Under the command of Lu Yu Huoding, Jiang Han hurriedly swung the boat to the opposite shore, but the man had already left before he landed. Fortunately, Lu Yuhuoding and Jiang Han are both natives of Yinxian County, and they are also quite familiar with the streets and alleys outside the city. In a few moments, the two men were embellished with the man they had worshipped on the riverbank, until he entered a dilapidated hut.

When he got closer, the door was closed, and Lu Yuhuoding reached out to knock on the door, but was stopped by Jiang Han. After listening to the movement in the room for a moment, it was silent as if it was empty, Jiang Han shook his head at Lu Yu Huoding, and then took out a wrist-dissolving knife from his arms and held it in his hand.

After suggesting that Lu Yuhuoding stand up a little more, Jiang Han pushed the door open. The moment his eyes were soaked in the dark environment of the house, a flash of lightning swept from the dark depths with a wind, heading straight for Jiang Han's vital point.

Although it had been expected, the speed of the sword light was too fast. Even though his body was ready to retreat backwards the moment he pushed the door, he still had to rely on the wrist-untying knife in his hand to take advantage of the situation, and he dodged this fatal knife strongly.

At this moment, Jiang Han's first step back was pulling his body with backward force, while the second step was just off the ground and still in a dilemma. But at this moment, I saw that the man came up from the darkness, the first knife was not exhausted, and the second knife in the other hand slashed straight at Jiang Han's face at a faster speed.

The double blade is already difficult to practice, and the longer the blade, the more difficult it is to use. But the person in front of him, the length of the double knives far exceeded what Jiang Han usually saw, and at this moment, one after the other, he was extremely accurate, one fast and one slow, and all his reactions were counted into it, making him lose the hope of retreating the moment he pushed the door open.

Jiang Han never thought of it. The man they were following would be a warrior. It's just that at this moment, the aftermath of the long knife slashing the air has slapped on his hat.

The long knife came in an instant, and between the lightning and flint, with years of experience in fighting and fighting, Jiang Han's first reaction was to break the wrist of the strong man, so as to delay the time of being killed on the spot. But before his left hand could move, the knife had already split his hat. And thereafter. The man's sword did not slow down in the slightest, and was about to cut his skull in half like the hat.

Life and death were only in an instant, but a voice not far away suddenly sounded, breaking the silence of the source of the blade.

"General Mao, keep people under the knife!"

A hurried voice of persuasion sounded, and the knife in the man's hand seemed to have stood still in time, stopping at the moment when the sound reached the eardrums. And when the man turned his head to look at the source of the sound, it seemed that in that moment, some memories that had long been forgotten were evoked.

"Lu Observation?"

"It was under Xia that I didn't think that General Mao hadn't seen him for many years. The style is still the same. ”

"Don't dare."

The long knife froze at a distance of no more than an inch from Jiang Han's forehead, and left Jiang Han's front only a moment when Lu Yuhuo Ding and the man recognized each other. From launching an attack to putting the knife into the sheath, the man walked smoothly throughout the whole process, and at first glance he was a good martial artist who had been immersed in this way all year round.

His breathing had been stagnant for a moment, but Jiang Han found the feeling of returning to the world the moment his feet hit the ground, like a drowning man breathing a breath of air. Although the knife had been sheathed, Jiang Han still had palpitations, after all, the blade was only about an inch away from him just now. As long as Lu Yuhuo shouted for a second, or the man was slow to put away the knife even half a breath. At this moment, Jiang Han is just a corpse with brains.

Seeing that the two compartments are familiar with each other, there is naturally no reason to continue fighting. The man glanced left and right, introduced Lu Yuhuoding and Jiang Han into the broken house, and then apologized to Jiang Han.

That Jiang Han was originally a bold character, and he and Lu Yuhuo Ding followed him before, and the other party naturally became defensive after discovering it. In other words, he will naturally fight. Seeing that the man apologized, Jiang Han hurriedly gave way, but without Lu Yuhuoding's introduction, Jiang Han's attention shifted from the two long knives to the man's appearance, and then thought of Lu Yuhuoding's name for him. He recognized the man's identity and origin.

"You are, you are Mao Mingshan?!"

"Exactly."

Seeing that Jiang Han recognized Mao Mingshan's identity, Lu Yuhuoding introduced Jiang Han to Mao Mingshan. After seeing the ceremony again, Mao Mingshan talked about his experience after the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Siming Lake under Lu Yuhuoding's inquiry.

The Ming Army of Dalan Mountain is the brainchild of Lu Yuhuoding's best friend Wang Yi before his death, and his other friend Wang Jiang is also in that remnant, so Lu Yuhuoding is particularly concerned. However, after that battle, in addition to hearing that the Qing army was defeated by the remnants of the Ming army on the way to pursuit, and then the general who led the team made a big fuss outside Xinchang City, it was not until the Taizhou Rebellion not long ago that he regained the news of the Ming army in Dalanshan.

