The brutality of the Black Mountain thieves annoyed the soldiers of the state.

On this night, although there were only more than 100 thieves who went down the mountain, the results of the total annihilation of the thieves and robbers inspired the morale of the soldiers and gave hope to the people who were suffering.

The people gathered around Liu Mang one after another, thanking Liu Mang, the Marquis of Wuji, for avenging them.

"Don't be extreme, you can't spare them!"

"Don't let any of them go, kill them all!"

The simple people, if they had not been driven to a dead end, would never have said such cruel words.

"General Wei, what to do with the corpse of the thief?"

Liu Mang's eyes were filled with coldness. "All the heads, the heads hang high on the side of the mountain, and the corpses are burned!"

"No!" The soldiers awaited this order.

"Put the thieves who were killed by Bodang and the loyal heirs, and put them at the foot of the mountain, and show them to the public for three days! Tell the thieves on the mountain that they are enemies of the people, and this is the end! ”

"No!"

The sergeants took the order and left, and Wang Zhongsi said: "General Wei, my subordinates have left a living mouth." ”

When Uncle Wang heard this, he was puzzled: "General Wang, do you still have one hidden?" ”

Wang Zhongsi smiled slightly: "This guy is like a little boss, leaving him alive and understanding the thieves in the mountains." ”

Wang Bodang pursed his lips with a strange expression. "Xiao Wang, you are cunning enough. A certain killing arose, but he forgot it. Well, this time, you won! Saburo, I admire you! ”

Uncle Wang is straightforward, sensible, and does not care, but is more respected by Wang Zhonghei.

"If it weren't for General Wang's fierce competition with thieves, this battle would not have been so clean." After Wang Zhongsi finished speaking, he added. "And it's a lot of fun!"

"Hahaha......" Wang Bodang laughed heartily.

……

The confession of the small leader of the thieves is basically the same as the news of Shi Jin and Pei Yuanshao's investigation.

The Black Mountain thieves are entrenched in the Tiger Peak dozens of miles away, and the name of the village is Tiger Village.

The Black Mountain Army originally belonged to the Zhang Niujiao Department of the Yellow Turban Army. In the first battle of Julu, Zhang Niujiao lost and fell off the cliff, and the department was under the command of Chu Feiyan, and Chu Feiyan changed his name to Zhang Yan.

The Yellow Turban failed, and Zhang Yan led his troops to flee to the south of Taihang Mountain. The yellow scarf is gone. All the commanders are looking for a way out.

The two commanders of the Montenegrin Army, Zhang Yan and Yu Poison, turned against each other because of the question of who to defect to, and Yu Poison led the department to break away from Zhang Yan. A large mountain that flows through the turbid Zhangshui area.

And Zhang Yan led the troops, entrenched in the Taihang Mountains in the area of Qingzhangshui.

Yu Poison is known as tens of thousands of people to the outside world, just to create momentum, in fact. There are only five or six thousand minions under his command. Recently, more and more bandits have been sneaking away.

In terms of strength and morale, the Montenegrin bandits have absolutely no possibility of confronting the state army.

However, the mountains are vast, and they are the capital of the thieves.

Du Ruhui made a detailed analysis of the attack on Tiger Village.

The key and difficult point lies in the logistical supply.

The march on the mountain road is different from the plains. Although there are only dozens of miles of mountain roads from Tiger Peak, even if there are guides to lead the way, the army passes through and opens up the mountain road. It will also take nearly ten days.

Judging from the information confessed by the small leader of the thieves, it is inevitable that there will be a vicious battle in the capture of Tiger Village.

Based on the fact that the attack will take five days, plus the time of marching, it will take at least fifteen days.

In the mountains, it was impossible to transport baggage and supplies, so the necessary food and camping equipment had to be carried by foot soldiers.

Foot soldiers were allowed to carry up to eight days' rations, march in the mountains, and carry other military quarters. Six days' rations per foot soldier were already the limit.

After listening to Du Ruhui's analysis, Liu Mang and the generals were frustrated.

"In this way, you can't attack Tiger Village?"

