This isolated mountain village has been surrounded by blood, water, and swords.

The villagers, young and old, have become outlaws one by one, not seeking their own lives, only seeking the death of the enemy, and even the old, weak, women and children are holding farm tools to face the battle. But no matter how stubborn the resistance is, the gap with Yanbeitang is still huge, and the fall of the mountain village is only a matter of time.

So, when a certain village elder dug up the ground and lit the fuse, many old people sat around him with a sad expression. I only heard him keep muttering: "It's officers and soldiers, it's officers and soldiers!" ……。 It doesn't matter, Thor is furious, the flood is monstrous, and no one can escape. ”

Explode! Jiang Sinian didn't expect that in the center of the village in this valley mountain village, there was actually a huo medicine buried! After the ground shook and the mountains shook, the center of the explosion was covered with charred flesh and blood stumps, which was a move that injured a thousand of oneself, but not necessarily a hundred enemies. After a brief lull, the surviving villagers went berserk, some of them broke down on their own, but more of them sought common ground and died.

The horn sounded again, and the team led by Jiang Sinian quickly formed a defensive battle formation. Li Mo had already arrived with reinforcements, quickly occupied the highest point in the village, and attacked again with heavy arrows, this time it was the massacre of Chi Guoguo.

The smell of blood wafted through the air getting stronger and stronger. Chai Gan trembled, I don't know if it was cold or cold, the sun was shining. He just wanted to run, run as fast as he could!

In the col, Chai Gan climbed out of the mud hole where he was hiding, deliberately rubbed the mud all over his body, and crawled down to the mountain.

Horn, horn again!

Chai Gan grabbed a stump and looked back. There are two big flags floating on the mountainside not far away, one is the Daming Dragon Flag, and the other is the military flag embroidered with the words 'Nangong'.

It's officers and soldiers! Nangong?! Chai Gan was stunned. Could it be that this surname is common? Or is it really that much of a coincidence? The eldest aunt is the eldest son of the Nangong clan in Pingyang, and a few days ago I heard that the second son of Nangong was rewarded by the imperial court. Could it really be the newly crowned 'General Wude' Nangong Jin?

Thinking of this, Chai Gan trembled again. Worst! Childe is still in the village! Now that this is the case, it must be more than auspicious.

In the village, the one-sided massacre has ended. The two teams that had originally converged separated again, and Jiang Sinian led the team to look for fish outside the village, trying not to leave a single survivor. Li Mo led the team back to the flower field, sprinkled poisonous powder on the field, and where it passed, the plants in the flower field withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the evening, all the work was basically over, and the mountain village of more than 500 people was left with only corpses and broken walls.

Halfway up the mountain, Li Mo reported to Nangong Jin: "Boss, the flower fields here are larger than previously expected, and the medicine is not enough, and it is estimated that there are still two or three percent that have not been eradicated." Is it flooded as mentioned earlier? ”

Nangong Jin didn't answer directly, and asked, "How is General Jiang's situation?" ”

Li Mo replied: "Back to the boss, many people were injured in the explosion just now. General Chiang had already sent someone to escort the wounded to leave first, and the mob in the mountains had basically not survived. ”

Nangong Jin nodded, and said to the overseer wearing a civilian official uniform behind him: "Lord Min, this operation is basically completed, and there are still some things to sweep up, is it to destroy the dam and release water as planned?" ”

Min Wei was originally a small civil official beside the governor of Huguang, and this operation was a sudden and quick decision, and the governor did not bring anyone else, so he was temporarily brought in to oversee the army. However, Nangong Jin has never despised him, he takes care of him everywhere when the mountain road is difficult to walk, and the timing of several actions is also for him to refer to it together. In Min Wei's eyes, Nangong Jin is not a sycophant attitude, but equal respect, which is more useful than sycophancy.

Min Wei looked at the Pinghu Lake and the dam behind him, and estimated that destroying the dam was not a simple matter. I'm worried that the dam will be destroyed, and I'm afraid I won't have time to run. But to the soldiers in armor, I was embarrassed to ask when I would be able to leave. So, he said vaguely: "It is good to do the sweeping thing carefully, and you can't be hasty." It would be better to have a good plan and be able to combine it with the actual situation. General Nangong, huh? ”

In Li Mo's ears, this person just said a bunch of things inexplicably, but he couldn't understand what he was saying, so he had to look at Nangong Jin.

Nangong Jin pretended to know very well and nodded, "Lord Min is right. If you don't let the Yanbei army retreat to the high ground first, I estimate that after an hour, I will let General Li come back, and we will destroy the dam together. Do you think this works? This was the plan set before, Nangong Jin just said it again.

"General Nangong, it's better to let General Li bring more people back, this dam can be destroyed faster. When the time comes, I will also prepare a hoe to add strength. Min Wei said with pride.

Li Mo looked at Min Wei's thin body, and didn't know what to say, so he could only continue to wait for Nangong Jin to give an order.

