Chapter 38: Eighteen Bandits
The idea of the soldiers is very simple, habits and thoughts are not formed in a day or two, this kind of plundering mind has been rooted in the heart of every soldier, and at the same time they regard it as a kind of war welfare.
Now that military discipline is suddenly being taken seriously, doesn't it mean that everyone's welfare is gone?
"When you teach everyone to sing, by the way, you should supervise each other in this crackdown on bandits, and after the war, you will definitely be rewarded for meritorious deeds, otherwise you will be dealt with by military law." Yang Mu commanded.
"Yes!"
Four hundred soldiers responded, and at the same time felt a lot more relieved, this song is relatively difficult, but the melody is also very simple, because the lyrics are the military regulations they have learned before, so after singing a few times, they are all very proficient, and then dispersed to various camps, and taught the song to the soldiers of the whole army.
Compared with the daytime, all the officers were enthusiastic, and even Wei Zhongquan had a serious face, taking the initiative to inspect various camps and urging everyone to study hard, which was completely regarded as a major event.
After dinner, the camp once again resounded with bursts of singing, wave after wave.
It wasn't until the moonlight was getting thicker and the cold wind came from outside the wilderness that Yang Mu estimated that it was not too early, so he ordered the officers and men of the whole army to rest, recuperate their spirits, and prepare for tomorrow's bandits.
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Bandit Mountains, a valley.
This is the station of Jindaozhai, at this time there are piles of bonfires lit, and there are tables on both sides, on which there are delicious wines and delicacies, which look like a festival, as if some grand event is going to be held.
Golden Knife Village, Blood Crow Village, Taiping Village...... The owners of the eighteen villages of the Bandit Mountain Range are all here, there are men and women, fat and thin, and there seems to be a ruthless force from the aura, but the expressions on their faces at this time are not very good-looking, and they all have sad faces and grim expressions.
"Let's talk about it, we have to come up with a charter." An old man with a wooden cane spoke, touched his goatee, and sighed, he was the owner of the Golden Knife Village and the organizer of this rally.
Silence, eerie silence.
No one responded, as if they were frozen, staring at the desk in front of them, as if there was something on it, sucking everyone's eyes tightly on it.
And the brothers behind the owner of the village also looked blank, holding torches without saying a word, as if they were thoughtless shells, only silver swords, under the reflection of the firelight, flashing with a shocking cold light.
Since receiving the news yesterday, the eighteen villages have received invitations from the Golden Dao Village to discuss major matters here, and everyone readily agreed, but when it came to the moment of contribution, they all retreated.
5,000 elite soldiers!
This is a force that is enough to level any stockade, who would dare to rush up and resist?
Moreover, Zheng Guo's army entered the mountains to suppress bandits, and the first to bear the brunt of it must be the Golden Dao Village, and the rest of the villages were not at the point of life and death, sacrificing themselves in order to save others, which is not the style of the bandits.
Seeing this, Boss Jin shook his head, and a trace of fierceness flashed on the old man's face: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the eighteen bandits with one fate, since you don't want to contribute, it's a big deal to break the net, and it is better to be broken by the little emperor one by one!" ”
After speaking, I saw a large group of people rushing up from all directions, tightly surrounding the entire field, and it seemed that they were only waiting for an order to rush up and kill all the village owners.
The owners of the village were shocked, they were invited to come this time, only brought some cronies, if they really fought, it was like fish on the chopping board, they could only be slaughtered.
"Boss Kim, have you gone too far?" The owner of Taiping Village darkened his face and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, the Golden Knife Village invited us over, is this such hospitality?"
"Even if you do it well, it's all about licking blood anyway, if we confess here, the brotherhood in the stockade will take revenge!"
"Boss Jin, if you have something to discuss, don't make mistakes."
After a short period of panic, all the village owners calmed down, and looked at Boss Jin coldly, either with good words and persuasion, or directly questioning, and some were stiff and unafraid.
"Smack!"
There was a cracking sound, and a bald man with copper rings in his ears stood up, slammed the table, and shouted: "Boss Jin, don't think that we are easy to mess with, my brothers in the Blood Raven Village are not afraid of things, but we want to see if you kill us all first, or we kill you first!" ”
As soon as these words came out, all the village owners also nodded and echoed, and the brothers who followed behind also drew their swords and showed fierce expressions.
