The third news about the encirclement and suppression of Qiu Mazi came belatedly after an hour, and it happened to be the rest time after the Shenwei Army watched the martial arts.

According to the news reported by the scout, "Qiu Mazi's team launched a sneak attack on Changsong County at the right time, and just sent a team of more than 300 people to make a feint, and after a quarter of an hour, the main force of the remaining 1,200 people was all staked, and the three brigades of the Shence Army did not dispatch easily because they strictly followed Liu Fan's orders, and only after all the main forces of Qiu Mazi appeared did they join the encirclement and attack, so they finally won a complete victory, and beheaded 1,427 Qiu Mazi bandit troops, captured 53 people, and none of them escaped the net, but after the war, they carefully examined, None of the bandits killed or captured Qiu Mazi himself was found, and it seems that Qiu Mazi himself did not personally lead the troops to come, and it is estimated that he is still in the base camp near the main peak of Hongchi Ridge Yunyun......"

Seeing Li Shouyi's solemn face, Liu Fan said with relief, "Don't worry, the deputy commander doesn't have to worry, there are almost 200 miles from Liangzhou to Hongchiling, that is, the three brigades took Qiu Mazi's base camp yesterday night, and it is estimated that the scouts who delivered the information will also arrive tomorrow, besides, Qiu Mazi has a total of less than 2,000 people, and he has annihilated more than 1,500 people in Changsong County, and the team left in his base camp is only 500 people at most, Three brigades of 6,000 people will not have any big problems in encircling and suppressing 500 people! ”

"I'm not worried about this, I'm worried that although Qiu Mazi's main force has been annihilated this time, Qiu Mazi himself may once again become a fish that has slipped through the net."

"There is this possibility, Qiu Mazi is as treacherous as a fox, and has a strong sense of vigilance, even if the main force is annihilated, the possibility of his own escape is still very high, but I feel that as long as Qiu Mazi's main force is destroyed, even if Qiu Mazi himself slips through the net, he alone will not stir up any more storms in a few years."

"But if Qiu Mazi escapes, the bandit operation will still leave regrets for a long time."

"Deputy Governor, there are perfect things in the world, the sun rises and sets, the moon is round and short, and even heaven and earth are flawed, why should we be greedy for more things and seek perfection and blame, if Qiu Mazi escapes, it means that God doesn't want him to die, that is the reason of heaven and earth!"

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you, where did you learn these fallacies, and you can even justify yourself, let's talk about it tomorrow when the news on Hongchiling comes!"

By the time the three armies of Shenhu, Shenwu, and Shence watched the exercises, it was already around mid-afternoon.

Although the soldiers of the three brigades did not make any mistakes in the five military exercises, because the training in the military exercises was fundamentally different from the training in peacetime, everyone had to maintain a high degree of concentration throughout the day, so as soon as the military exercises were over, many people fell directly to the ground from exhaustion, but the results of this day were also very obvious, and finally in the summary of the camp, they gave a high evaluation of the new training, and immediately said that after the military exercises, they would immediately arrange for all the soldiers participating in the military exercises to give a lot of rewards.

This sentence alone made all the soldiers feel that this month's training and this day's military exercise were not in vain, and of course it was not just a reward, and the camp also arranged the next stage of training tasks, requiring Liu Fan and the three to complete the second phase of the training project as soon as possible, and at the same time requiring the immediate deployment of personnel to gradually carry out new training in the whole army.

And the most lively moment of this day came from the left and right, at the first moment of the first day, the scout Pegasus came to report that the three brigades of the Shence Army encircling and suppressing the main force of Qiu Mazi escorted the captured 53 bandits to ten miles outside the city, and the high-level of the camp who got the news actually decided that the three general managers and the high-level leaders of the camp went to the east gate to greet them, and said in unison, "The largest bandit group in the northwest for more than ten years has been annihilated, which is also a major event in the camp in recent years, and it must be treated with caution." ”

But in Liu Fan's heart, he felt a little fuss, since the three chief managers expressed their attitudes in unison, the others had nothing to say.

