Chapter 67: Surrender? Surrender?

After Liu Fan repelled the horses, he ordered people to clean up the battlefield and count the wounded. At this time, Zhang Yao and Lu'er, who were riding on the horse, had already vomited. Looking at the two girls with pale faces, Liu Fan also regretted it for a while, never expecting that Xiangma would raid them, which frightened the two girls who had never seen the fighting scene.

Liu Fan stepped forward and handed the water bag to the two girls, and said apologetically, "Sister Yao'er Lu'er, I didn't think it through, I forgot that you two girls haven't been on the battlefield, and this time I'm frightened!" I'm so sorry! I'll make amends to you two another day! ”

Zhang Yao took the water bag and took a sip, his face was much better, and he said, "Brother Liu, don't mind, we have to come along!" Don't blame you! ”

Zhang Yiheng also came over at this time and said, "Don't feel guilty about Jimin!" Now that the world is in chaos, it's good to let Yao'er get in touch with the battlefield more, and when I see blood in the future, I will be scared and my legs will be weak, how can I do this for my children of Zhang? ”

Liu Fan felt even more embarrassed after listening to the persuasion of the two, so he had to say, "No matter what, this matter is my fault!" I don't think it's better to let Sister Yao'er go to the next battle! I'll send them back." ”

Zhang Yao was immediately unhappy when she heard that Liu Fan was going to send them away, and retorted loudly: "Don't! I don't want to go! I'm fine! This little scene doesn't scare me, isn't it just a war? I'm not afraid! ”

Liu Fan was embarrassed when he saw the girl's excited appearance, and looked at Zhang Yiheng and said, "Uncle!" This..."

Zhang Yiheng knew his daughter's strong temperament, and said helplessly, "Jimin!" Since Yao'er doesn't want to go back, let her go! Anyway, the Broken Army is so elite, and there are only about a hundred people left in the ringing horses! I can't afford to make any big waves, and there will be no problems with our protection! ”

Liu Fan heard that Zhang Yiheng had no objection, so he had to say, "Okay! Let them follow! But I have one request, that they are not allowed to leave the protection of the pro-soldiers without my orders! ”

"Humph! If you don't leave, you won't leave! Zhang Yao said dissatisfied

Liu Fan looked at the girl's indifferent appearance, shook his head helplessly, and stopped dwelling on it, and then issued an order for the army to continue to move forward and surround Baijia Village.

Baijia Village is built on a hill on higher ground, and the village periphery is built with stones to build a three- or four-meter-high city wall, and there are defensive buildings such as arrow battlements on the city wall, and there is a high watchtower in the village, which is a typical Tunpu-style military fortress in the Ming Dynasty. Arriving outside Baijia Village, Liu Fan ordered people to launch a few tiger squat cannons and set up a position to prepare for an attack.

Before he could give the order, a white flag suddenly rose at the head of the city, the village gate opened, and an old man appeared with a group of people with his bare hands, shouting, "Slow down, my lord!" Don't hit! We surrendered! ”

Liu Fan was stunned for a while, weren't these ringing horses quite fierce just now? Why did you surrender before you could fight? Although I feel strange, I am still very happy not to fight Liu Fan, after all, Liu Fan does not want to fight a civil war, and Liu Fan, who killed these Ming people, has no sense of accomplishment at all, so Liu Fan asked people to bring this group of people to meet him.

The old man came to Liu Fan with a few ringing horses tied up with five flowers, and as soon as he saw Liu Fan, he knelt on the ground and said, "My lord! Xiaomin's failure to investigate for a while led to these cubs in the village being bewitched and making a big mistake, and I hope that the adults will open the net and spare the lives of the old and young in the village! ”

