Hearing this, the soldiers also came to their senses, and they hurriedly hid behind the grass and trees on the side, resisting the flying bows and arrows.

Zhao Fan's face was also extremely ugly at the moment, he didn't expect this gang of thieves to be so rampant, as soon as the army arrived, he was ready to ambush on the road, he waved a spear with one hand, blocked the bow and arrow that was shot, and with the other hand grabbed the little golden eagle and put it behind him.

This wave of arrows caught the Yunzhong County army off guard, but fortunately, the bandits were not many in number and had limited bows and arrows, so they did not cause too many casualties.

"Whoosh......" After a rain of arrows, there were several small sounds on the hillside, and then the grass and trees swayed, and the bandits had disappeared, it seems that the purpose of the former is not big, just to kill the sharp spirit of the Yunzhong County army, otherwise it will not succeed in one blow, and it will run away immediately.

Zhao Fan's eyes were sharp, and he faintly saw dozens of figures moving quickly towards Lushan, these people were agile, walking on the ground in the jungle, and at a glance they knew that they were bandits who had lived in Lushan for a long time.

Yang Shishuai's face was angry at this moment, and before he could give the order to counterattack, the enemy had already left safely, which made his heart angry, but he was helpless.

"Master Shishuai, they are extremely familiar with the terrain of this place, and it is not suitable to pursue." Zhao Fan saw that Yang Shishuai was angry, afraid that the former would order to pursue the bandits, and at this time, he also stepped forward to persuade him.

"Well, I know. Damn, these puppies are slipping away so fast, but luckily it's not close, otherwise we'd have suffered a big loss. Master Yang glanced around at the soldiers around, and saw that the casualties were not large, and the anger in his heart decreased slightly.

There were only a few dozen bandits just now, and the distance was too far, so only a few soldiers were killed and more than ten were wounded.

The gang of thieves entered the forest, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, Zhao Fan nodded, and came to the team of the nine pawns, he checked the situation of everyone, because the nine pawns were in the middle of the crowd, and everyone's martial arts were good, so there were no casualties.

"Each captain should trim his team, and continue to set off later, and must arrive at Lushan before it sets." Yang Shishuai was riding on a horse, he glanced at everyone and shouted in a low voice.

This time by the surprise attack, the morale of the soldiers not only did not weaken, but faintly increased, and they ran away when they were beaten, which was the easiest to arouse people's anger, and at this moment, these soldiers were in this mentality.

"Now everyone calm down, we will go to Lushan immediately, during this time, there is an opportunity to attack that group of bandits, and when the time comes, you should not run away one by one." Zhao Fan stood in front of the team of the nine pawns, and saw that the soldiers looked like they were gritting their teeth, and at that moment he commanded everyone to stand up, and then shouted.

Hearing this, everyone also agreed to the promise, but there was no cowardice.

After the life-and-death struggle with the Hu people in Cloud City, everyone not only improved their martial arts a lot, but also had a momentum of charging forward.

Zhao Fan also smiled slightly, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After repairing for a short time, the army continued to advance, and the two teams were sent by Yang Shishuai to reconnoiter the situation in front, and if there was any change, someone would immediately come to report.

This time, the team's progress was quite smooth, and they had not encountered any attacks by bandits along the way, and it was obvious that the attack just now seemed to be just a stand-up of the bandits. However, what they didn't expect was that the deflated situation in Yunzhong County just now not only did not lower the morale of the soldiers, but made them resentful of the bandits, and they wondered if the bandits would regret their actions just now after they found out.

After crossing the hillside and marching for about an hour, the soldiers of Yunzhong County also came to a towering and steep mountain peak.

This is Lushan.

Lushan is higher than Zhiyi Mountain, dangerous, strange a lot, the trees are luxuriant, look up from the foot of the mountain, you can vaguely see on the top of its mountain, there are many cottages, surrounded by fences, in it, also stand several arrow towers, the trees and weeds outside the gate of the village are cleaned up, set up a firebreak, prevent the enemy from attacking.

Zhao Fan observed the terrain of Lushan at the foot of the mountain, and his brows were also wrinkled unconsciously, the bandits occupied the high ground, and there were cliffs on three sides, so it was impossible to outflank them in a roundabout way, and if they wanted to capture the mountain, they could only attack from the front.

But in this way, not to mention whether it can be attacked or not, even if the mountain is captured, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the bandits will have no way to retreat, and they will definitely fight back to the death, and it will be a bloody battle at that time.

Yang Shishuai, who was not far away, was also staring at the camp on the top of the mountain, and his face was silent.

This group of bandits is indeed a bone that is difficult to gnaw.

