"It's not bad for these rangers." Li Gu commented with a smile: "These guys have the power of destruction. ”

But Xu Ziwei and Xu Ziwen didn't have the heart to listen to him laugh, and the two noble sons of Zhao Wangfu couldn't care about saying anything else.

In fact, Li Gu himself quickly did not speak, and his eyes were also attracted by the army on the river beach.

Compared with the chaotic shouts of the thieves, the army by the river seemed silent and dignified.

The Xuzi banner practiced by the Nan'an regiment is the most conspicuous banner, and it is also Xu Zixian's general flag. The flag, which is more than ten meters high, was raised high by a sturdy standard-bearer, and was blown out by the river wind.

More than 1,500 soldiers set up a huge horizontal formation by the river, with one battalion in the center and in the back, and two battalions on the left and right, in the front.

The Chinese army is the main formation, under the banner, is Qin Dongyang, who is wearing a cyan military attache robe, wearing a red iron helmet, holding a barrier knife and shield, and a battalion on the left is the Ge family brothers who are also dressed and holding two short spears.

In the other battalion, Liu Yi, who was armed with two barrier knives, was in front of the battle.

All the soldiers wore short red robes and hats, and a small number of soldiers had iron helmets, most of them were sword players, standing at the front of the line.

The soldiers in the front row are all covered with leather armor on the red robe, due to the high price and the scarcity of the number of people, only less than 200 soldiers wear leather armor, and most of them are half-body armor, which can only protect the upper body, and there is no protection from the waist down.

The bank of the river has become a sea of red, and the swords and guns in the hands of the soldiers are flashing with cold light, dotted with stars, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, which seems to make people feel like they are in a dream.

Under the sunset, the fires on the riverside were everywhere, and the sound of the river flowing suppressed by the howling and shouting of the thieves was like a strengthened river wind, and it was also like a ghost roaring, and the gongs sounded everywhere in the town.

But where can the people of Nan'an run?

There were also shouts and fires on the riverside of Houguan County, the capital city of Fuzhou, and the Shuikou and Gukou in the west were also chaotic, and it was a way to flee to the north, but in a hurry, dragging their wives and children to flee for their lives at night was an easy decision for many people.

The regimental training soldiers by the river became the needle of the sea for a while.

Seeing the soldiers lined up by the river, and did not mean to give up the town, many people calmed down.

Lin Dingyi, Zhang Mingliang and other big merchants are standing at the entrance of the town, their carriages have been set, and each has guards waiting by their side, as long as they give an order, they will run north with their masters.

After a detour of dozens of miles to Nan'an County, it will probably be safe.

"I'm afraid it's not in the way for a while." Zhang Mingliang said to Lin Ding: "It seems that Qin Duwei is still reluctant to build the port wharf by the river, which was built by thousands of people in two months. ”

"It doesn't have to be Qin Dongyang." Lin Dingyi's face was ugly, the trestle wharf and storage area by the river were built by each family, and the cost had exceeded 100,000 yuan.

This is also a huge amount of money for Fujian Road, even Yang Shiwei and Zhang Tiansheng of Dafu have come to observe, after all, thousands of people have gathered in this place, and public security and plague are all big problems.

Seeing that the dock work area is well organized, the hygiene is excellent, and all the workers are well fed and warmly dressed, Yang Shiwei has a very good impression of Xu Zixian and the major merchants, and even praises the Nan'an Chamber of Commerce.

This place, if it is destroyed by the attacking thieves, not to mention Xu Zixian, even Lin Dingyi and others will feel as uncomfortable as if they are about to vomit blood.

"However, most of them are ...... in vain," Zhang Mingliang said with a bitter face: "1,500 soldiers, who have not experienced the battle formation, have only been trained for less than four months, and the weapons are average, with less than 10 collars in iron armor and 200 collars in leather armor, I want to win the battle with more than 3,000 and nearly 4,000 bandits and swordsmen, unless it is a miracle." ”

"I hope there will be a miracle." Lin Dingyi muttered, "There are few miracles now?" ”

……

Pu Shouchen sat on the rocking fortune boat, surrounded by the flowing river, he had never sat on such a small boat, there were many people on the hull, so that Pu Shouchen was worried that the boat would capsize from time to time, and the strong shaking made him dizzy, and he felt even more uncomfortable.

