The encirclement and suppression of the private army in the mountains south of Yujiang City was surprisingly smooth, most of the soldiers and horses in the mountains were wiped out, and a large number of prisoners were captured, and a large number of war horses and ordnance were also captured, which exceeded everyone's expectations.

In fact, it is not surprising that the troops and horses were mobilized overnight to carry out encirclement and suppression in the dark, and all the actions were in full swing, without giving the other side the slightest preparation and respite, and the surprise attack made the soldiers and horses in Nanshanzhong, which had only been training troops for a long time and had not been in actual combat, suddenly being taken by surprise.

Shao Xi is depressed! Originally, I expected that I would charge into battle with the soldiers and horses of Yujiang County and kill the enemy, but now it is good, and the soldiers and horses of the four counties have reported successively, but I am the only one who sits in the arsenal camp and has nothing to do, guarding these warehouses.

The leaders of the four counties are very sensible, and after every encirclement and suppression, they will rush to the camp to report to Shao Xi about the military situation ahead, how many people have been killed, how many people have been captured, and how many war horses and ordnance have been seized, and they will send people to report them one by one.

Because the soldiers and horses of the four counties supported each other, the result was that their own men fought more and more, and the enemy fought less and less, and in the end, only a few scattered rebels escaped from Nanshan, and most of them were successfully annihilated.

Shao Xi was generally quite satisfied with this result, but he did not intend to let go of those who escaped, so he ordered the soldiers and horses of the four counties to advance from south to north, driving the rebels who fled and hiding everywhere out of the mountains and chased them in the direction of Yujiang City.

Each of the four counties sent a part of the soldiers and horses to pursue the fish that slipped through the net, and Shao Xi was commanding the soldiers and horses of Yujiang County at this time to put the armor and ordnance in the arsenal on the captured military horses, and rushed towards the direction of Yujiang City together with the soldiers and horses of the four armies.

This encirclement and suppression can be said to have gained a lot, nearly 600 high-quality war horses, well-built weapons and more than 2,000 sets of armor, these things are extremely eye-catching in any county, not to mention that more than 1,000 people were captured this time, it can really be said that the battle was fruitful, and they returned victorious.

When Shao Xi rushed to the south gate of Yujiang City with his soldiers and horses, he saw that the pursuing team and the team coming out of the city were counting the prisoners, and the rebels who escaped did not escape the encirclement and suppression in the end, and were dumplings by the soldiers and horses of the two sides under Yujiang City.

Shao Xi ordered the soldiers and horses of the four counties to set up a large camp in the south of Yujiang City, and kept the captured prisoners, captured horses, armor, and ordnance in a centralized manner, and then talked about the distribution later.

With the leaders of the four counties and a part of the soldiers and horses, they entered Yujiang City from the south gate, after all, the matter in the city is not over yet!

As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw Mo Zhaohui and Pan Sheng greet them, and the two came to Shao Xi and knelt down to salute and report the results of the battle in the city.

"Report to Lord Shao, after the Zhao family gathered the guards in the city at night to raid the south gate, fortunately, Lord Shao had already arranged to let it succeed, and the two of us led the soldiers and horses to quickly exterminate them, and under the command of Lord Cui, all the Zhao clan were captured, and none of them escaped the net. At this time, Lord Cui was dealing with the aftermath in the county guard's mansion, and he was only waiting for Lord Shao to preside over the trial and disposal of the Zhao family's rebellion after his return. ”

"Well, you two have worked hard! The two of you quickly reorganized the soldiers and horses in the city, restored order in the city, and imprisoned all the Zhao clan in the government prison, waiting for arraignment at any time, and I will rush to the county guard mansion to meet Master Cui and deal with the follow-up matters. ”

"Subordinates receive orders."

"Subordinates receive orders."

After the two answered, they led the soldiers and horses in the city to continue to deal with the aftermath.

Shao Xi rushed to the county guard mansion with all walks of life, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Cui Qi coming out.

didn't have time to see the ceremony, Cui Qi hurriedly reported to Shao Xi the number of people captured when the Zhao family was arrested, the property confiscated, etc., but everything was done without leakage, and Shao Xi didn't have to bother anymore.

"Lord Shao, tonight, the Zhao clan, regardless of men, women, and children, have been captured and detained, waiting for Lord Shao's disposal. That Zhao Huajun gathered nearly 100 guards in the clan to take the south gate at night, but Gao Cang, who was captured by the adults, must be the one who went to Nanshan to mobilize troops and horses, if we move a little slower, I am afraid that Yujiangcheng is already in the hands of the Zhao family at this time. Fortunately, the lord had already made arrangements, if not, the Zhao family was afraid that they would have to support troops in Yujiang County to stand on their own and rebel against the imperial court. ”

Shao Xi nodded, "Master Cui already has the evidence of the Zhao family's crimes in his hands, and now just raising a private army, supporting the army and standing on his own, and attempting to rebel is enough to make his Zhao family beheaded." This time to be able to uproot the Zhao family from Yujiang County, Lord Cui can be said to be a great achievement, when the first merit is remembered, when the matter is reported to the court in the coming day, I will write an excerpt to play on the saint, and I will definitely promote Lord Cui. ”

When Cui Qi heard Shao Xi's words, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "The officials dare not be greedy for merit in this matter, this is all Lord Shao's strategy and overall layout, we are just implementing Lord Shao's arrangement, where can we talk about any credit?" Xiaguan and others have not been able to solve the disease for many years, but Lord Shao eradicated it overnight, and the adult is the one who has made great contributions, and Xiaguan now admires the adult so much. From then on, the lower officials were willing to obey the dispatch of the lord, and be loyal to the lord, the court, and the people of Yujiang County. ”

"Master Cui is too humble, but this is not the time to reward meritorious deeds. Before, I have sent someone to report to you the captured prisoners and captured horses and military assets captured in this encirclement, plus you have just raided the Zhao family in the city, can you sort out the detailed number of various accounts now? Roughly report to me to see how thick the Zhao family is. ”

Cui Qi saw Shao Xi asking about the accounts, and hurriedly led Shao Xi and the others into the main hall, picked up an account book from the case and reported it to Shao Xi.

