The firearms carried by the hoe rape company this time included grenades, small tiger squat guns weighing only more than 30 catties, and newly developed mines. To say that the technical principle of landmines and new grenades is similar, both copper wires and glass friction produce electric sparks to detonate mine mercury, and then detonate gunpowder, but the mine charge is large, and the power is much greater. When key raw materials such as mercury and copper were insufficient, the arsenal invested all its mercury resources in the manufacture of grenades. At present, the production of mercury thunderate has stabilized, and glass has begun to be produced on a small scale. As soon as the raw materials were no longer strained, the manufacture of mines began in small batches.

The garrison brigade was the main user of mines, and Yu Zhu ordered mines to be planted in the core fortresses and key forward defensive points to prevent enemy attacks. Unlike the pressure mines used by the garrison brigade for defense, the hoe company carried ten offensive mines, which were detonated by ropes. According to Ouyang Xuan's request, the hoe rape company must wipe out this gang of political bandits. To achieve this goal, it is extremely important to control the detonation time of landmines. All but two of these mines were laid on the road at the mouth of the canyon, and the remaining eight were laid on the cliff face next to the road. This road out of the mountain is a cliff on one side and a creek on the other, and the steepness is about the same as the mountain road in Wanjiaping, but the water volume of the creek is far less than that of the Wenjing River, and the cliff body is much shorter, and the height is suitable for the Thunderbolt army to detonate mines.

The traitor county lieutenant is like a wolf, leading a group of hungry wolves to hunt fat sheep, but he does not know that he has become the prey in the eyes of hunters. Seeing that the scout walked out of the mountain pass unharmed, the bandits behind them walked out of the mountain pass with confidence and boldness. When all the bandits entered the ambush circle, the mine in front was detonated, and the huge force immediately sent several bandits around the explosion point to the western sky. Just when the bandits saw that the situation was not good, they rushed back, and the mines laid on the cliff wall were detonated one by one. These mines were hidden three to five meters above the road at intervals of 20 meters, and their explosive shrapnel completely covered the narrow mountain road, killing and injuring dozens of bandits.

The rest of the bandits were frightened, and while they were rejoicing in their luck, dozens of iron bumps were thrown down from the cliff tops above. These iron bumps blew up the fleeing bandits in pieces, and they had to turn back and rush towards the mouth of the ravine. However, the mouth of the ravine was not born, and the light artillery and muskets of the Thunderbolts also formed a death zone here. The bandits, who had been hit head-on, had to flee back and, unsurprisingly, ate another grenade. Seeing that there was no way out, some bandits jumped into the stream below the road, but although the stream was not frozen, it was very cold and biting. What's worse is that the bottom of this creek is full of smooth rocks, and the bandits can't stand in it at all, and they fall into the water one after another, and in the blink of an eye, their faces turn pale and their whole body trembles. This made the bandits who were ready to follow suit cut off the idea of escaping, and simply knelt on the ground and surrendered directly.

In this ambush, except for a few bandits who fled to the bandits' den ten miles away, the remaining 200 bandits were killed more than 50 people, nearly 100 people were wounded, and only about 70 prisoners with their hands and feet intact. The traitor county lieutenant was blown off a thigh by a landmine, and because of excessive blood loss, he saw that he could not survive, and was rushed forward by a Thunderbolt soldier and cut off his head with a knife. Because he hated these bandits for being willing to be the lackeys of the Mongols, and also hated them for robbing the Thunderbolt caravan, he was extremely ruthless in this rape. All the bandits who were killed had their heads cut off, and those who were seriously injured were given a suspended sentence of death - thrown into the stream next to the road. The prisoners, including the lightly wounded, were tied with ropes and prepared to be escorted to Lizhou, the minor offenders were sent to the nitrate mines for hard labor, and the grave offenders were sent to Zelang's caravan. The slave trade was also a common trade in the Tibetan region, and it was very lucrative. As for the miserable life of slaves, it was the punishment of these traitors and bandits by the Thunderbolts.

