Chapter 23 Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang
"No, different! We will leave them a way out, we will leave them some food, and will not starve to death immediately. Moreover, we have said that we really can't survive. We can come up the mountain. As long as we have a bit of food, we will have a bite of porridge, and at least we won't be starved to death. Unlike the government and the army, we really take our lives!"
"You ask them all to go up the mountain! OK! There are now three thousand people in your village. You can raise them. There are ten thousand people in the future, and there will be 30,000 people.
How do you plan to support them? Do you rely on you to continue robbing? When you get no one to farm at the foot of the mountain, you can go there to grab them when you encounter famine in the world? Do you think there will be a way out if you keep robbing like this? In the end, you will only let them starve to death with you!"
Zulang cried and replied: "I know it will be like this too! But we don't think so! Do we naturally like to live a life of today's ignorance? We were just ordinary people who abide by the public and law-abiding, but we really couldn't survive because of the government.
Instead of starving to death, it is better to go up the mountain to be a strong man, and you can kill a few dog officials. You can also extricate your anger! It is all the government that is too much for death. We ordinary people just want to live one day. If we don’t go up the mountain to be a robber, what can we survive? Who can save us?"
Sun Ce was silent for a moment and said, "Zulang, I've asked you before coming. You are a bit human among the bandits. You are not too greedy and easy to kill. Otherwise, I would have already cut you with one knife. Have you ever thought about your future life? Or should I plan to go on like this for the rest of my life, even if I die, my ancestors will have no shame to see you?"
Zulang said angrily: "I said we don't want to do this either. Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life? It's not that we are born to be rebellious and have a life of humble life. We are really forced to survive, so we brothers will go up the mountain to be thieves!"
"Okay, that's fine you can think of it!"
Sun Ce nodded, "It seems that you still have medicine to save. I will give you a way out. From today on, be a new person, follow me, and be my subordinate."
"Does sir want me to follow you to be an officer and soldier?"
Zulang looked up and looked at Sun Ce with a questioning look. "But I think that is just a worse group of thieves. What's the point?
You will be oppressed by those corrupt officials. It is better to be the free and easy thing here to be the king of the mountain. Otherwise, General, you come to our village, and I will take you as the leader with all my brothers."
He actually turned against Sun Ce. He is really a skilled bandit.
Sun Ce couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "What I want you to do is not to let you be an officer or a soldier, but to continue to be your mountain king.
But in the future, I will listen to my orders, help me integrate the bandit forces around me, and help me collect information. After I pacify Jiangdong, I promise you and my brothers a new life to settle down."
Zulang was shocked and said, "You want to pacify Jiangdong? Who are you? The various forces in Jiangdong are mixed, can you have such great ability?"
Sun Ce looked at his eyes and smiled slightly, "Tell me the truth, Jiangdong is my hometown. I am the eldest son of General Polu, Sun Ce. My father also recruited military soldiers here. Now my team still has the villagers here."
Zulang was overjoyed when he heard this, "It turned out to be a descendant of General Polu, why didn't you say it earlier? Are you here to save us now? When the general was recruiting soldiers in the village, everyone knew that the general loved the people as his son and the soldiers as his son, and was the only good general in the Han Dynasty.
Everyone hopes that the general can come to his own place to be the prefect. The young and strong are willing to be the general's soldiers when they serve in the army. Unfortunately, why can't God let good people live longer and let the people live a good life? I also wanted to join the army, but because I was too young and could not join the general's troops. Later, something happened at home, and the dog officials forced him to go up the mountain and become a thief!"
Sun Ce nodded: "You still remember my father's goodness. I would like to thank you on behalf of my father! But my father was secretly attacked and failed to bring you a peaceful and happy life to the people of Jiangdong. Now, I'm back.
I will continue what he did not do, do it well and finish it! I am willing to give the people a peaceful world. Are you willing to come and help me do this?"
Zulang immediately responded: "Zhulang originally wanted to be the soldier of the general who defeated the captive army, but for various reasons... Today, the eldest son did not think that Zulang was a thief, and showed mercy under the knife, and was willing to give us brothers the most hopeful promise. Zulang naturally believed in the young master. From then on, Zulang's life will be the young master. I am willing to die for the eldest son!"
Sun Ce nodded with satisfaction and thought, "It seems that this Zulang must have really surrendered. Although it is a chaotic world, who is born to be a thief? That's good, so I won't kill people. They are all talented people, and it would be a pity to kill with one knife."
Sun Ce continued to ask, "Zulang! I have another thing I want to ask you, why did you attack our five hundred new recruits camp a month ago."
Zulang was shocked: "Is that the young master's person? Ah! You guys who came out that night! Zulang deserves to die! I don't know if it's the young master's great deed. Zulang committed a serious crime, so please punish him."
I thought to myself, is this still human? One person killed more than 200 of his strongest brothers that night. Later, the brothers did not dare to approach this killing god. They were really killed. Fortunately, he did not kill this time, otherwise he would have collapsed long ago.
Sun Ce waved helplessly: "Forget it, you didn't know me at that time. Now we are the same army, but it's a pity that the five hundred brothers died too unfairly.
I don’t know how to explain to the few who survived them. Also, tell me why you went to sneak attack our military camp that day.”
Zulang recalled: "That day, we sent messages from the spies in the city, saying that someone said that there were a lot of treasures and food in your camp, and they were just logistics soldiers escorting supplies and had no combat power.
