Chapter 183: Lishan Bandits

At lunchtime, Chen Yufeng beckoned Zhang Zhimu to go over their table, Yang Yulin's face was obviously not very happy, and Zhang Zhimu didn't care about her. went straight to Chen Yufeng's table. There are also Yan Boju and Ouyang He sitting at this table.

Chen Yufeng said: "Li Mao sent someone to send back the letter, and they took down two cottages that did not listen to the greeting. ”

Ouyang He praised and said: "Li Mao is handsome! Not only did he use force, but other things were handled very safely. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It seems that Li Mao can really open the road of Jinnan before returning to the south, so that it will be much more convenient for us in the future." ”

Yan Boju said: "In this way, we will have two waterways and dry roads to the south. Dry road, after Yuncheng and then to the southwest, is Fenglingdu, after the Yellow River is Tongguan. If we can get the road of Qinshui through again, it will be much more convenient. Especially in winter, it is more convenient if the road is open. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "We are talking about this Qinshui road. I think that if the water freezes in winter, the horses we buy from Zhuhukou and Zhangjiakou in the autumn will not have to wait until the beginning of spring to transport them south, and we can wait until the rivers are frozen and drive the horses over, which is much more economical than using ships. ”

Yan Boju said: "I have been thinking about this. It can not only save the cost of shipping, but also save a winter of forage. The horses could not only drive away, but also carry goods. Kill a few birds with one stone. ”

Ouyang He said: "Qinshui is between Taihang and Taiyue Mountain, and flows all the way to the Yellow River. Regardless of whether the road on both sides of the river is good or not, the river is passable in winter. From this road, Li Zicheng can't help us, because this section of the Yellow River is very close to Feng. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "We can send troops to escort us over, and when we set off, we must act secretly, and we can deal with ordinary encounters without a large force of prepared troops to intercept them." This time I think it should be a tentative operation, and we sent out a thousand musketeers to escort us. When there is nothing to do, we help to drive the horses, and when there is something, we can deal with a thousand musketeers for a while. ”

Yan Boju said: "If we go to a thousand people, we can drive 10,000 horses over, or we can carry some of the goods with the horses." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Actually, our brigade can come back when they are sent to Kaifeng, and we can just leave some people who drive the horses in the future." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "From Kaifeng, you can sell horses along the way. ”

Yan Boju lowered his voice and said, "You don't have to worry about selling horses, listen to Li Mao, that Eight Kings can buy two thousand horses at once." The rest is gone. There are few groups of men who can transport large numbers of horses to the south. Even if we have the ability, aren't we still calculating here? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I think when Li Mao and Mr. Lu come back, let's discuss together, whether we should also set up a point in Qinyuan, if this Qinshui waterway can be passed, it will be more convenient, and there is no need to think about Sanmenxia." ”

Ouyang He said: "What Mr. Zhang said is that if this waterway can be passed, it will not only be a matter of going to the Yellow River, because the Sui-Tang Grand Canal is also connected to the east from the junction of Qinshui and the Yellow River. It can go all the way to Beijing. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, if we have the ability, whether he is able to pass it now or not, we must let him pass it in the future." ”

Li Mao is indeed a very strategic person, he took people to stay in Huozhou for a few days before setting off for the south, his purpose is obvious, is to give those bandits a little time, so that they can have time to know that the bandits in Taiyue Mountain have been suppressed by the people of Yaogang. Li Mao told everyone: Although we have been delayed here for a few days, the time saved in the future will far exceed the time delayed.

Sure enough, Li Mao and the others went south again, as long as they encountered bandits along the way, as soon as they went up to Panmian Road, they were basically invited to go up the mountain, and they were entertained with delicious food and drink, and everyone made friends. Yang Wei used to run these roads with his father for a long time, but he didn't expect the bandits to give Yaogang such face. Li Mao didn't expect that in less than a year, there would be so many more bandits in Jinnan, and many Li Mao had never heard of them.

However, there are also all kinds of bandits, there is a group of bandits can have more than 200 people, but they are not convinced, after Li Mao went up the mountain, the owner of the bandit village, said: "Your reputation of the kiln gang is great, and we don't want to be your enemy, if the kiln gang hands us a thousand taels of silver every year, we guarantee the safety of all the kiln gang people under our mountain." Otherwise, I won't recognize the king of heaven and Lao Tzu. ”

Li Mao couldn't talk about it, so it seemed that he could only suppress this guy, so he said: "I will go back and discuss with the shopkeeper about the conditions you put forward and then give you an answer." "It's about stabilizing them first.

