Xiao Rui said calmly: "Don't panic, ask Bao, you go into the carriage and hide." The city defense army doesn't know the three of us, so I'm not afraid of him......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the fourth child had already got into the carriage, Xiao Rui looked at the shaking carriage door curtain in a daze, and said in his heart that this thing is so timid, am I looking away? Leave him to clean up Tanzhou, can he?

"Captain, there are a few carriages blocking the road ahead."

"The soul is faint, now we are rushing to help Tanzhou, no one can get in the way, drive them out, if they don't accept the killing!"

So the vanguard horse team rushed up to block Xiao Rui and his party, "All stop, the army marches, quickly get out of the way, otherwise you will be killed." ”

Hmph, shoot and kill? What a might!

A mere city defense lieutenant dares to be so careless about human life? At the beginning, Li Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, led the troops, and he did not dare to oppress the people like this.

Xiao Rui waved his hand, "Let's go to the side of the road and give it to them." ”

The team of the Pioneer Horse Team snorted coldly: "Count you as interesting. ”

A chaotic and noisy soldier slowly passed, Li Junxian and Fang Er saw this kind of scattered army, they were very disgusted, and said in their hearts This is also an army? And the face to say that he is a city defense army? Not to mention compared with the regular twelve guards, even the Dongting water bandits can't compare. It's not much stronger than his Five Tiger Village bandits, right?

No, it should be said that if the five hundred elites of Wuhu Village are given military uniforms and ordnance, these city defense troops can definitely be compared.

When the captain rode by, he deliberately observed Xiao Rui and the others, and looked at the boxes of the car, which seemed to be a caravan? But why would there be so few people in the caravan? Aren't you afraid of being hit by bandits halfway?

"Pass quickly, and strive for an hour to rush back to Tanzhou City!"

……

It's really like Xiao Rui guessed, the other party is in a hurry to go back to the city to rescue, and he won't delay time for a strange caravan at all.

The fourth child got out of the carriage and laughed proudly, "This lieutenant is also a straw bag, he would never have thought that the real murderer who committed the crime in Tanzhou City would pass by them." He drove the carriage by the side of the road, full of gold and silver treasures. ”

Fang Er glanced at him and mocked: "What are you happy about?" It's as if you came up with the plan. ”

……

returned to Tanzhou City, checked everything, and asked the image of the perpetrator from the eyewitnesses, Du Wei's intestines were all repentant, didn't he meet those people halfway? Damn it!

He didn't dare to admit that he had encountered it on the road, so he could only suffer this dumb loss.

The next day, news came out from the eighteen bends of Nanshan, saying that the Xiashan Tiger had unified Nanshan Jiuzhai, and threatened to eliminate harm for the people, kill the rich and help the poor, sweep away corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and return the people of Tanzhou to a bright sky.

This news really makes people laugh and lose their teeth, and they say that this bandit has transformed? When did the bandits start doing good? Sweep away corrupt officials and corrupt officials? Then what do you mean is that the officialdom in Tanzhou is all faint, but the bandits in your mountains are good people?

The lieutenant, who originally wanted to declare for counterinsurgency and ask for help, was furious when he heard the news, this was provoking the defenders of Tanzhou. Although I don't have many troops in Tanzhou, we are soldiers, you are bandits, let you ride to your head, this is for me, the captain.

"Report, Xiashan Tiger sent a war letter, threatening that he led people to attack the Tanzhou County Guard, and he was fully responsible for this matter. If you have the ability, you will come to the Five Tiger Village to avenge the county guard, if you are afraid, then you will shrink in the city forever, but if you see any official person out of the city, you will be killed! ”

Bang!

The lieutenant directly kicked over the table in front of him, "Come on, gather all the soldiers and horses, and follow me into the mountain to fight the tiger!" ”

"Damn! What a bold man, a group of anti-thieves and rebels, just two thousand soldiers and horses dare to be so arrogant? ”

The subordinate said worriedly: "Captain, we don't have enough troops, are we sending troops from other places to support?" Or endure for a few days, and then we report to the imperial court, saying that there is a local rebellion, and it would be more effortless to let the imperial army come over to quell the rebellion? ”

Du Wei's backhand directly drew blood from the corner of his mouth, "Confused! The duty of our Tanzhou city defense army is to maintain stability, and it is already a dereliction of duty to have bandits under the rule, if we let the court know that we have connived at this bandit into a rebellion, then the imperial army will come and cut off your head first without waiting to suppress the bandits. ”

Yes? What can I do?

