Xiao Wen left the military camp and walked straight to the county governor's house.
When facing Su Gu, he said similar words.
However, after saying those words, Xiao Wen still stared at Su Gu and said: "People in Yizhou, Kushan bandits have been here for a long time!"
"If your Excellency is willing to take action and wipe out all these bandits, I think all the people in Hanzhong will be grateful for your kindness."
"Your Excellency is the governor of Hanzhong and the father-in-law of the people of Hanzhong. It shouldn't be difficult for you to do something practical for the people, right?"
Su Gu frowned slightly, but did not answer. He just glanced at Xiao Wen, and then looked behind Xiao Wen at Dian Wei, who was holding a Xuanling halberd and getting ready to go.
This guy is really powerful.
Dian Wei just stood there, giving people an extremely powerful sense of oppression, as if he could kill him at any time.
"Master Su, Dian suffered a loss outside before, and so many brothers died because of Dian. We must give an explanation for this matter no matter what!"
"Today, if Mr. Su is unwilling to send troops to help, Dian can only ask my lord to take action and lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry into Yizhou to defeat the mountain bandits."
Dian Wei said, but there was a sudden burst of iron-blooded evil energy in his tiger eyes.
The evil energy surged through the air and penetrated into the sky. The cold breath surged wantonly, and Su Gu was stunned for a moment.
This guy is really planning to take action!
Whether it was from his tone of voice or his demeanor, Su Gu couldn't tell that Dian Wei had any intention of joking.
It's more like describing a normal thing.
This is……
threaten!
"General, are you threatening me?" Su Gu's face changed slightly. He did not look at Dian Wei, but stared at Xiao Wen.
Dian Wei was just a pawn who was pushed out.
All decisions are made by Xiao Wen.
Instead of focusing on Dian Wei, it would be better to stare at the hussar general.
As long as the boss has no objections, what can the subordinates say?
"I'm just stating the facts. I think your Excellency is a smart man and knows how to weigh things carefully. I will wait for you at the city gate for half an hour. When half an hour is up, if no one goes to fight, I will have no choice but to go according to my own plan.
Gone."
After leaving these words, Xiao Wen left without any more nonsense.
For a moment, Su Gu was the only one left in the huge room, with a cold face, and the expression on his face flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a long time, a breath of turbid breath came out of his mouth, as if he had made up his mind, and a look of perseverance appeared on his face.
Without thinking much, he just stepped forward and disappeared into the heavy rain.
Half an hour later, outside Xicheng County, Xiao Wen stood alone, with the ground-breaking spear in his hand punching the ground. Dian Wei stood half a step behind, raised his head and looked at Xiao Wen, and then looked back, but did not dare to take a closer look.
.
"Lord, will they really come?" After hesitating for a moment, Dian Wei asked the question in his heart.
Xiao Wen was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, they will come. They are all smart people."
"Smart people have a smart way of doing things. They know how to do many things without having to tell them."
After saying this, Xiao Wen still looked up at the city gate.
I saw waves of low footsteps coming from there, but I saw groups of soldiers arriving one after another. These people were the three thousand soldiers under Yan Yan's command, coming in the rain.
Behind Yan Yan were the Xicheng County soldiers summoned by Su Gu. They were not many in number, only a thousand.
In total, there were a total of four thousand soldiers, all located here, waiting in formation, with their heads held high, but a cold aura burst out.
That is the evil spirit that belongs exclusively to the military lineage.
When this evil spirit broke out, Xiao Wen's frown relaxed and he looked at the two leaders.
Su Gu, Yan Yan!
As expected, these two came anyway.
"Thank you both." Xiao Wen stepped forward and greeted with a smile.
The two of them did not answer, but stared at Xiao Wen with wide eyes, and then nodded.
A group of people braved the heavy rain and headed straight into the mountains.
Although the noise was not small, the patter of raindrops all around was even worse.
Just when Xiao Wen was leading the army out, some informants who had been buried in Xicheng County received news one after another and wanted to release the news at hand through flying pigeons and flying eagles.
However, when they had just finished writing the letter, tied it to the bird's talons, prepared for the bird to send the message, and opened the birdcage, they looked at the heavy rain outside.
