Although Ling Xia guessed that there would be twists and turns in the bandit battle last night, and expected that the process would not be too smooth, but Ling Xu did not expect the price to be so great, after learning that the entire hundred-man team was almost wiped out, Ling Xia sat in the camp tent without saying a word.

Nangong Yue sighed, and said with a look of self-reproach: "Last night, our thousand-man team was in charge of the right wing of Qiaoyun Peak, and before the action, the legion commander made careful arrangements, but he ignored the physical state of his brothers.

Because we had no experience in suppressing bandits, and we were too tired to run and march all the way, so when we went, we showed our whereabouts and were found by the hidden piles of those bandits.

After the operation began, the 5,000-man squad responsible for the main attack and the 3,000-man squad responsible for outflanking on the left side did not meet resistance, while our 1,000-man squad and another 1,000-man squad responsible for receiving them encountered a frontal attack.

Those bandits are all riding war horses, and there are dozens of heavy cavalry, although we are outnumbered by many others, but we are all infantry, and the soldiers are not familiar with the environment, the opponent scattered us with a charge, and the brothers fought to the death to resist those horse bandits.

Fortunately, there was a cavalry formation in the friendly army of 10,000 people, and they dispatched two cavalry teams of 1,000 people to block those horse bandits, after a bloody battle, the horse bandits of Qiaoyun Peak were completely annihilated, but our losses were not small. ”

Sighing and sighing, Nangong Yue patted Ling Xia on the shoulder, he thought that Ling Xia was sick because of the water and soil adaptation, so after a few words, Nangong Yue left the camp, losing so many soldiers, he still had to report to the above.

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At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the War Guard General's Mansion announced two great victories, the first of which was that the Iron and Steel Division Regiment exterminated more than 5,000 mountain bandits entrenched in Bagong Mountain. The content of the second good news was that the Tiger Division completely annihilated more than 7,000 horse bandits in Qiaoyunfeng and captured more than 3,000 war horses.

At the end of the good news, it was summed up, saying that the battle was a complete victory, although some soldiers were injured in the battle, but this was only a few, the overall strength of the legion was undamaged, the next step, the legion first replenished the missing establishment, and after the strength was replenished, the legion will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and continue to deploy the combat mission of suppressing bandits.

"Falsely reported the number of casualties of soldiers and exaggerated the achievements of the war, it seems that our corps commander knows the way of being an officer." After reading the content of the good news, Ling Xia leaned on the stake with a leisurely face, with weeds in the corner of his mouth, looking like he had guessed in advance.

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The terrain of Baihu Mountain is dangerous, the mountains are stacked, the mountains and forests are full of wild beasts, and the mountains and mountains can only pass through a hand-dug mountain road, which is not only the largest and most precipitous mountain range in Baishi Province, but also the headquarters of the largest bandit force in the province, "Juyitang".

The hall master of Juyi Hall is named Yue Qifeng, in the early years he was a helmsman of the Wulin League, and was expelled by the Wulin League because of his bad deeds.

Because of their ruthlessness and decisiveness, Juyitang annexed many small and medium-sized bandits, and through these years of operation and expansion, they have become the number one bandit gang in Baishi Province, with more than 30,000 bandits, which is enough for a reorganized division.

Earlier, the war guards had also sent troops to encircle and suppress Juyitang, but because Baihu Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the bandits in Juyitang were well-equipped, and they really fought hard, and the war guards were unable to defeat those bandits, and they all returned from several attacks on the mountain.

In view of this, the War Guards had no choice but to change their strategy and specifically attack those bandit gangs of small and medium-sized forces, and turned a blind eye to the existence of Juyitang, which saw that the army no longer attacked the mountains, and in order to avoid causing trouble, they tried not to commit crimes in Baishi Province as much as possible.

At this moment, several guests were ushered in in front of the gate of Juyitang Mountain, all of these people were fierce and vicious, and their faces were full of flesh, and they knew at a glance that they were not good, in fact, these people were all bandit leaders in Baishi Province, and they came to Juyitang to worship the mountain gate today.

After handing over the name card according to the rules, everyone entered the hall of the Juyi Hall to wait, and after a while, a big man wearing a strong suit, wearing a scarf on his head, ordinary appearance, shrewd and capable, tall and strong, walked in, this person was Yue Qifeng, the head of the Juyi Hall.

Hugging his fists at everyone, Yue Qifeng said lightly: "Why are the bosses free to come to me today?" Hehe------- I heard that my brothers are coming, I have ordered the back kitchen, kill cattle and sheep at noon, and our brothers will drink a few cups happily. ”

"Hall Master, what's wrong with this? You're still in the mood for a drink. ”

"Hall Master Yue, the imperial court is serious this time, we have to guard against it."

"Yue is in charge, the imperial court has gathered a large army to enter the country, and it is obviously coming for us."

"Yes, yes, Brother Yue, the brothers think we should take precautions in advance."

"Last night, Boss Chen of Bagong Mountain and Du Dangjia of Qiaoyun Peak were all destroyed, maybe it will be the next turn?"

