The officers and soldiers of the four hundred households finally advanced thirty or forty steps away from the mountain village. At this time, a strong wind blew and the smoke showed signs of dissipation.

The officers and soldiers responsible for the artillery placed the "conscience-free cannons" and put them in "packs" and prepared to project them into the village, causing chaos among the thieves first, and then the problem of blasting the gate of the village.

"Boom boom"

As the bags exploded one after another in the village, with a loud bang, gunpowder and rocks splashed, but strangely, no screams were heard.

The officers and soldiers originally thought that when they arrived so close to the thief's mountain village, they would inevitably lead to fierce resistance from the thief. Arrows, rockfalls and rolling wood would continue to flow, but after they shot several rounds of bags in a row, they found that it seemed that the thief had no intention of guarding them, and there was not even a single person to rush to the city wall to shoot arrows.

The officers and soldiers of the four hundred-household offices looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with this strange scene.

The follow-up soldiers on the hillside were waiting for anxiety, but when they saw that the soldiers in front were not attacked, even the second batch of officers and soldiers from two hundred households had successfully reached the top, and their fear quickly subsided.

The soldiers were muttering in their hearts: "Did this smoke make the thief faint? In this way, are you waiting to go in and chop your head and rob the wealth, people and animals?"

Before, they were afraid of being arranged to be a front-line suicide squad, but when they were followed up, the officers and soldiers behind could not sit still. They realized a problem. Maybe there was a problem with the thieves on the mountain, and now it is a good opportunity to win the credit.

So, hundreds of households went to ask for battle with thousands of households, and thousands of households could only go to Shen Xi to talk about the situation.

Shen Xi used his simple telescope to check the situation on the mountain. The camp gate has not been broken yet. Besides, the mountain road is narrow and there is no need for too many people.

Shen Xi immediately ordered: "Transfer our military orders, and follow-up soldiers and horses are on standby, and they are not allowed to take a step forward!"

The sea breeze became heavier and the smoke on the mountain began to dissipate, and Shen Xi's vision became much clearer.

The officers and soldiers on the mountain camped step by step, exploded the gate of the village with bags, and then rushed in in a swarm. The smoothness was far beyond Shen Xi's imagination.

Originally, Shen Xi thought that even if the bandits in the village took laxatives, they would not be poisoned. At least some of them would drink the clean water they used to be.

If you change your mind, there will always be a difference between the immunity of the bandits, and you will never be hit by them all?

Even if they were hit, they would never be able to defend the village. The official army was already making trouble at the foot of the mountain, and it was clear that they would attack the village the next day.

Shen Xi wanted to use this war to train troops, but in the end he found it futile. In fact, after the first few hundred households rushed into the thief's village, the war was over. The subsequent soldiers were unwilling to fall behind and all rushed up the mountain. However, except for the thousand people who first went up, the subsequent soldiers could not squeeze into the village at all.

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At noon, the war came to an end. The soldiers swept the clan and captured all the remaining thieves, regardless of gender, age and age.

Judging from the information obtained, the physical condition of the bandits on the mountain was very poor because they had been cut off for almost five days. Yesterday, while the government troops were divided into troops to find the water veins, the front defense weakened. The bandits fought their best to come out to carry water back. As a result, after drinking the water, everyone in the mountain village pulled their stomachs.

But water is a necessity for life. When diarrhea is about to be exhausted, water needs to be replenished. Who wants to supplement water mixed with a lot of laxatives? So after drinking it, it continues to pull it, and then... the bandits in the village are completely tragic.

"Sir, there are not many water tanks for water storage on the mountain. Because we came suddenly, the water in the tank was originally dissatisfied and drank it in a few days. Since it was dry season, only one sip of water was coming out of several springs, but the amount of water was very small, which was useless at all. They did not dare to go out of the camp and could only bear it. Now they became prisoners and were yelling to ask us for water, haha!"

Jing Yue looked proud. He was the third group of people. Chen Xi did not let him be the pioneer and he had a big opinion. However, at this moment, he had already left his complaints behind and came to ask Chen Xi for rewards.

But Chen Xi didn't want to talk to Jing Yue about military merit rewards. A mere camp, even if the terrain was dangerous, would not be considered a great achievement. Judging from the number of bandits killed and captured in the end, the total number of this solid fortress was only about a thousand people, of which less than two hundred were young and strong, most of which were the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.

"Calculate the profits and leave them to Lao Jing and Lao Jiu. I will go back and rest first. Then arrange for the soldiers to rest in batches. We will fight hard today. We will set off to leave Nan'ao Island tomorrow."

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he went back to the camp to rest.

Jing Yue looked at Ma Jiu beside him and was very upset that Chen Xi arranged for him to count the profits with Ma Jiu. It was not that he had any objections to Ma Jiu, but that Chen Xi did not regard him as his "personal person"... Two people still need to be responsible for counting profits?

It was clearly Chen Xi asked the two to supervise each other, or simply asked Ma Jiu to supervise him.

Who said that Ma Jiu is Chen Xi’s “resident”?

