be said that their vitality has been severely damaged. They will be unable to launch an offensive against Ming Dynasty in a few years. Now Ming has the ability to concentrate elites to deal with you... In front of you, the Heluo New Army blocked the passage from Shaanxi to the Heluo area, and the Tianxiong Army blocked the Taihang Eight Xings, and all the ways you entered the Central Plains were blocked It's blocked! Even if you can find a loophole to escape into the Central Plains, so what? The Tianxiong Army and the Heluo Xin Army both have [-] to [-] horses. On the Great Plains, can you outrun our cavalry?"

Liu Xiyao said: "We can return to Shaanxi or Shanxi!"

Li Yan smiled: "Of course you can go back to Shaanxi or Shanxi. The problem is, you need the consent of Governor Hong and General Cao Wenzhao!"

As soon as these two names were mentioned, everyone present couldn't help but shiver.Hong Chengchou, a pervert, is obviously a civil servant, but he is even better at fighting than generals. He led a group of servants and handymen to start a business, and defeated the gangsters who were several times or even ten times more than him time and time again. Will not work.Of course, compared to his ability to fight, what Hong Chengchou fears more from the rogues is his bad habit of killing and surrendering. Whether the leaders of the rogues were captured or surrendered voluntarily, they would be dead if they fell into his hands. The theory is that if they are all killed, there will be no rebellion!And Cao Wenzhao is even more perverted. He led a mere thousand Guanning iron cavalry to smash tens of thousands or even 10,000+ rogues time and time again. It is thanks to Cao Wenzhao to catch mice and gnaw grass roots in the Heluo Valley—to this day, Cao Bianjiao, General Cao’s treasured son, is still holding their waists like a dagger, making them want to You can't get in, you can't get out!Let’s not talk about how many people can walk out of the mountains alive and go back to the northwest, even if it’s cold and freezing, and they have no food or clothing. Even if they go back to the northwest, what awaits them is the butcher’s knives of these two great kings of Hades. They won’t be as polite as Yang Menglong, Provide them with fields and work, and let their children have books to read, and if they fall into their hands, they will die!
Liu Xiyao muttered: "I admit that our current situation is very bad, but it is too much to ask us to surrender unconditionally. At least give us a part-time job? Even casual jobs are fine!"

Yuan Zongdi cupped his hands to Li Yan and said, "Mr. Li, go back and tell Champion Hou that we believe in his ability to arrange our 10,000+ brothers well, and also believe that he will not kill us, but we cannot surrender unconditionally." Accept! We have been against the imperial court for many years, and the government hates us to the core. If we have no power after surrender, what is the difference with the fish on the chopping board?" He emphasized his tone: "Although there are many talents in the tent of the champion, but We have experienced hundreds of battles, so he might have a place for us!"

Li Yan tapped the table with his fingertips, and asked ponderingly, "Do you all mean this?"

Luo Rucai and others nodded one after another, saying that it was unacceptable for them to be ordinary people again. They had to become officials, no matter how big or small, not only for the sake of glory and wealth, but also to save their lives.

Li Yan said: "I can't be the master of this, I have to ask the champion for instructions."

Yuan Zongdi said: "Then I have to thank Mr. Li!"

All the generals stood up one after another to see Li Yan off.

Although Li Yan and his party kept a low profile, their arrival still caused huge waves in the rogue camp. The news spread quickly, and the hungry rogues were all talking about the possibility of being recruited.Liu Xiyao found that the atmosphere soon became a little strange. Everyone looked at him in the wrong way, even Lao Ying did the same, and he couldn't tell what was wrong.How did he know that he had already been fooled by Li Yan.For today's rogues, food is the most precious thing. Li Yan walked all the way with such steaming good wine and food. He saw eight hundred people, if not one thousand. Everyone was so hungry that their stomachs were on their backs. These few people ate their mouths full of fat in the big tent, how can this be unbearable!Even Li Yan didn't need to do anything, the news spread quickly, everyone knew that the people from the government treated their leaders to a big meal, and they didn't get any scum!The rogues rely on sharing weal and woe to maintain unity. In normal times, it’s not a big deal for the leaders to eat good food and get more gold, silver and beautiful women. But now everyone is starving to death, leaders. This selfish move undoubtedly aroused the anger of everyone.The rumors became more and more fierce, and many people in the old camp said angrily: "We follow them through life and death, but they are lucky. They eat everything by themselves, and they don't want us to share a little bit! If the Heluo new army really comes, I swear not Resist, let these well-fed uncles fight!"

Yuan Zongdi was the first to realize that something was wrong, but he didn't know how to explain it. They had a big meal, and it was true that they didn't share any of it with everyone.He could only smile wryly, because just using a simple meal to mess up their army's morale, Yang Menglong can be considered a talent!Just having a headache about how to suppress this trend, a sudden report came from the front: "Yuan Ye, it's not good, officers and soldiers are coming!"

Yuan Zongdi was taken aback, and asked, "Where did it go?"

"It's only a few miles away from our old camp!"

Yuan Zongdi was annoyed: "How is that possible! From the defense line of the officers and soldiers to here, there are dozens of miles. Are all the surrounding villages along the way fake? How could they attack the old camp all at once!"

The reporter said with a mournful face: "The Weizi village along the way did not resist at all. The officers and soldiers surrendered as soon as they arrived, and let the officers and soldiers pass through their defense line swaggeringly!"

Not only did he not resist, he even took the initiative to lead the way!No, when Yuan Zongdi and others walked out of the old camp, the first thing they saw was a large number of hungry soldiers holding two meatloaf, stuffing them into their mouths while leading the way, and behind them was black helmets and black armor, like a piece of ink. The cloud-like Heluo new army.When confronted with resistance, the Heluo New Army didn’t bother to fight. They just carried two buckets of pancakes or steamed buns and put them on the ground. After a while, the bandits rushed out with green eyes and threw down their weapons. Fight without shyness.After grabbing it, if you still want to eat, you can only follow their predecessors honestly and lead the way, otherwise, just continue to be hungry.

This kind of scene also happened in the mountainous area of ​​Beiman Mountain. Xue Siming commanded the army to open the way with food.The fierce light cavalry, one man and two horses, carried food for several days, and galloped between the narrow roads in the Heluo Valley with muskets on their backs. Dao, if the Weihan channel is blocked, these 10,000+ bandits will be unable to fly.This is called a red heart, two preparations, if the enemy cannot be defeated by food, the Heluo new army will take a strong attack.Yang Menglong is not that idiot like Yang He, he has to decide whether to appease and what conditions to offer, he has the final say, the rogues don't have the capital to bargain with him!

(End of this chapter)