Before Dou Tiande, the big thief of Boyang, was captured alive, he never thought that he would die in such a way. In order to create momentum, Fang Xie ordered tens of thousands of cavalry and infantry to set off, escorting more than a thousand Boyang captives, including Dou Tiande, until they stopped outside the town of Boyang County. The magistrate of Boyang County led Minyong to stand on the city wall, nervously watching the mighty team outside, his heart beating non-stop.
Because they have been trapped in the county, they don't know that Huang Yangdao has such a strong army coming.
Seeing the majestic appearance of the knight in fine armor, Yu Mao, the county magistrate of Boyang, felt his heart tighten. At first when the smoke and dust billowed up, he thought it was bandits attacking the city again, but when the team got close, he realized that there were all cavalry in front. Yu Mao has been an official for so many years, and he has never seen so many soldiers and so many horses.
"My lord, doesn't it look like a bandit?"
The cronies around him said in horror: "I never heard that there is any bandit in Huangyang Dao that has so many cavalry, how can this be a bandit... Hey, look, my lord, what they are fighting is the battle flag of the Great Sui Dynasty, could it be the soldiers of the imperial court? !"
Yu Mao also saw the bright red flag, stared at it with wide eyes and wondered: "It shouldn't be possible, why did the imperial soldiers come here suddenly? Could it be the soldiers and horses of Xinyang Chengtian Xin?"
"also possible!"
His confidant thought for a while and said: "I heard that Tian Xin wanted to recruit Dou Tiande's people at the beginning, but Dou Tiande never agreed. Could it be that Tian Xin sent people to contact him several times but did not get a satisfactory answer, so he got angry Are you bringing troops?"
"Let's see!"
Yu Mao felt a little weird, because those cavalry seemed to be still escorting groups of prisoners.
The cavalry stopped in formation about 200 steps away from the county seat. Twenty or thirty cavalry were separated from the brigade and ran to stop not far from the city wall. Can Sir Ling Yu be on the city wall?"
Yu Mao set up a booth outside and replied, "I am the magistrate of Boyang County. Where are you from?"
The cavalryman said loudly: "We are the Black Banner Army fighting the rebellion in the northwest, we were ordered by the imperial court to dispatch Huangyang Dao to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits. The day before yesterday, our general ordered you to wipe out Dou Tiande, the big thief in Boyang County. Today, the special general The bandits came to the county seat, and my general said that the people of Boyang were deeply harmed by Dou Tiande, and it was really hard for Mr. Yu to lead the people in the city to defend the county seat. The general said that since the leader of the bandit had been captured, he should be handed over to Mr. Yu disposal."
He turned his head and pointed and said, "However, including the bandit leader Dou Tiande, more than a thousand people were captured alive. It is expected that there are not so many people in the master's hands. I am afraid that he does not even have a thousand beheading knives? So my family What the general means is, Sir Yu, please gather all the people in the city to climb up the city wall to watch us execute the criminals. Of course, if Sir Yu is at ease, you can also open the city gate and bring the people out to watch."
Yu Mao was startled, and rubbed his eyes vigorously thinking that he was dreaming. He could tell that those soldiers were indeed wearing Sui's armor and flying the battle flag of the Sui Dynasty, but he still didn't dare to be careless. After thinking for a while, he shouted down the city: "Forgive my ignorance, why haven't I heard that the imperial court has the banner of the Black Banner Army?"
The cavalry under the city shouted: "The Black Banner Army was built by His Majesty in the northwest. My lord must have heard the name of my great general. He is famous all over the world for being the first in the martial arts academy. Why, do we still need my general?" please come?"
Yu Mao's heart was shocked, and a name popped out of his mind immediately.
Solution!
Yu Mao immediately remembered that Fang Jie, as an imperial envoy, had urged Luo Yao's left avant-garde to march against the rebellion. Now the common people are still talking about it. It is said that Fang Xie is two feet tall and has a green face and fangs, and holds a one hundred catty long lance that no one can beat. Of course, this is just the people's imagination based on word of mouth. Yu Mao has heard that Mr. Xiao Fang is a rare romantic person.
