Fu Song

Chapter 96 Divide and Conquer

(Go to the hospital again today, hang up the number of several departments, and then go to make an appointment for a painless gastroenteroscopy, I hope everything is good luck.)
Standing in front of the door where Ye Li and Xi Feng were imprisoned, Xiao Cheng paused for a while, rubbed his cheeks with his hands, grinned, and put on a smile, before pushing the door in.

The two little patriarchs of the Dangxiang clan were tied by Wuhuada and thrown into the corner.

Seeing that the situation was not good last night, the two of them immediately abandoned the name Heda and prepared to run away. Unexpectedly, they ran into Xin Jian, He Zheng and others who were outflanking them.

One party's morale was high, the other party was in despair, and the two fought each other. The two small clans of the party were suddenly defeated, and the birds and beasts scattered in an instant. The two patriarchs were unlucky. Because of their obvious goals, they were targeted by Guang Rui's army and finally captured alive. Catch alive.

They just saw that Wei Ming Heda was rudely dragged out horizontally and vertically.

The door creaked, and the two who heard the movement tried their best to raise their heads, and saw a young man in a blue cotton robe walking in with his hands behind his back.

Not seeing yesterday's generals, the two suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

This is a civil servant.

In the Song Dynasty, the status of civilian officials was always much higher than that of military generals.

"Shangguan, Shangguan, the villain is wronged!" The two shouted in unison.

"Wronged?" Xiao Cheng looked down at the two patriarchs who were tied up by four horses, and said with a smile, "This official just arrived at this shrine yesterday, and your buttocks are not even warm, so come and shout and kill. This official did not invite you to be guests, come and come, tell me, where did you wrong?"

The two were at a loss for words. After a while of silence, Ye Liqi responded faster: "Shangguan, we didn't want to come, we were forced by Weiming Heda! They are a big clan, we are a small clan, They gave an order, if we don't come, we will be rectified by them! Shangguan, I didn't send a single soldier to attack Shentang Castle yesterday!"

"Yes, yes, I haven't shot an arrow at Shentangbao!" Xifeng Ah Da also cried out loudly.

Xiao Cheng smiled and took a few steps back: "You're not lying about this! Hammer, untie us."

"Okay!" Han Yong walked over, pulled out a short knife from his boot with a bang, and cut the rope that tied the two of them.

The freed Ye Liqi and Xifeng Ada hurriedly saluted Xiao Cheng while rubbing their sore wrists.At the same time, he also looked at Han Yong behind Xiao Cheng without fear.

It was this guy who smashed Weiming Heda to the ground yesterday. Weiming Heda is a famous hero in Hengshan.

"The performance of the two of you yesterday, this official can see clearly, it is true that you don't mean to be an enemy of my Song Dynasty. Unlike that Wei Ming Heda, it is simply lawless, treating the Song as nothing." Xiao Cheng said: "If such a person is not severely punished, wouldn't Hengshan Zhufan think that my Song Dynasty is weak and can be bullied?"

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The two shook their heads repeatedly to express that they didn't dare.

"The Weiming Clan, I remember them. In the future, let's take this account slowly!" Xiao Cheng said with a gloomy face: "This matter is far from over! The two patriarchs, Here, let me remind you to stay away from the Weiming clan in the future, or one day we will punish them, and you will suffer the disaster of Chiyu together."

"Yes, yes, we remember Shangguan's words." The two nodded again and again.

Li Xin walked in with a large tray and put the tray on the table. It wasn't anything unusual, but it was just a large pancake, a pot of gruel, and two dishes of pickles.

"The two patriarchs, the castle is simple and there is nothing to entertain. I'll eat this little bit, and then you can go back!" Xiao Cheng reached out and took a pancake, filled a bowl of gruel, looked at the two and said .

The two of them almost couldn't believe their ears and looked at Xiao Cheng blankly.

"What? Don't want to go back?" Xiao Cheng chuckled and tapped the pickle plate with his chopsticks.

"No, no, I want to go back, of course I want to go back." The two said in a panic.

"Then hurry up and eat, and leave after eating!" Xiao Cheng ignored them, nibbling on the pancakes and drinking gruel.

The two party chiefs looked at each other a few times, gritted their teeth, stared, each took a pancake, filled a bowl of gruel, and ate it.

Before Xiao Cheng had eaten half of it, the two had already swept away the things in front of them.

"Shangguan, we are finished."

"Well, then you can go." Xiao Cheng waved his hand.

Ye Liqi stood up, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Shangguan, those subordinates of the villain?"

With a snap, Xiao Cheng placed his chopsticks heavily on the table: "You can go, but these people still need atonement. The two patriarchs need to know that if you do something wrong, you will have to pay the price. Not forced, but doing it wrong is doing it wrong.”

