Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 336 Suppressing Bandits
In the early morning of the next day, all the subordinate officials of Taiyuan Prefecture received news one after another that the prefect, General Ma Ji, was promoted to the director of the hall, and ordered everyone to take their seats on time.

When everyone came to the government office in a hurry, they saw Ma Ji, who had not been a formal director for a long time since taking office, sitting high in the hall with a majestic and intimidating demeanor.

Everyone who arrived one after another felt secretly in their hearts and saluted upwards one by one.

Ma Ji only nodded slightly, and then indicated that everyone would wait in their respective positions.

It wasn't until everyone arrived within the time limit that he set that a smile appeared on Ma Ji's cold face. He looked around and said, "I invite you all to come here just to discuss a major matter."

Everyone felt uneasy, but their faces became more and more respectful, and they said in unison: "I await the instructions from the prefect!"

Ma Ji picked up a thick stack of paper from the case and said calmly: "I have reviewed the complaints in recent years and found that many local people and foreign businessmen complained that under my rule in Taiyuan, bandits gathered in the mountains and forests and invaded villages and towns wantonly. Robbery of pedestrians. The circumstances and circumstances of these cases are clearly explained, and there is no wrongdoing. However, the cases have not been closed yet, and the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. I wonder how you can teach me? "

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and finally their eyes fell on Fu Cheng Zhou Kui.

As the second-in-command of the prefect, Zhou Kui had the unshirkable responsibility to answer the prefect's questions, especially after the prefect understood the question.

At that time, he coughed lightly, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Jin Province is mountainous and close to the Northern Barbarians. Banditry has always been rampant, and I am not the only one in Taiyuan who is like this. The previous magistrates also recruited local warriors to work hard. In order to eliminate the banditry, it only resulted in the loss of troops and waste of money and food, and only increased the ferocity of the bandits. After a long period of efforts, no one mentioned the suppression of bandits.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and finally Zhou Kui said: "It's good that you love the people, but this matter needs to be considered in the long term. After all, if you want to suppress bandits, you need to prepare money and food, and train local braves. These things cannot be done in a day." achievement."

Ma Ji waved his hand and ordered Wu Yan to stand aside and introduced to everyone: "Before I took office, I had obtained His Majesty's decree and the official document from the Ministry of War to mobilize a border army from Datong Town to Taiyuan to help suppress the bandits. This is Datong General Military Wei." General Wu Yan under the command of Ninghou."

Ma Ji observed the words and expressions, and had already understood everyone's thoughts. He smiled and said: "What Zhou Fu Cheng said is a mature and prudent advice, but I have other plans. This matter is urgent and should not be slowed down. General Wu, please come out and meet with everyone." See you soon!”

Ma Ji said coldly: "Although it is difficult to suppress bandits, we cannot stop suppressing them out of fear of difficulties. If these bandits are allowed to harm the people in our territory of Taiyuan, how can you and I have the face to be the parents of the people? I am determined to eradicate banditry in Taiyuan, what can you do? objection?"

Regarding the suppression of bandits, everyone present was happy to see the success and immediately spoke in agreement, but their hidden thoughts were very different.

Some people agreed to suppress bandits out of public motives and for the sake of the people; others thought that Ma Ji was young and energetic and did not know the depth of things, and they were happy to see him suffer a bloody blow in this matter.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone only heard the clanging sound of armor. A young general in full body armor came out from behind and saluted Ma Ji respectfully: "The last general, Wu Yan, has met the prefect."

This is a fair statement.

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. They were not only shocked by the other party's foresight in starting to suppress the bandits before he took office, but also shocked by the connections behind him that could facilitate this matter.

After all, even if you are married to that Marquis Weining, Marquis Weining will never dare to mobilize the border troops privately, so the words of "seeking His Majesty's decree and official documents from the Ministry of War" must be true.

Ma Ji suddenly stood up, glanced at everyone with his eyes like lightning, and said in a deep voice: "I will personally accompany the army to suppress the bandits today, so I asked Zhou Fu Cheng to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the government and be responsible for arranging the supply of food and grass. The rest of them will keep their duties and fulfill their responsibilities." . This matter has been heard by heaven, so there is no room for sloppiness. Some people here need to be careful. No matter what tricks they have in the past, they must keep their little thoughts in check this time. Otherwise, I will take more than just. It's the official hat on his head!" Everyone was horrified and bowed to accept the order.

Ma Ji didn't say much, and immediately took the "Hanlu knife" from the case and hung it on his waist, and called Wu Yan to come out of the government office with him.

The two mounted their horses outside the government office, escorted by a group of Wu Yan's soldiers, and went straight out of the north gate of the city.

The group of people and horses rode like wind and lightning all the way to the vicinity of Lieshi Mountain in the north of Taiyuan.

An elite cavalry force of about 500 people was waiting in a dense forest at the foot of the mountain.

After the two sides met, Wu Yan asked Ma Ji for instructions: "Sir, although the bandits on the mountain are a mob, they have set up several dangerous passes along the mountain. If we attack head-on, I'm afraid there will be casualties among our brothers. According to the general's opinion, , It would be better to attack Poshan at night."

Ma Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "General Wu, I want to use the fastest speed and the most violent means to eradicate the banditry in Taiyuan. There are more important things to do after that, so there is not much time to delay. Just be responsible. Although I am attacking the mountain, I will handle all the dangerous passes!"

Wu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he thought about the power of his own Weining Marquis, and thought that the prefect in front of him could be her husband. He would not be far behind. If this was really the case, people like him would probably be Having received Marquis Weining's care and favor, I came here to gain some credit for nothing.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited, and he immediately accepted the order respectfully.

What happened next confirmed his guess.

A group of people came to the foot of Lieshi Mountain. Facing the dangerous village wall built between two cliffs, Ma Ji rode the "Dark Lord" leisurely forward. The dense rain of arrows shot from the wall was blocked by a stream of arrows in front of him. Blocked by an invisible barrier.

Arriving at the base of the village wall, the "Dark Lord" suddenly stood up and stepped hard on the village gate with his raised front hooves. The terrifying force shattered two thick village gates made of logs with a diameter of more than a foot.

When more than a hundred thieves stood dumbfounded on the wall, Ma Ji waved back, and Wu Yan shouted excitedly: "Kill!" Then he rushed towards the wall with a horse.

Due to the danger of losing the geographical advantage, although the six to seven hundred bandits in the mountain stronghold were numerically superior and they were all desperadoes, they were just like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the more than five hundred elite soldiers who had just come down from the northern battlefield.

Under the command of Wu Yan, these more than 500 people abandoned their horses and marched in formation on foot, like a sophisticated and efficient machine that harvested lives and grinded flesh, cutting off and crushing all the bandits along the way.

Ma Ji knew that these soldiers needed to use their lives to accumulate military merit, so he did not continue to take action and just followed behind to take care of them.

In less than half an hour, a mountain stronghold was completely wiped out.

When Ma Ji announced that half of the seizures in this battle would be returned to the public, and half would be distributed according to military merits, and this would be the case in the future, the more than 500 border troops burst into cheers.

(The more I write these days, the less I feel like it, but I will definitely stick to it and finish it)
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