Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 186 Surrender without a fight
He Liu and Lao Hu led a group of soldiers to Shunde Mansion.

Fang Zhong, the magistrate of Shunde, led all the officials in the city to welcome Jin Yiwei's mission in front of the city gate.

Fang Zhifu clasped his hands and said: "Third Master, Fourth Master, and Sixth Master. The people of Shunde have long been looking forward to the imperial court sending a large army to wipe out Li Heijiu! The subordinates held a reception banquet in the government office to clean up the dust for all of you!"

He Liuyi waved his hand: "We have more than 3000 brothers on this trip, and entering the city will inevitably disturb the people! The army should be stationed outside the city!"

"More than 3000 brothers?" Fang Zhifu was stunned when he heard the number.

He Liu ordered people to set up camp outside the city.

In the center of the big tent, there is a map of the Yannan Mountain area.

Fang Zhifu said: "Li Heijiu and his gang are entrenched on Yannan Mountain. The cottage he built is on Yangui Peak in the north. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack!"

Fu Hanling said confidently: "The three thousand brothers under me, together with the Jinyiwei firecracker team, have 1000 firecrackers and [-] Franco cannons! No matter how easy it is to defend the cottage, Gong, in front of my robes, is nothing but paper! Li Heijiu only has more than [-] horses, and he can't make any big waves!"

Fang Zhifu said hesitantly: "Fu Qianshi, Li Heijiu's men are not one thousand, but forty thousand!"

"What?!" The people in the tent were shocked when they heard this.

Forty thousand bandits gathered in Beizhili, only two or three hundred miles away from the capital. If they really wanted to rebel and go to Beijing, there would be big troubles.

Old Hu said: "Master Fang, your Shunde prefecture only governs two counties. It is a small prefecture. How many people are there in total? Could it be that all your people have gone to Yannan Mountain to become bandits?"

Fang Zhifu explained: "You guys don't know anything. Isn't there a spring famine in Beizhili in spring and March? This Li Heijiu has ulterior motives and uses robbing rich people's food to buy people's hearts. Those unscrupulous people follow him when they see the food. Go up the mountain to create chaos. The bandits on the mountain are not only from Shunde Prefecture, but also from Wanping County, Daxing County, Hejian Prefecture, and Zhending Prefecture..."

He Liu asked Fu Hanling: "According to Fang Zhifu's words, most of the bandits on this mountain are victims of disasters, and it won't be too difficult to fight. More than 3000 people against 4 people, are you sure you can win?"

Fu Hanling thought for a while and replied: "I'm sure. After all, they are victims of disasters, and they are not habitual bandits with high martial arts skills. Our firecrackers and Franji cannons are not vegetarians."

He Liu nodded: "Fu Qian's business. I have never fought a war, and I don't know how to fight. I will leave it to you to arrange troops!"

Fu Hanling cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Sixth Master! I will definitely fight this battle well."

He Liu told him: "Paozi and blunderbuss have no eyes. If Liang Shanghong appears, you must immediately order a ceasefire, and you must not hurt her life!"

Fu Hanling nodded. He decided that the army would march into Yandang Mountain in three days.

In the afternoon, He Liu and Lao Hu changed into casual clothes and went to Shunde Mansion for a drink.

Entering a tavern, Lao Hu ordered two catties of Xinghuacun and two catties of cooked mutton.The two were about to move their chopsticks, but they heard the guests at the next table talking about Li Heijiu.

"Have you heard? The imperial court sent a large army to wipe out Hei Jiuye!"

"In these days, a kind person like Hei Jiuye will naturally have no way out! Damn, that group of unreasonable dogs are wearing black hats, they eat hot food!"

"This year's great spring famine, how many people have been saved by Hei Jiuye! The officials don't care whether the common people live or die, but a chivalrous man like Hei Jiuye will help the victims out of his own pocket!"

Xiaoer walked over, made a silent gesture, and pointed to the four big characters on the pillar, "Don't talk about state affairs."

Old Hu whispered: "The magistrate Fang said that Li Heijiu is a heinous person with red eyebrows and green eyes, who farts, breathes fire, burps and smokes. I didn't expect him to have a very good reputation among the people."

He Liu also said in surprise: "I never thought that Li Heijiu is still a righteous bandit."

Three days later, the army led by He Liu, Lao Hu, Lu Si and Fu Hanling entered Yannan Mountain.

Fang Zhifu pointed forward: "Look, there is Yan Guifeng, and Li Heijiu's lair is there!"

