As soon as Zhang Pengyun said this, everyone immediately understood what he meant, and the gentry followed him and said, some people proposed that the people of Zezhou must have their own soldiers, and this team of township soldiers that was finally trained should not be dismantled in the future, and it is necessary to make up some more people from each county to train him to come out with three or five thousand soldiers. There are also people who believe that the gentry in each county have no leader, and the old man Zhang is highly respected, so it is natural for his old man to come out to preside over the affairs of Zezhou's suppression of thieves, so that the people of Zezhou can live and work in peace and contentment; There are even more guys who directly claim that the government will only command blindly, those guest officials are unreliable, and the officers and soldiers are even worse, they can't do anything except kill the good and take the merits and extort money, and the homes of Zezhou people should be their own people, and Zezhou soldiers can only be brought by their own people.

Zhang Pengyun conformed to the will of the people, agreed to convene the county gentry, the rich chamber of commerce to discuss the matter of suppressing thieves, but he thought that he was old, a little powerless, recommended the former Jinyi guard commander Zhang Daojun from the official family to serve as the head of the township soldiers in Zezhou, Zhang Pengyun also warned everyone, from the fall of Dayang to the danger of Guo Yu, the lesson of blood tells everyone that there must be money to contribute, strong efforts, and concerted efforts in order to turn evil into good fortune and save the life of the family. In the future, it is necessary to increase the height and thickness of the wall, and the guns must also be matched, and it is best to build a copper wall and iron wall, everyone unanimously agrees with Zhang Pengyun's words, and Guo Yu, a wealthy businessman, jumped out immediately, expressing his willingness to come forward to raise food and money, and help his hometown build a walled fort and train village soldiers.

Zhang Pengyun discussed with the local squires and rich people about the plan to suppress the thieves, and blatantly wanted to organize their own township soldiers and prepare their own ordnance, and put the government aside without mentioning it, but Yang Zhenyuan, the county governor, did not dare to intervene, these people are all local rich and powerful land snakes, he dare not provoke and can't afford to provoke, now the suppression of thieves is a big deal, and the laws of the imperial court will be thrown aside first.

The more the local snakes talked, the happier they became, and as soon as their brains were hot, they proposed that while this group of soldiers who could fight was here, they would simply gather the township soldiers from all villages and villages in Yangcheng to go to the thieves' nest in Nanshan together. Zhang Pengyun and Zhang Daojun took this group of people to surround Li Yu, instigating him to order an attack on Nanshan, the rich merchants also patted their pockets vigorously to say that they were not bad for money, Wang Zheng and his gang were the most active, and simply carried out a few boxes of silver from the stockade, and when they saw the Fengzhou soldiers, they stuffed the money, Li Yu was also stunned by the silver, and the ghost ordered the whole team to go to Nanshan, and the Fengzhou soldiers set off with high morale in their pockets, and the squires and rich men forgot the pain as soon as they were beaten, and pulled up the village soldiers to blow the horn, beat the gongs and drums, and followed behind lively, Yang Zhenyuan, the magistrate of the county, was left alone and taken prisoner.

Li Yu arrived at the foot of Nanshan to know that the money was not easy to take, Yangcheng Nanshan is the remaining vein of Taihang Mountain, the mountain is not too high, but the mountains are even mountains, ditches and ditches, there are cliffs everywhere, the road into the mountain is steep, narrow and rugged, it is difficult for people to walk, not to mention the war horses, there are also thieves' camps on the mountains on both sides of the mountain pass, Li Yu immediately retreated, let the squires and rich men threaten and lure, and resolutely refused to attack.

"Later life, the old man also has some protégés and old friends in the court, you fight this battle, the old man will greet you and let you be the chief soldier of Shanxi." Zhang Pengyun persuaded.

"Hanmin, the thieves suffered a big defeat, and it was when the situation was weak, so we attacked together and killed the big thief Wang Jiayin, this is a great merit, and the court will definitely reward him heavily." Zhang Daojun stretched out his hand and dragged Li Yu.

"My lord, we have money, as long as you are willing to fight, the military salary and remuneration are all wrapped up in us." The king was pat on his pockets again.

Li Yu got angry, pushed Zhang Daojun away, pointed to the mountain pass and said: "Look at this mountain, the cavalry can't go up, the infantry can't climb under armor, and the arrows can't shoot the other party, I can't fight this battle, I have to fight yourself, and my soldiers will go home alive." ”

After arguing for a while, Li Yu just didn't move, and when the two sides were arguing, Ding Qiming suddenly came over and came up with an idea: "My lord, I have a way to take the mountain pass, but it's a stupid way, and there must be artillery." ”

"Artillery! There are a lot of people in the village, and you can send someone to get it right away, what kind of cannon do you want? How much? Zhang Pengyun asked immediately.

