Chapter 3: Coyote Mountain Robbers
Chapter 3 Coyote Mountain Robbers
In a ravine in Coyote Mountain, less than five miles away from Coyote Village, Su Shang was listening to Su Shilang's report!
"Report to Childe, the copycat robbers robbed another caravan today, and they are holding a banquet to celebrate! Big brother, they want to drug the robbers' wine and food! The other brothers are near the cottage, ready to answer at any time! ”
"Good! That's a good idea! You go and tell Da Lang that if the drug is not successful, then attack at the end of the robbers' banquet! ”
"Remember to signal when you attack, the Brotherhood in the mountains will attack at the same time! Also, this operation is mainly to subdue, try to only hurt people and not kill people! ”
"No!" Su Shilang's figure turned, and in the blink of an eye, he entered the woods again!
When the bright moon was in the sky, Su Shang and the rest of the personnel were staying in the ravine, nervously waiting for the signal! Suddenly, a rocket was shot over the cottage! The signal to attack is coming!
"Let's go! Run to the cottage to attack! ”
"No!" The voice was small and neat, and more than fifty brothers quickly rushed to the cottage!
The road was very smooth, and Su Shang and his group did not encounter resistance! After entering the cottage hall, the cottage robbers fell all over the ground, and a large group of trembling women and children were squatting in the corner of the hall! Su Dalang on one side is taking his brother to tie up those big men!
"Report to Gongzi, all the personnel of the cottage have gathered in the hall, a total of two hundred and fifty-one people! Ninety-five women and children were included! ”
"Are there any brothers killed or injured?"
"Nope! None of the brothers were killed or wounded! ”
"Excellent! Dalang, you did a great job this time! I'll give you a big reward when I get back! ”
"Thank you, Childe!"
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The early winter dusk is a little cold, and a few pillars of smoke rise from the lonely mountain village! At this time, next to the small mountain village, in the main hall of the Alliance Villa, Su Shang was sitting on the Taishi chair with a smile on his face!
The Taishi chair was designed and manufactured by Su Shang according to the furniture in the dream world. The chairs and tables of the Sui Dynasty are a bit like the kneeling tables and chairs of Little Japan in the dream world. It's hard to sit a little longer! Su Shang then let people design and manufacture, and many pieces of furniture in the dream world were used for themselves!
"Report to Gongzi, after two days of sorting, the harvest of the robbers in Coyote Mountain this time has been counted!"
"How's the harvest!" Su Shang gently put the tea cup on the Taishi's table, and asked Fifteen Lang with a smile!
"Report to Gongzi, this harvest has a total of five hundred taels of gold, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five taels of silver, and one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven taels of meat! In addition, there were one hundred and eight horses, two hundred and ten sabers, one hundred and eighty one-stone bows, three two-stone bows, more than two thousand three hundred arrows, and a small number of other weapons! ”
"What about food and the like?" Listening to Fifteen Lang's report, Su Shang smiled more and more happily, and he didn't even notice that he had finished drinking the tea in the teacup!
"About 1,230 stone of all kinds of grain, 35 quintals of meat, 26 quintals of salt, and 275 quintals of forage for horses! There are also other wines, tea, porcelain and other goods, which are worth about a thousand taels of silver! ”
"What a reward! Robbery is such a good career in this day and age! Su Shang whispered to himself, and suddenly remembered that Fifteen Lang was still on the side, and couldn't help coughing and said, "Well, that's good!" Everyone did a great job this time! The order goes down, in addition to the merits of the participants this time are recorded according to the regulations, each person will be rewarded twice, and those who stay in the meeting will also be rewarded! ”
"Bring those robber leaders up!" Su Shang thought about it and instructed Fifteen Lang!
After two days of interrogation, Su Shang also knew that this group of robbers were soldiers during Yang Guang's war against Goguryeo last year, and they were vanguard scouts at that time!
Because the army was defeated so quickly, they didn't have time to retreat with the rest of the defeated army! In the end, they crossed the blockade of the Goguryeo army along the way, and finally returned to the territory of the Great Sui after a few months!
At that time, there were more than 500 people who successfully withdrew with them. But after this time, everyone didn't want to work for the emperor anymore, so everyone dispersed in private!
As the scout captain at that time, Xie Yingdeng took dozens of subordinates who were unwilling to leave to settle in Donglai! Later, some departing soldiers came to him with their relatives. In the end, Xie Yingdeng had no choice, so he had to take them to the grass!
In a short time, Fifteen Lang took a few brothers and brought up a dozen or so leaders of the robbers!
"You were once a Vanguard Scout?" Su Shang asked the robbers!
"Yes and what? You despicable villain! Only three indiscriminate means will be used! Have the ability to fight with us openly! ”
The robbers screamed loudly, and two others were clearly a little overexcited! If they weren't all tied up, it is estimated that they would all have made a move against Su Shang!
