Chapter 386: The first three thousand thieves are hanged

On the morning of the fourth day after the dispatch of troops, it was held in the mountains. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The thief leader on the mountain looked at the officers and soldiers outside the city who were marching forward in a strict line, and he was already in a cold sweat, but the officers and soldiers did not rush to attack the mountain when they first arrived a few days ago, which also made the thief leader very surprised.

However, they soon understood the intention of the official army, and after waiting for a long time, the officers and soldiers under the city pushed one cannon after another to the city, and did not even shout the usual surrender, and did not hesitate to fire the cannon on the mountain.

At first, these bandits were just a little surprised, but they didn't look panicked, but many people began to laugh, betting big and small, to see how long it would take for the artillery of the official army to explode.

However, the facts disappointed them, although the guns launched by the officers and soldiers did not look large, the firepower was very strong, and none of them exploded.

In an instant, hundreds of large and small cannons under the city were fired in unison, and the deafening sound made these thieves in the ravine unforgettable, and the projectiles in the sky were coming so fast that they couldn't dodge at all.

It was only two rounds down, and the checkpoint at the foot of the mountain, which had caused 'heavy casualties' but was still 'helpless' for the officers and soldiers who had come to encircle and suppress the officers and soldiers in the past, was smashed to pieces, and at least 200 or so thieves did not have time to escape.

The bandits knew the power of the officers and soldiers' artillery, and they no longer dared to stand on the target-like level, even the gate was far away.

However, Wang Dayong still took a step-by-step approach, first ordering the artillery to bombard, and then the Yongan soldiers marched up in formation to kill the thieves who were not dead in their wailing.

The so-called checkpoints of those thieves are all built simply with wood or bamboo, and at this moment, in the face of the sophisticated artillery of the Yongan Army, there is no defensive capability at all, and the projectiles and lead bullets used by the Yongan Army when they go out are specially commanded by the baggage battalion, which is naturally sufficient.

When attacking the mountain, first use solid lead bullets to break through its defenses, and then use shotguns to kill its sharpness, and over time, the bandits suffered heavy casualties, and it is not to defend, nor is it to go down the mountain to counterattack.

Now this checkpoint is the last checkpoint on the mountain, and the rest of the big and small bandit leaders are all frightened when they look at the officers and soldiers who are slowly coming up in formation, and they are like frightened birds when they listen to the rumbling footsteps outside.

I don't know who suddenly shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming up, quickly return the stones, shoot arrows!" ā€

As if they had finally found something to do, the thieves on the mountain began to clumsily stretch their bows and arrows with horn bows and power bows, and if they didn't, they picked up hard stones and continued to go down the mountain.

Almost at the same time, several shouts sounded in the Yong'an army's array, although the long-range weapons in the hands of the bandits had limited damage, but the long-term battlefield experience made the Yong'an soldiers understand a truth, that is, no matter when you have to go all out, who can know if you will die next or not?

Therefore, the sword and shield hands at the front did not hesitate at all, and raised the huge shields in their hands one after another, blocking the stones in front of them and on them, and then continued to move forward with heavy steps.

It didn't take long for the sound of stones hitting iron armor and iron shields, and if those stones hit other officers and soldiers who had never been armoured, they might really hit people with blue noses and swollen faces and run down the mountain.

But the Yong'an army is covered in iron armor and has a hat and helmet on its head, and even if these stones hit the body directly, it is no different from tickling.

What's more, there are also the shields of the sword and shield hand in front of and above the head, and the stones and arrows that can fall on the iron armor are even rarer.

Wang Dayong personally stepped forward to command the battle, his eyes were fixed on the distance from the bandit mountain gate, and he felt that the time had come, so he suddenly raised the red ribbon knife in his hand and roared first.

"Brothers, follow my king to kill the thief!"

"Kill!!"

The bandits on the mountain were shocked to see this scene, and the officers and soldiers below waved a big banner with the word 'Xiao', and they all rushed towards themselves with shiny steel knives, and there was a sea of steel in front of them.

In the face of such officers and soldiers, these bandits really felt despair, and they scattered and fled without thinking of resisting.

That night, the four battalions of the Yong'an Army broke through the mountain gate of the bandits and bandits in the mountains, and the shouting and killing continued for a day and night, and not a single thief was spared.

He beheaded 1,4012 thieves and rescued 102 people, of whom 89 were women, and the rest were children of seven or eight years old.

In addition, more than 400 horses and mules, more than 200 cattle and sheep were obtained, and more than 8,000 taels of silver and jewelry were seized.

On the second day, the Yong'an Army returned from the settlement with the refugees who came with them, mixed with the war horses and supplies captured in the battle, from the settlement to sing military songs.

The settlements in the city, the city garrison, Bao Bing and Qian Zong, Qi Sheng, looked at the neat marching columns of the Yongan Army, and they were all amazed, and they couldn't believe their eyes.

"It's... That's it...!? ā€

"How is this possible!"

The army of the Yong'an Army was almost unscathed, and it only took two days to give them a headache and uproot the bandits who had been plagued by the mountain bandits in this place for several years.

Within three days after Wang Dayong led the army to report victory, Shi Gang and Huang Yang returned one after another.

Shi Gang led the three battalions of the Yong'an Army into battle and did not even go to Zhenhe Fort, and went directly to besiege Naleigong Mountain, Shi Gang and Wang Dayong had different fighting methods.

First let the bird gun stand at the foot of the mountain and shoot at the thieves on the mountain, and after shooting at each other during the day for a whole day, Shi Gang selected more than 200 strong soldiers to take advantage of the night to touch into the mountain.

