Tengshan County, Meizhou County, located at the junction of Lingnan Road and Jiangnan Road, these days I don't know why there was a banditry, more than 1,000 mountain bandits under the leadership of the leader Han Zhikui, ransacked Tengshan County's Wild Duck Village, Watermelon Village, Daling Town, Gushan Town, robbed countless cattle and sheep grain, and once rushed to the south gate of the county, fortunately was repelled by hundreds of garrisons in Tengshan County.

Tengshan County Ling Ding Xuewen didn't think about fighting back, killing all these mountain bandits, and taking the opportunity to make some political achievements, but the county town has limited troops, in case he didn't eliminate these mountain bandits and was bitten back, the loss was not something he could afford with a small county order.

In addition, the bandits are powerful, the garrison of the county is limited, if you want to suppress the bandits, you must come out, but in case the garrison all goes out of the city to suppress the bandits, these mountain bandits suddenly come around and attack the county seat, then stealing chickens will not be lost, and then the county order will be martyred.

Even if he didn't die by luck, after all, he Ding County ordered to work here for a few years, maybe he would be promoted in another place, in case he messed up and lost the black yarn hat because of this matter, then he would really hang himself in the county office.

Ding Xuewen thought about it, endured the heartache, threw away this pie that seemed to fall from the sky, reported the news of the bandits in Tengshan to the county guard yamen, and threw this hot potato to the county guard, and it was also the county's business to suppress the bandits. However, depending on the speed of the county, when the soldiers and horses are deployed, it is estimated that this group of mountain bandits will have already run away. Ding Xuewen only strictly ordered the soldiers to be optimistic about the four gates of the county, not to attack but to defend.

The development of the next thing far exceeded the expectations of the county commander, the county not only quickly sent a branch of more than 1,000 elite soldiers, but also well-equipped, the Ding county commander who connected this army to the county seat was very surprised, because in his memory there were no such strong and well-equipped soldiers under the county guard yamen.

Then Ding Xianling was stunned, this elite soldier led the team by Zhu Juxian, the captain of Zhenwei of the Lingnan Palace, and it turned out that the bandit incident actually alarmed the palace. Ding County Ling respectfully entertained the young Captain Zhu at the county yamen, after all, this is a celebrity next to the prince, and blowing the wind in the prince's ear is enough for him to drink a pot of seven-grade sesame officials.

Captain Zhu of the Golden Knife of Malaysia was received by the county yamen in an over-standard reception, and even the pretty girls in the county town Qinglou also slept two, and he was very satisfied, and immediately looked at this Ding County Order, and promised to go back to explain to the prince that the Ding County Commander had quite a lot of political achievements in office, and the county prince was overjoyed, and it goes without saying that he sent gold and silver in private, and even sent a lot of pearl treasures that were scavenged.

Zhu Juxian was at ease in the county seat for two days, and a team of scouts sent out had already brought back accurate information about the mountain bandits, who were entrenched in the Great Wilderness Mountain, a hundred miles southwest of Tengshan County, and had already set up a large-scale cottage.

The origin of the bandit leader Han Zhikui is unknown for the time being, there are more than 1,100 bandits of all sizes in the village, including hundreds of horse bandits, and the discipline is quite strict, as long as they do not encounter resistance, they will not kill anyone, not even women, only gold, silver, grain and grass, and have also helped the lonely and widowed old people in the mountain town.

As soon as he heard that it was a well-disciplined mountain bandit, Ding Xianling was quite happy, fortunately he did not take it upon himself to lead the team to suppress the bandits, otherwise it would really be Tai Sui's head to break ground, and it was definitely a loss to his wife and soldiers, Ding Xuewen advised Zhu Juxian to be more careful when he went to suppress the bandits.

Where would Zhu Juxian take these bandits and grass robbers in his eyes? Stretched out his hand and patted the county commander on the shoulder, "Why should the county magistrate grow the ambition of the bandits and destroy the prestige of his own people? Tang Jiusheng, the master of the Minglong Sword, we have not dealt with each other! We are the prince's army, the weapons, armor, bows, crossbows, and war horses are all well-equipped, and the soldiers are strong and well-trained.