"Above board? Do you think it's a heroic competition? Su Shang looked at them and shouted, feeling a little funny!
Turning his head to look at the bandit leader on the right who didn't speak, he said slowly, word by word: "You used to be soldiers, or pioneer scouts!" Do you have to fight with your enemies above board? You don't understand the truth of success or defeat, no wonder you were caught by us so easily! ”
The bandits were all quiet all at once! Xie Yingdeng didn't know what to say, and all that was left in his heart was remorse! He used to be the most elite scout army of the Great Sui. Poisoning and grabbing the tongue is his specialty! However, after only a few months of banditry career, he abolished himself! There is no sense of crisis at all, and it has been completely wiped out by the extravagant and corrupt life! Blame yourself, otherwise the brothers wouldn't have this fate!
"That's it! After what happened in the past two days, I think you have thought a lot, so I won't tell you more! Now I'll give you two options! A way to live, a way to die! Su Shang knocked on the table and said!
"What's the way to live? What about dead ends? Xie Yingdeng looked at the other bandit leaders and finally spoke!
Su Shang thought for a while and said, "The way to survive is to take refuge in me and join my alliance!" Needless to say, you know! ”
Although, if you don't take refuge, you won't kill them. After all, they're not the worst of the worst! But Su Shang is too young and has no famous background. If you want others to take refuge, you can only scare it first!
"What does the League do? What does it take to join it? Xie Yingdeng asked!
"I built the Alliance! Seeing that the world is about to be in chaos, robbers are everywhere. At this time, only by uniting can we resist the bandit army and survive! The League is one such organization! Resist the bandit army, protect the family and defend the people! ”
Su Shang knew that Xie Yingdeng didn't have a good impression of the Great Sui anymore, so he didn't say anything loyal to the monarch and defending the country!
"Is it just to protect the family and the people? In this time of chaos in the world, Su Gongzi, didn't he think about doing something? Xie Yingdeng stared at Su Shang and said!
Before, Xie Yingdeng was a deserter but didn't want to give Yang Guang his life anymore, and he didn't think about the others so much! Now when I heard Su Shang say that the world was in turmoil, I suddenly thought that in the troubled times, it was the time for the Han clan to make contributions!
Xie Yingdeng is a very remote clansman of the Xie family in Jiangnan, and it can be said that he is a standard Han clan! Such a life experience is impossible to get ahead in the prosperous world! Only in troubled times can we make contributions!
"Indeed! For people like us, only in troubled times can we get ahead and make contributions! Su Shang stared at Xie Yingdeng's eyes for a while before saying!
"Don't you want to? Are you willing to be a robber? Don't you want to create a wealthy family for future generations? Do you want them to be looked down upon forever? Su Shang was a little excited when he spoke, and he stood up all of a sudden!
"Come on, Xie Yingdeng! Let's all join the Alliance! Follow me on a rampage! Prancing Horse World! Make a difference! Seal your wife and shadow child! Create tomorrow's wealthy family! ”
"Okay, Master Su! We will follow you in the future! Our life is yours Su Gongzi! Xie Yingdeng and the bandit leaders were immediately impressed by Su Shang's bold words!
"Good! Then we'll all be brothers from now on! Come on, let them all go! ”
Su Shang was very happy when he heard this, and immediately ordered everyone to untie the bandits! He even stepped forward to untie the rope that tied Xie Yingden with his own hands!
"Thank you, President!" Xie Yingdeng hurriedly thanked him!
"Someone! Pass the order! In order to celebrate the fact that many brothers have joined the alliance today, a banquet will be held tonight! After Su Shang ordered his subordinates, he said to Fifteen Lang: "Fifteen Lang, you go and arrange today's sentry personnel!" Can't let them be lazy! I'll take care of you when you ask! ”
"No! Obey the order! Fifteen Lang immediately gave a serious military salute, then turned around and walked out to make arrangements!
"That's right, Yingden! You are all officers and soldiers, so you should all have armor, why haven't I seen it? ”
Xie Yingdeng was a little embarrassed, but he immediately said: "Armor, we are all buried on a mountain more than a hundred miles away!" At that time, we dispersed in private, and we were afraid that the government would pursue us, so we didn't dare to wear armor anymore. You can only bury the armor and some weapons that are prohibited by the people! ”
"Don't worry, President! Those weapons, we all wrapped them in something waterproof! It hasn't rained in the past few months, so there shouldn't be any big problems with weapons! The only thing to worry about is that the weapons were buried together by the brothers at that time. I don't know if there are any other brothers to pick it up! Xie Yingdeng understood Su Shang's boring and was a little worried!
"Hopefully the weapon is still there! Tomorrow I will ask Da Lang to take someone to see with you! Su Shang thought for a moment, and then said, "Be careful!" Da Lang picks some people as cavalry and you go first, and the rest of the people will be taken by Erlang to meet you! ”
"No! Obey the order! ”
Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?