3,300 soldiers of Shangshui, under the leadership of Wu Majiao, entered the county seat of Yangxia without much effort. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After entering the county seat, according to Zhao Hongrun's order, Wu Majiao quickly divided his troops to the east, south, and north gates, and officially took over the city defense of Yangxia County.

Immediately, Wu Majiao stationed 500 soldiers at the southeast, northwest, and northwest gates, and sent four 1,000 generals to guard them.

After these deployments, Wu Majiao led the remaining 1,300 merchant and sailors to quickly take control of the county's military reserve and money and grain depots, and when the two warehouses were in hand, they took over the garrison and sent soldiers to patrol the whole city.

During this period, all the county soldiers in the city surrendered.

It is undeniable that there are many hidden thieves in Yangxia among these county soldiers, but the vast majority of county soldiers are just local civilians, how dare they resist the orders of the merchant army?

You must know that the Shangshui Army is an army that has been approved by the Ministry of War and has an official number, and it also belongs to the garrison army, and compared with the county soldiers, who are responsible for the security of the county, the level is not a star and a half higher.

What's more, the Shang Shui Army also raised the king of Su Wang Hongrun, who dares to make a mistake?

As a result, the county soldiers in the city were all confiscated by the Shangshui Army and ordered to return home, and among them, some county soldiers suspected of hidden thieves were taken down by the Shangshui soldiers on the spot.

As for the many warrior halls in the city, as well as the rangers in those scholar halls, the merchant and sailor soldiers did not touch them for the time being.

In response to this matter, Zhao Hongrun made some considerations, he originally planned to drive the many rangers in the city out of the city, after all, in this way, the power of the Yangxia hidden thieves would be significantly weakened.

But the question is, is it really appropriate to let this group of idle rangers and outlaws leave Yangxia?

Thinking about it, I also know that once these rangers are expelled from Yangxia, these people will inevitably run to the surrounding counties such as Yuxian and Yanling, which will inevitably bring a negative impact on public security in the surrounding counties and spread chaos.

Rather than that, it is better to lock these rangers in Yangxia for the time being, and limit the chaos to Yangxia County as much as possible.

However, this also makes the situation of the Shang Shui Army more dangerous, because no one can guarantee that these rangers will assist the Yangxia Hidden Thieves and attack the Shang Shui Army after their freedom is restricted.

After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun came up with a compromise solution: weapon control.

Weapons control, that is, the confiscation of the weapons of those rangers, once those rangers lose their weapons, their threat to the merchant army will naturally be greatly reduced.

It's a pity that there are not many copper coins, gold and silver and other treasures in the money and grain depot controlled by the merchant army, otherwise, Zhao Hongrun will choose to use a more gentle method, for example, use money to buy weapons in the hands of the rangers, so that although the rangers have been confiscated weapons, because they get a sum of money, this dissatisfaction will be effectively contained.

It's a pity that the money and grain depot in Yangxia County can't be said to be empty, but it's really not enough to buy weapons from so many rangers in the city.

In this case, even if Zhao Hongrun knew that forcibly confiscating the rangers' weapons would cause resentment among these people, he had to do so.

After all, it is much safer to collect the weapons in the hands of the rangers, no matter how dangerous it is, than to let them continue to hold weapons.

And after receiving this order, the merchant army, which had just been stationed in Yangxia County for a short time, began to act without having dinner.

The main person in charge of this operation is still Wu Majiao and Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other sect guards, not that Zhao Hongrun does not trust Wu Majiao, but he is worried that Wu Majiao will become the target of Yangxia hidden thieves and assassination, so he asked Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and others to protect him.

After all, although Wu Majiao used to be a 2,000 general, his personal martial arts were still much inferior to those of the guards, and Zhao Hongrun didn't want this loyal general who didn't have much ability to die in Yangxia County in vain.

When a group of well-dressed merchant soldiers walked through the streets, the local civilians retreated, looking a little panicked, and the civilians always had this kind of uneasiness when facing the army, especially when they knew exactly what the army was going to do.

However, to the surprise of the civilians on the street, the soldiers of the merchant and water walked down the street as if they had not seen them, until they reached the door of a scholar's hall, and then stopped.

Wu Majiao turned his head to look at Zong Wei Wei Jiao and asked the latter for instructions.

It stands to reason that Wu Ma Jiao, as a general in charge of the Shang Water Army, does not need to ask Wei Jiao for instructions, but who let Wei Jiao and others be the Zong Wei beside Zhao Hongrun.

However, Wei Jiao also knew the measure, and did not shout at Wu Ma Jiao just because it was Zong Wei beside Zhao Hongrun, but raised his hand and motioned for Wu Ma Jiao to order.

This kind of courtesy made Wu Majiao feel quite good about Wei Jiao.

"Come on, call the head of the hall to come out!"

At the sound of an order, among the guards behind Wu Ma Jiao, a personal guard general walked out, stepped up the steps, and knocked on the open door of the Shiguan with the scabbard in his hand.

"Bang Bang Bang Bang - "

At this time, in this pavilion, many rangers were eating, and suddenly saw many soldiers outside the pavilion, and their faces showed a little consternation and uneasiness.

"Who is in charge of the museum? Come out! The guard shouted.

