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Chapter 1084
Although General Lai Tianshou, who was guarding the middle road in Xuanfu Town, had been captured by the Tiger Guards, his impact on the situation on the battlefield was not great. Most of the guards on the middle road were running around like headless flies.

However, some people were driven by the servants and formed more than ten loose formations to resist.

"Shuai Qi... Shuai Qi fell down..."

Some sharp-eyed middle guard suddenly shouted loudly.

When they saw the flag of their leader, Lai Tianshou, suddenly fall down, the guards in the middle instantly lost their combat effectiveness. They gave up resistance one after another, quickly dropped their weapons, and knelt down on the ground obediently.

Except for less than ten servants who rushed out on horseback and fled in a hurry, the rest gave up resistance.

Although the guards marched slowly and formed a chaotic formation, they seemed to have been well-drilled in the matter of surrender, and their movements were in place and even.

The fact that they were like this made the soldiers of the Tiger Guards less worried.

Lin Fangping rode his horse and looked down at the prisoners, shouting: "Servants and soldiers squat separately. Officers from more than [-] households should stand in front of the general and the horse."

Soon, under the surveillance of the Tiger Guard soldiers, the servants and ordinary soldiers lined up on both sides, and three hundred households stood out in front of Lin Fangping's war horse. One of them was fully armored, and he was obviously an elite among the servants.

"Please tell me your name." Lin Fangping asked condescendingly.

"The villain Hao Yuancao..."

"The villain Gao Enlong...the villain Wang Chongguang..."

Lin Fangping raised the corners of his mouth, showing a contemptuous smile, and said lightly: "You, who followed the criminal officer Lai Tianshou, colluded with profiteers, secretly established slaves, smuggled and violated the law, and you should be punished for your crimes."

The three of them knelt on the ground, already terrified, but hearing Lin Fangping speak like this, they were even more frightened. They all kowtowed to the ground in a panic, making a thumping sound.

"Spare your life...spare...spare your life..."

"The villain did not...not participate...the villain does not know that Mr. Lai...Lai...Lai Tianshou Tongnu...the villain is not guilty..."

"Um……"

Lin Fangping watched the three of them kowtow like chaff, feeling slightly satisfied in his heart, but his face was still very solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "This general has a good life, and I don't want you to be buried with him as a criminal in vain."

When several people heard this, they all looked happy and kowtowed even harder. Just when they thought they could survive, they heard Lin Fangping say in a cold tone: "However, the laws and regulations of the imperial court cannot be broken. Although you are not the principal culprit, you have made mistakes that were not dissuaded. It is not an exaggeration to consider you as an accomplice.

but……"

When he said this, he paused again, leaned down and looked down, and saw the three people looking at him expectantly. He couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and then said: "... If you want to live, you should I have committed a crime and sought to redeem myself. If I can comply with my will, I will intercede for you in front of Uncle Yongning, and I may be exempted from the death penalty."

"We are willing to atone for our sins... We are willing to atone for our sins..."

"I am willing to listen to the general's orders and ask the general for his orders..."

Lin Fangping was about to speak when he suddenly heard a very unpleasant voice: "General, although the villain also wants to live, after all, Master Lai was once the villain's general. This matter of confiscating the house is not the responsibility of the villain." If you don’t come, please ask the general to be considerate of the villain.”

"Hao Yuancao, aren't you afraid of death?"

Hao Yuancao, a member of the servant team, clasped his fists in a sincere tone and replied: "To tell you what the general said, I am also afraid of death. But if Mr. Lai hadn't taken him in, I would have become a lonely ghost and even a corpse. Wild dogs.

Today, when it is time for the villain to repay his kindness, I would like to ask the general for permission not to involve the villain in searching Lai Ye's house. After Lai Ye is brought to justice, I also ask the general to allow the villain to collect his body and bury him. "

As he spoke, he kowtowed again and said: "General, this lowly life of this little man is not worth anything. Now that I have been favored by the general, I can survive. I am willing to trade this lowly life for someone who can collect Lai Shen's corpse." promise."

"Hahaha……"

Lin Fangping burst out laughing. After a moment, he calmed down and praised: "What a loyal and righteous person."

"Since you know that Lai Tianshou will definitely die, you are willing to sacrifice your own life in exchange for the opportunity to collect his body. I will do it for you."

He continued in a deep voice: "I don't need you to participate in checking things, general. However, there is one thing that needs you to handle now. If it can be done properly, I will agree to your request."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

That Hao Yuancao kowtowed three times and said loudly: "Hao Yuancao's life, from today on, belongs to the general. If you need my help for anything, please just give me your orders."

"it is good."

Lin Fangping nodded and said to him: "Go now, lead your servants, enter the valley road to recruit the soldiers."

