The 10,000 soldiers and horses of Jinling City were divided into the front and rear, and went straight to Wu County, the seat of Wu County.

Wu County is not very far from Jinling City, it can be reached in a few days, and it passes through Taihu Lake during the process.

Just to the east of Taihu Lake, the leaders of the water thieves arranged by the potters in Wu County have come here one after another, waiting, ready to meet the potters.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the location of Taihu Lake was the impact plain of the land, and since the Spring and Autumn Period, the lake water gradually invaded the land, and this place was formed from the land into a lake, until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

In this period, although there is also water in the location of Taihu Lake, it is mostly obliterated and covered by grass and vines.

Because of this, the scenery here may not be as beautiful as in later generations, but it is clear that this is a marsh that can be hidden at any time.

With the soldiers and horses on display here, it seems that these water thieves have already made up their minds.

Chen Bing was here for two reasons, one was to greet the potter and ask him to help solve the problem of risking his work, and the other was that if things were really irretrievable, then these water thieves would simply take advantage of the special terrain of the water marsh in the lake to find an opportunity to escape, which was also their last card to save their lives.

The potters didn't care about this, it was their own business for the bandit leaders to run, as long as their soldiers didn't run.

And judging from the current situation, few of the water thieves under their command really want to continue to work for their original masters.

Some of the bandit leaders are just wishful thinking, and all they can do now is wait for the potters to find a way to settle them.

After the potters entered the village of the water thieves, the leaders warmly greeted the potters and arranged a banquet in the tent to catch him and wash the dust.

The potter smiled at the thieves and the leaders, and was concerned about everyone's living conditions as if they were inspected, but they did not rush into the village to drink and feast, and they did not mention the meritorious work.

Although the leaders of the water thieves were in a hurry, they could not lose their manners, so they could only follow the rhythm of the potters in a vain and wrongful manner.

When the potter came this time, he still followed Chen Deng's old routine, and as soon as he arrived in the water thief village, he began to distribute grain and clothes on a large scale.

And the people who were responsible for the distribution of the army were Zhou Tai and his sailors.

Looking at the sailor soldiers who were sacrificing the army with Zhou Tai, they were all brightly dressed and refreshed, and the hearts of these sailor soldiers who were given alms were broken.

Broken into pieces, it can no longer be touched.

The thoughts that pop up from time to time on weekdays once again resounded in my mind.

is also a water thief who returns to Jinling City, look at what kind of life the people under Gan Ning and Zhou Tai are living, and then look at what kind of life our people are living now!

Compared to them, we are even worse than asking for food!

Dog-like days!

The actions of the army did not make these water thieves feel more joy in their hearts, but made them feel deeper resentment towards their respective leaders once again in their hearts.

If it weren't for their selfishness, they would have to rule the county alone, but honestly go to the same as Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and others, and lead everyone directly to the Jinling Army, so would we be as miserable as we are now?

Those leaders of their own house are stupid donkeys!

Why don't they die...... Don't die!

The potter whistled, watched with satisfaction the affairs of the army in the village, and then beckoned to the owners of the village whose faces had become as black as coals, and said, "Let's go, let's eat!" ”

After entering the main village, the dishes have been on the table for a long time.

The potter was not polite at all, eating and drinking, and the product was very sweet.

But those water thieves are chewing wax at the moment.

Before the potters came, these village owners had already discussed, and everyone would die together, so that the potters could fight against the incident for them and help them solve this matter.

Otherwise, they will go into the wilderness en masse and lead their water thieves out of the potter's jurisdiction.

Yes, threaten him with this trick!

Originally, they had prepared a good plan, but as soon as the potters came over to reward the army, they directly extinguished their ideas.

In the process of sacrificing the army, the water thieves in each village looked at the envy in the eyes of Zhou Tai's subordinates, the desire in the eyes of the potters, and the resentment in the eyes of the leaders of themselves......

Everything is no longer under the control of these leaders.

At the moment, if you use Shimono to threaten the potter, I am afraid that it will not have any effect at all, and it will anger him, and the gains outweigh the losses.

And looking at his appearance of eating and drinking, smiling and not worried, the water thieves are like a mirror in their hearts, and it is absolutely impossible to scare him.

For them at the moment, I am afraid that there is only one way to go.

The potter was concentrating on eating, but saw that in the table below, the head of the water thief, the owner of the village, ran out of the banquet with a sad face, knelt on his knees, and slammed his head on the ground at the potter.

The head knocked so loudly that it made a heavy muffled sound, and the potter felt that the ground under his feet trembled a little.

Staring at the water thief Guan Zhai owner in amazement, the potter was greatly amazed.

Good head!

"Fujun! Save my lives! The lord of the village snorted cryingly.

The potter still slowly sandwiched the wild vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth, not making a sound.

