Chapter 77 Jinhua Suppresses Bandits

"This gang of van troops is too useless, and they have no intention of fighting at all. After I went back, I reported to the emperor and simply abolished the army in various places. Wen Zhang said angrily.

"Brother Wenzhang is reasonable, the Xiang army will only waste the grain and grass of the treasury in vain." Shen Mo said with a smile.

The nearest village to Phoenix Mountain is called Songjia Village, Song Kui, the leader of the robbers in the mountains, was originally a gangster in Songjia Village, because of the bad relations with the villagers of Songjia Village, was driven out of the village, two years ago on the mountain and fell into the grass for the Kou, this person can speak well, very much liked by the mountain leader at that time, and then the leader died unexpectedly, Song Kui became the master of the cottage.

Wen Zhang saw that it was getting late, so he arranged to camp in an open space outside the village, and went to the village chief's house with Shen Mo and his guide Li Yuan.

Songjia Village is not a big place, most of them are children surnamed Song, and the village chief is also the head of the Song family, named Song Kanghao, in terms of seniority, he is Song Kui's uncle.

The guide Li Yuan came with Xiang Jun several times, and he was familiar with the road, and soon came to the door of Song Kanghao's house.

When Song Kanghao saw that another group of officers and soldiers were coming, his attitude was very cold, and he ignored Wenzhang and Shen Mo, and just exchanged a few words with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Village Chief Song, these two are not Xiang Jun, they were sent by the emperor from the capital to suppress bandits. ”

Song Kanghao panicked: "Sent by the emperor? ”

Wen Zhang said: "Yes. Village Chief Song, we were sent by the emperor to suppress the bandits. ”

Song Kanghao looked at Wen Zhang, then at Shen Mo, and then said to Shen Mo: "This general, are you really from the capital?" ”

Shen Mo smiled and pointed at Wen Zhang: "Village Chief Song, this is General Wen Zhangwen, the commander of the young guard, the emperor made a special trip to suppress the bandits, and this official is Shen Mo, the commander of the imperial guard, who came here to watch the battle." ”

"Imperial guards? It's really sent by the emperor. It's just General Wen, how can he be so young? Song Kanghao didn't seem to believe it, but his face had begun to ease.

Li Yuanjian saw that the atmosphere was a little harmonious, and said, "Village Chief Song still doesn't invite the two generals to sit down?" ”

"Yes, yes, two generals, please take a seat."

"You're welcome." After Wen Zhang sat down, he went straight to the point, "Village Chief Song, who later learned from Wen Zhang, was ordered by the emperor to lead three hundred young guards to come to Phoenix Mountain to exterminate this gang of bandits, and I hope that the village chief will cooperate." ”

Song Kanghao saw that Wen Zhang claimed to be a post-graduate student, and after entering the house, he didn't want to eat and drink like other officers and soldiers, but went straight to the point, and he couldn't help but feel good, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and said: "Little general, but please command." ”

"Song Village has lived here for a long time, and he should know the terrain of Phoenix Mountain and Song Kui's gang of robbers well, Wen Zhang asked, what is the good plan for the village chief?"

"Don't dare to be a good strategy, Song knows that there is a small road, which can lead directly to Song Kui's cottage, if you sneak attack at night, it should be easy to exterminate this group of bandits, but the path is rugged, I don't know if the general's team can do it?"

Wen Zhangxi said: "This doesn't matter, our military camp in the capital is also under a mountain, and all the young guards will climb the mountain at night for two round-trips." ”

"I can show you the way."

In the early hours of the morning, Wen Zhang took a hundred young guards with martial arts to Song Kui's cottage in Phoenix Mountain under the leadership of Song Kanghao. There was a dead silence in the cottage, apparently asleep, and the two sentries at the door were also lying and napping, seemingly defenseless.

