Coming to this town was the local army of Pengcheng County, Ji Mingming. The local army has the responsibility of guarding one side, even if it is to gather the strength of the three counties to encircle and suppress Dangshan this time, it is impossible for Ji Mingliang to bring out all the soldiers and horses of Pengcheng County. Although he is a commander of ten thousand people, in fact, there are not 10,000 people under his command, and the total number of places in the whole county is more than 6,000 people, and this time he transferred 3,000 people, which is already a huge hand.

This town is very close to Dangshan, and is located on the main traffic road, which can not only block the road for the Dangshan bandits to escape, but also serve as an advance base for attacking Dangshan. However, this place does not belong to the territory of Pengcheng County, but belongs to the jurisdiction of Qian County, in fact, most of Dangshan belongs to the territory of Qian County.

Just when Lu Xingxing was observing the situation in the town, Ji Mingliang also summoned his generals to discuss the attack. Looking at the map spread out in front of him, Ji Mingliang frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I often hear people say that the Dangshan thieves are fierce and cruel, and they often wash villages and towns in blood. This place is not far from Dangshan, and it is quite prosperous, but it has never encountered banditry, which is very suspicious. ”

A commander laughed and said, "Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, or maybe those thieves understand this truth." ”

Ji Mingliang can be a captain of ten thousand masters, and he has his own merits. Although the commander's reason made sense, he still muttered: "There must be Dangshan's eyeliner in this town, and there is even more than one. Chuan Mou's general order to verify and register the people in the town from door to door, even beggars are not allowed to let go! If you find a suspicious person, arrest them immediately! ”

Another commander arched his hand and said, "The general doesn't have to worry too much, it's normal for Dangshan's eyeliner here." However, the town has been locked down, and even if those eyeliners get the news, they can't pass it on. ”

Ji Mingliang waved his hand: "This time, the clean-up task was personally arranged by Lord Yu, so you must not take it lightly!" If the purge fails because of someone's mistake, Ben Shuai must behead him first, and then ask Lord Yu for his guilt! ”

The generals were awe-inspiring for a moment and agreed in unison.

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The inventory and registration in the town went very smoothly, and they really found out more than a dozen eyeliners set here in Dangshan, but the biggest eyeliner Lu Xingxing was safe and sound. Of course, the entire house, from "Lu Xing" to the mother-in-law who swept the floor, was registered, and no one had a chance to leave until the official army conquered Dangshan.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses from Liang County and Qian County also entered their respective positions. Dangshan is located at the junction of these two counties, and the local armies of these two counties are the main force of the attack, and four or five thousand men and horses are drawn respectively. The local government offices of the counties were not idle, and a large number of errand officers were gathered to assist the officers and soldiers in setting up sentry posts at various road crossings, and the huge Dangshan Mountain was surrounded by water.

Two days later, it was time to make the appointment to attack the mountain. The 10,000 officers and troops were divided into five routes and marched in unison. Despite the strict sealing, the thieves on Dangshan still felt something unusual, and the guards of the major cottages were significantly strengthened. It's a pity that Lu Xingxing is not on the mountain, and some dragons are leaderless. However, relying on the geographical advantage, the Dangshan group still caused great trouble to the officials and soldiers.

The trees are full of traps, and boulders fall from time to time on the mountain path. On the first day of the attack on the mountain, even before encountering a large number of bandits, the officers and soldiers suffered more than 300 casualties. Although the losses were huge, Min Bo and the others were not anxious, and strictly followed the eight-character policy of "strong walls and clear fields, step by step" as Yu Shinan said, and slowly but firmly advanced towards the mountain. Of course, the speed of such a march was very slow, and in three days, the fastest group of men and horses had advanced more than sixty miles. However, when they arrived, they stopped and waited for the other people to make sure that they would connect with each other so as not to let the thieves on the mountain take advantage of the loopholes.

Although this method of warfare did not progress quickly, it minimized casualties, and thus put a lot of pressure on the bandits in the mountains.

The officers and soldiers will be more cautious when they advance slowly, and some traps will soon be discovered. In the later period, these carefully laid traps were no longer a threat to the officers and soldiers, and the casualties of the officers and troops gradually decreased, from more than 300 people a day to only a dozen or so. With fewer casualties, the morale of the officers and soldiers was naturally greatly boosted. With the deepening of the official army, some small cottages were also discovered, and they were immediately conquered by the official army. Although these are only local troops, they have also been trained for more than half a year in accordance with the requirements of the regular army, and their combat quality is far from being comparable to that of these bandits. In a real hand-to-hand white-knuckle battle, the thieves have little power to fight back.

