Including Yan Kui, no one thought that Meng Gong would never do this.

After dealing with the granary in the north of the city, Meng Gong sent his henchmen to protect his two young grandsons and hand them over to Yan Kui, and then before the officers and soldiers surrounded Mengfu, he personally drafted a confession and sent it to the county office.

Then, Meng Gong dispersed some innocent people in the house, and then summoned all the relatives of the Meng family, large and small, to gather, lock the door of the house, and set himself on fire.

When Yan Kui and Huang Dahu heard the news and hurried over, the backyard of Meng's mansion had been burned to ruins, and they couldn't even find all the bones.

"Meng Gong Taoguang has been obscure all his life, but when he comes to a fire, he burns out his backbone, Huang is not as good as him."

Maybe it was the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, seeing that Meng Gong's whole family set themselves on fire, it was rare for Huang Dahu not to say sarcasm, but instead called Meng Gong respectfully, which was the deceased.

Yan Kui's face was also not good-looking, and he recalled in his mind the last words of Meng Gong that He Chun had obtained from the loyal servants who protected the bloodline of the Meng family.

"The old man knows that he is guilty of a lot of sin, and it is difficult to wash away the crime of banditry after ten thousand deaths, but the young man is innocent, Lord Wangyan is thinking about it for the sake of the old and old colleagues, and keeps the promise to protect the blood of the Meng family, and the old man is grateful under the nine springs, and bows his head."

…………

He Chun quietly dodged behind Yan Kui and whispered: "Second brother, after the old servant heard the news of the Meng Mansion and handed over the child to us, he committed suicide by hitting the wall. ”

Yan Kui took a deep breath when he heard this, closed his eyes and said nothing, the Meng family set themselves on fire, and all the account books were burned and emptied, and the insiders of the granary in the north of the city were also killed by Meng Gong.

Now, only the two brothers Meng Ji and Meng Xiang who are alive in the Meng family may know some things about the granary in the north of the city, but the two of them are in a cage. He didn't know anything about his deal with Meng Gong, so the matter of the Chengbei granary was settled since then.

It's just that Yan Kui looked at the ruins in front of him, but his mood couldn't get better.

For the food and salary of the Qinghukou garrison, the Meng family except for Meng Ji and Meng Xiang, two dying people and two surviving children. The rest died tragically, this ......... Is it worth it?

Maybe you can say that the Meng family is a bandit, guilty of great sin, and brought about their own destruction, but this thing was done by the Meng family brothers, what does it have to do with the unknowing Meng Gong?

What do you have to do with the women, children, and children of the Meng family who were burned alive?

Yan Kui didn't know if he was a woman's benevolence now, and he didn't know if he had done it right. Siren has passed away, and what he should do now is not to remember the Meng family here, but to actively prepare for the battle and enter the Qinghukou.

Maybe he will exterminate the bandits in Heifengling in the future, and the merits and deeds of the Meng family will be dispersed.

Yan Kui stood in front of the ruins of the Meng family, was silent for a long time, and finally turned around and left, and before leaving, he explained to He Chun and asked him to choose two good families for the two Meng family bloodlines to foster him.

…………

Menggon's family set themselves on fire, but the matter did not end immediately.

Hua Wenzheng, the county magistrate who had been prepared for a long time, immediately sent the confession sent by Meng Gong to the government office together with the collected evidence of the Meng family's gangsters, and then ordered the county government to seize the Meng family's assets until the government decided to decide.

The county government departments frequently dispatched, and the affairs of the Meng family finally spread throughout the county, how the people of the county were shocked and hated for the time being, and soon, the Qingyuan county government issued another announcement.

[The bandits of Heifengling are brutal, cunning and shameful, and have repeatedly looted the villagers, and the county lord felt this, and specially ordered the Qingyuan regiment to train Yan Kui and the county lieutenant Huang Dahu to form the Qingyuan Anmin Bandit Army, and stationed in Qinghukou to prevent bandits from going down the mountain to loot]

At the same time, the announcement also announced that Yan Kui was the commander of the Anmin bandit army, and Huang Dahu was the deputy envoy.

Note that this time the convening of young men is different from the last time the militia was formed, the last time it was voluntary, and this time it was the yamen who forcibly called the young men to join the army, that is to say, according to the imperial court's regulations on the convening of the militia for military service, those who are not only children, disabled, and meritorious may be forcibly conscripted into the army.

This strong attitude of the county government made the people of Qingyuan deeply surprised, but the enemy is current, Hua Wenzheng is too lazy to talk nonsense with them, and on the second day of the announcement, he sent four missions to the villages to dignitaries, and Hua Wenzheng issued a strict order, within five days, the people from all over the country must meet in the county seat.

This is not that Hua Wenzheng is strict, in fact, after the Meng family's food and salary were in place, Yan Kui immediately set off with five hundred militiamen and three hundred patrol Ding Yacha, leaving Huang Dahu to help Hua Wenzheng deal with the matter of gathering young people.

According to Yan Kui's previous estimates, once the An People's Army is stationed in Qinghukou, it is very likely that there will be a big battle with Heifengling within a month, so it is urgent to gather the people's strength, otherwise the Anmin Army, which is not on sick leave, is likely to be besieged and killed by Heifengling.

As for the question of whether these newly recruited people can fight, Yan Kui is measured, can't he still wave the flag and cheer if he can't fight.

With seven or eight hundred reservists "supporting" behind, the confidence of one's own soldiers is naturally different, and it is also a blow to the enemy's morale, after all, the formation of 15,600 people is much more bluffing than 800 people............

