On the second day after moving into the mansion, Wu Tong felt that something was wrong, he seemed to be under house arrest.

The guy was making a fuss about going out, and was beaten by the janitor.

When Zhu Ming learned the news, he simply stopped pretending, and ordered Wu Tong to be tied up, and all the food and servants were removed.

In the next half a month, whenever a thief leader entered the city, he coaxed him to the mansion and detained him like tying up rice dumplings.

"Done?" Zhu Ming asked.

Bai Chongwu replied: "Not only did the thieves under Wu Tong's command go to the state city to throw themselves into the net, but there are also two more groups of bandits in the mountains. It is said that he got the news and rushed to conspire to enjoy wealth and wealth. ”

"There is even an unexpected joy," Zhu Mingwan'er asked, "What is the reputation of those two groups of bandits?" ”

Bai Chongwu said: "It's just an ordinary bandit." ”

"Then stay, it's not too late to kill if you don't obey the military regulations." Juming decided to accept it.

Zhu Ming has no moral cleanliness, Zhang Guangdao is a thief, and he has a lot of lives in his hands, so why don't he accept it as a general?

Wu Tong's gang went too far, even the old and the children were killed, even the poor at the bottom were robbed, and the slightly beautiful women were raped. He also went door to door to coerce the young and strong, and slaughtered the whole door if he didn't want to be a thief, and drove the new recruits to kill people, killing corpses all over the ground inside and outside the city of Dezhou.

Bai Chongwu reminded: "There are nearly 3,000 thieves outside the city, and some of them seem to be new appendages who did not participate in the slaughter of the state city. ”

Zhu Ming said: "Collect their weapons first, and then say that they will be replaced with better ones, and then they will be carefully screened." The newly attached people were ordered to return to their hometowns, and all the big and small leaders were executed, and the rest ...... Send it to mining! ”

There are also iron mines in Lizhou, and the conditions are better than those in Jinzhou, and the Southern Song Dynasty opened Shaoxing to supervise the casting of iron coins in Lizhou.

Now Lizhou's population has been drastically reduced, and there is a shortage of labor to mine iron ore.

Bai Chongwu said: "These are all young and strong, and if they get together to mine, they may cause trouble." ”

"What's the trouble?" Zhu Ming said, "Let's just say that after five years of mining, they can be released home." Another system was established to divide these people into groups. If they obey discipline, perform well, and do not make trouble for half a year, the sentence of the whole group can be reduced by three months. If there is no trouble for one consecutive year, the sentence of the whole group will be reduced by seven months. As long as they are not too abusive, they will clean up the troublemakers in the group in order to get their sentences reduced. ”

"General's clever plan." Bai Chongwu said with a smile.

Those low-level minions, even if their hands were full of blood, Zhu Ming didn't think about killing them all.

Otherwise, there are also captives who have escaped back in Lizhou City, and they are also full of blood, should they all be found out and executed?

After a few years of working as a miner, if you don't make trouble, it means that you have reformed yourself. And he must be tired and sick, and it is normal to die of illness and exhaustion in the pit, which is already considered atonement.

The mine supervisors must be instructed to take it easy, and the miners must be given hope for their lives.

"Let's go and do something." Zhu Ming said.

Bai Chongwu led his troops to the military camp outside the city, and deliberately stacked some good weapons neatly in a conspicuous place.

Immediately ordered the more than 2,000 thieves to gather, Bai Chongwu scolded him: "Hurry up, take all the broken copper and iron in your hands to the open space in front of you and put them away." General Zhu said, you are all elite soldiers who have seen blood, and you must change to the best weapons! ”

The thieves were overjoyed and scrambled to hand over their weapons.

Bai Chongwu said again: "Go back and line up, and the big and small leaders will come forward to receive weapons!" ”

Even the thieves who were only in charge of a few people in their hands felt that they belonged to the leader and happily squeezed forward.

Bai Chongwu continued: "Good weapons are not enough, those who have never killed anyone, retreat to the rear, don't mix with heroes and pretend to be elite soldiers!" ”

The soldiers rushed to the middle of the thieves to spread the word, and shouted repeatedly for a long time, but no one was willing to retreat, and they all wanted to be elite soldiers and have good weapons.

