"Wouldn't it be too heavy to put it this way?" Ma Yunjiu, who was standing aside, whispered to Liu Heng after Wang Yuncheng left.
Liu Heng said seriously: "This is a battlefield, and there is no room for relaxation. I have no objection to taking more care of those poor women, but I will never allow anyone to take off his armor and give it to others on the battlefield. Doing so is not only harmful to myself." If you are irresponsible for your life, you are also irresponsible for the lives of your companions.”
"But reprimanding Vice Captain Wang in public will make him unable to step down? It's too embarrassing." Ma Yunjiu felt that Liu Heng's words were too serious. Wasn't it just to pass on cotton armor to those poor women?
"It's better to lose face than to lose your life." Liu Heng said.
He could hear Ma Yunjiu's disapproval of this matter from his words, but he was not ready to explain anymore. He had already made a decision in his heart. After returning, he set up military rules and regulations for the soldiers in Hutou Village to learn.
It is not necessary for all soldiers to understand, they only need to strictly follow the regulations in the future.
More than half an hour later, Zhao Yutu walked out of the village with a gloomy look on his face.
Ma Yunjiu asked with a smile: "How was it? It was a good harvest, right?"
"Don't mention it." Zhao Yutu waved his hand and said, "The largest stockade in Daliang Mountain found less than 5,000 taels of silver and only more than 30 shi of grain. As for other rags, I won't say much. There are many soldiers and armors with us. There is no way to compare, so we can only go back to the furnace and make it again."
"More than four thousand taels of silver is already a lot." Ma Yunjiu said.
When he was under Shi Yunhu, he only had more than 600 taels of silver at most, most of which he brought back from Lingqiu, otherwise it would be even less.
Zhao Yutu said with a look of disgust: "Too little."
Before coming here, I thought that Erliang Mountain is a large village with more than 300 people. There should be a lot of money, food and other things. After cleaning up, I realized that it was not as much wealth as the Dwarf Tiger, the head of Hutou Village.
Of course, when Dwarf Tiger was around, Hutou Village was backed by the Dongshan Iron Station and had the support of the Xu family. The surrounding villages had to pay grain to Dwarf Tiger every year, so they were naturally rich.
Ma Yunjiu opened his mouth, and finally fell silent.
I knew that Hutou Village was rich before, but I didn't expect it to be so rich. It didn't even cost more than four thousand taels of silver and dozens of stones of food. You must know that when I was in Daying, this was also a big fortune. .
Wang Yuncheng came out of the village and came to Liu Heng. He said, "Master, all the food and money in the village have been sent down the mountain. What should we do with the prisoners? Should we send them down the mountain or take them to Panjiazhai?"
"Kill him!" Liu Heng said lightly.
Several people on the side were stunned.
Wang Yuncheng asked tentatively: "Kill them all?"
"Kill them all."
Ever since he found those women in the cellar of the cottage, Liu Heng had already sentenced these people to death in his heart.
Originally, he had no intention of bringing the bandits from Erliang Mountain back to Lingqiu. Since these people had done such outrageous things, he just used this reason to kill them all.
"Yes." Wang Yuncheng responded.
Liu Heng added: "Collect the heads after killing them and hand them over to General Li from the East Road."
"I understand, I will take care of it now." Wang Yuncheng turned around and left, taking the people back to the village.
Soon, countless screams and curses rang out in the cottage, but the sounds were quickly suppressed.
The pungent smell of blood filled the air, and Liu Heng and others standing outside the cottage could smell it.
Not long after, Wang Yuncheng, who was covered in blood, came to Liu Heng. After saluting, he said: "Master, the mission has been completed. All the bandits in Erliang Mountain have been killed without leaving any one behind."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Control the heads and free up a big cart to hold the heads."
Six cannons can be loaded into a large cart. The reason why so many large carts are brought is to set up the cart array and to carry the wealth in the village.
Nowadays, the largest village in Daliang Mountain is so poor. Liu Heng has given up hope in the other villages, so the big car is naturally free.
Zhao Yutu looked at Liu Heng and said, "It will be dark in two hours. Should we go to Panjiazhai first?"
It can be said that three of the four cottages in Daliang Mountain have been destroyed, leaving only the Panjiazhai family.
Ma Yunjiu, who was standing aside, said at this time: "Panjiazhai is different from the other three villages. There are old and young, male and female in Panjiazhai. It is more suitable to call it a village. The people in the village are all from the mountains. The people who were heavily favored by the imperial court fled up the mountain and were forced to become bandits. Among the several villages on the mountain, Panjia Village was the least evil. It also never bullied the surrounding people and only robbed some passing caravans, rarely injuring them. Human life, usually just grab the caravan’s goods and let the people go.”
"It's really pitiful." Zhao Yutu said, "It's really hateful that the imperial court forced the people to go up the mountain and weed themselves."
Ma Yunjiu said: "Master, it's better to let Panjiazhai go. After thinking about the lessons from Erliang Mountain, the people in Panjiazhai don't dare to attack our Tiger Flag convoy again."
Liu Heng frowned and asked, "Do you all think Panjiazhai is pitiful?"
Several people nodded.
Liu Heng continued: "They may have been pitiful before they went up the mountain to become bandits, but that is not the case now. Do you think that the caravan robbed by Panjiazhai deserved to be robbed, and that the people in my Hutou Village deserved to be killed?"
Zhao Yutu and Ma Yunjiu lowered their heads.
Liu Heng ignored them, turned to look at Wang Yuncheng, and said seriously: "Order the team to rest on the spot for half an hour, and then set off to Panjiazhai."
"Yes." Wang Yuncheng responded, turned around and left to arrange the team.
Except for the patrol team, the remaining soldiers were sitting together eating the dry food they brought with them.
Half an hour later, the team was back on the road.
The people who led the way were still the cavalry, and they went straight to Panjiazhai. As for the Erliang Mountain Dazhai, a fire was directly lit. The village and the houses inside were burned to ashes together with the corpses.
Erliang Mountain is not far from Panjiazhai. After the fire burned, Panjiazhai could see clearly.
Before the tiger-character flag team arrived at Panjiazhai, a tiger-character flag gunman ran over and came directly to Liu Heng and said: "Master, here comes a man who claims to be the master of Panjiazhai and wants to see him." you."
"People from Panjiazhai?" Liu Heng frowned and said immediately, "Bring them here."
Not long after the gunman who reported the news left, several strange men were brought over.
The guards around Liu Heng walked over, searched the weapons from these men, and only let the leading man pass.
"It turns out that Leader Ma is here." The man came over and took the lead in hugging his fists towards Ma Yunjiu. He then looked at Liu Heng and said respectfully, "This must be Boss Liu!"
"I am Liu Heng." Liu Heng nodded slightly and said, "Who are you from Panjiazhai?"
Ma Yunjiu beside him said in a low voice: "He is the head of Panjiazhai. The heads of several cottages call him Pan Datou."
"So you are Pan Datou!" Liu Heng took a look and found that the other person's head was indeed larger than that of ordinary people.
"I'm here this time..."
Before Pan Datou finished speaking, he was forcibly interrupted by Liu Heng.
Liu Heng said indifferently: "Panjiazhai must surrender or die!"
