Chapter 69: The Tiger's Den
Wan'er and Zilong walked out of the study and walked slowly towards the residence.
"Brother Zilong, do you blame me?" Wan'er could see that Zilong had been a little sullen since he objected to him to persuade him to surrender, so he said out loud.
"No!" Zilong smiled and said, "I know Wan'er, you are worried about the safety of my trip, how can I blame you! It's just that I have fought with Jiang Yunsong, except for General Qiu and Wang Ye, only I am the most suitable candidate to persuade me to surrender! General Qiu is the commander of the border army, and he can't easily commit a tiger's den, and the prince is even more golden, how can he take risks! Only I am the most suitable!"
"But in my eyes, you are very important!" Wan'er suddenly said as thin as a mosquito, but after all, this sentence was too embarrassing to say, and she said it very small.
Although Zilong didn't hear Wan'er's words clearly, he heard Wan'er speak, and immediately asked, "Wan'er, what did you say?"
"Huh?" Wan'er heard this, her cheeks immediately flew up to the red glow, lowered her head, and hurriedly said, "I didn't say anything! Okay, it's not early, you can go and rest quickly!"
After finishing speaking, Wan'er ran directly into the small courtyard not far away, where Wan'er's boudoir was located. After entering, Wan'er snapped again and closed the small courtyard tightly.
Zilong only felt confused, and didn't know what was wrong with Wan'er! Immediately he thought of Jiang Yunsong in Heifeng Village! Last time he fought with Jiang Yunsong, between the mountains and forests, Jiang Yunsong was up and down, and he was agile.
However, Zilong himself had little experience in mountain and forest warfare, and after being taught a lesson by Jiang Yunsong, he stepped on a few traps and suffered a few hidden weapons, and Zilong finally found the way.
Later, Zilong defeated Jiang Yunsong, but also purely relied on his own skills, and after he fell to the ground with a hidden weapon, he lured Jiang Yunsong out and fought hand-to-hand to take him down.
But after Jiang Yunsong was captured, he did not intercede for himself, but first interceded for the bandit brothers he brought. After calling Zilong to kill him, he let the bandits go.
Zilong was curious, and couldn't help but want to ask the reason, so Jiang Yunsong told some of his deeds.
From Jiang Yunsong's words, Zilong found that he was most disgusted with those who colluded with the government. For example, he once had a very good brother who rescued him from the Yansui dungeon.
But later, this brother couldn't bear the hard life of the cottage, and privately traded with the government, preparing to take a group of brothers down the mountain to surrender.
After Jiang Yunsong knew about this, Jiang Yunsong turned his face ruthlessly and reported it directly to Wu Sanxing, who personally killed the brother.
But what Wu Sanxing did was not authentic, Heifeng Village had been doing Lang on the border of Ningxia for many years, and the border army went to attack, and they were scattered. When the frontier retreated, they gathered together. This has been repeated for a long time, and hundreds of people have been harmed. Coupled with the countless looting of the official warehouse in the previous time, it should have been full of money a long time ago.
From Jiang Yunsong's words, Zilong found that Wu Sanxing probably swallowed the looted proceeds in private, because Jiang Yunsong brought up the mountain not only the 2,000 warriors who dared to fight that he had slowly gathered, but also more than 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled. Some were family members of soldiers, while others were disabled brothers.
Wu Sanxing plundered so much, but these old, weak, sick and disabled people have not been taken care of as they should be, and they are just barely starving to death! Originally, Zilong wanted to talk to Jiang Yunsong about this doubt, but the situation was too urgent that night, and Zilong could only hurriedly take Jiang Yunsong down the mountain to relieve the siege of King An and others.
Combined with this species, coupled with Jiang Yunsong's past experience, Zilong always felt that Jiang Yunsong could be persuaded to surrender. But King An and Wan'er cherish themselves, afraid that they will be killed, but this is also caring for themselves.
However, if this opportunity is allowed and Jiang Yunsong continues to be hostile to King An, it will lead to confrontation between Heifeng Village and Ningxia, and it will not be good to suffer casualties.
After thinking about it a lot, Zilong suddenly raised his head firmly, watched the lights in Wan'er's courtyard gradually go out, and whispered: "Wan'er, a manly man, there is something to do, something not to do, this matter must be done by me!" After finishing speaking, Zilong turned out of King An's mansion directly, jumped out of Ningxia City, and went north alone.
Heifeng Village is located between the mountains in the north of Ningxia City, which was originally lively and prosperous, but at this time it was silent.
