The battle continued, and it was very tragic, Gao Qiong and the guards had the upper hand, and Song Jiu saw Gao Qiong's martial arts for the first time, he alone killed five or six enemies, but this group of soldiers was also fierce, and actually let them cut down two war horses, one of the guards was swarmed up by several of Li Liang's subordinates, hacked to death with a knife, and the other guard Gao Qiong saved him in time and covered him to the wooden bridge, otherwise he was also cut into pieces by the blade.

At this time, the people in the village rushed to the battlefield.

Song Jiu shouted: "Put down your arms and surrender, otherwise you don't think that you can leave alive." ”

Li Liang saw that it was not good, and shouted: "Let's surrender first, and settle the accounts slowly." ”

Gao Qiong led the villagers to tie them up with ropes, Song Jiu walked across the wooden bridge, Li Liang looked at the thirty or forty dead bodies and several wounded people on the ground, and shouted: "Your Eastern Route Army actually dares to kill so many of my subordinates, you are not afraid of provoking fire!" ”

"I'm not the Eastern Route Army, nor the Northern Route Army, I'm an envoy to the imperial court," Song Jiu looked at the dead body on the ground again, almost vomiting again, and then looked at the guard, who died a miserable death, stabbed in the stomach, stabbed in the chest, stabbed in the neck, and stabbed in the eye socket. He shook his head sadly and indignantly: "Li Dutou, do you think these people are worth dying?" Two years ago, these people were Shu people, and a year later, these people were Song people. You are not killing the Shu people, but the Song people, who have killed the past, I don't know if they are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, they are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are all brothers and sisters. ”

Li Liang was silent.

Song Jiu continued to shake his head, "These people's families are also in Beijing. ”

Li Liang suddenly said, "You are that little Song Jiu." ”

"I'm Song Jiu, but I'm the Liangchuan Inspector!"

"Hahaha, Song Jiu. Lu Xianggong entered Shu and only dared to kill a large colonel. You dare to kill so many of my men, this time you are in big trouble. ”

"Li Liang. Don't laugh, since I dare to poke this trouble, I can clean it up. ”

"Clean up, you take your head to clean up!"

"Geba, take him down and behead him for public display."

"Huh," Ge Ba and two guards dragged Li Liang to the river, and with a swing of his sword, he was killed. Seeing Song Jiuzhen slashing, the remaining forty or so people didn't dare to make a sound one by one. Song Jiu walked back and forth. He had been thinking about how to deal with the aftermath on horseback just now, and suddenly a question came to mind. There is not much to write in history, it seems that Zhao Kuangyin did not kill Wang Quanbin, it may be that he is afraid, until the whole division is wiped out, so that Wang Quanbin has no reason, so that he can return to the capital with the Song army, and then ask the two rivers. But do you need to be so careful? Now that Wang Quanbin of Liangchuan does not have the upper hand, first of all, Kang Yanze has a considerable army in his hands. There is also Cao Bin and Liu Guangyi's department, after entering Sichuan, their troops are not as good as Wang Quanbin's department, but Wang Quanbin's department has some losses, plus Lu Han and others rebelled. The number of troops is actually inferior to Cao Bin's troops. It seems that Ding Deyu, Wang Ban and Zhang Yu will lead thousands of Hunan garrisons to Bashu. Wang Jixun is not angry, otherwise the Xiongwu army will have thousands of troops into Sichuan. There is no Xiongwu army, and the three armies are not Wang Quanbin's people. Does the court need to be so jealous?

This is the biggest headache in the aftermath.

Song Jiu thought about it and couldn't delay. looked at the people who were oppressed by the black, and looked at these surrendered soldiers. said: "In pairs, pull them down and ask about the case, if there are false reports, or those who do not confess, there will be no forgiveness." ”

So in pairs, they dragged the soldiers down one by one for questioning, and the results came out in a while.

The cause and effect is very simple, this group of gold diggers have been panning for gold here for several months, because of the arrangement of the big man surnamed Qiao, everyone thinks that they have not found much gold sand, and they have not attracted attention. But they also wanted daily necessities, including grain, oil, salt and vinegar, and sometimes the Han surnamed Qiao sent people to Zizhou City to buy them. Once, two people who went into the city to buy goods ate some wine, and talked a lot, and it happened that a soldier in this battalion was also eating wine on the side, and overheard their conversation, and heard the village store gold sand, and at the end of the year, he suddenly got rid of some goods, and was ready to go to Puzhou to live a stable life. And when he heard more than six hundred taels of gold sand, now for the sake of money, the entire Song army was red-eyed, and this soldier was moved. The two of them were followed here on the spot.

