Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 537 The Earth Shakes! !
Longxi County, Wudu County.

A group of knights is galloping on the road, there are more than [-] knights in total, all of them are riding tall horses, armored and sharpened, and fully armed. It is majestic.

The leader of this is naturally Liu Chang. Liu Chang frowned and looked around. Beside the white horse, there were a few fine hounds surrounding the white horse. They lowered their heads and kept smelling something. Li Guang Looking into the distance, holding a strong bow, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, is it in this area?"

Liu Chang came out in the name of hunting, and he brought all the doctors in the palace with him. Each of these doctors is a strong warrior. However, he traveled long distances from Chang'an to Longxi County, not to hunt wild animals, but to hunt wild animals. For hunters.

Liu Chang looked around and jumped off the horse. The hounds followed Liu Chang. Liu Chang followed Li Guang to the stream. Liu Chang checked the footprints around him and said with a grinning grin: "This is where they are hiding. No way! This time, I can get rid of it!"

Li Guang smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, it's just a group of bandits, why should Your Majesty come here to exterminate them in person?"

"You don't know, but these thieves have harassed me for a whole year!"

"Every time Longxi plays, he will say that there are thieves, but this county guard is just unwilling to suppress the bandits. The more he writes, the more the number of thieves will be!"

Liu Chang said angrily, that's right, he brought the doctors to Longxi County this time just to suppress the bandits, Li Guang and others who knew the truth felt that this was outrageous, facing less than a hundred thieves Group, the emperor led the entire Langzhong military officer corps to conquer, why don't you just let the Taiwei lead the Northern Army to destroy it?

Li Guang felt that to deal with this kind of thieves, he could kill all of them by leading four or five pavilion soldiers. His Majesty's behavior like this is killing ants with a sledgehammer!
The matter still has to be said three days ago, the newly arranged inner court ministers Hu Wusheng and Zhou Yafu were helping Liu Chang deal with the memorials from various places. After Hu Wusheng summed up the important news, he handed it over to the emperor for inspection. Liu Chang Overjoyed, this time, he finally didn't have to see that His Majesty, whom he hated so much, was safe. Everything went smoothly, and what they explained were all major events in various places, including Chai Qi's.

According to Hu Wusheng's explanation, the orders and memorials of both parties were not at the same time. After he carefully sorted out, Liu Chang was able to communicate with him normally, which made Liu Chang burst into tears. Good brother, I finally I can talk to you normally.

However, there was only one thing that stimulated the emperor.

That is the memorial of the prefect of Longxi County.

"Your Majesty!! There are bandits in Longxi!!"

Liu Chang broke his defense immediately and yelled angrily, I am so big that I dare not even raise my head when I beat the Huns, why can't these dozens of thieves be wiped out all the time?You, Wei Wei, are also a famous general, why can't you even deal with some thieves? ?
You incompetent person, do you know how Kuai Che died? !
Wei Wei was also very wronged. His main force was on the border of the Hexi Kingdom, helping the Hexi Kingdom guard several exits of the Xiqiang, and cooperating with the military operations of the Hexi Kingdom. In addition, there is no army. He sent a village chief to Wudu and asked Wudu Ling to catch these thieves with all his strength, but Wudu Ling has not been able to succeed so far.

Liu Chang scolded him a lot, and in such anger, Liu Chang decided to personally exterminate this gang of thieves.

When he came to the Wudu area where the bandits were entrenched, Liu Chang probably understood why these bandits were hard to eliminate. The terrain here was complicated, and under the forest terrain, dozens of bandits drilled into the mountains. It was really difficult to find them, and here Extending in all directions, if the thieves see the army, they can retreat to any place, which makes the capture work extremely difficult.

Liu Chang made a team of ten people and ordered a comprehensive search to start here.

And just after they arrived here, they were discovered by the thieves entrenched here.

In the dense forest, these thieves were lying on the ground, secretly looking at the knights in the distance. The leader was a young man with a short stature, his hair was cut off, and he had obvious signs of torture. He had fierce eyes and held a sword in his hand. Lying in the weeds, staring viciously at the knights outside the dense forest.

