Pan Datou took two steps back in shock, stared at Liu Heng, and said: "Dr. Liu, you and I have no big grievances at all, so why not just let it go. I promise that no one in Panjiazhai will touch the tiger flag in the future. Convoy.”
Liu Heng showed a sneer on his face and said: "I am not discussing with you, but informing you that you must either surrender or end up like the bandits in Erliang Mountain and die!"
As soon as the word "death" was spoken, Pan Datou across from him felt a chill in his heart.
Seeing the fire in the direction of Dazhai in Erliang Mountain, I already had a suspicion in my heart. Now listening to Liu Heng in front of me, I can be sure that the bandits in Erliang Mountain are finished, and the village is also finished.
Even with the strength of Erliang Mountain, he couldn't stop the people of Tiger Flag. He didn't think that he and Panjiazhai could resist it. You must know that Panjiazhai was not as strong as Erliang Mountain.
"Is there really no discussion? Although my Pan Village is not as good as Erliang Mountain, there are many brothers in the village." Pan Datou frowned.
At this time, Ma Yunjiu persuaded: "Master Pan, please surrender. Erliang Mountain can't stop the Tiger Flag. Does Master Pan think Panjiazhai is stronger than Erliang Mountain?"
Pan Datou lowered his head and said nothing.
He was somewhat unwilling to surrender just like that. Although Panjiazhai was nothing, he was still comfortable as the head of Panjiazhai.
Seeing that he was silent, Ma Yunjiu continued to persuade: "Do you know what happens to the bandits who stay in the village in Erliang Mountain?"
"What's the end?" Pan Datou asked subconsciously.
"They are all dead." Ma Yunjiu said with lingering fear, "No one is left, they are all dead, including Huang Laizi's people and Shi Yunhu's people. Their heads have been sent down the mountain."
Hiss... Pan Datou took a breath.
When he left Erliang Mountain, there were four to five hundred people in the village. Now these people have been killed. Just thinking about it makes his spine shiver.
Pan Datou took a deep breath and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you lie to me?"
Ma Yunjiu said: "You can send someone to Erliang Mountain to take a look now. Even if the fire burns, there will be bones left on the ground. After seeing it, you will know whether I lied to you."
Pan Datou sighed.
Even Erliang Mountain couldn't resist the Tiger Flag, and Panjiazhai couldn't resist it even more. He came here to sue for peace, hoping that the people of the Tiger Flag would spare Panjiazhai.
"Have you considered it? I don't have so much time to wait for you." Liu Heng suddenly asked.
"This..." Pan Datou hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly and said, "My Panjiazhai is willing to surrender."
Ma Yunjiu beside him secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Pan Datou agreed.
He was really afraid that Pan Datou would be tough to the end. In that case, the old people, children and women in Panjiazhai might all die in the hands of the tiger-character flag.
Although he was not a good person, he couldn't bear to see old people, children and women die tragically because of Pan Datou alone.
Liu Heng said: "Since you are willing to surrender, then tell me my conditions."
"Are there any conditions?" Pan Datou was stunned.
You have already surrendered, so why are there still conditions?
Liu Heng said: "First, all the people in Panjiazhai, pack your things and follow the Tiger Flag convoy back to Lingqiu. Your accommodation and life will be arranged then."
Hearing this condition, Pan Datou breathed a sigh of relief.
Before, he was worried that after surrendering, he would be arrested by the people of the Tiger Character Banner and brought before the officials. Although Lingqiu was a bit far away, it was better than being arrested and brought before the officials.
"Second," Liu Heng said, "all the bandits who have participated in the robbery of the Tiger Flag convoy down the mountain must be punished. Those who have not killed the Tiger Flag will be sent to the iron farm for a year to dig iron ore. Those who have killed people Yes, pay with your life! Wang Yuncheng, you can handle this matter."
"Yes." Wang Yuncheng agreed.
"This...isn't good!" Pan Datou hesitated and said, "Panjiazhai has surrendered, and everyone is considered one of our own. What happened in the past was what Erliang Mountain forced us to do. It's better to write off everything before."
Liu Heng said with a cold face: "Remember, I am not discussing with you anymore, but informing you."
Pan Datou "..."
The situation is stronger than the people, and there is no way to resist.
Since Pan Datou surrendered voluntarily, Panjiazhai naturally did not need to be destroyed. Liu Heng asked Wang Yuncheng to bring two squatting tiger cannons and a team of fire guns to take over Panjiazhai.
Liu Heng did not follow, but took his escort and others down the mountain.
After taking down Panjiazhai, this time the bandit suppression in Daliang Mountain was completely over. Once the three groups of people who went to Panjiazhai, Shi Yunhu's village, and Huang Laizi's village came back, the convoy could start back to Lingqiu.
The people who went to Shiyunhu Village and Huangqizi Village all came back to join the convoy before dark. Only the people who went to Panjiazhai did not send people back to report the news until it was almost dark.
After receiving the news from Panjiazhai, Ma Yunjiu said: "It seems that Vice Captain Wang and others will not be able to come back today and will stay in Panjiazhai tonight."
Panjiazhai's property has not been cleared, and Zhao Yutu did not follow him to Panjiazhai. He said: "A broken home is worth tens of thousands of dollars. The people from Panjiazhai are about to move to our Lingqiu. I'm afraid they will take all the pots and jars with them." On the road, the return trip can easily slow down the team."
After hearing this, Liu Heng nodded, and immediately said to Tan Zaiwang: "Go to Panjiazhai and tell Wang Yuncheng that each person only needs to bring five days of rations, and leave all other messy things behind. Tomorrow morning, I will I saw the people from Panjiazhai meeting up with the convoy."
"Yes." Tan Zaiwang rode back to Daliang Mountain.
Camps have been set up on the roadside and on the hillsides around the convoy. A simple camp has been made with wooden fences in a circle, and patrol teams are patrolling all around.
A fire was lit in the camp and dinner began to be cooked.
The weather in March has warmed up, and you won't feel cold even if you live in the tent. More than 200 soldiers from Hutou Village stayed at the foot of Daliang Mountain for one night.
the next day.
Just after dawn, a fast horse left the camp and ran eastward.
At the last moment, a group of people came down from Daliang Mountain, led by Wang Yuncheng and the Fire Gun Team, followed by the men, women, and children from Panjiazhai.
Arriving at the camp, Wang Yuncheng stood in front of Liu Heng and said: "There are three hundred and twenty-seven people in Panjiazhai. Three of them were killed for killing the people in Tiger Flag. The remaining three hundred and twenty-four people were brought here."
All the tents in the camp have been put away and loaded back on the cart.
Each of the four-wheeled carts can carry several thousand kilograms of weight. The combined grain of several cottages can only be loaded into two four-wheeled carts, and they are not full.
All the artillery was concentrated in a large vehicle. The food, tents and other supplies brought with them occupied one large vehicle, leaving room for three large vehicles.
For these three unoccupied four-wheeled carts, Liu Heng arranged for the wounded from Tiger Flag and the elderly and children from Panjiazhai to ride on them.
With everything arranged, the team broke camp and set off.
The team had not gone far from Daliang Mountain when the road ahead was filled with dust and hundreds of officers and soldiers came towards them.
