Chapter 225: Windfall

"It's a pity you're going to die!" Mo Li said expressionlessly, "Someone! Chop him down! ā€

"Ah......h

The whole person was paralyzed. Eight [one??] Net ])).} He regretted it, regretted that he shouldn't have been able to see the situation clearly at this time. fell into the hands of the official army, except for surrender, it was a dead end, what else is there to be a hero?

"Official, don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm willing to say anything......" In the face of death, no one will not feel fear, Wang Jiayin, Xu Chang and others are just thieves, there is no faith at all, when facing the bloody life and death situation, when I just saw Tian Xiurong's head cut off not far away because of a word, when the same death threat was on his head, it was naturally false to say that he was not afraid.

"It's late!"

Mo Li said coldly.

"Official, don't kill me! I'm willing to say anything! Willing to saddle the horse for the general, be a cow and a horse! "Even the intestines are repentant.

"Hahaha!" Mo Li laughed and said, "Zhao Shiliang has already decided to tell General Ben everything, you only said now that you are willing to say it, don't you think it's too late?" ā€

"I—I know more than he does!" Xu Chang said hurriedly.

"No, no, no, sir, general, I know more! I know the big ...... I know why Wang Jiayin, a thief, went to Yicheng and didn't go to Xiangyang to find Wang Ziyong, because Wang Ziyong had a feud with him and wanted to replace him as the leader! Zhao Shiliang hurriedly spoke first.

"Oh?" Mo Li looked at Zhao Shiliang with interest, "Why does Wang Ziyong want to replace Wang Jiayin?" Didn't he always follow Wang Jiayin to rebel? ā€

"This ......" Zhao Shiliang couldn't answer, and he didn't know why Wang Ziyong fell out with Wang Jiayin.

"Official, I know, I know! This thing is like this, since Wang Ziyong went south, his power has expanded rapidly, and he proposed not to disturb the people or hurt the people, and not to allow the big guys to wantonly rob the people and the big leaders...... Disagreed with Wang Jiayin, especially with He Yilong, He Jin and others, so he was in Baihe's soldiers, and ...... opportunity to change his eyes came, and hurriedly interjected.

"So that's ......" Mo Li nodded slightly, it seems that this Wang Ziyong still has a bit of foresight and vision, unlike Zhang Dashou, He Jin and other guys who only know how to loot wantonly, and they don't know how to accumulate people's hearts at all.

"Report to the official, the little one also heard that after Wang Ziyong, this thief is still preparing to capture Xiangyang, he will establish a state in Xiangyang and claim the king, and divide one side and the court to fight against the court......," Xu Chang said again. Now he was really afraid that Mo Li would behead him, so he hurriedly took the initiative to tell everything he knew.

"Oh? It seems that this king's plan for his own use is not small! Mo Li was slightly surprised. If this king can really sympathize with the people's feelings, appease the people after capturing Xiangyang and other places, recruit troops and horses, and continue to grow his strength, he is an opponent that should not be underestimated.

Lu Hanzhang's face on the side changed, it seems that this gang of thieves has a lot of plans, and they still want to become a country of their own, the harm is too great, the officers and soldiers everywhere have not made much progress, there is no way to take these thieves, only the new Liao army led by Mo Li has won victories one after another, and they must ask the Holy Good Life to appease them, so that they can continue to exterminate the thieves and rebels in Huguang as soon as possible.

Mo Li thought for a while and said, "Okay, since you are all willing to serve General Ben and serve the imperial court, then General Ben will spare you from dying!" ā€

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General! The two of them hurriedly said in unison.

"Let's go down!"

Zhao Shiliang took two steps, then turned around and said, "General, the last general knows a big ...... Where Wang Jiayin hid the treasure, the last general was willing to take the general to get it! ā€

"Oh? How far away? Mo Li was interested.

"Not far, just in front of Whitewater Town, about thirty miles away." Zhao Shiliang said.

"Good! Guan Feng! ā€

"Humble duty!" Guan Feng hurriedly responded.

"Tell Xiaobei and let him bring some people to follow Zhao Shiliang to get the jewelry back!" Mo Li commanded.

"Yes!" Guan Feng took Zhao Shiliang and Xu Xu to change.

After Xu Chang, Zhao Shiliang and the others went down, Mo Li said again: "Now that Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong are divided into two parts, do you think that Gonggong Lu and the brothers should fight Wang Jiayin first or relieve the siege of Xiangyang first and attack Wang Ziyong?" ā€

Lu Hanzhang thought for a while and said: "Our family shouldn't talk too much about these military information, but since the general asked, let's also talk about our own opinions, Wang Jiayin's thieves have been killed by the soldiers of my New Liao Army after these several defeats, and they have no fighting spirit, so our family thinks that at this time, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture the thief King Jiayin in one fell swoop, which is also a great achievement for the general and the New Liao Army!" ā€

Mo Li nodded and said, "What my father-in-law said is good, but what about Xiangyang?" What about Xiangyang? King Xiang is still in the city! ā€

"Xiangyang City is tall and strong, the city defense facilities are complete, as long as there are no accidents, it will not be able to be captured for a while, and Zhang Zhonghe, the governor of Huguang, is also organizing troops to go north from Wuchang a few days ago, preparing to rescue Xiangyang, so Xiangyang still does not need to worry for the time being." Lu Hanzhang said.

