An hour later, when the common people in the city heard that the young county lieutenant had really given all the money and food to the bandits, the bandits had already divided the money and food and left. Suddenly, everyone was furious, feeling that they had been deceived by this young dog official, and the people crowded at the city gate in groups of three or five. The county commander stood on the city wall, his beard trembled with anger, and the county Cheng and Dutou stood stunned, in fact, they had no hope that Zhang Xian would win the bandits and start over, but they still had expectations that Zhang Xian would send a family to pretend to beat the bandits, after all, if they insisted on a day or two, once Li Tingzhi received the report, he would definitely hurry up and rush to encircle and annihilate this bandit, but who would have thought that this grandson Zhang Xian would really give the bandits money and food to the bandits, and it is said that he personally sent the bandits outside the city, I am afraid that it is true that he ran away with the bandits.

"Lord County, we have to make arrangements for this matter as soon as possible, this county lieutenant and bandits, it seems that we have been calculated, but the matter has come to this, I am afraid we will not be able to get out of it, but now the people's will is available, as long as we push everything to that Zhang Xian, anyway, the people also saw that he personally gave the money and food to this gang of bandits, and when the time comes, Lord Li Tingzhi will pursue it, we may be able to save our lives." The county magistrate woke up from the shock and said to the county order.

"My lord, my subordinates think that what Lord Cheng said is true, we don't find a good reason to get rid of the crime, this Lord Li Tingzhi himself is not easy to speak, and I am afraid that we will have to bear the black pot for others at that time!" Wang Changwei also echoed and said.

"Okay, now the three of us must unite sincerely, and all the blame will be pushed on Zhang Xian's kid, and when the time comes, Lord Li will investigate it, and say that he coerced us with a knife, a person who defected to the enemy, saying that he is not wronged at all, and also, county Cheng, you quickly arrange for your men to go to the place where the people gather, and give me all the charges that can be deducted to him Zhang Xian! In addition, Wang Dutou, you immediately send someone to the suburbs to find Lord Li Tingzhi first, tell him what happened here, how to say it specifically, you don't need the official to teach you this, in addition, send someone to the official to watch the Zhang family, no one in the Zhang family is allowed to enter or leave, everything will be decided when Lord Li Tingzhi arrives. ”

"I'll just say that this young man can't be relied on as an official! Now it's okay, the money and food are all given to the bandits! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? It is said that this bandit dog official, the family has long colluded with the bandits, he took a knife to coerce the county commander, and gave the money and food to the bandits with his own hands! ”

"This dog official is so bold that he dares to coerce the county master?"

"Wasn't this county lieutenant just promoted? Why do you want to be a bandit? ”

"What nonsense, this dog official surnamed Zhang is said to have been appointed as a county lieutenant by framing his own clansmen and hiding from the world!"

"Yes, yes, we all saw it with our own eyes, the dog official gave the money and food to those bandits with his own hands, and everyone will find Lord Li Tingzhi together when the time comes, destroy this bandit, and kill the bandits' Zhang County Lieutenant's family, and kill them all to make the people angry!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

The county commander watched everything that happened under the city tower from the city tower, and the expression on his face finally eased a little, but he still silently cursed Zhang Xian, the lonely star, in his heart, so that he not only almost lost his life several times, but also occupied his family wealth, and the most important thing is that he still has to eat coptis dumbly, and he can't say anything about his suffering, I hope that this time, Lord Li Tingzhi can completely handle you, then everything will be fine. As soon as the county commander was in a good mood, he lay down on the rocking chair on the city tower and closed his eyes to rest.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good, those bandits are back again!" A servant shouted and ran up the tower.

"What? How could those bandits come back? Where is it? Where? After listening to what the magistrate said, the county magistrate jumped up and shouted in surprise! The head of the county and the catcher also immediately leaned on the battlement of the city wall and looked into the distance.

"Your Excellency, the appearance of thousands of people looming outside the outskirts of the city is the place where the bandits left in the morning, could it be that the bandits feel that they have less money and food, and then pour back?" Xian Cheng said with a frown.

"It's very likely, Lord County Venerable, this gang of bandits got so much money and food with the cooperation of which county lieutenant, I must think that we have more money and food here!" Wang Changwei said in agreement.