Although the body is uncomfortable, the spirit is very excited.

The Pu family made a move this time, and Pu Shougao's determination was of course the biggest reason, followed by Pu Shouchen's unsparing efforts to persuade the elders in the family.

The Nan'an regiment was like a nail, which was deeply inserted into Pu Shouchen's heart, and he was stabbed with difficulty breathing and couldn't sleep at night.

If Xu Zixian and Nan'an Tuan Lian are not removed, this thorn will become thicker and thicker, until the Pu family who pierces it can't stand it.

The loss of money is a small matter, but the loss of face is a big thing.

In addition, Xu Zixian's cloth business also threatened the monopoly of the Pu family's cloth business.

The rather happy cooperation of the Changwen Marquis Mansion has already shown the overall situation that the local merchants of Fujian want to confront the Semu merchants.

This overall situation is of course not good for the Pu family, and before that, the limited weaving factory on Fujian Road was either opened directly by the Pu family or cooperated with the Pu family.

In the trade of cotton and raw silk, the Pu family monopolized most of the share.

Xu Zixian sprung up, first put thousands of single pedal machines to farmers, and now is developing large-scale animal or hydraulic machines, once successful, Xu Zixian in the weaving industry will occupy more and more share.

Judging from the stiff relationship between the two parties, Xu Zixian will only expand the cooperative relationship with the Changwen Marquis Mansion, and it will never be possible to cooperate with the Pu family.

Nan'an Hou Mansion also has plans to open a money bank, with Xu Zixian's financial resources and connections, mainly high prestige, the money bank and other financial institutions he opened will defeat the Pu family.

Even in a few nearby towns, Xu Zixian could get involved in the business of raw silk, porcelain, fine iron, etc., which was also the practice of the clan after obtaining real power.

The buying and selling of a few towns is nothing to the Pu family, but the Pu family is afraid of affecting Fujian Road, and their family business, half in Fujian, half in Jiangling, in Jingshi and a few other places The semicolon is only more symbolic.

After all, in terms of foreign trade and industry and commerce, Jiangling is the first in the world of Great Wei, followed by Fujian.

The Pu family is also worried that the embankment will be destroyed in the anthill.

"How dare they line up on the shore?" Pu Shouchen, like Xu Ziwei, was also stunned by what was in front of him.

This is something I never expected.

The information of the barracks and the other courtyards of the Pu family has long been available, and the barracks of the regimental training and the annex of the Hou Mansion have been renovated, and a thick and tall wall has been built.

But now Qin Dongyang is leading the team to line up by the river, which makes Pu Shouchen quite surprised, and even a little angry.

"It's so daring." Pu Shouchen grimaced, thumped the boat and said, "We must kill them all in a while." ”

"The fourth master can't be taken lightly...... Lin Fengshan, who was in charge of commanding this battle, was one of the leaders of the Pujia generals, more than forty years old, and was once the battalion commander of the Great Wei, and was dismissed from his post for suppressing bandits on Jinghu South Road, and was almost beheaded for his crimes. Although he had to get rid of his life, the family wealth was swept away, and the Pu family was rich and powerful, so he could only cling to it.

Lin Fengshan is a serious military attache in the forbidden army, and his vision and insights are not comparable to people like Pu Shouchen. He knew that although there were many people under his command, what he really relied on was the more than 500 generals hidden outside the Pu family, and most of them were extremely brave outlaws. Moreover, after Lin Fengshan's training, the way of the army battle formation has finally entered the threshold, and the rest of the more than 1,000 high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, bandits and horse thieves on the outside road, although they are strong, and their personal martial arts may not be bad, but it is impossible to expect these people to fight head-on, advance when they hear the drums, and retreat with gold.

As for the more than 1,000 and nearly 2,000 gangsters and rangers, they can only shout and cheer, shake their weapons to fill the field, and they are afraid that they are not qualified to fill in the knife heads.

This battle, if the soldiers on the opposite side are as calm and calm as they show, they may not be able to win easily.

