Mid-December.

Li Congyan sent troops to suppress the bandits on the grounds that thieves were rampant and slaughtered good.

Li Congyan left Wu Conghan to sit in the Assassin's Mansion, and he led more than 5,000 soldiers from various units of the New Army to set off, all the way south to Wendeng County, forty miles west of Wendeng County.

After preliminary investigation, Li Congyan basically grasped the situation of thieves in Dengzhou.

At this time, there were many thieves in Dengzhou, but there were only four large ones, and the number of each thief was about a few hundred, and the rest of the thieves were small groups of thieves, and they could not become a big climate.

After the Assassin's Mansion announced the news of sending troops to suppress the bandits, these four bandits also secretly contacted and discussed countermeasures, and finally the new army that was afraid of Li Congyan gathered in the purple cicada village in the west of Wendeng County.

The Purple Cicada Village is located in the deep mountain hinterland of Wangjia Mountain, the surrounding mountains and forests are dense, the terrain is dangerous, and the Purple Cicada Village is built on the mountainside, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At this time, Li Congyan ordered the army to set up camp at the foot of Wangjia Mountain, and sent a small group of men and horses into the mountain to investigate the situation.

Li Siye and Chen Zhi received the order, and each led the soldiers of the headquarters to the mountain, and the two soldiers advanced to the deep mountain in two ways, and did not return to the camp until nightfall.

"Qi Yu Thorn History, the Purple Cicada Village does not occupy a large area, surrounded by steep cliffs, there is only one path to go up the mountain, the thieves have deployed troops on the path, and also dug trenches, set up a horse rejection, it seems that they are going to retreat in the camp to guard."

After Chen finished the report, Li Siye crossed his hands and said: "Qi Yu stabbing history, his subordinates took people to investigate around Zicicada Village, and found that there is a mountain col more than ten miles west of Zicicada Village, in which smoke rises, and it seems to be inhabited. The subordinates led people to go to the secret investigation and found that a large number of people had gathered in the mountain col, and the number of people was at least thousands! ”

Li Congyan was a little surprised, thought for a while, then laughed and said, "Those people are not ordinary people, but the families and relatives of several gangs of thieves!" ”

Li Ren and Li Wei also understood one after another that the purple cicada village was a small place, and it could not accommodate a few bands of thieves and horses that had converged, so they could only move out the family members who originally lived in the village!

"Lord, give the order!"

Li Ren and Li Wei joined hands one after another, and the five captains, including Wang Yong, Zhu Ming, and Wang Zuhe, were also eager to try, all wanting to take the lead in this battle against bandits.

Li Congyan groaned for a moment, then looked at Li Siye again, and asked, "Is the road to that col easy to walk?" How long does it take to get from the camp to that side? ”

"Qi Qi Assassin History, it will take about an hour to go to that mountain pass, and it should take more time for the team. As for the road, it is quite walkable, and there are no cliffs on the road. ”

Then, Li Congyan looked at Chen Zhi again and asked, "How long does it take to get from Daying to Zicicada Village?" ”

Chen Zhu said: "Enlightening the history of assassination, the brigade rushed to the Purple Cicada Village, and it took an hour. ”

"Good!"

Li Congyan said: "Right Guoyi Du Lieutenant Li Ren! You led the first and second regiments to raid the col at night. Remember: the col is full of women, children and children, and there should be a small number of young and strong people, so we must control the situation as soon as possible and minimize the casualties of women, children and children! After controlling the situation, I immediately escorted the captives back to the main camp, and at the same time set fire to the mountain col and burned the small camp of the thieves to me! ”

"Whoa!"

"Zuo Guoyi, Captain Li Wei! You lead the third and fourth regiments to the Purple Cicada Village and set up an ambush outside the cottage. Once the fire breaks out on the other side of the col, the thieves will definitely send troops to rescue, and you must annihilate the thieves who support the col at any cost! ”

"Whoa!"

At this time, Li Siye served as the team leader in the first regiment, and Chen Zhi served as the team leader in the third regiment, with the two of them leading the way, and the two armies did not have much problem even if they marched at night.

After speaking, Li Congyan found that Wang Zuhe was looking at him with blank eyes, so he said with a smile: "Don't look at it, this first battle is none of your business, you and your fifth regiment guard the camp and wait to receive prisoners." ”

Wang Zuhe was full of disappointment and promised with his hands.

In less than half an hour, more than 5,000 soldiers of the new army were divided into three routes, except for Wang Zuhe who led his troops to stay in the camp, the soldiers of the remaining four regiments took advantage of the night to enter Wangjiashan.

An hour later, Li Ren led his troops to the periphery of the mountain pass, and more than 2,800 soldiers of the two regiments lined up one after another, hiding in the dense forest.

"Captain Li, please look, that is the camp of the thief's family, and those people on the periphery should be sentinels!"

Li Ren nodded, and said to the Huajia and Wang Yong beside him: "Listen to my orders for a while, the first regiment of the captain will directly attack the camp of the thieves, disrupt the enemy's defense in the shortest possible time, and try to kill and wound the enemy's troops. Captain Wang's second regiment then followed, killing those who resisted and sheltering women, children and children. ”

In the end, Li Ren did not forget to instruct: "You remember, after the start of the fight, anyone who picks up weapons to resist is an enemy, regardless of men, women, old and young, and must not cause unnecessary casualties because of the kindness of women, understand?" ”

Planting birch armor and Wang Yong glanced at each other, and then received the order together.

In the dark night, thousands of thieves and their families had fallen asleep, and more than a thousand tents of all kinds were placed in a disorderly manner, completely filling the mountain col.

Suddenly, a horn sounded, and the silence of the col was shattered, and thousands of thieves and their families rushed out of the tent in horror, and when they looked around, they found an unknown number of ironclad troops appearing outside the camp, approaching the hinterland of the col, like an impregnable city wall, making people feel suffocating despair!

