What Li Xiao didn't expect was that three days later, Deng Yungong, the commander of Zhaoyuan County, personally took a group of landlords and squires, with a large amount of silver taels and grain and grass, to Chifeng City. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiao hurriedly led a group of generals and officials out to greet him.

Li Xiao saw from a distance that Deng Yungong, who was surrounded by a group of squires, was about forty years old, wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a cyan seven-grade civil official uniform, with a pattern of an emu on his chest and back, and a plain silver belt around his waist. A slender horse's face with two large bull's eyes, and a few sparse strands of beard under his chin were constantly being pushed around by him, with an anxious and worried look.

The Ming Dynasty was noble and martial, although this Zhaoyuan County Order was only seven grades, and Li Xiao, the commander, was the third grade, but in terms of etiquette, it was to ask Li Xiao to salute Deng Yungong first.

"Deng County Ling personally visited Yaoyi, Li greeted him late, let Deng County Ling wait for a long time, and I hope to forgive me." Li Xiao laughed and said to Deng Yungong.

Deng Yungong, who was looking at the Chifeng City that was in full swing, came back to his senses and saw that it was Li Xiao who was wearing a three-grade military attache uniform who arrived, and the smile on his face immediately piled up, and he also replied to Li Xiao: "Commander Li, I have admired him for a long time, Deng Mou has heard for a long time that Master Li is a young hero, brave and strategic, and it is a blessing for three lives to be able to see him today." ”

Before Li Xiao could answer, Deng Yungong smiled again: "I am in Sangzi with Master Li, but I have no chance, I have never visited, I can see you today, and I can understand the thoughts of Deng Mou's admiration in his life." ”

Hearing Deng Yungong's false and sensual words, Li Xiao laughed, exchanged a few words with everyone, and invited everyone to sit in the official hall to watch tea.

After Deng Yungong and the others sat down, Li Xiao smiled slightly and said calmly: "Deng Zhixian came to the land today, it is really a rare guest, but I don't know what to do?" ”

"It's not because of the bandits of Goldwinged Ridge!" An angry look appeared on Deng Yungong's face: "This group of bandits, in this county, loot villages, rape. Lewd women, who have repeatedly defeated the soldiers in our county, if they are not removed, I am afraid it will become a big disaster! ”

Li Xiao understood the reason why Deng Yungong was so angry.

In the Ming Dynasty, in the evaluation of officials, the most important thing is whether there are bandits in the territory, if there are bandits that are difficult to suppress for many years, then the evaluation of the county order will definitely only be in the middle and lower grades, even if he is not immediately dismissed, he may be allowed to finish this term of county order, he will immediately roll up and go home, promotion or something, don't expect it at all.

What's more, if the bandits are strong, they will attack the county seat and kill the county commander, this bad phenomenon has happened in many places during the Chongzhen period. Now Deng Yungong heard that those squires and landlords had said that the bandits in Jinyingling had recently robbed money and grain to expand their troops and horses, and he was even more frightened. He knew that after the bandits' power grew, if they really wanted to attack the county seat, it would be impossible to defend the county seat of Zhaoyuan with the small group of remnants and weak soldiers stationed in Zhaoyuan.

Now Li Xiao is willing to send troops to help, and the squires have negotiated the conditions for sending troops with Li Xiao, so that Deng Yungong, the commander of Zhaoyuan County, is overjoyed.

Deng Yungong sighed, looked at Li Xiao's face, and put on an expectant look: "The day before yesterday, all the squires came to the county mansion and said that they had said that they had moved Li to send troops to suppress the bandits, and they came to ask the official's opinion. When the official heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, how could he say it all! In order to show sincerity, today this official personally brought the squires of the whole county, with the promised silver and two grains and grass, to your place, and to sign with Commander Li the document of suppressing bandits and assisting in defense in the future, hoping that from now on, with the help of your army, recruit people from afar, and there will be no more bandits and poison. ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Very good, Deng County Ling is quick to speak, Li Mou'an dares to resign, this suppression of bandits and future garrison matters, Li should undertake it, but I hope that when our army is stationed in the mountains of Guixian County in the future, Guixian County will not send people to meddle in the affairs of our army." ”

Deng Yungong hurriedly said: "Commander Li is too worried, now in this era of war and chaos, your army can garrison Zhaoyuan County and guard the peace and security of the army and people in our county, which is something Deng cannot ask for." The county will never send people to meddle in the affairs of your department. ”

"Okay, then please sign the paperwork, our army will prepare for a day tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will send troops, and we will definitely be able to eliminate all the bandits in Golden Winged Ridge!" Li Xiao replied in a categorical tone.

