——Vain mountain cottage

"This is a cottage created by grass, it can be seen that the original is just a temple expansion, the original Daxiong Treasure Hall has become a bandit den, there are two strong men practicing martial arts in the treasure hall at this time, one is the backing bear, and one person looks more than 20 years old, black as carbon, looking like a tiger's back and bear's waist, with a beard on his face, his eyes are round like bells, and he wears this black clothes.

"Big brother, you can't do this, this enemy is coming, you can easily be kicked in the stomach by him when you block like this, you have to block like this, and then the foot is backwards like this, once he is ready to kick you, you can turn on one side and let him give him a hard blow!" The big black man said as he corrected the movements of the backer bear.

The backer bear tried it, and found that it was indeed good, and said to the black man, "Brother Bainiu, you are really good, and the next time the officers and soldiers come, the eldest brother will have to rely on you." ”

Bai Niu waved his hand and said, "Big brother, where are these words, if you hadn't saved my life that day, I'm afraid I would have died of illness in the wilderness, and big brother, you are mainly because you used to fight on the streets, my father said, this is very different from fighting in the streets..."

"Report!!" As he was talking, the minions rushed in and said to the two, "Report to the master of the big village and the master of the second village, and find a caravan!" ”

The backer bear sighed, and asked with bright eyes, "Caravan?" Where did this fat sheep come from? How many people? Can there be a samurai guard? ”

The minion said, "There are seventy or eighty ox carts, coming from the direction of Neihuang, there are thirty people on horseback, forty or fifty people on foot, and there are several big flags on the ox carts, on which are written Hebei Jade Kirin and IKEA Oil Mill. ”

"IKEA oil mill?" The backer bear touched his butt and couldn't help but think of the past.

"The oil mill team? That's the soybean grain that was transported? But seventy or eighty cars are enough for our cottage to eat for a while, big brother, let's rob it! Bai Niu said with his hands in his hands, his eyes shining.

The backer bear said with some hesitation, "Brother Bainiu doesn't know, this IKEA oil mill is not simple, let's not talk about anything else, have you heard of the reputation of Lu Junyi, the jade unicorn in Hebei?" He is one of the shareholders of this oil mill, and they have a horse army, and we only have seven or eight horses in the cottage, so if there is a fight.... First, I was worried that the gains would outweigh the losses, and second, I was worried that I would get into trouble in the future. ”

Bai Niu didn't know how much ability Lu Junyi had, and said, "There are a lot of people who have a lot of fame in this rivers and lakes, but there are not many people who have the ability, and the last time the officers and soldiers surrounded and suppressed, although they were repulsed, they will definitely make a comeback in the future. If we do this one, not to mention anything else, those thirty horses alone will be enough for us to deal with the officers and soldiers next time. ”

The backer bear recalled the scene of his cottage being destroyed in the forest of Inner Yellow Mountain that night, and that night he really thought that he was going to explain like this, and was a little hesitant, and then the minion said, "The convoy doesn't look like the grain and grass being transported, their car prints are quite deep, and it looks more like they are transporting money." ”

"Money?" At this time, the bear's breath was short, and Bai Niu also said, "Yes, brother, think about it carefully, this is less than a hundred carts of grain and grass, how can you need so many warriors and horse army guards, I'm afraid it's really loaded with money!" ”

The backer bear did not hesitate any longer, waved his hand and said, "Let the brothers prepare the guys, and go down to the mountain to make a profit!" ”

After giving the order, the backer bear said to Bai Niu, "This time, my brother is going to take the lead." ”

Bai Niu smiled: "What is this? With the gong in my hand, the crotch dismounts, one by one, and there will be no mistake. ”

I only saw two or three hundred people gushing out of the black pressure in the vain cottage, many of them were wearing Song army armor, led by seven or eight horse troops, and more people were holding axes, short knives and even hoes, forks and other peasant blades, so they rushed down the mountain.

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Jiang De's convoy was moving forward slowly, on the way Zhou Tong taught on the spot, constantly talking about the method of marching and arranging, and it was also very energetic to listen to a few hours, and Xu Guanzhong next to him also felt that he had benefited a lot, after all, Zhou Tong was a person who had really experienced the Northwest War.

As he was talking, a fast horse galloped over, came to Jiang De and the others, hugged his fists and said, "Report to Xiaolangjun, two or three hundred people and horses are running in the southeast direction, and it will be there in about half an hour." ”

Jiang De stood on the horse, looked southeast, and couldn't see anything, so he asked, "Who is it?" Is it clear? ”

"It seems to be a bandit from the Vain Mountain." The spy said.

Zhou Tong took the opportunity to warn a few disciples, "You see, this is the advantage of rejecting waiting, once there is a police, you can have enough time to prepare, marching and fighting are most afraid of surprise attacks, once the military formation is chaotic, then it is easy to be undefeated and defeated." ”

Jiang De shouted loudly, "Stop!! ”

The samurai around the convoy shouted to each other, "Koro-kun has an order, stop!" ”

The convoy slowly stopped, and Chen Guang rode from the front team and asked, "What's wrong?" Is something wrong? ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "There are bandits running towards us, we have to prepare." Sir, please take command. ”

Zhou Tong stroked his beard and said, "Two or three hundred bandits, the number is not much, and this is not between the mountains and mountains, there is no need to worry, but what we bring is gold and silver, and there is no room for loss, it is better to let the convoy form a chariot formation first, and the livestock will be driven into the formation, and the samurai and bowers will hold long soldiers and short blades, and our cavalry will be outside." ”

Everyone praised the goodness, so they were distributed, Zhou Tong took the warriors and coachmen in the car formation, Chen Guang took the cavalry outside, Jiang De and other small people also followed Chen Guang to set up the formation next to the car formation, and after the arrangement was completed, Jiang De saw the shadow of the bandit appear at the end of the road.

"Little baby see, this is the advantage of having cavalry, obviously the bandits want to raid us, but we are waiting for the battle. If this is the northwest or the border, they are the Western Xia or Liao army, they are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, our spies don't say that they can't come back, they are back, and we don't have much time to prepare for battle. Where is it as easy as it is now. Chen Guang said to Jiang De and others, and Xu Guanzhong responded beside him, "But this is the case, our Song army and the Northern Army are fighting, and victory cannot be a complete victory, defeat is a total defeat, and it is all burdened by the horseless army." ”

Jiang De couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, the Song army lacked horses, this was a problem that plagued the entire Song Dynasty, even the majestic Yue family army could only rely on capture to form a horse army, how short of horses was there in the Northern Song Dynasty? During the Song Renzong period, the soldiers and horses of the forbidden army were counted, and the cavalry battalions with a total of about 220,000 were only more than 10,000 horses and 85,000 soldiers.

At this time, due to the accumulation of two generations of Shenzong and Zhezong, the number of cavalry of the Song army has increased, and the military horses have exceeded the 50,000 mark, but compared with the previous dynasty, it is simply pitiful, you know, during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the herdsmen of Longyou have made a twist and turn, which reads "Close to the right, the total number of horses, cattle and alpacas of the official reserve is 655,600, and the horses are 325,700"

I believe that as long as the Song Emperors of the past dynasties who have the heart to restore Yanyun, their eyes will be red when they see this record.