"Send someone to inform Lord Wei" Yang Bo was startled, what are you kidding, there are more than 800 people, and the salt protection team of 200 people in Maojiatun alone can't gnaw down, even if the military households from Jingbiantun and Zhaojiatun are transferred over, it would be good if those untrained military households didn't give him a mutiny. Of course, Lord Yang ignored the soldiers of the other two guards in front and in the left.

"Don't worry!"

He Jiu was a fanatical militant, and when he heard that Yang Bo was about to retreat, he hurriedly said: "The bandits in this chessboard pass are claimed to be eight hundred, but in fact, many of them are homeless and broken people, and the real old bandits are only a hundred, plus the young and strong habitual bandits are only three hundred, the only thing to worry about is that the group of deserters who crossed the sea from Liaodong ......"

Yang Bo put his hands behind his back, and it was difficult to make a decision in his heart, the two vicious battles Maojiatun broke nearly fifteen grassroots backbones, these people are all people who he deliberately cultivated to be of great use in the future, of course, Maojiatun only died in the era of cold weapons, if it is heard by other soldiers, they will definitely greet Yang Bo's eighteenth generation ancestors, sluts are hypocritical!

But Yang Bo was reluctant......

He wants to lead a modern army, an army where everyone fights for the same faith, strict discipline, fearless courage, boundless loyalty, and a firm purpose, which is the source of strength for a strong army. There was no coercion (perhaps, Yang Bo did not admit it), no fear, and even the ability to organize an effective counterattack in the event of 80 percent casualties, Yang Bo wanted such an army.

But countless living examples tell him that once a large number of excellent grassroots commanders in the modern army die and there is no time to replenish them, the combat effectiveness of such an army will soon decline to a surprising level, which was the case with Germany in World War II, and Yang Bo does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

I heard that there is a group of deserters to join, Yang Bo has a headache, in recent years, the court has become more and more difficult to suppress bandits, to a large extent, more and more fugitive military households, the nine-sided border army joined, these people are not a lamp, Li Laocai, a dragon, sweeping the king of those peasants are comparable, they have command, discipline, martial arts, and are very familiar with the imperial court. In desperation, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, sacrificed the strategy of suppressing and appeasing at the same time, first soothing and then suppressing, which laid the groundwork for the unfinished battle of Houxiang Gorge.

But it's not Yang Bo's turn to bother, he has enough worries now......

However, to Yang Bo's disappointment, under the severe reprimand of Lord Yan, although Anton Wei stubbornly agreed to send troops, the strict order could not be violated, Anton Wei could only keep reporting all kinds of difficulties, and postponed the date for more than ten days.

These ten days are very precious, and for Yang Bo, he can make some preparations more calmly.

Chen Bilian came back with the ship, as well as the money from the resale of stolen goods, with the ship came the purchased gunpowder and saltpeter, as well as the coke that the craftsmen were looking forward to all night, it was not uncommon to use coking coal to make iron in this era, but it was a bitter Yang Bo's purse, plus the pig iron in Yizhou pulled over a thousand catties, Yang Bo once again worried about the silver.

The cost of these raw materials, the wages of the craftsmen, the expenses of Mao Jiatun who often eats and drinks Lazar, the expenses of the private school reward, and the various upfront expenses of Tuntian are like mountains pressing on Yang Bo's chest, making him breathless.

It was a huge plan, and nothing could stop him from arming the salt guards......

On 6 October, the second military conference of Maojiatun was held, and Chen Bilian attended the meeting as an observer.

The meeting first listened to the reports of He Jiu and Huang Erman.

"There are nearly 100 bandits occupying Dafu Mountain," Huang Erman spoke in front of so many people for the first time, and was slightly nervous in his heart: "There are five biggest threats, in addition to the chessboard pass, there are four groups entrenched in these places, the number of people ranges from 500 to 800, please see the picture ...... for the specific location."

Huang Erman stepped forward and stuck a few branches on the sand table in the middle of the conference room.

"The number of other bandits ranges from hundreds to dozens, with a few or ......."

Huang Erman seemed to think of something funny, and laughed for a long time before he said: "There is only one at least, that is a scholar near the cross slope, he proclaimed himself why Wencheng Wude, Ze was born by the common people, thousands of years, dominate the world, the Holy Spirit Wenwu, Qinming Qiyun, Junde Success, Emperor Xiaogao, but less than half a pillar of incense, he was bound by the lieutenant who rushed to hear the news, haha......"

Erman's joke made the conference room happy, and Yang Bo couldn't cry or laugh

The topic has been decided, this time it is necessary to fight, everyone only needs to discuss how to fight well, although the bandits are numerous, but Anton Wei's three guards are all out, plus those private family teams, they can also maintain some advantages over the bandits.

"The chessboard is divided into four villages, and the good news is that this new village in the west is not affiliated with others, and we can gnaw down this village alone" He Jiu took a branch and talked eloquently on the sand table.

"What's the bad news?" Chen Bilian asked curiously

"The bad news is that this stockade was newly established by those Liaodong deserters, and their relationship with those bandits is more like, more like ......"

"Cooperation" in Yang Bo's words

"Yes, my lord is wise," He Jiu took the opportunity to pat himself on the back

"This gang of Liaodong thieves has a superior official, strict discipline, and vicious methods, so it's not easy to move lightly?" He Jiu was also a little deflated.

