Chapter 60: The Levee Breaks

"Let's break the embankment......"

Seeing that the fire was spreading towards Danyang City, Su Heng finally said this idea that he was not too reluctant to do. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The adjutant next to him did not have any doubts and went directly down to carry out the order.

Danyang County is mostly a place with high mountains and potholes, and Danyang City has a higher terrain, and the Dan River is in the upper reaches of Danyang City, and the geographical location is higher than the Guanshan area.

The so-called breach of the embankment also opened the channel located in the Guanshan area.

The Dan River has six channels, two of which are located in the direction of Guanshan, and when the channels are opened, the rushing water overflows from the channels in an instant, making a deafening roar.

The water is monstrous, rolling into Guanshan, the river flows along the 10,000 acres of fertile land outside Danyang City to Guanshan, the fertile land is completely destroyed, the water rushes to Guanshan, and the raging fire that was reckless before is also instantly submerged by the water potential.

"When the fire is smaller, we will refill the river to minimize the damage." Su Heng turned his head to look at an official of Danyang City, who was submissive, since Xu Zhirong's death, this young gentleman has been in charge of everything in Danyang City.

"Take me to see the mountain bandits who surrendered." Su Heng ordered another lieutenant general, he was a little curious, he had previously ordered people to guard the pass under the mountain, as long as he saw the mountain bandits coming down the mountain, he would not leave any of them, and kill them on the spot, why didn't he carry out his orders on the south side?

At this time, the mountain bandits placed outside the city of Danyang City pressed a group, they all squatted on the ground, did not dare to make a noise, and the weapons in their hands had already been handed over, remembering the fire just now, they still had palpitations, they had been in Guanshan for so many years, when had they seen such a scene, and when had they faced such despair.

"Who is the guard to the south? Let him come to me. Originally, Su Heng was still a little dissatisfied with the self-assertive deputy general in the south, but after seeing the bandits who were at least tens of thousands of people, his mind changed again, tens of thousands of people, if it is used well, it will be a big help.

"The last general, Duan Li, has seen Mr."

The lieutenant in charge of guarding the south side of the town came in a hurry, dressed no different from other lieutenants, but looked very energetic, in his thirties, but gave people a feeling of being full of moisture.

Su Heng carefully looked at the deputy general named Duan Li, and then asked, "I previously ordered you to hold the pass, as long as you see a mountain bandit coming down the mountain, you will kill it on the spot, why didn't you carry out the mission?" ”

In the face of Su Heng's questioning, Duan Li did not have a panicked look on his face, and replied calmly: "Mr. Qiqi, although the Guanshan bandits are just a group of rabble, most of them have seen blood, and they can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles in this area of Guanshan, and if they are trained and cultivated, it is also a big help, and what His Royal Highness Jiu lacks under his hands now is precisely this kind of help, so the last general took it upon himself to keep them." ”

Hearing Duan Li's words, Su Heng glanced at him strangely, a little surprised in his heart, he didn't expect a small deputy general to have such insight, and from his words, it could be heard that he seemed to be quite concerned about the affairs in the palace, otherwise he would not know so much about the current predicament of His Royal Highness the Nine.

has no connections, no military power, that's right, this is Zhao Jinyu's current predicament, if these tens of thousands of bandits are recruited, plus the 20,000 private soldiers given by the imperial court, it will make up a lot in terms of military power.

Although the imperial court gave a target of 20,000, but there was no clear strict order not to surrender, and the tens of thousands of bandits were subdued, even if they knew, they would not say anything, after all, several princes have done this kind of thing for so many years, and they said that they were benevolent and righteous, did not kill and surrender, and increased the source of troops for the imperial court, but in fact, they just turned these people into their own private soldiers.

"You are very good, you will follow General Qin in the future."

Su Heng thought about it and decided to give Duan Li a chance, and it could be seen from his words that the latter was also an ambitious person who wanted to climb up, otherwise he would not have made so many preparations.

Hearing Su Heng's words, Duan Li's previously calm face finally showed a hint of joy, although Su Heng did not promise any official position, but he knew that Qin Yongzhi was a general who had taken refuge in His Royal Highness the Ninth at the beginning, and now he didn't have to worry about being crowned an official in the future.

"You go and tell them, as long as they surrender sincerely, I will not pursue the previous matter, and will give them the same treatment as the regular army, as long as they fight bravely on the battlefield in the future, according to the calculation of military merits, it is not a problem to increase the rank of officer and knight, but after joining the army, if anyone dares to do what he did before, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law."

Regarding the words of the young gentleman in front of him, Duan Li didn't dare to be careless, and immediately conveyed his words as they were.

The Guanshan bandits were still apprehensive, and they didn't know how Su Heng would deal with them, but now that they heard that there was such treatment, most of them expressed their willingness to join the regular army, no one wanted to be a bandit from the beginning, most of them were forced to go to Guanshan because of poverty or various reasons, and now Su Heng is not pursuing their previous mistakes, he is naturally very happy in his heart, and he keeps saying thanks.

Although most people's initial thoughts were good, but there were still some people who were not very happy, they liked the pleasure of staying in the mountains and robbing others, and deciding the life and death of others with one word, and now when they heard Su Heng's words, they felt that this young gentleman should still be easier to speak, so they had the courage to say that they wanted to leave, and they were unwilling to join the army, so they begged for approval.

"You find out what you want to leave, and then ......kill them all" Su Heng ignored these people, but patted Duan Li's shoulder, whispered in his ear, and then turned to leave, leaving only Duan Li with a wry smile on his face.

This gentleman is so ruthless, there are thousands of people who want to leave, and they have all been killed......

Su Heng did not regret his decision, if he really let go of these thousands of people, I am afraid that he will harm one party again in the future, maybe the bandits in the area of Guan Mountain will resurrect again, it is better to kill them all and completely eliminate the hidden dangers, even if some of these people really want to go home honestly to live, Su Heng can only say sorry, just in case, the one who should be killed must not stay.

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Guanshan's side is gradually coming to an end, but some bad news has spread one after another in the counties of Dachu.

The Xuanyi Army, which once rose in the Jiangnan area and was later suppressed by Dachu, re-emerged in the Jiangnan area, and instantly swept the land of Dongning, Qucheng, and Qiancheng counties! The rebel commander Pei Yan established himself as king, established the state of Chen, led an army of 500,000, and officially declared war on Great Chu.

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