"Commander Li cares about the people, and is willing to send troops to relieve the suffering of recruiting the soldiers and civilians, Deng is very grateful in his heart, and invites Lord Li to be worshiped by Deng!" Deng Yungong's bull's eyes were full of joy, and he got up and bowed his hand to Li Xiao.

After signing the documents and handing over the silver taels and grain and grass with Li Xiao's officials, Li Xiao, who was very happy, arranged a grand banquet to entertain Deng Yungong and the landlords.

At the banquet, Li Xiao and Deng Yungong, Gu Zhidao, Wang Shengtong and others pushed cups and changed glasses, and drank very happily. After the banquet, Deng Yungong and the others said goodbye and left, and told Li Xiao to send troops as soon as possible, and Li Xiao laughed and agreed.

Two days later, on a sunny early winter morning, Li Xiao took all the soldiers of the General Army, together with the six Hongyi cannons unloaded from under the city wall, plus auxiliary soldiers and logistics teams, a total of more than 2,000 people, with bright armor and banners, and went to Zhaoyuan County.

To tell the truth, Li Xiaojun went to Zhaoyuan County to exterminate the more than 700 hundred bandits in Golden Wing, which was a bit like killing chickens with a knife.

But Li Xiao just wants to create this kind of deterrent, and he wants to overwhelm his opponent in terms of momentum.

The strong sense of coercion formed by this grand military posture can also make Zhaoyuan County Commander Deng Yungong more intimidated by himself, and Li Xiaojun's stationing in Zhaoyuan County in the future can also reduce friction and resistance.

Chifengwei borders Zhaoyuan County, and Li Xiaojun arrived at Zhaoyuan County in less than two hours.

The people of Zhaoyuan County were also full of joy, cheering and cheering out of the city to see this famous army that killed bandits, beheaded rogues, and destroyed the Tartars.

After Li Xiaojun, who was dazzling with swords and guns and a strict army, appeared in front of the people like a torrent of steel full of fierce atmosphere, all the people of Zhaoyuan couldn't help but be shocked by Li Xiaojun's magnificent military appearance, strict military discipline, and advanced artillery.

"See! This Lord Li's soldiers and horses have a strict and neat military atmosphere! Tsk, it really opened the eyes of the little old man, this is what our Ming official army looks like! ”

"Ah Gong said it well, I think that Commander Li made the army of the Lord not much better than the Qi family army that day."

"It's still the county order that Lord Deng has a way, and he can invite an elite officer like Lord Li to suppress the bandits, hmph, the good days of dog mongrels entrenched in the Golden Wing Ridge are over!"

"I heard that Lord Li's Chifeng City is well built, alas, I really hope that Lord Li will not leave when he comes, and ensure the long-term peace and stability of the people of Zhaoyuan County."

The people were in piles of gossips commenting on Li Xiaojun, who was walking neatly not far ahead, with a solemn face, and every person's face was full of appreciation and admiration.

Soon, Li Xiaojun arrived at the city of Zhaoyuan County, at this time the city gate was wide open, and Zhaoyuan County ordered Deng Yun's subordinates and a group of officials to go out of the city to greet them with a happy face, and then arranged for the army to be rewarded with cow wine and a big banquet for the soldiers.

After the banquet, Deng Yungong invited Li Xiaojun's whole army to rest for a day first, and then go to Jinyinling tomorrow to suppress the bandits, but Li Xiao refused.

Li Xiao believed that it was still noon, and the morale of the whole army was high, and it was just time to attack Jinyinling in one go, so it was really impossible to miss the fighter plane.

When Li Xiao's whole army was preparing to set off again, Deng Yungong picked up a bowl full of water and wine, and then saluted Li Xiao and said: "Please Commander Li to drink this cup and hope to triumph as soon as possible." ”

Li Xiao, who was wearing a newly decorated white swing tooth horn armor, was full of spirits, laughed and took the bowl, raised his neck and drank it all, slammed the bowl to the ground, and shouted: "This expedition to the Golden Wing Ridge will be victorious!" ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, the officers and men of the whole army shouted: "We will win!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wansheng 。。。。。。"

After shouting loud and lofty slogans, the impassioned Red Army song of the Manjiang River began to sound again, Li Xiao bid farewell to Deng Yungong and a group of officials, opened the way to reconnoiter with flying harriers, and advanced towards Jinyin Ridge in a neat and orderly manner.

Deng Yungong watched Li Xiao's army slowly disappear at the end of his gaze with complicated eyes. My heart is full of anticipation and anxiety.

