Chapter 605 Liangshan descends, Shandong settles (2)
Two days later, in front of Liangshan.
Even though they still had all kinds of doubts and even though many brothers were reluctant, under such circumstances, the people from Liangshan and others still chose to go down the mountain to surrender.
At the 1st of the morning, teams of Liangshan soldiers and horsemen were already holding up their weapons in order and slowly walking down the mountain. Before and after the official army was waiting for battle, they all leaned over and put down various weapons, and then stood aside with their hands.
As people continued to go down the mountain and all maintained absolute obedience, the government army finally relaxed a little. Especially when a group of women, children and elderly people also followed, everyone was convinced of their sincerity in surrendering, because these people were the families of the brothers of the village. If the other party was hostile, it would be impossible for their families to take this risk.
So when Chao Gai and Song Jiang and other leaders finally went down the mountain, Sun Tu also led his subordinates to greet him with a smile: "You are so clear about justice, it is really a blessing for the court, and it is also a blessing for the entire military and civilians of Shandong. Don't worry, I, Sun Tu, will definitely keep my word and will not be too slow because of your previous mistakes."
"Sun Dujian, you can guarantee this, and my brothers will be relieved. In the future, everything will be followed by your orders from Sun Dujian." Chao Gai stepped forward to respond as the leader of Liangshan Village. Then, he turned around and looked at the thousands of brothers who were still a little confused: "Brothers, Chao Gai is incompetent. Today, he can only take everyone to submit to the court. If you have any questions, I have already negotiated with Sun Dujian and you can leave at this time."
Although Sun Tu still had a smile on his face, he felt a little dissatisfied. Obviously, the other party said this to him, and they were still guarding against his rebellion. However, he did not reveal this emotion. In the expectant eyes of Liangshan people, he also took a step forward and said loudly: "Dear brothers on Liangshan, what the leader of the village said is true. I have indeed promised him that he would not pursue it and let you stay or leave. But before that, I have a few heart-to-heart words to say to you."
Under the confusion of the surrendered army, Sun Tu continued: "I know that most of the people in this village were forced to embark on the road of becoming a bandit. Many people have encountered injustice and persecution from the government, and have even hated the government. But what I want to say is that this is not the reason why you are robbing your family and robbing you to harm the other side.
"Look at yourself and your companions, which one is not a strong and upright man, but has used all his skills to evil ways before, and relied on bullying innocent people who are weaker than you to vent their dissatisfaction with the government and the court. Is this what a hero should do?
"A man and a real man stand in this world. Even if he cannot do something, he should know what to do and what not to do. In this way, he can live up to the body given to you by God's parents. Otherwise, what is the difference between you and those dog officials who have caused trouble in the countryside?
"But now that you have surrendered to me today, then you will be in the past without any blame. I hope that in the future you can change your past mistakes and do what a real man should do. Protect your family and country and kill foreign enemies! Now our Song Dynasty is full of internal and external troubles, and it is a great time for us to make achievements and kill our enemies to serve our country. In the north of our country, there is a century-old enemy of Liao, and in the west of ours, the Western Xia, which has been provoking for decades and has been in dispersed. Now they have all declined, just waiting for our Song Dynasty official army to fight everywhere and make achievements.
"My Sun Tu can guarantee you here that when one day the foreign war begins, I will lead you to fight for the country and fight for a great future with a wife and a wife. This is no better than if you can only wait in the mountains and valleys. When a group of bandits who hate and cannot stand up to be shy? Only in this way can I wait to come to this world for a walk. Even if I die in the battlefield, I can still give my parents and ancestors an explanation to your descendants, so that when you mention you, you can still pat your chest and say loudly to others that my father and ancestor were great heroes who had fought for the Han people for many years!"
After saying this long passage, the people of Liangshanbo had not reacted much, but the officials in the rear were already excited. As soon as Sun Tu finished speaking, the soldiers were already cheering and shouting: "We swear to follow Sun Dujian to the death, kill foreign enemies, and protect our home!"
The roar rushed into the sky, scaring the birds in the mountains to flee, and invisibly increasing the momentum of the official army.
Sometimes emotions can spread. After hearing the shouts of the officers and soldiers, many surrendered troops began to move. In a scattered manner, some people responded: "I... I am willing to follow Sun Dujian and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions."
At the beginning, there were only a few dozen people responded like this, but soon, the response spread and everyone responded one after another. Even some leaders on Liangshan couldn't help but say loudly: "We are willing to follow Sun Dujian..."
