When the mountain people were not special forces, this kind of surprise attack was limited to one or two mountain bandits standing guard and sentry each, and any more would alarm those who were drinking and gambling inside. Soon a large number of mountain bandits rushed out of the battalion.

Xu Shu immediately decided: "Kill in, don't let anyone go!" ”

"Kill! Kill! More than 1,000 officers and soldiers who received the order and more than 200 elite cadres selected by He Jiazhai immediately surrounded the bandit camp. The charge of thousands of people, and the sound of killing, were enough to make the souls of the timid soldiers scatter.

Although the mountain bandits of these bandit camps were also experienced in a hundred battles, and most of them were once officers and soldiers, they were unable to organize decent resistance in the face of enemies several times their size. Xu Shu asked the soldiers to protect each other beforehand, and despite the darkness of the night and the forests and rocks in the mountains, the officers and soldiers were still very united in groups of three or five, often aiming at an enemy in a very harmonious and unified manner.

The battle ended quickly, and the difference in strength between the enemy and us was too great, and it was another sneak attack. Most of the bandits understood why so many officers and soldiers appeared at night until they died.

In order not to alarm the other bandit camps, Xu Shu immediately led people into the bandit camp to check, and found that in addition to more than 1,000 stone grains, there were some pots and pans.

"Lord Hezhai, this grain belongs to you, you must take someone to move it tonight! In addition, pick a few excellent hunters from your village, take our sentry and ride to the northwest to continue to check the movements of the bandits! ”

"Yes!" Although Hejiazhai is surrounded by mountains and rivers, he is still very happy to harvest so much grain at once, which is at least two months' rations for the whole village. On weekdays, they mainly hunt, and then go down the mountain to exchange with the villagers.

Leaving hundreds of people on guard in place, the other soldiers all returned to Hejiazhai to rest, but the mountain people in Hejiazhai were not idle, carrying food back and forth.

At dawn the next day, the sentinels and hunters returned, confirming that most of the main force of the mountain bandits had moved northwest of Qichun, and it seemed that the mountain bandits were still relatively wise, and did not plan to storm the mountain people like He Jiazhai near the foot of the mountain.

The enemy was drilling into the pocket, Xu Shu naturally couldn't stop, and led the troops to move in the direction of the mountain bandits.

In the northwest of Qichun, in the mountain bandit camp, everyone was arguing about whether to go down the mountain and risk looting, and Qichun City and its surroundings were controlled by officers and soldiers, and they did not dare to risk their lives. In the past few days, there have been some chaifu at the foot of the mountain, but the harvest is too little. These firefighters themselves bring some dry food at most, and they rarely have money.

Everyone was discussing, and suddenly a mountain bandit hurriedly ran in: "Report to the general, a caravan has been found at the foot of the mountain!" ”

"Caravans?" Chen Lan was also very puzzled, and then asked, "How large?" ”

"There are about two hundred people, and about fifty guards!"

“……”

The mountain bandits' eyes suddenly lit up, and many people were excited after hearing this, the caravan of two hundred people and the escort team of fifty people, if this vote is done, it may be greater than the harvest of plundering a few towns and villages. However, Chen Lan fell into deep thought, he had followed Yuan Shu in his early years, and he must have something special to become the general and the leader of the bandits.

A few days ago, the team decided to look for an opportunity in the northwest direction, but they encountered some chaifu for several days in a row, and the mountain bandits' eyes were green. Preparing to advance to the northwest at an accelerated pace, a caravan appeared?

"General, don't hesitate, presumably these merchants thought that we had retreated with the escort of officers and soldiers, and then came out, you didn't look at those firewoodmen, who went up the mountain to chop firewood for several days, presumably they also thought that we retreated......"

"Yes, General, such a great opportunity, don't miss it!"

"General......" The bandits were gossiping, and they couldn't bear it for a long time. Chen Lan looked at Mei Cheng and asked, "What do you think?"

Mei Cheng hesitated for a moment and then said: "It's better to send a team of five hundred people to test it first, if it is an ambush, then retreat quickly, I will hide in the mountains and wait to see what happens!" “

"Well, just do what you say! "Chen Lan and Mei Chengdu are not sure if this caravan is a bait for officers and soldiers, and they sent five hundred people to test it, and a guard team of fifty people should be able to do it, if there is no ambush, they can quickly move their belongings together and evacuate, if there are ambushes, five hundred people will scatter in a hurry, even if they are surrounded by officers and soldiers, it will not affect the large army....... But if you don't take action, you will definitely be unwilling to miss such a good opportunity!

