It was noon, the sun was in the sky, but the wind was still fierce, and near Duozhuang Town, which was more than forty miles northeast of Liubu Town, a small group of thieves who had lost their armor were trekking on the country road, and the leader was Wang Tang.

It is said that Wang Tang broke through under the desperate protection of his own soldiers and fled all the way here, at this moment there are only about a dozen people left around him, and there are only two of the five protectors under his hands, namely Jin Gou and Luo Sanpao.

Wang Tang and the two Dharma Protectors all rode on horses, and they were carrying heavy burdens on their backs, which were full of gold and silver treasures that they had looted on a daily basis. Wang Tang planned to get rid of the pursuers, find a place with high mountains and dense forests to occupy the mountain as the king, and use the money to make money up and down, and then live the life of a rich man incognito.

However, at this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Wang Tang and the others all changed their faces greatly, thinking that the Ming army was chasing and killing, and they turned their heads to look at each other, and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Behind him, a total of five horsemen, all dressed in black shorts, not the cavalry of the Ming army, but their own cavalry, running in the front is Tang Jing, followed by Mu Man, Shi Bodang and two other horse thieves across the horse.

Tang Jing rode his horse to catch up with Wang Tang and the others, and said with a strange smile: "General Wang ran quite sluggishly, and finally let us catch up." ”

Wang Tang didn't notice Tang Jing's strange smile, and said with a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be you, which scared Lao Tzu, what about Commander Xue?" ”

"Commander Xue ran to the northwest, probably chasing Zhao and leading them." Tang Jing said as he rode his horse to Wang Tang, and Mu Man and others rode their horses to approach at the same time.

Wang Tangyin felt that something was wrong, and asked suspiciously: "Then why don't you follow Commander Xue to flee for your life." ”

"Hehe, because I want your head!" As he spoke, Tang Jing unexpectedly slashed at Wang Tang.

Wang Tang was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head to dodge, Tang Jing only felt a sharp pain in his chest when he made a move, and his movements slowed down by half a beat, but he was dodged by Wang Tang.

Tang Jing's knife only hit Wang Tang's bun, and the latter suddenly turned into a cloak and rolled off the horse's back in embarrassment, and the horse was frightened and spread its hooves and ran away, and the burden on the horse's back also fell immediately, and the yellow and clear gold and silver nuggets were scattered all over the ground.

At the same time, Mu Man and Shi Bodang and others also suddenly attacked, and killed several people, and the remaining personal soldiers of Wang Tang fought back, but they were all killed in the end, of course, Tang Jing and his gang also paid the price of two lives, and Mu Man and Shi Bodang were both slightly injured.

Tang Jing jumped off the horse, stepped on the golden dog that had not yet lost his breath, put the knife on his neck, and sneered happily: "What's the matter, wasn't it very dragged before?" Isn't it scolding Lao Tzu for rubbish? I didn't expect it to be today! ”

The golden dog was horrified, blood gushed from his side, and he was stabbed in the left rib, breaking two ribs.

Wang Tang was shocked and angry, carrying the burden in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Tang Jing, if you want silver, I can give it all to you, can you let me live?" ”

Tang Jing wiped the neck of the golden dog with a knife, then laughed and said hatefully: "The gold and silver Lao Tzu wants it, and your head Lao Tzu also wants it!" ”

"Tang Da is in charge, isn't it just a woman, why be so serious, you take these gold and silver, six hundred miles south of here is the Jiangnan fat powder land, you can buy as many beauties as you want."

Tang Jinghe said with a smile: "If you have money, you have to have a life to spend it, your head can change Lao Tzu to a position in the Ming Army." ”

Wang Tang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said angrily: "Bastard, it turns out that you reported to the officials and soldiers. ”

"That's right, it was Lao Tzu who reported to the Ming army, and the government also promised that as long as you get your head, you will seal a hundred households for Lao Tzu, so ...... You'd better resign yourself to your fate. Tang Jing laughed happily, at this moment, he felt that all the humiliation he suffered that day had been avenged.

Wang Tang rolled his eyes and sneered: "Tang Jing, your head was kicked by a donkey, you can also believe it if you are an official, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking, let's see, you will not end well." ”

Tang Jing's face sank, Wang Tang's words undoubtedly hit his weakness, in fact, he was not very down-to-earth in his heart, after all, there was no holy decree of the emperor's pardon, what if the surnamed Xu did not keep his promise?

Mu Man and Shi Bodang obviously had the same concerns, the latter looked at the gold and silver all over the ground, his eyes were full of greed, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, although Wang Tang is hateful, it is not unreasonable, it is better for us to take these gold and silver away and fly away than to be a dog for the government in fear." ”

Mu Man nodded and agreed: "Well, the second brother is right, eldest brother, I would rather continue to be the king of the mountain than take risks, those who are officials are too cunning, and they don't believe in their words, maybe they will turn around and ask for our lives." ”

Tang Jing suddenly hesitated, and Wang Tang smiled when he saw this: "That's right, the officials are not credible at all, you can take all these gold, silver and jewelry, take them!" ”

After Wang Tang finished speaking, he threw the burden to Mu Man, and then turned around and ran, Mu Man subconsciously took the burden, but suddenly smelled a pungent smell of sulfur, and wisps of white smoke came out of the baggage.

