At midnight, in Lantian County, southeast of Xi'an, outside a small village with its back to the Qinling Mountains, Zhu Youzhen led 400 militia members, all of whom were prostrated and nervously watched the movement ahead.

This small village is called Zhuoyu Village, with a population of just over 20 households, all of whom make a living by carving jade produced in the mountains. Unbeknownst to him, just half a month ago, a group of forty or fifty bandits forcibly occupied the village, killing all the male villagers, the old and the young, leaving only the young women for their silver pleasure.

It stands to reason that such a big thing has been said, and Lantian Zhixian will send troops to exterminate it no matter what. But there is no official army in Lantian County at all, and there are only dozens of officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death under the hands of this big man, and no one dares to come to send them to death, so they have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, hoping that this group of bandits will leave Lantian County quickly after they have eaten and drunk enough to play with women.

After carefully browsing the detailed list sent by Lin Youkun, Zhu Youzhen chose this place as the first battle of the militia group. First of all, Lantian is not too far from Jingyang, and there is only Xi'an City in the middle; Secondly, the bandits here do not hide in familiar cottages, but forcibly occupy the cottages without any fortifications; The number of the third bandits was also not large, only more than forty people.

Lin Youkun still didn't understand this, he felt that such an opponent was simply vulnerable, and he could solve it with a dozen or so Qin Wangwei, so why bother to waste money and send hundreds of unbattled regimental warriors?

Zhu Youzhen insisted on his own opinion, and only arranged for Lin Youkun and Qin Wangwei to continue the investigation work, and did not allow them to participate in the anti-bandit operation. He left behind a hundred regimental warriors to continue to be responsible for the defense of Qinwangzhuang under the leadership of Rui'er, while the remaining 400 men followed him on the expedition.

In his opinion, sooner or later, his militia will become an invincible army that dominates the world. And an invincible division is not something that can be trained by training alone, and it must temper itself in actual combat. And a weak opponent like the bandits in Zhuoyu Village, it is really suitable for the militia to practice their hands and win a victory.

Everyone lay quietly in the wild grass, and after a long time, Xie Yong, the leader of Tuanyong, was a little breathless. He whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "Gang leader, there are only more than 40 bandits, but we have 400 people, isn't it a bit exciting?" ”

"You know what!" Zhu Youzhen reprimanded in a low voice, "Strategically, we must despise the enemy, and tactically we must attach importance to the enemy!" Concentrate superior forces and defeat the enemy individually! If you look at the village opposite, there are sentry posts on all sides, which means that these bandits are also on guard, and we must not be careless. ”

Xie Yong was still a little unconvinced: "What's wrong with being prepared?" There are many of us, even if two are exchanged for one, they are not opponents! ”

Zhu Youzhen was so angry that he burst above Xie Yong's head, and scolded angrily in a low voice: "Who let you exchange lives with the enemy?" You regimental warriors have spent so much money on me, and your life is worth much more than the enemy! If you exchange two for one, then I won't lose to death! Let me tell you, in today's battle, we must achieve zero deaths, and it would be better if we could have zero injuries! ”

"This one is difficult!" Xie Yong scratched his head and said, "Swords and guns have no eyes, and there will inevitably be casualties when the two sides fight." Don't worry, none of us are afraid of death! ”

"Of course, it is right not to be afraid of death, but you can't die in vain." Zhu Youzhen said firmly, "So I asked everyone to wait a little longer, and wait until the second half of the night, when these sentry posts are also sleepy, and then we can do it." ”

However, after more than half an hour, the night became thicker, and even the first quarter moon in the sky was hidden in the night sky. The sentry at the entrance of the village sat for most of the night, and by this time he was already exhausted, so he leaned against the wall and took a nap.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the time had come, and first whispered majestically to the group of Tuanyong: "Although you are named Tuan Yong, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, but in fact you are no different from the army. Since it is an army, it must be strictly disciplined! I repeat once again, when you act for a while, you must obey the orders of your superiors, and if you disobey orders, retreat from the battle, indiscriminately kill innocent people, and rape women, you will not be forgiven! If anyone feels that they can't accept it, they can quit right now, and I will not stop them! ”

"Obey!" The four hundred regimental warriors all shouted in a low voice.

Seeing that none of them quit because they were afraid of death, Zhu Youzhen smiled with satisfaction, secretly thinking that the strict screening at that time was really useful, and those who could enter the militia were all simple-minded men, and they didn't say anything about their loyalty. It is said that his current public identity is only the leader of the Shang Gang, and he is not a real general, but he has no right to kill without permission. But if there is chaos today, in order to achieve that extremely difficult goal, Zhu Youzhen has to act more ruthlessly.

Seeing that the group was ready to stop, Zhu Youzhen shook his chin at Xie Yong and said categorically: "According to the established plan, act!" ”

Xie Yong received the order, and immediately divided the 400 regimental warriors into two teams according to the plan that had been repeatedly performed before. One of the teams, consisting of 300 men, was responsible for launching an attack on the village of Zhuoyu; Another team of 100 men served as a reserve, and was also responsible for guarding the perimeter to prevent any fish from escaping.

