Chapter Forty-Eight: The Affair of Yanmen (End)
Hearing that Shi Lei had a task assigned to him, Gru suddenly became excited, and said, "My lord, if you have something, please give me orders." ”
"Okay, you can get up in a while, and select a thousand people for me from the eight thousand soldiers below, of course, these thousand people should all be the sons and grandsons of those nobles and elders in your Su and Anhui tribes, how about it, can you do it?" Shi Lei said.
Hearing Shi Lei's words, Gru was puzzled for a moment before he said, "My lord, this matter is not a big deal, but why does it have to be a related person of the nobles and elders?" ”
Shi Lei didn't answer Gru's words, but Jia Hanqing on the side said, "Patriarch Gru, the reason why the Lord wants to do this is for your own good. ”
"For my own good, but why, I have nothing to do with those people." Gru still didn't understand.
"Hahaha, Patriarch Gru, although those people have nothing to do with you, don't forget, their elders are some people, nobles, elders, and who are these people in the tribe, most of them are people who support your eldest brother, and now, suddenly, you suddenly become the patriarch, what will they think.
They will definitely not be convinced in their hearts, and they will definitely do everything possible to remove you from the position of patriarch and re-support your eldest brother to succeed to the throne, so the adults will think of taking their sons and grandsons away, as long as their children are still in the hands of adults, then they will throw a mouse trap and dare not deal with you openly, and you will be in the tribe at that time, wouldn't it be much easier. Jia Hanqing explained.
"Ah, I see, thank you, thank you, thank you, for thinking about the villain at such a moment, I, Gru, swear to the Immortal Heaven that I will be loyal to the Lord for the rest of my life, and if there is the slightest betrayal, I will not die a good death." After listening to Jia Hanqing's explanation, Gru was suddenly moved with tears on his face, kowtowing and swearing.
Seeing Gru who was grateful, Shi Lei couldn't help but glance at each other with Jia Hanru, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but crack
"Abu, what is going on, what are those Han people saying, are they willing to let us go?"
As soon as Su Ritu got off the hanging basket, he was grabbed by Chitu, who was quickly surrounding, and asked.
Seeing that his usually arrogant and brave son actually turned into such a panicked rabbit-like appearance, Su Ritu couldn't help but feel empty in his heart, his head was dizzy, and he wanted to fall down like this, and never pay attention to anything again, but after sighing, he still stood up and didn't fall.
"Hey, they've agreed to let us go, but" Saying this, Su Ritu couldn't go on, and he didn't know what to say.
"Ah, great, we can live, Abu, you still have a way, in that case, they can say when they will let us go." Chitu said in surprise.
"Hmph, yes, we can live, but we will also lose our freedom in the future, do you think that if something so big happens, we will not have to pay the price, in addition, I am telling you, from today onwards I am no longer the patriarch of the Su Wan tribe, the new patriarch is your younger brother, Gru, I hope you will obey his orders in the future and don't give birth to anything." Su Ritu said helplessly.
"Ah, what, no, impossible, Abu, how can you do this, I am the best tribal heir, why would you choose that cowardly man like a sheep to inherit the patriarch, I am not convinced." Hearing Su Ritu's words, Chitu suddenly couldn't help but roar again.
Seeing the angry Chitu, Su Ritu sneered and said, "If you don't accept it, what's the use of you not convincing, if I don't do this, the entire Su Anhui Department will not be able to see the sun tomorrow, so if you really don't accept it, find a way to let these warriors live, if there is no way, then you will honestly follow my orders, otherwise, you will only have a dead end." ”
After saying this, Su Ritu didn't look at him again, turned around and arranged for the surrender of the remaining soldiers.
Half a day later, looking at the group of Su Anhui soldiers who only had one underwear left in the city, Shi Lei's eyes were not happy, but full of loss.
"Young master, we were able to win this time, because the young master was strategizing and commanding well, but it seems that you are a little unhappy!" Jia Hanqing, who was standing closest to him, said.
Shaking his head, Shi Lei said, "Time is not waiting for me, dealing with a lost dog, Su Anhui who has not fought for more than ten years, it is so difficult, you can imagine how sad our future days will be, you know, our future opponent is not these weak Mongols, but the peasant army that has been supporting millions of troops and has been fighting for many years, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has been established for decades and is more powerful, thinking of this, this victory in front of me is just a small wave in the river, there is nothing to surprise." ”
"Hey, the state affairs are difficult, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty, which was strong and prosperous in the past, has now fallen to such a world, the beacon smoke is everywhere, the people are not living, and foreign enemies are invading, and it looks like it is about to crumble and fall." After listening to Shi Lei's words, Jia Hanqing couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing Jia Hanqing, who was a little depressed, Shi Lei took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Hahaha, okay, Lao Jia, don't sigh, since the world is already like this, then all we have to do is to try to make it quiet as soon as possible, and heroes will emerge in troubled times, I believe that there is always a place for us in this world." ”
The newborn morning sun, exuding a soft light, riding on a horse, looking at the still tall and solemn Yanmen Pass, Shi Lei's heart suddenly sighed infinitely, in just one night, so many things happened, let him see the fickleness of human nature, and the difficulties of troubled times.
