At this time, not to mention the flashlight, there was no wind lantern or anything, and the torches were not prepared for a while, so if it was dark and could not be seen, they had to camp on the spot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info So the three hundred or so walked slowly, much faster than when they came, and finally returned to the cottage where they had rested yesterday before dark. The dried meat and other food that had not been taken away in the morning were naturally still there, and soon there were enslavements to build piles of bonfires, and the smell of meat immediately wafted in the cottage, but after the smell of meat wafted up, there were a few discordant retching sounds, thinking that the soldiers who had indigestion of meat were sick to their stomachs again. Listening to Zhou Bian had no choice but to smile, when he went out on expeditions in the future, there were many hunting or killing horses for food, but he couldn't help but get used to it, he naturally had to suffer some sins at first, but it would be better in the future, and there would always be a process.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, Zhou Bian summoned Pang Xing and the five squad leaders, and sat around with Zhou Mifan Yu and some other people around him, only to hear the king say, "You have all seen that the road is difficult today, in this king's plan, it is to conquer that cottage, otherwise, it will not serve the purpose of this training." In addition, I am not afraid that you know, this king cooperated with the Luoyang merchant Bai, we made soju, and they distributed it to the two kingdoms of Han and Wei, and not long ago, Bai's caravan was attacked by a group of bandits at the Songshan Ancient Road, and only a small man escaped, and the caravan suffered heavy losses, if we don't get rid of this group of bandits, Bai's caravan will not dare to send it to Handu Xinzheng, and our soju will be sold by half, and your soldiers' salaries will also give this king a headache. So no matter what, this cottage must be captured, and this gang of bandits must be solved. Now is the time for you to serve this king, and I hope you will think about it and make a plan on how to overcome this problem. ”

A few people already knew the ultimate purpose of entering the mountain this time, but a few others didn't know, and after the exchange of heads and ears, they only heard Pang Xing say, "The king has given an order, and the ministers should serve their own death." It's just that I don't know what the terrain of this cottage is, and whether there are only more than 100 people in the cottage as Jiang Ping said? ”

Seeing that everyone knew that this cottage was actually the king's ambition to win, and still insisted on obeying the order, Zhou Bian was also very satisfied in his heart, so he said, "The hearts of all the soldiers make this king very pleased. But if you want to know the specific situation of this cottage, this king has a way, you just look at it. ”

After that, he ordered Zhou Mi to bring a prisoner, and the fierce-looking Wang Sunjian, Liu Yun, Zhang Hu and others were ordered to stand up, but before they could interrogate a few words, this person was all recruited. As a member of the cottage, this captive has also been to the largest cottage in Songshan, naturally knows the situation in the cottage, it turns out that there were only 80 people in this cottage, led by a big leader named Li Tuo, the terrain of the cottage is more precipitous than here, there is only a small road outside the front door, the slope of the trail is very steep, it is very laborious to climb up, there is a sentinel point a few miles outside the gate of the wall, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defense is naturally very tight. Last year, a group of people came, led by Zhao An, who came with 50 people, so now there are about 130 people in the cottage, and most of the weapons are spears, and there are dozens of bows and arrows. Zhou Bian also ordered the captive to draw the road up the mountain while talking, the captive couldn't say it and asked repeatedly, everyone then figured out that the mountain road was tortuous, both sides were lofty mountains, and the outpost was also stuck on the way up the mountain, so it seemed that it was quite difficult for this cottage to attack, so everyone frowned.

Zhou Bian shook his hand and ordered the captive to go down, and after a while, he took another captive, interrogated again, and then the next captive, and so on and so on the six captives were asked in turn, the sky was getting dark, but everyone's hearts were bright, because these six people said that there were more than 100 people in the cottage, but some said that there were 110 people, and some said that there were 150 people, the difference is not big, but it was obviously not colluded in advance, so it seems that it can be determined that this cottage will definitely not exceed 150 people. There is also a captive is very careful, the internal layout of the cottage also drawn, the original village is not very big, counting the gate is only five entrances, the front is a large field, the back is a large hall, and then the back is a dozen or so small courtyards. Everyone immediately understood the king's intentions, and interrogated the captives separately, and knew at once who told the lie and who told the truth, although they did not dare to guarantee whether they had colluded in the past two days, but this method was taught to everyone, and it could be used elsewhere in the future.

After pulling the captives down, everyone fell into deep thought, and after a while, Pang Xing was the first to speak, "King, this cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although as long as we can rush into the walled gate, it will be regarded as the entire cottage taken, but the bandits are not stupid, they will firmly block the walled gate, just throw stones down the wall, and the stones will roll down the mountain road, and they can also smash our soldiers." Therefore, if you forcibly attack the mountain, you will lose a lot, my lord. ”

After pondering, Zhou Zhan continued, "King, there is a sentry post before this cottage, I'm afraid we can't touch the mountain like yesterday, otherwise this outpost will sound an alarm, and the cottage will be able to prepare quickly, not to mention that there are occasional small thieves patrolling the mountain on the mountain road." Presumably, there are also people in the army in this gang of bandits, otherwise they would not have made such a thorough defense. It's really difficult, my lord. ”

"This king also knows that it is very difficult, so he specially gathered everyone to discuss, and if you have any good ideas, just say it." Seeing this, Zhou Bian said.

