When Huang Laoshi and his wife were arguing, Yan Kui had returned to the militia camp from the county seat, and the next day, Liu Mao, who was accompanied by Gong Fa on vacation, also returned from the county seat.

Yan Kui kept his promise, and as soon as Liu Mao and the others came back, he arranged for the remaining Qin brothers, He Chun, Fu Zhiming and others to arrange shifts and vacations, and asked Liu Mao and Chen Xingxiao, who had returned, to sort out the holiday of the militia militia.

And just as Yan Kui and the others were busy with the affairs of the militia group, a group of people talked about them in the depths of the mountains hundreds of miles away.

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Lofty mountains

There is a high ridge near the southeast border of Qingyuan County, the mountain is nearly 100 zhang high, the vegetation is widely distributed, the terrain is dangerous, there is rarely the road to the mountain, because the mountain will often blow strong winds in winter every year, so it is called the Black Wind Ridge by the local people of Qingyuan.

About seven years ago, there was a group of deserters from the imperial court who fled here, went up the mountain to set up a village as a bandit, headed by Luo Biao, who was a partial general in the Northern Jin Dynasty earlier, and later because of the defeat and conviction, he did not want to be punished, so he fled with a group of soldiers who were also implicated to the mountains full of bandits.

Luo Biao is a family heirloom in the army, and he is skilled in martial arts, and he is one of the top few people among the bandit leaders in Chongshan, plus the subordinates he brought are all veterans of the battlefield, the number is not much, but it is not comparable to ordinary cottage minions.

So, after Luo Biao and his gang came to Chongshan, they quickly gained a firm foothold, and soon after, they slowly became famous on Chongshan by relying on the spirit of the cottage soldiers.

Today, the Black Wind Ridge led by Luo Biao has become the second largest cottage on Chongshan Mountain, dominating Qingyuan County, and the two gangs of bandits in the White Snake Valley of Teng County and the first line of Tiantian in Chongshan County are called the three major bandits in Chongshan.

It is worth mentioning that Luo Biao's bandit name is called Bashan Tiger, and Qingyuan County Lieutenant Huang Dahu's nickname is "Sitting Tiger", which complements each other quite well, and the two of them have a dismal reputation among the people of Qingyuan, so the people of Qingyuan call this official and a bandit the two tigers of Qingyuan.

Of course, this "two tigers" is by no means a compliment.........

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Since the new county magistrate Hua Wenzheng of Qingyuan County took office, the Qingyuan County Ya has set up a militia group, collected grain taxes in advance in various towns and villages, and even did not hesitate to announce the determination to suppress bandits with great fanfare on the announcement.

As early as half a month ago, Luo Biao, the leader of Heifengling, sent capable people to go down the mountain and sneak into the county town to inquire about the news, and now the sentinel sent out turned to the cottage and reported the information to Luo Biao.

The boss of Luo Da did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned the other two leaders of the cottage and various leaders to discuss the matter in the Juyi Hall.

Black Wind Ridge, Juyi Hall

The three leaders of the cottage are seated in their respective seats.

The big boss Luo Biao summoned the sentry who had just reported to him and asked him to repeat the information to everyone.

After the sentinel finished talking to everyone about the information, Luo Biao waved his hand to let him go down, and then looked at the leaders of the leaders with different expressions after listening to the report, coughed lightly, and said with a somewhat solemn face.

"After listening to it, you might as well tell me what you think in your heart."

"Uh......"

The leaders of the house looked at each other, and in the end, it was Ye Yunfan, the second leader, who stood up.

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Ye Yunfan, the second leader of this Black Wind Ridge, was originally a native of Quliang Mansion in Yongzhou, and he was both civil and military since he was a child, and he was somewhat famous in Quliang Mansion's black and white roads and Shilin rivers and lakes, and was nicknamed Caizi Jian.

It's just that although this talented man has both civil and military skills, he is really ordinary, unkind and lustful, greedy for money and affection, and has been mixed in Quliang Mansion for a few years, offending a large number of people, so he has no choice but to run away to Tong'an Mansion.