Ye Liqi and Xifeng Ada smiled bitterly, but it really wasn't that easy.If the captured men can't be brought back, what's the use of them going back?Drowning in the spittle of the clan?

"I don't know how Shangguan wants us to atone for our sins?" Xi Feng A Xiao asked cautiously.

"There are so many things to do!" Xiao Cheng chuckled: "This castle is going to be closed, and I have to build a few settlements around this place, because we will have tens of thousands of people in the Guangrui Army in the future. Settled here. Originally, I was worried about the shortage of manpower, but now it’s alright, you have sent me a lot of people.”

Seeing the smile on Xiao Cheng's face, the two suddenly shuddered. This was to use their clansmen as coolies. I was afraid that when they finished what they wanted to do, their clansmen would be almost dead.

"Shangguan, we are willing to do other things to atone for our sins!" Ye Liqi said loudly: "Our tribe is small, and these more than [-] people are the pillars of our clan. already."

"I beg Shangguan to be merciful!" Xifeng Ada was even more straightforward, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground.

Xiao Cheng glanced at the two of them and said: "It's not impossible. This official is here to supervise the construction of the settlement, and I need a lot of things, such as high-quality wood and stone. Two patriarchs, I will make a price, you guys A soldier needs ten pieces of wood that are ten feet long and ten inches in diameter, or stone of corresponding regulations."

"Let's change it!" Xifeng Ada agreed immediately: "It's hard to get suitable stones for a while, but there is a lot of wood. When the villain goes back today, he will be able to drag it back in two or three days."

"Then it's settled." Xiao Cheng said: "Two patriarchs, this time, the amount of work here for this official is very large, and the things you got, after redeeming your soldiers, there is still excess. This official pays the money to buy it, and will never let you suffer.”

"Pay for it?" Ye Liqi and Xifeng Ada's eyes flashed with disbelief.

"Don't take this officer as those officials you have met in the past." Xiao Cheng snorted coldly: "This officer has always been a spit and a nail. After redeeming your soldiers, no matter what you bring in the future, this officer will Officials are all at a clear price, and they won’t take half a cent off you.”

"Then, can that be replaced with food? We need food even more!"

"Of course." Xiao Cheng nodded.

Regardless of whether they believe it or not, Ye Li and Xifeng really have no room for bargaining now, so they asked Xiao Cheng to bring a few guards each, and they ran all the way home.

They all know very well what the fate of being a coolie is. If they come a day late, they may die a few more people.When the Song people drive these people to work, they don't care about their life or death.

When they left Shentang Fort, the two looked back at Weiming Heda, who was tied to the top of Shentang Fort. People were tied up like animals and displayed to the crowd.

"Erlang, there are thousands of captives, what should we do?" Xin Jian found Xiao Cheng and asked.

Xiao Cheng rolled his eyes: "You don't need to ask me, is it possible to keep them in vain? Of course, let them go to work. By the way, for the captives of the Yeli Clan and Xifeng Clan, arrange some light Let them do the work, and then tell them that their patriarch has gone back to raise something to redeem them, lest they half-heartedly want to make trouble and run away."

"Understood." Xin Jian said, "What about the Weiming family?"

"What is the job to rearrange them for!" Xiao Cheng's voice became gloomy: "If you dare to make trouble, kill Luo. If you dare to escape, kill Luo!"

Xin Jian probably dared to understand Xiao Cheng's meaning, that he was going to take the Weiming family to death.This batch of captives of the Weiming family is afraid that they will not be able to return.And small party clans like Yeli and Xifeng, just because they are small, will get Xiao Cheng's efforts to win over them.

This is the principle of divide and conquer.

"Erlang, the Weiming clan is a famous big tribe in the Hengshan Mountains. Will treating them like this cause a greater backlash? Will they attack them all?" Xin Jian asked.

"If he dares to come, I will dare to follow!" Xiao Cheng said: "The Weiming family can only gather three or four thousand soldiers at most. Now that thousands of people have become our captives, they still dare to come. Are you gambling? General Xin Zheng, after the big brother comes, if you want to subdue the Hengshan Zhufans, you must kill chickens and monkeys."

"But the Weiming family is not a chicken! They are more like a beast!"

"That's even better, slaughtering a fierce beast to scare the monkey, the effect will be even better." Xiao Cheng said: "Since the Weiming clan jumped out and jumped, don't blame us for holding him. "

"Will the other major clans of the party die?"

"While compromising the Weiming clan, I will try my best to win over other clans. Let's start with the small clans like Yeli and Xifeng. They are poor and easy to buy!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Wait until these small clans are drawn together. That's almost it, and then it will be much easier to deal with big clans like Tuoba, Renduo, etc. At that time, it will be much easier to deal with Hengshan Zhufans, there is nothing that money can't do."

(End of this chapter)