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Chapter 181 Suppressing Bandits

"My sister is thinking about me, but you don't have to worry about this kind of thing in the future." Zong Yanli couldn't help but stroke her hair with his hand, and said with a smile in his eyes: "My brother only wants to protect his family in this life, and he doesn't want to have another person to worry about."

"I was in the army for several years and didn't go home. The one who suffered was the girl who followed me."

"It really hurts me to see a woman who is stuck at home in misery and loneliness. I am on the battlefield, with my life and death uncertain. If one more person has to worry about me every day, I will feel even more sorry."

Zong Yanli said a lot, and finally smiled at Zong Yanyin and said, "Sister, you have to understand that everyone has a different expectation of life and definition of happiness."

She looked at Zong Yanyin seriously and said, "The happiness I experience is for your peace and happiness."

Zong Yanyin's heart choked as she listened to Zong Yanli's words. She felt Zong Yanli's hand gently stroking the top of her head. She looked at him with red eyes and tears in her eyes. After a long time, she slowly nodded.

She was not a stupid person. She saw Zong Yanli's resistance. Zong Yanyin also saw her mother's silence. However, Zong Yanyin did not understand why Zong Yanli told her his state of mind so seriously today.

She finally understood that her brother only cared about the war situation in the world and was only concerned about justice without any love.

She also understood her brother's difficulties. Her brother was so gentle and his thoughts were very realistic. Even she, as his younger sister, had complained to her father countless times, complained to her brother for abandoning her and her mother, and had also been nervous about the war reports that came in time and time again.

Countless times, I held in my hands a letter from home that took months or even half a year to arrive.

How hot the anxiety and anticipation in my heart are.

Zong Yanli looked at her brother with tears in her eyes. This brother whom she admired always made her respect and rely on him.

"Silly girl." Zong Yanli was not angry about Zong Yanyin's private arrangements. She just patted Zong Yanyin's little head helplessly and smiled at her.

"I know you didn't mean it, brother." Zong Yanyin wiped away the tears from her eyes and said, "I won't do that again in the future."

Zong Yanyin went back after dinner, and Zong Yanli also breathed a sigh of relief.

With the arrival of summer, the trade route between Wu and Qing was completely opened, and the influx of merchants actually attracted bandits and robbers to cause chaos.

Not only did the robbers seize the caravan's supplies, they also injured and killed people. The caravans were miserable and reported the incidents to the government one after another. There were dozens of such cases within a month.

Concubine Gao discussed the matter at the morning court session. Zong Yanli, who was a little drowsy at first, immediately raised his eyes and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to lead the troops to suppress the bandits!"

Zong Yanli stepped out and bowed to He Honglang who was sitting on the high seat. He Honglang looked up at his mother and blinked. Gao Jiayue looked at Zong Yanli helplessly and said, "Why do you need the general to go to these mere bandits?"

"No matter how small the matter is for the people, I lead the troops to deter the invaders and to clear out the bandits as soon as possible and restore peace on the trade routes." Zong Yanli said hurriedly.

"This..." Gao Jiayue really felt that it was a waste of Zong Yanli's talent to let him go to suppress the bandits, but seeing that Zong Yanli was so insistent, she had no choice but to agree.

Zong Yanli returned to the army and informed everyone of the matter, which immediately attracted Monk Qi and others to gather around him: "General, I'll go!"

Fu Jiashi squeezed forward and said, "General, I am familiar with the methods of those bandits. I will go!"

Long Feiguang followed up by saying, "I am good at guerrilla warfare and finding the bandits' lairs."

Suddenly, everyone was scrambling to go, and then...

Zong Yanli led all his soldiers out of the city.

Gongsun Pu looked back and couldn't help laughing as he said, "General, you are not going to suppress bandits at all. You are clearly taking your brothers for a walk."

Lu Hao agreed with this deeply. What kind of bandits were worthy of their tens of thousands of troops to suppress?

One mouthful of saliva from each person can drown someone.

"When I was on the battlefield, I just wanted to end the war and go home as soon as possible." Huo Wenqi shook his head and said, "Now I am trapped in the capital and have nothing to do except training soldiers. I think the general is almost sharpening his sword into paper."

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed. Before they even reached the bandits' territory, they couldn't help but want to observe a moment of silence for them.

The area where bandits are most likely to occur is Nankou, and it takes seven or eight days to march to Nankou.

The marching route is different from the official road used by carriages and horses, and this is not a forced march, so it doesn't matter if we are two days late.