Later, Ye Yunfan came to Chongshan as a bandit and pulled a small team, but he didn't be the king of the mountain for a few days, and he met Luo Biao, who had just set up a flag in Heifengling, attacked mountains and villages everywhere, and was eager to recruit troops.

Although Ye Yunfan is known as both civil and military, his martial arts can only be said to be okay, and he is better than ordinary characters, but when he encounters a master like Luo Biao, he can only bow his head and admit it.

The two fought for only more than 20 times, and Ye Yunfan was defeated by Luo Biao, but fortunately, Luo Biao remembered that his martial arts were good, thinking that his talents were in short supply, so he moved his heart to love talents, so he left Ye Yunfan alive and gave him a position in charge.

After that, Ye Yunfan fell into the grass in Heifengling, because he had suffered losses before, this time he learned to be obedient, usually tried his best to restrain his stinky problems, and then repeatedly behaved in front of Luo Biao, and soon won Luo Biao's trust and relied on him as a copycat military advisor.

Later, Ye Yunfan relied on Luo Biao's trust and constantly fought for power and profit in the cottage.

Luo Biao's original group of henchmen were all a group of rough men in the army, when it came to fighting hearts, where was Ye Yunfan's opponent, in less than two years, Ye Yunfan squeezed out the original second-in-command of the cottage and successfully ascended to the position.

Today, Luo Biao convened the leaders of the cottage to discuss the matter of the imperial court's suppression of bandits, and Ye Yunfan, the military advisor and the second leader, saw that no one spoke, so he was the first to stand up.

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I saw Ye Yunfan dressed in a white Confucian suit, with a brocade belt around his waist, a sky-blue scribe's square scarf on his head, a handsome face, and a half-foot long beard.

"From the perspective of subordinates, this matter is not a cause for concern."

The words are not shocking, and they are endless.

As soon as Ye Yunfan's words came out, not only did he frighten the leaders, but also startled Luo Biao, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair directly above the justice hall.

"Shut up."

With a loud roar, the chaotic leaders were quiet, and Luo Biao stared at Ye Yunfan with a pair of tiger eyes: "Second brother, what do you think, talk carefully to the brothers." ”

Ye Yunfan nodded to Luo Biao and walked to the center of the hall with a confident smile on his face.

"Big boss, brothers, the court's crackdown on bandits this time seems to be menacing, but in fact, it is thunder and rain.

Let's think about it, didn't the imperial court have several times in the past who mobilized the people to suppress bandits, and even those with greater momentum than this, what the result is, we are not unscathed. ”

After a pause, looking at Luo Biao and the others, whose expressions had become a little calmer after listening to his words, Ye Yunfan smiled brighter and brighter, touched his beard under his chin, and continued to greet everyone.

"Great boss, brothers, we have eight hundred elites in the Black Wind Ridge, five or six hundred idle minions, and a total of fourteen or five hundred combat power.

On the side of the White Snake Valley in Teng County, there are at least about 1,000 people, and there are more than 2,000 people in the first line of heaven, plus scattered major villages and gangs, and there are six or seven thousand bandits on Chongshan.

In addition, we occupy a dangerous terrain, unite vertically and horizontally, and watch each other, without ten times as many people as us, I am afraid that we will not even be able to touch the gate of our Black Wind Ridge.

And the imperial court rejected the Northern Zhou in the north and defended the Southern Chu in the south, and the two border armies had occupied most of the imperial court's troops, plus the garrisons guarding the four towns, how many people could the imperial court draw out to Chongshan?

When the time comes, nine out of ten will still gather the more than 10,000 soldiers from the Tong'an General Military Office as the main force, and then gather some militia young and strong people in the surrounding counties to assist.

And the strength of these people, the big boss and the brothers are no strangers, it can't be said that there is no threat, but if you can break through the Black Wind Ridge of our dangerous soldiers, it will be a fool's dream. ”

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"Okay."

To tell the truth, after hearing the news of the suppression of bandits by the imperial court, Luo Biao was somewhat worried in his heart, after all, he was different from other bandits, he was born as a deserter, he wanted to surrender to the imperial court, and the two sides would inevitably encounter a battle to the death, a matter of life and death, no one would not be nervous.