"My great general is in the army. If Mr. Yu is willing, he can visit the army."
After the cavalrymen shouted, they stopped talking and rode their horses back to the army formation.
Fang Jie got down from the white lion, and two soldiers carried a chair and quickly walked to the front of the formation to put it down. Fang Jie, who was dressed in a black long gown, walked slowly to the front of the formation with his hands behind his back and sat down. Those thieves were all escorted to about a hundred steps in front of the city wall, so that the people on the city could see clearly."
"Here."
Chen Dingnan agreed loudly, and ordered the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army to push the bandit soldiers to the front of the city. The warriors on the city wall stretched their necks to look down, and immediately became lively.
"Look, look, it's really the big thief Dou Tiande!"
A Min Yong saw the bound Dou Tiande and shouted, "It's really this beast!"
Yu Mao also recognized it, looking at the big thief who had been doing harm to Boyang County for a year, he wished he could get rid of him immediately and tear him to pieces.
"This scum!"
He spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and he didn't look like a scholar: "Open the city gate a little, I want to go out and have a look! Sound the gong, and call all the people of the city to come to the city wall, no, open the city gate, let's all go out look!"
His confidant worried: "What if we open the city gate and those people come in pretending to be bandits?"
Yu Mao gave him a blank look: "Look clearly, there are at least 30,000 elite soldiers outside, even if we don't open the city gate, can you stop them from coming in?"
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In less than half an hour, the people in Boyang City rushed out of the city like a tide. Seeing the particularly powerful soldiers in black leather armor kneeling the bandits in front of the city, the people immediately boiled up. The Boyang thieves have wreaked havoc on them for more than a year. Almost all the villages in the county were looted. It is unknown how many people were killed and how many women were raped.
More than a thousand bandit soldiers were kneeled into two rows, and three Black Banner Army soldiers stood beside each bandit soldier. Two soldiers held down the bandit's shoulders, while another soldier drew out the horizontal knife.
When the onlookers saw Dou Tiande kneeling in the front, the scene almost got out of control. An old man with gray hair came out of the crowd, tremblingly came to Dou Tiande, lowered his head and carefully looked at this thief leader who had gouged out the hearts of his fellow villagers. The old man watched for a full minute, and then He raised his hand and slapped Dou Tiande across the face. He was too old, and the strength of this blow was not strong, but there was a burst of shouts from the crowd immediately.
"kill him!"
"Kill this bastard!"
A burly man squeezed out of the crowd second, rushed over and kicked Dou Tiande in the face, this kick was so fierce that it directly broke the bridge of Dou Tiande's nose. His entire face was contorted, and blood spurted out immediately.
Many people picked up stones from the ground and threw them at Dou Tiande and the thieves, and the scene became more and more chaotic.
Yu Mao glanced at the young man sitting on the chair, his nervous palms were covered with sweat. I don't know what happened, Fang Jieyun sat there calmly, but Yu Mao felt that there was a mountain in his heart. He glanced back at the people who were getting more and more chaotic, and then at Fang Xie's face, and quickly turned around and ran back waving his arms back and forth: "Be quiet, be quiet! The general wiped out the thieves for us, you are making trouble like this!" What does it look like!"
But the anger of the people became more and more intense, and he yelled for a long time but no one paid any attention. Among them, a few hooligans kept pushing the people forward behind the crowd, shouting especially violently, hiding behind the crowd, picking up stones and throwing them forward, but the target was not the bandits but the soldiers of the Black Banner Army. He yelled for a long time to no avail, so he had to go back to Xie Shili to apologize.
Fang Jie frowned slightly, waved his hands and said, "Separate the common people and don't hurt anyone."
"Here!"
Cui Zhongzhen greeted immediately, and thousands of infantry rushed forward with long spears, forming a human wall next to each other to keep the common people out.
"Why don't you let us take revenge! You soldiers don't let us take revenge, you are with bandits! Kill Dou Tiande! No one can stop us! You soldiers who drink human blood are worse than bandits! Everyone squeeze forward to see who dares to stop us!"
I don't know which unreasonable person shouted, and many people among the people shouted.
