After occupying the cottage and controlling the prisoners, Pang Yue ordered the soldiers to count all kinds of booty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info survived after a busy time, and almost everyone couldn't help but sigh at the thickness of Sui Tianlong's family foundation. There are complete weapons workshops, arsenals, granaries and other facilities in the cottage, and there is even a special torture room. Until the town of Ganzhou attacked the cottage, the stove in the workshop had not been extinguished, and a large number of self-made or captured weapons from the official army were piled up in the arsenal, and the grain in several large granaries was also piled up, roughly estimated to be more than 20,000 stones, and there were a large number of dried goods such as bacon in addition to grain.

At this time, Pang Yue finally understood why Sui Tianlong was able to deal with the government for so many years and become a tyrant in southern Gansu, this person is not only ruthless, but also has two brushes in other aspects, if it is not for the destruction of his nest today, I don't know what will happen again in the future. But in the end, he was allowed to run away, which has to be said to be a pity and a hidden danger. As soon as he thought of this, Pang Yue felt a little headache.

Then, the soldiers searched for the old man in the village for a long time, but they never saw where the gold, silver and jewelry plundered by Sui Tianlong were hidden. Upon learning of this situation, Pang Yue asked Sun Xinghu, who had been captured by the fourth master of Jiulong Village, to a ready-made torture room, and asked him where the gold, silver and jewelry were hidden, and where Tianlong went. At first, Sun Xinghu still pretended to be garlic, saying that he didn't know. Pang Yue didn't bother to talk to him, and directly let his soldiers serve him with heavy punishment. After a few rounds, Sun Xinghu couldn't eat it anymore, and poured out everything he knew like a bean: the gold, silver and jewelry were hidden in the cellar of a secret room in the back hall of the council hall.

After getting these two pieces of information, Pang Yue did not embarrass Sun Xinghu again, and after continuing to detain him, he led people to the back hall of the council hall to retrieve the stolen goods plundered by Sui Tianlong. After a while, Pang Yue opened the secret room according to what Sun Xinghu said. Then, Pang Yue kept an eye on it and asked the others to wait outside the door, leaving only Wei Yuan and three absolutely reliable soldiers in the secret room, as well as Lu Qiwu and Cui Shoucheng.

The moment the cellar was opened, the few people present were still taken aback, although they were somewhat mentally prepared. I saw a large chest in the cellar open, full of silver ingots and gold bars, and the yards were a little messy, as if some of them had been taken away by Sui Tianlong when he fled in a hurry. In addition, there were six other chests in the cellar, and when the lid of the chests was lifted, the various gold, silver and jewels shone brightly.

In the face of such a large amount of property, no one will not be tempted, Pang Yue is no exception, Ganzhou Town is currently in the development period, and it is really in need of money. However, Pang Yue hadn't thought about how to deal with this property, anyway, the army was not in a hurry to go down the mountain, and there was still enough time to think about it. After settling down, Pang Yue asked a few personal soldiers to reseal the cellar, and told everyone present with a straight face that this matter must be kept strictly secret. In view of Pang Yue's prestige, everyone did not promise.

By the time it was getting dark, the inventory was almost finished. In addition to capturing hundreds of thieves and seizing a large number of weapons, food, and property, the attack on Jiulongzhai also rescued hundreds of civilians who had been taken captive by the thieves and robbers. When the soldiers of Ganzhou Town let them regain their freedom, they thought that they would never see their relatives again, and they immediately cried excitedly, and then denounced the crimes of the thieves with tears in their eyes.

"If all the thieves have been exterminated by us, you can rest assured. Let's rest for the night today, and tomorrow morning, the town will send someone to take you home! Facing a large group of people crying bitterly, Pang Yue comforted kindly. …,

"Thank you to the general for saving your life!" When Pang Yue was doing the pacification work, a sissy voice suddenly sounded behind him that made people get goosebumps.

Pang Yue turned around and looked, and the person in front of him couldn't help but give him a chill. I saw that this person was of medium height, although his face was full of charcoal black, and his coarse cloth clothes were dirty, but he could also see his feminine appearance, if it weren't for the mustache on his lips, he would really be regarded as a woman without accident.

At just one glance, Pang Yue knew that he had met a pseudo-mother in the Ming Dynasty. However, out of politeness, he didn't show the discomfort in his heart, but just smiled and said: "This brother doesn't need to be polite, it is our duty to exterminate the thieves." ”

The "sissy" also smiled reluctantly, still with a little fear on her face: "Thanks to the timely arrival of the general, otherwise our two brothers would have to be cattle and horses for those thieves." Under the weak body, the younger brother is still young, and it is unknown whether he can have a way to live! After speaking, he pointed to a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy behind him

Listening to the soft words of the "sissy" and looking at his "melancholy and amorous" eyes, Pang Yue felt goosebumps all over his body, especially when he saw that the "sissy" mouth seemed to be complaining about something, he almost had the urge to run away.

