No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

Li Erlang watched the soldiers run away until they disappeared at the end of the team, and then slowly looked back.

Li Aweng inspected the village on behalf of his son and grandson who had already gone into battle. Li Erlang was still guarding the house, so the others would not panic too much.

This time the bandit suppression did not require civilians to go up the mountain. Aunt Li and the others only had to stay at the designated place. The level of danger was not as high as the soldiers facing the enemy directly, so Aunt Li and the others did not panic this time, but were very happy. After the soldiers passing by the courtyard gate left, they went about their business as usual and went to work in the fields.

Coming out of Shangli Village, you can see the beginning of the western section of the Lancang Mountains. There is endless farmland. Most of the farmland is planted with corn. The farmers cultivating the fields all get up and look at them when they pass by. The farmer looked towards the far end of the dirt road, as if he had guessed their purpose, and immediately showed an expression of joy.

The soldiers marched quickly to Shiliang. Vice General Cao asked the villagers of Shiliang to find a wasteland, and then ordered the centurions to lead the soldiers to make a fire and rest on the spot. When the bonfire was lit, Fang Ying sat quietly in front of the bonfire. It was still a little cold at night.

Lieutenant General Cao turned around and looked at the young man beside him. He had been looking like this since he came out of the state capital. There was anger in his eyes, and he seemed to have an energy ready to go. Those who didn't know thought he didn't want to come.

He politely handed over a piece of cake. Unexpectedly, the noble young master actually took it. "Sir, Mr. Fang, you came to the barracks with the governor's warrant and asked me to take you to suppress the bandits. Now that you are here, it's time to tell me the reason! If there is any inside story, how can I dare to let you go up the mountain?" Lieutenant General Cao, who led the army this time, was a lieutenant in the state barracks. Although he did not have a direct subordinate relationship with the governor, the governor and the general of the state divided their powers to manage the military affairs of the state, so of course he had to pay special attention to the governor's son. Be careful, it's hard to explain if something goes wrong.

Fang Ying'an took a bite of the pancake. It was too hard to bite, so he said in a calm tone: "By chance, I have some relationship with the Shenqiu Cult."

Vice General Cao was a little surprised when he heard this. How could this noble young master be connected with the Divine Ball Cult huddled in such a remote mountain?

"Master Fang, please don't be ridiculous. How can you, a noble son, be related to these bandits?"

Seeing that Deputy General Cao on the side did not believe it, he did not explain too much: "This relationship is not what you think. Anyway, Deputy General Cao, you can rest assured that I will not act rashly to affect your plan." After saying this, he fell silent.

Now that he had received two affirmations from Mr. Fang, Vice Admiral Cao didn't want to say anything more. Instead, he went to find some centurions.

After Vice General Cao left, Fang Ying'an laughed to himself. His original kindness had actually created a disaster. He was indeed too stupid. It was true that his father scolded him for being too kind to a woman.

The juggler who dares to pretend to be a miracle is naturally not a good character.

Since they dared to raise the banner of a cult, he kept his promise and came to destroy them in person.

The soldiers near Shiliang Village are not only from the state capital, but also from Shandan County. Now there are also ordinary villagers recruited from several nearby villages.

These ordinary people recruited from several nearby villages to join the bandit suppression team followed the end of the soldier team. Xia Li, Shang Li, Zhang Lai... all gathered in Shiliang. Now the entire bandit suppression team has increased to nearly a thousand people.

The patrol team composed of villagers from each village did not enter the village. Instead, they asked Shiliang Village to find an open space for them to camp and rest for the night.

So Shiliang Village took them to the same barren farmland and asked the patrol team members from each village to rest on the spot near the state and county soldiers.

Everyone has been a soldier and is used to being stationed in the wild. The soldiers have their own centurions, and each village patrol team also elects its own captain. They each light a bonfire and take out the dry food and water bags prepared in advance. Fill your stomach while resting.

Li Daqing was also in the patrol team. He returned home half a month later than his brother Li Dacai. This time he was the only one to join the patrol team because the family's third daughter-in-law Yueniang was already in labor and it was difficult to ask her third son Hualang to go out again.

In order to treat the triplets equally, their family always adheres to the all-or-nothing method. If the third son does not come, Li Daqing will not ask the other two sons to come out. Anyway, the village only requires one person from each household, and he is the only one. It's enough to come.

So he sat with Dad Li and Li Changji, and calmly observed the general in the soldier team and the noble gentleman with a distinctive temperament. The combination of these two people seemed to be incompatible.

Ever since Father Li and Li Changji learned about Yang Huang's experience, they no longer dared to judge people by their appearance. Instead, they were more curious about the generals who directly led the team, and were even more curious about the noble prince who came with the generals.

