Everyone was surprised, only to hear Ling Mengchu say: "Except for the water thieves brought by Tu Acho, the chaotic people on the mountain are all people from Jiaxing and Huzhou, and they are not comparable to the fierce gods and evil people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Three months ago, the student led the Huzhou Township soldiers to fight against him, and then followed all the way to the foot of Niutou Mountain, knowing that his grain and grass would inevitably run out.

"Now that the weather is getting warmer and the grass and trees are growing, if you don't take advantage of this opportunity to enter the mountain to persuade you to surrender, after more than a month, the edible things on the mountain will increase, and there may be branches and surprises."

After saying this, Ling Mengchu looked at Cai Maode and stopped talking.

Cai Maode heard this, nodded, and looked at the chief soldier Zhang Cunren, the prefect Zhao Jianji, the guerrilla Zheng Zhihu and the Changxing County Ling Wen Ruoxu, and saw that several people did not speak, knowing that they had no intention of entering the mountain to persuade them to surrender, so he said to Ling Mengchu: "Now that you go up the mountain to persuade you to surrender, there is still a danger of death, can you think about this?" ”

After Cai Maode asked this, he stared at Ling Mengchu's eyes, and Ling Mengchu didn't avoid it, he just hugged his fists and said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger." Even if you die nine times in your life, if you can make the merit of pacifying the thieves, this life is enough! ”

Ling Meng's first words had come to this, and Cai Maode knew that he had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more.

At the moment, three chaotic people who had recently escaped from the mountain and were caught by the official army were arranged to return to the mountain first to contact Tu Achou and others.

The three scrawny men who were selected did not want to go back, but after kneeling on the ground and crying for mercy to no avail, they got the promise that they could use this to make meritorious contributions and forgive their sins, so they took some food and were sent by the officers and soldiers across the earthen wall trench and went to the camp in the mountains.

Three days later, in the evening, one of the men staggered back with a bruised nose and swollen face.

This tall and thin man, who was the one surnamed Tao Minggen among the three people in Huishan, was quickly transferred to the military tent in the camp of Cai Maode, the envoy of Zhejiang, after being held by the soldiers guarding the wall under Zheng Zhihu.

As soon as Tao Genhou saw Cai Maode in the big tent, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried and said, "Lord Qingtian, save the people on the mountain!" ”

After saying this, he began to cry even more.

The people in the big tent came to say this when they saw Tao Genhou coming up, and they knew that the situation on the mountain was probably already very critical.

At this time, I only heard Deng Tongchang, the inspector of the Changxing County Inspection Division, shouting: "Close your beak!" This is the big tent of the Chinese army according to the envoy, what are you crying out about if you have something to say?! ”

Deng Tongchang shouted loudly, shocking Tao Genhou, and then he stopped crying and talked about going up the mountain to contact Tu Aqiu.

Tao Genhou and two other unfamiliar rebels returned to the mountain in horror after being selected to go up the mountain.

But what they saw on the way into the mountain made them even more frightened.

Most of the rebels who dared to flee down the mountain were caught, and after being caught, they were killed on the spot, their heads cut off, and hung on the road to enter and exit the mountain.

On both sides of each sheep intestine path, there are dozens or hundreds of heads swaying in the cold wind.

As for their bodies, Tao Genhou and the three of them knew by heart that they had gone.

This is also the reason why Tao Genhou and these people have to risk their lives to escape down the mountain, because they can't bear to eat the corpses of their own kind.

Before Tao Genhou and the three of them arrived at the previous camp in the forest, they were held by Zhou Guoneng's people.

In the end, he was blindfolded and brought to the Shangjing Village where Tu Achou, Zhou Guoneng, Cheng Zai, and Chen Dalang lived.

Kamii Village, as the name suggests, is a village with a well on the mountain.

Of course, the people of the village had long since been emptied, and all but the women and women had been driven into the mountains and forests to live in the nests with the other rebels.

Although Tao Genhou was tall, he was just a runaway who did not want to go to sea to resettle, and he had never had the opportunity to meet these leaders who were high in the chaos.

And the other two were Cheng Zai and Chen Dalang's previous subordinates, and at first sight, Cheng Zai and Chen Dalang were both furious, and they didn't even have time to speak, so they were cut down by Chen Dalang with a knife on the spot.

In this way, Tao Genhou, an honest farmer, became the only one to deliver the message, thus saving his life.

As soon as Tao Genhou said what he meant, he was immediately punched and kicked by Zhou Guoneng, Chen Dalang and others, and beaten badly, until Tu Augly and Cheng Zai stood up to drink, and they were not beaten to death, and finally conveyed the persuasion of the officials and soldiers under the mountain to several leaders of Shanglin Village, and presented Cai Maode's persuasion letter.

