Chapter 60: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
"Dian Wei, you send someone to inform Huadang, the nearby villages also need to arrange patrols to ensure the safety of the villages outside the city, each village has a beacon tower, and if there is a situation, the beacon is the number!"
"No!"
"Spare your life! My lord! … Spare your life," Chen Bao knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
"Those who offend the authority of our country will be punished even if they are far away; Insult me to my dear ones, and kill them in poverty! You insult my sister, do you think I can forgive you? ”
"You... You can't... Can't kill me! I am a junior general under the Yellow Turban Army, and if you kill me, you will be a foreign enemy with our Taiping Dao! Qu Shuai will definitely avenge me! Flatten your territory! ”
"Do you know what I hate most in my life?" The wine madman glared at this Yellow Turban Army Chen Bao: "I hate being threatened the most!" Believe it or not, tomorrow I'll make you a stick after I castrate you! ”
"You... You..."
At noon the next day, a temporary execution ground was set up outside the north gate of the city, and the people of the city had already seen the notice and gathered here. There are tens of thousands of people in the crowd, and there is no place to settle down.
When the scorching sun was in the sky, a circle of soldiers surrounded the torture platform to maintain order, and at the same time, in case someone robbed the law field, the prisoner Chen Bao was tied up and knelt on the stage. And the little girl was beside the drunkard.
Lu Fan held the bamboo slip in his hand and read: "The prisoner Chen Bao, a Taiping Taoist, passed by Hejia Village yesterday to beg for food, and the girl of the He family was entertained, but Chen Bao saw the color and robbed the girl of the He family to the wilderness to do something of adultery and humiliation, and was rescued by the lord drunkard.
Those who offend the prestige of our country will be punished even if they are far away; Insult me to my dear ones, and kill them in poverty!
Today, Chen Bao will be castrated and beheaded, in order to set an example! I hope that all the villagers will abide by the law! ”
Lu Fan looked at the drunkard, and the drunkards immediately walked to the front of the stage: "Fellow villagers, I am the lord drunkard, the official worships Kou Zhonglang, Jianning City is built for all of you who have fled here, I hope you are healthy and peaceful, and I will name it Jianning City."
Today, there is a Taiping Taoist Chen Bao, insulting the people of my territory, what do you say to deal with it? ”
"Kill him!"
"Damn it!"
"He deserves to be punished!"
……
"Quiet!" The drunkard waved his hand, shouted, and continued to say after seeing that everyone was quiet: "Yes! Damn it! In the future, those who dare to violate the law and discipline will be punished according to law! Whether you are an ordinary person or a high-ranking court! ”
"Good!"
"Good!"
The audience applauded.
After signaling everyone to be quiet, the wine maniac continued: "There may be a lot of Taiping Taoists in the audience, please send a message to you Qu Shuai Bocai, if you want to join my territory, I will sweep the couch and welcome, if you want to attack my territory, the gun and halberd will serve!" The people of my territory live and work in peace and contentment, and I don't want anyone to destroy it! ”
The drunkard glanced at the people in the audience, saw some people looking at each other, nodded, and there were really many Taiping Taoists.
"Next, the prisoner Chen Bao will be executed!"
"Chen Bao, do you have anything to say?"
A guard stepped forward and took down the sackcloth from Chen Bao's mouth.
"Your Excellency... My lord... Spare your life! The villain doesn't dare anymore! ”
"Do you admit your guilt?"
"The little one is confused for a while, please let the adults spare me once! The villain doesn't dare anymore! ”
"Do you want to have a next time? Come on, execute! ”
"Click"
Executioner, the knife is up and down, and Chen Bao's head falls to the ground!
The audience applauded again!
"As the lord of this place, I declare once again that whether you were once a bandit or bandit, an ordinary person or an official eunuch, you are my drunken people who have fled here today, and everyone is equal from today onwards, and we will create a peaceful paradise with me! Luckily? ”
"Good!"
"Good!"
In an instant, the hearts of the people in Jianning City went from fifty-five to eighty o'clock, and the effect was even better than imagined!
Many of the people in the audience wearing yellow scarves left one after another...
The drunkard looked at the departing Taiping Taoist and walked to Dian Wei's side: "Send a few shrewd and capable people to follow and find out where their base in Jian'an County is." ”
"I'll take someone to investigate myself!"
"Okay, go ahead, be careful! Don't reveal your whereabouts! ”
After dealing with the matter of the execution ground, the drunkard looked at the unfinished city wall of Jianning City, and prayed in his heart, hoping that the Yellow Turban Army would not revolt in advance, otherwise the Jianning City without the defense of the city wall would be restless.
Although it is very risky to dispose of the Yellow Turban Chen Bao, the alcoholic maniac must stand up, otherwise this Jianning City is not easy to manage, and there are pros and cons to killing a hundred people.
