After Bian Xiang defeated Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, he saw that Liangshan Town had raised the white flag. Although he didn't make things difficult for them, he didn't let them off easily either.
Bian Xiang only sent someone to inform them, and the big families in the town were very obedient and obediently paid a protection fee.
After Bian Xiang received the money, he did not stay here for long and immediately led his troops back to Little Wu Village.
At this moment, in Little Wu Manor.
The corpses had long since been cleared out of the large open space in the main stronghold. The captured imperial guards sat on the ground according to their respective formations.
They were having a meeting to complain.
After the seniors 'personal experiences and the meeting of the Xuanzheng Hall, over a thousand soldiers who had been captured in this battle immediately joined the alliance.
The world was really difficult. In these years, too many people's lives were not going well.
After hearing about the treatment of Liang Shan Po, even the lowest third-grade soldier received 300 cases of money every month. How could these soldiers, who had been exploited, not be tempted?
Moreover, they had already surrendered. Their armor and weapons had all been confiscated. There was no way for them to resist now.
Those who were not willing to submit for the time being would be thrown to do hard labor. Anyway, there would be plenty of time in the future.
After Xu Fengwu digested the battle results, he would slowly use his methods. He did not believe that these people were all tough bones.
Even if there were people who were determined to not surrender, Liangshan was very vast. There was a large area of land waiting to be developed. Xu Fengwu was worried about the lack of manpower!
Drill grounds, barracks, warehouses, and the expansion of the horse farm in the future would require a large amount of manpower and material resources. The diehards could be dragged into labor reform.
Including a few captured commanders and a group of officers, they were all sent to the stronghold as coolies.
Moreover, it was already August, and the weather would soon turn cold. When the weather turned cold, more people would flock to Liangshan.
This was what Xu Fengwu was happy to see. Not only would it strengthen the stronghold, but it would also dilute the proportion of government troops in the team.
Beside the lake, the Ruan brothers were leading the navy and the minions who had stayed behind to transport the spoils into the village.
Seeing the ships, the Ruan brothers laughed happily. The navy finally had a decent warship.
Xu Fengwu looked at the busy crowd and realized that it was time to set up a supply camp.
Otherwise, it would be too chaotic to call the navy to fight and manage the logistics.
Xu Fengwu thought that it would be better to organize those third-class soldiers into a supply camp.
Some of these people were weak, while others were lazy. Even if they couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, transporting things wouldn't be a problem.
"Let's do it this way!" Xu Fengwu thought to himself.
At this moment, Du Qian walked over and reported,""Brother, I just heard from those soldiers who surrendered that Yuncheng County has stockpiled tens of thousands of stones of military rations and a large number of military supplies!”
"Oh!"
Xu Fengwu's eyes lit up. He smiled and said,""Looks like we should go to Yuncheng County!”
……
Jeju's imperial army, prefectural army, and local soldiers, a total of 3,600 people, were once again defeated by Liangshan. Even the commander of the army, Chen Yinglong, died in battle.
Apart from a few lucky survivors from Little Wu Village, the rest were the people from Liangshan Town.
After He Tao escaped from Liangshan Town, he was probably frightened by Liangshan. After he finally escaped, he rode an inferior horse and fled far away.
However, no matter how bad a horse was, it still had four legs. How could those local soldiers catch up to He Tao who was riding a horse with only two legs? Soon, he was the only one left.
He Tao didn't know how long he had been running. He looked up at the sun and knew that it was probably noon. At this moment, he was tired and hungry. He saw a family in front of him.
He Tao estimated that the bandits would not chase after them anymore, so he immediately rode his horse over and knocked on the wooden door of this house.
A moment later, an old woman walked out. Her hair was white and she looked to be in her fifties or sixties. When she saw He Tao in his official robe, she immediately revealed a respectful expression and asked,"Official, may I ask what's the matter?”
He Tao took a breath and said," I am He Tao, the arresting envoy of the three capitals of Jeju. I have been ordered to encircle and suppress Liangshan. Do you have food at home?"”
