At this moment, the boss next door brought wine and meat, and seeing Fan Da's puzzled face, he said with a smile: "These are arranged by these guest officers, and they have already paid!" ”

"A few benefactors, how can this make you break the bank?" Fan Da said embarrassedly.

"Didn't that law Cao say, 'Every righteous person slaughters more dogs, and ruthless people are more readers'? I admire the righteous people the most in my life, we don't have to be stubborn! Montenegro said, "Meatloaf, you go and call the military doctor and see Old Man Fan!" ”

"No!" The meatloaf immediately departed.

Everyone ate and drank, Fan's father was sick, Fan's mother couldn't insist on eating together, and Montenegro personally left a copy for each of them.

Fan Xu is fifteen years old, and the amount of food and wine is amazing, and a roast leg of lamb weighing more than ten catties will be eaten in a while. Fan Da was a little embarrassed and said, "My son is also a rough man, Engong smiled!" ”

"We are all rough people, I like your son's temperament, I want him to follow me for half a year and teach him martial arts and battle formations! Half a year later, I will send someone to return it, is it okay? Montenegro asked.

"With the guidance of Engong, that's the creation of Er'er! Hey, meet the master! Fan was overjoyed and said to Fan Xu.

Fan Xu swallowed the chicken leg in his hand three or two times, wiped the oil on his hand, bowed down to the black mountain, and said, "Meet the master!" ”

"Good! Get up! "Black Mountain is overjoyed, help Fan Hao! said: "I'm only four years older than you, you can call me big brother in the future!"

While chatting happily, the meatloaf came with a military doctor, and Montenegro asked the military doctor to see Fan's father immediately. After a while, the military doctor came out and said: "The old people are all old people's diseases, although they are not life-threatening, they need to be well recuperated for a period of time before they can recover!" I prescribe a prescription and remember to drink it on time every day before going to bed! ”

"Thank you, sir, we are preparing to go back to our hometown in Pei County, I wonder if my father's body can withstand the fatigue of the journey?" Fan asked him.

"It's okay to ride slowly!" The medic replied.

Now a horse and a car cost more than 30 gold, which is not affordable for ordinary people at all, Fan Da looked embarrassed.

Montenegro took out the 100 gold he had with him and handed it to Fan Da, saying, "Take this money, buy a carriage, and get medicine for your father!" The rest will go to Pei County to settle down! ”

"When we meet in Pingshui, how can we let Engong be so expensive? This is absolutely unacceptable! Fan Hao postponed.

"Money is money when it matters most, otherwise it's something outside the body! You guys get ready, go south early, I'm staying in the new barracks these days, when you leave, let Fan Xu go over there to find me! Half a year later, I will send someone to send him back to Pei County to find you. After Montenegro finished speaking, he got up and took his leave.

On the way back to the camp, Meng Hao asked Montenegro curiously, "You are so good to this family, so optimistic about a big child, will you really meet each other?" Why don't you just take him with you? ”

"A hero also needs the right time and place. If Fan Xu lives in Changshan County, he will still be a butcher in the future, and by my side, he will become a warrior at most. But let him return to Pei County, it is possible to be a marquis in the future, Pei County, outstanding people, in the next ten years, there will be many heroes! Montenegro replied mysteriously.

A few days later, Fan Xu sent off his elders and came to the military camp, and Montenegro asked him to study martial arts with Nobita and Meng Hao. The group set off north to Yanmen County again.

Along the way, Xiao Hei always bared his teeth at Fan Xu. Zhang Jin said: "Fan Xu, you must not kill dogs less, that's why Xiao Hei hates you so much, right!" ”

"In the past two years, after my grandfather fell ill, I helped my father kill a thousand dogs, not to mention a thousand! Usually other dogs are so frightened when they see me that they can't move, this little black line, and dare to grin at me, I slaughtered it at night and stewed a pot for everyone to eat! Fan said with a smile.

