"The five thieves of Hui and Ge are good at bribing locals as spies, and most of the Xingbu market vendors are used. Most of the officers and men were ambushing, and few were meeting the enemy. The search for mountains and clear fields highlights the suburbs, and the plains are lined up and the danger is deep. The thieves are the main ones, and the soldiers are the guests, and they are defeated. ”

On the border of the two prefectures of Anlu, the nine-headed bird has transported a large amount of grain and grass by water, and has built a camp in Sikong Mountain to hoard grain and grass. Liu Jun also stationed troops in Baisha Town, not far from each other, and set up a gang to suppress bandits. Groups of soldiers and horses were stationed, and there was a sense of imminent war on the border.

When Zhu Dadian returned to Huaixi, he also hated the Fifth Battalion of the Huige that demoted him to the core, and unreservedly pointed out to Liu Jun the fundamental reason why the bandits had not been able to be exterminated in recent years.

The Fifth Battalion of the Hui Revolution was fighting guerrillas with the official army, and he did not attack the city or occupy an area, so he was entrenched in that big mountainous area. They also bribed the local people to deliver news and collect information for them, and the peddlers and pawns all gave them news. Every time an officer or soldier is dispatched, these people receive the news immediately. If the number of officers and soldiers is small, they will come to ambush the enemy. If the number is large, they will flee directly to the mountains.

If the officers and soldiers went into the mountains to search the mountains and clear the wilderness, they would break through and run outside, and when the officers and soldiers chased them out, they would go back to the mountains.

"Don't worry, just a bandit, that's all there is to it."

Liu Jun didn't think that the bandits' tactics were clever, but the officers and troops in the past lacked coping strategies. And Liu Jun has a way to deal with them, first of all, he wants to block the bandits, block the bandits in the Yinghuo Mountains, and then clear the outlying areas.

In the past, the people in the villages in these areas were seriously infiltrated by bandits, and there were not only people who were bribed by bandits to collect information for them, but also many bandits who disguised themselves as ordinary people and hid in this area.

Now Liu Jun ordered the bandits to be cleared and sent troops to check the past in towns, villages, and markets. Check the identity of the population of each village, issue identity tags, and make up a guarantee so that they can guarantee each other's supervision. At the same time, soldiers and horses were sent to set up fort guards and patrol soldiers and horses on various roads.

Unidentified persons, outsiders, and locals who have been reported as gangsters must be arrested and sent to the rear for isolation and screening. All people who are close to the bandit area must carry an identity card when traveling. If you leave your hometown, you have to get a road guide.

Through this means, the ears and eyes of the bandits are knocked out, and the bandits become blind and deaf.

Liu Jun was not in a hurry to enter the mountains, but the bandits in the mountains were in a hurry.

The leaders of the 5th Battalion of the Left met again.

Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, Reincarnated King Liu Xiyao, and Troubled King Lin Cheng sat in a simple cottage, full of sadness.

As early as after the news of Zhang Xianzhong's capture and Luo Rucai's defeat came, they expected that sooner or later there would be this day. But this day still came too quickly, and what made them feel even more desperate was that there were too many officers and soldiers this time.

Moreover, it was Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and Liu Jun, who annihilated Huang Hu and Cao Cao in Sichuan. The two armies of Chu and Anhui numbered as many as 80,000 people. If we add the tens of thousands of people in the west, the soldiers and horses that are encircled and suppressed are as many as more than 100,000.

Moreover, this time the officers and troops can be described as fighting from all sides, surrounded by iron walls.

Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng are in the north, and Shi Kefa and Mu Wenshou are in the east. Li Shuchu and Chen Yongfu are in the west, and Zhu Dadian and Liu Jun are in the south.

They were now the last rebel army with more than 10,000 men, but they had no confidence in winning the battle.

Liu Jiye began to clean up the periphery in Yingshan, village by village. Identity checks, household registration, and sentry forts. Moving forward every day. It won't be long before we reach the mountains. He Jin, the king of Zuojin, sighed, his soldiers and horses were stationed in the Yingshan area, and Liu Jun entered the mountain, and he bore the brunt.

"All the eyes and ears we had on the periphery were knocked out, and now we have no idea what is going on outside. This Liu Jun is not good, and he is different from the officers and soldiers in the past. ”

Ge Li pinched his chin and stroked his beard, "Damn, if we continue like this, we will have to be trapped in this mountain." If you want me to say, since the official army is surrounded on all sides, then let's break it with him. Let's gather the elite, find a way to ambush them, and kill him. ”

Ma Shouying nodded, "That Liu Jun used to make us very embarrassed at the beginning, and he was a ruthless character. Let's avoid him this time and pick a soft persimmon to pinch first. ”

"Otherwise, let's fight westward, to Gwangju, and jump out of this encirclement first. Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Henan, is a man with no ability. "Reinvent the world.

