Chapter 185: The Bandit Suppression at Ziwu Mountain (Part 2)
The group ran quickly in the mountains and forests.
"Magistrate Wang, you are so fast." Yao Yi praised.
"When I was a child, I often hunted with my second uncle, walking on mountain roads and entering the forests." Wang Ju said lightly.
"Inspector Yao, don't underestimate our Dalang, the sword thief back then..."
"Second eldest son, stop talking." Wang Ju stopped talking.
The lower-ranking people have the mentality of the lower-ranking people, and the higher-ranking people have the mentality of the higher-ranking people. Establishing authority is only a means, and using both kindness and power is the king's way, with kindness as the main, power as the auxiliary, benevolence as the main, and law as the auxiliary. Therefore, Wang Ju did not turn over the old accounts of the officers and soldiers in the military camp, but repeatedly stated that he should not disturb the people, infringe on the property of the people, and establish the image of the Wang army. As for the generals of each battalion, Wang Ju did not investigate the empty salary in the military camp. Although he saw at a glance that almost all the officers and soldiers in the eighth battalion had empty salary. But he did not care about this, but repeatedly stated that the subsidies for the military salary of ordinary soldiers below should not be deducted, otherwise he would not be punished severely. Therefore, he did not mention the grudge between the Black Bee Thieves and the officers and soldiers in the Fortress Village.
To put it bluntly, it means that the butt determines the head.
Besides, he killed that Dutou. Even if he grew up now, in terms of skills, he would not be Yao Yi's opponent on the battlefield.
The two Yaos in the northwest are famous for their history.
I can't show off my own record.
The group came to the cliff.
Some pine trees grow sparsely in the rocks on the cliffs. Because of the lack of water and soil, these pine trees grow extremely strange in shape, and some vines are hanging down, but the vines are very slender and cannot support a person's weight. You also see some wild wolfberry, which are dotted in the moonlight, like pieces of broken gems embedded on the cliff.
The cliff is not high, only about thirty feet, but Yao Yi took a breath and said, "Mei Sheng, is this the place you said that you can climb?"
Too steep.
When I looked up, I felt dizzy.
"Previous inspection, look again. If you bring some hooks, you can not only use some raised rocks, but also some ancient pine trees to climb up."
Yao Yi had to look at his subordinates.
"General Yao, my subordinates used to collect herbs to make a living, so I can climb up this." Qin Hai said.
Wang Ju smiled and said nothing.
The main reason is that some related equipment and training are lacking. In the eyes of later climbers, this cliff is not surprising.
Of course, it is Yao Shi's weakness.
Yao Yi continued: "It's not climbing during the day, but at night."
"I can do it at night, too."
Not only Qin Hai, but also four or five scouts also said they could climb up.
Wang Ju clapped his hands and said, "Inspector Yao, don't worry, I have prepared some things."
As he said that, he asked Quan Er's eldest son to take out some things from his backpack, which is a seat belt. In this way, even if he fails, he will not fall under the cliff.
"Qin Hai, come here and give it a try first."
The five people tied their seat belts and ropes with grappling hooks and climbed up.
There were dangers in the middle, but I didn't miss it once and climbed all to the top of the cliff, but it took a long time.
"These bunch of bastards," Yao Yi smiled and cursed, but he was very proud. This was his trained subordinate.
Several people climbed down again.
Wang Ju patted their shoulders and said, "You are doing a good job. I'll tell you a story. In the first year of Jingde, hundreds of thousands of Liao troops went south to invade our Song Dynasty. Tens of thousands of marching troops were heading towards Baozhou. When this army passed by a dense forest, arrows suddenly shot in the dense forest. The Liao army chased into the dense forest angrily, but the woods were too dense, so they had to dismount and chase. Without the advantage of the horse, they entered the dense forest, and more people were shot to death. In just a short while, hundreds of people were shot to death, but they couldn't even see a figure. The Liao army had to get on their horses and escape from the dense forest. Guess how many ambush troops we sent?"
The group was guessing, some people said thousands, and some people said hundreds.
"Wrong, there are only ten people. Sun Mi, the scout under Yang Yanzhao, completed the feat with ten scouts."
"Where are ten people?" Yao Yi was also stunned.
"Qin Hai, you are all scouts picked out by inspector Yao. I have discussed with inspector Yao before. The frequent invasions of Xixia is mainly because our dynasty officers and soldiers are weak. I and inspector Yao have limited rights. We do not have the right to interfere in other areas of Qingzhou. However, we plan to train the officers and soldiers of several battalions of Huachi County to become Iron Army. Not only for training, but I will also give you greater surprises in the future. But your scouts will be the trump card in this iron army!"
The people immediately became excited.
"Let's go back."
If you can climb up, the plan can be implemented.
The hot day passed and night fell.
Wang Ju sat in the tent and looked at the hourglass quietly.
In a difficult era, you can't even grasp a time accurately. Although hourglass is simpler than water leakage, it can often take out time. The time can often be missed by half an hour a day. The fatal thing is that you don't know whether the error is early or late. The even fatal autumn has not yet arrived. The weather is longer during the day, darker and brighter early. The decline in the night brings inconvenience to movement.
The second update was coming, and Wang Ju said, "Call Qin Hai and the others."
Forty people were deliberately picked out from more than one hundred scouts. Although Qin Hai and the others took the lead, went up first, tied ropes, and knots were tied to the ropes so that the soldiers behind could climb, the cliff was too steep and people with more flexible skills had to be selected.
