Chapter 397: Xiliang Xing (29)
"Zhang County Order? Are there still rebels in the city? ā
Luo Yi rode on his horse, looked at Zhang Wancheng who was standing next to him, and asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhang Wancheng arched his hand and said: "General, please rest assured, the rebels of Zhu Hong and the others have been controlled, and there will be no problems." ā
"Hmm."
Luo Yi said: "This Yincheng matter, thanks to you, count your merits, and when I take down Longxi, I will be rewarded for my merits." ā
"As for you..."
Looking at the masters who were standing beside Zhang Wancheng, Luo Yi was a little embarrassed.
Originally, he was going to come to Yincheng to establish his authority, so that the four major families in Pingxing could see what the end of resistance was, but now, people took the initiative to surrender, so how could they kill again.
Luo Yi said: "That's it, you gathered a crowd to rebel, and you should have been beheaded, but I thought that you had a heart of repentance, so I bypassed you this time, and after the general took Longxi, he would not forget your credit." But you have to leave the letter to the four major families in Pingxing, so that they can surrender as soon as possible, otherwise when our army arrives, it will be their death! ā
Everyone was in an uproar, this was completely different from what they thought. They thought that they had made a great contribution by following Zhang Wancheng to surrender, why did Luo Yi praise Zhang Wancheng and reprimand them.
Fortunately, I said later that I would not forget their credit, which was a little comforting, and most importantly, my life was saved.
As for the cultivation of books, they don't dare, it is already wrong to betray the four major families, and if they want to be lobbyists again, they are afraid that they will be stabbed to death.
Zhang Wancheng thought for a while and said: "General Yu, Zhu Hong and others insisted on not surrendering, they have been taken down by me, and now they are imprisoned in a cell, I don't know what to do?" ā
Luo Yi smiled and asked, "General Han, what do you think should be done?" ā
Han Wu waved his hand and said: "This matter is not in my hands, the general is a great general, and the free general is down." ā
"Okay, then you're welcome."
Luo Yi looked at Zhang Wancheng and said, "Just pull Zhu Hong, as well as those family owners who insist on not surrendering, to the entrance of the vegetable market, and torture them, Ling Chi!" And send this news to Pingxing, so that the four major families can take a look. ā
Ling Chi is a relatively cruel criminal law, using a knife to cut the flesh on the body, piece by piece, until finally death, no one can understand this process, what kind of pain it is.
Luo Yi continued: "As for the property of these people, all of them will be confiscated, and they will be taken care of by Zhang County Order for the time being, and I will let people collect them in the future." ā
"Yes."
Zhang Wancheng nodded.
Those family heads gasped, Luo Yi's methods made their scalps tingle, Ling Chi had only heard people talk about it before, and they had never seen it with their own eyes, and when they thought of the knife cutting through their bodies until they died, everyone couldn't help but sweat all over.
At this time, Feng Si, who had entered the Silver City, sent someone back and reported: "General, there is no ambush in the city. ā
"Okay, let's go into town."
Luo Yi and Han Wu did not dismount, shouted, and slowly entered the silver city with Zhang Wancheng and others.
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In the afternoon of the same day, the five patriarchs of the Zhu Hong family were forcibly dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market, and in front of all the people, they tortured them in the early morning, cutting off every piece of flesh from their bodies with knives one by one until the tortured person died.
This kind of criminal law can be said to be the most cruel, and no one can bear it.
Zhu Hong and the others first insulted, then begged for mercy, and finally died...
The torturer cut more than 1,000 knives on them, and the craftsmanship was really high-class, even Luo Yi couldn't help but admire, he could cut a thousand knives on a person and not die, he really needed skills.
This news was sent to Pingxing by Luo Yi, and Luo Yi also wrote a letter in his own handwriting, the general content of the letter was similar to what was written on the white cloth that Luo Yi shot into Yincheng with an arrow the day before yesterday.
In short, in the letter, Luo Yi did not take Pingxing, or even any of the forces in Longxi in his eyes, it was completely a very strong posture, if he did not surrender, he would only die, and the vermilion of Yincheng would be the end.
Li Dejiang and Wu Zuliang received the news and saw the letter with their own eyes, and both of them were furious.
Zhu Hong, Lu Siniu and the others were arranged by them in Yincheng, just to see the strength of Luo Yi and Han Wu, but they didn't expect Luo Yi to do it so thoroughly, arresting Lu Siniu, and Zhu Hong and the other family masters who surrendered not far away were all executed by Ling Chi!
Suddenly, the four major families all felt Luo Yi's strength and ruthlessness at the same time.
Although there was some fear in their hearts, everyone couldn't help but think that if such a person became the lord of Longxi, then his style of behavior would be fearless in the future, and the fate of the family would be in Luo Yi's hands.
Life or death are all in Luo Yi's thoughts!
In the past few days, the four major families have investigated Luo Yi's background and know Luo Yi's life well.
Especially the history of Huainan shocked the four major families, the Huainan forces were uprooted by Luo Yi, and all the salt merchants were hit, as well as the governor of Dadu, Shi and Jiedu, were not spared.
The nature of the salt merchant is similar to that of the big family in Xiliang, they are all businessmen, and Luo Yi's unrelenting approach makes it a little difficult for everyone to accept.
Originally, they had all decided to test Luo Yi, if Luo Yi was interested, willing to befriend them, and made a promise, they could barely accept it. But now it seems that everything is unnecessary, even if Luo Yi makes a promise, they can't believe it.
The most critical reason is that Luo Yi is too vicious, beyond their imagination.