Seeing that the owner of the village knelt and kowtowed to the potter, the other owners of the village were also anxious, and ran down from their seats, kowtowed to the potter, and shouted and shouted, and the earthquake under the potter's feet rose and fell.

"Fujun, save my life!"

"Mansion Jun, Sheng Xian's guy insists on coercing me to wait! It's really helpless for me to do this! ”

"Sheng Xian deceived people too much, I really had to wait until I made this decision!"

"Fujun, we are all for you!"

The potter saw that everyone kowtowed, so he put down his chopsticks and looked at them with his chin on his chin as if he was not smiling.

"Everyone, get up, what happened to you, Tao probably knows it...... Alas, this is simply unfortunate. ”

The leaders of the water thieves wept and wiped their tears one by one, and stood up from the ground one by one.

Before they could stabilize the battle, they heard the potter sigh helplessly: "But the problem is that lying about military exploits is a big crime of stealing the family and killing the head, among the three armies, the most taboo is this, although I am your recommended person, but if it is according to the law of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid that I will not be able to show favoritism, and even if I am favoritism, Sheng Xian will report the matter to the top, and the court will track it down, and I will be able to protect you." ”

Before the potter could finish speaking, he saw that these thieves knelt down on the ground one after another, kowtowing again and again, and the entire Dazhai was splashed with dust.

"Fujun, I'm wronged!"

"Fu Jun, we don't want to lie about our military exploits! In fact, that Sheng Xian deceived people too much, and he set a time limit for us! He also forced us to make a military order! ”

"That's it! And just give us a month to clear the trouble of the Shanyue sect thieves in Wu County, not to mention exterminating the thieves, even to find the lair of the thieves, this month is not enough! ”

"Fu Jun, we used to be on the river, but we were all water cowards, this job of killing enemies on the mountain is really not enough!"

"Fujun, the law of your Han Dynasty also has to be reasonable, and talk about human feelings!"

The potter touched his chin and looked embarrassed.

"Personally, I have feelings for each and every one of you, but military law does not tolerate mercy, this matter...... It's a bit difficult to deal with. ”

Those water thieves, you look at me, I look at you, and each sees despair in each other's eyes.

At this time, I suddenly saw Liu Zhai move his knees, rub two steps forward, and said, "Fujun, do you think this will work...... The last general is reluctant to lead the troops, and he doesn't want to govern the county independently, as long as the government is willing to save the last general's life, the last general will ...... The last general is willing to hand over the military power under his command, and I myself will be attached to the Jinling Naval Army, even if it is to be a pawn, as long as I don't die...... Keep this life and repay the great kindness of the king! ”

Lord Liu Zhai's words, like hitting a bell, rang the brains of these thieves present.

Yes, what's the use of crying and begging on your knees, if you don't show some sincerity, even if your knees are smoothed and your eyes are blind from crying, how can potters help these people?

There are some things in this world that have to be exchanged for conditions.

The lord of Guan Zhai also hurriedly said: "The last general doesn't want to lead the troops anymore!" ”

"I don't want to be stationed in the county either!"

"The last general will not lead the troops anymore, I just ask the prince to save us!"

“……”

The potter scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "That's ...... Not quite right? You are all Tao's original benefactors, who helped Tao defeat Yuan Shu on the Yangtze River, if I take your military power now, wouldn't it be to unload the mill and kill the donkey? ”

The faces of the water thieves looked very embarrassed.

It's rare that Tao Fujun still remembers this, and he is really a gentleman...... What a man!

When he was young, he saw the owner of the Guan Zhai cowering and raised his hand.

The potter said to the master of Guan Zhai in an easy-going manner: "Captain Guan has something to say?" ”

"I—I'm not a donkey."

The leaders of the water thieves present nodded their heads.

"Oh, sorry, that's a bad word...... What Tao means is, if I take your military power now, wouldn't I cross the river and tear down the bridge, and be ungrateful? Tao is a gentleman, and he must not do this kind of thing that makes the world laugh. ”

Speaking of this, the Tao merchant paused and continued: "For the sake of Tao's gentleman's name, why don't you trouble everyone present, or go to die?" ”

The leaders of the water thieves shook their heads together.

"What Fu Jun said is not right! What is it called crossing a river and demolishing a bridge? It's clear that I don't want military power! ”

"That's right, the last general has been very lazy recently, he is old, and he can't bring the soldiers, I took the initiative to hand over the military power, what does it have to do with Lord Fujun?"

"That's it, my eighty-year-old mother is sick in bed, no one takes care of her, and loyalty and filial piety should come first, and it is clear that I want to hand over the military power and go back to serve my mother!"

"Which bastard dares to say that the prince of the house is not a gentleman, Lao Tzu turned around and killed his whole family!"

The potter chief sighed and said helplessly: "You guys, this is to collectively force me to cheat and do those disloyal and unrighteous things...... Are you still human? ”