They set out first and climbed to the top of the cliff. This time should not be late, otherwise the time would not be robbed later, and it would not be early, so as not to discover the bandits.
"It's time for you to draw your sword."
"Here." Forty people answered in unison.
"Go, remember, be careful."
"Here."
Forty scouts left the barracks quietly.
"Actually, this idea is really good," said Yao Yi.
"Where did the inspection come from this?"
"There are many reasons for the defeat of Dingchuan Fort, but many soldiers have not been on the battlefield, and are not familiar with each other, and have not cooperated with the battle, so they were defeated."
That battle was the pain of the Song Dynasty, and countless Song soldiers were sacrificed. That battle was also the pain of the two Yaos, and their father Yao Yaobao was also sacrificed in that battle. But that battle was not only the soldiers, but mainly the responsibility of the head coach Ge Huaimin.
Wang Ju smiled slightly.
Although the lack of strong soldiers is not the main reason for the failure of Dingchuan Fort, it is also very important. For example, Cai Ting created a miracle in the Battle of Dashun City, Li Liangzuo did not capture a fortress. But it was also because of this reason that he did not take advantage of the victory. Otherwise, Li Liangzuo would lose a very badly in that battle.
However, Wang Ju suddenly thought of something.
Decades later, the Jin people went south, and the generals of the Zhe family, the generals of the Yao family, the generals of the Zong family, and all the famous generals were born, but they were defeated again and again in the end.
Although famous generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie had excellent martial arts, the Jin people's military strength had declined at that time, and many of them were puppet troops in the Central Plains. These two situations should be paid attention to.
"If we consider this way, how strong will the Jurchen army be in the future? How strong will the Mongolian army be?"
"There is no longer a long way to go."
It's coming in the second half.
This is also the time that Wang Ju and Yao Yi deliberately chose. It is too early to be afraid of disturbing the people and the bandits in the mountains. If it is too late, it will be too late.
If you walk from the camp during the day, you will have to walk for an hour and a half to reach Heifeng Village. However, if you march at night, you don’t even dare to fight a torch. You can only rely on the moonlight, then it will take at least two hours. It was not dawn at that time, but it was soon, and it would be too late.
Quickly summoned the three armies.
In the past, I practiced overnight marching during training.
No one cared about it.
Looking at the dark army, Yao Yi then said his goal: "Our vocation is going to the mountains to suppress bandits."
"At this time, suppressing bandits?" Some controversy was inevitably spread below.
"Half of the gains from the bandit suppression are handed over to you, and half of them are distributed to you." Yao Yi said.
With just one sentence, the controversy subsided.
But this is just the beginning and will continue in the future.
The bandits in the mountains were not only Yang Si and one group, but also several groups. Some did more evil, some did less evil, and some were mountain people. When they gathered, they were bandits, and after they were dispersed, they were the people, which was difficult to distinguish. In the future, scouts would also be sent to the mountains to inquire. Suppressing bandits is the primary goal, and actual combat training is the ultimate goal.
Yao Yi said again: "The target of our bandit suppression in this business is Yang Si, the evil bandit in the mountains, but they may have contacts with some private businesses. In order to avoid the expansion of the matter, except for leaving a few live torture, the rest will be shot and killed."
It was a reason that Wang Ju said it, and Yao Yi believed it too.
Wang Ju was also helpless, otherwise how could he rescue Hu Qian?
Yao Yi began to choose to send troops, leaving hundreds of veterans, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to guard the military camp, and all the remaining 1,500 officers and soldiers were brought out.
The horses remained in the barracks, all dismounted and moved forward lightly.
Qin Hai and fifty people came to the cliff again.
It was late at night and the people were quiet, and Qin Hai and the other two began to climb. Because they had to carry ropes and tie ropes, the climbing speed was relatively slow this time.
After a while, several people climbed to the top of the peak. Qin Hai took out a flag from his arms, poked out his body, and shook the flag under the cliff. Dozens of people climbed up one after another along the rope.
The moon hangs westward, the stars dot and the waves sound.
Dozens of people stood on the top of the peak and looked into the distance. The distance was very quiet. The dizzy moonlight shone among the mountains and hills, making the mountains and valleys present a series of magnificent scenery.
"Fortunately, nothing happened." Qin Hai said.
After saying that, he led everyone to climb up the dozens of pine trees at the top of the peak and lurked, continuing to look around.
Going eastward is a small mountain ridge. After passing the mountain ridge, there are some outposts on the top of the peak. There are some bandits inside, which are unknown, but the group of bandits will be their main target. Qin Hai turned his sight to the bottom of the mountain, and the mountain was the valley, but he could not underestimate the bandits. Not only did they choose to build a village in this dangerous place, but they also cut down the trees in front of the village and made walls and houses. In this way, the front of the village was bare. Even if the officers and soldiers came and had nowhere to hide, they could fight back from a high position. They planted some vegetables and crops on the banks of the river. If this was not the case, Qin Hai continued to look inside the village.
The village is very quiet, but there are still three or five bandits patrolling on the wall.
There should be people patrolling the outpost in the east, but the East Peak is a little higher and it is at night, so Qin Hai cannot see clearly.
After watching for a while, Qin Hai withdrew his eyes and stared at the cliff.
Soon, a faint light flashed three times under the cliff, which was the light of the tongue of fire. The light was weak and it was impossible to see if it was not on the top of this peak.
Qin Hai looked away and still couldn't see the shadow of Song Jun. The forest was too dense, but after he got down the tree, he could see dozens of figures shaking under the cliff, so he whispered: "The army is here."
The action begins!
Chapter completed!