"Plowshare Mountain."
Sure enough, they were bandits from Litou Mountain. Kong Fang was not surprised. After all, when he came to Daxing Dynasty, his only life-or-death enemy was the Litou Mountain bandits.
Zhu Chongjiu has been brought to justice, and Zhu Chongmu who slipped through the net will definitely not give up. Kong Fang just didn't expect that Zhu Chongmu didn't dare to send troops down the mountain to fight with him, but actually carried out an assassination.
He suddenly felt a slight pain.
It's easy to hide from an open gun, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow. I'm afraid my life will be difficult in the future.
He let go of his hand and signaled the county soldiers to tie up the criminal. The fight on the roof also ended. In the end, one of the two villains was pierced by Fang Shiqing's sword. The sword penetrated from the front to the chest and emerged from the back of the heart. He was so dead that he could no longer die.
The other one had his hamstring broken by Fang Shiyi and was captured alive.
After Luo Wenpeng arrived with a large force of county soldiers, Kong Fang ordered the entire city to be under martial law. The bandits were cunning, and he did not dare to believe their confessions.
Luo Wenpeng personally arranged martial law, while Fan Kuai took his brothers and escorted the two living bandits back to the county government office.
"Hey, Shiyi, you're injured!" Kong Fang was surprised when he saw a wound on Fang Shiyi's arm.
Fang Shiyi shook his head, "It's a small injury, it doesn't matter."
The injury was caused when she faced the siege of six bandits alone. Fortunately, it was a skin injury and not a muscle or bone injury. Due to the differences between men and women, Kong Fang was embarrassed to look carefully.
Fang Shiqing knocked on the door of the room next to her. After the owner opened the door, she took Fang Shiyi in to apply medicine to the wound.
Kong Fang was waiting outside the house.
After the sisters came out for a while, they went back to the county government office together.
Back at the county government office, Kong Fang separated the two bandits for interrogation. The sharp arrow from the little leader's stomach had not been taken out yet. When Kong Fang glanced at it, the bandits turned pale with fear.
Then, like an obedient primary school student, he told everything he knew about Ploughshare Mountain. In the last sneak attack on the county town, more than 500 people including Zhu Chongjiu died.
The eldest brother on the mountain now is Zhu Chongmu. Originally, there were still three hundred people, but many have escaped recently. Currently, there are only about two hundred people on the mountain.
There was not much food in the mountains, but due to the rapid decrease in population, it could barely be used in the first half of the year.
If there is no shortage of food and grass, we cannot use siege tactics.
Half a year is too long. Who can guarantee that no accident will happen during this time? Kong Fang asked him to draw the terrain of Litou Mountain and the bandit defense map.
After that, he went to interrogate another bandit, and after obtaining his confession and map, he found that the two were almost the same, which showed that neither of them was lying.
The bandits were extremely vicious. Although they had confessed, Kong Fang did not give them a chance to be lenient. At 3:30 noon the next day, the two bandits were dragged to the head of Caishikou.
Together with the four bandits who were killed last night, a total of six heads were hung on the city gate tower.
As a person from the civilized world, Kong Fang really didn't want to do this.
But he must follow the local customs, and showing his head to the public is the best way for Daxing Dynasty to punish extreme criminals.
Hanging up the bandit's head would give ordinary people an explanation. They seemed to be happy to see the bandit beheaded. The huge crowd at the entrance of the market shocked Kong Fang. If he hadn't been the host, he would have thought It's a concert held by a certain star.
Second, it can scare the remnants on Plowshare Mountain so that they dare not act rashly.
Litou Mountain has high mountains and dangerous roads, making it an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. If you only rely on cold weapons, it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky. You can only use bloody methods to make him calm down for a while.
Hey, if there is an Italian cannon, I can't kill him!
Kong Fang punched the table.
"Your Majesty, why are you troubled?" Mr. Luo came from outside the door.
He was supposed to bring Cao Yan here today, but last night when Kong Fang was attacked, he canceled the arrangement temporarily. He himself also stumbled in late after Kong Fang had dealt with the bandits.
"They are not the remnants of Litou Mountain." Kong Fang did not hide anything and showed the map to Mr. Luo.
"Litou Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Not to mention that there are only 300 county soldiers. Even if there are 3,000 troops, they may not be able to attack it."
Mr. Luo nodded.
"Before Wu Mazi occupied Litou Mountain, there was a temple on the mountain with strong incense. I went up the mountain many times to offer incense. I remember there was a section of road in the mountain, about five hundred feet long. It was very narrow and steep, and could only allow one person to pass. There was a cliff on the left. There is a cliff on the right, and if there is one man standing at the gate, no one can break it."
Kong Fang rubbed his temples. Even Italian artillery couldn't handle this kind of terrain, because the mountains were high and the roads were dangerous and the artillery couldn't get up there! Perhaps only airplanes can be useful.
He couldn't help but speculate again.
Unfortunately, speculation can never solve real problems. The bandits could not be eliminated for a while, so he could only adapt to their existence.
"Sir, brother-in-law..." Fang Shibo came out of the back hall and saw Kong Fang getting a little excited. Kong Fang was surprised, "Shibo, why are you back? Does your sister know?"
"Of course I know, it was the second sister who asked me to come back." Fang Shibo replied, with a look of relief on his face as he had escaped from the prison.
"You were attacked by bandits last night. Fortunately, the eldest sister and the second sister were both there, otherwise your head would have been hanging on Plough Mountain and blowing in the wind..."
"cough……"
Kong Fang suddenly felt bad. Can the naughty kid talk? They are all people who have read the books of saints, so don’t talk to me like a child.
But the naughty kid was blessed by the Qilin Arm, and Kong Fang could only cough in protest.
Fang Shibo glanced at Mr. Luo, and then said with a smile: "Sorry, I said the wrong thing."
"Okay, okay." Kong Fang waved his hand.
"Just tell me why your second sister asked you to come back?"
"She asked me to be your guard." Fang Shibo replied, then he took out the soft sword wrapped around his waist, and casually "swipe..." a few times, but he saw the sword flower rising sharply, and the sword's shadow seemed to be splashed with water. Progressive momentum.
Kong Fang was very surprised. This kid is usually as lazy as a dog. Apart from being naughty and mischievous all day long, he has rarely been seen practicing martial arts. Kong Fang always thought that he was only born with unicorn arms, but he had no idea how superb his swordsmanship was.
He quietly wiped away the cold sweat. He never expected that this kid would be a master of swordsmanship.
She couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that because she had always been wary of Fang Shibo's Qilin Arm, she tolerated him as much as she could, and gave in whenever he could. Although the two of them had disagreements from time to time, they always adhered to the gentlemanly principle of a gentleman speaking but not using his hands.
Otherwise, he would be angered and the naughty child would cut himself into pieces on impulse. He would really have no way to redress his grievances.
But bandits are fierce and brutal desperadoes. Fang Shibo is still a kid after all. Does Fang Shiyi think that he can protect her?
"Shibo, are you pretending to preach the imperial edict just to skip school?" He expressed his doubts.
Fang Shibo immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, "Brother-in-law, are you sick? Am I that kind of person? If you don't believe me, ask your husband."
Mr. Luo stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.
Kong Fang was confused and didn't understand what Mr. Luo meant by nodding. Does he believe in Fang Shibo's character?
Or do you think he is that kind of person?