"Pull out the soft eggs that haven't killed anyone, don't let them snatch good weapons!" Bai Chongwu ordered again.

The thieves begin to "clean up the portal", automatically pushing and pointing at the soft eggs.

Those who were cleaned up insisted on boasting about how many people they had killed, and they were so blushing because of this, and finally had to admit the fact that they were soft eggs.

Bai Chongwu, an old official, has his own set of ways to do things, and with a few easy words, he can accurately identify the leader of the thieves, minions and newly attached people.

"The boss is here to get the weapon!" Bai Chongwu said again.

Twenty or thirty bandit leaders stepped forward laughing at each other.

Bai Chongwu raised his hand and waved, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward, spears and stabbed at those leaders.

In half a minute, they all fell, and they didn't blink to death.

"Run!" The rest of the thieves cried out in horror.

Bai Chongwu shouted: "Kneel on the ground and don't kill!" ”

"Kneel and don't kill! Kneel and don't kill! "More soldiers came up and blocked in all directions.

More than a dozen unlucky people were stabbed to death, and finally no one ran away anymore, and they all fell to their knees in a daze.

……

"Dangdang, dang!"

"General Zhu wants to behead Wu Tong, go out of the city to see the excitement!"

The temporarily appointed officials beat gongs and shouted along the streets.

Hearing that the murderous demon Wu Tong was going to be killed, the surviving people in the state city went to the streets to inquire about the situation, and then went out of the city in groups to watch the ceremony.

Including Wu Tong, the leaders of the thieves tied up and escorted them to the execution ground.

Some people scolded and angrily reprimanded Zhu Ming for going back on his word.

There are also people who cry and beg for mercy, and they are so frightened that they are incontinent.

When he arrived at the open space outside the city, Bai Chongwu also brought the corpse of the dead leader.

Zhu Ming stood on the tower of the city and shouted: "I rebelled for the sake of heaven and let the people of the world live a good life, not to be a thief and kill innocents." Those bastards outside the city, murder and robbery, rape women, and do all kinds of evil. Behead them all! Whoever dares to do it again will be the end! ”

This was not only said to the people, but also to the soldiers of the whole army, especially the two bandit leaders who came uninvited.

Wu Tong craned his neck and roared: "The surname is Zhu, you don't talk much, what kind of hero are you!" ”

Zhu Ming didn't bother to answer.

Wu Tong continued to roar: "The surname is Zhu, you can't die well, and I won't let you go if I am a ghost!" Straight mother thief, grandpa is a good man after eighteen years......"

"Execution!" Zhu Ming ordered.

As soon as the castle tower command flag waved, the executioners immediately moved.

In the onlookers of hundreds of people, the leaders asked one after another.

Along with the leaders, dozens of heads hung on the castle tower to dry.

The people cheered when they saw this, and some of them thought of their dead relatives, and lay on the ground and wept.

There were also those who participated in the massacre, who were captured by the officers and soldiers, and fled back to the city, trembling with fear that they would also be held accountable for their crimes.

Wu Kangguo looked at those heads fluttering in the wind, and suddenly felt that Zhu Ming could succeed, at least there was no problem in separating Sichuan.

Thinking about it carefully, I found that Song Lu didn't eat much, and he was buried in his talent to be the principal of the county school, so it seems that it is not too outrageous to change jobs now.

Twisting and pinching followed Zhu Ming back to the state government, he wanted to speak several times and stopped, until he stepped into the gate of the state government, Wu Kangguo finally gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground: "Anzhou Jinshi Wu Kangguo, meet Ming Gong!" ”

Zhu Ming was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this person to really work, and the speed was so fast.

It's unexpected, but it makes sense.

A "poor" jinshi with no background, no family drag, his own career is bleak, and it is not impossible to be willing to be a thief.

"Hurry up, please, no need to be polite." Zhu Ming hurriedly helped, this was the first jinshi under him.

The job arrangement has not changed, and Wu Kangguo is still asked to be the Zhaohua County Order, and he will be promoted after this person is familiar with government affairs.