It just so happened that there was no food on the mountain, so we had to take action. That day, all the strong people in our village were dispatched, but I didn’t expect that the eldest son was so brave!”
"The brothers suffered too much loss and didn't grab much food. Fortunately, on the way back, we snatched a large household and obtained a batch of food.
Afterwards, the spy was also severely punished by me. He also said that he was just hearing the news in the restaurant. Later, when the scout was visiting the camp, he did see your soldiers transporting grain into the camp. But unexpectedly, there was not much food in the camp."
Sun Ce thought deeply: "It seems that someone deliberately spread false news and led you to bring people to deal with us! Who will this person be?"
"Actually, it's very simple. Sun Ce is still too weak now. He has no territory and no army. He is just an 18-year-old boy, but he can't catch the eyes of those heroes.
The person who is willing to work so hard to deal with me must be interested in me now, that is, Yuan Shu.
As for who did it, it is estimated that no one among the generals under Yuan Shu had this brain. It seems that it was probably the method of the Chief Secretary Yang Hong. Have I offended this Yang Hong? I have to deal with me everywhere in this way."
Fortunately, the people who came to attack the mountain village this time were all those veterans. Among the remaining recruits last time, Lin Family took some of them to Jiangdu with Cheng Pu, and the remaining ten people stayed in the military camp. Otherwise, this operation would have cost a lot of verbal trouble. I don’t know how to explain it to them. Fortunately, it saved a lot of saliva.
When Lu Meng brought Guishan in, the heartbreaking hero looked completely out of his heroic spirit. He seemed to have been pulled off his backbone, his face turned gray and his eyes were speechless. Sun Ce shook Zulang.
Zulang knew how to go up and hugged Guishan's shoulder and said heartbrokenly: "Good brother! You have suffered. Brother knows you! You won't do anything to sorry for your brothers. The lord has told me! But now that the brothers have misunderstood you, you'd better go back with your lord first. After avoiding the limelight this time, I'll explain it to my brothers slowly."
A glimmer suddenly burst out from Guishan's eyes, and he stared at Zulang urgently and said, "What! Brother Zulang! You understand me, you really understand mine! You know I have tried my best! I didn't betray everyone. Yes, right?"
People still need to have hope in their hearts to live a wonderful life!
Seeing Zulang nodding heavily to him, he let out a heavy sigh: "It's okay, it's good that there's a big brother here. Well, brother, do you think of lord? Who is it? Is this little guy... Is it this master?"
The reaction was quite good and he didn't call out the word "Little Face". "Brother, have you applied for him too?"
Zulang nodded and introduced Sun Ce on behalf of Sun Ce and told him what Sun Ce promised him. Guishan was overjoyed and knelt down and said, "Lord is here, Guishan pays homage to him. Guishan has nothing to do in his life, he just wants to help the people do something so that they can suffer less in this troubled times. If a loyal and brave general like the lord takes action, he will definitely achieve great achievements. I wish to serve the lord in this life, and ask the lord to fulfill his wishes."
Sun Ce smiled and helped him up: "You have already lost yourself to me. If you don't serve me, I will say that you have no gambling. In the future, I still have a lot to rely on for you. I hope you can help me!"
The two of them clasped their fists in unison and said, "But by the Lord's order, we are willing to work hard for the Lord! To repay the Lord's favor as a master!"
Sun Ce said, "In this way, Zulang will continue to stay here to manage it. For the time being, my sworn brother Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin will lead you. You will hand over the information you collected to him. Now he is always in charge of this matter.
You also need to cooperate with him to gather refugees. You must select the strongest refugees to form a team and train them.
We must also try our best to gather bandits from other hills and make them less do evil to the people, otherwise I will definitely not forgive them in the future.
As for Guishan, your light body skills are very useful and should not be buried. You can go to Zhou Yu, and then serve as a deputy for him, and then as a liaison officer for Zulang and Zhou Yu. Gong Jin is now collecting refugees and organizing a scout team. I ask my personal soldiers to send you to his place, and he will arrange for you to do things."
Both of them said, "Yes! I will definitely live up to my lord's order!"
Zulang said: "Lord, when I was hunting in the mountains the day before yesterday, I caught two little wolf cubs. The fur was snow-white all over. I thought it was not an ordinary wolf, so I stayed. I have an old hunter here who said that they might become the wolf king when they grow up. I want to give them to my lord, so I ask my lord to accept it with a smile."
He said again: "Actually, the main reason why the people in the village are not full, and there is meat there to feed the two beasts. I can't bear to give it to people, but I just watched them starve to death, so I had to give it to my lord."
Sun Ce was very interested and asked him to carry it to take a look. He walked out of the door and walked back with two wolf cubs as if he was holding treasures.
Two little guys with white fur didn't open their eyes. Maybe they were hungry and were looking for a little bit of head everywhere! Gray wolves are common in later generations. Snow-white ones are very rare, and you can tell at a glance that they are rare breeds. Of course, they have to accept them.
In modern times, Sun Ce is very eager to raise a big black back. However, if conditions do not allow it, it will only be a permanent regret.
Now I’d like to send two pure wolves to relieve Sun Ce of his regrets. It’s really a perfect life!
Sun Ce gently carried them over and stroked them twice, and found that the two little wolves looked almost exactly the same, only one of them had a faint black tip.
Chapter completed!