The requirements of the horse thieves are also very simple, they just want to live a free life, when they have no money, they go to rob the merchants' convoys, when they have money, they go to be chic, to eat and drink, to enjoy life, not to be controlled by anyone, to live a carefree, drunken life, so that they are satisfied.

But the happy and comfortable life they pursue is based on the pain of others, they robbed the merchant's convoy as soon as they made a move, they have gained a lot of wealth, and their hearts are happy, but the businessmen who were robbed are unlucky, some businessmen are rich, and it doesn't matter how many times they are robbed, but some businessmen are gambling on the goods they have bought with their lives, once the goods are robbed, all the investment will be wasted, and they can only jump into the river if they can't pay off their debts, and their wives and children have no one to take care of. Life will be very miserable, and it is possible to sell one's own green house in order to live.

Therefore, it is a very hateful act for these horse thieves to endanger the lives of others for their own personal gain, and they must be eliminated.

But the leader of the five big and three rough horse thieves, and the subordinates who follow him don't think so, their worldview has long been distorted, they have their own unique way of looking at things, have their own unique views, in their eyes, except for a small group of people who need to love each other, the rest of the people can be bullied at will, because they are strong, people who have no ability to resist are weak, and it is natural for the strong to rob the weak, just like the lion eats zebras, and the wolf eats sheep are the natural principles of the strong to the weakTherefore, when they rob merchants, they will not have any psychological burden at all, just like when a wolf eats a sheep, not only will there be no psychological burden, but also the mood will be very good, and a desire will be satisfied.

In ancient times, there has always been a strong dragon does not suppress the head of the snake said, the emperor is responsible for ruling the entire country, and the bandits and bandits each occupy a piece of territory, maintain their own small country, everyone is safe, if these bandits who do not obey the king's law are easy to exterminate, the court will naturally not be soft, and the officers responsible for encirclement and suppression can also get credit and rewards, and if these bandits are difficult to exterminate, and there is no tendency to spread, then the court is likely to ignore it, or adopt a passive defensive approach, as long as the bandits do not hit the county, The soldiers and horses of the imperial court will not bother, so that a balance that everyone is comfortable with can be maintained.

It is precisely because there are a large number of bandit forces in all dynasties and generations, so these bandits feel that their existence is taken for granted, why can the emperor Lao'er have such a big country, but they can't even have a small piece of the country, the same is living between this heaven and earth, why can the emperor Lao'er have supreme power and a lot of wealth and beauty, but they have to do the hardest and most tiring work, earn the least money, since they have a strong force, why not rob it? To rob the merchant's goods, you can earn much more money than herding sheep and sheep, and you don't have to worry about being bullied, and you can live a much easier and more comfortable life.

But these horse thieves have ignored one point, that is, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has changed from what it used to be, through the application of new technologies, the economic strength of the Tang Dynasty has taken off, the treasury has become more and more full, and the strength of the army is becoming stronger and stronger, in this case, there is enough strength to deal with the bandits and bandits existing in the mountains and rivers across the country.

Moreover, almost all the foreign enemies have surrendered, and the Tang Dynasty court no longer needs to maintain too many soldiers and horses to defend on the border, so that more soldiers and horses can be dispatched to deal with the bandits who do not obey the king's law in the territory, or so many troops are not too idle, and the fight against these bandit forces is also of great benefit to improving the living standards of the people, which is what the court needs to do at this stage.

There is also a very important point, that is, to let the people establish a correct value, to guide the people to understand a truth, so that they understand that in order to live a prosperous life, they must rely on their own legal channels to obtain, and not through illegal looting channels, otherwise, they will be severely attacked by the imperial court, otherwise, everyone wants to rob, and the normal economic development of Datang will inevitably be hit hard, and the losses will be very heavy.

Judging from the actual situation in recent years, there is indeed a not very good trend, before because of the backward economy, the people do not have much money in their hands, and the number of businessmen is also very limited, so the activities of bandits are not very rampant, and in recent years, with the rapid take-off of the economy, the development of science and technology, the development of commerce ushered in a blowout period, the number of farmers began to decrease, and the number of businessmen undoubtedly rose quickly, and can make money.

This is a good thing in itself, but to a certain extent, it has caused a very serious gap between the rich and the poor, and those who venture to become businessmen have made a fortune, while the farmers who honestly farm at home have a very limited increase in income, and the lazy people who are not good at farming have relatively less wealth.

In this case, some people who are unbalanced in their hearts begin to think about how to change the status quo of their poverty, taking the risk of being a businessman, it seems to be a good choice, since others can earn a lot of money in this way, why can't they be, but not everyone can become a businessman, some people's minds are too lacking, and they can still be competent in farming, but once they enter the mall, they will be eaten by others and have no bones left, not only did not change their fate, but also let themselves lose their capital, and life became worse.

In this case, these people do not reflect on their own lack of ability, but will sigh the unfairness of fate, so evil thoughts will arise in their hearts, since they can't make themselves rich through legal means, it is better to rob it, in this way, it is simply useless, as long as they rob once, the income obtained is enough to maintain their chic and free life, and when there is no money to spend, it is enough to rob it.

If more and more people choose to take this path, then, an empire will be finished, and the previous development achievements will be in vain, after all, social stability is more important than anything, when the society is unstable, the life of businessmen and ordinary people is not secure, people will not have the heart to struggle, social economic development will be greatly affected, and even a great regression.

After all, what is needed to develop the economy is an incentive mechanism, businessmen can make money by selling goods, and ordinary people can earn money by working hard, so that they can have enough motivation, but if the hard-earned money is robbed by others, then who has the motivation to continue to make money, isn't this a living crime?

