It turns out that the matter is a long story, Chao Gai received the flying pigeon transmission in Yuncheng when Gongsun Sheng advocated peace talks, Chao Gai also wanted to negotiate peace, after all, there was not so much energy to have a stiff relationship with Tian Hu in Hebei, and there was already a small friction with the Zeng family in Zengtou City and the Lu family in Dengzhou in Shandong, and too many enemies were very unfavorable to the Yuncheng group training in the development stage.

However, Wu Yong thought about it in the long term, saying that if the peace talks can be negotiated, of course, it is good, and turning hostility into friendship, this is a situation that everyone wants to see, but we must also anticipate a bad situation, Tian Biao is a son-in-law, and this time he has suffered such a big loss, if you let him negotiate peace, he may not be obedient, and he will have to use force if he is unlucky. Therefore, we have to make other preparations, and it is inconvenient to use force to fight secretly. It just so happened that in the past half a year, a Jeju caravan was attacked in Jindingfu, and tens of thousands of belongings were robbed, and several caravans died. Wu Yong took the case and reported it to Jeju Mansion and asked Xu Lin to issue a document to investigate the case. Governor Xu said that the case is in the hands of the real government, and they will definitely not be happy to take care of this matter, if you have time to find out who did it, you will go directly to arrest someone, and just like that, you will use the documents for Wu. Wu Yong took the paperwork and came back to Chao Gai. In this way, Chao Gai led a hundred light cavalry in the Ming place, and the elite of the mountain platoon led a hundred people by Bian Xiang, Xie Zhen, and Xie Bao also rushed to Zhending Mansion. Since Bian Xiang was an infantryman, he arrived more than two days later than Chao Gai and the others, and he just arrived last night. Chao Gai ordered Bian Xiang to ambush in the woods by Panlong Lake in advance. Bian Xiang and the others' hiding skills are very superb, they are covered with clothes full of fallen leaves, and they are quietly hidden, and the black-clothed people led by Tian Biao did not find the existence of Bian Xiang and others when they came to ambush, so they won a surprise victory in today's battle and defeated Tian Biao's team.

Sun An's skills are strong and martial arts, and he is very righteous, Chao Gai likes this person very much and wants to take it for his own use, but this guy is still quite hard, and he wants to commit suicide by pressing his sword on his neck.

Chao Gai said: "I didn't come to arrest Tian Biao to take revenge, I have no personal vendetta with Tian Biao. ”

Sun An said: "Then I don't care, the Tian family is kind to me, I have been saddled before and after the horse for so many years, I have almost repaid the kindness, I will save him this time, I will not care if you catch him again next time." ”

Chao Gai looked at Gongsun Sheng, and Gongsun Sheng said to Chao Gai: "Tian Biao is just a son-in-law, and he has no ability to be a master, Sun An, a fierce general." ”

Chao Gai sighed: "Okay, only this once, Mr. Gongsun went to release Tian Biao." ”

"Okay brother."

Gongsun Sheng ordered Tian Biao to be released, and a son-in-law like Tian Biao let him go like this, but unfortunately he fed the wolf halfway, and prepared a horse for him, and the four subordinates released it together.

Tian Biao learned to be obedient this time, but he just said thank you, for fear that Chao Gai and the others would change their hexagrams, so he hurriedly got on the war horse and left with four subordinates like lost dogs.

Sun An hugged his fists at Chao Gai and said: "Thank you Chao Tuan for your training, since then Sun An is willing to saddle the horse before and after." ”

Chao Gai hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him and said: "You are welcome to abandon the darkness and join the Yuncheng regiment to practice, and you will understand what is called the army and what is called a comrade." What about Jiao Ting? ”

Jiao Ting saw that Chao Gai was willing to accept Sun An, came over and took fifty taels of silver, and said: "All the heroes recruited by the Yuncheng regiment are fifty taels of silver, and this is your share." ”

Sun An was not happy to say, Chao Gai said: "This is not my personal gift, this is the settling-in allowance for regimental training, and ordinary soldiers also have a settling-in allowance for seven times." ”

Sun An accepted it, and Gongsun Sheng and the doctor came over to help treat Sun An's injuries.

Li Kui looked at Feng Sheng next to him and said, "I see that although your martial arts are ordinary, you also have the strength, how about it, are you willing to join the Yuncheng group training?" ”

Feng Sheng said: "How to join, how not to join?" ”

Li Kui said: "Hey, your kid is quite horizontal, you are willing to join, you have a military salary to get, you eat well every day, you don't want to join, hehe, you know." Li Kui said and shook the next pair of plate axes, and the pair of plate axes had killed several people just now, and there were still miscellaneous pieces hanging on them.

"Li Kui, he's messing around again. He didn't give Feng Zhuangshi any medicine for his injuries. Chao Gao came over and said, "I won't say much about the situation, you may know about Tian Biao's robbery of the caravan, and you may even be involved." Seeing that you are also confused for a while, I am willing to make an exception to admit you to join the Yuncheng regimental training, and if you perform well in the future, you can also glorify your ancestors as an officer. Of course, if you don't want to, I'll have to hand it over to the government. ”

Feng Sheng's brain is also spinning rapidly, don't look at this guy as a muddy person, it seems that his head has little roots, but in fact he is not stupid at all. One side is to join the official army, glorify the ancestors, and the other side is to be handed over to the government, it is estimated that it is the beheading of the vegetable market, thinking of this, Feng Sheng bowed and said: "Thank you Chao Tuan Lian regardless of the previous suspicions, Feng Sheng is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Chao Gai was overjoyed and pulled up Feng Sheng, Feng Sheng's martial arts barely entered the stream, and Jiao Ting also gave a settlement fee. Feng Sheng was very happy, he didn't expect that he also had a share. But soon Chao Gai's words gave him a headache, and Chao Gai said: "Feng Sheng, you follow Li Kui and Bao Xu for the time being, and you have nothing to practice martial arts." ”

Li Kui Bao Xu looked at Feng Sheng and smiled, looking like he was about to clean him up, but Feng Sheng had no choice but to obey.

