Chapter 167: Struggle [Plus 11/20]
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ββ¦β¦ In the first two expeditions to the Black Tiger Village, because our side knew little about the corresponding mountain tiger Yangtong group, we lost a lot of manpower, and the responsibility lies with me, and I apologize deeply to the dead brothers. However, it is precisely because of these two defeats that we have also figured out the details of Black Tiger Village. β
In front of a subordinate in the tent, Ma Gai pointed to the plank behind him.
I saw that on the wooden board, there were wanted notices pasted with paste, although they were far from the real people, but they could barely recognize the wanted objects of those wanted notices.
"Ying Shanhu, Yang Tong."
Ma Gai knocked on the wooden board and said in a deep voice: "This person is the thief leader of the Black Tiger Village, and he was originally from Yang Village in our county......"
Everyone present looked at Lizheng Yang Shou in the area of Yang Village in the tent, and the latter explained with an embarrassed face: "It's just an ancestral hometown, an ancestral hometown." β¦β¦ As far as I know, that father moved to the county seat when he was young, and it has nothing to do with my Yang Village. β
But even so, the three headhunters present He Feng, Shi Che, and Yang Dang still looked at him coldly, just because of these two thieves, they sacrificed three colleagues who had a good relationship on weekdays.
"Okay, it's not Yang Village's responsibility."
Ma Gai rounded the scene for Yang Shou, and continued to point to the wooden board and said: "Under Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong, there are two village owners, the winged tiger Chen Mo and the jade-faced tiger Wang Qing. β¦β¦ When encountering these two people in the future, you must be extra careful, try to avoid hand-to-hand combat, and it is best to shoot them with crossbow arrows. β
He Feng, Shi Che, and Yang Dang, as well as Ishihara and his three companions, all nodded in approval of Ma Gai's words.
"In addition, there are some slightly famous bandits in Black Tiger Village, these people are Yang Tong, Chen Mo, and Wang Qing's henchmen, such as this one, the sky-fighting eagle Guo Da ......"
Ma Gai knocked on the wooden board and said in a deep voice: "But this person should be Yang Tong's brainstorm, it is difficult to see him, in comparison, it is easy to see the other people, General Niu Heng, Tu million Liu Tu, or the old saying, you don't need to be polite to deal with these bandits, just use a bow and crossbow to greet him!" β
Speaking of this, he changed his words and continued: "Okay, the above is the general situation of the Black Tiger Village, now I will talk about the rest of the thieves on Ying Mountain......
As he spoke, he pasted the wanted notices of Xu He, Yu Rong, Yuan Xu, Liu Heimu, Chu Jiao, Chen Zu, Wu Sheng, Zhang Feng, Sun Yi, Ma Hong, Feng Xing, and Liu Mao, the remaining thirteen cottage owners, on the wooden board, pointed at them and said in a deep voice: "In addition to Yingshan Hu Yang Tong and his gang, there are still many bandits in the eastern part of Yingshan Mountain, among which the more famous ones are these thirteen. β¦β¦ However, as far as I know, four of them were annexed by the rest of the bandits, namely Xu He, Yu Rong, Yuan Xu, and Cai Ying. β
He tore off the wanted warrants of the four cottage owners, and then looked at everyone present and said, "Presumably, you are puzzled at this moment, why do we want to talk about other bandits?" The reason is very simple, because as early as when we attacked the Black Tiger Village for the second time, Yang Tong invited the remaining nine cottages to get along, and Xu He, Yu Rong, Yuan Xu, and Cai Cheng, who were unwilling to send people to help at that time, were annexed by Yang Tong with the rest of the cottages afterwards. β
Hearing this, Ishihara frowned and asked, "County Lieutenant Ma, are you saying that the people who fought against us at that time were actually the bandits of the Ten Villages, including the rest of Jiuzhai?" β
"Not bad." Ma Gai nodded and said, "That's why there were many bandits at that time. β¦β¦ I was wondering at the time, because as far as I knew, there were only more than 100 bandits in Black Tiger Village, how could so many bandits emerge, and later I figured out that it was the rest of the bandits who sent people to help...... We didn't know about it, and we suffered a big loss. β
"I see......"
Except for a few head hunters who already knew about it, the rest of the people suddenly realized, and they didn't know if they were really surprised by it.
At this time, Ma Gai continued: "Since Yang Tong could invite the rest of the bandits in Jiuzhai to help last time, then this time, he must be able to do it too. That is to say, at this moment, the Black Tiger Village on the top of Yingshan Mountain has gathered the remaining ten bandits in the eastern part of Yingshan, and if we forcibly attack, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses again, so I think that they should be broken individually. β
As he spoke, the two county guards beside him pasted a huge map of the eastern part of Yingshan on the wooden board, and everyone here stretched their necks to look at it, and clearly saw that the map marked the location of the ten cottages.
