Three days passed quickly. During this period, the entire Shahe Township was fully mobilized! There are many craftsmen who are responsible for the construction and sorting of war materials, and thousands of sturdy equipment such as heavy fodder. Even the original captives were actively responding to the battle. It's just because Wen Chou promised to bring back his family members left in the mountains, and give Qi people money after the expiration of the labor period.

More than 30 cold corpses sank into the ground amid the mournful cries of their families, accompanied by the admiring eyes of the township leaders. Wen Chou and the officers of Yingzhong were naturally also present to mourn. In the call of the north wind, the grave was erected, and everyone was gloomy.

On this day, at the end of November, it will enter the wax moon in two or three days, and the cold wind will be even worse. If you are an ordinary family, most of them are also heating by fire in the house at home.

But Lu's blacksmith family is busy. I saw that all five or six furnaces were open! The red fire reflected more than a dozen red-faced and shirtless men. The hammer in his hand was swinging, and the sound of the iron striking was endless. Seeing the appearance of the iron tools it made, it is a piece of iron sheet with some arcs! There are holes left on it, and there are rivets as the vice, which is a kind of armor that Wen Chou ordered to create.

This kind of armor is called Liangdang armor, "one is the chest, the other is the back", and it can only protect the armor of the front chest and back, and it is fastened back and forth with belts or rivets on the shoulders. It is a regular light plate armor, usually equipped by elite foot soldiers. Of course, this is all if you have enough financial resources. If it is an ordinary soldier, he can only protect himself with leather armor. Wenchou has been developing for nearly a year, and with the strength of 20,000 people in the township, it is worth planning 300 pairs of two armors.

Compared with the two armors, the more valuable and defensive armor is the armor. Zajia is a kind of heavy armor used by elite soldiers in the Qin and Han dynasties, the kind worn by generals in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, but it is actually an ordinary heavy armor in the regular army, and the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are also wearing them, which are cascading, but it can't be flipped like the more valuable fish scale armor. Even so, if there is such a force, it can be defeated by one enemy and ten in the face of an ordinary army.

The fish scale armor can be taken care of freely, the rope of the braided armor is hidden under the armor, which can minimize the possibility of being cut by sharp weapons, only 4 pieces of armor are superimposed when unfolded, and the thickness of up to 8-10 pieces is superimposed when shrinking with human activities, the front of the scale armor is an iron plate, which can resist blunt weapon blows, and can prevent spears, arrows and other sharp weapons from stabbing wounds, better defense than plate armor, in ancient Chinese heavy armor, fish scale armor is a high-level armor used by officers, it appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is still rare in the Qin and Han dynasties, Senior officers are mostly armed with black light armor and bright light armor.

Mingguang armor is an oval shape on the chest and back armor, called the metal plate of the heart guard, which not only has the overall protection of the armor, but also improves the defense of the chest and back, the name is due to the reflection of the heart guard, and the black light armor of the heart guard can not be reflected.

Now it is naturally impossible for Wen Chou's financial resources to cast the armor and fish scale armor on a large scale, even a few ordinary Qu and Tun chiefs are just armor protectors. And Wen Chou, Wen Ba, Yan Liang and other military marquis families who have been in the army for generations and have quite military merits are blessed by their ancestors and have black light armor to protect themselves.

These 300 pairs of plate armor are exactly the heavy weapons that Wen Chou has painstakingly prepared to cut thieves. If there is no good armor to protect himself, Wen Chou will not let the team he has worked so hard to pull up go to the base camp of thieves to encircle and suppress. After all, a siege battle is no match for a field battle! The loss rate is more than several times higher. Wen Chou is not so atmospheric, and let the few soldiers under him go to death.

The bitter north wind howled wildly. After a short period of freezing, the new armor was put into the wheel, after all, the armor had just been created, and it still needed time to cool and polish. But Wen Chou's army couldn't wait, so they were shelved on the cart to cool down.

1,300 heavily armed Taolin Sai soldiers are all out in force! Long spears and short knives, bright armor, steadily marching in the direction of Gaoyi County. After that, the two thousand villagers were strong and strong, and they also held steel knives and wore ugly armor, and followed closely.

The army left the Taolin Fortress and came to the spacious realm. The two hundred elite horsemen were led by Dong Jiang and Yan Liang, and they were protected on both sides of the team; Wen Chou, Jiang Xuan, and Chen Ning from the town of the Chinese army; Tie Qian is strong in the countryside after the pressure formation. And Tao Linsai was entrusted by Wen Chou to You Liu Zhong, so that he led more than 1,000 strong people to guard it. Five hundred captives were selected to accompany them, both to lead the way and to identify their families. After all, their situation is different from that of ordinary thieves. When necessary, it can also be used as a lure to the enemy and an army to confuse the enemy.

In addition, the 100 cavalry scouts were divided into several squads, scattered far away, probing the situation on the perimeter and warning the enemy. Elite in the rear team to escort 100 baggage carts. No one knows how long it will take to enter the mountain this time! Three or five days, seven or eight days, or even ten and a half days are all reasonable. It's better to prepare more, after all! If the last thieves are not exterminated, but the army retreats because of insufficient food, that is a big joke!