"No, although Chen Yongfu has no ability, if we enter Henan, the soldiers and horses from Shandong and Shanxi will also pounce on us. In my opinion, if we go east, it will be Shi Kefa and Mu Wenshou's soldiers, and they are all old opponents. Let's know the root of the river with them, and after we get out, let's find a way to see if we can cross the river, if we cross the river, then the land south of the Yangtze River is promising. "The old man came back to the idea.

"That's a good idea."

"Let's go east."

At Luzhen Pass between Tongcheng and Huoshan County, Lu Jiude suddenly received a letter from the five thieves of Gezuo.

"Quick, immediately go and invite Shi Tai and Mr. Mu to come over."

Shi Kefa and Mu Wenshou heard Lu Jiude's urgent request and quickly arrived. When Lu Jiude saw the two of them, his face was full of excitement, and he said with a smile, "Good news, great news, the five thieves just sent a letter saying that they are willing to surrender to the imperial court." ”

Shi Kefa was skeptical after hearing this, "Really? ”

"It is estimated that the bandits knew that they could not escape, so they wanted to surrender."

As he spoke, he brought the letters written by Lao Huihui and the other five to Shi Mu and the others to read. In the letter, Lao Huihui and others said a lot of words to plead for their sins, and also said that they had repented, asked the court to give them a chance to make amends, and said that they were willing to surrender. After surrendering, he was willing to hand over the team under his command to the imperial court for disbandment and return to his hometown.

"Thieves have always been cunning and untrustworthy, but they are afraid that there will be deception in them." Mu Wenshou said.

Lu Jiude lowered his face a little unhappily, "If you can successfully recruit the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo, it will have to be less needless casualties, how much less food you have to spend, and it can also restore peace to Yinghuo immediately, in this way, isn't it worth a try, you have to kill a mountain of corpses?" ”

"That's not what the last will mean." Mu Wenshou hurriedly apologized.

Shi Kefa took the letter, but he didn't believe it either. If you are willing to surrender, then this is indeed a good thing. I'm afraid that the thief may not really descend.

"It's easy to do real and false falls, let's let them take the team out of the mountain, and come to the pass to surrender. If the thief really descends, of course this is a good thing. In case the thieves surrender by fraud, then we can exterminate them in one fell swoop before the pass, and we will not have to search the mountains. "Lu Jiude is very confident in surrendering. The most important thing is that if you can really succeed in surrendering, then this is a great achievement, and it is presided over by him.

"Then let's see, if the bandits really want to surrender, it's a good thing." Scofa finally said.

"Then our family will let people reply to the person. Make an appointment. ”

Huo Shan, after Lao Hui listened to the reply, he laughed for a while, and waited for a few people in Ge Liyan, "You see, this dead eunuch who has no eggs really believes it." ”

Several bandits burst into laughter.

"How do you reply?"

"Let's just say that seven days later, seven days later, we will take the team and the old battalion to Luzhen Pass to surrender to the officers and soldiers."

Lu Jiude quickly got this reply, and in addition to the letter, the person who came also brought several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. It was worth no less than 100,000 taels of silver.

"This is a little bit of the heart of our leaders, and I hope my father-in-law will accept it."

Lu Jiude looked at the open boxes, and his heart was pounding, this is a lot of silver. "What does this mean? Our family is not the one who loves money. ”

"The little one understands. Several chiefs also knew. Several leaders knew that they had committed many crimes in the past, and this time they really wanted to recruit peace. However, several leaders were also a little worried, afraid that they would be liquidated after surrendering. They knew that their father-in-law had a respected position in the court and that his words carried weight. Therefore, I want to worship under my father-in-law's knees, recognize my father-in-law as my father-in-law, and I don't ask for any recruitment as an official. I just hope that I can get forgiveness of my previous sins and be a plain man with peace of mind. ”

Lu Jiude picked up a golden cup and played with it slowly, very happy.

"Don't worry, as long as they surrender to the imperial court, then our family will definitely speak for them and ensure that they are well-thought. However, tell them that they must hurry up as soon as possible, otherwise, if they are dragged to the other soldiers and horses, it will be unpredictable at that time. ”

"The little one understands, and the little one immediately goes back and tells a few leaders that after seven days, he will definitely rush to the pass and ask for surrender."