The three hundred men were divided into four squads, each with seventy-five people, led by a squad leader, and attacked simultaneously from four directions: east, west, south, and north.

Xie Yong personally served as the team leader in the north direction, leading dozens of regimental warriors, taking advantage of the heavy night, the cat bent his waist and quietly touched forward. Until there were still more than ten steps from the entrance of the village, the sentry fell asleep, unaware that death was near.

Zhuoyu Village is not big, Xie Yong raised his eyes and found that the regimental Yong in the four directions were all in place. He raised the steel knife above his head and shouted, "Kill! ”

With this shout, all the Tuan Yong also roared. In the silence of the night, even though there were only a few hundred people, the sound was terrifying.

In the midst of the shouts of killing, Xie Yong took the lead and rushed towards the bandit at the entrance of the village.

The bandit was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of thunderous shouts of killing, and he was terrified. He didn't care about distinguishing whether the other party was an officer or an officer, and how many people there were, and there was only one thought left in his heart: run!

This is also the effect of Zhu Youzhen's request. He is well aware that the militia has not undergone formal training, and its combat effectiveness is still very poor. If you fight the bandits head-on, not only will you have to pay heavy casualties, but you will not be the opponent of those bandits.

And in the middle of the night, it's a different story. Most of the bandits are sleeping at the moment, and even if they don't, they are very relaxed mentally. In the face of a sudden attack, you will definitely panic and will not be able to exert your combat effectiveness normally.

The same goes for the bandit. In fact, he really has two hits under his hands, otherwise the bandit leader would not let him come to watch the night. But at this time, he was terrified, how could he dare to fight, and he turned around and wanted to run to the village.

Xie Yong didn't let him run far, jumped behind the bandit with a single arrow step, and chopped the knife with a knife. Rui'er has been leading the militia in the past few days, although she doesn't know how to fight, her martial arts are very strong, and she is a good hand in hand-to-hand combat. She casually taught the group warriors a few tricks, and the group warriors benefited a lot.

Xie Yong is one of the best, this knife is extremely sharp, hitting the back of the bandit's head. The bandit screamed in a heart-rending cry and immediately fell to the ground.

Xie Yong immediately stepped forward, trampled the bandit under his feet with one kick, and made up another knife to cut off the opponent's head.

Zhong Tuan Yong was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but at this time, when he saw the leader killing, they all let go completely, and they all raised their swords and guns and rushed forward.

The bandits who have been in Zhuoyu Village for more than half a month are in great trouble now. Some of them were still asleep, and they were put to their necks with cold steel knives, and they were obediently restrained; Some of them were not slow to react, they didn't even care about wearing clothes, so they picked up the guy with their bare butts, and wanted to rush out and fight with Tuan Yong.

But the Tuan Yong didn't give them a chance to get close at all, and they worked in groups of seven or eight people, and first stabbed three or four spears at the door. Some bandits who only cared about rushing out were immediately stabbed into sugar gourds.

And those sturdy bandits finally opened their spears and reluctantly rushed out of the door, but unexpectedly, there were ambushes on both sides of the door. At this moment, one person and one knife, the bandits were killed instantly.

The hand-to-hand battle lasted less than five minutes before ending with all the bandits being annihilated and the regiment suffering no casualties. Only then did Zhu Youzhen lead the reserve team into the village, and first searched from house to house to see if there were any bandits who were hiding.

After a search, the leader of this group of bandits, "Ma Wangye", was searched. At this moment, he was tied up by Tuan Yong, and he had long lost his usual spirit. He thought that he was exterminated by the officers and soldiers, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Youzhen and said, "The military master spares his life, spares his life!" ”

"Spare your life?" Zhu Youzhen sneered and said, "When you killed those unarmed villagers, did you ever think of sparing their lives? Come on, bring all the bandits who have been captured alive and let the villagers identify them. Anyone who has killed or insulted a woman will be castrated first! ”

At this time, the women who had been insulted by the bandits were also rescued. At this time, they finally dared to vent their hatred for the bandits, and they all pointed at the bandits and scolded, and some even rushed up to bite them, biting the bandits to blood.

After identification, these bandits, led by "Ma Wangye", half of them have killed people; As for insulting women, everyone has a share.

At this time, "Lord Ma" was already like ashes, and he said vigorously: "Master Jun, I was originally a poor people, but because my family was so poor that I couldn't open the pot, I had no choice but to fall into the grass..."

"Shut up!" Zhu Youzhen said angrily, "Who is not a common man? If you are poor, you can rob others, kill people, and insult women? Come on, execution! ”

The Tuan Yong also hated these animals that were inferior to pigs and dogs, and immediately raised their bright steel knives and aimed them at the ones who had harmed the women. These bandits were all naked at the moment, and they didn't have to pick up their pants, it was like cutting carrots, and in an instant, more than twenty ugly sticks were separated from their bodies.

"Ahh

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

When the bandits were crying wolf, Zhu Youzhen said impatiently, "It's too ugly!" Forget it, leave one alive, and cut the rest! ”