Chapter 56: Suppressing Bandits Again

The mayor of Shanbei Town has been unhappy lately. Of course, if you change someone, I'm afraid it's the same. Whoever rules the territory is frequently visited by bandits, will not be happy.

A few days ago he could laugh at the bandits on the scattered villages, but now he was starting to worry.

There are only more than 4,000 people in Shanbei Town, and the number of troops is only 800, plus the rural bravery, you can probably make up 1,23, but if you really go to suppress the bandits, how many people will be sent. The last time the bandits failed, none of the 1200 coalition troops have come out until now, and he doesn't feel that he has the courage to come out.

Although his subordinates have recently reported that the number of bandits has decreased, with only one group of less than 500 people, it is obvious that the combat power is stronger, more fearless of death, and it is not something that can be exterminated by oneself.

When he received the news that the village was under the rule of the bandits, he had no other way but to ask the subordinates to be on strict guard. As for sending troops, hehe......

He has already sent someone to ask for help from Aoshan Town, but he has not received a reply so far. This result is also expected, the original new towns of Shannan and Shanbei, in addition to guarding against Aoshan thieves, also have the intention of monitoring Aoshan Town, and the relationship has always been bad.

Shannan Town is no better than itself, and it can't be counted on. Fortunately, he has a big backstage - Aoshan City, and he is a descendant of Aoshan City. Seeing that the bandits were rampant, he was powerless to stop them, and he had already sent a message to Aoshan City while asking for help from Aoshan Town. I guess there will be news in the next few days.

Just as he was thinking this, someone came in to report: The envoy from Aoshan Town has arrived.

He didn't want to see the messenger of Aoshan Town, but the news he brought made him very happy. The order was to bring at least half of the army to Aoshan Town, and join the army from Aoshan City to enter the mountains to suppress the bandits.

Without any hesitation, he left only 200 people to be in charge of security and guarding the city, and set off with more than 600 people. As a descendant of Aoshan City, he fully supported the actions of the city guards.

Although Aoshan Town was caught off guard by this sudden anti-bandit action and did not receive any news in advance, it was an alliance after all, and when Wei Ju went to deliver military orders to the two towns of Shannan and Shanbei, he also passed the news to his allies by the way.

The reason why Aoshan City suppressed bandits on a large scale was not only to regain the face of the failure of the last bandits, but also to hope to wipe out the bandits in Aoshan once and for all. They are not Aoshan Town, close to the water, they know that there is still a hidden force in Aoshan, but they only know that after the last suppression of bandits, the strength of the Aoshan bandits has been greatly damaged, and only one is left to loot everywhere, coupled with the continuous instigation of the merchants, and the city lord is so happy, this is determined to level this area.

Soon Shannan Town and Shanbei Town both arrived in Aoshan Town, and the two towns brought a total of more than 1,200 people; Aoshan Town was already dissatisfied with Aoshan City, not to mention that the bandits were actually notified when they took action, so naturally they would not go to stinky feet, and sent Wei Ran to bring 1,500 people to join, and half of the troops; In addition, Aoshan City made great efforts this time, directly sending 2,000 city guards, with a total of nearly 5,000 people, which is almost the scale of a top town. As for the bandits, there are only 500 people.

With ten times the strength to surround it, with the momentum of Mount Tai to the top, the overall situation of this bandit seems to have been decided, and there will be no problems.

But unfortunately, except for Aoshan Town, no one else knows who they will face against.

Although Liu Feng was a little surprised by all this, he was not surprised, he also knew that these people were the result of his promotion of Bai Zhen. It's just that he thought it would be the coalition of the three towns outside Aoshan, but he didn't expect that there would be a city guard, which is too large!

He didn't want to think about how powerful White Town was now.

There are more than 700 regular troops, plus nearly 500 bandits, sufficient weapons, food and grass, plus it is defending the city, and there is a super general, nearly 5,000 encirclement and suppression may not be able to take the small white town. What's more, among the nearly 5,000 people, there are still 1,500 people who are his secret allies. Wei Ju had already explained when he sent the news that he would tell Wei Ran to just be pretty, but don't really be cannon fodder.

Wei Ji didn't know how much strength Bai Zhen had, he had asked tentatively, Liu Feng deliberately avoided it, but from the information expressed in Liu Feng's words, he inferred that even if Aoshan Town poured out, even if it was a frontal field battle, it would definitely be defeated.

So this time he was very relieved, and told Wei Ran to be careful many times, which even made Wei Ran a little disgusted, and his impression of Bai Zhen was greatly reduced. However, he had already suffered the loss of Aoshan City, and he would not disobey Wei Ju's order and become cannon fodder for nothing. This time is not like last time, the symbolic dispatch of 100 people is mostly ruffians and other spies, and they are not distressed when they die, and the 1,500 people dispatched this time are the main force of Aoshan Town. In addition, the logistical materials such as grain and grass for the suppression of bandits were arranged to be in charge of Aoshan Town -- this is also one of the reasons for Aoshan Town's dissatisfaction.

Without further ado, the commander of the city guard gathered the coalition forces in the evening, issued a mission, sent out spies, prepared everything, and set out early the next morning to suppress the bandits.