It's easy to fight, but it's hard to clean up the battlefield. In this battle, there was not a single casualty among the 100 cavalry, and the mountain platoon and the men in black fought fiercely, killing five and wounding ten. The black-clothed men brought by Tian Biao were all wiped out, 120 enemies were annihilated, 150 were captured, and the remaining part should have fled, this battle can be described as a great victory.

Chao Gai lamented: "What a pity, what a good soldier." Bian Xiang was also a little sad, but they were all people who led the troops, and they couldn't show sadness, otherwise how would they fight.

Sun An said: "One hundred infantry, one hundred cavalry, almost all three hundred people were annihilated, and only five soldiers were killed, what a brilliant record." I'm afraid that even the forbidden army will not be able to do it. ”

Chao Gai said: "The training of our soldiers is stricter than that of the forbidden army, not to mention that ordinary soldiers are wearing strong and light armor, and if it is a surprise attack, the casualties are naturally low." ”

Sun An was secretly lucky, it seems that this defeat is not accidental, but inevitable, whether it is a general or a soldier, it is a big difference.

Gongsun Sheng said: "Brother, what are you going to do with these captives?" ”

"These more than 100 black-clothed people are Tian Bao's henchmen, if they are recruited into the army, I am afraid it will not be appropriate, and it is not easy to escort them back to Yuncheng for thousands of miles, so they will be handed over to Zhending Mansion and let them try it." Chao Gai said.

Gongsun Sheng said: "Where will the current government try carefully, it is estimated that he will directly ask the bandits and bandits, and behead them as military merits." After all, it's one hundred and fifty people, and it's a pity to kill them, so how about we keep them? ”

"Stay? Where to keep it? Chao Gai asked.

Gongsun Sheng said: "This time Tian Biao was defeated, we have a firm foothold in Zhending Mansion, and we must develop in the next step, if we don't develop in Zhending, we can't stand on the same level of people just by relying on Ma Ling." ”

Chao Gai thought about it, it is indeed such a truth, since he has defeated Tian Biao with hard work, dozens of lives have been lost, and so many soldiers have been dispatched to pay for food and grass, and the management of Yuncheng regimental training is strict, and he does not take the things of the common people, does not sell them and buys them by force, and consumes a lot of baggage.

Thinking of this, Chao Gai said, "Okay. Where is Bian Xiang? ”

Bian Xiang came over and said, "My subordinates are here." ”

"Cremate the soldiers killed in your battle on the spot, bring the ashes back to Yuncheng for burial, and arrange for the injured to return to the liaison office to recuperate. The one hundred and fifty captives here are in your care, and they will be stationed in the nearby mountains for a while, and I will wait for my next arrangement. Chao Gai said.

Bian Xiang said: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Bian Xiang took the people of the mountain platoon to get busy, getting rid of the dead and going to recuperate, the mountain platoon only used eighty-five people, and it was indeed difficult for eighty-five people to guard one hundred and fifty people, but this was difficult for Bian Xiang, Bian Xiang had his own way, tied up the ten captives in a group, and told them not to hand them over to the government, but just let them work, and they were paid for their good performance. But if you want to escape, kill them on the spot.

It is not as easy as other places in the mountains and forests, if it is a plain area, it is very easy to run ten people together, but the mountains and forests are overgrown, and it is easy to stop the rope, and it is impossible for ten people to escape together, not to mention that not everyone is willing to escape.

In the evening of the same day, he escorted this group of people into the deep mountains and old forests to live temporarily, and the baggage was purchased nearby, although it would not be too good for the prisoners to eat, but the white flour steamed buns and sorghum rice porridge were still full, and the people in black were moved, and some said: "That, military master, will you eat like this every day in the future." ”

The soldier of the mountain platoon said: "I don't know about this, but we must have eaten like this every day when we took you, didn't you see our food, it was much better than yours." ”

It turns out that Tian Leopard is harsh, and not everyone is as good at making money as Chao Gai, these black-clothed people only have a military salary of two or three hundred wen per month, as for eating, it is nothing more than a full tube, nest head, sorghum porridge, etc., it is rare to see white-flour buns.

The capture of Zhending Mansion was almost dark, and Chao Gai handed over the body of the annihilated man in black to them, and this group of people actually asked where the seizure was, and let Li Kui scold him back. Chao Gai, out of many considerations, asked people to pay the two hundred pieces of silver sent by the Zhending Mansion, and they had the right to drink tea. In fact, there are only 100 people who come, and each person can average two times, of course, whether the officials will be distributed to the soldiers is not something that Chao Gai considers.

In the evening, when I returned to the large courtyard of the Zhending Liaison Office, it was already late, and it was already dark. The soldiers ate and ate, and Jiao Ting arranged for people to take turns on duty. Everyone is resting, Chao Gai and Gongsun Sheng are not resting, how to leave hundreds of soldiers in Zhending is the primary problem.

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