Sun Li waited for a few seconds and found that the iron rod did not fall down. He slowly opened his eyes and saw that the iron rod stopped an inch above his head. He looked at Luan Tingyu again, his eyes were red and filled with tears.

In the end, Luan Tingyu couldn't bring himself to do this and took the iron rod back.

"Senior brother..." Sun Li shouted softly.

Luan Tingyu turned around and stopped looking at him, and said: "Because of the friendship between us who have been studying together for more than ten years, I will not kill you, but from now on, the friendship between you and me will be severed. You will no longer have me as your senior brother.

I no longer have you as my junior brother."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head to let the soldiers disperse, rode up to Hua Ju, saluted Hua Ju, and then rode away.

When Sun Li heard Luan Tingyu's words, he was so ashamed that he couldn't help but shed tears.

The guards soldiers went over and tied up Sun Li. Guan Sheng and Gao Zhan came to Hua Ju together. Hua Ju asked them to help clean up the battlefield and then left quickly.

After a while, Wei Dingguo came to report: "Sir, the battlefield has been cleared. A total of 1,964 Liangshan people have been killed and 2,253 people have been shot and injured."

"Have you seen Black Tornado Li Kui and Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming?" Hua Ju asked. Both of them were hit by crossbow arrows, and their actions have not changed. They should not be able to escape.

"I didn't see it." Wei Dingguo said.

Hua Ju nodded lightly and said, "It seems that he was taken away by those people from Liangshan."

Indeed, Black Whirlwind Li Kui and Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming are both important leaders of Liangshan, and they are very loyal to Song Jiang. Song Jiang will naturally not abandon them. When they broke out just now, they asked Hu Yanzhuo and Lin Chong to take Li Kui and Qin respectively.

Ming rushed out together.

"If not, then there won't be. Anyway, if you don't get caught this time, you will get caught sooner or later, so it doesn't matter."

"How many casualties do we have?" Hua Ju asked again.

Wei Dingguo said: "Seventeen of us died and fifty-three were injured."

These casualties were caused by Gao Zhan and Luan Tingyu who did not use crossbow arrows when they rushed over with their troops, but were caused by close combat with Guo Sheng and others. If they had used crossbow arrows to kill Guo Sheng and others like Hua Ju, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tinggui and others, the casualties would not have been caused.

Such casualties.

Hua Ju said: "Take back the brothers who died in the battle and hand them over to their families for burial when they return to Bianjing."

"yes."

At this time, Shan Tinggui came over again and said, "Sir, when we were cleaning the battlefield, we found a batch of discarded wind and thunder cannons from Liangshan."

The situation was so urgent just now that Hongtianlei Lingzhen and his men had no time to take away the wind and thunder cannons, so they left those batch of wind and thunder cannons behind.

"Where?" Hua Ju asked.

"Right over there."

Shan Tinggui brought Hua Ju to the batch of wind and thunder cannons. Hua Ju got off his horse and took a look at the wind and thunder cannons. The structure was very simple, and the shells used were solid polished stones. Although they were nothing compared to the cannons of later generations.

, but in this era, it is an incredibly powerful killing weapon.

"gun!"

Hua Ju has been thinking about other ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the escorts for a while. Now that he saw these wind and thunder cannons, he suddenly had an idea and direction in his mind.

"Yes, gunpowder has come out during this period. The imperial court also has a gunpowder bureau that specializes in manufacturing gunpowder. I can use gunpowder to make a batch of powerful firearms, even artillery. Although I cannot make modern artillery with high technological content, but

There is absolutely no problem in making artillery with a relatively simple structure. If the escort army has firearms and artillery, they will really be invincible. Regardless of whether it is Xixia, Liao or Jin, they can be beaten to ashes.

"

The more Hua Ju thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible. He felt a little excited and planned to start trial production after returning to Bianjing.

"Take all these wind and thunder cannons back." Hua Ju said to Shan Tinggui.

"yes."

Guan Sheng rode his horse to Hua Ju, got off his horse and said, "Sir, there are too many prisoners, and they are all injured and unable to move. It is inconvenient for us to travel with them."

Hua Ju thought for a moment and said: "In this case, let them stay and let them decide whether to return to Liangshan or leave."

"Sir, why did we finally capture so many people? Isn't it a pity to just let them go? And if they return to Liangshan and fight against us, won't we have to increase the number of casualties?" Guan Sheng said.

.

"Then how should General Yiguan deal with them?" Hua Ju asked.

Guan Sheng said: "The Liangshan thieves robbed homes, attacked the state and destroyed the government, and hurt many people. Such humane bandits and robbers should be killed. This not only avenged the people, but also let the people of Liangshan know that they had nothing to do with the government.

The consequences of being against one another.”

Hua Ju said: "The real rebels are Song Jiang and those leaders. They are just minions. Everything they do is just following orders. Besides, there are so many people. If we kill them all, then we

What's the difference between them and those brutal bandits and robbers?"

"This..." Guan Sheng couldn't answer.