Ding Xian Ling smiled bitterly, and didn't dare to say anything, a few days ago, those mountain bandits tried to attack the county seat, although they did not succeed, but the combat power they showed was really not to be underestimated, I wanted to persuade the captain Zhu, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, but the words came to the mouth and swallowed back, or don't beg for a beating, so I had to sing a few words of praise What is Captain Zhu's wisdom and martial arts, he will be able to win, and he will succeed and so on.

Zhu Juxian rode on a horse, and asked the Hu Township Commander of the county town to lead the way with 200 light horsemen, behind the cavalry were 200 crossbowmen, behind the crossbowmen were 300 spearmen, and behind his palace he carried 500 strong swords, armor and rattan soldiers, no grain and grass, and only brought two days' rations for the soldiers.

Zhu Juxian didn't even bother to wear armor, he was still wearing a purple brocade robe, with a carved ebony hairpin pinned to his head, like a rich boy, and from time to time he turned the jasper wrench on his fingers, and the spring breeze was proud, as if he could catch the mountain bandits as long as he reached it.

Ding Xian Ling patted his thigh anxiously, it seems that this Captain Zhu is a gentleman, I am afraid that he does not know the art of war, if there are three long and two short, he will also be unlucky, I can't help but feel sorry for the gold and silver treasures who went out yesterday, I sat in the yamen and sighed for a long time, even the beautiful concubine was thrown aside and didn't ask, complaining about my life, I really hated these mountain bandits in my heart.

Zhu Juxian rode on a horse, majestic, shouting loudly, and even connived at the soldiers to loot and harass the people, and the people cried and grabbed the land, complaining, where is this to suppress bandits, this is clearly a group of giant bandits under the banner of the government, more arrogant than the gang on the mountain. If the gang on the mountain let the people be killed, they can still receive a reward for killing the bandits, and if you accidentally kill these officials, you will be beheaded for the crime of collaborating with bandits.

Zhu Juxian took more than 1,000 elite soldiers along the official road for almost a day, and arrived at a small village ten miles before the Great Wilderness Mountain in the evening.

The township guide surnamed Hu from the county seat persuaded Zhu Juxian bitterly in the camp tent, "Lord Zhu, this village is ten miles away from the Great Wilderness Mountain, in case there are bandits in this village, report the news that the army is coming to suppress the bandits, and it will be troublesome if the bandits attack at night is caused, and please ask Lord Zhu to restrain his sergeants, do not harass the people, and set up a bright post and secret sentry to prevent a raid by bandits at night." ”

Zhu Juxian slapped the Hu Township Supervisor two feet away, and scolded, "Say, did you fucking accept the silver of the bandits? Deliberately exaggerate the combat strength of those bandits, hoping to cause panic among the elite soldiers of the palace, so as to undermine morale? If those bandits dared to come and rob the camp without knowing whether they were alive or dead, they would have even saved the Great Wilderness Mountain!"

The Hu Township Instructor was ashamed and angry, and he looked up to the sky and sighed when he got out of Zhu Juxian's camp, "How can such an elite soldier be led by such a confused general?" A personal soldier entered the camp and told Zhu Juxian what the Hu Township Commander had just said.

Zhu Juxian was furious and scolded: "If it weren't for the lack of a village guide in the coming war, I would have to tie him up and cut him down." Let's wait for tomorrow morning to attack the bandits' big village, and after returning from victory, humiliate him and then pull him out and cut it down! Also, that Minglong Sword Master is just relying on a royal gold medal to be majestic, and seeing the captain of this school kill the thief for meritorious service, you must humiliate him in person if you have the opportunity!"

At night, all the soldiers of the palace walked for a day, they were very tired, they all fell asleep, the snoring shook the sky, even the guards standing guard outside also fell asleep, during the fourth watch, Zhu Juxian slept in Zhengxiang, suddenly shouted loudly, countless rockets were fired, the royal army was suddenly attacked, made a mess, the camp tent was burned, and the soldiers were at least more than 200 arrows. Zhu Juxian shrank in the quilt in fright, at a loss.

Fortunately, there were Ren Yong Captain Tao Dehai and Captain Zheng Shizhao and several halberd commanders in the royal palace soldiers who had some combat experience, and hurriedly gathered the defeated soldiers, using two chariots with rations as a barrier to shoot at the bandits' bows and crossbows, and let people drag out the Zhu who was still trembling from the bed, and let him command the soldiers to fight.