It was a rare opportunity to fight again, and the soldiers were all eager to fight.

Nankou Mountain.

The patrolling bandit was leaning against a tree, holding a fruit he had picked from somewhere. He was wiping it on his clothes, biting off a piece of fruit and mumbling, "I haven't seen him in the past few days. I'm afraid he got wind of it and ran away?"

"No way?" Another man, holding a big knife in his hand, looked ahead and muttered, "Those who walk this road are all fat sheep, keep an eye on them for a while!"

"Hey! Someone is coming!" At this moment, a thin man who climbed up the tree and looked out suddenly exclaimed.

"It's time to work! Rat Head, go tell the boss!" The little bandit who was eating the fruit hurriedly threw away the fruit in his hand and ran to the tree to ask, "Did you see how many people came?"

"Brother Xiong, I...I think something seems to be wrong?" The thin man standing on the tree suddenly said as if he didn't quite believe it.

"What did you see?!" The man called Brother Xiong frowned. When he was about to ask more questions, he suddenly seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves on the ground. He paused and immediately lay down with his head close to the ground to listen.

The sound of the ground shaking became clearer and clearer. Before he could identify it, the man on the tree screamed and fell down. He sat on the ground and said in panic: "Zong Yan, Zong Yan...Military flag!"

The thin man's face turned pale with fright. Brother Xiong stood up with a start, ran forward two steps, pushed aside the leaves and took a look. Suddenly, he felt his eyes go dark.

A mighty army appeared on the trade road, with flying flags and flamboyant and cold military flags. Under the sun, the heavy soldiers and armor seemed to exude a chill. Brother Xiong felt his legs go weak when he saw it, and he turned around and ran, "Run! Why are you still sitting there!"

The little thief who fell to the ground rolled and crawled to follow Brother Xiong. They were just small thieves on the street, with no more than a hundred people. How could they have seen such a scene? ?

Oh my god!

A few thieves crawled back to the mountain. Halfway through, they met the bandit leader who came out with a large group of people. He was holding a big knife and looked like he was going to slaughter a fat sheep.

"Brother! Brother——!" The two bandits who came running were out of breath and hurriedly blocked the way of the crowd and said, "Officer, the government has sent people to suppress the bandits!"

"What are you afraid of?" The leading man, who was full of flesh and had a fierce look on his face, said in a rough voice, "Can a few cowardly soldiers catch me?"

"No, big brother! It's Zong Yanli!" The big bear was about to cry. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Thousands of troops have arrived, big brother! The military flag on it is exactly the same as the one you drew in your room!"

The bandit leader, who had just looked ferocious, slipped in an instant, his eyes widened in disbelief, and said, "You, you didn't see it wrong!?"

Zhang Zhu was a little puzzled and asked: "How is it possible!?"

Big Bear said anxiously, "It's absolutely true! Big brother, let's run!"

If the soldiers who came were other bandit-suppressing officers and soldiers, Zhang Zhu would not be afraid at all. However, he racked his brains to figure out why a group of such small fry would bother Zong Yanli, the General of Pingxi, to personally lead the troops to suppress the bandits?

Zhang Zhu swallowed nervously and turned his head and said, "Don't worry about other things, let's run for our lives now! Let's break up and hide for a while first."

Although Zhang Zhu was a bandit leader, he was still a leader after all. He immediately decided to disband the group and was too lazy to even share the things.

How could these bandits not have heard of Zong Yanli's name? They were also very scared. When they were about to run away, they saw a sharp arrow piercing through the leaves and shot directly into a tree in front of everyone.

Om-!

The end of the rain of arrows, which was still trembling, shocked everyone and made them freeze in place.

"Where are you all going?" A faint voice came from behind, and Zong Yanli walked out of the woods holding a long sword.

Zhang Zhu, who was still facing away, knelt down without hesitation and turned to Zong Yanli to beg for mercy: "General, spare my life!"

Zong Yanli: “…”

The group of minions behind Zhang Zhu all knelt down and surrendered without saying a word.

Zong Yanli, who had abandoned her horse and was chasing after him, was so angry that she almost laughed when she saw this scene. She had put so much effort into being the first one to chase after him, just wanting to have a good fight, but these bandits were so spineless that they knelt directly without even trying to resist or escape?

Zhang Zhu kowtowed and begged for mercy repeatedly. He never expected that Zong Yanli was so terrifying. How could he come in such a short time?

