The hall was brightly lit, so the displeasure on Fang Xie's face was very clear. The people seated in the hall felt a little nervous, and subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look into Fang Xie's eyes. Even the few generals who came back from victories not long ago were like this, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little chilly.
Chen Xiaoru, the general of the Xiaoqi school, knelt in front of Fang Jie on one knee, with his head lowered.
"Your subordinates are not doing well, please punish the general!"
He raised his head and glanced at Fang Jie, then quickly lowered his head.
Fang Jie looked at him, was silent for a while, and said, "I entrusted Xiaoqi School to you. Some of them came from Ouchi Guards, and some of them were elites trained by me. Each of these people is not light. , since I handed them over to you, it is because I trust you, but this time, you let me down."
Chen Xiaoru lowered his head and said: "This subordinate is careless, this subordinate did not expect..."
"did not expect?"
Fang Jie interrupted Chen Xiaoru's words and said in a cold voice: "As a commander, it's a sign of incompetence to attribute the fault to the unexpected. If I hear you say that I didn't expect these three words again in the future, I will take the blame on you." Send this suit to the coolie camp."
Chen Xiaoru's head drooped even lower, not daring to argue anymore.
Fang Jie stood up, walked up to him and looked down at him: "Lu Chuangao Beidou, Boyang Dou Tiande, to destroy these two big thieves, you have to take the people from the Xiaoqi School to cooperate with the army. It's true, if you don't According to the information gathered by Xiaoqi School in advance, these two battles cannot be won so easily. Especially when attacking Luchuan County, people from Xiaoqi School sneaked into the city in advance and robbed the city gate when the army attacked the city to welcome the cavalry into the city. Especially beautiful."
"I originally planned to record the first meritorious service for your Xiaoqi school, but you are lucky. Before the commendation order I asked Mr. Sun to write was finished, Hukoujian folded in a whole team of fifty Xiaoqi schools! I remember last time you As I said, the thieves in Hukoujian are different from Lu Chuan Gao Beidou and Boyang Dou Tiande. These two people gather together but don’t know how to lead troops, so they are not difficult to fight. Although the bandits in Hukoujian are small in number, they have strict military discipline. Knowing this, why not be more cautious?"
He looked at Luo Weiran who was sitting on the side and said: "Just yesterday, I praised you in front of Commander Luo, saying that he brought out a qualified talent!"
Chen Xiaoru said: "This subordinate is willing to be punished by the general."
Fang Jie snorted and said, "If I cut off your head, can I save those fifty Xiaoqi schools?"
Chen Xiaoru bowed his head and dared not speak.
Sun Kaidao leaned over and said: "The general calm down, or because the previous two battles went too smoothly, the Xiaoqi school under General Chen's command was a little contemptuous. Not only him, but I did not expect In Hukoujian, a place with poor mountains and bad waters, there is such a group of well-trained bandits. It seems that this Mo has a lot of origins. Since General Chen made a mistake, it is better to give him a chance to pay off his merits."
Fang Jie waved his hand and said, "Go out and get twenty army sticks yourself first!"
Chen Xiaoru hurriedly got up, bowed and backed out.
Fang Jie went back to the chair and sat down, saying, "When you beat Boyang, the Xiaoqi school burned the grain and grass of the bandits at night. It was beautiful. When you beat Lu Chuan, the Xiaoqi school sneaked into the county town and opened the city gate. It's unusual to send a group of people to sneak in without any preparation, but they were locked inside, and the next morning, fifty corpses were hung on the big tree outside Hukoujian, neatly!"
His complexion was a little ugly, obviously he was really angry: "I want to destroy the thieves and establish my prestige, and the thieves in Hukoujian probably think the same way. They rely on the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Hukoujian, and the people from Xiaoqi School Hanging the dead body on the big tree outside Taniguchi is a deliberate provocation. They just want to let outsiders know that they are not afraid of our Black Banner Army!"
Listening to the muffled sound of the batons outside, Fang Jie sighed and said, "If it wasn't for Commander Luo who wanted to train the newly recruited soldiers from Xiaoqi school, I really wanted to take Chen Xiaoru's job and ask Commander Luo to lead Xiaoqi. school."