Seeing that Fang Xie frowned slightly, Yu Mao's face immediately became ugly.
"Go and see who is shouting such words, bring them here, and I will explain the truth to him."
Fang Xie ordered in a low voice.
Several teams of Xiaoqi School immediately rushed towards the crowd, and it didn't take long for a few people who took the lead in making troubles out of the crowd. Come over and lay on the ground one by one.
"Kneel down!"
Xiaoqi School scolded angrily, and those young men immediately turned pale. Some of them pretended to be calm, and still shouted: "Why stop us! Why don't we let us take revenge!"
Fang Jie, who was leaning on the chair, looked a little lazy with his chin resting on one hand, he raised his finger and pointed to the young man who took the lead in shouting: "Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of people like you, I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic. "
The guy who took the lead was obviously trembling with fright, but he still insisted: "Dou Tiande is my enemy, I just want to take revenge, even if you are an official, why stop us?"
Fang Jie let out a sigh and said, "You want to take revenge, so let me ask you, did any of your relatives be killed by Dou Tiande?"
The man in the lead was stunned for a moment, and after a while he pretended to be justified and said: "I am from Boyang County. There are countless people killed by Dou Tiande in Boyang County. Those people can be counted as my relatives. They take revenge!"
Yu Mao wanted to open his mouth to scold him several times, but he didn't dare. From time to time, he peeked at Fang Jie's face, his palms were covered with sweat. He knew that the few people who took the lead in making troubles were all rogues in the county, and these people were really afraid that the world would not be chaotic. For example, when two people yell at each other because of trivial matters, when their anger is about to die down, these people will definitely provoke, and then the two people will fight violently in seven or eight out of ten. If someone is killed, these people will feel satisfied, as if taking How cheap.
Such people have existed since ancient times, and they are everywhere.
Fang Jie clapped his hands and applauded after the leading man finished speaking, "I admire you the most for a bloody man who values love and loyalty. Well, since you have such blood and want to avenge the people of Boyang County, then I will give you this chance .Come here, give him a horizontal knife."
Xiao cavalry school went over, took out the horizontal knife and stuffed it into the leader's hand.
Fang Jie pointed to Dou Tiande in the distance and said: "Bring Dou Tiande here and untie him, I originally wanted to execute this thief leader in front of the people of Boyang County, but since the people of Boyang are willing to take revenge themselves, I can't stop it." .So this is not a public matter, but a personal enmity."
Xiao Riding School went over and dragged Dou Tiande over and loosened his ties.
Dou Tiande now knows that he is bound to die, so he is much calmer than when he met Fang Jie for the first time. Fang Jie glanced at him and asked, "Do you know the people on the opposite side who said you killed their relatives?"
Dou Tiande glanced at those people and said: "I have killed countless people, I don't know these people."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "Since this is a personal grievance, then it must be private. Come here and give Dou Tiande a knife. Make a circle and let everyone watch. Don't interfere with whoever kills the other. I think the bloody man over there thinks exactly the same way, and he absolutely does not want others to help him take revenge. If anyone intervenes, he must be resentful."
Hundreds of soldiers gathered around to form a circle, surrounding the leader and Dou Tiande. The person who took the lead in making trouble looked at Dou Tiande, whose face was covered with blood, and saw the ferocious smile on his face, but he screamed in fright, and dropped the knife in his hand to the ground with a clang.
Dou Tiande chuckled, weighed the knife in his hand and grinned grinningly: "It's really refreshing to kill another person when you're dying. Come on, don't you want revenge? My heart is here. Let's see if you cut it out. If it broke my heart, I should dig out your heart first and eat it raw!"
The person who took the lead in making trouble took a few steps back in fright, turned around and wanted to run away, but was blocked by the soldiers of the Black Banner Army, so there was no escape route.
Fang Jie looked at it and smiled and said, "The enemy is still so arrogant in front of you, and you still have a knife in your hand. I can't bear this matter... If it's just let it go, how can you face others?"
The guy in the lead was so frightened that his face was as white as paper, and subconsciously he suddenly felt that Fang Xie's words sounded so familiar