Boss Jin's face was cloudy, and then he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Everyone, don't be impatient, my Boss Jin is quick to talk, among our eighteen villages of bandits, we have always been headed by the three major villages of Golden Knife, Blood Crow, and Taiping, you have been wandering in the mountains and forests all these years, so unhappy, but tomorrow the Cangguo army will enter the mountain, everyone only says one word, help or not!" ”
"What's the help?"
"Each village, according to the scale, meet the enemy together!" Boss Jin leaned on crutches and knocked on the tunnel.
Out of the ordinary?
Facing the enemy together?
The owners of the village were silent again, as we all know, the resources in the mountains and forests are scarce, and they are not very suitable for planting crops, and the problem cannot be solved by looting alone, so there is competition between the villages, and there are often firefights.
Left and right are loss-making transactions, who wants to do it?
"Boss Jin, our stockades are far away, even if everyone rushes to support with all their might, I'm afraid it's too late." The main road of the Blood Raven Village.
"Yes, after all, it is a fight with the elite of Cangguo, and the brothers have to be prepared, it is impossible to do it without two or three days." The main road of Taipingzhai.
"That's right! The two village owners are right, they can't rush to the battle! ”
"Our village is small, when we went into the mountains to be a bandit just to make a living, let us work hard for your Golden Knife Village, and the brothers didn't agree!"
"Let's just hide, such a big bandit mountain range, I don't believe that the little emperor is willing to spend a lot of effort to find it!"
Wuzhi Village, Bafang Village, Fengsha Village, Longwang Village...... The rest of the small village owners also talked a lot and scoffed at the requirements of the golden knife village owners.
The owner of the Golden Knife Village on crutches clenched his fists, of course, for other cottages, it is not a backache to stand and talk, but for the Golden Knife Village, this is indeed a hurdle that cannot be overcome.
As for the reason, this is to talk about the current division of forces in the Bandit Mountains and the situation between the villages.
Among the eighteen cottages, the Golden Knife Village, the Blood Crow Village, and the Taiping Village are the mainstays, and the rest of the cottages are dependent on the three major villages, and the strength and scale are much smaller, and they basically have no right to speak.
Among them, the Blood Raven Village is next to Shen Guo, and most of them are composed of some displaced bandits who fled from Shen State, mainly robbing the people of Shen State, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Cangguo.
Taipingzhai is one of the oldest villages, at first it was also a group of robbers, but then gradually merged with the exiled nobles of various countries, inherited for more than 100 years, several generations have gradually broken away from the nature of burning and looting, like a village under the mountain, mainly hunting and farming for a living, barely able to support themselves.
The Golden Knife Village is the remnants of the former dynasty of Cangguo, who absconded to the Liugang Mountains to avoid disaster thirty years ago, and after forcibly annexing several small cottages on this mountain, the current Golden Dao Village was gradually formed.
It is precisely because of the relationship between the historical root problem and the geographical location that the Golden Dao Village has a great hatred for the Cangguo, and has gone down the mountain to burn and loot for many years, making the people of the Cangguo miserable, so the Cangguo had to send Han Tong to station two thousand soldiers in Taoyuan City, the main purpose is to deter this group of bandits.
Therefore, for the rest of the cottages, in fact, it is not the time of life and death, but for the Golden Dao Village, it is already necessary to fight, no matter what, it has become an endless situation with the army of Cangguo.
Boss Jin's face was gloomy, he glanced at the crowd, and wondered in his heart, it would definitely be impossible to make these villages contribute, and it was too late in terms of time, so he could only retreat to the second.
So, he cleared his throat and softened his tone: "Everyone, as the saying goes, there are three gangs of a hero, and my Golden Dao Village will definitely do its best to resist the Cang army, but in order to prevent someone from stabbing the knife from behind, you must draw a line with the Cang Kingdom!" ”
"Humph!" The lord of Taiping Village snorted coldly, very dissatisfied, and said: "Since ancient times, the army and bandits have not been separated, how can we draw a clear line?" You can't let your Golden Dao Village have the final say, you don't have this qualification! ”
"Hahahaha!" Boss Jin laughed, Bai Huahua's goatee trembled, and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as each cottage sends a few brothers to watch the battle, and supports some arrows and food, even if it advances and retreats with my Golden Dao Village, it will naturally be with Cangguo endlessly!" ”