Hua Ju said: "I don't deny that there are some ruthless and inhuman scum in Liangshan, but there are also some who were forced to go to Liangshan, such as Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi among the leaders, including those who were just killed.

The captured Sun Li and others, from their own hearts, were unwilling to fall into the trap and become bandits. However, the situation forced them to do so. They had no choice but to fall into the trap in order to survive.

Among these gangsters, most of them are poor people who were forced to join the cottage by corrupt officials and bully rich men. We cannot solve these people by killing them, but should persuade them to leave.

Robbers

The life of bandits should return to the right path. If we kill bandits as long as they are bandits and do not find out the reasons why they become bandits, it will only allow more people to join the banditry industry, which will be harmful to the court and the entire country.

It’s all unfavorable to the whole world of Song Dynasty.”

Guan Sheng thought about Hua Ju's words carefully, and felt that they did make sense. No one was born to want to be a thief. They must have been forced to live no longer, and then embarked on this path. If you don't understand clearly, from the source

Solving the problem is just blind killing, and the banditry in the world will never be quelled.

"Your Excellency is far-sighted and considerate, and Guan Sheng is not as good as him." Guan Sheng said, cupping his fists.

Hua Ju chuckled twice, glanced at the captured Liangshan soldiers over there, and said: "If we let these soldiers go, even if only one of them is grateful to us, he will be in Liangshan after we go back."

Spreading our goodwill among soldiers is equivalent to planting seeds in Liangshan

As long as we continue to do benevolent and righteous actions in the future and treat every captured prisoner kindly, as time goes by, it will have a huge impact on Liangshan and disintegrate the unity of Liangshan from the inside.

It would be easy to destroy Liangshan, and it should be solved fundamentally."

Hua Ju's words made Guan Sheng admire him. He clasped his fists and bowed again and said: "Your Excellency is not only extremely intelligent, but also has a kind heart. Guan Sheng will definitely follow your example in the future and try his best to help you eliminate banditry in the world, so that we can

The people of the Song Dynasty lived in peace and happiness."

"We are also willing to assist you, sir, to quell banditry in the world and contribute a small amount to the stability of the Song Dynasty." Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui also clasped their fists and said.

Hua Ju smiled and said: "The generals concerned, General Wei, General Shan, and the entire escort army will help. I believe this day will come soon."

Then, he came to the prisoners, looked at them, and said: "Brothers from Liangshan, I know that many of you are actually good people who joined Liangshan out of necessity. So I will not kill them.

You, I will not arrest you, but give you your freedom. You can decide on your own whether to go back to Liangshan or leave and go back to be normal people.

But whether you go back to Liangshan or become common people, I hope you can behave with conscience. When you encounter something, think more about your parents, wife and children, and don't go down the road because of temporary anger or impulse.

It is a road of no return. You must know that it is easy to walk on this road of no return, but it is very difficult to walk back.

Don’t do evil because it’s small, don’t do good because it’s small, I hope you can remember this sentence and be a truly conscientious, kind-hearted and honest person.”

After finishing speaking, Hua Ju turned around, walked to his horse, got on his horse, and left with his soldiers.

The prisoners in Liangshan thought Hua Ju was lying to them at first, but when they saw him leaving with his men without hesitation, they began to believe that what he said was true, but they were still a little reluctant to believe it.

After all, they fought with officers and soldiers several times and killed many officers and soldiers. The government hated them so much that they wanted to kill them all. How could they let them go so easily?

However, after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, there was still no change at all. Then someone dragged the arrow wound on his leg and went to investigate in the direction Hua Ju and the others left. They found that there was no ambush, and then they believed that Hua Ju was real.

Let them go.

"The officers and soldiers have left. Let's go back to the village." Someone said.

Most of the injured people stood up and prepared to help each other back to Liangshan. However, a small group of about a hundred or so people did not stand up and still sat on the ground with their heads lowered.

"What are you doing standing still? Get up and walk." The man who suggested going back to Liangshan said looking at the people sitting there.

The people slowly looked up at him and were silent for a while. One of them said: "We don't want to go back to the village anymore. We want to go home to reunite with our families."

"Do you mean to go back and be normal people?" the man asked.

The man who was sitting on the ground talking looked at the bodies that were shot to death around him and said: "These brothers also have parents, wives and children, but now they are dead here, and not even the people who went back to report to their families are here."

No, but their parents, wives and children are still there day after day.

Month after month, year after year, we look forward to their return, but we have to be disappointed again and again. We don’t want to be like them, we want to go back and be with our families, no matter how miserable, tired, or poor we are,

At least the family is together and they don't have to wait in agony."

Those who were preparing to return to Liangshan all bowed their heads in thought after hearing their words. Finally, two to three hundred people expressed that they also wanted to go home.

The person who proposed to go back to Liangshan said: "Since you want to go back, we won't stop you. Let's take care of ourselves."

Afterwards, he and the man who was going back to Liangshan helped each other and left.
Chapter completed!