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Not to mention that the Black Tiger Village is in full swing preparing for the attack on the camp of officers and soldiers under the mountain at dawn in the coming day, and it is said that Kunyang County Wei Ma Gai was defeated and returned to the camp.

I have to say that Ma Gai was defeated, but he was wronged, after all, he didn't have time to come forward in person - he thought that nearly 600 conscripted village warriors and rangers were enough to make more than half of the casualties and morale of Black Tiger Village plummet, so that he would lead more than 200 county soldiers to break through its cottage in one fell swoop, and the battle would be decided!

Who would have thought that these 600 people he had spent a full 120,000 yuan to recruit would be so incapable of beating?

Seeing the camp full of wounded soldiers, listening to those people wailing or sighing, although Ma Gai hated and angry in his heart, he could only comfort and encourage them one by one.

"I, Kunyang County, will not forget the sacrifices, nor will I forget the wounded, I am the county magistrate, and I ask the county magistrate to give you an additional bounty......"

"Everyone, rest assured, I have sent someone to the county seat for help, and in a few days, the county town will send a helping hand, and then we will attack Yingshan again, kill all those damn bastards, and avenge the dead!"

With the encouragement and motivation of Ma Gai, the injured villagers and rangers recovered their morale a little and did not disperse in a hurry.

After pacifying the men, Margai returned to his tent.

At this time, he finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, took off the helmet on his head, slammed it on the ground, and scolded angrily: "What a fuck! ”

It's no wonder that he was angry in his heart, he crusaded against the Black Tiger Village twice, broke the halberd twice, killed more than 200 people the first time, and nearly 300 people died this time.

Well, the problem of bereavement is actually secondary, after all, as long as they eradicate those Ying bandits, I believe that Lu Kuang, the president of the Luye Freemasonry, will definitely not be stingy, and then fund another two or three hundred thousand yuan for the sacrifice of the victims, which is nothing to those businessmen, the question is whether they can eradicate that gang of bandits.

Seeing that Ma Gai was angry, there were county officials on the left and right who persuaded him: "The county lieutenant is angry, these thieves are just relying on the advantage of the mountain, if these thieves dare to come down the mountain, we will kill them all a long time ago!" ”

However, this did not comfort Ma Gai, but made Ma Gai even more angry, and he turned his head and said angrily: "Well, you are right, then what can you do to get those bandits down the mountain?" ”

"Uh......"

The left and right county pawns looked at each other.

Seeing this, Ma Gai became more and more upset, waved his hand and said angrily: "Get out!" ”

The county guards on the left and right did not dare to disobey, and immediately fled and left, leaving only Ma Gai alone in the tent, walking around irritably.

After walking back and forth several times, he gradually calmed down the irritation in his heart, and lay on the sleeper to think about how to break the enemy.

At this time, he remembered in his mind what the ranger named Ishihara had said.

It was a ranger who had participated in the fight against the rebels in Jiangxia, and had seen the real battlefield of thousands or tens of thousands of people, and what such a person said, Ma Gai would naturally pay attention to it.

As Ishihara said, the gang of thieves in the Black Tiger Village is indeed a bit unusual.

It's not that these bandits are brave, there are only a few brave bandits in Black Tiger Village, and the other party can defeat the crusade team led by him twice, one is to rely on familiarity with the terrain around Yingshan, and set up many traps that are impossible to guard against according to local conditions, and secondly, like today, they were defeated with strategy.

Divide the enemy's forces, divide the large force into several pieces, and concentrate on breaking them one by one...... No matter how you listen to this, these are the tactics summarized by the ancestors of the past dynasties in their art of war.

Among this gang of bandits, there are still those who have seen the art of war?

Margay simply feels incredible.

After all, in this era, it is already remarkable that civilians can recognize their own names and the names of their families, and most civilians can't even write their own names, and those who can read and write are almost all children of large families.

What the? Poor children? Isn't the Hanmen a big family in decline? How many of those who are really at the bottom of the world, like peasants who plough the fields all day long, can read and write?

I didn't expect that in the Black Tiger Village, there were still people who could use tricks - shouldn't it be some desperate refugees from Wannan and Wanbei? Could it be that there are children of big families among them?

But how can the children of big families fall into the grass?

But if you have some ability, why not go to the work sites in Luyang and Yexian?

Ma Gai really couldn't figure it out.

"Do you really want to ask the county for help?"

Margai scratched at his hair with some annoyance.

Although his Kunyang is next to Ye County, Ye County belongs to Nanyang County, and his Kunyang belongs to Yingchuan County, and the county is governed in Xuchang, that is, the Xuchang City that Cao Cao added to welcome the emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty.

If he Kunyang is never able to solve the problem of Yang Tong and his gang in Black Tiger Village, then he can only report to the county and implore Xuchang to send the county army to the county to help Kunyang suppress the thieves.

And this, whether it is for Liu Bi, the commander of Kunyang County, or for Ta Magai, who is the county lieutenant, is a matter of great shame, and it will also involve their political achievements and leave a humiliating mark on their official records.

For Liu Bi, it is called 'governing the county without a way', and for him Ma Gai, it is called 'anti-theft is unfavorable', which will seriously affect their future careers.

It is precisely for this reason that although Yang Tong and his gang in Heihuzhai have been bold enough to control the intersection of the two main roads of [Runan-Kunyang] and [Xiangcheng-Kunyang], and collect money from passing caravans, Liu Bi, the county commander of Kunyang County, still did not report to Xuchang, but asked Ma Gai to exterminate this bandit as soon as possible, because he was afraid that the county would punish them after learning about it.

