Thief Emperor

Chapter 37: Suppressing bandits and mergers and acquisitions!
Banditry is an illegal profession.

Therefore, Shanzhai is an illegal organization.

Because of this, all mountain strongholds have one thing in common, that is, the ability to resist attacks must be considered from the beginning of construction, or even before it is built.

To put it more bluntly, it must be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, the mountain stronghold will set up points to monitor the mountain roads, which can closely monitor all key points on the mountain.

This was the case with Cangshan Dazhai. Before the government troops went up the mountain, Li Yun and others had already accurately grasped their specific location.

The village on Black Crow Mountain is naturally no exception. They are also built on the mountainside, a place that is not easy for outsiders to climb up.

If the government troops attacked in broad daylight with great fanfare, they would be discovered by the bandits on Black Crow Mountain before they even reached the mountain, and would be put in a passive situation where the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light.

but!

The difference between Li Yun and the government troops is that he is also a bandit, and a professional bandit for 20 years! He is very familiar with these twists and turns!

As soon as he reached the top of the mountain path, he made a gesture to the people coming over from Cangshan Village, and they immediately split into two sides and quietly moved up the mountain.

For those who grew up in the mountains, there is not much difference between climbing the mountain and walking on flat ground.

Liu Bo followed Li Yun. As Li walked up the mountain, he asked, "There should be some important points on this mountain. Is there anyone watching?"

"During the day."

Liu Bo laughed softly and said, "But there shouldn't be any at night. Second brother, you know that our village is doing better now. The government troops rarely fight bandits, let alone go up the mountain to fight bandits at night. They have relaxed a lot."

"After all, they don't have a lot of manpower."

Li Yun nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "That's great."

As he walked toward the mountain path, he said, "Old Nine, remember this lesson. From now on, there must be someone watching over our Cangshan stronghold day and night."

"I got it."

As they were talking, the group had already walked up the mountain path for quite some time. By the time it was completely dark, the twenty or so of them had reached the halfway point of Black Crow Mountain.

Because someone had already discovered the location of the Black Crow Mountain Stronghold, they took almost no detours and moved towards the Black Crow Mountain Stronghold little by little.

Li Yun was walking at the front of the team. After climbing a steep slope, a flat ground appeared in front of him.

Li Yun looked up.

In the darkness of the night, the bright moonlight shone down, illuminating a large area of ​​low wooden buildings.

There are lights in this building, but they are very dim.

Most of the buildings on the mountain are made of wood. After all, it is difficult to transport other materials to the mountain in this era.

Chief Li took a deep breath and was about to give an order when suddenly, a fire lit up on the tower at the entrance of the stronghold.

Then, there was a loud shout: "Who is it?"

After a loud shout, a loud gong sounded on the tower!

"Someone is breaking into the village! Someone is breaking into..."

"what--"

Before he finished speaking the second time, he cried out in pain, covered his heart, and was unable to speak.

A feather arrow penetrated nearly an inch into his heart.

"Well done!"

Liu Bo patted the young man who was putting away his bow and praised him, "Good job, Erlang. When we get back, I'll get you ten kilograms of beef!"

It was Erlang, the sharpshooter of Cangshan Stronghold, who shot and wounded the bandit who was on night duty at Heiyashan Stronghold with one arrow!
Moreover, although this kind of injury did not take his life directly, it probably meant that he would not survive.

Li Dazhaizhu said in a deep and powerful voice: "We scared them! Huzi!"

Zhang Hu quickly responded, "Captain, I'm here!"

This was the name the two men agreed upon. After all, with these yamen runners around, it was not easy for Zhang Hu to call him "Second Brother".

"Come with me and break through the gate!"

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the group of yamen runners, and shouted: "No one is allowed to retreat, follow me!" After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards the gate of Black Crow Village.

This is a medium-sized, or small-to-medium-sized mountain village. The gate is quite simple. And because it is all made of wood and does not have a deep foundation, the door frame cannot be very strong.

