Chapter 67
A few days later, Su Yi was ready and began military deployment before sending troops to suppress the bandits.
At this time, he had hung a detailed map of the vicinity of Black Dragon Village on the wall behind him.
After looking around for a week, he also drew out the sword from his waist, turned slightly sideways, pointed at a place on the map with the sword's edge and said:
"This is where Xue Ba's lair is located. The terrain is relatively complex and there may be many traps in the forest. If we adopt a forceful attack, this is the best strategy."
As he spoke, he moved the sword edge downwards and said:
"This is an official road, and according to the current intelligence of our army, there are hidden outposts of bandits here, here, and here. Once there are business travelers passing by on the official road, or there is an abnormality, these hidden outposts will immediately
Tell the truth."
"And now, the news that our army will send troops to suppress Black Dragon Village has not yet leaked out, so we can make a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain."
"General, what do you mean..." A general couldn't help but ask.
Su Yi glanced at him and continued to point to the map and said: "General Li can lead two hundred sergeants to pretend to be a large caravan and escort the goods through here."
"And Xue Ba knew that he would not miss this opportunity. At that time, bandits would gather down the mountain and rob the caravan."
"General Wang, lead two thousand troops, lie down at key points, wait for the bandits to appear, shoot them to death with random arrows, and capture their leaders."
"At the same time, General Wei led an elite force to remove these hidden sentries."
He pointed at a few more places on the map with his sword and continued:
"By then, the bandits will have lost half of their strength and their lairs will be empty. The main force of our army can secretly gather around the stronghold and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Every time he talked about something, he would point his sword at that map, and his plans were clear and logical, and everyone could understand them as soon as he heard them.
After he finished speaking, he looked around again and asked in a serious voice: "Did you understand everything?"
"Understood!" All the generals responded in unison.
"Ahem..." Su Yi sheathed his sword, habitually held his right hand under his mouth and coughed, then waved his hand and said: "Let's go!"
The next afternoon.
On an official road near Heilong Village.
A large caravan of two hundred people was slowly passing by escorting dozens of carts of goods.
I don't know whether it was accidental or something else happened, but in short, during the march, a cart of goods overturned on the ground, the wooden box cracked, and the silver suddenly scattered all over the ground, making a clattering sound.
"What are you doing to eat! Hurry up and pick it up! Hurry up!"
The 'caravan steward' started shouting and cursing.
The silver in that area shone brightly in the sun. This scene happened to be seen by the bandit's secret sentry. The man's eyes immediately glowed green, and he turned around and ran away in excitement.
As soon as he returned to the stronghold, he hurried into the hall and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master, there is a caravan! There is a caravan passing by below!"
"Oh?" Xue Ba suddenly became energetic when he heard this. Before he could speak, the whistle shouted again: "Silver! It's all silver! You've made a fortune, you master!"
"What!?" Upon hearing this, Xue Ba's eyes widened. Without saying a word, he immediately waved his hands and said, "Quick! Don't let them run away!"
"The big boss, they, there are many of them." The whistle reminded.
"Hmph! Then take all the brothers with you! Don't lose this windfall!" Xue Ba sneered, picked up the sword, and walked out of the hall quickly.
"Quick, quick! There's work! Hurry -"
Inside the village, bandits began to gather quickly.
They were occupying the mountain and had not encountered a caravan for a long time. How could Xue Ba miss such an opportunity.
It didn't take long for the bandits to swarm down the mountain stronghold, blocking the way of the caravan, and the number of them was getting bigger and bigger.
Under such circumstances, the 'caravan manager' first looked at each other and then pretended to be nervous and exclaimed: "You, who are you!?"
"Ha ha ha ha--"
When he saw the caravan, Xue Ba couldn't help but smile.
"If you leave your belongings, you may survive, otherwise, you will die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers, come on!"
Following his order, a group of bandits began to roar and swarm towards the caravan.
When the caravan saw this, they turned around and ran away without saying a word.
"Hahahaha——" Seeing this situation, Xue Ba laughed again and immediately stopped his men: "Stop chasing, take a look at these goods first."
As he spoke, he opened a box, but when he took a closer look, it was empty inside.
He was stunned for a moment, then jumped to his feet and cursed: "Damn it! Where's the silver! Didn't I say it's all silver!"
"Big... big boss, there is nothing here."
Others who were rummaging through the goods began to say.
"Here, my place is also empty..."
"What!?" Xue Ba was shocked. At this time, he seemed to realize that something was wrong, but it was obviously too late.
Before he could react further, the sound of armor scraping could be heard on the hillsides on both sides of the official road.
As if appearing out of thin air, in an instant, densely packed soldiers were standing in all directions, and all of them had already loaded their bows and arrows, aiming unanimously at the bandits below.
"Fire the arrow!" Su Yi commanded in a condescending voice.
When he gave the order, all the soldiers released their fingers one after another, and the sharp arrows flew down from their strings, like a rain of arrows, coming towards their faces.
Plop, plop!
Under the dense rain of arrows, in just an instant, countless bandits were shot to the ground, letting out pitiful howls.
In such a situation, Xue Ba panicked, and another bandit leader began to shout loudly: "Oh! The boss has officers and soldiers! There is an ambush among us!"
Doesn't he have to say this? Xue Ba is not blind. He roared angrily, waved his sword to block the random arrows, and at the same time shouted: "Retreat! Retreat to the stronghold quickly!"
But at this time, he wanted to leave, but it was not that easy. A bunch of bandits were shot to death by random arrows. They immediately panicked and started to escape along the original road.
The random arrows on the hillsides on both sides did not stop. The bandits were running to death. But not long after they ran out, another army appeared in front. The soldiers in the front row squatted down and faced the bandits again.
It's a random arrow!
Obviously, their escape route was also blocked. Seeing this, Xue Ba turned around again, but what greeted him was still the same result!
And as he fled left and right, and finally returned to the middle position, at this time, most of the bandits under him were dead or injured. Many people looked at the corpses on the ground, and then looked at the troops slowly approaching from the left and right.
I suddenly felt desperate.
"Don't shoot the arrows! Don't shoot the arrows! We surrender! Surrender!"
I don’t know who shouted first, and then all the bandits threw away their weapons and began to kneel on the ground, shouting in panic: "Surrender! We surrender..."
This gang of bandits was allowed to bully the caravans, plunder ordinary people, and do evil things. They were both capable of doing the same thing. But when they met a real army, the result was predictable.
Seeing the howling bandits, the soldiers subconsciously stopped firing arrows, but Su Yi coldly ordered: "Kill them all!"
Hearing this, the deputy general couldn't help but swallowed: "General...General, they have surrendered..."
"I said, kill them all, leave no one behind! Do you need to repeat it again?" Su Yi's voice became a little colder.
Chapter completed!