Things have reached the current situation, and it seems that no one can stop it from continuing to develop. Although Fang Jie's tone was not harsh, it was like a knife cutting into everyone's heart one by one, making them chill. It is difficult for people like Liu Di and Yu Wenbo to understand why Fang Jie would do such impulsive and hasty things. If it is a person with a deep scheming heart, leading troops south knows that he cannot do without the support of the local wealthy family, even if he is angry, he will not make the matter so big that there is no room for recovery.
Fang Jie's approach is completely unreasonable.
Liu Di once said that even if Fang Jie found out that Liu Feng, the city gate guard, had arrested him, the matter would not cause too much trouble, because Liu Feng could use the sentence of arresting suspicious people as a prevarication. And there is no doubt that it was Liu Feng who completely angered Fang Jie and killed those twenty or so people.
So when he wanted to understand these things, Liu Di also became nervous.
Fang Jie was like a fierce tiger protecting its calf, and those soldiers of the Black Banner Army seemed to be his children. Whoever hurt his children would turn into a crazy tiger without any scruples, which made people feel palpitating.
Although Du Jianzhou knew that Fang Jie's anger could not be appeased casually, he also knew that Liu Di must not be involved in this matter. Once the local family was involved, the result would be unbearable for anyone. Fang Jie had already stated his position, that is, he wanted to dig out the mastermind behind it regardless. And once dug out, blood may flow like a river.
As the governor of Nanhui Road, he can only stand firmly on the side of the local family at that time, and it is impossible to stand with Fang Jie, so blood will bleed in Dagu City today.
This is not what Du Jianzhou wants to see, he is afraid.
"I can understand General Fang's mood."
Du Jianzhou calmed down a bit, then walked up to Fang Jieshi, and said in a gentle tone: "As a general, the soldiers under him are partners, colleagues are brothers, brothers die in vain, so naturally we can't sit idly by. So even if Liu Feng is my subordinate, the military academy Wei, and these county soldiers were arrested by you, I didn't come forward to speak, precisely because I can understand your mood. I will not defend this matter, since Liu Feng made a mistake, he should bear it .These county soldiers participated, and they should bear it... So I will leave the life and death of these people to the general, and I will never intervene. I will treat them as worthy of death."
The underlying meaning of this is that I hope you stop when enough is enough. It is enough to kill Liu Feng, or even kill these five hundred soldiers. If you dig deeper, it will not be good for anyone.
He pulled a chair and sat down next to Fang Jie, tilted his head and said in a low voice, "What you said just now is not just for show, although you are young, you must have a great mind if you have achieved today's achievements, so you should know that if you want to live in the southwest All ways cannot stand without the support of these people. I am older than you, so I am not speaking to you as the governor of the Southern Huidao, but speaking as an elder... "
"You led the army to fight against the enemy in southern Xinjiang. This is a major event for the country and the people. But you also know that it is difficult to fight without local support. Sometimes the soldiers are well-trained and dare to die. You must be able to win. And winning will be of great benefit to your Black Banner Army. If you understand, your name of the Black Banner Army will resound throughout the Central Plains. But this is inseparable from local Support... why are you so impulsive?"
What he said had a pleading tone.
He knew that Fang Jie was not stupid, his words had already been made so clear that Fang Jie should not go any further.
"As long as today's matter ends here..."
Seeing that Fang Jie didn't respond, he had no choice but to continue patiently: "I will give you everything I promised before. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth... Before you arrived, I was always worried. Wanjun soldiers are here for you. These county soldiers are funded by each family. If you take them to the battlefield, it is equivalent to cutting their flesh. This is not the same as asking for some money and food from them. .”
"As long as this matter ends with Liu Feng, I guarantee that they will not care about the 10,000 soldiers in the county, and they can even ask for more money and food from them. For the Black Banner Army, they have gained a lot and saved a lot of money. You have gone to a lot of trouble, and you should know how to choose to get more."
He said in a very low voice: "When I say this, you should know that it is all sincerely, not for my own consideration."
"I know."
Fang Jie nodded.
He smiled at Du Jianzhou: "What the Governor said just now makes perfect sense no matter how you listen to it."
Du Jianzhou's face softened, and just as he was about to say something, Fang Jie continued slowly: "But it's not a deal...it never was. People under my command can die in battle, but they can't die unjustly. Your lord said you can ask for more." Some money and food, you can ignore the matter of the 10,000 soldiers, the implication is that the value of these things is much greater than the lives of the twenty soldiers?"
"But in my opinion... there is no room for bargaining in this matter. The soldiers under my command are not carrots and cabbage in the market. Since the beginning of Beihui Road, people have been testing me to see how mild-tempered I am. Just because of this meaningless thing, my patience has been wiped out."
"Since your lord has said some frank words, I will also say some frank words to you... Before Zhong Xin, the Governor of Beihui Province, and Chi Haonian, the Governor of Yongbei Province, came to my Zhuqueshan camp, I had already decided to lead my troops south to kill The enemy is gone. I planned to go straight down to Yongzhou by water, bypassing the North Hui Road, South Hui Road and Yong Bei Road, do you know what this means?"
Fang Jie looked into Du Jianzhou's eyes and said, "It means that even if I don't have the money, food and materials you provide, I still have to fight this battle. My soldiers also know this very well, and it won't do them any good to fight this battle. Running for thousands of miles, without rewards from the court, and even suffering local ostracism, why do I and my soldiers still fight this battle?"
"Because we are all Han Chinese."
