Chapter 148: Leave this man alive
Guo Xun saw that Li Feibai had ruined Wang Shouren's strategy and put them in danger, and he was the only fool in the world. After Wang Shouren's pointing, and listening to Li Feibai's words, he finally understood that Li Feibai was not a fool, but a smart person.
Things have developed to this point, and he has guessed Li Feibai's intentions.
That's right, Li Feibai did this, and he could indeed solve the crisis without blood, but it was also accompanied by a great risk, so it was better to use Wang Shouren's surprise attack strategy, and the chances of victory would be more.
Wang Shouren was right, Li Feibai didn't want to kill all these bandits, it was indeed because he was benevolent. Is it good for a person to have a benevolent heart? Not in his opinion!
The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, and righteousness is not in charge of money. In the same way, if you go to war with a benevolent heart, you will lose the battle nine times out of ten. On his side, there are few soldiers and generals, and the odds of winning are not great, and if you are merciful, the chances of winning are even less.
Fortunately, this time I was lucky enough to meet a bunch of thieves, and the rhetoric can be regarded as taking the initiative. If you encounter a real enemy who is not a thief, you will be defeated.
Li Feibai surrendered to himself, which is the key to determining the success or failure of this time. Guo Xun immediately stopped hesitating, stood up and glanced at the bandits, then untied his waist card and sent it forward, and said majestically: "I am the commander of Henan Province, and all the soldiers will listen!" ”
The people standing on the wall of the tree replied in unison: "Please give the command!" ”
Guo Xun said: "The first evil must be eliminated, and the threat will never be done!" ”
When the thieves saw this posture, they all believed that Guo Xun was the commander, and they believed that they had been surrounded. Because almost all of them were from peasant households, they couldn't understand Guo Xun's order, and they also said that Guo Xun wanted to kill them all, and they were instantly terrified, and they stood there stunned as if they were about to face a catastrophe. Everyone regretted dying, and secretly said in their hearts: "I should have listened to Li Feibai's words if I knew it, so I could go home with my life." ”
Li Feibai shouted: "All the commanders have orders, everyone will kill the eight brothers surnamed Jiang, as well as your leader, and you will be able to live!" ”
Only then did the bandits realize that the meaning of the order was that it was meant to be, not to kill them all. They hated Jiang Dazhong for always bewitching the crowd and almost leading them to a dead end. also hated Chen Hao for coercing them to do something that was unconscionable, and took the weapon in his hand and slashed at the nine people.
The eight brothers of the Jiang family and Chen Hao didn't say a word, and they had already slashed the knife to the ground.
The bandits were crowded too tightly, their vision was blocked, and they didn't know that all nine people had died, and they were still searching left and right with weapons in their hands.
Li Feibai hurriedly shouted again: "The first evil has been eliminated, what are you still doing with weapons?" Don't hurry up and throw down your weapons and surrender! ”
The bandits have woken up from a dream! Yes, they still hold weapons and do not surrender, what are they waiting for? Waiting to be killed by the officers and soldiers? One by one, they hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands, held their heads in both hands, and squatted on the ground.
Li Feibai and Ma Kun kicked the weapons on the ground far away. The guards at the top of the wall on the tree then collected their bows, drew their swords and jumped down, surrounding the bandits.
Li Feibai walked outside the crowd, arched his hand at Zhang Zhishan, and said: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable." Brother Zhang sent someone to tie them all up and wait for the adults to send them down. ”
Zhang Zhishan nodded, called a few Taoist priests, and asked them to find ropes to tie up all the bandits. He also borrowed a large hall and escorted the thieves to the main hall.
The bandits waited out of the courtyard, and found that there were no sieges outside, only five or six knights. They knew that they had been fooled, and they secretly regretted it in their hearts, thinking that they had saved their lives, and they felt lucky. I just don't know what will happen to the adults, and I just hope to be able to return to my hometown alive.
