The original nine leaders experienced internal strife, conflicts, and night attacks and were defeated. Now only three of them are dead.
Of the dozens of elite old thieves, only fourteen were left.
Yang Ying fled back to Heifeng Village in panic. In order to stabilize people's hearts, she immediately rewarded him with money. He also urgently promoted leaders from among the leaders, and finally managed to get nine top positions.
Even Baiford, who narrowly escaped death, became a small bandit leader because of his strong body and willingness to fight fiercely. He was responsible for managing ten households of farmers, and selected strong men from among these farmers to form a team to always be prepared for the government's conquests.
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"If the officers and soldiers don't come today, they will definitely come tomorrow," Yang Ying asked, "Have all the young men gone up the mountain?"
The newly promoted second master was actually Yang Ying's son, who was only sixteen years old this year. He stood up in a hurry and said, "Father, all the young and strong men have entered the village. It's just... it's just..."
"explain!"
Yang Ying scolded.
The second master said bravely: "It's just that we don't have much morale and our training is not good. I think we should pay more rewards."
But Yang Ying said: "If you give out a reward now, who will have the heart to fight? Tell them, as long as they guard the stronghold, everyone will be rewarded afterwards. If they can kill an officer and soldier, they will be rewarded with a thousand coins. If they kill the leader of the officers and soldiers, they will be rewarded with ten coins."
Ten stones of grain! If you can't defend the stronghold and are caught by the government, they will all be beheaded!"
Seeing that the other leaders were silent, Yang Ying boosted his morale and said: "This Black Wind Village has been in operation for decades and was passed down from my father. It's not like the officers and soldiers have never been here before. Every time they came to kill them, they were not disgraced.
Fight back? As long as we hold on to the key points, we will have an army of 100,000 officers and soldiers. Can we still grow wings and fly up the mountain?"
The leaders all said yes, but their tone was rather perfunctory. If they could not take advantage of the danger and defend it, they would have run away long ago.
Everyone here has complaints in their hearts.
Needless to say, they were originally the leaders. Needless to say, they had always been dissatisfied with Yang Ying.
Even those old thieves who were just leaders before and were promoted to leaders by Yang Ying showed some resistance.
Because Yang Ying went too far, he promoted his son to the second highest position. However, the eldest son of the village leader Yang Jun only sat in the third highest position. Even the person in charge of the tea mountain was changed. Yang Ying couldn't wait
Yes, I want to devour my brother’s tea mountain—the bones of Master Yang are not yet cold!
For middle-level leaders, Yang Ying also promoted many close associates, even directly from farmers. Some old thieves were ostracized because they were Yang Jun's confidants.
Doing this will make people feel distracted.
"Report!"
"The officers and soldiers are already four miles down the mountain, just past the buffalo slope!"
Yang Ying raised the spear and shouted: "Follow me to kill the officers and soldiers!"
This guy strode out, and the leaders had no choice but to follow.
No matter how unhappy we are, we must work together, otherwise no one will be able to get a good deal if the officers and soldiers attack the village.
At this time, apart from Yang Ying, there are still two old people among the nine top leaders.
They looked at each other secretly and followed Yang Jun's eldest son silently. The two people had already agreed that they must protect the son of the former village leader and prevent Yang Ying from finding any opportunity to kill him.
After repelling the officers and soldiers, they took action during the celebration banquet.
Kill Yang Ying and make the son of the former village leader Yang Jun the leader!
"Dang-dang-dang!"
In Heifeng Village, the gong rang and the young men began to gather.
The Tian brothers who once took in Ju Ming are also in the team at the moment. They used to be responsible for keeping watch on the riverside. Although they did not participate in the battle, they are still considered old thieves and should be promoted to the leader. However, they have friendship with Zhang Guangdao and they still have it now.
They are small soldiers, and they will certainly not be sent to guard dangerous places.
Not far from the Tian brothers, Bai Fude showed off his power and said: "The officers and soldiers are very weak, they are all archers. I have seen them in the county. As long as you guard the mountain road, if a stone rolls down, the officers and soldiers will be frightened and run away!"
He, the newly promoted little leader, has ten soldiers under his command, all of them young and strong men who were temporarily trained. They were only responsible for farming in the past and have never seen blood at all. His mental state is similar to that of the newly recruited archers, and even...
Far from it.
Groups of young and strong men were led out by the leaders.
All the troops at the foot of the mountain were abandoned, and their troops were reduced to defend several important roads.
There were also some young and strong men who were taken to squat at various places on the top of the mountain to guard against officers and soldiers climbing up to attack them.
"Brother, can you hold on?" Bai Shoude asked in a low voice.
Byford said: "We can hold it, but the officers and soldiers don't have wings."
Among their five brothers, only two of them died due to the night attack on Bai Village.
Baiford felt uncertain, but he could not show his cowardice and ran to garrison in fear.
They were defending the first block, which allowed three people to stand side by side. There were steep hills on both sides of the road, and there were many traps.
There are two teams of bandits here. The first team is led by an old bandit and is responsible for guarding the front mountain road. There is a one-meter-high waist wall built on the mountain road. Not only can they attack the officers and soldiers from a high position, but the officers and soldiers also have to climb over the short soil if they want to kill them.