"The person who led the team to suppress the bandits this time was Deputy General Cao from the state barracks. The young man who came with him to suppress the bandits is said to be the son of the governor of the state." The news spread and finally reached Li Changji and the others.

Why is the governor's son here? Although he doesn't look weak, he doesn't look that brave and good at fighting. Will he have to go up the mountain with the soldiers? How should I tell the governor if something goes wrong?

Most people are still skeptical about Fang Ying'an.

After everyone had filled their stomachs, Lieutenant General Cao held the knife on his waist and walked to the patrol team. His bell-like voice was full of seriousness. As soon as he opened his mouth, it reminded people of the days after training in the barracks. Everyone habitually said obey. He said: "Every team is lining up, come and discuss with us tomorrow's plan to suppress bandits!"

The team that went to Licun was none other than Li Changji.

He quickly ran to the ranks of soldiers, stood with several centurions, and gathered around the campfire to listen to Vice General Cao's plan to suppress the bandits tomorrow.

As early as when he returned home from the barracks, Li Erlang told the story about bandits robbing Shiliang. Even though it had been almost half a year, as an elder brother, he still felt frightened after hearing about it. Fortunately, his brothers were all fine.

Erlang also told the location of the cottage.

The main line of Lancang Mountain is almost five hundred miles long. Together with other mountains, it forms a barrier dividing the north from the south. It is the natural city wall between Dali and Uighur. Many of Dali's checkpoints are in the low valleys of Lancang Mountain, intercepting and blocking the Uighur people. Cross Lancang Mountain and enter Dali.

Similarly, the main body of Lancang Mountain is too long. There is not only one long Lancang Mountain in the entire mountain range, but it is intertwined with other mountains in different directions to form the complex Lancang Mountain Range.

The steep mountains are not only suitable for setting up various levels, but also breed many cottages.

Tomorrow they will attack the bandit base camp deep in the mountains in the western section of the Lancang Mountains. It is also the bandit den that has been difficult to attack in Shandan County for a long time. It is said that it is deep in the mountains, but it is not accurate.

Thousands of years ago, there was a river meandering in the Lancang Valley. This river split the branches of Lancang Mountain, and a natural cliff was formed between the main vein and the branches.

Now the river has dried up, leaving only a white, dry riverbed.

The branch was originally short, but after being exposed to wind and sun, it gradually formed what it is today - an independent stone mountain next to Lancang Mountain!

The stone mountain is about one or two hundred feet high. People named this unique mountain Juoshan.

Today, this bandit's den is located on Juishan Mountain, occupying three of the four points that are easy to defend and difficult to attack: high mountains, relying on natural dangers, and being condescending.

When the county magistrate came to suppress the bandits several times before, he thought that they occupied the high ground and had the right time and place, so they thought of a siege strategy. Living on high ground has both advantages and disadvantages for mountain bandits. Liancang Mountain is mainly a rocky mountain. The first two feet of soil are made of hard stones. The growing trees can still store water, but the mountain itself cannot store much water at all. There is no water source on the mountain, and if you do not attack it, it will eventually break down.

The government officials had been ambushing the mountain road for more than ten days, intending to intercept them, but they found that the bandits did not show any signs of anxiety. So the officials continued to squat for another ten days. The bandits were still full of energy and did not look decadent at all. They came to provoke them from time to time. On the contrary, they who were guarding the mountain were exhausted and eventually ran out of food. They had to end the bandit suppression operation and voluntarily evacuate down the mountain.

After the first anti-bandit operation failed, they sent people to investigate carefully, only to find out that on the surface, there seemed to be only one path going up and down the mountain. How could the bandits only prepare one way out?

The mountain road that the bandits took when transporting food was just a relatively wide and easy-to-walk mountain road, and there were two trails on the cliff on the back.

So in the second plan to suppress the bandits, they sent people to block the trail behind them, and waged another war of encirclement and attrition, betting that there would be no water on the mountain!

However, another month has passed, and the bandits are still alive and kicking, with no sign of water shortage.

This time, the guards at the foot of the mountain broke through again.

Where did the bandits get so much water?

"The main vein of Lancang Mountain runs east-west, while the mountain bandits are on Yaoshan Mountain, which runs from northwest to southeast. Yaoshan Mountain is close to Lancang Mountain but not connected to it. There is a dangerous place between the two mountains, which is the cliff northwest of Juoshan Mountain. The village is where On the cliff." Vice General Cao explained the information to the soldiers who did not know the situation. He continued: "The two attempts to suppress the bandits in Shandan County were unsuccessful. According to the information they collected, there is only one main line going up and down the mountain on Juishan Mountain. There are two paths and one secret path. Both paths are on the cliff. One is a vertical path with stone steps built by man, and the other is a path made of iron drills carved into the stone wall. The iron drills are weathered by the wind and sun. , can no longer bear the weight, so it has been abandoned a long time ago. If you want to walk up the vertical stone steps, even those who move quickly and vigorously would not dare. There is only the last secret passage, but there is no clue now. "

Everyone was silent.