"It's not good, throw ...... quickly"

Before Tang Jing's words were finished, the burden exploded, and with a loud bang, the gold and silver inside were scattered like a rain of arrows......

Wang Tang, who ran out of more than ten meters, lay on the ground and waited for more than ten seconds, then he got up and looked back, only to see Tang Jing and the three of them lying in a pool of blood, Mu Man's chest was blown up, unrecognizable, and Tang Jing and Shi Bodang were not any better, their heads and faces were blurred with flesh and blood, and there were a lot of gold nuggets and silver nuggets on their bodies, and Tang Jing had a gold nugget stuck in his left eye, moaning in pain.

Wang Tang showed a smug sneer, it turned out that there was a mine hidden in the baggage of this family, which he got in the arsenal of the county government when he conquered the city, and he had kept it for self-defense, just now he took advantage of the fact that Tang Jing and the three of them were not paying attention, secretly lit the fuse of the mine, and then threw the burden to Mu Man.

Wang Tang picked up a single knife from the ground, and was about to drop the Tang Jing, which was not dead, when he saw dust flying in the distance, and there was a faint sound of horses' hooves.

Wang Tang hurriedly picked up a few pieces of gold and silver on the ground and put them in his arms, and he didn't even ride his horse, but hurriedly drilled into the grass beside the road.

Leaning slightly, a horse team arrived, led by Wang Lin'er.

Wang Lin'er jumped off the horse and checked it, and found that Mu Man and Shi Bodang had hung up on the spot, and Tang Jing also had more gas and less air intake, so it was estimated that he would not survive.

"Search, Wang Tang shouldn't be able to run far!" Wang Lin'er waved his hand, and the fifty horsemen under his command were in groups of two, using the location of the explosion as a radius to search in all directions.

……

Xu Jin led his men and horses to the north unhurriedly, and arrived at Liubu Town at about noon, when the battlefield had been cleaned.

Several generals of Xuzhou Wei, Linqing Wei, and Tai'an Wei stepped forward to show their merits to Xu Jin with a spring breeze.

"Report to Lord Qincha, my Xuzhou Wei beheaded more than 600 people and captured 223 people!"

"Report to Lord Qincha, I beheaded more than 800 people in Qingwei and captured 561 prisoners."

"Report to Lord Qincha, I'm Tai'anwei ......"

Xu Jin smiled and gave verbal commendations one by one, and all the generals also congratulated Xu Jin one after another, so far, the thieves have almost been completely wiped out, and the biggest credit in the audience is naturally the boss.

It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, non-military merits cannot be knighted, so there are very few literati who have been knighted, but it is not nothing, for example, Wang Shouren, the governor of Southern Jiangxi who quelled the rebellion of King Ning two years ago, was recently crowned as a new uncle by the new monarch. Now that Xu Jin has made such a great military achievement, he is not far behind Wang Shouren, and after returning to Beijing this time, he said that he could not be added to the rank of knight.

Xu Jin stopped in Liubu Town until the afternoon, and messengers kept bringing back news from all directions.

"Report to Lord Qincha, Zhao Quan led the remnants to escape along the Xiaoqing River by boat, and was intercepted by the Jigongzhai Inspection Division, Xie Qianhu is leading people and thieves to fight fiercely on the river......

"Report to Lord Qincha, the traces of the anti-thief leader Wang Tang have been found near Duozhuang Town, and Wang Qianhu is leading people to search for ......"

"Report to Lord Qincha, the White Lotus Demon Maiden Xue Bingxin led the remnants to flee into Daqingshan, twenty miles west of Jinan City, and now she is missing, Qi Qianhu asked to send troops to close the mountain and search for ......"

Xu Jin sighed secretly when he heard the news, and ordered Lin Qingwei to command Tongzhi Shi Zhen to lead two thousand people to Daqingshan, who should always come, and their positions are contrary to each other, there is nothing to say!

Shi Zhen led the troops to leave Liubu Town, and in a moment, Jin Biao, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, happily entered the handsome account, and the two Jinyi guards behind him also held a dirty woman.

Although this woman is dirty, her posture is enchanting and moving, and a pair of watery charmers are also quite seductive, and when she saw Xu Jin, she fell to her knees and said tremblingly: "Slave Ma Rong'er, knock on Lord Qincha, Lord Spare your life!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and finally caught this woman back.

Jin Biao said with a smile: "My lord, this girl can hide, but she hid under the thatched pit of a house, and our people almost missed it." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, no wonder this woman smelled a smell of as soon as she came in, and waved her hand: "Take Ma down and clean it first!" ”

Jin Biao scratched his head and took the person down in embarrassment, Xu Jin immediately sent someone back to Yanzhou Mansion and secretly brought Song Chi to Jinan.