Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 206

Zhu Changyuan could see that this Mr. Li is not a good bird.

This guy dissipated all his wealth and gave the people all the gold accumulated by his grandparents and ancestors for eight generations. Is it true that he cares about wealth and loves righteousness and charity?Zhu Changyuan is still unable to make a conclusion on this issue, but nine times out of ten, this guy did not look at the hardships of the people's livelihood. It is estimated that two words can sum up his mood at that time: excitement.

Some people are born to seek excitement.

Everyone has their own preferences and cannot be forced, and Zhu Changyuan didn't think too far, as long as this Mr. Li is of great use to him now, then keep it; if it is useless someday, just drive him away.

In the afternoon, he personally led his 1000 men and more than [-] people brought by Boss Bai, and took Bai Gang, Sun Hongbo and Li Xin to Wolong Mountain on the south side of the Han River.

Wolong Mountain is not high, with an average altitude of only [-] meters, but there are many hills with various primitive shrubs growing on them, which brings great difficulties to the marching troops.

Fortunately, the personnel here were well-prepared, not only knowing the general location of the bandits, but also knowing the tricks they generally used well, so although the march was quite difficult, they finally arrived at the scheduled location.

When he got to the place, Zhu Changyuan realized that this was a tough battle.

At the foot of the mountain, seeing Li Dingguo, a tall and thin man with blood all over his face, Zhu Changyuan got off his horse and asked, "General Li, why are you here?" He looked around him involuntarily.

Li Dingguo's more than 100 sergeants were very few left, and there were definitely less than 20 of them who could stand up by his side.

"General." Li Dingguo said weakly: "Just after entering the mountain, I encountered a large number of bandits. I fought with them, and my brothers were all lost."

"Is there only so much left?" Zhu Changyuan asked coldly.

"Yes." At this point, Li Dingguo's face was rather arrogant, and he said: "They are not much better. They were killed and hacked by the general, and I am afraid that they will be damaged even more."

"Fart!" Zhu Changyuan was so angry that he pointed at Li Dingguo's face and cursed: "You still have the face to say what about others? Look at yourself, you brought Lao Tzu's elite here, and you ended up fighting with me!" It’s like a bird. The sum of all the soldiers I have lost since I started leading the army is not as much as you this time.”

But he said in his heart: Not counting those pirates.

"According to your style of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, how many people will be killed to calm down the bandits?" He said without fighting, "I borrowed 1000 troops from your commander, and returned them." If it’s useless, it’s still these 20 people who will be punished for you. Do you think I’m easy to bully? Are you going to bully this general together with Zhang Xianzhong’s bastard!”

Li Dingguo was originally a stubborn person, no matter how much Zhu Changyuan beat and scolded, he would not fight back, but now Zhu Changyuan began to insult Zhang Xianzhong in a few words, and he couldn't help but reply: "Warning on the battlefield, the casualties are everywhere." Inevitably, victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists. Why did the general insult my adoptive father? If so, no wonder Dingguo is not polite. Besides, war has its own injuries. How can the general guarantee that one of his soldiers will not be defeated when he has one against two? damage?"

"You're welcome, what can you do?" Zhu Changyuan stood in front of Li Dingguo fiercely, and Li Dingguo immediately lost his temper.

Competing with Zhu Changyuan in force, is that a joke?
"General, Dingguo is still young and doesn't know how to use troops. General, don't blame him." Boss Bai saw that Zhu Changyuan seemed to be going too far, so he also came to persuade him.

Zhu Changyuan also didn't have any experience with Li Dingguo, but looked at the Polu next to him and said, "You have to remember, it doesn't matter how many enemies you have when you are fighting? You have to preserve your own strength. Run, one soldier to fight ten, this is not bravery, it is courting death!"

After hearing this, Polu respectfully stood aside, looking like he was being educated humbly, while Li Dingguo next to him nodded as if he had realized something, and his attitude towards Zhu Changyuan eased a bit, not as if his sword was on the verge of breaking out just now.

"Tell me, what is the basic situation of this group of bandits? How many people do they have? How many elites are there? Where is the old den? How can we capture it?"

Zhu Changyuan asked Li Dingguo a series of questions.

Li Dingguo was stunned, and said: "How do I know, I bring troops here to fight, and I fight when I meet people..."

"What did you say?" Zhu Changyuan said: "Dingguo is brave, you are brave, don't you know how to use your brain? Before I came, I told you to inquire about the situation of the enemy army. When will you take 100 people there?" Desperate?"

"The general clearly ordered me to be a pioneer!" Li Dingguo argued to himself.

But Zhu Changyuan was too lazy to talk to him, so he let Polu get off his horse and whip him twenty lashes.For Li Dingguo, who he couldn't subdue and was still a strong opponent, he couldn't be soft no matter what.

Leading the people forward, looking for them, and then setting up camp, and relying on the local guides, they finally found the residence of the bandits two days later.

The bandit's residence has long been beyond the boundaries of Wolong Mountain. Unknowingly, this place is already a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City, and there are mountains with a height of several hundred meters everywhere. Compared with Wolong Mountain, it is deeper and easier to hide.

