Although Yunchao's people were generally not as large as the bandits, the bandits were scattered and had no local advantage at all.
Therefore, the battle went very smoothly, and Yun Chao completely occupied the mountain stronghold with only very few casualties.
Yes, no matter how careful Yun Chao was, someone still died.
One of Ma Ming's boys, named Zhang Shu, was shot in the face by a bandit archer hiding behind a pile of firewood, and he died at that time.
Fortunately, the other boys reacted quickly and rushed over with their shields, killing the bandit's archer. Otherwise, if he had continued shooting, there might have been more casualties.
After a battle, one of Yun Chao's men was killed and five were injured.
Two of them were shot by the bandits' archers, and three of them were stabbed by the bandits before they died.
However, the injuries of several people were not too serious. If they were not infected, the possibility of disability was not high.
As for the bandits, the casualties were huge.
In addition to the bandits No. 50 and 60 who looted Xiahe Village, there were more than 200 people left in the village. No less than 50 and 60 were killed, and there were also 50 and 60 injured.
In addition, there were fifty or sixty people who surrendered, and only fifty or sixty who escaped.
There are two front and back gates in the cottage. Yun Chao just asked Li Xing to lead people to block the front door. By the time he defeated the largest group of bandits organized by the big boss and rushed to the back door, dozens of bandits had already slipped through the back door. , including the boss, the Bull Demon King.
Of course, there are also bandits who escape over the wall. Although the cottage is not big, the various buildings are very messy. The bandits are familiar with the terrain, so it is normal for some to escape in the chaos.
At dawn, the fighting in the village stopped.
Yun Chao asked people to guard the front and rear gates, treat the wounded, count the prisoners, and search for hidden bandits...
These are all planned in advance. After the battle, everyone just needs to follow the division of labor and do it. Yun Chao doesn't need to worry too much.
Luo Zhiyuan led people to supervise and prevent anyone from corrupting military discipline.
Yun Chao has been very disciplined from the beginning and will not allow anything that violates discipline to happen.
For example, they secretly put trophies in their pockets and took the opportunity to rape women.
He didn't want to work hard and cultivate a bunch of soldiers, ruffians and scum.
Soon, Luo Zhiyuan came to report to Yun Chao in person: "Brother Chao, the brothers found two large grain depots, both of which are full of grain. There are so many that you can't even count them!"
Yun Chao followed Luo Zhiyuan and took a look, and was immediately stunned.
I originally thought it was just an ordinary warehouse, but I didn't expect it to be so big.
Judging from Yun Chao's experience, the food in the two large grain depots will not be less than tens of thousands of shi.
I really don’t know where these bandits stole tens of thousands of kilo of food from?
It is normal for bandits to loot some food, but I have never heard of such a large food reserve.
The people of the Dawu Dynasty were all paupers. Even if the bandits robbed individual landowners, it would be impossible for them to steal so much food?
Could it be that the bandits from Woniu Mountain robbed the grain merchant?
Ever since Yun Chao and Wu Xianwei had a complete falling out, shopkeeper Wu of the Qingyang County Grain Store had cut off all contact with him.
There is no way, Shopkeeper Wu is from Wu County Lieutenant, so of course he will never do business with Yun Chao again.
Fortunately, Yun Chao had asked shopkeeper Wu to deliver thousands of stones of food to Wolong Village a year ago. Otherwise, Yun Chao would not have known what to do if there were so many people on the construction site and so many of his subordinates.
Although there is no shortage of food for the time being, Yun Chao also has hidden worries.
From spring planting to summer harvest, there is still a long period of time in between.
There are still many things Yun Chao has to do, including farming, clearing land, construction, and training his men, all of which require a large amount of food.
Therefore, the thousands of stones of food reserves alone are not enough at all, unless Yunchao reduces the number of helpers on the construction site or controls the number of people under his command.
Now, with the tens of thousands of stone grains from Woniu Mountain, Yun Chao can do whatever he wants, even if he doubles the budget, it won't be a problem!
In the Dawu Dynasty, where transportation was backward, it was not always possible to buy things if you had money.
Especially for large quantities of grain, without those businessmen who are familiar with the market and the methods, you may not be able to do what you want even if you have money.
It can be said that these ten thousand handfuls of stone grains in Woniu Mountain are an absolute surprise to Yun Chao, which is more satisfying than finding ten thousand taels of silver!
Speaking of silver, Yun Chao was a little dissatisfied.
I really don’t know how the bandits in Woniu Mountain manage their business. They have so much food reserves but very little gold and silver.
After searching the entire village, we found three hundred taels of gold and three to four thousand taels of silver.
Yun Chao stood in the granary, touching his chin thoughtfully.
"Zhiyuan, how's the interrogation going with those bandits? Did they find out who was behind the scenes?"
Luo Zhiyuan shook his head: "Brother Chao, those bandits said that only the three leaders know who it is. As their subordinates, they only know that Woniu Mountain is connected to a certain big shot. But..."
"But what?"
"The bandits said that every once in a while, a large convoy would come to the mountain to pull food. As for where the food went, they didn't know. By the way, the food was also delivered by a convoy every once in a while. , there will be a convoy coming to deliver food."
"oh?"
Yun Chao felt that he had guessed that Woniushan should be the underworld force secretly supported by Wu Xianwei.
Wu Xianwei ran a grain store in Qingyang County, and Woniu Mountain was the warehouse of the grain store.
Food is stored in bandits' dens. Firstly, it is safer and secondly, it is not easy to attract attention.
Of course, this is just Yun Chao's guess and may not be accurate.
Not long ago, he had offended Wu County Lieutenant, and the bandits in Woniu Mountain used the method of looting the village in Sanshui Town to lure him out. The possibility that it was Wu County Lieutenant was very high.
Who cares, no matter who is behind Woniu Mountain, in short, Wu County Lieutenant will definitely not be able to stay.
After cleaning the battlefield, Yun Chao did not rush back and let his boys have a good rest.
At the same time, Yun Chao did not relax his vigilance and asked Li Xing to take ten boys to ambush at the foot of the mountain to see if there would be any unexpected gains.
In the afternoon, Yun Chao asked Ma Ming to lead people to replace Li Xing and continue to guard the way up the mountain.
Before it got dark, Ma Ming brought good news to Yun Chao.
"Brother Chao, guess who you caught?"
Yun Chao rolled his eyes: "Ma Ming, do you also want to imitate Zhang Sihai?"
Ma Ming was startled. He was really confused. He couldn't imitate anyone else, but he imitated Zhang Sihai. It would be terrible if he was sent to the Lion House by Brother Chao!
"Hey, Brother Chao, aren't I happy? I caught two big fish. Do you think they are... ahem, they said they were ordered to come to Woniushan to inquire about the situation. Brother Chao, do you want to meet them in person? "
