Tuoling Peak is a mountain bun extending from the back mountain.
Because it has two protrusions, it looks like a camel's back from a distance, so it is named Tuolingfeng.
On the south side of Tuoling Peak is the official road to the county town, and on the north side is the continuous mountain.
Black Wind Village is located on the flat land between two humps.
If you want to attack Heifeng Village, you can only climb over the hump in front.
There are little bandits from Heifeng Village guarding the peak. From top to bottom, you can see the slightest movement very clearly.
Although the altitude of Tuoling Peak is not high, it is probably only about 700 meters.
But the attacker has to go up the mountain.
The mountain road is difficult to travel and must be very difficult.
The bandits are the defenders, staying in the mountains to wait for work.
Go up and kill each one, it's as easy as cutting a watermelon.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Unless there are ten times more troops and advanced weapons, attacking the mountain is just a dream.
Or use a large army to surround but not attack.
Cut off their food and grass.
When the food on the mountain is gone, they will surrender.
But Zhao Ping has neither of these.
However, the method Xia Quan mentioned before is very feasible.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they set fire inside them to cause a commotion, shot the leader of the thieves to make them disorderly, and then launched a strong attack.
"Brother Ping, have you come up with a countermeasure?"
A little further away, Xia Quan asked Zhao Ping.
"Not yet."
Zhao Ping said: "Tuoling Peak is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Unless we encircle it, casualties are inevitable."
"Just casualties, just casualties."
Xia Quan said indifferently: "How can anyone not die in a war?"
"As long as Brother Ping can give them enough money to appease their families, they are not afraid of death at all."
"And if the bandits are eliminated, their families will also benefit."
"They deserved their death."
Zhao Ping nodded slightly.
It’s just that I still can’t accept death in my heart.
Although he knows very well the old saying, kindness does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth.
But he is a doctor.
Moreover, he comes from a medical family, and the idea he has accepted since childhood is to save lives and heal the wounded.
Even if the other party is a criminal, as long as he is still breathing, as a doctor, he should cure the other party first and then hand over the crime to the state for trial.
Now that he has traveled here, he is already trying to change his ideas.
He can be ruthless when dealing with his enemies, killing them at will.
But Zhao Ping still has a heart of kindness towards his own people.
Don't want to see them die.
"Then let's go home first?"
Xia Quan said suggestively: "How about starting to formulate a detailed mountain attack plan tomorrow and implement it tomorrow night?"
"All right."
Zhao Ping couldn't think of a better way, so he could only agree.
Li Hu, who was on the side, looked at the mountain, especially between the two humps, where Heifeng Village was located.
I couldn't help but mutter: "The way of heaven is unfair."
"The bandits don't farm, but they have endless food."
“And what about us farmers?”
"I worked so hard to plant several acres of land and pay all kinds of taxes. In the end, I didn't even have enough to eat."
"If my parents weren't still alive, I would have wanted to run to the mountains and become a bandit."
"What nonsense?!"
Xia Quan scolded: "What's the good thing about being a bandit?"
"I can only live in a ravine for the rest of my life, and I have to quietly go to the county town to buy food and drink."
"You have descendants, but you don't have the status of a good citizen."
"For generations to come, they can only be bandits and important criminals of the imperial court."
"That's all I said."
Li Hu chuckled and scratched his head awkwardly.
However, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.
When Zhao Ping heard Xia Quan's words, it seemed that he touched a nerve in his mind, causing him to stare at Xia Quan and ask loudly: "Quanzi, what did you just say?"
"what did I say?"
Xia Quan was stunned for a moment, "If I say you are a bandit, you will be a bandit for generations to come..."
"Not this sentence, the one above."
"The one above?"
Xia Quan thought about it carefully and then said: "Being a bandit can only be settled in the ravine for the rest of your life, and you have to quietly go to the county town to buy food and drink."
"Yes, that's it."
Zhao Ping patted his thigh and said, "The bandits are all registered with the county government and they dare not make purchases openly in the county."
"But they also have to eat and drink."
"We have food to eat and the annual resettlement allowance is enough, but what about drinks?"
"You can only buy it outside."
"But they will be worried about being caught by the government officials, so the best way is to ask the wine shop clerk to deliver the wine in person."
"The wine shop only sells wine."
"They can sell to anyone and they can make money. They don't care if the buyer is a bandit."
"That's the truth."
Xia Quan said: "But does this have anything to do with our suppression of bandits?"
"It matters a lot."
Zhao Ping said: "If we can find a wine shop that supplies wine to the bandits, we will act as waiters and deliver the wine up the mountain..."
Xia Quan's eyes also lit up and interrupted him: "Brother Ping means attacking from both inside and outside?"
However, Xia Quan shook his head and said, "This method won't work either."
"Bandits are mostly cunning and cannot let strangers into their territory."