"King, since the cottage is difficult to attack, it is best if you can lure the thieves out of the cottage." Everyone looked for prestige, but they were far away.

Zhou Bian smiled and said, "Your idea is good." But how can you lure the bandits out of the cottage? ”

"Order the Bai caravan to go down the mountain again." Ziyuan said that, and several people echoed.

"First, the Bai clan doesn't know the identity of this king, and they don't know who they are cooperating with, so they won't listen to us. The second is that the Bai caravan will take the Songshan Ancient Road again, and how to let the bandits know that we don't know the rules of this gang of bandits, so this king thinks that it is extremely difficult to lure them out of the cottage. Zhou Bian said slowly, and everyone thought that this was indeed the case, so they had to think of other ways again.

"Great King," another person spoke, but this time it was Zhang Hu, "since there is only one path up the mountain, how about we block this path at the bottom of the mountain, cut off their way, and force them down for a decisive battle?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the objection sounded, "What if there is enough food in the cottage to eat for half a year, do we have to stay on this road for half a year, so what do we eat?" ”

I didn't expect this, Zhang Hu smiled embarrassedly, and couldn't help but reach out and touch his head.

Zhou Bian also tried to recall the many wars in later generations to exterminate the bandits, as if the ancient bandits were difficult to be completely exterminated, until after the founding of New China, there were still bandits, and the government and the army used many forces, such as closing the mountain, psychological offensive, which made the mountains and forests calm, but these methods are obviously not suitable now. Suddenly, a voice rang out, "King, why don't you attack at night?" At first glance, it was Fan Yu who said.

As soon as everyone thought about it, they felt that the night attack was really a solution, so they turned their eyes to Fan Yu with approval. I only heard Fan Yu continue, "First take advantage of the night to touch it, kill the outpost, and then touch the gate of the wall, secretly open it, the enemy in the night does not know how many people we have, it will be chaos, so victory is in hand." ”

"No," Zhou Bian still shook his head, "Our troops are almost all recruits, even if Pang Xing's original subordinates brought back from Mengjin, they haven't experienced many battle formations. In the night battle, I can't tell the enemy from me, and I can't see the path clearly, I'm afraid that someone will step on the air on the mountain road before they climb up, roll down, and it's okay to endure it, if you can't help but call out, then the rest don't have to go up again, and it's important to retreat quickly to save your life. ”

Everyone thought about it, so they sighed. Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore, so he heard Liu Yun shouting, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, then they will attack, and a certain family will rush to the first, afraid that he will be a bird thief." ”

After saying that, Liu Yun suddenly felt that there was a quiet scene in the field, and there were still people discussing it in a whisper, but they all stopped and looked at themselves, Liu Yun knew that he was impulsive, and he was busy and smiled honestly, and stopped talking.

After a while, someone spoke again, this time it was Cai Wu, "The king, the small one has an idea, and the king should make a decision if it succeeds or not." Let's talk to the captives and let them lead us up, and falsely claim that it is the people of this small cottage who go to see it, but when we approach the gate of the village, we will attack, and quickly take the gate of the village, and at the same time, the follow-up troops will climb up, and the general situation will be settled. ”

After listening to Cai Wu's method, Zhou Bian's eyes couldn't help but light up, and after a little thought, he said. "Well, it works. There are just a few issues that need to be solved, first, whether the captives are willing to cooperate, second, even if they are willing to cooperate, for what reason to approach the gate, and third, what if the big cottage is stopped at the outpost to disarm? ”

"The king," it was Ziyuan who spoke this time, "this first one is naturally to promise a lot of profits." ”

"King, Cai Wu's idea also agreed, and he also thought that the cooperation of those captives was the most important, as for the reason, since this cottage was captured by us, I can't say that the people in the big village already knew about it, so I let the prisoners say that the samurai invited by the Bai caravan made a mistake and beat it down, and there was no way out, so I went to the big cottage." Fan Yu hurriedly said.

After all, it is still one person who is short, and several people who are long, and after pondering for a while, everyone thinks that this method is feasible, so everyone you say a word to me, and quickly perfected this strategy, and finally decided that Liu Yun would take twenty people to pretend to be people from the small cottage, and go to the big cottage with those prisoners, because there are only so many people in the small cottage, if there are more, I am afraid of arousing suspicion. If it is stopped at the outpost, it will be on the offensive to take the outpost, if the big cottage bullies the small cottage with few people, it is naturally best to send people to attack the outpost, if the bandits do not go out of the village, they will attack it, after all, the outpost is not far from the walled gate, and the road from the outpost to the walled gate is still relatively flat.

Zhou Bian and the others simulated the entire battle plan in their minds from beginning to end, and they felt that this was the best method at present. Everyone was overjoyed, and they couldn't wait to act according to the plan immediately, and Cai Wu couldn't hide the smug look on his face.