In the past seven days, all military operations to exterminate the Haisha Gang have been fully arranged.

The Haisha Gang obviously didn't expect the catastrophe to be imminent, and after paying a deposit of 20,000 taels of silver to buy illicit salt, Qin Zhan left Longmen Wharf safely.

Hu Qi and Wang Bingjian's work of secretly collecting the halls of the Haisha Gang is also coming to an end, and the Haisha Gang has five halls in Zhenjiang Mansion, two in Yangzhou Mansion, and one hall in Huai'an Mansion, for a total of seven halls.

Fang Yuan immediately assigned the task of this military operation to Wang Bingjian, who was drugged.

Under the pretext of training the sailors, the 5,000 Ming troops of Yangzhou Wei went south to Zhenjiangwei, joined up with the 4,000 Ming troops of Zhenjiang Wei, and exterminated the five halls of the Haisha Gang in Zhenjiang Prefecture;

Yi Zhenwei's 2,000 Ming troops wiped out a Haisha gang in Huai'an Mansion;

Gao Youwei's 3,000 Ming troops wiped out the two Haisha Gangs in Yangzhou Prefecture;

Shi Lang's sailor battalion was responsible for exterminating the sailors of the Haisha Gang and cutting off the waterway.

The time for the unified attack of all walks of life was set at noon on the sixth day of the first month of June, three days later, and before the military operation, the sergeants of each guard post had to make preparations for the conquest, and only more than 1,000 households in each guard post could know the target of the extermination.

Three days later, Fang Yuan, Jing Jie, Qin Zhan, and Xiao Yuan, under the escort of Hu Qi's three hundred brocade guards, climbed the Beigu Mountain in Jingkou and entered the Beigu Pavilion.

In Beiguting, you can see the situation of the entire Jingkou River at a glance, how Shi Lang sailors exterminated the Haisha Gang, and even how to attack Longmen Wharf can also be seen clearly.

Fang Yuan and Jing Jie stood side by side, looking at the magnificent river, suddenly full of pride, and couldn't help but chant, "There are so many beautiful rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists. It is a pity that the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty are slightly inferior to the literary talents, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors are slightly inferior to the coquettish, and the generation of Tianjiao Genghis Khan only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. The past, the number of romantic figures, but also look at the present. ”

He casually chanted this song "Qinyuan Spring. Snow" is majestic, and even the emperors of Qin Emperor Han Wu, Tang Dynasty Song Zu, and Genghis Khan, the most outstanding emperors in ancient and modern times, have not looked at it.

Jing Jie and Qin Zhan were fascinated when they heard this, and shouted in unison, "Okay, good words!" ”

Xiao Yuan hurriedly took out his pen and ink and copied the poem he had just chanted.

Fang Yuan was stunned and asked, "Xiao Yuan, what are you writing?" ”

Xiao Yuan blushed and said, "Childe's words are so good, I can only remember them by copying them." ”

While everyone was talking, noon had arrived, and on the river, the fleet of the Xuanjia Army began to set off from the Jingkou Wharf and slaughtered the old nest of the Haisha Gang-Longmen Wharf.

The bandit war has begun!

Liang Min, the commander of the logistics battalion of the Xuanjia Army, was also taken to Beigu Pavilion by Jinyiwei.

Liang Min, who hurried to Jingkou from the Taihu Military Base, looked at Fang Yuan in the Beigu Pavilion in amazement, and asked in surprise, "Fang Junmen, why did you summon me to Jingkou?" ”

Fang Yuan's eyes stared at the battle on the river, and he didn't say a word, this was the military affairs of the Xuanjia Army, and it should be punished by Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army.

Jing Jie had already pointed to the imminent battle on the river, and said in a deep voice, "Leader Liang, take a look at the water battle on the river, who is this exterminating?" ”

Liang Min raised his eyes and looked at the river, he knew the flag of the Xuanjia Army Naval Division, and the target of these thirty warships going north directly was Longmen Wharf.

Liang Min trembled, as if he knew the purpose of Fang Yuan's summoning of himself this time, he lowered his eyes and said, "Fang Junmen, I am indeed helping the Haisha Gang smuggle smuggled salt, but that's right!" ”

Jing Jie saw that he took the initiative to admit it, but he did not admit his guilt, and scolded angrily, "Commander Liang, smuggling smuggled salt is the crime of killing the head, as a person from the government, the crime is added to the first degree, you are not only wrong, but also guilty!" ”

Liang Min looked at him and said stubbornly, "Boss, the official salt is sold for 300 wen a catty, and the private salt is only bought for 100 wen a catty, which is a good deed that is greatly beneficial to the people." As for the law, I am guilty, but that law is the law of corrupt officials and corrupt officials oppressing the people, I have broken the law, but I am not wrong, I am not convinced! ”

Jing Jie saw that he still had a lot of fallacies and heresies, but he couldn't refute them, so he couldn't help but be speechless.

Fang Yuan sighed and said, "Leader Liang, I'm thinking, what four words are written on the big flagpole in front of the Liangshan Juyi Hall?" ”

Liang Min Zhengrong said, "Do the right thing for heaven!" ”

Fang Yuan asked, "What is the way of doing things for the heavens?" ”

Liang Min answered truthfully, "Acting on behalf of the people's wishes and eliminating harm for the people!" ”

"Boom, boom!"

There was a deafening sound of artillery bombardment on the river, and the sailors of the Xuanjia Army had arrived at the Longmen Wharf and began to bombard the wharf intensively.

