Chapter Seventy-Seven: Clearing the Black Wind Ridge
As night fell, darkness covered the mountains in a dark light.
In the night, a team of iron horsemen was running rapidly, there were thousands of people, all of them were covered in armor, spears in hand, and the murderous aura was fierce.
Through the dim moonlight, it can be seen that the hooves of each war horse are wrapped in cotton cloth, so that there will be no loud sound of horses' hooves when stepping on the ground, and the cavalry of thousands of people, marching in the night, can still do it quietly.
"My lord, I heard that this encirclement and suppression of the bandits in the Black Wind Ridge is a fat errand, should we do it when the time comes..." Tong Man had been in the army for a few years, although he had not participated in the suppression of bandits before, he had heard a lot, so he approached Fang Chong's side and said in a low voice.
Tong Man's meaning Fang Zhong naturally understands that to clean up the bandits, to put it bluntly, it is robbery, the bandits' things, what can't be robbed?
And once the bandits are cleared out, the scene will naturally be very chaotic, and in the chaos, if something is hidden, who will be able to find out? In the past, the bandits in the Black Wind Ridge were cleared, and the officers and men of the Red Tiger Army also had the habit of hiding privately, and it had long since become an unspoken rule.
Fang thought about it for a while, shook his head and said: "This matter has its own decision, let's not act rashly, otherwise it will not be good for others to grasp something." ”
Today he just fell behind, and he was a little late, Xu Changfeng actually wanted to ask the teacher for the crime, which made him have some bad premonitions in his heart, and he had to be careful in everything.
Hearing Fang Chong say this, Tong Man also understood, nodded in agreement, and said, "What the adults are worried about is that their subordinates are not thoughtful, and they almost let the adults give people a handle. ”
"It's okay, it's just a little gold and silver, we are also part of the Red Tiger Army, and when we clear out the bandits in the Black Wind Ridge, we will naturally have a share. Fang Zhong smiled and ordered: "Tell the subordinate sergeants that anything seized will be confiscated and must not be kept privately." ”
"Yes, sir. ”
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The Red Tiger Army's war horses are flying, and they are still fast in the dark night, and the distance of a hundred miles has been reached in only half an hour.
At this moment, a thousand iron horsemen stopped outside the Black Wind Ridge, their eyes were shining, staring at the dark and gloomy Black Wind Ridge, all of them with long knives out of their sheaths, and their murderous aura was fierce.
"Kill!"
Xu Changfeng gave an order, and suddenly the cavalry battalion of thousands of people rushed out at once, like a phantom in the night, and rushed into the Black Wind Ridge in a moment.
The shouting of killing shook the sky, and the iron rider raised dust, crisscrossing the mountains, setting off boundless blood light.
In the distance, a fire rose, and a second-rate bandit nest in the Black Wind Ridge was completely wiped out, and in the dark night, they didn't see clearly who it was, only knowing that the other party's armor was distinct, and the military formation was like a fierce slaughter, and the power was unstoppable, as if it was devastating.
"Kill!"
"Puff ....."
Blood splattered, and in the darkness I don't know how many people died under the knife, but no one was soft-hearted, these are heinous bandits, and they are innocent of death.
The flames rose into the sky and burned into a piece, the entire Black Wind Ridge was boiling, and the bandits of the Eighteen Caves were also aware of the danger, and they were all fleeing, the Red Tiger Army was invincible, and it was not something that these bandits could resist at all, they had no way but to flee for their lives.
"My lord, don't kill me, don't .....," one of the bandits fell to his knees, pleading bitterly.
"You eighteen-hole bandits have done all kinds of evil, robbed and killed caravans, I don't know how much blood you have on your hands, and you are innocent of death. Fang Zhong's long sword swung and slashed mercilessly. The robbers robbed and killed the passing caravans, and did all kinds of evil, and the people and gods were angry, and there was nothing to be merciful.
Fang Zhong shocked the sword in his hand, slashed the bandits one by one, and the war horse galloped, rushing to kill in the bandit group.
Behind him, Tong Man and Zhang Daniu followed closely, the two of them did not dare to leave Fang Chong's side from beginning to end, although they both knew that Fang Chong's strength was strong, much stronger than them, but the two of them were desperate for each other, and they guarded them wholeheartedly.
In the rear of the army, soldiers ran back and forth, reporting the battle situation in front to Xu Changfeng.
Sitting in the temporary tent, Xu Changfeng called a cronie and asked, "What is the situation ahead, have Fang Zhong and his subordinates encountered powerful bandits?"
"Nope. ”
"Hey, it's a pity, if he encounters a bandit from the Innate Realm, how good it would be to be killed. Xu Changfeng muttered to himself with a look of pity, wishing that Fang Zhong would die in the hands of the bandits, so that the things that Fang Zongzhou, the sixth master of the Fang family, had given him, would be considered completed.
Suddenly, Xu Changfeng's expression moved, and he asked, "That Fang Zhong and his subordinates, do they have any gold and silver hidden privately?"
