In the second year of Xianheng in Daxia, Chai Mingyuan, the blessed king of Nanyang Prefecture, personally published a mobilization declaration "Raising Troops", which attracted the hearts of the whole people.

Everywhere in Nanyang Prefecture, groups of teenagers fought on the streets with swords, crying blood and marching.

They danced swords and sang, and people from all walks of life and the eight counties of Nanyang Province formed associations one after another to express their support for sending troops. A large number of people poured into the streets, cheering for the Nanyang army to send troops, and every time the sergeants passed, it was a shout of "Wansheng".

The streets were full of people, boiling and excited, full of boiling crowds, dazzling swords and cold lights, fluttering small flags. A few years ago there was already a naïve nationalism in this land, and now this passion is fully emanated.

All the students of Nanyang Province took to the streets to give impassioned propaganda speeches for the upcoming war, and many others spontaneously raised money for the soldiers. Everyone has realized that they should not cut off the outstretched hand of the natives who only know pleasure and do not do production, otherwise the future will affect their peaceful and stable life.

Unconsciously, they also spontaneously flowed, and in the end all the people were swept into it, forming a kind of national fanaticism, they donated money and materials, and they were willing to do their part for the army.

Palembang, Nanyang Prefecture Yin Gansheng in the Chinese army tent to gather the generals to discuss, gathered in the tent is the supervisor Li Gong, Nanyang Hospital President Yang Fangliang, Nanyang Armament Envoy General Guan Zheng, Deputy General Navy Admiral Deng Yu, Deputy General Bingbei Dao Duan Shuchang, the minister Wang Jiao, the Fu Cao dispatcher Zhang Laoshi, and some generals and staff documents accompanying the army.

Among them, Zhang Laoshi was originally just an ordinary homeless person in Qingyang, Sizhou, Huai'an Prefecture, because he was good at business, he was favored by Gan Sheng, and was promoted to Nanyang Mansion Cao, responsible for the foreign trade of the entire Nanyang Prefecture.

Gan Sheng looked at everyone one by one, and the general Guan Zheng was talking eloquently: "Over the years, all the thieves have invaded, and every time they break down, they will destroy their walled cities, rob them of what they can carry, and destroy and burn them if they can't carry them. ”

Li Gong nodded, and said in a sharp voice: "After several years of our efforts, Nanyang Mansion has gradually prospered, here is what our Daxia people have exchanged for with their sweat, and we can't let the good situation be ruined in one fell swoop. ”

The General Staff Department has sorted out the information from various parts of Nanyang, and the Chief of Staff Department Ambassador Wen has reported to all present here.

Gan Sheng smiled slightly: "These people are insatiable, lazy temperament, repeatedly pounced, at first a few small-scale frictions were beaten to flee for their lives, or it won't be long before they will regroup and make a comeback, since I waited for immigrants here, they don't know how many times they have failed, but they have never been discouraged, like the meat of the hob that can't be beaten, often the scar is good and forgets the pain." ”

"Their strategic vision is obviously lacking, exposing the shortcomings of their short-sightedness, even most of the rogues in the Central Plains cannot be compared, this time it is better to beat the other party at once, so that their descendants will tremble when they think of this battle formation, and bring an environment of peaceful development for decades to Nanyang Province."

According to the general plan of Gansheng's operation, everyone discussed and supplemented the plan one after another, and finally Gansheng issued a combat order, and the Nanyang 3,000 naval army hid on Banga Island, let the Tukou enter, and all the people in the four counties in the northwest were evacuated to the southeast, except for their clothes, all household assets, and food, which were not allowed to be taken away, and were all abandoned, and the government paid compensation after the war------

"It seems that the thieves have the intention of setting up ambushes in Xiaotun and other places."

Scout Wang Liang thought in his heart, cast the clairvoyant mirror to the plain below the mountain, and looked around the banks of the river, there were no people, only ruined houses and broken walls were left everywhere, and the four fields were depressed. If you are caught, it is good to catch it in the east of Jambi, and the closer you get to Jambi, the more rogue there are, and you will be caught, and you will also have trouble entangled with the crowd.

