Dushi Town at the foot of Huo Mountain, the flag is fluttering, the horse team is boundless, and the mountains are full of bandanas and rogue people with weapons, stretching for more than ten miles.

On the Chinese army's particularly conspicuous banners, the characters "Ma", "Liu", "He", and "Lin" were written respectively, and the first few people rode on tall horses, wore felt hats, and wore red cloaks, talking and laughing there.

A cavalryman wearing a short armor rushed over, came to the banner and turned over and dismounted, and said: "The chief of the report, the two He Ye, Liu Ye, Lin Ye, the five masters, the 100,000 troops of my righteous army have all gone out of Huoshan, and taking Fengyang Mansion is just around the corner!" ”

The first few people are the leaders of the five battalions of the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, the reincarnated king Liu Xiyao, and the king of the world, Lin Chengcheng, the leader of the five battalions.

The chief manager nodded back and asked, "What are the movements of the imperial court's armies now?" ”

"The officers and soldiers are still standing still, the closest to our righteous army is the Huang Degong Department of the Tianwu Army, about 5,000 men and horses, stationed in Lu'an, Sun Yingyuan's 5,000 troops moved to Shouzhou, I heard that the emperor's son also arrived in Shouzhou."

Lin Chengcheng, the king of the world, laughed and said, "Hahaha, is the emperor's son here to deliver silver?" Ma Ye, let me go to Shouzhou to tie him up and exchange him with Shi Kefa for silver! ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, quite arrogant.

Ma Shouying smiled and said: "The emperor's son is hundreds of miles away from us, it is not cost-effective to catch him, it is better to take Lu'an fifty miles away first, and then drive straight into Fengyang Mansion, first collect all the grain and grass, and then slowly catch the prince!" ”

Ge Li Yan He Yilong shouted: "Ma Ye is right, I will wait for the midsummer to repair in the deep mountains, and then attack in the autumn, isn't it just to rob people and grab food!" Let's get down to business first! ”

"Yes, I heard that Huang Degong is also a general soldier, and if we kill a general soldier in the imperial court, we can also greatly increase the momentum of our Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left! If you go back and slaughter the emperor's son again, it will shake the world even more! ”

"I heard that the little prince farmed in Fengyang and had a bumper harvest for half a year, Lao Tzu really wants to thank him for planting food for our righteous army!"

"Hahaha!" The crowd laughed again.

Ma Shouying suddenly asked Xiang Zuo Jin Wang He Jin: "Master He, how is Huang Hu doing over there?" Have you talked about it? ”

He Jin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Ma, Zhang Xianzhong said, as long as we send troops first, his side will be stable, and within a month, the court will definitely be shaken!" ”

Ma Shouying hummed; "I hope so!" Then he shouted: "The whole army is moving, grab food!" ”

"Beat! Beat! Beat! "The huge horse corps of the old battalion soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo was like a torrent, spreading from the Huoshan area to Lu'an Prefecture, causing the earth to shake endlessly, and the sky was full of smoke and dust.

"The thieves are coming, send a signal to inform the army to prepare for battle!"

The First Brigade of the Tianwu Army Royal Night Bushu found an army of thieves thirty miles away from Lu'anzhou City, and reminded Ye Buhui beside him.

Although the telescope that is not used at night is not as powerful as that of later generations, it can see the scene from five or six miles away, and can also manually adjust the focal length, which is quite advanced, even in Europe at the same time, it is a rare thing.

The hundreds of Longxiang members who infiltrated Huoshan had already sent a message half a month ago that the thieves were going to attack Fengyang Mansion and snatch the grain from the summer harvest.

Zhu Cihong ordered Huang Degong's Imperial First Brigade to set up a defensive position in Lu'an Prefecture, hold off most of the thieves, and then lead his troops to attack from Shouzhou.

Twenty miles outside the city of Lu'an, there is an undulating hilly area, and it is also the only way to Lu'an Prefecture in this area.

The 1st Brigade's defensive line was built on a few small hills, which were relatively steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Here, Huang Degong ordered three trenches to be dug every thirty steps, each trench was two meters deep and three meters wide, and the last trench was covered with sandbags more than two feet high, and a row of musketeers was densely lying on the sandbags.

This is the stuff that several regiment commanders and battalion commanders learned from the Huangming Military Academy, saying that they can defend against enemy cavalry and artillery.

In the event of a war, Zhu Cihong ordered all the cadets of the Huangming Military Academy to return to their original units and fight with the army.

Ten meters away from the third trench, the Royal Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Tianwu Army was all in place, and hundreds of heavy Hongyi cannons and Da Forang machine guns were lined up.

Huang Degong's headquarters was set up on a small hill behind, looking at the signal flares that did not rise at night in the distance, Huang Degong drank a few sips of wine, and felt very uncomfortable, the first big battle in the south actually had to be defended!

After a few more sips, Huang Degong saw from a distance that the men and horses of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo gradually appeared in the field of vision, and there were people all over the mountains, with 100,000 people.

"I'll it, it's really a big scene, it's the first time I've seen so many thieves!" Huang Degong couldn't help but be taken aback.

Since no one in the Fifth Battalion had fought against the Tianwu Army, they did not know how strong the Tianwu Army's artillery long-range belt ability was, so the men and horses of the Fifth Battalion did not stop until they were three hundred paces away from the position of the First Royal Brigade.

Looking at a few ditch-like things a hundred steps ahead, Ma Shouying was curious, Rao was experienced in a hundred battles, and he didn't know what it meant for officers and soldiers to dig this thing.

After thinking for a while, Ma Shouying remembered the plot in "Water Margin", and finally figured it out: "It's not good, the thieves are preventing the cavalry of my rebel army!" ”

Zuojin Wang He Jin said: "When did we let the cavalry go first?" Just let the hungry soldiers in the front line fill it up, wouldn't it be more wasteful! ”

The leaders of the other battalions also nodded, not paying any attention to these three trenches.

Ma Shouying shook his head and said, "I heard that the combat effectiveness of the Tianwu Army is very strong, and it has also fought the Tartars in the north, brothers, don't underestimate them!" ”

In the encirclement and suppression of the official army many times, Lao Hui Ma Shouying often outwitted the enemy to defeat for victory, he was extremely calm, and resourceful, he had a very flexible sense of smell for traps, and always felt that the situation in front of him was wrong, but he did not know what was wrong.

Lin Chengcheng sneered and said: "Master Ma, you are afraid of a fart, there are only 5,000 officers and soldiers on the other side, and we have 100,000 horses, and one person can drown them with a soak of urine!" If you are cowardly, let me play the striker, and see how Lao Tzu cleans up this group of thieves and soldiers! ”

Several other people coaxed: "Yes, what Tianwu Army, the name is louder, Master Lin, them!" ”

Ma Shouying snorted lightly: "Then I will welcome Lin Ye Ma in advance!" ”

Fighting this kind of thing, playing with your life is very powerful, but you have to use your brains just to play with your life!

Dare to play with your life, you can use your brain, so that you can fight well, which is also where Ma Shouying feels that he is stronger than other rebel leaders.