After the two departments converged, they exchanged experiences on the road and information they had gained.

Only then did Yang Congyi know that the arresters in Tong'an County had discovered a bandit den two days ago, and the number of people seemed to be quite large, so they did not dare to act rashly. The bandits occupy a mountain that stretches for five or six miles, although the mountain is not high, but there are three hills on the mountain, each hill has a bandit village, guarding the door, the three bandit villages are not far apart, the finished glyph is each other, each other is a horn, the whole mountain is integrated, the defense is tight.

I don't know if there are fugitives on the mountain, but with such a large bandit den, it is really difficult to hide a few fugitives.

After the two divisions converged, although the manpower was still sufficient, it was obviously unwise to fight with the bandits in their territory, and they needed to think of some way, there were no fugitives, everything was easy to say, if there were really fugitives, then make another plan.

After discussion, Yang Congyi decided to divide the crowd into a team of five people, quietly lurk up the mountain, ambush on the periphery of the cottage, and once he found that there were bandits out of the village and left alone, he was immediately arrested and brought down the mountain.

After two days of squatting, the hard work finally paid off, and a bandit who slipped down the mountain in the middle of the night and planned to go home was caught.

After interrogation, it became clear that the bandits on the mountain had heard that the officers and soldiers had recently entered the mountain, and they were afraid that they were coming to exterminate them, so some of them wanted to go down the mountain and go home to farm. When the leader learned about it, he strictly forbade the bandits to go down the mountain, and they were not allowed to go out if they had nothing to do. This bandit also took advantage of the fact that everyone slept in the middle of the night, and the bandits on duty took a nap at night, so they got lucky to escape.

The official mission into the mountain, it is not a secret thing, the last time I came in with great fanfare, the bandits had already been in contact with the official mission, and they also killed a lot of officials. This time, the forbidden army sent troops to assist, and they did not deliberately conceal it, the bandits in the mountains naturally had sources, maybe the forbidden army was still in the barracks, and the bandits knew that they were going into the mountains.

Since the bandits here are already very vigilant and cannot easily descend the mountain, and it is estimated that the rest of the country is similar, this is not good news, and the difficulty of detecting the fugitives has increased dramatically, and it is really possible to find nothing in three months.

But Yang Congyi only wants to know if there are fugitives among the bandits on this mountain now, and the others don't matter for the time being.

After further interrogation of the bandits, it was learned that there were indeed people who went up the mountain to defect after the year, and there seemed to be a few of them, but he only ate mixed food in the mountains, and he had fixed things to do every day, and if he didn't do it, he would have nothing to eat, and he couldn't run casually, so he hadn't seen it, and he didn't know where it came from.

This bandit is a man who picks water and chops wood, and he can't ask anything, and it's not good to let him go directly, so he has to take care of it on the spot, and then decide how to deal with it when he finds out the situation on the mountain.

The problem is in front of Yang Congyi, there are bandits in the mountains who are years later, but they are not fugitives at the beginning of the year, so it is difficult to say. There is no food, and there are many villagers who go up to the mountains to become bandits, and it is estimated that the bandits in the mountains are all here in this way. The bandits on the mountain are very cautious now, and it is too difficult to keep a foot and continue to scratch their tongues like this and time does not allow it.

The situation of the bandits in the mountains must be investigated, and they can't just leave and discuss with the head catcher in Tong'an County for a long time, but they can't make up their minds.

Suddenly, Yang Congyi had a flash of inspiration, and remembered the "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" he had watched before, the situation in it was very similar to now, but the difficulty at this time was much smaller than that, just going up the mountain to find out the situation, it shouldn't be difficult.

Yang Congyi told the head catcher in Tong'an County about his thoughts, and the head catcher also felt that it was feasible, and it was normal for the bandits to join the gang and come and go. But there was a disagreement over who to let go up the mountain.

