Volume 1 Disputes and Troubled Times Chapter 162 Suppression of Bandits
Wang Rong looked at the two of them with a thirst for knowledge, shook his head, and said, "I don't know what the future holds, but now, I believe that this Fumeng leader will not seek death." ”
Chu Kun listened to Wang Rong's words, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Du Wei plans to personally escort the grain over?" ”
Wang Rong nodded and said, "That's true, I'm going to bring all the soldiers from the Governor's Mansion over, and it's a good way to do it." ”
In this way, a few days later, when Fumengdu was waiting in his tent with a sad face and worry, a warrior of Fumeng's tribe, who had been sent out a long time ago, hurried into the tent, pointed to the outside of the tent and said, "Chief! Outside... Outside... A lot of soldiers. ”
As soon as Fu Mengdu heard that it was soldiers, not food, his expression changed greatly, and he pushed away the people who reported the news, and quickly walked out of the big tent, and then saw the scene of him breaking out in a cold sweat.
I saw that less than three miles outside the camp of the Fumeng Zhubu, a neat military formation stood there quietly, with a solemn and awe-inspiring atmosphere, and a big flag was constantly waving in the wind, with the word "Yong" written on it.
Nearly 6,000 cavalrymen from the Western Governor's Mansion wore uniform black armor, carried a unified ring-headed steel sword at their waists, held a unified Zhangba spear, carried a unified cavalry shield, and all had a fierce face.
This scene made the leaders of the various clans who heard the news feel a suffocation in their chests, this aura was too strong, completely suppressing them.
One of the knights at the head raised his arm and lifted his face armor, revealing a young face, which was none other than Wang Rong, the western lieutenant that Fumengdu had seen.
Fu Meng didn't wait for the other clan leaders to question, he dragged his war horse, turned over his horse, and quickly rushed to Wang Rong.
Wang Rong looked at Fu Mengdu with an angry expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Patriarch Fu Meng, we have a meeting. ”
Fu Mengdu stopped his horse ten paces in front of Wang Rong, and he did not dare to come any closer, because the soldiers behind Wang Rong had already changed their positions, a position that was very conducive to the immediate stabbing of the spear.
Fu Meng suppressed his anger and asked in a cold tone: "Wang Duwei, is Dayong so untrustworthy?" ”
Wang Rong pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Patriarch Fumeng is so angry, how can I Dayong not believe what he says?" ”
Fu Mengdu held a horsewhip, pointed to the military formation behind Wang Rong, and said: "Wang Duwei does not plan to provide food assistance, we should inform us in advance, you not only deceived me into providing us with food, but now you are also taking advantage of our defenselessness to bring troops and horses to attack us, isn't this untrustworthy?" ”
Wang Rong looked back at the military array, and then at Fumengdu with an angry face, and laughed: "Haha, the patriarch of Fumeng misunderstood, my western governor's mansion has exhausted all the soldiers and horses, just to send food." You see, isn't that what it is? ”
Fu Mengdu followed the direction of Wang Rong's finger and saw a huge convoy slowly approaching, some with sacks piled on top of them, and some with bunches of hay.
Wang Rong looked at Fumengdu, whose face changed from anger to suspicion, and said with a smile: "Patriarch Fumeng, there have been many bandits on this grassland and Wolf Mountain recently, in order to ensure the safety of the grain team, I had to bring out all the soldiers and horses of the Duwei's Mansion, and just like that, there are hundreds of people under my command." ”
After listening to Wang Rong's words, Fu Mengdu had ten thousand disbeliefs in his heart. When he brought his clan and the others here, they had already scouted in advance, this area should have been extremely safe for war and the raid of the Governor's Mansion, how could bandits appear? It's nothing more than Wang Rong preaching force to deter himself, this young lieutenant is really good, he learned the truth that he only understood when he was almost forty years old at a young age, and he used both grace and power.