"The bandits went down the mountain to plunder, and we attacked the mountain. What's the difference? ”

Pei Yuanshao has been a bandit and is most familiar with the situation: "Those who eat food in the mountains can go down the mountain lightly and do not need to carry weights." And along the mountain road, there are hidden dens and food stores. Let's go down the mountain. After robbing the grain, there were not many who hid in dens along the road and carried up the mountain on their backs. ”

Du Ruhui said: "Just as General Pei said. And most of the thieves are small groups down the mountain, and they don't need much food, so they can supply them along the way. And our army attacked, and the consumption was amazing. Only by setting up a supply base on the way can we continue to advance deep into the mountains. ”

Liu Mang frowned and said, "How long does it take to do it step by step?" ”

"To set up a camp in three days, we need to advance step by step, and set up three large camps along the way. Everything went well, and within a month and a half, three large battalions could be built. Combined with the attack on the thief village, it will take two months. That's not counting the days it takes to get back. ”

Liu Mang shook his head. "No, I can't. It has been more than two months, and it has entered winter, and it is even more difficult to break the enemy. And the imperial court is about to return to the east, and another way must be found. ”

Du Ruhui said: "There is another strategy, but it may not be feasible. ”

"Let's talk about it first."

"At the three-day itinerary, set up a camp. Then he tried to seize the den outside the tiger village, thinking that our army was based. In this way, everything goes smoothly, and in about a month, the thieves can be broken. It's just that attacking the thief's den will inevitably lose, and it is necessary to prevent the thief from attacking in multiple ways. ”

Liu Mang knew that Du Ruhui was afraid of affecting morale, so he said the risk very implicitly.

In fact, although the dens outside the village are small, their location is more dangerous than the larger village, and the losses that may be caused by the attack are by no means as simple as casualties and some soldiers.

The mountain is dangerous and the road is narrow, and it can only be raided by a small team, and in case of risk, the generals with the troops may die.

Determination, hard to make......

"Lord, let's do it!" Wang Bodang was the first to shout, "The evil thief is immortal, and the heart is ruthless!" ”

Shi Jin also shouted: "San Lang is right, lord, fight!" ”

Pei Yuanshao jumped up, and before he could speak, the corners of his eyes and mouth twitched. "Lord...... Kill! Kill all these dogs and mothers! On the mountain, there are corpses they threw away, the big girl with yellow flowers, who was ruined to death, and threw them on the mountain naked......"

Wei Chigong is young and not good at words, so he straightened up his steel-cast iron body, and only said: "I want to take the lead!" ”

The generals were excited, and Liu Mang and Du Ruhui glanced at each other.

The people are crying, the generals are asking for war, this battle must be fought!

However, careful planning is required.

He ordered the king to be the king's loyal heir and solicit voluntary guides among the people.

Ordered Pei Yuan Shaowei Chi Gong to prepare the equipment for attacking the cottage.

Fate Shijin organized team drills, focusing on jumping between mountains and rocks.

Liu Mang and Du Ruhui interrogated the small leader of the thieves again to find the most feasible offensive route.

Outside the tiger village, on the west and east sides, there are large dens respectively, called "tiger feet", which is the place where thieves enter and exit the mountains and replenish supplies.

The tiger's foot in the east is too far away, and you need to climb countless mountains and dense forests in the middle.

The tiger's foot in the west is not on the road to the tiger village, but is hidden next to the mountain road. The terrain is steep and extremely difficult to capture.

To attack the tiger village, if you avoid the tiger's feet in the west, you need to build transit camps along the way, which is time-consuming and laborious.

And to save time, you have to cut off the tiger's feet!

In order to survive, the little leader of the thief took the initiative to explain: "Uncle Guan, the tiger's feet can't be touched!" The one who guards the tiger's feet is called a drunken Arhat, and he is the most ferocious, and even our Qu Shuai is afraid of him for three points. ”

Evil thieves and bandits, I have seen a lot. Just a drunken arhat, he can't shake his determination to eliminate bandits! (To be continued.) )