Countless Zhenjiang Weiming troops also began to attack Longmen Wharf by land.

Fang Yuan's gaze was retracted from the battlefield, he looked straight at Liang Min, and said lukewarmly, "Leader Liang, use the smuggling of smuggled salt for the Haisha Gang as an umbrella, and act for the tiger, which can also be regarded as acting for the heavens?" ”

Liang Min was still unconvinced, "Fang Junmen, in my opinion, smuggling smuggled salt is the way of heaven!" ”

"The money bribed by the Haisha Gang did not go into my pocket, but to the brothers in the logistics battalion. If the brothers of the logistics battalion can't go to the battlefield and can't make meritorious contributions, they won't get a silver reward, and the monthly salary and silver reward are a lot less than the brothers in other battalions, and they are very angry! I'll get some money for my brothers, and I'm not wrong! ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was still holding on, and asked coldly, "I won't worry about the smuggling of smuggled salt, I won't worry about you first, you gave the Xuanjia Divine Gun to the Haisha Gang?" How many Xuanjia Divine Guns did you flow out in total? ”

Liang Min was stunned and said, "There is only one, and I made it myself." Xu Bao and I call him brother and brother, and I just borrow him to make a messenger. ”

Fang Yuan scolded sharply and said, "Okay, I will investigate the matter of the Xuanjia Divine Gun strictly afterwards, and I won't worry about you for the time being." Commander Hu, bring all the people up! ”

As soon as the villagers saw Fang Yuan, they began to cry and complain that the Haisha Gang had done evil, robbed the children, and lost their conscience, and they all knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Fang Yuan constantly, begging Fang Yuan to immediately exterminate the Haisha Gang and rescue the children who were snatched away.

Fang Yuan ordered the villagers to shut down, looked at Liang Min coldly and said, "Leader Liang, you can talk about it again, is it considered to be a brother and a brother to a person like Xu Bao?" ”

Liang Min saw the accusations of many villagers and stayed on the spot. In the name of the Xuanjia Army, the Haisha Gang did evil and brutalized the people, and he could not escape the blame. With Xu Bao, a beast who doesn't even let go of Huangkou Xiaoer, he was so wrong that he collapsed to the ground in shock, unable to speak.

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Leader Liang, you are a good man from Liangshan, and you have always hated the darkness of the official mansion, I can completely understand it. But, you're on the wrong path. The government is black, the government cannot give justice, we can rectify the atmosphere of the government and clean up the source. The price of salt is high, and we can rectify the price of salt and crack down on profiteers who take it by force. Instead of going from one extreme to the other, to support the evil forces! ”

"What the government can't give justice, such as the Haisha Gang, can be given by underworld forces? The black of the government, that is a bottom line, after all, it is necessary to set up a memorial arch; The blackness of the underworld forces, there is no bottom line, because they can be unscrupulous and lawless! I see?! ”

Liang Min was already in tears, kneeling in front of Fang Yuan and crying, "Fang Junmen, I was wrong, admit the punishment and accept the punishment!" ”

Fang Yuan's eyes were also blurred with tears, and he sighed and said, "Leader Liang, as soon as I think of the battle of Shandong, the great achievements made by the Liangshan brothers; When I think of the eight hundred heroes who died in Qingfeng Mountain, how can I say the words that punish you?! However, this incident has caused such a bad impact on the Xuanjia Army, if you are not punished, how can you explain it to the other brothers?! ”

"Fang Junmen, if you are wrong, you are wrong, I will never shirk the blame, nor will I embarrass Fang Junmen, and I will apologize for my own crimes."

Liang Min nodded again and again with a dejected expression, snatched a Xuanjia Divine Gun from the hand of the Jinyi guard beside him, and aimed the muzzle of the gun at his mouth. As soon as you pull the trigger, your brain will burst and you will die.

Jing Jie hurriedly rushed forward and snatched his firecracker, and Chong Fang Yuan half-knelt down and said, "Boss, Leader Liang is indeed guilty, but as the commander-in-chief, I can't escape the blame, and I am willing to take responsibility for him." Now that it is the time to employ people, spare him for capital crimes and make him suffer for meritorious service! ”

Fang was originally reluctant to be a general of Liang Min, but he couldn't be partial in front of the villagers, and when he saw Jing Jie hand over a step, he also went down the steps, and said in a deep voice, "In this case, Jing Jie, as the commander-in-chief, you are negligent in management, and you will be specially punished for demoting your military rank from the general soldier to the commander, and you will be fined for one year, fifty military staffs, and the whole army will be notified once." ”

Jing Jie respectfully accepted the punishment, "Yes!" ”

Fang Yuan's gaze looked at Liang Min again and said, "Liang Min, the crime you committed should have been punished by military law, but for the sake of your past merits, you will be exempted from the death penalty." You are hereby dismissed from the post of commander of the logistics battalion of the Xuanjia Army, with a hundred military staffs, and expelled from the Xuanjia Army. ”

Liang Min lost all his official positions, and was even expelled from the Xuanjia Army, and was taken aback, "Fang Junmen, I was expelled from the Xuanjia Army, I still have the face to go back to see Brother Liangshan?" It's better to kill me! ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Commander Liang, your temperament is too heavy on righteousness, and the army is a place to talk about military discipline, not a place for generals." Rewarding for merit is because the military discipline is not strict, every military camp is like this, how can I, Jing Jie govern the army? You're not fit to stay in the Xuanjia Army, and I'll arrange your place afterwards. ”