In order to prevent the increasingly serious escape trend, Qin An adopted a variety of methods, but to no avail. The number of bandits under his command was still decreasing day by day, which made him increasingly decadent. On this day Jiang Bao came to him and offered him a plan. Although Jiang Bao tried many strategies to prevent his escape during this period, but to no avail, Qin An still trusted him very much. It's just that this time Jiang Bao's words made his face look extremely ugly. It turns out that Jiang Bao proposed to send his confidants to the Pili Army's settlement to inquire about the situation, and to encourage those who rebelled against the settlement to repay them in their own way. The person who wanted to take the risk was Jiang Bao himself. In Qin An's opinion, this strategy was just Jiang Bao's plan to escape from his shell, but he still nodded after a long silence and said: "Go ahead, let's fight between you and me..." Seeing Jiang Bao trying to explain, he again He interrupted him and said, "No need to say more!" After that, he turned around and walked into the hay shed. Seeing this, Jiang Bao had no choice but to sigh and walk towards the Pili army's settlement point.
Qin An didn't believe that Jiang Bao would betray him, or he didn't want to believe it deep down. Therefore, although he strongly disagreed with Jiang Bao's adventure in the settlement, he still agreed. He kept convincing himself that Jiang Bao would return soon. It's just that three days passed and Jiang Bao didn't come back, and five days passed and Jiang Bao didn't come back either. On the seventh day, Jiang Bao still didn't come back, which made him truly desperate. After all, as long as Jiang Bao is willing to come back, it only takes half an hour. Unwilling to be reconciled, he sent a few more confidants to go there, but these people were also meat buns beating dogs - they left and never came back. It is said that not long after Jiang Bao arrived at the settlement point, he understood why people kept fleeing - the situations on both sides were completely different. In terms of accommodation, although the houses in the settlements are also made of reeds and straw, the sleeping floors are not only covered with dry ash but also covered with thick straw to prevent moisture, which is much more comfortable than living in the swamp. As the second master, the conditions of his shack are much better than those of ordinary bandits, but they are also extremely narrow and humid, with water droplets hanging on the reed walls all the time. In terms of food, as long as the settlement can complete the workload, everyone can have enough food. Even though the workload is at the forefront, I can still eat meat - although there are only a few slices, it is enough to envy others. If these conditions are not enough to attract refugees, then the Perak Army's land equalization policy is a surefire weapon. This policy stipulates that those who defect can become citizens after passing the examination. Each citizen can be granted thirty acres of unused land, which will be privately owned after three years of cultivation. Seeds and agricultural tools are provided by the settlement sites and will be deducted annually after the grain is harvested. You must know that this is the fertilized land of the Kingdom of Abundance. Calculated in a normal year, each mu of land can harvest at least four to five hundred kilograms of rice and more than two hundred kilograms of wheat. Thirty acres of land can harvest more than twenty thousand kilograms per year. This is a huge amount. A huge fortune. As for the conditions of the Perak Army, it is to sell surplus grain to the government at a fair price. There have been no preferential conditions in this kind of dynasties, which naturally attracted the refugees and made Jiang Bao very excited. Of course, this kind of heartbeat will not be revealed when he instigates rebellion.
In order to instigate rebellion and recruit people to go to the swamps to become bandits, Jiang Bao also brought out a big weapon - the Mongols would come to retaliate, and the settlement would be wiped out due to burning, killing and looting. The people in the settlement did not agree with his remarks: At least they can have enough food for now, and it is business to prevent themselves from starving to death. As for the future, just take it one step at a time. Some people even joked that if the Mongolian army destroyed the settlement points, the mouse nests in the swamps would not be able to escape either. In fact, the Perak Army was extremely cautious in choosing settlement sites. Most of them were in waterways, swamps and other places that were easily accessible, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In order to prevent small groups of Mongolian cavalry from coming to harass, the settlement site was not only protected by earth walls and several ditches, but also combined with irrigation and water conservancy projects to dig many criss-crossing ditches around the village. In the next step, the earth fence will be upgraded to a military-civilian one. Used fortress. Jiang Bao also knew in his heart that a settlement point equipped with firearms would definitely be a tough nut to crack, and would cause a small group of Mongolian cavalry to take a detour.
