There are also some miscellaneous battalion leaders attached to the second battalion of Hui and Ge, and the monk Wang, who had been in trouble with Zhao Ying in northern Chu a few years ago, is one of the stronger ones. Under his command, there are still nine dragons, Zhang Fatzi and other hardcore partners in the association. "Lao Huihui" Ma Shouying handed over the operation of attacking Suizhou and testing the reaction of Zhao Ying to Monk Wang, and sent out the battalion leaders such as Wabei King and Zhang Wu Wang to accompany him.

Monk Wang and others came from the direction of Wuchang and Anlu in the southeast, first plundered some townships in the south of Suizhou, and then directly attacked the state capital. However, Fan Ju'an, the governor of Suizhou, had the courage to lead the state soldiers and the temporarily recruited township Yong to repel the thieves of Monk Wang and other troops, and Monk Wang then temporarily postponed the plan, withdrew the troops from the city, and plundered money and grain everywhere first.

Fan Ju'an served in Suizhou for more than a year, has maintained a good relationship with Zhao Ying in Zaoyang County next door, Zhao Ying's soldiers more than once drove into Suizhou to cooperate with the state soldiers to clear the bandits in the northern and southern mountains, this time the monk Wang was menacing, Fan Ju'an took advantage of the opportunity to breathe, and quickly sent Tang Ma to Zhao Dangshi for help.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Suizhou is a barrier in the southeast of Zhao Ying, Zhao Dangshi has passed through Suizhou many times, and has also visited Fan Ju'an, some personal friends, and the army will discuss it at the moment, thinking that "Wang Monk is not a strong Kou does not need to make a big move", did not transfer troops stationed in various places, but decided to take the nearest Tuntian army front battalion stationed in Fan Hecheng, that is, the training battalion as the main force to help.

The training camp of 3,000 people was originally only used as a backup, and 1,000 people were regularly drawn to train in technical tactics, but now there is the task of garrisoning Lao Benfan Hecheng, and the burden is heavy. This was the first time that the training camp was dispatched, and Wang Laixing made proper arrangements for the affairs of Fan Hecheng and the discussion of the leading Shuiqiu, and personally led the thousands of people who were trained that month to dispatch. However, then Zhao Dangshi was still steady, and added the right battalion of Feijie, and Ma Guangchun, the commander, led 500 horsemen in the camp to assist Wang Laixing.

Fan Juan personally welcomed Wang Laixing into the city, and Ma Guangchun guarded the danger outside the city, thinking that it echoed.

Hearing that the reinforcements of the Zhao battalion had arrived, the rogues who were ravaging the southern part of Suizhou really became nervous, and at noon the next day, they gathered from the four fields and divided a part to detain the city.

The training camp did not have a formal officer establishment, and the instructors responsible for training in peacetime made Luo Wei and Liu Shijun temporarily serve as promoted officers. Luo Wei has a leg disease and is unable to move, mainly for Wang Laixing to give advice, Liu Shijun is Liu Xiyao's old general, quite brave, famous, well-versed in the army, responsible for front-line command.

Liu Shijun had not led troops to fight for several months, and his hands were already itchy, so Wang Laixing left 500 people to defend the city with the state soldiers, and asked him to lead 500 people out of the city to meet the Liukou first.

Arrayed under the city were the nine dragons in front, and the headquarters of Monk Wang was encamped several miles away, and he was here to keep an eye on the town. He led the troops for a long time, and he was prepared for the officers and soldiers to go out of the city to invite the attack, and he did not panic at the moment, and calmly commanded the soldiers who had been prepared to meet the attack.

There are about 2,000 rogue soldiers under the city, who were supposed to bully the widows with the public, and wrapped Liu Shijun's troops into dumplings. The thieves rushed to kill with a ferocious force, and Liu Shijun personally braved the rain of arrows and led his troops to resist it. Except for the first encounter, when more than ten soldiers of the training battalion died of panic, the formation slowly stabilized over time. Under the stalemate, the soldiers of the training battalion gradually adapted to the intensity of the rogue attack, and the rogue three-plank axe was ineffective, and the fate of the organization was immediately exposed, and the initiative at the beginning quickly turned to passivity.

The experienced Ma Guangchun looked at the battle formation from afar, and in a hurry ordered Guan San'er to rush to the battle, intimidating the main thing and killing the thief secondary, and he responded well to the battle of the soldiers of the training battalion.

