The sky gradually became brighter, and corpses were lying all over the ground in the wilderness outside the southeast corner of the navy camp, with a total of 283 corpses. Many Jiang thieves were only injured, but were also killed by the killing soldiers with red eyes. The bodies were all tied together. Li Yanqing was checking the weapons and armor they carried. It was obvious that Jiang thieves' weapons and equipment were very weak, basically without leather armor, and the swords and spears used were relatively rough, which was at the level of a town soldier.

"These weapons are the rural soldiers and weapons seized ten years ago, and they are still in use now!"

Zhou Ping next to him recognized these crude weapons, shook his head and said, "I really don't understand. The Black-hearted Dragon King has accumulated a lot of wealth, so why don't you buy a better armored sword spear?"

"Maybe he thinks it's unnecessary!"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "After all, they are thieves in Jiang, and their targets are ordinary merchant ships and people, and they don't need such good equipment."

At this time, Zhang Hu ran over to report: "Mr. Zhang Shun sent someone to send a group of prisoners of war, about twenty."

"Look at it!"

Li Yanqing and Zhou Ping walked quickly towards the riverside.

More than 20 thieves were kneeling by the river, tied their hands behind their backs, and they were all frightened. There were village soldiers standing around. At this time, someone shouted: "The county lord is here!"

The village soldiers moved aside one after another. Li Yanqing and Zhou Ping walked up and saw several small boats moored on the river. One of Zhang Shun's subordinates clasped their fists to Li Yanqing and said, "These are more than 20 prisoners of war we captured last night. The leader asked me to hand it over to the county lord for treatment!"

"How was the battle on the water last night?" Li Yanqing asked.

"Last night they only came a dozen small boats and more than one hundred people. We wiped out half of them, but unfortunately they were escaped by Du Yang."

After pausing, the subordinate bowed and asked, "My leader also wants to know how many enemy troops your army annihilated last night?"

"There are 500 people, including Du Heixin's eldest son Du Yue, told me that the iron should be hit while it is hot, and we will set off to Dongting Lake in the next two days."

"The villain understands it, I will tell you!"

Zhang Shun bowed and the two small boats turned around. At this time, Yang Ju stepped forward and asked, "Mr. County, how do you deal with these prisoners of war?"

"Is there a good way for the county magistrate?"

Yang Ju thought for a while, "Or leave it to the state and let the state deal with it!"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The corrupt scholars in the state are superstitious and educated, maybe they will be released, leaving disaster to the village!"

"What will the county lord do?"

Li Yanqing did not answer Yang Ju's words, and then turned around and asked Zhang Hu, "How many prisoners of war are there in total?"

Zhang Hu bowed and said, "If you add these twenty-two people, there will be about two hundred and forty people in total!"

Li Yanqing said coldly: "Bind them up and push them to the riverside and kill them all!"

Yang Ju next to her was shocked, "Mr. County Lord, they have surrendered, how can they kill again?"

Li Yanqing snorted coldly, "They have done many evil deeds and harmed so many merchant ships. It is already a bargain for them to kill them now."

Li Yanqing immediately ordered Zhang Hu, "Take them away in batches, then tie them up and take them to the riverside to kill!"

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Hu ran away.

Yang Ju was so scared that her face was pale and could not say a word for a long time. At this time, Zhou Ping sighed and said, "Although killing them is cruel, I think about how they killed the captured rural soldiers ten years ago, how they robbed merchant ships, tied up merchants and threw them into the river. What young women are even more miserable. I can only say that their fate today is also due to their own fault."

Zhou Ping said to Li Yanqing again: "I agree with killing them, but will killing them now make the Black-hearted Dragon King have no way out and fight us to the death?"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Only strong soldiers will fight to the death when facing a desperate situation. This kind of mob that will collapse in one battle will only accelerate their collapse."

Zhou Ping was convinced and bowed and said, "The county lord is very proud!"

Li Yanqing immediately ordered, "Come Mai Shi and Xie Bo for me!"

After a moment, Mai Shi and Xie Bo both walked forward quickly and knelt down on one knee and said, "See the county lord!"

"How are the navy training on the river now?"

"Some basic formations are no longer a problem, but they still lack some time and need to train for more than ten days."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "There is no time left. I will train for another day today and set off early tomorrow morning!"

"Abide by the order!"

The two ran away, and Zhou Ping asked in a low voice: "Mr. County, are you too anxious?"

Li Yanqing said slowly: "Du Heixin must be furious when he got the news. I am afraid that he will calm down. Once he calms down, he will probably escape. He must seize the opportunity and annihilate the Black Heart Dragon King in one fell swoop!"

Last night, Li Yanqing witnessed the combat effectiveness of this Jiang thief with his own eyes. It was either an army or a group of mob thieves. He collapsed when he encountered an ambush. It was ridiculous that he even looked up to them. Li Yanqing had decided not to wait anymore and sent troops to suppress the bandits directly.