At this time, the officers and soldiers in the camp were divided into two camps. The part that rushed up the mountain had not calmed down from the previous excitement. For the first time, they felt the feeling of "a life-threatening death" of flying stone arrows. Finally, they "attacked the toughest", knocked on the gate of the thief village, rushed in and chopped in a mess. They had never experienced this experience.

Nervous and stimulating, my whole body was filled with passion. I couldn't calm down the surging blood in my body after a long time of war.

After robbing a large amount of wealth, each hundred households can take half of the goods they have snatched, including the thieves and prisoners, as well as additional rewards.

Make a big profit!

The soldiers went on a war, saying that they were working for the country, but the focus was on promotion and wealth.

Those who didn't go up the mountain or couldn't squeeze into the village too late, and now they regretted not volunteering. At that time, they thought about how to save their lives. When they found that there was no risk from beginning to end, Chen Xi had ordered that no more people be sent, so that they could give up the opportunity to achieve great achievements.

The soldiers were either excited or upset, but they did not dare to leave behind the work. The tent I put away last night needed to be rebuilt, and the stove I put away in the morning had to be rebuilt.

Regardless of whether you get military merits and rewards, you are sleepy. Now you want your boss not to arrange your patrol. It is best to eat and drink enough, and get into the tent and have a good sleep.

On April 25th, the sunset shines in the west.

The counting of the results of the battlefield was basically completed. In this battle, 117 bandits were eliminated, 1,030 prisoners were captured, 23,497 taels of silver and 1,438 taels of gold were seized. In addition, some jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were also included in the battle.

After Chen Xi woke up, he summoned the generals in the army to hold a short meeting and explained in detail the arrangements for the next few days.

In the next few days, the military and horses will not stop and will go to Huanggang in two groups. After rectifying local military and political affairs and resettling prisoners, the military and horses will continue to go north.

Chenxi plans to follow the land troops and go north to Fuzhou from the border between Fujian and Guangdong. It is relatively calm. The garrison officers and soldiers are stationed along the way, and the bandits cannot stand. The coastal areas of northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang are severely affected by bandits.

On the way south of the first year, Chen Xi had a certain understanding of the scale of the thieves in the film. Since he launched an expedition, he has not yet encountered real Japanese pirates. Even if there were thieves on the island of Nan'ao, they finally found that there was no sign of Japanese pirates. It was just that the Chinese people, in line with "foreign monks are good at chanting scriptures", thought that taking advantage of the identity of barbarians in foreign countries would create enough deterrence to the people and other pirates, so they took the banner of Japanese pirates.

In the late Hongzhi period, the Japanese pirates mainly moved in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and did not extend their tentacles to the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong.

"Sir, the army is waiting for rewards now. When are you going to send out what you have earned before?" Jing Yue made great contributions in this war, and his rewards were not small. So he followed the flow and became a lobbyist for the soldiers of the three armies and came to talk to Chen Xi about rewards.

Chen Xi looked at Jing Yue and asked, "Are you in a hurry to get the money home?"

Jing Yue was stunned and replied: "I have no intention of being a good person. It's just that the war is over. The reward is not distributed to those bastards. Maybe he will have some concern for the adults... It would be better to send the rewards earlier, the bastards' fighting spirit will be stronger, and they are willing to follow the adults to serve their lives!"

Chen Xi said: "As far as you want, I won't give you a reward today, and tomorrow the officers and soldiers will retreat and become deserters. No one will follow me to fight?"

Jing Yue knew that he could not speak Chen Xi in words, so he came to beg Chen Xi to send the reward in advance. When he heard his words with sticks, he could only remain silent.

Chen Xi picked up his pen and continued to record the war, saying, "Wait until the day after tomorrow, all the troops and horses will be withdrawn back to the land, and the reward will be issued immediately. I don't want to delay the wealth and goods from the officers and soldiers, otherwise, as you said, who would be willing to serve me?"

Although it was not issued immediately, Chen Xi had already made a promise, and it only took one or two days to calculate the time. Jing Yue immediately smiled and said, "Sir, do you want to convey this news to the army?"

"go."

Chen Xi knew that Jing Yue wanted to use this method to confirm that he was preparing to issue rewards. Jing Yue's move was purely a clever one. As the commander of the three armies, Chen Xi never thought of making a promise in the short position.

Chen Xi knew very well that the terrible promise would not only affect the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers, but also might cause trouble and cause mutiny to bring his life into it.

Originally, Chen Xi had high hopes for Jing Yue, but now it seems that Jing Yue is a general who is a little rich and contented. Although no one is perfect, Chen Xi has always disappointed him.

You privately withheld the profits in front of the army. It can be said that you are following the crowd, but how can you explain how to lobby for a little reward?

A general who is not enterprising and profit-oriented may not be able to grow into a good general.

Even if you want to make a profit, you should also plan to promote your official position. What can a thousand households do? Only by becoming a thousand households can you truly stand out. Only by going to the nine borders can you make achievements and be famous in history...

Thinking of this, Chen Xi felt that he was too harsh on Jing Yue.

It is somewhat unrealistic to let a person born in the mud of the times be a white lotus, but it is better to guide him well. Perhaps Jing Yue can make a difference in the future. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!