"Tiger—"

With the roar of several officers led by Liu Shijun, the Zhao battalion soldiers began to roar together in an instant. Wang Laixing and Fan Juan, who watched the battle at the head of the city, also made the soldiers beat drums and cheered. Most of the thieves who surrounded them were recruits who had recently been recruited or coerced into the camp, and the only thing they had experienced was the long and boring oil ant attachment under the city in Huangmei, Macheng and other places. Squinting again, in the billowing smoke and dust, there are constantly officers and soldiers coming and going like the wind, cruising back and forth, and the fighting spirit is whirling even if it is lost.

Untrained soldiers are the most prone to an avalanche effect, one of them runs away, and the rest also lose their fighting spirit, lose their weapons, and hope that the nine dragons will flee from the formation. They collapsed like this, which made Zhao Yingbing stunned, but then they came back to their senses and burst out with a stronger killing intent—there was no scene that could stimulate a soldier's desire to kill more than seeing an enemy with their back to him, let alone hundreds of thieves who were just fleeing for their lives. They excitedly chased after the fleeing thieves and fought their way into the formation of the nine dragons. The nine dragons were angry and anxious, but there was no way to do it, seeing the rout fleeing back, scattering the soldiers and horses in this formation, they couldn't stop it, and the first thought that popped up in the minds of the nine dragons was to go as the best policy.

Less than two quarters of an hour after Zhao Ying's soldiers left the city, the thieves had already begun to collapse, which made Wang Laixing unexpected. But now that the thief is really defeated, he doesn't have the heart to think about anything else.

Zhao Yingbing chased and killed for nearly five miles before collecting his troops. Along the way, many thieves who had not been able to escape knelt down and begged to surrender, and they were also captured by Zhao Yingbing and escorted back to the city. Looking at it from the women's wall, the soldiers of the Zhao Battalion training camp who returned the same way were really walking on a bloody road paved with corpses.

Fan Ju'an was also looking at the battlements on the city, he had been frowning until Zhao Yingbing's victory before he showed a relaxed smile. and lost no time in praising it: "Zhao Ying really trained a good soldier, looking at today's battle, he was heroic, all of them were ten with one, and they all killed the thief's soul." ”

Wang Laixing forgot that the beard under his chin was not too long, and he was only in his early twenties this year, pretending to be old, and subconsciously raised his hand to caress and said: "My lord has won the award, not because the soldiers of Zhao Ying can fight, but because the thieves are too unbearable." This is still the vanguard of thieves, and even so, and the rest is not to be worried. ”

Nine dragons were defeated, counting men and horses, and nearly a thousand people were killed and wounded. The "neat king" monk Wang took the case and almost cut nine dragons on the spot, but fortunately he was persuaded to use people left and right, so he saved the lives of nine dragons.

After everyone retreated, Monk Wang became more and more angry the more he thought about it. Since the death of the old Chuangwang, he took the soldiers and horses around in circles, and has changed hands many times to seek strength, but the situation is getting worse, since following the second battalion of the Hui, the revolution of the second battalion, it is even more touched by the big mold, high is not low, all day long hiding in Tibet, almost like a bandit, can only live in a muddy nightmare. I think that back then, it was also in Huguang, he suffered a loss under Zhao Dangshi, and now he has been frustrated in attacking Suizhou, and his heart is becoming more and more panicked. This Zhao Ying is like a nightmare, enveloping him, directly teaching him that he can't eat well and sleep well.

After thinking about it carefully, I feel that even if I pay all the costs this time, I must take Suizhou, otherwise it will be difficult for me to get ahead after all, and I will be pressed under the bottom for the rest of my life. One night, Monk Wang tossed and turned, and all he could think about was the city that stood far away.

The next morning, the sky was bright, and Monk Wang gathered the whole army, and more than 10,000 people such as Nine Dragons, Zhang Fatzi, Wabei Wang, and Zhang Wu Wang marched towards Suizhou. Seeing his bloodshot and vicious appearance, the generals were silent and did not dare to speak, and they all knew in their hearts that today would be a bloody battle between you and me.

The thieves arrived near Suizhou Chengguan at the time of Chen. Looking at the vast sea of thieves under the city, the officers and soldiers who already had experience in defending the city were not as panicked as they were last time. After seeing the fragile performance of the thieves yesterday, many of them had a little more confidence in themselves.

Monk Wang's main formation is located on a small hill in the west of the city. This small mound was originally quite high, and Wang Laixing thought it would be detrimental to the defense of the city, so he sent someone to bulldoze it a lot early. Around the small mound are the most elite 1,000 old soldiers among the thieves, and they are also the family foundation that Monk Wang has relied on for many years. They were all dressed in cotton armor and blue cloth shirts, which were very bright and dazzling.

