A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 112 Suppressing Bandits
Thirty-five years of Qin Shihuang

Hanoi District, Thai A District

Tai'a County is a county under Hanoi County in the Taihang Mountains. Taihang Mountain is at the junction of six counties. Therefore, each of the six counties has a county in the Taihang Mountains. Each county controls one to two passes in the Taihang Mountains. There are a total of eight passes in the Taihang Mountains. .

In Tai'a County, the county magistrate found the county captain and said that he had asked the county guard for instructions and asked him to send troops to wipe out the bandits on the surrounding hills in order to appease Tai'a.

The county lieutenant received the order, took the other half of the tiger talisman from the county magistrate, took out his own half, and verified that it was correct. He was ordered to return to camp to prepare for the dispatch of troops. After the dispatch meeting was held.

Unbeknownst to the Tai'a county lieutenant, one of his generals came to a tree outside the camp, pressed a piece of cloth under a big stone, and then returned to the military camp to prepare for the expedition ceremony.

Soon, two thousand county soldiers marched out of the military camp. When a woodcutter on the road saw it, he immediately went to the tree where the general stayed just now. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention.

Pretending that the firewood was falling apart, he arranged the firewood next to the big rock, took out the cloth, and then walked quickly into the mountain.

Five days later, the cloth passed through the hands of many people and was transferred to the small mountain village where Zhang Liang and others had been. Bai Qing received the information, then had someone copy it and send it to Baishi Mountain.

In five days, Tai'e County soldiers had broken through six or seven small cottages in the surrounding area, but these cottages were only gangs of dozens or hundreds of people.

On this day, Tai'e County soldiers arrived at a relatively large-scale small village. It was said that there were more than a thousand bandits inside, but half of them were women, children and the elderly.

This small village was one of the seventy-two small villages under the Rebel Alliance. I had long heard that county soldiers were coming to suppress the bandits, so they immediately packed up their belongings and ran away. A group of people, carrying the old and the young, fled to the big village.

The county soldiers razed the stronghold to the ground without any effort. At this time, the county captain was very proud, thinking that these bandits were nothing more than that. As soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, they all fled with their heads in their hands.

A general nearby persuaded the county captain: "My lord, we have wiped out all the bandit villages thirty miles around the county. Otherwise, we should just accept them as soon as possible! To avoid being surrounded by bandits."

The county captain was very unhappy. He also expected to kill a few more bandits. He heard that the Hanoi County captain was getting old and planned to resign. He would make up for the Hanoi County captain's mistakes in the future.

He decisively refused and said: "Don't be afraid. I think these bandits are all dressed in linen and sticks, and they don't have any decent weapons in their hands. I will kill them like chickens and dogs, just as easy as changing hands."

Then decisively walked to the next mountain village. He even thought the speed was too slow, so he asked the generals of the three townships to lead the soldiers of their own townships to wipe out the small cottages.

Here, Su Xun and Yuan Lun received a message from the family leader and knew that Tai'a County had sent troops to suppress the bandits, so they sent this news to the five large strongholds around Tai'a County of the Rebel Alliance, asking them to work together to stop the Tai'a County soldiers. , and promised that Baishi Village would reward those who made meritorious deeds.

Upon hearing the news, the five major strongholds immediately raised troops, each with a thousand men, and each showed off his or her power, saying that they would do justice for heaven, support the weak and overcome the strong. Not only that, they would also be rewarded by the leader of the alliance, and their morale was very high.

Since the division of troops in Tai'a County, the speed has indeed increased a lot. It has wiped out more than a dozen tiny cottages and two small cottages. One of the small cottages ran away, and the other small cottage chose to resist because of the large number of people.

However, the equipment and training in the cottage can only be said to be poor. Although the county soldiers are not as good as those who have been trained for a year, they are at least regular troops who have gone through military training in the off-season. Not to mention they have simple leather armor and simple weapons, but they are all from the Warring States Period. An old weapon from the period.

But it's better than a hundred people being unable to produce a single metal weapon in the hands of bandits.

When soldiers from Tai'a County attacked the village, the bandits' homemade wooden bows could hardly cause any harm as long as they did not penetrate the weak points of the county soldiers. Not to mention that these archers had little strength due to lack of food all year round, and wooden arrows had no lethality. .

Soon the county soldiers climbed onto the wall of the village. Entering the village was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, killing everyone on sight. Except for women and children, all men would be killed mercilessly, because these were all military achievements!

The county lieutenant looked at the pile of military exploits and was very happy. The smile on his face never broke. He knew that with this military exploit, the position of captain of Hanoi County must be his.

Soon, a scout came with an order, saying that a large number of bandits were found in the surrounding areas, numbering at least three to four thousand. After hearing this, the county captain quickly ordered people to clean up the battlefield and let everyone guard against the wall.

Five thousand bandit troops surrounded the county soldiers in the village. The bandits were holding sticks in their hands and kept shouting at the county soldiers in the village.

I saw the five bandit leaders in the lead. They all looked like dogs, but they were holding standard weapons. This was the symbol given to them by Baishi Village to symbolize the rebel alliance. They couldn't wait to sleep with her in their arms every day.

The county captain listened to the vulgar words of the bandits outside, and thought that he, a majestic county captain of the Qin Dynasty, and a future county captain, was actually blocked in and cursed and dared not go out, so he became furious and ordered people to move out and block the gate of the village. of debris.

He took a thousand "elites" personally selected by him to break out of the mountain stronghold.

The bandits outside the village were frightened when they saw a thousand county soldiers rushing out. They instinctively ran away. Soon, the five thousand bandits dispersed in a rush.

