Chapter 184: The Bandit Suppression at Ziwu Mountain (1)(1/2)
"My Duke Ming, why are you wronged?" Feng's mother shouted.
Another death occurred, and this murder occurred in Huachi County.
After hearing Feng’s mother tell the story of the case, Wang Ju said: “Prince Qiu, take a few constables and offenders with him and immediately follow me to Fengjiazhuang.”
Fengjiazhuang is located at the easternmost point of Fengchuan Town, and is close to the depths of Ziwu Mountain, so it is a little far from Huachi Town. At this time, the traffic constraints appeared. When Wang Ju and his party arrived at Fengjiazhuang, it was already dark.
Wang Ju checked the scene with his offense.
Song Ci was from the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wang Ju had never read the book "Xiwen Lu Collection". However, there was also a way to resolve the case at this time.
Before the weather was cooler, the corpse smelled a little, but Wang Ju took his head and had to endure the stench of the corpse to check.
The case and Zhao Dutou seemed to be very similar. At night, the criminals sneaked into the house. Unconsciously, they killed Feng Yuanwai and his wife, and then took away the valuable goods from the house.
But unlike Zhao Dutou, Wang Ju quickly asked a clue. Fengjiazhuang's location was a bit off, but there was a mountain road ahead. From this mountain road, it was Fuzhou, which was also an important road for private businessmen.
The bandit named Yang Si in the mountains sent someone to Fengjiazhuang a few days ago. Feng's mother couldn't explain clearly what happened. She only knew that he had talked with his son in the secret room for a while and left unhappily.
Maybe it was made by Yang Si, and maybe it wasn't.
County Magistrate Qiu pulled Wang Ju aside and whispered: "The magistrate should be cautious in this case."
"How to say it?"
"It was probably done by Yang Si. I heard that the cases of Zhao and Li families in Qingzhou were also a little surprised, and it seemed to be related to this Yang Si."
"Why didn't Sun Gong send troops to arrest him?"
"Magistrate Wang, look at this mountain."
The mountains are vast, the forests are deep and the leaves are lush. The evening breeze blows, and the waves are like the sea.
"It's a bit difficult," Wang Ju pondered.
How easy is it to find a group of bandits in such a mountain? Why is the court tolerant of many ugly behaviors of Kuixia barbarians? It is not that they have strong power, but that it is mainly because of this mountain and forest that is difficult to wipe out. There are also Meishan barbarians on the south road of Jinghu who have repeatedly sent people down the mountain to plunder. The court sent troops, and several generations of emperors have sent troops and won. But the result is, for example, Pan Su brought countless troops, but only broke dozens of villages, and could not go deeper, so he came back in a hurry.
"Also, as far as I know, this Feng Yuanwai colluded with the bandits in the mountains, half the people and half bandits, and did a lot of ruthless things. He only relied on the mountains and was mostly related to private businessmen. The government could not find clues, so he had to let it go."
"This is called evil people being punished?" Wang Ju smiled.
"That's right."
"It seems that Zhao Dutou and Mr. Li are also considered evil people to be retribution."
"Missar Wang, that's different. Mr. Li is a big family in Qingzhou City. Even the Sun Gong was soft-hearted and had been investigating that case. Otherwise, he would not be able to report to all the big families in Qingzhou City."
"What should you do if you think?"
"Report to Mr. Sun, and will be handled by Mr. Sun."
"What if Mr. Sun didn't send troops?"
"That's the best."
"But that way, what should I do in the future?" Wang Juwei pointed out. There will be private goods in the future. This time, private goods are different from the previous private goods. The funds obtained are used to buy horses, buy armor and weapons, and improve the food and treatment of soldiers. Could it be that they would bribe a group of bandits like other merchants?
"Magistrate Wang, look at this mountain again."
"It's a bit of a headache, let me think about it again." Wang Ju said, holding his chin.
County Magistrate Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.
But just two days later, Quan Er's eldest son hurried back from Qingzhou City: "Officer Zhang Tui arrested Zhang He's wife."
"It's so fast, brother, you've made things difficult for me." Wang Judao.
He immediately left Huachi Town and found Li Sangou: "Where is that wild dragon victorious?"
Li Sangou called Ye Long Meesheng, and Wang Ju said, "Did you remember what Uncle Sangou told you?"
"Remember."
"This matter is done, come to me and be my client."
"The younger one has family."
"Who else in your family?"
"One wife, two unsatisfactory sons."
"How old is my son?"
"The big one is seventeen, the small one is fifteen."
"Do you have a family?"
"not yet."
"Come here together, do chores for me, take the time to read some books and read a few words with me."
