Chapter 18: Stretching the Net to Wait for the Reverse Hu

Two rows of ice walls more than one person high rise on the west bank of the river, and the innermost ice wall is crowded with thousands of men, women, and children. They were not men who were called up to work, but people who watched the execution.

Along the inside of the ice wall, hundreds of men and women in prison uniforms knelt on the cold snow, and the sounds of cursing, crying, and benecturing for mercy came from time to time, but they were soon drowned out by the boiling chatter of the people.

"Look, isn't that Cui Anshi's house slave? On weekdays, he shows off his might, bullying men and women, and he can't imagine that he will end up today, he really deserves it!"

Most of Cui Anshi's house slaves were killed in the accident on the school field, but a very small number of people were temporarily spared because they did not follow him.

Now, Qin Jin decided to sacrifice their dirty blood to the banner to stimulate the will of the soldiers and civilians in the city to resist, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

Under the leadership of Qin Jin, the county court of Xin'an County almost poured out, and Chen Qianli unfolded the scroll and read out the charges of the prisoners to be slaughtered.

“…… Collaborating with the enemy to rebel, punishing the three clans, at this extraordinary time, the heart of heaven is safe, and the public will is obeyed...... Immediate Execution......"

After reading out, Qin Jin nodded at Chen Qianli, and Chen Qianli shouted again with an expressionless face: "Execution!"

**The executioner with the upper body, holding a sharp axe, has long been eager to try, hearing the order of the county magistrate, someone has already stepped forward to press the prisoner's head on the biting ice, and the sharp axe flashes in the dazzling sunlight and swings it fiercely.

Hundreds of bloody heads rolled off on the spot, and the blood in the prisoner's cavity sprayed like arrows on the ice wall a few steps away, and the ice wall was dyed red in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the executioner stepped forward and grabbed the severed head with his own hands in a bun, raised it high, and shouted: "Please check the people, all the collaborators and rebels have been ambushed!"

After a few days, who did not have a good man died in the hands of the rebels, the people naturally hated these scum who collaborated with the enemy, and when they saw these people ambushed, the people's hearts were immediately happy, shouting long live, and the sound of might was endless.

The decapitated corpses were thrown into the water of the river and washed away, and the heads were neatly stacked on the ice wall to deter the ill-intentioned.

The only regret is that the beheaded people did not include Fan Changming's clansmen, when Qi Bihe rushed to Changshi Township with a team of 1,000 people, the Fan clan was led by Fan Changming and fled. Unable to catch the main master, and unable to implicate others, Qi Bihe had no choice but to return to Xin'an in a huff.

In fact, this is also reasonable. With Fan Changming's treacherous and cunning nature, after learning that the rebels of the Fan soldiers were defeated and retreated, how could he still stay in Changshi Township and wait for someone to come to the door to get him?

"I heard that the old man was angry and vomited blood!"

"It's no wonder that no one can stand this kind of blow when they lose their children in old age!"

"Hmph! It's not that old man who has suffered on his own? Now that he has no heirs, he really deserves to provide for his old age!"

Fan Changming's two sons, Fan Bolong and Fan Zhonglong, both died because of Fan Changming's rebellion, which is equivalent to him indirectly killing his two sons.

The officials gathered behind Qin Jin were talking about Fan Changming in a low voice, Chen Qianli turned around and glared at the officials fiercely, they shrunk their necks, and there was no movement in an instant. A bloody torture made everyone fearful, and when they saw Shaofujun's face gloomy like water, they all closed their mouths in amusement.

Among them, Zheng Xianli, who was standing with a cadre from the county court, seemed a little out of place, and he had reservations about Qin Jin's method of killing people to intimidate people's hearts, but in view of the fact that this person had been able to turn danger into victory in the face of the rebel Hu rebels in the past, he also decided that this was not necessarily Qin Jin's act to vent his anger.

In the battle outside the city the day before yesterday, the casualties were not counted, and most of the united soldiers brought out by Qin Jin were lost, and even Ding Zhuang was four out of ten, Qin Jin was indeed angry, and this is why there was a big torture in Jianhe today.

After the torture was over, the people were organized to return to Xin'an City, and the outside of Dongguan City, which was originally full of people, immediately became depressed, and the ice wall was only more than one person high, and the heads lined up were doubly terrifying.

The henchmen followed closely behind Qin Jin, and they had long admired the five-body surrender of this decisive Qin Shaofu, believing that as long as he was there, Xin'an would defend like a golden soup city. However, in the past few days, some people have begun to discuss in private, when will Gao Xianzhi's 200,000 soldiers and horses arrive in Xin'an!

"Let's go, go to the south of the city!"

On this day, Qin Jin's words were surprisingly few, and after getting on the horse, he shook the reins, and the war horse ran towards the soap river valley between Dongguan City and Nanshan. Chen Qianli, Qi Bihe, and Zheng Xianli also patted their horses and followed.

