Wang Hu and the others were tired enough this time, and An Ning took half of the people down the mountain here, and the manpower left for him was obviously not enough.

Not only did he send people to watch over the women and children in the cottage, but he also had to take care of the poor girls, who were too weak to recover for a while.

The most important thing is to be afraid that some of them will not be able to think about it and look for a short view.

On top of that, he and most of the rest of the people had to sort out the looting of the bandits, which were their trophies this time.

The soldiers rummaged through the cabinets and moved out all the things they could want, Wang Hu looked at these boxes of gold, silver, jewelry and warehouses full of grain, in the troubled times, these are all things that can save people's lives, he is reluctant to throw them here and destroy the heavenly things, otherwise he has to hate himself to death.

In the end, the manpower was really a little stretched, and even he had to go into battle.

A group of people worked hard for a long time, and finally got all this done, Wang Hu panted and put the last bag of grain on the wheelbarrow, which was considered to be a breath.

These wheelbarrows were all found by them from the thieves' warehouse, and it was also because it was not easy to transport them on mountain roads, and the thieves snatched them from the farmers by the way when they were grabbing grain, which was also convenient for Wang Hu and them at this time.

They also brought out the few remaining horses in the stable, and what they didn't expect was that they found a dilapidated carriage inside.

They filled the wagons and put the grain on their horses, so that they could finish the grain in the granary.

In fact, Wang Hu was very anxious, he was worried about Lin Fan's safety, An Ning's behavior before leaving was too scary, he knew that Lin Fan must have encountered a lot of trouble, otherwise An Ning would not be like this.

But he can't show it in front of others, if he is in chaos, the people's hearts here will be in chaos, and he can only pretend that everything is normal to arrange the affairs here.

After packing up all the things here, he couldn't wait to go down the mountain immediately and join Lin Fan and An Ning.

But because he was worried about the women's bodies, he still came to the women and asked them how they were resting, and if they were ready to go?

While they were busy, the women ate something, bathed, and changed into clean clothes.

By this time, they had also regained some strength, and they could barely help each other to walk.

But if they were to walk the mountain road for several hours in a row, their bodies would definitely not be able to bear it.

But even so, none of them wanted to stay in this nightmare place for a few more moments.

For them, every moment of this place is an ordeal, and they just want to escape from this place where they will wake up in their dreams as soon as possible.

When they heard Wang Hu's words, they nodded at him again and again, lest Wang Hu would treat them as a burden and stay here.

There was no need for them to answer, just looking at their expressions, Wang Hu had already gotten the answer he wanted.

He nodded, and arranged for the weakest of them to sit in the carriage and on horseback, while the rest were supported by the soldiers and began to prepare for the descent.

Before going down the mountain, they set a fire and burned the cottage directly, cutting off the roots of the bandits. In order to prevent them from withdrawing, new bandits will take over the place and continue to harm the people.

The raging fire reflected everyone's faces, and Wang Hu saw some women and children, secretly wiping their tears in front of the burning cottage.

He said coldly: "What, reluctantly? I tell you, this hurtful place must be burned. Instead of being sad about your burned bandits' den, it's better to worry about how the court will punish you next! ”

The heat wave and smoke rose into the sky, and the women and children were frightened and frightened, and this place was naturally a terrible place like hell for ordinary people's homes.

But for these bandit women and children, no matter how unbearable the people and things here are, this is also their home.

Just like those corpses lying on the ground, no matter what bad things they did when they were alive, they were their husbands or fathers, their safe havens, and their reliance on to survive in troubled times. It's not right or wrong, it's just a difference in position!

Now that their homes are gone, and they themselves have fallen into the hands of the government, they can only watch the village burn and collapse until it becomes a scorched earth, and they can't help but be sad.

Wang Hu is right, it is not so much that they are sad, but more that they are afraid.

They know how many evil things have been done in the village, and now that they are in the hands of the government, what will happen to them, and they know in their own hearts.

Not bothering to care what they were thinking, after the fire was completely burned, Wang Hu turned his horse's head and set off with everyone.

"That's what happened to me in the mountains!" While Wang Hu spoke, his eyes kept staring at Lin Fan's injured hand.

Lin Fan rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, since the convergence, Wang Hu has not had a good face towards him, especially after knowing Lin Fan's plan.

Lin Fan couldn't deal with him to deal with Anning, so in the end he could only surrender, set up a military order, and said that he would never take risks again, so Wang Hu let him go.

Although according to Lin Fan's character, only God knows whether the military order will have an effect, but at least it can make him think more before taking risks, and it can also reassure him.

Getting rid of Wang Hu's nagging, Lin Fan looked around, hundreds of people were crowded on such a small flat ground, which seemed a little crowded.

Lin Fan summoned everyone over, and he said loudly: "From today onwards, the Yanhuanshan bandits who have been suffering for several years have been completely pacified by us!"