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The news that the river thieves were about to behead the river thieves spread throughout Jiayu County. Thousands of people ran out of the county to watch. More than 200 people were tied with their hands and kneeling on the riverside, blindfolded with black cloth, and their mouths were blocked. Many river thieves were so scared that they collapsed on the ground.

Behind them, hundreds of soldiers were holding snow-lit swords and eager to try. At this time, the drums sounded loudly on the Jijiang Platform, and Zhang Hu waved the soul-summoning flag and shouted: "Slash!"

Hundreds of soldiers raised their swords and slashed them with a sudden blow. Tens of thousands of people watching by the river were suddenly exclaimed.

According to Li Yanqing's intention, the heads of these Jiang thieves gathered together with the heads of black-hearted Dragon King and other bandits, and built a Zhenjiang Tower by the river to warn future Jiang thieves.

This time, more than 200 thieves were massacred by the riverside at one time, which not only shocked Jiayu County and Ezhou, but also shocked the prefectures and prefectures in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Although many governments disagree with this, Li Yanqing won unanimous support and support from the middle and lower classes of people. The people who suffered from the harassment of Jiang thieves saw the hope of Jing'an of the Yangtze River, and Li Yanqing was affectionately called the "Jiang God" by the people.

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Three days later, the eldest son was killed and the entire army of 500 soldiers finally reached Du Heixin's ears in Dongting Lake. Du Heixin was shocked at first. He could not believe that the township soldiers of a county could kill his bandits who were rampant in the Yangtze River. After being shocked, Du Heixin was furious and vowed to kill Jiayu County and let the soldiers and civilians of the county be buried with his son.

But his military advisor Yang Zhaoru quickly calmed down and realized that something was wrong. This time they had a sneak attack on the naval camp of Jiayu County, which was originally planned with a more sophisticated approach, with internal support and spies. In theory, it would be unnecessary to deal with an ordinary prefecture and county. The navy could directly destroy the other party by killing it.

But this time, he fell into a big fight. What's the problem? Yang Zhaoru believed that the problem was that they didn't understand the other party's chief general at all. From the description of the soldiers who fled back, they encountered an ambush deployment that only regular troops could have. Yang Zhaoru couldn't believe that this ambush was actually caused by a county magistrate.

Who is the county magistrate of Jiayu County? Yang Zhaoru thinks this is the most urgent thing to figure out before he can consider how to take revenge.

At noon that day, Yang Zhaoru received another news that Jiayu County killed more than 200 prisoners of war on the river a few days ago. This news made Yang Zhaoru feel like a bolt from the blue.

He realized this time they encountered a devilish enemy.

Yang Zhaoru quickly walked to Juyi Building where the village master was. He saw that the gate of the courtyard was full of old, weak, women and children, and there were as many as two or three hundred people. They were crying, "We want to see the village master!"

These old, weak, women and children are all the families of five hundred subordinates brought by Du Yue. They are anxious and want to know the situation of their family members. Is it dead or alive? But Du Heixin can't give them any answers.

Although Yang Zhaoru knew the answer, he did not dare to see them. He had to go around another path from a distance and enter the yard of Juyi Building through the side door.

A dozen steps away from the room, he heard Du Heixin's furious yelling and scolding from Juyi Tower. Several maids at the door were so scared that they were trembling. More than a dozen personal soldiers were so scared that they lowered their heads and did not dare to take a breath.

Yang Zhaoru was stunned. After so many days, is the village leader still angry? Seeing blood on the steps, he was even more confused and asked a personal soldier, "What happened?"

The personal soldier whispered: "Mrs. Fifth and two maids were killed!"

The fifth lady’s surname is Jiang and is a concubine of Du Heixin. Yang Zhaoru was shocked and asked quickly: “What’s going on?”

"Today, the village leader sent someone to clean up the room of the Great Yanei and found the fifth lady's hair. The village leader was furious and killed the fifth lady and her two personal maids with his own hands."

Yang Zhaoru sighed secretly. In fact, many people knew that Du Yue had an affair with his father's concubines. The fifth lady happened to hit the limelight. Du Heixin was full of anger. How could he not kill her?

But...it's when is the village leader still angry about this kind of thing? Yang Zhaoru was anxious and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Yang Zhaoru walked into the lobby of Juyi Pavilion. Seeing Du Heixin's face turned pale, he was shaking his sword and slashing the furniture in the lobby. While chopping, he cursed. Several personal soldiers hid in the corner, and no one dared to come forward to persuade him.

"The enemy is about to arrive, please calm down."

Yang Zhaoru shouted, as if he had recited a fixed spell. Du Heixin's hand waving the knife suddenly stopped in the air, and his whole body was fixed.

"What did you say?" Du Heixin turned around and asked in surprise.

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Chapter completed!