"Returned, the five thieves were good at buying local people as spies, and most of them were used by Xingbu City vendors...≦, if there were many officers and soldiers, they would rush to hide, and if there were fewer enemies. If there were searching mountains and clearing fields, they would highlight the suburbs and pass through the plains, and they would be dangerous and deep in the mountains. The thieves were the main ones, and the soldiers would become guests, so they would be defeated."

At the border between the two Anlu Mansions, the Jiutou Bird had transported a large number of grain and grass through water, built camps in Sikong Mountain, and hoarded grain and grass. Liu Jun also garrisoned troops in Baisha Town, which was not far away, and set up a bandit suppression headquarters. Teams of troops were stationed, and the border was filled with the aura of a war.

Zhu Dadian returned to Huaixi and hated Hui Jie Fifth Camp who had demoted him to the core. He pointed out to Liu Jun without reservation that the fundamental reason why the bandits have been unable to be wiped out in recent years.

The fifth battalion of Huige fought guerrilla warfare with the government army. He neither attacked the city nor occupied land, but occupied the mountainous area. He also bought local people to convey information to them, and the peddlers and pawns informed them. Every time the officers and soldiers were dispatched, these people could receive the news immediately. If the number of officers and soldiers was small, they would come to ambush the enemy. If the number was large, they would flee directly to the mountains.

If the official army enters the mountains and searches the mountains and clears the fields, they will break through the encirclement and run outside. When the official army chases out, they will go back to the mountain area. In short, the officers and soldiers have surrounded them, but these people are not in the duel with the official army at all.

"Don't worry, just a few tricks are there."

Liu Jun did not think that the bandits' strategy was so clever, it was just that the past government troops lacked response strategies. Liu Jun had some ways to deal with them, first of all, to block the bandits, block the bandits in the Yinghuo Mountain District, and then clear the surrounding areas.

In the past, the people in the villages in these areas were seriously infiltrated. Some people bought by the bandits to collect information and inform them, and many bandits were also dressed up as ordinary people and hid in this area.

Now Liu Jun ordered the clearing of bandits to send troops to investigate the townships and villages one by one. Check the population identity of each village, issue an identity card, and set up baojia, so that they can guarantee and supervise each other. At the same time, they sent troops to set up fortress posts on various roads and patrol troops.

People with unknown identities, outsiders, and locals who have been reported to bandits must be arrested and sent to the rear to be isolated and identified. All people near the bandit area must carry their ID cards when traveling. If they leave their hometown, they must open a road guide.

Through this method, the bandits were beaten away, turning them into blind and deaf.

Liu Jun was not in a hurry to enter the mountains, but the bandits in the mountains were anxious.

The leaders of the Fifth Camp of the G Zuo gathered again.

The old man returned to Ma Shouying, Ge Li was attracted to He Yilong, Zuo Jin King He Jin, reincarnated King Liu Xiyao, and Wang Lin in troubled times sat in a simple mountain village with a sad face.

As early as the news of Zhang Xianzhong being captured and Luo Rucai's defeat came, they expected that this day would sooner or later. But this day still came too quickly, and what made them even more desperate was that too many officials came this time.

Moreover, it was mainly composed of Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and Liu Jun who annihilated Huang Hu and Cao Cao in Sichuan. The Chu and Anhui armies had as many as 80,000. If the tens of thousands of people were added to the west, the encirclement and suppression of more than 100,000 troops were encircled and suppressed.

Moreover, this time the official army can be said to be a confrontation on all sides and a siege of iron walls.

Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng are in the north, Shi Kefa, Mou Wenshou is in the east. Li Shuchu, Chen Yongfu is in the west, Zhu Dadian, and Liu Jun is in the south.

They are now the last rebel army that maintains a scale of more than 10,000 people, but they have no confidence in winning this battle.

"Liu Jiye began to clear out the periphery in Yingshan, and to clear out the villages and villages. He checked his identity, registered his household registration, and set up a sentry fortress. He was moving forward every day. It would not take long to clear the mountain." Zuo Jin Wang He Jin sighed. His troops were stationed in Yingshan area. When Liu Jun entered the mountain, he was the first to be hit.

"The eyes and ears we arranged on the outside were completely wiped out. Now we were blinded by the situation outside and didn't know at all. Liu Jun was not in good shape and was different from the previous officers and soldiers."

Ge Li looked at He Yilong pinched his chin and stroked his beard, "Damn, if this continues, we will be trapped in this mountain. I want me to say, since the government army is surrounded by all sides, we will defeat them one by one with him. Let's gather the elites and find ways to ambush them and have a vote."

Ma Shouying nodded, "That Liu Jun once made us very embarrassed and was a tough guy. Let's avoid him this time and pick a soft persimmon and squeeze it first."

"Or why we fight westward and Guangzhou, and jump out of this encirclement first. Henan General Chen Yongfu is a lack of ability." The king's way of changing the world.