Fortunately, at this time, a burst of excited shouts from a distance relieved Pang Yue: "My lord! Hahaha......"

As soon as he heard this voice, Pang Yue knew that it was Shi Youliang, and this guy probably sent some good news. Pang Yue, who had been granted amnesty, arched his hand to the "sissy": "This brother should go and rest first, there are still important matters waiting for the town to deal with." After speaking, without waiting for the "sissy" to speak, she walked away in three steps and two steps.

"Zhou Ming, what makes you happy like this?" Pang Yue walked over with a smile, but when he saw what Shi Youliang was carrying, he knew eight or nine points.

When Shi Youliang walked only a few steps away from Pang Yue, he threw the things he was holding in both hands at Pang Yue's feet. If you look closely, there are two bloody human heads.

Pang Yue stomped his feet, shook off the blood splattered on his boots, and asked, "This is?" ”

Shi Youliang was not in a hurry to answer, and threw a person behind him who was tied like a zongzi to the ground, and then pressed him on the face: "It's better for you to answer!" Tell us, who are these two? ”

The man trembled and said, "Go back to ...... If you go back to adults, these two people are the second in charge...... No, it's Liu Baiwolf, the second-ranked bandit leader, and the third-ranked Snow Fox. ”

"Oh," Pang Yue replied noncommittally, "where did the thief leader Sui Tianlong go?" ”

"At that time...... At that time, when passing through a mountain pass, the ..... thief leader Sui Tianlong used the excuse of going out to make it convenient and ran into the mountain and never returned, and it didn't take long for the officers and soldiers under the lord to kill him. The little one really doesn't know anything! ”

"Well, who are you?"

"Small...... The little Zhu Buru was caught by Na Sui Tianlong on the mountain to be Mr. Bookkeeper because of his rough writing. The little ones are innocent, and the little ones who hurt the heavens and the reason that Sui Tianlong did have never participated in them! My lord! ”

"Whether you are involved or not, I will naturally find out. But why should you scold yourself for being a pig? Pang Yue shook his head again and again.

"Adult, the small surname is Zhu, the name is Confucian, and the Confucianism is Confucian."

"Hahaha......" After Pang Yue laughed, he asked Zhu Buru to be escorted down to wait for disposal.

"Hahaha, my lord, you didn't let the brothers of the Flying Tiger Battalion go up the mountain to kill the thieves, but we finally didn't achieve anything." Shi Youliang said with a smile, "I saw that there was a gang of thieves who wanted to escape, so I personally led the team to chase after me, but I didn't expect to slaughter two big fish."

Pang Yue nodded: "With Lao Zhouming's trouble, these two thieves are ambushed, and it can be regarded as a big trouble." It's a pity that Sui Tianlong's scheming gang escaped before you arrived. ”…,

Shi Youliang said disapprerovingly: "My lord, is this the matter?" Hey, are you still concerned about this? The three thousand thieves in Jiulong Village have all been exterminated by us, so what big waves can Tianlong's birdman set off single-handedly? Don't worry, in the future, this guy will hide and be a turtle with a shrunken head, if he dares to show up again, I will be the first to kill him. ”

That's it! Pang Yue thought to himself, Sui Tianlong was extremely familiar with the surrounding terrain, and it might not be easy to catch him in a short period of time, so he still had to be a little patient in this matter. Thinking of this, Pang Yue encouraged Shi Youliang and the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion a few more words and then asked him to go down to rest.

That night, the officers and men of Ganzhou Town, except for some of the people who carried out the guard and guarded the prisoners, all celebrated the victory in the cottage. The wine and meat hoarded by the thieves were put on the celebration feast, and the officers and soldiers feasted and drank happily.

The next day, that is, on the morning of September 18, Pang Yue asked the Gangfeng Battalion to stay on the mountain to take charge of the aftermath and wait for follow-up orders, such as sorting out the spoils of war (of course, those mysterious big boxes were taken away by Pang Yue), demolishing the main buildings of the cottage, etc., and then took the trap camp and the Flying Tiger Battalion to escort hundreds of prisoners and escorted the rescued people down the mountain and returned to Chengfeng County.