Wu Sanxing was selfish, and he wanted to honor Liu Jin, and most of the looting proceeds were handed over to Liu Jin.
At this time, Wu Sanxing was executed in Beijing, and more than half of the bandits were scattered, captured, and killed.
For a while, the Black Wind Village was gloomy and bleak, and it almost couldn't open the pot.
If it weren't for Jiang Yunsong's righteousness and strategy, among the remaining Black Wind bandits, he would have outstanding prestige, but I am afraid that Black Wind Village would have been scattered long ago.
At this time, the moon is sparse and it is already late at night. There are only dozens of people in Heifeng Village, patrolling back and forth.
It was the bright post and the secret post, and many of them were asleep at this time.
Zilong was dressed in night clothes, but he was not masked, he swept directly past the sleeping sentry, and after a short time, he sneaked into the inner village of Heifeng Village and found the place where the lobby was located, but he wanted to find Jiang Yunsong and directly tried to persuade Jiang Yunsong to return to King An.
But when I entered the Black Wind Village, I found that although there were many fewer people in this village, and many masters had been lost, the scale of the village was really not small.
Looking back and forth, there are no less than 100 houses. Among these many houses, he could not tell which ones were the upper floors of the stockade and which were the residences of ordinary bandits.
If you want to find Jiang Yunsong's location, it will be even more difficult.
When he was a little at a loss, Zilong climbed high and looked into the distance, and found the brightly lit lobby, thinking about such a big room, and the lights were on late at night, there might be some clues, so he swept over directly.
All the way, without any danger, I came to the roof of this lobby.
Uncovering a small piece of tiles, I looked through the cracks and saw that there were several people discussing things below.
Among them are Jiang Yunsong, Liuzi and Jiang Tiezhu.
Zilong only felt that it was no effort to get it, and he was ready to listen to what they had to say first, and then decide how to persuade Jiang Yunsong.
One of the bandits below spoke up and said: "The second boss has now received clear news that the big boss has suffered and was beheaded by the big eunuch Liu Jin in the capital!"
"He deserves it!" "The sixth son said indignantly, "I took away most of our income, gave all our filial piety to Liu Jin, and was killed by Liu Jin in the end, what a retribution!"
"Sixth son!" Jiang Yunsong said in a hurry, although he had already roughly understood what Wu Sanxing had done from the information collected by his brothers, but now the top priority was to find a way out for the thousands of brothers in the village, instead of holding them accountable and waiting to be killed.
At that moment, Jiang Yunsong said with a little excitement: "Although the eldest brother is unjust, the most important thing now is to find a way out for the village, not to discuss right and wrong and hold accountable!"
"According to me, it's better to continue the original practice and go down the mountain to plunder, which will naturally feed our brothers!" Jiang Tiezhu said angrily.
He's just a muddy person, and he thinks it's easier to use his fists and feet than his brain, so every time he uses his hands directly is faster than his mouth.
"No!" it was the sixth son who objected, only to hear him say, "Now that the big boss has not only fallen, but more than 1,000 elites of our Heifeng Village have also been intercepted and killed by the official army, and if they go down the mountain to plunder, they will definitely be encircled and suppressed by the officials and troops! At that time, with our greatly damaged Heifeng Village, against the mighty Ningxia border army, I am afraid that it will be to hit a stone with an egg!"
"Brother Liuzi is right!" When Zilong heard this, he already understood that Heifeng Village was afraid that he had already understood his crisis, so he no longer hesitated at the moment, and jumped directly down from the roof.
There are no less than ten remaining masters in the Black Wind Village below, and when they suddenly heard this strange and abrupt voice, they were all startled, and when they followed the sound, they saw a figure falling from the sky, like a night owl.
"Who's coming?" Jiang Yunsong threw a single knife with one hand and flew towards Zilong.
But who is Zilong, he directly reached out and pulled the single knife into his arms.
Then one turned over, and stood still in the midst of the thieves.
"Mr. Jiang Qian, don't come to harm?" Zilong said with a slight arch of his hand.
It looks like he doesn't take the vicious bandits around him in his eyes.
And he deliberately called Jiang Yunsong by Mr. Qian, just to show that he had no malicious intent and wanted to talk to Jiang Yunsong.
Sure enough, Jiang Yunsong raised his hand slightly, stopped the thieves who were about to come forward, looked at Zilong and said, "It turned out to be you, last time you were in the mountains and forests, you didn't kill me, did you make King Na'an unhappy, and now you are sent here and want to kill me?"