While cleaning up the battlefield, the Thunderbolts sent people to chase after the bandits. Although this bandit den is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are only a dozen bandits who have fled back and stayed behind. When the heavy gate of the fortress was blown up by a gunpowder bag, the bandits in the fortress surrendered on their knees. In this bandit's den, there were not only a large amount of grain, tea, cloth and other goods, but also dozens of mules and horses, as well as gold and silver silk and other goods, and even a few letters with the Mongols and Cao Zhizhou were found. From these letters, it is known that the Mongols asked the bandits to recruit troops and horses as an internal response for the Mongol army to occupy Ya, Li, Diao, and Yan prefectures. Cao Zhizhou gave the bandits money and food support, in addition to not allowing them to attack the Yazhou official, he also asked them to recapture Baizhang City from the Thunderbolt army, and after the deed was completed, let the traitor county lieutenant be the magistrate.

With mules and horses, it is possible to take all the valuable catches with you. As for those who could not take away grain and other bulk goods, they were given to the mountain people in the ditch. There are also several small villages in the ravine. Being neighbors with this gang of bandits is obviously going to be bullied a lot. It's just that the Thunderbolt army promised the mountain people that everything in the village could be used freely, which made them very happy. Not only did the Thunderbolts help them eliminate their bad neighbors, but they also had a windfall, and of course they were grateful to the Thunderbolts.

After waiting for another half a day, the hoe rape company joined the caravan bound for Lizhou. During these two days, the hoe and traitor company was divided into two parts, one part went to Lizhou with the captured and captured prisoners and the caravan, and the other part returned to Baizhang City with the cut bandits. For unnecessary trouble, it is still necessary to take the small road back to Baizhang City.

The heads of more than 50 bandits brought back were hung outside the head of Baizhang City after being embalmed with quicklime. At the city gates, posters were also used to inform passing merchants and passers-by of the bandits' crimes. The proclamation listed the three major crimes that the bandit leader must die, namely: as a court official, he forgot his ancestors, killed Baizhang Zhixian, and took refuge in the Mongols; robbing and killing civilians and passing merchants; Bullying men and women, and plundering the property of nearby mountain people in the name of "tax collection". These crimes, of course, are not fabricated out of thin air, but are supported by ample evidence. The Perak army copied hundreds of copies of this evidence, and not only posted them under the rule of the Perak army such as Baizhang City, but also sent people to secretly post them everywhere within the boundaries of Yazhou and Lizhou, and even carved dozens of wooden planks and threw them into the river, downstream to reach Meizhou, Jiading, Syria, and Luzhou.

Rude also ordered someone to compile the story of the rape into a commentary, so that the storyteller could widely spread it in the jurisdiction. Of course, regardless of whether it is a bulletin or a storyteller's commentary, many contents have been blurred and elevated, and where there are places, they have also been evaded to prevent secrets from leaking. For example, Cao Zhizhou's fornication with bandits was not made public, and if it was made public, it would discredit the imperial court and push the wall grass to the side of the Mongols. For example, the new weapon of the landmine has also been blurred, except that the new firearms of the Thunderbolt Army are even more powerful, comparable to the gods descending to earth, and once used, they can make the enemy fart and urine. The main function of such large-scale propaganda is to warn the wall grass in the Southern Song Dynasty government. Being a traitor and traitor will never end well, and taking refuge in the Mongols is also an enemy of the Thunderbolt army.

In fact, the main reason why the Southern Song Dynasty was repeatedly defeated by the Mongols was that the government was corrupt, which made a large number of people with lofty ideals feel cold and alienated from it. And Ouyang Xuan knew very well that in order to succeed in the great cause of resisting Mongolia, it was necessary to grasp "the gun and the pen" together, and to publicize the political propositions of the Perak Army and the determination to never surrender through the pen, so that more people could gather under the banner of resistance to Mongolia.