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The old thief said to Byford: "Take your men to guard the back, and only focus on the hillsides on both sides. If you see the officers and soldiers attacking, roll the rocks."
"I understand." Byford said with a flattering smile.
They carried more than a dozen baskets filled with stones, ranging from the size of a football to two or three basketballs. They used a drill to remove the edges and corners until they still had an irregular shape.
Nothing happened that day, and Byford slept at the checkpoint all night.
There were a lot of mosquitoes and it was hard to sleep well.
The next day, mid-morning.
"Coming, coming, officers and soldiers are coming up!"
Byford had just finished eating the food that had been delivered to him. Hearing this, he felt excited all over and quickly stood up on tiptoes to look down.
I saw the officers and soldiers lined up in a long snake formation, marching slowly along the narrow mountain road. Moreover, they did not divide their troops to attack the two hillsides, and just walked along the mountain road stupidly.
The old thief was overjoyed and boosted his morale by saying, "The officers and soldiers don't know how to fight, and they don't know how to besieged on three sides. If we attack like this, we can't move forward at all. We only need to deal with two or three people in the front row, and no matter how many officers and soldiers there are, it won't be able to do anything. Listen."
I ordered you to bring some stones over!"
I heard that the officers and soldiers did not know how to fight, so the bandits' fear was somewhat reduced, and their morale finally improved.
"Hey, that's...the door panel?" a bandit asked, pointing downwards.
The old thief observed carefully and found that the officers and soldiers were divided into many small teams.
In front of each team, there is a door panel erected. And the marching speed is slow. Every two or three steps, the door panel is lowered vertically, and the formation is corrected before continuing to move forward.
When the distance between the two sides was still more than twenty meters, the old thief shouted: "Push the stone down!"
Several stones were pushed down the mountain path, and most of them rolled down the slopes on both sides. Only two stones rolled towards the officers and soldiers at the bottom of the mountain path.
Chen Ziyi led the team as a forward. When he saw a rolling stone in front of him, he immediately shouted: "Down!"
The door panel was held up by two sword and shield hands together, and a rope was tied to the latch. The rope was tied to the wrist for strength.
Upon hearing Chen Ziyi's military order, they immediately lowered the door panel and stood it firmly in the center of the mountain road. At the same time, they took a lunge and pressed against the door panel with their forearms, knees and toes.
"Bang!"
It was like Braum activated his E skill, and all the soldiers behind him were protected. The stone rolled down and hit the door panel, which had no effect at all and only left a mark on the door panel.
The squad of officers and soldiers continued to advance, and the two stones were kicked down the hillsides on both sides by the soldiers.
The old thief was a little frightened and kept giving orders to throw stones.
However, it only slowed down the advance of the officers and soldiers, and the rolling stones were all blocked by the door panels.
If more than ten stones rolled down at the same time, the sword and shield player might not be able to withstand the force. But the mountain path is too narrow and curved. The stones would fall to both sides as they rolled, and less than 20% of them would actually hit the door panel.
No pressure.
"What...what should we do?" Byford asked hurriedly.
The old thief gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "When the officers and soldiers get close, stab them to death. We stand higher and there is a wall blocking the way, so it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to kill us!"
Chen Ziyi held a spear and stood in the position of a spearman. He kept leaning his head sideways and observing the situation in front of him from the side of the door panel.
"Puff puff puff puff!"
The bandits, armed with spears and knives, kept stabbing at the door panel. They even pushed against the door panel and pushed it forward, trying to knock down the door panel of the officers and soldiers.
The two sword and shield hands pressed the door panel and moved forward with all their strength.
Chen Ziyi shouted: "Press the door!"
At this time, not only did the two sword and shield men press forward hard, but several spearmen behind them were also helping. The spearmen held their spears against the top of the door panel, shouting slogans and exerting their strength together.
At the same time, the two wolf warriors held their weapons upright, their shoulders pressed against the back of the sword and shield warrior, and they were also helping to push forward.
The door panel slammed forward, and the sword and shield hand lost his balance and fell down with the door panel.
The door panel fell forward and fell on the low earth wall in front, suppressing the bandit's two spears. At the same time, the door panel just created an attack channel, and the officers and soldiers could rush up the earth wall along the door panel.
Before the old thief could react, he saw two bamboos with branches poking towards him, with spears attached to the front of the bamboos.
The bandits' weapons were completely ineffective, and they were so frightened that they could only retreat after being stabbed by the wolves.
The two swordsmen and shieldmen lying on the door panel hurriedly rolled away to both sides, relying on the ropes wrapped around their wrists to prevent them from rolling down the hillside. After they got out of the way, the wolf warriors immediately stepped on the door panel, and there was a chaos.
Push up to the low earth wall.
Chen Ziyi followed with spearmen and instantly occupied the waist wall, while the officers and soldiers were condescending.
"Run away!"
Most of the bandits were farmers recruited temporarily, and they were scrambling to escape at this moment.