Li Yun and Zhang Hu rushed forward and rammed into the simple gate of the mountain village, along with the door frame, they knocked it to the ground!
"rush!"

Li Yun shouted angrily.

At this time, the bandits in the Black Crow Mountain Stronghold had been alarmed by the sound of the gong, and they all rushed out in panic with knives in hand!

Maybe because it happened suddenly, there were not more than 20 people rushing out. At a glance, there were only 15 or 16 people. Li Dadu drew the long knife at his waist and shouted, "Don't hold back, kill them!"

He was tall and had great explosive power. He rushed forward in one step, raised his sword and chopped down a confused bandit with a clean and efficient move!
Zhang Hu and Li Zheng followed closely behind him, one on his left and one on his right, to help him defend against the enemies on his flanks.

The fighting power of Chief Li was overwhelming for these ordinary bandits. He rushed in like a tiger descending from the mountain, and broke the bandits' formation into pieces!
Among the yamen runners, only Chen Da and Huang Yong gritted their teeth and followed the pace of the people from Cangshan Village. The others were trembling with fear, holding knives in their hands, and approached step by step.

The people from Cangshan Village, especially those who came with Li Yun this time, are all bloodthirsty, or at least have seen blood on their hands!

Seeing their leader rushing forward, the bandits screamed and rushed forward together.

The bandits in Cangshan Village had long been accustomed to the existence of such an unparalleled village chief, and they cooperated with Li Yun in a very good manner. The enemies that were scattered by Li Yun were chased forward by them. Generally, two people surrounded one, and they were soon chopped to the ground!

Because Li Yun had said in advance that he would be ruthless, they did not hold back. Except for the one who was so scared that he threw his knife on the ground and begged for mercy, everyone else was basically hacked to death!

The battle is over in just a stick of incense!
Li Yun sheathed his knife, wiped the blood off his forehead with his sleeve, and turned to look at Zhang Hu and Li Zheng.

"Tiger, skinny monkey."

The two of them quickly responded: "I'm fine!"

Li Yun nodded, found a big rock to sit on, and said, "Take people, go into the village, and tie up the others!"

Liu Bo and others responded loudly, and broke into the village with a group of bandits and yamen runners.

The yamen runners might not be very good at things like fighting, but they were very familiar with things like arresting people. In just over half an hour, all the people in the Black Crow Mountain Stronghold were tied up tightly by them.

A fat old man in his fifties with messy hair and dark skin was tied up by Zhang Hu and brought in front of Li Yun. Zhang Hu kicked him and he knelt in front of Li Yun: "Brother, this is the leader of Black Crow Mountain, nicknamed Old Crow."

"This beast."

Zhang Hu couldn't help but kick him again: "There are piles of hair hanging on the wall of his room!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yun's eyes fixed, and he stepped forward and gave the old crow a big slap, knocking out several of its teeth.

The fat, dark old man's eyes were full of fear. He lay on the ground wailing in pain, but he dared not say a word.

Village Chief Li sat back in his seat and said in a low voice, "Tie them all up and take them down the mountain."

"Liu Bo."

He greeted.

Liu Bo quickly stepped forward, lowered his head, and lowered his voice: "Second brother."

"Take your men and search the village. Bring back all the good quality weapons to our village."

"If there are armor and other things, take them back as well."

"The money and property in this village..."

Li Dutou thought for a moment and said, "Take 70% back with you, and leave 30% for me to report to the county."

Liu Bo chuckled: "Got it, second brother!"

He looked around and asked, "Second brother, there are many women and children in this village, what should we do with them?"

"I will take the women and children back to the county, and tie up the young men first, in case any of them are kidnapped and brought to the mountains."

Li Dutou looked towards the large camp in front of him and spoke calmly.

"Blindfold him and take him back to the village."

"If anyone resists, kill them."

(End of this chapter)