Cheng Biting Jin's eyes rolled, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he couldn't continue, Zhang Xutuo saw Cheng Biting Jin's appearance, the corners of his mouth hooked, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "I am Zuo Wuwei Hu Benlang General, the new Qi County Cheng Zhang Xutuo, in the holy will, led Zuo Wuwei's elite soldiers to inspect Qi County and observe civil grievances. ”

"You are a good citizen, you were bewitched by thieves for a while, and went astray, and you should have been killed, but Ben will understand that God has the virtue of a good life, and want to give you a chance, as long as you lay down your weapons, you will be able to guarantee a way to live, and your grievances, Ben will also report to the Supreme, but if you think you have been wronged, you can gather people to rebel and fight against the court, then don't blame Ben for being ruthless, and the jade is burned!"

The strong man's face changed, and he lost his voice: "Zhang Xutuo? Are you the brave general Zhang Xutuo who once followed Shi Wansui to conquer the Southern Barbarians? ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's the general, have you heard of me?" ”

The strong man gritted his teeth and said loudly: "General Zhang, my father once went to Nanning Prefecture with General Zhang, I have heard of your prestige since I was a child, and I respect you as an iron-clad man, if you say it, I believe it!" ”

Zhang Xutuo's brows softened slightly, and said: "Since your father used to serve the country, you should also know the word loyalty, after you are loyal and good, why should you be willing to fall and become a bandit?" Or is it inferior to the country and the Supreme? ”

The strong man said loudly: "General Zhang, the little Tian Erniu, a native of Laizhou, my father has served the country for many years and has accumulated a little military merit. I exchanged some money to buy some land in this Qi County. Settle. I wanted to live some peaceful days, but I didn't expect the world in the past few years, I really can't let people pass, last year when digging the river, my father died of exhaustion on the river, this year I was drawn to repair the ship Dingfu, to be transported to Laizhou to build a ship, just said the small. Every sentence is true, if there is half a lie, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky! ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded: "Tian Erniu, if you can trust the general, let everyone put down their weapons first, the general can guarantee the safety of your life, as for your grievances, the general will definitely reflect to the Supreme, if it is true, you will definitely be given justice!" ”

Tian Erniu laughed. Pointing to the hundreds of men behind him, he said, "General Zhang, these are all fellow villagers who went to Laizhou with me. They are all really responsible villagers, they are forced to live, only to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, if they can live a good life, who is willing to risk killing their heads and go against the court?! ”

Zhang Xutuo's eyebrows raised: "Okay, Tian Erniu, the matter has come to this point, you better put down your weapons first and surrender to the officers and soldiers, you will keep your promise." ”

Tian Erniu threw the big knife in his hand to the ground, turned around and said loudly: "Brothers of the righteous army, General Zhang is a good person, I Tian Erniu can guarantee with his life, he will never lie to us, let's put down the weapon first, listen to General Zhang's arrangement, what is the matter, let's talk about it later!" ”

Soon, in front of everyone, more than a dozen piles of weapons were piled up, each pile was two or three people high, and the more than 20,000 bandits standing in the field did not even have a wooden stick left in their hands.

Zhang Xutuo waved his hand, and hundreds of sergeants ran out of the infantry army of the Sui army, took out long ropes, and taught them to tie their hands with ropes to each other in groups of 100 people from the crowd, and strung them into a string, and then each string was escorted by three or four sergeants on both sides, and walked in the direction of the east.

In this way, after two or three hours, more than 20,000 bandit sergeants were all disarmed, strung into a team that was connected to the front and back for more than ten miles, and walked towards the forest avenue to the east, while more than 3,000 ironclad sergeants of the Sui army were lined up on both sides of the team, closely monitored all the way, escorted by the road, no one stayed to clean the battlefield, and no one paid attention to the edge of the fire, more than a dozen bloody "corpses" were quietly climbing up and flashing into the dense forest in the west.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head gently, and Cheng Biting Jin on the side touched his head, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, you really have the ability, just let these thieves surrender in a few words, I don't have the ability, today I bite Jin is convinced!" It's just that why are you not happy about such a big victory? ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed, pointed to the more than 10,000 corpses lying in the cottage and under the mountains on both sides, and said: "Compared with victory, I am more worried about these tragic deaths, they were originally good citizens of the Great Sui, who mistakenly believed in the words of thieves, went up the mountain to be thieves, and finally ended up with a tragic death, and there was no one to collect the corpses, which is really pitiful." ”

Cheng Yanjin blinked his eyes wide and said: "These are all thieves, they are against the imperial court, they deserve to die, why should General Zhang sigh for these people?" ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head: "That Tian Erniu's words just now, there is some truth, the land of Qi County is rich in things and rich in people, and it will not form such a large-scale civil uprising, not that a few thieves can spread some rumors, and they can get into chaos, and those who really let these good people embark on this desperate road are afraid that it is still harsh government!" ”

Cheng Yanjin's face changed, and he said, "General, who are you?" ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, and there was a hint of helplessness on his black and red face: "The heart of the Supreme is a little anxious, fighting Goguryeo is not an overnight thing, here in Shandong and Hebei, the river was just dug last year, and this year it has to bear such a heavy burden, the people really can't stand it, plus some thieves provoke, it will be chaotic, we just kill, eliminate tens of thousands of bandits is not enough, as long as the matter cannot be fundamentally solved, there will be more people forced to the cottage, become bandits, this matter, I must write to the Supreme when I turn around. ”

A hint of admiration flashed on Cheng Yanjin's face, and he said: "If General Zhang can speak up for our Shandong fathers, it will really be our great savior here!" To be honest, what Tian Erniu said just now does make sense, so I don't have anything to refute him! ”

The corners of Zhang Xutuo's mouth hooked: "Okay, Cheng Zhuangshi, this time thanks to you leading the way, we can find Wang Bo's lair so easily, and then we have to continue to pursue that Wang Bo, and then go to eliminate Ge Qian of the Douzi Pit." ”

Cheng Yanjin suddenly lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "General Zhang, what is your intention in deliberately letting Wang Bo go?" ”

Zhang Xutuo smiled slightly: "Someone has to show us the way to the bean pit!" Cheng Zhuangshi, do you say yes? (To be continued......)