Nangong Jin really didn't understand Min Wei's intentions before, but when he heard his words now, he was reminded, so he said: "Let General Li bring more people back, it can really speed up, good idea." However, Lord Min has a great responsibility and must observe the overall situation of the battlefield. Nangong can only go against Lord Min's heart, I don't know if Lord Min can take five people to the top of the cliff first, in case there is a place that cannot be submerged, Lord Min can see far away, and when the time comes, we can remedy it in time. ”

Min Wei pondered for a long time, looked at the cliff, and sighed: "What General Nangong said is that the army must perform its own duties in order to win the battle. Min will arrange it accordingly. "What Min Wei is worried about now is whether he can climb in an hour, but fortunately, Nangong Jin gave five people.

The two exchanged pleasantries again, and Min Wei finally followed the five people away.

Li Mo breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I can't see that Senior Brother Jin is so patient. Besides, it's going to be dark, so it's no wonder that you asked me to report it immediately. ”

Nangong Jin first ordered the remaining people to start destroying the dam, and then said helplessly: "No way, people will write excerpts when they go back, who knows how he will write them." The more nonsense he has, the better, and the people above probably don't have the patience to look at it. ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered: "Okay, let's do our own thing, hurry." Let Yanbeitang go over the mountain and leave immediately, don't enter Chenzhou, go directly to Tianchengwei to find General Feng Yuefeng, and attach Tianchengwei in my name. You don't have to come up for a while, go back to Binh Duong immediately. You still have to report to the big boss, and I will deal with the aftermath of the government. ”

Li Mo felt that it was inappropriate, "The Yanbei Army is temporary, will there be trouble in doing this?" This opinion was raised last time when the three of them discussed, and Nangong Jin didn't say that he would definitely do it at that time.

"How can I say that I am also a royal general, these are my own recruitment, and I don't need to be paid by the imperial court. Just stay in the war zone, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. If no one asks, we will reorganize the entire Yanbei Hall into the Yanbei Army. If this is feasible, the next time I find an opportunity, the other three classes will do the same. Nangong Jin's attitude seemed to be very sure.

In Li Mo's eyes, the imperial court has always been a change of orders, and many things are not accurate. I wanted to persuade Nangong Jin again, but seeing that he was so confident, he couldn't say anything, so he nodded and said, "Okay." I'll come up with you in a moment. Reporting to Pingyang is just a few words of flying pigeons. ”

Nangong Jin turned her head to look at him, and said helplessly, "What's wrong?" Are you afraid of me running away? ”

Li Mo smiled awkwardly, "I know you won't." But you might as well go back. Your birthday is coming, even if you don't care about it, the master is really relieved. ”

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In the mountains surrounding the terraces, the firewood had climbed to a large tree, and the dense canopy of the tree covered him tightly.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but the fear in Chai Gan's heart did not diminish at all. He saw a lot of people mending knives, he saw fields of flowers withering, he saw a mountain village not far away, and the smoke had not cleared after the explosion. And the flags symbolizing imperial power, officers and soldiers are still flying on the mountainside.

For more than a month, Chai Gan already knew what was planted in this terraced field, and he had already known the purpose of this trip from Shen Weidong's mouth, to order 10,000 taels of silver for Liu Yi to arrive in Puzhou. However, as a guard, it didn't make the slightest sense to know so much, so Shen Weidong took the initiative to tell him, and he was glad that Shen Gongzi was not scheming at that time. But now, what to do?

The officers and men of Tu Village were evacuating to the mountains as fast as they could.

Chai Gan hugged the branches of the big tree and didn't dare to come out, and even when he saw the nearest officer and soldier, it was only a few feet away. It's the last moment, and you must not relax, otherwise your life will be gone.

It didn't take long for all the people in the mountains and forests to leave.

Chai Gan was still holding the big tree, and although his tired hands trembled, he couldn't let go. Suddenly, a loud roar was heard, but in a flash of effort, the flood rushed all over the world, and the two-person thick tree was bent. The flood water rushed through the woods and flower fields on the mountains and towards the villages in the valleys.

He couldn't do anything, so he could only use all his strength to firmly hold on to the tree that was about to break, and he was already soaked. The ferocious flood carried rocks, mud and sand, and it hurt him. In despair, he only kept chanting the Buddha's name in his mouth, praying for the Bodhisattva's blessing.

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At sunset, the flood turned the villages in the valley into a flat lake, and the terraced rice fields full of poppies were also washed away by the force of the flood, and almost all but a few higher terrain were submerged. Looking back, the lake that had been filled with water exposed the bottom of the lake and turned into a new valley.

The encirclement and suppression operation took seven days from the formulation of tactics, the ambush over the mountains, and the success of the attack. For Nangong Jin, there is no danger or danger, since the Daming Dragon Banner was played, these hundreds of private soldiers have become officers and soldiers. The official action is justified, and there is still a fear of what will slip through the net.

Nangong Jin still returned to Chenzhou to hand over the task, and by the way, he took Li Mo to hold a banquet in the most upscale restaurant in Chenzhou, thanking the governor of Huguang, the prefect of Chenzhou, and the overseer Min Wei for their correct guidance and help. For the imperial court, this was a triumph, and everyone here was happy.

The end of this banquet made Li Mo look at Nangong Jin with admiration, he thought that Nangong Pu had a way to deal with these civil officials, but he didn't expect that the two brothers of the Nangong family had this hand.

Nangong Jin wrote a secret letter to Zheng Shu in private, and then was supervised by Li Mo to return to Pingyang.