At the same time as Gu Tong's repentance was late, Li Xin was sitting in the main hall of the Weisi Yamen, and the butter and wax flames were fluttering, and he dared to shoot the case.

"I don't agree, General Li is really crazy, he finally caught Gu Tong, how can he still let the tiger return to the mountain?"

It turned out that he had dared to discuss with Li Xin how to deal with Gu Tong, and according to his intentions, he should naturally be handed over to the Yamen of Yousi for trial and judgment, and then sentenced to punishment, which not only demonstrated the law and discipline, but also established the prestige of the Yamen of the Wei Division and the General Military Mansion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xin spoke, he was dumbfounded. didn't even try or judge, that's all, and let him go back to continue to be the thousand households of Zuo Qianhu! Isn't this night's tossing and turning pointless? It's easy to let the tiger go back to the mountain, but it's hard to catch him again!

Zeng dared to angrily scold Li Xin for being confused and naïve, unreasonable! Li Xin smiled, "Are you still the original Gu Tong when Gu Tong goes back?" ”

What do you mean? Zeng dared to carefully grasp the voice of Li Xin's words, with his understanding of this person, it was impossible to do such a ridiculous thing, could there be other reasons?

"Master Zeng is confused? What did Lu Jiu and Shi Datuo do during the day? Just now, Lu Jiu has sent someone back, and the several hundred households of Zuo Qianhu are basically under our control, and all the key people have been charged. Now the thousand households who nominally preside over the left thousand households are Shi Datuo! ”

"Statto?"

It turned out that the discussion was just to let Shi Datuo carry the black cauldron, why did he make him a thousand households? I dared to feel a little out of tune.

The reason why Li Xin planned to let Gu Tong go back and continue to be his Zuo Qianhu was because he didn't want to make a big move. He had done a lot of investigation work on Zuo Qianhu in advance, and there were not dozens but hundreds of military households in the entire Zuo Qianhu Office and Gu Tong, which was not a small interest group. Once Ming Zhengdian killed Gu Tong, his enmity with those people would be considered dead.

This is not what Li Xin is happy to see, so he wants to keep Gu Tong to ease the conflict. However, when to let him go back, it must be after the Chinese New Year, and after Lu Jiu successfully cleaned up Zuo Qianhu, it will be the right time. During this time, Gu Tong was first placed under house arrest in the Weisi Yamen, and he was entertained with delicious food and drink.

As for Gu Tong's 100 personal soldiers, after Li Xin disarmed them, they were all dismissed on the spot, and someone was sent to escort them back to the 100 households where they were!

As a result, Gu Tong's minions were broken one by one, and things took a turn for the worse, leaving everyone stunned!

……

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the monk Jiexiu returned to Zhenyuwei against the snowstorm, and he went to Datong Mansion this time with a mission that has always been extremely secret, and only Li Xin and him knew about this matter, and even Zeng Dare did not know the inside story.

Li Xin and Monk Jiexiu discussed secretly overnight, until the day dawned and the rooster reported that the two of them came out of the council hall. To the surprise of the soap Li on duty, Li Xin's face, which was still a little happy last night, has become as gloomy as the sky above his head.

At breakfast, Li Xin specially invited Zeng Dare to dine together. Since the twists and turns of Gu Tong's plot, the two of them are no longer tense at least on the surface, and they dared to plan to go to Datong Mansion after the New Year in Zhenyuwei. The two of them talked while eating, and after saying a few words, they quarreled fiercely again, and finally Zeng Dare seemed to be persuaded by Li Xin, and nodded frequently reluctantly, and finally fortunately shook his hand and brushed his sleeves away, leaving a word.

"This kind of thing to compete with the people for profit, I once dared not ask, General Li is so self-conscious!"

At noon that day, Li Xin personally brought hundreds of Zeng Dare's guards, and summoned nearby military households to go to the Yan River together. At the same time, the warehouses of Zhenyuwei also began to transport wood, thatch, sand and gravel to the river.

In less than two days, at the closest point between the Yanhe River and the Acropolis, a wooden fence of hundreds of zhang was erected, a tower nine zhang high was erected, and a simple house that could accommodate dozens of people was built next to it.

In the middle of winter, it is not easy to freeze the land in Layue, and the towers built by the houses do not have a solid foundation, although the strength is barely enough, but they are also some temporary buildings that can only be used for one winter. By next spring, the house and the tower will probably have to be demolished and rebuilt.

The military households are used to living a poor life, this kind of labor-intensive and cost-intensive thing, they feel distressed to see it, the town guards are already tossed and dilapidated, how can they withstand such a loser? But the loser returns to the loser, and the general soldier of the family is on top, that is, the entire town guard is corrupted, what can they say?

At first, some people thought that the chief soldier was going to build a hunting ground by the Yan River. But Li Xin's next move quickly dispelled this idea, and a heavily armed hundred-man team was stationed here, while a huge wooden plank was nailed to the edge of the Yan River.

The soldiers were illiterate, and they looked around the wooden board for a long time, but they didn't understand the meaning of the dozen or so lines of big characters engraved on it.