Fu Hanling dispatched the army to divide into three groups, set up the Franji cannon, and prepared to attack Yan Guifeng.

He Liu watched from the side, and this Fu Hanling commanded the formation with ease and clarity, but he had a bit of Qi Jiguang's demeanor.

He thought to himself: No wonder Fu Hanling was able to advance several levels within a year. Now it seems that he is born to lead troops to fight.It turned out to be a good thing for Liu Da to frame Fu Hanling.If Liu Da hadn't been framed, there would be one more useless young master in Beijing, and one less brave and capable general in Daming.

Fu Hanling was about to wave the command flag and order an attack.Suddenly, one person and one rider sprang out from Yangui Ridge.

The man on the horse was in his forties, with a dark complexion and a full body, with his clothes half-opened, revealing a slap to protect his heart hair.Behind him was a large knife.

The man came to the front of the formation and cupped his hands: "May I ask who is in charge among you adults?"

He Liu stood up and said, "I'm He Liu, Qianhu Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town!"

The man said: "I am illiterate, and I don't know your official positions. I just ask you, are you very useful in talking?"

Fu Hanling shouted: "We, Mr. He, are Jin Yiwei's messenger, so speaking is naturally useful!"

The man cupped his hands: "Master He, I'm Li Heijiu!"

He Liu was a little strange.This person in front of him is Li Heijiu, the bandit leader of Yannan Mountain?He came to the front of the battle alone, if Fu Hanling ordered to fire the gun, Li Heijiu would be shot into a sieve in an instant.Isn't he afraid of death?
He Liudao: "You are Li Heijiu? I advise you to get off the horse and catch him without a fight, so as not to..."

He Liu had just finished speaking halfway, "Dang!" Li Heijiu threw the sword under him to the ground: "Master He, I'm here to surrender! I just ask you one thing, let go of that man on Yan Gui Peak. The lives of forty thousand old and weak women and children!"

After speaking, Li Heijiu got off his horse and strolled to He Liu.He stretched out his hands: "My lord, please tie me up!"

Fang Zhifu was overjoyed at the side: "Master He, these bandits are afraid of our military power and surrendered before fighting. You have made great contributions to the court!"

Li Heijiu spat at Fang Zhifu with a "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Before sending out an army to conquer me, I failed to enter Shunde Mansion and cut off your dog's head!"

Fu Hanling ordered: "Tie up the bandit leader!"

More than a dozen soldiers from the Shenji Battalion rushed forward and tied Li Heijiu into rice dumplings.

A group of people escorted Li Heijiu to the gate of Yanguifeng Village.The gate of the village opened suddenly, and countless elderly people in their sixties and seventies, and children in their three and five years old walked out of the gate.

Old Hu said: "My God, those are bandits, they are obviously old people and children."

He Liu told Fu Hanling: "Let the brothers not hurt these people!"

Fang Zhifu said from the side: "Master He, our Daming's military merits are calculated by beheading the enemy's head. Anyway, there are 3000 to [-] bandits in Yangui Village, and it doesn't hurt to cut off three or two thousand heads. It's better to kill him [-] Man, the military merits of three thousand heads are enough for you to be promoted two ranks on the ground!"

He Liu cursed loudly when he heard the words: "Fuck your mother! Look for yourself, are these people bandits? I'm afraid they can't even hold a knife!"

Fang Zhifu originally wanted to flatter He Liu, but he never wanted to make fun of himself, so he got frustrated.

A disaster victim suddenly discovered that Li Heijiu was imprisoned in a prison car behind the army!
He shouted: "Folks, the officers and soldiers have captured Hei Jiuye!"

"My lord, Hei Jiuye is a good man, please don't kill him!"

"Master, Hei Jiuye saved our lives! Otherwise, we orphans and widows would have starved to death long ago, please hold us high!"

Tens of thousands of folks fell to their knees.

Seeing this, He Liu shouted: "Folks, get up! If Li Heijiu is indeed wronged, I can protect his life! This spring when Shangbei Zhili was hit by a disaster, I know everyone gathered in Yannan Mountain It’s not about rebellion, it’s about hiding from disasters. Now that the disaster is over, let the villagers go back to their hometowns!”

He Liu turned his head and told Fang Zhifu: "Your Shunde Prefecture is responsible for distributing travel expenses to the villagers!"

Jin Yiwei's sixth master ordered, how dare the little magistrate refuse to obey, he cupped his hands and said: "Obey!"

(End of this chapter)