Wang Rong transported the grain to the Fumeng Department, did not stop long, took the soldiers under his command, roared, turned around and left.
Fu Mengdu looked at the soldiers and horses of the Governor's Mansion who were gradually moving away with a complicated face, half happy and sad. Relying on Wolf Mountain and Chicken Fortress, and with the protection of the Western Governor's Mansion, the clansmen were able to survive, which made him happy in his heart. But the Western Governor's Mansion is so strong and so powerful, and it is a very worrying thing to want to make his tribe stronger.
Wang Rong didn't know Fu Mengdu's worries, he took the soldiers and horses of the Western Governor's Mansion and began to suppress bandits everywhere in the Wolf Mountain, yes, bandits.
It all started a few days ago.
Since the end of the war, the entire western governor's office has entered a period of construction and development.
To engage in construction and military training, we need money. I didn't think money was important before, but now if someone asks Wang Rong what he lacks the most, he will definitely answer: money.
Now the total strength of the Western Governor's Mansion has recovered to about 6,000, and the weapons and equipment of these 6,000 people are uniform, and the food is also very good. The only difference is that the soldiers of the Guards are more elite and have a wider variety of weapons; Compared with the village soldiers, the government soldiers were more elite and their weapons were more diverse, except for the standard spear and ring-headed sword, each soldier was allowed to choose one or two kinds of weapons; The villagers did not have this treatment, they did not differ except for their armor, and the only weapons they could use were spears, ring-headed knives, bows and arrows, or crossbows.
Now the soldiers of the Western Governor's Mansion are busy with spring ploughing and begin to train in batches, and those who do not train are not idle, and are sent to build water conservancy. Whether it was construction or training, Wang Bian only put forward one request to Li Sujie and Chu Kun, that is, to ensure personal safety and put the lives of soldiers first. If safe construction cannot be guaranteed, it is better to use more time-consuming and laborious methods than to sacrifice the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion. The new training method that cannot guarantee safety can be reported to Wang Rong, and Wang Rong has personally tried it before it can be implemented after confirming that safety can be guaranteed.
Wang Bian threw the army's training and infrastructure to Li Sujie and Chu Kun to manage, while he himself spent his days thinking about where to squeeze out the money.
When Li Sujie stepped into the door of Wang Rong's room, what he saw was Wang Rong with a sad look. He smiled and said, "You are a money fan, what are you thinking about?" ”
In order to allow the soldiers to train better, Wang Rong took out his military salary to subsidize the military. In order to be able to get money, Wang Rong is eighteen kinds of martial arts, and he is almost going crazy, and the nickname "money fan" has gradually become popular in the Western Governor's Mansion, specifically referring to Wang Rong, the Western Governor.
Wang Rong looked at Li Sujie, who was sweating profusely, and quickly picked up a bowl of water and handed it to him, while sighing heavily: "Alas! , you stare at the training of the soldiers every day, and you know how many materials you have to consume every day, and then go to the special training of the guards and the soldiers, it is like spending money, no money, no money. ”
Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's complaints, and did not stare at Wang Rong with the same eyes as before, but smiled mysteriously: "Lord Duwei, I have a way to solve the source of the money, are you interested in hearing it?" ”
Wang Rong listened to Li Sujie's words, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately rushed to Li Sujie from the chair, personally handed him the wine gourd on his waist, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, Brother Li, I know that your old man is resourceful, come, hurry up and talk about it, what can you do?" ”
Li Sujie took the wine gourd, tasted it, and pretended to say: "Well, yes, the attitude is good, this wine is also good, I know that this old boy has left all the good wine to you." ”
Wang Rong hurriedly said: "In the future, you will share this wine." ”
Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words, nodded, looked at Wang Rong's expression of curiosity, laughed, and shouted: "The service attitude of the Western Commander is really good, I think Zhong Ming can go to a restaurant to be a shopkeeper, and you can also earn some foreign money to subsidize the military, haha!" ”
Wang Rong saw that his attitude was so low, this Li Sujie actually took the shelf, immediately rolled his eyes, condescendingly, looked at Li Sujie sitting on the chair with a sense of oppression, and asked viciously: "Tell me quickly, is there any way to get money?" ”
Li Sujie looked at Wang Rong's impatient eyes, and quickly took another sip of wine and said, "A few days ago, we had a convoy transporting gold mines to rob at the edge of Tu Shenze. ”
Wang Rong listened to Li Sujie's words and asked in surprise, "When did this happen?" How did I not know? What a daring gang of bandits! Even the mining teams of the imperial court dared to plunder! ”
Wang Rong was very nervous, the ore in this wolf mountain has detailed records, and there are detailed accounts on both sides of the imperial court and the western governor's mansion, if it is not right, it will be very troublesome. Moreover, these bandits robbed the mining team today, will they rob the grain transportation team tomorrow, this grain and grass are much more important than ore.
