The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 77

"The Xiang army is too useless, and they have no intention of fighting at all. I will report to the emperor after I go back, and simply withdraw the Xiang army from all over the place." Wen Zhang said angrily.

"Brother Wenzhang is right. The Xiang army will only waste the treasury's food and grass." Shen Mo laughed.

The nearest village to Phoenix Mountain is called Songjia Village. Song Kui, the leader of the bandits in the mountain, was originally a rogue in Songjia Village. At that time, the leader of the mountain liked it, but later the leader died unexpectedly, and Song Kui became the owner of the cottage.

Seeing that it was getting late, Wen Zhang arranged to camp in an open space outside the village, and went to the village head's house with Shen Mo and his guide Li Yuan.

The Song Family Village is not very big, most of them are children of the Song surname, and the village head is also the head of the Song clan, named Song Kanghao. In terms of seniority, he is Song Kui's uncle.

The guide Li Yuan has been here several times with Xiang Jun, and he is very familiar with the road, and soon came to Song Kanghao's house.

When Song Kanghao saw another group of officers and soldiers arriving, his attitude was very cold, he ignored Wen Zhang and Shen Mo, and only exchanged a few words with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Mr. Song, these two are not from the Xiang army, they were sent by the emperor from the capital to suppress the bandits."

Song Kanghao panicked: "Sent by the emperor?"

Wen Zhang said, "That's right. Village Chief Song, we were sent by the emperor to suppress the bandits."

Song Kanghao looked at Wen Zhang, then at Shen Mo, and then said to Shen Mo, "General, are you really from the capital?"

Shen Mo pointed at Wen Zhang with a smile and said, "Mr. Song, this is General Wen Zhangwen, the commander of the youth guards. The emperor specially ordered him to come here to suppress the bandits. I am Shen Mo, the commander of the imperial guards. He is here to watch the battle."

"Imperial bodyguard? It was really sent by the emperor. It's just General Wen, how can you be so young?" Song Kanghao didn't seem to believe it, but his face had already begun to soften.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little more harmonious, Li Yuan said, "Mr. Song, why don't you ask the two generals to sit down?"

"Yes, yes, please sit down, two generals."

"You're welcome." Wen Zhang sat down and said straight to the point, "Village Chief Song, who learned from Wen Zhang, was ordered by the emperor to lead [-] young guards to Phoenix Mountain to exterminate these bandits. I hope the village chief will cooperate."

When Song Kanghao saw that Wen Zhang claimed to be a postgraduate, he didn't want to eat or drink like other officers and soldiers after entering the house, but went straight to the topic, and he couldn't help feeling good, and he didn't dare to neglect him immediately, saying: "Little general, but please order."

"Song Village has lived here for a long time, and he should know the terrain of Fenghuang Mountain and Song Kui's bandits like the palm of his hand. Wen Zhang asked for advice, what is the village chief's good strategy?"

"I don't dare to take a good strategy. Song knows that there is a small road that leads directly to Song Kui's stronghold. If he sneaks in at night, it should be easy to wipe out these bandits. It's just that the road is rough. I don't know if the general's team can do it?"

Wen Zhang said happily: "It's okay, our military camp in the capital is also under a mountain, and all the young guards will climb the mountain twice at night."

"I can show you the way."

In the early hours of the morning, Wen Zhang brought a hundred young guards with martial arts skills, led by Song Kanghao, to Song Kui's cottage in Fenghuang Mountain. He said it was a cottage, but it was actually very simple, and most of the surrounding areas were surrounded by fences. According to Yuan Zhi's words, Wen Zhang can handle it by himself.There was a dead silence in the cottage, everyone was clearly asleep, and the two sentinels at the door were also lying down and dozing off, as if they were not prepared.

He Quchen, the two deputy commanders of the young guards, and Wang Hong brought 150 soldiers to the front of the stronghold according to the time agreed in advance, and surrounded the main entrance to death. Shen Mo and other hundred imperial guards just followed behind and did not make any moves meaning.

