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

Before there was even a hint of light in the sky, the soldiers outside Shiliang Village and the patrol teams from each village had already counted the number of people in the darkness and set off in formation.

Five hundred soldiers, plus nearly five hundred people recruited from nearby villages, launched a general attack on the bandit headquarters on Juishan Mountain.

The scouts have confirmed that there is only one path up the mountain on Juoshan Mountain, and there are two unrelated paths on the cliff, one of which is decayed. However, Vice General Cao still did not miss this abandoned path and deployed all the patrol members on the three paths. At the exit, they were divided into three groups to guard, and a death order was issued. Any bandits who escaped from these three exits would not be let go.

Before setting off, Deputy General Cao emphasized again: "These bandits are all extremely vicious, and many of them have the blood of civilians on their hands. If the bandits are unwilling to surrender, they will be killed without mercy!"

The patrol team led by Li Changji was dispatched behind the cliff. Together with them, there were patrol teams from two other villages. Three teams of nearly 150 people surrounded a stone path perpendicular to the cliff.

After arriving at the designated location and setting up an ambush, they were able to see with their own eyes the "road" on the natural barrier.

It couldn't be called a road at all, but a row of hollows dug into the stone wall for stepping on. Just looking at it made their feet feel weak, and they would never dare to try to walk on the stone wall easily. If you are careless, there is no chance of regret. If you make a mistake and fall, your life will be fleeting.

The cliff is so steep, it seems that the other iron path is also full of dangers. How on earth did the bandits on the top of the mountain not worry about water sources despite the county government's blockade?

Where is that hidden passage?

As they stared at the top of the mountain, the bandits were also watching their every move. Compared to the patrols and soldiers at the bottom, the bandits at the top are more advantageous. They take advantage of their geographical advantages to observe clearly what is going on at the bottom of the mountain. The bandits snicker at what the people below are doing. No need to work, just report everything.

"Go and report the actions of these soldiers to the leader and see what he decides!"

"Yes!"

Although it had only been a few days since the official issued the order to suppress bandits, the bandits had already received the news and obviously had a response strategy, and they did not show any panic when the troops came to the city.

It is now June, and summer has begun. Although the vegetation on the mountain is not as thick as a dense forest, the trees are still lush and lush. A path that has not been visited for a long time has been covered by weeds. There may be traps set by bandits in any place on the mountain. If you are not careful, you may fall into the trap. Injury is not a big deal. Each trap was originally designed to deal with ferocious beasts, but now it is used to deal with people. It's not just talk about being killed by stepping on the wrong foot.

There are traps everywhere, and the trails aren't much better. They are bright targets when they walk on the path, and it is difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

Although the mountain is only two to three hundred feet high, the mountain is very strange. It runs from northwest to southeast. It is not wide, but it is more than ten miles long. To the northwest is a cliff that has been split with a knife. Both sides of the mountain are made of Hundreds of meters high boulders are stacked up, and the height of the mountain is formed by stacking several blocks together. The trees above the mountainside have been cut down by humans, and the stone walls are covered with moss. If you choose to take a shortcut from both sides of the mountain and climb to the top of the mountain, Not to mention that it is difficult and time-consuming, there is another problem that cannot be avoided - traps.

Obviously, the bandits would not give up the shortcut foolishly.

So the only way to climb the mountain is through the path full of traps.

The scouts had already quietly walked up. The path passed through the woods until halfway up the mountain. The trees suddenly became fewer and fewer, and the dirt road turned into a stone road, winding in the mountain, sometimes turning up and over the stones, sometimes turning down and drilling into the stone cave. Finally we reached the bandit's towering camp.

If you take a look at it, you will know why it is difficult to break through.

The scouts reported back what they had discovered. The bandits' camp was set up in the "small land" on the top of the mountain. The ground for the city wall was basically boulders more than ten feet high. They also stood on top of the boulders in a row of three feet high. The top of the wood was sharpened, forming a city wall nearly twenty feet high!

There is only one gate to the camp, which is a stone step they built on the boulder that only one person can pass through. It goes all the way up and leads directly to the interior. It is now blocked by stones.

