Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 35 Red Mountain Ridge

The captives wanted to join Li Jing's team now, but Li Jing didn't put them into the team right away.

Li Jing was going to let them do the work first. These people were the main culprits in the destruction of Jinniuling, so the job of building the house would naturally be handed over to them.

Of course, Li Jing wouldn't let them work for nothing. Although the wages were small, he had to give some, and he had to take care of the food.

Li Jing had a good plan, but unfortunately things backfired.

Just when Li Jing was about to arrange manpower to rebuild the cottage, the sentry at the foot of the mountain rushed to report that a group of officers and soldiers had been found in the south, and they seemed to be rushing towards Jinniuling.

Hearing this news, Li Jing was stunned. He looked at Sun Meng and Gao Qi, and seeing that these two people were also a little confused, he knew that it had nothing to do with them.Because these two people looked a little scared, Li Jing knew what they were afraid of without thinking.

After all, they are officers and soldiers, and they hang out with the bandits, so no one knows about it. If they are seen by other officers and soldiers, they will not be able to escape the charge of rebellion.Once this crime is committed, the family members will follow suit.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers under Sun Meng were flustered, Li Jing shouted, "What are you panicking about? Let me see and talk about it."

Li Jing hurried to the top of the mountain, looked to the south, and saw a group of people and horses coming towards Jinniuling in the distance.It's just that this team is not large, only about a hundred or so people, Li Jing was convinced in his heart that there is nothing to be afraid of with just this small number of people.

After a while, the officers and soldiers approached, and the general outline could be seen clearly. Li Jing took a look and concluded that this group of officers and soldiers did not come to Jinniuling specially to suppress the bandits, but looked a bit like hunting in the mountains, because These people all carry prey on their backs. I have never heard of officers and soldiers suppressing bandits with prey.

When Li Jing saw the few people among the officers and soldiers, Li Jing finally knew why this group of people came here.

Those are some bandits.

A bandit who just escaped from Jinniuling, Boss Zhou's subordinate.

Presumably these people must have panicked when they fled, ran in the wrong direction, and were caught by these officers and soldiers.And when these officers and soldiers heard that there were officers and soldiers in Jinniuling to suppress the bandits, and they had already defeated the bandits, they wanted to come to pick up a bargain.

Li Jing suddenly felt a headache, these uninvited guests disrupted all his plans.

He originally wanted to develop his power secretly, and wait until the world is in chaos before taking the lead, but who would have thought that these officers and soldiers would come here first.

Li Jing didn't care about the hundred or so officers and soldiers, what he cared about was the tranquility of Jinniuling.

Although there were not many of these officers and soldiers, Li Jing would not be cruel to them. If these officers and soldiers were killed, the government would never let it go.In the past, when Ma Wu was in charge, the officers and soldiers came to suppress minor disturbances. If such a big incident happened, the government would definitely send a large number of people to encircle and suppress it.

In the past, there were few people, and there were no valuable things. If you can't fight, you can run away. Now there are family members of the Shen family on the mountain, and a lot of money and food. You can't just run away like before, and now it is too late even if you want to.

Li Jing thought about it for a while, and decided to fight, but try his best not to kill people, so as not to offend the government, it is best to scare them away.

After thinking about it, Li Jing returned to the Juyi Hall.

Gao Qi, Sun Meng and the others immediately surrounded them. Seeing that the two were about to speak, Li Jing waved his hands and said, "Brothers, tell these officers and soldiers to take off their armor and put on civilian clothes. Don't reveal your identities."

When Gao Qi and Sun Meng heard this, they immediately understood what Li Jing meant. He wanted them to participate in the war without revealing their identities.Both of them knew that this was the only way to hide their identities.

The two immediately ordered their officers and soldiers to remove their armor and put on bandit clothes.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers had finished changing their outfits, Li Jing pulled the two of them to his side and said something in a low voice. Sun Meng and Gao Qi nodded after hearing this, and then each led 30 people to ambush.

Then Li Jing asked Dahu and Liu Erleng to take people to hide on the mountain, waiting for the officers and soldiers to go up the mountain, catching them by surprise.

Li Jing's judgment was correct, this group of officers and soldiers did not come here specially to suppress the bandits.

The officers and soldiers of Weihui's mansion hadn't paid their salaries for a few days, the soldiers were arguing about their salaries, and the officers were also arguing, and it seemed that they couldn't hold back.

The commander of the guard station had no choice but to let the thousands of households under him figure out their own solutions.

But what can thousands of households do?
The best way is to go out to suppress the bandits, but the bandits are smarter than monkeys now, and they will run away before the officers and soldiers arrive.

Suppressing the bandits is not enough, so another way is to rob the common people, but you can't do it nearby, and the rabbits don't eat the grass beside the nest, so you can only go to the borders of other prefectures and counties to rob them, but there is no order from the governor. Who dares to lead troops across borders casually?The crime of leading troops across borders without authorization is not a small crime. If something happens, everyone can't afford to go around.

This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, and we can’t just wait to starve. Later, a family came up with a way to hunt in the mountains.The north of Weihui Mansion is full of mountains, and there are a lot of prey on the mountains. It is always possible to get some game to improve life.

This idea was unanimously approved by everyone, so all the guards in Weihui Mansion went out to hunt in the mountains.