"Brother Lin still thinks too highly of his opponents......" Pu Shouchen said disappreciatively: "I think they are just putting on a show......"

Lin Fengshan's face was solemn, and he said: "It's good to put on a show, it's really calm, at least the enemy is like a rock, this is true." ”

"And how is this battle fought?"

"Of course, if there are many people, it will be according to the way of play...... Lin Fengshan smiled slightly, and said: "Qin Dongyang, I know, a famous martial arts master, but a hundred enemies and ten thousand enemies are not the same thing, I am his senior, this time I have to bully him." ”

"Okay, it's up to Brother Lin." Pu Shouchen said excitedly: "If this battle is won, Brother Lin will no longer have to continue to run outside, and he can return to the Pu family to take up a high position, and he will definitely recommend it to the main family member." If you still want to be a military attaché, I will ask the eldest brother of the head of the family to make a huge amount of money to clear up the wrongs of Brother Lin back then. ”

Lin Fengshan is a well-known commander, the future is limitless, in the military department has been known to leave a name, if can restore the post of commander, stay in Fujian Road, it is not impossible to become the commander of the forbidden army in the future.

It's just that if you want to wash away the defeat, you must have the imperial history of the court first, and then the military department will review it, and it is not easy to get through all these checkpoints, that is, a big businessman like the Pu family, who is rich and powerful, and has deep connections in the court, dares to have such a promise.

Lin Fengshan was in high spirits, and he didn't want to say anything about losing his identity, but said: "It's man-made, I will do my best." ”

Pu Shouchen nodded again and again, he didn't wear his usual white robe today, he was dressed in Han clothes, of course, this was to hide his appearance. However, its white skin, the huge hooked nose under the deep eyes are quite conspicuous, coupled with the blue eyes and full beard, and of course, the smell on the body, it is too obvious.

More than 300 large and small ships rushed forward, and under the command of Lin Fengshan, a large number of ships began to divide into three groups, more than 100 on the left flank, more than 100 on the right flank, and more than 100 in the middle formation.

The three wings were connected to each other, and soon entered the reed area, and then into the shallow water and silt area of the river beach, and when many bandits waded through the muddy water into the dry embankment area, the rumbling drums also sounded in the training formation of the military regiment high on the shore.

Many bandits rushed forward with the large and small ships, screaming strangely, and they quickly rushed through the reeds, and in the reflection of the firelight, the bandits appeared like ghosts on the shallow waters.

Large crowds of people first crossed the shallows, appeared on the shrubs and meadows, and then gathered more and more, and soon a large number of boats were almost all parked in the shallow waters, and almost all but a few of the large boats were left behind.

"About three thousand six hundred to seven hundred." Ge Cunzhong said to Ge Cunyi beside him: "The number of people is exactly doubled. ”

Ge Cunyi's face was worried, and he whispered: "If the group training of 1,500 people is like our old brothers, we are not afraid of another 3,000 people. I'm afraid ......"

"No, no." Ge Cunzhong seems to be rough, but in fact, he is very fine, but he has a straightforward personality and does not rub sand in his eyes, but it does not mean that there is no fine side under his roughness.

He waved his hand, and also whispered: "The method of training the army is very good, I watched coldly, the soldiers were conditioned like arms and fingers, the top and bottom were united, and the morale was also very high. These soldiers protect their hometown, their wives and children, relatives and friends, and they are the main army. On the one hand, morale is not low, on the other hand, there is a lack of energy, let's see, as long as we can withstand it, we can win. ”

"It's better to win big."

"It's hard to ...... a big victory" Ge Cunzhong said: "It seems that there are also masters on the other side, and the middle is fake, most of them send miscellaneous fish to fill the knife head, and the two wings play really, one wing is heavy, and the other wing is light." The recruits are most afraid of being surrounded, and they panic as soon as they are surrounded, and they can withstand and repel the enemy, which is stronger than anything else. ”

"Well, I told the old brother that we must be stable for a while, no matter what happens to the other camps, our faith camp must be as stable as a rock."

"That's right, don't be greedy for merit for a while, if you keep it, you win."