Three thousand against thirty thousand, and in only a quarter of an hour, the battle completely fell to the side of the Salvation Army, and in the blink of an eye, the army of 30,000 was over.

It's quite bluffing to say, but that's the truth, the head of the big red wolf was specially placed at the county gate of Chengcheng County with a wooden tray, which listed the crimes and information of the big red wolf, and the people of Chengcheng County who passed by were very happy that such a scourge was killed. At least he was killed, so he couldn't harm himself.

The Salvation Army's existence was also tacitly accepted by the people of Chengcheng County and Baishui County, and everyone knew that they were living under the rule of an anti-thief, but no one would expose this matter to others. Anyway, living under the rule of anti-thieves, I don't need to worry about being cut off by other anti-thieves the next day. Not to mention, the Salvation Army is a real rebel army, giving money for things, and the price is very fair. Don't casually break into other people's homes to grab things, don't force other people's little daughters-in-law and daughters, usually appear around the village by chance, don't destroy farmland, and speak politely, why doesn't Daming have such an army?

Many gentry are thinking about this question, if the Ming Dynasty has such an army, where will the thieves still have an environment to survive?

It's a pity that the military system of the Ming Dynasty has rotted to the roots. At least as far as Zhang Hongbin's cognition is concerned, the ten people who traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if they were dressed as Apocalypse or Chongzhen, all implemented a criterion, that is, 'break and stand up'. Some of them sincerely assisted Daming at the beginning, but in the end they had to be forced to rebel, which shows how difficult it is to be a loyal minister in this environment, not to mention that Chongzhen's guy was originally suspicious.

The Salvation Army returned victorious, and the heroes of the Great Reward naturally did not need to be doubted, and after a small celebration, everyone returned to their respective posts the next day. The Salvation Army is not a bandit army, let alone a rogue army, and before the great goal is accomplished, or even after it is completed, it must strictly complete its duties and work within the appropriate scope, and strictly abide by the military regulations and other political regulations of the Salvation Army.

Life may be a bit restrictive, not as happy as the rogue, but it cannot be denied that life is much better than before, and there is power in his hands.

It was only two days before and after the victory over the big red wolf, and Li Dingguo and Wang Er were called to Zhang Hongbin's study.

"Young Master, what's the matter with us? However, it's time to hit Pucheng County?! Wang Er asked excitedly.

"Brother Wang, our only return cannon is still being overhauled and reinforced, where can we attack the county seat again? To fight by traditional means, it is completely to fill in with the life of the child below! Li Dingguo said with a smile.

This is indeed very helpless, Zhang Hongbin rarely saw a picture of the return cannon in the book, so he took it to the craftsman to try to make it. After it was built, it was tried three times, and the results were not bad, but who knew that when it was officially put into use, the fifth shot would fall apart. Fortunately, a section of the city wall of Chengcheng was also blown down, so it was possible to take Chengcheng County along the way, otherwise I was afraid that the army would have to go home.

In that battle, luck played a big role. Zhang Hongbin didn't want to continue to take risks, so he had to let the craftsmen find a way to understand the manufacturing process of the return cannon to ensure that the next siege would not at least not fall apart. And if you can, you can make more than a dozen return guns.

In fact, the best is artillery, especially the Francophone artillery, which is the so-called red cannon. However, the supermarket didn't sell it, and the people who knew how to make it didn't have this technology, and even the technology of metal smelting was not completely satisfied with it so far, so he could only postpone it and use the heavy catapult like the return cannon to make up the number.

"You two pack up and go to Lintong with me tomorrow!" Zhang Hongbin said something else.

"Where and what?" Wang Er asked suspiciously.

"According to the intelligence, the new army recruited by the official army more than half a year ago has begun to start, and it will not be long before it will go to Lintong to attack the Tiger Head King Righteous Army entrenched there. Prior to this, they had defeated three large and small rebel forces, killing 6,000 rebels and capturing more than 50,000 with 5,000 people. It is not difficult to see from the intelligence that this is a unit with real combat effectiveness, and not the kind of guard force we have encountered before. Zhang Hongbin took out the information about the new army in a drawer and handed it to the two of them.

Wang Er didn't look at it, this guy is a thorn in the literacy class, basically dizzy when he reads, that is, under the pressure of Zhang Hongbin, he recognized more than 5,000 daily words, and he can be regarded as evolving from an illiterate to a semi-illiterate.

In contrast, Li Dingguo has shown excellent learning ability, and the content of the teaching can be quickly absorbed, and even inferences can be drawn from one another. In terms of post-class questions, Li Dingguo was also the most active among all the students, and sometimes even let Zhang Hongbin, who taught them, speechless. At this moment, he saw that Wang Er didn't mean to look at it, so he immediately took it over and looked at it carefully.

"Young master, no matter what kind of regular army guards he is, as long as he dares to come to our territory, I will become a pile of defeated troops!" Wang Er was full of confidence.