"Yanmen Pass, I will definitely come back, when the time comes, I want you not only to guard the frontier, but also to be a bridgehead for our Han people to expand outward." Shi Lei secretly made up his mind in his heart.
"Lord Shi, thanks to you this time, I successfully let my Yanmen Pass avoid a catastrophe, since you still have important things to do, then I won't force you to stay, but, in the future, if Lord Shi is useful to me, I, Feng Laohu, will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, in addition, I heard that you are going to Yulin with a thousand people from the Su and Anhui tribes this time, so I asked the boy from the money jar to escort you over with five hundred elite soldiers, and those bastards in the province will cause you unnecessary trouble on the way." Feng Laohu said with some emotion.
Hearing Feng Laohu's words, Shi Lei couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, after all, when he asked Gelu to pick out the 1,000 people from the Su Wan Ministry, that is, he took them hostage, and the Su Wan Department of the province was making trouble, but he forgot that his subordinates were only more than 40 people led by Fang Junchi, although those people from the Su Wan Department had already confiscated all the weapons and horses, but the ratio of 30 to 1 still made Shi Lei embarrassed, but he didn't expect that Feng Laohu would solve it smoothly, With five hundred elite soldiers escorting, they are not afraid of those people making trouble on the road, and as long as they enter Yulin City, they will no longer be able to make any tricks.
"Thank you, thank you Lord Feng, what Lord Feng said today, I have taken it to heart, from now on, we are brothers, if Brother Feng has anything, just greet the little brother, I promise to be on call." The sedan chair carries people, anyway, Shi Lei is still a county magistrate who has not taken office, and he has no rights in his hands, so he doesn't have to be responsible if he says a few good words.
After a few more words of greeting with Feng Laohu, Shi Lei shouted to one of the people beside him, "Chitu, the person who greeted you, we should go on the road." ”
Gru did a very thorough job of eliminating dissidents and finding hostages under Shi Lei's orders, and sent all those who posed a threat to him in the Su Wan Department to Shi Lei's queue, and the first to bear the brunt was his eldest brother Chitu, although Chitu was very reluctant, but under Su Ritu's persuasion, he still accepted it, and Shi Lei did not embarrass him, and still let him manage the Mongols of the 1,000 Su and Anhui tribes.
"My lord, why don't you take Su Ritu away, if you keep him in the Su Wan Ministry, won't you make trouble for Gru, although he is no longer the patriarch, but with his power for decades, how can Gru be his opponent?" After setting off, Jia Hanqing couldn't help but ask.
"Hahaha, Lao Jia, I thought you knew, it turns out that you don't know either, I remember that I just told Brother Fang the reason yesterday, didn't you listen?" Hearing Jia Hanqing's words, Shi Lei said with a smile.
As soon as Shi Lei's words were said, Jia Hanqing turned his head to look at Fang Junchi, and seeing Jia Hanqing's face full of doubts, Fang Junchi opened his mouth and said, "Old Jia, the young master told me yesterday that after such a thing yesterday, the Su and Anhui tribes are destined to split, after all, as long as these thousand people are in our hands, then those nobles and elders will support Gru, but Gru defected to us because he was afraid of death, and no one knows what he thinks in his heart."
Therefore, in order to prevent Gru from being the dominant family in the Su and Anhui Ministries, there can only be one person to compete with him, and the only candidate is Su Ritu, although Su Ritu made a big mistake this time, so that the entire Su and Anhui Ministries were almost destroyed, but, after all, he has been the patriarch for decades, and there are always some people who will be loyal to him, so that a situation of opposition between the two parties has been formed, and with Gru's means, he will definitely not be Su Ritu's opponent, so that in order to keep his position and rights, he can only rely on us, so, We will be able to control the Su Wan Department smoothly. ”
After listening to Fang Junchi's words, Jia Hanqing was stunned for a while, he couldn't have imagined that Shi Lei, who didn't seem to understand anything, would have such a political skill, and in an understatement, he successfully split a large tribe of tens of thousands of people, and suddenly, looking at the back of Shi Lei on horseback in front of him, Jia Hanqing's face kept flashing various expressions.
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