More than 2,000 soldiers in the cottage searched for nearly an hour, and finally, found a group of stalactite caves on the edge of another steep cliff.

Soon, as the search progressed, they found that this was a group of stalactite caves, with obvious traces of artificial processing, and the caves extended in all directions, and finally everyone followed the road to a huge cave.

The other section of the cave is home to five eerie passages. It looks like there are five passages leading all out of the mountain, so that it is possible for more than a thousand people to leave quickly. There was no way, Wei Xuan could only send people to search one by one.

Sure enough, as the search continued, there were thieves on all five passages. They used the corner of the cave to launch a number of sneak attacks, but fortunately, most of the people who walked in front were heavy infantry, and although there were no large number of deaths, many people were still slightly injured. Apparently the other part of the passage may be the hiding place of the bandits.

In order to reduce unnecessary losses, Wei Xuan immediately arranged people again???????????????? Horse. Let Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhou Cang each lead their troops towards four of these passages, each with the most elite thirty heavy infantry at the front, followed by twenty crossbowmen, and five or six paces behind by a large group of heavy infantry. Wei Xuan's side hair can also be regarded as crushing the enemy with powerful troops. Fortunately, there are enough fierce generals in Wei Xuan's army now, especially Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Wei Yan and Zhang Liao, who have absolute strength and wear armor, no matter what kind of sneak attack it will not help. Only occasionally did the heavy infantry that some thieves target behind them succeed.

As Wei Xuan expected, the five passages were heavily guarded, but fortunately, the passages were relatively narrow, and a few fierce generals opened the way in front, basically leading the heavy infantry to rush forward for a while, and then the crossbowmen stepped forward to shoot for a while, and then the heavy infantry behind followed up for a burst of killing.

It probably took nearly an hour, and the five winding passages were five or six hundred paces long, and at least four hundred paces short.

Then everyone discovers that all five passages lead to the same destination - an even larger cavern.

When Wei Yan and his people appeared at the other end of the passage, they found that it was like a temporary camp, with all kinds of building materials, as well as many tents, and of course, more thieves, who were watching the exit of each passage with fierce eyes.

The five fierce generals seemed to be brave, but they were not stupid, and the five of them almost equally chose to stop at the entrance of the passage, and then go back to tell Wei Xuan.

Wei Xuan was also interested, because according to the five passages along the way, there were about three hundred thieves, and there were at least five or six hundred people in the big cave in front of him. In other words, most of the thieves of these two cottages may be here. Next, as long as you forcibly take it down this cave, this time the bandit will be considered complete.

So the whole army was redistributed, and at least 300 people were allocated on each channel, which were 100 heavy infantry, 100 crossbowmen and 100 light infantry, and after resting in place for half an hour, the five roads were killed at the same time!

Although the thieves who were forced into the cave fought back, the difference in strength between the two sides was too large, and the thieves did not have the bonus of the outer wall, but the officers and soldiers were led by five fierce generals, and the thieves were quickly defeated, with heavy infantry slashing in front, outflanking by light infantry, and crossbowmen throwing in the back.

After nearly half of the more than 600 bandits were cut down by officers and soldiers, the rest chose to surrender. Although many of them seem to be reluctant. But seeing that more and more officers and soldiers came in, their courage finally dissipated in the air.

When Zhang Liao and the others escorted the surrendered bandits outside, Wei Yan and the others finally found a valley on the other side of the big cave. This time there were no thieves in ambush, and after everyone got out of the cave, they found that this was a large valley, surrounded by mountains, but the valley was like a red town, with rivers, farmland, and workshops......

Wei Yan and the others did not dare to be careless, and continued to scatter the search, and soon they found that most of the people left here were ordinary people, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

This can also explain why after Wei Xuan divided his troops to pull out the cottage on the periphery, another big cottage directly abandoned the cottage and came here to gather. Families who want to come to them should ???????????????? It's time to be here.

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When Wei Xuan came to this valley, he was also amazed, this place is really a paradise, but it is a pity that it is a group of thieves who guard the passage of this paradise!

After about two hours, the entire valley was almost turned over by Wei Yan and others, and a total of nearly 500 people were found, including more than 300 women in the city, and all of them were family members of the cottage in front. There are more than 100 children of different ages, and the remaining more than 100 people are craftsmen from all over Yuzhou and Jingzhou, who were arrested and brought here to be responsible for making weapons and armor.

In addition, nearly 10,000 stone of grain has been hoarded here, enough for more than 2,000 people to eat for half a year. And the most surprising thing for Wei Xuan was that he found at least a thousand sets of armor and more than 2,000 knives and guns in the warehouse, as well as many semi-finished products and a large amount of fine iron! No wonder the thieves of these two cottages all have weapons in their hands!

