The fugitives on Nipple Mountain have been caught, so there is no need to stay here for more than one another.

After a little discussion, it was immediately decided that the troops would be divided into two routes, one of which would send three teams with a total of 30 people, escort four fugitives along the route into the mountains in Tong'an County to return to Qianshan Temple to stay in the camp, and provide supplies for the front-line investigation and arrest when they returned, and the remaining 20 people, Yang Congyi and Li Zhutou of Tong'an County, each led a team, one left and one right, and continued to search north.

The arrangements were made, the camp was withdrawn in the afternoon of the same day, and the two groups of men and horses acted separately and soon left the Nitou Mountain sphere of influence.

Needless to say, the team that returned to the camp left behind in Qianshan Temple and returned all the way back the same way. Let's say that the two ways to the north are fast, and under the leadership of their respective heads, when they meet a living person, they will ask if anyone has entered the mountain recently and whether there are bandits nearby.

The success of Nipple Mountain made them a little light, no longer as cautious as before, and were suspected by the bandits several times, almost exposed, but fortunately, their team was scattered, and the number of people had been greatly reduced, so it did not cause the bandits to pursue further.

The farther north you go, the closer you get to the mountains, the greater the influence of the bandits, and there are almost no villagers who are not taken care of by the bandits, all the villagers are more or less related to the bandits in the nearby mountains, and even many of them are farming for the bandits, and there are bandits stationed in the village. The difficulty of the raiders has increased unprecedentedly, and if you are not careful, you will be suspected by the bandits, after all, now that the world is peaceful, there are fewer and fewer people entering the mountains, and those who go out are becoming more and more common.

According to these circumstances, Yang Congyi discussed with Li Zhutou of Tong'an County, and simply pretended to be bandits who were wandering, so as to disguise their identities. With the previous experience in Nipple Mountain, it is not difficult to catch fast people to pretend to be bandits, the two teams are disrupted, and those who have been on Nipple Mountain are half of one team. It didn't take long for the catchers to become familiar with their new identities, walking in the sun, they changed their verbal language, in fact, there is not much difference from doing things outside, the bandits are fierce and tricky, and they are both fierce and tricky when they do fast hunting in the county office.

As a result, their identities also began to change, for a while they went into the mountains to chase traitors, for a while they came to find their brothers, and for a while they went into the mountains to defect, with different identities, the ways to listen to the news are more and more diverse, and the efficiency is getting higher and higher, you can search more than ten miles a day, the efficiency is high, and there is a lot of news to be detected, once you hear that there are bandits suspected of being fugitives in the mountains, the catchers will stage a drama of defection, once it is clear that they are not fugitives, they will find an opportunity to go down the mountain and continue to explore again.

In more than ten days, the two teams staged a total of three good performances of going up the mountain to run, but the result was no good news. Ten days to advance to the north for hundreds of miles, although along the way as a bandit also got some rations, but after all, it is not a real bandit, Yang Congyi and strict, the rations began to be insufficient, and he had to stop, waiting for the people and horses to return to bring supplies.

Three days later, the three teams that had returned followed the markers to catch up, and all the men and horses had replenished enough rations, before they began to search again. With two teams of experienced fake bandits as the vanguard, the others are secretly lurking.

Soon after, two fugitives were found on a hill, and the fake bandits quickly came into contact with each other after going up the mountain, got acquainted with each other, and coaxed the fugitives out of the cottage, where they were directly captured by the arresters who had been ambushed there for a long time.

All those who escaped into Tianzhu Mountain were felons, and they were now gradually approaching the mountain, and it was very inconvenient to take them with them, and it was not conducive to supervision, and once the slightest negligence allowed the fugitives to escape again, it could cause them great harm. Therefore, even if it is far away from the camp left behind in Qianshan Temple, they also divided into two teams to escort the fugitives back, and it will take more than ten days to go back this time, not to mention carrying rations and coming back, and the time spent will not be less.

As the distance from the rear is getting farther and farther away, Yang Congyi's people and horses have gradually lost contact with Taihu County, Yuexi County, Wangjiang County, and Susong County, I don't know what progress and results they have, they have sent people to contact when they were in Nitou Mountain, and they have not returned so far.

As it went deeper and deeper, the cottages became more and more dense, and the number of people in response became less and less, Yang Congyi and Li Zhutou of Tong'an County gradually reduced the speed of search and exploration, and every action became more and more cautious.

After exploring a few cottages, I found the traces of a fugitive, the fugitive was on a small cottage, and there were not many people in the whole cottage, the defense was lax, not so much a cottage, but a village, the vast majority of them were mainly villagers, and the power could not be compared with the cottage within a radius of dozens of miles.

There is no need to mix in a cottage like this, and they can't accept it if you go to a few people. So this operation was very direct, breaking into the cottage at night, breaking directly into the door, and leaving after catching the fugitive.

The operation went smoothly and did not alarm many people. The fugitive was caught that night, and early the next morning, Yang Congyi sent another team to escort him back to the camp of Qianshan Temple.