"And even if we pretend to be guys and get inside, only one or two people can get in."
"There is no way to form an internal and external attack."
"Who said we were going to break into the bandits?"
Zhao Ping said: "We can put medicine in the wine."
"Drug?"
Xia Quan was shocked and said: "Isn't that a dirty trick?"
"What about dirty tricks?"
Zhao Ping chuckled, "As long as it can reduce our casualties and defeat the enemy, it is a good method."
"But we don't have sweat medicine."
Xia Quan added: "The Dawei Dynasty prohibited medical officers from preparing Mongolian sweat medicine privately. Once found, the three tribes would be punished."
"Have you forgotten my identity?"
Zhao Ping said with a smile: "The medical officer won't give me a prescription, but I can do it myself."
"Let's go home."
"I will start making Mongolian sweat medicine tonight and attack the mountain tomorrow."
Xia Quan didn't persuade him any more.
But he was thinking about Zhao Ping's words over and over in his heart.
As long as it can lead to victory, any means can be used, and subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best strategy.
Brother Ping used Mongolian sweat medicine to destroy the bandits.
Why not?
Isn't this consistent with what is said in the Art of War, that soldiers are crafty?
It seems that I still thought too little.
In the future, we should study more and ponder more from Brother Ping.
Strategy is the key to war.
When the group returned home, Qian Liu told Zhao Ping that Xu Jiuguan's entourage was waiting for him and had something to report.
After receiving the entourage, Zhao Ping learned from him that the county officials had no soldiers.
Xu Tianhua and Qi Liang went to the county town to move reinforcements.
It would take several hours to get to the county seat, then move reinforcements, integrate the team, and collect food and fodder. I don't know what year or month I went there.
You still have to rely on yourself.
But this made Zhao Ping's eyes light up.
Since Huang Fengnian transferred the officers and soldiers without permission, leaving the officials with no soldiers to use, this alone should be enough to punish him.
Deal with the bandits first.
After the bandits are wiped out, we can settle the accounts with Huang Fengnian.
After sending Xu Tianhua's entourage away, Zhao Ping called everyone together for a meeting.
Described his own method.
And he wants to privately escort Xiangsijiu to Heifeng Village.
Liu Mengru was the first to object, "No, no matter what, I won't let you take risks alone."
"I'm not alone."
Zhao Ping said with a smile: "Huzi will accompany me."
"And I'm going to deliver wine, not to fight, so there won't be any danger."
"That's not OK."
Liu Mengru still refused.
Even Xia Quan shook his head and retorted: "Brother Ping, I agree with the method of giving the sweat medicine, but I don't agree with you personally escorting him."
"Let me do it."
"After all, I am an Orion. If something happens, I can escape into the mountains. It will take them some time to catch up with me."
"Do you know how to administer medicine?"
Zhao Ping asked rhetorically.
"Didn't you put the sweat medicine in the wine?"
"Haha, if that's the case and the bandits let you try it, what would you do? Should you drink it or not?"
"this……"
Xia Quan was choked.
"So I have to go."
Zhao Ping took the opportunity and said: "I can deal with some emergencies without exposing my secrets."
"Ms. sir, have you decided?"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Zhao Ping, Liu Mengru could only change her strategy.
"It's decided."
Zhao Ping said: "There is no discussion on this matter. Only I can complete it."
"Then take me."
Liu Mengru said firmly: "Otherwise, even if I tie you up, even if I don't suppress the bandits, I will never let you take risks alone."
"good."
Zhao Ping rolled his eyes and agreed.
"Quanzi, go and gather people."
Zhao Ping said to Xia Quan again: "If you are willing to follow us to suppress the bandits, take them with you."
"If you don't want to, don't force it."
"yes."
Xia Quan nodded and left.
Zhao Ping started dispensing medicine.
Datura flowers were used medicinally by Mongolians, and they were found in the Dawei Dynasty.
Medical doctors often use it together with other medicinal materials to help sleep.
Last time I collected medicinal materials from the Feng family, there were some datura flowers in them, and the prepared Mongolian sweat medicine was enough.
By the time he was done, Wenhui had already prepared the meal.
Zhao Ping personally took out the Acacia wine and called it Zhuangxing wine. Although Qian Liu felt distressed, he did not stop him.
He also longed for Brother Ping and the others to defeat the bandits and avenge his parents.
But they didn't know that Zhao Ping quietly put the newly prepared Mongolian sweat medicine into the acacia wine.
He wanted to test the effect of the Mongolian sweat medicine, and at the same time he wanted to stun his wife Liu Mengru.
take her?
That is impossible.
This kind of dangerous thing can only be done by men.
What's more, Liu Mengru is so beautiful and went to the bandits' den. It would be terrible if those bandits had other ideas.