The mayor of Shanbei Town automatically asked for help and was willing to be a pioneer. The next day, at dawn, he set off with his people. He was dissatisfied with the bandits' ravaging of his territory, and he was also eager to show his loyalty to Aoshan City, but the team did not act until the sun rose after breakfast.

Baizhen's training these days has been quite effective, a number of low-level generals have appeared, and even a few of the original peak junior generals have advanced to intermediate generals, so there is no shortage of generals in Baizhen now, and after a large number of middle and low-level generals have been added to the bandit camp of 500 people in Yunao, the combat power has increased greatly.

The mayor of Shanbei Town is only a high-ranking military general, but his political attributes have also reached the intermediate level - this is all information provided by Wei Ju. Yun Ao saw that he was alone and went first, and immediately decided to eliminate this man first.

The mountain road is no better than the plain, and the soldiers of Shanbei Town rarely enter the mountain, although they found the enemy's traces very early, they can't catch up. An hour later, the exhausted soldiers of Shanbei Town had just walked out of a mountain road when they were hit head-on.

Rain of arrows, rolling stones, mixed with various skills, the army in Shanbei Town was negligent in training, and they had never been on the battlefield, so they were in chaos. What's even more tragic is that only half of them have gone out, and the rest are still on the mountain road, with no evidence to advance or retreat.

After all, the mayor of Shanbei Town is an old man who came out of Aoshan City, the city guard, and after the war, after the initial panic, he immediately gathered his men loudly and began to fight back. But by the time they had completely broken out of the trail, the group of more than 600 people had been reduced to half. But before he could catch his breath, the attack came again.

The numerical advantage was changed in an instant, and it was time to wait for work, and Yun Ao decided to eliminate this team head-on. The result was also normal, facing a demoralized army, the bandits eliminated most of their opponents with little to no casualties. The mayor of Shanbei Town tried his best to resist, but in vain, and finally had to break through with more than a dozen personal soldiers.

And Yun Ao did not delay, and after cleaning up the battlefield, he quickly withdrew to Baizhen.

His mission is almost complete, and the rest is beyond his control.

When the commander-in-chief of the bandits saw that the town of Shanbei Town had returned defeated, and there were only a few dozen people left, he was immediately furious and wanted to kill him. Fortunately, Shannan Town has a sense of sympathy and tries his best to show mercy, coupled with the good attitude of the mayor of Shanbei Town, and he is willing to make meritorious contributions, so he was given a chance to lead the way.

This time, although there were many people, they were also much more cautious, and following the trail of the bandits, the army finally arrived in White Town.

Seeing such a city in the mountains, except for Wei Ran, everyone was surprised, even Wei Ran's army, and few people in Aoshan Town knew about the alliance.

Then some people suddenly realized why the original bandit crackdown failed, and why the bandits are so rampant today. But then someone was furious, what is this, quietly developing forces in Aoshan City, this is definitely a naked provocation!

"Wei Ran, what the hell is going on? Your Aoshan Town refuses to defend Aoshan, and a town has appeared here, but there is no news? The commander-in-chief said angrily.

"Yes. I heard that someone seized a medium-sized village in your Aoshan Town last time, and you didn't take it seriously. Is that group the people in front of you? Or is it that you Aoshan Town have colluded with each other? "The mayor of Shanbei Town fell into the stone road.

The people around were also shocked, if this was the case, their teammates could not believe it, so they looked at the soldiers of Aoshan Town differently.

"You are incompetent yourself, and don't spew blood, and cause others to be like you." Wei Ran was also furious, "What evidence do you have that we colluded with others?" Besides, when will it be your turn to intervene in the affairs of Aoshan Town! Of course, he knew that what the mayor of Shanbei Town said was the truth, but how could he admit it at this time. He doesn't like to use his brain, but he's not stupid, not to mention the mayor's instructions.

"And what did he just say?" The commander-in-chief pointed to the mayor of Shanbei Town.

"Someone paid to buy a medium-sized village under the rule of my Aoshan town, we checked it and agreed without any problems." Wei Ranhun didn't care, and looked at the mayor of Shanbei Town, "A medium-sized village of more than 100 people, 200 gold, if you pay, we can also sell you a few more." Anyway, it doesn't take much trouble to build a village, and selling a few will cover a year's tax. ”

"Is there really no problem?" The commander-in-chief was not at ease, and confirmed.

"Absolutely. Since they entered the village, they have been building, and no one has even gone out, and we have been watched. Wei Ran assured, "Besides, it's obviously a small town in front of me, and that's in the eyes of my Aoshan Town." If I had known this, I would have exterminated them a long time ago. It's just a small town! ”

The commander-in-chief is right to think about it, a small town, more than a thousand troops in the sky, even if there is the support of bandits, it is not worth mentioning. Aoshan Town is an old force in Aoshan City, there is no reason to do this, besides, this Wei Ran is a reckless man, how can he deceive me, I think I have too much heart. Thinking of this, he said: "The loyalty of Aoshan Town is well known, Commander Wei should not think too much. Well, if it's an attack later, you can stand in the front and behave well and set an example for them. ”

It's easier for honest people to lie and deceive people, Wei Ran succeeded, but he received a task that he didn't want to take and had to take.

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