Lu Yuan glanced at the officers and soldiers behind Deputy Chief Huang Jiayin, and there seemed to be more than two hundred people.

But he could also see that this officer and soldier, like his own officers and soldiers, looked much more energetic than the other guards, at least they were wearing cotton armor, and it was obvious that they were the family members of this deputy general soldier.

"A general flag officer, he dares to bring hundreds of officers and soldiers, and they all wear cotton armor, and those who don't know think you are also handsome!"

At this time, among these families, a thousand-household official named Han Hai should be the leader of these families, and after hearing the deputy chief soldier Huang Jiayin boasting that Lu Yuan would lead the troops, he came over and said with a sour taste.

Lu Yuan knew that in the Ming generation, the chief soldier or deputy chief officer was mostly called the marshal, and naturally he also knew that Han Hai's implication was that he was a chief flag officer a bit of a bad rule.

In fact.

Although Lu Yuan is now the chief flag officer, his official rank is equivalent to the acting battalion commander of a battalion in later generations, and there is nothing wrong with bringing hundreds of officers and soldiers in the system.

However, due to the serious empty salary in the Ming Dynasty, even those who can really fight can't bring much, even at the level of chief military officer.

Therefore, this Han Hai ridiculed Lu Yuan for putting on a stand as a chief military officer, and he was a little ignorant.

Lu Yuan didn't expect this Han Hai's qi to be so narrow, and Deputy General Huang just praised himself in passing, so he sneered.

But Lu Yuan didn't have the heart to deal with this Han Hai, so he was silent.

Lu Yuan's mighty army did also wear cotton armor, and after the appearance of firearms, heavy armor was useless, and cotton armor that could resist firearms came into being.

Lu Yuan has his own textile industry and steel industry, so he naturally equips the mighty army with cotton armor.

Of course.

Han Hai and the other deputy commanders did not know that the real equipment of the mighty army was not cotton armor, but flintlock pistols with smoother inner walls of the breech.

At this time.

Luan Qianhu and other guards also came gradually.

As soon as Luan Qianhu arrived here to Huang Jiayin, he said: "Dashuai, the lower official occasionally feels cold and is asking for medical treatment, so I have to send our pioneer Lu Yuan's department to listen to the commander's account first. ”

Huang Jiayin snorted, and he didn't blame Luan Qianhu and other guards officers, after all, he also knew that these guards were not very reliable in fighting.

Huang Jiayin's main reliance is actually on his own family.

Next.

Seeing that all the officers had arrived, Huang Jiayin summoned all the officers into the tent to discuss matters.

Because Lu Yuan was a test hundred, he was barely qualified to follow in the discussion, but he only stood at the bottom.

Not many people noticed Lu Yuan.

"Recently, Yishan bandits have been rampant, and they dared to besiege Guan County before, and they even robbed merchants a few days ago! We are waiting for the emperor's food, and our duty is to protect the peace of the party, how can we allow such bandits to be a disaster in this Linqing territory, this handsome has asked for the approval of the governor, and will choose a day to enter the Yishan bandits! Who can be a pioneer now? ”

After Huang Jiayin finished speaking, he looked at everyone.

Lu Yuan wanted to stand up, but at this time, Luan Qianhu stood up first: "Commander, the lower official recommended Lu Yuan, the chief flag officer of the hundred households under the command of the lower official, is the pioneer, he has always been brave and good at fighting!" ”

Brave and good at fighting?

Luan Qianhu has seen himself fight?

Lu Yuan wanted to laugh.

And this time.

Qianhu Han Hai snorted, he knew that now the marshal led the troops out to suppress the bandits, because the marshal's important goods were robbed, he naturally didn't dare to be ambiguous, so he stood up: "Dashuai, the bandits have always been cunning, how can you let the guards be the vanguard, please be the vanguard!" ”

Deputy General Huang also believes in the combat effectiveness of his family, and also feels that his batch of goods is very important, so it is better to let Han Hai and other family members be pioneers and watch for themselves first.

