Soon, torches were lit around these bandits and robbers, and the dazzling light in front of them had diminished a lot, and it was no longer so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. Someone came up and took away the weapons of the bandits who were kneeling on the ground one by one and tied them up.

Since there were still about a hundred bandits alive, it took a while for the guards and traversers in charge of chasing them to finish tying up. Subsequently, the leading Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin checked the bandits and robbers who had fallen to the ground one by one, and confirmed that they were all dead and there was no possibility of pretending to be dead.

After entering the "Quiet Garden", the captives were all escorted to the courtyard of the front yard, squatting on the ground one by one. Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin let the guards take care of them, and they themselves returned to the main hall of the Zhongjin Yuan with their attacking brothers, and reported the situation to the four members of the committee who were already waiting there and the other brothers.

Hearing that all the escaped bandits were either killed or caught, and none of them escaped the net, the brothers present were very happy and congratulated the brothers who participated in the mission, congratulating them on being able to make a note in the credit book again.

After a lot of fun, the conversation returned to these bandits. Wang Kunjun asked Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin, "How many prisoners were captured this time?" Has the leader of the thieves ever been caught? ”

Qian Yuanshan replied: "A total of one hundred and sixteen thieves were caught this time. However, the brothers do not expect that this includes their chief. ”

"Why?" Wang Kunjun asked a little strangely.

At this time, Zeng Zhilin took over the conversation and replied: "Because that leader may have been killed by my brother and me." I was in charge of intercepting them in front of the powder magazine, and I saw a thief running in front shouting to the other thieves, 'Brothers, run,' and I was afraid that the thieves would flee in all directions under his direction, and we would not be able to catch them." So, I was not polite, and I raised my hand and shot him as a result. Later, I thought about it, I guess this person is their head, so Brother Eleven said that the head of the thief may not be among the captives. ”

"I see," Wang Kunjun nodded and said, "However, for the sake of safety, we still have to screen these captives well, so as not to miss the big fish." ”

Wang Kunjun said this, paused, discussed with several other committee members, and continued: "The matter of interrogating the prisoners will be handed over to the people of the Censorship Department and the Military Department, the eleventh, twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, and Brother Zheng, you will work hard and interrogate these prisoners overnight, so that we can fully grasp the situation of these thieves." Including their origins, numbers, hiding places, etc., must be clarified. ”

"Fifth brother is right," Zhang Weixin said beside him, "The origin of these thieves must be clarified." Since we took over the Flying Dragon Village, there have been no bandits and robbers who dare to operate around Liangxiang. It's really strange that so many bandits suddenly appeared this time. If we can't find out where they came from, I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep peacefully in the future. ”

"Lao Qi is reasonable," Wang Kunjun agreed, "Although this group of bandits is not very capable, we must not take it lightly." I think that in addition to the brothers from the Censorship Department and the Military Department, the Security Department and several other brothers who know martial arts are also working hard tonight, adding more sentry posts in case these bandits have accomplices nearby. In addition, you personally take someone to check all the corpses outside, on the one hand, to see if there are any pretending to be dead, in case there are fish that slip through the net. On the other hand, if there is a minor injury, you can bring it back for treatment. As for those who are more seriously injured, then you can 'help' them. ”

When Xu Shaoan heard this, he hugged his fist at Wang Kunjun and said, "Fifth brother, don't worry, brother, I'll go and check the corpses one by one." Then, he will personally lead the patrol to make sure that both the 'Jingyuan' and the powder magazine are foolproof. ”

"Okay," Wang Kunjun said, hugging his fists and arching his hands to the brothers, "Then there are all the brothers." ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly returned the salute to Wang Kunjun, and then left in turn to do their own work. After the brothers who had something to do left, Wang Kunjun said to the remaining brothers: "After tossing for most of the night, everyone is tired, let's go back and rest." If there is any situation, we will notify you in time. ”,

After arranging the brothers, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin persuaded their eldest brother Li Junwu to go back to rest, and then the two returned to the room where Wang Kunjun lived. After entering the door, Wang Kunjun first went to the bedroom to inform the two ladies and Lin Xiaoyu, who was with them, about the situation, and told them not to worry and sleep peacefully. Then he returned to the main hall, guessing the origin of this group of bandits and robbers with Zhang Weixin, while waiting for the news of the prisoner's interrogation.

