Even with Gu Tongzhou's wealth and self-cultivation, he seemed extremely excited at this moment. He rushed to the confidant in a few steps, grabbed his hand, and asked urgently: "What did you say? Are you serious?"
It's no wonder that he was so out of control. It was really the whole night and a half that made him suffer too much. Now that things had gone down and then started to go up again, he was naturally overjoyed. He couldn't believe his ears, so he could only use it again. Ask to confirm this.
The confidant was actually in a daze, but he still nodded vigorously: "Futai Mingjian, this matter is absolutely true. I dare not hide it from you... Now the people who came to report the victory from the Qingzhou Army have entered the government office..."
Before he finished speaking, three dusty but energetic soldiers strode to the front of the public house, kneeling down on one knee and loudly reported: "Wish Jiazhuang a great victory! I, Qingzhou Sun Dujian, led 300 soldiers to rescue Zhujiazhuang. Defeat two thousand Liangshan bandits and kill over a thousand enemies!"
Hearing the good news from these soldiers again, Gu Tongzhou completely believed it this time, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. After a while, he said loudly: "Okay! Sun Dujian is indeed our young master in Shandong." Some famous generals were able to defeat the Liangshan bandits in just half a month. They are really role models for our Jeju soldiers. I will send people, no, I will personally prepare money, food and other materials and send them to Zhujiazhuang to reward the three armies. .”
He was indeed so excited. He didn't expect that after half a day and a night of suffering, he would be waiting for such great news. The Liangshan bandits were completely defeated in Zhujiazhuang and more than a thousand were killed. This was enough to break their muscles and bones and severely weaken their vitality. Jeju should be able to live in peace for a long time in the future. And more importantly, after this matter was reported to the court, even if he, the local prefect, did not participate in the war, he could still get a lot of credit. In any case, he can get a lot of benefits from it.
With this in mind, Magistrate Gu, who never put military generals in front of him, bent down and helped the three soldiers up one by one with his own hands. He praised them a lot, and finally ordered loudly: "Come here, pick up the three soldiers quickly." A meritorious soldier has been invited to be treated well in the post house. I will prepare money, food and cloth right now!" After saying this, he hurried out. If he wanted to get some credit from Sun Tu, he would naturally have to pay some benefits this time.
Different from the surprise reaction in the prefect's office, Jeju City was already filled with joy at this time. Countless people took to the streets and cheered loudly after hearing the good news. Many people even rushed to tell each other and spontaneously spread the news about the good news. Spreading in all directions at the fastest speed, it will not take long for this matter to spread throughout Jeju, allowing more people to celebrate it.
Although the people in Liangshanbo openly pretended to be robbing the rich and giving to the poor, in fact, they were still robbing homes and houses, and many people were killed or injured because of them. Because of their existence, the people of Jeju are always in panic, especially after hearing that even Zhujiazhuang, which has many troops, may be captured by the Liangshan bandits, everyone is in danger.
But now it's better. The Liangshan bandits were finally defeated by the army and fled back to the mountain with heavy injuries. This was a great encouragement to the people of Jeju. At the same time, it also made Sun Tu and the Qingzhou Army more and more famous. Now, not to mention the thieves on the green forest road who knew his name as Sun Dujian, even ordinary people knew that there was someone in Qingzhou who was good at fighting. Sun Dujian, as long as he is here, the thieves and bandits in Shandong can only crawl and shrink, and there is no need to worry about them causing trouble.
When Sun Tu's name spread throughout Shandong, he became the patron saint of the people and thieves and bandits.
When he saw the nightmare in the eyes of the bandits, he himself met the owners of the other two villages in Zhujiazhuang.
Now he has completely taken the initiative. With just one word, people from both Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang will be obedient and come to see him. Moreover, after meeting each other, the managers of the two villages did not even dare to take a deep breath. They lowered their eyebrows and frowned, just like a mouse seeing a cat.
After being silent for a long time and putting enough pressure on these people, Sun Tu looked at Hu Zhen, the owner of Hujiazhuang: "Master Huzhuang, I really have something unclear, and I hope you can give me some advice. Obviously Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang We have been friends for many years, and there was an offensive and defensive alliance when Zhujiazhuang was established, but why this time Zhujiazhuang encountered a powerful enemy but you and Hujiazhuang did not send troops to rescue?"
Hu Zhen felt regretful at this moment. Who would have thought that things would take a 180-degree turn in the end. After muttering for a long time, he could only smile bitterly and said: "Sun Dujian Mingjian, our Hujiazhuang is really outnumbered and has insufficient self-protection. We really could not allocate troops to rescue Zhujiazhuang at that time."
"Really?" Sun Tu smiled noncommittally. But just this one moment was already frightening. Even Zhu Cheng beside him was worried, wondering what Sun Tu would decide.
At this moment, Hu Cheng spoke: "Sun Dujian, in fact, our Hujiazhuang does have the intention to save Zhujiazhuang, otherwise my sister-in-law would not have left the village in such dangerous circumstances. We really couldn't leave, so we kept on. He sticks to the village, but he is always paying attention to the situation in Zhujiazhuang."
