Chapter 27: Let's go and suppress the bandits

Forty miles away from Gaomi County, there is a big Zhuangzi, which is the hometown of Liu Daxia, a local gentry, since the Liu family made a fortune and moved into Gaomi County to live, this Zhuangzi left a Zhuangtou, and some people to take care of it, except for the occasional family relatives to live there for a few days, and then it is the season to collect rent, Liu Daxia's sons and nephews go down, this Zhuangzi is basically not much use.

In the past two years, there have been military disasters, and ordinary people have either taken refuge in the county seat, or they are willing to sell themselves as slaves and maids to take refuge in large families. Once there is an attack by thieves and routs, as soon as the gong strikes, there are still dozens of hundreds of young people gathered in the Zhuangzi, and hiding in such a Zhuangzi is still much more secure than being outside.

Of course, this sense of security refers to the fact that Kong Youde has left Shandong, and as soon as the main force of the rebel army leaves, the scattered rout soldiers have no organizational scale, and it is still very difficult to gnaw on such local forces.

However, there are always exceptions.

In March, Liu Daxia sent people to Gaomi County to ask for help, saying that his Zhuangzi outside the city had been forcibly occupied by a group of thieves, and asked the county to send people to drive away this group of thieves who had occupied his property.

If you occupy it, you will occupy it, these stragglers are brave, but they just grab a handful and leave, can they still settle down here? The Gaomi County Commander knew about the actions of these defeated soldiers, and said a few words of comfort, but he didn't think it was too much, and the matter dragged on.

In April, the thieves who occupied Liu Daxia's manor gathered the rout, used Zhuangzi as a lair, plundered the place, kidnapped the gentry, and faintly had the tendency to sit down. For a while, the sky was boiling, and there were many complaints, and the local squires who had been poisoned came to the county government one after another, asking the county magistrate to uphold justice and appease the place.

At this time, the Gaomi County Commander began to sit still, and the rout army plundered the place, which was a military disaster, and he could not be held accountable, but these rout soldiers took root under his rule and became thieves who gathered one side, so it was about him. He sent his subordinates to investigate, the situation is not optimistic, just the thieves gathered in the Zhuangzi, there are as many as 100 people, and there are a lot of horses, these thieves occupy this place, it is actually a battle to go, very convenient.

Then let's go away. In the face of this situation, the Gaomi County Order was not ambiguous, and organized hundreds of villagers to attack this Zhuangzi once under the leadership of more than a dozen officials in the county. The result of the attack was terrifying, more than a dozen officials were killed on the spot, and the villagers, after a few people died, they also dispersed in a hurry, these young men who were temporarily gathered were obviously not the opponents of these old defeated soldiers.

This attack annoyed these defeated soldiers, claiming that this Gaomi County did not know what to do, and it was because it wanted to end up like Dengzhou Mansion. What is the fate of Dengzhou Mansion, this is known to everyone, after Kong Youde broke this city, he was entrenched there for two years, and when he left, the city was almost empty, and there was no living breath.

This rout still has the intention of attacking the county seat. Gaomi County didn't dare to slack off now, and immediately sent someone to Lingshan Prefecture City for help, at the moment, this cover can't be covered, he thought to himself that he and Lingshan Zhizhou colleagues for many years, usually get along well, this initiative to report, although responsible, the total crime is not to death. The lesser of two evils, asking for help right now is better than a thief breaking the county and dying and ruining his family!

This Lingshan Zhizhou also reacted quickly and quickly replied. The officers and soldiers of the Lingshan Guard are about to go to suppress the bandits, and Gaomi County is preparing grain and straw, and they are ready to meet it.

Although he hoped that the officers and soldiers would solve his big trouble, he was even more afraid that this gang of scourges had not been eradicated, and a new gang of scourges had ushered in.

I heard that it is the officers and soldiers of Lingshanwei, but there is no need to worry much, the villagers in the big hometown are somewhat measured, and they are just going to be a disaster, so they can't do it! However, he had a little more doubts in his heart, that Lingshanwei, I heard that it was a group of peasants, except for a dozen or so personal soldiers around Qianhu, there were not many people who could fight, if the officers and soldiers of Lingshanwei suffered another defeat under this gang of thieves, these thieves were afraid that they would come to attack the county seat overnight.

Thinking about it this way, when the Lingshan guards who suppressed the bandits came, he still prepared food and wine and went to greet him. When he saw these officers and soldiers in front of him at a glance, his heart suddenly let go of a lot, it seems that the rumors are really not credible, what is called a group of peasants, there are such fierce peasants, so Kong Youde dares to harm us Shandong for so long?

Look at this queue, this weapon, this spirit, two years ago, when the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress Kong Youde, when the soldiers crossed the border. Those so-called elite divisions of the imperial court did not look as strict as those in front of them, although only a few of them had armor, but the weapons were neat and untattered.

"Brother-in-law, aren't we really going into the city?" Zhao Deng, who was dressed in cotton armor, stood beside Yu Feng and asked in a low voice. Today's majesty was something he had never dreamed of.

