Chapter 74 Harvest
The bailiffs all followed Chen He, so Chen Huaian ordered the black-armored guards to step forward and prepare to take action.

However, Yizier struggled desperately at this time, and kept shouting: "My lord, please spare my life, my lord, please spare my life, I am willing to atone for my sins!"

"I have connections with all the major bandit camps in Jizhou. I know where they are. I can lead the prince's army to wipe them out!"

"Even...even," Yidger's eyes swung around, as if he had made up his mind, "I can even be the prince's vanguard and trick them into opening the gate of their village!"

Upon hearing this, Wang An raised his hand to stop them and said, "Wait, let them down!"

Then he looked at Yi Er and said with an inexplicable smile: "Are you really willing to be a pioneer?"

Yizier nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes. I dare not deceive the prince!"

Wang An nodded, looked at the other White Tiger Mountain bandits and said, "Your leader is willing to serve me in Baicheng, what about you?"

The bandits didn't dare to say no, and hurriedly nodded and said, "We are also willing to serve as the prince's vanguard!"

Wang An pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself from your crimes."

"Thank you for not killing us, Your Majesty. We will definitely follow your lead!"

The black-armored guards loosened their grip, and Yizier and the others immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and kowtowed to Wang An.

Wang An then talked with Yizi'er and learned about the current situation in Baihu Mountain, as well as the distribution and strength of the bandit camps in Jizhou.

A knowing ear tells everything. It didn't take Wan Anmi long to understand the current bandit situation in Jizhou.

In fact, the reason why Yizier was so clear about the bandit problem in Jizhou was thanks to his cooperation with Lu Guancheng.

Because of his collusion with Lu Guancheng, Yizi'er often robbed other grain merchants. This resulted in Yizi'er not having a lot of gold, silver and treasures like other bandits, but not much food to survive.

One ear did not have much gold, silver and treasures, but because there were many grain transport teams robbed, there was a lot of food.

Logically speaking, according to the cooperation agreement between him and Lu Guancheng, all the looted food should be sold to Lu Guancheng at half price.

However, this person was a person who was prepared for a rainy day. He would not sell all the food he robbed each time. In addition to leaving enough food for the village to eat, he would also leave a lot for emergencies.

In addition, the price offered by Lu Guancheng was indeed not high, so Yizhu would keep some extra and sell them to other bandit camps in the surrounding areas.

As time went by, the name of Yizi'er spread among the other bandit camps in Jizhou.

It was said that Yizi'er had a lot of food, which led to the fact that all the bandit camps, big and small, were very polite to Yizi'er and often brought gold, silver and treasures to exchange for food with him.

As for himself, because he needed to escort food to trade with other bandit camps, he basically visited all the bandit camps in Jizhou.

When it comes to understanding the situation of bandits in Jizhou, even the government cannot catch up.

Wang An thought for a while and immediately ordered: "Stop the news immediately and don't let the news that the White Tiger Mountain bandit camp was wiped out by the government get out!"

Chen Huaian and Xu Huang first clasped their fists and accepted the order, then Chen Huaian asked in surprise: "My Lord, do you really want to use this man to eliminate the banditry in Jizhou? After all, he is still a bandit and I am afraid he is not trustworthy."

Before Wang An could say anything, Yi Er immediately turned to Chen Huaian and kowtowed, saying, "General, please rest assured. I know that although you have been a thief for many years and have killed many people, you rarely kill innocent people. As for passers-by, as long as they give me money, I will let them go!" "If the general doesn't believe me, you can ask around to find out what the reputation of my White Tiger Mountain Bandit Camp is."

Chen Huaian sneered and said, "A bandit leader dares to talk about fame. It's ridiculous!"

Yizier looked anxious, but in his haste he didn't know how to refute.

Fortunately, Wang An raised his hand and said, "Huai An, there is no need to be so hostile. Let's see whether what this person said is true or not."

Then he turned his head and looked at Yi Er and said, "Yi Er, because you have a repentant heart, I will temporarily assign you to the Jizhou Guard. Your brothers will form a separate general flag and you will be the general flag officer, and you will obey the orders of the centurion Xu Huang!"

"From now on, if you work hard, not only will the sins of you and your brothers be forgiven, but you can also become officers and soldiers of the Jizhou Guard and live a stable life with your family in Baicheng. You don't have to live in fear all day long like a bandit. Are you willing?"

Yizier was immediately overjoyed, and kowtowed hurriedly, saying, "I am willing, I am willing. Your Majesty, just wait and see. With me here, these bandits in Jizhou will definitely not get any good!"

Wang An could not help but chuckle. A bandit kneeling in the lobby of the government office, repeatedly declaring that he would never let other bandits in Jizhou have an easy time, was indeed a funny scene.

However, before Yizier showed his loyalty, he and his men were still dangerous people, so they were temporarily detained in the government jail.

He will not be released again until the next expedition against other bandits.

As for the other families of the bandits in Baihu Mountain, their number was much smaller than that of Yueya Mountain, probably only a few hundred people. They were all settled and confined to the Yueya Mountain returnee settlement outside the city. They were not allowed to live in the city until it was confirmed that Yizi'er and others were completely trustworthy.

In this regard, it is naturally meaningless for Yizier and others.

After Yizi'er and others were taken away, Chen Huaian handed over the spoils of the White Tiger Mountain bandit suppression to Wang An.

Wang An took the account book and took a rough look at it.

The harvest from Baihu Mountain was unremarkable compared to that from Yueya Mountain, with only over 23,000 taels of silver seized. The only bright spot was that over 1,000 dan of grain were found.

Although it is not much for Wang An at present, if it was placed in the Jizhou government office before Wang An was enfeoffed in Jizhou, it would be more than five times the grain storage in the government treasury.

However, in Wang An's view, neither silver nor food was the biggest gain of this battle.

In Wang An's opinion, the biggest gain from this battle was that the bandits of Crescent Mountain proved their repentance through their actions, which also allowed Wang An to see their usefulness.

When the White Tiger Mountain bandit camp was attacked, the bandits from Crescent Mountain had no idea in advance that the Black Armor Guards would come to support them.

However, the bandits of Crescent Mountain did not choose to respond to Yizi'er at this time, but killed officials, seized food and fled far away.

Without knowing in advance that Wang An had already arranged reinforcements, that was indeed the best opportunity for the Crescent Mountain bandits to regain their freedom.

However, they did not do so. Instead, they helped the Jizhou guards to fight against the White Tiger Mountain bandits.

If it weren't for their help, even with the support of the Black Armor Guards, it would not be easy for Xu Huan and others to take White Tiger Mountain.

(End of this chapter)