Seeing the changes on the faces of the captured bandits, Liu Shi knew that these people were not too bad and could still be saved. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he understands that if he wants to completely exterminate the bandits, he must rely on the persuasion of these people, and only in this way can the thieves on the mountain go down the mountain and be good. And these people have been active here for a long time and are familiar with geography.

From the mouths of these people, we also learned a lot of news: there is only one bandit in Shangluo, but it is also the most ferocious, there are many people, about 5,000 people, and the leader is called Huangpi, and there are more than a dozen leaders under him. It is said that this yellow skin came from the remnants of the Yellow Turban from other places, and later annexed all the bandits in Shangluo, and they broke the county seat of Shangluo.

I heard that there are some connections with some powerful people in Shangluo County, and the new county commanders who came last time were intercepted and killed halfway, and they didn't even let go of women and children. They also want to control the entire Wuguan Dao.

However, there is also a group of bandits in Shang County, also the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, with five or six thousand people. The leader seems to be called Peng Tuo, who used to be a big square head, but later was defeated in the Battle of Runan, fled to Shang County, and was active on the Wuguan Road.

No one knows exactly where, but it is said that there are several places. These men hijack caravans and convoys carrying military supplies, unless they are escorted by a large army.

The government has also requisitioned and suppressed several times, and the army that came was few, and was defeated by Peng Tuo's troops and fled, and there were many of them, and they didn't see these bandits, and the government couldn't, but they didn't rob the small caravans.

These two Yellow Turban bandits also clashed over the territorial boundary, and I don't know who won. Since then, the yellow skin of the Shangluo has only been active in the Shangluo and has not crossed the line. But they robbed both large and small caravans, unless there was a friendship, except for the caravans that paid a certain toll,

At the same time, Huangpi also collected the protection fee of the entire Shangluo County, and if he didn't give it, he would fight, and one of the township forts was strong, but after it was breached, the entire township fort was slaughtered, and the entire Shangluo County was shaken.

Liu Shi chewed the news slowly.

For Liu Shi, these are not good news, but fortunately, these people are arrogant and do not come to yin.

Liu Shi found Dian Wei, Liu Zhen, Shi Lian, Cao Xing, Shi Quan, and Liu Cheng to discuss. When it was decided to encounter the bandit brigade, Liu Shi and Dian Wei each led the most elite fifty people to charge into battle, forming two arrows.

At the same time, take the thief to capture the king first, directly hit the thief's head, and force the thief to disperse. If the leader of the bandits is hidden in the group of thieves to speak, Cao Xing will shoot him to deter the group of thieves with absolute force.

On the third day, just after walking for two hours, I heard a gong sound, and a large group of people turned out in front. The three men in the lead, riding three ponies, were stout, one of them was wearing a coat of armor, and the other two were wearing brocade cloth covers, like a rich man.

Two of the three thieves wielded guns and one armed with halberds. When those captured bandits saw it, their expressions changed, and their faces were full of panic.

Liu Shi knew that he couldn't lose his morale at this time, and immediately shouted: "The thieves from there dare to rob the official mansion, aren't they afraid of destroying your whole house?" ”

A thief next to him laughed loudly and said: "We are the Yellow Turban righteous who robbed the official mansion, an ignorant child, and dare to speak wildly when he is dying." Quickly leave the goods, money and Liu Shi behind, and the rest flee for their lives! The owner of this village is in a good mood today, leaving you a dog's life. ”

When Liu Shi heard this, he knew that these bandits were specially for him, and it seemed that he couldn't be good today. Without further ado, Timas rushed forward.

Among the thieves, the leader in golden armor waved his hand, "Who is going to try him?" ”

One of the bandits next to him shouted, "I'll go!" With that, he slapped his horse and greeted him.

Although this person is also quite powerful, how is Liu Shi's opponent, plus this horse is also a little shorter, Liu Shi just wants to end it as soon as possible at this time, deter the thieves, and go all out, only to hear the sound of "poof", and the thieves who rushed up have been knocked to the ground.

The bandit in the golden armor gasped, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he shouted: "Let's go together." Saying that, the bandits swarmed up, and they hid among the thieves, although there were many of these bandits, Liu Shi was not afraid, and in an instant, he picked up more than a dozen one after another.

Dian Wei saw Liu Shi move, grabbed the double halberd, picked left and right, and walked out of a bloody road, killing wherever he saw that there were many people.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandits made a detour to the convoy, Liu Shi ignored them, and only ran towards the two leaders, one of the leaders fled a little slower, and was caught up by Liu Shi, and hurriedly raised the halberd to separate them, and there was another "bang" sound, and the halberd flew into the sky, Liu Shi lightly stretched the ape arm, and pulled the bandit leader over the horse.