"Okay, let's set up camp, light a fire and cook, leave a pawn for me to keep watch around, and send out a signal as soon as there is anything abnormal." Yang Shishuai shook his head and instructed the soldiers.

Let's understand the situation first, and the matter of attacking the cottage needs to be considered in the long run.

Hearing this, everyone also agreed, and then all the soldiers were busy, they were now at the foot of Lushan Mountain, here is a flat land with a radius of several miles, after everyone removed some weeds, they immediately set up tents.

"Cut down all the vegetation around here, and the outermost tent must be more than ten feet away." Zhao Fan followed the soldiers to set up a tent together, and when he saw that many people were casually removing the weeds in the camp, his face immediately turned dark, and he ordered.

When the soldiers saw that the person who gave the order was Zhao Fan, they immediately responded loudly, although most of the soldiers here were not nine pawns, but they all knew Zhao Fan, of course, no one would stand up and question his order.

Seeing this, Yang Shishuai in the distance also nodded secretly.

The army came from afar, and the soldiers had traveled for such a long time, and everyone was quite hungry, and there was a stream next to the camp, and everyone used the water there to make a fire to cook, and for a while, the surrounding area of the camp was also full of fragrance.

Although the scenery here is elegant, everyone has no intention of looking at the scenery, the atmosphere is a little silent, and all the work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

"Chief Zhao, have you finished eating?" Yang Shishuai walked up to Zhao Fan and said with a soft smile.

Zhao Fan had just finished eating dry food and was helping the soldiers set up camp, which was not as simple as we usually think, and a temporary wooden wall had to be built around the barracks. The production method is to cut two rows of tree trunks first, one row long and one row short, bury half of the trunk into the soil after scorching the bottom, arrange the long trunks into a tight row outside, and arrange the short trunks in a row inside, and then set up a wooden board between the two rows of trunks, divided into two layers, so that the part of the long trunk becomes a parapet, the upper layer of the wooden board can be used by soldiers to patrol and sentry, and the lower layer can store defensive weapons and let soldiers rest.

Everyone's tents are facing each other, and drainage ditches are to be dug around the tents and between the camps. It is strictly forbidden for soldiers to wander between the camps, and tents are not allowed to run around in the camps.

Zhao Fan turned his head and saw that it was Yang Shishuai, so he immediately bowed and saluted.

"You're welcome, I'm here thanks to the help of Li Feng's county guard." Seeing this, Yang Shishuai also held up Zhao Fan and smiled slightly, but after a while, he seemed to remember something, waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this today, let's go around with me and take a look at the terrain around here." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also nodded.

Yang Shishuai has a face with a Chinese character, and he looks quite majestic, since Li Feng asked him to lead the team, it shows that this person's ability should be good.

"Looking at Zhao Commander's behavior just now, it seems that he has read the art of war and has attainments in this area." The two walked forward, and Yang Shishuai suddenly glanced at Zhao Fan and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan was also stunned, he scratched his head, slightly embarrassed, although he had read Sun Tzu and Wu Qi's Art of War in his previous life, but it was only a superficial taste, how could he talk about having high attainments?

"Master Shi Shuai has an overreputation, but he only occasionally dabbles in it, and it's not worth mentioning." Zhao Fan said helplessly.

"Zhao is too modest." Yang Shishuai smiled, and didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, he immediately turned his head, pointed to the distance and said: "By the way, you see, the terrain of this Lushan is steep, and it is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, if you want to break through Buxu's cottage, what can Zhao Shuchang do?" ”

Zhao Fan shook his head and said: "According to the current situation, Lushan is facing cliffs on three sides, and the army cannot outflank the cottage in a roundabout way, so the only way to attack is to take a hard attack." ”

Hearing this, Yang Shishuai also shook his head, his expression was a little disappointed, as Zhao Fan said, it seems that a strong attack is the only way at present, and he naturally knows it, but if he attacks strongly, the losses will be great, and he doesn't want to do so.

"It seems that only Ming Yue will test the attack of the surname first, and see if there can be any new discoveries." Yang Shishuai was silent for a moment and said.

Zhao Fan nodded, and the two of them had unconsciously gone around to the back of Lushan, which was a cliff, if you climbed up, you could go straight to the cottage, but it was steep here, and ordinary people felt that they couldn't climb it.

"Let's go, go back to the camp first, have a good rest tonight, and start attacking the cottage tomorrow." Yang Shishuai patted Zhao Fan's shoulder and said with a smile.

"Hmm."

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also responded, he glanced at the cliff, and shook his head helplessly, and then the two returned to the camp.

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