On the east side of the hill, the thieves are divided into three parts: northern, middle, and southern.

The total number of thieves in the north was about 3,000, of which 2,000 were in the front and 1,000 in the back. A closer look shows that the 2,000 men in front are poorly equipped, and although they are all equipped with guns, spears, knives and axes, none of them are in armor, but the 1,000 people in the back are basically 50% armored.

The central part of the country has the largest number of thieves, about 4,000 people. As in the north, most of the poorly equipped soldiers lined up in front, and the distance between them was so small that it could almost be called shoulder to shoulder, densely arranged in more than ten columns, like a road wall. The rest of the equipment is lined up at the back presser foot.

The southern bandits had the smallest number, only 2,000 men, divided into two parts, the front and the back. What is striking is that the lightly armed thieves in the front part are all equipped with bows and crossbows, and there are also several columns of horse-resisting antlers in front of the formation. And the thieves behind them are much more commonplace. Thousands of troops, mostly armed with mallets and shovels.

It was the first time for Wang Laixing to see the Liukou rules and regulations to list the array and call the battle, and before the battle started, he faintly felt a little tricky.

"Looking at the posture of the thief army, they want to provoke us to go out of the city to fight." Fan Juan said while observing the formation of thieves.

Wang Laixing nodded and said, "In Fan Gong's opinion, should our army go out of the city?" ”

Fan Ju'an didn't squint and said, "Of course." The thief army looks powerful, but in fact, it is strong on the outside, and as long as it breaks through a little, it will collapse by itself. ”

Wang Laixing is deeply convinced of this. Past examples have told him more than once that most of the thieves can only rely on absolute superiority in troops to fight a smooth battle, and there are really very few who can really fight against the enemy. Once the war is frustrated, it is very easy for the thieves to turn into a large-scale rout. This also reflects the fact that the quality of thieves is generally very low.

"What Fan Gong saw, where is the breakthrough of our army?" Fan Juan is older, and Wang Laixing shows his respect for him, even if he has an idea, he must consult him first.

Fan Ju'an squinted his eyes and glanced at the formation of the thieves outside the field, and said: "Obviously, the middle road is the main direction of the thief army, the thief army on the north road is used to respond, and the south is to press the formation. ”

Wang Laixing echoed: "Fan Gong really has a vision. According to this, should we avoid the enemy's edge, attack its weak underbelly, and attack his southern route troops? ”

Fan Ju'an pouted and said: "That's true, but if you look at the dense obstacles in front of the South Road thief army, they are clearly done to stop our army from attacking. If our army is bent on breaking through, it will be suppressed by a strong bow on the front, and it will be difficult to ensure that the side will not be counterattacked by the thief armies of the north and the middle. ”

Having said this, Wang Laixing felt that it was time to speak his mind, so he said: "What Fan Gong said is very true. In this case, it is better for us to give the thief army a reversal of the 'phoenix, it will be successful.' ”

Fan Juan smiled dumbly and said, "What's the upside down?" "I just think that these warriors sometimes talk funny.

Then Wang Laixing gave up all his thoughts, Fan Juan listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "If this method is successful, today is the death date of the 'neat king'." ”

Wang Laixing said solemnly: "Since ancient times, evil has not suppressed the good, and our army will be able to succeed if we are united." ”

Fan Ju'an is not an indecisive person, and since he has recognized Wang Laixing in his heart, he immediately began to dispatch troops and horses with him. After a long time of noisy bandits outside the city, they finally saw the officials and soldiers leaving the city, and they quieted down one after another. The commander of the middle road thief is Zhang Fatzi, he heard the news from the front army, shook his spirits, and strictly ordered his army not to move.

The first to go out of the city was still the 500 Zhao battalion training battalion soldiers, they ran in a straight line for a while after leaving the city, just when the thieves and Kou Zhonglu army were waiting for the battle, they suddenly turned the spearhead and killed the north road.

The nine dragons commanding on the north road were sharp in their eyes, and they could see at a glance that the person who came was the officer and army who almost lost their lives yesterday, and they didn't dare to slack off at all, and with a wave of the small flag, the two thousand soldiers in the front immediately rushed forward. As soon as Bu fought, the thieves' positions were once again loosened by the impact of the opponent. However, under the strict supervision of the Nine Dragons Suppression Formation, more than 2,000 thieves still relied on their numerical superiority to stabilize the situation with their bodies one after another.