Moreover, Deputy Chief Huang also knew that Lu Yuan was the son-in-law of the Tang family, and it was not good for Lu Yuan to take risks.

Therefore, Deputy General Huang finally ordered: "That's good, Han Hai's department will be the vanguard, and Luan Qianhu Lu's far department will be the tail!" Rest for the night and leave tomorrow morning! ”

Lu Yuan was a little disappointed, he really wanted to be a pioneer and let his mighty army fight with the bandits in this mountain once.

But after all, Lu Yuan was soft-spoken, and it was not easy to disobey the decision of Deputy Chief Soldier Huang Jiayin, so he didn't say much.

Han Hai glanced at Lu Yuan with disdain, turned around and whispered to Lu Yuan: "Boy, you should thank me, if it weren't for Lao Tzu to be a pioneer for the deputy chief soldier this time, I wouldn't mind letting you be a pioneer, and then you would just be scared to the core!" Now that Lao Tzu has become a pioneer, it can be regarded as giving you the opportunity to avoid making a fool of yourself, and you can also follow a military feat! ”

"In this way, Xia Guan thanked Han Qianhu."

Lu Yuan replied with a smile.

Han Hai snorted and didn't speak again.

Luan Qianhu came over and patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder: "Brother Lu, don't be discouraged, brother, I believe in you, you will definitely make great contributions sooner or later!" ”

Lu Yuan also expressed his gratitude, but he didn't greet this Luan Qianhu too much.

By the next morning.

The whole army began to make breakfast and set out for battle.

At this moment, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers under the command of Huang Jiayin, the deputy commander-in-chief, among them, Han Hai of Qianhu walked in the front with hundreds of families, and then there was a soldier and horse of Qianhu surnamed Zhang.

Immediately afterwards, it was Deputy General Huang himself who rode a horse and walked in the middle with a hundred families.

Lu Yuan was in Luan Qianhu's troops, walking at the rear.

Lu Yuan looked up from behind, and saw that the entire large army was winding on the mountainside like a long snake formation, and the troops in front had already reached the mountainside, and his side had just reached the foot of the mountain.

When it was time to rest at noon, Xiao Wu, who had been in charge of liaising with Shen Guangzu's reconnaissance team, ran to Lu Yuan: "Son, Brother Shen, they are back!" ”

Lu Yuan nodded: "Let them come to see me immediately!" ”

Soon, Shen Guangzu came to Lu Yuan, unkempt like a savage, it seemed that he had suffered a lot in this mountain, and said to Lu Yuan while gnawing on steamed buns: "Childe, we first let people pretend to be homeless people and were arrested into the bandits' den, and then I also explored around here for a few days, and finally determined that there are about 2,000 people in this word!" Among them, there are more than 400 bandits, and more importantly, they have bows and arrows, and I don't know where they got them, all of them are clear bows. ”

"Clear the bow?"

As far as Lu Yuan knew, Jiannu's Qing Bow was a compound bow that could shoot heavy arrows and compete with early gunpowder weapons, although it could not compete with his new firearms flintlock pistol, but it was still very deterrent to the officers and soldiers of the guard who only held simple bird guns and broadswords and spears.

As for why these mountain bandits have clear bows, I am afraid that they also bought them from outside the customs through smugglers.

"In addition, according to our people, three hundred of them went out before dawn, and I didn't see them for a long time, but the small guess is near the valley in the front row, where it is best to ambush, but the small one didn't dare to get too close to there to reconnoitre, so he only looked at it from a distance, and saw that there were more footprints in that area because it had just rained!"

After Shen Guangzu said, Lu Yuan's expression became solemn, thinking that he had a clear bow, and he also occupied a favorable location to set up an ambush, if the court officers and soldiers on his side advanced rashly, he was afraid that he would suffer heavy losses.

Lu Yuan decided to ask to meet Huang Jiayin, the deputy commander-in-chief, and inform Huang Jiayin of this information, because he had found out that Huang Jiayin had not sent a sentry in advance, and he obviously despised this mountain bandit a little.

And underestimating the enemy is often a taboo in combat.