The amount of water in spring, summer and autumn of the Yan River is not small, and when it freezes in winter, the thick ice surface has become a natural road for the caravan to walk with the passing military soldiers, and after a long time, even if the heavy snow at the airport covers the ice tightly, it steps out of a tortuous and winding road to Bei, and goes straight to Xin'anbao, the northernmost side wall of the town guard.

I saw that a few shelves made of cross-nailed logs were erected on the surface of the river, and several horizontal logs were horizontally framed on it, cutting off the Yanhe River. The sun was already setting in a posture, and the light emitted was dark red, and it began to become weak. The commander-in-chief did not order to leave, and the military households did not dare to leave without permission, so they all gathered in the open space cleared out of the south bank of the Yanhe River, holding their arms and watching the excitement.

These hundreds of soldiers were all guards who dared to bring, and they were originally not convinced by Li Xin, but after experiencing the attack on the wolf's mouth and the capture of Gu Tong by Zhizhi, they have changed their uncooperative attitude in the past. The world is like this, it will always be a king and a loser, and only continuous victory is the capital of a person's life in troubled times. The guards and guards rehearsed various movements over and over again according to the requirements.

Including a series of ...... such as the head shelf on the Nomuyan River and how other people cooperate

Just when everyone was busy with their work, there were bursts of trumpets in the distance with the northwest wind, and what they shouted was not very clear, but experienced military households knew that this was a merchant who had gone north to the fortress.

Sure enough, in a few moments, I saw a large number of convoys coming from the southwest along the Yan River. Li Xin's pupils contracted suddenly, and he sneered secretly, he came really in time, let you taste the power of the material embargo!

As soon as Li Xin waved his hand, the soldiers on the Yanhe River immediately stopped the drill, and they all geared up, it is said that these merchants are all traitors who betrayed the Ming Dynasty for money, and everyone is naturally afraid of falling behind.

Far away, there were soldiers shouting to stop the convoy, and a group of dozens of horsemen and cavalry formed a battle formation, drove straight away, constantly cruising back and forth on both flanks of the convoy, signaling them to stop advancing immediately. As for the soldiers behind the log railing, they all looked like they were facing a great enemy, with Yanling knife in hand, as if they were just waiting for an order to rush over.

Li Xindu was taken aback by the size of the caravan, and he sat on his horse and looked up, as if there was no end in sight. Each cart is not lightweight, and the rut marks are several inches deep. At first, the convoy did not stop moving as promised, and at the same time, groups of strong men lined up on both sides, seemingly strong men who guarded the safety of the caravan. Eventually, the lead team came to a halt in front of the log railing.

A middle-aged man who seemed to be in charge came to the team to inquire about the news. I saw that he was still politely bowing and saluting.

"I don't know which guard the military masters belong to?"

Li Xin stood with the military households, and did not come forward, it was a small colonel who was in charge of the overall situation on the Yan River, if Gu Tong was on the edge of the river at this moment, he would definitely be able to recognize this person at a glance as the soap subordinate who was dealing with him that day.

The little school's face was as usual, his words were polite, but his voice was extremely stern.

"The town guards are on official duty here, please cooperate with us!"

The middle-aged man smiled, "Oh, it turned out to be the Zhen Guard!" A certain and Gu Qianhu were drinking and talking a few days ago, they were all their own family, so they let the convoy pass, how about it? ”

The corners of the little school's mouth twitched, and he said with a smile: "We only know the experience of the three guards and the capital of the Mansion, and Gu Qianhu doesn't know who it is!" Speaking of this, he changed his tone to a more plain tone and continued: "The commander of the Sanwei General Army, recently learned that there are unscrupulous profiteers who resell grain and pig iron to fund the Tartars outside the fortress, and in order to avoid heavy losses in the Ming Dynasty, a checkpoint was set up in the town guard. As he spoke, he pointed to the huge planks that had been erected by the river. The materials listed on it are all prohibited items and are not allowed to leave the country, and all will be confiscated once found! ”

The middle-aged man listened to Xiao Xiaoxiao's words, looked at the plank again, and suddenly his face changed several times, and finally he stabilized, and his face was full of skin and smiling flesh!

"Is that an accommodating thing?"

"Exactly!"

The middle-aged man was still making his last effort, and with a wave of his hand behind him, someone immediately held a wooden box. He reached out and opened the lid of the wooden box, only to see a neat layer of gold ingots stacked inside.

"How? As long as the general is accommodating, please take these gold ingots for yourself! ”

The little correction color repeated the regulations on the wooden board again, and clearly rejected them, and added a sentence at the end.

"Please cooperate with the inspection!"

The middle-aged man sneered frequently, even if he tore his face.

"Toast and don't eat and drink, don't blame us for being unkind, you hundred and ten people can't help themselves? It's really shameless! ”

There were hundreds of strong men in the caravan, and they were all outlaws, so of course they would not take these rotten soldiers and guards seriously. Seeing the middle-aged man turn around and return to the convoy, the outlaws were about to rush up, but the convoy exploded inexplicably, and the rapidly flying debris seriously injured more than a dozen people in an instant, and the violent loud noise shocked everyone.

The middle-aged ** is not good, they actually have cannons, and they look around at the same time, but they can't see the shadow of half a cannon anyway!