"The herald ordered that the cavalry outflank the bandits from both flanks and not let go of a single enemy." Guo Qi pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed the tip of the sword at the battlefield in front of him, and roared loudly.

As soon as Guo Qi gave the order, the cavalry arrayed on both flanks immediately rushed out, forming a pincer offensive in the rear of the enemy, cutting off all the roads for the bandits to return to the city; Since the cavalry of the bandits had all been wiped out, and under the blow of the dense rain of arrows, the foot soldiers among the bandits had also fallen into chaos, so the cavalry of the Yongjun army easily completed the task.

"Order, all the infantry are on the line." Guo Qi continued to order.

"Huh, huh, hu......h, huh," all the foot soldiers shouted neat slogans and began to slowly advance forward.

Due to the lack of organization in the face of the approaching Yongjun, the camp of the bandits has been chaotic, and many bandits have knelt on the ground and surrendered in order to survive.

Bright red blood soaked every inch of the land, the corpses of the bandits were everywhere, and the whole battle was so fast that it was beyond anyone's imagination, and it took less than an hour from the beginning to the end of the battle.

The situation on the battlefield outside the city was clearly seen by the bandits guarding the pass, Guo Qi took the lead, stopped a stone's throw away from the pass, and shouted at the bandits at the head of the city: "The surrender of Kaecheng can avoid death, and the stubborn resistance will not be spared." ”

It is simply impossible to make the other side open the city and surrender in a word; Although the siege battle will have greater losses, fortunately, the main force of the bandits has been annihilated, and there are not many defenders in the city.

Just when Guo Qi turned his horse's head and was about to return to his own camp to order the siege of the city, the gate of Baili City squeaked! Squeak! 's opened; Guo Qi was overjoyed, and immediately led a large army into the city, quickly occupying the key positions such as the pass and the granaries and arsenals in the city.

After entering the city, everyone was very busy, like Hu Qiong, Tang Bi, Zhuo Yidao and others, they needed to control the whole city and eliminate all the bandits who took the opportunity to make trouble in the city, while Song Yiming was busy counting the treasury and sending people to post notices to calm the people, only Guo Qi was idle and had nothing to do.

Under the escort of Li Wu and Yidu's personal guards, Guo Qi came to the core area of the city, although there is no inner city wall, but it can be said that it is incompatible with the periphery, in the outer city are some low and simple thatched houses, but here is a mansion compound, there are five relatively large courtyards, and there are more than a dozen smaller courtyards, these mansion compounds are all lived by the leaders under the command of the mountain carving.

The largest courtyard is the city lord's mansion where the mountain carving lives, and is surrounded by other courtyards in the center; Standing in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Guo Qi sighed with emotion: "This City Lord's Mansion is even more luxurious and magnificent than this king's palace!" The mountain carving will really enjoy it, you see that the copper lion used in front of this door is actually a copper lion, and there is no problem with this one to destroy his nine clans. ”

"Lord, this gate is all covered with copper, look at the big copper nail on it, how much is it worth?" Li Wu said with shocked eyes.

"Go inside and have a look."

After entering from the gate, you can see the Juyi Hall by bypassing the shadow monument, the door of the main hall is open, and you can see the main seat of the mountain carving covered with tiger skin and located on the steps, with weapon racks on both sides, and there are wine and meat and complete sets of gold cups and gin jugs on the main case, and there are two rows of chairs on both sides under the steps; The entire lobby is quite large, and it is all decorated with silk, which looks very luxurious.

"This is really luxurious, and it is nothing more than the mansion of the prince and nobles of Luodu." Guo Qi said as he walked up the steps and sat on the main seat with a tiger skin; "Hmmm! This tiger skin is really soft and comfortable. ”

At this moment, a member of the guards came in and reported: "Lord Yu, I found a lot of women in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, as well as a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and I don't know what to do with it. ”

"Women?" Guo Qi frowned and said, "It should be the wife and concubine of the mountain carving!" How many people are there? ”

"My lord, a hundred and thirty-six in all; And ......"

"And what? Don't babble, just say something? ”

"And most of them, young and beautiful women." Du Tong glanced at Guo Qi, immediately lowered his head and said, "There are still some who are locked up in the firewood room." ”

Guo Qi sneered: "Which one do you like?" ”

"I don't dare." Du Tong immediately knelt down on one knee and said.

"Alright, get up!" Guo Qi said to Du Tong: "Those women are good to watch, they are not allowed to be abused, and none of them can die; As for the gold, silver, and jewelry, they were all sealed up and awaiting inspection. ”

"No! Commanded by Humble Duty......"

"Let's go down!"

In the afternoon, after eating and drinking enough, Guo Qi summoned all the civil and military forces to the Juyi Hall.

"Meet my lord." Everyone bowed to Guo Qi, who was sitting on the throne.

"Please take a seat, everybody!" Guo Qi said with a smile: "We can say that we have gained a lot from this battle!" However, the specific results still have to be reported by Hu Qiong and Yiming! Which of you two will come first! ”

Hu Qiong, who was the first on the left, stood up first and said, "Let's have the last general first!" In this crackdown on bandits, our army annihilated a total of 1,378 enemy troops, of which 853 were killed and 525 were captured; 239 horses were captured, and countless weapons and armor were captured; Our army suffered 134 casualties, of which 67 were killed, 35 were seriously wounded, and 32 were lightly wounded. ”

"All the brothers who died in the war shall be compensated in accordance with the regulations when they return, and the bodies shall be cremated in the city tonight, and all must attend to see off the brothers who died in the war; The injured brother must be treated with all his might, and all of them must be saved. ”

"No! The last will obey the king's commandment. ”

"Yiming! Now tell us all about what you have gained in the city! Guo Qi looked at Song Yiming and said.

"Your lordship, generals; After the humble count, the granary had a total of 15,320 stone of grain, 485 sets of various iron armors, and 3,620 swords...... There are more than 2,300 catties of refined iron; In addition, there were three hundred eighty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty-one taels of silver, five thousand three hundred and twenty taels of gold, one hundred and twenty horses of silk, two hundred eighty-seven horses of silk, three hundred and fifty-seven horses of cloth, and some jewels worth about seven hundred and eighty thousand taels;

In addition, the greatest gain this time was that there was an iron mine in the city, and there were three hundred and fifty-seven craftsmen, seven hundred and sixty-three slaves were mined, and there were eight hundred and sixty-seven old and weak women and children......

Song Yiming made a detailed report on the seized things, and everyone was overjoyed to hear it, of course, these statistics did not count the things in the city lord's mansion.

"With so many things, we can say that we have made a fortune this time; Especially the iron ore and those craftsmen, with these we have a steady stream of fine iron, and we can make weapons and armor by ourselves. Guo Qi said with a smile: "It seems that the mountain carving grabbing the charcoal is to build weapons, the mountain carving has been mixed for so many years, if it is only to create weapons and armor, it should be more than this!" ”

"The lord is wise, and the weapons and armor made by the mountain carvings are mostly sold to the Beidi grassland, so that they can be exchanged for cattle, sheep and horses from the grassland and transported to Guanzhong and the Central Plains to sell them for profit."

"In this way, there should be more than that!" Guo Qi thought to himself.