What about Jinshi?

has no work experience, and it is not as easy as Zheng Fatzi and Bai Erlang.

For the next half month, Zhu Ming has been training troops in Lizhou, and by the way, he comforted the local people.

On the Wenzhou side, surrendered without a fight.

Wenzhou is almost the same as Lizhou, and the whole state is just one county, and the surrounding territory is full of barbarians.

And it can only be connected to Lizhou, and the rest of the directions are all mountains.

What else can you do without surrendering? Flee into the mountains to accompany the Qiang people to tease the boring son?

However, it was said that Deng Chun and Li Jinyi led 5,000 elites, led by Shi Yuangong, and came to Jiameng County through Jiameng Pass.

After resting outside the city, he gathered some men who carried grain (useful after entering the mountains), and continued his march south.

The soldiers traveled overland along the river, and the ships carried grain with them.

came to the location of Jiangkou Town in the later generations, and finally encountered the blockade of the walled fort.

Shi Yuangong smiled and said: "I am very familiar with the guard of this village, and I am the inspector of the Xiang Army, and I also gave him some Yundang paper." ”

Deng Chun said: "Mr. Shi has walked a lot, and I have also accompanied Mr. Shi through some Shu roads. ”

Shi Yuangong didn't know when he got a feather fan, shook the fan and walked up the mountain, and walked towards the fortress alone.

A guy who often collects favor fees and quietly lets smuggling merchants cross the border, how loyal can he be to the Great Song Dynasty?

Even the soldiers recognized Shi Yuangong and enthusiastically invited him into the village.

Shi Yuangong held the feather fan and clenched his fists: "Tang Inspection, long time no see." ”

Tang Patrol said in a speech: "Mr. Shi has done a great job!" ”

Shi Yuan said fairly: "Since I have brought troops here, since the righteous army has taken Lizhou, do you still want to use the mantis arm as a car for the Tang patrol?" ”

Tang Patrol said: "I want to serve Zhu Xianggong, but I have no way. ”

"This matter is easy to hear," Shi Yuangong said, "leave the soldiers, you take a few henchmen, and then take my handwritten letter, and go to Lizhou to meet General Zhu." ”

Tang Patrol said gratefully: "Thank you Mr. Shi for your support!" ”

Tang Patrol took his henchmen and went back on a grain ship.

Shi Yuangong, Deng Chun, and Li Jinyi took soldiers, people, and food to come to Su Xiaodao over the mountains and mountains.

I can't bring more food, and the mountain roads are not easy to walk.

In addition to the food carried by the people, the soldiers themselves also had to carry it.

It is not difficult to carry a weight of 100 catties, but it is difficult to carry a weight of 100 catties and climb over the mountains.

The straight-line distance is only 30 miles to the Suzhou trail, and it takes more than 100 miles to walk in the mountains, and it takes more than half a month to walk through the mountains with weights.

By the time he left the mountain, more than half of his food had been consumed.

Under normal circumstances, it is necessary to capture Jiameng Pass first, then capture Jiameng County, and then capture Jiangkou Zhaibao to reach the starting point of the Laisu Trail.

After entering the mountain, the grain is completely dependent on the people's backs, and each man has to eat half of the grain he carries.

Shi Yuangong was sour and soft, but he still shook his feather fan and said: "Twenty miles to the north, it is Jianmen Pass." Forty miles to the south, it is the city of Jianzhou (Pu'an Town). Where are the two generals going to fight? ”

"Since I am fighting Jianzhou, let's get some food first." Deng Chun said without thinking.

Li Jinyi asked: "If Jianzhou City is on guard and can't be taken in a hurry, what other county towns are the closest?" ”

Shi Yuangong said: "Go southwest for two days to reach Wulian County. Walk northwest for two and a half days to reach Yinping County (Yinping County in the Song Dynasty is in Jianzhou, not the Yinping smuggled by Deng Ai). ”

Li Jinyi said: "If Jianzhou can't fight, just take a shot and go to Yinping County!" ”

Deng Chun pondered carefully, nodded and said, "Good idea, turn the counties of Jianzhou upside down!" ”

(End of chapter)