This time, the Nanshan bandit army captured a total of 1,472 people and exterminated 733 people.

Capture:

five hundred and forty-one horses of good breeds;

1,117 sabers;

Eight hundred and eighty-eight shields;

1,341 spears;

three hundred and thirty-two bows and ten thousand arrows;

one hundred and seventeen crossbows and three thousand arrows;

2,332 sets of high-quality armor helmets were also seized;

The exact amount of grain seized is currently unknown, but it definitely exceeds 1,000 stones.

The battle was more than the total number of soldiers and horses allocated to Yujiang County in the past 20 years.

As for the Zhao family, a total of 277 people were arrested in the whole clan, and after the cash and account books confiscated by the Zhao family were summarized, a total of 277 people were confiscated:

689,712 taels of silver;

79 good housing properties;

a total of 189 large and small yarn mills;

one hundred and seventy-four large and small cloth rows;

259 private ships of various sizes were transported by water;

Other industries such as carpentry, tea making, restaurants, inns, etc., add up to 221 in total.

In addition, the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jade, and treasures seized from the homes of the Zhao family could not be counted for a while, and they could only wait for the next slow counting, recording, and conversion to know how much silver taels the final value was.

The preliminary estimate is that the total amount of property confiscated from the Zhao family is estimated to be more than 8 million taels, which is a very terrifying figure. You must know that the total income of the imperial court in the Jingyuan Empire is more than 20 million taels in a year, and the wealth owned by his Zhao family is close to half of the annual treasury of an empire, which can be called huge greed.

If you add in the expenses of building ordnance, buying military horses, and raising private armies in recent years, the amount is simply staggering!

Shao Xi's eyes straightened when he heard these numbers, you must know that he is not a person who has never seen money, the royal treasury of the saint today is pinched in his hand, the wealth of the Zhao family is actually more than that of the royal treasury, these officials should be greedy, and they really can't look at the size of the official position.

"I can't imagine that this Zhao family can expand such a huge power in Yujiang County with just such a small county guard as Zhao Huajun, so wanton and tyrannical, and accumulate such a huge amount of wealth, it is really shocking and breathtaking!"

"Yes! Over the years, Xia Guan has been collecting evidence, and his only intention is to get rid of the bullies on this side, but unfortunately he can't do it. If it weren't for Lord Shao coming this time, I don't know how many years the Zhao family would be rampant in Yujiang County? How much wealth is looted? ”

"By the way, where is Zhao Huajun now?"

Cui Qi hesitated for a moment and said: "Although the lower official was ordered by the adult to raid the Zhao family, but after all, Zhao Huajun is the chief official of the lower official, if there is no order from the adult, he will be directly taken into the government prison, and the lower official is afraid of not following the rules, so he is just detained in his own room and waiting for Lord Shao's fate." ”

"Master Cui has worked hard, don't rush to interrogate him first, and hold him. After dawn, Lao Wu and I have to go back to Yushui Town, and I still have a powerful witness in my hand, but during the day, the Zhao family sent two groups of people to the yarn mill in Yushui Town, and I am afraid that the situation of my witness is not very good, so I have to go back and bring this witness into Yujiang City as the person who accuses the Zhao family of assassinating the court officials. ”

The matter of arraignment of the Zhao family was almost arranged, and Shao Xi called the leaders of Shangling, Wuyang, and Liantai counties to him.

"I know what several people are thinking at this time, this encirclement and suppression has gained a lot, and a few of them definitely don't want to toss in such a vain trip, they should want to bring some benefits back. But I can tell you here that you will not be able to take any of the military funds captured today, but I will give you a better compensation. ”

The three of them glanced at each other, Shao Xi's guess was indeed what they were thinking at this time, they worked hard to encircle and suppress across the state, if it weren't for looking at the face of this adult, they wouldn't be too lazy to toss, now that the work is done, they can't let them go back empty-handed, right?

After Shao Xi glanced at them with a smile, he continued: "For so many years, the Zhao family in Yujiang County has deliberately suppressed the silkworm industry in your three counties in order to obtain huge profits in the cloud yarn industry, and maliciously lowered the price of silk supply. In the future, I will buy all the silk in your three places at the most reasonable price, and at the same time help you improve the silkworm industry, so that your three counties and Yujiang County will form a mutually supportive interest relationship, and then your local finances will be greatly improved, not only you can get benefits, but even your local people can get benefits, what do you think this condition is better than those horses and armor outside the city? ”

Does this need to be asked? What can't you buy with money? A few of them are worried about these things because they have been so poor all these years! The counties will not have any extra silver to be allocated to them.

Now that the problem can be fundamentally solved, the ration of soldiers and horses in this county will naturally not be less in the future.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. The solution to poverty is not to give money, but to make it possible for them to earn it themselves.