Wang Wenzhen suddenly became energetic and said: "General Jia Qi, please invite all the commanders here immediately."
"yes."
Jia Hongyu hurriedly went to call someone, and Wang Wenzhen shouted to the outside: "Please come in, Mr. Shen Qi."
When Liu Yan rushed to Wang Wenzhen's camp, most of the commanders had already arrived. Liu Yan saw Shen Tuo sitting next to Wang Wenzhen at a glance, and he understood something in his heart: "It seems that it is Found the bandit camp!"
When Wang Wenzhen saw Liu Yan, he hurriedly pointed to an empty seat next to him and greeted with a smile: "Mr. Liu, sit here."
Liu Yan clasped his fists in agreement, and then sat next to Wang Wenzhen amidst everyone's envious eyes.
Soon everyone rushed to the camp. Wang Wenzhen said loudly: "General Shen Qi has led people to find the lair of the bandits. Now let General Shen Qi tell us, and then we will formulate a strategy tonight and march to suppress it early tomorrow morning." bandit!"
Shen Tuo stood up and clasped his fists, and then said: "Everyone! According to my investigation, this is a giant bandit with no less than three hundred people. It is now occupying a cliff in Tiechu Mountain in front. The cliff is surrounded by dense There is only one path to go up through the trees. The bandits built a camp on that path. It should be two walls, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack."
After Shen Tuo finished speaking, Wang Wenzhen and everyone were at a loss. No one was willing to forcefully attack such a bandit camp. With such terrain and so many enemies, once they were attacked by force, the number of soldiers and horses lost would be unbearable for anyone. Can't live.
Seeing that the pre-war military discussions were at a deadlock, no one was willing to speak, not even the two powerful generals Liu Yan and Shen Tuo said a word.
Wang Wenzhen frowned when he saw this, and could only say: "Let's talk about it, how will this battle be fought?"
A commander tentatively said: "Sir, we have repelled the bandits' scouts anyway. Didn't General Shen Qi behead him several times? This can already be a victory for the thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village, otherwise we will stop and go back." Bar."
As soon as these words came out, several armor commanders stood up and echoed. It seemed that the bandits had frightened everyone.
Although Wang Wenzhen was unwilling to attack such a bandit camp, he was very unwilling to see that the victory he was about to obtain was about to fly away, so he looked at Liu Yan and asked: "Mr. Liu Qi, what do you think?"
Liu Yan thought for a while and said: "Sir, I think everyone is very tired, why not rest here for two days."
"rest?"
Wang Wenzhen said: "If I want to rest, I might as well go back directly. Why do I have to freeze here? General Liu Qi says what he wants to say. Let's discuss it together. How about it?"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "I want to go and see the bandit camp by myself. Only by seeing it on the spot can we formulate a better targeted combat plan."
Shen Tuo looked over immediately, frowned slightly and said nothing.
Liu Yan also noticed this, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Don't blame Mr. Shen, I don't mean to disbelieve Mr. Shen. Mr. Liu admires Mr. Shen's ability very much. It's just that I want to see it in person, maybe The strategy to defeat the enemy is right there."
Shen Tuo nodded and said: "Since General Liu Qi is determined to go, I will send one of my subordinates, Dunjun, to lead the way tomorrow morning and follow General Liu there."
"You don't have to wait until tomorrow, let's go now, okay?"
After Liu Yan finished speaking, he looked at Wang Wenzhen again.
Wang Wenzhen naturally had no objection, so he said: "Since General Liu Qi proposed it, then General Shen Qi will go through the hard work and personally lead the way to the bandit camp again."
Shen Tuo cupped his fists and accepted the order, and then said to Liu Yan: "Since we are going to investigate, General Liu Qi shouldn't bring more people. Let's gather in the north of the camp in a while."
Liu Yan smiled and responded: "Okay!"
After a while, Liu Yan brought Xu Ming, the flag officer, to the north of the camp. He saw Shen Tuo waiting here alone, so he smiled and said, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief Shen."
Shen Tuo saw that Liu Yan only brought one Xu Ming, and he admired him in his heart. After all, this time he was going deep into the enemy's cave to explore, and the level of danger was still very high.
"You're welcome, Mr. Liu, let's set off now."
The three of them were all lightly dressed and simple. Needless to say, Shen Tuo was wearing a dark black dress outside a mandarin duck war coat. He had a long knife in his hand and a crossbow on his back. Other than that, there was nothing else. Other equipment. Xu Ming was similar, but he had an extra dagger on his waist.
Liu Yan was even more simple, he only brought his own Yanling Sword and no other equipment.
Soon the three of them disappeared into the night. In the cold night, they quickly traveled through the Tiegu Mountain. Half an hour later they arrived at the bottom of a cliff.
Under the leadership of Shen Tuo, Liu Yan and Xu Ming crawled forward in the same posture, and the three of them finally hid under a mound.
"Look, you two, the path over there is the passage to the bandit camp. There is no other way."
Liu Yan looked through the moonlight, and sure enough he saw a mountain path, winding its way to the cliff. This path is not very wide, and can only be used by two or three people abreast. Moreover, the path is surrounded by dead trees and bushes, even on the cliff. The dense dead trees and bushes almost block the bandit camp on the cliff. Covered.
At this time, Liu Yan was looking at the faint bandit camp in the distance and fell into deep thought. Xu Ming next to him was also frowning, and his judgment on the terrain in front of him was just like Shen Tuo, who was worried about it.
