The tired soldiers led by Luda and Zhao Long were well accommodated, and the two had a good night's sleep and a few full meals, and Luda and Zhao Long couldn't stay idle and came to find Wang Jin.

Wang Jin was arranging military affairs, and when he saw the two of them coming, he asked, "Battalion Commander Lu and Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao, it's good to rest." ”

Ruda smiled: "The skin of the sprinkler family is thick and thick, and I feel full of energy after a day of rest." It's not okay to be so idle, let's arrange things for our team to do. ”

Zhao Long also said: "Eat well and sleep well." ”

Wang Jin opened the battle map, pointed to the map and said: "Look at it, now the main force of the Liao army has arrived in the county seat of Zhaoxian, plus the original soldiers of about 30,000 soldiers, our interception force is here, along the Hutuo River, known as 20,000 cavalry, but in fact there are only more than 12,000 cavalry, and the other 10,000 are strong men with the army." There are less than 15,000 people in the Zhending Mansion army, but now in addition to guarding Zhending City, Lingshou County is also stationed, and the troops are enough to protect themselves, and it may be unreliable to let them cooperate with us to intercept the Liao soldiers. ”

Zhao Long said: "You can't count on the Zhending Mansion Army, the soldiers' salaries have not been paid for several months, and the winter clothes and cotton clothes are not complete, it would be good to be able to hold Zhending City and Lingshou County, and it will definitely collapse when you go out of the city to fight." ”

Zhao Long turned out to be an officer of the Zhending Army and had a thorough understanding of the inside story, so what he said was basically the truth.

Wang Jin nodded: "In this way, we can only rely on ourselves, the Liao soldiers are numerous, and they are eager to return to China, so we must fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, mobilize the masses, and give them a full-scale war." The task of your unit is to operate around the county seat of Zhao County, persuade the villagers to arm themselves as much as possible, and if they can't be armed, they will flee temporarily, and don't leave food for the Liao soldiers. General Chao approved 20,000 spearheads, which arrived from the Jingcheng Iron and Steel Works, and the two of them could lead the mobilization of the people, but try to avoid the weapons falling into the hands of the bandits. ”

Ruda said: "Okay, when will we leave?" ”

"Leave tomorrow, remember to come back in two days to rest, your department and Pang Wanchun's department will take turns to attack and harass the Liao soldiers in Zhao County." Wang Jin said.

"Yes." Luda and Zhao Long received the order.

After another day's rest, the next day the soldiers set off early in their suits, and after a short rest, the soldiers were more energetic, and the horses were more energetic, hunting with flags, and marching all the way to the south.

Luda said: "Mobilize the common people and distribute weapons to technical work, don't accidentally distribute the gun head made of stainless steel in Jingcheng Iron and Steel Plant to bandits and traitors, and then the people will be unlucky, we have to think of a way." ”

Zhao Long said: "Go to Shimen Town and find the old village chief Shi, this old village chief has become a good man in this area, and looking for his assistance should be of great help to us." ”

Luda said: "Okay, let's go, go to Shimen Town." ”

The army marched slowly, and it didn't take long to arrive at Shimen Town, Shimen Town saw that Luda was coming, welcoming relatives like relatives, and coming out of the village.

"It's General Lu here, it's General Lu who is here, and General Zhao is here." The common people shouted one after another.

The common people are vague about military positions, and all officers are called generals.

Luda asked Zhao Long to lead the team to rest outside the village, and he brought a few people into the town.

Shi Lao Village Chief was directing young people to practice marksmanship, and when he saw Lu Dalai, he hurriedly greeted him.

"It turned out that the commander of the Lu battalion had arrived, but the Liao soldiers had returned." The old village chief said.

Quartz, the granddaughter of the old village chief, said: "It's good that the Liao soldiers have returned, and it is time for revenge." ”

Ruda looked at this quartz dressed in cowhide armor, holding a spear in his hand, and a waist knife on his waist, majestic.

However, Luda spoke politely, and said: "What does the woman's family know, the Liao soldiers are strong, and ordinary villagers can't avoid them, where are they looking forward to the return of the Liao soldiers." ”

Quartz was not convinced, and said: "You seem to be so powerful, yes, compare and compare,"

Luda said: "Haha, the Sprinkle family will let you empty-handed." ”

The two immediately opened a shelf in the open space, Quartz took a spear, and Ruda was empty-handed.

The others said to the old village chief: "Hurry up and persuade them, don't let them compare." ”

The old village chief said: "My granddaughter is good everywhere, but she has a little martial arts and some people in her eyes, so it's good to let her learn a lesson." ”

The two of them had already started fighting in the venue, and one of Quartz's big guns shook like a golden rooster nodding indiscriminately, stabbing at Luda, who didn't look at it, and dodged it casually.

Quartz's marksmanship is a little hot, but compared to it, it is still too much worse Ruda, Luda thought, this court is a little bad to defeat her, it is better to be humble, and after more than a dozen rounds, Luda said: "Shi Girl's marksmanship is outstanding, this is a flat, let's discuss the business first." ”

Quartz knows that he is invincible, and it is not easy to fight again.

Luda, the old village chief, and Quartz came to the living room of the old village chief's house together, Luda asked his entourage to hang up the map, and Luda pointed to the map and said: "The Liao soldiers have suffered several defeats in the Daimyo's Mansion, and now they are in a hurry to retreat, and the vanguard of the retreat has arrived in Zhao County, with almost 30,000 troops. He also brought 20,000 spearheads, which could be distributed to the villages around Zhao County, but I just hoped that someone who knew the local situation would screen them and not distribute these weapons to bandits and robbers. ”

When the old village chief Shi heard this, he was very happy: "Okay, good, the Liao soldiers have finally been defeated, the old man is willing to assist the battalion commander Lu, I am still very familiar with the villages around Zhao County, let's set off now." ”

The village chief of Shilao immediately handed over the important task of guarding Shimen Town to his brother, and he took quartz and a dozen strong men to set off with the army on war horses.

Luda was greatly moved, and said: "The weather is cold, and it is really unbearable for the old village chief to suffer from this wind and cold." ”

The old village chief waved his hand: "Don't say that again, how many soldiers have sacrificed their lives to resist the Liao soldiers, what is it for me to suffer a little cold." ”

The army started and stopped camping after traveling dozens of miles, Quartz didn't understand the situation, and asked: "Battalion Commander Lu, it's still early, why don't you leave." ”

Luda said: "There is no inn to live in the march and war, and the camp must be built before dark, but now the weather is cold, and it takes a lot of time to build the camp, so you have to camp now." ”

Shi Lao Village Chief also said: "The cavalry is already quite good for a hundred miles a day, and any more will hurt the horsepower, if you run recklessly, you can march three hundred miles in one day and one night, but once you encounter a strong enemy, where will the war horse still have the strength to fight." So now the camp is still just right, there are a lot of rules in the barracks, you are not allowed to trespass, and I will stay in the barracks honestly one by one. “