Chapter Seventy-Six: Reverse Face
When Xiao Yao broke through the second city gate, the county commanders He Wu and Li Chujiu came with a team of men and horses to support, seeing that the city gate was broken, the other party had already rushed into the city, and was startled on the spot, and when he picked up his weapon to prepare for a street fight, he found that the other party had retreated.
When I was confused, I saw that my defenders also ran to other city gates, and then there was another siege, and then I suddenly realized: It turns out that people are playing siege games with you, and Haiyan County is used as a siege practice ground!
And Li Chujiu saw that the other party was menacing, their morale was high, and they also used an unprecedented but powerful weapon, and he knew that he had no chance of winning, so he took the opportunity to escape from other city gates.
As a result, as soon as he ran to the city gate, he was shelled by the sub-mother artillery team left by Xiao Yao outside the city to block the broken city gate, and several brothers who rushed to the front were killed on the spot, and they were immediately frightened and retreated back to the city!
And the county commander He Wu saw that Xiao Yao was just practicing the siege of the city, and he didn't have the heart to kill, so he also put his mind at ease, and took all the officials of Haiyan County to quietly watch Xiao Yao break through the 4 city gates on the streets of the city, and then officially lead the troops into the city!
The defenders who had already been frightened were disarmed by the infantry battalion that entered the city, and they knelt down honestly, and Li Chujiu, who had no way to escape, also put down his weapons and surrendered to Xiao Yao with his brothers from the Salt Gang, and was honestly put aside.
Xiao Yao ignored them, but methodically arranged people to go to the front and back, this one led the team to search for deserters, the other led the team to count the number of people, and Huang Wenyuan also led a team of people, led by the Han prisoner, and rushed to the base camp of the Salt Gang.
Seeing that Xiao Yao had finally assigned things properly, He Wu came to the front and said, "This official is He Wu, the county commander of Haiyan County, I don't know why Captain Xiao led troops to attack our Haiyan County today?" Haiyan County is also the territory of Chen State, and there are no foreign enemies here, and the soldiers of our country have captured the county seat of our country, which is tantamount to rebellion! ”
"You know me? Hehe, I'm catching smugglers! Xiao Yao pointed at Li Chujiu and said with a smile.
"This person is a legal salt merchant in Haiyan County, not to mention that he has legal documents issued by the government, even if he really violated the imperial law and smuggled and sold salt, he should be arrested and examined by the government, not by the army!" He Wu said it righteously.
"I was training at sea, and I was attacked by his accomplices, because it involved military secrets, I ordered a counterattack, and then chased the remnants and came to Haiyan County!" Xiao Yao still said with a smile.
"There's no reason to siege the city, we 。。。。。。" Before He Wu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Xiao Yaoyang's hand.
"Is He County Ling sure you want to argue with me? I don't care, just kill a few more people! But as I said, I'm just chasing down the remnants of the soldiers, and by the way, I've caught this group of smugglers! Xiao Yao said word by word to He Wu.
Looking at Xiao Yao's suggestive eyes, He Wu instantly understood, and suddenly picked up a knife and stabbed Li Chujiu, and Li Chujiu's head fell to the ground before he could make a sound! A leader of the Salt Gang who dominates the area, so he is dead.
He Wu's face did not change, and he straightened his official uniform and saluted Xiao Yao: "Thank you Captain Xiao for your help today, this gang of salt gangs has a large number of people, and they actually occupy Haiyan County and attempt to rebel, today thanks to Captain Xiao sent troops to encircle and suppress this rebellion!" ”
Xiao Yao nodded and smiled: "Smart!" The child can be taught! ”
This is Xiao Yao's purpose, he claimed to be coming to the East China Sea to train troops, but now it has become a siege drill, even if he is dealing with the salt gang smugglers, but this reason is still a bit far-fetched, when the prince sues him, saying that he interfered in local affairs privately, he will not be able to escape the blame!
So if someone from Haiyan County comes out to help round the field and make this action reasonable, then even if the prince goes to the emperor to complain, he can't help him!
