Chapter 166: Defeated

Because it was a rabble that could only fight with the wind, nearly 2,000 people were now infected with the disease and trapped in this valley, and most of the rebels were already panicked, insecure, and had no desire to fight.

However, there are still more than 6,000 people who can move, and at least 3,000 young people can participate in the battle, not without the strength to fight. What's more, this is a rebellion, and surrender is almost death. As a result, there are a few leaders and their die-hard loyalists who are able to maintain order to ensure that the rebels in the valley do not collapse without a fight.

Looking at the chaotic people in the valley, Shi Bin felt quite conflicted in his heart, he was only 1,200 people, and if he wanted to annihilate most of his subordinates and not let his subordinates lose too much, he could only use firearms. And now being injured by a firearm is almost a death sentence, and even if you don't die, you will definitely be missing arms and legs, and life is better than death.

They are only suffering people, who cannot stand the oppression and rise up to riot, and their sins do not lead to death.

"Wang San, give me an idea. There are nearly 10,000 people of all ages and children in this valley, and there are at least 3,000 people who can fight us, and I don't want to kill them all with firearms. ”

"Lord Tongju, of course, you don't have to kill them all, but you must control them and talk about other things, they have to pay the necessary price, you must know that this is judgment, not child's play." Wang San said very firmly.

The necessary price? It is indeed going to come out.

"Then use firearms to defeat their fighting spirit, and then find a way to drive them out of Dingzhou after surrendering."

"What the Lord said is very true, he has always been merciful and does not take charge of the army. From the beginning of the turmoil, they should have understood that if they don't succeed, they will die, and besides, they have made a mess of this Dingzhou, and the adults will be punished, so we don't have to feel guilty. ”

Shi Bin can't talk about these truths compared to Wang San, but if he loses, it seems that these rebels will not spare him because he is a Song person, and most likely will let him die even worse because he is an official.

"Okay, order all the Tiger Squat Artillery to hit five base shells in a row, and see how they react."

This kind of condescending shot-like shells is very lethal to the phalanx, not to mention that these rebels have no armor at all, they can only carry shells with their bodies, so at least five to eight people will fall down with one shot, and at least 800 people will lose their combat effectiveness with such a round of blows, and there will be no one who dares to stand in the valley after a few rounds.

At most, I have heard a few firecrackers, where have I seen this kind of artillery shooting? After a round, the rioters not only killed and injured nearly a thousand, but also went crazy a lot, so they had no desire to fight, and most of them immediately dispersed, just trying to flee for their lives.

It was not easy to trap most of the rebels in the valley, of course, they couldn't let them go, and even if they wanted to go, they had to get the consent of Shi Bin. So he no longer cared about what he was thinking, and decided to beat the rebellious people in the valley until he no longer had the heart to escape.

Wang San, who saw this situation, was very surprised, according to his understanding, Shi Bin has always been the master of less killing, and just now he asked if he could kill less, why didn't he seem to care at all this time?

The valley was full of people who had fallen to the ground, some of whom were not yet dead, lying or lying on the ground wailing.

After watching it for a long time, even Wang San, a person who thinks he is quite cold to the enemy, feels a little unbearable, and can't help but run in front of Shi Bin, "Lord Tongju, you see that these chaotic people should already be three out of ten, and there are only more than 2,000 people who can still move, and they must have no fighting spirit, but they are all people who will be killed by the neck, do you think the shelling can end?" ”

After bowing his head and pondering, he agreed to Wang San's suggestion and asked him to send a signal to Tanaka to persuade him to surrender.

As soon as the signal was issued, a white flag was raised in the valley. The flag was held up by a strong man with a height of eight feet, and Xu Feng walked up the hillside side by side with him to Shi Bin.

The man knew the rules very well, and knew that he should let Xu Feng finish talking before speaking, and he couldn't get too close to Shi Bin and them, so he stopped ten steps away from Shi Bin and stopped talking.

I thought that the leader of the rebellious people should not know much about the rules, but he didn't expect that such a leader of the five big and three rough rebellious people would be so sensible, Shi Bin really had some heart to solicit, and he didn't just want to drive him out of Dingzhou.

In a blink of an eye, he looked at Xu Feng again, but found that he was different from the past, his face was very complicated, and it seemed to be a mixed blessing.

approached Shi Bin, and before Shi Bin could speak, he said first: "My lord, I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad, I don't know which one you want to listen to first?" ”

Two more messages, one good and one bad? It's troublesome enough, and Shi Bin, who doesn't want to waste time, chose to listen to the bad first.

"My lord, the bad thing is that the bandit leader in front of you is called Sai Zhang Fei." Xu Feng said meaningfully.

Sai Zhang Fei? Familiar enough names, Shi Bin immediately reflexively remembered Sai Zilong and Sai Xishi, and then looked at Xu Feng in front of him in surprise.

Knowing what Shi Bin meant, Xu Feng nodded firmly, and then said, "This race Zhang Fei is the cousin of your second wife and brother-in-law. Originally, he was also a native of Tanzhou, but later moved to Dingzhou, and took the lead in the turmoil when he couldn't survive the famine last year. ”

After listening, Shi Bin wanted to run back to Tanzhou at this time and yelled at the two brothers and sisters of the Sai family: Are your Sai family all rebels? Is it to be born for rebellion?

Of course, now is not the time to lose his temper, Shi Bin took a deep breath, and after calming down, he ordered: "Go and bring him over." The good news must be that he is willing to submit to me, right? ”

Xu Feng nodded and replied to Shi Bin's words, and then ran over and brought Sai Zhangfei to Shi Bin.