This is the reason why we haven't been able to capture it, bandits.

As long as they collect enough food and there is no shortage of water, as long as they fight a war of attrition, it almost means they win.

Halfway through the journey, Lieutenant General Cao gestured back and asked everyone to rest where they were for a while. He muttered in his heart: This journey was too quiet. Although they found several exposed traps in the woods along the roadside while marching, they They moved towards the top of the mountain while dismantling traps, but the bandits never made any movement.

Are you holding back your ultimate move or not taking them seriously?

While they were resting, the two scouts who were scouting the road in front ran back lightly. They brought back the news: "General, go up about one hundred and fifty feet and you will enter the camp of the bandits. They are walking along the road." They cut wood on the protruding stone wall to build a three-foot-high fence. The stone wall and fence were about twenty feet high. There were holes dug in the fence for thrusting and shooting arrows. We vaguely saw figures moving behind the fence. They seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Just wait for us to go up!”

Another scout added: "Before entering the bandit camp, you have to pass through a stone cave that winds upward. The cave is about ten feet long and four or five feet high. There are stone walls on both sides. My subordinates did not dare to approach, but they were far away. From a distance, I can see that the cave is not natural. It seems to be built by sealing stones on top of the trench. General, I fear there is a scam."

Needless to say, there must be an ambush in such a cramped place. It is not difficult to think of what kind of ambush it is. It is nothing more than the rolling logs and rocks as I guessed before. When they enter the cave, the exit is the best throwing point. As soon as they enter, they immediately become fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

So far, the information they've gotten is the same as what they've gathered before.

The bandit village on Juishan Mountain is indeed a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If you don't plan to use the human wave tactic to attack by force, the best way is to trap them on the mountain until they run out of fuel.

The siege method had been tried twice before, but ended in failure. The bandits had already robbed thousands of kilograms of food years ago, so they could live safely for a long time, and they also reclaimed land in the camp to grow rice and vegetables. As long as there was always water, they were not afraid of anyone attacking the camp.

What's more, they also invited "immortals" who could control the copper balls. At this time, the entire camp concentrated on resisting and destroying their enemies.

Vice General Cao immediately ordered everyone to camp where they were, and he personally led a small team of people to sneak up, intending to explore the entire mountain stronghold.

In this current situation, the previously planned plan still needs to be slightly changed.

Li Erlang on the other side finally arrived at Shiliang. Shiliang Village was more tightly guarded than all the villages he had passed before. The people defending at the entrance of the village opened their mouths to stop Li Erlang from a distance.

Li Erlang immediately identified himself, and the people in Shiliang Village immediately recognized him.

Just because the last time he was in the village school to save his younger brother, he dressed up as a bandit and suddenly cut off the bandit's head with a knife. That scene shocked the Shiliang villagers who rushed into the academy to save people. Everyone spread the word and became a member of the village. A popular heroic story.

When Li Erlang approached, the defenders immediately smiled: "Erlang! Now that the mountain is blocked, how did you get here?" They greeted Li Erlang cordially, removed the wooden thorns blocking the way, and stepped forward to welcome Li Erlang in. Stone beam.

After not seeing each other for half a year, the people in Shiliang almost didn't recognize Li Erlang. "Erlang, I haven't seen you for half a year, but you've grown a lot taller and you look even more heroic!"

Li Erlang greeted them familiarly. After learning that the soldiers and patrols went up the mountain before dawn, he asked about the situation of the bandits.

He knew that the bandits were in Yaoshan, but he didn't know the situation in Yaoshan.

The villagers hugged Li Erlang eagerly and started chatting at the entrance of the village: "The bandits are still like that, hiding on Yaoshan Mountain and refusing to show their faces. As you know, Erlang, outsiders say that bandits in Lancang Mountain are rampant, but they don't know the most vicious ones." This group is in Yaoshan Mountain. Yaoshan Mountain is also part of the Lancang Mountain Range, but it is not connected to it. Compared with Lancang Mountain, the mountains of Yaoshan Mountain are easier to defend and harder to attack."

