Tong Guan also heard what Dong Yun meant, that is, to hold a puppet to be the emperor, as long as he is in charge of the military power, the emperor has to listen to him. Tong Guan loves power, but he also knows how difficult it is for him to be an emperor, if a eunuch wants to be an emperor, not only the scholars will not support it, but even his soldiers will not support it. It is much easier to control a puppet emperor.

Tong Guan also seemed to have always been a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, nodded and said: "Mr. is far-sighted, so as to ensure the continuation of the imperial court." ”

Dong Yun said: "However, the prime minister still wants the Western Army to work harder, and he will exterminate Fang La as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that it will fall short." When the northwestern states learned of the occupation of Tokyo, they would definitely inform the states of their troops, and then the western army would probably withdraw immediately. Without the Western Army, it may not be easy for us to capture Fang La. ”

Hearing this, Tong Guan nodded and said, "Okay, tomorrow, I will order the whole army to capture Fang La, and the official will be promoted to the third level, and the reward will be ten thousand taels." Kill a thief and get a reward of ten times. Under the heavy reward, he will definitely be able to exterminate Fang La's thieves as soon as possible. ”

Dong Yun heard that Tong Guan was still preparing to give out a bounty, and couldn't help but wonder: "The previous more than seven million horses of silk have not been resolved, and the prime minister has promised a lot of money again, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to raise such a lot of money." ”

Tong Guan said with a smile: "Jiangnan has always been rich, as long as Fang La is destroyed, I am not afraid that those rich people will not pay." As long as the Western Army listens to the orders of the official, the official will naturally not lose their bounty. ”

Dong Yun also heard Tong Guan's meaning, and hurriedly said: "The prime minister's forces are mainly still in the army, no matter what happens in the future, it is better for the cardinal minister not to break his word, otherwise the soldiers may not want to die for the prime minister." Moreover, the combat power of the Western Army is quite strong, presumably Chao Gai, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu will compete to recruit the Western Army, and the Prime Minister must not push the Western Army towards them. ”

Tong Guan nodded and said: "What Mr. said is that this matter is easy to handle, the royal family is in trouble, and it is all caused by Zhu Mian and his ministers." turned around and copied Zhu Mian's house, and the bounty was almost settled. ”

Dong Yun praised: "The cardinal minister is clever, but it's a pity that Zhu Mian fled to Tokyo, otherwise killing Zhu Mian in public would also be able to win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan." ”

Tong Guan touched the few whiskers on his chin and said with a smile: "This matter is easy, Zhu Mian ran away, isn't there still his clan and those minions?" After killing Fang La, they were executed, and Zhu Mian's power in Jiangnan was uprooted, and they in the province affected their own officials' plans. ”

The next day, Tong Guan spread the new reward throughout the army.

The morale of the soldiers of the Western Army, who were already somewhat tired, was suddenly high again, but in two days, they captured all the hills guarded by the remnants of Fang La, and beheaded more than 70,000 people. Only Fang La and dozens of Manichaean leaders escaped, but all sides had been blocked by the Western army, and all that was left to capture Fang La was time.

Early in the morning, Tong Guan ordered the whole army to search the mountain.

The official is promoted to the third level, and the bounty is 10,000 taels, who is not tempted by such a heavy reward, the generals from all walks of life in the northwest are personally leading people up the mountain to search, hoping that the person who catches Fang La is himself.

Han Shizhong also led people up the mountain to search early, Han Shizhong was born poor, he had great courage since he was a child, he could ride untamed wild horses, he was addicted to alcohol and gambling, and he was called "Splash Han Wu", although the villagers regarded him as a splash, but Han Shizhong thought he was a market ranger.

When he was seventeen years old, Tong Guan began to use troops against Western Xia, Han Shizhong was unwilling to be ordinary, so he resolutely joined the army, with a body of martial arts, and soon made a lot of contributions, but unfortunately most of the credit was taken away by Tong Guan's henchmen, and now he is in his early thirties, and he only does a small school.

When Han Shizhong climbed the mountain first, he saw that the person in front of him was running forward in a panic, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and shouted: "The person in front of me stays, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless with the bow and arrow in my hand." ”

The man in front heard that Han Shizhong was going to use a bow and arrow, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Han Shizhong rushed to the front, but it was a man in his thirties, with tattered clothes and unkempt hair, like a savage.

The man kowtowed and said, "The general spares his life, the villain hasn't gone down the mountain for half a year, and it has nothing to do with that Fang La." ”

When Han Shizhong heard this man say that he hadn't gone down the mountain for half a year, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he wondered: "Why don't you go down the mountain?" ”

The man said: "The villain had some festivals with Fang La's brothers before, and after hearing that they rebelled, he was afraid that they would retaliate, so he kept hiding in the mountains. ”

Han Shizhong looked at this man's appearance, but he really looked like he hadn't gone down the mountain for half a year, and nodded: "Since you haven't gone down the mountain for half a year, you must be familiar with the grass and trees on this mountain?" ”

The man hurriedly said: "Familiar, familiar." ”

Han Shizhong smiled: "Then do you know where Fang La and them are hiding?" ”

The man said without hesitation: "They should hide in Fangla Cave." ”

"Fangla Cave?"

"Fangla Cave is halfway up the mountainside, it is a big stone cave, there are always dozens of zhang deep inside, the terrain is complicated, and Fangla used to preach the scriptures there to those believers. The nearby people called it a Fangla Cave, and ordinary people were not allowed to go there. ”

Han Shizhong took out a silver ingot, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "You lead us there, this ingot of silver is the money to lead the way." ”

The man took the silver, thanked Han Shizhong, and led Han Shizhong and the others to Fangla Cave.

Soon, Han Shizhong and his party came to a stone cave.

When the man saw the black pressure hole, he said timidly: "General, this is the hole, if you let Fang La see that the villain brought you here, Fang La will definitely kill the villain, and please let the villain go." ”

Han Shizhong looked at the unknown depth of the stone cave in front of him, and also felt that Fang La's surname was very likely to be hiding here, so he nodded and said, "You go." ”

A fierce soldier next to him hurriedly said: "I don't know the depth of this hole, it's better to let him take us in." ”

Han Shizhong glared at the soldier and said: "The fight is a matter of our salary, he is just an ordinary person, let him enter this stone cave, if he loses his surname in the fight, wouldn't he be wronged." ”

The fierce soldier muttered: "Who knows if he is a Manichaean or not, we entered Muzhou, and we have been attacked dozens of times by Manichaeans pretending to be ordinary people, if it weren't for the soldiers and horses of other roads who killed all the people close to the army, we don't know how many times we would have been attacked." ”

Han Shizhong glanced back at the soldiers who were a little dissatisfied, and said: "I know that everyone is very dissatisfied with the fact that I don't let you kill the people, although there are seven horses of silk for one person, but we are paid as soldiers to protect our homes and protect the people, how can we aim our weapons at the unarmed people." Fang La and the Manichaean leader are in this cave, grab one at random, and the court reward will be enough for everyone to enjoy the rest of their lives. Glory and wealth are in front, follow me, don't grab what you can't catch, the bounty I caught will be distributed to everyone, if anyone dares to attack his comrades, I will abolish him. ”

(To be continued)