Xun Yu found the drunkard: "Lord, I need to prepare with both hands in case the yellow scarf attacks!" First of all, we stepped up the completion of the city wall and strengthened the city wall, and then dispatched troops, Jianning City, Shanyue City and Luzhou City were each other's horns to help each other in attack and defense. ”
"Well, this matter will be arranged by you and the military advisor Xi Zhicai, I will go and bring the guards here, if necessary, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qinshui will also be transferred! This is my letter. Tonight, I'll lead someone to wipe out the nearby Yellow Turban Army! ”
"No!"
That night, Dian Wei returned to Jianning City.
"My lord, it is indeed the commander of the Yellow Turban Army in Yangzhou County, with more than 2,000 people under the banner of Bozi."
The drunkard nodded: "That's a good job, you send someone to control all the Yellow Turban Army that has infiltrated the city, and you want to capture it alive!" Nine times out of ten, the person who wears a yellow scarf and writes the word jiazi on the door is the Yellow Turban Army. ”
"My subordinates will do it!"
"Wait!" The drunkard said to the darkness behind him, "Come out!" ”
The space distorted, and a black-robed man appeared behind the drunkard, walking in front of the drunkard.
"Subordinate, meet the lord!"
"Liu Da, please get up! You send someone to follow General Dian Wei to remove all the yellow turban dark lines in the city! ”
"No!"
The moon and stars were scarce, and a group of soldiers in Jianning City were running around in meetings, and from time to time there were exclamations and swords clashing, but they all quickly returned to peace.
Liu Da and Dian Wei hurriedly returned to the temporary residence of the drunkard: "Report to the lord, the task is complete!" ”
"Okay, you two gather the people of the headquarters to go out of the city with me!"
The woods outside the north gate of Jianning City.
"Brother, the lord should be coming soon, right?"
"It should be soon!"
These two are Huang Chao and Huang Zhong under the command of the drunkard, because they have the same surname, they often learn together, and when they come and go, Huang Chao calls Huang Zhong his brother.
A general of Huang Chao pointed in the direction of the north gate of Jianning City: "General, look, it should be the lord and they are here!" ”
Not long after, the drunken maniac came to the woods with the remnants of the guards and Liu Da's defeated army.
"Come out!"
As soon as Huang Zhong, Huang Chao and the others heard the voice of the lord, they immediately walked out of the woods with their troops.
"Liu Da, you pulled out all the eyes on the road! Don't scare the snake! ”
"Subordinates take orders!"
After a while, a group of black-clothed people walked towards the mountain as light as swallows. Removed all the bright and dark posts of the Yellow Turban Army on the road.
"Huang Zhong, Huang Chao, and Dian Wei set off with all departments! Silently, the secret march surrounded the location of the Yellow Turban Army Qu Marshal. ”
Two quarters of an hour after Liu Da's troops set off, the drunken maniac ordered to set off.
The cottage where the Yellow Turban Army is located.
"Qu Shuai, today Jianning City will show Chen Baoxiao's head to the public, do you think we have a lesson for Jianning City? Go and take Jianning City tonight! ”
The cottage hall was full of leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Yangzhou.
The first seat in the center of the Juyi Hall is the Yellow Turban Army, Yangzhou County Qu Shuai-Bocai;
Sits on either side:
Deputy Marshal of Yangzhou County of the Yellow Turban Army - Peng Tuo;
Yangzhou County General of the Yellow Turban Army - Li Le;
General of Yangzhou County of the Yellow Turban Army - Han Xianam;
Yellow Turban Army, Yangzhou Wujun Qu Shuai - Chen defeat, Wan Bing
The Yellow Turban Army, Yangzhou Huiji County, Qu Shuai-Wu Huan and other generals.
It was the deputy marshal Peng Tuo who spoke just now, with a pair of five big and three thick hands carrying a long axe, with a full face and beard, which was somewhat similar to Li Kui in the Water Margin.
Bo Cai's strong and powerful hand waved to signal Peng Tuo to sit down: "Peng Tuo, you take a seat first" and then the other generals of the team said: "Everyone, what do you think?" ”
Wu Heng, who was the first seat on Bocai's left hand, got up and hugged his fist at Bocai: "Qu Shuai, my subordinates feel that they can't act recklessly, now there are still many months before the uprising time that General Tiangong said, don't expose it in advance, don't spoil the big thing!" ”
Chen Wei, who was sitting opposite Wu Heng, immediately got up and pointed at Wu Heng: "Cowardly and fearful, as long as we block the roads in the same places and don't reveal the news, such a remote area is suitable for us to hide." ”
"Makes sense!" Generals of all sizes agreed.
Bocai raised the wine cup: "Good! Gather people tomorrow, and when the army arrives, take Jianning City in one fell swoop, and several other nearby cities will also take advantage of the situation! Come, generals, do it! ”
There was a staggered rush.