The first rays of the morning sun blew away the vast morning mist, and a steamwood ship with a tall chimney docked at the uninhabited riverside on the outskirts of Changle Town, Nantong.

Standing on the high ground next to the camp, looking at a group of escort members in camouflage uniforms, Chen Xuan seemed to have experienced a sense of confusion in time and space, if he didn't look at the weapons and equipment, he really had the feeling of seeing the PLA camping in later generations, and at this time Chen Xuan didn't know that his most beloved woman was actually less than 5 kilometers away from him, and she boarded a boat that didn't know where to go.

"Instructor, Feng Mutou is here."

Feng Mutou is the captain of the team who led the team to deliver goods to Shandong this time, and his ancestors are all carpenters, so everyone calls him Feng Mutou.

"Okay, let's go back!"

Back at the camp, Feng Mutou saw Chen Xuan and hurriedly ran over and knelt on the ground, and the whole person couldn't cry anymore.

"Team member Feng Mu, have you forgotten the rules of the escort team?"

Chen Xuan frowned a little, he had already stipulated that the escort team should cancel the insulting kneeling salute, but his subordinates still committed it from time to time, especially the guards from the bottom and the workers of Zhenhua, it seems that it is really not an overnight thing to change an inherent habit.

"Report to the instructor, Feng Mu doesn't dare to forget, it's just that this time it's 。。。。。。"

"Go back and talk about it."

"Yes!"

Chen Xuan took the lead in walking into the large and wide tent that had been temporarily erected as a command, and in the tent, Jiang Fangzhen and the others had already made a simple sand table based on the description of the informant and the data obtained from the guards who had arrived in Changle Town in the early stage dressed as refugees.

"Wood, report what you know!"

"Yes, Instructor!"

Feng Mu Lizheng began to report in standard military terms what he had heard while he had stayed in Nantong.

"On April 3, the escort team led by Beizhi passed through Qijiaao, the terrain of Qijiaao is relatively complicated, and the forest is dense along the way, and after passing through Qijiaao, it can merge into the main road 。。。。。。"

"So you let your guard down, so much so that the caravan was caught off guard when attacked!"

Du Xiao scolded, Feng Mu is Du Xiao's subordinate, this time the failure of normal action made Du Xiao very angry, and what he lost was also Du Xiao's subordinates, the entire brigade of 100 people, lost 7-8 in an instant, which is equal to a 10% loss of the entire brigade, Feng Mu was upright, and did not dare to refute.

"Shut up and wait for the wood to speak!"

Du Xiao sat down in a daze, and Feng Mu began to report.

"When out of Qijiaao, the team members in front of the detection reported, saying that there are more than 1,000 refugees at the intersection of Qijiaao and the main road, there are men and women, old and young, we have encountered countless such situations along the way, and we have no food, the carriage is the badminton racket accessories and some guns that Boss Li needs in Shandong, so I didn't care much, the refugee team went slowly, we quickly caught up, when the two teams gathered together, a group of bandits on horseback about 4-500 people surrounded up, The refugees suddenly attacked, and before the two brothers could draw their weapons from the carriage, they were cut off to the ground and their heads were cut off. ”

Feng Mu seemed to see the scene at that time, and his red eyes burst out with hatred.

"The horses pulling the cart were also stabbed to the ground by the refugees with shuttle darts, and the Lifu who helped us drive the cart scattered in all directions, running everywhere, and people were killed non-stop, and the remaining brothers quickly took out their weapons, and used the goods as obstacles to set up a formation, repelling several attacks of the refugees, but fortunately, the refugees had no guns in their hands, and it was a group of rabble, so it did not bring us much casualties."

"But the bandits who came on horseback were getting closer and closer, and when I saw that the situation was wrong, I asked people to carry the only Makqin and an appropriate amount of bullets and food that were supposed to be sent to the boss of Li Zhantang in Shandong, and withdraw them to the mountain next to them。。。。。。

"You're a deserter, a wreck。。。。。。

"Shut up!"

Chen Xuan interrupted Du Xiao's venting.

"Mu's decision is not wrong, you can only wait for death if you stay, and you can't outrun the horse bandits on the main road, so you can only retreat to the mountain, Mu, you continue."

We withdrew to the mountains, the horse bandits refused to let us go, and dismounted and organized several attacks, but in the woods, they could not see us, but we could clearly see them, these horse bandits organization and marksmanship were too poor, several attacks did not attack the woods, and left dozens of corpses of men and horses, the horse bandits were probably afraid that the officers and soldiers would come, and the losses were too great to be able to attack for a long time, so they gradually withdrew, and the refugees on the road were also evacuated cleanly. ”

"I was afraid that the horse bandits would lure the enemy, so I didn't dare to go down immediately, but I just sent two brothers to investigate, and later confirmed that the horse bandits had indeed evacuated, and there was a team on the road, saying that it was Zhang Zhuangyuan's family, there were about 400 people, although the training was not as good as ours, and the equipment was not as good as ours, but at a glance I knew that it was well-trained, and these people also took a battle with the horse bandits, killed and captured dozens of people, and also lost to Zhang Zhuangyuan, and our seriously injured 5 brothers were well treated, and now the injuries have eased."

"Zhang Zhuangyuan? It's not Ji Zhigong Zhang Lao, by the way, Ji Zhigong's house is in Changle Town, and it turns out that Ji Zhigong is also in his hometown. ”

Jiang Fangzhen interjected.