More than 600 taels of gold sand is not more than 600 taels of gold, but it is not a small number. However, when he saw the layout in the village, he could gnaw it alone, so he reported it to Li Liang, the head of the capital. Li Liang secretly sent people to keep an eye on him, and only when he saw the arrival of the cargo ship did he decide to act. But the people who are watching him leave early, otherwise when they see Song Jiu and his party, it is possible that this operation will be stopped, and more people may be sent over, including Song Jiu, to kill people.

And the most terrifying thing, there are so many people, there are many people, Li Liang didn't dare to hide it, and he also notified Shi Zhen, the commander, of this matter. In other words, if they hadn't gone back after dawn, Shi Zhen would definitely send someone over to inspect it.

A trace of worry flashed in the eyes of the people behind, they all saw Li Liang hysterical just now, Song Jiu was the envoy of the imperial court, according to later generations, that was the minister of the Qincha. This one is not scared at all. And they, the people.

Over there, he signed and drew on the confession, Song Jiu walked around, if he had just come to the Song Dynasty, he would really be helpless, but fortunately, he was a leader in his previous life, and the leadership level in this life was higher, the development of Hezhou, thousands of people, countless affairs, he has been dealt with in this year and has accumulated rich experience. After thinking about it, he wrote a short letter and said to a guard: "Ma Zhen, you immediately ride to Puzhou, and ask General Kang to squeeze two hundred Sichuan cavalry out no matter what, and quickly rush here." ”

"Whoa." Ma Zhen quickly rode away.

Song Jiu began to write the fold, and after writing the fold, he wrote a letter to his family, pointed to one of the lines of the fold and asked a literate forbidden soldier and said, "You read this sentence." ”

"Yes, Park Dao kills, Park Dao is not guilty, and the knife bearer is guilty."

"Do you know what it means? Half of the Song army in Bashu is erosive, not only you. As long as you honestly explain what you have done, and the sin is Li Liang's, Your Majesty will forgive you. ”

"Thanks." But this forbidden soldier still held on to a glimmer of hope, as soon as the morning dawned, the team behind came over, and there was no need for His Majesty to get down, and what problems were solved.

Song Jiu called the boatman again and asked, "Your boat may pass through the Three Gorges?" ”

"Yes, Xiaomin always passes through the Three Gorges once or twice a year to trade with merchants in the east of the Gorge."

"That's good. Look at my family letter. ”

"Xiaomin doesn't dare."

"Let you see it."

"Yes," the boatman is not very literate. But he could barely understand it, and said: "The inspector is asking your family to send five hundred taels of silver to Ezhou." Seeing that there was a Rensong flag on the ship, he gave it to the owner of the ship with two pieces of silver, and reported his safety. ”

"Exactly, immediately after you leave, find a way to make a flag on the way, with two big characters on it, Rensong and Song, and hang it on the boat after arriving in Ezhou."

"Why did the inspector give me five hundred taels of silver?"

"It's not to give you silver for nothing, but to let you leave some gold sand, which is of its own use."

Do not give silver, ask for gold sand. The boatman did not dare not give it. Song Jiu said to Jiang Wenwen again: "You immediately hurry back to Yizhou, hand over these two letters to Lu Xianggong, explain what happened, and ask him to ask a trusted person to send them to His Majesty and my family with a fast horse." ”

"Whoa." Jiang Wen rode away with two letters.

Song Jiu turned his head to look at the people and said: "After dawn, someone from the direction of Zizhou will definitely come to ask, you will say that these people came to do wrong, and it happened that it was convenient for the boatman to get up, and when he saw them, with the help of the fog and night." Flee into the village. He also said that I had camped in the village, thinking that I was a thief, and that I had divided my army into two places, one of which was outflanked from the side and went around to the other side of the river. Blockade the wooden bridge, and lead you to fight stubbornly. The official reported the position of the official and told them to lay down their arms and surrender. Who knew that these people were even more fierce, and the official had to order a counterattack. The two sides fought fiercely. The officers were cavalrymen and killed many people. The rest are alive. Together with four of his subordinates, and six of you, they fell into the river, including these captive men, and they disappeared without a trace. Don't say anything about the rest, and leave it to the official to deal with it. ”

"Yes."

"You repeat it again."

