Chapter Seventy-Nine: Determined
"Chief Zhao, wait a minute." When the other four captains had already left, and Zhao Fan was about to step out of the house, Jiang Lvshuai behind him suddenly stopped Zhao Fan.
Hearing this, Zhao Fan turned around and said with a slight doubt: "What else is the matter with Lord Lushuai?" ”
Jiang Lushuai's face was a little heavy, he nodded, and said: "Actually, I just said that I don't know if Lord County Shou will transfer our Second Brigade to the time being, so as not to put too much pressure on you, but you have to know about this sooner or later, so I won't hide it from you." ”
"When I got the news early this morning, Lord County Guard had already intended to let our second brigade fight, especially when you were designated Zhao Commander, saying that you must go." Jiang Lushuai smiled bitterly and said.
In this regard, Zhao Fan did not show any surprised expression, Li Feng's surname is like this, in official affairs, he will never protect his shortcomings, this time he deliberately designated himself, he should also want to let himself be tempered in actual combat.
The only regret in Zhao Fan's heart was that the hundred soldiers under his command had not received any training, so they had to go out with him.
These soldiers were carefully selected by him, and there was no room for casualties.
"It seems that we have to take advantage of the time of the next few days to arrange training for them." Zhao Fan said secretly in his heart.
"Well, it should be a few days before the troops will be deployed, you first train your soldiers well, and during this time, I will arrange for someone to investigate the details of the group of bandits in Lushan. Didn't Sun Changqing say that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Jiang Lushuai smiled heartily, he patted Zhao Fan's shoulder and handed over an encouraging look.
Zhao Fan laughed dumbly in his heart, it was really embarrassing for him that this old man could still say such a thing.
Although he felt a little unbearable in his heart, he felt the former's care for one of his subordinates as a boss, and a warm current also flowed through Zhao Fan's heart.
"Well, then I'll go back to the pawn to train the soldiers first, and if there's anything, you can tell someone to do it." Zhao Fan, although he was moved in his heart, he would not often put some hypocritical words on his lips, but secretly remembered them in his heart.
"Go, with your knowledge and talent, the future must be limitless, I just help you easily, Li Feng was the county guard, and his kindness to me was great." Jiang Lvshuai glanced at Zhao Fan and said with emotion.
Zhao Fan nodded, said goodbye, and then turned around and left the house.
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After more than ten miles of running in the early morning and subsequent training, these soldiers were already tired and lay down directly on the open ground, letting the gradually scorching sun shine on their bodies, and they were not moved at all.
Zhao Fan's arrival did not attract their attention, the entire nine pawns, except for the dozen or so hunter-born veterans who were in good condition, the others were undoubtedly tired.
"Chief, you're here." Li Mu was sitting on a grass with Zhang Zhi and Lin Hu, and they saw Zhao Fan walking over at a glance, and immediately shouted.
Zhao Fan smiled slightly, and didn't say much about their behavior that was not at all like what a qualified soldier should be. It's the first day, and it's only natural to have such a performance after such an overload of training.
"Finished training?" Zhao Fan walked up to them, sat down and asked.
"Well, their performance is quite qualified, fortunately, those soldiers who came with us from Xuzhuang have entered the barracks before, so they are very familiar with these Chang exercises, otherwise, our group of people are all new recruits, and some things are not very familiar, and I almost don't know how to practice." Li Mu smiled bitterly and said.
Zhao Fan nodded, he had expected this, otherwise he would not have transferred all the veterans before.
"Well, Lvmarshal Jiang said that in a few days, the county guard will transfer troops to attack the bandits on Lushan, and we, the pawn, must go. So, while there are still a few days left, I'll speed up my training, and you guys have to get ready! ”
Zhao Fan's face was a little solemn, this time it was not a small fight like the previous two days, there were thousands of bandits in Lushan, and they were familiar with the mountain and the favorable conditions of occupying the high ground, as the side of Yunzhong City attacking the mountain, they had to invest at least several times the enemy's troops before it was possible to capture it.
Compared with Zhao Fan's heaviness and nervousness, Li Mu and the three of them were faintly excited on their faces, and they were gearing up one by one, as if they were going to do a big job.
Seeing this, Zhao Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes, this person really deserved to be the pillar of the Six Kingdoms at the end of the Warring States Period, and the belligerent factor on his body was really not weak, and the other soldiers were either afraid or nervous when they heard about the battle, but they were good, and they were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
"This attack on Lushan will definitely be difficult and tragic compared to the last time, although your martial arts are good, but under the rain of arrows like locusts on the battlefield and the charge of thousands of troops, it is simply vulnerable, so I hope you can face every war." Zhao Fan was silent for a while and warned.
With that, he got up, left the place, and walked to the barracks. Li Mu and the others are all best friends and brothers, he doesn't want to be proud and complacent because of the defeat of the Hu people last time, the pattern of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is no room for negligence and carelessness.
Li Mu and the others looked at Zhao Fan's departing back, and after a moment of sluggishness, a touch of shame also appeared on their faces.
Today, as usual, after Zhao Fan assigned the tasks of patrolling and defending the city, he was also wandering around the city wall alone, and after getting the news that he was going to lead the nine pawns to attack Lushan, his original plan was completely disrupted.
Originally, he wanted to train his team of 100 people according to the requirements of an elite cavalry, but this time the battle location was in the mountains and ravines, and there was no doubt that cavalry was not needed to fight on this kind of terrain.
So, he now had to think of another way to train these soldiers.
Zhao Fan walked all the way to the top of the city, and the soldiers guarding the city knew him, and they all cast respectful eyes on him at the moment, but Zhao Fan turned a blind eye, and he was now thinking about how to make his soldiers adapt to fighting in the mountains.
"Let's go! Come on! Damn, it's like they haven't eaten! At this moment, there was a sudden twitch from the city, interrupting Zhao Fan's train of thought.
He looked down at the city with a little displeasure, and saw several soldiers dragging dozens of prisoners in tattered clothes and whose hands and feet were bound by ropes to rush out of the city, Zhao Fan was slightly stunned, and immediately recognized that these prisoners were those Hu people who surrendered.
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