Chapter 8 Wanxi Strategy 1: From Jutan to Red Eyebrows (2)
But Xue Zhiheng didn't want to think so, he was diligently performing his duties as a "superintendent".
"According to the meaning of the big boss, for this kind of bandits, it is necessary to eliminate the evil, the old man thinks, sneak into the bandits' lair with a secret, block their retreat, and then pretend to show goodwill, stabilize them, and finally wipe them out."
Wu Dading said, "But there is more than one den of the bandits, should we divide our troops into several places?"
"What's more, the nests are all on the mountains, and if they see through it, they can't enter and retreat, what should they do?"
Although Xue Zhiheng was an old boy, he still heard some dissatisfaction from Wu Dading's mouth, but he was still unmoved, "Yes, we will occupy these places to farm in the future, if we can't wipe out the bandits, how can we cultivate safely?"
Bai Jiu'er said, "With the ability of our army, if what that guy said is true, there are only three dens, and each one will send two hundred people, so I'm afraid that that guy has reservations."
Wu Dading raised his eyebrows, "Keep? Under the pressure of my small and powerful army, anyone who resists will be turned into powder, he is just an insignificant secret sentinel, why should he keep it for that money?"
Xue Zhiheng said: "Everyone in my department knows that the Bai Dangjia is the best at climbing mountains and wading through waters, according to this secret whistle, according to the nearest nest here, it is better for the Bai Dangjia to personally take two hundred elites and escort this guy to find out."
"And we and the rest of the army continue to Jutan Town."
It turned out that according to what the secret sentry said, there are three mountains in the nearest ten miles from Jutan Town, and more than thirty miles away, and there are villages on the hills, which are called Du Ying, Feng Ying, and Jia Ying, which are estimated to be the places where the generals surnamed Du, Feng, and Jia were stationed in the past.
There is only one road to go up to these three places, and they are all sheep's intestine paths, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Also, although these three places are separated by more than ten miles from each other, there are bridges connected from the mountains, once a certain village is attacked, the other two places can come to help, no wonder it is regarded as an old nest that must not be discarded by Jin Buchang.
Compared with Wu Dading, although he doesn't look down on Lao Tongsheng, after all, this person in front of him is a figure favored by the big boss, and he only agreed after a little hesitation.
"Okay, but two hundred people are still too little, just dispatch a section of people, I happen to be the head of the ministry, and strive to win all three nests of this gold without exchanging it."
(The team establishment of Dragon Thirteen: 50 people and one post for one bureau, 250 people, two bureaus for one, 500 people, the commander is called the department, the three departments are called a battalion, 1500 people, the commander is called the commander)
Xue Zhiheng nodded, "Since that's the case, then I'll go with you."
Wu Dading said with a smile: "In this case, there must be a large number of looted people, meat tickets, and a lot of materials in the bandits' lair, and the ten scribes under the command of the marching Sima can go with you, three places, how many people do you need?"
"What about Jutan Town?"
"Okay, just keep two or three."
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Since Xue Zhiheng joined the Xiaoqiang Brigade, under the supervision of Long Shisan, he has also practiced running, horseback riding, etc., and his physical condition has long been no longer the appearance of a weak scholar who could not lift his hands and carry it on his shoulders.
Led by the captured Jin Buchang Secret Sentry, the group walked towards the nearest lair, Feng Ying.
Bai Jiu'er is short and thin, he looks weak, but in fact he has a lot of strength, he was also one of the thirty-six families before he took refuge in Long Thirteen, and his weapons were two plate axes, each weighing six or seven catties, and he couldn't dance without one of them.
Since becoming a thief, he has raided several gentry families in the countryside, killed those scholars who were famous and famous, robbed them of their women and money, for him, these people would not take a straight look at them on weekdays, and the killing and plundering would make them feel a kind of "revenge" like pleasure.
After following Long Thirteen, although he has been winning battles and dividing women, and the prospects of the team are obviously much better than before, in the depths of Bai Jiu'er's heart, it seems that his career of killing Yin Plunder as quickly as he used to be is more interesting.
In the past, most of the Fourth Brigade fought under the nose of Long Thirteen, and when they didn't play, now it's okay, they are alone
Freely undertaking the task on the North Road, this inner flame was ignited at once.
Feng Ying was on a hill from where they had set out, and after following the captured sentry, they finally came to a mountain pass.
On the surface, it appeared that the col was surrounded by dense forests, but after following the man for a while, a sheep's intestine path appeared in front of them.
The trail stretches up the hill, and it wouldn't be easy to find if it weren't for this man.
The group continued to walk towards the mountain, Bai Jiu'er was originally a thief, and after joining the Xiaoqiang brigade, he received some training, so he naturally would not follow this person to climb up, at the front of the team, there were ten people who walked with the person in the form of bandits, and the distance between them and the brigade behind them was about a mile away.
Half a day later, they came to a place only two or three hundred meters away from Fengying Village on the top of the mountain, and the buildings of the village were clearly visible from below.
Xue Zhiheng suddenly stopped the team.
He said to Bai Jiu'er, "Commander Bai, I have been walking on the mountain for half a day, but I haven't seen half a person.......