Li Feibai waited for all the thieves to leave, then he walked to the pavilion with a smile, gave a deep salute, and said, "Let Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wang be frightened, and please punish the little nephew!" ”
Guo Xun darkened his face and said, "You still know that you are wrong!" He was not afraid of this gang of bandits, but wanted to draw his sword and fight with these bandits, but so Wang Shouren might be injured, which was not the result he wanted to see. Thinking about it just now, it was really dangerous, if the bandits were not fooled, the consequences would be really unpredictable.
Wang Shouren was very satisfied with Li Feibai's performance, and said with a smile: "Soldier, treacherous!" You are young and cunning, but you have the demeanor of the old man, and if you have the opportunity to lead troops to fight in the future, you will also be a good hand. ”
Li Feibai said: "Uncle Wang praised it falsely! ”
Guo Xun felt that Li Feibai was too risky to do this, and it was a fluke to be able to solve the crisis, and asked, "Tell me, how did you offend them?" ”
Li Feibai told Jiang Guoxian about receiving imperial grain.
After hearing this, Guo Xun spat on the ground hatefully and said, "The emperor's good intentions have all been ruined by these dog things!" He glared at the fleshy corpse in the distance, and continued, "It's lawless to kill officials because of a little grudge." It's good that you died early, otherwise you would regret coming to this world. ”
Wang Shouren groaned: "I'm just afraid, the eight brothers of the Jiang family colluded with the bandits, and it was not just as simple as seeking revenge!" ”
Guo Xun thinks about it. How can there be such a coincidence in the world, Li Feibai happened to come to the Balcony Palace to spend the night, and the eight brothers of the Jiang family happened to collude with the bandits to seek revenge. He asked, "Does Brother Wang know what other schemes are here?" ”
Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the surname Jiang is dead, otherwise you can ask clearly." ”
At this moment, a guard hurried from the front with a man in tow.
The guard walked to the pavilion, bowed his hand, and said, "This person is sneaky in front of the mountain gate, and looks inside from time to time. The little one thought this person was suspicious, so he caught him. ”
The man was dressed as a peasant, and at this time his hands were cut behind his back, and he tied a strong belt with his trouser belt, and replied to the people in the pavilion with an innocent face: "The little one is from the Wangwu villager, listening to the noise of the balcony palace in the middle of the night, I don't know what happened." I came here to take a look, but I was tied up by you, and I was really wronged. ”
Guo Xun thought about it, the movement of the Balcony Palace just now was really not small, and it was reasonable to alarm the nearby farmers to come and take a look. He blamed the guard for being really troublesome, and was about to order the guard to release this person, Ma Kun stepped forward and said, "Others don't know you, but I know you." You are the steward of the Jiang family, and you usually do a lot of bad things for the tiger. Your master has a bad plan, and we have cut it into a pulp and piled it up over there, and you want to be like them! ”
That person was indeed the steward of the Jiang family, and he was also a close confidant of the eight brothers of the Jiang family, and he knew the whole thing. After listening to Ma Kun's words, he looked in the direction of Ma Kun's finger, and saw a pile of broken corpses over there, judging from the broken clothes, it was indeed the clothes of the eight brothers of the Jiang family. Immediately, his face turned pale with fright, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Ma Kun has been a servant for so many years, and he knows that this is the time when the criminal's psychological defense line collapses, and it is also a good time to investigate the case, so he shouted: "Don't hurry up and tell the truth!" ”
The man was so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground, and poured beans from the bamboo tube to explain the cause and effect of the incident clearly. After speaking, he kowtowed like pounding garlic and said, "Please spare your life!" These are all done by the surnamed Jiang, and they have nothing to do with the small ones. ”
If it weren't for Ma Kun who recognized this person, Guo Xun would have been fooled at this time.
He was extremely angry, but he didn't expect this seemingly loyal guy to dare to deceive him, and immediately became murderous. And since this person knew the plot of the eight brothers of the Jiang family, it was obvious that it was not a good thing, and he would not kill him by mistake, so he shouted: "Drag him down for me and cut him down!" ”
Li Feibai hurriedly said: "Can you leave this person's life, the little nephew is of other use!" ”