Li Erlang nodded thoughtfully.

"After the county government failed to suppress the bandits for the first time, we sent people to pay attention to the movements in Juishan. Alas... as soon as the county government people evacuated, they went down the mountain to cause trouble and rob passing caravans. A few days ago, the government officials They restrained themselves a little after issuing a warning against the bandits. Perhaps they had taken countermeasures on the mountain in advance, so no one has been in or out of the mountain forest in the past few days."

These words made Li Erlang think a little more seriously. No one came down from the mountain, so who was the bandit of the man who sneaked into the village to send him a message this morning?

"Besides Juoshan, are there any other places where bandits are hidden?"

The villagers quickly denied: "We have not found any traces of other bandits. However, Lancang Mountain is so wide. Apart from Yaoshan, there may be bandits hiding somewhere. It is just because they are so well hidden that their traces have not been discovered." That’s all.”

At this time, another villager added: "The county's memorandum states that the Yaoshan bandits have joined forces with a cult to create a god called... Shenqiu Cult. People in the county call it a miraculous god. We have not seen it with our own eyes." I didn’t get the miracle of Lao Shizi, but I was so frightened by the news in the county that I was terrified all day long.”

As soon as the mention of the "immortal" who could make a copper ball was mentioned, everyone immediately became restless, and one guess was more outrageous than the other. The fact that the copper ball can fly is already believed by most people in the county, and it is the most realistic thing. Nowadays, some people say that the copper ball can predict good and bad luck. What is even more exaggerated is that the copper ball can kill people. People say the same thing.

Ji Qingyue in the painting rolled his eyes when he heard this. If in modern times, there were rumors that copper balls could kill people, he could guess whether the copper balls were made of some dangerous material and could indeed kill people. But here, just thinking with your toes, you know that it is completely impossible.

At this time, Li Erlang's thoughts were no longer on the copper ball, but on more serious issues.

Obviously, the person who sent the message did not belong to Juoshan, so how did he get a "verbal message" from the bandits on Juoshan?

"Why are Erlang here? Could it be that he also wants to go up the mountain to suppress bandits?"

Regarding their doubts, Li Erlang told the truth.

"What? How could they get past so many patrol teams and reach your village? This person is definitely not a bandit on Juishan Mountain." After hearing Li Erlang's words, the villagers of Shiliang Village couldn't stand it anymore, "It seems that our section As expected, there are other bandits hiding in Lancang Mountain. Only by going all the way through Lancang Mountain can we reach Erlang's village without being discovered by the workshop team."

Not all vegetation on Lancang Mountain is lush. Depending on the shape and height of the mountain, some are just covered with rocks and low weeds, some are barren of grass, and some are lush with trees. This difference creates a different situation for each village. Among the mountain scenery.

They went up and down Lijia Village, which is outside the western end of Lancang Mountain. The altitude of the mountain generally drops, and the mountain terrain is not that complicated. Most of the bandits who want to hide on Lancang Mountain will not choose to hide here. Easy to get caught. They are backed by the starting points of other mountains, and there are relatively many flat areas. However, where Shiliang is located, Lancang Mountain is tall and the southern end is a leeward slope with tall trees and lush vegetation, which is more suitable for bandits to hide.

The biggest reason why there weren't that many bandits on Li Erlang's side was that there was a large border checkpoint. The city wall was built all the way to the right to the beginning of the low Lancang Mountain, and connected to another mountain range on the left.

There are soldiers stationed at the border, so bandits don't dare to make trouble at will.

"We have already found out that there are more than 400 bandits on Juishan Mountain, half of whom are women and children. The actual number of men who can fight is only 200. If the location of the mountain village is not too good, the county government's How come people have tried to suppress the bandits twice but failed to wipe them out!"

Li Erlang became more and more familiar with the situation on Yaoshan Mountain, and gradually felt confident.

