The reason why Qi Wen did not order the soldiers to pursue immediately was to seek stability.

The art of war is cloudy, and the poor don't chase it.

Now that the officers and troops have taken back the initiative, there is no need to rush to exterminate all the bandits in the Juma River.

Even if they fled back to Wolf Valley, it would be a matter of time before they were beheaded.

At this time, it is most taboo to be greedy for merit. After all, the officers and soldiers had just crossed the Juma River, and the soldiers had not yet rested. In case the mountain bandits pretended to be defeated and lured the enemy to go deeper, wouldn't the officers and troops fall into the hands of the bandits?

After Qi Wen ordered the soldiers to camp and rest, he sent sentry detectives to investigate.

After making sure that this group of bandits was indeed frightened, Qi Wen issued an order to the whole army to march towards the Wild Wolf Valley.

Although Wolf Valley is a valley, its opening is huge, so there is no danger to defend.

When those bandits heard that the officials and soldiers were chasing and killing, they were all frightened, and even though they sent people to suppress them in the water, they scattered and fled for their lives.

The officers and troops met with little effective resistance and successfully took over the Wolf Valley.

Taking the Wild Wolf Valley means that the official army controls the mountain behind the mountain.

It is very convenient to get to Pishan Dazhai from here, and Qi Wen immediately ordered the whole army to attack and smash Huanglong.

However, he said that Shuiliyou fled back to Dazhai with dozens of cronies like lost dogs, and was severely reprimanded by the big boss He Jinniu.

He Jinniu couldn't understand that swimming in the water would be so useless, so he directly asked the officials and troops to forcibly cross the Juma River and take the Wild Wolf Valley directly.

But now that the officers and troops have taken control of the back mountain, even if they swim in the water with a thousand knives, it will be useless.

Now is the time to employ people, and the dozens of cronies who killed the water swim are bound to disperse in a hurry.

He Jinniu had to suppress the anger in his heart and let the water swim for meritorious service.

He ordered each leader to guard the key path leading from the back mountain to Dazhai, but at this moment, people in the village were already panicking.

All the bandits knew that the official army was powerful, and it was a matter of time before the village was broken.

Some of them are even ready to run away.

The nearby Green Snake Mountain and Black Wind Village are all places to go, and there is no need to hang yourself on a tree.

Those who can be ruthless and fall into the grass are hard-hearted people, and they will never be bound by the word faith.

Besides, in their opinion, He Jinniu is not worth their lives.

To be a bandit is to drink and eat meat, if you can't even do this, who will be a bandit?

In the final analysis, they are just using each other, and He Jinniu is just a leader elected by everyone.

Of course, He Jinniu could not be ignorant of the thoughts of the people below.

He asked his cronies to suppress the situation and the situation improved slightly. But the good times didn't last long, and there were more and more bandits fleeing from the cottage.

It started out as one or two, and gradually became a dozen, dozens of them.

These bandits are well aware of the topography of the mountain, and can go down the mountain from the path.

Even if they don't care about the officers and soldiers not going down the mountain for the time being, they can take dry food to the deep mountains and old forests.

Wait until the officers and soldiers are gone, and then they will withdraw.

As a result, the strength of He Taurus has been greatly reduced. When the enemy is approaching, he can only order the remnants of the bandits to resist.

There's no way, others can run him, but he can't run.

If he runs away, how will he survive in peace?

Besides, he didn't think he could run away. After all, the official army will never allow the big boss of the cottage to escape.

Since horizontal and vertical is death, it is better to fight for him. The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, even if you die, you can pull a cushion back, so that there will be no one to accompany you on the Huangquan Road!

At this moment, the officers and soldiers are far superior to the mountain bandits in terms of strength and morale.

Qi Wen didn't want to play a game of cat and mouse with He Jinniu, so he waved his hand and attacked the whole army.

He Jinniu sent the leaders to guard the key path and fled back to Dazhai, and the angry He Jinniu was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

In an instant, the officers and soldiers had been killed under the wall.

Although He Jinniu was angry, he did not faint.

He understood that holding on to the fortress was the best option.

Therefore, he ordered everyone to defend in the wall. No matter how provocative the officers and soldiers are, they will not be able to get out of the village.

Qi Wen didn't think there was anything difficult to do.

He ordered someone to carry out the Franc cannon that was transported with the army, and aimed the gun at the cottage.

These Franc cannons are all six-pounder guns, although the lethality is not as good as those of the generals, but it is more than enough to deal with a mere bandit copycat.

Qi Wen gave an order, and more than a dozen six-pounder cannons of the Franc machine opened fire at the same time, and the mountain village was immediately blasted out of countless big holes.

The bandits in the village are crying fathers and shouting mothers, hugging their heads and running around, and wolves rushing to the mounds.

They had never seen such a formation, and they just wanted to run for their lives.

He Jinniu's face was gloomy, and the roots of his teeth itched with hatred.

Anyone can run, but he can't.

Since the officials and soldiers have decided to suppress the bandits, the head of his big boss is the best proof of this.

But the golden bull was not willing to be killed like this.

He ordered his cronies to carry out the bombing, and after killing a dozen fleeing bandits, he managed to control the situation.

Now he was able to gather more than 300 bandits, all of whom were concentrated under the walled gate, ready to fight hand-to-hand with the officials and soldiers.

At this moment, the number of officers and soldiers was twice that of the bandits and the morale was high, so Qi Wen immediately ordered an attack on the cottage.

There were artillery, swarms and other firearms to open the way, and the officers and soldiers easily opened the gate of the wall.

The power of the spear array came into full play at this moment.

In the face of the spear array, the bandits' short knives couldn't get close at all.

Those bandits often couldn't even touch a single hair of the official army, and they were stabbed in the heart.

Even if some of the bandits rushed to the pikeman's side, there would be a sword and shield man to cover the robe.

He Jinniu bit his lip tightly and did not say a word.

Watching the officers and soldiers slaughter like bamboos, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Why, why can the officers and soldiers be so brave when they also eat whole grains?

Why are the bloodthirsty bandits of the past now slaughtered like a flock of sheep?

Why? Why is that?

He Jinniu is afraid that he will never be able to figure out this question.

A feathered arrow shot through the air and shot straight into the right eye of He Jinniu.

This big boss of the cottage screamed in pain and died instantly.

Those bandits didn't have much desire to fight in the first place, and they were forced by He Jinniu to fight with the official army.

Now that He Jinniu is dead, I don't know who shouted, these bandits all threw away the blades in their hands and tied their hands.

The officers and soldiers were also not polite, and tied up these bandits one after another.

In addition to the bandits killed during the storming of the village, there are more than 200 bandits in total, including the second master swimming in the water and the third master He madman.

Qi Wen nodded with satisfaction when he saw this scene.

"Qi Shuai, what to do with these bandits?"

"All of them are put to death! By the auxiliaries. ”

Lord Ning said that the purpose of suppressing bandits was to let the soldiers see blood. A soldier who has not seen blood cannot be called a real soldier.

Qi Wen agrees with this very much.

At present, the soldiers have seen blood in the fight against the bandits, and their courage has been improved. Only the auxiliary soldiers have not killed anyone, and Qi Wen decided to give them a chance.

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