Thirty paces away from the bandit camp, the birch armor roared, "Crossbowmen! Put! ”

The first row of soldiers of the New Army, who were strong crossbowmen, and the second row of soldiers who were strong archers, fired a salvo at the same time, and hundreds of arrows pierced the night sky, shooting the sentinels on the outskirts of the bandit camp into hedgehogs.

"Rush!"

More than 1,400 soldiers of the new army began to run, and the crossbowmen in the first two rows also put away their crossbows and pulled out their horizontal knives at their waists, while the pikemen in the back walked faster and rushed directly to the front, raised their spears in their hands flat, and began to charge the enemy.

"Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The soldiers of the first regiment crashed directly into the camp of the thieves, and hundreds of thieves who rushed out to meet them rushed up in a chaotic manner, but they were forced to retreat by the spears of Rulin in front of them, leaving dozens of corpses and hundreds of wounded people to retreat, and immediately swept away hundreds or thousands of women and children, screaming and running backwards.

Seeing this, the birch armor was overjoyed, and led the troops to run over all the way over, those thieves who ran slowly were killed one after another, and many people abandoned their weapons and surrendered when they saw that they were defeated, and many thieves actually began to rob their own people.

Wang Yong led his troops into the camp of the thieves, and at this time there were scattered bandits and their families, and the soldiers of the second regiment began to contain the prisoners, and at the same time mended the knives of some stubborn thieves, and the progress was very smooth, and they soon kept up with the pace of the first regiment.

In less than half an hour, this camp of thieves was captured, and the two regiments led by Li Ren won the battle with the momentum of destroying the ancient and decaying, and only lost 13 people, but they killed 573 thieves and young men, captured more than 4,600 thieves and their families, and seized a lot of heavy grain and grass.

After a brief tour of the camp, Li Ren ordered the army to withdraw to the camp and escort back all captured and prisoners.

Before leaving, the birch armor led people to burn the camp, and the fire suddenly illuminated most of Wangjia Mountain, which was clearly visible more than ten miles away.

At this time, Li Congyan was standing in the camp, and happened to see the flickering fire on the mountain, and said to Wang Zuhe beside him with a smile: "Look, Li Ren has succeeded over there!" ”

"yes, that's it."

"It is estimated that now Li Wei is leading his troops to ambush the main force of the thieves, and the battle will end soon."

"yes, it's an ambush."

Li Congyan glanced at the depressed Wang Zuhe, laughed and said: "It's just to suppress bandits, and with the strength of four regiments, I can already afford these thieves." If you don't want to involve as many soldiers as possible in the actual battle, it is completely possible to use only two regiments. So don't be depressed, next time there is a battle, the 5th Regiment will definitely assist! ”

Wang Zuhe grinned when he heard this, and said with his crossed hands: "Thank you, the lord, the lord's words must count!" ”

An hour later, Li Ren led his troops to escort the prisoners and capture them back to the camp, Li Congyan ordered people to strictly guard the prisoners, and at the same time ordered the officers and men of the first and second regiments to seize the time to rest and be ready to support Li Wei's troops at any time.

After another half an hour, Li Congyan finally waited for the news sent by Li Wei.

"Enlightening the history of assassination, Li Duwei led his troops to encircle and annihilate the main force of the thieves, beheaded more than 2,000 and captured more than 1,000 prisoners, and then Li Duwei led his troops to raid the Purple Cicada Village and broke it in one fell swoop! Now Lieutenant Li is counting the seizures, so he ordered his subordinates to report first. ”

"Good!"

Li Congyan was completely down-to-earth, and then asked, "How are the casualties of the soldiers?" ”

"More than 70 people were killed in the battle, and more than 200 were wounded."

This casualty figure is already very small, after all, three or four thousand thieves were killed and captured in a row.

But Li Congyan still frowned slightly, and felt a faint pain in his heart, these are all the capital of his own start, and they are the seeds of a strong army in the future, each of which is extremely valuable, and now more than 70 people will be killed in the first battle?

"Tell Li Wei to lead his troops to withdraw as soon as possible to repair it, and then burn that purple cicada village for me!"

"Whoa!"

The next day, Li Congyan ordered all units to rest in place for a day, and at the same time pay homage to the fallen soldiers, together with the 13 people killed in Li Ren's department, the new army died a total of 88 people in this battle, Li Congyan personally offered incense to the fallen soldiers, and cried and sacrificed in parallel, and the whole army was solemn for a while, and all were moved.

On the same day, Li Congyan ordered people to build a tomb under Wangjia Mountain, and buried 88 soldiers on the spot.

After returning to the Assassin's Mansion, the first thing Li Congyan did was to give pensions to the casualties.

"For the dead, each person will receive a bereavement pension of 20 pounds and 100 catties of grain, and if they have family members, the Assassin Mansion will distribute offerings according to the head every month, and each person will receive 20 catties of food and money!"

"The wounded will be given a bereavement pension of 10 pounds and 50 catties of food per person, and if they are disabled, they will be treated and allowed to go home, and they will be supported by the families of the fallen soldiers every month!"

"These must be written into the charter of the Assassin's Mansion, and in the event of a war in the future, take this as an example."

"Whoa!"

Wu Conghan recorded them one by one, and then asked, "Lord, what should be done with the thousands of captives and captures?" ”

Li Congyan already had a plan, and said at this time: "Assassin Shifu will screen it, and anyone who has a life in his hands will be beheaded for the Fa-rectification!" The rest of the people who have not committed great crimes and those who have been coerced by thieves and gangsters will be registered and made by the army of the Sihu household, and together with the homeless and poor people, they will wait for the Assassin's Mansion to settle down. ”

"Whoa!"