"Brother, who are these people?"

"Probably a knight from the Northern Army."

Hearing what the bandit leader said, the faces of the thieves lying next to him changed drastically, "Brother, if the Northern Army is there, we are definitely not their opponents, let's run!"

"Why run? There are many mountains and forests here. What role can his cavalry play? As long as you are ready, don't say hundreds, even a thousand will die here! Ever since we occupied this place, our reputation has been greatly shaken. , there are countless heroes who come to join us every day, if things go on like this, we can also accomplish great things, why should we be afraid of them?"

The little man said angrily.

"Brother, these hundreds of knights, we are no match at all."

"I have made a decision, whoever dares to speak out, I will commit suicide!!!"

The short man shouted, and the thieves around him didn't dare to speak anymore. The short man's accent was obviously not Longxi's accent, but Hanoi's accent. For this boss, these thieves were very afraid. Years ago, he fled here, killed their leader, and became their new boss. Then he began to lead them to do evil, dig graves, privately coin coins, kill people and rob money. The crimes were countless times more serious than before.

He is good at swordsmanship and is good at bow. He led them to repel the extermination of the county government several times, making Wudu Lingdu helpless to them. After defecting, their number continued to increase, and they began to try to rob the grain trucks transported to the temple in Longxi. Although they failed, they became more famous.

Although the boss was short in stature, he dared to kill people, and he would strike at the slightest disagreement. More brothers died in his hands than in the hands of officers and soldiers.

Watching those knights get off their horses and approach here step by step.

The boss pointed viciously at the leader in the distance, "Zhang Sheng, your archery skills are the best. If you shot the one leading the white horse, he must be the leader of these people. Once he dies, the rest of them will rush to save you." He will take revenge, and when the time comes, he can lure them into a trap, these hundreds of horses, and these armors and crossbows."

The boss's eyes were full of greed, and the guy named Zhang Sheng nodded, drew his bow, and aimed at the guy leading the white horse.

The distance was too far, and the opponent was wearing armor, so he could only wait for the opponent to get closer.

Li Guang followed Liu Chang and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, those people are in the dense forest. They are probably planning to lure us into a trap."

When the thieves found Liu Chang, Liu Chang also found the thieves, but they did not act rashly. In front of these professional doctors, the so-called tactics and ideas of the thieves were so childish and ridiculous, Liu Chang remained calm. Asked: "Where are Mr. Chen and the others? Have you surrounded them?"

"Not yet fully surrounded"

"Is there water? Who has water?!"

Liu Chang suddenly questioned loudly, but did not continue to walk towards the dense forest. Someone beside him took out a water bag, and he sat down and drank the water. The thieves were a little impatient, and they could be shot after a few steps. Yes, why did this person start drinking water again?
Only the short man, he was not in a hurry, he said with a sneer, "Drink, drink, this is the last time you drink water!"

Liu Chang drank water leisurely, and glanced into the distance from time to time. After a long time, Liu Chang stood up, chatted with several knights, and continued to move towards the dense forest.

"It's now!!!"

"Whoosh~~~~"

The arrow flew towards Liu Chang's direction, almost at that moment, Liu Chang looked at the thief's hideout.

"Did you shoot it?!"

The short man yelled and looked straight into the distance. Liu Chang held an arrow in his hand and threw it in the direction of the thief without thinking. The arrow flew back with a whoosh and flew over the short man's head. .

At that moment, the leader of the thieves was shocked.

That fellow caught the arrow and threw it back? ? ?

Who is this? !

How could this be possible? !
At that moment, the short man no longer had any intention of seducing, he yelled, turned around and ran away.

But Liu Chang led people to chase after him on foot. In the dense forest, the horse became a burden instead. Liu Chang's speed was very fast. Under the leadership of those hounds, he charged like a chariot. As for Li Guang, his speed was the same. Soon, however, he held a strong bow and kept shooting. Those thieves who turned around and ran away were clearly hiding in the dense forest and fleeing, but they couldn't escape Li Guang's shooting at all. Li Guang could take away a person with one arrow, which was extremely efficient. high.

