Chapter 1897 Conquest
The strength of Hutou Village had been greatly damaged. At this moment, the three heads and two small leaders were not there. In the previous two battles, six or seven out of ten core small leaders had been lost. In addition, the government suddenly attacked and raided, so they were panicked and in chaos at first, and could not organize an effective resistance at all.
Soon, people fled in all directions.
Nothing is more important than saving your life!
Once this is opened, it will be like a flood that is pouring down, and there will be no turning back!
By the time daybreak came, the battle was almost over.
Not all the bandits who fled escaped safely. Zheng Sangge, Wei San and others led 30 people to hide in various places outside Hutou Village, like spreading a big net, waiting for the bandits who escaped to fall into the trap...
Zheng Sangge and Wei San lamented that there were still too few people, otherwise, not a single fish would slip through the net!
The servants, bandits' families, and others who were screaming, crying, and fleeing in panic were driven together by the government officials, tied into a long string with ropes, and temporarily guarded. After the search of the stronghold was completed, all the houses were set on fire, and the fortresses and gates were destroyed. All the supplies that should be taken away were taken away, and these people were escorted down the mountain. After returning to the city, they were handed over to Lord Shao for interrogation and separate punishments.
After all, Hutouzhai has been operating for many years, so it is not easy to destroy it.
But this is also a helpless move. The government office has limited manpower and it is impossible to leave people here to occupy it - leaving too many people will not be enough, and leaving too few people will be useless. If Minjiazhai and Liuhebao counterattack, they will be unable to resist at all.
So, it can only be destroyed.
At this time, the benefits of the army are revealed. If it is the army that comes, there is no need to consider the number of people, just occupy the place after conquering it.
Not as tight-lipped as them.
We also have to worry about whether Liuhebao and Minjiazhai will come to kill us immediately after the fleeing bandits escape and report the news - although the possibility is relatively small, we still have to be on guard.
Therefore, the destruction, burning and search could not be carried out very thoroughly.
But the important parts were not missed.
For example, the gates of the front and back mountains were all destroyed, the sentry towers were destroyed, the three most easily defended and difficult to attack fortresses were destroyed, the main hall, kitchen, warehouse, and accommodation area were all burned down...
They were working with twenty or thirty prisoners. After working for a long time, they saw that they could not stay any longer, so they quickly led all the people in the stronghold down the mountain and returned to the city overnight.
Zheng Sangge, Wei San and others did not leave anyone alive, and all those who escaped from the mountain stronghold were killed. These people have been domineering, bullying the people, robbing people by trickery, and treating human life as worthless for many years. None of them had clean hands, and they deserved to be put to death.
They never showed up, but spread out secretly along the way, ambushing near Sun Qian and other teams escorting prisoners, and gathering information just in case.
When the group stumbled all the way to the outskirts of Anzezhou City, it was already around four in the morning. The morning star was hanging bright and low in front of them, and the eastern sky was a pale blue-white.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way.
It is impossible to escort all these people back to the yamen. This is a huge team of six or seven hundred people.
They divided the people into two teams, escorted dozens of bandits whose identities had been confirmed to the government office, and sent the rest to the large courtyard where Zheng Sangge and his men lived for temporary detention.
(End of this chapter)
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