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After arriving in Taihe County, a day after the correction, the bandit suppression team entered the mountains.

After coming to a mountain pass, Huang Chenghao let the team stand up and said to Zhou Jin: "After crossing the mountain pass in front of you and climbing up the mountain in front of you, it is the largest bandit den in this vicinity. This village used to have only more than 500 people, but recently it has merged several nearby cottages, and now there are more than 1,000 people. ”

Zhou Jin was surprised: "More than 500 people, you officers and soldiers can't be eliminated?" ”

The general who led the troops said: "This cottage is in a steep position, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and no matter how many of us there are, we can't attack it." And the other bandits, you come to fight him, they run away, and they have not been able to get rid of them. ”

Huang Chenghao said: "The cottage is located on the top of a mountain, and there is only one sheep intestine mountain road to climb up, and there is no place to hide. Bandits can block the way up the mountain by throwing stones and arrows. ”

Zhou Jin said: "Okay, I'll let people take a look." ”

Zhou Jin asked Zhang Sicong to follow the officers and soldiers to check. He called Meng Changjiang over and began to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Jin said: "Zhongwei, this attack on the mountain can only be us, and no officers and soldiers can be involved." You plan, how are we going to fight? ”

Meng Changjiang said: "Fourth master, in fact, it is very easy to capture the cottage. However, after the capture, if the officers and men do not participate, we will not have so many people, and we will not be able to control all of them at all, and there will inevitably be people who will slip through the net, and if we want to do something, we will not be able to keep it secret. ”

Zhou Jin thought about it, if they were all killed, it would be too bloody, not to mention that after the capture, the officers and soldiers would come to clear the field, there would be too many casualties, and Huang Chenghao would also have an opinion: "Bandit den, how much gold and silver will be there." It's a loss if we don't take it. It is difficult to go up the mountain, and a rope will come down the mountain. What's more, these people are improvised patchwork, as long as our people attack the village, some people will escape. ”

Meng Changjiang said: "Then let the officers and soldiers surround this mountain, intercept the fleeing mountain bandits, and leave some for them at that time." ”

Zhou Jin thought about it: "There is no need to leave it to the officers and soldiers, how can those thieves who flee leave without money." So no. After Zhang Sicong came back, you made a plan. After speaking, he returned to Huang Chenghao's Chinese army.

At this time, Huang Chenghao was studying the nearby terrain with the general, and Zhou Jin saluted and said, "I have discussed it with my guards just now and came up with an attack plan. It's just that I don't know if the two adults have a better plan. ”

Huang Chenghao said: "Oh? You've got a plan, let's hear it. ”

Of course, the general didn't believe that this scholar could have any good way, but after all, he was a military attaché, so he had the right to speak, not to mention that it was Huang Shenzheng's son-in-law, he only had to echo it and let Zhou Jin say the plan.

Zhou Jin said: "There is only one small road in this cottage, and it is useless if there are too many people, so we can only send a surprise attack with better martial arts." And this cottage is a merger of other small villages, its heart is not aligned, all counting on the mountain defense, if the gate is broken, those small bandits will not stubbornly resist, but will climb the mountain and flee, as long as one person escapes, the bandit door resistance will be weaker, we will attack the people in the village will have more opportunities. ”

Huang Chenghao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, General Zheng, what do you think?" ”

This Zheng Shen General said with a smile: "Zhou Gongzi is talented, of course the last general agrees." It's just that it's hard to find the person who attacked the mountain gate. "This general doesn't know that as long as he enters the walled gate, everything is easy to say, but I don't know how many people will have to fill in this process to take it.

