Chapter 44: The Birth of the Predator (1)

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When the day dawned.

It is said that after the autumn harvest, the people have some money in their hands, and they should go to the county to purchase daily necessities, especially salt, which is more important than anything else.

Considering the special time, Li Rupei specially instructed Huang Biao that all peasant households who met them who went to the county seat to purchase daily necessities must be seized on the spot to avoid leaking out the ambush sites, and they must be polite to these peasant households, and they must not be harmed, let alone loot their money, and if anyone dares to violate military discipline, they will be severely punished regardless of the reason.

After a long time, there was not a single person on the official road at all, strange, Li Rupei slowly pondered, this should be the method that Tan Mingxiao, the county commander of Wuling County, came up with, after the foreign army and the soldiers from other towns entered Wuling County, it must be a lion who opened his mouth, and when he arrived in the village and town, he asked for it openly, and secretly robbed it, where he passed, nothing would be left, and the people who suffered had nowhere to complain, so he could only choose to flee, if this was the case, he was born in most places in Wuling County, and after the officials and soldiers left, Tan Mingxiao couldn't deal with this mess, so Tan Mingxiao must have found a way to notify the elders, Li Zheng, Mura Zheng and others, and warned the farmers not to go out for the time being, so as not to meet the official army.

Li Rupei shook his head and smiled bitterly, the officials and soldiers are all such virtues, and what are you talking about protecting the territory and the people, no wonder Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao want to rebel, not to mention that there are so many people who correspond, causing the rebel army to become larger and larger.

When the hour was approaching, it was still quiet on the official road, the strength of the sun increased, and the feeling of heat began to appear slowly, Huang Biao was a little breathless, and came under the big tree.

"Li Lang, master, it is said that in the middle of summer, the march should be in the middle of the day or the time of the hour, from the county seat to here, but more than twenty miles, it does not take half an hour, the officers and soldiers should have arrived a long time ago, but this is the time of the hour, and the shadow of the officials and soldiers is still not visible, will there be any accidents?"

Li Rupei also felt strange, after all, the officers and soldiers came out to suppress bandits and fight, not to travel, and the basic marching rules still had to be observed, otherwise there would be no need to fight, but after the hour, there was still no shadow on the official road, and there was no news from the scouts sent out to investigate, could it be that the officers and soldiers were really ready to continue to stay in Wuling County for a day.

Gao Chibang slowly spoke.

"Don't worry, the foreign army and the foreign town soldiers, have such bad habits, especially those officers, they don't get attention on weekdays, they can't see any future, they are lazy and lazy, all they think about is money and women, with the task of marching and fighting, it is the moment when they collect money, and the conquest is secondary, unless the opportunity is particularly good, they will attack, otherwise just catch a few people, fool the above is considered to complete the task, Shannan West Road Jiedu envoy Lu Yanhong, I'm afraid I also think of this possibility, will send three thousand foreign troops and foreign town soldiers, If you have an absolute advantage in numbers, you must attack, otherwise you can't explain. ”

The scout came on a fast horse.

"Report, the officers and soldiers have gone out from the county seat, and they are expected to arrive here in half an hour."

Li Rupei's face showed a smile, he has a stronger self-confidence, the mind of the official army is not on the expedition at all, what he thinks of is to loot money, such a suzhì, even if he is prepared, he is not necessarily the opponent of the cottage brothers, not to mention that he is still attacked in a sudden situation, and the victory is to be captured, the key depends on what kind of victory will be achieved, whether it is to completely exterminate the official army, or to disperse the official army, in this regard, Li Rupei has not yet absolutely grasped and confident.

Li Rupei did not hesitate, and took his two brothers and rode towards the nearest hillside, and when the battle began, he would watch the entire battlefield from the hillside.

When the tooth general came out with the army, he muttered a little in his mouth, and he didn't expect to come to Wuling County, and only got a hundred taels of silver, which has a big gap with his expectations, if it wasn't specifically emphasized above, the tooth general would never leave the county seat lightly, let the sergeants harass the county for a few more days, and he was not afraid that the county order would not obediently take more silver, but the tooth general also thought about it, exterminate the cottage, annihilate the bandits, and when he returned victorious, stay in Wuling County for a few more days, and let the county order take out a lot of silver, which was too much at that time, The above will not be blamed.

The team of 1,500 people is divided into 30 teams, of which six cavalry teams count 300 people, four crossbow teams count 200 people, and 20 infantry teams count 1,000 people, the cavalry team and the bow team are the core, and among the bow and crossbow teams, there are three bow and arrow teams and one machine crossbow team.