"It's not appropriate. Although Chen Yongfu has no ability, if we enter Henan, the soldiers from Shandong and Shanxi will also pounce on us. I think, if we fight eastward, they will be Shi Kefa and Mou Wenshou's soldiers, both old opponents. We know the roots and bottom of them. After fighting, we will find a way to see if we can cross the river. If we cross the river, there is a lot of potential in the south of the Yangtze River." Lao Huihui proposed his idea.

"This is a good idea."

"Let's go east."

At Luzhen Pass between Tongcheng and Huoshan County, Lu Jiude suddenly received a letter of surrender from the five thieves of Ge Zuo.

"Quickly, go and invite Shitai and General Mou Town to come here immediately."

When Shi Kefa and Mou Wenshou heard Lu Jiude's urgent request, they arrived quickly. When Lu Jiude saw the two, he was full of excitement and smiled, "Good news, great news, the five thieves had just sent someone to write, saying that they were willing to surrender to the court."

After hearing this, Shi Kefa was half-believing and half-doubted, "Take it serious?"

"It is probably because the bandits knew they couldn't escape, so they wanted to surrender."

As he said that, he used the letters written by Lao Huihui and five others to watch for Shi Mou and the others. In the letter, Lao Huihui and others said many words of apologizing, and said they had repented, so they asked the court to give a chance to correct their mistakes, and said they were willing to surrender. After surrender, they were willing to hand over the command of the imperial court to disband and return to their hometown.

"The bandits have always been cunning and untrustworthy, just afraid that there will be frauds in it." Mou Wenshou said.

Lu Jiude looked cold with some displeasure, "If we can successfully surrender the Fifth Camp of the Left, there will be few unnecessary casualties, less food, and immediately restore peace to Yinghuo. In this way, isn't it worth a try? Is it enough to kill a mountain of corpses?"

"That's not what the last general means." Mou Wenshou quickly apologized.

Shi Kefa held the letter but didn't believe it very much. If he really wanted to surrender, it was indeed a good thing. I'm afraid the thief might not have surrendered.

"It is easy to deal with real and fake surrenders. Let's ask them to take the team out of the mountain and come to surrender to the pass. If the thieves really surrender, it is of course a good thing. If the thieves deceively surrender, then we can wipe them out in one fell swoop before the pass, so that we can also save us from searching and extorting the mountain." Lu Jiude was very confident in recruiting surrender. The most important thing is that if the surrender was really successful, then this would be a great achievement, and it was presided over by him.

"Then let's take a look first. If the bandits really want to surrender, it would be a good thing." Shi Kefa finally said.

"Then let's ask someone to reply to someone. Make an appointment for a time."

Huo Shan, Lao Huihui laughed loudly after hearing the reply, and said to Ge Liyan and waited for several people, "Look, this dead eunuch who has no eggs really believes it."

Several bandit chiefs burst into laughter.

"How do you reply?"

"Just seven days later, we will lead our team and Laoying to Luzhen Pass to surrender to the government army in seven days."

Lu Jiude quickly got this reply. In addition to sending this letter, the visitor also brought several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, worth no less than 100,000 taels of silver.

"This is a little bit of our leaders' wishes, and I hope my father-in-law will accept it with a smile."

Lu Jiude looked at the opened boxes and his heart pounded. This was a huge sum of money. "What does this mean? Our family is not the one who loves money."

"I understand. Several leaders also know. Several leaders knew that they had committed many crimes in the past, and this time they really wanted to recruit peace. However, several leaders were also a little worried, afraid that they would be settled after surrender. They knew that their father-in-law was respectful in the court and had a strong voice. Therefore, they wanted to worship their father-in-law and recognize him as his adoptive father-in-law, and did not ask for any recruitment as an official. They just hoped that they could be forgiven for their previous sins and be content with peace of mind."

Lu Jiude picked up a golden cup and played with it slowly, very happy.

"Don't worry, as long as they surrender to the court, our family will definitely speak for them and ensure that they are well-off. But tell them that they must hurry up and get as early as possible, otherwise, if they dragged the other troops to the death, it would be unpredictable at that time."

"The little one understands. The little one will go back and tell the leaders immediately. In seven days, you will definitely arrive at the gates and ask for surrender."

After the man left, Lu Jiude asked someone to pack up the gold, silver and jewelry, and then rushed to Shi Kefa. "Ge Zuo has made an appointment to lead the team to surrender in seven days. You are ready to arrange a few more troops inside and outside the pass. If the thieves have a recurrence, they will be killed at the pass at the pass."

"Do you immediately notify the two governors of Zhennan Hou and Mei Li?" Shi Kefa asked.

Lu Jiude thought for a while, "Don't notify them first. If they interfere and destroy this recruitment, what should we do? It's not too late to notify them after we surrender the bandits."

The rooster crowed for the first time, and Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan led their subordinates to walk through the stars and the moon and set off quietly.

