A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 259 Suicide
Cheng Yaojin kicked Niu Jinda who was dozing off to wake him up.

"Old Bull, it's our turn to be the finale."

Niu Jinda wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth. "Damn it! I was dreaming about visiting Pingkangfang Nanqu, and a group of big-breasted Hu girls were surrounding me and trying to persuade me to drink." He looked around. "It's finally our turn?"

The soldiers, who had been gathering their strength and waiting for half the night, were all in high spirits.

Gave an order,
The entire battalion rushed towards Yukou Manor,

The manor was empty at this time. Zhu Shanhai had not expected that the baggage camp that was first attacked tonight and had its food and grass burned, and then retreated, did not escape, nor was it blocked on the mountain over there.

Instead, he retreated to this valley not far from the manor.

After fighting over there for a long time, they took a nap here.

The guards in the manor's arrow tower were dozing off with their bows in their arms.
Suddenly, several arrows came from the air and shot him to death.

Elite officers and soldiers stormed the manor, and the crossbowmen launched a sudden and violent attack on the arrow tower and the fortress wall.

Grappling hooks were thrown up and hooked onto the manor castle wall.

The bandits who stayed on the fort wall were suppressed by the crossbowmen and could not raise their heads. Many of them were shot by arrows and fell to the ground.

One after another, the elite soldiers climbed up the city wall.

The gate of the manor castle was opened from the inside.

Cheng Yaojin rushed in with two axes in hand.

quickly,

The bandit flag on the manor castle gate was cut down,
A large banner with the four characters "Equalize the World" written on it fell in the wind.

Zhu Shanhai turned his head,
Looking at the flames rising into the sky in the southeast direction, his heart skipped a beat. That was Yishou Palace, his base camp, his Protectorate Mansion.

How did the fire start?

A bad thought arises.

"Those damned officers and soldiers! They sent troops to attack Yishou Palace from behind!"

Fell into a trap.

"Blow the horn and retreat!" Zhu Shanhai didn't dare to fight any longer.

Three long and two short shrill horn sounds rang out, echoing in the mountains.

The refugees retreated like a tide,
After several unsuccessful attacks, these refugees were already at the end of their strength. Now that they heard the retreat horn, many of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Huxiang, bad news! Yushan Manor has been captured by soldiers!"

"Our retreat is blocked!"

Cheng Yaojin was wearing Mingguang armor, holding a 10-foot-long black lacquer lance, and sitting astride an armored Hexi warhorse.
Behind him is Yukou Manor,
Cheng Yaojin led 800 soldiers to line up outside the manor to intercept the bandits.

Zhu Shanhai was carrying a large hatchet and saw the man standing in front of him from a distance.

The soldier with two axes that we encountered when burning food and grass at night.

Cheng Yaojin blocked the way.
Zhu Shanhai stepped forward, carrying a large sword. "Who are you?"

"I am Cheng Yaojin, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the Qin Wang Palace of the Tang Dynasty and the third commander of the left army. Zhu Shanhai, you have no place to go. The Yishou Palace and Yukou Manor have been captured by the government troops. You have the general manager Li behind you. Hurry up and surrender." Old Cheng shouted.

Zhu Shanhai gritted his teeth,
"Do you dare to challenge me in a duel? If I win, you will get out of the way."

"Fighting General?"

"You do not dare?"

Cheng Yaojin laughed, "I'm afraid you'll lose too badly."

"Then let's fight one-on-one."

"Logically speaking, I shouldn't agree to your unreasonable request. The government army is suppressing bandits, not fighting under the Jianghu. But since you want to fight, then let's fight."

Zhu Shanhai mounted his horse with his sword in hand and shouted, "Come on! We've fought a few rounds before, but we're still not satisfied!"

Cheng Yaojin kicked his horse's belly, urging it to speed forward. The 10-foot-long spear in his hand tore through the spring mist and went straight for Zhu Shanhai's throat. Zhu Shanhai turned around and swung his broadsword diagonally.

