Chapter 708: Loyal to the Country, the Mountain

Flying on the grass in the north of the desert, he is a horse thief on the grassland of northern Xinjiang.

When Zheng Kai was still in the northern Xinjiang, in order to suppress these horse thieves, he paid a huge price, and no less than 100 guards died every year to suppress the bandits, and most of the guards under Zheng Kai were cavalry.

The grass flew to and fro like the wind, and when the idle infantry army couldn't catch up with them at all, let alone exterminate them.

Lin Gang and Xie Ningyun led most of the guards this time are infantry troops, and a small number of cavalry troops are also used as scouts to explore horses.

With these horse bandits outside, coupled with the horse bandits in the city and the masses, it is normal that they will not be able to capture the annex in a short period of time.

"Pass my military order, order the land war to move closer to Bingzhou, subordinate to Lin Gang's command, Xie Ningyun to move closer to Xuanfu, don't care about those horse bandits, be sure to conquer Bingzhou City in a short time."

Li Qing asked worriedly:

"The land war is not far from the state, and the aid to Gao Dabao is not enough, if you get closer to the state, I am afraid that you will not be able to take care of Gao Dabao, if Gao Dabao is surrounded by the four major bandits, half of the Praetorian Guard battalion is afraid that it will be ......."

Su Lu smiled and said:

"Among the generals, if it is said that the decision is made on the spot, and the attack is thousands of miles, if Gao Dabao recognizes the second place, I don't think anyone can be the first."

"Don't worry, although the four bandits in Dongting are powerful, they have been wiped out by the Flying Carp Gang, and it is only a matter of time before the remaining three bandit villages are broken by Gao Dabao."

"Lu Zhan is here, I want to give him some confidence."

Su Lu picked up the pen casually, wrote a few words, and handed it to Changning to fold.

"Seal it in the bag, and send it to Lu Zhan urgently for eight hundred miles, just say that he will do what he says in his heart."

Changning took the order.

Li Qing asked Su Lu suspiciously:

"A few words of encouragement, it's not so powerful, is it?"

Li Qing is really puzzled, he knows that the generals under Su Lu can fight, the four generals of Zhongxing, the two gods of civil and military, are all brought out by him, and now there is a sixteen captain of the martial arts headed by Lin Gang, all of whom can fight.

I have always been very curious about how Su Lu led the troops, although he was a pillow person, he never found anything special about him, and even the letter of encouragement to the generals under his command was written so perfunctory.

Why are the generals under his command so powerful?

Su Lu laughed:

"Just wait and see."

……

In a farm on the edge of Dongting Lake, outside the courtyard of a mud-walled farmhouse at the end of the village, a man with a rough cloth strode into the courtyard.

"Captain, happy event, the Flying Carp Gang has been broken."

The man who spoke entered the adobe house and said excitedly.

The walls of the house were quite low, and the roof made of reeds and mud was not high, and the man was able to stand up straight.

The men in the room all stood up when they heard this, and looked at the messenger happily one by one, and said in a gossipy voice:

"Great, the bastard of the Flying Carp Gang has finally been killed."

"Hey, I don't know which way the guard brother has avenged us, but it's the guard from Diaoyin County on the North Road."

"Diaoyin County can't come over, the king of the northern land is now dragged by the ice and snow aliens in the bitter cold land of Mobei, and he can't send an army south."

In the innermost corner, in the darkness, a figure sitting on the bed sat up, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Tan Si, do you know which way the guards are?"

The man who delivered the letter said excitedly:

"So that Du Wei is happy, this time it was not other troops who defeated the Flying Carp Gang, it was the Praetorian Guard Battalion under the command of the prince, the second brother of Du Wei personally led the brothers of the Praetorian Guard Battalion, defeated Tang Chop, killed Huang Shirong, and avenged Du Wei with a knife."

"The Great Treasure is Coming"

The figure staggered, walked out, and stood in the light, which made people see their faces clearly, it was Gao Dabao's compatriot brother, Gao Dashan, the new commander of Dongting Lake.

Gao Dashan's cheeks were sunken, and the whole person had lost a lot of weight, and as he walked, his steps were slightly staggering, and the sleeve on the left side was empty.