"How could the prince of my family make an assassination with his open-mindedness?" Zilong categorically vetoed, "After investigation, the prince of my family knew the deeds of Mr. Jiang Qian back then, and he deeply regretted it, so he sent me to take a bridge and build a line, such as what is the solution between Mr. Jiang Qian and Guizhai!"
"What's the solution?" the sixth son asked directly, "If you want our five thousand brothers in Black Wind Village to surrender without a fight, then you don't have to open your mouth!"
"Even if it's a battle, are you sure?" Zilong already knew that coming to persuade him to surrender this time, even if the situation was unfavorable to Black Wind Village, it would not be easy. Someone will definitely come forward to question it, and they are ready for it.
At this time, the total number of fighting forces in Heifeng Village is only more than 2,000 at most, and less than 3,000, but with more than 3,000 old and weak women and children, they can't fight, and there is no way to retreat.
If Jiang Yunsong is the kind of person Wu Sanxing, this is naturally not a problem, he directly sent more than 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people to death, and then transferred with the elite to avoid the limelight.
However, Jiang Yunsong, whether he is for the army, for the people, or for bandits, is an extremely principled person. When he was in the army, in order to save the people, he not only took great risks, went out of the city to set up an ambush, annihilated 300 Tatar elite horsemen, and after returning to the city, he also reprimanded the chief soldier. You must know that most of the people who dare to do this in battle are killed.
When he was a bandit, Jiang Yunsong also cared for the old and weak in Heifeng Village, took care of the sick and disabled, and supported Wu Sanxing's rear.
Therefore, Jiang Yunsong's temperament is destined that he will not abandon these more than 3,000 old and weak, which also means that Heifeng Village wants to compete with Ningxia City, which has more than 10,000 troops, but only hits stones with eggs.
Sure enough, the sixth son quilt Zilong was like this, although he still wanted to continue to defend himself, but he lacked confidence, and he muttered for a long time without saying anything.
Zilong smiled slightly, and said to Jiang Yunsong: "I learned about Jiang Qianzong's previous deeds from General Qiu Yueqiu, and I know that you once risked your life to save the people of Yansui and went out of the city to lure and annihilate three hundred Tatar elite horsemen, which is really a brilliant battle. Since you were able to do this for the people in the past, how can you embark on this path of embarrassment for the people today?"
This remark evoked Jiang Yunsong's memories of his past experience, and he saw that his originally sharp gaze fell into contemplation, and his eyes flickered.
Among the more than ten backbone bandits around, there are also Tai Ban who are in reminiscence, only one or two, with a fierce look on their faces, but Jiang Yunsong and the others did not speak, and these people did not dare to make a mistake.
Seeing that it was effective, Zilong immediately continued: "Although the bandits can protect your brother's family and disabled brother, it is other innocent people who are harmed! Now there is a way, not only can protect what Jiang Qianzong wants to protect, but also allow you to continue to make meritorious contributions and seal your wife and son!"
"You want me to surrender to King An!" Jiang Yunsong woke up from his memories, sighed, and said, "Not to mention whether King An can bypass me, just because my hands are covered with the blood of innocents, I can't be safe!"
As soon as he said this, Liuzi, Jiang Tiezhu and others were all sad.
They were all in the Yansui border army, but they just admired Jiang Yunsong's courage, so they took people and rescued Jiang Yunsong who was in prison.
After escaping, in desperation, he had to fall into the grass. Over the years, in order to survive, it is impossible for them to say that they have not killed innocent people, so even if there is an opportunity in front of them, they are not at ease.
Only then did Zilong understand that these mountain bandits still had such concerns.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "In the past, all of you were border troops, guarding your homeland and land, serving the country and the people, throwing your heads, spilling blood, galloping across the battlefield, and killing the enemy.
After you were forced to be helpless, you went up the mountain to become bandits, but you were also forced by others.
After falling into the grass, in order to survive, his hands were dyed with blood, and he was also forced to do so.
Now that you have the opportunity to set things right, as long as you can turn back, I will definitely recommend you to King An, and you can also kill the Tartars again, make contributions to the country, and make meritorious contributions, isn't it better than waiting for the encirclement and suppression of the officials and troops in this mountain and wilderness, and finally leaving a stench for 10,000 years?"
Originally, everyone was faced with a choice, and they also considered surrendering. In the past, there was Wu Sanxing obstruction, they couldn't call the shots, and now Wu Sanxing is dead, and Jiang Yunsong is the most powerful and powerful person in the village, and the idea of finding a way out for his brother has been haunting Jiang Yunsong's heart.