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Chapter 202 Suppressing Bandits
To the west of Shenjing City is Yantuo Mountain.

Due to the construction of palaces and excessive logging in successive dynasties, the area in front of the mountain is now bare. Only on the steep peaks can there be green plants and trees.

There are mirror-like lakes, cloud-like waterfalls and countless strange peaks and rocks between the main peaks. It is also a popular place for sightseeing and outing.

However, a group of bandits occupied the mountain and became the kings. They robbed passing caravans and looted the surrounding people, making it a dangerous place with few people going.

Jia Wei used the gecko wall-climbing skill to climb up the steep back peaks. He tapped lightly on a huge rock peak and flew up again, but a bird passed by him.

As he hurried on, he was thinking that outside the Han capital, banditry was rampant, and it was hard to imagine how chaotic those remote areas were.

Local counties and even soldiers from the Beijing garrison went up the mountain to suppress the bandits many times, but they either failed to defeat them or came up empty-handed.

As a result, today, the banditry is becoming increasingly powerful, and merchant caravans have to take detours to enter Beijing.

After reading the intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Jia Wei also admired the leader of this group of bandits, who was an expert in intelligence warfare and guerrilla warfare.

The bandits not only set up secret sentries at various places leading into the mountains, but also bribed several officials from the local county government.

Once the prefectures and counties organize troops to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits, the bandits will be able to obtain intelligence and formulate tactics to inflict heavy damage on the suppression team.

When the elite troops of the Beijing camp arrived, they had also received the news in advance, so they took their personnel and property and hid deep in the mountains. They would come out and cause trouble after the people of the Beijing camp left.

When the Jinyiwei went out of the capital to conduct a southern tour to reorganize the situation, they would definitely first eliminate the banditry around the capital city.

Years ago, Jia Wei ordered the Jinyiwei to collect detailed information about these bandits.

These bandits are well-informed, and there are many cases of them bribing local officials and gentry, such as the Yantuo Mountain bandits.

If the Jinyiwei wiped out one group of bandits, the rest of the bandits would get the information and would definitely split up into small groups to avoid the Jinyiwei's attack.

So Jia Wei decided to use blitzkrieg, dividing his troops into three groups and launching surprise attacks on three bandit groups at the same time.

The Jinyiwei must act faster than the bandits can transmit information!

Secondly, it stipulated how to deal with property. Jia Wei did not take a penny, but distributed all the property to the soldiers according to their merits in order to win the hearts of the people.

It also avoids the situation where one group of people is still killing bandits while another group is running to loot their property...

There is another group of people who specialize in dealing with officials and gentry who collude with bandits. They will bring them to justice, confiscate their property and execute them without any delay.

Jia Wei formed his own group and was fighting against the most powerful Yantuo Mountain bandits.

Jia Wei continued to climb the deserted back mountain, and soon reached the top. He looked down and saw a group of low garden houses with curling smoke under the warm midday sun.

The bandits did not set up guards behind the village because the mountains behind were full of steep cliffs that even monkeys could not climb up...

There was a lush meadow in front of him. Jia Wei stood up and jumped, tapping his feet on the grass several times, and flew towards the courtyard. His robe rustled in the wind.

Jia Wei did not hide his whereabouts. Intelligence showed that this group of bandits were committing all kinds of evil and their methods were extremely cruel.

What followed was a massacre.

Someone spotted Jia Wei, drew his bow and shot an arrow. Jia Wei slapped out a flying dragon in the sky with his palm, which also collapsed the mud houses behind the bandits.

Jia Wei captured another bandit and broke his arm with his force.

"Where is your boss?"

"Yes, in Zhongyi Hall!"

Jia Wei shattered his heart meridian with a slap and rushed into the bandit group.

In front of the Yangxin Palace, hundreds of fully armed elite rebels of Prince Ningjing were all killed by him, not to mention these bandits.

Jia Wei was like a god of death, pushing forward all the way until he reached the central courtyard.

Some people were frightened and fled from the village. Ordinary bandits were not a big deal, but the bandit leader must not be let go, otherwise he would soon gather another gang of bandits. "My hero, I will give you all the gold and silver I robbed!" A bald bandit holding a nine-ring broadsword begged for mercy, but his eyes were still fierce as he held the sword.

Next to him was a lame young man dressed as a Confucian scholar. Jia Wei didn't waste a word and killed both of them with one palm.

Then Jia Wei set a fire and started to go down the mountain.

He finished his work and hurried on, running dozens of miles back to the temporary camp of the Jinyiwei, where he saw Mu Wanqing and Zhao Min fighting in front of the camp, cursing at each other as they fought.

"Have you forgotten the oath you made? Why don't you just die? I think you were born to be someone's concubine."

"It's better than you. No one wants you. You're just a maid serving tea and water! When he comes back, I'll ask you to come and serve me!"

Jia Wei shook his head and walked over. Zhou Zhiruo, holding the Heavenly Sword, opened the curtain for him and said, "The Marquis is back."

Jia Wei pinched her face and said, "You're still good. Come over tonight and I'll reward you."

Zhou Zhiruo lowered her head shyly and looked at the hilt of the Sword of the Heavenly Sword again.

When Jia Wei entered the account, Miaoyu, dressed in plain clothes, was sitting in his seat, sorting out a pile of secret letters.

Seeing him come in, Miaoyu stood up and made way for him.

"Go make some tea."

Jia Wei sat down and read the secret letters while waiting for news from the other three groups of people.

First, there were matters within the Shenjing city and the Jinyiwei.

Although Jia Wei has left the capital, his control and attention over the city of Shenjing have not weakened much. After all, Concubine Wan and Prince Zhongshun may stab him in the back, so he has to be on guard.

Then there is the information from the underworld. The Tiandihui has been very active recently, but this is an underground organization, and the Jinyiwei knows very little information, so let's ignore it for now.

Then came a piece of breaking news: Led by Master Miejue of the Emei Sect, several famous and upright sects formed an alliance and headed towards Guangmingding, preparing to annihilate the Ming Cult in one fell swoop.

"I'm afraid the fighting has already started at Bright Summit. I can't make it there even though it's thousands of miles away. It would be a pity to waste the Great Shift of the Universe..."

"Zhang Wuji has mastered the Great Shift of the Universe, so he may have become a master, but I still have the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Sword of Exorcism... The advantage is mine."

Jia Wei threw away the secret letter and read the next one, which was about the Red-Cloaked Fairy Li Mochou.

"Li Mochou is in western Shanxi now? We can't let her escape again this time." Jia Wei thought, and a charming figure in a Taoist robe appeared in his mind.

After leaving the capital, Jia Wei headed all the way to Mount Zhongnan.

The Quanzhen sect must be eliminated.

Xiaolong'er needs to be collected.

Dealing with the Quanzhen Sect is very simple, Jia Wei can do it alone, but to capture Xiaolongnu, Li Mochou is needed as a wingman...

Thinking of this, Jia Wei immediately ordered a full-scale search for Li Mochou's whereabouts.

Afterwards, Jia Wei threw a stack of unimportant documents to Miaoyu and asked her to approve them on his behalf.

Although Miaoyu became a nun at a young age, she is naturally intelligent. With some training, she will definitely become a good secretary.

From time to time, news came that the other three armies had won great victories, and Jia Wei began to write secret reports to the emperor.

"Jin Yi Commander Jia Wei respectfully wishes His Majesty the best..."

There are many purposes for writing memorials, including reporting the results of bandit suppression, and also to improve one's reputation in front of the emperor and maintain relationships.

(End of this chapter)