Zhou Jin said: "You don't need too many people, can't you find this thousand soldiers?" You attack, we cover. ”

General Zheng is a veritable general because he has soldiers, and there are people to pay filial piety, and without people, he has to drink the northwest wind by relying on that little field. What's more, let his subordinates die, what do the rest of his subordinates think, so he attaches great importance to protecting his own strength, and is unwilling to bite this hard bone. So he complained: "My lord, it's not that I don't want to attack the mountain, it's that the morale of the army is not high now." You also know that most of the military salary owed by the imperial court has not been paid, and there is resentment in my heart, if it is not for the adults to pay each person a month's salary this time, they will not come out, if they are allowed to attack the mountain, it will be used by mountain bandits. ”

When Huang Chenghao saw him say this, he could only look at Zhou Jin: "There are no other ways." ”

Zhou Jin spread his hands and said, "No." ”

Huang Chenghao said: "Why don't you let your guards attack the mountain?" They are equipped with good weapons, and it may be easier to attack the mountain. ”

Zhou Jin was embarrassed and said: "But my people are okay to guard the house, and I dare not guarantee whether they can attack or not." ”

General Zheng said: "It turns out that Zhou Gongzi has a good weapon, and it is just right to attack the mountain. ”

Huang Chenghao said: "Try it." ”

Zhou Jinfu was embarrassed: "Then I'll try, General Zheng's people are firmly surrounded at the foot of the mountain, and they can't go thieves." ”

General Zheng was concerned: "Do you want me to send archers to assist?" ”

Zhou Jin said: "No, the road is too narrow, and it is easy to hurt your own people." ”

Zheng Shen General Ba had to participate in it, otherwise he would not be able to attack, and he would be implicated, so he pretended to be worried and agreed.

After Zhang Sicong came back, Meng Changjiang said to Zhou Jin after getting the information: "I think this cottage has no plan to make, it is to attack." ”

Zhou Jin had no opinion, so he asked him to prepare. An hour later, Zheng Shen came to report that the deployment of the siege of the mountain was completed, and he waited for Zhou to attack the mountain. Then Zhou Jin took the guards to the door of the cottage.

When leaving, Huang Chenghao advised: "You just watch from the rear, and then go up after the battle is over, don't rush into danger." ”

Two hundred guards came to the bottom of the mountain, Zhou Jin thought that he still had to startle the snake and make your hearts move, so he asked the fat man Zhao Ruifu to come forward and shout. The fat man Zhao smiled and came to the mountain gate with a gun, and shouted at the cottage four or five feet high: "Wait and listen!" I'll wait to come and suppress the bandits, hurry up and open the gate of the wall, and get out. ”

As soon as his shout fell, he didn't wait for the village to respond, so he lifted the flat up, and shot at the gate of the village, and with a snap, the flag of the cottage fell to the ground and fell to the gate of the village.

However, he laughed loudly: "If you don't come out again, you will be like this flag." ”

After a quiet moment, someone in the cottage finally said: "Who is under the village?" Why come to my cottage? ”

The fat man shouted, "Are you all deaf? Didn't I say it, grandfather, we are here to suppress bandits. Surrender and get out. ”

Someone in the cottage replied: "Joke, you are not officers and soldiers, why do you want to suppress us." If it's on the road, let's make a friend, this village will send you some silver taels, and you can leave by yourself, don't discuss harmony. ”

Those bandits only thought that the other party had muskets, and if they fought, there would be casualties in the cottage, so they wanted to send them away with money. The officers and soldiers all bought it, not to mention these people who didn't know where they came.

Zhou Jin saw that the goal was achieved, so he ordered Meng Changjiang to attack the mountain. Meng Changjiang's method was simple, a group of people under the mountain suppressed the firepower, and sent three people to resist the iron shield of one person high, and walked up the mountain with bombs.

At the beginning, there were still people in the cottage who dared to raise their heads and shoot two arrows, but when they saw a blood hole suddenly appeared on someone's head and body, no one dared to come up again. Therefore, the three people who blew up the mountain gate only need to raise their shields diagonally to prevent them from being accidentally injured by the stray arrows shot blindly in the village.

Four or five zhang high stairs, three people came to the door, lit the fuse, and ran down the mountain, those bandits who were ready to block the door were not stupid, seeing that the enemy was running so fast, they hurriedly threw the things in their hands and ran away from the gate of the village.