At daybreak, the two chariots carrying rations were also burned apart by rockets fired by the bandits on the opposite side, and the few rations that the soldiers were carrying were burned, and four or five hundred officers and men were shot with arrows and guns, and more than 200 were killed, but only forty or fifty corpses were left behind by the bandits.

Zhu Juxian looked at the wounded soldiers who were still wailing and the corpses of those soldiers who died in battle, he was dumbfounded, beating his chest, feeling remorseful in his heart, and didn't know how to explain to the prince when he went back.

The Hu Township Supervisor gritted his teeth with hatred, and only hated Zhu Juxian for not listening to his advice, which led to this big defeat. Zhu Juxian hated Hu Township Director even more at this time, so that this person was unfortunate to say that it was a small matter of shame, and if he went back and was played by the county order, the future would be very bad, and he had worked hard to exchange his wife for the official position, so he lost it, how could he be willing?

Except for Zhu Juxian's camp tent, the other camp tents have been burned down, Zhu Juxian gritted his teeth, called his subordinates Ren Yong Lieutenant Tao Dehai and Captain Zheng Shizhao of Escort Rong over together with several old halberd chiefs, and asked: "How can we go back and explain to the prince about this big defeat at night? ”

The two low-level lieutenants and several halberd commanders were also scared enough, this battle was lost, and more than 200 elite soldiers were injured by the prince, and the prince was furious when he went back, and everyone definitely had to lose their heads. In this situation, let alone going into the mountains to suppress bandits, it is God's mercy to be able to withdraw safely without being pursued.

Zhu Juxian felt both regretful and ashamed, and didn't know what to do, at this time, the Hu Township guide came into the account to ask for instructions on where to go next. Zhu Juxian was angry from his heart, and the evil was born to the side of the guts, and he took out his waist knife and hacked the Hu Township guide to death in the camp. The two lieutenants and the halberd were shocked, "Lord Zhu, how do you explain to Ding County Commander after killing this person?"

Zhu Juxian had a thought in his heart, he already had an idea, and sneered: "This township guide has been killed by Ben General, we will pull back the body of the robes who died in battle, and then exterminate these bandits who occupy the village!"

Captain Renyong Tao Dehai was puzzled: "Captain Zhu, the bandits have already withdrawn before dawn, how can there be any trace of bandits in this village?"

Zhu Juxian asked with a hideous face: "We have just entered this small village, and the camp was attacked at night, if it is not for the news that someone in the village has leaked the news, how can the mountain bandits know? Besides, if the news of our defeat is spread by the people in the village, we will all have to turn around!"

Zheng Shizhao, the captain of the school, asked with a bitter face: "Lord Zhu, but we have no evidence to prove that these villagers are bandits!"

Zhu Juxian held his waist knife and asked gloomily: "The people in this village are all mountain bandits, how can they stay alive? If they live, we will die!

Tao Dehai, Zheng Shizhao and several old halberd chiefs looked at each other, and finally said in unison: "Lord Zhu, it is also a capital crime to kill good people without permission, and you can't help it!"

Zhu Juxian said impatiently: "Then should we die? A few of us are dead, and these brothers outside will not be better! Rather than us die, it is better to let the people like ants in this village die!"

Several people lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak again, and after a while, Captain Renyong Tao Dehai said in a low voice: "It's all up to Lord Zhu to decide!"

In one morning, all 475 people in the village, young and old, were all killed by Zhu Juxian. I found a few broken cars in the village, pulled away the heads and the officers and soldiers who died in battle, and then lit a skyrocketing fire, and when I left the village, I happened to meet someone from the neighboring village who came to visit the door, and killed them together, and even the neighboring villages were slaughtered, and the five hundred and nineteenth level were beheaded, and the fire was set on fire.

Zhu Juxian took the remaining officers and soldiers and fled to Tengshan County without his life, fearing that the bandits would chase him.

Along the way, several captains, halberders and soldiers unified the caliber, the previous army got the wrong news, there are too many bandits, not more than 1,000 people, but enough four or five thousand, the bandits slaughtered two villages under the mountain, when the officers and soldiers arrived, and the bandits fought, only killed more than 1,000 people, the officers and soldiers have died more than 200, the wounded as many as four or five hundred, can only retreat to Tengshan County.