After the man left, Lu Jiude asked people to put away the gold, silver and jewelry, and then rushed to Shi Kefa's side, "Gezuo has already made an appointment to lead the team to surrender in seven days, you are ready to arrange a few more troops and horses inside and outside the pass." In case the thieves have a repetition, they will be killed in one fell swoop. ”

"Do you immediately notify the Marquis of Zhennan and the second governor of Mei and Li?" Shi Kefa asked.

Lu Jiude thought for a while, "Don't notify them yet, in case they interfere and sabotage this recruitment, how about it?" When we have brought in the bandits, it is not too late to inform them. ”

The rooster crowed all over the place, and Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan led their subordinates to wear the stars and the moon and set off quietly.

The King of Reincarnation walked at the front with more than 10,000 men and horses at the head of four battalions, and in the middle was a large army of ten battalions led by Lao Hui Hui and Ge Liyan, and at the end was Lin Yangsheng and He Jin with four battalions protecting the families of the old battalion.

The road was smooth, and I didn't encounter half of the officers and soldiers.

"Those fools, they really believe that we are going to surrender, and they will take back the officers and soldiers who entered the Luzhou Mansion to Luzhen Pass." Liu Xiyao, the king of reincarnation, laughed.

"No, then Lu Jiude couldn't take his eyes off the jewelry when he saw it. It's a pity that there are so many treasures! ”

Liu Xiyao smiled, "Those jewels can't be eaten when they're hungry, and they can't be covered when they're cold, what's the pity." gave it to the dead eunuch, but asked him to withdraw all the soldiers and horses intercepted, which is worth it. When we go out, how many gold, silver and jewels will not be recovered. ”

"Hehe, by the time Lu Jiude finds out that we lied to him, we will already be in Shucheng. Let's go all the way to the east, and then to the south, let's fight Yangzhou, break Nanjing, and turn him upside down. ”

Tens of thousands of bandits protected the family of the old camp, left the Yinghuo Mountains at night, and marched towards Shucheng, Lujiang, Chaoxian and other places in the east. A team of tens of thousands of people pulled a long line, and the dogs in the Zhuangzi along the way barked wildly, waking up many people, but when they got up and saw the long torches, they immediately did not dare to make a noise. Some of them were timid, and even hurriedly woke up their families, picked up some food and belongings, and ran to the mountains.

At dawn, suddenly a horse galloped to report to the old return of the Chinese army.

"The two leaders of the rear camp, King Zuojin and King of Troubled Times, sent me to report, and I found that a group of cavalry had been following behind, only two or three miles away. He Ye sent a team of people over, but they were all killed, and Lin Ye also sent a group of people, but they all went and didn't return. The two masters suspected that the cavalry was Liu Jiye's nine-headed bird, and they didn't accept it at night, so they came to let the little inform Ma Ye. The Chu army may have discovered our traces. ”

Lao Huihui told Ge Liyan the news, "Why did this Liu Jun catch up so quickly, what should I do now?" ”

"I think it's just that a team of the Chu army doesn't collect it at night, but since the night doesn't collect it, most of them will come soon. Now we have to speed up our progress and strive to break out of the encirclement of the official army first. ”

"Well, that's it, I'll send a few more cavalry teams out and find a way to keep those Chu troops out at night."

The red morning sun hung in the east, and Xiao Han rode his horse against the rising sun and hung behind the bandits without hurrying.

"Team Boss. The thief sent someone to die again! ”

Zhou Shilong, who was not collected at night, laughed on the horse, this night's tracking, the bandits successively sent two horse teams to besiege them, but they were slaughtered by them every time, and none of them died.

But this time, the bandits seemed determined to kill them, and sent hundreds of horsemen.

Xiao Han and his party only had ten horsemen, and when they entered the Yinghuo Mountains to inquire about the bandits, they unexpectedly found that the thieves were trying to escape. After sending two members of the team back to report. He followed the rest of the nine team members all the way. At first, they tried to hide their tracks, but eventually they found out.

They had defeated two bandits in succession, but now the bandits had sent a third caravan, with a hundred horsemen.

Ten against hundred. One person against ten, Xiao Han knew that there was a huge disparity in strength on his side.

But it can't be withdrawn at this time.

Xiao Han controlled the horse with his legs, reloaded his short gun on the horse, and shouted at Zhou Shilong and other team members next to him. "Do you dare to do it with them again?"

"Team Xiao, don't say anything. Isn't it just a hundred bandits, let's take one as ten. ”

"That is, we can't fall into the majesty of the nine-headed bird! Kill them! ”

"See you at the Martyrs' Temple!"