Wang and Zhang waited for most of the night, during which only Xu Shao'an came over to inform them of the examination of the body, saying that after his careful inspection, only five people in total belonged to the scope of treatment, and the others were no longer saved. In this regard, Wang and Zhang have nothing to say. They just asked Xu Shaoan to arrange for the medical soldiers in the escort to treat the wounded prisoners first. If the health soldiers can't cure it, let's see if it is necessary to let Lin Xiaoyu out according to the situation.

The news about the prisoner's interrogation waited until the next day, when the rooster began to crow, that Liang Ziyue and Zheng Zhiwei came to report the situation.

As soon as they entered the door, Liang Ziyue and Zheng Zhiwei poured a cup of tea first, and drank it "Goodong, Goohu". It looked like they had a lot of saliva that night. After drinking the tea, Liang Ziyue spoke: "Fifth brother, seventh brother, the situation has been asked clearly." ”

Wang and Zhang were very happy when they heard this, and the tiredness of not sleeping all night was swept away, and Wang Kunjun asked: "Tell me quickly, what is the origin of these thieves?" ”

Liang Ziyue organized his language a little and said, "My brothers and I have tried all the more than 100 thieves who have not fallen behind, and finally figured it out. It turned out that these thieves were ordinary people who ran from the Northern Han Dynasty at the beginning of last year to escape the war. ”

"Ordinary people?" Wang Kunjun said strangely, "Since it is an ordinary person, weishenme wants to attack the 'Jingyuan' at night?" ”

"Yes," Zhang Weixin said, "Maybe they were ordinary people before, but from the moment they attacked the 'Jingyuan' with knives and guns, they were no longer ordinary people, they were real bandits." ”

Liang Ziyue waved his hand again and again and said, "Fifth brother, seventh brother, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet." Here's the thing, there are more than 1,000 of them in total, all of them are villagers from the same county. These people escaped when the Zhou soldiers besieged Taiyuan last year, and they suffered a lot along the way, and many people died before they fled to the mountains in the Xishan area and hid.

When they first arrived, they were empty-handed, but because it was summer, they could find a lot to eat in the mountains, so they survived. During this period, at the call of the principal, some of the people who came with grain opened some fields in the mountains and planted some of the rations as seeds, hoping that there would be a harvest in the autumn so that they could support the winter.

Since the wind and rain were good last year, they have harvested a lot of grain, and they can still survive this winter by thinking of fighting some wild beasts. However, in the middle of last month, a few of the refugees, who usually like to cause trouble and idle people, were beaten up by the principal and his brothers because of an argument with the principal. These troublemakers held a grudge, so they took advantage of everyone's inattention, burned everyone's food, and then fled.

Despite their efforts, most of the food was burned. The rest of them, not to mention supporting the beginning of spring, can't even pass the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Faced with this desperate situation, the principal of the refugees decided to take a risk and go down the mountain to grab a hand. As soon as he discussed it with everyone, many people responded at that time.

Later, in order to move smoothly, he also sent people down the mountain to 'step on the spot' nearby, and as a result, he chose our mansion as the target of the action. Although one of his second brothers had warned him to be careful, he did not listen. I personally took more than 100 people and nearly 200 people down the mountain, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to relax our vigilance during the Chinese New Year and succeed in one fell swoop. I never thought about it, but I ran into our hard stubble and made myself bleed. ”

After listening to Liang Ziyue's introduction, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin basically knew the ins and outs of the matter. Wang Kunjun nodded first, then shook his head again, and said: "Although these people are forced to survive to come out to rob, but robbery is robbery. We can sympathize with their plight, but we cannot forgive their actions and must be punished. Otherwise, in the future, a few little thieves may dare to come to Tai Sui's head to break ground. ”,