Knowing each other's identities, it was not so easy to speak, at this time Xu Feng asked Shi Bin on behalf of him: "Sai Zhangfei, my family has something I want to ask you, and I ask you to tell the truth." ”

Since he is his cousin's husband, Sai Zhangfei already knows that he will not die, the key is to see how Shi Bin will let him live. After all, the person in front of him is also a veteran of the battlefield, killing people like hemp, not to mention what he has heard about in the past, just saying that the battle in the valley he has just experienced has already made him frightened.

"Yes. The general judge is an adult, and the villain's name is Sai Zhangfei. Ancestral home in Tanzhou, ten years ago with his parents to Dingzhou, is a small farmer here, but the villain is irritable and often causes trouble. In the past two years, the court's harsh taxes and the persecution of wealthy families made the villain not want to live like this anymore, so he pulled up a team to fight against the court at the end of last year. ”

Sai Zhangfei calmly explained the cause of the incident very clearly, and said that he was willing to follow Shi Bin and recruit all the remaining rebels in the valley to come over for Shi Bin and serve Shi Bin.

"Sai Zhangfei, I accept your surrender and come with me to the account."

As a leader, Sai Zhangfei certainly understood the meaning of Shi Bin's words, and he must have said some secrets, so he didn't make a sound and just quietly followed Shi Bin into the tent.

"I'm glad you converted, it's not hard for your cousin and I to do it. But I don't want you to bring people back to obedience like this, I want you to continue to make trouble. ”

I thought that I could live better with Shi Bin, a relative, but I didn't expect that I would continue to be a rebel, and I would not be at peace for a moment when I was being chased.

Thinking of this, Sai Zhangfei was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous in Shi Bin's camp, so he could only hold his mouth and express his dissatisfaction with silence.

Looking at Sai Zhangfei's appearance, Shi Bin felt very interesting, and secretly sighed that the Sai family was really a little silly.

"Sai Zhangfei, are you a little dissatisfied?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

Hearing Shi Bin's words, like a frightened rabbit, he immediately replied, "Don't dare, don't dare, villain doesn't dare to be dissatisfied." ”

"This is a relatively important task, and I wouldn't have given it to you if you weren't for Sai Xishi's cousin."

More important tasks? This can make Sai Zhangfei very happy, which shows that he has been valued by Shi Bin, and it also shows that Sai Xishi has a high status in Shi Bin's heart, and he is more promising.

So he immediately asked: "The general judgment is the adult, the villain is stupid, I don't understand why you don't want the villain to lead the crowd to submit but want the villain to continue to plague the township." I'm sure you also understand that the villain and those rebels are not really rebellious, they just have no way out. ”

"There's so much I don't want to explain, and you don't have to know. I just want you to continue to make trouble with these men, but don't go deep into Dingzhou, just around Dingzhou. And don't harm the scattered farmers, but loot some small and medium-sized farms, and try to kill as little as possible. When the time comes, I will leave some people stationed in Dingzhou, and you can bring people to fight with them every once in a while. Shi Bin said as he walked up to Sai Zhang Fei and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

Of course, I didn't understand it at first, but it was said that no matter how stupid I was, I knew that Shi Bin wanted to go to Dingzhou.

"Judge the adult, the villain understands what you mean. The villain has an idea, I don't know if you want to hear it? ”

Of course, Shi Bin didn't think that Sai Zhangfei was just a brave man, and he should probably still have some strategy, otherwise he wouldn't have robbed the grain until the fourth time, and it would be impossible to pull up such a big team. Looking at his face carefully at this time, Shi Bin knew that he had come up with some good ways for him, so he nodded and motioned for him to speak boldly.

"My lord, in the eyes of the villain, of course, you will be able to win Dingzhou sooner or later, but you will fall behind."

Down? This method was discussed by several brothers, but it was overturned by Zhang Fei's sentence of 'falling behind'. Shi Bin's face immediately turned a little gloomy, but how could the person who had already stated that he was innocent go back on his word? So Shi Bin could only endure this unhappiness and wait for him to continue.

"Have you found that Cheng Changyu is a very face-saving person?"

This is to the point, just privately inviting him to exterminate the chaos is enough to show that he is a very face-saving guy, and he should firmly believe that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized.

Seeing that Shi Bin agreed with him, Sai Zhangfei said again: "Such a person must be very vain. If you let him lead the way..." Halfway through speaking, Sai Zhang Fei shut up.

Let him lead the army? Isn't this harmful to others and harmful to yourself? Thinking of this, Shi Bin already understood what he meant.

"Sai Zhangfei, that Cheng Changyu is a greedy person who is afraid of death, how can he lead the army to the battle? What's more, it's no good for him to die! Shi Bin said casually.

"My lord is really honest," Sai Zhangfei said with a smile, "You can do something for you before he goes out and dies!" ”

asked Cheng Changyu for 90,000 taels of silver so much grain and grass, and now he has to kill him, and he has to make a fortune before he dies, Shi Bin felt very ashamed at this time, how can he still be honest and honest.

After thinking about it, he felt that although Cheng Changyu was a common man, he was not guilty to death, and he should not have killed him like this, and finally Shi Bin rejected Sai Zhangfei's suggestion.

After arranging everything, Shi Bin deliberately opened a hole in the encirclement, allowing Sai Zhangfei to lead the crowd to escape, and left him some sophisticated weapons in the nearby mountain temple for him to use to harass Dingzhou.

Sai Zhang Fei finally ran away with less than 500 remnants of the defeated general, and Shi Bin also led the crowd back to Dingzhou City. Cheng Changyu, who received the good news early, went out of the city to meet Shi Bin on the official road on the same day he received the good news.