And for Xie Hao Xie bearded, this day is the most glorious day for more than 20 years as a soldier, and after the soldiers of the three brigades and six battalions saluted the senior management of the camp, Guo Huaide personally poured wine to the triumphant return of the soldiers on behalf of the brigade commander Xie Hao, a few glasses of wine, Xie Dabeard, who had worked hard all his life and neglected the military, burst into tears, and in the praise of Guo Huaide, Qi Boyuan, and Li Shouyi, he said rarely, "All the advance and retreat of our department are deployed in advance by Liu Duwei, and Xie Hao does not dare to take credit." ”

Guo Huaide smiled slightly, "These camps are very clear, and we will reward Captain Liu's merits separately, but no matter whose planning and deployment it is, if you lead the soldiers to the front line to complete the task, this credit will definitely be yours." ”

After that, he said in a loud voice, "Please rest assured, all the soldiers and soldiers who participated in the extermination of Qiu Mazi this time will be lenient, and this will not change." ”

After Guo Huaide finished speaking, the team of thousands of people broke out into cheers.

And Xingying's reward for Xie Dabeard was also quickly cashed in, and in the fifth year of the month, with the approval of the imperial court, Xie Hao directly took over the post of Sima Duwei of the Shence Army from Liu Fan.

According to the scout's report, the soldiers of the two battalions of the A Brigade led by Geng Dawei successfully climbed the Baizhang cliff from the south of the Hongchi Mountains, and when the main force of Qiu Mazi left and saw the fire at the head of Changsong County, they immediately launched an attack on their base camp, and when the soldiers of the other two brigades arrived, Geng Dawei led the two battalions of men and horses to completely annihilate the bandit troops left in the base camp, and planned to kill 417 bandits. A total of 236 people, including women, children, old and children, were captured, and the bandit leader Qiu Mazi himself was not found......

At noon on the fifth day, Xingying finally waited for the soldiers of the Third Brigade who went to Hongchiling to encircle and suppress Qiu Mazi's base camp and went through wind and snow, and according to Geng Dawei, deputy brigade commander of Battalion A, who was responsible for the main attack, personally reported to Xingying, in the battle of besieging the bandit base camp, the bandit leader Qiu Mazi himself was not found from beginning to end.

In the winter of the fifth year, the Shence Army's action to annihilate Qiu Mazi, the largest bandit group in the northwest region, also came to an end on this day.

This is a rare day of heavy snow in winter, since the beginning of winter, the weather is almost sunny every day, God may forget that there is such a place as Liangzhou in the world, in a month or two there is not even a snow slag to give alms here, the northwest wind blowing from the direction of Yongchang rolls up layers of loess from the dry ground and continues to blow into people's collars and hair, and after a while, even the eyebrows are drilled with loess stars.

And since the middle of the night yesterday, the sky has finally drifted with snowflakes, and it has not stopped for half a night. When he got up in the morning, Liu Fan saw that a thick snow blanket had been spread on the ground, and the snow flakes were constantly falling from the sky.

Due to the habits developed in the army, Uncle Su, Dong Zi and Liu Fan got up early every day to exercise in the small garden for more than half an hour, but today's weather is obviously not suitable to go to the back garden, the three of them gathered under the eaves in front of the main house, while watching the snow scene, while slowly moving their skills, a few little girls ignored the heavy snow in the courtyard to build a snowman, the aunt shouted hoarsely next to it was useless, so I had to turn around and helplessly said to Liu Fan, "Fanzi, I can't control these girls, You have to think of a way, otherwise you will be in trouble if you get a wind chill for a while. ”

Liu Fan actually likes this lively scene at home, if the army is not busy, he will try to come back and eat with his family, and occasionally sit down and chat with his uncle and aunt, for the current situation at home, both uncle and aunt are also very satisfied, after all, the family is reunited, and the two sons can see each other every three or five places, unlike the previous four years, there is no news for a long time, and even life and death are unpredictable.

But it can't be said that there are no problems at home, the aunt can basically adapt, and take care of the laundry and cooking at home all day, and the problem is mainly with the uncle.