Chapter 20: Occupying the Pasture (I) (New Books for Collection, Recommendation)
"Take the two of them down first, so that they can take care of it, and other things, let's talk about it later"
Su Jun waved his hand and said to Yan Qinghua.
Shen County, outside the county government, a temporary soldier camp.
"Waste, it's all waste, more than 2,000 well-equipped county soldiers can't even beat hundreds of bandits? What is the dignity of our officers and soldiers? Where is the face of our Yong'an? ”
An old man with white hair and a strong spirit angrily smashed everything in the tent that could be beaten.
The capture of Ishiguro Tiger and Su Jun is a major event related to the long-term development of Yong'an, and the operation can only be carried out in secret.
In order to cover people's eyes, the county guard only transferred 7,000 regular county soldiers from several nearby townships and counties, but he did not expect that nearly one-third of the officers and soldiers were killed in this battle, plus the losses during the first encirclement and suppression of bandits, and now there are less than 5,000 county soldiers in the large camp.
I thought that Li Qianhu and his soldiers were all veterans who had been on the battlefield, but this operation was discussed with Donghu, and it was naturally a piece of cake to deal with hundreds of unpopular bandits.
Who would have thought that Donghu, a shameless villain, would defect on the verge of battle, ambush the officials and soldiers, and catch the officers and soldiers by surprise, so that Li Qianhu capsized in the gutter, and the two groups of men and horses under him were all wiped out.
"Someone, someone."
After the white-haired old man vented, most of his anger disappeared and he began to think of remedies.
"My lord, my subordinates are here."
The herald outside the camp hurried to the old man's approach.
"Quickly order Ma Qianhu and Sun Qianhu to come to see me."
"Yes, the subordinates retired"
The herald received the order and quietly retired.
In less than a cup of tea, two burly middle-aged men rushed to the old man's approach, bowed down, and said loudly:
"The lower official Ma Tong and Sun Qi saw General Zhao Zongbing, I don't know what the adults have to ask the lower officials to come?"
"How do Ma Qianhu and Sun Qianhu treat you two?"
"Adults have the grace of knowing me, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, Ma has no two words"
The sallow-faced man whispered.
"Sun Qi can have this day thanks to the usual care of the chief soldier, Sun Qi is willing to serve the adult"
"Good, good, good" The white-haired old man stroked his palms and laughed, and said three good words in a row.
"Since the two of you are so well aware of the matter, the old man will not beat around the bush, as the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the two thieves of the Black Tiger Village have now escaped, these two are the key criminals appointed by the county guard, and the two of them must be captured alive no matter what."
"Are you sure?"
"Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, I will go to order the people of the headquarters, and the soldiers will be divided into two ways, and within three days, the two key criminals will definitely be tied up to meet him."
The two of them led in unison.
Besides, Su Jun took more than 1,000 bandits to destroy the entire song of officers and soldiers, and then went all the way north from Erdaofeng, rushing in light armor, running wildly all the way on the road, not daring to delay at all.
When Sun and Ma received the order to intercept Su Jun, Su Jun and a group of thieves had already run out of more than 200 miles, and unknowingly went out of the boundary of Shen County and came to Jinyan County.
Jinyan County is close to the north, perennial horse thieves invasion, plus years of war, most of the people who were scared by the disaster have moved to other townships and counties, the rest of the people are old, weak, sick and disabled, they know that they will not have a good life in a few days, and because of the difficulty of leaving the homeland, they are reluctant to leave.
The fields in Jinyan County have long been dilapidated and deserted because no one has planted them, and the pedestrians on the road are extinct, but the remains of the dead can be seen every short distance, and vultures that feed on carrion are constantly hovering in the sky, looking for food.
Su Jun went all the way north, not to mention a large gate valve within more than a hundred miles, and even the market town that could be looted was extremely difficult to find.
A group of thieves were pressed against their backs by the hungry chests, and they cried bitterly.
Of course, the benefits of being sparsely populated and sparsely populated, so it is extremely difficult for the pursuers of Shen County to find Su Jun's trace in a short period of time, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, which gives Su Jun a great strategic room for maneuver.
As the sun goes down and the sky slowly turns dark, if we can't find a market town to raid, we will probably have to camp in the wild tonight, relying on killing horses to keep our energy fit.
In war years, horses are definitely a good thing, especially well-trained war horses, which are precious to any country.
As long as there are enough war horses, you can easily arm a cavalry corps that comes and goes like the wind, whether it is a rush attack or support, it is not comparable to the infantry.
For cavalry, the war horse is their second life, and no one will easily kill the horse until it is absolutely necessary, and even some cavalry would rather starve to death with their war horse in the end than use their war horse to feed their stomachs.
Su Jun naturally didn't want to use war horses to satisfy his hunger, not to mention that horse meat was unpalatable, but more importantly, war horses could carry the wounded and supplies, which greatly accelerated the speed of the march.
After two fierce battles, Su Jun's army did not have more than 100 war horses, so naturally he killed one less horse.
Just as everyone was about to start killing the horses, they only heard the neighing of the horses.
"Phew"
Gao Wei, who went to explore the way, dismounted and came to Su Jun, and said excitedly:
"Master Su, less than ten miles ahead, there is a pasture covering an extremely wide area, which is brightly lit, and it is expected that there must be a lot of food and drink in it."
Deng Biao licked his chapped lips, swallowed hard and spit Xingzi, howling excitedly like a hungry wolf:
"Haha, the brothers finally have a place to eat and drink, maybe each of them can share a delicate beauty."
Su Jun squinted his eyes, kicked Deng Biao's ass hard, and said sharply:
"Du Te is dying of hunger, and he is still thinking about women, I think you will die on the belly of the girl sooner or later."
Deng Biao was not angry, and touched the back of his head:
"I said Master Su, now this year is to live one more day and earn one day, the peony flower will die, and be a ghost master."
Su Jun glared,
"Shao Temo and I are poor-mouthed, hurry up and call the brothers over, Lao Tzu wants to give a lecture, and then everyone will have a meat meal together, have a good meal, and be happy."
"Okay, Master Su, just wait" Deng Biao smiled, and then went to assemble the team.
"Brothers, come here, Su Ye has something to say to everyone"
"If you haven't eaten, you can't be numb? The waist board is straight."
Don't look at Deng Biao in front of Su Jun like a mouse seeing a cat, but as soon as he left Su Jun's eyes, he revealed his fierce nature.
"I haven't eaten in the first place, and I can't walk when I'm hungry"
A few bold thieves muttered a few words in a low voice, Deng Biao glared, and immediately held back.
A group of bandits formed a phalanx crookedly and stood in front of Su Jun. Su Jun waved his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet.