The bandit nest on the mountain left a hundred people to guard the property, and when they came down from the mountain again, the Tong family's escort team was only 900 people.

The 900 men can be said to be able to deal with some small bandits in Lingnan.

Although Tong Song is the leader of the team, it is Tong Jian who is the real master of the team, there is the eldest young master of the Tong family in the team, Tong Jian really does not dare to take the team to the danger, but he takes the initiative to avoid any bandit den with some strength.

Persimmon picks soft pinch, and picks up bandit nests of less than 500 people to attack.

No, based on the homework he had done in advance, he aimed at another small group of bandits thirty miles away.

"Big young master, the small one has been screened, about thirty miles south from here, near a seaside mountain range in Nanhai County, there is a small group of bandits, the number of which is about three hundred, just so we will finish off this nest of bandits and complete the task and return to the city."

Tong Song felt a little that he was bullying too much, "There are only about 300 people, and there is no bigger bandit den?" ”

Tong Jian understands the young man's unyielding temperament very well, but he is responsible for the personal safety of the eldest young master, and he really doesn't dare to take him on risks.

"Young Master, there are a lot of more than 300 people, if you want to train the family members, you have to take your time, you can't rush for quick success."

Just like the new recruits who have just entered the barracks, they have no battlefield experience, they are only suitable for smooth battles, and if they are allowed to fight hard against enemies of equal strength or strength, then they will collapse.

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On the post road to the east of Nanhai County, the fast horse galloped by, frightening passers-by to dodge in a panic, and the clothes on his body should be officers and soldiers.

It didn't take long for the fast horse to fork into a mountain road, the mountain road was rugged, and the speed of the fast horse could not be as fast as it wanted.

"Fifth master, the messenger is here."

Needless to say, Li Chengmu had already heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when he raised his eyes to look into the distance, the winding mountain road was coming to him quickly and slowly.

As the horse approached, the messenger abandoned his horse and trotted in front of Li Chengmu, and said: "Report to the fifth master, the other three route armies have successfully captured the three bandit dens in Maoling, Tietouling, and Guishan in Nanhai County, and are now counting their belongings and prisoners, and they will be able to return tomorrow." ”

"Oh." Li Chengmu was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay, good, now the team's combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and everyone is performing well!" ”

Changlu said with a smile: "Congratulations to the fifth master, you have led the troops well, and the painstaking efforts to bring everyone to the South China Sea for training have not been in vain." ”

Since he came to Linhai Town in Nanhai County for training, he initially trained the formation honestly, and when he needed actual combat practice later, Li Chengmu directly led everyone around to suppress bandits.

However, the results are remarkable.

It can be said that the bandits in Nanhai County have been basically wiped out by them.

Of course, the harvest is quite rich, and the captured property can support the team's military salary expenses for two years, and this blood-earned business is something that all the recruits want to continue.

Li Chengmu was praised and smiled, but he didn't get carried away, "How is the inventory of materials?" ”

Changlu replied with a smile: "The inventory has already been completed, and it can be loaded immediately." ”

"Then you go and tell everyone to load the car, and when you have some dry food to fill your stomach, you can pull out."

If it was Lee Seung-mu when he was in Gyeonggi, he would never have imagined that the bandits on the border would be richer than him.

He is a royal son, and his net worth is not comparable to that of bandits, and no one will believe him when he says it in Gyeonggi.

"Fifth Master, do you know how many wagons were loaded with supplies this time?"

Li Chengmu looked at Changlu and asked with interest, "How much?" ”

Changlu raised two fingers and grinned: "Twenty carriages, fifteen carriages of cloth and grain, and five carriages of silver and copper coins, this batch of supplies is enough for our troops to consume at least three months." ”

"Haha, now I finally understand why my father always wants to raid the house!"

Their raiding of the bandits' den is also equivalent to raiding the house, and the shortcut to money so quickly is too addictive.

"Report to the fifth master, there is a sailboat on the sea under the cliff of the back mountain, and the sail is a soft sail, it should be a ship of the Xiyi people." A soldier ran over to report the news.

"Soft sailboats? Xiyi people? Li Chengmu looked at the little soldier suspiciously.

Forgive him, he has lived in Gyeonggi since he was a child, and he knows the difference between soft sails and hard sails. Not to mention the Xiyi people, he hadn't even seen them.

Xiaobing is a local and has also worked in the shipyard, so he knows the difference better, so he explained: "Our Dayu's sea ships are all hard sails, and only the ships of the Xiyi people are soft sails, and the speed of this kind of ship is much faster than that of hard sailboats." ”

"Oh, what are the Xiyi people doing here?" Li Chengmu looked at the long road, "Let's go and take a look." ”

The back mountain is steep, and there is only a very narrow and steep path that leads to the sea.

