A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 46 The court wants to recruit peace

The entire army was wiped out, and this tragedy shocked the entire Yizhou.

This is the first time that Yushan bandits have been taken seriously by officials.

The Yushan thieves had committed many major cases before, but this kind of "big" was only at the level of ordinary people. In the eyes of state-level officials, it was just trivial matters.

What's more, the previous incident of Liang Wanshen's defeat and death was framed by Ding Zhixian as a remnant of the people and even mutiny, which had nothing to do with the Yushan bandits.

But this time it was different. The leader of the army, Mo Hongnai, was a veteran general who had experienced many battles and had special skills. All the defeated soldiers were veterans who had seen blood. Even if they were inferior to the Forbidden Army, their combat effectiveness was still there. Among the entire Yizhou Xiang army, it is also second to none.

If Yishui County hadn't taken away a lot of joints, the state capital wouldn't have wasted its troops on a small cottage!

But the result surprised everyone.

The most important thing is that from the mouths of the defeated soldiers who escaped from the front line, they learned that the leader of the Yushan bandits was actually a fierce general who could be called the reincarnation of the overlord. In order to shirk responsibility, some people even said that "the killing star descended to earth" of.

joke!

There is only one star in this world, Wenquxing, so how can there be any Heavenly Killing Star!
But even if this group of people exaggerated, the leader Li Gui, who dared to charge into the battle alone and killed Mo Hong and many generals surrounded by a large army, must be a fierce general.

This is very embarrassing. If even Mo Hong is not an opponent, I am afraid that there will be no generals in Yizhou who can kill this thief.

What if you can't win?
simple!
Just give him a small official job!

Since he killed Mo Hong, he can replace Mo Hong as a dog!

Then find an opportunity, throw him to the border of Song and Liao, and let him fend for himself.

A group of big shots quickly reached a consensus, and then quickly wrote a memorial and rushed it to the capital. As soon as the court approved it, they began to recruit people.

Once this matter is done, the state will let it go.

In their view, no thief can withstand the temptation of recruiting security.

No matter how heroic he is, he is just a reckless man who has never received the teachings of a saint. As long as he throws some leftovers in the cold, he will wag his tail obediently.

Everything is fine in the prefecture, but Yishui County is panicking.

Originally, those gentry were still worried about the suppression of bandit gold, and planned to give Ding Zhixian a good look later.

During this period of time, they were hiding in the county town, and their understanding of Li Gui's threat was only what others said, without any empathy.

Moreover, the dilapidated city walls of the county town gave them an illusory sense of security, and they always thought that it was impossible for Li Gui to break into the county town to cause trouble for them.

But Li Gui broke into the county town before and went on a killing spree in Yipinxuan. Dozens of gentry were killed and injured that night, which frightened everyone.

They finally realized that the mere defense of the county town was completely fake for Li Gui. He could come and leave whenever he wanted, and kill whoever he wanted.

This makes them feel no sense of security at all.

Previously it was Ding Zhixian who forced them to pay, but later they chased Ding Zhixian and asked him to urge the court to send troops to suppress the bandits as soon as possible.

After repeated calls, the imperial soldiers finally arrived.

A group of gentry finally heard some good news. Unexpectedly, within two days of their happiness, they heard the bad news. The bandit-suppressing army was attacked by Yushan bandits on the way. The whole army was wiped out from under their control.

Is this okay?

Even the reinforcements sent by the state government couldn't defeat the Yushan bandits. So who in Yishui County can compete with the Yushan bandits?
Without anyone connecting with him, a group of gentry immediately rushed to the magistrate's office to find Magistrate Ding.

The angry gentry surrounded Dingzhi County and complained about everything. "How come the imperial court has raised such a bunch of losers!"

"Having learned from Liang Wanshen's mistakes, why doesn't the county magistrate explain clearly to the state and ask the state to send elite troops and strong generals?"

"I've paid all the money to suppress the bandits. It's no good if we can't suppress the bandits!"

"The bandits under the rule of the county are so arrogant, I'm afraid the county can't escape the blame. If not all the family property is here, I would have moved the whole family long ago!"

“Don’t be discouraged, County Lord, you should ask for help from the state again!”

Faced with all kinds of threats and inducements from this group of people, Ding Zhixian was helpless.

Ever since the last time Li Gui made a big fuss in Yipinxuan and was carried out by Li Yun from the pile of dead people, Ding Zhixian was so frightened that he contracted the cold. He has not recovered for so many days and is now trying to hold on to his illness. Come listen to this group of people complain.

These people are afraid, isn't he afraid?

He wasn't afraid in the past because he had a tacit understanding with Old Madam Liu, so Li Gui never came to attack.

Didn’t you see that Li Gui killed countless people that day, but he didn’t even kill him?

This is his confidence!
But the problem is that now that the government troops are coming to suppress the bandits, how could Old Madam Liu not know about it in the city.

This means that the tacit understanding between the two parties has been destroyed by himself. If the state army really succeeds in suppressing the bandits, Old Master Liu will naturally have no choice but to admit it. But who knew that the state army is such a waste!
What made Ding Zhixian even more frightened was that the Yushan bandits ambushed the reinforcements from the state on the way, so there was a problem.

Where did you get the news about this Yushan bandit?

Is this the information secretly sent by Old Madam Liu?

Strictly speaking, this kind of thing is a serious crime that involves confiscating the family and exterminating the clan, but the fight between the gentry is inherently cruel.

Although the Liu family is not very powerful, they are still a member of the gentry. As long as no one is arrested and there is no evidence, no one can touch him!

Even if Dingzhi County wants to fight to the death, there is no chance.

Old Mrs. Liu dares to do this kind of thing, what else does he dare not do?
I'm afraid that the county town will be breached and people will be killed and silenced in a matter of seconds.

Now, if anyone here wants Li Gui to die the most, it must be Ding Zhixian.

Li Gui, the other gentry, might not kill him, but Old Madam Liu would definitely not let go of him, the "traitor" who betrayed the covenant.

After all, Ding Zhixian is another insider in Old Master Liu's plan. If he lives and becomes a witness in the future, not to blame the court, I am afraid that all the gentry will eat the Liu family alive.

"Okay, okay, gentlemen, don't push me any further."

Ding Zhixian pressed his hands to interrupt everyone's complaints. He suppressed his headache and signaled Master Song to get the Four Treasures of the Study.

"The county immediately wrote an official document asking the state for help, asking the state to send another large army."

"This time we must succeed in one fell swoop and completely wipe out the Yushan bandit!"

With the help of Master Song, the magistrate of Ding County hastily wrote an official document asking for help, sealed it in front of everyone, and sent the government officials to rush to the prefecture city. Only then did the group of gentry leave in anger.

After waiting anxiously for three days, the county government finally received news from the state. There was no reply, only a reply.

Ding Zhixian was lying in bed with a cold compress on his forehead to relieve fever. When he saw the reply, he hurriedly struggled to get up and opened the letter. He looked carefully and skipped all the nonsense. Only at the end he saw the words " At the word "recruitment", he was immediately overjoyed, broke out in sweat, jumped up from the couch, laughed, and the disease healed itself without medicine.

(End of this chapter)