"Well, that makes sense." Sun Tu smiled again and nodded, looking at them with a softer look. After all, no matter what, it was true that Hu Rong came out of the village at that critical moment and fought a battle with the leader of Liangshan, even though she actually didn't play a big role.
Hu Zhen was overjoyed. At first, he was still unable to accept his daughter's impulsive choice. But now it seems that this has become Hujiazhuang's last fig leaf. He immediately followed: "Yes, Superintendent Sun, my daughter has a deep friendship with Zhujiazhuang, so she dares to go out to help even if she knows the danger. This is also the intention of all the people in Zhujiazhuang."
"Well, after all, Hujiazhuang made some remarks after my arrival, what about Lijiazhuang? Master Li, what do you have to say?" Sun Tu has decided to let go of pursuing Hujiazhuang, but he is not so easy to talk to Li Ying. .
Li Ying's face was so gloomy that he could drop water. He really believed that Zhujiazhuang would be defeated. Last night he thought that Liangshan had completely conquered Zhujiazhuang. But in the blink of an eye, the victory was reversed, and the Liangshan army retreated in a panic, without even giving Lijiazhuang a chance to react, and in the end it fell into the hands of Sun Tu.
When questioned at this time, his only statement was the same as that of Hujiazhuang: "Back to Sun Dujian, my Lijiazhuang is just like Hujiazhuang. Self-protection is not enough, so I don't dare to send troops at will."
"But as far as I know, the situation in Lijiazhuang is very different. A few days ago, many people saw Liangshan bandits entering your village as guests. After that day, Liangshan could have been blocked. The bandit's ecstasy forest was also easily breached by them. Do you dare to say that it wasn't you, Master Li, who revealed the news?" Sun Tu stared at the other party with burning eyes, no trace of smile on his face, and murderous intent was revealed.
"I..." Li Ying was not a person who was good at arguing, and he was already feeling guilty. He didn't know what to say at this moment. After a long while, he said dryly: "I am just forced by the situation to protect myself..."
"You have to do it to protect yourself!" Sun Tu said with a look on his face.
With a cold expression, he slammed the table and said: "You colluded with thieves and betrayed your allies, and now you still don't know that you are wrong? As an official of the imperial court, I should not let you go unpunished. Come on, take him down for me. , and all relevant persons in Li Family Village were also arrested and handed over to the Jeju Government for disposal!"
"Yes!" After hearing the order, several soldiers immediately rushed forward to take someone, but Li Ying's face suddenly changed at this moment, and he shouted: "Who dares!" He stood up suddenly and kicked the person in front of him. One person was kicked out, and at the same time he flipped his hand, grabbed a short knife, turned around and rushed out. When he came today, he guessed that he might be liquidated, so he was prepared.
This time, it really caught many people's expectations. Seeing him charging out fiercely with his sword, several people around him shouted angrily, but they didn't dare to step forward to stop him. After all, he is famous for fighting against the sky, and the sword in his palm is really powerful.
At the same time, Du Xing, who was standing in the hall, also roared angrily. He drew out his hidden knife to cooperate with his master and went out to kill. The two of them joined together in the blink of an eye, and rushed to the hall door with their swords rising and falling.
Everyone in Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang in the hall showed angry and surprised expressions. The reaction of Master and servant Li Ying was really beyond their expectations.
But Sun Tu still looked at all this with a sneer, showing no signs of surprise: "Fighting to the death, do you really think that I have no defense at all?"
As soon as he finished speaking, several cold lights suddenly appeared in front of the two people who were rushing to the hall door. A gun, a Zen staff, and three knives were attacking from different directions. Li Ying's reaction was faster, and he was able to hold the gun and Zen staff in one stroke with his knife, but Du Xing was not as capable as him. He was caught off guard and was hit by three knives on his body. He screamed and fell down. Go down.
When Li Ying saw this, he immediately roared: "You are so vicious!" At the same time as he roared, a cold light flashed in his hand, and a flying knife was struck at the face of the man in front of him, but it was the ability to suppress the bottom of the box. All displayed.
However, he was facing four masters whose martial arts skills were no weaker than his own. Although Lin Chong retracted his spear because he wanted to block the flying knife, Luda's Zen staff still hit the knife he swung heavily. The blow left his middle door wide open, and the swords in Wu Song and Yang Zhi's hands penetrated his body without any hesitation, killing this famous high-roller and master in Jeju directly on the spot!
During this period, everyone else's expression changed, but Sun Tu still slowly drank a sip of tea with a half-smile. There were too many Liangshan heroes who died under his hands this time, and it was impossible for Li Ying and Du Xing to cause turmoil in his heart again...
With the killing of these two people, Lijiazhuang has been determined to be completely eradicated.
And as Lijiazhuang was completely eradicated in a single thought by Sun Tu, he also established a power that everyone feared in the Shandong Green Forest Road.
In just over half a year, Sun Tuping defeated the Baihu, Taohua, and Erlong Mountains, defeated the Liangshan bandits, and destroyed Lijiazhuang... The number of bandits who died under his hands reached almost more than two thousand. The name of the Iron-Faced Yama was indeed well-deserved!
From now on, Sun Tu's name is powerful throughout Shandong, and bandits everywhere are frightened by it!
(End of this volume)