The short man ran with all his might, not caring about the life and death of his brothers at all, and their screams kept coming from his ears.

He knew in his heart that this time he had kicked on an iron board.

Liu Chang hadn't been so excited for a long time. While running wildly, he caught up with the last thief. Liu Chang didn't stop, and directly ran into him. Under Liu Chang's impact, the thief flew out and hit him. The tree in front of him was motionless, Liu Chang didn't even stop, and continued to move forward.

The thieves began to flee in different directions, and soon it was the place where they set a trap. As long as they could lead the Han army there, they could escape themselves. However, they just ran for a while and met them head-on A group of people, still officers and soldiers, each armed with a strong crossbow, saw the bandits coming, and they shot and killed them without talking nonsense. After one round, the bandits were almost wiped out, and three or four of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Langzhong is placed in the Northern Army, so he can directly serve as a middle-level general. Whether it is force, command, or consciousness, they are the top young people in every aspect. It is an insult to these thieves. These thieves and bandits, who were extremely troublesome in the local county government, were swept away by the doctors in a destructive posture in a short period of time. Li Guang even shot and killed more than [-] people with his own hands.

He can even shoot arrows while running, which surprised Liu Chang very much.

The short man was also kneeling on the ground at this moment, looking around cunningly, he was shot in the thigh by an arrow, and there was no way to escape from here.

The trap they had set earlier had no effect at all. They didn't even live long enough to bring the enemy to the trap, and the entire army was wiped out. They didn't even know when the enemy surrounded them.

Liu Chang looked at the prisoners kneeling in front of him with disdain.

"Which one is the leader?"

"it's me!!"

The short man raised his head without any fear, and stared into Liu Chang's eyes without fear, even provocatively.

Liu Chang sneered, raised his foot, and hit him in the face, the short man screamed and fell to the ground, his whole face was blurred and blood flowed, and the thieves around were startled and trembling , Liu Chang stepped forward and stepped on his chest, "So it was you! You kept me safe all day long, and tortured me for a whole year!!"

Liu Chang increased the strength of his legs, and the man howled in pain.

Li Guang stepped forward quickly, "Your Majesty, if this person is able to run rampant here, there must be many accomplices, perhaps in the mountains or in the county town, and he cannot be killed yet. We must catch those involved and kill them all together." die!"

Liu Chang thought for a while, then raised his foot, but the man was already dying.

Escorting these captives, a group of people came to Wudu County mightily.

It can be seen that these thieves still pose a certain threat to Wudu. There are many soldiers here, and the defense is relatively strict. After seeing this group of people, they immediately closed the city gate, and some soldiers rushed to the city wall. A strong crossbow was released, but their behavior made Liu Chang even more angry. How could such a large county be forced into such a situation by dozens of thieves? !

Li Guang stepped forward and directly expressed his official identity. Just a moment later, the local county magistrate and officials hurriedly opened the city gate and ran out to greet him.

The people were terrified when they heard that the emperor was coming.

And when he saw the thieves being escorted, Wu Duling's face turned even paler.

Liu Chang lowered his head and looked at the magistrate kneeling in front of him, "Are you the magistrate of Wudu?"

"The minister is right!"

"Let me ask you, the bandits are rampant, why don't you organize people to suppress the bandits? Isn't there Qiu Lian in your county? Can't you gather 3000 young and strong people? Why did I, a big man, do this because of bandits?" How embarrassing?!"

Because of the system of the Qin and Han Dynasties, all the people are soldiers, so the problem of bandits is not too big. Adult men everywhere have to go through drills. They can turn into soldiers at any time when they get weapons. As long as there are people leading them, it is really not difficult to exterminate them. .

Liu Chang felt that it was outrageous that this matter could drag on for a year.

That Wu Duling hastily argued: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to suppress the bandits, but I heard from the alchemist that these bandits will be harvested by God, and it's useless for me to destroy them."

