Li Zicheng could not be found, and the Jingbian Fort army could not stay in the mountains all the time, so Liu Renyu ordered to return to the division, first meet with Liu Wuguo's troops, and then determine the strategy.

So the Jingbian Fort army took nearly 200 prisoners and captured horses along the pursuit route back. When he went back, in order to speed up, Liu Renyu asked all the thieves to sit on horses, and then a soldier led a horse and took him away.

When the Jingbian Fort army marched to the place where the thieves had abandoned the jewels, Liu Renyu found that the jewels were still in place, intact, so he ordered his men to dismount and pick them up.

After picking it up, the soldiers all consciously handed over the jewelry to their respective chiefs, which was counted as seized public property and had to be distributed by Liu Renyu.

After all the jewels were picked up, Liu Renyu ordered the team to continue to move forward and go in the direction where Liu Wuguo was.

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However, he said that at this time on Liu Wuguo's side, most of his soldiers had been fighting for silver taels and money by themselves since the start of the war, but they left the surrendered homeless people aside and did not pay attention to them at all.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Wuguo still had 30 well-paid families taking care of the homeless, he was afraid that no one would take care of the homeless people if they ran away.

When Liu Wuguo saw this, he didn't want to stop it, the reason why he didn't stop it was because he was afraid that the soldiers would resent him for blocking their financial route and give him a mutiny.

He waited until his soldiers' purses, blankets, and even trouser legs were stuffed with silver coins, and then he said, "Hey, I said you should not be busy dividing the money, why don't you quickly pick up these homeless locks." ”

By this time the soldiers had already made a small fortune and were in a good mood, so they all happily fetched ropes, or simply strung thousands of homeless people one by one with rattan.

When tying up the homeless, some soldiers encountered the female homeless, and they did not forget to pinch it, and they had a good time, happy, happy.

When his soldiers were all busy with their work, Liu Wuguo said to his own brother-in-law Wei Zhongyi: "Go and check it and see how much money is left to share the profits?" ”

Wei Zhongyi got the order, so he went to check it himself. After a short time, he reported: "There are still 5,000 taels of silver left, and there is not a penny for making money, and there are some antiques, calligraphy and paintings." ”

"Hurry up and take out 1,000 taels of silver to hide first, and then go and put away the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, don't let Liu Renyu's group of people see it." Liu Wuguo whispered.

"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll go now." Wei Zhongyi said.

"Your mother, don't call me brother-in-law again, this is the army, not the Liu family's mansion, you give me some restraint. In addition to this, there is another matter, you also pay attention to me, let's do business with Liu Shoubei, he is our supplier, so you give me politeness, otherwise I can't spare you. When Liu Wuguo said this, he suddenly said seriously.

"You are a guerrilla, and you actually listen to the words of a garrison, you are not ashamed, I am still ashamed." When Wei Zhongyi heard what his brother-in-law said, he disagreed.

"You know the! Listen to him in everything, he fights hard battles, and if he wins, we share the military merits, and if he loses, he goes to carry the black pot, how can he not do this kind of business, in addition to fighting and killing, you won't use your brain? Besides, can the soldiers under our command fight? Liu Wuguo saw that his relatives were disobedient, so he angrily taught a lesson.

"What you said makes sense, but we just feel that we lose face, and we always feel that we can't hold our heads up in front of them." Wei Zhongyi muttered.

"Face counts as a fart! You are not a scholar, and you still talk about what kind of soldier can be killed but not humiliated, let's just get benefits. Liu Wuguo continued to teach.

"I know, wait for Liu Renyu's house, ah no, it's Lord Liu who is back, I'll be polite to him." Wei Zhongyi pouted, helpless.

"That's right, you, learn more, in this world, it's not easy to live." Liu Wu said in Chinese earnestly.

"Got it, got it, it's really verbose." Wei Zhongyi frowned and responded to two sentences, and then went straight to collect the money and Tibetan calligraphy and painting antiques.

"Hey, you mountain .........." Liu Wuguo wanted to teach a few more lessons, but Wei Zhongyi had already run away.

In this way, after these two generals made arrangements, and after another half an hour, Liu Renyu's department rushed to Shi Ran.

Liu Wuguo saw Liu Renyu coming from a distance, so he rode forward and said with a smile: "Brother Xian is back, what's the matter, where are those real thieves?" ”

"It's all tied up in the back." Liu Renyu smiled slightly and responded.

When Liu Wuguo heard this, he stretched his neck and looked behind, and sure enough, he saw hundreds of people who were tied up.