Because the mountain road was narrow, they pushed each other, and four bandits were immediately pushed down the hillsides on both sides by their accomplices. Just rolling down would not be fatal, but there were many traps along the way, and soon some people were caught and screamed.
"Brother!"
Bai Shoude was also pushed down the hillside and shouted for help to his brother.
Byford was pushed forward by his men, and he couldn't stop at all. Once he stopped, he would probably be pushed away and roll down the mountain to accompany his brother in minutes.
Similarly, the officers and soldiers were blocked by the rout and unable to pursue quickly.
Of the twenty-two bandits guarding here, seven escaped successfully, five rolled down the mountain, four were stabbed to death and four were injured, and the remaining six were all captured alive.
Chen Ziyi stopped chasing, tied up all the captured bandits, and shouted to the bandits rolling down the hillside: "Climb up yourself, and I will spare your life for now!"
The five bandits climbed up the mountain crying, one and two of them were injured.
Whether they can survive or not depends on their own destiny.
Those who were seriously injured had their heads chopped off and sent to the magistrate.
Those with minor injuries can stay. After all, Ju Ming still needs people to farm the land.
Baiford panicked and ran back to report the news, detailing the tactics of the officers and soldiers, which scared the bandits at the second level to tremble.
When Yang Ying and several leaders heard the report, their faces became extremely solemn.
After thinking for a short time, Yang Ying ordered: "Stop guarding those in front, all retreat to the killing tiger's mouth!"
The Tiger Killing Pass is the most dangerous place, and can only accommodate two people walking side by side. There are cliffs on both sides, and the bandits can smash rocks directly down from the cliff on the left, and the door panels cannot block attacks from above.
Even if the tiger comes, he will die here!
Chen Ziyi led his troops all the way. Seeing such a dangerous terrain, he did not dare to attack no matter how courageous he was.
Ju Ming received the news and brought people over personally.
Observing the battlefield carefully, Ju Ming shouted: "Bring all the bandits we just captured and use them!"
A group of bandits were escorted in front of Ju Ming.
Ju Ming recognized Bai Shoude at a glance and immediately ordered: "Kill this man!"
"Zhu Xiucai, please spare your life!" Bai Shoude knelt down and cried.
The archers didn't care about this. Several spears struck him at the same time. Bai Shoude vomited blood and died on the spot.
The other bandits were so frightened that some even peed their pants.
Ju Ming said to the remaining bandit captives: "You go over and spread the word, saying that surrendering can save your life. Those who help the officers and soldiers in the war can keep their fields. There will be heavy rewards for killing Yang Ying! Do you remember them all?"
"Remember it." The bandits nodded hurriedly.
Ju Ming added: "Repeat it three times, don't forget it."
After the bandits repeated it several times, Ju Ming gave the order to take action.
Only two are sent there at a time, and they will come back after shouting.
The two bandits moved forward cautiously. When they got closer, they did not persuade them to surrender. Instead, they shouted anxiously: "Let me pass quickly!"
The bandits who defended this place were afraid that they would be bribed by the government and ignored them completely.
The two bandits were trapped there, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted to the other side: "The military master said that surrendering can save one's life. Those who help the officers and soldiers in the war can keep their fields. Those who kill Yang Ying will be rewarded heavily!"
Yang Ying was lying in ambush above them. When he heard this, he was furious: "Throw rocks down!"
Nearly ten meters away, several rocks fell, and the two bandits hurriedly avoided. One of them escaped successfully, but the other was killed on the spot.
Ju Ming said to the bandit who escaped, "You can survive."
The bandit was already paralyzed and sat on the ground. His three souls and seven souls had not yet fully returned to their positions.
Zhu Ming singled out two more bandits: "You go over and shout, but don't stay too far away. I'm afraid the other side won't be able to hear."
Having learned from the past, the two men did not want to go back to the village. They went to shout to persuade them to surrender. They also paid attention to their heads at all times. After shouting, they immediately ran away. This time, no one died.
The ten captured bandits were divided into five groups to shout, and a total of four people were beaten to death.
Zhu Ming no longer sent troops, but only blocked this place to prevent the bandits from going down the mountain, waiting for Zhang Guangdao to go around and cooperate.
When the officers and soldiers stopped attacking, the bandits became lively.
The young men recruited temporarily were all frightened.
The old thieves also have different ideas, especially the leaders who own a large amount of land. They want to defect and make meritorious deeds, but they are also afraid of the government going back on their word.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Yang Ying asked people to bring a lot of valuables. Even the young and middle-class people at the bottom could receive hundreds of dollars.
After distributing the rewards, he encouraged morale and said: "If you kill the leader of the officers and soldiers, you will be rewarded with fifty guan in money, fifty shi in grain, and fifty acres of land. If you kill ten generals, you will be rewarded with ten guan in money, ten shi in grain, and ten acres of land."
Mu. If you kill ordinary officers and soldiers, you will be rewarded with five guan in money and five dan in grain. I will never default on my debt. If I kill you on the same day, I will reward you on the same day!"
Some people want rewards and are actually willing to fight.
But more bandits just want to save their lives!
For the leader and leader, they seemed to get more if they killed Yang Ying.