Cao Bianjiao also said: "Yes, the last general also thinks that it is better for us to take advantage of the victory to pursue Wang Jiayin's rebels, Wang Jiayin's thieves have been killed by us a few times, and they have long been afraid of us, let's hold on to Wang Jiayin's rebels at this time, we will be able to deter the enemy, exterminate the king thief as soon as possible, and also deter other thieves!" ā€

"That's right! Let's clean up Wang Jiayin's thief first, and then it's not too late to destroy Wang Ziyong. Ma Jinzhong and others also said.

"Since the father-in-law and the big guy think it's better to kill Wang Jiayin first, then let's continue to chase Wang Jiayin's thieves when we have rested enough! The order goes down, the army rests for a day, and continues to pursue the king thief early tomorrow morning! Mo Li nodded and said.

In fact, in Mo Li's heart, he is more inclined to attack Wang Ziyong and Zhang Xianzhong's army first, after all, Zhang Xianzhong's reputation in later generations is much louder than Wang Jiayin, if he can be eliminated earlier, the future road may be better. Moreover, Wang Ziyong's danger of using this person is much more dangerous than Wang Jiayin.

But then I thought about it, the reason why Zhang Xianzhong became famous in later generations was that he still had to work hard for several years to get ahead, and now he can't be compared with Wang Jiayin in terms of strength and influence. Moreover, the happier Wang Ziyong, Zhang Xianzhong and others tossed in Huguang, the more reason they had to stay in Huguang, and slowly use the name of suppressing thieves to strengthen their own strength and realize their intention of supporting the army and self-respect.

And in that case, Chongzhen can only rely on himself to suppress the thief, and he will not dare to move his own careful thoughts.

The plan was decided, and every man went to rest. After breakfast, except for the soldiers who carried out the guard duty and maintained order in the city, most of the soldiers entered the camp to rest.

In the afternoon, He Zhen returned from Beixing and brought back a lot of gold and silver belongings.

Zhao Shiliang didn't lie, and took He Zhenbei and others to find Wang Jiayin's treasure place, and took out Wang Jiayin's belongings.

Mo Li was also very happy to see that he had got back so much gold, silver and jewelry, and if an army wants to have strong combat effectiveness, it is important to have hard training and strict military discipline at all times, but in some cases, interests are often more able to mobilize people's enthusiasm.

Mo Li will not fall into his pocket with these belongings, and he will take out a part of the gold and silver to reward the soldiers who have bravely made achievements in battle, so that they will be more willing and work harder for themselves.

Moreover, the amount of grain and grass materials used by the army is not small, and it is difficult to meet the supply of the state capital along the way, because of the long distance, it is normal for the imperial court to not be able to release the grain and salary in time, and with the silver in hand, you can buy grain from the local rich rice merchants.

In addition, Mo Li also took out a large sum of gold and silver to Lu Hanzhang, asking him to help deal with the powerful people in the capital, so as to pave the way for his future promotion.

Lu Hanzhang was not polite, he accepted so many benefits from Mo Li, and he agreed.

The next day, after the army had breakfast and all preparations were stopped, they immediately marched from Daokou Town to Yicheng and continued to pursue the rebels of Wang Jiayin's army.

Yicheng is the southern gateway of Xiangyang, not long ago by Wang Ziyong, Zhang Xianzhong and the Four Heavenly King Li Yangchun and other troops to capture, Wang Ziyong left Li Yangchun to guard Yicheng, and continued to march to the nearby surrounding counties and townships, and he and Zhang Xianzhong and others led troops to besiege Xiangyang City.

After Li Yangchun entrenched in Yicheng, he continued to loot the surrounding towns everywhere, doing evil and running rampant.

After Wang Jiayin, He Yilong, He Jin and others escaped from Zaoyang, they ran to Yicheng, joined Li Yangchun, and ordered Li Yangchun to retreat with him in the name of the big leader, and continued to flee south, and said that the new Liao army was too powerful to fight hard, and should temporarily avoid its edge, and then pull up a large army to fight against it after killing it in Dongting Lake.

Li Yangchun didn't believe that the New Liao Army was so strong, the rebels had not encountered decent resistance since they went south, all the officers and soldiers either fled or surrendered, coupled with the arrogance formed by looting and sweeping the surrounding prefectures and counties these days, the rapid growth of the team made Li Yangchun a little proud and arrogant, and even Wang Jiayin's words were not very reasonable.

He believes that the defeat of Wang Jiayin's army by the new Liao army is just a fluke victory, he occupies Yicheng, has enough food and grass, and has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, plus Wang Jiayin's department, adding up to nearly 100,000 people, and the official army is only more than 30,000 people. How will you pull the team in the future?

Wang Jiayin even suffered defeats, his prestige declined, he lost a lot of materials, grain and grass, and the morale of the army was relatively low.

But then again, now Yicheng has nearly 100,000 soldiers, and the grain, grass and weapons are complete, but it may not be really afraid that the officials and soldiers will come to suppress it, and it can always last for ten days and a half months.