The discovery of Li Dingguo was the biggest gain of Zhu Youzhen's expedition with the militia this time.

It turned out that Li Dingguo was just the son of an ordinary peasant household in Yulin, northern Shaanxi, and because of the severe drought in northern Shaanxi for many years, his family really couldn't survive, so he ran to Jingyang to escape the famine. But the situation in Jingyang was not much better, Li Dingguo's family starved to death one after another, and he himself became a displaced orphan. If it continues like this, Li Dingguo may continue to wander until he meets Zhang Xianzhong.

But the arrival of Zhu Youzhen changed the course of history again. When Li Dingguo opened the porridge factory, he was taken in by the Jingyang Merchant Gang, and later joined the militia group. He worked very hard in training, and his understanding was extremely strong, so he was selected by Rui'er and became a small leader.

At this time, the summary meeting was coming to an end, and Zhu Youzhen picked up a super talent, and he was satisfied. He just said: "In this expedition to suppress bandits, we have not only trained the soldiers, but also rescued the women of Zhuoyu Village, which can be said to be a complete success. Now let's go back to Qinwangzhuang..."

As soon as he said this, Zhu Youzhen caught a glimpse of Li Dingguo's lips moving twice, as if he wanted to stop talking, so he encouraged him: "Li Dingguo, what else do you think, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Li Dingguo was encouraged, so he puffed up his chest and said: "Helper, our suppression of bandits this time cannot be said to be a complete success!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen's interest increased greatly, "How can you see it?" ”

"As the saying goes: cut the grass to the roots!" Li Dingguo said calmly, "Listening to those bandits, the bandit leader 'Dragon King' is still entrenched in Ziyun Mountain, and there are more than 300 people under him. We killed so many bandits, they must hold a grudge. What if we walk on our front feet and they come to take revenge on the other villagers here? ”

"What about you?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Break through Ziyun Mountain, and annihilate all the bandits." Li Dingguo spit out these words lightly, but a chilling murderous aura arose spontaneously.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but gasp, thinking that this Li Dingguo is so ambitious! But to be a general, you have to dare to think and dare to do, just by virtue of this, he really admires Li Dingguo more and more.

However, he still shook his head and smiled: "You also heard what the bandits said just now, Ziyun Mountain is definitely not comparable to Zhuoyu Village!" The bandits were entrenched on the top of the mountain, condescending, with cliffs on three sides, and could only attack from a small path. We only have a slight advantage in numbers, and we may still be at a disadvantage in terms of fighting ability. If you want to attack, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Our militia has just been formed, and I can't afford to suffer heavy casualties. ”

Li Dingguo smiled and said: "Helper, of course we can't attack hard, we still have to outwit!" ”

"What's the way to outwit?" Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, it seems that this Li Dingguo has already made up his mind!

"The cottage is located at the top of the peak, and it has a lot of advantages in defense." Li Dingguo said calmly, "But the peak also has the disadvantage of the peak, that is, there is no water!" The bandits must have to pick up the daily drinking water from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain. ”

"You mean we keep the water source and don't let the bandits get water, and kill them to death?" Zhu Youzhen groaned, "But the bandits will naturally come to grab water, and then there will inevitably be a scuffle." ”

"It's not about keeping the water." Li Dingguo was just about to continue, but Zhu Youzhen knew that he must have a clever plan, so he hurriedly stopped, "The military plane must not be leaked, let's go and talk about it alone!" ”

Seeing Zhu Youzhen and Li Dingguo enter a hut to talk secretly, Xie Yong and the others were envious, jealous and hateful, lamenting that there were not so many twists and turns in their stomachs.

After a while, the two came out, but Zhu Youzhen said happily: "Gather all the regiments and listen to my orders!" ”

… The reckless Qinling Mountains, located in the south of the Guanzhong Plain, prevent the strong cold air from the north from continuing to move south, and also make the warm and humid air flow from the south unable to go north, becoming a natural watershed for the climate of the north and south of China.

Due to the convergence of cold and warm air here, and the landform itself is very complex, the appearance of each section of the Qinling Mountains is very different. At this time, it is already in April of Mengchun, the stream at the foot of the mountain is murmuring, and all kinds of nameless small flowers are competing for beauty, a vibrant scene.

But looking at the mountain top in the distance, there was a silver-white snow line, like a jade chain between the necks of the ice beauty. Above the snow line, there is a snow that does not melt all year round.

And the bandits' old nest, Ziyun Mountain, was hidden in the snowy peaks at this time.

As soon as the sky was bright, among the bandits' lair on the top of the mountain, more than twenty guys with flat shoulders on their shoulders came out. The fellows yawned and sighed as they slouched down the hill.

They are the bandits in the cottage who are responsible for carrying water. It turns out that this bandit is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the first class is naturally the lord of the big village, the master of the second village, the master of the third village, and the leaders of all sizes. The so-called mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and they are calling for wind and rain in the cottage, and they are extremely free.