More than a dozen war horses soon entered from the narrow valley between Guancheng and Nanshan, this so-called valley was just formed by the freezing of the soap river, once it was warm and civilized, it was even more difficult to enter. Unlike knee-deep snow outside, the frozen river in the valley is covered with only a thin layer of shells, and the hooves of horses creak and creak when they step on them.

The valley was about six or seven miles long, and after walking for about three or four miles, the river gradually widened. Obviously, the exit is narrow, and the river naturally becomes turbulent and difficult to navigate, thus making the castle dangerous. I just don't know if this was deliberately done by the people who built the castle in the first place, or if the mountains and rivers were originally natural.

But further on, the mountain suddenly became steeper, and even the valley gradually narrowed, and it was no longer possible to move several horses side by side!

The group was confused by Qin Jin, although this soapy valley can be used as a passage to the west of Xin'an City, but it is close to Xin'an South City, and the terrain is extremely dangerous, and it will not pose a threat to the stubborn defense of Xin'an.

But Qin Jin suddenly asked, "General Zheng, did anyone in the city notice you when you passed through this valley that day?"

Zheng Xianli was stunned for a moment, and then after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head.

"That day, it was difficult to see a few steps away under the heavy snow, and I ordered my subordinates to wrap the horse's hooves in linen, and walked quietly in the valley, people's minds were in danger of Dongguan City, and it was understandable that they didn't notice!"

But Qin Jin's face suddenly changed, and his voice became a little cold.

"If there is another snowy night like this, will this happen again in Dongguan City?"

Qi He suddenly came to his senses, and said in a lost voice: "Could it be that the Fan soldiers will ......be able to pass through here" was stunned for a moment, and he said confidently: "Shaofu Jun don't worry, let's concoct it at the mouth of the valley like an ice wall in the river, and block this river valley, even if the Fan Hu rebels have three heads and six arms, don't come in, unless they have wings!"

His suggestion was echoed by the people, but Zheng Xianli felt that Qin Jin personally walked through this valley, and it was not as simple as blocking the valley mouth.

Sure enough, Qin Jin took a deep breath and said slowly: "No, don't block it, I just want to let the Fanhu rebels enter here on a snowy night, just to give them a fire to burn the Soap River Valley!"

Zheng Xianli couldn't help but high-five Qin Jin's idea after hearing this, but problems also followed.

"Although this plan is good, I'm afraid that the rebels will not obediently join the rebels!"

It was only at this time that a slight smile appeared on Qin Jin's face.

"Thanks to our Van Sif!"

Everyone was stunned for a while, where did he come from?

Qin Jin suddenly pointed to the thin snow in the valley, and a footprint of different shades stretched straight to the west, "Didn't you notice that there were new footprints on this new snow?"

"Really?"

Chen Qianli lost his voice and said, "Could it be that Fan Qifu sent a spy to explore this valley?"

Qin Jin pointed to Hu Cao Liu Si beside him and said, "Tell me, what's going on!"

Liu Si stepped forward with a treasure-like expression and said: "I'm ashamed, I have a cousin's house in Changshi Township, and it's a coincidence, I was on duty in Nancheng early this morning, and I saw my cousin climbing down from the cliff." At that time, I pulled my neck and asked him what he was doing in the ice and snow, and he only said that he would take advantage of the heavy snow to hunt a few hares and open the meat. The common people often climbed from here, went up the mountain to hunt and cut wood, and I didn't think much about it. But the more I thought about it later, the more wrong it became, so I told Shaofujun about it...... Shaofu Jun concluded at that time that this person was Fan Qifu's spy!"

Everyone didn't expect that there would be such an episode early this morning. Liu Si swallowed his spit and said, "I couldn't believe it at the time, my cousin really followed Fan Qifu's old erection, and then sent my brother to Changshi Township for a trip, guess what the result is?"

"Don't sell it, say it quickly!"

Qi Bihe was impatiently reprimanded by Liu Si, Liu Si was so frightened that he shrank his neck, and he couldn't care about selling Guanzi, so he said obediently: "Uncle My cousin has no less than 100 people who follow Fan Qifu, and my cousin is one of them!"

Hearing this, Qi Bihe sneered: "This time, the old man Fan Qifu is going to lift a stone and hit himself in the foot!" He quickly realized something again, and his face showed a little melancholy. "We have built two ice walls along the Jianhe River outside Dongguan City, and cut open the thick ice on the surface of the Jianhe River, won't the surging river hinder them from entering this soap river valley?"

"Not really!" Chen Qianli stomped on the snow-covered ice surface of the Soap River under his feet, "The Soap River flows out of the valley and meets the Jian River outside Dongguan City, so we haven't built the ice wall on the Soap River." On the contrary, if it is too easy to calculate, it will alert the suspicious and murderous rebels!"

Everyone high-fived and applauded, thinking that Chen Qianli's analysis was very reasonable!

Qin Jin ordered on the spot.

"Chen Qianli, after returning to the city, immediately clean up the treasury and move all the fire oil to the Nanguan city wall for later use. ”

Chen Qianli agreed!

"Qi Bihe, let you bring people to prepare more firewood and grass"

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