Chapter Thirty-Eight: A New Journey

After Li Laoguan led his troops to attack Tianjiazhai, Tian Hu and the one-eyed dragon were so bad luck that they exploded, and when the loader knocked down the wall, the wooden watchtower also fell, and the two fell to the ground directly. And for some unknown reason, the death is very ugly and terrifying. The rest of the thieves, who had long been frightened by the loader, except for a few diehards of Tian Hu and the One-Eyed Dragon, had little resistance, and all of them disarmed and surrendered.

Sporadic fighting continued into the evening, and all resistance in Tianjiazhai was wiped out. Li Laoguan escorted all the men, women, and children in the town, even the babies, to the open space outside the village, and learned from Tian Hu's method, dividing all the captives into more than a dozen piles according to their genders, and the families of Tian Hu and the one-eyed dragon were locked up in a separate pile, and then surrounded by a wooden fence.

Old Officer Li was lying on a wooden recliner in the original mansion of Tian Hu's family, took out the walkie-talkie, and tuned to Zhao Kang's channel: "Report to the county lord, Tianjiazhai has been captured by the last general, may I ask your lord what should be done with these prisoners and captured materials?" ”

Zhao Kang, who was chatting with Chunmei on the big bed of the county office, was almost frightened by the sound coming from the walkie-talkie. said angrily: "You don't know how to speak quietly!" ”

Listening to the woman's moaning and Zhao Kang's scolding on the other end of the walkie-talkie, Old Officer Li immediately understood that he seemed to have made a mistake, and hurriedly whispered: "I'm really sorry, Lord Zhao." I just got a little sand in my ears. ”

Zhao Kang said: "Those prisoners, take them back to the county seat first." I will make a decision after discussing with Lord You and Lord Zhang. As for the seized materials, you will hand them over to Zhao Fugui. The land of Tianjiazhai is to be distributed to the military families of the militia group, and this is handed over to Lord You. All you need to do is bring back the captives and supplies safely. ”

Old Officer Li said: "Follow Lord Zhao's orders!" ”

Turning off the walkie-talkie, Mr. Li immediately called a thousand households: "I heard that Tian Hu married a new concubine named Rushuang during the New Year, and she looks like a flower and jade." Go and bring her to me a warm back! ”

Chinohe replied, "Yes, my lord! ”

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In the evening of the next day, Mr. Li escorted tens of thousands of prisoners to the outside of Fugu County. Due to the large number of people, Zhao Kang arranged the first guard under Chen Erdian to assist the guards.

Zhao Kang called several accomplices to a meeting in the county hall to discuss the disposal of these prisoners. Before the discussion began, You Wanxiong hurriedly ran in from outside the county office and said, "Lord Zhao, something is wrong. ”

Zhao Kang had fought too many times with Chunmei in bed during the day, so he said weakly: "What's wrong?" Could it be that the sun is coming out of the west? ”

You Wanxiong said: "My uncle, that is, the former Ningxia general soldier You Shiwei, wrote to me that about a month ago, Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, was not strict, and his deputy general He Renlong and Li Guoqi, the general of Shaanxi, mutinied, which led to the defeat of the troops who entered Huguang to aid and suppress the army by the thieves in the land ridge of Dachang County, Kuizhou Prefecture, which led to the deterioration of the entire war situation, and Lord Zheng was also cut by the court. It is estimated that Lord Ding will lead troops into Henan and Huguang in a short time to go to suppress thieves. ”

Zhao Kang said suspiciously: "Whether it is Zheng Chongjian or Ding Qirui, it makes no difference to me who is the governor of these three sides, right?" Could it be that they still want to transfer our Fugu County militia to Henan, Huguang or Sichuan to fight Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the two big thieves? I'm sure I wouldn't agree with that. ”

You Wanxiong said: "After all, the militia soldiers under the command of Lord Bi do not have the official establishment of the court, so it is not possible to transfer the militia to suppress the thieves. But Lord Zhao didn't know that as soon as Lord Ding Qirui and Lord Ding were promoted, the post of governor of Shaanxi was also vacant, and at present, in the entire territory of Shaanxi, only adults want money, grain, and soldiers. I think adults can fight for it. ”

Zhao Kang is very satisfied with his current life, with the coal mines in Fugu providing him with a steady stream of money for him to squander, with a beautiful woman like Chunmei to accompany him, and more than 20,000 militia soldiers to protect his personal safety, in his opinion, this kind of life is now comfortable to the extreme, and it is the right way to seize the time to enjoy. All the energy is right to deal with Chunmei, how can you have the strength to fight for anything?

Besides, Zhao Kang, who has undergone modern education, believes that the 56 ethnic groups should be one family, and whether he is Mongolian, Han, and Manchu is all Chinese, and who rules China is not the same? In the same way, whether it is Li Zicheng, Huang Taiji or Zhu Youzhen, who is the emperor is not the same?

So Zhao Kang said with some shirk: "Why can't this Shaanxi governor take my turn?" Although the prefect of Yan'an is currently vacant, the seven prefects of Lintao, Pingliang, Qingyang, Gongchang, Hanzhong, Fengxiang, and Xi'an may all be staring at that position. ”

You Wanxiong said: "What the lord said is wrong, it is indeed difficult for the governor of Shaanxi, but the lower official means that the lord can completely seek the position of governor of Yansui or the prefect of Yan'an." Sixteen counties in three prefectures of Yan'an Prefecture, thirty-four cities, forts, and camps in Yansui Town, except for Lord Zhao, who can let the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment? Who would dare to promise not to let a single person starve to death under his rule? Only Lord Zhao! Governor of Yansui, who is the adult! ”

Zhao Kang touched his nose and was noncommittal. continued to shirk and said, "Aren't we staying well in this Fugu County?" If you want money, you have money, you want food, why don't you have anything to do with those demon moths. ”

You Wanxiong saw that Zhao Kang was still hesitating, and continued: "Actually, it's not just Xia Guan who thinks like this. I think that whether it is Zhao Fugui, the henchman of adults, or Chen Erdian, Li Laoguan, Daniel Zhang, Wang Fuchen, or Zhang Jun and Li Sheng. There's no one who doesn't want adults to be exalted. Especially Chen Erdian, Li Laoguan, Daniel Zhang, and Wang Fuchen, the lower officials believed that they definitely did not want to just nest in the territory of Fugu County as a militia guard. They also want to be real generals, and fight in the north and south for your lordship. ”

Zhao Kang looked at the four of them and asked in surprise, "Do you four really think so?" ”

The four of them, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak. But the idea is obvious: that's what we think!

Zhao Kang directly named Zhao Fugui and asked, "Do you think so even the same way?" Tell me the truth! ”

Zhao Fugui couldn't hide from the situation, so he got up and said loudly: "I have always hoped that the young master can glorify his ancestors and achieve great causes. ”