Tong'an County Catcher said: "Yang Catcher, there are many bandits on the mountain, there is a certain danger on the mountain, you have a heavy responsibility, you should not risk yourself." Besides, the counties in the mountains still need you to coordinate and command, if you are delayed on the mountain, it is inconvenient to go down the mountain for a while, and there is something that needs you to call the shots, so what can you do? ”

Yang Congyi said: "Such a big thing, send other catchers to hurry up, can you rest assured, time is pressing, sometimes when it is time to take risks, you still have to take risks." I've had a lot of intersections with bandits, so I shouldn't have any problems. After I go up the mountain, Huaining's capture will soon be under your command. As soon as I found out the exact news, I waited for the opportunity to go down the mountain as soon as possible. If there is a delay and you can't go down the mountain within five days, I will give you news, you don't have to wait for me at the bottom of the mountain, you can go north immediately and go to Zhang Zhutou in Taihu County, and the follow-up matters will be decided by him. ”

Seeing that Yang Congyi had made up his mind, and everything had been arranged, it was not easy for Tong'an County to say anything. This kind of thing is naturally best for him to lead the team up the mountain, but he doesn't have much contact with the bandits, he is not sure to do this well, and he is afraid of startling the snakes, so he just proposed to choose a few catches to go up the mountain quickly to replace Yang Congyi, and did not recommend himself.

Yang Congyi didn't care, he didn't have contact with the bandits once or twice, he was wronged last year, wasn't it because he was regarded as an accomplice of bandits, this time he came to Tianzhu Mountain, and it was also fate to join the gang as a bandit. The government went into the mountains this time to arrest the fugitives, not to exterminate them, presumably they also knew, otherwise they would have run away long ago, according to these three small hills, more than 200 people, they should be destroyed if they can't stop the impact of the officers and soldiers.

If you want to find out the news on the mountain, you have to have some identity, and it is obviously impossible to have any identity when you go up the mountain alone. At least bring some people, it seems that there is a certain amount of power, otherwise it would be good for others to enjoy food, and what news can they find.

Having made up his mind, Yang Congyi picked out more than a dozen people in Huaining's fast catch, and they were all quite smart, and the five people who ran the fastest in Panlong Mountain a few days ago were naturally included.

After making a little preparation and determining the method of delivering the news with the head catcher of Tong'an County, Yang Congyi led people away and climbed up the mountain along the mountain road.

"Boss, there are so many bandits in the mountains, I'm still a little afraid." There was a catcher in the team who whispered.

Yang Congyi replied: "If you want to die, call the eldest brother." If you don't reveal your identity, nothing will happen, and if you expose your identity, ask for more blessings. I told you before that I remember clearly, we are bandits from Hutouyan, because we met with the people of the government before, suffered losses, and most of the brothers were scattered, so we had to come out to beg for a living. Remember clearly, don't say much about the rest, whoever leaked the bottom, don't blame me for turning my face. ”

Everyone nodded again and again, knowing that it was dangerous to go up the mountain, but since they were pulled up, if they wanted to save their lives, they had to regard themselves as bandits, otherwise they would be discovered by the bandits. They didn't say anything all the way, secretly remembering what Yang Congyi had explained before, telling themselves over and over again that they were bandits, and even made up their own background experience.

Following the bandits up and down the mountain, it didn't take half an hour for Yang Congyi and the others to approach a mountain.

Looking up, I saw a stone wall in the distance, the wall was one or two zhang high, separating the village from the outside, and the trees near the cottage were cut down, except for the low trees on the side of the wall, I could not see the trees close to the head of the wall, and it was really not easy to climb over the wall.

There were two people on duty in front of the gate outside the wall, listless, leaning against the door, as if they were napping.

Yang Congyi asked everyone to squat, and after reconfirming that everyone had memorized the information that they needed to remember, he led them swaggering towards the gate of the cottage.

