Chapter 22: Chicken Mingze
Li Qing's face was as heavy as the bottom of a pot, it was really raining because the house was leaking and the boat was facing a head wind, the blow caused by the passage of the barbarians had not yet recovered, and bandits appeared in the territory under his jurisdiction, which was really a headache.
"What about the casualties?" Turn to Tang Hu.
"Back to my lord, the first sentry soldiers were caught off guard, three died, more than a dozen people were wounded, and the rest were defeated, and when Lord Wang led people to arrive, this gang of bandits fled, and Lord Wang has led people to chase down, and sent me back to tell my lordship, I don't know the situation in the future." Tang Hu said.
"There are a lot of bandits in Chongxian?" Li Qing asked Xu Yunfeng.
Xu Yunfeng's face was also a little ugly, he was the former county lieutenant of Chongxian, and there were bandits in the territory who were inseparable from him, "My lord, Chongxian is mountainous, but poor, there are many bandits who occupy the mountains as the king, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it is not easy to exterminate, there are fewer people, they are often taken advantage of by bandits, there are too many people, the bandits drill into the forest, and the officers and soldiers are helpless, so many years, the bandits in Chongxian have never been extinguished." ”
"So where are these bandits today? What is the boss called? Li Qing asked, Tang Hu and Xu Yunfeng both shook their heads. My lord, Chongxian is mountainous, and there are more than a dozen nests of bandits, who is who? Xu Yunfeng said.
Li Qing sighed, it seems that he can only know the general situation after Wang Qinian comes back, there are hundreds of elite soldiers in the team that Wang Qinian brought out to hunt, plus thousands of young people, it is not difficult to clean up a few bandits. The tent was cold for a while, everyone's faces were ugly, and the joy of having just received a thousand stones of grain and stone was also washed away by this bad news.
At dusk, Wang Qinian came back, his face was ugly, and there were twenty men tied up by ropes in the team, thinking that they were those robbing bandits, but Li Qing saw the wounded soldiers and the dead people carried on stretchers, and his mood was extremely bad all of a sudden, and he actually lost fifty people, and more than ten people died on the spot, and the rest ranged from minor to serious injuries. The wounded barracks were also built precautionally, at first Li Qing just built the wounded barracks according to the convention, but he never imagined that it would be used so early.
"The wounded soldiers were sent to Dr. Huan, and the deceased was put in a coffin and buried properly." Li Qing finished giving the order with a calm face, turned around and entered the tent, Wang Qinian lowered his head and followed in. In the tent, Shang Haibo, Xu Yunfeng, Feng Guo, and Jiang Kui are all there.
"Tell me what's going on?"
"My lord, when the bandits attacked, the target was obvious, first hit this group of soldiers, caught off guard, the soldiers died three, wounded more than a dozen people, the rest of the young and strong were frightened, a bang scattered, this group of bandits stripped off the soldiers' armor, snatched the weapons, the soldiers fled, I have to report, gathered the soldiers to chase, but the bandits are very slippery, has not been able to surround them, but in the forest let him hurt many people, and finally finally caught a few alive, asked their nest, I swung my troops to capture their lair and captured these dozens of people, but the bandit leader saw the opportunity early and slipped away. Wang Qinian knelt on the ground, his face was ashamed, there were more than 500 elite soldiers under his command, encircling and suppressing dozens of bandits, there were such high casualties, not to mention that he was ashamed, even Li Qing felt very incredible, and his face was angry.
"The generals I rely on now, although their personal strength is not weak, but they were just ordinary soldiers before, at most they were just a sentry commander, and they didn't receive any systematic education, and they suddenly commanded a large army, obviously their ability can't keep up, which can't be seen at the moment, but after a long time, there will be drawbacks." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look worried, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Shang Haibo was also looking at him, and the look in his eyes obviously thought of this problem.