Moreover, it is good to catch some outposts of bandits, which know more than some chieftains.

Wang Liang looked at it for a long time, unlike his stout appearance, he was extremely calm when he sentry, and the four of them had been lurking on this mountain for three days. For three days, he kept an eye on the movements of the mountains on both sides of the river, and did not leave the surrounding area.

Suddenly, there was movement at the bottom of the mountain, about a dozen bandits were led by a white man from the west to run out of the hills, the white man who took the lead rode a horse, walking in front, those thieves followed the horse, they were running sweating profusely, the long hair in their hands dragged on the ground, one by one, staggering, towards Lake Toba, looking at their appearance, it must be a little exploration among the thieves.

A scout whispered: "Brother Liang, do you want to keep up and catch a few live mouths?" ”

Wang Liang looked at the embarrassed appearance of the thieves, and said with a strange laugh in his mouth: "These thieves' sentry is doing well, just catch a few live mouths to ask for information, when you do it, don't hurt the horse, I will give it to General Duan." ”

It is rare to see horses here in Nanyang, there are no horses in the local area, and most of this handsome war horse is an Arab horse transported from the Middle East by Westerners, and it is very noble in this place in Nanyang.

Several scouts beside him all showed excited expressions, although there were more than a dozen people on the other side, and there were only five people on his side, but none of them showed nervous and fearful expressions. They are the elite arms of the Nanyang Army, especially those who often carry out some special dangerous missions, and each of them has reached the pinnacle in terms of skill and psychological quality.

Wang Liang looked around at several of his subordinates, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "Brothers, keep up with those thieves and let them see the power of our Great Xia heroes!" ”

Several scouts snorted, and Wang Liang waved his hand: "Go." ”

Several of them ran swiftly on the mountain paths, carrying all kinds of weapons on their backs, long and short. Among the five, there were several different weapons, an archer, a crossbowman, a musketeer, and two axemen.

The strong bow and strong crossbow are convenient for silently attacking the enemy and killing the enemy without a shadow. And now the Nanyang musketeers are all flint style, easy to fire, large caliber, step down fighting, those few steps, within a dozen steps, the power is strong, faster than the bow and arrow crossbow.

The Nanyang Army had already determined the timing of the flint musket and did not use it when fighting in formation, so as not to affect the battle situation with a high rate of mute fire. However, it is good to use flint muskets when skirmishers, but the rate of mute fire is high, and the sergeants also have plenty of time to pull the trigger again.

Wang Liang and others rode horses and galloped among the hills, stopping from time to time to look at the movement under the mountain with a clairvoyant mirror, and the hot wind was blowing on their faces, which did not affect their galloping at all. They hung far behind the bandit sentries, but no one was there.

A few people ran out of about four or five miles, Wang Liang suddenly raised his hand, they stopped at the same time, Wang Liang took out a clairvoyant mirror to look, he saw very clearly, the ten thieves stopped by the river, rested a little, and let the horses drink some water.

No one quietly approached the enemy, and when he was still fifty steps away from the enemy, he stopped, and in the clairvoyant mirror, Wang Liang also saw clearly the dress of those rogues, among them, the Westerner wore a round helmet, was tall, and on his chest was a whole piece of plate armor made of fine iron, and a few short thieves, a few wrapped in colorful green turbans, wearing crotch outside, or wearing dirty robes, these clothes were obviously robbed, and they were worn on these turtles, which did not fit.

And those bandits with bandanas attracted Wang Liang's attention, to say that these clothes were obviously robbed, but there were no such clothes among the people in Nanyang Mansion, which was really weird.

After Wang Liang observed carefully, it took a while to react, these are obviously the interiors used by women's families to wrap their breasts, Wang Liang couldn't bear it for a while, and laughed out loud.

When those turtles heard the noise, they jumped up in surprise one by one, eating and screaming, only the Westerner called out in a strange Hokkien dialect, "You old wood!" ”