In order to facilitate contact with Li Xiaojun, he specially sent two colonels to follow Li Xiaojun's actions, and if there was any news or needs, they would report back immediately.

Three days passed quickly.

"Good news!"

"Good news!"

At noon on this day, the two colonels galloped together to beat horses into the city, the faces of the two dusty servants, were full of joy, before entering the city gate, the two of them shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, Commander Li has won a complete victory, and the bandits of Jinyingling have all been wiped out by my Ming official army!" ”

The people of the whole city immediately stirred, and everyone had a smile of surprise on their faces, and immediately passed the good news of the victory of the official army to each other, and the whole county fell into endless joy.

The two colonels didn't dare to take a break, so they hit their horses and went straight into the county office.

Master He, who got the news, ran into the living room and hurriedly reported the good news to the county magistrate Deng Yungong.

Deng Yungong was drinking tea, smelling such good news, and when he was drinking a sip of tea halfway, he squirted out and spilled all over the ground.

Although Deng Yungong was choked and coughed, his face turned red, but he hurriedly said to Master He: "Quick, quickly call the two of you in, and wait for me to ask what happened." ”

The two junior colonels, who were in good spirits and happy, ran into the living room panting, then knelt on the ground and loudly reported the news of Li Xiaojun's victory to the county commander Deng Yungong. (hereinafter referred to as Primary School A and B)

"Li Xiaojun is so good that he destroyed the Golden Wing Ridge bandits so quickly?!" Deng Yungong's face was full of shock. This gang of bandits has been rampant for many years, and it has been difficult for the officers and troops to get rid of it, but now Li Xiaojun has won so quickly, which is simply unbelievable.

Xiao Xiaojia raised his head and said hurriedly: "Your Excellency, you don't know, then Master Li has fought all the way, and it can really be said that it is like breaking through a bamboo to destroy the withering and decaying!" It can be called a knife to kill chickens! ”

"Tell me more about it."

"My lord, three days ago, you arranged for the younger two to follow Lord Li, and the army traveled all the way, about three hours, to the Jingang Gate Pass at the foot of the Golden Wing Ridge, which is the only way to enter the Golden Wing Ridge, but I never thought that such bandits had already prepared and mobilized troops to strictly guard this pass." Elementary School A Road.

"Oh, the enemy soldiers are on guard, but it is difficult to take it."

"Ahem, my lord, you don't know, the little one also thought the same way at that time, who knew that Lord Li saw such a well-guarded pass, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, he sneered, and then ordered the six Hongyi cannons to step forward and bombard the King Kong Gate. The cannonball was very powerful, I heard that it weighed more than a dozen catties, and after several bombardments, it blew the seemingly solid King Kong Gate to pieces. Xiao Xiaoyi interjected on the side.

"Did the enemy desert the pass?"

"No, such a guy thinks it is Lord Li's army, and it is useless like the court officials and soldiers in the past, seeing that the pass was broken, more than 200 bandits did not know whether they were alive or dead, and they waved knives and guns, shouted and rushed down the pass, wanting to break the official army with a bloody bravery." Xiao Xiaojia hurriedly grabbed the words.

"Then how does Li Xiaojun deal with it?"

At that time, the little one next to Master Li was also anxious, who knew that when a whistle sounded, more than 50 firecrackers who had lit the fire rope and put lead bullets on them ran to the front of the formation, and quickly set up a formation, and when the gang of bandits rushed into the firing range, a dense burst of gunfire sounded like bursting beans, and more than 30 of the more than 200 bandits died immediately, and the remaining more than 100 soldiers rushed forward at a great slowdown. At this time, in the army of Master Li, sixty iron-armored heavy horsemen rushed out at high speed, followed by light horsemen of the same number, and rushed towards the more than 100 bandits. Good guys, this cavalry assault is fierce and fierce, this group of bandits collapsed immediately, the cavalry of the brigade chased and slaughtered all the way, it was a good kill, except for more than 20 bandits who escaped by hiding in the mountains and forests, the rest either died or surrendered. Xiao Xiaojia had a refreshed look on his face.

"I didn't expect Li Xiaojun to be so powerful." Deng Yungong leaned back in his chair and sighed.

"My lord, on the first day, Lord Li's army won a complete victory, because it was late, the whole army was stationed at the King Kong Gate to eat and rest, and after dawn the next day, Fang attacked again." Elementary school B finally found a chance to speak.

"Then the next day, what obstacles did Li Xiaojun encounter?"

"Ahem, my lord, you don't know, the Golden Wing Ridge has a vast area, there are many passes, from behind the King Kong Gate, the bandits have three passes, but they were all bombarded by Lord Li's cannons, and all the three passes have been occupied this day."