When the old lady heard him introduce himself, she did not dare to open the door casually. She could only say,"Official, please wait a moment. I will call my son out.”
"Hurry up!" He Tao had been frightened earlier, and now he was tired and hungry. He immediately said in a bad mood.
The old woman smiled apologetically and quickly turned around to return to her room. After a moment, she led an old man and two young men out.
When the old man saw He Tao, especially the official robe, he quickly came up to him and opened the wooden door. He smiled and invited He Tao into the house.
The old man invited He Tao to sit on the upper seat. He asked the old lady to prepare some food and poured him a bowl of water before asking,"May I ask, where are you going?”
He Tao was also thirsty. He drank the water in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and said,"Old Master besieged Liangshan this time. Unexpectedly, the bandits were very ferocious and defeated the government army again.”
The old man and his two sons were shocked.
The old man quickly said,"I heard that the Jeju government sent thousands of troops this time. How could they be defeated?"”
"How would I know?!" He Tao said with a dark face. I was stationed in Liangshan Town, but who knew that this morning, a group of bandits were cursing outside. Only then did I know that Governor Chen was already dead!”
Hiss--
The old man and his two sons drew in a breath of cold air. Even the commander of the army had died. This Liang Shanpo was truly formidable.
He Tao remembered something and asked,""Old man, what is this place?”
The old man replied," Master, this is Dawang Village, the boundary of Yun Province. If you walk another 40 miles, you will reach Shouzhang County."”
He Tao was slightly shocked when he heard that. He did not expect that he would run all the way to Yun Prefecture.
Although Liangshan Lake was under the jurisdiction of Jeju, Jeju was in the south while Yunzhou was in the north. It was closer to Shouzhang from Liangshan than to Yuncheng County.
Therefore, although He Tao had run to Yun Prefecture, he was actually not far from Liang Shan Po.
He Tao nodded." I understand, Old Master. Hurry up and prepare the food. After that, I have to return to Yuncheng County to report."”
Speaking up to this point, He Tao felt a headache coming on. How was he going to tell Shi Wenbin when he went back?
"Official, please wait a moment. I will go and urge my old woman.”The old man stood up with a smile and gave his two sons a look. The three of them walked into the kitchen together.
After a while, just as He Tao was getting impatient, the old man came out with another bowl of water.
"Official, please wait a moment. It will be fine in a while. Official, please drink some water.”The old man smiled apologetically.
"Yes!" He Tao nodded. He had already heard the sound of the firewood burning in the kitchen and knew that it was useless to urge him.
He Tao was also a little thirsty. He raised the bowl of water to his mouth, but before he could drink it, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, as if he had been hit hard.
Thud!
He Tao fell straight to the ground. The last thing he saw before he fainted was the old man's smiling face.
"Tie up this thief!"
The old man immediately stood up and shouted,"Second, quickly go to Little Wu Manor and invite the Liangshan heroes over. Tell them that we have captured some arresting envoy.”
"Hey!" The youngest son agreed and ran out.
The old man and his eldest son tied He Tao up like a fried dough twist and hid the saber and horse. Only then did they heave a sigh of relief.
"Father, this person is an official after all. Is it good for us to give him to Liang Shanpo?”The eldest son asked worriedly after he was done.
"So what if he's an official?" the old man reprimanded. Does he owe our family anything? Three years ago, we borrowed three strings of money from Landlord Li. In the end, we would never be able to pay it back.”
"Last month, if it wasn't for the Liangshan heroes who came to enforce justice on behalf of the heavens and raided the Li family, burned our family's IOU, and gave us food, I'm afraid that in another two to three years, we would have to work for Li's family.”
"Boss, we have to repay your kindness! Besides, now that thousands of government troops have been defeated, who will know if we kidnap this official?”
"Father, what you said makes sense!" When the eldest son heard his father's words, he immediately nodded in agreement.
The attachment of the human heart was like this.
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