After Xiao Tang said goodbye to Elder Zhizhen, and escorted Wenshu Monastery down the mountain with his army generals Tian Ding, Ru Tingqi and hundreds of thieves, Yao Pingzhong also came from the battle report, according to the rest of the thieves who guarded the dangerous peak, they saw that they had been defending but became a turtle in the urn, so they had no choice but to take risks, and took advantage of the middle of the night to touch the mountain to break out. But Yao Pingzhong, who had been prepared for a long time, led the crowd to fight a beautiful ambush battle, and several well-known green forest thieves on Hedong Road either died in the chaos, or killed themselves on the spot, or were captured alive by the officers and soldiers... The Hedong thieves who flowed to the boundary of the Wutai Mountains were basically swept away.

In the camp marshal tent at the junction of Xin and Dai states, Xiao Tang encouraged Yao Pingzhong, and then said: "Yao Dujian, how many soldiers have you lost under your command. ”

Yao Pingzhong replied: "That gang of thieves and birds did a battle of trapped beasts, but they did not hesitate to die. More than 400 people were killed in the battle, and more than 300 people were seriously wounded, so they had to be taken to Taiyuan Mansion to rest and recuperate. ”

Xiao Tang nodded and said, "Thanks to the proper command of Yao Dujian, the soldiers of the Western Army did not avoid swords, so they did not teach more people under the rule of Xin and Dai to be harmed by thieves. The corpses of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country were collected as good lives, and in addition to being promoted to pension for their military exploits, the rest of the brothers were also rewarded. ”

"Let's do Wu Erlang Jingping inside and outside, and protect the family and defend the country. Xiao Jieshuai was sympathetic to the sons of the army, and did not thank the sons of the sixth battalion of our Western Army first. ”

Yao Pingzhong said this, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange. Originally, Yao Pingzhong, who was born as a general of the Western Army, had his own arrogance when he got along with other military colleagues, and during this period of time fighting side by side with Xiao Tang, he seemed to have a faint feeling that he was subtly influenced by the other party, and seemed to be willing to obey orders under Xiao Tang's account.

It is not unheard of Tong Guan, who gradually controlled the military power of the Western Army, such things as promoting generals and sympathizing with soldiers, but he suppressed and co-opted in the Western Army, and acted mostly with the stock market and righteousness, and it was necessary to exchange the benefits of others for the feeling of gratitude from others. What's more, compared to the Tong Yuan who repeatedly asked for his life in order to accumulate military exploits, although Xiao Tang was also unambiguous in these wars against the thieves in Hedong, Yao Pingzhong also felt more and more obviously that Xiao Tang asked for orders to pacify Hedong, definitely not for any promotion, and the Xiao Renxia who was usually a person with a bit of Jianghu spirit in the world, did not seem to have to go to great lengths to use some power and tricks in the army to win over his henchmen when he was ordered to go out, so as to satisfy his ambition to be able to hold power in the army.

Thinking of this, Yao Pingzhong was also relieved, and he secretly said: No wonder that the seed master will praise this Xiao Tang, although this person is in the officialdom because he is favored by the official family, but he is not just to compete for an official and respect the lord, what he wants in his heart is no different from many pure iron-blooded soldiers...... Fighting side by side with him, I don't have to worry about many pickled birds outside of the war.

At this time, Youjun Jian had already escorted Tian Ding, Ru Tingqi and several captured small leaders of the thief army to the tent. Xiao Tang turned his head, his gaze swept over the thieves one by one, and finally his gaze stayed on Tian Ding, who was silent, and said, "The matter has come to this, where did Tian Hu's guy flee, and you still refuse to recruit?" ”