With Mao Mingshan's narration, Lu Yuhuoding had some preliminary understanding of the current situation of the remnants of the Ming army in Dalanshan, especially the appearance of Nantang Camp and Chen Wen, as well as Chen Wen's strategy and the internal turmoil of the Ming army before the Battle of Siming Lake.

It's just that he never thought that so many things would happen during this period, especially after Li Rong was captured alive, Chen Wen and Wang Jiang planned to exchange him for Wang Yi but failed to make the trip, which made him sigh.

Knowing that Mao Mingshan came here for the same purpose as him, and even the difficulties encountered in it were roughly the same, Lu Yuhuoding thought for a moment, and saw that Mao Mingshan was indeed trustworthy, so he told him and Jiang Han the plan they had made before.

"The head of the Honor, I have already made it, but I need to take some risks!"

………………

Early the next morning, Xu Lei got up early as usual and began to supervise the training of his soldiers.

Since he got out of the previous fiasco in the southern part of Siming Mountain, and was transferred to the rebuilt Biao Zuo Battalion in the name of meritorious service, Xu Lei has studied military books, studied formations, trained soldiers with diligence that he has never had for so many years, and even formed an alliance with Wang Sheng, the general, in order to figure out Chen Wen, the newly rising freak Ming army general.

Since then, Xu Lei has relied on the information he got from Wang Sheng and the Ming army of Dalanshan to finally outline some traces of the source of the combat effectiveness of the Nantang battalion. But the more he understood, the more he didn't understand what Chen Wen was doing to form such an army and always swallow up and abolish the selfish interests of the commander-in-chief and officers at all levels.

After thinking about it, Xu Lei felt that Chen Wen was probably planning to usurp the throne, so he mobilized the strength of the soldiers with the mentality of taking it in advance and giving it first. But if this continues, how can the officers under his command always tolerate it without taking the rights and interests that belong to them?

Putting aside these nonsense thoughts, Xu Lei had to focus more on studying the mandarin duck array used by the Nantang battalion, and there was an example of Chen Wen's success, he felt that as long as he saw in that battle and the establishment of the Nantang battalion obtained from Wang Sheng and those Dalanshan soldiers were copied, even if it may not be the original opponent with the same strength, with the manpower, material and financial resources of the Qing army, it can always be overwhelmed by numbers.

After reporting these ideas to Tian Xiong, Xu Lei immediately won Tian Xiong's support, and used to reorganize the more than 200 veteran soldiers, the best blades, firearms, war horses, and armor in the arsenal, and then relied on continuous research with Wang Sheng, and finally exchanged for a strong army that can be proud of the standard battalion, even if it is only a small army of more than 200 people.

Relying on this army, Xu Lei was out of the limelight in the battle of encircling and suppressing Siming Mountain again this year, and in the internal competition of the post-war promotion battalion, he also crushed other reconstruction troops, and became an elite that Tian Xiong really valued, and he was successfully reinstated and re-seated in the position of General Qian.

When it came to the Battle of Zhoushan, although there was almost nothing to show him in the battle, at the end of the battle, in the narrow terrain that the Ming army was more familiar with, Xu Lei's small army still lived up to Tian Xiong's expectations and easily eliminated the remnants of the defenders who had repelled many attacks by the Qing army.

After the war, Xu Lei was promoted to garrison and officially took charge of the more than 200 people under him. It's just that the news of large-scale turmoil in Taizhou and Jinhua came one after another, and he thought he could return to Hangzhou to enjoy a while, but he was sent to Yinxian County, the capital city of Ningbo, to assist in defense.

In fact, it's not much to send here, at least there is a friend who can drink together, prostitute people, and discuss the battle of war with him. But who knows, not long after he went to Zhoushan, Wang Sheng, who was originally stationed here, was transferred to Ninghai County, Taizhou to assist in the defense, and he has not returned until now.

Xu Lei, who had no intention of entertaining, had to follow the style of his previous meritorious service and train the troops ruthlessly. After all, he is not as confused as he used to be when he is promoted to become rich, at least in his opinion, as long as he can reach the level of even a few percent of the Nantang Battalion, isn't it still easy to exterminate some thieves?

In this way, he is bound to be able to go further in the army, and there will always be a chance to sit on the lintel of the previous chief soldier or deputy general.

With this thought, Xu Lei trained the soldiers more carefully, anyway, with the Manchu Qing Dynasty's ruling method, there would definitely be no shortage of rebellious Han family sons. When the time comes, it is normal to use their blood to dye their red tops, just like his general Tian Xiong, just like his uncle Xu Xin, just like his father-in-law Yu Fenqi.

After practicing the formation for half a day as usual, Xu Lei saw that the hour had come, so he ordered the officer to lead the non-commissioned officers to have lunch. At the end of lunch, he also learned the system of the Nantang battalion to let the soldiers rest at noon in order to better complete the afternoon training.

After lunch, not only the soldiers who were used to taking a lunch break, but even Xu Lei began to yawn. But at this moment, the sound of an attack horn came from the direction of the West Gate, which completely dispelled his sleepiness. (To be continued.) )