When Li Chengmu arrived at the back mountain, General Yuan Shen greeted him and said: "Fifth master, the sailing ships on the sea are about to arrive, what should we do if they come up?" ”

It is impossible for the Xiyi people to sail their ships to this sea for no reason, and since they have come here, there must be some purpose.

Li Chengmu looked down at Xiyi's sea boat, and said decisively: "Let the brothers prepare, if they don't come up, it's fine, if they climb up, they will be arrested immediately." As for the purpose of their visit, we will find out when we catch and torture them. ”

General Yuan received the order to get the brothers ready, and asked Li Chengmu to hide in the bandits' house for a while.

It wasn't long before the murmuring of voices could be heard on the steep path, and as time went on, figures appeared at the intersection.

Yuan Shen will hide in the dark to observe, and this time there are a total of about twenty red-haired and white-skinned Xiyi people.

After they all came up, General Yuan gave an order, and dozens of soldiers rushed out and pounced on the Xiyi people.

It may not be the first time for the Xiyi people to visit this place, as they look relaxed, as if they are visiting their own back garden.

They didn't seem to expect anything to happen here, and when dozens of soldiers rushed out, they were completely stunned.

When he reacted, he had already been thrown to the ground.

Locke was the captain of the sailing ship on the sea, and he walked at the back of the crew.

In this sudden situation, his reaction speed was quite fast, and he had already pulled out the flintlock pistol pinned to his thigh before he was pounced, but he was thrown to the ground before he could light the fire.

After being knocked down, he was annoyed that he was slow to react, how could he draw the wrong weapon in such a close-up emergency?

The most important thing he should have pulled out just now was a dagger! Give the Oriental natives who fell on him a stab in the heart.

"¥%#@&......" Locke scolded.

But none of the Dayu people present could understand.

"General Yuan, what kind of bird language does this birdman speak? Do you understand? ”

General Yuan shook his head, "I have never been in contact with the Xiyi people before, how can I understand the bird language spoken by Xiyi!" ”

Li Chengmu kept an eye on the movement outside, and saw from the window that all the Xiyi people had been captured, so he walked out of the house.

It was the first time he had seen any other race, and his eyes were full of curiosity.

Locke saw that the natives of the East could not understand his words, and he scolded them, but they did not understand.

It's like punching cotton with nowhere to focus, it's too aggrieved!

"This is the Xiyi people, and the Xiyi people look like this?" Lee Seung-mu turned a blind eye to Locke's angry eyes, "Why do I look like a red-haired monster?" ”

Although the language of the two parties is different, some emotions can still be seen from the expressions on their faces.

Seeing Li Chengmu's curiosity, Locke used him as a circus monkey to watch, and immediately exploded, "#¥%&*@#¥!"

Li Chengmu plucked out his ears, turned his head and asked his subordinates, "Which of you understands the bird language spoken by the Xiyi people?" ”

Everyone present shook their heads, they were all low-level existences before, and they didn't have the opportunity to contact the Xiyi people.

Li Chengmu looked at Xiyi people and shook his head and sighed: "At this moment, I finally understand what my mother said about the endless sea of learning, and there is no end to learning." ”

If he knew Xiyi, he wouldn't have to stare at them.

Yuan Senjun stepped forward, wanting to lean in and whisper, but then thought that even if he spoke loudly, these Xiyi people would not understand.

"Fifth master, we have to quickly escort them down to guard them, the people on the boat below find that the people who came up have not gone down, they will definitely come up to check, we have to prepare before they come up."

Li Chengmu waved his hand to bring people down.

Sure enough, after half an hour, the crew below did not see their companions go down, and more than thirty red-haired and white-skinned Xiyi people came up.

This time, the same method was used to tie up the people, and Yuan joined the army and did not wait stupidly, but ordered a team of 100 people to walk slowly down the path.

Taking advantage of the fact that the guards on the deck were not paying attention, Yuan joined the army and led people to rush up taking advantage of this buffer time.

First of all, a few people on duty were controlled, and the people in the cabin heard the movement on the deck and ran out.

Seeing the crew tied up on the deck, they were stunned at first, and then rushed towards the generals with a scream.

Li Chengmu has not yet studied the reason for the red hair, white skin and blue eyes of the Xiyi people, and the brothers below have already arrested all the Xiyi people in the boat.

There were about 100 crew members in the whole sailing ship, and there were about 50 people who came up twice, and then the team ran down and caught about 50 Xiyi people.

Li Chengmu didn't expect that he could bump into a big fish when he came out to kill a bandit, which was really an unexpected surprise.

It's just that it's just an appetizer, and the bigger surprises are to come.