The King of Gengshi walked in front with more than 10,000 troops from four camps, in the middle was a large army of the tenth battalion led by Lao Hui and Geli, and at the end was Lin Yangcheng and He Jin walked in the end with four camps protecting the family of Lao Wang.

The journey was smooth and there was no encounter with a single official army.

"Those idiots really believe that we are going to surrender, and they took back all the officers and soldiers entering Luzhou Prefecture to Luzhen Pass." Liu Xiyao, the reincarnated king, said with a laugh.

"No, Lu Jiude couldn't take his eyes off when he saw the jewelry. What a pity that there are so many treasures!"

Liu Xiyao smiled and said, "Those jewelry cannot be eaten when they are hungry and cannot be covered when they are cold. What a pity? I gave it to the dead eunuch, but asked him to withdraw all the intercepted soldiers. This is worth it. When we fight out, how many gold, silver and jewelry can't be taken back."

"Hehe, when Lu Jiude found out that we were lying to him, we had already passed Shucheng. Let's go east and further south, we will attack Yangzhou, break Nanjing, and turn him upside down."

Tens of thousands of bandits protected the family of the old camp and left Yinghuo Mountain District at night and headed towards Shucheng, Lujiang, Chao County and other places to the east. A team of tens of thousands of people was dragging a long queue. The dogs in the farmhouse barked wildly, awakening many people. But when they put on their clothes, they immediately did not dare to speak out. Some timids even hurriedly woke up their families, picked some food items and ran into the mountains.

At dawn, a cavalry suddenly rushed towards the old Huihui who was in the central army to report.

"The two leaders of the Zuo Jin King and the King of Troubled Times in the Back camp sent me to report, and found that there were cavalry following behind, only two or three miles apart. Mr. He sent a team of people over there, but they were all killed. Mr. Lin also sent a team of friends, but they all went there and never returned. The two men suspected that the team of cavalry was Liu Jiye's nine-headed bird and did not take them at night, so they came to ask the little one to notify Mr. Ma. The Chu army might have found our traces."

Lao Huihui told Ge Liyan the news, "Why did Liu Jun catch up with him so quickly? What should I do now?"

"I think it's just a team of Chu's troops who didn't accept them at night, but since they didn't accept them at night, most of them will come soon. We have to speed up and try to break out of the encirclement of the official army first."

"Well, let's do it. I'll send a few more cavalry teams out and find a way to stop the Chu army from taking food at night."

The red sun was hanging in the east, and Xiao Han rode his horse in the morning sun without any hurry to hang behind the bandits.

"The team leader, the thief sent someone to die again!"

Yebusuo Zhou Shilong next to him laughed immediately. During the tracking of this night, the bandits sent two teams of horses to surround them, but they were killed by them every time, and none of them were killed.

But this time, the bandits seemed determined to kill them and sent hundreds of cavalry.

Xiao Han and his party had only ten horses. When they entered Yinghuoshan District to investigate the information of the bandits, they accidentally discovered that the thief was about to escape. After sending two team members back to report, he followed the other nine team members. At first, they tried to hide their traces, but in the end they found them.

They defeated two bandits and ponies, but now the bandits have sent a third horse team, and there are still a hundred cavalry.

Ten vs. Hundred vs. One vs. Ten, Xiao Han knew that his strength was very different.

But it cannot be withdrawn at this time.

Xiao Han used his legs to control the horse, reloaded his short gun immediately, and shouted to Zhou Shilong and other team members next to him. "Do you dare to do it with them again?"

"Captain Xiao, stop talking about anything. Isn't it just a hundred bandits? Let's take one as ten."

"That's right, we can't fall into the power of the nine-headed birds! Fuck them to death!"

"At worst, I can see Chukaiji Temple!"

Xiao Han heard a happy laugh, "See you in Zhonglie Temple!"

More than a hundred cavalry bandits galloped over the Chaoyang, but Xiao Han and the others stopped their war horses at this time, then turned over and dismounted. Ten people lined up, and then took off the flying dragon gun from their backs. Xiao Han blew the fire stick and lit the fuse rope that had been wrapped around his wrist.

"Aim and then shoot!" Xiao Han raised his gun and shouted.

"Don't worry, be sure to shoot one shot at a time."

The bandits were approaching, and Xiao Han was estimating the distance. When the enemy facing the sight became larger and larger, the corners of his mouth were raised, the wide butt of the flying dragon gun in his hand was pressed against his shoulders, and his cheeks were as tight as possible to stick to the gun.

Hold your breath and calm down.

"Bang!" Xiao Han's gun was the first to ring, and a horse rushing under the robber in the front screamed in tears. The horse stumbled and fell down. The bandit behind him leaned too tightly and could not avoid it for a moment. He was tripped off his horse and fell out, and he also fell out.

"Shoot the horse first, team Xiao is the most powerful!"

Zhou Shilong shouted, and then pulled the trigger.
To be continued...