This encirclement and suppression of the Jiulong Mountain bandits, except for a little regret brought by the escape of the thief leader Sui Tianlong, in general, it can be regarded as a complete victory. More than 2,500 of the 3,000 thieves in Jiulong Mountain were killed and more than 600 were captured, and the eight major leaders were either captured or ambushed except for Sui Tianlong, and this evil force that harmed one side was finally completely eradicated. However, Ganzhou Town also paid the price of more than 500 killed and more than 300 seriously injured, which can be regarded as a heavy loss. After this battle, the recruits in Ganzhou Town finally got a test of blood and fire, and many of them have thoroughly understood the significance of the strict training standards set by the chief soldier.

When the army of Ganzhou Town appeared outside Chengfeng County, the people who got the news had already poured into the city and came out to greet them. Many of the people were so grateful that they knelt on both sides of the road, and kowtowed repeatedly, refusing to get up no matter how hard the soldiers tried. Looking at this army that still had blood stains on its uniforms but was full of energy and neat steps, almost all the people were secretly sighing, if this army was stationed in Chengfeng County, why did it come from the catastrophe of that day? And when the rescued people appeared in everyone's sight, suddenly there was a cry of exclamation and crying all around. Many people found their long-lost relatives, and after crying with joy, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Pang Yue on the horse.

In the face of the actions of these simple and kind people, Pang Yue and all the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town were deeply moved, and at this moment, they felt that no matter how much sacrifice they made, it was worth it.

In the next few days, Pang Yue stayed in Chengfeng County to deal with various aftermath matters. After sorting out all kinds of booty and destroying the passes and buildings on Jiulong Mountain, the Gangfeng battalion came to Chengfeng County to meet with the brigade, and the nearly 20,000 stone grain was also transported back by a large number of people and carts organized by You Zhengxin many times.

For the spoils obtained from the encirclement and suppression of the thieves, Pang Yue made a distribution after discussing with several subordinates. Most of the grain was left for You Zhengxin, the magistrate, to compensate the people, etc., and Ganzhou Town only took 1,000 stones. Of course, most of the weapons and armor were taken away by Ganzhou Town, although Pang Yue didn't think much of those miscellaneous weapons, but it was good to pull them back to the furnace. The most important thing is that those boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, for this matter also caused a lot of controversy, and in the end Pang Yue used his prestige to make a decision: take out a part of the silver taels to compensate the people of Chengfeng County, and then, those large quantities of gold, silver and jewelry that were looted by Sui Tianlong from the big families in the nearby counties in the past two years were returned according to the records provided by Zhu Buru, and those that were more than two years old belonged to Ganzhou Town. Although according to the good habit of collecting gold developed in his previous life, Pang Yue really wanted to return all these ill-gotten gains to their original owners, but it was a little inappropriate to think about it carefully. First, for those small fortunes of more than a dozen taels of silver, it is undoubtedly unrealistic for all the things to be returned to the original owners; Second, the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town have also made great efforts this time, which will undoubtedly discourage their enthusiasm. Third, Ganzhou Town is indeed short of money now. …,

The next step was to screen the captives. According to the case records of the government, the identification of the people nearby, and the internal information provided by Zhu Buru in order to survive, Pang Yue ordered that more than 200 of the captured thieves who had committed major crimes be found out, and that they should be detained separately, and that they would be escorted to Ji'an at a later date and handed over to Wan Yuanji, the governor of Jiangxi, for disposal. Although Pang Yue wanted to cut these scum on the spot, he thought that he was now an official of the imperial court after all, and he had to pay attention to legal procedures, so he had no choice but to give up. As for the remaining 400 or so, Pang Yue pointed out two more ways for them: first, go to the Ganzhou Mansion prison for three years and then go home; Second, go to the Longjiagou mine in Ganzhou to mine. As a result, the vast majority of people have chosen the second path.

After the matter was almost done, Pang Yue led the army and began to return to Ganzhou. On the 22nd of September, the day the whole army marched, thousands of people gathered again on the main road outside the city. They waited on the side of the road, took the pastries made overnight and raced them in the hands of the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town, and held the bowls of wine poured in front of the officers and soldiers with both hands. Faced with such a scene and such an enthusiastic people, the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town were stunned at first, and then they were endlessly moved, and many recruits could not help but shed tears. Oh, yes! Their own efforts and sacrifices have been recognized by the people, in exchange for their most sincere gratitude, what could be more gratifying than this?

The way to leave was not very long, but the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town walked for a long time. It wasn't until the army walked far away that when Pang Yue inadvertently turned back, he could still vaguely see the figures gathered near the city gate to see them off.