On the so-called letter of persuasion, in addition to Cai Maode's signature and a huge trace of the seal of the envoy, there is only one sentence and six words, that is, "Those who surrender can avoid death."

Tu Achou asked people to check the clothes of the two people who were killed by Chen Dalang, and found the same two pieces of paper, the same official seal, the same signature, and the same content from the clothes close to the corpse.

Then Tao Genhou was driven out, tied hand and foot, and thrown into the abandoned sheepfold in the corner of the courtyard, far away through the leaky doors and windows, and heard the arguments and discussions in the hall.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Tao Genhou, who was so hungry that his heart burned, was untied again and brought into the hall where Tu Augly lived.

In addition to Tu Acho, several other leaders Zhou Guoneng, Cheng Zai, and Chen Dalang are also doing it, and everyone is unkempt and sad, and it seems that they didn't sleep well all night last night.

Tao Genhou entered the house and was kicked to the ground.

Tu Augly also said to him directly: "Lao Tzu won't kill you, do you know why?" ”

Tao Genhou quickly shook his head when he heard this, not daring to answer.

Tu Augly said fiercely: "You go down the mountain, pass the words of Lao Tzu to those dog officials, and ask Lao Tzu to go down the mountain and surrender, and the government has to show some sincerity and send you such a thing as a fart to deliver a letter, just want Lao Tzu to surrender?!" Even if Lao Tzu agreed, Lao Tzu's brothers did not agree! ”

In this way, Tao Genhou went up the mountain tremblingly, and went down the mountain in a daze.

At this time, in front of all the officials in the tent, he trembled and finished saying what he should say, and another sentence came out: "Lord Qingtian, please save the people on the mountain, they really eat people!" ”

After listening to Tao Genhou's words, Cai Maode already had an idea in his heart, waved his hand, and asked Tao Genhou to take him out.

Seeing Tao Genhou crying and repeatedly saying that they really eat people, Cai Maode looked around the tent for a week, and then said to Ling Mengchu: "The matter has come to this, Ling Xuanfang, are you still willing to go up the mountain to try?" ”

When Ling Meng first heard this, he took two steps forward, bowed down and clasped his fists and said: "The student is still the same sentence, if he can make contributions to pacifying this thief, even if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den, the student will not hesitate!" ”

"Good!" After listening to Ling Mengchu's statement, Cai Maode said loudly: "In this case, as a procurator of Zhejiang Province, this official has the right to nominate a subordinate official of the Inspectorate Division, and this official will now appoint you to act as the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate Division, if you make a contribution to this trip, this official will nominate you as the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate Division!" ”

Everyone in the tent was shocked when they heard it, a township test deputy list Gongsheng, not even a person, as long as he entered the mountain, he came back alive is a sure thing to prepare for the army, if it is really said that Tu Augly and his gang are down, then a deputy envoy of Zhejiang military garrison will be in hand!

Wen Xianling, who was standing in the big tent, suddenly had an impulse in his heart, wanting to compete with this township test deputy Bang Gongsheng for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but when he thought of the three people who went up the mountain to deliver the letter before, only one came back alive, and he was worried in his heart, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't dare to squeak.

And Zhang Cunren, Zhao Jianji, and Zheng Zhihu were not envious of Ling Mengchu's opportunity, but were shocked by the courage of the new prosecutor.

Although a provincial procurator is in a high position and has great power, but in the case of the governor's reign, he does not have much power to appoint and dismiss personnel, even if it is according to the internal personnel appointment and dismissal of the procurator department, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the governor, and it is better to say a little bit about the military garrison affairs, after all, it belongs to the low-level subordinate officials within the procurator department, while the deputy military envoy is different, and it is necessary to supervise and report to the department before appointing and dismissing.

However, in any case, at this juncture, no one has raised the procedural issue of appointment and dismissal, and besides, the military armament affairs are only acting, not acting, and there is no procedural issue of appointment and dismissal.

Listening to Cai Maode's words, Ling Mengchu was excited, he had been waiting for an opportunity for twenty years, wasn't it the opportunity he was now?!

Ling Mengchu did not hesitate at the moment, knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said, "Students obey the orders of adults!" ”

At the moment, in the account, Cai Maode asked people to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote a letter by hand, which explained Ling Mengchu's official position, and told Tu Achou and others that this military preparation was his plenipotentiary envoy, and at the same time, he also made a promise in the letter to avoid death and reward those who surrendered to the chaos, and then stamped it with the seal of the envoy and solemnly handed it over to Ling Mengchu.

Ling Mengchu didn't say much, took the letter to prove his identity, and then bid farewell to everyone and returned to his camp to arrange relevant matters.

Early the next morning, Ling Mengchu took Tao Genhou, who had only come down the mountain the day before, crossed the deep trench of the earthen wall, and walked along the path that Tao Genhou had already walked, and went to the depths of Niutou Mountain.