However, it was such a small action, but it almost brought disaster to Yang Congyi and his team.

It turned out that the cottage they broke into was not an independent cottage, but a location similar to the granary of Nitou Mountain, except that the fields here were the villagers' own, and they were only protected by bandits from other cottages, and they had to pay some grain and livestock as a price. The cottage was invaded and people were robbed, so naturally someone took care of it.

Dozens of bandits chased Yang Congyi and his party for five or six miles, if they weren't already familiar with the situation nearby, find a cave to hide, and get rid of the bandits' pursuit, they would have to directly clash with the bandits, which can scare Yang Congyi enough.

These subordinates are quick to catch and use their brains, but when it comes to combat effectiveness, they are basically scum, and it is estimated that none of them can win one-on-one with the bandits, let alone be beaten by the group.

After hiding in the cave for a long time, they couldn't hear any movement outside, they still didn't rush out, and after a night in the cold cave, the next day it was confirmed that the bandits did not continue to chase, so they quietly got out of the cave, all the way to the west, to meet with Tong'an County. This team is now less than ten people, the strength is not enough to carry out the search independently, it needs to be combined by the two teams, the team of people as backup, and the elite team forward, in the current situation, only in this way can we ensure the safety of the investigation of information.

The more they go to the mountains, the more bandits there are, the greater the power of the bandits, sometimes they run several mountains a day, and they can't run out of the same bandits' sphere of influence, at this time they have to spend the night under the noses of the bandits, at first they are still scared, after a few times they are not so afraid. With the increase of cottages, the speed of exploration has been further slowed down, and each dispatch is more cautious.

After the merger of the people and horses, they searched for a long time, and finally found out the news of the fugitives, but the cottage had a large sphere of influence, and the three arresters who infiltrated the cottage were quickly investigated for four days, and no news came out.

So far, more than a month has passed, and only seven fugitives have been caught, and there are forty-seven people on the list, which is just a fraction, and Yang Congyi is a little anxious.

Last time, he came back from the camp left behind in Qianshan Temple, and said that the camp was not very calm, and the forbidden army practiced every day, and the movement was quite big. He didn't know if Lieutenant He and the forbidden army would stir up trouble, but after a long time, anything could happen. Lord Chen asked him to watch, don't clash head-on with the bandits and cause a bigger fight, now it seems that he is powerless, all he can do is to bring the fugitives back as soon as possible, so that all the people have no excuse to continue to stay in Tianzhu Mountain.

"Lao Li, it's not a way to go on like this, it's been four whole days, there is no news, and the daylilies will be cold if you wait any longer. I'll take someone over to take a look, and you will continue to stay behind to support. Yang Congyi and Li Zhutou stood on the edge of a small stone cliff, hiding behind dense trees, looking at a high mountain on the opposite side of the cliff.

Li Zhutou said: "You can't go, it's too dangerous." There have always been people in the mountain forest, who have never left the same place, obviously guarding the mountain bandits, and the place is not even halfway up the mountain, and I don't know how many sentry posts there are in the invisible place. Once you go up the mountain and fall into it, it's hard to come out again. You are the commander of the fast hunt for this entry into the mountain, and you must not take this risk. Last time I was lucky, I was safe, not that this time it will be okay. Let's wait for the news, they don't go up the mountain once or twice, this cottage is bigger, it's normal to spend more time, don't worry about catching heads. ”

Yang Congyi said: "We don't have much time, and we only caught seven in more than a month. I don't know what about the other roads, they don't have much more people than us, and they don't think they will be better off than us. Originally, I wanted to go into the mountains and support each other, but it was difficult to get to the bottom of it, and it was extremely inconvenient to connect with each other. I'm still not prepared. ”

Li Zhutou said: "No one has ever been in the mountains for such a long time, and besides, there are so many bandits in this mountain, it is difficult to move an inch, who would have thought before they entered the mountains." ”

Yang Congyi looked at the bandits who appeared from time to time in the mountains and forests opposite, and said: "No matter how difficult the road is, someone must take it." Time is running out, this cottage has delayed us for seven or eight days, and if we don't find the fugitives and catch them quickly, there will be no way to continue. ”

Seeing Yang Congyi's resolute attitude, Li Zhutou said: "Then I'll go, you stay and respond." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Lao Li, don't fight with me at this time, the rear support needs a person who is stable and can sit still, you are more suitable than me." Besides, if you want to rush forward, your legs and feet are sharper than mine? Stay here with peace of mind, waiting for our news, waiting for the people who have returned to the camp to come back. ”

Li Zhutou smiled helplessly, he was already in his thirties, and he was indeed better than a young man in his early twenties in the mountains.

Yang Congyi went back and picked four people, and when he said the task, everyone was in high spirits and had no objections. They have done this kind of thing to go up to the mountain to be bandits, there is no danger, and it feels quite fun and exciting.

After a little preparation, Yang Congyi took four people to catch the trees along the edge of the stone cliff and quietly touched the valley below the mountain.