"Then what are you waiting for, Wang Dutou, hurry up and close the city gate, if you let the bandits enter the city, we will be killed by the bandits before the court raids the family and exterminates the clan, hurry! Shut the gates of the city! Wang Dutou, if the bandits attack the city, you must resist it, when the time comes, this official will promote you to be a county lieutenant, I hope that Li Tingzhi and Lord Li will come to save us as soon as possible when they get the news! The county commander saw that the bandits were vaguely still patting the neat team, getting closer and closer, and panicked in his heart.

"This, this, Lord County, don't you know, these fast soldiers, I'm afraid they really can't resist it, those bandits have bows, arrows and spears, and we have some waist knives in our hands, this is really not an opponent! Besides, these adults know very well, where do they dare to fight hard against the bandits! We can only wait for Lord Li Tingzhi to come to the rescue behind closed doors now, but our subordinates estimate that Lord Li will not be able to feel the city of Yangzhou until it is dark at the earliest. "Wang Changwei listened to the county order to lead the fast soldiers to resist, while arranging for people to close the city gate, while complaining in his heart, these fast soldiers are okay to kill good and brave the merits, they really want to fight and die, these fast soldiers are not fools, besides, the big guy usually respects your county official's silver, is your county official really not understand or fake to understand?

"County Cheng, think of a way, if you really let the bandits enter the city, everyone will be dead, then don't you know what Li Tingzhi means? How much more money and food can we give to these bandits now? Seeing that the county magistrate couldn't count on it, he turned his head and asked the county magistrate.

"My lord, all the treasury silver in Yangzhou now adds up to less than five thousand taels, and there are still four or five hundred thousand catties of grain! Hey, my lord is not right, these bandits have 4,000 people, and they have already taken 200,000 catties of grain, and they can't carry any more! Did you come back and ask for silver? The county said suspiciously.

"This official is not the bandit, how can he know what they think? No, all of this was caused by Zhang Xian, who killed that day, Wang Dutou, you quickly send someone to Zhang's house, take down their family and come to the city, this official will pull his family back even if he dies! The county magistrate said without annoyance.

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will go immediately! My lord, no, how do those bandits feel that the number of people has doubled, look at it! Wang Dutou had an order, and immediately sent a team of people to Zhang's house to get people, and when he looked back, there seemed to be more and more bandits outside, so he pointed to the bandits who were getting closer and closer outside.

When the county magistrate heard that Wang Dutou said that the number of bandits had doubled, he chuckled in his heart, and said while looking at the bandits who were getting closer and closer:

"Oh no, you see that bandit lined up so neatly, it can't be another bandit, right? It's going to kill you! What a good thing that is! The prefectural order was about to collapse, and he shouted with a crying voice.

"It's not good, my lord, it's County Lieutenant Zhang and his men who are at the forefront!" The county screamed!

"My lord, look, the bandit led a few family members who are tied up and pressed in the middle" Wang Dutou also shouted!

"My lord, those bandits were all tied with hemp rope and then strung with hemp rope, so they walked very neatly one by one!" The county continued.

"My lord, I can see clearly, all around are the family members in strong clothes on the Governor's Mansion of Zhang County, they are holding spears and escorting these bandits, and each of the bandits is still carrying food!" Wang Dutou shouted excitedly.

The county magistrate and the head of the capital said alternately in shock, obviously, this is which county commander Zhang Xian who cursed thousands of times in his heart, really served these bandits in one pot, the county magistrate rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and looked at the crowd getting closer and closer under the city tower in surprise, and his heart was really unbelievable, how did this kid do it, so many bandits were arrested one by one? ? After the suspicion, the county commander coughed, pretended not to be surprised, and said:

"I know, I know, look at you one by one, what are you doing, this official really didn't misunderstand County Lieutenant Zhang, hurry up, go to open the city gate, this official will personally welcome County Lieutenant Zhang to return triumphantly!"

After the county decree was finished, he got up and went to the gate of the city.

