Horse on the World

Chapter 22

Li Qing's complexion was as heavy as the bottom of a pot. It was really a leaky house and it was raining continuously. The boat was caught in the wind.

"How about the casualties?" Turning to Tang Hu.

"Returning to my lord, the soldiers were caught off guard at the first whistle. Three of them died, more than a dozen were injured, and the rest were defeated. When Lord Wang led his men to arrive, the bandits fled after plundering the soldiers' armor. He has already led people to chase him down, sent me back to report to the Lord, and I will not know about the future situation." Tang Hu said.

"Are there many bandits in Chong County?" Li Qing asked Xu Yunfeng.

Xu Yunfeng's face was also a bit ugly, he is the former county captain of Chongxian County, and there are bandits in the territory who cannot be separated from him, "My lord, Chongxian County is mountainous, but poor, and there are many bandits who occupy the mountains as their kings. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and it is not easy to eradicate them. If there are few people, they are often taken advantage of by bandits. When there are too many people, the bandits will go into the forest, and the officers and soldiers are helpless. Therefore, over the years, the banditry in Chong County has never been eliminated. "

"Then where are the bandits today? What's the name of the leader?" Li Qing asked, Tang Hu and Xu Yunfeng both shook their heads. "My lord, there are many mountains in Chongxian County, and there are at least a dozen nests of bandits. Who is who?" Xu Yunfeng said.

Li Qing sighed, it seems that only after Wang Qinian came back would he know the general idea. The team Wang Qinian took out to hunt consisted of hundreds of elite soldiers, plus thousands of young and strong, it would not be difficult to deal with a few bandits.The tent was deserted for a while, everyone's faces were ugly, and the joy of getting a thousand stones of food and stones just now was washed away by this bad news.

At dusk, Wang Qinian came back with an ugly expression on his face. Ten or twenty men in the team were tied up with ropes. They were supposed to be the bandits who looted, but Li Qing saw the wounded and dead soldiers carried on stretchers. People, the mood suddenly became extremely bad, unexpectedly lost less than 50 people, more than ten people died on the spot, and the rest were slightly or seriously injured. In short, these people are considered useless this winter. Some people were sent to take care of them. Fortunately, Huan Qiu was in the army, and the wounded barracks were built in advance. At first, Li Qing just built the wounded barracks according to the routine, but he never expected that they would be used so early.

"Send the wounded soldiers to Dr. Huan. The dead should be buried in coffins." Li Qing ordered with a sullen face, turned around and entered the tent, Wang Qinian followed with his head down.Inside the tent, Shang Haibo, Xu Yunfeng, Feng Guo, and Jiang Kui are all there.

"Tell me what's going on?"

"My lord, when the bandits attacked, the target was obvious. They attacked the soldiers of this group first. When they were caught off guard, three soldiers died and more than a dozen people were injured. The rest of the young and strong were frightened and scattered with a blast. The bandits stripped off the soldier's armor, snatched the weapon, and the soldier fled. After I got the report, I gathered the soldiers to chase after him, but the bandits were very slippery and failed to encircle them. He wounded many more people, finally managed to catch a few people alive, and asked them about their lair, so I sent troops to capture their lair and captured dozens of people, but the bandit leader saw the opportunity early and slipped away I can’t be seen anymore.” Wang Qinian knelt on the ground with a face of shame, there were more than 500 elite soldiers under him, and dozens of bandits were besieged, there were such a high number of casualties, not to mention his own shame, even Li Qing felt incredible, A look of anger.

"The few generals I am relying on now, although their personal strength is not weak, they were just ordinary soldiers before, at most they were only sentinel commanders, and they did not receive any systematic education. Suddenly commanding a large army, it is obvious that their abilities cannot keep up. Go up, this is not obvious at the moment, but after a long time, the disadvantages will appear." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look worried, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Shang Haibo was also looking at him, and the look in his eyes obviously thought of this question .