At this time, in the county guard mansion of Pingxing County, the four major families were gathering together, Li Dejiang slammed the letter to the ground, and said: "This Luo Yi is too crazy, he doesn't even take any of us in his eyes, how can it be reasonable!" ā
Everyone had already seen the letter.
Wu Zuliang said: "I said a long time ago, Luo Yi is not easy to get along with, especially those of us who started as merchants, and we are the target of his key attack in Longxi. If he wins Longxi, we should be the first to clean up, so as to establish his prestige. ā
"Befriending him is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger."
The other two family heads also nodded heavily, and Sun Fu said, "I don't think we should hesitate, let's take measures immediately, and have a good fight with Luo Yi." ā
"I sent people to contact the Qiang people, so that they can lead troops to come to help, and we will spread the news to explain our position, and the determination to resist Luo Yi, so that the rebels from all over Longxi will gather in Pingxing, at the same time, we can also recruit soldiers and horses, with our strength, Luo Yi's more than 10,000 iron cavalry is definitely not an opponent, he wants to contribute to Longxi, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream."
Sun Fu's words are to make it clear that he wants to rebel and do whatever it takes for the benefit of the family!
This kind of thought was just an idea before, not explicitly spoken, but now, it has surfaced.
The crowd was dumbfounded.
After a while, Wu Zuliang responded first and said: "Yes, Brother Sun's words are reasonable, with our strength, Luo Yi can't be any better." ā
Next to him, the head of the family surnamed Wang, who had not spoken for a long time, said: "But Luo Yi is the general of Zhenxi of the Great King after all, and he was ordered to take over Longxi, and we have a stiff relationship with him like this, in case he sues the king and sends troops to Longxi, that..." ā
Li Dejiang said: "It's okay, the king won't send troops here." ā
"You don't know, I just got the news that the king will lead a large army to the south in the near future, and he has no time to estimate the affairs of Longxi, even if there is a disturbance here, he will not come."
"That's heaven helping us." Sun Fu said with a happy face.
Wu Zuliang also seemed to be happy, and suddenly snorted: "Then we have nothing to be afraid of, I will let people go to the city to post notices and recruit soldiers, I don't believe it, with our strength, we can't even hold Pingxing." ā
After speaking, Wu Zuliang left the county government with great interest.
Li Dejiang didn't stop it, at this moment, he didn't know what to do, Luo Yi did too much, he didn't even leave a little leeway, if he was weak, when Luo Yi won Longxi in the future, he wouldn't be killed by Luo Yi? Deep down, he also has the idea of being ready to do a big job. When necessary, even if you really ask the Qiang people to help, it is understandable, compared with the people, the interests of the family are more important.
So, even Li Dejiang had this idea, and the other two had no reason to oppose it, and the matter was decided happily.
Wu Zuliang was responsible for recruiting troops, Sun Fu contacted the Qiang people in the Western Regions, and the head of the family surnamed Wang and Li Dejiang contacted all forces in Longxi to prepare for a big fight.
At this time, in Yincheng, Luo Yi and Han Wu had completely controlled the situation.
The private soldiers who originally belonged to Zhu Hong and others, totaling more than 9,000 people, Luo Yi selected 500 of their elites, and all the rest were dismissed; The families of Zhu Hong and others were all handed over to the county commander Zhang Wancheng, and Luo Yi didn't care about how to deal with it.
All the family properties such as Zhu Hong were confiscated, and the land, commercial houses, and other properties were also confiscated.
As for the private soldiers of those family heads who returned to Shun, Luo Yi took a lot of effort, if these people were dismissed, the major families would definitely not agree, this was all accumulated by people little by little, who would like to discard it like this.
Besides, as a big family, there is no goods that need to be escorted, and the land of Longxi is chaotic.
But if he is not dismissed, Luo Yi feels very unsafe, although these people are now down, they may not be bewitched by Li Dejiang and other four major families one day, and gather people to rebel, and the consequences are unimaginable.
After thinking about it, Luo Yi came up with a solution!
Temperate the private soldiers of all families!
What is temperance? It is to manage and collect power, and not to let the private soldiers of each family be too relaxed; Luo Yi decided to make a rule for all families, each family can have a maximum of 500 private soldiers, no more, otherwise it is one of them to rebel for recruitment; Second, considering that each family has goods to be transported to various places, and bandits are rampant in various places, they do need to be protected, and 500 people are a bit small, so Luo Yi decided to let the county government form a volunteer army, the so-called volunteer army, is specially for the delivery of goods to the families, every time the goods are transported, each family can apply to the local county government, and the county order approves the allocation of troops, but this volunteer army does not kneel to the families, but is in power by the county order, and there is another point, this army must be funded by the local family, all equipment, Horses are purchased by the head of the house. It doesn't sound very fair to the families, but when Luo Yi said this idea, the families all agreed with it, they didn't think about rebelling again, it doesn't matter how many private soldiers there are, as long as they can transport goods, and now it is controlled by the county government, which also allows them to completely clear their suspicions, as for supporting this army, everyone has nothing to say, the army that serves itself, of course, has to provide for itself, and there are so many families, it is not too difficult to support.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Luo Yi suddenly wiped his cold sweat. He was still very worried, but he didn't expect that all families were sensible people, which saved him a lot of saliva.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
In the past three days, Luo Yi trained the selected five hundred family private soldiers, led by him personally, and the equipment he held was all obtained from the Yincheng government, but it didn't take much effort, but Luo Yi was not very satisfied, and thought in his heart that after capturing Longxi, he would rebuild all the equipment and reorganize the military force in Longxi.