The raging fire completely burned down this simple cottage, which was also Feng Ying's regular practice after destroying the cottage. The Northeast is too big, the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is a paradise for horse bandits, maybe in a few years, in this mountainous area, there will be a group of bandits, for this, no one has a very good way, there are many horse bandits in the Northeast, Feng Yuxiang in the past half a year, at least more than 30 bandit armies, but like a sieve, sifting past, and popping up again, it is a little better near the station, everyone knows that there is a bandit nemesis Feng Ying, no bandit dares to enter this range.

Wang Jinming's side, after two days or so, with the efforts of the captives and soldiers, a lot of wood was cut down, most of which were processed by carpenters and became usable materials, the speed of this battle was very fast, most of the carriages were not damaged, the damaged ones have been repaired, the horses have been deployed, to ensure that a carriage has at least 2 horses, the horses that were captured before and the horses inherent in the carriage, there is still a certain balance, and the whole team can set off at any time.

Around the afternoon of the third day, Qin Bing came back with people, and when he saw Wang Jinming, he said excitedly: "Company Commander Wang, I brought you back your people, and all of them are fine!" ”

30 snipers, a lot, in the eyes of most people, you can see a trace of exhaustion, for several days in a row, several battles, the effort can be imagined, trauma or something, there is no at all, Wang Jinming has long known that this battle is simple, but he didn't expect it to be as simple as this, responsible for attacking the soldiers, only one person was injured, not a gunshot wound, but when he hit the opponent's camp, he hit his feet, which has to be said, it is a miracle, and it is smoother than the ambush war here.

"It's good to come back, I've prepared the camp, everyone go first to rest, and in the evening, there will be horse meat to eat!" Wang Jinming patted Qin Bing and said calmly.

"Thank you very much!" Qin Bing was not polite, he led people to the red turban thief's lair more than a hundred miles away, running day and night, the battle did not last long, but after the battle, he still felt obvious fatigue, and it was best to rest at this time.

The sturdy camp, the tents that have been set up, and the hot water, hot meals, etc., make the hearts of the soldiers who have been running for two days and fighting in the cold warm their hearts.

The soldiers have rested, Qin Bing has the kung fu to do a handover with Wang Jinming, the identification work, has been done a long time ago, in the cottage, except for some with blood debts, there are more than 130 prisoners left, even a little higher than this, including the forty or fifty old peasants who have been rescued, especially worth mentioning, in the team, there are twenty or thirty more women.

Wang Jinming knows very well that there are women in the bandits' den, and they are all snatched by the bandits, but under normal circumstances, they are all let go, for these poor people, Wang Jinming has always been more sympathetic, and after asking Qin Bing, he learned that it turned out that these twenty or thirty women were just a small part of most of the rescued women, and the others were given the passage money to go home, and the remaining twenty or thirty could not be sent away, even if they were given the passage fee.

In this era, women, especially women who were captured by bandits, what kind of scene they will encounter after returning home, everyone knows, after thinking about it, Wang Jinming simply wants to go back to Baotou, a certain amount of dù above, Baotou's demand for workers is endless, simply take it back, in a place that no one knows, maybe be able to start a new life, the worst, can also find a job that can support the family.

In addition to the captives, Qin Bing also brought more than 200 horses, the camp of the horse bandits, the horses are the most, even if they can't buy them, they can grab them, the horse bandits go out to act, they will bring some empty horses, or replace, or pull some things, of course, in the camp, there will also be a group of horses left, this camp, just on the top of a mountain, the valley location, is a very hidden place, more suitable for raising horses, one-eyed Hu is very clear, the impact of horses on their combat effectiveness, a horse farm was opened here very early, Painstakingly got almost 1,000 horses.

The number of horses seized before, plus more than 200 horses now, is almost more than 300, of course Wang Jinming accepted it, so that in this way, in addition to some people taking the car, half of the personnel can own a horse, so it is very important for the maintenance of the body, the way home is still far away, and you can't take the railway when you go back, so many people, and so many carts and horses, can only go back by land.

At this point, Feng Yuxiang had prepared the customs clearance documents before, and they would choose the Mongolian road, which would not pass through most of the densely populated areas, and at most it would take a little time, with the combat strength of 400 people, even if they encountered a large number of bandits, it was enough to defeat, which Feng Yuxiang also knew very well.