"Call your lord! How many times have I said that if you are not at home in the future, you have to call an adult, and the army cannot tolerate such casualness! Yu Feng feigned anger and said, Zhao Deng knew that Yu Feng would not really be surprised, so he stuck out his tongue slightly, and stopped talking, just looking at the officials and people of Gaomi County in front of him, looking forward to it.

Yu Feng this time, but he brought out all his old books, I heard that there were more than 100 thieves, and they took advantage of the location, so he couldn't be careless. The two hundred people trained by the salt transportation team, no, it should be said that it is now the two hundred officers and soldiers under him, divided into four small flags, each small flag has more than 50 people, Zhao Deng, Zhao Gui and Liu Xiaoliu each received a small flag, and there is also a small flag, which he personally leads.

This kind of establishment, I'm afraid it can be regarded as the only one in Daming, some hundred households, but only more than forty or fifty people, a small flag, three or five people is good, Yu Feng looked at the monster he had made, and couldn't help sighing, or the official is too small, if he is a hundred households, the three people below are the general flag, at least, it doesn't look so outrageous.

It's just a general flag? Needless to say, the shock in the heart of this Gaomi county commander is really needless to say, there are hundreds of strong soldiers, even if it is said that the commander of Lingshan came in person, he believed it, he gasped, stepped forward and said: "This lord, the squire of this county is looking forward to the army, these things of the labor army, I hope that the adults will not shirk, at this moment, the squire of this county has set up a feast in the city, and please appreciate your face!" ”

"I'll take it!" These days, Yu Feng has given orders in front of hundreds of subordinates, and he has a faint bearing, but in the eyes of Gaomi County Order, it is the demeanor of a Confucian general: "As for this wine, let's wait until those thieves are exterminated and come back to eat!" ”

Forty miles away, can be said to be the beginning of the evening, in Gaomi County rested for a night, the next afternoon, Yu Feng led the team to this big summer village, at this time, the sunset behind them slowly falling.

Yu Feng stood not far from Zhuangzi, looking at the manor. Zhuangzi doesn't look very big, the courtyard wall doesn't seem to be very high, there is a circle of trenches dug outside the Zhuangzi, in front of the Zhuangzi, there is a suspension bridge, such a pattern, and the Zhuangzi that can be seen everywhere in Jiaozhou, there is not much difference, the only difference is the tall and short people standing on the top of the wall.

The movement of hundreds of people, there is no reason why Zhuangzi does not know, but there doesn't seem to be much panic in Zhuangzi, and I don't know if these people are calm or don't take Yu Feng and these people as a thing at all.

Got a bow and arrows? Yu Feng saw that in the hands of those people on the wall, there were people carrying bows and arrows, and he was faintly worried, he was all spearmen, amazing, even guarding him were more than a dozen waist knife hands, and it was really a troublesome thing to encounter bows and arrows. This is going to open the drawbridge, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties.

Suddenly, there was a noise of birds on the opposite side, and the suspension bridge was lowered with a bang, only to see the sound of horses' hooves, and dozens of horses rushed out! These thieves deceived him into coming from afar, and his foothold was unstable and his energy was low, so he even wanted to rush with cavalry and completely disperse them.

With dozens of cavalry, the foot soldiers who hit one or two hundred people are really not supported by these thieves, in this era, cavalry is a well-deserved elite army, forming a formation, and it is not a strange thing to hit ten with one blow. The foot soldiers faced the cavalry, and they did not have time to form a formation, or the formation was broken up and became skirmishers, which was a one-sided slaughter without suspense.

The only ones who can resist the cavalry are the cavalry, if it is a foot soldier, it must be a heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, but the thieves on the other side have obviously also seen that in Yu Feng's team, except for a dozen or so armor-piercing, the others do not even have the simplest protection, no wonder they dare to take the initiative.

Just what the doctor ordered! Yu Feng laughed in his heart, this thief is simply too cooperative, if he doesn't come out, he will really have to spend a lot of time fighting this Zhuangzi by himself.

"Formation!" Yu Feng waved his hand, and the three small flags shouted loudly and gave orders according to his gestures.

This formation drill, Yu Feng's subordinates, but they are extremely proficient, even if they close their eyes, I am afraid that they will be able to find their position in the formation.

As a result, these thieves wielding knives and guns rushed out of the drawbridge, feeling that it was just a few blinks of an eye, and the officers and soldiers who were still a mess just now had completely changed their appearance, and in front of their eyes, a boxy array suddenly appeared.

"Spear up!" shouted loudly, and saw a roar of the phalanx, like a frightened hedgehog, with spikes all over his body.

In front of him were rows of dense spears, in the afterglow of the setting sun, shining with a clear light, rushing to the front of the several cavalry, frightened, unable to retract the momentum, plunged into the phalanx, the first two rows of soldiers in the phalanx, under a huge impact, when the footing was unstable, fell backwards. However, behind them, there were dense robes that got along day and night, and a little unloading helped them stabilize their figures.

From a high altitude, this phalanx was like a huge spring, slightly concave by the momentum of the cavalry, and then, this force rebounded, quickly returned to its original state, and the object that hit this spring was a flesh and blood life, turned into a corpse.