He then emphasized: "If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement!"

"The villain accepts the order. General, please wait for good news."

Hao Yuancao stood up with difficulty and said with confusion on his face: "General, are you ordering me to lead my servants into the valley road together?"

"Exactly."

Lin Fangping replied: "I am afraid that if you go alone, you will not be able to convince everyone."

"General, aren't you afraid that the villain will never come back once he leaves?"

"Hahaha……"

Lin Fangping laughed for a while, and after a while, he looked serious and said in a deep voice: "My uncle Yong Ning has a word, and you should treat people with no doubts!"

Seeing that he was so trusted, Hao Yuancao felt something in his heart. He also clasped his fists and replied with a stern face: "General, I won't forget that you trust me so much. I will definitely recruit soldiers from Gudao for you today."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards where the servants were kneeling. Lin Fangping looked at his back and waved his hand. Immediately, several knights galloped up and embroidered the two words "brave" on one side. The red triangular flag with gold characters was handed to Hao Yuancao.

"Gao Enlong and Wang Chongguang, I will also give you and the others a chance to redeem yourself by making meritorious deeds."

"Thank you General for not killing..."

Lin Fangping said to them: "You two quickly go and count the prisoners, military tents, and flags. Divide the existing prisoners into two teams, lead one team each, and wait aside for orders."

Gao Enlong and Wang Chongguang looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe it, could it be that simple?
But they did not dare to question Lin Fangping. After looking at each other, they hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. They hurriedly stood up and retreated. Each received a red triangular flag of the Yongyi Army and went to count the prisoners.

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The famous saying “when a tree falls, the hozen will scatter” is really true!

Since even their own generals have been captured, what reason do the lower-level sergeants have to continue to resist?
As Hao Yuancao led the servants into the valley, the chaotic sounds gradually disappeared, and only groups of guards in the middle were seen walking out of the valley in ragged clothes.

When they passed the valley entrance, they all dropped their weapons very obediently. However, it seemed that less than half of them still had various weapons in their hands, while the rest were His hands were empty, and he had no idea where he had left his weapons.After a while, Hao Yuancao, a member of the servant team, hurried back all the way. He bowed in front of Lin Fangping and said, "General, Hao Yuancao has lived up to his command. All the soldiers in the middle of the valley have surrendered to the general. I am willing to serve as the general's advance guard and return to the division." Capture Geyu Fort."

Lin Fangping did not say anything. He just asked Hao Yuancao to select people from the original [-] households from among the descendants, and organize the [-] descendants into a team, and still rule them by the original [-] households.

Soon, more than 20 surrendered households gathered in front of Lin Fangping. Except for Hao Yuancao, only two of them were wearing leather armor, and none of the rest were wearing armor.

Before them, there were two thousand generals who also expressed their intention to surrender to Lin Fangping.

Lai Tianshou went to Zhangjiakou this time and brought a guerrilla and four thousand generals with him. He led his servants to follow the front army in the lead, and his general guerrillas led the Chinese army behind. Just when they were attacked in the valley road, a guerrilla, Two thousand generals died in the chaos.

For the two surviving General Qian, Lin Fangping did not intend to let them return to the prisoner team. After all, they did not have hundreds of households like Hao Yuancao to control.

After a while, the big rocks and trees in the valley road had been cleared away. The soldiers of the Yongyi Army escorted more than 200 prisoners in front, and the rest followed, across the valley road and marched towards Geyu Fort.

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On the [-]th, in the evening, outside Geyu Fort.

A group of 600 soldiers on the middle route walked slowly, supporting each other like beggars, and stopped when they were more than 200 steps away from the west gate.

A person slowly walked out, and with the support of two people beside him, he continued to walk towards the city gate with difficulty, shouting from a distance: "Hurry... open the door for me."

When the city heard the sound, he poked his head out and looked at it for a while, and said sarcastically: "Where did this beggar come from? I wonder if the city is closed. Go... come early tomorrow."

"You blind bitch, who is the gatekeeper today?"

The man in the city was still waiting to scold him, but he seemed to suddenly recognize the person who was speaking. He smiled quickly and changed his words: "Hey...it's Mr. Hao. It's my fault that I don't recognize you, Mr. Hao." Come."

Although he recognized Hao Yuancao, he still didn't mention opening the door. He only asked loudly: "Master Hao, didn't you follow the general to Zhangjiakou? Why are you back now?"

"Hi, it's hard to say."

As he spoke, Hao Yuancao waved his hand and said, "We were ambushed before we passed Yangfang Fort. Even Mr. Lai was injured. We are returning with the rear army. We are ordered to call the door first."

