At this time, it was already September, the weather was getting colder, and the counties near Xi'an were in a peaceful atmosphere. [Full text reading. 】

However, among the Qin army, there was a tense scene of preparation for war.

In order to cope with the possible attack of the official army in the future, the Qin army began to strengthen the city wall, guard the city defense equipment, and also sent a group of Qin troops to go to the territory occupied by the official army to collect grain, so batches of grain, cloth, gold and silver, mules and horses, transported into the city of Xi'an.

At the same time, the Qin army's reports in various places also sent news, what full of people into the prison, Lu Xiangsheng was transferred, Hong Chengchou bit Li Zicheng, and reported to the desk of King Qin.

From these flying reports, the Qin army already felt that the official army was stepping up the encirclement and suppression of the peasant army, and the peasant army could not resist the blows of Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, and was already on the verge of rout on the whole front.

Therefore, the pressure of the Qin army has come.

For nearly a month, Li Yan was with Bai Qi every day, learning from him and learning the combat methods of the flying Qin army.

Two thousand years ago, the Qin army was a mixed army, including chariots, cavalry, and infantry, which was the common method of warfare in that era. The way the car galloped has been going on for thousands of years. At present, the chariot has been eliminated from the historical stage, and the cavalry has become the main type of troops, and Bai Qi has a unique view on the use of cavalry. In the Battle of Changping, he used the cavalry, which was only a minor type of army at that time, to complete the encirclement of the 400,000 Zhao army, and finally annihilated it in one fell swoop.

And the cavalry of that era, the main weapon was the bow and crossbow, because there were no horses, so the knights could not fight with swords, sabers and other weapons.

But now the cavalry, the bow and crossbow have become secondary weapons, so Bai Qi's tactics have also changed accordingly.

Li Yan followed Bai Qi and trained a cavalry together, and Li Yan really felt that Bai Qi not only fought well, but also trained soldiers, but also had great advantages.

In his training, the cavalry was to be proficient in at least two weapons, the long weapon was the spear and the broadsword, and the short weapon was the saber and the iron club. Since swords were not easy to craft, the cavalry was not equipped with such weapons, only sabers and iron rods, which were easy to craft in bulk.

The training was very arduous, and the knights had to straddle their horses again and again, and they had to perform several events, piercing their spears into the shaking hoops, attacking the heads of the straw men with sabers and iron rods, and riding and shooting, firing three arrows in quick succession on a galloping horse, at least one of which would hit a target at a distance of fifty paces.

Every time someone fails to train, they have to do it all over again, no matter how long it takes, until they pass the level.

Bai Qi governed the army very strictly, and many soldiers ate military sticks, Li Yan found that after a long time, in the eyes of these soldiers, in addition to awe, was obedience. He finally understood the sentence, Ci does not lead soldiers, and he does not do Jia.

In addition to training, Bai Qi also taught Li Yan the method of battle formation at night. How to arrange troops, how to set up camp, how to attack, how to defend, how to change formations, etc.

Many of these things are not found in the war books. These are all very valuable experiences, which have been accumulated in the course of a lifetime of conquest, and it can be said that every experience carries the blood of countless people.

Li Yan is a smart student, a quick learner, and can draw inferences from time to time. Bai Qi was very satisfied. Li Yan naturally didn't know that this month could be said to be the most important period of his life, if it weren't for these days of hard study and comprehension, he would have died many times in the days to come.

In addition to learning the method of combat with Bai Qi, the Red Lady also taught Li Yan to practice swords.

In fact, the swordsmanship of the Red Lady is also a bit flashy, but some time ago, she has made great progress because she stole the teacher.

When Ji Mengdie was training the women's army, the red lady secretly followed and learned, she found that Ji Mengdie's martial arts have a great feature, that is, there is no show, every move is real, and the false tricks are not used much, the most powerful thing is that her moves are very fast, so people don't have time to block the frame.

The red lady secretly admired Ji Mengdie, and thought that it would not be a shame to lose to her last time, because people are indeed higher than her martial arts.

Li Yan was not interested in fighting and killing, but in order to save his life on the battlefield in the future, he had to raise his spirit and learn swords from the red lady.

After a month, Li Yan's swordsmanship has not grown much, and the red lady is so angry that sometimes she really wants to scold him, but when she looks at Li Yan's serious attitude, she can't scold anymore.

Li Yan also knew that he was not the material for martial arts, so he made excuses for himself and brought out famous figures in history, such as Zhuge Liang and Chen Qingzhi, these people don't know martial arts, but they are much stronger than ordinary people in leading troops to fight.

The red lady knew that she couldn't argue with him, so she had to let him do whatever she could.

What's even more annoying is that Li Yan got cheap and behaved, and actually brought out the words of the overlord of Chu: "Sword, one enemy, not enough to learn, learn ten thousand enemies." ”

Looking at Li Yan swaggering away, it took a long time for the red lady to remember: The martial arts of the overlord of Chu are the best in the world, so he doesn't learn swords, can you compare with others?