"If you dare to kill it, the general will definitely stew you too! The horse's name is Da Hei, and this dog's name is Xiao Hei, both of whom are the general's brothers! Our general can not have a wife, and he will definitely not give up big and little black! Zhang Jin said with a smile.

A few people were chatting, Xiao Hei suddenly ran up to the high place on the side of the road, and after a while, he ran down, "Want Wang" shouted.

"There is a situation ahead, Meng Hao quickly called the team behind to follow. Brother Ahei, meatloaf, explore the way ahead! Montenegro ordered.

The three of them left in response, and everyone listened carefully, but they didn't hear any sound at all! Mi Long said: "How can there be a situation when it is so quiet? Xiao Hei must be missing his mother-in-law, screaming!

After a while, the meatloaf came back and reported: "There are about 2,000 bandits in the front four miles who robbed the Qin army's grain transport team, and they are fighting hard!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, five hundred guards also caught up.

"Get ready to fight! Stormtroopers! Montenegro ordered. Five hundred men, all cavalrymen, immediately drew their iron swords, formed a column, and rushed forward to kill.

The Qin army's grain transport team was outnumbered and suffered many casualties, but it was backed by the grain cart and held on to the death, and thousands of bandits took turns to rush and kill, and the casualties were even more serious. The bandit leader saw that the Qin army was overwhelmed, and victory was in sight, and he was shouting loudly for everyone to rush and kill, but suddenly the rear was in chaos, and he hurriedly turned around to see, a Qin cavalry suddenly killed, brave and abnormal, invincible, and the bandits fled one after another!

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"The wind is tight, retreat to the mountain!" The bandit leader immediately ordered to abandon the fat to his mouth and led the people into the woods by the roadside.

"Surrender or kill!" Black Mountain shouted. "Surrender or kill!" The lieutenant and sergeant also shouted. Many of the thieves who came and ran immediately put down their weapons and squatted on the ground!

"Don't chase after the poor." Montenegro ordered, "Rescue the wounded first!" ”

There were nearly a thousand corpses on the ground, and some wounded were wailing! The Qin army, which was transporting grain, also suffered hundreds of casualties. A general came to Montenegro and saluted: "I have not sent a baggage transport battalion of 500 long, I have seen the general, thank you for saving the general!" ”

"It's all family, you're welcome! What are you going to do with these bandits? Montenegro asked.

"These are the general's prisoners, and the general has the final say!" Five hundred long said.

"Bandage the wounds, take them all back, count your credit! Take it to the county town and hand it over to General Bai Tao, and I will use these people to strangle this gang of bandits! Montenegro said, "If your general asks, it will be the envoy of King Qin!" ”

"No! Thank you, General! Five hundred replied.

Montenegro escorted the grain transport team to the outside of Changshan County before going straight to the camp of Bai Tao, the garrison of Changshan County! After Bai Tao fought the Huns to the south, he has been serving as the general of the infantry army in Yang Duanhe Army, and he was promoted to two levels in the Great War of Destroying Zhao, and now he is the thirteenth level of the middle guard, and he has 50,000 foot cavalry, all of which are the elite of Guanzhong. As soon as he heard that Montenegro was coming, he immediately arranged a banquet and welcomed him out of the camp.

The two hadn't seen each other for nearly two years, and there was a lot of cold noise, and Montenegro asked, "What's the situation here?" ”

Bai Tao replied: "There is no movement in the northern Daiguo, but there are many bandits hidden on this vast Five Elements Mountain (now Taihang Mountain), and they have entered the mountain many times to strangle them, but the result is that they have been attacked several times, and they have suffered heavy casualties!" It's a headache! ”

The next day, in the name of the envoy of the King of Qin, Montenegro gathered all the other bandit captives into the Baitao army, with a total of more than 1,500 people. He also ordered the medical staff of the army to carefully treat the wounded prisoners. After a few days of interrogation, it was found that sixty percent of the bandits were soldiers of Old Zhao, thirty percent were nearby people, and one percent were ranger fugitives from various countries!