Wen Zhang heard the bird song signal from He Quchen and knew that they were all in place, so he also issued a bird song as an attack command.Wen Zhang waved his right hand and said softly, "Attack."

At the command, the hundred young guards beside Wen Zhang quickly climbed over the fence and entered the village like rabbits.

At the same time, He Quchen and Wang Hong led their subordinates into the stronghold, and the two sentries were restrained by He Wang before they could react.

The battle on Phoenix Mountain was very simple, and it ended in about a quarter of an hour.The sleeping bandits didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they became the captives of the young guards. After waking up, Song Kui tried to resist, but was beaten up by the young guards who swarmed up, and then tied him up with ropes.

When I heard Wen Zhang say this, I nodded my head to show my approval, and at the same time I was angry at Xiang Jun's inaction.

"Your Majesty, this Fenghuang Mountain bandit is vulnerable, and my young guard is unharmed."

Shen Mo also echoed: "That's true. Although the bandits are not as good as them, the young guards are well-trained and have strict military discipline, which is pretty good."

I smiled and said, "Then the battle of Daliu Mountain will not be so easy."

Wen Zhang replied: "Yes, how does the emperor know?"

"Young guards injured 43 people, all of them should have happened on Daliu Mountain, you continue to talk."

After the battle of Phoenix Mountain, Wen Zhang sent thirty youth guards and ten imperial guards to escort Song Kui and others to Jinhua Mansion.

After returning to Songjia Village to rest for a while, and saying goodbye to the grateful Song Kanghao, he immediately marched to Daliu Mountain.The distance between the two places is not far, and we arrived at the foot of Daliu Mountain at noon.

There used to be several Orion families living at the foot of Daliu Mountain, and since they called Tian Zhanshan Queen, they all moved away.

Gai Jiaotian, who used to be a lieutenant in the northern frontier army of the Great Song Dynasty, had a violent personality. When Mongolia went south, his army was defeated. Gai Jiaotian fled south with the refugees. He was exiled to the Jinhua area a year ago because he had no ID , and beat others, was arrested by the Jinhua Yamen, and later could not bear the humiliation of the Yamen, so he injured the Yamen, fled to Daliu Mountain, dragged dozens of people, and engaged in banditry.Although there were not many of them, Gai Jiaotian was born in a military camp and knew how to lead troops, so the bandits in Daliu Mountain were far from comparable to Song Kui and his like.In the past, those Xiang soldiers dared to put on a show and charge forward when they came to Fenghuang, but when they arrived at Daliu Mountain, they just shouted at the foot of the mountain, and no one dared to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.

Wen Zhang arranged for He Quchen, Wang Hong set up camp on the spot, and himself and Shen Mo sneaked up the mountain.

Daliu Mountain is steeper than Fenghuang Mountain, but with Wen and Shen's martial arts, it is not a problem.

Climbing halfway up the mountain, passing through a sparse forest, you can see Gai Jiaotian's cottage.Looking from a distance, the gate of the village is closed tightly. The fences on both sides of the gate are made of trees as thick as bowls. Inside the gate, a dozen or so bandits can be vaguely seen wandering among them. There are also two tall archery towers inside the gate. Each bandit is looking around.There is a distance of about 100 meters from the woods to the front of the cottage. If you attack from the woods, you will inevitably be attacked by the opponent's bow and arrow, causing casualties to the young guards. This is nothing in war, but Wen Zhang remembers the words of the emperor , it is best not to die.

Wen Zhang and Shen Mo continued to observe at the edge of the woods. It seems that the cottage can only be attacked from the front. It is surrounded by mountains, and a thin stream flows into the cottage. According to Wen Zhang's visual inspection, the back mountain is no less than [-] meters high, and the sides of the cottage are surrounded by cliffs. resistance.

Wen Zhang frowned and became thoughtful.