After a surprise interrogation, several bandit leaders confessed that they had been hired as bandits, responsible for plundering passing caravans and nearby counties. As for the craftsmen and weapons, only a few of them knew who they were made for. And where the raw materials for these creations come from, most people don't know.

In the end, Wei Xuan escorted everyone to the spacious place of the cottage outside, so that all the captives could come to recognize them. Finally, under the huge pressure of whether they could survive, the two big leaders of the cottage and their wives and children were identified.

Next, Wei Xuan naturally personally interrogated the two big leaders of the cottage, and he had too many questions.

In an ordinary bungalow in the cottage, the big leader was hung on a huge wooden stake, his hands and feet were apart, but the big leader, who was still sober, didn't seem to be going to confess anything, so he looked at Wei Xuan coldly.

Wei Xuan knew that he could become the big leader of the cottage, and he could choose to build the cottage in such a thick location, and then open up fertile fields and workshops behind the cave, which ordinary people couldn't do. And to be able to reach so much fine iron needs financial support,

Wei Xuan raised his head and looked at the other party and said, "Did you join the Emperor Guild first and then become a bandit, or were you being a thief and was surrendered by the Imperial Guild?" ”

The man was stunned, obviously uncomfortable with Wei Xuan's direct question. Wei Xuan didn't expect to answer, and continued: "Let me guess, the bandits in those small cottages on the periphery should really be bandits, and they may not know your true identity, right?" There should be three hundred of you among you, that is, those whose families are behind, who are the backbone of the Emperor's Society. Your cottage should have been involved in the attack on the official that day. Does the emperor want to hide troops here, and then wait until the world is in chaos, and take the men and horses out of Funiu Mountain and go straight to Luoyang? ”

Looking at the other party's changing face, Wei Xuan knew that most of his guesses were right, but he couldn't imagine that this emperor would really do whatever it took to achieve his goals. It can be boldly predicted that he will be in chaos every day, and the thieves of these two cottages will go out of the mountain under the auspices of the Emperor Zhou Society, and quickly swallow more than a dozen cottages near the army, and the number may quickly swell to four or five thousand people, and then kill Yang Zhai in full armor, Yang Zhai Those county soldiers are afraid that they will not be able to stop them, if there is an internal response, then the entire Yingchuan is at your fingertips. Then he waved westward......

Finally, Wei Xuan???????????????? A deal was made with the great chieftain who had met for the first time, in exchange for his wife's life, and he would be asked to name the family or scholar who was responsible for managing the cottage. After a moment's hesitation, the iron-clad man finally surrendered. The result naturally surprised Wei Xuan again!

He also realized that he had stabbed the hornet's nest again, according to the crazy approach of the emperor and some people, he would have a good little trouble in the future, but Wei Xuan did not regret it, and now he can be a hiding point of the emperor of the parent-child conference, which can be regarded as a powerful counterattack for them, if the emperor will have smart people, he should not provoke himself again.

Wei Xuan then came to the room where another big leader of the cottage was imprisoned, and there was no torture, Wei Xuan just continued to speculate boldly, and the two corresponded to the evidence, and in the end, he also made a deal. Finally got something I wanted to know. At least this is the stronghold of the Emperor Society, I can't be wrong, I think the Emperor Association also underestimated itself at the beginning, otherwise it would touch three thousand or four thousand, and if I can't say anything, I will be wiped out. However, if there are too many people, it is impossible for the imperial court not to notice them.

Two days later, under the leadership of the two cottage leaders, Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicaibing turned over the two cottages in two ways, and all the valuable things were taken away. Wei Xuan did not burn down the cottage, nor did he leave soldiers and horses to garrison. However, in the future, I still have to come here regularly to reconnoitre, and see if the Emperor Guild will give up, and it will be fun if I continue to use this place as a station. Wei Xuan definitely doesn't mind continuing to cut leeks.

Of course, if the emperor will abandon the garrison of Funiu Mountain, the world will be in chaos in the future, and he can also hide troops here, two cottages plus the valley in the cave, three or four thousand people are proper, and only a small amount of good four supplies can be maintained. Of course, if you are stationed here, you will naturally need to do some fortifications, and you will need to add some fortifications to the passages of those caves to block the enemy's advance.

Of course, this is a later story, the geographical location of Funiu Mountain determines that this garrison is indeed a good place to hide troops, and in the future, whether it is in Jingzhou or Yuzhou or in Sili, he can use this place as a bridgehead to attack the other two places.