And now after listening to Ye Yunfan's analysis, Luo Biao suddenly felt that his situation was not so dangerous, and his heart suddenly calmed down, and his usual calmness gradually recovered.

"The second child is right, the court shouts to suppress the bandits every year, but which time it succeeds, it is not every time it rolls back in disgrace, so everyone does not have to panic.

You go back and tell your subordinates that you must practice diligently recently, prepare rolling stones, roll wood, repair cottages, increase open and dark posts, and increase more sentry patrols in the county seat.

In addition, I will send someone to inform the various groups of people near us, so that they can be prepared, and if they see that the situation is not good, they will withdraw to our cottage, which is more or less a helper. ”

All the leaders stood up and shouted in unison, Ye Yunfan took advantage of this to offer another strategy: "At present, the army of bandits is still missing, and everything in this cottage will not be able to be completed for a while, and now our top priority is to prepare enough food and grass."

Don't forget, the last time the court suppressed bandits besieged our cottage for a small month, and the food stock of our cottage was exhausted, and the starving sons were about to catch up with more than half of the people who died in battle. ”

As soon as Ye Yunfan's words came out, Luo Biao immediately thought so, the last time, he still has lingering palpitations when he thinks about it, if it weren't for the imperial court ordering the withdrawal of the army in time, the bandits under him would last for ten days and eight days at most, and then surrender to the village.

Now that the imperial court is suppressing bandits again, they have to gather in the mountains to defend if they can't do it themselves, and this matter of grain and grass must be well prepared.

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"Old Pizi, how much grain do we have in our cottage."

Lao Pizi is the leader of Heifengling who is in charge of money and food, Wen Yan took out an account book from his arms, flipped through it left and right, and then replied to Luo Biao: "At present, it is almost enough for our cottage for about two and a half months. ”

"Not enough."

Luo Biao shook his head and said coldly: "We suffered such a big loss last time, this time we must make more preparations, at least prepare for the cottage for half a year, no, more than a year of grain storage." ”

Lao Pizi's face was a little embarrassed: "In the past, the grain in our cottage was half robbed and half bought, but now we have to prepare so much food at once, just by buying, the cash of our cottage may not be enough, I'm afraid we have to send down the mountain to grab the grain." ”

"Not only that, but now the new county official who came from Qingyuan has begun to prepare for the war against bandits, I am afraid that the grain stores and large households in the county have been restricted, and it is not advisable to buy grain on a large scale, and grabbing grain is the best way now." Ye Yunfan, who was carrying the position of a military advisor, shook his head and analyzed.

"At present, the new grain has just been harvested, and the common people have stored grain, and I will take my sons and daughters down the mountain to grab it." The third master, Chen Heizi, said fiercely.

"It's too slow, it's easy to startle the grass, it really alarms the county, and this grain is not easy to get." Ye Yunfan lightly refuted Chen Heizi's proposal.

"Then what can you do?"

Chen Heizi looked at Ye Yunfan unhappily, he was the old brother that Luo Biao had followed since he deserted, and he had always been dissatisfied with this little white face who joined later but stepped on his head.

Ye Yunfan ignored Chen Heizi's provocation, looked at Luo Biao, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the big boss dares to attack Bali Town." ”

"Bali Town?" Luo Biao hesitated.

"That's right, it's Bali Town."

Ye Yunfan said confidently: "As one of the only four towns in Qingyuan County, it is impossible for Bali Town not to prepare a granary, and now that the new grain is down, the county government will definitely supervise and send all localities to collect grain taxes."

There are many villages around Bali Town, and the grain tax collected by them is likely to be temporarily placed in the granary of Bali Town, and then handed over to the county seat after the grain tax is collected.

We can take advantage of this time to raid Bali Town and loot the granary, first, to have enough cottage grain and grass, and second, to show force in front of the Qingyuan County government to deter its officers and soldiers. ”

"Good."

Obviously, Ye Yunfan's strategy was very much in line with Luo Biao's wishes, and he immediately ordered the cottage sentry to go down the mountain to inquire about the details of Bali Town, feel the surrounding terrain, and he himself gathered five hundred minions and prepared to go down the mountain to grab grain in person.