Liang Ziyue listened to Wang Kunjun's words and nodded frequently, expressing his strong approval. Zhang Weixin next to him seemed to have his own thoughts, he pondered for a while, and asked Liang Ziyue: "According to the information you know, is the leader of these bandits, or the principal of this group of refugees, as Lao Twenty-six said, already killed?" ”

Liang Ziyue replied: "This matter has to be said in two ways, in a narrow sense, their principal is dead. Broadly speaking, their principals are still alive and have been our captives. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Weixin wondered, "What is the narrow and broad sense, you can explain it clearly." ”

Liang Ziyue explained: "Seventh brother, don't worry, the reason why brother said this is because this group of refugees has only one leader, or the principal, in a narrow sense. The man's surname was Zhou, and he was the bandit that Brother Twenty-Six shot and killed near the temporary powder magazine. However, this week's leader has five brothers, and they are also very useful in speaking among the refugees, and in a sense, these five people can be regarded as leaders or principals. Of these five people, four have been killed, and the remaining one with minor injuries has been captured by us. That's why I say that in a broad sense, their principals are still alive. ”

Zhang Weixin then understood what was going on, he pondered for a while, and said: "Since this is the case, then about the way to deal with these bandits, please think twice." ”

Wang Kunjun didn't understand what Zhang Weixin meant, and said puzzledly: "What do you mean by this, Lao Qi, are you moving your heart to hide and want to just let these thieves go?" ”

Zhang Weixin waved his hand and explained, "No, no, I didn't mean that. Although these bandits did not cause us any losses, and we did not have any casualties in this battle, since they chose the path of being bandits and robbers, they had to pay the price for their actions, who let them ruin our good mood for the New Year and waste our few modern weapons and ammunition.

However, my brother thinks that if we think differently, we may be able to turn a bad thing into a good thing, and we can turn a defensive war with little benefit into a profitable capture war. In some way, we can recover the cost we have spent, that is, to achieve 'war by war', which will be of great benefit to our development. ”

After listening to Zhang Weixin's words, Wang Kunjun somewhat understood what his good brother and iron buddy were thinking. He asked: "Old Seven, do you mean that you plan to change 'extenuating circumstances, unforgivable crimes' to 'unforgivable sins, excusable circumstances' like the last time you dealt with Feilong Village, so that he can be grateful to Dade and use them for my use." ”

Zhang Weixin nodded while listening: "Yes, that's what brother means." The brother felt that even if it was as the fifth brother said, he would have to punish them. But as far as our brothers' thinking patterns and moral standards are concerned, such a thing as killing prisoners will definitely not be possible. Punishing these thieves is just to make them suffer some flesh and blood, and at most send them to the government to go to prison. In this way, it will not bring us any benefits, and we will not be able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Rather than this, it is better to follow the Flying Dragon Village model and ambush these bandits for my use. It can not only strengthen our strength, but also relieve future troubles, why not? ”

Wang Kunjun felt that what Zhang Weixin said made some sense, but he still had some concerns in his heart, and he said: "It's good that your method is good, but are you sure to persuade these thieves to join the gang?" This time is not exactly the same as the situation in Feilong Village last time, this time we don't have an inside line like Liu Wanbao who speaks effectively in the cottage soldiers. These bandits have just been killed by us with dozens of accomplices, can they be willing to join us while their bones are still cold? Even if they are forced by the situation to join us, there is no guarantee that they will follow us sincerely and with all their hearts. If you can't make sure that you can subdue the hearts of these people, then you might as well not want to. ”

Wang Kunjun mentioned Liu Wanbao, and Liang Ziyue couldn't help but feel a move in his heart. So, without waiting for Zhang Weixin to answer Wang Kunjun's question, he preemptively said: "Fifth brother's words have reminded my brother, and my brother thinks that among this group of bandits or refugees, we may not be able to find another 'Liu Wanbao'." ”

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