"I haven't thanked the magistrate yet," Li Sangou kicked him away.
"Good come."
"Follow me to Liyuan Castle."
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"Speak carefully." Yao Yi said.
Sun Mian was hesitant and indeed had reasons for hesitation. It was not easy to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, so Yao Yi had to ask clearly.
"This is the map I drew."
Yao Yi took it to watch.
Heilong Village is located in the depressions of the two mountains of Heilong Peak. In front of it, a river runs northeast towards Huachi Water. There are cliffs on both sides of Heilong Peak. If you want to go up the mountain, you must pass Heilong Village. There is a rugged path behind it, but Yang Si set up an outpost on the top of the mountain. It is truly a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"How many people do they have?"
"About a hundred people."
Yao Yi frowned even more. Nearly a hundred people were enough to defend with the help of this terrain. Attack can be captured, but can this sacrifice be afforded?
If it is surrounded, there are vast forests around it, and there are steep slopes at the foot of the village. If you want to siege both sides, you must at least send nearly a thousand soldiers and horses. However, there is another mountain stream in the village. As long as there is enough food, it will not be a problem to stick to it for a year or a half. Could it be that a thousand soldiers and horses stay in that mountain for a year or a half?
"General Yao, I have looked carefully. If you are agile, you can still climb up from the cliffs to the west with ropes. Moreover, there are no bandits on the West Peak. If you climb to the West Peak and put down the ropes, you can send dozens of agile people to climb up and take down the bandits in the outpost, and the ambush from the back mountain and condescendingly, you can take down these bandits."
"Have you found out clearly?"
"The little one found out clearly, and was scared and sweated. They almost discovered it. However, they had gathered in Heilongzhai for several years, and the officers and soldiers did not move, and they were a little careless."
"Somewhat careless?" Yao Yi chewed the sentence.
If you want to destroy this group of bandits, you must be quick. Once discovered, it will be difficult to give birth.
"You go down first."
The wild dragon will continue to win.
"Minister Wang..."
"Don't ask me, I'm definitely willing to wipe out these bandits, otherwise they would think I'm young and easy to bully, and even if private business starts, something might happen. Besides, it's clear that it's all the businessmen, but we actually participate. Do we have to pay protection fees to the bandits?"
"Protection fee?" Yao Yi couldn't help laughing.
"And I have been studying with my mentor for more than two years, and there has never been a murder case in the entire Yunyan County. It's not possible to establish my authority. Just so happens that you are practicing military training at Yao Inspection Officer, which is also an opportunity for practical training."
These three reasons are enough to send troops.
In fact, there is no case of Hu Qian, and Wang Ju also plans to establish his authority with a group of bandits.
And there is also some foundation. Some time ago, Wang Ju and Yao Yi carefully discussed how to train troops.
First, continue to train troops according to the previous Song Dynasty methods, and second, some new ideas proposed by Wang Ju.
For example, continuous training, field war is inevitable. Even if the defense war is war, it also requires field wars and send troops to fight back. Otherwise, if you are passively beaten, the fortress will be broken sooner or later. The most typical example is Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, the defense battle of Juyang. If a single army was not guarding Juyang, these two people would be immortal.
There are also ambush battles, and even field battles.
The most important thing is a powerful scout team. Zhang Shi reminded Wang Ju, who had long thought of this. Zhang Shi had not yet brought the scout to the extreme, but the Mongolian army was the one who had not yet taken the scout to the extreme.
Therefore, Yao Yi selected more than a hundred and dozens of soldiers and deliberately used them to train as scout teams. The requirements were very strict. Not only were they agile, but they also had to be elves, their martial arts should not be weak, and their vision should be good.
These training involves some scouts practicing climbing, swimming, ambushing and hiding.
It's just the time to test.
"Then let's suppress it!" Yao Yi slapped the table and said.
"How have you been practicing during this period?"
Unlike before, this time it is a real training.
"This period is OK, but I am still worried. Now I can eat meat almost every other day. Everyone is very motivated, but I get used to it, and this morale will go down. If County Magistrate Wang's follow-up plan cannot keep up, it will be a little difficult to deal with at that time."
There are military laws in the army, but now it is overloaded training. If the soldiers are unhappy together, will they implement military laws?
"Don't worry, this will be very fast."
"By the way, where are those armors?"
"It should be soon," Wang Ju said hesitantly. This must be agreed by the court and bear the main expenses, otherwise, the soldiers of the Huachi several camps would be really raised together? But for some reason, the court has not heard from it yet. Could it be that because the dispute between Puyi began, the masters of Zhongshu really had no worries about doing things?
To be continued...