The bird that was fluttering its wings and chirping to rush out of the cage silently retracted its wings and returned to the cage to stay quietly.
The heavy rain is coming. Rush out at this time?
Crazy?
still……
court death?
No matter whether other birds go or not, they will not brave the heavy rain to deliver the message.
so……
There was a scene where the birds went on strike collectively.
The message cannot be sent out.
Even if some bird trainers use force to force the birds out of their cages, the birds only fly a short distance in the rain. After their feathers get wet and their bodies become heavier, they have to fall from the air and find a place to rest.
In this way, the speed of sending letters will naturally not be faster.
Until Xiao Wen's army arrived at the foot of the mountain stronghold where Dian Wei suffered a loss before, the people in the mountain stronghold still had not received the news.
Even because of the heavy rain, there was a lot of noise between heaven and earth, and the fog was so thick that the bandits on the mountain did not notice the approach of Xiao Wen's army.
"kill!"
Suddenly, the shouts of killing sounded like an overwhelming force, exploding in the ears, and then a group of soldiers could be seen rushing directly to the top of the mountain. Amidst the flash of swords and shadows, the killing continued. As you came and I went, they did not retreat at all.
On the contrary, the bandits were all stunned by the sudden rush of soldiers, and they did not recover for a long time.
When they woke up, they found that the soldiers had broken through the defense, and heads fell to the ground one by one. The ground was already soaked in blood, and their vision was dark.
Dead!
In the heavy rain, countless soldiers shouted and rushed to the top of the mountain. Dian Wei took the lead. He waved the Xuanling halberd in his hand and saw a crescent-shaped surge of energy in the air. He directly broke the door open and then took advantage of the momentum to enter and lead countless soldiers to spread out.
Kill.
In less than an hour, the gate of the stronghold was broken open and the stronghold was taken down.
When Dian Wei came down the mountain to return to his life, Xiao Wen could still see the blood flowing on the Xuanling halberd.
"Go on, next copycat."
Xiao Wenyan said, Dian Wei nodded, and the sinister aura all over his body became a little stronger.
He directly led four thousand soldiers and rushed to the next mountain stronghold again.
Even though Dian Wei's military commander is positioned as a personal guard, this one is not bad at commanding troops and generals!
He led four thousand elite soldiers to attack the mountain stronghold, but it was difficult for them to defeat the enemy. When they swept through them one after another, no one could stop them!
This smooth battle lasted for two days, and it was not until the third day that everyone encountered some special circumstances.
Several cottages along the way suddenly became empty. No one was left to guard them, so everyone rushed to empty them.
When this situation occurred several times, Su Gu frowned and spoke, stopping Xiao Wen who was about to continue moving forward.
"General, we can't continue. These forts are now empty. These guys must have gotten the news, so they retreated early."
"Maybe they have fled to other places, but there is also a possibility that these bandits are accumulating strength and planning to fight us to the death!"
"At that time, what we need to face is not just one copycat, but the combined power of more than a dozen copycats."
"With the alliance of more than a dozen copycats, the opponent's military strength will far exceed ours, and it is not known that it may even be ten times ours."
"It will not do us any good to confront them in this situation."
Su Gu lowered his voice and said.
When he said these words, he had a serious expression on his face and had no intention of joking at all.
When Su Gu said these words, Yan Yan nodded in agreement. On this issue, he and Su Gu stood on the same front.
Although the results of the past few days are not small, the losses are also great.
After the battle of four thousand soldiers, there are only more than three thousand left.
More than 900 people died, although there were soldiers from both sides.
But most of them are soldiers under his command. Can Yan Yan not feel distressed?
However, this is normal.
After all, he had three thousand soldiers under his command, while Su Gu only had one thousand.
With a relatively large number of people, the proportion of deaths among his soldiers was also large.
Therefore, he could not help but speak out at this moment, standing with Su Gu and calling Xiao Wen to stop.
Xiao Wen did not answer, but looked at the two people calmly, then withdrew his gaze, crossed his shoulders with his hands, and said:
"I, the general, naturally know the worries of both of you. However, those who have traveled a hundred miles are only half-ninety. Now, we are about to wipe out all these bandits, but we retreated at this time."
"So, wouldn't our previous efforts be in vain?"