Now he didn't know how the soldiers who suppressed the bandits acted. Of course, he couldn't go up the mountain at will, and he couldn't show up in the village immediately. If the bandits found him in Shiliang, he didn't know what they would do. What if they really did The demon is so crazy that if he doesn't take his life at all costs, he will rush down from the mountain and put Shiliang Village in danger.

Now the rest of them will definitely not be able to withstand the bandits' offensive.

And that mysterious "magic ball".

Li Erlang had to be cautious.

Opposite the cliff is Lancang Mountain, separated by an ancient river. Most of the patrol team is ambushing at the foot of Lancang Mountain.

They had been hiding quietly in the woods at the foot of the mountain, staring closely at the path on the cliff across a river. They couldn't help but wonder, would anyone really escape through these two trails? Not to mention that only one person could climb the trail at a time. The cliff was so dangerous. If they were to escape from the mountain road ahead, they seemed to have a chance of survival. In this case, choosing the cliff was no different from choosing death.

I don't know what the situation is on the other side of the mountain now, nor when Vice General Cao will send the order. Everyone has to stay here and cannot move around at will. For a while, the mood is a little fluctuating.

Li Changji, the team leader, felt the restlessness in the team and signaled everyone not to be impetuous and just follow the deputy general's instructions and wait for the signal quietly.

It took half a month for Yang Huang to arrive in Ganzhou, but he also stopped by Tupeng on the way to contact the people left behind by his brother and inform them that they had found new clues left by his elder sister-in-law!

Yang Huang did not disclose his identity during this trip. Firstly, he wanted to be secretive, and secondly, he wanted to be quick. When the defense was changed, he should have returned to Beijing immediately, but he still found time to make arrangements.

When they arrived in Ganzhou, the large troops who had returned first had been waiting here for several days. Seeing that the Marquis had finally returned, Yang Huang's subordinates and staff immediately reported to him to give him a breather: "Master Marquis, Your Majesty has sent an envoy to deliver an edict. , the envoy is waiting for the Marquis to receive the order!"

Yang Huang washed his hands and paused after hearing the words: "Edict? Aren't you going back to Beijing now?"

The staff couldn't explain why.

The subordinate handed over the handkerchief, Yang Huang wiped it, threw it into the basin, and immediately went into the inner room to change his clothes: "Let's go, follow me to receive the order!"

Yang Huang strode to the courtyard where the envoy lived. The envoy immediately walked out after receiving the notice from his subordinates: "Master Marquis, you are busy, please let us wait easily!"

Yang Huang cupped his fists and apologized: "I'm sorry, my lords. I heard that His Majesty issued an edict, and I, Yang Jingyao, will take the order." As he spoke, he knelt down, and the subordinates and staff behind him also knelt down.

The envoy took out the edict and read it immediately.

It turned out that after Yang Huang killed the eighty-eight Uighur warriors, the Uighurs, in order to show reflection and sue for peace, asked the Emperor of Dali for forgiveness and specially prepared a lot of things for compensation. So the officials asked Yang Huang to go to the border to pick them up and escort the apology items. Return to Beijing.

Yang Huang received His Majesty's edict: "I obey the decree."

I won't be able to return to Beijing until the next year. Fortunately, the clues have been passed on. My brother's former subordinates will do their best to find the person who took the child away!

When he first heard Mrs. Xu from the Li family write the word "one and five", he had already thought of countless decodings. When he was ecstatic, Mrs. Xu from the Li family said the key message of "one big and five small"!

It can be seen that "five" is not five, but another word!

吾！

If it were Yi and I, what we pieced together was indeed the word "Yu", but after thinking about it carefully, Yang Huang immediately rejected it. The elder brother and the eldest sister-in-law had already decided on the nephew's name and wrote to all their relatives. It can be seen that the eldest sister-in-law That's not what I want to express.

But all the words with the same pronunciation as Yu!

Yu, Yu, Yu, Yu, Yu...

It would take a lot of effort to find that person back then. It is very likely that this person is no longer there. Otherwise, how could he not take the initiative to contact his brother's people?

Yang Huang was thinking about returning to his yard while confirming the route to the Duhu Mansion with his staff.