Chapter 74 Brutal
The soldiers of the Black Feather Camp escorted the Zheng family members and kicked them to their knees in front of Jin Sui.
At this time, this group of people had their clothes stripped off to their underwear, and were dragged by horses until their bodies were covered in blood. Those who had fainted looked like they were dead, while those who were not unconscious were crying and begging the Zheng family for help.
When the Zheng family steward saw this, he hurried forward to negotiate: "Prince Li, you first robbed my Zheng family concubine, and then hurt my Zheng family members..."
Before he could finish his words, King Li waved his hand and said, "Black Tiger! Smash his mouth!"
The black tiger roared loudly, leaped up from the horse's back, and pounced the man off the horse. He punched him twice and his teeth flew.
Jin Sui pointed at Chen Yuniang and said to the Zheng family, "This woman is the wife of Cheng Yu, the chief official under my command!"
"If anyone dares to call me Zheng's concubine again, I will tear his mouth apart!"
Upon hearing this, the Zheng family had not yet reacted, but Hei Hu reacted the fastest and actually pulled the corner of the Zheng family's manager's mouth and started tearing it.
The Zheng family's steward screamed in agony, with blood gushing out of his mouth. By the time he sewed up the wound, he would look like a complete clown.
The other members of the Zheng family were shocked by the King's actions, especially when they heard the steward's screams and looked at the group of companions guarding the intersection, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.
Some people began to think of retreating, and shouted: "King Li, wait! Retreat!"
Jin Sui sneered: "Retreat? What do you think my border town is? Can you come and go as you please?"
"Han Xing, Cheng Yu, stop them, don't let any of them go!"
The Zheng family members who were far away hurriedly turned their horses around and tried to run away. Jin Sui handed the bottle of fish oil firearms to Hei Hu:
"Fire the bow and shoot."
Black Tiger was an excellent archer. He shot a rocket in front of the fleeing Zheng family members. They realized it was just one arrow and did not take it seriously and continued to run.
Then I saw a glass bottle following closely. I was still amazed at the exquisiteness of the bottle when I saw the bottle fall to the ground with a loud bang and a blazing fire instantly rose up.
The bottle exploded, and countless tiny pieces of glass shot into the human-horse flesh.
There were wailing sounds all around, and the injured rolled on the ground. Those who were touched by sparks were even more horrified to find that the fire could not be extinguished as it rolled on the ground.
Black Tiger shot three arrows in succession, completely blocking the Zheng family's retreat.
The Zheng family claims to be a century-old aristocratic family, but the guards and thugs they employ cannot be compared with the regular army.
If they had brought the Yanzhou Army today, there would definitely be countless casualties on this battlefield.
But the Zheng family was too arrogant, and they looked down on King Li and the Black Feather Army.
The two sides could fight for another night before Jinsui came back.
As soon as Jin Sui came back, the Black Feather Army had a backbone, plus the deterrent of fish oil firearms.
The battle situation took a turn for the worse, three fish oil firearms were fired, the Zheng family dared not escape, could not attack, and were soon surrounded by Han Xing and his men.
All the horses were seized, their weapons disarmed, and they were tied up.
The Zheng family was still standing firm: "King Li, if you dare to arrest us, the Yan nobles will not let you go!"
Some people also begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me go back and persuade the head of the family to shake hands and make peace with you."
Jin Sui pulled out an arrow from Hei Hu, slowly walked up to the tough man, pointed the tip of the arrow at his forehead and asked, "If I capture you, what will happen to the nobles of Yandi?"
The man was sweating profusely, but he must have been in a high position in the Zheng family for a long time, so he was used to being tough. He said with a stiff face: "You are just a useless person who was exiled to the border..."
Before he could finish his words, King Li grabbed his chin with one hand and with the other hand, shot an arrow through his cheek with great speed.
The arrow pierced from the left cheek to the right cheek, and there was an arrow bitten in the middle of the mouth.
He could no longer muster up the courage and fell to the ground, wailing in pain.
