Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

After an hour's rest, Su Zhengyang gathered the soldiers together again.

"The first battalion, along with me and the deputy commander, will head south from here towards Yanlin Town, fifty miles away."

"The First Company of the Second Battalion will march towards Shuizhaigou with your Battalion Commander Fang!"

The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. Liu Ershun bravely asked, "Captain, didn't we come to Fengshan to suppress the bandits? Now that we are at the foot of Fengshan, why are we running to other places?"

Su Zhengyang did not tell the soldiers the real goal of this bandit suppression in advance because he was afraid that there might be spies from the Du and Ma families among them who would reveal the matter in advance.

"In fact, our target this time is Lv Guoquan from Qingfeng Mountain in Yanlin Town, and Wang Mazi from Shuizhaigou! The bandits in these two places raped and robbed, and did all kinds of evil. This time we must wipe out both bandits, capture the bandit leader alive, and bring him back to Sanjiang County for public trial! Let the people see that our security team is a team that truly works for the people!"

Under Su Zhengyang's arrangement, the troops were divided into two groups, passing by the foot of Fengshan Mountain and rushing towards the other two bandit lairs.

In the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, Sun Yuanshan, the second in command of Fengshan, was lying in the weeds, holding an old pipe, looking at the security troops going away, somewhat puzzled. Seeing that these people had already reached the foot of Fengshan, they suddenly turned a corner and disappeared.

"Second Commander, I don't think this security group is just pretending. In fact, they don't dare to attack our Fengshan. They are probably taking their troops back again."

Sun Yuanshan patted his subordinate on the head and said, "Do you think they are taking the road back to Sanjiang County? Immediately arrange for a few brothers to secretly follow them and see what they are trying to do."

Fang Zhengfei led the first company of the second battalion and arrived at Shuezhaigou, thirty miles away, at four o'clock in the afternoon. There were towering mountains on both sides and a stream in the middle that flowed towards Sanjiang County, hence the name Shuezhaigou.

"Deputy Captain, immediately assign a few people to go to the village and find out the whereabouts of Wang Mazi and his gang."

Deputy Company Commander Li Lei immediately took two soldiers, changed into civilian clothes, disguised themselves as villagers, and walked towards Shuizhai Village along the main road into the village.

As soon as I arrived at the first house at the entrance of the village, I saw two men in tattered leather coats, one holding a homemade gun and the other holding a big knife. They viciously kicked an honest man to the ground. They were holding a big rooster in their hands, grinning, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

"Fuck you, I'm willing to take your chickens away to honor our Boss Wang. It's your blessing. Why are you crying? If you don't get out of here, I'll shoot you."

A thin old man rushed out, hugged the man with the gun and cried, "This is the only crowing rooster in our family. Please, don't steal our chicken."

The man with the gun impatiently kicked the old man in the face, knocking him over, cursing, "We usually help you guard this acre of land in Shuizhaigou, and we are almost speechless. What's wrong with taking your chicken? If you keep talking nonsense, I will really shoot you."

The farmer, who was lying on the ground covered in dust, saw this scene and quickly came to his father. Looking at his pale-faced father, he stood up and roared, "You bandits are so heartless! I will fight you!"

The man holding the gun had a gloomy face. He pulled the bolt and pretended to shoot.

At this moment, Li Lei, who had hurried over, kicked him on the butt, causing him to stagger.

The other two soldiers also quickly subdued the other bandit and snatched the sword from his hand.

"Who! Who the hell dares to kick me!"

The moment the bandit turned around, Li Lei snatched the old sleeve from his hand and kicked him viciously in the stomach.

The bandit stepped back a few steps and fell to the ground.

Li Lei pointed his gun at the bandit while helping the old man who had just been kicked down and said, "Uncle, are you okay?"

The bandit shouted at Li Lei with a fierce look on his face but a weak heart: "Do you know who I am? I am the man of Wang Mazi, the mountain king of Shuizhaigou. You dare to touch me here, do you want to die?"

The old man stood up with difficulty, patted the dust off his body, and said to Li Lei: "Young man, thank you for helping us. These people are all bandits from the neighborhood. If you fight with them, be careful that they will come back to trouble you. You'd better leave quickly, otherwise you will lose your life here."

Li Lei comforted him, "Don't worry, uncle. We are from the county security group. We came to Shuizhaigou this time to wipe out the bandits headed by Wang Mazi."

The old man then felt relieved and told Li Lei the whole story. It turned out that Wang Mazi and his gang, relying on their large numbers and guns, were harming the villagers here all day long. A few days ago, they stole the pigs and food that they had fed for half a year, and today they came to steal the rooster that crowed to announce the arrival of the day.

The father and son could no longer bear it and rose up in resistance. If Li Lei and his men had not arrived, they would have probably been killed.

The old man's name is Wang Youcai. He said to Li Lei with tears in his eyes, "In the past few years, not only have our food and livestock been robbed in our village, but the daughter of the Huang family at the head of the village was also taken to the mountain by the beast Wang Mazi. All six members of the Huang family were killed by them. The villagers went to the county to complain, and the county magistrate always said that he would find a way to deal with these bandits. But it has been two or three years, and Wang Mazi is still living freely in the mountains. The villagers who can move away have found a way to move away, and the rest of the people are bullied by these bandits all day long."

"Don't worry, Uncle Wang. We, the security team, are here to wipe them out completely. No one will harm you anymore."

"Take these two bastards away!"

The three men escorted the two bandits back the way they came. When they heard that they were from the county security group, the two bandits were so scared that their legs went weak. The armed bandit who was so arrogant just now said with a sad face: "We have no choice. We went up the mountain to become bandits because we couldn't survive. Just treat me like a fart and let me go."

Li Lei slapped the bandit in the face and cursed: "You scum, worse than animals, you still want me to let you go? Dream on."

After returning to the troops, Li Lei told them what had happened. Fang Zhengfei's eyes lit up, and he walked up to the bandit, pulled out his pistol, put it against his forehead, and said viciously: "Just tell me what I ask. If you dare to lie to me, I'll shoot you right away!"

A pool of yellow urine flowed out of the crotch of the bandit's pants. He kowtowed like pounding garlic and kept saying, "Sir... Sir, I will tell you whatever you ask. I dare not lie."

"Where is your base camp?"

"Go inside the village, and you'll find the Jiaban Mountain five miles away."

"How many people do you have, and how many guns do you have?"

"A total of 112 people, ten old barrels, and more than twenty homemade guns."

Fang Zhengfei almost laughed out loud. With only a hundred people and thirty guns, they dared to gather in the mountains to become bandits. No wonder they could only bully the villagers here.

"Lead the way. If you can help us capture Wang Mazi and his gang today, it will be a meritorious service. We may consider letting you go later."