His voice seemed to make everyone stunned for a moment, followed by the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis.

In recent years, banditry activities have become increasingly rampant in various localities, and they have not even taken the government seriously, and the local government in Anzhou has repeatedly failed to suppress bandits, and the bandit problem has gradually become out of control.

And this victory can be said to be the biggest result achieved by the government in recent years, and it is a real victory.

With almost no casualties of its own, the government directly exterminated the top three mountain bandits in the Yokoo Mountain Range, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement.

Especially for the inspection department, the significance is even greater.

Over the years, because of military discipline, combat strength, equipment and other reasons, they have been looked down upon by the elite border army and by the local garrison.

They are nicknamed the runaway rabbits because they only bully the common people, and once the battle starts, they will run away faster than the rabbits, and even the mountain bandits look down on them.

Strictly speaking, the soldiers in the inspection department are not really troops.

It can only be said that they were organized by the imperial court and used to catch some bandits, and their status is not much better than those lowly officials!

But this is not a reason to shirk, since you have received the food and salary of the court, have the support of the people, and go to the battlefield, you must aim to win the battle!

Whether it is for new recruits or veterans, this is their first victory, and it is precisely because of today's victory that the Inspection Department can be said to be truly reborn.

This battle really made everyone raise their eyebrows and take off the humiliating hat of the escaped rabbit. It proves that even the miscellaneous fish in the inspection department are not necessarily worse than those so-called official officers and soldiers.

Because there were still things to arrange, Lin Fan stopped everyone's cheers.

He first asked people to unload all the gold and silver treasures, and then said to Zhang and Yang: "Thank you for your help this time, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take such a risk!"

"Here are the treasures obtained from this crackdown, as well as the bodies of these captives and bandits, and now they are all handed over to the two adults. I also have to bother the two of them to send these to the county government and report the situation to the county magistrate. ”

"By the way, except for the part of these belongings that will be handed over to the imperial court, the rest will be divided among the brothers, and they will be exchanged for wine and drink!"

Listening to the meaning of Lin Fan's words, it is clear that he wants to give credit to himself and others.

However, because he was worried that Lin Fan was testing himself, although Zhang Yanji was a little moved by the two, he still hesitated and said: "This is not good!" These are all the brothers of the inspection department in exchange for their lives, or it is better for the adults to go to the county government to report their merits, we can't take the credit of the adults! ”

Hearing Zhang Yanji say this, Yang Peng, who was standing beside him, had always been headed by him, and he also nodded hurriedly in agreement.

Lin Fan smiled sincerely: "You don't have to refuse, the reason why I did this is because I am grateful to the two adults for their help, and second, the inspection department has other things to do, and I don't have time to do these things." There is no other meaning in handing them over to the two of them, and the two of them don't have to worry. ”

Zhang Yanji was relieved when he heard this, and arched his hand: "Then I will be disrespectful, I will thank the adults for my brothers first!" As well as the merits of the adults and the brothers of the inspection department, we will definitely report it to the prefectural magistrate truthfully! ”

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Then thank you two adults!" Take these possessions with the two adults. However, I still have this food, so how about leaving it for me? ”

Zhang Yanji said: "Although we are in the station, we have heard about it, and I really admire it. As for the use of food, we can also guess, and it should be! ”

Lin Fan nodded to them, and said: "There is still something to trouble the two adults in the future, and please ask the two of you to allocate some manpower on the way back to escort these poor women and grain back to the Inspection Division, I have thanked you here in advance!"

Zhang Yanji asked puzzledly, "Lord Lin has other things to do?"

Lin Fan took out a map from his arms, "Today's Yanhuan Mountain is destroyed, it will inevitably alarm several other bandits, and if you want to make a surprise attack in the future, it will be difficult." Why not strike while the iron is hot and go to the next city! Heilin Ridge is separated by three mountains from here, and there are only thirty or forty thieves in it, wouldn't it be more convenient to take it directly by the way! ”

Zhang Yanji and the two said: "My lord is so courageous, Lord Lin, you can do it with confidence, just leave these trivial things to us!"

Lin Fan arched his hand to them, and said to the women: "Ladies and gentlemen, our inspection department will open a sewing and washing shop in Wuguan Town, and we need a group of people to dismantle and sew and mend clothes for the officers and soldiers of our inspection department." The Inspection Division will provide room and board for everyone, and will also settle wages on a monthly basis, so if any of you have nowhere to go, you may want to consider it. ”

"Of course, if there are still people in your family, we can provide you with coils, and we can also send someone to escort you back to your family."

"What I'm saying here is, if you can't stay at home, don't do anything stupid, and always come to me at the Inspection Division. You must believe that nothing in the world is more important than your life! ”

The women fell to their knees and wept silently.

Although they were rescued, they never knew if they could return to a normal life, and most of them were even more ruined.

Lin Fan's words finally allowed them to have a place to settle down, so that they would not have nowhere to go!