After succeeding, Qin Feng cut off the head, stepped out of the tent, and raised the bloody head high next to a bonfire: "I can see everything clearly. Hou Wanjin is dead. If you don't abandon your sword and surrender, even more... When?"
"Ah, the boss is dead, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Run for your life!"
…
By the Qinglong River, the last line of psychological defense of those sand bandits who were stubbornly resisting collapsed after seeing Hou Wanjin's head.
At this point, it’s up to you to take care of yourself when your father is dead and your mother is getting married!
The bandits lost their fighting spirit. Some threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground and let themselves be defeated; some ran around, trying to escape, but were quickly chopped down to the ground... In the end, no one escaped.
After the battle, statistics were compiled, and a total of 338 sand bandits were killed, 79 were captured alive, and a large number of swords, guns, camels, tents... and more than ten kilograms of high-grade gold sand were also seized.
As for the military households, only twenty-seven people were killed and more than forty others were injured. Compared with the results obtained, it was already considered a great victory!
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"Brother Qin is really powerful. With a little trick, he wiped out so many bandits and cut off the head of the bandit leader Hou Wanjin, eliminating a big scourge for Yulin Town, haha!"
"I'm so grateful for the compliment. To be fair, I won a big victory this time not because of my clever strategy, but because this 'old monkey' was too greedy. The gold blinded him and made him lose his vigilance. , and finally lost his life!”
Deputy Dong Qianhu found Qin Feng, stretched out his thumb, and praised him profusely. However, the latter was as calm as water, with no trace of pride on his face.
The reason is simple. In the eyes of ordinary people, Hou Wanjin has been in the desert for more than ten years. Even the officers and soldiers can't do anything to him. He is definitely a powerful character.
But in Qin Feng's eyes, this is just a little shrimp. If he can't even deal with such a little shrimp, how can he compete with the Gao Ma dealer, Yinchuan postman, Zhang Kuai... and the descendants of the wild boar skin in the future? Woolen cloth?
No more gossip, let’s get down to business.
Although Hou Wanjin is dead, there are still many bandits hiding in the bandits' nest. These people must be eradicated without delay. A small number of people are left to continue cleaning the battlefield, and the rest of the group goes straight to the bandits' lair. Qin Feng is in charge. lead the way.
Although he had only been to the bandit's lair once, blindfolded with a black cloth, Qin Feng had already memorized the route with his superb sense of direction.
Sure enough, under his leadership, the group successfully found the bandit's lair at dawn without any detours during the process.
The bandit's nest was originally a mausoleum of a Xixia prince. It was not only hidden underground, but also extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Faced with such a situation, it was natural to attack by force and take advantage of by outsmarting.
It was Qin Feng who took action and removed several sentries around the bandits' lair.
Then he asked Deputy Dong Qianhu to lead a large group of troops to guard the exit of the lair to prevent the sand bandits inside from breaking out.
Qin Feng led a dozen people around and quickly found several vents. Then he piled dry firewood, put on chili powder... lit a fire, fanned and smoked.
Deep underground in the bandits' lair, the air circulation was not very good. Now that they were smoked by the spicy smoke, the bandits inside couldn't stand it anymore and tried their best to break out... As a result, they were all killed four times in a row. Deputy Dong Qianhu led his men to fight back with crossbows and fire blunderbuss.
In desperation, the remaining bandits had no choice but to raise their hands and surrender obediently. They accepted their fate. Even if they were beheaded on the spot, it would be better than being smoked to death alive. It was too painful!
After an inventory, a total of 114 people were captured alive, among whom the third master-Han Shanjun was not included.
The interrogation revealed that yesterday afternoon, the third boss, Han Shanjun, led a group of people back, took some gold, silver and jewelry and left again, saying he was going to Shanxi again to buy more food.
It was really a pity that we could not completely wipe out the bandits, but to this extent, it was already an unprecedented victory!
Next, it’s time to search for loot.
Hou Wanjin has been burning, killing and looting for more than ten years. He has hoarded a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, silk furs, precious medicinal materials... all of them are good things in the bandits' lair, but there is a little less food.
There is no way, in the year of great disaster, the bandits have no surplus food!
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While counting the loot, Qin Feng found Deputy Dong Qianhu and suggested sending two people back to tell Zheng Qianhu the good news about the annihilation of the bandits.
Unexpectedly, Dong Tianbao objected.
"Hmph, the bastard named Zheng asked us to charge in the front, while he hid in Zhenbei City and watched the success or failure, waiting to take advantage. If he told him that he won, he would definitely rush over as soon as possible to grab the credit and loot. Instead of So, it’s better not to tell him, let’s divide the spoils and make that bastard angry to death…”
"Leopard, don't talk nonsense!"
Dong Tianbao kept spitting out fragrance, and never left the female relatives of Zheng Qian's family.
