Chapter 3 Entering the Mountains to Suppress Bandits
Looking at the bandits who were so arrogant just now, they squatted aside like wooden stakes and dared not move easily. The villagers who were knocked over or bullied looked at the stranger who had just entered the village today with a look of caution. For them, they were all stronger than those who could cure such a vicious bandit into such an honest person.
Deng Chenggong really felt a little sad about the fear that appeared in the eyes of the villagers. At present, these bandits did not dare to move at all, but these villagers did not have any revenge at all. Could it be that the Qing government's policy of obeying the people was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people? Is it possible that the blood of the great Han people to be wiped out?
Fortunately, compared to these honest villagers, there are still a few sensible people in the village. Deng Chenggong was a little embarrassed and was about to ask why these villagers were so brave. Li Xiucai, the village chief who had been hiding at home, hurried out and asked several villagers to pick up the guns discarded by the bandits and put them together. As for the boss who was shot in the head and the corpse who was still preparing to fight back against the bandits, these villagers ignored them.
‘Young Master Deng, what are you going to do with these bandits next?’
Li Xiucai, who had put everything together, stepped forward and asked at the right time. In fact, he was very happy from the bottom of his heart that Deng Chenggong had cleaned up these bandits. But while he was happy, he was worried that after he let these bandits go, the village would be in trouble when Deng Chenggong left that day. Then he had to ask carefully!
Hearing Li Xiucai's inquiry and the concerns in his eyes, Deng Chenggong thought about it and understood what people were worried about. He didn't know what to do with these people for a moment. If all these people were shot, it would be nearly ten lives. But if they were let go, they might have left in vain. Maybe these guys came out to harm the common people that day. Deng Chenggong asked himself that he could not do this kind of thing about letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
Thinking about this clearly, he ignored Li Xiucai's inquiry, walked to a group of bandits and said, "I'll give you a chance now to point out that those who have killed the common people, except those who have not had the lives of the common people, I can make an exception and let him go and kill him on the spot. Don't think that if you don't say anything, don't blame me for killing you all at that time. You must know that if you shoot all of you, maybe I can go to the county town to get a few rewards! Hurry up and explain!"
After thinking for a long time, Deng Chenggong could only think of shooting one or two of those bandits with no one in his hands, while the rest of the bandits with no one in his hands made an exception and let them go. He knew very well that those who entered the mountains and became bandits these days were not all bad people. To put it bluntly, they were ordinary people who could not survive outside the mountains. It was a fucking world that was harmful to this fucking world!
As the first bandit who was afraid of death identified a small leader in the bandit team, before the other party could resist, Deng Chenggong used a shell gun found from the boss to break the other party's head without hesitation. This method scared all the bandits present. Some bandits who knew that there was someone in their hands had no intention of resisting at this time, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately to mercenary. Although those bandits who had no one in their hands were also afraid at this time, they were at least more calm than those who had killed anyone.
Looking at the five or six bandits who knelt down and begged for mercy, Deng Chenggong asked them to take the initiative to confess to those evil things, and at the same time asked the other bandits to support them. Hearing that although these bandits had lives, most of them were because they followed the boss' orders and did not take the initiative to shoot the people, Deng Chenggong thought about it again and again, and finally let the bandits with no lives tie them up and wait for disposal.
‘What’s your name? How many people are there on your mountain? Where is the location?’
Deng Chenggong, who stabilized the scene, asked the young bandit who was the first to get up and identify the murderer.
‘When I say that to the old man, my little surname is Liu, everyone calls me Ergouzi. This time I came out of the mountain and was led by the boss. In addition to the second boss and a dozen brothers who were still staying on the mountain, there were more than a dozen village girls who were snatched by the boss. Our mountain village was in Yingzui Ridge in Jiulong Mountain. It was just a dozen miles away from here and you would arrive.’