"Brother Ahei, you can get a tattoo, you tattoo a small mark on the recess of the right foot of all the captives, and then pass on this technique to the military doctors in the army, I have my own magic use." Montenegro said to Brother Ahei.

"No! I'll let people go up the mountain and cut some wisteria and boil it into a thick juice! He replied and went to prepare.

Hei first called the bandit captives from the counties of Zhao State, and when they said, "Most of you are the children of commoners from the counties of the old Zhao Kingdom, and if you are willing to go home, I will leave a little mark on the sole of each of your right feet!" You went up the mountain to be a thief before, no matter what the reason, Daqin will not investigate the past. If you go up the mountain again and become a thief and are caught again, anyone who has a mark on the soles of your feet, or who injures the soles of your feet to scrape off the marks, will not only be beheaded, but your family members will also be affected as official slaves. Would you like to? ”

The captives looked at each other at first, but after a while they expressed their willingness to go home and become commoners.

Montenegro also said: "You still have brothers and friends who are thieves in the mountains, if you are willing to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to recruit them, not only can they enjoy the same treatment as you!" You will reward one person with one gold, two people with two gold, and ten people with the first rank. If you are willing, wait for your own registration, and if you are unwilling, point a good mark on the soles of your feet, and receive dry food and travel expenses after completing the inspection and passing, and you can go! ”

Montenegro also summoned the bandits from other countries to take prisoners, about 300 people, some of whom were dressed in martial arts, and some were literate and hyphenated. Said to them: "The unification of the Qin army is a matter of the past few years, most of you have committed crimes in your hometown and fled here to be the bandits, and those who are willing to join the Qin army and assist the Qin army in exterminating the bandits will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the lord, and in the near future, after the Qin army unifies the world, you will still have the opportunity to glorify your ancestors and return to your hometown." Those who are unwilling to join the Qin army can be incorporated into local households and granted by the government to settle down in a field house! ”

At that moment, more than 200 people said that they wanted to join the Qin army, and Montenegro asked the military judge to register and tattooed a mark on everyone's right foot.

Half a day later, Meng Hao came to report that a total of more than 500 people expressed their willingness to stay in the army and make meritorious service to atone for their crimes.

Montenegro called all his subordinates and said to Mi Long and Meatloaf: "These more than 500 soldiers have been handed over to you, and for the past ten days, you two will be responsible for training him in military discipline and ranks." ”

"No!" The two of them immediately responded.

Montenegro said to Meng Hao and Brother A Hei again: "You two take two hundred lieutenant troops, take my orders to Taiyuan County, gather all the bandit captives in the county into Shi Fatzi's army, and deal with them according to this method, and those who are willing to stay will be trained by the two of you, waiting for my orders." ”

"No!" The two immediately responded.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed. Seeing that the more than 500 bandits had been trained into a disciplined army, Montenegro summoned everyone and said, "Now all of you go back to the mountain, as long as you can persuade the people on the mountain to come down and surrender, you will be rewarded according to what you said before!" If you can't go down the mountain, you can also do internal response when the Qin army attacks. Remember, the mark under your feet, if you are willing to be a bandit, and then you are caught, there is only one way to die! ”

"We are willing to swear allegiance to Great Qin!" Everyone spoke in unison.

"I want you to serve your country faithfully, and I don't want you to die! Don't persuade you to surrender if you're not sure, we will set up an ambush to meet you at the mountain pass! If you are not sure of persuasion, you will all be brought into the encirclement, and you will be credited with it! There is still a great danger of going back, and if anyone feels that they do not have such psychological qualities, they can stay and not go back to the mountain. Montenegro said.

In the end, more than 120 people remained at the bottom of the mountain, and the rest all changed back to their previous clothes and went up the mountain!

