Man Bao reined in his horse and looked back. When Mr. Zhuang and the others saw them turning back, they smiled and waved to them.
Liu Huan was very worried, "Will they be okay?"
Yin You was not very worried and said: "If you can't beat me, just run. Run here first. If you can't, you can still run to Liangzhou City. It's not very far from Liangzhou City. You can get there in half a day on a quick horse."
He said: "My generals have told me that nothing will happen."
Liu Huan then felt relieved, "That's good, do we still want to herd with them? I'm not interested in herding now, I just want to eat their meat."
Zhou Liru said, "I want to check their bodies. If you have nothing to do, just give them a hand."
She felt that it was not good for them to be too idle, as they would have random thoughts.
Man Bao and the others ran back to their camp. When Nie Canjun saw them, he nodded and said, "I've asked people to wait in front. As soon as they find any trace of the army, they will report it."
Man Bao dismounted, looked at the mountains in the distance and asked, "They should also be able to detect it, right?"
Nie Canjun said: "Let's see how Governor Duan wants to fight this battle."
If you just want to rob something, just come here and scare away the people in the mountains and loot them; if you want to wipe out all the people, you will definitely send people here first, and then you can attack at night.
"By the way, someone confessed." Nie Canjun beheaded his head as he was told. After the beheading, he took the head back to the tent and displayed it, facing the still alive bandit. After he had beheaded two people, he wanted to pull out the third one.
Then they recruited.
Bai Erlang was very interested, "What did they recruit?"
"How many people are there in total on the mountain, what is the name of the first person, how many checkpoints are there from the beginning of the mountain..." Nie Canjun said: "I asked everything I could."
Bai Shan asked: "Are they asked separately?"
Nie Canjun nodded, "Of course we should ask them separately. Otherwise, if we give them the opportunity to collude in confession, it will be difficult to ask many questions."
Man Bao asked: "Did you ask where they hid the treasure?"
"When I asked, they all said the place they knew was in the village."
Man Bao: "Impossible, cunning rabbits have three burrows, and Governor Duan dispersed them twice. There is obviously a sworn enemy of Governor Duan here, but they still always go here. Isn't it because there are things they plundered?
Money?”
Nie Canjun naturally knew it was impossible, but they just refused to confess, or they just didn't know. What could he do?
The remaining ones have gotten into a lot of trouble, so he can't just kill them.
Man Bao frowned and thought for a moment, "Forget it, let's fight first and then talk about it."
Nie Canjun:......
Bai Shan also thought that we should kill him first, and said to Man Bao in private: "If we can catch the bandit leader, we can naturally find out the things. If not, there is still my father-in-law. I will ask my father-in-law to help me then."
Man Bao asked: "Is there any reward?"
"Yes," Bai Shan winked at her, "If we find it, then I will talk to Nie Canjun, the governor of Duan, and we will choose a few more good things here. If we encounter something that my father-in-law wants along the way, we can buy it.
Come down..."
Manbao started planning and asked Keke in his mind, "Can you find it?"
Originally, Keke didn't intend to participate in their affairs, but when Bai Shan said this, it felt that it could still participate, and it said: "Okay."
When looking for uncollected creatures, just scan more underground or in rocks, but the loss will be a bit large in rocks.
So it made a list and handed it to Manbao, saying: "You have to pay points."
Man Bao took a look and saw that with eighty points, she was still pretty good, so she nodded and said, "No problem."
One sentence answered both Bai Shan and Ke Ke.
So the two parties agreed.
At noon, scouts from the north and south came to report. The scout from the north said: "There is movement in the mountains. They should be searching the mountains."
The scout from the south said: "Prince Duan has brought a thousand soldiers and horses to twenty miles away. He invites you to discuss the matter of suppressing the bandits."
Man Bao asked: "Does he want to come up again at night?"
Governor Duan really wanted to come up again at night. He had four experiences with horse thieves in this mountain. This was still a big battle. Usually he sent people to escort passing caravans and there were many small conflicts that broke out, so they were very familiar with each other.
learn.
He said: "The mountain is surrounded by no obstructions. It is easy to be discovered when approaching during the day, but it is much more hidden at night. My plan is to advance at night and ambush at the foot of the mountain, and then attack the mountain the next day..."
Nie Canjun asked: "Where do you want to attack from?"
Governor Duan discussed it with him. The two talked for half an hour. Manbao and the others sat aside and listened. They all understood, but they still didn't understand why they had to attack from the left. But who cares, this is a battle.
They are not good at it either.
After discussing with Nie Canjun, Governor Duan assigned him 300 men and asked him to lead the team as the center forward.
Bai Erlang looked around, raised his hands and asked, "Then what are we doing?"
Governor Duan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Second Young Master Bai will naturally stay in the camp with Mr. Zhou and others to wait for good news."
What's the difference between that and going to his tower?
Bai Erlang turned around and asked Manbao, "Should we go to his tower to find Mr. and the others?"
Man Bao said: "No, we will follow, and if any soldiers are injured, I can also contribute."
Bai Shan was still thinking about finding the treasure and nodded repeatedly.
The injured soldiers were all sent to the rear for treatment, so neither Duan the Governor nor Nie Canjun objected.
Manbao also made plans, "Let Liru come tomorrow. She has also learned to sew, so she can practice her skills this time."
Bai Shan asked, "Do you bring enough catgut?"
"There are many, several volumes, and they are all well stored in the box."
If that's not enough, she can also buy imitation ones in the mall, which can basically look like the real thing. Even an expert, let alone a layman, won't be able to spot it without looking carefully.
That kind of thread can also be used for suturing.
But at Teacher Mo’s place, they are used for suturing pets.
So the two sides made a plan. Because the base camp was still there, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, they and other chief officers could not run away, so Man Bao took Bai Shan and Bai Erlang back.
The horse thieves in the mountains took advantage of the daytime and searched most of the mountain without finding anyone. Instead, they found two headless corpses and the corpses of two caravan guys. The latter seemed to have been chopped down by their people, but
It rolled down the hillside and crashed directly into the haystack, so I didn't see it.
Ergo walked over and focused on the two headless corpses. They were placed together with the headless corpses they found yesterday, and certain characteristics became more obvious.
"They are soldiers from the Jin Dynasty!" He said with a serious face: "You can still say that the two corpses found yesterday were accidents, but these two bodies were beheaded in different places, and they were also beheaded. Is this still an accident?"
Only people in the military would deliberately chop off someone's head or cut off their ears because of military merit.
The latter's ears are still cut off because their heads are too big to carry, but obviously there are not many cases now, so it is better to reward people based on their merits.