The leader of the bandits at the gate of the village saw that these guys ran back inexplicably, waved the whip in his hand and scolded: "Bastard! Why don't you keep ......" Before he could say the word on the door, he heard a loud bang swallow up his voice, and then a mushroom cloud rose, and a huge force blew him up and slammed him against the wall.

After another cup of tea work, the smoke gradually dissipated, and Zhou Jin, who was crawling on the ground at the bottom of the mountain, spit out the dust in his mouth and scolded: "Bastard! Who let the medicine be filled with a lot of medicine. ”

The person who put the explosives still had more than a thousand palpitations, and he was glad that he ran fast. Now listening to Zhou Jin's questioning of the charge, he hurriedly said aggrievedly: "This is what Team Zhao is asking to add." ”

Zhou Jin was about to find Wang Ruifu to criticize education, but he saw Meng Changjiang get up and shout to rush me, so he led people to rush to the mountain with guns. The rest of the guards also hurled and rushed towards the cottage with guns in their hands.

I saw that the dust had dispersed, and the gate had been blown up, leaving a huge gap, and the cottage was like a woman without underwear at this time, which made people want to take it down.

The main defensive area of the cottage was in the walled gate, so half of the bandits were concentrated in the front, and after the explosion, these people who did not know the situation were stunned by the shock wave. By the time Meng Changjiang brought people in, he had no ability to resist, and those who wanted to resist the big knife and wanted to rush to the duel were shot and killed after just two steps.

Seeing the power of the musket, which was quickly reloaded, the bandits gave up their resistance. Soon all the bandits were gathered in the cottage square, and Meng Changjiang immediately sent people to search for property. After Zhou Jin went up the mountain, he had already completed the count, and obtained a total of 7,000 taels of silver, countless property, arrested 700 people, and shot more than 20 people.

Zhou Jin looked at these belongings but didn't know what to do with them. There are two big boxes of things, and it is difficult not to let the officers and soldiers know. Zhou Jin rummaged through these belongings, he ignored the gold and silver, and didn't know how much these things were worth, so he asked Meng Changjiang: "How much are these valuations?" ”

Meng Changjiang was a big man, thinking that you don't know, how could he know, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know." After thinking about it, he said: "It's better to find a place to hide first, and after the officers and soldiers take over, find an opportunity to transport it to our car." As long as they are not caught red-handed, even if those officers and soldiers know about it, they will not dare to do anything. ”

Zhou Jin thought that he could only do this, so he called Zhang Sicong and asked him to take someone to hide things. Only then did they inform the officers and soldiers and come to receive the bandits.

The officers and soldiers were very happy, because they had captured more than 200 people, and each of them had captured a lot, although there was so much to be gained from picking up the leaks, but they were wondering if there were more in the stockade. When they heard that the cottage had been conquered, they rushed up the hill excitedly, and soon took over the more than 700 people. Zhou Jin saw that he had done something, so he used the excuse that the rest of the matter was to manage the internal affairs of the government, and he was not easy to interfere with as a common man, so he wanted to take people away.

Huang Chenghao also thought that it was not good to let Zhou Jin meddle in the rest of the affairs, so he did not object.

Seeing that he took the initiative to leave and was acting conveniently for his people, General Zheng said with a smile: "Master Zhou, don't worry, the rest of the matter is up to me." ”

Zhou Jin took people back to the mountain pass, and after a while, Zhang Sicong came back with the box. Meng Changjiang looked around and saw that only Zhou Jin's carriage could be hidden, so he let people carry it into the carriage.

After Zhang Sicong hid the box, he said to everyone: "I was almost discovered by those soldiers just now, but fortunately, I was clever, pretending to pee, and hiding from the past." ”

Zhao Ruifu said: "You kid must have been really scared to pee." ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter, and Zhang Sicong also knew that it was a joke, so he only scolded: "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!" ”

Zhou Jin saw that it was almost over, and said: "Okay, hurry up and clean up, and wait for a while, you have to be vigilant, those soldiers are not easy to fool, you must guard against them from making trouble." ”