Zong Yanli looked at the people kneeling in front of him in silence, feeling somewhat speechless. Behind him, Mi Lin Mengqi, Long Feiguang and others arrived and each of them displayed their weapons like Zong Yanli, as if they were ready for a big fight.

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"Haha." Gongsun Pu looked at the bandits who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and then looked at Zong Yanli who had a depressed look on his face, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zong Yanli turned his head and glared at him fiercely, and Gongsun Pu closed his mouth and held back his laughter.

Zong Yanli sighed inwardly, leaned on his knife, looked at the group of people in front of him and asked, "Who is the leader?"

Even though Zhang Zhu didn't want to admit it, he had no choice but to crawl out and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I am a villain, I am..."

"Have you ever killed anyone?" Zong Yanli asked in a calm voice with his eyes lowered and narrowed.

"No, no, absolutely not!" Zhang Zhu hurriedly shook his head, blushing and whispering, "It's just... I just accidentally injured a few people, but there is absolutely no loss of life! General, please spare my life!"

"Apart from you guys, are there anyone else doing evil here?" Zong Yanli asked again.

"Yes! A lot! There are several more hills!" Zhang Zhu seemed to have found an opportunity to make amends. He immediately raised his head and volunteered, "I am familiar with this area. I am willing to give up the dark and join the light and lead the way for the general!"

Zong Yanli snorted, put away his knife and said, "You're smart."

Zong Yanli waved his hand, signaling Long Feiguang to interrogate them in detail, while he asked about the thieves' den and then went up with his men.

It is said to be a den of thieves, but in fact it is just some temporary wooden houses and earthen kilns for storing supplies.

Zong Yanli went in and took a look. These people looted quite a lot of goods and the place was very hidden. If they were dealing with ordinary soldiers, they would probably be unable to do anything to them.

Zong Yanli sat down with great determination on the position that originally belonged to Zhang Zhu. With Zong Yanli sitting like this, this den of thieves seemed to become more upscale in an instant, as if the den of thieves had turned into a military tent in an instant.

"General, please have some tea." The big bear was also smart. Seeing Zong Yanli sitting upright, he quickly poured tea and knelt at Zong Yanli's feet to serve him tea.

Zong Yanli glanced at him, raised his hand to take the teacup and drank it all.

Gongsun Pu and Zhan Haoyue walked around and came back and commented: "It's a beautiful place with beautiful scenery."

Daxiong was so excited that he poured tea for everyone in front of the waiter, causing everyone to look at him twice.

Zong Yanli simply used this den of thieves as their temporary base camp and ordered everyone to build temporary tents and deploy military defenses. As for these petty thieves, they were detained for the time being, leaving only Zhang Zhu and Daxiong to act as guides.

There are as many as seven or eight bandit dens on these hilltops, and these are only the ones Zhang Zhu knows about. The number of people in each of them is basically less than a hundred.

"Let's clear them out slowly." Zong Yanli was looking forward to it, and now he was contentedly calling himself the king of the thieves' den.

"General, you have come here in such a high profile. I'm sure those who have received the news nearby have already run away." Pei Liang looked up at Zong Yanli and spoke slowly.

"Uh..." Zong Yanli touched the tip of his nose, looked at Pei Liang and said, "If I didn't let him run away, how could you gentlemen come up with a plan to catch him?"

Pei Liang and the others immediately understood when they heard this, their general wanted to slowly "suppress the bandits"!

Zhang Zhuyan mentioned several locations, and he especially said: "The boss of the Mule Slope Hill is called Song Yingda, the most powerful in this area. He has a thug under him, who is a fool but extremely strong."

"He occupies the highest mountain and the best place. We dare not provoke him." Zhang Zhu said quickly: "When will the general go? I will lead the way for you."

"Don't wait, let's go now!" Zong Yanli became excited immediately after hearing this.

He then raised his long sword and asked Zhang Zhu to lead the way towards Mule Slope. Meng Qi and others said one after another: "Why does the general need to go there in person? I'll go!"

Zong Yanli found the faces of these people hilarious, and finally another large group of people rushed over to kill them.

However, this time, Zong Yanli and his companions learned their lesson. They took off their military armor and put on warrior clothes like Zhang Zhu and his companions. They dressed up as a group of bandits and headed towards Mule Slope. Zong Yanli covered his face with a piece of cloth.

Standing behind Zhang Zhu, he said to him, "We are just like your newly recruited thugs who are here to seize the hilltop at Mule Slope. Do you understand?"

Zhang Zhu nodded rapidly, his face full of excitement, and walked towards Mule Slope with his head held high.