"I was thinking about you, so why did I harm you?"
The veteran said angrily.
He and Da Zhuang were in the same hundred-man unit of the Iron Forest Army, and it was he who taught Da Zhuang how to fight.
The two have fought back to back many times, and they are definitely close friends.
Although Da Zhuang is now the captain, he still respects him very much.
"Brother Tong, you have just arrived. You don't know my husband's temper or the rules of Xihewan."
Da Zhuang whispered: "Killing a few bandits who deserve to die is not a big deal. Even if sir finds out, he can fine me half a month's wages at most and give me a few more kicks. That's it.
We all have to do a verbal post-war summary when we go back. There are female soldiers and military doctors in the team, so we can’t hide it. If Brother Liang finds out that we are collaborating in fraud, our team will stop saying anything and just pack up and go home.
Bar."
"I understand." After hearing this, the veteran smiled and nodded: "Then I'll give you a few kicks."
"It doesn't matter how many times you get kicked. Most people ask your husband to kick you, but he won't kick you."
Da Zhuang said with a smile: "Let everyone finish the food in the bowl quickly and try to get to the rocky beach within two hours. Then light a fire and see if we can attract another group of bandits."
The battle happened quickly, and the mutton patties in the veterans' lunchboxes were still warm, but they had been soaked.
In addition, there was a strong smell of blood next to it, which made several new female soldiers feel nauseous.
But the veteran and the female military doctor both looked normal and filled their stomachs with the mutton patties from the lunch box in just a few mouthfuls.
After going to the river to wash the dishes, Da Zhuang asked someone to throw the bandit's body into the woods, and was going to ask the gangster to come over and do an autopsy to calculate the reward.
After taking care of these, the team set off again and headed straight for the rocky beach.
…
In the evening, the war horses carried the cavalry and the master back to Xihewan.
There was no need for Zhang Liang to torture him. The boss said whatever he asked.
In fact, he just repeated what he said to Da Zhuang.
The cavalry completed their mission and set off before having time to eat.
He has to rush back to the rocky beach to gather tonight.
He had already made a mistake. If he couldn't get back, Da Zhuang would definitely deal with him.
Just as the cavalry left, two more teams of cavalry came back one after another.
They also each carried a bandit alive.
After interrogation, the confession he got was similar to that of the first bandit master.
"This is obviously someone targeting Xihewan." Qing Mulan asked: "Sir, who do you think it is?"
"Who else could it be?" Jin Feng said coldly: "Whoever benefits from doing this is basically the one who did it."
"Who is most beneficial?" Qing Mulan thought for a moment and asked: "Sir, what you mean is that the ones who hire the bandits are the big bandits who collect the annual grain?"
"The bandits don't have such courage and financial resources." Jin Feng shook his head and said, "I think it should be the masters behind them."
"Have they forgotten Master Zhou?" Qing Mulan said angrily: "You are really looking for death if you still come to provoke Mr. Zhou!"
"Never underestimate people's greed. The bandits' harvest of annual grain brings them a lot of benefits."
Jin Feng sneered: "Besides, I dealt with Master Zhou because I had evidence that he colluded with the bandits. Now I have no evidence against these people."
"This is a bit difficult to handle. My brother planted a secret agent around Master Zhou because he controlled the county magistrate and may have something to do with the Zhou family."
Qing Mulan said: "As far as I know, among the three remaining groups of bandits in Jinchuan, two of them are controlled by the squires. It is impossible for my brother to send a secret agent to keep an eye on them. It is possible to collect evidence about them.
It’s a bit difficult.”
"No need to bother," Jin Feng shook his head and said, "Master Zhou has been involved in the accident for so long. They can destroy as much evidence as they have."
"Then what should we do? Just watch them arrogantly buy and kill people?"
Qing Mulan said unwillingly.
"That's definitely not possible. We don't have evidence to arrest them, but we don't need evidence to suppress bandits, right?"
Jin Feng asked coldly: "If I ask you to block the mountain gates of the remaining three groups of bandits, can you do it?"
No matter how far he goes from now on, Jinchuan will be his base camp. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he might as well completely rectify the bandits in Jinchuan, so as to avoid having to worry about home when he goes out in the future.
Moreover, the current population that Xihewan can accommodate is almost reaching its limit.
The reason why people brought their families to Xihewan was that they could no longer live in their hometowns.
If there were no bandits to collect the annual grain, the two big mountains above the people's heads would be gone, and life would be much easier.
This is the fundamental solution to the problem.
It's just that the three groups of bandits combined have thousands of people, and the veterans and female soldiers combined only have a few hundred people. Now half of them are allocated to protect the caravan.
Most of the remaining ones were divided into a bandit-suppression team and went out, and some were guarding Tincan Mountain and Maomao Mountain.
Today, there are only a few dozen veterans and female soldiers left in Xihewan.
Dozens of people blocked thousands of people...
Just thinking about it, Qing Mulan felt that Jin Feng's proposal was too crazy.
It's simply impossible to do it.
But the next second, she saw Zhang Liang nodding.
"The lairs chosen by bandits usually find places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Such places are also easy to blockade.
Lao Zheng and I once investigated these groups of bandits and saw their terrain with our own eyes. Except for the two entrances and exits of Heishuigou, the other two groups of bandits are the same as Tietuan Mountain. There is only one road up and down the mountain.
A few heavy crossbows and catapults can completely block it."
Zhang Liang said: "It's just that in this way, our village's guard strength will be almost drained. If someone makes trouble, it will be dangerous."
"The stability of the village is the most important thing."
Jin Feng thought for a moment and said: "Since the bandit suppression team has killed three groups of bandits in succession, it should have temporarily suppressed the other small bandits. It will be enough to withdraw half of the people tomorrow, right?"
"That's enough." Zhang Liang nodded: "There are not many war horses left in the village. It is estimated that we will have to notify you the day after tomorrow and rush back. It will be the day after tomorrow."
There were not enough war horses to begin with. Last time, in pursuit of Zhou Wenyuan, more than a dozen horses were exhausted to death, resulting in an even greater shortage of war horses in the village.
"It's okay. I wrote to Qinghou and asked him to bring me another boat of war horses. Calculating the time, it should arrive in the next few days. By then we won't have to worry about having no horses," Jin Feng said.
During the battle at Qingshui River, many of the party's war horses were captured, and now they are all in Qinghuai's hands.
With the friendship between Jin Feng and Qing Huai, isn't it easy to get a boat?
"Okay, I'll get ready first."
Zhang Liang turned around and ran out.
Blocking the three largest groups of bandits in Jinchuan at the same time was no small matter. He had to plan carefully.
After Zhang Liang left, Qing Mulan gave a heartfelt thumbs up: "Sir, your trick is really great! After blocking the bandits, the gentlemen behind them will definitely not be able to sit still, and maybe their flaws will be exposed!"
I heard that the biggest bandit in Heishuigou in Jinchuan was supported by the county captain. If you let me grab his pigtails this time, let me see how I deal with him!"