Hei Hu dragged him by his hair to the steward with his mouth torn, and said with disdain: "Hey, both of you have rotten mouths."
In an instant, all members of the Zheng family fell silent, and those who were begging for mercy or cursing all kept their mouths shut.
There was only one thought in my mind: the King of Li was so cruel!
Jin Sui sneered, "You are a bunch of dogs. Do you really think your master will pay attention to you? Even if I kill all of you here today, no one will dare to question you!"
"Master Cheng, pick one to send a letter back to the Zheng family. They know that the border is short of people, so they sent me these slaves. I will accept them!"
"Send Chen Yunniang's indenture to me within three days. Otherwise, I won't mind digging up the Zheng family's ancestral grave again!"
Cheng Yu responded loudly, unable to conceal his excitement. He glanced at Chen Yunniang in the distance and once again felt fortunate to be able to serve under the prince.
Jinsui asked Hanxing to send someone to deliver a message to Li Heng, saying that Yan Shier Niang had risked her life to come here, and she would only accept favors from the Yan family and would never accept favors from Li Heng.
As an official appointed by the imperial court, are you frightened by the nobles of Yan, or are you ready to be their dog? I don't want to be a fence-sitter. If you can't do your job well as a governor, then hand over the military power and I will take care of it for you!
The last step was to resettle the nearly one thousand members of the Zheng family. When Jinsui heard this number, his heart paused for a moment.
The Zheng family alone was able to mobilize thousands of people to besiege the city, which shows how powerful the Yan gentry was.
They built manors on the land, raised tenants and guards, disrespected the imperial court, and did not abide by Xia laws. They were simply a country within a country! The old emperor played power struggles in Chang'an, and fathers and sons killed each other, but he didn't even think about cleaning up the Yandi gentry? Jin Sui shook her head in disdain, wondering how long she would have to play the role of the fake Li Wang? If she continued to play, she would not be able to help but enforce justice on behalf of heaven.
How to deal with these people? Of course, we can't kill them, it would be a waste.
Her eyes turned and she came up with a plan: "Where is our Lord Niu?"
Han Xing naturally understood who she was asking about, and hurriedly asked someone to bring Huo Zian over.
When they found Huo Zian, he and Niu Da were still carrying dung buckets, ready to counterattack the Zheng family's attack at any time.
When he heard the prince calling him, his first reaction was to change his clothes because they smelled so bad.
But he thought about how the fake King Li threw him into an ant nest, made him work as a dung carrier, and wanted him to beat the governor.
He also has evil intentions. I can't beat you, and I can't run away. I want to disgust you.
Not only did he not change his clothes, he also deliberately rubbed the dung bucket with his feet before coming to see Jinsui.
When he was ten steps away from him, Jin Sui pinched his nose and said, "What are you doing? I asked you to carry manure, but you fell into the manure pit?"
Huo Zian said that he and the soldiers of the Tuntian Camp had no weapons and could only use tools to fight the enemy.
The tools he got were a dung scoop and dung water.
Jin Sui's mouth twitched slightly. He felt disgusted but also scared. What if the Zheng family really broke into the Tuntian Camp? There would be women and children there.
Looking at the looks of the Zheng family members, he became even more angry. This was his first battle since coming to the border town. He must make a name for himself and make the Yan nobles respect him.
She pointed at the Zheng family and said, "These are the cattle and horses that I have newly acquired for the border town. I will train them for you."
The new oxen and horses naturally have to be trained by the old ones. Clearing wasteland, carrying manure, storing fertilizer, and digging canals are all physical work, which is a good opportunity for the soldiers in the farming camp to take a break.
If the salt-drying method wasn't kept secret, it would be better to send the salt directly to the salt fields on the seaside.
After saying this, she thought of something and looked at Huo Zian with a half-smile:
"You didn't tell the Zheng family about your identity? I thought Huo Tiqi would take advantage of the chaos to escape!"
Huo Zian: ...
I told them, but they didn't believe it.
(End of this chapter)
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