"I want to set up a fort in front of the mountain, the cannon is too heavy to drag up, it is best to have a cannon weighing four or five hundred catties, the kind that can hit about a catty cannon, do you have it?"

"This brother, you have found the right place, the iron tools here in our Yangcheng are famous all over the world, and any kind of cannon can be made," Zhang Daojun smiled, pointing at Wang and re-ordering, "Boss Wang, you immediately bring someone back to find it, if Guo Yu doesn't have it, go to Runcheng and Duanshi, and you must bring the cannon back." ”

"I can't make a mistake, I'll bring the cannon over tomorrow, if I can't find a suitable one, I won't be able to miss a few days now, I have an iron factory at home." The king laughed again and ran away.

Zhang Pengyun said proudly: "Our Yangcheng is able to produce ironware, iron pots, iron needles are sold all over the world, plough hoes, plough mirrors are unmatched, the Fengning Iron Smelting Institute at the beginning of the founding of the country was located in Yangcheng, 500,000 catties of iron every year, and now Yangcheng produces seven or eight million catties of iron every year. ”

Li Yu also smiled, Yangcheng mirror plow He knew that he bought one as soon as he arrived in Fengzhou, that thing is really easy to make, but it is too expensive, Fengzhou can't afford to use it, and now it has begun to imitate, but it is not as good as the authentic goods.

Early the next morning, the township soldiers began to pile up earth on the mound on the side of the mountain pass to build forts, and the Fengzhou infantry army also dug up along the mountain to pave the road, and built a bunker for the troops - the experience of the first battle of Caiyuangou tells everyone that the mountain attack should repair more trenches that can be hidden and avoided, and try to extend to the opponent's stronghold to shorten the attack distance, which can greatly reduce casualties, and the strength of the thieves has also increased, but they dare not go down the mountain, and they have not hurt the other party by firing a few cannons and throwing a few stones, and they simply don't care how the Fengzhou army tosses.

At noon, Wang Chong came with a few carriages, and when he saw Li Yu, he said a little apologetically: "It's not just right, so I found this three cannons, which are six hundred catties small and can hit one catty, and they will be used first, and I asked the guys to recast two new ones overnight, and it will take a few days." ”

Ding Qiming and Jin Guoding, two experts, came, carefully inspected the cannon, and then said to Li Yu that the Furlong machine made of fine iron, each cannon is equipped with five guns, and the guns and the barrel are just right, this is a cannon cast by a master, and it is definitely not a fake and shoddy goods made by the Ordnance Bureau, and the Yangcheng iron work is different.

Wang smiled proudly again, pulled Li Yu aside and whispered: "My lord, those two newly cast cannons are given to you by the villain, and when you use them appropriately, you can ask me to buy ordnance and firearms, and the villain will give you a big discount." ”

"The things in Yangcheng are good, but they are too expensive, we can't afford to use them, Boss Wang might as well go to Fengzhou to open an iron factory, I will give you the land for free, and all taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be exempted." Li Yu replied with a smile.

At lunchtime, Li Yu brought the generals together with Zhang Pengyun and Zhang Daojun and a group of head snakes, and discussed how to capture the mountain pass while eating, Zhang Chuanjie shook his head vigorously and said that it was difficult to fight, the mountains here are much steeper than Caiyuangou, and the thieves also strengthened their troops in the morning, and they will definitely suffer a big loss if they fight hard, he suggested that the artillery cover the infantry frontal attack to attract the other party, and then select brave people who are good at climbing mountains to form a selection team, climb up from the side and rear, Qi Zheng can combine to break the enemy and win, Sun Shoufa immediately opposed, the two mountains are one side of the mountain, One side of the steep slope, both sides are cliffs, probably only monkeys can go up, people want to climb up is almost impossible, or should be attacked from the front, we step by step for the camp to climb up while paving the road and digging ditches, at most five or six days can approach the other party's camp, at that time to clean up this gang of thieves with hand-to-hand combat, Zhang Daojun almost jumped up, pointed to Sun Shoufa and said, Nanshan has such a mountain, like you slowly gnaw, to fight to the year of the monkey Ma Yue.

"I'll try it, I've climbed a mountain like this when I'm hunting, it should be fine." Li Yu said with a big grin that he now regrets not bringing Asari and Dehun An's gang of Zhushen, who are all veterans in mountain climbing.

This can startle everyone, even Zhang Pengyun and Zhang Daojun are anxious, Li Yu is also the chief general with the title of general soldier, if something happens to him, not only the thieves will go crazy, but the government and the opposition will also shake, this joke can not be made, Zhang Daojun suddenly remembered something, immediately ran out of the big tent, and after a while, he came in with a thin and capable village soldier.