He Quchen, the two deputy commanders of the young guard, and Wang Hong came to the front of the cottage from the front with one hundred and fifty soldiers at the agreed time in advance, and surrounded the main gate to death, Shen Mo and other hundred imperial guards just followed behind, and had no intention of making a move.

Wen Zhang heard the birdsong signal from He Quchen and knew that they were all in place, so he also sent out birdsong as an attack order. Wen Zhang waved his right hand and said softly: "Attack." ”

As soon as the order sounded, the hundred young guards beside Wen Zhang moved like rabbits, and quickly climbed over the fence from all over the fence into the cottage.

At the same time, He Quchen and Wang Hong led their subordinates to rush into the cottage, and before the two sentries could react, they were already restrained by He and Wang.

The battle at Phoenix Mountain was very simple, and it was over in about a quarter of an hour. The sleeping bandits didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they became the captives of the young guard, and Song Kui woke up and wanted to resist, but was beaten by the young guards who rushed up, and then tied them with ropes.

When I heard Wen Zhang say this, I nodded my head in approval, but at the same time I was angry at the inaction of the Xiang army.

"Your Majesty, this Phoenix Mountain bandit is vulnerable, and my young guard is unharmed."

Shen Mo also echoed on the side: "That's true, although the bandits are not as good, but the young guard is also well-trained and has strict military discipline, which is very good." ”

I smiled and said, "Then the battle of Daliushan is not so easy." ”

Wen Zhang replied: "Yes, how does the emperor know?" ”

"Forty-three young people were injured, it should all happened on Daliu Mountain, you go on."

After the battle of Phoenix Mountain, Wen Zhang sent thirty young guards and ten imperial guards to escort Song Kui and others to Jinhua Mansion.

After returning to Songjia Village to rest for a while, and bidding farewell to the grateful Song Kanghao, he immediately marched to Daliushan. The two places are not far apart, and they come to the foot of Daliu Mountain at noon.

There were still a few hunters living at the foot of Daliu Mountain, and they all moved away after calling Tianzhan Mountain the queen.

Gai called Tian, was a member of the Northern Border Army of the Great Song Dynasty Captain, surnamed Girritable, when Mongolia went south, his unit was defeated, Gai Zhaotian fled south with the displaced people, a year ago he was exiled to the Jinhua area, because he had no identity documents, and he beat people, he was arrested by the Jinhua officials, and then he could not bear the humiliation of the officials, so he injured the officials, fled to Daliushan, pulled up dozens of people, and did banditry. Although the number of people is not large, Gai Zhaotian was born in the military camp and knows some ways to lead troops, so the bandits in Daliushan are far from comparable to Song Kui and others. In the past, those Xiang troops dared to act like and rush to the phoenix, but when they arrived at Daliushan, they just shouted at the bottom of the mountain, and no one dared to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.

Wen Zhang arranged for He to go to the dust, Wang Hong camped on the spot, and he and Shen Mo quietly sneaked up the mountain.

Daliu Mountain is steeper than Phoenix Mountain, but with the martial arts of Wen and Shen, it is not a problem.

Climb halfway up the mountain and pass through a sparse wood, and you can see the cottage that covers the sky. From a distance, the gate of the cottage is closed, the fences on both sides of the gate are made up of thick trees with bowl mouths, more than a dozen thieves can be seen in the door, there are two tall arrow towers in the gate, and there is a thief on each of them is looking around. There is a distance of about 100 meters from the woods to the front of the cottage, if you attack from the woods, you will inevitably be attacked by the opponent's bow and arrow, causing casualties to the young guard, which is nothing in the war, but Wen Zhang remembers the emperor's words, it is best not to die.

Wenzhang Shen Mo continued to observe at the edge of the woods, the cottage seemed to only be attacked from the front, and the back was against the mountain, and a thin stream flowed into the cottage, Wen Zhang's eyes measured that the mountain behind it was not less than 100 meters high, and the cliffs on both sides of the cottage were blocked.

Wen Zhang frowned and pondered.