In the last battle, the Dongting Sailor was attacked by the bandits of the Four Great Lakes, the Sailor Battalion was burned, the warship was completely damaged, and the Sailor brothers were even more killed and wounded, and only the 100 people scattered in this village were alive.

Gao Dabao cautiously glanced at the courtyard, and saw that there was no stalking, so he asked in a low voice:

"But with Dingxiangwei, there is news of Dingxiangwei, since Yang Yiduwei was transferred to the capital, the Dingxiangwei of this Xuanfu is not as good as day by day, and even the basic information is not good."

Tan Si said with a smile:

"It's on the joint, Ding Xiangwei is coming back this time, and the leader is Yang Yiduwei, I have seen Duwei, this time Dingxiangwei is much more reliable."

"Captain Yang Yi said, now the Navy Division camp is still unstable, once the senior commander defeats the remaining three lake bandits, we can return to the Navy Division camp."

Gao Dashan smiled, and a smile appeared on his emaciated cheeks, but the smile disappeared immediately.

"The Sailor Battalion, the Sailor Battalion, can I still go back to the Sailor Battalion."

Tan Si looked puzzled, what is wrong with my lord, although he has a broken arm, but with a brave younger brother like Commander Gao, with his previous merits, it is not more than enough to be a captain of the sailor.

Gao Dashan then commanded:

"Pass the order, let the brothers who are about the same in body move, and in a few days, we should return to the camp, serve the imperial court, and find those Zihu bandits to take revenge."

Gao Dashan said through gritted teeth.

In the room, a group of sailors stood up straight and promised loudly.

Ten days later, Gao Dashan no longer waited, and directly led the naval army that was about the same as the body to raise, and returned to the naval camp.

However, the sailor camp has been burned to white ground, and after connecting with Dingxiangwei, Yang Yi proposed to hand over the Flying Carp Gang Water Village on Huxin Island to the sailor as the new Dongting Sailor battalion.

Gao Dashan agreed, moved to the island in the middle of the lake, and quickly reorganized the garrison of the naval battalion.

After half a month, Gao Dabao finally returned from the bandit and saw his brother Gao Dashan.

The two brothers drank and talked happily, talked about the suppression of bandits, and talked about the military situation in various places.

When the wine was half-drunk, Gao Dabao glanced at the eldest brother's arm and asked in a deep voice:

"Big brother, what are your plans for the future?"

With a broken arm, he naturally could no longer command the army, and Gao Dashan either retreated to Weifu, or accepted the arrangement of the military department and returned to his hometown.

Gao Dashan's mood was a little depressed when he heard this, although he opened his mouth, his younger brother would definitely help him raise it, but now that the imperial court has not pacified the bandits in various places, he will not hold back the imperial court.

"I'm going to go home from the army and rebuild the old house in our village."

Gao Dabao said hoarsely.

"Our brothers have been away from home for several years, my father and mother have gone, and the old house in the family has been abandoned, you have been with the prince for many years, and you can't leave, you can't say, I, the eldest son of the Changmen, go home to support the façade."

Gao Dabao lowered his head when he heard this, pinched the wine glass, and said hoarsely:

"I'll go find the prince, you go to the martial arts hall, big brother?"

Gao Dabao shook his head:

"No, the dynasty was founded, and the banditry in various places has not yet been pacified, and my tall mountain can't serve the imperial court, so I will go home and not occupy the imperial court's fortune in vain."

Gao Dabao said dissatisfiedly:

"Your arms are broken, how can you hold up the façade when you go home, besides, your arms are broken for the sake of the court, how can the court chill your heart, hundreds of thousands of soldiers can look at it."

Gao Dashan put the wine glass on the table, and said righteously:

"Dabao, don't say this, I'm a tall and dignified seven-foot man, and I can't starve myself to death."

"If it weren't for the prince's hard work, how could the Han Kingdom be as calm as it is today, and how could we poor people have enough to eat and wear new clothes every year."

"I am grateful to the prince, to Your Majesty, to the Han court, I will never become a burden to the court, I want to go back to my hometown, for the court, for the Han country, dedicated my last strength."