Bai Bao and the others also knelt on the ground and shouted, "This lord! Looting caravans, killing officers and soldiers are all done by my Bai Bao, regardless of the old and weak in the village, they don't know at all, one person does things and one person is responsible, and he is willing to lead the death, and he also asks the adults to let the old and young in the village live, and the villain will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay the great favor of the adults! After that, he stood up and rushed towards the surrounding soldiers, but the soldiers didn't have time to react, the spear had pierced Bai Bao's chest, and the seven-foot man endured the pain and knelt down in the direction of Liu Fan, shouting with all his might, "My lord!" The first evil is dead, and my lord spares his life! ”

Liu Fan was shocked, he didn't expect this person to be so strong, and shouted, "Someone! Save him! Li Xiaohu quickly stepped forward to support Bai Bao and stop the bleeding for him, but where could such a wound stop, seeing that the blood was flowing more and more, and soon Bai Bao's eyes gradually lost their lustre.

Seeing Bai Bao die in front of his eyes, the clan elder and the others were so sad that they couldn't help but cry bitterly. It casts a bleak atmosphere over the battlefield that was originally slaughtered.

Liu Fan was also helpless in the face of such an atmosphere, and said that he would avenge the salt transportation team? Why did the style of painting change in a blink of an eye, it feels so weird, isn't it on behalf of the righteous side, and I want to teach these murderous horses a painful lesson? Why do you suddenly feel like you've become the legendary villain? Or the kind of evil background that is used to set off the pig's feet! Looking around again, Liu Fan had a headache, not only did the two girls look at him strangely, but even the soldiers around him showed sympathy.

Liu Fan felt that this matter had suddenly become very tricky, and in the face of such an unexpected situation, Liu Fan had no experience at all. In this case, if you don't handle your glorious image well, your glorious image will be greatly damaged, Liu Fan had a headache and thought hard about countermeasures. The afterglow swept over, and suddenly saw Zhang Yiheng, who was the old god on the side, and his eyes lit up and he suddenly had an idea.

Liu Fan opened his mouth and said, "Uncle! Your brothers in the guard have suffered a lot of casualties in this matter, and you are the biggest sufferer! I think it's better to leave this matter to you to solve! ”

Zhang Yiheng originally wanted to see the excitement, but when he saw Liu Fan pushing the matter onto himself, he also shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Jimin is really a little slippery!" This hot potato was thrown to me like this! I also know that I feel sorry for my old man! That's it! I'm going to give an account to my subordinates too! I'll take care of that! ”

Liu Fan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, uncle!" If my uncle has any orders, even if he commands, my army will be at my uncle's disposal! ”

Then he turned to the clan elder and said, "We also feel sad that such a thing happened, since Bai Bao has resisted everything, so he died. I'll give him a face, too! As long as you surrender sincerely! I vouch for you in front of Lord Zhang! I promise I won't be too embarrassed! How to deal with it depends on what Master Zhang does! After all, it was his sergeants who died this time. ”

The clan elder cried with joy and kowtowed to Liu Fan, "Thank you, sir!" Thank you for your forgiveness for us! ”

Next, Liu Fan completely became the shopkeeper and didn't care about anything at all. Zhang Yiheng had no choice but to take up the burden, first ordered the soldiers to take care of the prisoners, and occupied Baijia Village. Then gather the villagers to announce the charges against these ringing horses, and let the villagers know the reason for their troops. Finally, it was announced that the dead Hibiki would be pardoned for their families, and that those who were alive would be punished, and that they would have to endure three to five years of hard labor to atone for their sins, and then be released according to their performance.

This kind of punishment can be said to be very, very merciful, according to the past actions of the officials and soldiers, the Xiangma who dared to kill the officials and rebelled were all killed, and even their families were not spared. Zhang Yiheng made such a decision under the persuasion of Liu Fan and his daughter to make an exception, if it was done according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the lightest would be that men were reduced to slaves and women were prostitutes.

Such a punishment is incredibly light for any era. But it was still a huge disaster for Baijia Village. After this battle, Baijia Village lost almost all its young and strong labor, and it was almost equivalent to a catastrophe in such a troubled year. The old and weak, who have no means of survival, are faced with a struggle of hunger and pain.