He had a wishful thinking in his heart, it was luck that Fang Chong did not die in the hands of the bandits, but here to clean up the bandits have a thing to fill their pockets, although it is an unspoken rule, if Fang Chong's handle is caught here, even if he can't ask for Fang Chong's life, he can make him suffer a little.
However, the result made Xu Changfeng very depressed, Fang Zhong had prepared early, how could he let him get his wish?
Fang Chong's 100 soldiers killed countless bandits, and made a lot of achievements, but none of them were stunned to fill their own pockets, and all the gold and silver seized were handed over, which was a lot.
"How could this be, could it be that Fang Zhong already knew that I was going to kill him?" Xu Changfeng frowned, and waved his hand to let his cronies go down.
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The entire Black Wind Ridge was boiling, there was fire everywhere, and countless bandits died, including some masters.
Although their personal strength is extremely strong, they still can't help but die in the face of a heavily armed army, which is a different concept, in front of the iron cavalry, you can't help but hate it if you cultivate to the world.
The bloody slaughter lasted all night, and the entire Black Wind Ridge was shrouded in fire, and the bandits of the Eighteen Caves suffered heavy losses, with thousands of dead and wounded, especially those ordinary bandits, who were almost wiped out, and only some powerful leaders escaped.
In this purge, the Red Tiger Army can be said to have gained a lot, not to mention killing thousands of bandits, and the gold and silver found are even more rich, with millions of taels of silver.
In a col under the Black Wind Ridge, the gold, silver and jewelry in one place were spread out, full of colors, and it made people dizzy.
These are the trophies seized in this clearance, among which there are millions of taels of silver alone, and there are even more gold, jewelry, jade, antiques, silk and other things, which are dazzling, and they are discharged dozens of meters away in the mountain col, and the scene is shocking.
It is not difficult to imagine how many caravans the Black Wind Ridge bandits have looted.
Moreover, these gold and silver were only handed over by the armies, among which the soldiers were full of private pockets, and I don't know how many were secretly hidden, and none of them saw the light of day, nor were they included in the statistics, if you count those, then this amount of money is really too big.
Xu Changfeng stood in front of this pile of gold, silver and jewelry, with a bright smile on his face, and narrowed his eyes: "This time to clean up the bandits in Heifengling, all the armies have made great achievements, killed thousands of bandits, seized countless materials, and waited until I went back to reward them one by one." ”
"Lord Xie Qianhu. The army cheered in unison.
"Well, count the troops, pack up all these gold, silver and jewelry, and send two brigades back to the barracks. Xu Changfeng has the demeanor of a general, and he quickly arranged it.
Soon, all the gold, silver and jewels in the place were packed up, loaded in the car, and escorted back to the Red Tiger Army by two brigades and filled into the military warehouse.
Watching the truckloads of gold, silver and jewelry being carried away, they were all very greedy.
It's a pity that these are all things that need to be filled into the arsenal, and they are on the record, and no one can move around, not to mention that they have already taken a lot of them.
The army didn't stay in the Black Wind Ridge for long, and after regrouping, they set out and rushed to the Endless Mountains to the south, where they were headed.
It was very calm all the way, and the Red Tiger Army passed everywhere, and no thieves dared to go wild.
However, several centurions in the army looked at Fang Zhong with a strange gaze, obviously because he had cleared the bandits in the Black Wind Ridge that night, but he didn't take a dime.
"They all think I'm pretending to be noble. In this regard, Fang Zhong was also very helpless, he didn't take the gold and silver because he was afraid of being caught by Xu Changfeng, he really didn't mean to be a maverick, but this kind of thing can't be explained, so it can only be misunderstood by others.
There are two brigades of people escorting the Red Tiger Army of the Gold and Silver Society, and they will not come out again.
So now there are only eight hundred cavalry, plus everyone is very good, and the speed is even faster, and there is no need to rest much along the way, which makes Fang Zhong depressed for a long time, the army passed by Ningcang County, but he didn't even have time to go home to take a look.
The war horses galloped, traveling thousands of miles a day, and in just a few days, the army reached the southernmost part of Zhaonan County.
At a glance, the end of the world is green, and the trees are jagged, towering to the sky, as if they have been connected with the clouds.
At the end of the white clouds, there are countless tall mountain ranges towering, majestic, very magnificent, and from a distance, they give people a very shocking feeling.
"This is the Endless Mountain. Fang Zhong muttered to himself in a low voice, a huge shock in his heart, such a magnificent landscape was really shocking.
In the distance, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, reaching into the clouds, the trees are jagged, towering to the sky, and patches of green cover the earth, undulating and rugged, and you can't see the edge at a glance.
Such a scene is not only heavy, but everyone else is also shocked, staring at the distance in a daze.
In the end, the army was stationed on the periphery of the Endless Mountain, and now the situation in the 100,000 Mountain is not very clear, and there is no hurry to enter.
The small towns on the periphery of the Endless Mountains are close to the mountains, and there are often hunters who enter the Endless Mountains to hunt, and the army can also get some useful information from them, and have a general understanding of the situation inside, so that they can enter it at that time.