He then shouted impatiently: "Didn't you see that you, Master Hao, are also blushing? Open the door quickly and let me go into the city to have a rest."

The confirmation above was correct. It was indeed Hao Yuancao, a member of General Lai Tianshou's retainer team, who was calling the door. How could he dare to neglect it? The heavy wooden door slowly opened a crack.

A commander-in-chief trotted out, grabbed a hand and supported Hao Yuancao, and flattered him for a while, and even angrily scolded the gatekeepers, as if he disliked them for being slow to open the door.

Soon, the wounded soldiers from behind also caught up. Although most of their clothes were in tatters and their bodies were covered with blood and dirt, most of them were somewhat different.

Their looks seemed to be a little different from others, and the commander-in-chief seemed to have noticed this, and his small eyes rolled around the wounded soldiers, looking at them non-stop.

"Hurry and help grandpa enter the city." Hao Yuancao seemed to also see something unusual about the general flag.

Although the general guarding the gate always had a strange feeling in his heart, he couldn't explain why for a while. When he saw Hao Yuancao greeting him, he had no choice but to help Hao Yuancao into Geyu Fort first.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he felt something hard being inserted into his waist. The general flag was so surprised that he almost screamed. Fortunately, a big hand behind him blocked his mouth in time.

"Scream, I will kill you!"

"Don't scream...I won't scream..."

The commander-in-chief looked sideways at Hao Yuancao with fear on his face, and begged: "Master Hao, I am loyal to the general, but I have never had my second heart. Why...why?"

Hao Yuancao didn't need anyone to support him at this time. He stood up straight and said calmly: "Master Lai, you have been captured. These are the soldiers of Yongning Bo's Yongyi Army."

"Yong... Yong Ningbo... Yong... Yong Yijun..."

The general flag reacted instantly. Just as he was about to shout, he was hit on the head with a dagger handle by the warrior behind him. He was bleeding profusely, but the gatekeeper general flag was not knocked unconscious.

He hurriedly whispered: "Don't shout, don't shout, I won't shout."

Seeing that the dagger handle had not been smashed down again, he said again: "I listen to Master Jun... I listen to Grandpa Yongyi Jun... don't kill me..."

"I won't kill you."

A dull voice came from behind: "Go, call all the soldiers guarding the door here."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

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It turned out that in order to seize Geyu Fort as soon as possible, Lin Fangping controlled the entire middle road first so that they would not dare to cause trouble to Yong Ningbo, so he gave preferential treatment to the captives Hao Yuancao and the other three.

If you want to use him, you must put his mind at ease!
After stabilizing Hao Yuancao, Gao Enlong, Wang Chongguang and others, let them help control the prisoners. This is actually just the first step in Lin Fangping's plan.

After that, they took advantage of Hao Yuancao's status as a servant captain and asked him to take some obedient servants and more than a hundred middle soldiers to return to Geyu Fort and call for the city gate to be opened on the pretext of being ambushed and defeated.

When the five or six hundred remnant soldiers brought back by Hao Yuancao were defeated, more than 300 Weiyuan Camp Tiger Guard Cavalry soldiers sneaked in. As long as they could sneak into the city gate, Geyu Fort would be easily captured.

After all, a castle garrisoned by a middle general can only have three to four thousand soldiers at best, and Lai Tianshou brought 3000 troops to reinforce Zhangjiakou.

At this moment, Geyu Fort is like an empty city. If it loses the protection of the city wall, it will be the same as a chicken exposed under the wings of an eagle in front of the powerful and ferocious Yongyi Army.

Sure enough, everything went as Lin Fangping expected. Geyu Fort behind the city gate was no longer able to resist.

The Weiyuan Battalion easily captured the entire castle. Even when they searched the central garrison office, they did not encounter any obstruction, let alone any resistance.

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The two brothers, General Lai Tianlu and General Lai Tianshou, respectively, have been captured, while Right Guard City and Geyu Fort are also completely controlled by the Yongyi Army.

The next step is to conduct a thorough wipeout of the Lai brothers' cronies entrenched throughout the Upper West Road and the Middle Road.

Due to the selfless dedication of the leading party, castles everywhere were easily breached, and even some of the castles were breached without even a decent battle, and everything returned to peace.

Many soldiers of the Yongyi Army felt that this mission of checking out profiteers and capturing criminals was too easy, and they all felt very unsatisfied.

With the capture of Lai Tianlu's eldest son, Lai Diqing, the garrison of Xinkaikou Fort, Lai Tianlu's younger brother, Lai Tianmin, the garrison of Changyukou Fort, and others, all the backbone of the Lai family in the Xuanfu military circles were captured, and the actions on Zhangjiakou's side also came to an end. a paragraph.

(End of this chapter)