"To take a step back, even if these bandits are united, they are just bandits after all, a bunch of rabble!"
"Could it be that Mr. Su and General Yan think that a group of ragtag people can compare with the elite soldiers and generals under their command?"
"If that's the case, maybe I, the general, should also report to the emperor and ask the angels to go to the countryside to see how weak the soldiers in various places are. They can't even defeat some bandits!"
Xiao Wen sneered, but he didn't pay attention to these two people, and there was a mocking look on his eyebrows.
Such words came out of Xiao Wen's mouth and fell into the ears of the two people. They suddenly looked angry and glared at Xiao Wen, wishing they could rush up and compete with Xiao Wen.
After all, they were also high-ranking members of the party, although they knew clearly that Xiao Wen's words just now had mostly elements of irritating the generals.
But when I heard it, I still couldn't help but feel anger rising in my heart.
"General, are you trying to provoke us?" Yan Yan snorted coldly, a look of dissatisfaction appearing on his face.
Xiao Wen shook his head, with the indifferent expression still on his face, and turned to look at Su Gu aside: "What do you think, Mr. Su?"
"The task of suppressing bandits will be difficult for a while, but the benefits will last forever!"
"As long as all these bandits can be wiped out, the people of Hanzhong will be able to live in peace for several years."
"There is no need for me to elaborate on the various benefits, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the light between Su Gu's brows changed.
The scourge of bandits has been going on for decades since he took office, and has not improved for decades.
Now, the bandit suppression operation launched by Xiao Wen has given him hope of success.
If all these bandits can be wiped out, the people here will be able to live a stable life for a while.
so……
After a moment of silence, Su Gu finally relented and nodded in agreement.
When Su Gu agreed to the matter, Yan Yan frowned. Although she was quite reluctant, she also didn't want to be the target of these two people.
In particular, before leaving, Liu Yan told him to remove all obstacles to his control of Yizhou.
These bandits are undoubtedly one of the obstacles and should be killed!
"Hmph! Since you two have already said this, there is no need for me to say anything more. However, I still have to remind you that if these bandits gather together, there will be tens of thousands of them at least.
, the military strength is several times that of ours.”
"What can even an elite division do in the face of an absolute numerical disparity?"
"When ants kill an elephant, don't you two understand this?"
Su Gu didn't say anything, just looked at Xiao Wen.
Since it was Xiao Wen who brought it up, I think the general would have a solution.
"The key to fighting with peace of mind is to trust the soldiers under your command. As long as you trust them, they will tell you how powerful they are with actual actions!" Xiao Wenyan said, not intending to explain much, but just said a few words,
Then he grabbed a few people and led the army to move forward.
The army advanced, and further forward, there was a pocket valley terrain.
There is only one road in and out of the valley. The road is not wide and can only be used by four people walking abreast.
In the valley is the most powerful mountain village around Xicheng County, Shenhuo Village!
Nowadays, the strength of Shenhuo Village has skyrocketed several times.
There were originally only about 5,000 people in the village, but after the surrounding villages fled and took refuge, the number of people in the village has reached 40,000!
The forty thousand bandits, even if they were all a mob, could still crush the three thousand soldiers outside based on their numbers alone.
"Report! Report to the boss, village owners, that the imperial army is only five miles away from the entrance of the valley."
A sentinel bandit came to report, but he had already learned about Xiao Wen and others' march and came to inform them.
Hearing this, before the leader above could speak, the fleeing village leaders sitting on both sides had their eyes spitting fire, their faces full of anger.
"Hmph! These dog officials are finally here!"
"He's just a loser under the imperial court, so there's nothing to be afraid of!"
"I got the news before that my Wuyun Village was burned down by those bastards. It's really abominable! Please make the decision, Boss Yan, and allow us to attack, chop off his head, and hang it on the gate of the village!"
"Yes! Look at him! Before, he bullied us into dispersing our forces, but now we brothers are all united. Why are we afraid of what he will do?"
"Cut him!"
…
One person spoke up, and the rest of the crowd echoed, clamoring to kill Xiao Wen.
There is no way. These days, the village owners like them have to abandon the village and flee in order to survive...
No, it’s a strategic retreat!
Tweak your strength into one force, make a fist with your five fingers, and give that guy a hard blow!