What Liu Bi was worried about, Ma Gai was also worried, so he visited Lu Kuang, the president of the Luye Freemasonry, and begged him to fund money and grain for recruiting county warriors and crusading against the Black Tiger Village.

I didn't expect ......

Alas!

Shaking his head, Ma Gai could only wait for news from the county.

If the county order Liu Bi can recruit another group of people, it will naturally be the best, if not, he can only attack the Black Tiger Village with a hard head - can he kill Yang Tong, Chen Mo, Wang Qing and other thieves, at least to capture the cottage on the mountain and burn it down, otherwise, he really can't explain that so many people have died.

The only thing that made him improve his mood was probably the fire on Yingshan Mountain at this moment.

"Better burn these damn bundes!"

He cursed through gritted teeth, though he knew in his heart that there was hardly a bandit who was stupid enough to be burned to death.

After nightfall, Ma Gai took a few mouthfuls of food, and then fell asleep in the tent with a heavy heart.

Around midnight the next day, in the Black Tiger Village, the thieves of the Ten Villages sneaked down the mountain from the north and headed towards the still lit up the camp of officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, the mountain forest directly below the Black Tiger Village had almost burned away, leaving only some faint scorched trees with sparks, and grass and wood ash everywhere.

Those fires are spreading to the north and south, and if you are lucky, a heavy rain in the near future may be able to extinguish this spreading mountain fire, otherwise, the nearby mountain villages that rely on the mountains to survive are afraid that they will be greatly implicated.

Because there was a thick layer of grass and wood ash piled up on the mountain road, which was loose and slippery, this group of thieves inevitably suffered some hardships when they went down the mountain, and some even subconsciously scolded their mothers, but they were quickly reminded by their companions to stop them.

I don't know if it was luck, or if the crusading army at the bottom of the mountain lacked vigilance, far inferior to the regular army, until the group of bandits took advantage of the night to get closer to the camp only more than two hundred zhang away, and the camp did not notice.

"Wait for the opportunity, wait for the sunrise in the east, and kill the camp together."

Ambushed with the bandits in the night, Yang Tong said to the rest of the cottage owners.

Everyone nodded, quietly waiting for the sunrise, none of them noticed that Chen Mo and Wang Qing had quietly left halfway and went to the other side.

I don't know how long I waited, but the first light appeared on the horizon in the east.

Seeing this, Yang Tong said in a deep voice: "Prepare to attack the camp!" ”

Hearing this, hundreds of bandits continued to reach the camp close enough to launch a surprise attack.

"Up!"

With Yang Tong's order, hundreds of bandits quickly rushed towards the camp.

"Kill!"

Niu Heng's roar broke the silence and startled the hearts of everyone present.

"This reckless man!"

Yang Tong pretended to be angry and scolded, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Quick! Kill the camp before you realize! ”

The rest of the Jiuzhai village owners didn't know that Niu Heng was deliberate, and when they saw that the matter had come to this point, they could only follow Yang Tong and rush forward, striving to enter the camp before the officers and soldiers in the camp reacted.

I have to say that this group of crusading troops composed of village warriors, rangers, and county guards is indeed far less rapid than the army's response, although Niu Heng has deliberately reminded them, but the crusading army in the camp still failed to stop this group of bandits, and almost in a moment, the bandits broke through a camp gate.

At this time, the camp reacted, and countless village warriors, rangers, and county guards rushed out of their respective tents, struggling to resist the invading bandits in the chaos.

At this time, Ma Gai, who was sleeping in the tent, was also woken up by several county guards: "County lieutenant, county lieutenant, the big thing is not good, that gang of bandits sneaked up on our camp!" ”

Maybe it was because he didn't wake up, Ma Gai was stunned for a few breaths before he reacted, and his face changed greatly: "What? ”

He couldn't believe that this group of bandits dared to go down the mountain and attack their camp?

He quickly rushed out of the tent with his weapons and commanded the village warriors, rangers, and county guards in the camp to resist the invading bandits.

Under his command, more than 500 people in the battalion quickly lined up with the county guards as the core, and the village warriors assisted by the side, while those rangers who were already good at fighting alone fought separately, killing the bandits who invaded the camp in groups of three or five.

I have to say that the bandits on Yang Tong's side have uneven strength, and their average strength is on par with the county guards, which is not as good as those rangers, plus these people have no rules at all, killing and rushing indiscriminately, and there is no formation at all.

I saw that Na Ma Gai was fighting hard to kill the enemy, and at the same time boosted his morale: "Stop them!" These thieves are just some useless goods, as long as we stop their attack, they will definitely flee! ”

With his encouragement, the morale of the soldiers in the battalion was boosted.

However, at this moment, Ma Gai suddenly heard someone shouting: "County lieutenant, county lieutenant, another group of bandits has entered from the north side and attacked the place where we are piling up grain!" ”

"What?!"

Ma Gai was shocked when he heard this, and immediately gritted his teeth.

After a brief hesitation, he left most of his men on the west side of the camp to resist the bandits, while he led dozens of county guards and rangers to quickly go to the place where the grain was stacked.

Sure enough, a group of bandits had somehow mixed in there, heading towards the place where the grain was stacked in his camp.

In a fit of rage, Ma Gai roared angrily: "The thief dares! …… I am Kunyang County Lieutenant Ma Gai, if you know each other, quickly kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, I can still spare your life! ”

At this time, a laugh suddenly came from his side: "You are Ma Gai, heh, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

『……』

I don't know what I thought, Ma Gai's face changed slightly.

He subconsciously looked around, and then he realized that behind those empty tents that seemed to be uninhabited, many bandits came out one after another, surrounding them and their group.

"Is the target actually me?"

Squinting his eyes, Ma Gai's face showed a solemn expression.