"Oh, hurry up and send someone to call back the family who arrested County Lieutenant Zhang's family before! Hurry, use the official's fast horse! Thinking that he had just sent someone to arrest Zhang Xian's family, the county order was startled and almost fell, because the county order knew very well that his family was Zhang Xian's absolute rebellion, and he must not do a second stupid thing.

"That's right, by the way, hurry up and let the people come out and greet us with us." The county magistrate continued to instruct and hurried down to the gate of the city.

The city gate of Yangzhou City, built unusually tall and majestic, blue brick rolled arch, about three zhang high, about two lengths wide, thirty miles in circumference, the common people heard that Zhang County Lieutenant ran away with the bandits, and miraculously escorted all the bandits back, so that the people who tossed most of the day with joy and sorrow, naturally crowded the city gate to see the legendary heroes, there were dense people everywhere, the county order in the county Cheng and the head of the general people and so on, finally squeezed out the noisy crowd. Seeing Zhang Xian with his head held high, sitting on horseback, with a solemn face, I saw that Zhang Xian clasped his fists with both hands, and kept signaling to the people around him, Zhang Xian saw the county order and others standing in the middle of the road, Zhang Xian immediately got off the horse, bowed to the county order, and said loudly:

"Zhang Xian, the county lieutenant of Yangzhou, was ordered by the county lord to suppress the bandits, and now there is Liu Zuohu, the leader of the Jianglong bandits, and the 4,156 bandits who were coerced by him, passing through my Yangzhou City, and he was so bold that he forced a huge amount of money and grain with force. The subordinate officials agreed to the bandits' request and bagged all 50 catties of their grain, the purpose of which was to let the bandits carry money and food, and it was inconvenient to travel, let alone fight. So the lower officials set up an ambush on the cliff path of the road that the bandits must pass, cut off their way of advance and retreat, and the lower officials fought bravely to kill the enemy one by one, regardless of life and death, and took down the bandit leader in one go, and the rest of the bandits saw that there was no way to go to the sky, and there was no way to enter the ground, and they all looked at the wind and fell! In this battle, 478 bandits were killed, and the rest were all captured alive, no one escaped, and there was a lot of money and food. ”

As soon as Zhang Xian finished speaking, all the people cheered, this is amazing, this young county lieutenant Zhang, not only took all the money and food back, but more importantly, exterminated all the stubborn bandits in one fell swoop, this kind of brilliant record has been unheard of for decades!

"You dog official, you actually deceived us, you are more treacherous than that Tartar, Lao Tzu will not obey you to death, you have the ability to fight with Lao Tzu with real knives and real guns!" The bandit leader Liu Zuohu roared angrily, the wounds on his face were still soaked in blood, his hair was scattered, his armor was also cut by a sharp blade, and even one of his shoes fell off.

"Come on, give me a slap, dare to speak disrespectfully, insulting Lord Zhang is insulting the official, the soldiers don't get tired of deceit, they don't understand, and they are embarrassed to be bandits?" The county commander saw the bandit leader scolding, and gave Zhang Xian a high hat without a trace. After Zhang Xian heard what the county official said, he saw a government official slap at the bandit leader Liu Zuohu with thousands of crackles, and Liu Zuohu, who was already injured, suddenly fainted, Zhang Xian felt a chill in his heart, when you were fighting, you didn't see you have this ability.

"Good! Good! All right! Zhang County Lieutenant is really a hero out of a young man, although there is an official in command today, but Zhang County Lieutenant can lead the family Ding Zhuang to capture these bandits in one fell swoop, and his loyalty and courage are commendable! Loyalty and courage are commendable! This official will definitely play the court and ask for credit for Lord Zhang! Such a big victory, I don't know how many casualties Zhang Daren's family has suffered? ”

The county order quietly took credit for himself, and Zhang Xian did not break it, and continued to say to the county order:

"Lord County, this time to suppress the bandits, there are many injured people in the lower official family, and there are no dead for the time being, the reason for this is that there are no horses in the lower official family, many people have twisted a lot of feet when chasing and destroying the stubborn bandits, today the county lord is in command, and the lower officials dare not fight for merit, but the only request for the county lord to hand over the two hundred war horses to the lower officials, and the bandits will be used in the coming day!" Zhang Xianyun said lightly.

When the county order was heard, his heart suddenly burst into flames.