When I entered the house, there was only a table and a banquet inside, and there were not many dishes, most of which were pickled game.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Tiancai gently put down his chopsticks and said to Jin Xingjun: "Patriarch Jin, I can't hide it, a few of us came to your village today for another purpose. There is a fierce and abnormal bandit entrenched on Lishu Mountain, who often rob past merchants and rob the people under the mountain. As the head of Donggan Village, I naturally have to take precautions! ”

At the mention of the Lishu bandit, Jin Xingjun's face suddenly became solemn, and after taking a sip of stuffy wine, he said in a deep voice: "Well, that's true." We, Fuhuzhuang, are the closest to this group of bandits, so we have suffered the most. Last year, those bandits were quite restrained from us, and they didn't usually come to rob us, but at most they came to ask for some money and food when they were not in stock.

Donggan Village Chief, you also know that we are all ordinary people, as long as we can live, we will not worry too much. These bandits are ruthless, if it weren't for the strong labor in our village, and the special unity of the whole village, we would definitely not be so cheap.

Hey, if you are not afraid of thieves coming to steal, you are afraid that thieves will worry, and we will pay money and food to thieves, which is also a helpless thing. But, after all these years, I have survived like this, and on the whole, I am okay with them.

But since the beginning of this year, the temperament of those bandits has suddenly changed drastically, and they have to come to ask for money and food almost every once in a while, and they have intensified their demands. This makes our village really miserable! ”

Li Tiancai said: "What's going on, are they making trouble, or are they suddenly more people?" ”

Jin Qianwu interjected: "Well, Village Chief Li is not bad at guessing. I heard that they had a powerful leader and brought more than 400 people to join the mountain. Their total number is now almost over a thousand, and their strength has increased too much, and their consumption has naturally become greater.

Not only was our village affected, but even Jiejiang County and Fuguang County on the other side of the river were affected. In the past, the caravan only dared to travel in groups, and the caravan was less than 500 guards, so they didn't dare to take this side of the trade route! ”

"Is there such a thing? Then Feiyang Mansion didn't come forward to take care of it, so let these bandits be so rampant? Jiejiang County and Fuguang County are its jurisdictions! Li Tiancai asked puzzled.

"Why didn't you care, you have sent troops to suppress the bandits several times! The new leader of Lishu Mountain is said to be a [dǐng] [diǎn] [small [say, [email protected]_ (); All over. That man was not a simple character, and now he was the leader of the bandits.

Under his leadership, the Lishu bandits can not only save the day every time, but also make many victories. Let Feiyang Mansion lose a lot of elite soldiers, hey! Jin Qianwu took a big sip of the wine bowl, and he didn't know if he was sighing for himself, or for those sacrificial bandits.

Li Tiancai sorted out his thoughts, and it seemed that if he continued to develop at the current pace, it would not take more than a month for the tentacles of these bandits to reach Donggan Village.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore and sleep, presumably Donggan Village will have to fight with this group of ambitious bandits sooner or later!

"Since that's the case, then I can't let it sit on the big side of the village!" Li Tiancai secretly made a decision, and said instead: "Patriarch Jin, have you ever thought about uprooting these bandits to prevent future troubles?" I'm willing to help you! ”

With a "bang", Jin Xingjun looked at Li Tiancai dumbfounded, and unconsciously the wine bowl in his hand fell to pieces in response.

Li Tiancai grinned and said, "Patriarch Jin, what's wrong?" Do you think I'm telling a joke? ”

Jin Xingjun swallowed hard a mouthful of water, his eyes gradually regained his strength, and he glanced at Jin Qianwu, and asked him to close the gate before he said softly: "Donggan Village Chief, you are far away, and you don't know the viciousness of these bandits. If this sentence reaches their ears, it will be difficult for you to be at peace in Dongqian Village! ”

Looking at Jin Xingjun's cautious appearance, Li Tiancai was secretly shocked in his heart, and asked out loud: "Patriarch Jin, are these bandits really that powerful?" Let your huge village be terrified? ”

Jin Xingjun grabbed his gray-looking hair with his hand and said, "Donggan Village Chief, I can't hide it, I also had such ambitions in the early years!" Alas, it's a pity that those bandits are really difficult to deal with. In the world, who wants to give away the food they have grown with their hard work and the prey they have brought back at the cost of their lives? ”

Jin Qianwu said: "Just two months ago, Feiyang Mansion used a total of more than 2,000 elite soldiers to encircle and suppress. As a result, before the cottage gate was captured, nearly half of the soldiers were lost. The remaining more than 1,000 people didn't dare to rush forward after being killed! ”

Zhuge Fengbo picked up the wine jar and filled Jin Xingjun with a bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "Those bandits are actually just relying on their familiarity with the terrain, and the Lishu Mountain is steep and difficult to climb, so they have taken advantage of it a few times, so they are not capable. My lord is wise and martial, and the soldiers under his command are even more brave and good at fighting, as long as they dare to go down the mountain to fight. I will let them have no return! ”

Jin Xingjun looked at Zhuge Fengbo, and seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, a trace of hope suddenly appeared in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Do you really have such ability in Donggan Village?" That's nearly a thousand bandits? ”

Zhuge Fengbo said with a smile: "Little thief's nest, don't worry, I have my own countermeasures in Donggan Village!" ”

Jin Qianwu suddenly said: "What if those bandits colluded with the horse thieves of the Behan Grassland and attacked together?" ”

"What, they still have collusion with the Behan horse thieves?" Zhuge Fengbo's face showed a rare color, and his tone was very solemn.

Li Tiancai asked puzzledly: "What is the origin of the Behan horse thief?" ”

Zhuge Fengbo turned his head and explained: "Lord, the Beihan horse thief is the most powerful horse thief in the Beihan grassland, dominating the entire Beihan grassland, with no less than two thousand people. It is rumored that this horse thief has a great connection with the foreign Yue Lan Kingdom, and it is even rumored that this horse thief is impersonated by their regular army. ”

Jin Qianwu said: "Yes, those horse thieves have come and gone without a trace, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. In the past ten years, they have been invincible in the thousands of miles of grassland, and all past merchants have to pay them to pay their goods to survive safely. Every year or two, they will go north to harass our hinterland of China and take the lead for the Yue Lan Kingdom! ”

Li Tiancai also felt quite tricky, if the two gangs of thieves were colluded together, then Donggan Village would be really dangerous enough. Nowadays, there are more than 300 standing soldiers in the entire village, and the disparity in strength is too great.

Jin Chengjin, who hadn't spoken much, stood up at this time, picked up a bowl of wine and said to Li Tiancai: "Brother Li, you are wise and martial, and Dongqian Village is even stronger, and the little woman really admires it tightly."

I was also very moved by what you said that day, but our Fuhuzhuang was under the nose of the Lishu bandits, and I really couldn't let go of my father and elders in the family. If you can really exterminate the bandits, I, Jin Chengjin, will follow you in this life and this life, serving before and after the saddle, how about it? ”