A few days later, some people led people down the mountain one after another, and some of the bandits even went down the mountain to surrender! The number ranged from more than ten to seven or eight hundred. News also came from Taiyuan County, and similar results were received over there.

A month later, without spending a single soldier, more than 50,000 bandits surrendered from the two counties, and 20,000 of them joined the Qin army.

Seeing that the effect was so good, Bai Tao asked excitedly: "You really can, you didn't spend a single soldier to disintegrate most of the bandits, how did you come up with such a good way?" ”

"If you can eat and clothe yourself, and have land to plant, few people are willing to be bandits. We just need to be kind to them and give them a chance to choose again, and we don't want to live a life without a future in the mountains! Montenegro said.

Montenegro selected 2,000 strong from the more than 10,000 bandit army to bring to the new military camp of Shi Fatzi in Taiyuan County. He also sent people to Changshan County to temporarily transfer carpenters to Taiyuan to listen to them.

When Shi Fatzi saw that his old boss came with his comrades-in-arms who had been dependent on each other for life and death, everyone was inevitably lively.

On the second day after arriving at Taiyuan County, Montenegro summoned his subordinates and began to arrange tasks, saying: "Shi Fatzi selected two thousand elites from the surrendered bandit army, and handed them over to the carpenter and Brother A Hei to be responsible for training crossbow machines and mountain warfare together with the two thousand people brought from Yanmen County. I'm only going to give you a month, you have to train as soon as possible! ”

"No!" The three of them answered the order.

"Meng Hao, you take two hundred lieutenants to the counties of Taiyuan to inspect the roads, water conservancy and farming conditions!"

"No!" Meng Hao responded.

Montenegro also wrote a letter to the thieves, ordering people to post it everywhere in the counties and counties of the Five Elements Mountains and the roads into the mountains, and wrote: "The letter to the thieves, since the Great Qin governed the land of Zhao, the cultivators have their fields, the dwellers have their houses, and the people live and work in peace and contentment." Those who came down the mountain on 30 June and turned themselves in will not be prosecuted in the past, and they can return to their hometowns to serve the people, or they can join the army to serve the country. Those who do not surrender after June 30 will be treated as bandits and exterminated with heavy troops! The first day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Qin. ”

After arranging the task, Montenegro went to Wang Qian's military camp to ask the soldiers for Qin Wangwei, and transferred tens of thousands of sheep from the northern grassland to reward the three armies. Taiyuan City is the second largest city in Zhao State, with a large population and developed commerce. Wang Qian's Chinese army was stationed here, waiting for the autumn harvest to attack Yan and Dai. The new army of Shi Fatzi and the carpenter belonged to the local armed forces of the counties, and Montenegro could be mobilized as the king's envoy. But Bai Tao was a field army unit belonging to the Qin State, and he only listened to Wang Qian's orders.

General Wang Jian was very enthusiastic about Montenegro, a former subordinate, and set up a military banquet to catch the wind for Montenegro, and jokingly said: "Montenegro, you have been in Taiyuan for several days before you came to me, did you become a royal envoy and forget my former boss!" ”

"General forgive me, I inspected Zhao for the King of Qin this time, and I saw that there were many bandits in the Five Elements Mountains in Yanmen County and Taiyuan, I wanted to exterminate them, and I was busy making some arrangements in the past few days. Please also ask the general for advice! Montenegro said, and told Wang Jian his detailed plan.

After hearing this, Wang Jian stroked his beard and said: "Your plan is very good, most of the bandits have been collected before the troops are dispatched, and the remaining diehards will give them a look!" I don't have the task of slaying the bandits, but I can help you. ”

"If the general can help, the bandits will only be able to survive. Thank you very much for Montenegro! Montenegro was overjoyed and said to Wang Jian Shili.

"Order all armies to start stationing at the mountain passes of the Marble Mountains tomorrow, block all roads into the mountains, and only enter and exit!" Wang Jian immediately gave an order.