According to the configuration, whether it is cavalry or infantry, they must be equipped with horses, cavalry meets the enemy to charge and fight, infantry encounters the enemy dismounts and fights, and each person is equipped with two war horses, one for riding, and one for consignment of equipment and provisions. In addition to these horses, each team also had six donkeys, mainly for the transportation of equipment, including military tents, rice pots, sickles, mangers, guillotines, water scoops, medical first aid kits, salt bags, etc. The equipment of the organ crossbow team is more, and the large bow and crossbow cannot be transported by manpower, so the machine bow and crossbow team is often equipped with more than ten horses or donkeys to transport the bow and crossbow.

However, this kind of complete equipment, it was possible to do it in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, because of the gap in financial resources, the configuration of the army of each feudal town was different, the best is the Shence army controlled by the imperial court and the army of the northern feudal town, and the southeast feudal town basically can't do it, and the equipment is above, the tooth army is not the same as the tooth foreign army and the foreign town soldiers, and the equipment of the tooth army is obviously much better.

The 1,500 people led by General Ya cannot be so well equipped, but it is not much worse, after all, it is a combat mission directly arranged by the Jiedu Envoy, and it is the most important thing to concentrate equipment to meet the needs of 1,500 people and ensure the victory of the battle.

Fifteen hundred men, each with a war horse, each team has three donkeys, responsible for carrying equipment, the crossbow team has ten donkeys, responsible for transporting bows and crossbows, in addition to the cavalry team each equipped with a pair of armor, the bow team is equipped with battle robes.

People have many mouths, whether they are humans or animals, they all have to eat, so the consumption is also very large.

For this reason, the tooth will be able to open his mouth and demand grain and silver from the land.

Leading such a neat army, it was the first time for the tooth general, who thought that he could raise a lot of silver taels, but he didn't expect that the county order of Wuling County would take out a hundred taels of silver, and the tooth general was of course not satisfied.

The team of 1,500 people is very large, and when it comes out, it is also mighty, the officers and soldiers suppress bandits, it is to do good things for the people, it is to protect the people, so the tooth general requires many sergeants to cheer up, and show the necessary momentum, but this tooth general consumes too much at night, and it is difficult for him to cheer up, and he asks everyone to do it, and he can't do it, how can it be.

The march of the army is not fast, it comes out in the middle of summer, from the perspective of marching and fighting, it is a joke, the sergeants below all understand, anyway, they don't really want to suppress the bandits, just follow the mix.

On the official road, a lot of dust was raised, the cavalry and the crossbow team walking in front would not eat too much dust, and the infantry team behind would be miserable, and the dust raised by the horses and donkeys would not disperse for a long time, they were wrapped in it, and some foot soldiers began to scold their mother, it is said that there should not be such a situation, 1,500 people said that it was not much, and it was not much less, if the march was fast, the dust could be thrown behind, but unfortunately the time was wrong, the sun was already very scorching, and it was impossible to march quickly. Horses and donkeys can't bear it.

Li Rupei was just as anxious.

After a whole night of rapid marching, the brothers did not rest, not to mention, but also had to endure the high temperature, anyone's body is limited, if it is particularly hot, the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, and the fight with 1,500 officers and soldiers is unlikely to end in half an hour or an hour, the battle may last until noon, that is a great test for the brothers, and after the battle, the brothers have a short time to rest, and they will immediately march in a hurry, rush to Guanzhuang Town, and exterminate the officers and troops on the other road.

It can be said that this combat mission arranged by Li Rupei is a challenge close to the limit for every brother who participates in the battle, and it seems unwise to choose such a way for the first time to take the initiative to fight, but Li Rupei does not have so much time, he looks forward to such an extreme battle as Tongguò, so that the brothers will soon mature, and once everyone has experienced such a cruel fight, they will be able to meet the ensuing battle.

An iron-blooded army must be trained and beaten in the midst of fire, and it cannot grow up without going through wind and rain.

This is also gambling, the harsh training of the cottage, whether it really works, the changes born in each brother, whether it can be reflected in the battle, this requires practical experience.

Of course, the victory in the battle also means that a large number of war horses and weapons and equipment can be obtained, and the foreign army and foreign soldiers from Bazhou have plundered all the way, accumulated a large amount of grain, grass and money, defeated the official army, and obtained these equipment and grain and grass, which will greatly alleviate the tense situation of the cottage grain and grass, and let Li Rupei have more time to free up his hands and think about more important things.

This battle must not be lost, and it must be won completely.

Li Rupei began to force himself to calm down, the more critical the moment, the more he needed to calm down, and he didn't know how many dangerous situations he would have to face in the future, if he couldn't keep enough calm, it would be impossible to achieve great things.

On the hillside, you can faintly see the dust in the distance.

Li Ru Peixun concentrated.