Nowadays, those who can find the way to Mei Kejia are capable and capable people. How many people are looking for a way out, and even if they want to spend the 200,000 taels of disaster relief money, they can't find a place.
On November 18, Wang Hao, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, came to Zhejiang.
The mountain roads in Zhejiang and Fujian are difficult to walk, and it has been raining a while ago. Although Wang Hao arranged the affairs at hand and set off as soon as he received the news, he arrived a little late.
At this time, the dust has almost settled in Zhejiang.
Another reason why he went to Zhejiang was that Wang Shouren had succeeded in suppressing the bandits, and he no longer had to worry about Fujian.
On that day, Wang Shouren first selected strong soldiers with the support of Yu Zichu, and then took advantage of Xizuo while capturing Xizuo. The next day, he took the captured Xizuo and went to the mountain road to retrieve the weapons of a den of bandits in Gaogai Mountain. Lair.
After winning the first battle, Wang Shouren knew the importance of information, so he relied more on the natives in the army and used their familiarity with the place to carry out operations.
The bandits' combat effectiveness is not strong, their level of organization is not high, and their command is even more chaotic. To put it bluntly, they can only fight with the wind, not against the wind. Basically, if the army finds them and causes a little confusion in them, they can attack them. Break it.
But there are some special ones.
There is a group of bandits in Fobao Mountain in Quanzhou Prefecture that have not been wiped out for twenty years. It is said that there are more than 2,000 people, and the bandits also pay attention to loyalty, because they are the most powerful and call themselves the boss. When the bandits were surrounded and suppressed, they also received favors from this group, so they seemed to have the power of a 'martial arts leader'. In turn, the surrounding bandits would also help Fobao Mountain, which gave them a sense of coordinated fighting.
Therefore, it becomes increasingly difficult to suppress this gang of bandits.
In the past, the government troops also had records of suppressing the bandits, but every time they suppressed the bandits, they either failed or were ambushed halfway.
Now the problem was placed in front of Wang Shouren.
What's even more troublesome for him is that the three victories in the previous three battles and the establishment of several bandit dens have made the bandits in Fobao Mountain wary.
Therefore, Wang Shouren and Yu Zichu analyzed, "Now we can no longer find a spy to take us up the mountain secretly. Moreover, this group of gangsters are habitual criminals. We have been unable to suppress them for so many years. This shows that there are also people with strategic talents among them. We cannot We underestimated the enemy."
The bandits in Fobao Mountain are well-known far and wide. If the army loses the battle, their prestige will be greatly reduced. Policies that need to be enforced, such as opening up the sea, will easily be just lip service.
Only by winning can you scare them.
Wang Shouren thought for a long time and decided to go to the prison to meet a person he had caught before.
This man was a bearded man, a rather ferocious kind. When he got to the prison, he wouldn't shout to let me go, but would yell all day long to serve him wine and meat, as if he regarded this place as his own home.
His name is Liu Dayan.
Wang Shouren ignored the dissuasion and insisted on going to the prison to face him face to face. This maneuver stunned Yu Zichu, who followed him with a few people and did not dare to leave for a moment.
I thought Wang Shouren was going to say something earth-shattering, but as soon as he entered, he asked:
"Liu Dayan, you are strong and have a lot of strength. No matter what you do, you will never starve to death. Why do you choose to be a bandit, rob people of their money, and humiliate their wives and daughters?"
Liu's big eyes are not really big. He has one big eye and one small eye. Plus he is big, so he actually looks quite fierce.
After listening to Wang Shouren's question, as if he had heard a joke, he crossed his arms and glanced at him indifferently, and then raised his butt to the other side.
"Answer me, and I will give you wine and meat."
"Seriously?!" The guy immediately turned his head.
"a man of his words."
"Stop being so formal, I don't understand! You let me see wine and meat."
Wang Shouren glanced at Yu Zichu, who was helpless and told his surroundings: "Go get it."
Wang Shouren started again, "If you want to drink and eat meat, you have to answer my questions."
Liu Dayan thought about the stupid question just now, "What do you mean by why you become a bandit? There is no reason, I will be one if I like!"
"But being a bandit is against Ming law."
"That's bullshit. When you are a commoner, you are controlled by the law, but when you are a bandit, you are not controlled by it."
"You will also be looked down upon."
"Who dares?!"
"What about your wife? Your wife is the wife of a bandit, and your son is the son of a bandit. Don't you care?"
Liu Dayan hesitated a little, but still said firmly, "What's wrong with the son of a bandit? I will make him the king of the mountain in the future!"
"Then you don't want him to be an official? Being an official can be more popular and popular. Ever since you gave birth to your son, you have only thought about letting him be the king of the mountain. You have never thought that he might be able to study and might be able to do so in the future. As an official, riding a tall horse and wearing silk grosgrain, not to mention the glory of the ancestors, it would be better to live in a house in the mountains, right? But if you have been a bandit, your son has the ability to study. I can’t pass the imperial examination either.”
"This..." Liu Dayan couldn't say it anymore, "Then if I don't want to be a bandit, he can become an official?"
"It's possible." Wang Shouren said with a smile.
