"General, we caught this guy in the back mountain of the village. He was trying to use a rope to get down from the mountain. Judging from his clothes, he must be an important person in the village!"
A group of soldiers came over escorting Liu Sancai. Cao Yi looked at Liu Sancai's outfit and immediately laughed: "There is a military advisor in a small village? It's quite serious. Let's take it down and deal with it!"
"yes!"
Hearing what their general said, those soldiers of the Japanese army immediately wanted to drag Liu Sancai down and deal with him.
When Liu Sancai heard this, he immediately became anxious and shouted eagerly: "General! General! I am useful, I am really useful!"
I can correct Zhao Cheng for you. We are all his people. He gave us the order to intercept your goods. I am still useful! "
In response, Cao Yi just smiled: "I want to kill him, and I have no evidence, so what does it have to do with it? As long as we confirm that he did it, then he will wait for death!"
Finished. Cao Yi waved his hand, and several soldiers immediately blocked Liu San, who was still trying to shout something, and walked out.
After a while, the soldiers carrying blood-stained knives came back to resume their duties.
"General, it's been dealt with!"
Cao Yi nodded. Then he ordered: "Notify brothers, hurry up and deal with the local rats here. After that, we will go into the city tonight. If the matter is resolved early, we will go back early!"
"promise!"
An hour later, there was not a single living person in the entire village except for the Ping Japanese Army. Just as Cao Yi was about to leave with the soldiers of the Ping Japanese Army, someone came to report that it was the skinny businessman from before who wanted to see him.
Cao Yi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have promised him before that the bandit leader was just a businessman. Cao Yi didn't pay much attention to it. He asked his subordinates to tell him the news that the bandit leader was dead, and then led the army to Chengdu. Go to Yifu City.
During this march, we did not stop for a moment in the middle.
Before it got dark, the army had already arrived outside Cheng Yi's mansion.
As soon as the guards of Chengyi Mansion saw the battle between Japanese troops, they immediately wanted to close the city gate. However, Cao Yi, who was well prepared, sent more than a dozen riders pretending to be passers-by to approach, and saw that the enemy was about to close the city gate. Door, even though these dozen riders were exposed, they took out the repeating crossbows hanging on their waists and shot dozens of crossbow arrows, clearing away the guards in the blink of an eye.
Immediately, these dozen riders quickly occupied the city gate, and the people at the city gate immediately fled in all directions.
Cao Yi didn't care much about this. He led the army directly into the city, grabbed someone and asked him to show the way to the prefect's Yamen and rushed towards it.
At this time, in the prefecture's Yamen, Zhao Cheng, the prefect of Chengyi Prefecture, was preparing to go off duty when he suddenly received news.
"The Lord of the Palace is in trouble! The large group of soldiers from the Ping Japanese Army have forced their way into the city and are coming this way. They are coming with bad intentions!"
Following this shouting, his master ran in. When Zhao Cheng saw that it was him, he quickly asked: "What's going on? Wasn't the Ping Japanese Army still thirty miles away?
Why did you suddenly enter the city? "
The master smiled bitterly and said: "Students don't know what happened, but a quarter of an hour ago the city gate was suddenly attacked, and then the group of soldiers rushed into the city. After entering the city, they didn't go anywhere. He rushed towards the government office directly.
Master Fu, the person coming here is not good, please hide quickly! "
Unexpectedly, Zhao Cheng snorted coldly and waved his hands: "No! I want to see what they want to do?"
I am the magistrate of a powerful government, and some of them are just soldiers. Do they dare to touch me? "
"But Fu Zun, what happened in Pingyang Village was all your instigation!" Master immediately reminded.
Zhao Cheng didn't care at all:
"Who said it was under the instigation of this government? Who has evidence? If you have evidence, bring it out!
Are you still trying to accuse me without any evidence? "
Zhao Cheng had already prepared for this. He had left no evidence at all about that incident. It was untenable for the Ping Japanese Army to use this incident to attack him.
But he doesn't know that in many cases, if someone is stronger than you and identifies it as you, then it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not.
After all, in this world, the big fist is the last word!
The way the Ping Japanese Army entered was a bit explosive. Those who didn't know better thought it was the rebels attacking the city. However, after entering the city, the entire army did not touch the people, and rushed towards the prefect's Yamen with a clear goal.
This made the people who were still a little panic relieved, but what followed was curiosity, what was such an army doing when it suddenly entered the city?
Many brave people immediately showed their adventurous spirit and followed quietly.
People like to join in the fun. Some people who originally wanted to stay away saw so many people there, and they were unwilling to be alone and followed them.
In the end, it led to a strange scene where just after the Japanese army had passed, a large number of people watching the excitement followed.
After five thousand Japanese troops surrounded the entire prefect's Yamen, they were surrounded by ordinary people who came to watch the excitement.
What's even weirder is that some smart vendors actually start selling directly in the crowd.
"Melon seeds, dried fruits, cold melons! Sour plum soup, maltose, and donkey rolling are all available!
All starting from two cents! All starting from two cents! "
"Hey! That salesman, hurry up and bring me some melon seeds!"
"I also want!"
"I also want!"