"This is the teaching of the Zezhou regimental training, Wu Xian Wu Daxia, the southern Zhili Huizhou Mansion people's clan, kung fu is very good, flying eaves and walking on the wall are omnipotent, and climbing mountains and mountains is like walking on flat ground." Zhang Daojun pointed at the man and blew it.

Everyone looked at Wu Xian and discussed, this person is not tall, and he looks thin, can he climb the cliff dozens of zhang high? Li Yu also felt that this person was a little hanging, Sun Shoufa and Sun Fuhu had both practiced martial arts since childhood, and when they saw the name of the name, they whispered in Li Yu's ear, this person looks thin, but his muscles are strong and his fists are as big as a fight, he should have practiced kung fu for many years, maybe he can do it.

"Adult, the villain's hometown is crisscrossed by mountains and rivers, and higher and steeper mountains have also been climbed, I can try it." Wu Xian smiled and said to Li Yu.

"Then try it, if it doesn't work, come down immediately, it's not a shame!" Li Yu hesitated and replied.

After lunch, the Fengzhou army began to attack the mountain, the first attack was the left mountain, the mountain on this side was slightly higher, Li Yu planned to gnaw down first, and then transport the cannon up, condescending to hit the right mountain. The Fengzhou army made a lot of momentum, Tie Biao and Ma Danian each led a sentry in front in a dispersed formation, and the two battalions of Manzhu and Du Hongfang were in the back, digging ditches and paving the road while climbing, Jin Guoding took the gun team and the township soldiers with firearms in it, and used the dug trench as a cover, and hit a round of firearms when they found the right opportunity, Zhang Pengyun and Zhang Daojun were not idle, and commanded the township soldiers who had nothing to do to beat gongs and drums and blow trumpets to attract the attention of the thieves to the front, Wu Xian and more than 100 local mountain climbers took the opportunity to go around to the side of the mountain to the dead corner, Start climbing upwards.

Ding Qiming took more than a dozen gunners to board the temporary fort, the township soldiers had already installed the three cannons, all the guns were also loaded, Lao Ding personally operated the cannons and opened them, the opposite hill was ten zhang higher than him, and the thieves also had some small cannons in the hands of the captured officers, and they fought back, Ding Qiming didn't care at all, the accuracy of the firearms was too poor, unless he was unlucky, the cannons couldn't hit him, on the contrary, it was very easy for him to hit the other party, wasn't it just a wooden wall, how to fight, the thief's wall was knocked down in a few places after a while, Ding Qiming is fighting more and more, the thieves are in a hurry, they can't help it, they simply ignore the artillery of the official army, and fight against the officers and soldiers who climb up the mountain, but this group of people is more cunning, slowly moving up, and they are still digging a pit, seeing the mountain ** or rolling wood and stones down, they immediately lie in the pit, wait for no movement before getting up, continue to climb slowly as they are, just refuse to charge, the thieves' cannons and rolling logs hit a lot but did not hurt a few people, seeing that the other party is moving closer and closer, his own wooden fence was beaten crooked by the cannons, and the leader of the thieves was anxious, Gather the minions to the front and prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

At this moment, the back camp of the thieves suddenly caught fire, and then there was a shout of killing, the thieves in the back camp ran around like a nest, "the officers and soldiers are going up the mountain", "the officers and soldiers are coming" shouts everywhere, and the frontal officers and soldiers who had been slowly climbing immediately swept away the decadence, and after three consecutive rounds of salvo fires from the guns and birds, the trumpets of the charge sounded, and the officers and soldiers lying in the trenches suddenly became powerful, howling and charging with swords, shields and spears, and the thieves were panicked and messed up, and the thieves didn't think clearly what to do, and a fierce soldier with a knife killed from behind," Kill these lackeys of the government! The thief shouted loudly and rushed towards a black and thin man led by him, and the two collided quickly, the knife was broken, the head flew, and the thief's body slowly fell to the ground.

A little more than two hours, the hill on the left was taken down, the Fengzhou army and the township soldiers were jubilant, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, the first battle was won and the casualties were slight, it should be taken when it was good, and the hill on the right will be fought again tomorrow

"Hermes-Epitek, you must leave that Wu Xian behind, I've been staring at him, this guy is as light as a swallow, and he can still toss and turn on the cliff with a large bundle of ropes on his back, this kind of internal kung fu can't be practiced in ten years." Sun Shoufa ran excitedly to say.

"I want all the capable people, but are people in our poor place willing to come?" Li Yu shook his head and replied.

