The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 542

The lieutenant quickly made arrangements to send a few sharp soldiers to investigate, and then arranged for messengers to convey orders to each team and prepare for battle.

At the same time, he ordered all the farmers and tenants in Chenjiazhuang to return to the village.

Hearing that the bandits were coming, those farmers hurried into the village, but after entering the village, many people lay on the wall to watch the fun.

Perhaps it was the friendly attitude of these new army soldiers that made these villagers more courageous.

At this time, on the mountain road more than ten miles away from Chenjiazhuang, a large group of teams with messy clothes and different weapons were moving forward noisily.

There are about 400 people in the whole team, and the front is a dozen people on horseback, obviously the leader.

The leader was wearing leather armor, an iron helmet on his head, a red cloak behind him, and a long sword hanging from his waist.

If it weren't for the face under the helmet that looks like a butcher, it would really look like a majestic general.

There is another person behind this person holding a flag with a big "Guo" embroidered on it.

Apparently, this person is Guo Yanwang in the mouth of the Cyclops gang.

This King Guo Yan was originally the largest group of bandits in the vicinity. In his heyday, his minions numbered more than a thousand. It can be said that the Lvlindao Mountain in Beizhili is also famous.

To say how the title "King Guo Yan" came about is actually quite simple.His name was Guo Yanwen, and he was originally a garrison officer in Daming Mansion.

Because he offended his boss, he simply killed his boss in a fit of anger, and ran out with a group of subordinates who also didn't want to be soldiers.

Those who mix green forest roads basically have to have a nickname that can be called loudly, and only by speaking out can they be deterrent.

After all, Guo Yanwen was a regular military officer, and his core team was also a group of regular troops.Although it is said that the fighting power of Daming's officers and soldiers is also very scumbag, they are relatively stronger than the bandits.

After Guo Yanwen fell into the grass, with the ambition of becoming famous in one fell swoop, he fully vented the bird spirit in his heart, led people to sneak attack, ambush, wiped out several bandit forces around him, annexed these bandit forces, and became a local leader in one fell swoop. The biggest bandit.

Coupled with this guy's brutal methods, he got the nickname Guo Yanwang over time.

Moreover, this fellow did all sorts of evil, robbery, murder, kidnapping, rape and robbery, and all kinds of crimes, which made him the title of King of Hell.

The most famous one is that he led people to rob and kill a county magistrate sent by the imperial court to take office. After killing the county magistrate, he cut off his head and sewed it up with sheepskin to play as a ball.

Moreover, the county magistrate's wife who took office after the county magistrate, and a daughter were all raped by this guy and then killed to death. It is said that the girl was only under 14 years old.

It is said that the reason why this fellow did this was because the county magistrate was a relative of the boss he killed that year.

Guo Yanwen is notoriously narrow-minded and vengeful. In fact, he was punished by his superiors because he violated the military regulations first.

After the county magistrate's family was killed, the imperial court didn't have the energy to dispatch troops to exterminate this guy. After all, the world was full of wars at that time, and the imperial court had already taken care of itself, and there was no extra troops to do these things.

Later, after the Qin army entered the pass, they fought several battles with the Dashun army in Beizhili. The Dashun army's tens of thousands of people fell apart, and many of them fled into the mountains and forests.

These new bandits are also eager to establish their own signs, so the most direct way is to challenge a famous big force.

Therefore, King Guo Yan became a main target to be challenged.

After several times of fighting, King Guo Yan also lost a lot of troops, but the new bandits formed by the defeated Dashun army also took advantage of the trend and became famous.

Guo Yanwang couldn't swallow this breath, and had been planning to take revenge on Cyclops and the others.But a bandit is a bandit, after all, it is not a regular army.During several fights with Cyclops, many of the original officers and soldiers under Guo Yanwang died, and the remaining minions were not willing to fight hard.

After all, the purpose of being bandits is to survive in troubled times, not to fight other bandits.

Under such circumstances, Guo Yanwang had no choice.

However, he heard that Cyclops had taken a fancy to Chen Laocai's daughter in Chenjiazhuang, so he made up his mind and planned to take over Chenjiazhuang and snatch Chen Laocai's daughter, which could be regarded as indirect revenge on Cyclops.

And the weather was getting colder, so it was time to stock up some food for the cottage. Obviously, Chen Laocai was a good target for looting.

Besides, although Guo Yan Wang is cruel and has no bottom line in doing things, it doesn't mean he has no brains.He knew that the situation in the world had gradually stabilized.

Once settled down, the Prince Regent, who has always been heard to be tough, will definitely send troops to suppress the bandits.

In Guo Yanwang's view, he just wanted to take advantage of the official army's arrival to make a good profit, and then temporarily avoid the limelight, and wait until the official army retreated before coming out to act.

That's why today's raid on Chenjiazhuang took place.

In Guo Yanwang's eyes, Chenjiazhuang is simply a fat sheep on the chopping board, it can be said that it has no power to resist.At that time, if those muddy legs don't cooperate, those people who cut off a few heads by themselves will be obedient.

I really don't know how good-looking that little lady Chen is, and I heard that she is a doll who has studied, so I am a little excited when I think about it.

Guo Yan Wang was riding on the horse, his body swayed, his thoughts were immersed in his own imagination, he didn't realize at all that people like himself had gotten into the big net woven by the hunter, and the net was not woven for him in the first place. but for his enemies and rivals.

"It seems that the number of bandits in this group is about 300, and they mainly use cold weapons. And they don't seem to have any vigilance. Except for a very small number of people who have armor, the rest are all civilians." While observing, he whispered.

"There are about a dozen war horses, and there are no outpost soldiers."

"At this time, it is seven miles away from Chenjiazhuang. According to the speed of travel, we will reach the small bridge in half an hour."

After the investigation was over, two people were left to continue monitoring, and the rest quickly went back to report.

Although there is basically no suspense in this battle, everything in the reconnaissance brigade must follow the procedure, and the troops must develop an instinct.

Process is an effective measure to ensure combat effectiveness most of the time.

After receiving the report from the vanguard, the lieutenant nodded and said indifferently: "Just follow the original plan. But remember, after putting the bandits in your pocket, try to catch them alive."

The guard next to him was a little puzzled. The lieutenant looked at him and smiled slightly: "To train soldiers, you must first practice courage. To practice courage, you must see blood in person. These vicious bandits just come in handy."

(End of this chapter)