There was silence in the Shiguan, and after a long time, a sturdy man who looked to be thirty or forty years old walked out slowly, stepped out of the threshold, looked at the merchant and water soldiers outside the Shiguan with an uncertain expression, and said with his hands clenched into fists: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Wuma Jiao Ce immediately took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "By the order of the King of Su, a sword ban has been imposed on this county, and no one is allowed to carry weapons with him. ”

With that, with a wave of his hand, a hundred generals rushed into the pavilion with a team of merchant and water soldiers.

I saw that after this group of merchant soldiers rushed into the pavilion, they ignored the rangers who were eating, and as long as they saw weapons, they would confiscate them.

Seeing this, a ranger was furious, grabbed the weapon that was collected by a Shang Shui, and asked angrily, "What are you going to do?" ”

I saw that the merchant soldier repeated Wu Majiao's words, and then shouted coldly: "Let go!" ”

The ranger's face turned red, and he clung to his weapon.

Seeing this, the hundred people not far away immediately ordered: "Take it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the nearby Shangshui soldiers and soldiers rushed towards the ranger and forcibly subdued the other party.

Seeing this scene, all the rangers in the pavilion stood up in unison, each holding a sharp blade and showing a fierce face.

And at this moment, a group of merchant soldiers poured in outside the Shiguan Hall, one by one holding crossbows, aiming at those rangers.

Although most of the rangers used swords as weapons, they also knew the power of the army-style crossbows, so no one dared to move.

Seeing this, the hundred-man general waved his hand and ordered, "Collect your weapons." ”

The first group of merchant soldiers quickly collected the weapons carried by the rangers.

During this period, a ranger was not angry that his weapon had been taken by the army, and he fought with a merchant sergeant, and when the scuffle came, he angrily drew his sword.

But before he could pull out his blade and do anything to the merchant soldier who fell to the ground, more than a dozen of the merchant crossbowmen in that group of merchant crossbowmen pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

After a few pops, the ranger fell in disbelief with his eyes open.

The rangers in the pavilion were in an uproar, they looked at the merchant army in disbelief, and they couldn't believe that this team of soldiers really dared to kill people in the street.

And at this moment, the hundred generals glanced around and said coldly: "Do you think that my merchant army is playing with you?!" …… Obey the order of King Su, and those who refuse to surrender their weapons will be regarded as attacking our merchant and naval army, and will be killed on the spot! …… Get out into the corner! ”

Hearing this, and looking at the corpse of the ranger, the faces of the rangers in the pavilion turned blue and white, and under the threat of many crossbows, they could only obediently retreat to the corner of the wall, watching the soldiers of Shangshui collect their weapons.

At this time, a large group of sturdy men with sharp blades poured down on the second floor of the Shiguan, all of them five big and three thick.

"That's your guy?"

Zong Weiwei glanced at the head of the taxi hall who was not far away with an ugly face, and said coldly: "Tell them to hand over their weapons." ”

I saw that the head of the Scholar Pavilion glanced back at the many merchant and water soldiers outside the Scholar Pavilion, and immediately shouted at the sturdy men holding sharp blades: "What are you going to do?!" …… Put down your weapons! ”

The sturdy men looked at each other, and finally dropped their weapons.

Wei Jiao glanced at the officer of the scholar's pavilion, and said lightly: "Please allow our army to search your pavilion, the king has an order, and any weapons in the people must be handed over." ”

A few traces of gloom flashed in the eyes of the officer of the scholar's hall, but he didn't dare to attack after all, and said with anger: "Please." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Wei Jiao order: "Search! ”

Hearing this, the merchants and sailors rushed to the second floor of the Sergeant's Hall, rummaging through boxes and cabinets everywhere, taking away all the weapons they saw and all the objects that were suspected to be weapons.

And diagonally opposite this pavilion, there is also a pavilion, in front of its door, You Ma, who had a conversation with Zhao Hongrun today, is frowning, quietly watching this scene.

Didn't you say it would be a month later? How did you ...... suddenly? Heh, use a delaying tactic to stabilize us and others, and then suddenly attack?

Since it was not clear why Zhao Hongrun had changed his mind, You Ma felt that he had been deceived, because he had originally felt that there should still be room for maneuver between the Yangxia hidden thief and His Royal Highness King Su, so after Zhao Hongrun left, he contacted the Yiqiu people and prepared to discuss a solution with the latter.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness King Su suddenly tore his face with them, trying to use such a forceful method to take back Yangxia and suppress the hidden thief forces in Yangxia County.

A good move is the first to strike, and a good Su Wang......

Yuma's eyes narrowed, and he didn't know what to think about anymore.

At this time, those Shangshui soldiers had already searched the Shiguan and moved to Youma's side.

Seeing this, Yuma summoned a brother in the hall and instructed him, "Tell the brothers to hand over their weapons and not resist." ”

"Yes."

A moment later, the soldiers of the merchant army searched the Wandering Horse Taxi Pavilion and found many swords and blades from the hall.

Looking at the solemn Shangshui soldiers outside the pavilion, You Ma sighed secretly in his heart.

King Su, King Su, aren't you doing this to let the countless hidden heroes in Yangxia unite against you?

You Ma shook his head slightly, and then glanced at the gradually dark sky.

He didn't have to think that he could guess that tonight, the hidden thieves in Yangxia City would attack this merchant army.

A bloodshed is inevitable. (To be continued.) )