Chapter 85: Killing the Bandits in front of Luokou Warehouse

Li Ai came to the Wagang Army headquarters and said loudly: "The Lord has ordered that the attack on Dongdu be temporarily suspended."

When Zhai Rang heard this, he immediately smiled and shouted:

"I think Lord Li will think the same as I do. The King of Yue is already prepared. How can we fight him?"

Suddenly, Li Ai's personal guards drew out their shining swords.

When Zhai Rang saw it, he immediately felt uneasy.

He thought to himself, Li Ai, you wouldn't want to kill me, would you?

This is what Lord Li meant. Your mother, if you have the guts, go and argue with Lord Li about who’s right or who’s wrong.

He was wondering when Li Ai suddenly said in a stern voice:

"Lord Li asked me to pass on his message, 'There is a lot of rice stored in Luokou granary. If the general can lead the army in person, march lightly, attack quickly, open the granary to help the poor, who in the distance will not come to us?'"

When Zhai Rang heard this, he was so frightened that his face turned yellow and his mouth kept shaking.

He said in a low voice:

"This is something that only a hero with great military strategy can accomplish. I can't do it myself, so I'll leave the command of the troops to you. Please go first, and I'll follow you!"

Li Ai thought to herself, Lord Li is really very predictable.

He is worthy of being a fortune teller, he can see that Zhai Facao is dying.

By using a series of strategies, it was easy to gain the core position of Wagangzhai.

He said loudly: "Mr. Zhai, you are very righteous and have a commendable spirit. You are worthy of praise for taking the initiative to give way to others. I will report this to my lord and treat him well."

So Li Ji selected 3,000 men as the vanguard, and Zhai Rang led 4,000 men to follow up.

They set out from Yangcheng, crossed Fangshan Mountain to the north, and arrived directly at Luokoucang.

There were only a few guards in the warehouse, and they immediately fled in panic.

Li Ai broke through the granary gate, and Zhai Rang followed suit, opening the granary and distributing millet, which made the poor people very happy.

It's time to do something.

Li Mi opened the Luokou warehouse to distribute rice without arranging any personal soldiers to guard it or any personnel to be responsible for distributing the grain.

When ordinary people got rice, there were no paper coupons and they could take as much as they wanted.

After someone took the rice and left the granary, he couldn't carry it and threw it on the road.

From the warehouse city to the outer city gate, the discarded rice on the ground was several inches thick and was crushed and trampled by horses and carriages.

As soon as they heard that rice was being distributed from Luokou Warehouse, bandits and their families from all directions flocked to it, swarming in like locusts.

There were many thieves and their families who came here to eat, nearly one million people.

In the absence of jars to hold rice, people had to weave wicker baskets to wash the rice. From a distance, the rice that washed away from the Luo River, within a ten-mile radius, looked like white sand.

Li Ai said proudly: "This can really be said to be enough food."

The attendant Jia Runfu replied worriedly:

"A country is based on its people, and people depend on food for their survival. Now the people are flocking here with their children because their 'nature' is here."

He went on to say:

"But the officials in charge do not cherish the rice at all and waste it so badly. I am afraid that once the rice is gone, the people will disperse. How can you accomplish your great cause?"

Just as Jia Runfu finished speaking, there was the sound of horse hooves, and a group of people came galloping down the road.

When Li Ai saw this, he was so scared that his whole body was shaking. Lord Li Ji had arrived.

He saw from afar that Li Ji turned over and got off his horse.

Li Ji held the Yin-Yang Sword in his hand, and the sword flowers flew, and the heads of more than a dozen bandits rolled to the ground.

A robber dumped a whole basket of rice into a gutter.

Then he turned around and went to the rice warehouse to get rice.

Li Ji was filled with anger and evil thoughts.

He raised his right hand, and with a snap, the bandit's left arm was chopped off at the shoulder.

The bandit lay on the ground crying for his parents.

Li Ji swung his sword back and stabbed the bandit in the chest.

“Puff!”

A stream of blood spurted out.

He drew his sword and turned around to see a bandit urinating in the rice.

He rushed forward and kicked the bandit down with a bang.

Holding the sword in hand, with a crisp sound, Li Ji chopped off the bandit's thigh.

The bandits kept crying and wailing, and Li Ji was already bloodthirsty at this time.

He raised his sword and swung it down, and with a snap, the bandit's head was cut off by his sword.

Before Li Ai and Jia Runfu arrived, Li Ji had already killed more than 30 bandits.

When Yu Cheng saw that Lord Li was angry, he was so scared that his legs trembled.

Dozens of personal soldiers stood by, their shining steel swords gleaming coldly.

Li Ji was seen breathing heavily and his face turned blue.

A mouthful of sticky phlegm blocked his chest, and he fell down on the pile of rice with a thud.

Zhai Rang and Li Ai did not dare to delay and hurriedly walked over, trying to lend a hand to help Li Ji up.

Li Ji's eyes were wide open with anger, and he couldn't speak.

Li Ai was so scared that she dropped to her knees in the rice pile with a puff of laughter.

Zhai Rang had already collapsed and was unable to stand.

Yu Cheng ordered his personal guards to slowly lay Li Ji down.

The surrounding followers stepped back.

Half an hour later, Li Ji slowly regained his consciousness .

"ah!"

A mouthful of blood flowed out of Li Ji's mouth.

Yucheng hurriedly wiped it clean with his clothes.

Li Ji sat up slowly and looked at the white rice in front of him.

He shed tears of pain.

"What a sin! I, Li Ji, have let His Majesty down!"

His face was as white as autumn frost. He used his sword to support his body and slowly stood up.

He just waved his hand, and with a "swish" sound, he stabbed the sword into his right leg.

Phew!

A blood mist drifted in all directions.

At this time, Zhai Rang and Li Ai were so scared that they knelt on the ground and dared not look up.

Li Ji drew his sword and let the blood flow from his legs.

He held the sword in his left hand and clenched and unclenched his right fist several times.

Suddenly, he clenched his right hand and a chill appeared in his eyes.

I only heard him yelling: "Butler, how do you give orders?"

Li Ai said in a trembling voice: "I failed to supervise. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Li Ji shouted: "There are heavy floods in Shandong and Henan now. The fields are completely barren and there are tens of thousands of starving people."

He looked at the leaders present with a stern look.

"Your conscience has been eaten by dogs, are your eyes also blind?"

All the leaders knelt on the ground in unison.

"This is not the way to save the starving people from danger. Look, there is rice flowing in the Luo River like yellow sand. Don't you feel sad?"

The leaders suddenly heard Li Ji's thunderous roar:

"God will not forgive you if you do evil!"

Suddenly, he looked at Li Ai with a stern look and shouted:

"Someone, behead Commander Li Ai on the spot!"

The leaders were stunned.

When Li Ai heard what Li Ji said, her mind went blank.

He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, I am your butler. I was wrong. Please spare my life!"

All the leaders pleaded for Li Ai.