Even though he knew long ago that Longxi was a hard-hit area for belief in ghosts and gods, Liu Chang was still furious when he heard the magistrate's words. At that moment, he kicked the magistrate, and the magistrate flew out immediately. On the ground, life and death were unknown, Liu Chang scolded: "I said why didn't you bother to suppress the bandits, it turned out to be Wu Zui's remnant! Come, take him down!"

Only then did Liu Chang look at the county lieutenant beside him, who was in charge of law and order.

The county lieutenant looked at the county magistrate whose life and death were unknown, swallowed, kowtowed hurriedly, and complained: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This strong man is not a middle-class man. His family is powerful, and Wu Duling was given by his family. I dare not do anything about my belongings, I have the intention to exterminate them, but he is deeply loved by the rangers in the city, and there are always people who will give him internal support. Every time I go out of the city, someone will tip off the news, and I can't catch him at all."

"Oh? Family background? He is a thief, what kind of family background can he have?"

The county lieutenant said, "Your Majesty, this man is Guo Xie, a well-known hero in Hanoi, and his grandmother is the Marquis of Ming Nv Ting! Relying on his own power, he committed all sorts of crimes. Later, he was captured and sent to the West Court. Guoxiu City, he escaped somehow, hid here, got entangled with people, caused harm everywhere, his reputation is very big, the rangers all help him, he is very courageous, the county magistrate even accepted bribes from their family."

Liu Chang was a little confused, he interrupted the county lieutenant, "Wait a minute, Marquis Mingyuting?? Why didn't I know there was such a Marquis?"

Li Guang stepped forward and said in a low voice, "It's Xu Ling, a fortune teller."

"Huh?? My big man, a fortune teller who pretends to be a ghost, can actually be named a Marquis? Which idiot made it?"

Li Guang pursed his lips, bowed his head and dared not speak.

Liu Chang immediately understood in his heart that it must have been canonized by the old faint king.

This old faint king, let people like Ji Bu and Luan Bu not be enfeoffed as marquises, but go to be enshrined as fortune tellers! !

"Send someone to arrest Xu negative immediately!!"

"only!!"

Liu Chang looked at Wudu, "There are still knights who worship such villains, right? Very good, let's go to the city!!!"

On this day, the rangers in Wudu suffered an unprecedented blow. The timid county captain who always turned a blind eye to them on weekdays, at this moment, went crazy for some reason, closed the city gate, and immediately started Searching and broadcasting rangers throughout the city, the rangers were very angry at first, and even brought people to fight them. Unfortunately, their proud martial arts were nothing in front of the soldiers led by the county captain.

Once they resisted, the county captain directly executed them on the spot.

In just one day, more than 400 rangers in the city died because of this.

The rangers finally began to feel panic, and no longer had the arrogance and strength they had before. They fled everywhere. Li Guang was also interrogating Guo Xie, asking him to name his accomplices. The rangers were desperate. Some began to surrender. But he hid in his own home. The county captain took three days to catch all the rangers and began to interrogate them.

But Liu Chang didn't pay any attention to this matter, it was a matter of locality, he rarely came to Wudu, of course he wanted to see the scenery here and eat the delicious food here.

The best restaurant in the city is still open at this moment, and it has not been affected by the Ranger incident at all.

On the contrary, they couldn't be happier. These rangers who always bullied them and blackmailed them have been arrested at this moment! !
Liu Dachang ate the meat, and happily talked with Li Guang about his feat of killing the bandit.

In an instant, the wine cups in front of Liu Chang shook, including the tables and chairs. At that moment, the sky shook, and the diners around screamed in horror. Liu Chang stood up, but also wobbled. It's hard to stand still, the whole world is shaking violently! ! !

"Earthquake?!"

ps: At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the earthquake that broke out in Wudu was the most serious among all earthquakes. According to the speculation of later generations, it probably reached level six or seven, causing huge damage and making the Han Dynasty rebuild Wudu.

(End of this chapter)