The second class is those veteran bandits who joined early and started black, and they are also the main force of robbing homes. Because they also have to point to them to generate income, the owners of the village have to coax them often, and drinking and eating meat in a big bowl is a portrayal of their lives.

The third class is more miserable, because of the lack of kung fu, in order to find a place in the cottage, they have to do their best, desperately to give the owners of the village a whiskers. If you can please the owner of the village, you can also mix well, and you can often get the fat shortage of robbery down the mountain. Some people even sacrifice their butts in order to get on the throne to satisfy the special hobbies of the owner of the village.

As for the last class, and the worst situation, it is these bandits who do odd jobs. Although they are called bandits, they don't seem to have an establishment in the cottage, and they do all the dirty work, but they can't get any benefits. Not only did the owners of the village have no good face for them, but even ordinary bandits did not look at them squarely, and they were all light when they came and went, and it was common for them to be scolded and beaten.

These 20 or so bandits had to get up every day without knowing the day, first clean the yard, and then have to rush down the mountain to fetch water. Today they went down the mountain again in the stars and the moon, and came to a small waterhole where they used to draw water, and unloaded the barrels from their burdens.

The thought of having to carry a heavy burden and rub it step by step to the top made the bandits feel as if their shoulders were already hurting.

One of the leaders yawned and said, "We've poured eight lifetimes of blood mold!" When he was a common man, he was considered to have endured all his suffering and sin; Thinking about falling into the grass, although he pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers, at least he could live a comfortable life for a few days. After he came, he was still a fucking coolie! If you knew this, it would be better to farm at home honestly! Brothers, I got up too early today, and it will take at least half an hour for those bastards on the mountain to wake up, so let's make up for sleep here! ”

All the bandits were concerned, and they threw away their burdens one after another, and lay down on the ground horizontally, and after a while, they snored like thunder. The leader was lying comfortably in the grass while humming in a daze: "His grandmother's, when is this day a head!" ”

How did he know that he was a prophecy, not only this kind of day, but his whole life was about to come to an end.

Seeing that the bandits were asleep one after another, defenseless, dozens of ghostly figures silently flashed out of the dense bushes. They crept slowly close to the sleeping bandits, and when they saw that the other party was still indifferent, they pulled out their bright steel knives and pounced on them.

Only the sound of "click", "puff, puff", and "grunt" sounded, and the attackers were all aimed at the bandits' necks, as if they were chopping melons and vegetables. These unfortunate bandits were still in their dreams, so they broke away from the sea of misery and went straight to the Western Elysium.

A pungent smell of blood suddenly filled the waterhole, and even the attackers couldn't stand it a little, and some of them became disgusting. The leader hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "If you want to vomit and spit out, don't pollute the water source!" Go and get the helper over! ”

It turned out that these attackers were the militia group under Zhu Youzhen's Tuanyong, and the leader of the team was Li Dingguo, a young general who had just been promoted to deputy regimental training. At this time, he methodically ordered more than 20 people under his command to first wipe the blood stains on the steel knife, and then take off the bandit's clothes and change them, and soon pretended to be a bandit.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen also led a large team of people to touch it. Li Dingguo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Helper, everything is going well!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was also extremely excited and nervous, because this sneak attack on the cottage was the first tough battle of the militia group. If there is a slight mistake, the whole army will be wiped out. At this time, he tried his best to control his emotions, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Okay, according to the predetermined plan, start the next action immediately!" ”

"Obey!" When Li Dingguo heard the order, he immediately ordered Tuan Yong, who was pretending to be a bandit, to lift a wooden barrel, pick up more than half a bucket of water in the pool, and hang it on his burden.

Then they took out the paper bag they had prepared from their bosoms, carefully tore it, sprinkled the white frosty powder in the paper bag into the bucket, and stirred it with a steel knife. The white powder is only slightly soluble in water, but if you look closely, you can still see some fine particles suspended in the bucket.

"That's it!" After Li Dingguo checked them all, he personally took up a load of picks and calmly ordered: "Hide the knife and go!" ”

"Be careful in the mountains!" Zhu Youzhen said with concern.

"Don't worry!" Li Dingguo smiled at Zhu Youzhen, and then walked towards the mountain with his burden. His men followed closely, and more than twenty people followed along the mountain path to the heavily guarded cottage at the summit!

For this moment, Zhu Youzhen and 400 Tuan Yong have been waiting here for three days and three nights. In order to avoid revealing his traces, he forbade cooking on a fire, and everyone did not even eat hot food, and drank only cold pool water. But these efforts were not in vain, and after the observation of the past few days, they have figured out the law of the bandits going down the mountain to carry water.

Looking at Li Dingguo and his entourage who were gradually moving away, Zhu Youzhen silently thought in his heart: "It doesn't matter if it's Sakyamuni, Jesus or Muhammad, may the heavens bless this Li Dingguo is really a generation of war gods, take Ziyun Mountain, and play a majestic style!" ”