In addition to the horses, Qin Bing also had some seized funds, amounting to several thousand taels, but Wang Jinming refused, and said: "The purpose of my coming is this batch of cotton, now there is not much loss of cotton, and there are more carts and horses, you can take these money back, whether it is handed over to the camp or divided by yourself, I don't care." ”

Wang Jinming is telling the truth, soldiers are hard, even if Feng Yuxiang has the support of Yang Yuanzhao, there is no shortage of arms and funds, but he can't raise the salary of every soldier and officer like Yang Yuanzhao, he can only follow the original standards, after all, he is a regular army, at most, only to ensure training and food.

The harvest of the bandits' nest should not be small, look at Qin Bing's take, I'm afraid it doesn't look like a few thousand taels, and there are some small yellow croakers, these can't be compared with Baotou, Wang Jinming's salary is hundreds, these money, for the time being, I can't see it, of course, it is also to let Qin Bing and them not fall short, for this operation, he took more than 200 people, here, almost a week, and then faced the attack of the cottage, almost all of his own strength, at most he sent 30 snipers.

Wang Jinming's repeated resignations, Qin Bing did not insist, thousands of taels, even if it is 200 people, each person has dozens of taels, as a soldier to eat food, there may be a chance to make a fortune, who does not want to send it, not to mention, this is still legitimate, Feng Yuxiang's suppression of bandits, on the one hand, is to exterminate the bandits, but on the other hand, it is not for funds, with the support of Yang Yuanzhao, he does not have to worry about military expenses and ammunition, but to give some rewards and benefits to the soldiers, he has to rely on this bandits.

Throughout the afternoon and evening, Wang Jinming was making the final preparations, from the 400 people who came out, the number of people who went back, the number of people who went back was amazingly more than 900, more than 200 prisoners, some farmers and women, plus more than 200 masters and men rescued, the personnel were extremely huge.

Fortunately, most of them were soldiers, and after the bloody killing, the captives also became more obedient, basically, let go east, definitely not west.

Early the next morning, Wang Jinming found Qin Bing to say goodbye, Qin Bing also knew very well that it was time for the world to separate, and there was not much obstruction, the camp demolished the things that could be demolished, and more than 170 carriages after reinforcement, including the robbery of the horse bandits in the middle, and the ones that went down from the horse bandits' lair, almost more than 200, of which 170 were still carrying cotton, large bales of cotton, and the rest were used to load people, and the captives did not have this privilege, dozens of women and older people, The seven or eight carriages shared, the remaining more than 20 are used to pull half of the army, in Wang Jinming's plan, half of the army will be on the horse at any time, responsible for protecting the entire caravan, and the rest will be in the carriage, raising strength, and then exchanging when they are encamped.

Wang Jinming stood at the Black Mountain Pass and said to Qin Bing: "Suisheng, you lead the team back, let's say goodbye here!" ”

"Take care!" Qin Bing didn't say much, made a salute, and then led the team away, here, after a day's rest, everyone was ready, 200 horsemen turned over and got on the horse, and the rest also boarded the carriage one by one, Makqin left 4 to prevent encountering a large number of horse bandits, and the rifles were all carried, these were naturally supplemented by Yang Yuanzhao to Feng Yuxiang, but when Qin Bing relayed Feng Yuxiang's words, it can be seen that the trained soldiers will still be sent to Baotou, and in the future, the number of guns will be a little more, According to the plan, he will leave 500 regular soldiers, temporarily leaving 200 people, in the future, once mobilized, he can take 500 regular soldiers over, will not bring more people, even the people will be sent to Baotou.

Wang Jinming's side achieved a big victory, Qin Bing did not return to the camp, let alone notify Baotou by telegram, and Baotou also started a series of actions, this raid, so that Yang Yuanzhao discovered Baotou's shortcomings.

Yang Yuanzhao found that the loopholes in Baotou are really too big, because the highway is a new thing, there is a separation zone, every dozens of kilometers, there are special troops stationed, even if it is only two platoons of more than 60 people, for scattered horse bandits, it is also a huge deterrent, so on the highway, not to mention the speed, but also very safe, when put into operation, willing to pay the price, more and more people rent carriages, but in other aspects, there are too many bandits, these bandits, It has almost affected the normal development of Baotou's business, in Yang Yuanzhao's view, it is natural to exterminate these bandits, as long as these bandits are exterminated, it will be a great promotion for Baotou's future business, even if it is far away in the northeast, or even in the south of the Yangtze River, there will be people to order their things.

However, after this matter was raised by the board of directors, there was a great disagreement among the people on the question of whether to suppress bandits or not. RS