The collision of the blade and the spear actually caused sparks to fly.

Even the sharp hatchet couldn't cut through the composite lance.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly changed his tactics, thrusting the spear tip forward like a snake spitting out its tongue. Zhu Shanhai quickly dodged to the side.

The knife swung the spear again.

The two horses passed each other.

Cheng Yaojin looked back at the moon, swirled his lance at his waist, and made a surprise attack.

In a flash,

The horse spear pierced through Zhu Shanhai's waist and abdomen like a poisonous dragon, and the Ming Guang armor he had stolen from He Panren could not block the attack.

Pierce through with one strike.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Zhu Shanhai's left hand tightly grasped the horse spear that pierced through his body.
Roared angrily,
He swung his sword with his right hand and cut off Cheng Yaojin's horse lance.

Cheng Yaojin quickly turned his horse's head and rushed over again.
He had already put on a bamboo steel whip in his hand.
The steel whip whistled and smashed down fiercely. Zhu Shanhai couldn't dodge in time and half of his shoulder was broken, causing him to fall off his horse.

far away,

The government troops are taking advantage of their victory to attack us.

The bandits fled in all directions like birds and beasts.

Zhu Shanhai knelt on the ground, watching the scene and gave a helpless bitter smile.

Lost, lost in the end.

This damn thief God.

"Oh my god, why don't you have eyes?"

After cursing, Zhu Shanhai pulled out the half-broken horse spear from his body and used the two-foot spear tip to commit suicide in front of the army.

He would never surrender even if he died.

Li Yi, escorted by Liu Heizi and other personal guards, arrived at Yukou Manor.
I saw Zhu Shanhai committing suicide.

"Pass the order, those who drop their weapons, kneel and surrender will not be killed."

"Anyone who stubbornly resists with weapons will be killed without mercy!"

Li Yi entered the manor,
A hint of dawn appeared in the east.

Daybreak was finally approaching. The defeated bandits were scattered all over the mountains and plains, and the government troops were searching everywhere for them.

Yukou Manor and Yishou Palace were both captured.

It not only avoided casualties during the attack, but also eliminated their chance of resistance.

The government troops occupied a palace and a village, blocking the Heishui Valley at both ends, leaving the scattered bandits with nowhere to escape.

Li Yi personally wrote a letter to Chang'an to report the victory!

When writing the letter, Li Yi felt very heavy in his heart. Although he won, he won beautifully, with few casualties, and even the results were better than expected.

But he wasn't very happy.

Those bandits were actually mostly hungry refugees and disaster victims.

Dawn.

Li Yi rode to Yishou Palace,

This summer palace of Emperor Wen of Sui is now in a mess. The former imperial garden has been converted into grain fields and vegetable plots, where wheat and vegetables are grown.

Next to those exquisite palaces, there are many simple thatched huts and wooden houses.

"Wei Ting is still alive."

Qin Qiong told him the bad news. For Li Yi, Wei Ting was still alive, which was really bad news that made him unhappy.

"Why didn't Zhu Shanhai kill him?"

"Those bandits were very greedy. After learning Wei Ting's identity, they actually had him write a letter to the Wei family, saying they wanted to exchange him for 500 taels of gold, 3,000 dan of grain, and 5,000 pieces of silk."

The letter has been sent to Weiqu.

"Is Wei Ting worth so much?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"The Xiaoyaogong family of the Jingzhao Wei family is very prosperous and powerful. They can definitely come up with this amount of money and grain."

"I mean, how could a idiot like Wei Ting be worth so much?"

The musty smell in the dungeon of Yishou Palace was mixed with the smell of blood.

Li Yi covered his mouth and nose,
Deep in the dungeon,

Wei Ting was chained and curled up in a corner.

Just a few days since I last saw you.
He was unkempt and had lost all the nobility of a noble family.
"Wei Huqi, you have suffered."

Wei Ting looked up and when he saw Li Yi, surprise flashed in his eyes, and then a hint of resentment quickly flashed across his eyes.