Jiang Bao did not feel anxious when he stayed at the settlement site, but felt quite "happy here, not thinking about Shu". In fact, his secretly soliciting and inciting rebellion in the past few days made the management of the settlement feel abnormal. They questioned him many times, but they were all evaded by his sharp tongue. There are many of his former accomplices in this settlement, but these people have the mentality of "the elder brother does not talk about the second brother", and Jiang Bao is very popular with his subordinates, so no one reports him. He wanted to stay at the settlement point for a few more days, eat a few more days before going back, but this wish was broken by a piece of news - General Cao was coming to Anren County to suppress bandits. During the few days he stayed at the settlement point, Jiang Bao got a lot of news. He not only learned about the Pili Army's impressive record against the Mongols, but also learned that the bandits in neighboring Yizheng, Dayi and other counties had been wiped out by Cao Ergou. destruction. The bandits either lost their heads or knelt down to surrender, and a few fled far away. The bandit gangs in Heming Mountain in Dayi were so large and powerful, and taking advantage of the high mountains and dangerous roads, not only the imperial officers and soldiers were helpless, but even the Mongolian army had to buy some face, and was wiped out under the attack of the Perak Army. I heard that several bandit leaders The head is still hanging on the head of Dayi City. He knew that once the Perak Army and Navy attacked, his accomplices trapped in the swamp would only die. Jiang Bao was also a man of temperament. He didn't want to watch Qin An and his brothers die in vain, so he sneaked back under the cover of night and persuaded Qin An to surrender the Thunderbolt Army.
When Jiang Bao returned to the bandit's den in the swamp, he found that there were only about sixty people left, and the rest could not stand the hunger and ran away secretly. Qin An did not stop their escape, but gave these sallow and skinny men a way out. To him, this was as irresistible as "it is going to rain, and my mother is going to get married." Deep down in his heart, he was also tired of the days of licking blood from the edge of a knife and being full and hungry. I just heard that the Perak Army was very tough on bandits, and as the leader of the bandits, I couldn't guarantee that my body would be dismembered. Under the shadow of death, how could he dare to throw himself into a trap? Jiang Bao's return made him overjoyed, and the brotherly relationship was inseparable after all. After Jiang Bao described the situation at the settlement point in detail, and analyzed the current situation and the policies of the Perak Army, especially the policy of "lenience for those who confessed and strictness for those who resisted", he finally changed his mind. With a bite, Jiang Bao and Jiang Bao took the remaining bandits to the settlement point and surrendered. Because of the seriousness of the situation, the person in charge of the Pili Army's settlement site did not dare to make the decision without authorization, and brought him and Jiang Bao to the person in charge of Anren City. Since Ouyang Xuan's official status is still the magistrate of Yongkang County, the officials in Xiazhou County under the rule of the Pili Army cannot be called the imperial court, but only the person in charge. The person in charge of Anren County is named Yang San, the inventor of the "Yang San Farming Method". He was previously the person in charge of agricultural technology at the Huaguo Mountain Reclamation Point. This time he was appointed as the person in charge of Anren County. He went from being a poor poor man in Dayi City to becoming the lord of a county in just over a year. In addition to his outstanding achievements, it was also because Ouyang Xuan set an example to tell others that in the Perak Army, he was the only one who It's about lifting, regardless of one's origin.
Yang San ordered people to conduct a detailed investigation into the situation of Qin An, Jiang Bao and the Swamp Gang. During the investigation, the two men and their men were allowed to work and live normally in the settlement based on the principle of presumption of innocence. After investigation, it was found that the swamp bandits also committed large-scale robberies, but the number of murders and injuries was very small. They also killed Mongolians and traitors. Qin An and Jiang Bao did not take any lives on their hands, nor did they order the massacre of civilians. The lives taken by their men were done privately and had no direct relationship with the two of them. Yang San ordered people to report the above situation to the Perak Military Department for review. The Pili Army was founded not long ago and did not have a complete judicial system. Major criminal matters such as this had to be reported to the headquarters for decision-making.
A few days later, the Perak Army headquarters replied: "Qin An and Jiang Bao were sentenced to nine and five years of hard labor respectively because they were convicted of robbery by gang members because they were forced by life and had meritorious service in resisting the Mongols, and they surrendered." Except for those who committed murders, the rest will not be investigated in accordance with the law..." The endings of Qin An and Jiang Bao are just a microcosm of each gang. After a series of thunderous attacks, by the end of September there were no more gangs under the rule of the Perak Army.
