Within two days, Chen Yanzong had locked the target again!
This time, it was Maguan Village, seventy miles away from Gusu City.
Maguan Village is also a large village, with a population of more than 200. During the busy farming season, the villagers work on the farm, and during the slack farming season, the villagers rely on hunting to supplement their family income.
Since many men in the village have martial arts skills, and there are more than a dozen militiamen in the village, ordinary thieves have always stayed away from Maguan Village.
Chen Yanzong just wanted to pick such a village to attack, knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, and give Qin Feng a blow.
In the evening, Chen Yanzong led two hundred cavalry and headed straight for Maguan Village.
The marching route naturally bypassed the imperial army. As long as he was not unlucky, Chen Yanzong could reach Maguan Village without anyone noticing and commit a massacre.
As everyone knows, not long after Chen Yanzong left the camp, he was spotted by a Jinyi guard who was lurking on patrol.
The King of Qin issued a death order to destroy Wu Heli and his gang of bandits within a month.
Therefore, Liu Ming dispersed almost all the Jinyi guards in his hands and moved throughout the northern part of Gusu City.
Jin Yiwei lay down in the grass and watched Chen Yanzong go away. Then he got up immediately, found the fast horse, and went straight to the front line station.
At this time, Qin Feng was still studying the distribution map around Gusu City, especially the distribution centers of the surrounding people.
Only by knowing the locations of all the people can we resist the harassment of the Gusu City defenders in a targeted manner.
As for the secret passage connecting Gusu City to the outside world, it is obviously unrealistic to find it in the short term.
At this moment, Liu Ming ran in quickly: "Your Majesty, Uhli's men rebelled against the party and started taking action again."
"The Jin Yiwei were in the northwest, near the hills. They discovered Uhri's whereabouts and headed toward the northeast."
Hearing this, Qin Feng stood up directly and shouted: "When did this happen?"
Liu Ming didn't dare to hesitate and said in a hurry: "According to time calculation, the exact time when Jin Yiwei discovered Chen Yanzong should be...an hour ago."
An hour? !
Enough Uhri to kill a whole village inside and out.
But even so, Qin Feng couldn't give up. He quickly found the location of the hill on the map, and then asked in a deep voice: "How is the speed of the horse?!"
Liu Ming quickly replied: "Although it is evening and the sky is already dark, the Jin Yiwei judged from the sound of horse hooves that the opponent is not fast."
Not fast? There is only one reason for the cavalry to advance slowly, and that is to save horse power.
This means that the target of this group of bandits is definitely not close.
Qin Feng followed the small hills and investigated all the way to the northeast. The surroundings were either mountains or tangled rivers.
There are a few small villages in the middle, but they are very small, with only a few dozen households.
According to Liu Ming, there were at least a hundred cavalrymen on the other side.
In order to massacre a small village, leading a hundred people would be too much of a mobilization of troops, and Wu Heli must know that Qin Feng is chasing him, so he should keep a low profile during this period.
Finally, Qin Feng's sight fell on a large village, Maguan Village!
Maguan Village is seventy miles away from Gusu City, so there are no military activities around it.
At the same time, Maguan Village is about ninety miles away from the hill. This distance requires cavalry to save horsepower.
"How is the situation in Maguan Village?"
Facing Qin Feng's inquiry, Liu Ming carefully recalled that during this period, he had already memorized all the topographic distribution maps of Jiangnan. After a while, he recalled the information about Maguan Village.
"The registered population of Maguan Village is 216. There are about fifty strong men."
"Moreover, Maguan Village has a hunting tradition, and there are often banditry activities around it, so more than a dozen villagers armed themselves as militiamen."
"Simple fortifications have been built in the village."
"By the way, Maguan Village once produced a famous general, so the men in the village are extremely enthusiastic about joining the army."
"There are at least thirty people in the village who are veterans and recruits with service experience!"
Qin Feng nodded, his brain working very fast. Even if he headed towards Maguan Village now, it would probably be too late.
but……
Qin Feng had to make a bet. If the men in Maguan Village delayed enough, Qin Feng would not only be able to save the villagers, but also destroy Uhli!
Qin Feng no longer hesitated and walked out: "Give me my order!"
"Deploy five hundred Beixi Qingqi!"
"One hundred left wingers will set off immediately with the fastest ones. The target is the river crossing five miles north of Maguan Village."
"Our army has no activities around the river crossing. The left-wing cavalry is strictly guarding the river crossing. Once any soldiers are found, no matter what military uniform they are wearing, they will be killed without mercy!"
Since the opponent is a cavalry, once they know they are outmatched, they will immediately retreat.
The only way to retreat north is to cross the river!
Qin Feng first cut off the bandits' retreat, then took the armor handed by the soldiers, put it on his body, and continued to give orders.
"The main force of four hundred will advance at a constant speed with me. When we reach Chenjiagou, we will split into two groups. The right wing will go straight to the southwest of Maguan Village, and we will patrol and guard the area in a large area!"
Another escape route for the rogues was naturally towards the hills.
Now Qin Feng could not determine where the rogue camp was located. He could only confirm that they passed by the small hills and were in the area of the small hills.
Digging out the hiding place of rogue bandits will not happen overnight, so blocking their other escape route is the key.
Except for crossing the river mouth and the direction of the hill, the rogues no longer had any retreat.
Not far to the east is the boundary of Lingzhou, where 27 strongholds are being built to open up wasteland for grain storage, so there are many soldiers and horses active.
Directly south is Qin Feng's frontline army.
After sealing off the bandits' retreat, Qin Feng put on his light armor and mounted his horse.
Just when he took the horse stem and bow and arrows from his subordinates, Liu Ming suddenly grabbed the reins.
"Your Majesty, since the plan has been determined, just let your subordinates execute it. You are the King of the North, how can you charge into the battle yourself?"
Qin Feng frowned. Logically speaking, anyone could stop him, except Liu Ming.
After all, Liu Ming's responsibility is that he is just a spy chief providing intelligence. Whether it is fighting or advising, it is not his responsibility.
What happened to Liu Ming today? Why was he so uncharacteristic of himself?
However, Qin Feng was impatient now and was in no mood to quarrel with Liu Ming. He immediately said in a deep voice: "If I hadn't let Uhli escape in the first place, how could this beast go on a killing spree in Jiangnan?"
"I even suspect that the people who were massacred before were also caused by this dog thief."
"I will chop off his head with my own hands to make up for my previous mistakes."
Liu Ming still refused to let go. He hesitated again and again and whispered: "Your Majesty... the second lady is here."