In fact, after winning victory after victory, the Salvation Army, from the officers to the non-commissioned officers, felt that they were invincible in the world, and inevitably began to be proud. Zhang Hongbin also called the two of them over for the purpose of vigilance.

"Brother Wang, since the young master attaches so much importance to it, it shouldn't be easy to think about the opponent. Don't look at the 30,000 big red wolves, the young master doesn't pay attention to it at all, isn't this a fight between us and them, it's just bullying people, isn't it? Now the opponent is only 5,000 people, and he has lost a few battles in a row, but the young master still attaches so much importance to it, this must not be vigilant! Li Dingguo immediately reminded him.

Only then did Wang Er realize that the situation was indeed a bit problematic, at least in the face of Yang Hong's problem, Zhang Hongbin showed a different seriousness and caution than before.

"Okay, I mean, tomorrow you will take fifty brothers with me to the vicinity of Lintong, we will look for a high ground, carefully observe the battle mode and combat effectiveness of this army, and prepare for dealing with them in the future. You must know that there is a saying that 'know oneself and know one's opponent and win all battles'! Zhang Hongbin stated his purpose.

"But young master, when we go to observe others fighting, what do others think? They are not blind, and when they see our group of people wandering there and watching them fight, won't they destroy us first? Wang Er immediately objected.

"Rest assured, let's just observe from a higher place four or five miles away. Be careful, they can't see us. That's because I didn't want them to find out about us, so I had to take a few of my brothers out. Zhang Hongbin said with a smile.

"But four or five miles apart, how should we watch them fight?" Li Dingguo asked, after all, no one is a clairvoyant!

"It's easy, just use this, you can try it, just look at the smaller end, and you can see things in the distance very closely." Zhang Hongbin took out two pairs of binoculars in the drawer and threw them to them.

This is a toy bought in a supermarket, not a military one. But even if it's a toy, it's still okay to condescendingly look at something four or five miles away. Besides, what if there is a military one? And there are no cannons and muskets, there is no need for a ranging ruler at all, and as for the night vision system, there is such a toy level.

"I'm X, I don't know if I don't see it, I feel amazing when I see it!" Wang Er picked it up, glanced at the trees outside the window, and then was startled.

The trees that were originally at least ten meters away from him, when he looked at them with a telescope, they immediately appeared in front of him, and it was not a whole tree, just a trunk or leaf somewhere, after all, it was too close to see the whole tree at all.

"Artifact, this is a fetish for marching and fighting!" Li Dingguo shouted excitedly.

"Forget it, this thing is actually the so-called Qianliwang, something imported from abroad, I heard that the border army generals in Liaodong are equipped with this thing." Zhang Hongbin described to them very calmly.

"But young master, how did you get this thing? It seems that I haven't seen you leave the stockade? Wang Er asked stupidly.

Soon, he paid the price for his stupidity, and was kicked hard in the ankle by Li Dingguo. It's just that he didn't dare to fight back, or the next moment after he was angry, he realized that he had asked a very stupid question, so he immediately chose to shut up.

"How did I get this, it's my ability, young master, as for the way, it's not something you can know, understand?" Zhang Hongbin naturally didn't explain anything, and even used some authority to characterize this matter.

"Yes, we get it!" Seeing Zhang Hongbin's appearance, he was not very happy, and the two of them shouted with full spirit.

"Okay, prepare tonight, and set off with me tomorrow!" Zhang Hongbin beckoned and motioned for them to leave.

The next day, according to the usual practice, Zhang Hongbin handed over the matter of staying behind to Liu Ruoqi, and at the same time told Tie Niu and Ling He to assist Liu Ruoqi well, and then he took fifty men and horses to advance towards the south. About two days before and after, they came to the vicinity of the stronghold of the Tiger Head King in Lintong.

This is a mountain, which is called Hutou Mountain locally, because the shape of the mountain resembles a tiger's head, hence the name. The name of the Tiger Head King is obviously the same as the name he called for the king who occupied this place. In fact, he said that he was a thief, not a thief who had become a big thief, but compared with the rogue, he knew how to run the place better, at least with a small favor, he had made the people around Hutou Mountain acquiesce and accept his rule.

knew that the ruler was a thief, a vicious bandit leader, but he was still bought by Xiao En Xiaohui, which is really sad of the times.

The tiger head king has never attacked the county seat, one knows that it is difficult to attack the county seat, and the other also knows that the result of attacking the county seat is to attract the Ming officials and soldiers to the death with himself. He is also in his fifties this year, and he no longer has the courage of a young man, so he only hopes to be a grass king, and has no heart to compete for the king.

However, even if he doesn't plan to come out, he's still a thief.

If he doesn't fight the idea of the government, the government will still fight his idea. At least, on Yang Hong's marching route, Hutou Mountain is the only way to go. As for the Tiger Head King and his gang, after finding out the news, Yang Hong never took him seriously. However, in order to prevent this guy from disturbing his march, he simply killed by the way.

Speaking of which, the Tiger Head King is indeed a tragic figure.