…
I have to say that these vendors are very business-minded and their business is pretty good.
They even sold more than what they usually sell in the theater.
Especially melon seeds, a must-have snack for watching the excitement. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the melon seeds brought by the vendors were sold out!
The people outside were watching the excitement enthusiastically, but Cao Yi didn't have the time to care about the people watching the excitement outside. As soon as he surrounded the county government office, he immediately ordered his men to start banging on the door!
boom! boom! boom!
It must be said that the gate of the county government office was built with real materials. The four strong men bumped against it for a while, but the door only shook, but there was no sign of being knocked open.
Cao Yi was a little impatient. He was about to ask a few more people to go up together when he heard a creaking sound. The gate of the county government opened from the inside.
Zhao Cheng, dressed in official clothes, walked out surrounded by government officials.
When I came out and saw the scene outside, I was not only not afraid, but also looked at the soldiers who were fighting against the Japanese army with contempt, just like the owner of a cotton plantation seeing the slaves picking cotton.
Cao Yi was wearing an armor and cloak and he could tell that he was the leader of the army. Zhao Cheng walked straight over, raised his head slightly and clasped his fists casually: "I wonder which general is visiting my Chengyi Mansion Yamen!? "
Upon hearing this, Cao Yi replied coldly:
"Commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Cao Yi!"
The look on Zhao Cheng's face condensed when he heard this and he asked again: "Is it a big army or a small army?"
The military system of the Song Dynasty: the large army was 50,000 people, the small army was only 2,500 people, and the middle one was the Xiang army of 25,000 people.
Cao Yi replied coldly: "Xiaojun!"
"That's it..." The fear on Zhao Cheng's face immediately disappeared, and Zhao Cheng's face once again took on the initial careless look, he was just a commander of a small army.
In terms of rank, he is not as big as a county magistrate. He is the prefect, so why should he be afraid?
After figuring out Cao Yi's level, Zhao Cheng felt that his self-confidence was overwhelming. He immediately stopped being as polite as before and directly shouted in a questioning tone: "Bold! Cao Yi, do you know your guilt?
According to our laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty, no troops are allowed to enter the city without an imperial edict or dispatching documents.
Today you led the entire army into our Chengyi Mansion without any orders. Could it be that you want to rebel?
Believe it or not, I will report it to the court immediately! "
Zhao Cheng said this unceremoniously and did not give Cao Yi any face at all. His tone was like a master scolding a slave at home.
Cao Yi immediately became unhappy.
Use the imperial court to pressure me?
I dare to lead the army directly here today. Isn't the meaning obvious enough?
If they even use the imperial court to pressure me, it depends on whether I can give them this face!
Thinking of this, Cao Yi immediately waved his hand, and a group of soldiers from the Japanese army rushed forward to control Zhao Cheng and others.
Zhao Cheng was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly ordered his government officials to stop them. However, just when the government officials were about to draw their swords, they heard a neat clicking sound!
Everyone looked for the sound and saw a row of soldiers among the Japanese and Japanese troops surrounding them, holding repeating crossbows and pointing them at them. Perhaps they were afraid that they did not know the power of the repeating crossbows, so they only heard a click!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The next moment, more than a dozen arrows were shot out, turning a government servant into a hornet's nest on the spot.
The terrifying power of the crossbow arrows was instantly displayed before everyone's eyes.
Looking at the remaining dozens of Japanese and Japanese soldiers who were also holding repeating crossbows and aiming at them, the children who were about to draw their swords immediately pressed their swords back carefully.
If you can't beat him, you can't be impulsive. If you act impulsively, your life will be lost.
This is the truest thought in the hearts of all government officials. The example is right in front of them. The other party did not even hesitate and directly used the life of a government servant as a prop for demonstration!
In this way, Zhao Cheng and his master were controlled by the soldiers of the Japanese army who came over, but the government officials who followed them did not dare to let go.
Cao Yi got off his horse. Killing Zhao Cheng was just a trivial matter. The important thing was, where was the goods?
Where did Feiyun Trading Company's goods worth hundreds of thousands of silver go?
Slowly coming to Zhao Cheng, Cao Yi saw him staring at his face fiercely, and suddenly slapped him without any warning!
Snapped!
The crisp sound of the slap was extremely loud, making people feel much better.
Zhao Chengdu was a little confused after being slapped suddenly.
After looking at Cao Yi blankly for a while, he suddenly reacted and said angrily:
"You despicable martial artist, how dare you, I am an official of the imperial court! The eighth-grade prefect!
How dare you attack me? You are dead! You are dead! I will never let you go! "
In response, Cao Yi just smiled coldly, gave him another big-eared melon seed with his backhand, and then asked in a cold voice: "Where is the goods?"
Being slapped by the big-eared melon seeds, Zhao Cheng was a little confused. When asked this question, Zhao Cheng subconsciously said: "What kind of thing?"
Cao Yi gave him another big-eared melon seed without hesitation, and then asked: "Where are the goods from Feiyun Trading Company? Where did you get them!"
After saying that, he grabbed Zhao Cheng's collar and lifted him up, staring at him with his eyes fixed on him!
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(End of chapter)