Tian Ding snorted coldly, he turned his head aside, and said nothing. Ru Tingqi, who was pale next to him, sneered a few times, and said in a cruel voice: "A few of us are folded in your hands, and now we have to admit it." But don't be complacent with your surname Xiao, as long as Brother Tian Hu has not been held by you for a day, I will teach you to spend an extra day of thought! Since we are doing a living as thieves in the green forest, as the saying goes, we are not afraid of thieves stealing, but afraid of thieves, now the world is full of bandits, and the thieves who want to rebel in the green forest are inexhaustible! Brother Tian Hu is a person who wants to do great things, but he knows that he will not be able to avenge us one day? Falling horizontally into the hands of you, a dog official, Lao Tzu is already a mortal person, teaching Lao Tzu to betray his brother at this time and ruin the righteousness of the rivers and lakes? Be your mother's spring and autumn dream! ”

Xiao Tang was not angry, he smiled coldly, and said: "Yes, a few of you burned and looted with Tian Hu, and you were extremely vicious, and you should be punished for punishment and punishment, so naturally you have no physiology." But they are all about death, but it also depends on how to die. ”

Xiao Tang turned around and looked around at the group of thieves who knelt on the ground, and said: "My Great Song Dynasty Law has always been strict about the serious crimes of gathering evil parties to harm the good people and separating and rebelling. It has always been used to kill the head of the thief as a capital punishment, and you are full of evil, and you are still afraid of evil, and now you still expect to end up with a whole corpse? ”

Xiao Tang said, his gaze fell on a thief little leader whose face was getting paler and paler, the little leader trembled, only raised his head slightly and touched Xiao Tang's fierce eyes, and then lowered his head again. After a while, the little leader finally raised his head tremblingly, begged for mercy and said, "Xiao Xiao Xiao Renxia... If I'm willing to recruit... Can you spare the villain's life? ”

When Ru Tingqi heard this, he burst into flames, and he hissed at the little leader: "Hu Mazi! How did Lao Tzu Fang tell you? You greedy dog thief, dare to spit out half a word again, Lao Tzu ......"

Before Ru Tingqi finished scolding, Shi Xiu on the side had suddenly jumped out, and he kicked Ru Tingqi in the abdomen with a whip leg, and then his hands tightened tightly, and the steel scabbard in his hand slammed hard, and smashed heavily on Ru Tingqi's mouth! Ru Tingqi immediately had five or six teeth smashed off by Shi Xiu's blow, and he was bleeding from his mouth and nose, fell backwards, and lay straight on the ground.

Seeing Ru Tingqi's miserable appearance, the little leader called Hu Mazi suddenly broke up, and he scolded Ru Tingqi with a sharp voice: "I will join your eighteenth generation ancestor!" Straight lady thief, I just have no food and clothing and have to beg for food in the green forest, but I was killed by you as a dog, and now since they are all held by the official army, you fucking still shake a bird with me!? But if there is a way to live, who is willing to be a strong man in the green forest? His grandmother's, Tian Hu's bird wants to be the emperor, you birdmen still want to be the emperor's relatives, but I just want to live well, you say Lao Tzu is willing to be sent by you to do something harmful to yin morality? Fuck you, now that you've come to this point, you still think I'm willing to be your slave to a handful of birds!? ”

Hearing this little boss scolding, Tian Ding's face was even more dead, he looked ahead in a daze, and the three souls and seven spirits seemed to have been hooked away. And Ru Tingqi, whose mouth was full of blood, could only stare at the little leader with resentment, and he couldn't do anything more.

The little leader was panting with scolding, and he immediately turned his head to look at Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang nodded, and said: "I pacify Hedong according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to the thieves who surrender themselves, all the people who have made meritorious contributions are also allowed to be the heads, and those who follow the thieves are not guilty of great crimes, and they are also allowed to surrender themselves, not only to forgive the capital crimes, but also to return to the villagers." ”

When the little leader heard Xiao Tang say that he was like Feng Lunyin, he immediately nodded again and again and said, "Xiao Renxia!" I'll recruit me! When he led the heavenly army to Dingxiang County, Tian Hu's bird had already negotiated with Tian Ding, and I waited for a few people to play the banner of Tian Hu to attract the fleeing officials and soldiers to chase after him, and Tian Hu led some men and horses to find a hidden place in the deep mountains to hide for some time, because there were many officers and soldiers around the search, so they gathered some remnants and sneaked all the way, and fled straight to the Weisheng Army Tonglu County! ”