That night, Bai Qi invited Li Yan to his residence to discuss matters, Li Yan didn't know what was going on, he came by appointment, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a table of wine in the room, Bai Qi sat in the middle, and Lei Sheng Wang Leopard sat at the bottom, and the seat on the left was vacant, reserved for Li Yan.

Li Yan took a seat, everyone ate wine together, and after eating a few glasses, Li Yan asked, "General, do you have anything important that you need to discuss with me?" ”

Bai Qiqi nodded: "There is a very important matter, I received news from Xi'an City yesterday, you can take a look first." Saying that, he handed Li Yan a letter, Li Yan took it out and read it, and frowned: "The situation of the peasant army is unfavorable." It seems that the Qin army is also going to step up its preparations for war. ”

Bai Qi said: "Exactly, that's why I stepped up military training, a few days ago, someone came to report that there was a group of bandits in Taibai Mountain, there were hundreds of people, set up a camp in the mountain, very arrogant, I once sent people to unite them, wanted them to join the Qin army, but they drove back, and they were shaved head, this is a warning." I heard that the leader is called a sitting tiger, that is, a snake on the ground. Now that you are about to fight with the official army, I want you to practice your hands and exterminate this bandit, there are hundreds of them, and there must be a lot of money and food in the village, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Would you like to go? ”

Li Yan was very happy: "I am willing to go, they dare not take the Qin army in their eyes, sooner or later they will be eliminated, otherwise if they stay there, once they surrender to the official army, it will also be a disaster." ”

Bai Qi said: "How many people do you want to bring, is 2,000 people enough?" ”

Li Yan said: "How many thieves are there?" What about copycats? ”

Bai Qi said: "The people who came back have already said that there are about four or five hundred people, and the cottage is not too dangerous, so it should not be too difficult to attack." ”

Li Yan said: "Okay, I'll take a thousand people with me, and I will definitely be able to build the stockade." ”

Without further ado, the next day, Li Yan took a thousand men and horses, and the brother who had his head shaved was the guide, and went to Taibai Mountain. The red lady was not at ease, and Xiaoqing also followed.

Li Yan asked the brother: "After you went, what did that sitting tiger say?" ”

The man said: "This guy is an old man, it seems that he would rather be a chicken than a cow queen, and would rather be the boss of hundreds of people in the mountains than submit to our Qin army and listen to our call." As soon as he heard my intentions, he turned his face at that time and scolded our Qin army, I was angry, and I didn't show weakness, this guy wanted to kill me, but someone stopped him, saying that the two countries would fight each other, and they would not be killed. That's when I was released. But it means, it seems that there are still people in charge of him, and the sitting tiger is not necessarily the boss. ”

Li Yan said: "How is the equipment in the cottage? ”

The man said: "It's very bad, most of them are peasant farm tools, there are a few bird guns, only a few people have knives and guns, and they are also in tatters, and they are not vulnerable at all." ”

Li Yan frowned, secretly thinking about the strange cottage, it stands to reason that this kind of cottage must shudder when he hears the name of Qin Jun, either pay money and food, buy a safe life, or run away, but this cottage is different, he insists on hitting the knife, is he impatient?

Anyway, let's go check it out first.

Taibai Mountain is not far from Meixian, they set off in the morning and arrived that night, Li Yan added caution and ordered to camp outside the mountain first, and then enter the mountain the next day.

A thousand men and horses settled in the camp, and Li Yan ordered to be careful and not to let the bandits sneak in.

The night was very quiet, no one came to sneak attack at all, perhaps, the bandits did not know that they were coming.

Early the next morning, Li Yan ordered the camp to be set up and enter Taibai Mountain.

The guide led the way, and the team walked in the mountains for more than an hour, and finally saw the cottage.

Li Yan raised his eyes and saw that on the top of a mountain, there was a small village, hidden in the wild forest and mountain rocks, and it was really not easy to find if he didn't look carefully.

Approaching a while, Li Yan saw that this cottage was quite shabby, the gate was built of broken stone and wood, the two broken door panels were closed, and there was a stone staircase road inside, which led to the mountain, on the mountain, there were more than a dozen big houses, and from a distance, it was also dilapidated.

What kind of cottage is this, it is clearly called Huaziwo.

Li Yan smiled dumbly and asked the guide, "Is this here?" ”

The guide nodded. Li Yan said: "Why didn't you see anyone defending?" The red lady said: "Let's attack it first, maybe these people are in the dark." ”

Li Yan ordered: "The shield hand stepped forward, be careful not to be plotted by the thief." ”

Two hundred shield-bearers, with shields in one hand and swords in the other, lined up in two horizontal lines and threw themselves at the gate.

These Qin soldiers had already gained experience after Bai Qi's training, they used shields to protect their bodies, their eyes stared around, no one spoke, and quietly approached the gate of the village.

Li Yan watched from behind and ordered the archers to step forward and deal with the thieves who suddenly appeared at any time.

Those shield bearers went all the way to the gate of the wall, and did not see a person, a few soldiers of the Qin army came to the gate of the wall, and after a closer look, the gate was only hidden, and there was no latch inside.

So they opened the gate and rushed in.

Li Yan was afraid that they would be ambushed, so he urgently ordered everyone to enter the village together.

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