This problem must be solved.Li Qing thought, it is obviously unrealistic for him to want to have experienced generals, he can only tap the potential among the existing subordinates, fortunately there will be no battles in the near future, so there is time to hone them, Chong County has Whether it's bandits, it's a good time to use the bandits to hone their ability to march and fight.

"The bandits who attacked you are those people. Can you ask me clearly?"

Without Li Qing's words, Wang Qinian didn't dare to get up, but still knelt there and said, "I asked, what is it called Guoshanfeng!"

"Mountain wind?" Xu Yunfeng on the side exclaimed.

"Why, is this Guoshanfeng famous?" Li Qing turned his head away.

Xu Yunfeng nodded: "Guo Shanfeng has been entrenched in Chong County for a long time. It's not that he is the most ferocious, but that he is the most elusive. Often when the officers and soldiers arrive, he disappears. They popped up again, and often robbed the rear of officers and soldiers, so they are very prestigious among the bandits in Chong County."

Li Qing nodded, "It doesn't matter if you have prestige or not, if you mess with me, your bedroom will be in trouble."

"Where did Guoshanfeng escape to?"

Wang Qinian said: "My lord, we chased all the way, the mountain wind went all the way to the west, and we fled into a swamp, we followed, and we accidentally fell into several people, if the rescue was not in time, these people would have died gone."

"They escaped to Jiming Lake?" Xu Yunfeng said in surprise, "It was a dead place, no one could enter Jiming Lake and come out alive. Guoshanfeng is an old bandit in Chong County, how could he run to Jiming Lake?" Narusawa?"

"What's the matter with Jiming Ze?" Li Qing asked in puzzlement.

"My lord, the length and width of Jiming Lake are tens of miles, and there are traps all over the lake. Not to mention people, even livestock will fall into the trap. I Chongxian said that it does not border the barbarians, but in fact it worshiped this chicken. The gift of Mingze, the other end of Jimingze is the territory of the barbarians, but because of the presence of Jimingze, the barbarians cannot attack our Chong County from here, while other places are steep and steep, difficult for people to pass, let alone Yes, Yichong County has never been hit by bandits, if it wasn't for this big defeat..." Xu Yunfeng stopped talking.

"Then why did the passing mountain wind escape here?" Li Qing was puzzled.

"I think he was being chased by Captain Wang! He was in such a hurry." Xu Yunfeng said.

Wang Qinian on the ground raised his head: "No, there is a road in the marsh of chickens."

Li Qing, Shang Haibo, and Xu Yunfeng were all shocked, "How is this possible? People who have lived in Chong County for generations know that it is impossible to walk in Jiming Lake." Xu Yunfeng said in surprise, and Li Qing and Shang Hai Bo's panic is another matter. If Jiming Ze really has a way, wouldn't the barbarians be able to attack Chong County at any time?Both of them turned their gazes to Wang Qinian: "Wang Qinian, why do you say that? This is a big deal and should not be trifled with."

Wang Qinian said: "My lord, I will know, but when I chased the passing mountain wind to Jiming Lake, those people entered Jiming Lake without hesitation, and went all the way. These bandits are still yelling and cursing from a distance, obviously they are familiar with the road. It seems that they often go in and out of Jiming Lake, there must be a road that we don't know about."

Both Li Qing and Shang Haibo changed their colors, "Get up!"

"Thank you sir."

"The matters discussed in the tent today are top secret, and no one is allowed to disclose them." Li Qing said seriously.

"The subordinates will save it!" Everyone said in unison.

"Feng Guo, you lead your elite men to go to Jiming Lake and set up a net to guard it. No matter it is ten and a half months or longer, you must capture this mountain wind alive." Li Qing ordered, and Feng Guo's men did their best. They are some very good fighters in personal force, and they are doing their best to catch these slippery bandits in the forest.

"The general will understand." Feng Guo cupped his fists and accepted the order.

(End of this chapter)