The bandit leader in golden armor was frightened and shouted, "Shoot the arrows, release the arrows." Before the words fell, Cao Xing raised an arrow in his hand, and with a miserable cry of "ah", the Jinjia thief fled to the top of the mountain on his horse.

As he spoke, a large number of bandits had fallen, and the three leaders of the bandits were caught, killed, and fled. Someone shouted: "The three heads are leading the way!" The three are in the lead! Let's run too! After saying that, he went into the mountains and forests and disappeared.

The bandits were undisciplined, some people ran, so they naturally followed, and in a blink of an eye, they all escaped into the mountains and forests, but it was a pity that the ones who rushed to the front before were surrounded by Liu Shi, Dian Wei and others.

Liu Shi shouted: "Put down your weapons and spare you from dying!" ”

The others also shouted: "Lay down your weapons and spare you from death!" ”

The bandits were also bare-bones, dropped their weapons, and fell to their knees with their heads in their hands.

Liu Shi took a look at the bandits, these people were all ragged, yellow-faced, hungry and thin, sighed and said, "Take them all!" ”

In this battle, only a dozen people in Liu Shi's convoy were wounded, fifty or sixty bandits were killed or wounded, and more than 300 people were captured.

The people of the convoy cleaned up the battlefield, and some of the thieves captured yesterday also cooperated to help, and in less than half an hour, the convoy set off again, and the thieves showed a look of awe in their eyes towards Liu Shi and Dian Wei.

In the evening, I came to a small city, looking from afar, the small city was surrounded by Danshui on three sides, and a wooden bridge flew next to Wuguan Road, leading directly to the city gate. It's as if this Danshui is a natural moat. Liu Shi felt that this city was not half the size of Zhuo County.

There was a humane in the convoy: "This is the county seat of Shangluo County." ”

Liu Shi hesitated, crossed the wooden bridge, and came to the city gate.

A large part of the gate had fallen, and in this gap there stood two officials of fifty or sixty years of age, with gray hair and tattered clothes, as if chatting, and when they saw the arrival of the great army, they did not panic, nor did they come forward to inquire as if they had not seen it.

Liu Zhen stepped forward and shouted, the newly appointed county magistrate arrived, and he didn't call anyone in the county who could talk about things to come to greet him.

It was only then that the two officials panicked, and one of them hurriedly ran towards the county office.

Soon, a middle-aged man in his thirties, also dressed in tatters, with a hungry face, trotted over and said urgently, "Who is the new county magistrate, Cheng Li Si of Shangluo County has seen the county magistrate." ”

Liu Shi nodded immediately and said, "I am the new county magistrate Liu Shi of Shangluo County, Li County Cheng is polite, and I also asked Li Cheng to lead the way to the county government to speak." ”

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, and stammered: "What kind of county is this--Shangluo County?" ”

Liu Shi paused, and then suddenly arrived: "Li Cheng! The Son of Heaven has a will, this Shangluo County and Shang County have become two counties into one, you lead the way! More on that later. ”

immediately instructed Dian Wei and Cao Xing to find a suitable place to place the team.

He also instructed Liu Cheng and Shi Quan to take their men and horses to patrol the city and guard the city gate. Liu Shi himself took Liu Zhen, Shi Jian and his personal guards to follow Li Xiancheng to the county government.

Liu Shi and his entourage walked on the street, but they didn't see many passers-by. Occasionally, one or two of them were indifferent, as if they hadn't seen it, and hurried by.

Liu Shi came to the gate of the county government and jumped off the horse, the county government is not big, most of it has been damaged and collapsed, and you can still see the traces of smoke and fire. The gate of the county government was also crooked, and Li Xiancheng glanced at Liu Shi, walked up and pushed the crooked gate open. A smell came to my nose, as if no one had been here for a long time.

Liu Shi frowned and said, "Li Xiancheng! How could this be the case in this county government? Where do you work now? ”

Li Si smiled a little embarrassed and said: "Since the county seat was breached, the county government was burned, the county magistrate was killed, all the money of the county government was robbed, and a lot of rich people in the city were also killed. Those who remained in the city were poor people, living on their own, and no one came to look for them. We didn't have anything to do, so we had to do something in our respective homes, get some food, and wait for the new county magistrate to come. ”

"How many people are there in the county government now?" Liu Shi asked.

Li Si said: "There are only a few people, and the younger ones are all looking for their own lives, and those who stay can't leave." ”

"How many people are there in the county?" Liu Shi asked again.

"There were more than 3,000 people before the bandits attacked the city, but now there are only nearly 2,000 people." Li Si replied.