"For today's plan, only we have eliminated this gang of bandits, and then reported to the court to receive a reward, saying that Lord Xie of Tanzhou County led the troops to personally recruit and suppress the bandits, and wiped out all the thieves in Tanzhou in one fell swoop, and maintained the local law and order in Tanzhou. It's a pity that Lord Xie, the county guard, was unfortunately killed on the battlefield. ”

The subordinates' eyes lit up, "Du Wei is smart, in this way, not only to solve the misfortune of Tanzhou, but also to cover up the assassination of the county guard, in the future, the court will reward meritorious deeds, Tanzhou can not be left without an owner for a day, presumably the next county guard will be yours." ”

Of course, the lieutenant also made this calculation, so he laughed with satisfaction.

"However, it is not easy for us to destroy the bandits, although the Xiashan Tigers have made a war with us, but they will not be stupid to fight with us head-on, we do not have the advantage of troops, and forcibly attack the strongly-defended Five Tiger Village, what should we do if we can't take it?"

Yes, if the army is defeated again, not only will it be ridiculed by the world, but its career and life will not be saved.

"In this way, although Tanzhou is not big enough to recruit middle-aged men over the age of sixteen and under forty in the city, it should not be difficult to pull up thousands of soldiers and horses."

Yes?

"Temporary conscription? Captain, no, it's okay to be temporarily recruited as a civilian man, but if you let this group of people fight as soldiers, it is impossible, not only do they have no fighting power, but I am afraid that it will also cause chaos on the battlefield, and if it is serious, they will even break and flee directly, and disperse our men and horses......" said the subordinate.

Du Wei Chengzhu said confidently: "Of course, I don't want them to be pioneers. Let them dress up as regular soldiers, and just fill up in the back, and our fifteen hundred men rush to the front to fight. ”

"Ben will fight a mighty position, we are soldiers, they are bandits, they are naturally afraid of us. If we see tens of thousands of us attacking the mountain, how many people will dare to raise their swords to resist? When the time comes, they may all be so frightened that they surrender. ”

The subordinates suddenly realized, "The lieutenant is smart, and the subordinates will do it!" ”

At this moment, Xiao Rui and his party have already embarked on the road to the south. Different from the previous light and simple travel, this time they brought all the treasures, including the property of several corrupt officials in the city, and all the treasures of Nanshan Jiuzhai, which was no less than 200,000 taels...... Tsk, what a windfall, a full twenty wagons.

Xiao Rui temporarily recruited bloodless old coachmen from among the bandits, and the young and strong were left to fight with the Xiashan Tigers. With his elixir under control, the antidote is in the hands of the Xiashan Tiger, and those bandit leaders dare not disobey orders. And all the grain and grass in the nine cottages have been left, so there is no worry about not being able to gather soldiers and horses to fight.

Li Junxian said worriedly: "Childe, can the Xiashan Tiger really be trusted?" What if he can't do it? ”

Xiao Rui smiled, "If he didn't have that talent, he would have died if he died, anyway, the sinful debts he committed should have died a long time ago!" ”

Fang Er was curious: "Then what if he does it?" What kind of riches are you going to give him? ”

Xiao Rui glanced back at the direction of Tanzhou and sighed: "How about letting him be the county guard of Tanzhou?" ”

What??? He? Make no mistake, he was born as a bandit, can he be a county guard? Fang Er was skeptical.

Li Junxian suddenly realized, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Son, this move is simply a stroke of genius." If the Xiashan Tiger can prove his talent this time, and he is aroused by the son's conscience, it would be more suitable for him to serve as the county guard of Tanzhou in the future. ”

Xiao Rui said with emotion: "If we use the blood of these bandits in Tanzhou to practice, it will always hurt the peace of the heavens. Leaving a good parent official in the local area can be regarded as repaying the cause and effect. ”

Fang Er asked in a low voice, "Brother Xiao, let a thief be the county guard?" Will Your Majesty and the Imperial Court agree? ”

yes, how do you explain that? Xiao Rui was also thinking, how to phrase this letter to his cheap father-in-law? Is it good news or bad news?