"Then the enemy army did not organize any counter-offensive?"

"Dare! These gangsters can only bully the people and those ordinary officers and soldiers, in front of Lord Li's elite, **** is not as good! On the first day, they were all frightened by Lord Li's artillery fire, how dare they come back. As a result, the first pass was missed, that is, Queen Cang withdrew, and a few guys fled in a panic, and fell headlong under the cliff and fell to pieces! Xiao Xiaoyi thought about this and laughed loudly.

"Then Li Xiaojun will fight all the way to the last lair of the bandits, Jitou Cliff?"

"My lord, it's not that easy."

"My lord, that gang of bandits is also very cunning, seeing that Li Xiaojun is coming fiercely, he abandoned the remaining two passes overnight, and all the bandits retreated to the Jitou Cliff, defending to the death, wanting to rely on the grain and grass stored on the Jitou Cliff to fight against Lord Li's army." Xiao Xiaojia snatched the conversation with a serious face.

"Your Excellency, you know that the Jitou Cliff is an extremely dangerous place, a road up the mountain is narrow and winding, twists and turns are steep, and the bandits blocked the road up the mountain with rocks overnight, and Lord Li's army artillery cannot be placed, so the offensive has been blocked." Without waiting for Deng Yungong to speak, Xiao Xiaoyi sighed and added on the side.

"Then Li Xiao has nothing to do?"

At that time, the little one also thought so, thinking that now I didn't know that it would be the Year of the Monkey. It's just that Master Li, with the same face as he still ordered the artillery to bombard, the fire guns were fired, and the shield soldiers and spearmen took turns shouting and attacking, and they fought for a lively day. The little one was very puzzled at the time, but why did he play like this? Xiao Xiaojia looked colored.

"If you can't attack it, what's the use of just fighting lively?"

"Ahem, my lord doesn't know, this is Lord Li's plan, in the words of Lord Li to his subordinates, what is called the real is false, the virtual is real, anyway, I don't understand. He fought vigorously on the Chicken Head Cliff, which naturally attracted the attention of all the bandits. As a result, adults, guess what? Xiao Xiaoyi looked like he was playing tricks.

"Uh。。。。。。"

"You're really, how will the adults know, or I'll tell the adults. This is Lord Li's plan to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang. He Mingli sent a large army to feint in front to attract the attention of the enemy soldiers, but behind the scenes, he sent an elite army called the Rampant Brigade to quietly go around the cliff behind the mountain, and climb the cliff at night to attack the enemy's lair! Xiao Xiaojia smiled and shook his fist sharply, as if he had climbed up as well.

"Li Xiaoduan's good plan!"

"No, all the bandits are nervous and tired all day, except for a few on duty, they are all asleep. The rampant team came up the cliff, it was like a tiger entering the flock, and it was another good kill! All the bandits collapsed on the spot, the head of the bandit was beheaded on the spot, except for only a dozen bandits who took advantage of the chaos to escape down the mountain, the rest all surrendered, according to statistics, there were more than 500 bandits who surrendered! Xiao Xiaoyi said excitedly, his eyes blinked, and a mouthful of spit splashed.

"My lord, you didn't see the black pressure on the bandits kneeling and begging for mercy, and seeing this gang of bandits who had done a lot of evil in the countryside in the past, all of them crying and begging for mercy like a dead dog, it made people's hearts feel refreshed." Xiao Xiao A followed Xiao Xiao B's words, and couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

"Then what did Li Xiao do to these people?"

He said coldly, you and other bandits killed my people, raped my woman, and plundered the countryside, and all your desires were slaughtered, but today you surrender to our army and avoid a fight, which is a small achievement. In this way, you can avoid the death penalty and the living crime cannot be escaped, and you will cut off your ears as a sign, and then stay in Jinyin Ridge as hard labor to atone for your sins! Xiao Xiao Yi learned Li Xiao's tone and shouted at the void in front of him.

"Then Lord Li asked me to go back and inform the people of the city of the good news of the annihilation of the Golden Wing Ridge bandits. This is the end of the whole battle. Xiao Xiaojia replied with a smile.

"Oh, that's right."

Deng Yungong responded lightly, barely squeezing out a smile on his face, and waved his hand to let the two go down.

He secretly thought in his heart that it must be Li Xiao who sent these two people back to communicate in order to take stock of the bandits' savings and avoid leaking the news.

"Li Xiao is so young, but he is brave and strategic, and his prospects are limitless. It seems that this official is going to have a good relationship with this person. Deng Yungong looked out of the window with complicated eyes, and he was still thinking about it.

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