After Li Mao descended the mountain, the bandit boss laughed and said, "The kiln gang is nothing more than that." I don't give them face, can they help me and? ”

Li Mao returned to the bottom of the mountain to discuss with Li Jing, Liu Chenghuang, and Yang Weiyi, and everyone agreed that this cottage must be suppressed.

That night, Li Jing led people to climb the wall of the bandits, and after destroying all the bandits on the wall, he opened the gate of the wall, and Li Mao and others quietly entered the wall. Because it was dark, the situation in the village was not understood. Li Mao didn't let everyone act immediately. The brigade spent the night in the watchtower of the walled gate and in a room next to it. There were no bandits to disturb him that night. When it was dawn, the bandits began to cook, and Li Mao did not let everyone move, Li Mao said: "Wait until the bandits have cooked for us." ”

When the bandits got up and walked towards the dining hall, none of the bandits noticed whether their gates were still complete. The angry Li Mao ordered to throw a few **, Liu Chenghuang ordered the soldiers to throw a dozen ** into the bandit pile in front of the canteen, when these bandits found that someone threw something at them, just wanted to scold a few words, looked up, and found that the person standing in front of the gate was wrong, and he didn't rush to say anything. ** "Boom" to turn the bandit on his back. When the sound stopped, a few bandits drew their knives and wanted to rush up, but before the bandits rushed to their eyes, a few shotguns shot and beat these bold bandits into a sieve. The other bandits didn't dare to move. At this time, the owner of the bandit found out that Li Mao had brought people to kill him, and he hurriedly shouted: "Li Gongzi, didn't you go back and discuss?" What are you doing? ”

Li Mao said: "We discussed, and you will not be polite to something like you who has no heart and no lungs and does not know the depths." We don't want to waste time with you. ”

It is estimated that the owner of the village must have regretted his death at this time, and he said: "Didn't everyone discuss? You don't agree with our terms, can you talk? What are you doing here? ”

Liu Chenghuang couldn't help it beside him, and said: "You don't have a chance to talk about it anymore, now put down your blades and surrender immediately, otherwise we will throw ** and blow you all to death." ”

Seeing that this guy was still grinding, Liu Chenghuang ordered: "Prepare to drop bombs!" ”

Seeing that the bandits still did not surrender, Liu Chenghuang ordered: "One team and two teams each have a **, vote!" "The first team and the second team that Liu Chenghuang said refers to a small team, with ten people in each team. In this way, a total of twenty ** were thrown over, and the bandits didn't expect that when they were talking here, the other party would really kill them. Seeing that ** threw over again, this time the bandits who knew ** was powerful were running in all directions. **After a burst of explosions, some bandits who fled slowly were blown up, and the bandits who were not killed or injured squeaked and screamed, and the scene was terrifying.

Yoo Sung-huang ordered the musketeers to advance, and the musketeers surrounded them with their guns, and when they encountered anyone who wanted to resist, they "touched" and solved them. After a while, the bandits all fell to the ground and surrendered.

Liu Chenghuang and others locked up several village owners of the bandits in the mountains alone. Then interrogated separately. After finding out where the bandits' vaults were, and when they opened the vaults, the results were very disappointing to everyone. This bandit cottage is a poor cottage, and the total amount of silver seized is only a few thousand taels.

Li Jing said: "The cottage of more than 200 people is only a few thousand taels of silver, how can it be mixed." ”

Later, I learned that the original owner of the village fled with the silver and abandoned the cottage. This new owner of the village was promoted by the second owner of the cottage.

Li Mao and the others still used the old method to let the bandits expose each other, so they killed dozens of bandits, Li Mao felt that this cottage could not be stayed, so he asked the remaining bandits if they were willing to go, and those who were willing to go would give them a little money to go down the mountain. There was really nowhere to go, so Li Mao let them go to Taiyue Mountain.

After leaving the cottage, Li Mao and the others burned the cottage with a fire. The owners of those cottages, Li Mao still handed them over to the government to deal with in the old way.

