When everyone heard the shouts to stop fighting, they fixed their eyes and saw that it was the captain Xu Tangyi. So they retreated to the periphery and surrounded Jichao. Xu Tangyi said: "You all go after other bandits, and I will deal with this person." ”

Everyone Ding Zhuang agreed, and chased forward one after another. Ji Chao also stopped the double whip and looked at Xu Tangyi, this look was not important, he was so shocked that he almost threw away the double whip. The person in front of him turned out to be Uncle Xu, who he was familiar with! Ji Chao couldn't help but be excited for a while, and opened his mouth to shout: "Xu ......"

Xu Tangyi hurriedly interrupted him: "Yes, I am Xu Tangyi, the kid will take his life!" Then he gave Shi a look, raised the steel knife in his hand and slashed at Ji Chao. Ji Chao immediately understood, and raised the steel whip to hold the steel knife.

Ji Chao saw that the people around him had gone away, and called out in a low voice: "Uncle Xu, why are you?" ”

"Without further ado, I'm here to save you. You pretend to be defeated and run towards the edge of a cliff where no one is around! Xu Tangyi said in a low voice.

Then the two pretended to fight again, and after a while, Ji Chao asked again: "Uncle Xu, how can you save me?" ”

"I have my own way, do what I say. Take advantage of the lack of people now, run! Xu Tangyi said anxiously.

Ji Chao didn't ask any more, put away his double whips, and ran towards the east.

Xu Tangyi shouted: "Boy, don't run! ”

The two of them ran one after the other toward the edge of the cliff to the east. Running to the edge of the cliff, Ji Chao had no way to escape, and he stopped. looked at Xu Tangyi in a daze, Xu Tangyi saw that no one around him was paying attention to them, Xu Tangyi said: "Hurry up and find a place to hide, go to Hejia Village to find me in three days, I have my own way to save you." ”

"I'm leaving, what are you going to do?" Ji Chao was afraid of injuring Uncle Xu, so he asked.

"I'll just say that you ran off the cliff, you can't see anyone alive, you can't see a corpse when you die, no one will investigate it deeply. Remember to use the original name later. Xu Tangyi advised.

Ji Chao agreed, then flashed, fled into a room next to him, turned over the firewood and grass in the house, and hid in the firewood and grass pile.

Xu Tangyi found a boulder and rolled down the cliff. When the stone fell into the lake, he shouted, "Come on, Jichao has jumped into the lake, hurry up and find the boat." I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death! ”

Ding Zhuang around heard Xu Tangyi's shout, and someone ran over to look down the cliff. I only saw the ripples in the lake stirred up by the boulders, and there were still human figures. Everyone did not suspect that there was a fake, and comforted: "Captain Xu, there is no need to find a boat to salvage." There are many robbers jumping off cliffs, such a big lake, there is no boat, and jumping down is a death, so why bother to salvage. ”

Xu Tangyi pretended to be annoyed and said, "Hey, the biggest credit is that I lost it, it's a pity!" ”

The crowd comforted them again, and then went back to look for the fleeing bandits.

After about half an hour of fighting, all the bandits in the cottage were cleared. About eighty or ninety people were killed, about forty-five were missing by jumping off a cliff, and the rest all surrendered as prisoners.

At this time, Liang Wensheng also came to the cottage under the protection of the guards. Under his arrangement, the soldiers began to sweep the battlefield, count the prisoners, and seize the grain, silver, horses, and livestock in the cottage.

After counting, more than 200 of the bandits were killed, more than 300 were captured, and more than 50 were missing. There were also more than 17 women, children, and elderly people, who were neither bandits nor captive people, but the families of the bandits. About forty others were people who had been kidnapped to build fortifications. Ding Zhuang was killed in the battle, more than ten were injured, and the rest were not injured at all.

More than 17,000 taels of silver, more than 2,300 stones of grain, more than 160 horses, more than 500 cattle, mules, pigs, sheep and other livestock, and poultry were found in the cottage.

Liang Wensheng looked at the list of seizures, both happy and afraid.

It can be said that this battle swept away in one fell swoop the bandits, hooligans, scoundrels, ruffians, and other unstable elements in Juzhou and even neighboring prefectures and counties, and the public order in Juzhou will be greatly improved. For himself, it is a great political achievement. With the right operation, it is a certainty to move up the next level after three years.

What I am afraid of is that if it drags on for another half a year, the force of this bandit will be even greater, and it will be difficult to eradicate it again. From now on, the banditry in Juzhou will reach the point where it cannot be contained. His career will also stop here, and he will even be demoted and held accountable.

Fortunately, after today's battle, the bandits in Juzhou have been completely eliminated!

Liang Wensheng looked at the four black steam cannons outside the village, as well as Xu Tangyi's three hundred Ding Zhuang, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. If there are no these four cannons today, if you want to attack the cottage, you must pay the world's great casualties, which is really a sharp weapon for attacking the city. For the first time, he felt the power of science, if it weren't for science, how could He Zhiyuan's apprentice invent such a sharp weapon? For the first time, he felt the importance of science.

There is also a series of strategies offered by He Zhiyuan, skillfully using the wind direction and smoke as a cover, and occupying the first walled wall without casualties. There was also an improved second kick that played an important role, and these ideas came to his mind. At a young age, he can be civil and martial, and once he suppresses bandits, he can see that he must be a capable minister in the future. This is the talent of the Ming Dynasty, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, and the blessing of the people.

Then there are the three hundred Ding Zhuang led by Xu Tangyi, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, and they are strictly disciplined and well-organized. If the rice buckets of the Inspection Department were like them, they would be beaten by these bandits and make Liang Wensheng lose such a big face. Thinking of this, he had the idea of letting Xu Tangyi serve as the inspector of the inspection department, but after thinking about it, he felt impossible, he was a member of the He family, how could he be embarrassed to dig him.

Just when Liang Wensheng was thinking a lot, Xu Tangyi and Duan Qianhu came to report at the same time: "Lord Zhizhou, the cottage has been completely cleaned up. The big boss of the cottage disappeared after jumping into the lake, and it is estimated that nine times out of ten he was drowned in the lake. The second master is nowhere to be found. According to the prisoner's confession, Chu Ying, the second master, disappeared from the beginning of the shelling, and later we found a rope on the edge of the cliff in the back mountain that led straight to the lake, and it is estimated that Chu Ying slid along the rope to the lake and escaped. ”

"Forgive him for a Chu Ying can't make much waves, notify all the checkpoints to strictly investigate, and if you find his traces, you won't be killed!"

Duan Qianhu asked again: "Lord Zhizhou, what to do with the hundreds of houses on this cottage?" ”

Liang Wensheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's light the fire, so that the bandits can gather here again." ”

Xu Tangyi was anxious when he heard this, thinking that Ji Chao was still hiding in these houses, if he set fire to the house, he would not be burned to death, but would also be captured. It was he who hurriedly said: "My lord, please think twice, the wind is strong today, and if the fire is blown by the wind and causes a fire, it will not be a great disaster." The timber on these houses is a good material for building a house, and we are building a house in Hejia Village. It is better to organize the villagers to dismantle it and transport it back for use. ”

Liang Wensheng heard that Xu Tangyi's words made some sense, so he changed his original decision. Suddenly, he looked up and saw something hanging on Xu Tangyi's chest, so he asked, "Captain Xu, what is on your chest?" ”

Xu Tangyi replied: "My lord, this is called a telescope, which was given to me by He Xian's nephew before he left the army. ”