"I must be willing, where can I get food with this kind of skill, why did I hide in this place from Nanzhili, this guy must have committed something, and Fengzhou lawlessness is perfect for him."

"Then you go to him, I will accept him if he wants to come, and I will help him bear the big thing."

When the sun set, Li Yu was about to collect his troops and return to the camp, but he didn't expect the thieves on the mountain on the right side of the mountain pass to surrender - Ding Qiming and Wu Laoba's master and apprentice made great contributions.

Conquering the mountain on the left, Ding Qiming was still unsatisfied, and beckoned a large group of township soldiers to turn the direction of the three artillery, aiming at the camp on the right mountain, I haven't touched the cannon for a long time, and I took advantage of the fact that the sky was not dark, and then I had a good time - the mountain just now hit him a few shots, and Lao Ding always felt that if he didn't give the other party a good taste, he wouldn't sleep well tonight. This time, he wanted to pursue a bit of difficulty, not hitting the wall, but trying to beat people, but after he finished shooting the ten guns of the two cannons, he scared the thieves so much that he didn't even touch a human hair, but broke two wooden fences, and even his apprentice Wu Laoba laughed.

"You dare to laugh at the master, against you, that cannon still has five guns, let the master see if your craftsmanship has dropped." Ding Qiming kicked Wu Laoba in front of a cannon.

Wu Laoba clumsily put two cannons, but he didn't know where the cannon hit, Ding Qiming was so angry that he kicked again, Wu Laoba was also anxious, and he cleaned the cannon chamber, loaded the gun, and aimed at the rules, and set a cannon with fear, this cannon hit a thief's artillery, and did not hit the artillery and the gunner, but the ghost made the god send to ignite the gunpowder, after a loud bang, the gunner and the cannon were blown up, Ding Qiming's eyes were big, and he hurriedly asked someone to clean up the cannon chamber quickly, pointing to the big flag on the opposite side and telling Wu Laoba, now the ancestor has opened his eyes to you, While the hand was hot, the thief flag was hit, Wu Laoba put another cannon, the cannon did not hit the target, but it bounced on the ground, the flag bearer was beaten to pieces, the flag immediately landed, and the lively gunners and villagers cheered, surrounded Wu Laoba and put a cannon, this time it was to hit a leader on the horse on the opposite side, as soon as the cannon sounded, the thief head rolled off the horse and lay on the ground, the cannon flew over the thief's head, fell to the ground and rebounded again, jumping into the crowd of thieves, immediately a scream came, the thief was pale with fright, Is there an end to the artillery of the officers and soldiers? It was so torturous that Lao Tzu quit and then ordered to surrender.

Wu Laoba was carried off the fort by a large group of gunners and villagers, and the people cheered and threw him high over and over again, and Wu Laoba got the nickname of "Wu Sancang".

Zhang Daojun was almost carried away, he took the mountain pass in one afternoon, annihilated nearly a thousand thieves, and the casualties were minimal, my township soldiers and the Fengzhou army joined forces to be invincible, a group of gentry and rich households took the opportunity to instigate Li Yu to go into the mountains to capture Wang Jiayin alive, no matter how they promised to sell it well this time, Li Yu did not agree, Li Yu insisted that today was too lucky, and now he wants to let the soldiers rest for a few days, how to suppress the thieves later.

The troops have been running and fighting for several days in a row, and they really need to rest, but the thieves won't give him a chance, and Zhang Daojun suddenly broke into Li Yu's sleeping tent in the middle of the night.

"Hermes-Epitek, good brother, send troops to save Dou Zhuang, my mother is still there!" Zhang Daojun was so anxious that tears were about to come out, he just got the news, the thief Zijin Liang Wang rushed to Qinshui County for his own use, and the target was directly pointed to his old nest - Dou Zhuang, Zhang Daojun urged Li Yu to get up and dress, and said eagerly, "Zijin Liang brought tens of thousands of people, Qinshui County is powerless to rescue, now it's all up to you, if something happens to our mother, I can't spare you, and my sister and brother-in-law can't spare you." ”

"Chen Erzhu, blow the trumpet, the whole army gathers!" Li Yu hurriedly dressed up and ran towards his big tent - Zhang Daojun said that at this point, he called his wife our old lady, Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi were also moved out, and he couldn't help but do his best.

Before dawn, the Fengzhou army and the township soldiers of Suiying went north along the Qinshui River, and Zhang Pengyun was too old to walk, so he specially selected five hundred elite soldiers from Yangcheng and rural areas to follow him to Qinshui, in order to show that all counties in Zezhou worked together, and the other gentry and township soldiers saw that they were brave enough to go, and they also dispersed and returned to their respective homes, and they did not want the Nanshan Pass that they had just taken.