allendalepharm Chapter 803: The overall situation has been determined, give up the near and seek the far
Chapter 803: The overall situation has been determined, give up the near and seek the far
However, the next moment, Tong Hejun was grabbed by the collar by Jiang Youzhen, blocking the arrow flying out in the narrow space.
There were several holes in his body, and he immediately vomited blood. He asked in disbelief, "How could you know there was a hidden weapon?"
"Do you think I'm as ignorant as you? Idiot!" Jiang Youzhen sneered.
Tong Hejun was afraid of death, but it was impossible for him to let her get the treasure. How could he be so obedient? Of course, he had some ulterior motives in mind.
Tong Hejun's face quickly turned blue-black, and it seemed that the arrow was poisonous. A stream of black blood spurted out of his mouth, and then he died unwillingly.
Jiang Youzhen pushed his body away and then carefully entered the cave.
The air in the cave is well-circulated, there is no peculiar smell, and there is no feeling of breathing difficulty.
Jiang Youzhen walked forward, and her vision became increasingly darker. However, she immediately spotted a lamp on the wall, which she picked up and lit with a tinder.
Continue walking forward and you will see a small stone chamber.
Jiang Youzhen discovered that there were five boxes of different sizes in the stone chamber, but he did not rush over immediately. Instead, he approached cautiously, for fear of triggering some mechanism.
Seeing the lock hanging on it, Jiang Youzhen thought about it and decided that there was no time to look at it now, so he might as well put it in the storage space and look at it when he returned.
After putting all the boxes into the space, Jiang Youzhen returned along the original route.
After returning to the hall, Jiang Youzhen found a brave general in armor fighting bravely against the enemy.
The soldiers were like they were in an empty space, killing people to their heart's content. They were well-trained soldiers, how could they be compared to those ragtag private soldiers?
Jiang Youzhen immediately raised his sword and joined the battle, sweeping across with his inner strength. He swept through a large area with just one sword. His fighting power was swift and fierce, and wherever he passed, pieces of blood and flesh were brought up, which made the eyes of the lieutenant general beside him light up.
After just a few rounds, a large area of Jiang Youzhen's place was left empty and no one wanted to fight with her.
Seeing this, Jiang Youzhen chased forward and charged into the enemy camp again.
"Deputy leader, the army is coming, let's retreat! We can't defeat them." Seeing that the situation was hopeless, someone hurriedly advised.
"Yes! Deputy Chief, let's escape!" Some capable subordinates felt that as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no fear of running out of firewood.
"Let's go!" The deputy gang leader gritted his teeth and retreated with all his strength. As for the treasures in the warehouse, he was powerless and could only contribute them to the court.
It is more important to save your life! But if we retreat together, we will become too conspicuous.
"Brothers, they killed our leader. We will live and die with the Salt Gang and fight to the end!" The deputy leader shouted and began to boost morale.
How could the gang members who didn't know the truth know the deputy gang leader's plan? Some of them were gathered together because of the sense of brotherhood, and they had received a lot of favors from the gang leader.
Now that the building is about to collapse, they must fight to the end.
"kill!"
"Kill all the imperial minions!"
The morale was boosted and the movement became even more rapid than before.
Jiang Youzhen looked in the direction of the deputy gang leader and found that he was retreating while fighting. He immediately understood his intention.
"Hmph! Want to escape?"
Yan Feng killed two soldiers and was about to escape, but he didn't expect a terrifying internal force to attack his chest from the front.
He quickly raised his knife to block, but was knocked to the ground by a palm.
He suddenly flew backwards several meters, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Catch him!" Jiang Youzhen shouted.
"This man is Yan Feng, the deputy leader of the Salt Gang. He was trying to escape just now. Everyone, watch carefully. He has surrendered. Why don't you surrender?"
Jiang Youzhen looked at everyone. Those private soldiers and thugs were stunned. They had no leader, and now even the gang leader was dead and the deputy gang leader was captured alive. What should they do?
"Anyone willing to surrender will be spared." Jiang Youzhen's eyes were sharp.
Upon seeing this, a private soldier immediately put down his knife and said, "I am just a small soldier who was captured by them. Why should I work for them?"
"Me too! They lured me into gambling, so I signed the indenture. I don't want to die either."
If there is one, there will be two. Many of these private soldiers are not volunteers. Now that the Salt Gang is doomed, what are they still resisting?
"Me too! I want to go back to see my mother."
"I want to join the army. I came here to join the army, but they tricked me into coming here."
Seeing that many people had lost their weapons, Jiang Youzhen took the opportunity to say, "Everyone! As long as you surrender, the court will definitely settle you down afterwards.
I keep my word. As long as you have not violated the law before and are not a desperado, I will report to the court and forgive your past mistakes!"
"Okay! Can Lord Jiang guarantee it?" Some people were still skeptical.
"My words are as good as gold!" Jiang Youzhen said in a loud voice.
"I surrender. I've had enough of training in that dark cellar!"
"If we surrender to the imperial court, we will be the regular army."
These private soldiers were quickly disintegrated from within, and they dropped their weapons and surrendered without a fight.
"There are people on the list. If anyone still resists, they will be executed on the spot!" Jiang Youzhen gave the order and no one dared to disobey.
Those who still want to resist simply have a history of violating the law.
At this time, the Salt Gang was defeated, and in just half an hour, everything was settled.
"Greetings, Lieutenant General Wang!" Jiang Youzhen stepped forward and saluted.
Wang Jian looked at Jiang Youzhen with a stern expression, but his eyes were full of curiosity.
"Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy!"
Jiang Youzhen, a world-famous strategist! He is favored by the emperor and is a person that all the major factions must fight for or eliminate!
"Thank you, General Wang, for coming to support us! You came just in time to save us from danger. I will report this to the Emperor after I return to the capital."
"Hahaha! This official secretly went to Huai Province and met General Wang. I only took out the emperor's edict, and the general immediately led 10,000 troops to support us."
At this time, a man came over laughing. Qin Yandong only had time to take a breath and turned around to see that it was Tao Chendong, the prefect of Tongzhou Prefecture?
How could he be here? Did Jiang Youzhen ask the emperor for him?
"Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy!" Tao Chendong immediately bowed when he saw Jiang Youzhen.
"This time, we have to thank Lord Tao for traveling all the way to Huai Province. Thank you very much!"
"No need to thank me, it's all my job."
Qin Yandong was very confused, "Why is Lord Tao here? In Tongzhou Prefecture?"
When Tao Chendong saw that it was Qin Yandong, he hurriedly said, "It turned out to be Qin Sicheng. I have received the imperial edict to assist Lord Jiang in thoroughly investigating the murder of Xu Zhanrong, the Imperial Censor of Salt.
When the emperor's edict arrived, I asked the deputy governor to take charge of the government affairs, and I traveled day and night to Huai Province to mobilize troops."
"So you chose the long way around and figured out that the Salt Gang was colluding with the troops stationed in Jiang Province?" Qin Yandong didn't expect that Jiang Youzhen could even figure this out.
"I'm not a god, I just don't trust everyone here!" Jiang Youzhen shook his head.
"General Wang and his men must have arrived a long time ago, so why didn't the people from the Salt Gang notice them? With so many people, they would definitely be discovered as soon as they entered the city." Qin Yandong was a little confused.