Under the high platform, people from the branch lines and militia teams of various counties were waiting quietly.
After hearing this, they shouted loudly together.
"Send troops to suppress the bandits and return in triumph!"
Behind them were the militiamen who were selected and came here to participate in the ceremony. These militiamen were the best in training, so they were also given the power of militia generals.
Zhao Feng turned around and looked at these militiamen, feeling very satisfied.
The physical fitness, energy and spirit of these militiamen have already met his requirements. Next, they only need to simply deal with the weaker bandit forces around them. After experiencing the test of life and death, they can become real soldiers. Got it!
Every militia team wears woven rattan armor. Although the protective power of this rattan armor is not particularly strong, it is enough when facing those bandits.
And because the weight of these rattan armors is very light, it does not prevent these militia members from walking among the mountains.
In addition to rattan armor, the standard equipment of these militia teams is a hand crossbow and a long gun.
Seeing the spirit of these militia teams, Zhao Feng nodded with great satisfaction.
Yu Ruhai walked down the platform and said to the county magistrates.
"Zhixian Zhao should have told you how to deal with those bandits, and then it depends on your respective abilities!"
The county magistrates all nodded vigorously, looking at Zhao Feng with eyes full of envy.
Zhao Feng smiled and bowed his hands to them.
"Everyone, this time we can only succeed and not fail. I believe that those bandits will be able to capture them under your wise and powerful leadership!"
These words made the county magistrates very proud. They all nodded in agreement and then returned with their own troops.
Zhao Feng also has to deal with several bandit nests in his county.
However, Zhao Feng is better than them in that he does not need to do it himself, but leaves all the power to Liu Wei to handle it.
Liu Wei has always wanted to fight on the battlefield. This time he dealt with the bandits. Although it was not considered a battlefield, he still led troops to fight. He planned to let Zhao Feng take a good look at his own, so as to avoid saying that he was just talking on paper and ignorant all day long. .
Looking at the 500 militiamen under his command, Liu Wei waved his hand vigorously.
"Set off!"
Taking the members of the militia team towards the nearest bandit's nest, Liu Wei saw the cottage in front of him from a distance. The bandits were still unaware of the upcoming danger and were drinking and having fun in the cottage.
Liu Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and made several gestures to the members of the militia. These gestures were all invented by Zhao Feng and allowed for silent communication.
Some militiamen immediately moved towards the bandits' cottage. After arriving not far from the cottage, they hid in the dense forest and used the trees to hide their figures. Then they took out their hand crossbows and aimed at them by relying on the gaps and aiming stars on the hand crossbows. Killed the bandits standing guard.
"Boohoo!"
Several blasts pierced the air, and the bandits immediately fell down.
The bandits behind immediately realized something was wrong and quickly grabbed their weapons to come out to meet the enemy.
But at this time, Liu Wei waved his hand again, and the militiamen behind him formed a very loose formation, advancing towards the bandits' stronghold in an orderly manner amidst the chaos.
The militiamen in front who had already shot arrows immediately retreated. The people behind them directly pushed forward, and a very dense rain of arrows covered the entire bandit village.
Half of the bandits were killed or injured before they even saw anyone, and the rest were all confused.
When Liu Wei saw the situation of these bandits, he couldn't help but secretly shook his head. These bandits were too weak. Wasn't he overqualified?
But Liu Wei was not careless, but based on his own experience, he allowed these militia members to steadily advance around the bandit stronghold.
It was not until the bandits lost their will to resist one by one and watched their accomplices fall under the arrows one by one that they hurriedly threw away their weapons and shouted to surrender.
Liu Wei asked the militiamen to hold hand crossbows and approach slowly. If anyone made any other moves, they would shoot them on the spot.
But these bandits have really lost their will to resist. Most of them are desperate people. How can they fight with these militiamen who are already comparable to the regular army?
Liu Wei and the others took these bandits as prisoners and took them directly back to the county seat.
The situation in other counties is probably the same. After all, the militia members have been trained for such a long time, and Zhao Feng has told their generals some common sense about command. They are absolutely invincible in dealing with these small bandit cottages.
In just a few days, all the bandit cottages were cleared out one by one, and the militiamen also gained experience in this bandit suppression operation, and they were no longer like fledglings who had never seen snow.
Later in the process, even some small bandit dens heard that someone was specifically encircling and suppressing them, and they quickly chose to surrender.
Often the militiamen would just shoot a few arrows, and all the bandits inside would surrender.
Looking at the nonchalant expressions of these bandits, Zhao Feng knew what they were thinking.
Now they just brought these bandits back to the county and imprisoned them in one place.
If we talk about the behavior of these bandits, most of them will be imprisoned or beheaded, but there is an unwritten rule in the law, that is, the law does not punish everyone.
After all, if all of these people were killed, the entire Qingzhou would probably be filled with blood.
Yu Ruhai and Zhao Feng looked at the nonchalant expressions of these bandits and couldn't help but sigh.
"Mr. Zhao, these bandits don't care at all!"
"If we let them go lightly, then the suppression of bandits this time will be meaningless. Then they will still go up the mountain and continue to be bandits, causing harm to the people!"
Zhao Feng chuckled and said to Yu Ruhai.
"Your Majesty is right. If these people are not made aware of the disadvantages of being a bandit, they will continue to do so again in the future."
“So I found a good place for them!”
Yu Ruhai looked at Zhao Feng curiously, and Zhao Feng waved his hand and asked some people from the militia to press the bandits to the place that had been reserved.
There is a barbed wire fence here, surrounding the entire mine. There are some bandits who have been here long ago and are working hard inside.
Seeing these bandits, the bandits who came behind were all dumbfounded.
These bandits were all disheveled and looked like they obviously didn't have enough to eat. Moreover, they had to do such heavy work. They looked miserable!