"No, no!" Liu Dayan suddenly reacted, "He can't be an official. My son is an official and I am a bandit, so he still wants to arrest me? That's not going against the grain!"
Wang Shouren also admired him, "So you can stop being a bandit. Be a good person."
"Good person?! Hahahaha!" Liu Dayan smiled arrogantly and unrestrainedly, "I am not a good person by nature!"
"No, everyone has a good heart!" Wang Shouren continued, "Look, if you know how to be good to your son, it means you are not completely bad. It's just that the world and reality have turned you bad. If you had been Give you a choice. You have food and drink. Do you want to carry a knife and kill people and live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, or do you want to hug your mother-in-law and live like a family with your son? "
"You know, those people you killed also had wives, children and parents. Those girls you bullied were also the daughters of a father. What if it was your daughter who was bullied?"
Liu Big Eyes yelled, "Then I'll break his legs!"
"Yes. So you can still tell the difference between good and bad."
"But what's the use of saying all this? I'm already a bandit."
"No, as long as you want to do good things, it's never too late. If you are willing, I will give you a chance to start over."
Liu Dayan fell into silence.
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Outside the cell, Yu Zichu caught up with Wang Shouren.
"Sir, do you really believe that everyone has the heart to be a good person?"
Wang Shouren raised his head and took a deep look at Yu Zichu, "Children don't know that the number one scholar is good and the beggar is bad. I believe that people have a good part in their hearts, no matter how little they are, there is still some. It’s just that as you grow up, your heart desires fame and wealth, and if you chase after it, you will forget your own heart. We are all like this."
Yu Zichu didn't quite understand what Wang Shouren was going to say. He was just surprised that the man named Liu Dayan was really willing to cooperate with their actions.
According to Liu Dayan, the Fobaoshan group was indeed fierce. They fought against the government and the army several times without losing.
But no matter how powerful the bandits are, they are still bandits, and they have a mentality that they cannot escape.
Returning to the camp, Wang Yangming said: "The psychology I have learned is actually not complicated, and it is completely appropriate to use in suppressing bandits. This time, we are going to change the method of suppressing this group of bandits in Fobao Mountain."
Because he has won several games in a row.
Therefore, all the generals, including Yu Zichu, regarded Wang Yangming as a wise and resourceful military advisor like Zhuge Liang. As long as he tells a solution, everyone will prick up their ears and listen.
"These past few days, I have been thinking about why the bandits can never be wiped out. On the one hand, it is because the people live in poverty. On the other hand, after listening to Liu Dayan's statement, I thought that in fact, no one would recognize them. Be serious about suppressing the bandits. Because what Ming officials value most is not suppressing the bandits, but reporting to the emperor that I have suppressed the bandits, and the remaining ones can be said to be remnants who have fled into the mountains."
I feel a little blushing here, I know whether I have done such a thing before.
"The bandits who have just arrived don't understand the mentality of the army. But the bandits in Fobao Mountain who have been here for nearly 20 years must understand. So next, we will not take the bandits seriously and take some people for a tour. Then we will withdraw our troops, and we will celebrate when we withdraw!"
Yu Zichu suddenly understood, "I understand what you mean, sir. The way the officers and soldiers dress up and celebrate victory is the pattern that this group of bandits is most familiar with. So it's hard for them not to believe it. When they do, That’s when we suddenly take action.”
Wang Shouren looked at him with admiration. This guy was quite resourceful.
"Will it be seen?" someone asked worriedly.
But Wang Shouren was very confident, "The gangsters in Fobao Mountain have been watching these behaviors for more than ten years, and they are more familiar with our various practices than we ourselves. If it were you, you would be able to accurately identify this." Is this time different from before?”
It's hard.
Okay, the plan has been decided. Next comes execution.
The officers and soldiers are now in great momentum, and it is not a big problem to go on another expedition. In order to make everything look real, the ordinary soldiers do not know that this time it is fake. They rush to the mountain gate and work just as hard.
It's just that the general didn't leave them much time, only half a day, and the rear ordered the troops to withdraw.
Instead of withdrawing the troops and attacking again, they came back directly. After returning, they slaughtered chickens and sheep and celebrated their victory.
Tong'an County at the foot of Fobao Mountain is full of bandits' spies. Naturally, this move cannot be concealed from the first and second leaders.
They are familiar with the government doing this, and this may be the hundredth time, so which god can tell on the one hundred and first time that they need to be careful this time?
This is Wang Shouren's tactic to seize the enemy's psychology.
In order to further confuse the enemy, he also dismissed some soldiers, but in fact, he sent them to guard other bandits.
On November 26th, in the early morning, Wang Shouren and Yu Zichu took the initiative together and immediately assembled their troops to march towards Fobao Mountain. The routine was still the same, leading the way carefully and heading straight to their nest!
In order to appease the soldiers who were suddenly awakened, Wang Shouren also took out nearly four thousand taels of silver, and each person set off with two taels of silver!
Whether it's the enemy's heart or his own, he has it firmly in his hands!
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This chapter comes first. One more chapter. It was already written. But after reading it once, I deleted 700 words and revised it before sending it out. Hold on.