Xiao Han laughed heartily when he heard this, "See you at the Martyrs' Temple!" ”

More than 100 cavalry bandits galloped with the rising sun on their backs, but Xiao Han and they stopped their horses at this time, then turned over and dismounted, ten people lined up in a row, and then took off the flying dragon gun from their backs. Xiao Han blew up the fire fold, and then lit the fire rope that had been wrapped around his wrist.

"Aim and shoot!" Xiao Han picked up his gun and shouted.

"Don't worry, make sure you get one shot."

The bandits were approaching, Xiao Han had been estimating the distance, and when the enemy facing the crosshair was getting bigger and bigger, the corners of his mouth rose, and the wide butt of the Wyvern Gun in his hand was pressed against his shoulder, and his cheeks were as close to the gun as possible.

Hold your breath.

"Bang!" Xiao Han's gun rang out first, a horse that rushed under the seat of the bandit in front screamed sadly, the horse stumbled and fell, and a bandit in the back leaned too closely, and he couldn't avoid it for a while, and he tripped over the horse's feet, and also fell out.

"Shoot people first and shoot horses, Team Xiao is always mighty!"

Zhou Shilong shouted, and then pulled the trigger as well.

Another horse was shot and fell.

The thumping of the gunfire was not paper, and ten bullets were fired, and sure enough, the bullets were missing, and the bullets hit ten horses, and the wounded horses tripped seven horses.

Xiao Han whistled, then carried the gun on his shoulder, quickly turned on his horse, and ran away with the team members. The bandits lost seventeen horses, and the remaining dozens of horsemen continued their pursuit.

Running and running, Xiao Han suddenly roared, turned his horse's head and rushed towards the bandits. The bandits did not expect it, many people hurriedly drew their swords and raised their bows, and several arrows were shot, but they were not too far to shoot, or they were not good at the head and did not shoot, and the only arrow hit one person, but it was blocked by the cotton armor, and the fur was not hurt at all.

Xiao Han galloped on his horse, silently calculating the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer.

"Eighty steps, seventy steps, fifty steps."

Xiao Han quickly pulled out a short firearm from the saddle bag, which was a kind of firearm newly designed and trial-produced by the firearms workshop, and the firearm was very short, less than one-third of the original flying dragon gun. This firebolt can be fired from a horse without much recoil, unlike a normal Wyvern, which can knock a person off a horse if fired while running on a horse.

This short gun has very little recoil, making it ideal for immediate launch. And this kind of firearm also has the biggest advantage, that is, he does not use the fire rope to ignite the primer to fire, he relies on a piece of flint clamped on the bolt, and can ignite the fire by the friction when the trigger is pulled, and then ignite the ignition powder to fire.

Although this short gun is still only in trial production, and there are still many times when it cannot be ignited, but for the night does not close, after they are equipped with this firearm, they can launch it immediately when they are galloping. In order to compensate for the short firing range and sometimes the fire could not be fired, four short guns and one long gun were not collected every night.

Xiao Han is also very handy with the short gun, and he saw a bandit getting closer and closer to him from a distance, the short gun in his right hand pulled the trigger, and there was a bang, and the bandit on the opposite side who was raising a long knife and was about to cut at him, a ball of blood exploded in his chest, and the man had a painful expression on his face, and he didn't hold the knife in his hand.

The bandit fell off his horse almost at the same time as his sword.

A thumping bang rang out from the side, and his teammates opened fire. Xiao Han didn't care much, he quickly inserted the short gun back into the saddle bag, quickly took out another one, aimed it, and fired.

Pull out another one, aim again, and shoot down a thief.

Pull out the gun again, shoot, put it back.

After four shots, Xiao Han's horse had already led him through the bandits' ranks and behind the bandits.

He glanced back, and the team rushed over.

"Let's go!"

Xiao Han led the team members to run to the side, and broke twenty or thirty bandits, paused obviously, hesitated for a while, and then chased down again under the shouting of a thief, but this time, their chase slowed down a lot.

"Woohoo!"

A flurry of arrows fired, and several hapless bandits were shot down.

"Kill!" Xiao Han put the bow back into the bow, pulled out the knife, and shouted loudly. The knife in his hand is also a new equipment that is not collected at night, and the newly designed cavalry knife in the military workshop has changed a little from the ordinary knife, which seems to have changed little, but it is more capable of chopping on the horse.

Xiao Han, who had shot five bullets, finally pulled out his knife and led his team members to rush straight towards the bandits after shooting a few more arrows.

Rush to kill, rush to kill, rush to kill.

Xiao Han took his nine brothers to rush back and forth, rushed over, and came back, over and over again, until in the last field, there was no bandit on horseback.

Xiao Han looked back and saw that there were still six of his nine team members, all of whom were stained with blood. (To be continued......)