Chapter Fifty-Seven: Suppressing Bandits
Zhang Yu was very curious about what happened to Wan'er and Xiang Xin during the month he was away, and they became sisters after they came back.
But this is a good thing, Zhang Yu naturally wouldn't ask carefully.
Leaving from Wan'er, Zhang Yu went directly to Xiang Xin and let her go after saying something to Xiang Xin.
But after all, he and Xiang Xin were not married, so he did not break through the last step.
Then, Zhang Yu was anxious about a few of his men.
Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Xiang Heng.
"Zibu, how long can we last?" Zhang Yu asked Zhang Zhao.
"My lord, we don't have any income during this time, all of it is expenses, and now we can only last three days." Zhang Zhao said.
Zhang Yu also knew that this time wasted too much, not to mention those recruits, even purchasing those weapons would cost huge sums of money.
The money was accumulated by the Xiang family over hundreds of years, and now it has been spent by Zhang Yu.
"At least to find a way to last for five days, I need time." Zhang Yu said.
In fact, Zhang Yu had already thought of a way, but he didn't have the strength before, so he couldn't implement it.
Zhang Yu has been in office for a month, he has not appointed an official position, and has not issued a government order, as if he did not exist. After the initial tension of those aristocratic families, what should they do?
But it's not that Zhang Yu doesn't exist, but he has already started planning everything.
Three days passed quickly. In these three days, Zhang Yu has been paying attention to the news from all sides. He arranged for several members of the Xiang clan to help inquire about the news.
During these three days, the five hundred soldiers trained by Zhang Yu were also familiar with the weapons.
Xiang Hai, who had picked up Zhang Yu and his party at the gate of the city before, was later sent by Zhang Yu to collect information together with several other Xiang's children.
"My lord, three groups of bandits have been identified. These bandits have hundreds of people. Because the government is unable to encircle and suppress them, they are very rampant." Xiang Hai said.
"Okay, which one is the weakest and how many people are there?" Zhang Yu asked.
"The bandits in Baiyun Mountain are the weakest, about 700 people." Xiang Hai said.
Zhang Yu asked Xiang Hai to draw a simple map. This Baiyun Mountain is about forty miles away from the county seat. These bandits not only robbed passing caravans, but also went to various places to rob wealthy households.
"Okay, it's just him." There are more than 700 people, more than Zhang Yu and the others, but Zhang Yu thinks they can fight.
First of all, they are sneak attacks, and then they choose elite soldiers, well-trained, and there are Zhang Yu and Ling Cao.
Both Zhang Yu and Ling Cao had undeserved courage, and it was really overkill to fight these bandits, but the most important thing at hand was.
I am almost out of food, and the fastest way to get money is undoubtedly to grab it.
Zhang Yu is the prefect, representing the government, so naturally he can't rob common people's businesses, these bandits are his best targets.
A day later, Zhang Yu quietly set off with five hundred people.
"My lord, this group of bandits is on this mountain. I have led people to touch them. They may have never been wiped out by the army since they formed a gang, so the defense is quite ordinary." Xiang Hai said.
Zhang Yu nodded, but he didn't dare to take any risks. The new recruits had to win the first battle.
"Okay, it's not dark yet, let's hide in the woods first, you are familiar with Xiang Hai, take a few people to check the news." Zhang Yu said.
Xiang Hai took the order to go, while Zhang Yu and Ling Cao led others to wait.
After resting for more than an hour, Xiang Hai came back.
At this time, Xiang Hai was sweating all over his body, obviously he had come all the way.
"How?" Zhang Yu asked.
"My lord, there are more than 300 bandits in Baiyun Mountain. They have returned from robbery, and they are less than five miles away from this place." Xiang Haibin panted and said in the simplest words.
"Great opportunity." Zhang Yu immediately realized that it was a great opportunity.
The bandits originally had more troops than them, but now they are divided,
It's easier to fight.
"Xiang Hai, stay here and rest." Zhang Yu said, "For the rest, the whole army will set off immediately and run forward."
After Zhang Yu gave the order, the army quickly moved.
They walked along the road, one after the other, silent and fast.
After running for about two miles, Zhang Yu saw dense forests on both sides, so he said, "Ling Cao, take half of your troops and lie in ambush on the left side, and the rest follow me in ambush on the right side. Follow my orders and fight out together."
Zhang Yu gave the order, and the soldiers moved quickly, and immediately ambushed in the dense forests on both sides.
This place has returned to calm. From the surface, no one can see that there is a strong murderous intent hidden here.
These bandits were undisciplined. Zhang Yu and the others waited for a long time before they walked two miles.
After waiting for more than half an hour, it was almost completely dark before these bandits arrived at their ambush location.
The bandit came swaying, without any concept of formation at all.
"kill."
After entering the ambush, Zhang Yu roared and rushed out first.
Ling Cao on the opposite side heard the signal, also roared, and rushed out.
The army also followed the two out.
"Puff~"
The Overlord's Halberd pierced through a bandit who hadn't reacted very quickly.
Five hundred soldiers from both sides rushed up, and the bandits who didn't react were leeks, and chopped a large piece of it at once.
Zhang Yu with a long halberd like a dragon, charged into the mountain bandits alone, slashing left and right, hacking back and forth, killing more than a dozen bandits at once.
Relying on the long halberd in his hand, Zhang Yu forced his way out of a small open space.
Seeing how brave the general was, the soldiers felt as if they had been spayed with chicken blood, and the discomfort of the first battle was instantly forgotten.
The soldiers also broke out, and these bandits were no match for them, not to mention being attacked by surprise, and now they were attacking from both sides.
Ling Cao was also very brave, and he killed no fewer enemies than Zhang Yu.
More than 300 bandits were quickly slaughtered.
"These people are so happy to kill that they don't even know how to keep the captives." After killing the bandits, Zhang Yu shook his head speechlessly.
"Clean up the battlefield immediately and count the spoils." Seeing that the battle was over, Zhang Yu asked the soldiers to start cleaning the battlefield.
On the other hand, Zhang Yu was checking the system, because just now he kept receiving system messages and received many system prompts.
When Zhang Yu checked it, he found that there were more than 300 battlefield points that the system prompted to get one point, that is to say, one point per bandit.
"System, to be honest, why did we have no points for killing so many bandits before, but this time we have." Zhang Yu remembered that he also killed a lot of bandits when he rescued Gu Yong before, but he didn't have any points.
"Host, you didn't have an official position at that time, so you won't get points for killing bandits." The system replied.
"Then why did you kill several Yellow Turbans before?" Zhang Yu asked again.
"Master, at that time you were already the prefect, so you have points."
It was only then that Zhang Yu remembered that the killing of the Yellow Turban was in Yingchuan. At that time, the people sent by Xiang Heng had already arrived in Luoyang and bought an official position, so Zhang Yu was already an official recognized by the system at that time.
"The last question, what are these points for?" Points should be a good thing, but if they can't be used, they are nothing.
"Host, you can go back to the Prefect's Mansion and activate it in the Prefect's Mansion. After activation, you can exchange items." The system said again.