When Song Jiang saw this scene, he felt a little more understanding and respectful about Sun Tu. This young man was not only able to train and lead troops, but also had a much stronger eloquence than him to inspire the morale of the army, so it was not surprising that he and others were defeated by him.
Sun Tu was quite satisfied with these people's reactions. He could see that most of the Liangshan soldiers were willing to surrender to the court. As for the remaining small group of people, he could not blame them. So then, he smiled and said, "Of course, everyone has their own ambitions. If there is really no restraint in our army, I, Sun Tu, will never leave you. You can go by yourself. But there is an ugly saying that I want to say in front of you. When you leave here, you can only be a good citizen in the future. If you dare to commit crimes again and do things that violate national laws, as long as it falls into the hands of my official, I will not spare you easily!"
When the last sentence was revealed, Sun Tu raised his eyebrows and swept his eyes like lightning. A stream of pressure directly enveloped the thousands of people in front of him, which made the thousands of Liangshan heroes who were considered war-torn and sweated secretly.
After he made the words clear, he let the surrendered troops make their own choice.
Soon, the result was revealed. As Sun Tu judged, most of the people here were willing to surrender to the court, and only more than 300 people proposed to leave. Half of these people were over 40 years old and were not suitable to join the army again. The remaining half were obviously harmed by the government. They really couldn't believe in the government and would rather make a living elsewhere than join the government army.
Sun Tu had no intention of being reluctant to do this, and immediately waved his hand and asked someone to let these people go.
It was not until he saw these people leaving safely that other Liangshan people were completely relieved. It seemed that Sun Dujian was indeed a person who believed in his words. Then, if his family surrendered to his command, he naturally had no need to worry that he would settle the score later.
After finishing this most important thing, the official army officially took over the entire Liangshan Village. Except for some of the people guarding the military camp and half-attended the newly surrendered Liangshan crowd, everyone else went to the village to deal with related objects in the village.
Although Chao Gai had already distributed all the property in the village to his brothers before going down the mountain, it was just ordinary gold, silver and jewelry, and some other weapons, food, cloth, and more fragments of things could not be all divided. So these things naturally became the seizure of the official army after the war.
After moving all the available items in the entire village, leaving only an empty village standing on Liangshan, Sun Tu gave the last order without hesitation: "Set the fire and burn this village!"
Soon, a soldier had already raised his torch and pointed it around the village. In just a moment, the blazing flames rose up and then swallowed the entire village.
The Juyi Hall in front, the martial arts field, the granary, stables in the rear, and the large houses where the brothers lived were all surrounded by flames. In no time, these buildings will become a piece of ashes and ruins. From then on, the Liangshanbo village has become a past, a legend...
When they saw the fire completely destroyed the entire mountain village, Song Jiang, Chao Gai and others all showed sadness and helplessness. Their retreat was completely cut off. Even if they wanted to return to the mountain village in the future, it would be difficult to create another Liangshan mountain village.
"The past is gone, what we have to do next is to look forward, serve the court, eliminate evil, resist foreign enemies, and build a greater achievement!" Song Jiang quickly adjusted his mentality and quickly shouted at the brothers.
But at this time everyone was still in their own emotions, but there were only a few people who responded.
As the flagpole in front of Juyi Hall was also burned by the fire, the banner of "Step on the Heavens" hung above was burned, Liangshanbo finally reached its end, and their era was completely over.
Of course, this is just the end of the Liangshan bandits. For them, a brand new challenge has appeared before them. Although the road ahead is rugged, it is much better than being a group of bandits.
For Sun Tu, after suppressing the Liangshan bandits, there were no more enemies in the entire Shandong region. Whether in the officialdom or the people, his reputation had reached its peak, and the small Shandong could no longer bear his ambitions and ambitions.
What's even better is that because Liangshanbo is the only one and has a great reputation, in recent years, all the people from all small villages in Shandong have come to join us. It can be said that once Liangshanbo is subdued today, it means that Sun Tu has calmed down the entire Green Forest Road in Shandong.
At least for a long time, there will be no more trouble in Shandong. It can be considered a once-for-all solution.
When he led his army to slowly leave Liangshanpo, Sun Tu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then his eyes became more determined - there must be more difficulties and obstacles in the future, but no matter who it is, he has the confidence to deal with it!
(End of this volume)
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