Li Yi not only rescued Wei Ting in the dungeon,

He also rescued his six cousins,
There were even a group of officers who were captured during the two previous government campaigns.
After being tortured by the bandits, the officers were locked up in a dungeon and forced to write letters to their families asking for ransom.

It has to be said that although Zhu Shanhai has raised the flag, he still has some of the bandit's style of behavior. He has tens of thousands of troops, but he still does not forget to kidnap people for ransom.

A group of rescued officers,
There were fourth-rank Generals of Cavalry, fifth-rank Generals of Chariots and Cavalry, seventh-rank Colonels, eighth-rank Brigade Commanders, ninth-rank Team Leaders, etc., a total of more than a hundred people.

Everyone has been devastated these past few days.
A double blow to the body and mind,
They didn't expect that they would see the light of day again so soon.

When they learned that Li Yi had defeated the bandits so quickly, they were all impressed and grateful.

Wei Ting limped out of the dungeon.

He was hit by two arrows in the legs and had not received good treatment in the past few days. The bandits just applied some herbal medicine to him, and the wound became red and swollen and began to fester.

If Li Yi had rescued him later, he might not have been able to save his leg.

Many bandits surrendered to the government troops one after another.
Li Yi sent people to register them, confiscate their weapons, and disperse them into various temporary prisoner camps.

The leader of the bandits will be escorted to Chang'an for punishment.
As for the rest of the bandits, Li Yi felt that these people could not be completely regarded as rebels, so he petitioned the court to pardon them and disperse them to various places in Guanzhong.

Lame Zhang Wu has been pardoned by Li Yi, and his merits are even recorded.

At this time, he was asked to assist in the management of the surrendered prisoners.

He limped to Li Yi to report. When Wei Ting saw him, his eyes became fierce and sharp.

"Manager Li, this man is a thief! It's him! I hired him as a guide, but he led me into the encirclement of bandits and caused me to be captured and tortured."

Li Yi said calmly, "Cavalry Wei, please be patient. Zhang Wu has already defected. He made great contributions in suppressing the bandits this time."

Wei Ting stared at Li Yi with eyes wide open.
"Wei Huqi, I must remind you that Zhang Wu is now a meritorious person in the imperial court's suppression of bandits. Although you have had a grudge against each other, that was before he surrendered. You are not allowed to pursue it anymore." Li Yi snorted coldly.

Wei Ting gritted his teeth and stared at Zhang Wu with cold eyes.

Zhang Wu avoided Wei Ting's gaze fearfully and said, "I'll take my leave."

He turned and left, and passed by Wei Ting. Wei Ting suddenly drew his knife and stabbed Zhang Wu in the waist and abdomen.

Zhang Wu fell to the ground, bleeding all over the floor.

Wei Ting calmly drew out his knife and wiped the blood off Zhang Wu's patched clothes.

"Dog slave, bah."

Li Yi narrowed his eyes.

"Somebody come!"

Liu Heizi stepped forward immediately, "Boss!"

"Catch Wei Ting and give him forty military sticks! Then clamp his neck, shackle his hands and feet, and put him in a prison van!" Li Yi ordered.

Liu Heizi immediately called Luo Wu and others to come forward and push Wei Ting down.

Wei Ting shouted, "Li Yi, how dare you torture me for a bandit?"

"Wei Ting, this is the military. How dare you ignore my orders? How dare you commit violence in public?"

"He's just a bandit!"

"No, he is a member of my camp now."

Li Yi walked up to Zhang Wu,
The man with a haggard face was already dead, his eyes wide open, unable to close.

Li Yi closed his eyes and turned around.
"Beat me with forty strokes of the cane!"

"Who dares to touch me!" Wei Ting shouted.

Liu Heizi kicked him to the ground without hesitation and executed him with a stick himself.

Forty strokes of the cane,
Each blow was a great blow. Liu Heizi was always strong and he used all his strength in these forty blows. Wei Ting was beaten so badly that his skin was torn and he fainted long ago.

(End of this chapter)