"No!" The generals under the tent answered the order in unison.

"Although the army can't trap the bandits in the mountains, the bandits will be frightened when they see the general's banner!" Montenegro said, "I immediately notified all the counties and counties, mobilized all troops to help defend the mountain passes in various places, and mobilized all the villagers under the Five Elements Mountain to organize Ding Zhuang to strengthen inspections. If you find a stranger, you will be captured and handed over to the government, and anyone who covers and hides a stranger will be regarded as a thief! ”

In this way, the vast Marble Mountain was surrounded by a large net of millions of soldiers and civilians, and soon after a month, tens of thousands of bandits saw the determination of the Qin State to suppress the thieves and had to go out of the mountain and surrender.

According to the last statistics, there are still three bandits entrenched in the mountains, each with thousands of men and horses, holding their own grain and many land risks, and they will not come out and surrender! They are entrenched in Wutai Mountain, Nuwa Mountain, and Wangmu Mountain, and they are all bandits who have been operating for decades or hundreds of years. The bandits of the Queen Mother Mountain are the strongest, with 6,000 thieves, and the head of the thieves calls himself the king of Dongshan, and he has been fierce for three generations, not only the queen and princess, but also the prime minister and the general. The road leading to the thieves' den is not only high mountains and dense forests, but also rugged roads, but also has to pass through three passes, each of which is a dangerous place that cannot be opened by a husband and a wife.

"Let's start with the king of Dongshan in Queen Mother Mountain." Montenegro said fiercely to all his subordinates! And discuss his plan in detail with everyone. After a day and a night of discussion, they finally came up with a bold and feasible plan.

Snot was originally a spy sent down the mountain by Wang Mu Mountain, a total of about a dozen people, and after going down the mountain, he simply surrendered to the Qin army with his subordinates. The people on the hill don't know anything about them!

On the 10th day of the sixth month, Snot brought about 20 of his men, more than a dozen of whom were carpenters and Ahei Ge with twelve archers. In order to "dodge" the Qin army in the mountain pass, they took a long detour into the Five Elements Mountains. After entering the mountain, the group began to swagger along the rugged mountain road. In the dense forest on the side of the mountain road, there are several places where secret agents set up by bandits are hidden, and when they find out the movements of the official army, they will report to the mountain! There are two ways to report, one is to run ahead and report to the first pass. The second is to climb to the highest news hill and ignite the beacon smoke at the top of the mountain. The second type will only be used when the officers and soldiers enter the mountains to search and suppress. The whereabouts of these twenty people were quickly reported to the first pass. But the group still swaggered towards the mountain. Passing by the news mountain, it happened to be raining heavily, more than 20 people took shelter from the rain in the dense forest, and when the rain passed and the sky was clear, there were four people such as Brother Hei missing from the people. The four men buried themselves in the dead leaves, waited until it was dark, changed into grass-green clothes, and took advantage of the semi-circular moonlight to climb to the beacon tower on the top of the mountain. Although it was already summer, the mountain wind blew on the soaked clothes, and I shivered with cold, and when the day was almost dawn, I finally approached the top of the mountain. There was a snoring sound on the side of the road ahead! Brother Ah Hei slowly crawled over, and when he turned sideways, he saw that the two thieves were sleeping under the rocks with their guns in their arms. Brother Ah Hei flashed, and the short sword cut the throat of one of them, and quickly covered the mouth of the other, and crossed the short sword around his neck! The thieves immediately woke up. Brother Ah Hei asked softly, "Apart from the two of you, how many people are there on the top of the mountain?" ”

"Spare your life! There are still ten more people on the mountain! The thief was trembling with fright, and replied in a low voice, just after speaking, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw that the blood on his neck was dripping, and he died on the spot.

There was no road at the top of the mountain, and the four of them slowly climbed up from a bamboo ladder, and there were two thieves guarding the bamboo ladder, and they were napping at this time!