When further south, there was a group of bandits from Lishan who made it difficult for Li Mao. Lishan is the main peak of Nakajo Mountain, which stretches for hundreds of miles. This gang of bandits also occupied this place many years ago, and the government has encircled and suppressed it many times in vain. Li Mao didn't beat them less when he sold horses.

But when Li Mao and Li Jing went up the mountain to worship the mountain, they ran into trouble. It turned out that this gang of bandits also changed the owner of the village, and after Li Mao and Li Jing went up the mountain, they couldn't help but say that they were locked up first. Li Mao and Li Jing winked at each other, but neither of them let go. Otherwise, with the efforts of the two of them, these minions would not be able to lock them down.

However, soon Li Mao and Li Jing were taken to the bandits' gathering hall, which was the place where the bandits gathered for meetings. In the lobby, a village owner asked Li Mao: "I heard that you used to be an old friend of our cottage, and you send a lot of things to our cottage every year?" ”

Li Mao said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "From north to south, I have never met an old friend who treats gifts like this. ”

At this time, the owner of the village also felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly gave up his seat.

After Li Mao and Li Jing sat down, the owner of the village hurriedly asked, "This friend, what gift did you send to this cottage this time?" ”

Li Mao saw that this was also a guy who was not very good, and said: "Originally, I came to meet friends, but now I am here to give you advice." ”

When the owner of the village heard Li Mao say this, he was furious and said: "Bold, you go to my mountain, your life is in my hands, and you dare to be so arrogant?" Who are you? ”

Li Mao said slowly: "I used to be Li Mao who sold horses, and now I am Li Mao who sends advice to you on behalf of the kiln gang. ”

As soon as Li Mao's words came out, not only was the owner of the big village startled, but Li Mao was very frightened when he saw several leaders sitting next to him. Obviously, they are very jealous of the word kiln gang that Li Mao said.

The owner of the village calmed down and said: "Our cottage and your kiln gang have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, what advice do you give us?" He said so, but his tone softened.

Li Mao thought that he came to ask for a future where everyone would not disturb each other, and there was no need to offend them, so he softened his words and said: "I used to come to your cottage often, but I didn't expect to be locked up this time." ”

The owner of the village said: "That's the little ones who are ignorant and offended. ”

Li Mao didn't care about this when he saw it, and said: "Originally, I wanted to use my face to make friends with everyone, and I had good things to say." Now that we're done, I think we'll get straight to the point. I came this time on the orders of our Zhang Dongjia, I want to make a friend with your cottage, we are about to have some business to Jinnan, I hope you can give a convenience. ”

A guy who didn't know the depth on the side asked: "If we agree to your conditions, what good is our cottage?" Not only did Li Mao get angry when he heard this, but even their big village owner was so angry that he glared at him fiercely with his eyes.

Li Mao was angry in his heart, but said with a smile on his face; "The good thing for you is that we don't attack your cottage."

Although Li Mao said it lightly, the cottage gathering hall was quiet all of a sudden. The leaders of the entire cottage were here, and after listening to Li Mao's words, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Li Mao and Li Jing judged that they must have known the fate of Taiyue Mountain and others, this matter had already frightened these people, they were not afraid of the government, but the prestige of Yaogang made them afraid. The legend of the kiln gang outside is already divine, but I didn't expect the kiln gang to really find the mountain gate today.

It was the owner of Dazhai who broke the embarrassment first, he said: "We respect the prestige of the kiln, and in the future, the people of the kiln gang will pass under our mountain, and we promise not to offend each other." But don't let us get along with us. Do you think that works? ”

The purpose had already been answered, Li Mao stood up and said, "Since the lord of the village said so, our purpose of going up the mountain has been achieved." In the future, not only will we not offend each other, but I hope that we can still be friends in the future. However, the coming day is long, and we slowly think about it, and our Zhang Dong family has never owed a friend. ”

The owner of the village also arched his hand and said: "It's easy to say." However, Li Mao saw that the other leaders in the village did not speak.

Li Mao and Li Jing said goodbye to the owner of the village, and then walked out of the Juyi Hall and walked outside the village. But when Li Mao and Li Jing were just about to arrive at the gate of the village, a minion ran over shouting: "Stop the two of them!" ”

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