The Weihui Mansion Guard Station was dispatched, and the prey on the nearby hills were not disturbed much. The thieves on the hills were so frightened that they all ran away.

There were five or six thousand soldiers organized by Weihui Fuwei, but in fact there were only more than 3000 soldiers.But 3000 people is not a lot, and a few mountains are not enough to go hunting.Discuss with several thousand households, divide into pieces, and each thousand households cover a piece of area.Dividing the area is very simple, draw lots, and go to whichever one you catch.

Liu Baihu was rather depressed. The area he captured was the farthest, and the farthest area was almost beyond the boundary of Weihui Mansion.

But there is no other way, let's go far away, it's better than no place, so Liu Baihu set off with his men.

It should be said that Liu Baihu's luck is still good. It may be because no one goes hunting here because of the distance. The mountainous area he has packed has a lot of wild game, including wild boars, pheasants, and rabbits.

After hunting in the mountains for two days, Liu Baihu saw that he had harvested a lot, so he was ready to call it a day.But when work was over, Liu Baihu found several people running into the mountains in a panic, with knives in their hands, and Liu Baihu immediately ordered them to be arrested.

After a slap in the face, these people confessed that they were subordinates of Boss Zhou in Motianling, and told what happened on Jinniuling.

Liu Baihu was overjoyed when he heard that, Jinniuling is not far from here, although he didn't know which group of officers and soldiers were there to suppress the bandits, but he brought people to help, no matter what he could get a share of the action.Liu Baihu immediately ordered to turn around, and led his men straight to Jinniuling.

Liu Baihu thought that the bandits had been defeated by the officers and soldiers, so he was naturally unprepared and hurried over, but he didn't expect to plunge into the ambush circle under Li Jingbu.

Li Jing didn't want to hurt more people's lives. At this time, his power was too weak after all, and the trouble of finding officers and soldiers was actually asking for trouble.

But sometimes there are many things that cannot be controlled. When Liu Baihu entered his ambush circle and gave an order, arrows flew in unison, and it was impossible not to hurt others.

After two rounds of arrows rained down, most of Liu Baihu's officers and soldiers were killed.Fortunately, the bows and arrows of the bandits were simple and not very powerful. Except for a few unlucky soldiers who were shot to death, most of them were only injured.

The officers and soldiers under Liu Baihu were suddenly attacked, and they were in a mess. They turned around and ran back. At this time, Sun Meng and Gao Qi launched an attack at the same time. The officers and soldiers were already in chaos. , fled around.

After defeating this group of officers and soldiers, Li Jing hurriedly ordered everyone not to pursue them. This is not the time to chase and kill the officers and soldiers. Who knows if they have any follow-up troops? That would be a huge loss.

Since Li Jing, Shen Zheng and others went up the mountain in Jinniuling, they are not as poor as before. Needless to say, there are hundreds of stones in food, plus the female family members and seriously injured in Shen's house, it is not easy to leave.

Li Jing immediately ordered the gangsters to pack up their belongings, and at the same time ordered someone to notify Shen Zheng and others to move immediately.

Li Jing's decision was timely, Liu Baihu was beaten and fled in embarrassment, how could he give up.

After Liu Baihu fled down the mountain, he immediately beheaded the bandits, and then he sent people to inform the officers and soldiers who were hunting everywhere.

Hearing that Liu Baihu was attacked, the leaders of the officers and soldiers who received the news didn't inquire carefully, and all the troops quickly rushed to Jinniuling.

But when they returned to Jinniuling, Li Jing and others had already moved away. Seeing that Jinniuling was empty, Liu Baihu and others set fire to the cottage in a rage.

Seeing the fire on the mountain from a distance, Li Jing sighed, knowing that the stronghold of Jinniuling was completely destroyed.

However, when Li Jing left Jinniuling, he had already thought of a place to go, and that was Hongshanling in Sanmazi.

Sanmazi has been destroyed, the cottage is empty, just right to settle down.

Hongshanling is only more than ten miles away from Jinniuling. Although the distance is short, there are mountains all around. Jinniuling to Xiaomazhuang is a decent road, but there is no serious road in the direction of Hongshanling. Li Jing and others can ride horses. It took a lot of effort, and the carriages that the female family members of the Shen family and the seriously injured bandits were riding on had to be pushed up the mountain.

In such a broken place, the officers and soldiers from Weihui Mansion want to come in and suppress the bandits, they can only go around to the northeast of Hongshanling to find a mountain road, but the northeast of Hongshanling is under the jurisdiction of Zhangde Mansion, Weihui Mansion has no This authority enters the territory of Zhangde Mansion, but it takes a lot of trouble to enter the mountain from the direction of Qi County. Even if people and horses can enter, the artillery must not be transported in. This thing is the biggest threat to bandits.

The so-called loss of a horse is a blessing, when Li Jing and others came to Hongshanling, they were in a good mood.

There is nothing unusual about Hongshanling itself, the altitude is only more than 200 meters, but there is actually a Taoist temple on Hongshanling. Of course, there are no Taoist priests, and some are just a few bandits who guard the house.Seeing Li Jing coming up the mountain with a large group of people, these bandits were quite sensible, and immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered.

(End of this chapter)