"What?" Li Chengmu stared at Yuan Senjun with wide eyes, "Their ship is full of gold and silver?" ”

Yuan Senjun was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth: "In addition to grain and grass materials, there are more than 20 boxes in the cabin, all of which are full of gold and silver ingots. I don't know if they made it in business, or where they scavenged it? ”

Anyway, this crooked hit all cheapened them.

Li Chengmu only felt his heart beating faster, and said: "Escort the materials and these people back first, and then I will write a letter to the mother concubine to ask for her opinion, and see how to deal with this situation?" ”

Yuan Senjun was a little worried, "Fifth Master, I don't know which country they are, will our arrest of them cause a dispute between the two countries?" ”

Li Chengmu's brows tightened, and it didn't take long for him to stretch out again, "We have already caught it, what are the consequences, don't scare yourself first, wait until you send a letter to the concubine to ask her opinion, you will know what to do!" ”

Yuan Shenjun guessed: "Fifth master, my subordinates have heard that many overseas islands are occupied by Xiyi people, do you think they will be Xiyi people who occupy the islands?" ”

The most important thing is that the Xiyi people are a general term, and some Xiyi people are not the same as the Xiyi people, they do not belong to the same country.

Li Chengmu waved his hand, "We can't understand their words at this time, don't guess for the time being, hurry up and pack your things and prepare to leave, so as not to stay here for a long night and dream." ”

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Speaking of Tong Song and his party, they hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at another bandit den thirty miles away.

It's just that when I waited for the general attack before dawn, I found that the mountain was incredibly quiet.

When they climbed the mountain, there was no one in the whole bandits' den, and the scene was a mess with broken baskets and dustpans thrown everywhere.

"Is this someone getting the first shot?" Tong Jian looked at everything in front of him in astonishment, except for the voices of his own people, only the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

Tong Song kicked away the broken dustpan blocking the road at his feet, and laughed at himself, "Ha, I was picked up cheaply by others." ”

Tong Jian's face was full of doubts: "Is there still a force in Lingnan that is clearing out bandits?" ”

It must not be the princess's personal guard camp, and now the princess's personal guard camp is still in the palace and has not left the city.

He thought for a moment and muttered, "Could it be that the bandits on the road eat black?" ”

Tong Song frowned and pondered, and after a while, his brows stretched slightly, "It is also possible that King Qian's newly recruited soldiers did it." ”

"They are training in the military camp on the outskirts of Fucheng, how can they come to Nanhai County?" Tong Jian shook his head in denial without thinking.

Tong Song glanced at him, "This time they recruited more than 20,000 people, and two or three thousand people ran out at random, you know?" ”

Tong Jian was stunned when he heard this, "Not to mention, after such an analysis by the young master, it is really possible that the officers and soldiers did it." ”

"It's just that the current officers and soldiers are thinking about the people and taking the initiative to suppress the bandits?"

Don't blame Tong Jian for thinking so, the officers and soldiers of the guards in all parts of the Dayu Dynasty are bullying the weak, and they are all cowardly in the face of bandits and strong enemies, and they do a very smooth job of bullying the people.

After looking at the bandit den where this person went to the empty building, Tong Jian asked again: "Young Master, what should we do now?" Do you want to go back or find another gangster nest? ”

Tong Song: "Are there any other bandit dens around here?" ”

Tong Jian took out a simple map from his sleeve pocket, looked at it and replied: "There is another place fifty miles away." ”

Fifty miles is not close or far, although there is a harvest but not much when I come out this time, I will go back to my house now, Tong Song is a little unwilling, "Then go to this place." ”

The team rested in place, and after lunch, some of the family members were not reconciled and went around the bandits' den, knocking here and knocking there.

Not to mention, sometimes some people are really lucky, a family digs out a small bag of silver in the corner of a room, about a dozen taels, and his eyes are narrowed into a line.

Seeing his happy appearance, Tong Song did not let him hand over the silver, as the future heir of the Tong family, he still couldn't look down on this bit of silver.

I hurried in the afternoon, spent the night in the wilderness, and continued the next day.

In the middle of the morning, they were met by a larger group than they were.

As soon as the two sides met, Tong Song recognized Li Chengmu, who was guarded in the middle.

He rode his horse to the front of the team and arched his hand: "In Xia Tong Song, I have seen the fifth master." ”

Li Chengmu was puzzled about the origin of this team, and when he heard Tong Song's voice, he looked at it seriously, and he also recognized the other party.

He also stepped forward and arched his hand to him: "Fortunately, fortunately, I didn't expect to meet the Tong family's team here." ”

Tong Song smiled: "Fate. ”

"Haha, yes, fate." After Li Chengmu laughed, he stared at their team, there were quite a few people, and asked, "I don't know where you are going?" ”

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