The county lieutenant was very proud of this situation. The bandits were bandits, so he didn't think too much. He called out the remaining soldiers in the village, reorganized his team, and headed towards Tai'a County.

The five leaders saw that their men were so unsatisfactory and ran away before they could fight. When they thought about being laughed at by other leaders in the alliance, they killed a few of the minions who took the lead and said that they would run away again next time. , ended up like this.

Then he found a few confidants and formed a supervising team of 500 people. They each managed the village soldiers in their own villages and headed in the direction of the county soldiers.

Soon they saw the county soldiers. Without thinking, they ordered their men to rush forward. Five thousand bandits rushed in without any order.

This caught the county soldiers off guard. They didn't react in time and knocked down many county soldiers. But slowly, they were scolded by the general and remembered their usual training and formed a battle formation. The bandits were unable to fight immediately and caused a lot of casualties. The bandits had to hit many times to kill a county soldier, but the county soldiers only needed a light stroke to injure a bandit.

Seeing the increasing casualties, the five leaders suddenly felt distressed and asked their men to stop attacking. Then they confronted the county soldiers. If the county soldiers attacked, they would run away. If the county soldiers did not attack, they would follow.

The county captain really had no choice, so he ordered the bows and crossbows to be taken out, and soon forty bows and ten crossbows were taken out.

"emission!"

Dozens of arrows were directed at the bandit army. The bandits who were hit by the arrows fell down one after another. Seeing this, the bandits quickly retreated. Seeing that the arrows could still be hit, they continued to retreat, and finally retreated to a place where the arrows could not reach them.

The leaders immediately asked people to count the number of people. They saw that just a series of operations, namely the battle at the stronghold, the pursuit battle, and the arrow battle, had already caused 3,000 casualties, including 1,000 dead.

Looking at the Qin army on the opposite side, the casualties were only one or two hundred at most, and only one hundred died. Or it was caused by not reacting in time just now.

The five leaders discussed it and decided that it would not work! The casualties are too great. It seems that the direction of the Qin army should be towards Tai'a County. Let's withdraw! Anyway, if the Qin army retreats, they will be beaten away.

So the five people agreed and withdrew. Soon, all the bandits on the other side of the county soldiers ran away, not even the bodies on the ground were left.

The county captain sneered when he saw this, and waved his hand to the county soldiers to accept their military exploits and retreat.

The county lieutenant returned to Tai'a County. After sorting out the battle merits, he personally escorted people to the county seat. He had three thousand battle merits, which was very rare except for the northern and southern battlefields. Even if the three thousand were discounted as bandits, it was enough to make the Tai'a county captain's reputation quickly spread to other counties.

Not surprisingly, Tai'a County Lieutenant became Hanoi County Lieutenant.

This made other counties around the Taihang Mountains very jealous, and they sent troops into the Taihang Mountains to suppress the bandits.

Here, Yuan Lun and Su Xun saw the five leaders and heard them talking about the hardships of themselves and others and the casualties of their men, and then exaggerated the casualties of the Qin army to claim credit.

However, Yuan Lun knew the true number of casualties based on the accurate information from Tai'a. He sat on the high platform without saying a word. After they finished speaking, he said:
"Do you think I'm someone who's easy to deceive?"

Then Su Xun told the true number of casualties in this battle. The five leaders sat up for a while, thinking that a traitor had appeared, and they all wondered who it was.

But I heard Yuan Lun say that although you did not suffer a large number of casualties from the Qin army, you have still worked hard, so you will still be compensated.

Then he said the compensation that the five of them were very satisfied with. The five leaders thanked each other and left with satisfaction.

Su Xun and Yuan Lun had a headache. They really didn't expect that the bandits were so weak in combat, and their troops were twice as strong as the Qin army, and they actually suffered a huge defeat.

Then they received news from home that the other five counties wanted to send troops to suppress the bandits after hearing about the results of Hanoi County.

Yuan Lun said: "Old Su, I think the next time we let these bandits send out troops, they must be ten times as powerful as the other side!"

Su Xun nodded in agreement and then said, "What do you think about the suppression of bandits in the five counties?"

Yuan Lun's head got bigger and he thought for a long time and didn't know what to do, so he turned to Su Xun for help. Su Xun had no choice but to say: "It seems that I have to ask my family for help."

So the two wrote a letter asking for help from the clan. After Bai Qing received the letter, he assigned Sun Yin to go to Baishi Village to help the two. Su Xun and Su Xun were very happy to see Sun Yin coming. The three kept exchanging opinions, and finally Got a solution.

Ten days later, at the Rebel Alliance Conference, more than a hundred bandit leaders gathered together. The scene was very lively, and Baishi Village also brought out a lot of food, which made the leaders very comfortable.

After three rounds of meals, Yuan Lun introduced Sun Yin to everyone, as the third leader of Baishi Village. All the leaders came to show their goodwill and visit.

When the banquet was gone, Yuan Lun said: "Everyone has finished eating!"

Everyone felt very comfortable, and then Yuan Lun said:
"But I got the news that the five counties are going to send troops to annihilate me!"

"Ah!" Everyone was panicked for a moment.

Yuan Lun pressed his hands to show silence, then pushed out Sun Yin and said to everyone: "Don't panic, why do you think I promoted Sun to be the third boss?

Because he has a way to deal with the soldiers of the five counties! Next, let Mr. Sun tell us how to resist the soldiers of the five counties! "

Then he retreated to the main seat and sat down, leaving the stage to Sun Yin. Sun Yin saluted Yuan Lun and everyone and started talking.

(End of this chapter)