This problem must be addressed. Li Qing thought that it was obviously unrealistic for him to have experienced generals now, and he could only tap the potential of his existing subordinates, but fortunately, there would be no battles in the near future, but there would be time to hone them, and there were bandits in Chongxian County, so he could just use the suppression of bandits to hone his ability to march troops to fight.
"The bandits who attacked you were those guys. Can you ask clearly? ”
Without Li Qing to speak, Wang Qinian didn't dare to get up, but still knelt there and said: "I asked out, what is it called the mountain wind!" ”
"Over the mountain wind?" Xu Yunfeng on the side exclaimed.
"What, is this mountain breeze famous?" Li Qing turned his head.
Xu Yunfeng nodded: "The mountain wind has been entrenched in Chongxian for many years, not that he is the most ferocious, but this person is the most elusive, often as soon as the officers and soldiers arrive, he disappears, but before the officers and soldiers have gone far, he comes out again, and often robs the rear team of the officers and soldiers, so that he is very prestigious among the bandits in Chongxian." ”
Li Qing nodded, it doesn't matter if you have prestige or not, if you provoke me, you will have trouble in your bedroom.
"Where did the mountain wind flee to?"
Wang Qinian said: "My lord, we chased all the way, the mountain wind went all the way to the west, escaped to a swamp, we followed, accidentally fell into several people, if it wasn't for the rescue in time, these people would have died." ”
"They fled to Ji Mingze?" Xu Yunfeng said in surprise, "That's a dead land, no one can enter Ji Mingze and come out alive, the mountain wind is an old bandit in Chongxian County, how can he run to Ji Mingze?" ”
"What's going on with Ji Mingze?" Li Qing asked puzzled.
"My lord, the length and width of Ji Mingze are dozens of miles, and there are traps all over the Ze, not to mention people, even if the live animals go in, they will also fall into the pit, I Chongxian said that it does not border with the barbarians, in fact, it is thanks to the gift of this Ji Mingze, the other end of the Ji Mingze is the territory of the barbarians, but because of the Ji Mingze, the barbarians cannot attack our Chongxian from here, and other places are steep and steep, steep and abnormal, and it is difficult for people to pass, not to mention that Chongxian has never suffered a disaster, if it weren't for this defeat......." Xu Yunfeng pressed the words.
"Then why did this mountain wind flee here?" Li Qing was puzzled.
"I think I was chased by Captain Wang! Panic. Xu Yunfeng said.
Wang Qinian on the ground raised his head: "No, there is a way in the rooster song." ”
Li Qing, Shang Haibo, and Xu Yunfeng were all shocked, "How is this possible, even those who have lived in Chongxian for several generations also know that Ji Mingze can't walk at all." Xu Yunfeng exclaimed, and Li Qing and Shang Haibo were frightened is another matter, if Ji Mingze really has a way, then wouldn't the barbarians be able to attack Chongxian at any time? Both of them turned their eyes to Wang Qinian: "Wang Qinian, why do you say that, this is a big deal, and it can't be a child's play." ”
Wang Qinian said: "My lord, the last general knows, but when the last general chased the mountain wind to Ji Mingze, those people did not hesitate to enter Ji Mingze, all the way to the far, after the last general's people were trapped, these bandits were still scolding from afar, obviously they are familiar with the way." It seems that they often go in and out of Jimingze, and there must be a road in there that we don't know. ”
Li Qing and Shang Haibo both changed color, "You get up!" ”
"Master Xie."
"What is being discussed in the account today is a top secret, and no one is allowed to divulge it." Li Qingzheng said.
"Subordinates can save it!" Everyone said in unison.
"Feng Guo, you lead your elite men to set up a net outside Ji Mingze to guard it, whether it is ten days and a half months, or longer, you must capture this mountain wind alive." Li Qing instructed that Feng Guo's subordinates were all good at personal force, and it was exactly what they were good at catching these slippery bandits in the woods.
"The last will understand." Feng Guo clenched his fists and took his life.