Then Xu Ming leaned into Liu Yan's ear and whispered: "Commander Jia, this bandit camp is really dangerous. Once the battle starts, our Dapanbao must be the vanguard. The casualties among our brothers will be huge!"
Shen Tuo on the side also looked over and whispered: "What, does General Liu Qi have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"
Liu Yan nodded slightly, and then whispered: "I do have some ideas, but I need to confirm it again."
After speaking, Liu Yan pointed to a depression more than thirty steps ahead and whispered: "Let's go over there and have a look."
Then the three of them clung to the ground from here and quickly climbed into the depression ahead.
Liu Yan looked up and saw that the bandit camp on the cliff became clearer: it was a flat cliff with many houses vaguely on it, and there were lights flickering in the night.
There are lush vegetation around the cliffs. It is now the cold winter, and all the vegetation has lost its leaves, and even turned into dead trees in the cold wind.
"I think I've found a way to defeat the enemy."
Shen Tuo and Xu Ming were both excited, and Shen Tuo was secretly surprised. He lowered his voice and asked, "What can General Liu Qi do?"
I saw Liu Yan's eyes sharp, and in a small voice, he said words like thunder: "Burn the mountain!"
"Burn the mountain!"
Xu Ming and Shen Tuo were both extremely shocked. They never expected that Liu Yan was going to use this simplest and most cruel method to suppress the bandits!
Xu Ming said: "Chief A, wouldn't this be too harmful to Tianhe?"
Shen Tuo also said: "Although it is the middle of winter, there are trees here, and the mountains are dry, cold and windy, but this method is indeed a bit excessive."
Liu Yan looked at the two men and sneered: "Don't forget, those are bandits, their hands are stained with the blood of the people, they have committed countless crimes, there is no burden to kill them, and there is no restriction on any means. Understand?"
Neither Xu Ming nor Shen Tuo were hypocritical or pedantic. After listening to Liu Yan's words, they no longer had any objections.
The three of them watched here for a while, and then prepared to retreat to the camp together from this depression.
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in front of them. Liu Yan and the others stopped in a hurry and stared at the mountains in front of them under the dark night.
I saw a few torches appearing in the night. Under the light of the fire, seven or eight men were walking towards this side. Those people were all wearing thick cotton clothes and holding all kinds of weapons in their hands. It was obvious from the evil look on those people's faces that they were not good people.
"It's freezing to death at this late hour, and we have to patrol here at night. I really don't know what the boss is thinking!"
"You don't know? People are dead!"
"You are stupid. How can our village not die?"
A man said with a sneer: "A few days ago, a group of brothers went down the mountain for inspection. They encountered several officers and soldiers. They were killed and retreated. Several brothers died. The boss was furious because of this, so he ordered to strengthen the inspection at the foot of the mountain."
"Oh, it turns out it's because of this. I've heard a few things about it, but it's just a few officers and soldiers. What's so scary about it?"
"You don't know about the current officers and soldiers? It's okay to bully the common people, but if we really want to attack a dangerous place like our mountain stronghold, those officers and soldiers will be exhausted and are of no use at all!"
Several people then burst out laughing arrogantly, which was so unexpected in the silent dark night in the mountains.
"These are bandits from the mountain!"
Shen Tuo glanced at Liu Yan, which meant whether to fight or not.
At this time, the depression where Liu Yan and the other three were located was a must-pass area for patrols by several bandits, and they would be discovered soon. If they didn't fight, the three of them would have to retreat immediately, and maybe they could get away from the bandits' pursuit. But if they fought, the three of them would have to fight against seven or eight bandits, which would still be very stressful.
Liu Yan sneered and waved his hand, signaling Shen Tuo and Xu Ming to get ready. The two said nothing. Shen Tuo took out the crossbow behind him, loaded the crossbow and pointed it forward, while Xu Ming took out his dagger. , ready to be used as darts.
Liu Yan pulled out the Yanling Saber and whispered: "Attack in twenty steps!"
The eight bandits soon arrived about twenty steps away. Shen Tuo was the first to attack. The crossbow in his hand was very powerful and shot directly through the neck of one of the bandits. Before the bandit could react, he shot with a look on his face. Surprised and exhausted, he died.
At the same time, the dagger in Xu Ming's hand also flew out and directly hit the left eye of another bandit. The bandit only had time to let out a scream before he fell to the ground.
"Enemy attack!"
The remaining six thieves suddenly became a mess, shouting and looking for the enemy, and kept waving the torches in front of them.
Liu Yan saw the right moment and rushed forward with a knife. Like a cheetah in the dark, he rushed over the distance of thirty steps in a few steps. He chopped down one bandit with one knife and knocked over another bandit with his backhand. , then he aimed at a bandit who was rushing towards him desperately, and pushed hard with his left elbow joint, directly hitting the bandit's chest, directly breaking his ribs. Before the bandit could react, Liu Yan punched him in the throat. Go up and beat him to death with one punch!
In just an instant, the three thieves died in Liu Yan's hands. The remaining three turned around and ran away as if they had seen a ghost, but were then stopped by Xu Ming and Shen Tuo.
Xu Ming stabbed one person to death, while Shen Tuo killed two people with his knife.
In a flash of lightning, all eight bandits were killed. Liu Yan and the others did not dare to stay, so they cut off the heads of the eight people, and then quickly evacuated from here, and soon returned to the camp.