The sturdy bandits guarding by Lei Gong's side were not the elite opponents of the Yongan Army at all, and they were all put down one by one.

Listening to Qi Zhan and Zeng, Shi Gang personally stepped forward to fight with Na Lei Gong, but before the fight, Shi Gang deliberately tore off his armor and punched with his bare hands.

Who would have expected that Lei Gong, who was a thief with excellent fists and feet, would be beaten by Shi Gang with a blue nose and swollen face in a few strokes, crying for his father and mother, and wailing for forgiveness.

Shi Gang did not delay when he was fighting with Na Lei Gong, and the rest of the elite soldiers who had infiltrated rushed to the mountain gate, and the three strikes and five divided by two would cut down the sleepy door thief to the ground, and immediately set fire to the mountain gate and shouted.

The sergeants of the third battalion of the trapped soldiers, who had already been fighting hard at the foot of the mountain, shouted and rushed into the mountain gate as if they had received a signal, and it only took two hours to completely pacify Lei Gong Mountain.

In this battle, Shi Gang's three battalions were cut by more than 1,100 levels, and they gained a lot, and they also returned with a full load.

Huang Yang laughed even more when he described the white mountaineering, saying that there was a small ditch under the white mountain, which was quite hidden.

Moreover, most of the thieves live near Baishan Mountain, so they are quite familiar with the water ditch of Baishan Mountain, which has repeatedly defeated the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers.

By now, they have long been arrogant, and the leader of this gang of thieves has tasted the 'white strip' of the heroes of Liangshan, and compared to Liangshan, he also opened his mouth to compare this white mountaineering to Liangshan.

Huang Yang was also attacking this place with a ditch for the first time, so he did not rush into the ditch in the same hurry as the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress it several times before.

However, after searching for the local people within a radius of a few miles near Baishan Mountain, giving them some basic food and warm clothing, he carefully inquired about the terrain of Baishan Mountain.

Don't ask, don't worry, only to know that although this white mountain is hidden behind the ditch, there is a hidden path behind it that can lead directly to the back of the mountain, and there is a secret road to the back of the mountain to the thief's nest.

After speaking, the fellow walked for a while, but when he saw the 'Xiao' flag held high, he came back again, and immediately cried bitterly after asking if this was the Yongan Army.

begged Huang Yang to take him, his mother-in-law, and daughter to the town, and they also thought about the heavenly days when there was land to cultivate, clothes to wear, and food to eat.

After hearing this, Huang Yang and the generals of the Yong'an Army such as Gao Liang and Wang Dashan on the side were all moved, with both grief and pride on their faces.

Huang Yang naturally agreed to this fellow's request, and then the fellow was grateful, saying that the heroes of the Yong'an Army came to suppress the thieves, and they also had to make a contribution and take them into the mountains.

Huang Yang and the others all smiled when they heard this, and after careful deliberation that night, Huang Yang agreed to the request of the fellow and kept a hand, just let Wang Dashan sneak in from the back mountain with five hundred soldiers, and the rest of the people made an attack on the front mountain to cooperate.

Facts have proved that Huang Yang still thinks of these thieves too smartly, and when he heard that the officials and soldiers were coming to encircle and suppress again, Bai Tiao in the waves actually personally led most of the thieves to the ditch and drove a small wooden boat to shout.

Huang Yang could have directly ordered the attack to exterminate these thieves, but remembering Xiao Yilin's instructions, in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, he still ordered to stay still.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not move, the bandits such as Baitiao in the waves were even more arrogant, thinking that the officers and soldiers remembered the previous defeat, and they were frightened by them and did not dare to enter the ditch, and constantly sneered at the Yongan army.

At this moment, a fire suddenly broke out in the mountain, and the thieves and bandits who stayed in the mountain ran back, saying that there were officers and soldiers attacking the mountain.

But it was too late, Huang Yang lost no time in issuing a military order to change the formation to attack, and it happened that Wang Dashan also led people to kill, and under the front and back attacks, none of the bandits who climbed the mountain escaped, and the blood was sprinkled in the ditch.

Coupled with the beheading and seizure of Shi Gang and Wang Dayong, in less than five days, the Yong'an Army will exterminate the bandits in the three places of Lushan Mountain, Baishan Mountain, and Lei Gong Mountain, which have plagued Datong Town for many years, only Shi Lu has not yet sent back any news, but Xiao Yi and others believe in Shi Lu very much, and they have no worries.

The Yong'an soldiers of these three wars are not tolerant of the bandits, as long as they can kill them, they will never leave them alive.

In the three wars, more than 3,800 thieves were killed, and more than 20,000 taels of silver were seized alone, and the rest of the grain and rice, horses, mules, cattle and sheep and other things were even more countless, and they were transported back to the town treasury by a car.

Zhou Anping, the director of the racecourse, Jia Shicong, the director of the horse farm, and the new ambassador Cang and Ambassador Ku couldn't even close their mouths when they smiled, and called this a rare victory for many years.

Of course, the official Ying Zongwei and the warden Jin Zuoshi naturally came to take a sycophant, but Xiao Yi was really too lazy to care about them.

In fact, Xiao Yi and other Yong'an army generals didn't care about this, indeed, in these three battles, only twelve people were injured in the three battalions of the Yong'an Army, four of them were seriously injured, and none of them were killed.

On one side are well-trained, well-armed, and battle-hardened elite soldiers, and on the other side are chaotic mountain bandits.

The gap is not a star and a half, once the fight starts, it will not be a goose driving chicken.