Chang He patted his chest: "Please don't worry, Lord Protector. I have figured out the approximate location of the bandits in Biandan Ridge, and I have already found a hunter in the mountain to lead us."
Su Chen nodded. He took a risk when he came out this time. If he couldn't find the bandit, the ministers in the court would have to impeach him and turn him into a sieve.
Seeing that they were about to enter the boundary of Yanzhou, Su Chen said: "Fortunately, Biandan Ridge is in the west of Yanzhou, and it is only half a day's journey from the Yanzhou border."
"Let brother take a rest first. Today is the full moon. Let's travel at night and surround Biandan Ridge before dawn to catch him off guard."
The soldiers rested for a while at the border of Yanzhou, ate some dry food, and then quickly headed towards Biandan Ridge under the moonlight.
Biandanling Mountain is very steep, but the area is not large, and there are local hunters leading the way.
Su Chenyin surrounded Biandan Ridge at the end of the day, and all the entrance and exit roads were guarded by sergeants.
After resting at the foot of the mountain for a while, when the sky became bright, Su Chen ordered the large group of people to start entering the mountain.
The mountain of Biandan Ridge is indeed steep. By the time Su Chen led the people to reach halfway up the mountain, not far from the mountain village, it was already half noon.
"Chang He, did you make a mistake?"
"We didn't even meet a bandit along the way, and there seemed to be no movement at the village. There wasn't even a patrol in front of the gate!"
Hiding behind some big trees, Su Chen looked at a cottage in the distance with a telescope.
Chang He was also puzzled. He raised his hand to signal, and a soldier quickly climbed up the tree trunk.
After a while, the soldier came down from the tree and said, "Duke Protector, General, there are people inside, probably quite a few!"
Su Chen looked strange, but it would be nice if there were people inside, at least the trip wouldn't be in vain.
"Prepare to attack!"
The Qianniu Guard behind him immediately advanced quietly.
A stone's throw away from the village, there was still no movement from the village.
Sergeants, you look at me and I look at you, they all look strange.
The archer bent his bow and set an arrow, and a shower of arrows flew into the village!
Then there was a burst of screams!
Now there is some movement in the cottage!
"Ah! Arrow!"
"Where did the arrow come from?"
"I was hit by an arrow! Ah!"
All the Qianniu Guards rushed to the gate of the stronghold, and then one of the minions climbed up to the observation tower.
"Boss! There are so many officers and soldiers...ah!"
The man screamed and fell from the observation tower, with several arrows stuck in his body!
Qian Niuwei broke open the gate of the stronghold, and a roar came from inside: "Who is so brave and dares to attack my Tianwei stronghold!"
A disheveled strong man and several bandits came to the compound to confront Qian Niuwei:
"Which Zhechong mansion are you from?"
"I asked you Captain Zhechong to come here. You should also come to my Tianwei Village. You don't want to live anymore, right?"
Qianniu Guards Captain was stunned: This bandit is too arrogant!
Seeing the officers and soldiers rushing into the stronghold, not only was he not afraid at all, but he even clamored for Captain Zhe Chong to come see him!
But we are not soldiers of Zhe Chong Mansion!
The arrogant bandit in front of him wanted to scream, but the captain picked up the gun and hit him in the face!
Afraid of beating the opponent to death, the captain held back his hand, but he still hit the opponent with one shot, knocking half of his teeth out and causing him to fall to the ground!
"Boss!"
The bandits screamed in surprise and started to take action!
Phew! Phew! Phew!
There was another burst of arrows piercing the air, and a dozen bandits who wanted to take action fell down.
The other bandits were immediately frightened!
"Grandpa officer and army, please spare your life!"
Some knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy,
Some turned around and hid in the house.
There are also those who want to slip out without anyone noticing.
"Take them all!"
The captain gave an order, and the Qianniu Guards rushed into every corner of the village like wolves and tigers, captured all the bandits, and brought them to the big yard.
Anyone who tried to resist would be killed with a knife.
These bandits have been tormenting them for many days, and the soldiers are very angry!
"ah!"
A woman's scream,
"Captain, there is a woman here!"
A Thousand Oxen Guards reported.
“It’s available here too!”
…
Su Chen came to lead the cottage compound and looked at the bandits kneeling in the courtyard.
"Are they all here?"
"This is the wrong number of people!"
The school captain stepped forward and reported: "To inform the Lord Protector, there are a total of 336 bandits in the stronghold, of which 28 have died, and the rest are all here."
"There are twenty-three other women in the house."
Su Chen was stunned: "Is there a female bandit here?"
The captain shook his head strangely: "Probably not. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but there are several rooms that are very luxurious inside. They don't look like a den of thieves at all!"
"oh?"
Su Chen was very surprised when he heard this: "Take me to have a look!"
After walking around the village, Su Chen understood why the captain said this place no longer looked like a den of thieves.
Except for the shabby and smaller house, the layout here is completely like a villa of a wealthy family!
There are simple houses where servants and servants live, and bandits live in them.
There is a hall where the owner lives, and the decoration inside is far more luxurious than that of ordinary wealthy locals in the county.
Those houses with luxurious interior decorations all have traces of women's lives.
The more than twenty women were all pretty, and they obviously had masters and servants.
What's even more ridiculous is that there is actually a study room in one of the houses. Can you believe it? It's filled with a shelf of books.
If there weren't bandits kneeling all over the yard, saying that this was Changsun Wuji's mountain villa, Su Chen would have believed it!
When Su Chen came to the yard, Qian Niuwei quickly brought him an imperial chair.
Su Chen took a look and saw that the brew seemed to be a high-quality imitation of the stuff in his own shop.
"Which one is the boss?"
The captain kicked the middle-aged man who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead: "Get out of here, if you pretend to be dead again, I will chop you with a knife!"
"Weren't you very arrogant just now? Why are you pretending to be dead now?"
The captain threw the bandit leader in front of Su Chen like he was a dead dog:
"The Protector is this guy!"
"But you are so arrogant. Just now you asked the general who is from Zhe Chong Mansion, and you want Captain Zhe Chong to come to see him!"
Su Chen nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that your status is not low!"
"Tell me, which family does it come from?
Why did you come here to be a bandit?"
The bandit leader's face was full of anger: "Mud is water?"
Su Chen was immediately happy when he saw that most of his teeth had been knocked out, half of his face was slumped, and he could still speak without speaking.
"You robbed me of food three times and you asked me who I am?"
The bandit leader Li had made some assumptions when he heard the school captain calling Su Chen the Protector of the Country. Now when he heard what Su Chen said,
His face was immediately full of resentment, and he said word by word: "Are you Su Chen?"
This time I did pronounce the word clearly.
"Tell me, which one is it from?"
The bandit leader snorted coldly and glared at Su Chen without saying a word.
Su Chen waved his hand: "Since you don't want to say it, then there's no need to say it. I'll knock out all his remaining teeth!"
Su Chen also understood: Those who were against him in this situation were all die-hard members of the family and would not confess easily!