"You must not."
Luo Weiran hurriedly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "General, Chen Xiaoru just made a mistake for a while. This time, he will never make such a mistake again. Although he worked under me before, he has been by the General's side for the past few years. Efficiency, hard work, and he is very familiar with Xiaoqi School, if it were me, it would be better than him."
Fang Jie's face softened a little and he said to the outside: "After the board is over, come in and talk!"
Not long after, two Xiao riding schools supported Chen Xiaoru back to the hall, Chen Xiaoru broke away from the two Xiao riding schools, gritted his teeth and walked back into the hall by himself.
"General, give this subordinate a chance. The subordinate must avenge the revenge of those fifty brothers!"
Fang Jie nodded and said: "It's good to have this ambition, I'll give you another chance. Within seven days, how many bandits and bandits in Hukou Gorge, and the origin of the surname Mo? If you don't know, I think you I won't forgive myself either. Chen Xiaoru... Do you know what makes me angry the most?"
"The subordinates know!"
Chen Xiaoru bit his lip and endured the pain: "This subordinate failed to bring back the corpses of those fifty brothers!"
After the thieves in Hukoujian killed the fifty Xiao cavalry schools, they hung them on the big tree outside the gate of the cottage in Gukou. Chen Xiaoru didn't think about taking the corpses back, but the thieves in Hukoujian did it on purpose. Waiting for someone to grab the body. The place where the corpse was hung was less than 50 steps away from the wooden wall of the cottage, and there were at least two hundred strong attack crossbows waiting on the wooden wall. If the people from the Xiaoqi School went to snatch the corpse, the loss would be even greater.
"I said at the beginning that the brothers followed me because they believed in me."
Fang Jie said slowly: "If I can't even bring their corpses back and bury them decently, how can I be worthy of this trust?"
"Subordinates, go and snatch the bodies of the brothers back!"
Chen Xiaoru knelt down on one knee again and begged for orders: "General, don't worry, if I fail to do it this time, there is no need for the general to punish me, and the subordinates will give themselves a break."
"Go."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "I also want to see how big a god is hidden in Hukoujian!"
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Hukoujian is 210 miles away from Suzaku Mountain. In fact, those two peaks are branches of Suzaku Mountain. Because these two peaks are so tall and tall, they look like two tiger fangs, so they are also called Huya Mountain by the locals. The canyon between the two mountains is called Hukoujian.
Hukoujian is too narrow, and the widest part of the valley mouth is no more than 100 meters. The more you go inside, the narrower it becomes. The narrowest place is only one or two meters wide, which is called a line of sky. The terrain of this place is notoriously dangerous. After the bandits of Hukoujian blocked the entrance of the valley, it was as difficult as climbing the sky to get in. The cliffs on both sides are too steep, and there is no way to rely on it. It is not easy for a great practitioner to go over.
From the selection of this place, it can be seen that the bandit leader surnamed Mo in Hukoujian is extraordinary. It is said that this man is extremely strict in running the army, and the bandits in Huya Village are well-trained. At the beginning, Lu Chuan Gao Beidou wanted to recruit him to his subordinates and promised him the third head of the family, but Mo was unmoved. Gao Beidou was furious, and personally led 5,000 troops to attack.
As a result, 5,000 people besieged for half a month, and lost 1,600 to 700 people, but still failed to break through Huya Village. Gao Bei grumbled and cursed, but he was helpless. The Hukou Gorge was too dangerous. If he attacked by force, he would not be able to deploy his troops. He could only charge forward in groups of two or three hundred. The bandits in Huya Village were condescending and well-trained. Put Gao Beidou in your eyes. After half a month of fierce fighting, Gao Beidou had no choice but to lead his people back to Luchuan County.
A few months ago, the thieves from Huya Village went out and robbed Boyang Dou Tiande of a batch of food, killed four to five hundred Boyang rebel soldiers, completely enraged Dou Tiande, who was cruel by nature, and brought troops to attack, but they fought with Gao Beidou There is nothing to do with Huya Village. Dou Tiande cursed outside Huya Village, but was shot through the shoulder by a cold arrow and retreated in embarrassment.