Bai Jiu'er said: "According to that guy's statement, there is only one secret post from the mountain here, and now it is the time for the shift change, and it is normal for the bandit lair here to have no one nearby, you think, who dares to live near the bandit's lair, even if there is, the bandits will not let it exist."
As he was talking, a person came running in front of him, and Bai Jiu'er fixed his eyes to see that it was the chief who was walking in front of the dark sentry in front of him dressed as a bandit.
When he saw that a large amount of sweat was oozing from the man's face, he said that he had a bad heart, and quickly grabbed him, "How?"
The chief knelt down on one knee and said, "Commander, we followed the man all the way up, and when we reached the halfway point, a platform appeared on it, which was stuck in the middle of the road, about a foot in circumference, and on both sides were cliffs with trees.
"You!" , Bai Jiu'er grabbed his collar angrily, and raised his right hand, if it was placed before, he would definitely smash it with one punch.
"White Commander"
At this time, Xue Zhiheng hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then the information provided by this person before cannot be true, there must be a trap in it, it is estimated that the thieves on the mountain have already known about the arrival of our waiting, since this is the case, it is better to let the people in front of you sneak closer to find out what is going on in the cottage."
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The people Bai Jiu'er put at the front were obviously more alert, and there were people who were good at climbing, and it didn't take long for Nashi Chang to come back again.
"Commander"
"How to"
"Seeing clearly, I left the road and used the tiger claw zipline to climb up from the mountain on the side and the trees myself, and finally saw the movement of the cottage clearly."
"Oh?"
"From here up, about sixty zhang, only that flat ground is covered on the way, and then there is an unobstructed view, the closer you get to the cottage, the more dangerous it is, only one person can climb up, and the mountain is steep, the mountain bandits can knock down all the people on the road as long as they roll down a log."
"The top of the mountain is about ten acres in size, there is a large wooden village, and the entrance is already full of more than 100 people, and it is also full of rolling stones, these people still have bows and arrows in their hands, it seems that it is not easy to deal with."
Bai Jiu'er felt a pang in his heart when he heard this, and said secretly: "No wonder Huang Chao gave me the task of attacking the bandits' lair with great arrogance, it seems that he has long known that this is a difficult bone to gnaw."
"But it's the first time I, Bai Jiu'er, have led a team alone, and if I haven't attacked yet, I'll not be able to stay in the Xiaoqiang brigade, but it's so dangerous here, how can I overcome it......
Just thinking about it, I saw Xue Zhiheng ask about that chief, "Just now you said that the dark whistle ran away from the side of the small platform on the way, is it ......?"
He replied, "I have naturally investigated, and there are several big trees on one side of the platform, and one of the big trees has a rope tied to it, and the guy used the rope to run away while I was not looking, and the rope was tied with a slipknot, and when I went down, I could retract the rope."
"We also have a tiger claw zipline in our hands, but suddenly
When he went down, he was afraid of the way, so he did not follow, but came back to report it."
"Then you ...... just now."
"Like the man, the trail is lined with steep cliffs on both sides, but it is covered with trees, and you can still climb it if you are good."
"It's the same on both sides?"
"Almost"
Xue Zhiheng looked at Bai Jiu'er, "Commander Bai, the student suggests that there are twenty or thirty people who are as athletic as this chief, and everyone carries a tiger claw flying rope, abandons a spear, carries a long knife, carries a shield, carries two or three earth-shattering thunders, and quietly climbs up from the other side of the path."
Bai Jiu'er nodded, "Well, in that case, this time I will personally lead the team, but there must be no shortage of people on the platform, crowding there and shouting to attract the attention of the bandits, and then I can climb up from the other side."
Xue Zhiheng nodded, "Don't worry, we will shout there, pretending to make them surrender, there is the only place where you can avoid the Rolling Stones, if they drop the Rolling Stones, we will quickly flash to the side."
Bai Jiu'er found thirty people in this group of people who were generally not tall, but were extremely good at climbing, and quite brave, each carrying bows and arrows, long knives, tiger claw flying ropes, plus three light earth-shaking thunders that weighed only one and a half pounds and were specially used for mountain warfare.
Then I climbed up from the other side of the trail.
As soon as Bai Jiu'er left, Xue Zhiheng immediately instructed Na Shi Changdao: "You take a few more people to probe and advance from the side where the dark sentry disappeared, remember, if you encounter leisure, don't delay, come back quickly."
Nashi Chang was blaming himself for losing the secret whistle, and as soon as he heard this, he understood Xue Zhiheng's intentions, and left with a few people with a fist.
After they all disappeared, Xue Zhiheng personally led a small team of people and horses to appear at the platform.
"We are under the command of Xiaoqianglu, the big leader of the Shanxi Righteous Army, come to worship the mountain and open the gate of the village."
Of course, in response to them were the large and small sandalwood rolling stones that fell from above.
The platform was located at the bend in the mountain path, and the Rolling Stones flew to the cliff face as soon as they arrived, and the sound of them landing was heard for a long time.
Xue Zhiheng asked the soldiers to continue shouting, and they kept shouting for about an hour......
"Boom ......."
Seeing that the sky was about to darken, and their shouting was fruitless, when Xue Zhiheng was faintly anxious, there was a sound of bombardment on the top of the mountain!
Xue Zhiheng's eyes suddenly lit up.