The bandit's den used to be a temple, but it was abandoned a long time ago. Now it is occupied by bandits, guarding the impregnable "castle". If you want to capture this dangerous place, you will inevitably suffer heavy sacrifices!

It was a mountain road that had long been exposed. The bandits naturally laid various traps on this mountain road and knew each other well.

Fang Ying'an frowned: "There are no rivers or lakes on Mount Juoshan. The water the bandits need must be carried up from the river at the bottom of the mountain, or there may be an underground river, and that secret passage leads directly to the underground river."

This is the only explanation that seems to work.

Vice General Cao nodded in agreement: "Master Fang is right. Previously, due to lack of manpower, he could not confront the bandits directly. Therefore, the county magistrate had people secretly wait on the mountain roads to monitor the movements of the bandits, but he never saw the bandits using the mountain roads. Transporting water, we finally figured out they had another way to get water.”

Yaoshan Mountain is only 400 to 500 meters high, which is not as high as the average height of Lancang Mountain of 800 meters. But even so, it is not easy to dig a well. You have to go through the 400- to 500-meter-high mountain and drill more than ten meters underground to get the well. to the water.

The difficulty is too high.

Fang Yingan objected again.

So where does the bandit's water come from? Rain is definitely not possible. Shandan has not entered the rainy season. It rains here once a month. It is an unexpected blessing.

Vice General Cao discussed with everyone until the moon rose, and then arranged for everyone to return to the defensive positions of their respective patrol teams. Li Changji returned to the team, explained the plan to the villagers in detail, and reminded everyone to go to bed quickly and go before dawn tomorrow. Go to their respective positions and wait.

Before dawn the next day, Li Erlang was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. The person outside the door kept shouting Li Erlang's name.

When Li Erlang heard the voice of an acquaintance, he quickly put down his knife and opened the door. The person who came was none other than Cun Zheng. Cun Zheng saw that everyone in the Li family had come out. He winked and quietly pulled Li Erlang aside and said, "Just now, the patrol team We found someone sneaking toward your home from the wilderness, we have captured that person, and after interrogation we found that he is a bandit from Lancang Mountain, and he came here to convey a message to you."

"The bandits are giving me a message?"

Muramasa nodded seriously: "Your uncle is still patrolling elsewhere, and you don't know about this man's sneaking. What if you don't hide it from your family?"

After hearing this, Li Erlang looked back at his family members who were already standing at the entrance of the courtyard, feeling extremely helpless.

There is really no end to the bandits, so why do they not let go of their family...

Li Erlang thought for a while and then said: "Muramasa, just tell me directly. My mother-in-law and the others must know, otherwise they will not have random thoughts in their hearts after I leave home."

When Aniang Li heard that her son was leaving home, her heart tightened and she squeezed the hand holding the door frame hard.

In this way, Muramasa said bluntly: "We caught that person just now. There seemed to be something wrong with that person. I just said that the leader of the village asked you to go by name, otherwise they will personally besiege our place."

Li Erlang was puzzled: "It's really funny. Since there are soldiers to suppress the bandits, how can they bypass the eyes and ears of those soldiers and hit us?"

Muramasa continued: "That person is only responsible for delivering the message and does not know anything else. Xianglang, how did you decide?"

Before Li Erlang could speak, Li Aniang, who had been standing behind him, hurriedly came out to stop him: "Erlang, you can't go! No matter whether that person's words are bluffing or not, you can't go! If what he said is true, and you agree , they are very likely to sneak attack halfway, what should we do then? If what he said is false, then they will lure you there. No matter whether it is true or false, you can't go, stay in the village and everyone will be together Resist the bandits!"

Muramasa nodded: "What your mother said makes sense."

"Since they blame all their hatred on me, I have nowhere to hide. If there are more bandits than the patrol team in the village, how will the people in the village fight against the bandits?"

Li Aniang was confused and cursed: "How could we let those bandits escape?"

Neither Li Erlang nor Muramasa responded to Li Aniang's words. It may not be an oversight by the government, but it may be that there are too many bandits, and there are bandits hiding in more than one mountain.

When he was unable to make a decision, Li Erlang decided to follow Muramasa to meet the person who came to deliver the message.

Whether what that man said was true or false, why was he so confident that he dared to falsely claim to massacre their village when the government was suppressing bandits?

Give it a try and you’ll find out!