Liu Ergou replied with a careful look on his face. The reason why he was the first to identify the little leader was that it contained some selfishness. Because Liu Ergou was also forced to join the mountain by these bandits, and his uncle died at the gun of this little leader. It was just that he had been afraid to take revenge easily due to the intimidation of the little leader. Now that he finally had the opportunity to take revenge, he naturally gave the little leader a pleasure.
I figured out what these bandits said to Li Xiucai, they were the bandits in Jiulong Mountain. Deng Chenggong said again: "I will give you a chance to wash the new noodles now. As long as you take me to your hiding place, and after I clean up the bandits on your mountain, I can give you some extra oceans to make you an ordinary person. Would you like?"
Ocean!
When Liu Ergou heard that there was a big ocean leading the way, he was a little worried at the beginning and nodded quickly and said, "Since my uncle gives Ergouzi a face, Ergouzi will take you there. As for the small ocean, I don't want it. I just hope that the old man can keep the young man around and follow him. The young man feels very honored!"
It was hard to see that such a small bandit actually had such conversation and quality. Deng Chenggong said unexpectedly: "I listen to you, it seems that you shouldn't be an ordinary bandit, right? Have you ever been to school?"
Sure enough, Liu Ergou said embarrassedly when he heard this: "Reply to the uncle, the young man is not lucky to go to school, but the villain's uncle was originally a private school teacher. He followed him and recognized some words, which made the uncle laugh at him."
Seeing that his guess was right, Deng Chenggong did not continue to ask about Liu Ergou's life experience. As long as he was not a traitor or something, it would be okay for him to give the other party a chance to be a new person.
By asking Li Xiucai, Deng Chenggong found several brave young people from the village to accompany him to the mountain, and left Li Xiucai and two hunters who could use guns to guard the bandits. While it was not too late, he re-entered the Jiulong Mountain under the leadership of Liu Ergou.
Looking at the cautious expressions of the young people following him, Deng Chenggong had to remind him: "If you are afraid, you will wait for my news outside the village later. But don't blame me for being too timid. If you continue to be so timid and afraid, even if I bring this bandit's nest today, there are other bandits who will continue to rob your things. Could you please continue to indulge those bandits to rob? You have seen it just now. In fact, these bandits look fierce, but as long as you are more fierce than them, they will be afraid of you. Don't you want to protect your family and protect the food you have been growing hard?"
Although I knew that his words would not be very effective, what made Deng Chenggong happy was that except for the two young men still indifferent, Qiyu and the seven or eight young men seemed to be thinking. In the end, a young man who looked about the same age as him said, "Sir, these bandits are also carrying their heads on their shoulders, afraid that they will do anything. Now that we have guns on our hands, they will dare to steal our things, so they will use guns to hit him. Besides, there is a gentleman here, what are you worried about?"
Although the young man's words sounded a bit rough, Deng Chenggong said with relief: "Zhuzi is right. He is always carrying his head on his shoulders. What are you afraid of these bandits? Don't think that these bandits are very vicious, but as long as you are more cruel than them, they should be afraid of them. As long as you are not afraid of bandits, after cleaning up this bandit's nest, I will teach you a few tricks to shoot, and guarantee that those bandits who dare to enter the village will die. Are you still afraid of those bandits now?"
Compared with the elderly and children, the young people's personalities are undoubtedly the easiest to be motivated. When they hear the gun technique that can be learned by Deng Chenggong, even the two indifferent young people just now have increased their confidence. Of course, Deng Chenggong knew very well that these people were just temporarily inspired by themselves to have some courage. If they had to fight with the bandits in real guns and ammunition, they would probably end up running away in the end.
On the way down the road, Deng Chenggong explained the basic knowledge of how these young people fired, and told them not to act rashly after they arrived at the parcel, and waited for him to deal with the bandits who dared to resist before coming out. With these words, the speed of the group of people was undoubtedly much faster. Until Liu Ergou, who led the way, said in a low voice, the mountain gate built of wood in front was the first defensive line for the bandits. Deng Chenggong immediately told the young people to stay in place, draw out a military dagger, and disappeared into the bushes in front of the wooden door like a stream of light in everyone's eyes.
Chapter completed!