Knocking on the plank, Ma Gai said in a deep voice: "This is what I sent someone to investigate, there may be a little discrepancy, but it should be roughly right." β¦β¦ Oh, by the way, Liu Heimu and his gang, I broke through his cottage last time and set it on fire, I guess he may defect to Yang Tong, after all, it is currently the strongest in Black Tiger Village...... With these positions in mind, let's raid these empty thieves next! As long as one or two of the thieves are burned down by us, the rest of the cottages will inevitably panic, and they will definitely withdraw to their own cottages. If we don't save it, let's cut off these rest of the cottages first, and then attack the Black Tiger Village! β
As he spoke, he turned around and patted the map, and said in a deep voice: "The rest of Jiuzhai...... No, it's Bazhai, except for Chen Zu's cottage in Runan, which is in the north of Yingshan, the remaining seven are in the south and the middle, like Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, Sun Yi, Ma Hong, these people's cottages, we can completely lay them down first. β¦β¦ Do you have any objections? β
Except for a few Li Zheng, the rest of the people praised and complimented one after another, but Ishihara raised his hand to raise his confusion: "Ma County Lieutenant, your strategy is really good, but there is an omission, in case Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, Sun Yi, and Ma Hong see that our people are overwhelming, give up their cottage, and go to Yang Tong, then wouldn't we help Yang Tong and make his cottage stronger?" β
"This Ishihara ......"
Ma Gai glanced at Ishihara, nodded and said, "That's the worst outcome, but even if it's the worst outcome, it's just a return to the current situation." β¦β¦ If that is the case, then we will find a way to besiege them until they run out of food. β
"Hmm......"
Ishihara nodded thoughtfully, thinking that Ma Gai's words were not wrong.
Although it is indeed possible that their strategy may help Yang Tong absorb the rest of the cottages in disguise, considering that they are also fighting against the bandits of Shizhai at the moment, it doesn't make much difference if you think about it carefully.
Exchanging glances with the three companions, Ishihara clenched his fists and said, "The four of us are willing to help." β
"Good!"
Ma Gai smiled and nodded, and immediately asked the rest of the people present, "What about you?" β
After a moment of silence, everyone in the tent agreed.
Seeing this, Ma Gai nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Then do what Ma says. β¦β¦ He Feng. β
"In!" The head catcher named He Feng immediately got up.
"You, along with the Lizheng and Pavilion Chiefs here, led a part of the township warriors and rangers to feint to attack the Black Tiger Village, so that the thieves on the mountain did not know our intentions."
"Yes."
"Ishihara!"
"In!" Ishihara was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted.
"I temporarily appointed you as the head catcher, and ordered you and Yang Dare to lead two hundred people to attack the remaining eight cottages. Remember, in the next few days, you will have to set up an ambush, and when the bandits of the other eight cottages come back to help, kill them as much as possible, so that even if they defect to the Black Tiger Village, then Yang Tong will not be able to add much help. β
Shi Yuan's face was straight, and he clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, the county lieutenant is wrapped up in Shi, when I fought with the rebels with my companions in Jiangxia, I was just a bandit, not enough to worry about!" β
"Good!"
Margay nodded.
A moment later, after everyone in the tent had left, he let out a long breath.
On the same day, he was accidentally arrested by Chen Mo and Wang Qing, and was forced to sign a confession admitting that he had fornicated with Heihu Village, which determined that he could no longer resist Heihu Village, otherwise as long as Heihu Village made the confession public, he and his wife and children would not be able to escape death.
But he was reluctant to give in completely to the Black Tiger Village.
Although he didn't dare to openly disobey the orders of the Black Tiger Village, he was not unable to take the opportunity to cut off the rest of the bandits, weaken the Black Tiger Village behind his back, and sabotage their intentions.
γβ¦β¦ That's the only thing I can do.'"
Sitting on the sleeper in the tent, Guo Da took out the cloth bag sewn by his wife Zou for him from his arms, and sighed long.
Around the end of the night, Ishihara took Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui three companions, and took the head catcher Yang Dang and more than 200 selected sharp soldiers, took advantage of the night to secretly leave the cottage, detoured to the half step of Yingshan, and around the time of the child, found the cottage of Zhang Feng and his gang, and launched a surprise attack on this cottage.
At that time, there were only a dozen bandits left behind in Zhang Feng's cottage, and there were some robbed women, when the dozen or so thieves were drunk and playing with women in the house, Ishihara led two hundred sharp soldiers to surround the cottage first, and then led a team to kill all the remaining bandits, and rescued the women who were taken away.
He left some of his men to count the belongings in the village, and sent some of them to send the poor women down the mountain, and immediately led the rest of the people to attack Ma Hong's cottage.
When the next day was dawning, Ishihara and others found Ma Hong's cottage, and repeated the trick to kill all the thieves in the village.
Overnight, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong's cottages were destroyed, but Zhang Feng and Ma Hong didn't know about it.
"That's pretty much it."
Ishihara and Yang Dare discussed: "If I remember correctly, this place is not far from that Sun Yi's den of thieves, let's go to that area to ambush and see, take the opportunity to let the brothers rest for a while, take a breath, if that Sun Yi brings people back to his cottage, let's set up an ambush and surround it halfway, otherwise, let's break through that Sun Yi's camp and find the next place." β
"Good!"
Hearing Shi Yuan's methodical strategy, Yang Dare nodded in agreement.
After dawn, due to the burning fire at the location of Zhang Feng and Ma Hong's two cottages, thick smoke billowed out, which alarmed the remaining bandits in the remaining cottages nearby.
In a panic, they immediately sent someone to the Black Tiger Village to inform their boss.