The reason why the army did not go straight to the mountainous area where the Black Mountain bandits were located, but first went to the territory of Gaoyi County, was precisely to win the support and assistance of Gaoyi County soldiers and Xiangyong, so as to further reduce possible casualties.

In this way, at the very least, more than 1,000 soldiers and horses can be gathered! If the magistrate of Gaoyi County had some strategic vision and was determined to assist Wen Chou in surrendering the Kou, it would not be so difficult to assemble three or five thousand people. It's just that the combat power remains to be seen, but it's still okay to beat the side drum and use it to deter thieves! In the past, didn't the Black Mountain bandits rely on a large number of people to deter counties and townships? Now it's the other way around.

The procession marched steadily in the cold wind without delay, and even so, the soldiers arrived outside the county of Gaoyi at nightfall.

The county magistrate of Gaoyi had already brought a group of county officials to the city gate to wait for Wen Chou's arrival. For the infestation of the Black Mountain bandits, the people of Gaoyi County have long been annoyed, since the thieves were weak, they have the heart to surrender, but they are afraid of huge casualties, so they have not taken action.

Now that Wen Chou is taking the lead and saying that he is the main force, the people of Gaoyi County happily agree. And promised to gather the elites of the counties and townships overnight, and subsidize 1,000 county soldiers as auxiliaries. There is really a war to exterminate the thieves, once and for all.

After resting for a night outside the county town of Gaoyi, the strength of the army suddenly more than doubled! But it was the county magistrate of Gaoyi who gathered four thousand strong troops! It really surprised Wen Chou. These 4,000 strong can be said to be the last batch of strength that Gaoyi County can get!

It seems that the villagers of Gaoyi County no longer want to live a precarious life, and they are miserable every day when they are trembling and afraid that thieves will rise up to attack. At this point, how can they not be active? Besides, they don't let them go to the front line, they are just responsible for deterring thieves, why not!

In this way, Wen Chou is also really high-spirited. Nearly 9,000 people! It's not a small number, it's not a small force! It's enough to make Wen Chou, who has never seen any troops now, proud! Naturally, he fantasized about when he would be able to lead the real nine thousand soldiers! It's not just nine thousand towns that are brave and strong.

All the way forward, Wen Chou did not dare to delay more. After all, it's still a day or two away from the valley where the Black Mountain Bandits are located. Since the army has been sent out to capture the thieves, and it still uses such a large battle. Naturally, it is better to exterminate the thieves one day earlier. Otherwise, these nearly 10,000 people will cost a lot of money every day! If it drags on for a month or two, it will inevitably hollow out the family funds that Wen Chou has accumulated so much.

In one day, the march in the cold wind was nearly 200 miles. It's the ultimate of these sturdies. Fortunately, it is not far from the thief, as long as you rest for one night, you can arrive tomorrow after half a day's march. It is not a problem to set up tree tents and bury pots to make rice.

In the evening, the big tent is brightly lit.

Wen Chou was sitting in the tent, the officers of the Taolin Army were on the left side, and the Gaoyi County Lieutenant and other Gaoyi County auxiliary team leaders were sitting on the right. Discuss and discuss the specific division of labor for tomorrow's attack on the camp. What to do if you encounter an emergency?

The townsmen are brave and strong, and they are not as well-trained as the soldiers, and they advance and retreat freely. If these townsmen who have not gone through many battle formations are brave and strong, and they can't kill the enemy, but they disturb their own military formation, then they have made a big oolong! Wen Chou wanted to inform him in advance. lest such an unfavourable situation arise.

After paying attention to dozens of forests, an hour has passed. It's no problem for everyone to go back and make arrangements.

The next day, the sky was bright, and the army of Wen Chou had already burst into fireworks. It is the man who fills the pot and cooks the meal, preparing the military meal. Although it is not necessarily 'the third watch to cook and the fifth watch to march', everything was prepared early. It's just time to kill the thieves in the mountains.

Here, Wen Chou led nearly 10,000 troops to the mountains to seize the thieves, but the thieves camp there was a lot of fun.

This time I went out of the mountain to loot the fourteen or fifteen pavilions, which can be said to have gained a lot. No more frugal food and tightened belts to get by. Although the defeat of the other part made Liu Min, the commander of the Black Mountain Qu, quite depressed, when he saw the cheering crowd, he only counted it verbally and turned the page over.

In his heart, he is also considering the possibility of Wen Chou raising an army to seek revenge! Not to mention the old grudges, this battle alone caused the Wen Chou army to lose nearly 100 combat effectiveness. He wasn't sure if he had touched Wen Chou's bottom line.

But he was just worried, and he wasn't afraid that Wen Chou would lead people to come. After all, this is his territory, the base camp built by tens of thousands of thieves for three years. Although its defense power is not as good as that of a large county town, it is not far behind!

Liu Min shared his thoughts with his leaders, and after some discussion, he came to the conclusion that Wen Chou did not dare to come. After all, it was the midwinter season that was about to enter the wax moon.