The fall of these small cottages made the thieves begin to panic. Some small bosses with their subordinates began to repeat their old tricks, wanting to get into the mountains and forests, and use the advantages of the "three regardless" zone to seek a trace of life. But this time, the officers and soldiers came prepared, and the thieves who escaped from the city soon fell into the encirclement and became turtles in the urn. Some of the thieves were overwhelmed and had already abandoned the small cottage on the periphery and hid in the central village on the top of the mountain, preparing to concentrate their forces to fight the officials and soldiers to the death. They didn't know what to do, and this was exactly what the officers and soldiers were hoping for.

Even in this situation, the officers and troops were still unanxious and advanced slowly. It wasn't until half a month later that the Dangshan Dazhai was finally encircled.

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Dangshan Dazhai is already a mess. Although it was not the first time that the officers and soldiers had attacked here, it was the first time that they had all been surrounded in the cottage. Dangshan is known for its dangerous terrain, but it is still difficult to resist the fierce attack of officers and soldiers, and at most it will cause great casualties to officers and soldiers. The most terrible thing is that there is not much food stored in the cottage, and if the officers and soldiers besiege it for a long time and do not attack, I am afraid that they themselves will starve to death before the officers and soldiers come in.

Compared to the normal minions, the mood of the bosses is more irritable. In the half year since they settled in Dangshan, these leaders have also accumulated some furniture, and some even married wives, and it is a matter of time before they have children, and they have become a group of people who have become rich first among this group of thieves, and have touched the edge of glory and wealth. Now that the officers and soldiers are coming, it is very likely that their lives will be lost, let alone pleasure.

A big man with a bearded face said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers are pressing the border, whether it is a battle or a surrender, let's have an idea." ”

A leader stood up and said loudly: "The officials and bandits are incompatible, if anyone dares to say a word of surrender, when the king returns, he will definitely not be spared!" ”

Lu Xingxing is not there, and the leaders in the cottage are in their own way, and no one obeys anyone. At this time, even if someone wants to surrender, there is nothing else to do, and if it is not good, it will be the end of the fire in the village, so even if someone wants to resist to the end, they can only carry Lu Xingxing out. In fact, when Lu Mingyue turned to the world, Lu Xingxing had a very high status, which also made the group jealous of him.

Sure enough, after the leader brought Lu Xingxing out, no one spoke again for a long time.

Suddenly, another leader whispered, "I'm afraid the king has already left us and escaped alone." ”

In fact, this is also the true thoughts of most of the leaders here, but no one dares to say it. The ringleader's words were like throwing a pebble into a calm pond, and immediately stirred up waves. The leaders began to whisper, and in the hearts of some, the idea of surrender deepened.

Suddenly, a middle-aged leader in his forties stood up and shouted: "Bold, you dare to doubt the king, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!" ”

"Boom", there was a loud bang outside the gate, and all the leaders who were arguing here were taken aback, and they all shouted: "What's wrong!" What's going on! ”

A little minion rushed in and stammered, "Everyone, all the leaders, big and big things are not good!" Officials and officials attacked the village, and one iron arrow was so long, and one of them beat and broke the gate of the village all at once! ”

Seeing the gesture of the little minion, all the leaders gasped. Knowledgeable people have already guessed that there is only one weapon that can be fired at an iron arrow that is nearly a man high, and that is the ballista. The ballista is a very powerful weapon, and ordinary local armies are not equipped at all, and only a few of them are installed for defense in such an important place as the county town. Now the officers and soldiers actually brought the ballista to Dangshan, which is enough to show their determination. In fact, the ballista was also the most powerful siege equipment that these local armies could handle, and in order to carry such a bulky weapon to the mountains, they took a lot of effort, a total of three ballistas, with special iron arrows, to use 900 people to take turns to transport. Of course, the effect is equally amazing, just one attack, it destroyed the walled gate of Dangshan.

After all, Dangshan is just a cottage, even if it depends on the advantages of the terrain, but the whole village is still not how strong it is. In addition to storming and besieging, there are many ways for the officers and soldiers to do so, such as setting fires and smoking. However, this time, the officers and soldiers obviously wanted to deal the heaviest blow to the thieves, so they adopted the means of strong attack. After a brief lull, the ballista fired a second strike. Huge iron arrows pierced into the cottage, one of which smashed a thatched house to pieces, and the other strung three minions together like sugar gourds.

The officers and men seemed to have enough patience to wait for the third ballista attack after the two-wheeled ballista attack. The ballista is a bulky weapon, and each attack requires a lot of manpower to be rewound, and there will naturally be a considerable interval between the two attacks. This interval is a waiting for the officers and soldiers, but it is a kind of torment for the thieves in the village, because no one knows which direction the next ** blow of the officials and soldiers will point. Although three or two iron arrows can't cause many casualties, the psychological pressure on them is unprecedentedly huge, and even makes them feel a deep sense of powerlessness.