"I'm not familiar with the situation here, Lord He is the county commander here, then the adult will handle it personally, I will only send troops to assist on the side! He Fu, lead a team of soldiers and horses to assist Lord He, search and suppress the salt gang to disrupt the party! Xiao Yao ordered.
"Thank you, Captain Xiao, this official is going to arrest the rebels!" He Wu is very smart, he knows why Xiao Yao came to Haiyan County, it is because of the conflict between the Salt Gang and the General Firm, which has nothing to do with his county order, although he has been in the same stream with the Salt Gang in the past few years, and has also shared a lot of silver, but what kind of righteousness is there at the moment of life and death, of course, it is important to save his life!
And He Wu is not a good stubble, with his cronies, he quickly found out dozens of leaders of the Salt Gang, and corrected them all on the spot!
Solve these people who know that they have a relationship with the Salt Gang, then they say that their rebellion is a rebellion, so even the Feng steward sent by Zhang Dai was stabbed by him!
When He Wu ruthlessly turned against the people of the Salt Gang and went on a killing spree, Huang Wenyuan also turned over the Salt Gang's nest! A large amount of gold, silver and jewelry were found, including the goods that were robbed of the general trading house last time, which made Xiao Yao even more confident, and immediately ordered all the belongings to be loaded onto his own warship!
The salt gang has also accumulated a lot of property through smuggling and selling salt over the years, and it has been moved away like this, you must know that in this training operation, Wu Mingche said that he was not allowed to reimburse, and now he has the opportunity to return to his capital, Xiao Yao is of course unceremonious!
"Lord He, these property and goods are all stolen goods from the Salt Gang robbing the General Firm, I will leave a few things for you to make physical evidence, as for the rest, anyway, I will go back to Jinling, just take it back, and return it to the General Firm!" Xiao Yao said shamelessly.
"Then trouble Captain Xiao, these stolen goods should be returned to their original owners! He will definitely sort out the ins and outs of this case, report it to the imperial court when the time comes, give Captain Xiao a credit, and also announce the crime of the Salt Gang's rebellion to the world! He Wu watched Xiao Yao remove all the belongings of the entire Salt Gang, and said it righteously, and the horror in his heart: You are more ruthless than me!
"You don't need to remember your work, it's just a gesture! But this man, I remember that he was from the Silversea Trading Company, how could he be involved in this rebellion? Xiao Yao pointed to the corpse of Steward Feng, who had met him once during the Lantern Festival, and asked knowingly.
"Most of these rebellious salt gang members are salt merchants under the name of Yinhai Commercial Bank, so it is not surprising that there are people from Yinhai Commercial Bank, and a few days ago, this Steward Feng also brought 800 guards to Haiyan County, could it be that he also participated in this rebellion?" He Wu also followed Xiao Yao's words, anyway, the person is dead, they can say whatever they want!
"He is the steward of Yinhai Commercial Bank, and if he really participated in this rebellion, it is indeed unbelievable! Moreover, Yinhai Commercial Bank is the largest commercial bank in Chen State, with a prominent status, and maybe it also involves officials from the DPRK and China, which has a huge impact! This matter is not trivial, so we can't judge so hastily, we must have real evidence, Lord He can't wronged a good person, but we can't let go of a bad person! Xiao Yao said righteously.
"This official must find out as soon as possible and report it truthfully, just like Lord Xiao said, don't wronged a good person, and don't let go of a bad person!" He Wu also said with a righteous face.
Just when the two of them were talking in secret, one of his subordinates came to report: "Two lords of Qiqi, there is a fleet on the river, it is Lord Taishou Xu, and now he is preparing to enter the city with a group of soldiers and horses!" ”
"It's finally here, Lord He, let's go and greet Lord Xu, the rebellion is a big deal, this time Lord He Wu can make a decision immediately and quickly quell this rebellion, which is also a great achievement! We must tell him the truth as soon as possible! Xiao Yao smiled, the people who washed the floor came.