Seeing these people following each other's words, Yue Qifeng smiled lightly: "Hehe------ no one can take my turn, as long as those officers who lead the troops have a little brains, they don't dare to send troops to encircle and suppress my Baihu Mountain, unless they want to fight to the death." ”

"Your lord Yuetang has a wide territory and sufficient troops, so you don't have to worry about the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, but our brothers are afraid, our manpower is not as large as yours, the territory is not as big as yours, and the equipment is not as good as yours, if the imperial court sends troops, we will not be able to resist at all."

Speaking of this, this person paused, glanced at Yue Qifeng, glanced at the surrounding leaders, and saw that they signaled to continue, this person continued: "The territory of several of us happens to surround the White Tiger Mountain.

Every time the court encircled and suppressed bandits, it was our brothers who came forward to stand up to it, and on weekdays, they helped the master of Yuetang to block and arrest the officials quickly, but if we were expected to help Baihushan resist the regular army of the imperial court, I also hoped that the master of Yuetang would spend some money and supplement some remuneration to the brothers.

If the master of the Yue hall is reluctant to break the bank, then the brothers will not help the Baihu Mountain to block the wind and rain, the master of the Yue hall, to be honest, if there are no few of us to guard the door of the White Tiger Mountain, the life on this Juyi Hall may not be so stable. ”

"I thought you were here to drink with someone from my Yue, and I feel that you came to me to extort money through the court to suppress bandits." With a sneer, Yue Qifeng looked at the person who spoke suspiciously, and after looking at the other party, Yue Qifeng glared at the other leaders:

"It seems that a few of you have discussed, otherwise you won't come to me to worship together, do you think that without you, I won't be able to protect the mountain gate? Hahaha, big mistake, in fact, I have a way.

For example-------- I will send troops to attack the territory of a few of you later, and your broken copper and iron will not be able to stop my brothers at all, and after you are all wiped out and absorbed, I will send a few people to guard at the bottom of the mountain, so why use you? ”

"This --------- this -------- Brother Yue is angry, and the master of the sand village doesn't mean that." Seeing Yue Qifeng's smiling expression at this time, a head Tuo sitting in the first place stood up and rounded the field: "Now that the imperial court has sent troops to encircle and suppress us, the brothers are panicked, and I also ask Brother Yue to give me a reassurance." ”

"Since Brother Tietoutuo has spoken, then the hall master will give the big guy a reassuring pill. The brothers informed me that all the brothers who came to my White Tiger Mountain for refuge during the suppression of bandits will be protected by my Juyi Hall. All the people who are willing to join my fellow Daoists in the White Tiger Mountain Juyi Hall, I, Yue Qifeng, will personally greet them. As long as I, Yue Qifeng, am here, Baishi Province is still our world. ”

Hearing Yue Qifeng's majestic words, Tietoutuo and the owner of the sand village all showed a trace of solemnity, looking at Yue Qifeng standing on the tiger skin chair, a trace of worry rose in the hearts of several people: "It seems that Yue Qifeng is going to take advantage of the situation of the imperial court to suppress bandits, openly recruit troops and buy horses, and after he becomes completely bigger, I don't know if he will annex our territory......"

After the good news spread throughout the barracks, the governor's yamen and the governor's palace of the territory respectively asked for merit for the Aegis Corps, and after the military department received the report of the meritorious service, it was immediately approved, and the corps commander Nangong Bo was busy recruiting and supplementing the establishment, and after receiving the approval of the military department's good news and meritorious service, he immediately issued it to all divisions and regiments.

Ling Xia's 100-man team was particularly outstanding in the battle, so the division headquarters specially applied for military merit for Nangong Yue and the 1000-person team led by him, and now it was finally approved by the Ministry of War, awarding Nangong Yue a personal medal for bravery and a medal for collective bravery of the 1000-person team.

Because the Ling Xia ten-person team belonged to the hundred-man team led by Nangong Yue, they were also stained, and the division command thought that it was Nangong Yue's arrangement that they did not participate in the battle, so they asked for credit with the dozen or so soldiers who survived.

In this way, Ling Xia's ten-person team picked up a credit for nothing, Ling Xia is the only remaining ten-man commander, so he can only receive the medal, after receiving the medal, Yang Lucai said excitedly: "Medal of Valor, I never dreamed that I could get the Medal of Courage in this life." ”

It turns out that in the army, the medals are divided into levels, from the lowest to the highest, they are the fifth class Medal of Valor, the fourth class Meritorious Service Medal, the third class Merit Medal, the second-class Meritorious Service Medal, the First Class Battle Merit Medal, and the Supreme Warrior Medal of Honor. The Medal of Valor, although the lowest rank of the medal, is also a symbol of honor.

Nangong Yue successfully blocked the escape of the bandits because he led the team to block the charge of the enemy's heavy cavalry, and after fighting all his subordinates, he captured the opponent's cavalry leader alive and defeated the opponent's cavalry team.

Nangong Yue won the Medal of Valor by virtue of the bloody battle of birth and death, but the merit that Ling Xia and they got was not very glorious, they picked it up by pretending to be sick and escaping, but this did not affect Ling Xia's joy at all, and there was no trace of embarrassment in this product.

Just when Ling Xia received the medal and was about to celebrate, Nangong Yue came to the camp to look for him, and as soon as they met, he told Ling Xia: "Let your people prepare, tonight the division has a task to suppress bandits, gather after dinner, if you get sick again this time, I will let the military doctor carry you to the battlefield." ”