Trapped beasts are still fighting!

Seeing that the shield phalanx was about to press up little by little, although the golden-eyed eagle was helpless, it refused to sit still. He focused his last fighting spirit on Yan Ling, who had been exposed, first raised his hand three arrows, and then bullied him.

Although Yan Ling's martial arts are much higher than those of the Golden Eye Eagle, the team has not yet rushed to the peak, and several members of the special service team are still outnumbered. Therefore, Yan Ling did not fight with the golden eye eagle too much, but used his skills in the Jinyi Guard Prison that day, wandering back and forth among the many houses, sometimes jumping on the roof, sometimes sneaking in the ruins, and killing a lone bandit with a cold hand.

Xie Sheng and the others did not have Yan Ling's skills, so they did not dare to fight. Taking advantage of the bandits' chaos, they rushed down a few steps from the path and disappeared into the thick fog in an instant.

The golden-eyed eagle chased Yan Ling for a while, but he couldn't even touch the corners of the other party's clothes, and he was already so anxious that he was about to go crazy. Suddenly hearing the rhythmic "bang" sound from far and near, I knew that the enemy had attacked, and the general trend had gone, so I had to give up the pursuit and turn along the peak in a panic to see where I could break through.

After a short turn, he saw a few ropes tied to the big tree, and suddenly realized: it turns out that the enemy came from here, and if a few people were put here to guard it, there would be no more of what happened just now! But it was useless to regret at this time, and the golden-eyed eagle had an idea, and fell down the rope into the valley.

After a while, he had already fallen seven or eight feet, and he couldn't help but feel secretly proud, thinking that there was no endless road, although Shimenling was completely finished, he finally saved his life, and there was still a chance to make a comeback.

But the golden-eyed eagle was only proud of it, but it ignored a crucial question: why didn't the enemy flee from here when he came up from here, and still keep these ropes?

The facts gave the answer right away: the rope suddenly trembled, and then it was cut!

"Ahh After all, the golden-eyed eagle is not a real eagle, it has no wings, it does not fall in the air, and it can only follow the law of free fall, screaming and falling into the deep valley.

As soon as the bandit leader died, the bandits at the peak became even more free of flies. Because the stones were all gone, the militia did not encounter any decent resistance at all, and soon reached the top with a devastating force. The bandits had lost their courage, and most of them threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

It was only at this time that Zhu Youzhen reached the peak out of breath. He first ordered the path to be completely blocked, and then tied all the surrendered bandits into a string with hemp rope, and then began a carpet search to see if there were any hidden bandits.

It wasn't until dawn that the militia cleared the battlefield. In this battle, all the bandits in Zhongzhai were annihilated, including those who were beheaded and killed, killing a total of 103 bandits, and the remaining 500 people were all captured. However, the price paid by the militia itself was extremely light, only a dozen regimental warriors were slightly injured, and not a single one was killed.

At this time, Houzhai had also been occupied by Li Dingguo's partial division. It turned out that last night the owner of the three villages led the crowd to rescue the village, but was annihilated by the militia group, although none of them ran away, but the bandits who stayed in the village waited for a long time and did not see anyone come back, and they already knew that something was wrong, so they fell and scattered, and gave up the village and fled.

When Zhu Youzhen heard the news, he suddenly felt very regretful. He didn't think that when the bandits fled, they took a lot of money and food; Instead, I am afraid that after these bandits disperse, the news that I led the militia to suppress the bandits will soon spread, and if I act in the future, I will be subject to many restrictions.

By the time the sun was rising, all the materials in Zhongzhai had been counted. The scale of this Shimenling bandit's lair is much larger than that of Ziyun Mountain before, and the accumulated materials are also very considerable, totaling more than 100,000 taels of silver, more than 8,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 stones of rice. In addition, the militia also rescued more than 200 ordinary people who were robbed up the mountain, many of whom were from Woniu Village.

With such a hearty victory, all the Tuan Yong were overjoyed. Zhu Youzhen has more gains, that is, he accepted the young general Li Laiheng and promoted him to the leader of the Democratic League. And Li Dingguo's command is becoming more and more mature, and Zhu Youzhen has secretly made a decision that next time he suppresses bandits, he will not have to go into battle in person, but let Li Dingguo take charge alone.

After a full meal at the top of the peak, everyone began to return to Qinwangzhuang. However, the path to Bangmao Peak is too steep, and a huge amount of supplies cannot be moved down in a day or two, especially food.

Zhu Youzhen had to take the gold and silver away with the army first, leaving 50 regimental warriors to garrison here, and hired nearby people to move things down from the mountain. After all the materials are transported to Woniu Village, they will be escorted back to Jingyang.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen will not walk slowly with the brigade. After taking care of the main affairs, he immediately returned first under the protection of Yan Ling and other special service members. On the one hand, after leaving Qinwangzhuang for many days, he missed Rui'er and Bao Yulian more and more; On the other hand, several important tasks are in full swing, and he is really relieved.

One of the things that worried him the most was the business war in Xi'an. Anyway, from Lantian to Jingyang, you have to pass through Xi'an, Zhu Youzhen happened to enter the city and went to Shaanxi Shangbang to meet Li Henian, Li Zicheng and his son.

The two of them were worried, especially Li Henian, who was in a trance, obviously suffering a heavy blow. Zhu Youzhen found out after careful questioning that the caravan of the Shaanxi merchant gang that went to Jiangnan to purchase grain and rice encountered thieves in Henan, and not only did they run out of money and goods, but even more than half of their men were killed.

This is also the most serious loss suffered by the Shaanxi Merchant Gang since its establishment more than 100 years ago, with a loss of 200,000 taels of silver alone. Originally, the Shaanxi Business Gang was stretched thin in terms of funds, and now it is even more of a salary.

"Rogue!" Zhu Youzhen also gritted his teeth with hatred, thinking that these so-called "peasant rebels" are really like cancer cells in society, spreading everywhere and causing harm wherever they go! It's a pity that his strength is small now, and he can deal with the bandits around him. Not to mention that he can't reach Henan, even if he really encounters it, he is definitely not the opponent of the thief now.

The Shaanxi merchant gang suffered such heavy losses, and Zhu Youzhen certainly could not sit idly by. He immediately promised to lend Li Henian 100,000 taels of silver without interest, and first used it for emergency turnover. Anyway, the attack on Shimenling has just harvested 100,000 taels, and he doesn't have to use his old capital.

But he immediately remembered that his Yellow Sea Merchant Gang also had a caravan floating outside? Han Zhen has been gone for almost two months, and he has to cross the ocean again, which is much more risky than the Shaanxi Business Gang!

Thinking of this, he was frightened for no reason, and felt sorry for the mysterious Han Zhen. Coming out of the Shaanxi merchant gang, he immediately ordered Yan Ling to secretly go out of the city and go along the big post road from Xi'an to Dengzhou to meet Han Zhen.

After Yan Ling left, Zhu Youzhen still felt irritable and didn't want to go back to Qinwangzhuang immediately, so he sat down in a tavern near the Champs-Elysées.

I had just eaten a few glasses of stuffy wine, and suddenly felt a vague aroma wafting from behind me, and then a familiar voice said softly: "Why are you here?" ”