It wasn't until they were a group of more than ten people that they came within a foot in front of the door that they woke up the bandits on duty. When a bandit saw more than a dozen unknown people coming in front of him, he was shocked and shouted: "Who are you? What are you doing at our Nipple Mountain? Another bandit, awakened by the scream, hurriedly took up his weapon.

Seeing that the two of them were panicked, Yang Congyi was secretly relieved in his heart, the guards of the cottage were so lax, it seemed that they really didn't take the government into the mountains too seriously, and they didn't think that the government was coming to exterminate them, otherwise it would definitely not be like this.

Yang Congyi clenched his fists and replied with a smile: "The two brothers are polite, we are from Hutou Rock, and we have come to the mountain to meet the leader, and I also ask the brothers to report it." ”

The two glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Tiger Head Rock? How I haven't heard of it. ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Hutou Rock is a small place, and it is still in the east of Wolf's Head Mountain, and it takes half a month to walk from there. ”

One of the bandits said again: "I've heard of Wolf Head Mountain." ”

Another bandit said: "I also remember that they came to the mountains in February. ”

Yang Congyi said: "Two brothers, let's not talk about Wolf Head Mountain, we have come all the way, we have not eaten and slept well along the way, and from this morning to now, we haven't even eaten a mouthful of water." Please let the two brothers go in and report it. ”

One of the bandits asked, "What are you doing here to see the leader?" Don't make it clear how to report. ”

Yang Congyi said: "Our Hutou Rock is too close to the outside of the mountain, we met bandits before, fought a fight, and the dead were scattered, and now there are only these brothers left, and there is no place outside the mountain." I used to hear Brother Zhu from Wolfhead Mountain say that the leader was benevolent and righteous, so he brought his brother to defect. ”

The bandit smiled and said: "The leader is naturally righteous, but it is still rare for someone like you to come to defect empty-handed, and I can't report it." ”

Yang Congyi said: "I'm really embarrassed, Hutouyan is a small place, there is no oil and water, and we suddenly encountered an official errand that day, we don't even have a home, and some of the things accumulated before have also been searched by the officials, and now there is nothing except a few strengths." Brother just go and report, if the leader doesn't take it in, we don't blame you, if our brother can join the gang, if there is a benefit in the future, we will not treat the two brothers badly. ”

Hearing Yang Congyi say this, the bandit hesitated for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment: "Okay, then I'll try, whether it succeeds or not, it all depends on the leader's mood." What do you call a brother? ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "Brother is tired. Yang Lao Wu, brother, I am Tiger Head Rock Yang Lao Wu. ”

One of the bandits said: "Then you wait here first, and I'll go in and report it." With that, he turned and went into the door, leaving a bandit guarding the door.

Yang Congyi asked the bandit, "How long has my brother been on the mountain?" ”

The bandit didn't reply immediately, but after thinking about it, he replied, "More than a year." ”

Yang Congyi immediately made a surprise and praised loudly: "Brother is not simple, he has only been on the mountain for more than a year and has served as the important task of guarding the gate of the cottage, which is really enviable." Brother, you're amazing. ”

Hearing Yang Congyi's praise, the bandit's originally loose figure immediately stood up straight, and the casual expression on his face became a little solemn. Then he replied, "No, no, I only recently started this task." ”

Yang Congyi said: "Brother is too modest, how important is the cottage door, whether it is the person who comes in or the person who goes out, it has to pass through your eyes, the brothers need you to check when they go back to the mountain, and the property needs you to inspect the mountain, just like the door god, the whole cottage is fine without anyone, but without brothers, the cottage will be chaotic." ”

The bandit was a little embarrassed by Yang Congyi's boasting, but at the same time he felt very useful, so he was a little fluttering, and soon opened the conversation box and chatted with Yang Congyi.

The crowd wanted to laugh when they heard it, but when they thought of the task of this trip, they bowed their heads and held back.

Although I didn't know from the bandits what the bandits were coming from after the year, I learned more about the situation in the entire Nipple Mountain.