In addition to the corpse of Li Zhi, who was "over the mountain", he wanted to transport it out entirely, Li Zhi cut off all the dead and seriously injured bandits, and handed over the heads to the people to put on the trolley. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe first time I disposed of a corpse, many soldiers vomited when they cut off their heads.

More than 20 horses were captured and distributed by Li Zhi to three reconnaissance squads to speed up the scouts' response.

After disposing of the corpses and loot, Li Zhi tied up all the bandits who were still active as guides, and led the troops to kill Jiyun Peak.

The bandits arranged a walled gate at the most dangerous place of Jiyun Peak, and they were prepared to defend it according to the danger. However, this time he crossed the mountain and poured out to attack Li Zhi, leaving only more than 30 old and weak bandits in the cottage. Li Zhi lifted the corpse of the mountain under the gate of the village, and the remaining old and weak people all knelt in hulala, and hurriedly opened the gate of the village.

Li Zhi secretly said that these old and weak are clever, if these old and weak do not open the door, Li Zhi is ready to make a well fence in front of the cottage and shoot these old and weak with a rifle in a high place.

When the door of the village opened, Li Zhi asked the soldiers to go in and tie up the old and weak bandits, and began to count the population and materials in the cottage.

After some torture and interrogation, Li Zhi figured out the situation in the cottage:

There are thirty-two old and weak thieves in the cottage, these people have done robbery and business and killed good people, Li Zhi tied them all up and prepared to escort them back to Tian0jin to be dealt with by the governor. There are also nine blacksmiths in the cottage, who are specially designed to create weapons for the bandits. These people have never killed anyone and done bad things, but it is also a sin to fight for the tiger, Li Zhi asked the soldiers to beat these people with thirty boards, and then threw them in the wild.

There were more than 80 snatched women in the cottage, who were used as playthings and slaves by the bandits, and they were all rescued by Li Zhi. The women of the Ming Dynasty paid attention to chastity, and these women did not feel it when they sank in the den of thieves, but when they saw Li Zhi with the officers and soldiers killed, they all felt that they had no face to see people in this life, and three of them actually committed suicide by biting their tongues in shame.

Li Zhi did not make it difficult for these women, and only let them follow the troops back to the city the next day.

In the vault of the cottage, there were more than 8,200 taels of silver and 130 taels of gold. There were three horses, five donkeys, and three mules in the stables. There were twenty-one pieces of silk of various colors, forty-two pieces of cotton, a hundred and thirteen jars of spirits, and one hundred and sixty-six swords. For these trophies, Li Zhi was unceremonious and took them all personally.

Of course, the spoils of war were rewarded with soldiers. For the soldiers who participated in the battle, Li Zhi was rewarded with five taels to ten taels of silver according to their battlefield performance. The men who transported the goods were also rewarded with three taels of silver each.

The battle was easy and enjoyable, and with so much silver rewarded, the soldiers and civilians were all happy.

In the end, Li Zhi found five gunsmiths in the cottage who could cast copper cannons. Li Zhi sat in the house of the leader of the cottage and had the gunsmiths escorted up.

As soon as they saw Li Zhi, these gunsmiths kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy loudly: "My lord, spare my life!" Adults! Although we fell into the grass in the cottage, we didn't do anything bad! The cannons we cast have never been used because they have no gunpowder! Adults! ”

Li Zhi glanced at the five gunsmiths and said slowly, "Where did you learn the cannon casting technique?" ”

The five gunsmiths glanced at each other, and finally the first one came out and replied, "We were originally blacksmiths hired by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and we learned the method of casting Hongyi cannons with him. Who knew that Kong Youde rebelled and broke Deng0 Prefecture, and we were all wrapped up in Kong Youde's army as thieves. It wasn't until Kong Youde was defeated and fled to Liaodong the year before last that the five of us escaped empty. ”

"On the way to escape, we heard that Sun Yuanhua was beheaded by the Son of Heaven for treason, we are Sun Yuanhua's gunsmiths, and we were carried by Kong Youde as a rebel, and we dare not return to Deng0zhou. There was no way to go all the way north, so he fell into the grass and cut Yunfeng to cast cannons for these bandits. However, there was a shortage of materials on the mountain, so we only cast two tiger squat cannons. ”

"There is no gunpowder on the mountain, and the two tiger squat cannons have never been used!"

Li Zhi looked at the five gunsmiths, thought for a while, and asked the person in front of him, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Cao Yu!"

"You're going to forge the Red Cannon?"

"Yes, we'll build the Hongyi cannon. We'll also make gun gauges, gun rulers, and moment meters, which make the cannon more accurate. ”

Hearing the words of these blacksmiths, Li Zhi was overjoyed and secretly found a treasure. Self-made casting iron cannon Li Zhi will not. But with these five gunsmiths, Li Zhi could use some of the later technologies he knew to improve the artillery of this era. If your unit has a large number of light artillery and Mini rifles, the firepower of your unit will be greatly increased.

However, these gunsmiths are rebels, thieves and grasshoppers, if they are not punished, they will look down on Li Zhi and will not be careful. Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "You five have been thieves repeatedly, and I will punish you for not being a slave." Wait a minute, I will find someone to sign a deed of sale with you, and in the future, you will be my slave to forge cannons for me, and you will have no monthly money for three meals a day. After I have forged the new artillery I need, I will restore your status as a craftsman and pay you every month. ”

The five gunsmiths glanced at each other, and their faces were full of joy. They were already very happy that the official didn't kill them, and the official actually gave them a clear way, which made them so happy. They are not afraid of being slaves, and they are also called by these thieves as slaves, not only do they not take the money, but they are always worried about the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, and the day is in danger. Now that he is with Li Zhi, not only is his safety guaranteed, but he also has the hope of restoring his identity as a craftsman, which is not a great thing.

The five of them hurriedly prostrated on the ground and said loudly: "We originally intended to be slaves and cast cannons for adults!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and nodded.

The next day, when Li Zhi's troops returned to the county seat with more than 30 bandits, old and weak, and more than a dozen carts of bandits, the entire county became a sensation.

The news that the hundred households had eliminated the mountain sky spread quickly throughout the county, and for a while, thousands of people were empty, and all of them flocked to the city gate to watch the selection of the thieves returning. As soon as Li Zhi's troops entered the city, they were surrounded by thousands of people.

In the past few years, he has robbed the people and killed the good people, and he doesn't know how much blood debt he owes, and at this time he was exterminated, how can the people not cheer and cheer?

Li Zhi knew the psychology of the people, and specially hung the corpses of the people on a carriage to show the people. The burly body of the mountain sky turned into a corpse at this time, and it looked very conspicuous hanging from the carriage. The people spat on the corpse of Guo Shankong one after another, expressing their anger at Guo Shankong!

"Look! Killing people without blinking an eye over the mountain is dead! ”

"That's a lot of heads! It's all the heads of those evil bandits! ”

"There are so many alive and tied up! This next one is honest! ”

"Lord Baihu is so powerful, he actually brought such a few people to serve the mountain and the empty pot!"

"Lord Baihu is really brave, I can't imagine that I still have such a brave military attache in Daming!"

On the contrary, more than 80 women followed the soldiers into the city, which made the people feel conflicted: the people were not only happy that the women in the county had escaped from the clutches of the bandits, but also ashamed that these women had been humiliated by the bandits and lost their chastity, and their existence would be an unspeakable scandal in the county in the future.

But this is not a problem for Li Zhi to consider.