"Afraid of what?" Yang Bo glanced at He Jiu: "Can't you still trust our salt protection team?" ”

"That's not it" He Jiu shook his head: "What the villain is most worried about is that this stockade is extremely strong, the foundation is made of big bluestone, surrounded by mountains on three sides, only one road is left for entry and exit, and the end is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are more than a dozen arrow stacks on both sides of the stockade to defend, if you attack it, I am afraid of needless loss of manpower."

"How do these bandits make a living? What is the terrain around the cottage? Iron Bull suddenly asked, he was in charge of leading the army, these things could not be left unasked.

He Jiu continued to shake his head, "The mountains here are high and dense, the people are inaccessible, these bandits are all outlaws, the surrounding Wulian, Jiacang, Yuezhao and other places are mostly poisoned by it, and the local military households complain but are helpless......"

Yang Bo stood up and waved his hand fiercely: "It's so decided, let's go to Maojiatun to gnaw on this cottage!" ”

The only reason that can make Yang Bo's heart move is that although this cottage is new, it is rich in reserves, and as long as it is beaten, it can at least relieve his pressure for more than half a year.

"Bring all the mortars, let's go fuck it!" Yang Bo already has a big killer weapon to deal with the cottage, what is extremely strong, surrounded by mountains on three sides, Lao Tzu bombarded the past dozens of times, and directly came to catch turtles in an urn.

"What?"

Chen Bilian was suddenly unhappy, and these mortars said that they were for her equipment: "No!" Why? ”

"What do you want?" Yang Bo was furious, is this woman ready to be unreasonable?

"In this way, how about someone appointing me as the squad leader, and the smoothbore artillery battalion led by me? You can't leave me alone this time" Chen Bilian's eyes rolled and changed her words. She wouldn't give up this opportunity anyway, and she needed to familiarize herself with the mortars that would be installed on the ship in the future.

"Okay" Yang Bo had to compromise, for the sake of Chen Bilian's great efforts for Mao Jiatun.

A voice interrupted everyone's thoughts......

"Newspaper~~"

A voice sounded outside the courtyard, and Zhou Guangbi sent someone to bring a message.

The family walked in, looked at He Jiu and lost his mind for a moment, and then remembered the purpose of his visit.

"Lord Yang, Lord Zhou sent a small one to inform the Lord that there is a change in the period of the march on the fifteenth, and it will be postponed for one day, that is, the march on the sixteenth, Lord Zhou also said that he will join Lord Yang in the Acropolis, and the Zhou Mansion Ding team is also commanded by the Lord."

"Why is it postponed again?"

Yang Bo was very dissatisfied, Maojiatun had been mobilized by Zhang Dabao several times, and the young men were screaming and preparing to fight, and if they continued like this, the morale of the military households would be almost exhausted

"Damn, I've taken off my pants here, and you're telling me this now?" Yang Bo was indignant

"After receiving the news from Zuo's side, more than half of the military households fled, and Li Qianhu cut off a lot of heads in these days, but they still couldn't make up, and several adults also had a headache......" The family replied hesitantly.

"I'm grass, more than half of the escape?" Everyone present was shocked when they heard this, and they thought that the situation in the former place was not much better, the friendly army was so unbearable, and this battle was still a fart?

"In this way, when I repair a book, you can help me send it to Lord Zhou, and ask him to polish it on behalf of Lord Wei and Lord Yan" Yang Bo pondered for a long time and instructed the family

He has made up his mind, no matter what those adults think, Mao Jiatun must fight alone in the army, otherwise he will cooperate with these pig-like teammates and kill himself sooner or later.

Yang Bo got a charcoal pen, Long Feifeng danced to write a reply, and told the family to send him away after a few words.

Yang Bo asked about the situation of the dry food again, Mo Chou was in charge of logistics, everything was ready, and 50 military households were transferred from Jingbiantun and Zhaojiatun to serve as logistics men, although other weapons and equipment were somewhat lacking, in general it was not a big problem.

Early in the morning of October 16, the school field at the north gate of Anton Wei was crowded, and the young and strong military households of the three guards had already arrived, and there were still several bloody human heads hanging on the surrounding pillars......

There are also a large number of military family members in the periphery, pointing fingers, crying, and making a commotion like a bazaar.

Yang Bo looked around speechlessly, the military households of these guards were in tatters, and they had all kinds of weapons in their hands, most of them were rusty, and they were in groups of three or five, and they gathered together to discuss one after another......

"My lord is saying that he will be able to suppress bandits today, and he will definitely be able to succeed immediately, and he will be wiped out by flying ashes and ......."

Wei Dong was surrounded by a bunch of sycophants, Wang Yuanshan, Zhou Guangbi, Li Qianhu of the left office, Niu Qianhu of the front office, what kind of calming down, and a lot of fellow acquaintances, and other civil officials respected their identities and only chatted on the other side.

Yang Bo was sick to his stomach when he heard it, just relying on these farmers who farmed the land to make the bandits disappear, is this an international joke with Lao Tzu?

"I'm hasty! A group of villains who said dogs" Seeing the flattery of those people, Yang Bo scolded angrily in his heart.

Wei Dong stroked his beard and laughed, but his gaze turned to Yang Bo.

"My lord is saying that he will be able to suppress bandits today, and he will be able to succeed immediately, and he will be wiped out by flying ashes and ...... his face is like this.

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