"Before I met you, I really wanted to see what the people from the Western Army were like."

Xu Shiyang shook his head and said disappointedly:

"After seeing you, I think it's better not to lead my soldiers like you, so I don't want you anymore. You'll die with those old bandits tomorrow."

"Sanlang, let's give him a chance." Gongsun Sheng pretended to persuade: "He will die tomorrow. What should he say when he sees his colleagues from the Western Army?"

"His colleague asked him: 'Why did you come, Tang Long? Have you defeated the Tartars?'" The despicable Taoist priest turned his back to Tang Long, and tried his best to hold back his smile and said: "How should he answer? Could it be that he said: 'I am a bandit, and I was caught and cut by our Han militia'?"

Xu Shiyang clearly saw that Tang Long was sweating all over, and he was even trembling slightly. It was obvious that Gongsun Sheng's jokes made him feel real fear.

If you still have shame, then there is still salvation.

Xu Shiyang thought for a long time, then turned to Tang Long and said:

"You are a bandit, and you are an old bandit."

"Don't tell me anything you have never gone down the mountain to rob and rob. I don't believe it, so you owe us. You owe all the people in Juzhou who have been deeply harmed by bandits!"

"You are not willing to die, but Gongsun Sheng said you have the skills to make weapons. It's a pity to die. I will believe him for the time being and give him another chance."

"You are responsible for building weapons for me according to my requirements. I want to fight the Tartars! If you can do it well, just act like you atone for the people and keep your life first. If you can't do it, then say it earlier and I will send you to meet your colleagues in the Western Army immediately. You can explain to them why you died."

"Chencheng!" Tang Long quickly agreed: "I will build a weapon for you first, and wait for you to fight the Tartars. Call me, I will kill a few Tartars' heads. If I die, I will have the honor to see those brothers!"

He thought he was not afraid of death, but Gongsun Sheng just said that the most feared part of his heart - how to deal with the Western Army comrades who died in battle on the battlefield later.

Xu Shiyang shook his head indecisively - this bastard is afraid of death, but not living people. His purpose of defecting to Xu Shiyang is just to have the attitude of meeting the Western Army soldiers who died in battle after his death, rather than feeling guilty towards the people of Juzhou who were deeply poisoned by bandits...

Having said that, in this era, who would have any guilt towards the people, including Xu Shiyang himself?

Is the docking house very good to the farmers below?

Ordinary fortresses are not so much peasants as serfs. Most of the fortress owners do not do much better than bandits and Tartars.

Thinking of this, Xu Shiyang suddenly felt a little overwhelmed. Perhaps his heart was not very adaptable to this cruel world.

"Take him down." Xu Shiyang said to Gongsun Sheng: "After I go back, I will arrange tasks for him and try his skills."

"Can I ask for forgiveness?" Tang Long seemed to be relieved and said with a little greedy attitude: "There are still a few old Western Army brothers in Liu Yuhou's village. Can you spare them?"

"What skills do they have?" Xu Shiyang asked.

"All of them are good men who can fight and dare to fight!"

"Have you misunderstood something?" Xu Shiyang sneered: "They are bandits, and I don't need to fight bandits who dare to fight. All old bandits, not craftsmen, will be executed tomorrow."

"It's a pity that they died like this. Can you let them attack me?"

"No, I'll pick you an apprentice from my fort."

Tang Long lowered his head and after a long time, he continued, "Then... can he keep Liu Yuhou's son?"

"It's all right to keep your younger son. If it weren't for Liu Yuhou, I would have starved to death. I owe him." Tang Long explained hurriedly: "The child is only 5 years old, and he really didn't go down the mountain to rob him!"

"He is dead." Xu Shiyang answered calmly.

"ah?"

"You were the warehouse that night? You were besieged by other old bandits, right? Do you think those people would let Liu Gao's private house go?"

Xu Shiyang's words seemed to float from a very far place, which made Tang Long feel very unreal.

"Liu Gao's wives, concubines and children were tortured to death, and were bandits from the same village."

"This is what you call heroes, just a bunch of miscellaneous people."

"You think about it yourself."

...

The next day, Xu Shiyang held a public trial meeting.

At the beginning, the new bandits and the looted women were silent and dared not say anything.

Xu Shiyang found a few clever ones from his subordinates, pretending to be new bandits who were brought by bandits to the stage, and accusing some bandits of crimes in tears. The onlookers below did not see any problem.

In fact, what they said was the fact, but the victims of the crimes had long been dead, and the elderly bandits on the stage could not refute it. The people in the audience knew that they could definitely do those crimes, so they did not doubt it.

Someone started and the rest was easy to deal with. The people below realized that the Xu family really wanted to make decisions for them and gradually became active.

As the new bandits and their families were brought to power, the heinous crimes of the bandits were revealed, and the atmosphere at the scene quickly became extremely fanatical.

If the militia had not set up a cordon to stop them, those conservative bullies would have probably directly tore the bandit leaders on the stage alive.

Even the owners of the Xu family's fortress who were watching the bustle at the beginning became moved after hearing the miserable stories. Some people could not stand the tragedy and left the scene halfway.

Those who persevere to the end, including Xu Shisong, became indignant.

"Stop talking!"

The eldest son of the Xu family jumped three feet high:

"These bandits are all things that should be cut into pieces! Kill them all!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The people at the scene shouted together, the Xu family militia was like this, and the new bandits and their families were trapped in Fulaishan.

The shouts soared into the sky, with amazing momentum. Some of the elderly bandits of the Supreme Court were even scared to pee, and some were already so limp that they couldn't stand up.

Finally, Gongsun Sheng, who was responsible for reading the verdict, stood on the stage and announced loudly: "Bandit leader Luo Fugui, 37 people below Yanshun, were beheaded in half! The remaining 229 people were beheaded!"

"good!!!"

...

"good!!!"

Xu Shiyang did not go to the trial site. He followed a few craftsmen picked out from the old bandits and listened to the sounds of the scene across the street.

When the cheers rang, Xu Shiyang turned around and stared at the bandits and said:

"You are all old bandits. You should have been tried on stage with them and then die."

"I really want to treat you like this, now I'm trying to endure the disgust and give you a chance."

"You build weapons for me, and I will use them to clean up bandits, Tartars, and some other scumbags. This is also your atonement to the people."
Chapter completed!