"Brother Xian is really powerful, my brother wants to ask you how you caught them, did you fight?" Liu Wuguo asked.

"I didn't fight, the thieves were afraid of the military might of our imperial soldiers, so they surrendered on their own." Liu Renyu replied.

"It's good to win, ah, by the way, we have seized a lot of silver this time, as much as 4,000 taels!" Liu Wuguo's face did not change, and his heart did not beat and pretended to be surprised.

"Really!? That's a lot. Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Yes, I didn't expect thieves to rob everywhere and get so many silver taels, to be honest, I want to be a thief." Liu Wuguo also responded with a smile.

"And how are you going to divide this loot? After all, Hong Junmen said that we can share the profits of the silver money captured on the battlefield. Liu Renyu asked.

When Liu Wuguo heard this, he first glanced at the horses of the captured thieves. Liu Renyu saw Liu Wuguo's behavior and knew that he was fighting horses, so he didn't say a word, pretending not to understand, obviously not planning to use his captured horses as trophies.

Seeing that Liu Renyu refused to share the war horse, Liu Wuguo was slightly unhappy and said, "This silver tael!" I'll be the master, 55 or 5 points, what do you think? ”

As soon as Liu Wuguo's words came out, Liu Renyu didn't react, but Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu and others were pale and a little dissatisfied.

Your mother, the real thief with the strongest combat power was caught by us, and you just rested here for a long time, and you still dare to say that you are fifty-five accounts, which is really shameless.

However, Liu Renyu replied without any opinion: "It's a good idea to divide fifty-fifty, so let's do it." ”

"Okay, this relationship is good, Brother Xian is really a wonderful person." Liu Wuguofu said with a smile again.

"By the way, brother, since we have recruited these thieves, we naturally can't kill them, so we must feed them, but the grain and grass I brought with me are only enough for my subordinates to eat, so I plan to go to Mizhi County to see if we can get food there."

"Brother Xian, what you said is not right, it's not whether you can get food, but you have to give us food, and we have merit for them to lift the siege; Second, Yang Zhishuai has an order, all parts of Shaanxi must cooperate with the work of Zhao'an, and now we take the people of Zhao'an, do they dare not provide grain and grass? Liu Wuguo asked rhetorically.

"Hehe, it's hard to talk about things in the world, let's go and see it first." Liu Renyu didn't answer the question directly, he just said to go and have a look first.

"Then let's go over now, I don't believe it, the magistrate can still not listen to Yang Zhishuai's words." Liu Wuguo looked incredulous and said that he wanted to take a look.

"Then let's go."

After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he beckoned his own horses and took the captured real thief in the direction of Mizhi.

As soon as Liu Renyu walked on the front foot, Liu Wuguo also ordered his own horses to drive away the captured refugees, and also went in the direction of Mizhi.

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Outside Mizhi City, a black-clad knight galloped his horse, and the snow on the ground splashed from the horse's hooves.

When the master of the city saw that the scout sent out had returned, he said to Yang Patrol beside him: "The spy we sent out is back, you go and bring him up." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Inspector Yang agreed, and walked down the steps next to the enemy tower.

After a short time, Inspector Yang came to the city with the panting spies.

"I ask you, have you heard anything? Why did the thieves retreat? Master Fang asked the spy.

"The little one saw a team of officers and soldiers fighting against the thieves, and the thieves were all wiped out, and at this time, that group of officers and soldiers was coming towards our rice fat." The spy calmed his breath a little and replied.

"The thieves are all gone!? The officers and soldiers are coming!? When Master Fang heard that all the thieves were finished, he was first happy, and then he heard that the official army was coming, and he was immediately surprised.

Of course, there was a reason why the chief secretary of the party was so surprised when he heard that the officers and soldiers were coming.

Since the Thieves' Uprising, the imperial court has not only tried to pacify, but also carried out crusades.

Most of the officials and soldiers in this area of Shaanxi who suppressed bandits were extremely poor, and the government did not solve the problems of grain, grass, and silver, so the officials and soldiers in Shaanxi decided to rely on themselves and rob while suppressing thieves.

The generals who led the troops did not dare to take care of the mutiny of the soldiers, and the civilian officials who supervised the army were afraid that the soldiers would mutiny without living expenses, or simply go to the thieves, so they did not care much.

The people above didn't care much, and the officers and soldiers looted unscrupulously.