No matter how easy it is to hide, it is necessary to come out to find food after all. Zhu Changyuan and the others followed this clue and groped step by step to find the lair of the King of Hades.

"A good place!" Looking at the mountain where the bandits were hiding, Li Xin sighed: "This place is not only remote, but also has high mountains and deep forests, and there is a small stream flowing from it, so there is no shortage of water sources. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be said that one man is in charge of the gate and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it. If there is enough food and grass, a thousand elites will be enough to guard this mountain."

Looking at the terrain, Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but frowned. It would be a joke if the 1000 people he brought forced their way in. Others are condescending, even if they hit you with stones, they can wipe out your entire army.

what to do?There is no way.

Zhu Changyuan looked at it for a long time, and then made a move helplessly: set up camp on the spot, so as not to change.

After setting up the camp, Polu led the scouts around the mountain and found that there was no other way to go up the mountain except the valley, so he was relieved.

"How?" Li Xin came over to discuss countermeasures with Zhu Changyuan.

Zhu Changyuan said: "There is no other way to go up this mountain. I guess there is not much food and grass up there, so we just sit here and wait for the rabbits, surround and not attack, and the group above will naturally destroy themselves without attacking!"

Li Xin nodded, but said worriedly: "Of course it is possible, but we don't have much food and grass, what should we do if we can't kill the thief and we have no food and grass?"

Zhu Changyuan said: "That's okay, even if there is no food, we can divide the troops to get food."

"It's absolutely impossible." Li Dao said: "The gang of thieves on the mountain can see our movements clearly. If they find out that we divide the troops, they will definitely go all out and fight to the death."

Zhu Changyuan smiled and said: "I'm afraid they won't come. But first, we must follow the method of the master and send this letter of surrender to the king of hell. It would be better if the soldiers don't fight blood."

"Good!" Seeing that Zhu Changyuan really used his attention, Li Xin felt inexplicably hot in his heart, and said, "This subordinate will write now, general, wait a moment." In words, he already regarded Zhu Changyuan as the master.

Satisfied, Zhu Changyuan poured a pot of tea and drank it by himself. Li Xin just took a few sips before handing over the letter of surrender. After a quick look, it was exactly as he said in the morning. Words: Surrender is a sin, but resistance will never be spared!Zhu Changyuan took Li Xin's surrender letter, recruited a group of people into the big tent, and said, "Who wants to go?"

Polu said, "I'll go!"

"You still have to carry food, investigate and many other tasks, don't go!"

Polu had no choice but to give up.

Li Dao next to him said, "Why don't I go."

Zhu Changyuan said: "No, Mr. is my right-hand man, how can I venture into dangerous places lightly?"

The requests of Boss Bai, Sun Hongbo, etc. were also rejected by Zhu Changyuan one by one, and Zhu Changyuan just looked at Li Dingguo with his eyes.

Li Dingguo said: "I am willing to take the blame and make meritorious service."

"Okay!" Zhu Changyuan stood up and handed him the letter of surrender, saying: "Remember what I said just now, you are only going to deliver a letter this time, not to fight a war, so don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

He secretly said in his heart: It seems a little too despicable for me to do this. Forget it, Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, if you can get out of the body today, it will be considered a fate, and I will let you go.Even if swordsmen meet in the future, I will not weaken you.

On the mountain, in the cottage.

The bonfire was brightly lit, and it was already night. The head of the cottage desperately cut a piece of barbecue with a knife and stuffed it into his mouth. He asked his brother, "Did you catch it?"

"I got it, Boss." Next to him was Xu Heng, the second head of the family nicknamed "Flame Knife", who moved closer to Luo Zhixiong, and said, "He is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, and he said he sent a letter of persuasion for the imperial court. This guy killed many of our brothers a few days ago, I tied him up, and I will let the adults handle it later."

While speaking, Xu Heng took out the letter of persuasion to surrender and handed it to Luo Zhixiong respectfully, saying, "This is the letter of persuasion."

Luo Zhixiong took a piece of silk, unfolded it lightly, immediately sneered, and said, "Don't leave me alone, hehehe, just kidding, a mere thousand people dare to say that they will not leave me alone?"

Xu Heng asked: "Boss, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Didn't Governor Xiong organize several times to suppress the bandits in the past few times? Have we been suppressed? Didn't they get beaten up before even touching our house? Don't worry, they this time Although I was able to find the gate of the cottage a little bit, but what will happen to us?"

"But, boss, I heard that Zhu Changyuan is leading the army this time. Have you ever heard of Zhu Changyuan? He is the one who beat Huang Taiji until his face was bleeding."

"What?" After Luo Zhixiong heard Zhu Changyuan's name, he couldn't calm down anymore, feeling a little chill down his spine, and said, "It's really him?"

Xu Heng said: "I heard that this time he is leading the army to suppress us!"

"Then what should we do?" After thinking about it, he emboldened himself and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this Zhu Changyuan is a king of water, everywhere in the sea is walking sideways, I'm afraid he won't be our opponent on land."

(End of this chapter)