After the beginning of Xia, the imperial court's intention to take action against the western thieves became more and more clear.

Wang Bingyun of Gaoyang County received an order from the secretary of the government to gather his troops and horses and step up training, and a large amount of money, food, and armor came with the order.

This time, when the state pastor allocated the materials to the prefectures, he issued a strict order, and if anyone dared to stretch out his black hand and be detected by him, he would not be spared.

The secretaries of the three prefectures knew that there would be a big battle to fight, and for their own sake, they all reined in and did not stretch out their hands to these materials.

The meaning of the secretary of Nanping was to ask Wang Bingyun to transfer all the five battalions of soldiers and horses under the county into the capital city to obey the order, and when the order of the state came down, the soldiers and horses of each brigade would go out of the city to wait for the transfer. This is also the meaning of the state pastor, the state city will send a general to Dongning Mansion to command the officers and soldiers of the three provinces to attack the thieves.

However, what the secretary didn't know was that Wang Bingyun had not only five battalions of soldiers and horses, but a full ten battalions. It's just that the five battalions are not in the imperial court and are Wang Bingyun's private army.

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The sowing has ended, and the most important task for the officers and soldiers in Gaoyang counties at this time is to train hard. Everyone knew that war would not be long before it was coming. They have all heard the old saying that sweat more in peacetime and shed less blood in wartime.

In Ling County, there were already more than 1,000 soldiers under Han Yuan, and everyone had already assembled on the school field at this time.

Han Won's white-knuckle fight on the flat ground is quite powerful, but he can't do it as soon as he gets on the horse. After all, having grown up in the South, he had barely ridden a horse before.

It can be said that the officers and soldiers of Gaoyang County are not good at horse warfare.

In addition to white-edged fighting, Han Yuan's archery skills are also not bad, but compared to his deputy capital Ermao, he has to bow down.

In terms of fighting Ermao, he is not Han Won's one-in-one enemy, but his talent lies in long-range attacks, whether it is playing slingshots, throwing stones, or archery, he is extremely accurate. Not to mention 100 shots, it can be regarded as one in a thousand.

On the school field, Ermao began to brag about his archery skills to everyone again:

"I said don't believe me, within a hundred steps, even a fly will shoot you down."

"Come on, don't just talk nonsense." A sentinel pointed to a delphinium in the distance and said, "If you can shoot that bird, I will pay you to eat and drink in the evening." If you can't shoot, don't blow the atmosphere with us in the future. ”

Ermao looked up and estimated that the swallow was more than two hundred steps away from him. It's still a bit difficult for him.

"Good!"

He said yes, and when he finished speaking, he skillfully drew a long arrow from his quiver and took aim at it.

"Medium!"

Hearing only a 'whoosh', Feiyan fell to the ground.

Everyone was stunned.

"How's it going, right?" Ermao looked proud.

At this time, Han Won came over to him and said, "Who doesn't know that you shoot arrows accurately." Fighting a war is more than just archery, come, compare with me. ”

Then he threw him a lance.

"Don't, Brother Han, you know I can't ride a horse, let alone make this thing." Ermao said bitterly.

Han Yuan said: "I know, I won't either, I just don't want to learn." We martial artists are not only good at foot fighting, but also good at kung fu right away. ”

Ermao couldn't refuse, so he had to get on the horse and practice with Han won. Within two rounds he conceded defeat.

"Don't fight, don't fight, I'm tired to death. Anyway, I can't beat Brother Han. ”

Ermao turned over and dismounted, collapsed on the ground and remained motionless.

Everyone laughed, and the school field was filled with a cheerful air.

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Ma Erhan in the county town is also seizing the time to train his troops.

The current brigade commander of Gaoyang County is Wang Bingyun's son Wang Darong, and Wang Darong will be responsible for the transfer of troops to the county this time.

Wang Bingyun, as the head of a county, can't leave the county at will now, after all, nominally, he is still a courtier of Great Xia.

Wang Bingyun was not worried about his son, for fear that Wang Darong would not be able to command the soldiers and horses of the five counties, so he wanted Ma Erhan to go with his son, in order to help him on his left and right. Ma Erhan naturally didn't dare to refuse.

In this battle, Wang Bingyun decided to send Ma Erhan and Shen Zhong from this county to assist his son. As for who the other three battalions were going to send, he hadn't figured it out yet.

What kind of goods are the few people who came out of Daliang Town, Wang Bingyun has not yet understood Han Yuan.

Ma Erhan has great strength, making a good big knife in one hand, and no one under his command is dissatisfied. But no one is perfect, and his archery skills are a mess.

In comparison, the big tiger stationed in Wei County is not good at anything. Dahu has no other ability than to be fierce. It can be said to be a model of simplicity of mind and well-developed limbs.

The second tiger of Jiaxian is a little more clever than his brother, but his martial arts are also ordinary.

And Guangxian's Shunzi is a thoroughly mediocre person.

Except for Ma Erhan, the other three probably couldn't bring any good soldiers.

As for Shen Zhong, Huang Biao, Jin Shouhua, Yang Yongxing, and Dong Dahei, Han Yuan doesn't know much about them.

The officers and soldiers were still gearing up, but the western thieves were moving.

The western thieves adhered to Sun Fu's will and launched a fierce attack on the counties of Dongning Province in three ways. The counties could not resist and fell one after another.

Urgent documents flew like snowflakes. The imperial court couldn't wait, and sent someone to bring the emperor's will, asking the governor of Chuzhou to send troops immediately.

The governor sent the order to the three prefectures, and the three prefectures passed the order to the counties.

Wang Bingyun thought about it for a while, and finally decided to first transfer all the ten battalions of soldiers and horses into the county town, and then leave five battalions to defend the county town, and the other five battalions were sent to the capital city to participate in the army of thieves.

To Han Yuan's surprise, his battalion was actually left by Wang Bingyun to defend the city. The five capitals who went out with Wang Darong were: Ma Erhan, Shen Zhong, Dong Dahei, Dahu, and Shunzi.

Han Yuan was a little disappointed, no fighting, which meant no military merits, and all his hard training during this time was in vain.

However, since Wang Bingyun arranged it like this, he didn't dare to say anything more.

At this time, almost all the military and civilians in Chuzhou believed that the officers and men would be able to win a complete victory in this battle. Including the won thinks the same thing.

With more than 25,000 soldiers and horses sent by the three prefectures in Chuzhou, there were nearly 150,000 troops on the official side, and 400,000 on the outside.

In terms of numbers, equipment, and logistics, the officers and soldiers are much better than the western thieves in Jingyang County. If this can defeat the battle, then this Great Xia Kingdom may really be about to reach Shuji.

Because of this, the officers and soldiers of all prefectures and counties enthusiastically participated in the conquest of the army. Everyone wants to take the opportunity to get some credit in order to go to the next level. When it was changed to Chengping, it was not so easy for the martial artists to be motivated.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings. The western thieves on Jingyang's side also smelled danger.

When Sun Fu heard that the official army was coming, he hurriedly ordered soldiers and horses from all over the country to rush back to Jingyang City to defend. The officers and troops are menacing, and he can't do such a stupid thing as dispersing his troops.

At this time, the western thieves also began to prepare for war, but most of them scoffed at the combat power of the official army. Fighting all the way from Yizhou, they have not yet encountered any opponents worthy of high view.

It's just that the big war is coming, but for some reason Sun Fu is a little apprehensive in his heart. Recently, his left eyelid jumped for a while, and his right eyelid jumped for a while, and I don't know what the signs are.