So under the leadership of a mountain bandit leader, 500 people quietly approached the caravan, while the rest kept a distance from the caravan in the mountains and forests.

In an open area, five hundred people finally rushed out!

"Leave your belongings and spare you from dying!"

"Leave your belongings and spare you from dying!"

Five hundred people divided into three teams to kill, blocking the caravan's way in front and back, the caravan members immediately shrank into a group, and those who seemed to be people before also took up arms and prepared for battle!

"Big brother, these people don't seem to be caravans, you see they all have weapons......"

"Damn, dare to lie to Lao Tzu, give it to me! Cut down these eight lambs! ”

"General, general, the caravan has been robbed!"

"How many are there?"

"Four or five hundred, it must be the main force of the mountain bandits!"

"Hmm." Four or five hundred people? Huang Jie's mind was spinning rapidly, he was thinking about the explanation of Gan Ning and Xu Shu, could it be that the mountain bandits have always been this kind of scattered robbery, if so, this time the grass startled the snake, but I am afraid that there will be no way to lure the snake out of the hole again.

"The two of you will lead the team to support, and the rest of the people will stay put!" Huang Jian said to the two military marquis beside him. This is a kind of temptation and counter-temptation, he sent a caravan of more than 200 people, and the mountain bandits were 405 people who came out to plunder, so there were two possibilities, one was that they might be a mountain bandit team nearby. There is also a possibility that even if the mountain bandits gather, they will only send 500 people to block the road first, and when the two sides fight, the caravan will have no reinforcements, and it will not be too late to send out a large army.

Of course, Huang Jie couldn't let more than 200 people die in vain, and he was worried that he would be scared by the snake, so he took a prudent strategy and sent two songs and 1,000 people, plus more than 200 people pretending to be caravans, it should be enough to kill these mountain bandits!

"Haha, stupid mountain bandits, you have already fallen for the scheme, surrender obediently, and the people who pretended to be caravans laughed when they saw the reinforcements come out. The 500 mountain bandits, who had already surrounded the caravan and were ready to bargain and take the supplies at the smallest price, were quickly surrounded. Two hundred and fifty people in the middle, more than a thousand people on the periphery!

"Kill!" The officers and soldiers on the periphery are not as worried as the people pretending to be caravans, they have an absolute advantage, these mountain bandits are the capital of their promotion, there is nothing to pay attention to, they will be killed when they meet!

"General, they were ambushed, and sure enough, there was an ambush......"

"It's dangerous!" Chen Lan looked at Mei Cheng and looked at the mountain bandits who reported the news: "How many people are ambushed?" ”

"It seems like there are more than a thousand people!"

"More than a thousand?"

"General, let's go down the mountain and rescue them, if we don't save them, we won't be able to get out!"

"Wait a little longer, in case there are still ...... ambushes for the officers and soldiers" Chen Lan is glad to choose for her choice, in case there is still a large number of officers and soldiers nearby, and if she goes out with more than 2,000 people, she will not be as bento as the more than 500 people before, and if you want to escape, you will trample and kill countless casualties.

"General, they can't support it, let's go out quickly, there don't seem to be officers and soldiers around here, even if there are, we will take them out and quickly retreat to the mountains and forests if they don't love to fight!"

"General Chen, let's go down the mountain to save it!" Mei Cheng stood on the mountainside, although he could only vaguely hear the sound of killing shouts and the sound of swords and guns colliding, but he knew that the 500 mountain bandits had no chance of winning in the face of more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and the mountain bandits had little training and their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the officers and soldiers. If you don't save people, you can only collect the corpse later.

"Okay, pass the order, quickly dispatch, go to the rescue, remember, once another officer and soldier appear, immediately retreat into the mountains and forests after breaking through the previous encirclement!" Chen Lan was always worried about the officers and soldiers, he always felt strange, he was a mountain bandit, and it was normal to be divided into several groups to plunder, but since the officers and soldiers wanted to set up an ambush, it was too abnormal to arrange only a thousand people to rescue. But it was surrounded by five hundred, not fifty, if they were not saved......

The mountain bandits quickly rushed down the mountain when they received the order, and many of the 500 people who were surrounded were their brothers, relatives, or acquaintances who had known each other for many years.