It's hard to say all the way down, at least in Shaanxi, the reputation of the official army is only a little better than that of the thieves, and the better point is where the official army passes, and it is generally only carried out. Plunder, do not kill, do not set fire, thieves burn, kill, and plunder.

Therefore, Master Fang first told Yang Inspector: "When the officers and soldiers come, remember that you must not open the city gate, if they force themselves to enter the city, it will be like dealing with thieves to deal with them, can you write it down?" ”

"Okay, my old Yang wrote it down." Inspector Yang nodded in agreement.

After explaining the matter, Master Fang went straight to the direction of the Mizhi County Ya. After about 10 minutes, he arrived at the county office.

When he arrived at the county office, Fang Zhushu walked towards the public hall through the Yongdao, and when he arrived at the public hall, he did not see Yan Zibin. So he continued to walk, and when he arrived at the Himi Hall behind the public hall, he saw his own hall being pacing back and forth, extremely irritable.

It is said that when Yan Zibin was irritable about the siege of the city by thieves, he suddenly saw Master Fang, and thought that he had left his post without permission, so he raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "You are not guarding the city, what are you doing here?" ”

"Don't be angry, your subordinates have good news to tell you." Seeing that Yan Zibin was angry, Master Fang hurriedly bowed down and said.

"Don't you say it soon." Yan Zibin didn't have a good airway.

"Yes, yes, the subordinates will say that the thieves were wiped out by the official army, and the rice fat is worry-free!" Master Fang said with a smile.

"Oh, you're such a magpie of the annunciation, that relationship is good, it's very good." When Yan Zibin heard such good news, his face immediately changed from dark clouds to clear skies, and he looked overjoyed and very happy, but when he heard Master Fang's next sentence, his face turned dark again.

"But, Honorable Lord, those officers and soldiers who defeated the thieves are coming towards our rice fat." Master Fang said again.

"Why didn't you say it earlier, it's really a mourning star, and it's all mourning, annoying to death." As soon as Yan Zibin heard the bad news, he was angry for a while, and scolded Master Fang, who had just finished praising him.

Master Fang listened to the words of his cousin, and he didn't mean to be aggrieved at all, he had been following Yan Zibin for some years, and he knew that his own county magistrate was very emotionally unstable, moody, and mean, mercenary, and turned his face faster than turning a book.

The chief secretary of the Yi Fang asked out loud without care: "Tang Zun, that group of officials and soldiers came to our rice fat, and nine times out of ten they asked us to donate money and grain, but we haven't even collected all the taxes of the imperial court, how can we have extra money and grain to supply them, but after all, they are officials and soldiers, and if they don't supply, they can't be justified, so my subordinates want to ask you, what do you say we should do?" ”

"What to do!? Just don't give it to them. If I give them money and food, those officials will definitely treat me for a crime of disadvantage, and I will be dismissed from my post and asked that it is only in the middle of leisure, you say that if I reward the officers and soldiers, and I will be inspected according to the imperial history, who will I talk to. Yan Zibin replied.

"What do you mean, my lord?"

"Wait a while for those Qiu Ba to come, I will go and tell them, let's use literature to control the military, although I am just a magistrate from a human background and do not recruit the imperial court, but no matter how small the magistrate is, it is also bigger than the general army, you will go to the city with me later, I want to see if we don't donate money and food, how dare those Qiu Ba be!"

After Yan Zibin said these cruel words, he took Master Fang's book, walked out of the county office majestically, and walked towards the city wall.

The two walked on the road for a while, and Yan Zibin suddenly remembered something, and said to Master Fang beside him: "I said, since the thieves have retreated, I really spent some of the 1,000 taels of silver before." I ask you, did the money go out? ”

"At that time, the situation was urgent, and my subordinates did everything you ordered." Fang replied.

"Hey, I said you, why are you in such a hurry? I can't send it later! Yan Zibin said a little unhappily when he heard this.

"You donkey day, you are the one who asked me to send it, and it was you who didn't ask me to send it, you are sick." Master Fang was very dissatisfied with Yan Zibin's nonsensical behavior in his heart, but he said in a low voice: "Subordinate Meng Lang, please spare this meeting." ”

"That's it, in two days, you and Yang Inspector will take people to collect the silver for me in the name of collecting the military salaries used to levy the thieves, and if you can't collect 1,000 taels, how much is missing, we will go to your house to get it." Yan Zibin threatened.

"Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely collect it." Master Fang agreed, and in his heart, he happily calculated: "In a few days, I will charge an extra 100 taels in your name." ”