The people repeated it together, and Song Jiucai turned his head to look at the big man surnamed Qiao, and said, "Qiao Dalang, you pick five trustworthy people and escort these captives together with your subordinates." ”

"Okay," the big man surnamed Qiao already knew Song Jiu's plan for the aftermath, and immediately selected five people to come out.

"He Kuan, Nanbin, Tang Zhiting, Yuan Houxuan, you are out of the ranks."

Four guards came out, Song Jiu took out two hundred taels of silver from his luggage, he didn't want to disturb the people and disturb the government, so he had to bring out some more money and silk, and when he left home, Song Jiu brought another five hundred taels of silver, and used more than one hundred taels all the way, and three hundred taels. He handed over two hundred taels of silver to He Kuan, and said: "You and Qiao Dalang will take these forty or so captives to Ezhou together, if they want to escape, they will be killed, and if they want to resist, they will be killed." ”

"Whoa."

At this moment, the faces of dozens of captives were as if they were ashes. But Song Jiu said in a low voice: "The four of you try to exchange some scraps of money on the road, if there are officials who come to check the boat, give them some money, don't let them come up." If they were not in need, they bound them and kept their mouths shut so that they could not cry out. If you are eating, sail the boat to a remote place and stop your mouth after eating. Until the envoy of the court arrived. Although my Song Fold, Lu Xianggong, must use a fast horse to reach the capital, but this is up the river, and the speed of the boat is faster. When you arrive in Ezhou, there are many boats and boats, and it is not easy to hide, so it is best to find a place that can be hidden on the way and wait for a few days before setting off. But not in the surrounding area, must go out of Chungju. ”

"Whoa."

Ten people pushed the captives onto the boat, and some of the captives were unwilling, and Song Jiu shouted: "Those who don't listen to the command will be killed." ”

He Kuan, after these people came to Bashu, they grabbed red eyes and killed red eyes, and they can't sympathize with them." ”

"Whoa." He Kuan pulled out the Pu knife, and when he saw that dozens of captives were forced to enter the bottom of the cargo ship, Song Jiu saluted the owner of the ship and said, "Your trip is very important, and it is even important enough to have an impact on His Majesty, so as to benefit thousands of Bashu people." Of course, it's also important to the official, so I'll leave it all to you. ”

"Don't worry."

"Remember, before leaving Chungju, don't delay on the road and drive out of Chungju as fast as possible."

"Yes," the owner nodded emphatically, and just as the sky began to light slightly, he quickly hoisted the sails, lowered the oars, and steered the boat down the river with two fellows, heading east.

Gao Qiong pondered for a while and said softly: "You can fool for a while, but you can't fool for a lifetime." ”

"General Gao, don't worry, once Ding Deyu's army arrives, maybe some people won't dare to come nonsense. Moreover, it is only an instigation, and some people may not protect it. They did not protect it, and there were only four or five hundred men under one command, and even now, all the battalions would be incomplete, for example, this one had only eighty-seven men, not a hundred. In addition, two hundred Sichuan cavalry were transferred from General Kang, which was enough to deal with it. ”

"It's a good thing to pacify Bashu well, why make it so complicated?"

"What do I know?" Song Jiu was also speechless, Bashu was called complicated, and later the dispute between the three Zhao was called complicated, what is actually complicated, when the two Zhao competed, they each played fifty boards, and it would be safe and sound if they went down together? Later, when the crisis came, wouldn't it be safe to establish Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince? But Zhao Kuangyin wanted to complicate it, and ended up putting himself into it. A round of red sun finally rose, Song Jiu stood up, and instructed Gao Qiong: "You lead the guards to move the tent and luggage to the edge of the village and rebuild it." ”

Gao Qiong took people down, and Song Jiu said to Ge Ba again: "You take my seal to Zizhou to find Zizhou Zhizhou, and report according to what I said, but remember three things, it must be said that none of them are alive until I led people to clean up the battlefield, only to find out that they are soldiers of the Flying Army, and said that I was furious." The second thing must be revealed that I sent someone to inform General Kang and asked him to transfer Sichuan to ride over to support. The third thing is that you must say that you are a warrior of the Second Great King's Domain. ”

"I will," said Geba, who also rode away.

The sun gradually rose, and the golden light sprinkled onto the earth, Song Jiu looked at the wilderness, there were mountains and rivers, it was originally a rich place, but now it was barren, and the ground was full of corpses and bloodstains, becoming very unlovable, very unbeautiful. (To be continued......)