"Brother Fang Zhen knows this Zhang Zhuangyuan?"

"How can I not know, Ji Zhigong is the champion of Guangxu in 20 years, a famous calligrapher industrialist, opened an education factory, Dasheng Yarn Factory was founded by Ji Zhigong with the help of Xiangtao Gong (Zhang Zhidong), in the concept of industrial salvation and vigorously developing education, Ji Zhigong and Yiyang have the same idea."

"Zhang Jian of Dasheng Yarn Factory, it turns out that he is still the champion talent, he really underestimates the hero of the world, I have heard of this person, it is said that he not only founded Dasheng Yarn Factory, but also created several other factories, it seems that we owe people to the adults to please, let's not talk about this, wood, you continue."

Chen Xuan said to Feng Mu.

"We went to Zhang Zhuangyuan's house, Zhang Zhuangyuan heard that we are Shanghai Zhenhua's people, arranged for us to eat and lodging, and arranged a doctor to help us diagnose and treat, which brought back the five brothers, and listened to the Zhang family's family said that this group of horse bandits came from Shandong, and now Shandong has suffered disasters again and again, taxes have been received 20 years later, and there are all kinds of bandits, the people of Shandong have long been unable to live, so slowly there are people up the mountain for the coward, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger."

"The leader of this group of horse bandits is called Wu Da Scar, the means are ruthless, what they do is no money to buy and sell and kidnap tickets, in Shandong was temporarily formed by the 47th mixed into the new army of Li Sen, the commander of the association, scattered to Haimen (Nantong), about 350 people, along the way they gathered a lot of refugees, the team has expanded to about 850 people, now occupies the Mangniu Mountain in the northwest of Changle, Zhang Zhuangyuan asked the officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits several times, but with little effect, had to recruit family members, but want to suppress the bandits and can not run the horse bandits, And the weapons and equipment are also seriously insufficient, so they can only protect themselves. ”

"In the past few days, I have scattered the brothers who were not injured and asked around, the situation of Wu Da Scar is roughly the same as that described by the Zhang family, and we have also inquired about the terrain of Mangniu Mountain and made a simple sand table, and now the brothers are waiting outside."

"Then what are you waiting for, tell the brothers to bring it in!"

It seems that the cultivation of the escort team is still successful, and Feng Mu's team leader can handle things well, Chen Xuan can't help but be faintly proud, you must know that half a year ago, Feng Mu was still a farmer with only some traditional martial arts.

Several young men who were still tied with gauze carried the wooden sand table in, and began to introduce the topography of Mangniu Mountain and the place where Wu Dascar's team was stationed.

The northwest two sides of Mangniu Mountain are cliffs, and the southeast two sides use the gathered refugees to build a stone high wall of more than one zhang, about five meters, there is only one way in and out of the cottage, and it is also a rugged mountain road, which enters from the gate of the village in the east direction, and two lines of defense are arranged on this mountain road, which are guarded day and night, and Feng Mu also marked several light and dark sentinels.

"It's not easy to fight, I'm afraid that the casualties will be very large, these bandits occupy a favorable position, and the manpower is nearly four times that of us, it is not cost-effective to attack!"

The people in the tent began to discuss, and after Chen Xuan weighed the advantages and disadvantages of the two parties, he thought of the night attack and glanced at Jiang Fangzhen, but this old brother was a god, and he seemed to have a plan in his heart.

"I suggest a night raid!"

Sun Hongye had already preemptively said his thoughts, Jiang Fangzhen glanced at Sun Hongye, and seemed to be slightly surprised.

"At night around four o'clock in the morning, the instructor said that an hour before the sky is about to dawn, people are the most tired."

Li Jinxu did not show weakness.

"The walls of the first three checkpoints are not high, two people can climb up with cooperation, choose a team of elites, use crossbow arrows and daggers, quietly solve the bandits' sentinels, and then the team will follow up, and the two small cannons will be moved to the front of the cottage gate, I don't believe that the wooden door of the bandits can withstand the bombardment of cannons."

"Occupy the commanding heights in front of the cottage, arrange the machine gun position, and cooperate with the sniper (the name of the sharpshooter, the vocabulary brought by Chen Xuan, the escort team has been applied) to surround the cottage, try to hit the bandits' firepower points and small leaders, after the gate is blasted open, use pistols and Tang knives, and rush in, while the bandits have not yet reacted, control Wu Da Scar and several masters at the first time, and then persuade them to surrender."

Sun Hongye added, Chen Xuan and Jiang Fangzhen glanced at each other, obviously seeing Jiang Fangzhen's shock.

"Good! Let's fight according to this plan, everyone will refine the details, and it is expected to launch an attack at four o'clock tomorrow morning! ”

"Instructor, the humble position is from the martial arts training, and it is difficult to be humble in hand-to-hand combat, so the humble duty asks for his life and leads the team to open the way for the team。。。。。。"

"I said Sun Xiucai, I let you fight Wang Tiedan last time, how can it be my turn this time."

After a round of research and discussion, it was decided that Li Jinxu, who was the most active in the invitation, took the lead, Li Jinxu grew up with Sun Zhiheng when he was a teenager, and he did countless fights and brawls, and his martial arts were also very good.