Therefore, in order to correct the worldview of the Chinese people and let the Chinese people know what they should do and what they should not do, the imperial court must spend huge manpower and material resources to crack down on these illegal bandit forces, so as to avoid the spread of this idea of getting something for nothing, and let more people invest in construction, so that Datang can develop faster and better, and the people can live a better life.

The imperial court's plan to govern the country is naturally not something that the leaders of the horse thieves can understand, they are all adults, and their minds have long been solidified, and since they have become accustomed to being horse thieves, if they change their careers to do coolies, he is naturally 10,000 unwilling, and he can no longer adapt to the work of coolies.

I think that at the beginning, before he became a horse thief, he and several major horse thieves under his command were all coolies herding sheep, they worked very hard every day, several people had to serve thousands of sheep, very tired, but the remuneration they could get was very low, and the monthly salary was not enough to drink, and they were blamed for being too good at drinking.

Such a poor life naturally caused their strong dissatisfaction, and the fuse that made them finally embark on the road of no return to the horse thief was to slaughter a newborn lamb, they thought that secretly killing a lamb would not be discovered, but they were still discovered by the employer, so they were directly fined a month's salary, and this made them completely give up the coolie industry and go into the mountains to become a horse thief.

And one of the deals they did was to take away all the employer's sheep, so that the employer would lose all their money at once, but they got thousands of sheep at once, and they couldn't eat them all in a year.

However, if you want to join the horse thief, there are also conditions, that is, the strength must be strong enough, if you are powerless, you will definitely not be accepted.

When the team was only a few people, they robbed the farmers' and herdsmen's chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep to obtain some food satisfaction, and when the team grew to dozens of people, they began to target the caravan, after all, the caravan had far more materials and money than the farmers, and robbing the caravan could obtain greater income and allow them to live a better life.

After the team rose to several hundred people, the scope of their robbery expanded again, not only around Qiwu Mountain, but also the entire Xia Prefecture became their hunting ground, and even, there were signs of their activities in several neighboring states, but their nest was in Qiwu Mountain, this would not be wrong.

"Big brother, is there another fat sheep sent to the door?"

A fat, short horse thief strode up and asked with a grin.

"Fat sheep? Where is the fat sheep, it is clearly a hot potato. ”

The leader of the horse thieves spoke.

"Big brother, what the hell is the news! Let me see. ”

A one-eyed horse thief stepped forward, and very impolitely snatched the letter from the leader's hand, and then read it with a group of small leaders.

The leaders of these horse thieves are not literate, but they have also learned some words, so the most commonly used words can still be understood.

"Big brother, what a big official the squire is! Is it bigger than the history of thorns? ”

Humpty Dumpty asked.

"Second brother, this official boss is not much younger than the emperor's old man, he is a big fish!"

"Big brother, this kid is here to deal with us, so what are we polite, just kill it."

"Yes! Big brother, we have never offended the court, but the court has sent troops to surround and suppress us, it is really hateful, we have killed and injured hundreds of brothers in the past few months, and the fat sheep caught are getting fewer and fewer, this day is too difficult, and now, the court has sent bigger officials over, this is not to exterminate us and swear not to give up! ”

"Lao Tzu is at ease here, what's in the way of the court, since the court doesn't let us get better, then we can't let the court feel at ease, it's a big deal to break the net, kill the officials sent by the court, and also show the evil anger of the past few months."

"Yes, I didn't say it, kill the officials of the court, and do it tonight."

The little leader of the horse thieves made an emotional statement.

The leader frowned and said: "Over the years, the brothers and I have enjoyed a few years of happiness, the last few months have been a little difficult, if we really kill the officials sent by the imperial court, I am afraid that there will be no such days in the future, the imperial court is furious, will definitely send more soldiers and horses over, when the time comes, we can't hide if we want to." ”

The leader of the horse thieves is worried that the imperial court will launch a greater intensity of encirclement and suppression, in this way, his good days will come to an end, he is still very clear about his strength, with the help of the terrain of Qiwu Mountain, as well as the long-term operation of the intelligence network, he is still sure of dealing with 8,000 imperial court soldiers and horses, but if more soldiers and horses come, he is really powerless.

"The eldest brother's concern is reasonable, the brothers all add up to only a thousand people, although they are all brave and good at fighting, but they are also two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, the court suddenly transferred eight thousand soldiers and horses, which has made us very uncomfortable, if there are tens of thousands, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold here, but the official of the court is here to deal with us, even if we don't kill him, he will be determined to destroy us, no matter how it is a death, it is better for everyone to die and break the net, do this vote first, if the court really sends more soldiers and horses to come, Then we will simply leave Qiwu and go somewhere else to continue to enjoy ourselves. ”

The one-eyed horse thief said.

"Yes, if you have revenge, you don't want to be a gentleman, the court has killed and injured so many of our brothers, it's time to give them some color, and kill a few of his big officials, so that they can understand that we are not easy to bully."

"Big brother, make up your mind! After holding it back for a few months, the brothers are all angry, and it's time to give it a go. ”

"Big brother, there are only more than 100 of them, we can gather more than 600 brothers in two hours, six to one, we have a full chance of victory, we will definitely be able to annihilate all the officers and soldiers."

The small leaders said emotionally.

Since Lao Guo's soldiers and horses came to Xiazhou, these horse thieves have lived a very uncomfortable life, and the number of robberies has obviously decreased, and even, they have been hit a few times and lost a lot of brothers, which makes them very annoyed, and their anger is getting heavier and heavier, and this time, Li An and his party hit the muzzle of the gun, they feel that they can't let go of such a good opportunity no matter what, and they have to take a good breath.