The leader of the Huya Village, surnamed Mo, has an extremely calm but flamboyant personality. He intentionally provoked two bandits who were far stronger than him. It is estimated that this person is extremely confident, and secondly, he may not have the intention of calling out the name of Huya Village. .
After Chen Xiaoru, who had been beaten by the army stick, went out, Fang Xie ordered people to bring in Dou Tiande who had been captured alive. This big thief in Boyang County who has been doing evil for nearly a year was already scared out of his wits when he was taken into the Zhuqueshan camp yesterday. Not to mention that during the battle, Chen Dingnan's Flying Tiger Army's powerful combat power frightened him, but when he arrived at Suzaku Mountain, he was really intimidated by such a large battalion. He had long heard that there was a gang of robbers on Suzaku Mountain, but he never expected it to be of such a scale.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, and endless warships on the water.
What kind of bandit is this? It is clearly a powerful army!
Therefore, when Dou Tiande, who was cruel by nature, was brought in, his legs went limp with fright, and he was even more terrified when he saw the guards standing outside the hall holding their knives like nails. The two Xiao cavalry schools held him tightly into the hall, and he collapsed to the ground as soon as they let go.
"Little... Dou Tiande, a grassroots man, I have met all the generals..."
Dou Tiande spoke with trembling tongue, he didn't dare to look at the crowd.
Fang Jie glanced at him and asked: "When I first came to Huangyang Road, I heard that there was a big thief named Dou Tiande in Boyang County, who gathered more than ten thousand bandits to run amok in the village, to break through the villages and plunder the people. I dug out that person's heart, boiled it and served it with wine, but this?"
Dou Tiande was so frightened that he got up and kowtowed repeatedly: "It's nothing, General, the grassroots just brought a group of villagers to resist because of the injustice of the county officials. What they did was to benefit the village. How dare they harm the people? Don't dare to do evil things like eating people's hearts, Great General Mingjian, Great General Mingjian!"
Fang Jie frowned slightly and said lightly, "Slap your mouth."
Dou Tiande was framed up by the two knights, and Qilin went over and slapped dozens of times. Dou Tiande's face was swollen from the slaps, and blood was pouring from his mouth.
"But to benefit the village?"
Fang Jie waved his hand to signal Qilin to stop.
"Caomin... Caomin has indeed done some evil things, please forgive me, General."
"Let me ask you, are you familiar with the bandits in Hukoujian?"
Fang Jie asked.
"ah?"
Dou Tiande was stunned for a moment: "The grassroots are not familiar with him. The man named Mo in Hukoujian has a mysterious origin. I don't know when he set up a village on Huya Mountain. He even robbed the grassroots a lot of food a while ago. The grassroots only know his martial arts skills. Bufan, with a very burly figure, he always covers his face when he travels, so he can't see his face, and his accent sounds like Jiangbei."
"Um."
Fang Jie hummed: "You are a native of Boyang, and you are only a hundred miles away from Huya Mountain. Is there really only one way to enter Hukoujian?"
"There is only one way!"
Dou Tiande nodded his head: "There is no other way, except to go out thousands of miles and enter the canyon from the other side. But the other side is too narrow, and one person can barely pass through it, so it is called a line of sky."
"I'll ask you one more thing."
Fang Jie thought for a while and asked: "Xinyang Chengtian Xin, did you ever try to recruit you?"
Hearing these words, Dou Tiande suddenly felt that he could smell a chance of survival, and he nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, Tian Xin sent people twice to ask me to take the team to Xinyang City, but he only allowed me to go to Xinyang City." The official position of a school lieutenant, Caomin felt that if he went, he would be restrained, and it would be better to stay in Boyang, so he didn't go. However, the villain is willing to do his best for the general. If the general keeps the humble life of the grassroots, Grassmen go through fire and water..."
Before he could finish the rest, Fang Jie waved and said, "Cross it out, take it outside Boyang County, let the magistrate of Boyang County gather the people, and I want to take this man's blood in front of the people. Pay homage to the soldiers who died in battle."
Dou Tiande was so frightened that he collapsed in an instant, and wanted to cry to be picked up and dragged out by the wolf-like Xiaoqi School. The wailing sound was scattered all the way, and it was extraordinarily shrill.