Li Sujie hurriedly reassured: "It's okay, when the gang of bandits was looting, they were discovered by the patrol team of the Governor's Mansion and were killed on the spot, and the convoy and people are fine." ”
Hearing Li Sujie's words, Wang Rong relieved himself and said, "It's pretty much the same, but these bandits have been very rampant recently." ”
Li Sujie walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointed to the location of Wolf Mountain and said, "Duwei, since the imperial court mined ore in Wolf Mountain, it has already alarmed the bandits in Wolf Mountain. The scope of Wolf Mountain is long and narrow, and the terrain inside the mountain is steep, which leads to the easy breeding of bandits and robbers, and it is located on the border, and there are horse gangs that rely on smuggling for a living inside and outside the Guan, and the situation of bandits has always been rampant. ”
Wang Rong looked at the map and nodded, he had already done some understanding on the first day he arrived in the city, but it was a pity that he had been busy with foreign wars and city construction, but he did not take his hand to manage the bandits in the wolf mountain.
As soon as Wang Rong heard Li Sujie's words, he knew what he meant: "You want to use these bandits to open the knife, although there are not many bandits in Wolf Mountain, there are more than a dozen, entrenched in Wolf Mountain for many years, there are hundreds of powerful people, and there are more than a dozen to dozens of small ones. We can send troops to suppress bandits, firstly, in order to train troops, our army has replenished a lot of new soldiers, they need real swords and guns to fight to grow faster, secondly, it is also to protect the territory and the people, and maintain the stability of the lives of the people in the prefecture, and thirdly, it is money, these bandits have robbed for so many years, they must have more or less some money, you are planning to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the bandits to directly rob him back, so that we will have money. ”
Li Sujie was shocked when he heard Wang Rong break his thoughts, he looked at Wang Rong and said, "Damn! You're so smart, you guessed it! ”
Wang Rong said without hesitation: "The bandits in Wolf Mountain should indeed be cleared, hmph, this group of people even dared to rob the mining team of the imperial court, they are simply impatient." ”
Of course, Wang Rong's ultimate goal is to rob the robbers of the money. The bandits who have been entrenched in Wolf Mountain for many years do not know that they have been robbing all their lives, and they will soon be robbed by others.
Therefore, after Wang Rong finished sending military rations to Fumengdu, he did not return to the city, but recruited more than a dozen guides from the mining team of the Mining Bureau of the Western Governor's Mansion, and the soldiers were divided into more than a dozen routes, adopting the method of veterans leading new soldiers, and cracking down on the bandits separately.
None of the bandits could resist the wolf-like attack of the soldiers of the Western Governor's Mansion, and they were wiped out in an instant, and the entire anti-bandit operation lasted for more than two months, and the bandits in the Wolf Mountain were swept away, and the public security in the territory of the Western Governor's Mansion was much better, and Wang Rong looked at the boxes of gold and silver treasures that were moved into the Governor's Mansion, and his face bloomed with joy, these bandits are so rich, and they are all cheaper than Wang Rong.