Deputy Dong Qianhu scolded his son, thought for a while, and sent two soldiers back to Zhenbeicheng to report the victory. In any case, Zheng Qianhu was his immediate superior, and there was no way he could eradicate such a big thing as the sand bandits. Hidden from him.
In addition, there were too many trophies seized this time, and there were simply not enough people to accompany them. Zheng Qianhu needed to recruit a large number of men, horses, and camels to carry them back.
As for the credit, let him grab some of it!
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In the blink of an eye, a day and a night passed. The loot was counted and all were moved out of the bandit's lair. They almost piled up into a hill. As for the captured bandits, they were tied into long strings with ropes, ready to be taken back and ranked according to the size of their crimes. , Punish crimes according to law!
Everything is in order, but Zheng Qianhu has not appeared for a long time. According to the time and distance, he should have arrived long ago!
Could it be said that this Zheng Qianhu is no longer greedy for money or success?
Even if the sun comes out from the north, this kind of thing cannot happen, so what happens?
While everyone was making wild guesses, the two soldiers from before ran back, panting and covered in blood and sweat. They didn't even have the strength to dismount, and slipped directly from the horse's neck.
"Sir Vice Senhu, something is not right... something bad is happening... there is an ambush among the bandits!"
"What happened? Tell me slowly... Come here, give them some water!"
The two soldiers were so exhausted that their voices were hoarse and they couldn't speak completely. Someone handed over the water bottle, and they drank heavily for a while, regaining some strength, and then they started to talk.
It turned out that the two of them worked hard and successfully returned to Zhenbeicheng to report the news of the great victory in suppressing the bandits.
Zheng Qianhu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately summoned men, mules, horses, and camels from various military forts to prepare to bring back the loot.
The military forts were scattered all over the place, and it took time to recruit people. However, Zheng Qianhu was so eager to win the battle that he couldn't wait any longer, so he simply led more than a hundred soldiers to go ahead and go straight to the bandit's lair.
Unexpectedly, not long after crossing the Qinglong River, a group of bandits suddenly rushed out, surrounded the group of people, and started fighting.
Zheng Qianhu and others were outnumbered, so they had no choice but to resist desperately while sending two soldiers to break through the encirclement to find Deputy Dong Qianhu for help. This is what happened.
"Leave fifty people to guard the loot, and the rest will follow me to rescue!"
"promise!"
Although he had many conflicts with Zheng Qianhu, at this critical moment of life and death, Deputy Dong Qianhu could not ignore death, otherwise he would not be able to explain his fault when he was questioned by the summit in the future.
So, the group set off to the scene of the accident to rescue them.
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Question, what is the hardest thing in the desert?
Answer: wayfinding.
There are no obvious signs in the desert, only sand dunes of similar size and shape. Although people and horses will leave some traces after walking through them, the traces will disappear when the wind and sand blow.
Therefore, during the process of setting off from Qinglong River to the bandit's nest, Deputy Dong Qianhu ordered his men to put up a large number of road signs along the way, so that they would not have to worry about getting lost. The two previous soldiers relied on the road signs to go back and forth. of.
You know, all the road signs erected along the way have been removed without leaving any traces. There is no doubt that this was done by bandits.
We had no choice but to let Qin Feng lead the way. He was a living map.
Qin Feng did not refuse and led the group of people to move forward. However, during the process of leading the way, Qin Feng seemed to be confused. He stopped from time to time to observe the surroundings and identify the direction... Stopping like this, naturally, the speed could not be increased. As a result, the group It took most of a day to arrive at the place of the accident.
There is no doubt that it is too late!
The fighting has ended long ago, and there are dead bodies everywhere, and their condition is too horrible to look at.
"Hurry and take a look to see if there are anyone alive... Then send people around to see if there are any traces of the bandits!"
"promise!"
Under the command of Deputy Dong Qianhu, the troops spread out and checked one by one. As a result, there was no one alive, and even the corpses were cold.
Qin Feng mingled in the crowd and helped search around, but after searching for a while, he found an acquaintance - Lu Maogui!
After escaping from the Seven Kills Fort, this 'green-haired turtle' defected to Zheng Qianhu, hoping to make a comeback with the help of his godson-in-law.
After hearing that the bandits had been annihilated and a large amount of loot had been seized, the 'Green Turtle' became greedy, so he followed them, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some credit and seize some gold, silver and jewelry.
As a result, the gold, silver and jewelry were not recovered, but instead he lost his life. Most of his neck was chopped off with a knife. The body lay on the ground with its limbs spread wide. It was similar to killing a turtle!
"Bah, you deserve it. I wish you will be reincarnated as a real black dog with green hair in your next life, and be everlasting!"
Lu Maogui's death can be regarded as getting rid of one of his confidants, but the other, bigger, confidant - where is Zheng Qianhu, could he have escaped?
In the midst of confusion, an exclamation came from not far away: "We have found Mr. Qianhu. He is here. Everyone, come here quickly!"
