"As for Haohan, it's the second brother who has been running this whole thing. I really don't know who his backer is."
The headmaster said with a grimace.
"What about the fool? You are the boss, don't you know?"
Iron Hammer kicked the big boss, knocking him to the ground: "If you try to be naughty again, believe it or not, I will drag you to death!"
When the boss was first captured, he still had a bit of backbone and refused to give in, but after being dragged by a horse from Xihewan here, he completely gave in.
If he hadn't taken the doctor with him and the horse couldn't run fast, he would have been dragged to death.
"Hero, spare your life, I really don't know."
The first master lay on the ground and did not dare to get up: "I am just a rough man. I will do whatever the second master says. I only care about fighting and never care about other things."
"It seems that if I don't give you some hardship, you don't know how powerful grandpa is."
Iron Hammer clenched his fist and was about to execute him.
"Hammer, forget it."
Jin Feng shook his head and stopped the hammer: "Put him together with other bandits and send him to the county government to receive the reward."
"yes!"
Although Tie Zhui was puzzled by Jin Feng's decision, he was already accustomed to obeying orders. He grabbed the leader by the collar and slipped him to the group of prisoners.
After Tie Hammer and the boss left, Zheng Fang asked: "Sir, I don't believe he doesn't know who his backer is. Why don't you let Tie Hammer ask?"
Qing Mulan, who was standing aside, also looked at Jin Feng in confusion.
"What if I ask?"
Jin Feng smiled and asked, "Did you rush into the county government and kill the eldest man?"
To kill Master Zhou, he came to the door himself, and Jin Feng had full evidence, so no one dared to say anything after killing Master Zhou.
But now, Jin Feng doesn't have any evidence.
Moreover, he believed that with Master Zhou's incident, the elders who supported Jiuligou would definitely be more careful and would not leave any evidence behind, let alone go to Xihewan foolishly again.
Killing Mr. Zhou would serve as a warning to the county magistrates, making them feel that he was a lunatic who could overturn the table at any time.
But if you go to the county government to kill people without any evidence, then you really are a madman.
Qinghuai won't be able to protect him by then.
"It's rare to be confused in life."
Jin Feng smiled and patted Zheng Fang on the shoulder: "Find someone to go to the county government later and ask them to send a widower to do an autopsy and collect the reward by the way."
The Jiuligou bandits are not well-known, and their bounty is far less high than that of the Tiegunshan bandits.
But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, not to mention that Jin Feng is also disgusted by the backer behind Jiuligou.
After leaving Wild Dog Slope to Zheng Fang, Jin Feng and Qing Mulan returned to Xihewan with the wounded and female soldiers.
On the way, Jin Feng turned his head and glanced at Qing Mulan, who was walking side by side, and asked with a smile: "Why, I haven't recovered yet."
From the moment they met until now, Qing Mulan has been silent except for a few words when they first met.
This is not her character.
Moreover, Jin Feng also saw that her arms were trembling slightly until now.
This is what happens to many soldiers after they join the war for the first time.
Not only because the arm lost strength in the battle, but also because of the fear after the war.
"I'm fine."
Qing Mulan turned her head and forced a smile towards Jin Feng.
Before today, Qing Mulan had always longed for war, and had always believed that she was no worse than Qing Huai. As long as she was allowed to go to the battlefield, she would definitely be the first female general in history to conquer the world.
But tonight's battle shattered most of her self-confidence.
If Jin Feng hadn't sent Zheng Fang over in advance, she couldn't imagine the consequences.
"Sir, how do you know we will be ambushed?"
Qing Mulan asked: "Did you receive the news in advance?"
"No," Jin Feng shook his head: "But I know clearly that the bandits from Wild Dog Slope know that we have killed hundreds of bandits from Tiegunshan, and yet they dare to threaten to harvest food for the new year. They must have something to rely on, and they will never do it.
It's as simple as there are more than thirty people on the surface.
So what do they rely on, either more manpower or sharper weapons.
As for weapons, I believe there aren't many who can surpass us, so what we need to be wary of most is that they find more manpower.
If this is the case, how do they arrange these manpower so that they can deal the most fatal blow to us?"
"Ambush in advance to eliminate our effective forces, or divert the tiger away from the mountain and sneak attack Xihewan while we are gone."
Qing Mulan immediately replied: "So Sir asked Zheng Fang to lurk in advance, and then organized a escort team in the village to wait for them to come, right?"
"Yes."
Jin Feng smiled and nodded.
"I'm so stupid. Why can't I understand such a simple thing?"
Qing Mulan hammered her head angrily and blamed herself: "If I had figured it out earlier, I wouldn't have fallen into the trap, and Ajuan and the others wouldn't have died..."
"Mu Lan, I'm very happy that you think so."
Jin Feng patted Qing Mulan on the shoulder and comforted: "But you don't have to blame yourself, war is cruel, and death is inevitable.
If the female soldiers want to have real combat effectiveness, they must go through the test of blood and fire, otherwise they will never grow up!"
These words not only comforted Qing Mulan, but also comforted himself.
In fact, he could make better arrangements and try to avoid close combat between female soldiers and bandits, so as to avoid casualties.
But in order to let the female soldiers adapt to the battlefield as quickly as possible, he did not do this.
At this time, Jin Feng felt uncomfortable.
But he has no regrets.
Just like a child learning to walk, wrestling is inevitable.
Female soldiers will also help caravans transport goods in the future, and will face various complex situations and must learn to fight on their own.
Jin Feng found that Qing Mulan was still not in high spirits and was afraid that she would be hit, so he smiled and asked: "Now that the fight is over, do you have any ideas?"
"Well, through tonight's battle, I discovered the gap between female soldiers and male soldiers."
Qing Mulan said: "The male soldiers cooperate very well with each other. Once someone is injured, the comrades around him will immediately cover the injured comrades and let the injured comrades hide behind to deal with the injury.
After the injured male soldier hid behind him and was still able to move, he used his crossbow to shoot at the bandits. The cooperation was great.
As for our female soldiers, everything went into chaos as soon as the bandits arrived. If the male soldiers hadn't resisted most of the bandits, and Alan, Aju, and the others were wearing armor, more people would have died."
"Yes, cooperation and armor between comrades are very important."
Jin Feng sighed.
If the veterans cooperate with each other tacitly, deaths can be minimized.
And armor plays a greater role in cold weapon combat.
In tonight's battle, Qing Mulan took the lead and killed four bandits, but she also received at least five or six knives. If she didn't have armor, her body would have been cold.
Unfortunately, armor is too expensive to make. Let’s not talk about the one Qing Mulan wore. Her brother found the best craftsman in Bianjing to make it. The material alone is higher than Jin Feng’s entire current net worth. It is not only strong, but also lightweight.
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The armor worn by Ah Ju, Alan and the others was much inferior, just a little stronger than the standard armor worn by Zhong Wu.
But just such a suit would cost nearly a hundred taels of silver.
Even in the Tielin Army, Qinghuai was only equipped with some elite soldiers, and most of the soldiers wore leather armor and bamboo armor.
"I have to find a way to get a batch of armor when I get back."
Jin Feng made a decision silently in his mind, and at the same time began to think about ways to reduce the cost of armor.
Naturally, it was not possible to walk quickly while carrying the wounded. By the time we returned to Xihewan, the sky was already getting slightly brighter.
Before they could enter the village, they saw another team appearing in the morning mist, slowly approaching the entrance of the village.