Fang Jie said seriously: "Maybe you don't understand, maybe you don't understand. You think I'm lying and posturing, and I don't need to explain anything to you, because this is my choice and has nothing to do with you. When I had already decided, Zhong Xin and Chi Haonian came to the door and granted me these conditions. Should I refuse? I was very happy at first, thinking that it was not only the men of our Black Banner Army who were bloody, but also the officials and officials from the Southwest. The aristocratic families are all bloody, so they provide such heavy supplies to support the Black Banner Army to go south to kill the enemy."
"I can only say that I was wrong..."
Fang Jie said word by word: "I still say the same thing, I will fight this battle without your local support. If this is the case, then there is no need to make any conditions. Whoever kills my people, I will dig out all these people from the beginning to the end, and there will be no one left. And...you will pay the money, food and supplies that you promised, and I will still take away the 10,000 county soldiers... If you don't agree, I just need to kill a few more people, if not enough... I will slaughter the clan."
He sat up straight and looked at the people kneeling in the yard and said: "To tell you the truth again, I never paid attention to these so-called local wealthy families from the beginning. If it annoys me, I will Kill. Because I am different from you people, I am not afraid of losing anything, because I used to have nothing."
These words hit Du Jianzhou's heart like a sap, which made him feel like he was about to vomit blood.
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The number of county soldiers who died under the unicorn copper stick has exceeded 20, and the rest of them were all pale with fright, and everyone was trembling uncontrollably. They never expected to face such a thing, and when the fear spreads from the heart, it can no longer be stopped.
Liu Di and Yu Wenbo's faces were the worst. This matter has exceeded their expectations. What they thought would be easy to settle is now out of control. In the past few days when the captured Black Flag soldiers were interrogated, they didn't get any useful information at all, and now because of this incident, even they seem to be a little bit hard to protect themselves, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Liu Di took a step back, and said in a low voice next to Yu Wenbo, "Let's not care about the 10,000 soldiers in the county for a while... Damn, bad luck! I didn't expect to provoke a lunatic."
Yu Wenbo sighed slightly: "He's really a madman, he doesn't act according to common sense at all... Don't care about it, just don't care about it, it's just 10,000 soldiers, and they will be trained later."
The two of them whispered, not noticing that Fang Xie glanced at them.
When Qilin killed forty people, those county soldiers suddenly came to their senses and blamed Liu Feng for everything. They only said that Liu Feng led them to arrest people, and they didn't even know who was arrested. The use of torture in prison was also an order from Liu Feng, and they only followed orders.
In this way, everything was pointed at Liu Feng, but Liu Feng still gritted his teeth and refused to confess, because he knew what he could do to save more people.
"Are you all just following orders?"
Fang Jie stood up and walked slowly in front of the soldiers, who immediately nodded.
"Kill them all, take them to the gate of the county soldiers' camp and chop them up."
Fang Jie said calmly, "Since you don't know, it's useless to me."
Soldiers of the Black Banner Army rushed up and escorted the county soldiers to go out. The scene immediately became chaotic. Fang Jie ignored it at all, but squatted down in front of Liu Feng again: "I know what you are thinking at this time, you would rather die than tell, you can protect more people. I can't do anything against your family Threatening you will not move them, and the disaster will not be as serious as your wife and children. I can't let you go because I admire your toughness, because you will pay for your life if you kill someone. So you can go away in peace."
Fang Xie got up and waved his hands, and Chen Xiaoru immediately cut Liu Feng's throat.
"It seems that when we get here, we can no longer ask anything."
Fang Xie walked back and sat down. Everyone thought he was finally going to stop here, and everyone felt relieved, but Fang Xie's next sentence made them tremble with fright.
"I've lost my patience, so I'm not going to torture this tough guy anymore. I decided to be more direct..."
Fang Jie looked at the gentry in those places and said slowly, "I'll start interrogating you now, one by one."
"Bold!"
Immediately someone shouted tremblingly: "What right do you have to punish us!"
Fang Jie looked at the person who spoke and said in a flat tone: "Then start with you... Chen Xiaoru, this lord is rich, so be careful with punishment."
The person he pointed at was Liu Di.
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Gangbuk-do
The imperial army fought extremely stalemate with Luo Yao's Yong army and Pang Ba's national defense army. Luo Yao's Yong army continued to attack fiercely for many days, forcing Liu Enjing and Xu Xiaogong's troops to retreat steadily, while Pang Ba temporarily retreated when he saw that the momentum was not good. After going out, the pressure on Yong's army facing the enemy on both sides suddenly eased. Luo Yao ordered the army to attack the court troops with all their strength, and he himself led 30,000 elite soldiers to look at Pang Ba's troops, as if to say, come again! Let's fight.
Pang Da had 300,000 soldiers, but was forced not to move forward by the 30,000 elite soldiers led by Luo Yao himself.
And the Yong army led by Luo Xiaotu fought for three days in a row, forcing the imperial army back to the front line of Firefox City.
On the night when the imperial army withdrew from Firefox City, one hundred and twenty miles away from them, a man wearing a royal robe walked into Pang Ba's camp. Although he was not tall, he looked like a mountain. Fall from the sky.
When he walked into Pang Ba's camp, his face was a little unhappy, a little helpless, a little angry, and it was very complicated.
"My patience is running out..."
He looked at Pang Ba who was called out by him and said seriously: "If there is someone like Zhang Yiyang in your camp, invite them out quickly. If not, are you ready to die?"