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The tenth day of October in the thirteenth year of Liyang

The cold wind is blowing, and the weather has become a little cold.

After two days of rapid marching, Yan Kui finally arrived at the destination with 800 newly formed Anmin Army - Qinghukou.

The so-called Qinghukou, called very good and domineering, is actually a small mountain pass, the location is narrow, the scenery is barren, not to mention in the dangerous peaks, strange mountains and mountains, that is, in the territory of Qingyuan, where there are few scenic spots, Qinghukou is very inconspicuous.

However, Yan Kui didn't come here to see the scenery, how the scenery of Qinghukou had nothing to do with him, what he valued was the important geographical location of Qinghukou.

There are roughly five or six mountain roads between Heifengling and Qingyuan, and most of them are narrow and not suitable for many people to cross, let alone the army descending the mountain.

Only a mountain road in the west of the Black Wind Ridge, the terrain is relatively flat, and it is also the only way for the Black Wind Ridge army to go down the mountain, and the Qinghukou is just in the middle of this mountain road, like a fish in the throat.

This is also the reason why Yan Kui chose to garrison here, once the An People's Army is stationed in Qinghukou, then for the bandits in the Black Wind Ridge on the mountain, it is to put a knife at the door of the house, or hide and not go out, or desperately pull out this nail.

For Yan Kui, no matter which Luo Biao chooses, the bandits of Heifengling can no longer go down the mountain to loot unscrupulously, and his garrison goal will be achieved.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of Yan Kui's mouth, and he waved his hand.

"Scouts are scouting around to prevent bandits from intruding, and the rest of the people are encamped on the spot, and before dark, I want to see the banner of the People's Army officially erected at the mouth of the green tiger."

"Yes."

All the sergeants responded in unison and followed the order, and at this time, Luo Biao of Heifengling also received a report from the cottage scout about Qinghukou.

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Black Wind Ridge, Juyi Hall

A few days ago, Luo Biao had just been furious because the grain buying team sent out to trade with the Meng family was wiped out and both people and money were lost, but now he finally eased up some of his mood, and he couldn't help but be angry when he heard that the official army was stationed in Qinghukou.

Luo Da puffed out a pair of tiger eyes, and stared at the leader in charge of the cottage scout who came to report the news in front of him.

"Did you really see clearly that the group in Qinghukou was flying the flag of the official army?"

The leader of the cottage scouts was frightened by Luo Biao's glare, but he still replied: "Back to the big boss, the subordinates don't dare to deceive the big boss, and the subordinates didn't believe it when they heard the report of his subordinates at first, so they went down the mountain in person."

It is true that the flag of the official army was discovered, but the specific situation of this group of officers and soldiers, because the subordinates did not know the details of the other party, did not dare to ...... I didn't dare to come forward to investigate. ”

After hearing this, Luo Biao frowned deeply, and there were words in his mouth: "No, the intelligence that the bandit army will not move this winter was bought by me from Fucheng with a lot of money, and the other party has cooperated with me for many years, and he doesn't know my identity, so there is no reason to deceive me."

Moreover, it is now winter, and the winter truce is the norm of the art of war, even if there is no truce, it is because the war situation is urgent, but when it is not possible to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, why is the imperial court so eager to move troops. ”

Luo Biao raised his voice: "No, no, there must be something strange in this matter, someone is coming." ”

There was a minion in the hall who flashed out and knelt on the ground: "The little one is here." ”

Luo Biao said: "Go and call Chen and Shi to come over, well, Zhuang Junshi also called." ”

"Yes."

The minions came out with the order, and Luo Biao looked at the leader of the cottage scout who had been kneeling beside him, frowned and ordered.

"Send out all the scouts in the cottage, increase the intensity of investigation, and find out the situation of the Qinghukou garrison at any cost."

The leader of the cottage scout nodded, and was about to leave in response to the order, when Luo Biao suddenly stopped him: "Use the dark line of the county seat to spread all the news about the county seat recently." ”

The leader of the cottage scout glanced at his own boss in surprise, this dark line was supported by the cottage with countless manpower and material resources, and it would never be used easily for non-major matters.

opened his mouth, and the leader of the cottage wanted to open his mouth to persuade Luo Biao, but seeing the other party's solemn face, he swallowed the words in his mouth again and changed his words.

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will do it."

………

Luo Biao waved his hand tiredly, and the leader of the cottage scout turned to leave, and as soon as he left, Chen Heizi, Shi Dalei, and Zhuang Laofu came together.

"My subordinates have seen the big boss."

Luo Biao lifted his spirits, asked everyone to get up, and then told the three of them the information that the leader of the cottage had just sent.

Sure enough, hearing that a group of officers and soldiers were stationed at Qinghukou, Chen Heizi's faces changed suddenly, and they were silent with each other for a long time, and Zhuang Laofu asked in a dumb voice.

"Do you know where this group of officers and soldiers came from?"

Luo Biao shook his head: "It's not clear, I've sent a waiter to investigate, and there should be news before dark." ”

Zhuang Lao shook his head, then shook his head and said: "There is a way to know oneself and know the other, in order to fight a hundred battles, now that I have heard of the enemy, according to my subordinates, how to deal with the cottage, we have to wait for the scouts to find out the information before talking." ”

Zhuang Laofu won the consent of the other three people, so the four of them kept silent and quietly waited for the scout's information, and the atmosphere of the entire Juyi Hall gradually became depressed.