Although they had never heard of any sixteen-character decision, tens of thousands of bandits were indeed real to them.

Therefore, after hearing the news that I could use and recruit these thieves for my use, the expressions of despair on everyone's faces disappeared completely......

Then, as if they had been discussed, they fell into deep thought.

And at this moment, Zhou Shuyuan's next words were like stimulants, making each of them shoot out a very hot gaze in their eyes......

In one year, he went from a company commander to a battalion commander and even a regiment commander...... For them, it is absolutely unthinkable......

Under the temptation of the huge bait of promotion, everyone was moved.

At this time, Zhou Shuyuan spoke again: "When you have just entered Jiangnan, I will let us lurk in Jiangnan's fine work, assist you in controlling a small bandit with no more than 100 people, and provide each of your units with 5,000 grenades, 100 muskets used by the new army of the imperial court, and 20,000 fixed-loading lead bullets, as for how large you can develop in the end, it depends on your ......own ability."

"Finally, I want to say that in the whole development process, as long as you have the strength, you can completely build the county as your own base...... If you don't have the ability, you can only hide in the mountains......"

"Of course, although you are fighting outside, you are still the Haw Par Army, and the military regulations of the Haw Par Army must be strictly enforced...... In the course of development and warfare, you must not harm the interests of any ordinary people, and not only that, but you must also protect them from being persecuted by the new army of the imperial court......"

"Of course. Those who are desperate to follow the court. The landlord gentry with a very bad reputation. Not protected...... For these people, not only can you not protect them, but you can also send troops to fight them......"

After some analysis and discussion, these low-level officers, who had climbed up from the soldiers step by step and had rich combat experience, had to admit that if this battle was fought well, not only would there be no danger. On the contrary, it will become a rare opportunity for his own promotion......

Therefore, under Luo Yang's gaze, none of the hundred carefully selected soldiers flinched from the battle......

Five days later, on an official road located in Yangzhou Prefecture, a carriage full of grain, under the protection of more than a dozen young people, slowly left Yangzhou City, like a caravan.

Because the carriage is branded as a giant merchant in Yangzhou City. Coupled with the filial piety of a piece of silver, the carriage was not inspected in any way. went out of Yangzhou City.

After leaving Yangzhou City, which was heavily defended by the imperial court, the more than ten young men who had a nervous expression just now suddenly became relaxed.

One of the middle-aged men said with a palpitating face: "Company commander, I didn't expect that we would go out of the city so easily...... I thought that it would be a long time to get out at the city gate. Unexpectedly, a tael of silver sent the city gate official away......"

"You know, we have so many weapons hidden in that cart that if he checks it a little, we'll show our feet......"

At this time, the coachman, who was in charge of leading them the way and knew more about Yangzhou City than any of them, spoke: "Brother, it's not that the city gate officials are easy to send, it's because of a tael of silver, for these officers and soldiers who are guarding the city, it's already a lot......"

"Since the formation of a new army in the imperial court, the officers and soldiers in these places have become the queen's ...... As far as I know, the monthly salary of these officers and soldiers is less than two taels of silver...... Coupled with the above deductions, what you really get your hands on may only be one or two silver...... The one or two pieces of silver we just took out are enough for their ten officers and soldiers to use for several days......"

Speaking of which, you don't need to guess to know that this is a team of soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army sent by Luo Yangxing to Yangzhou City to fight behind enemy lines......

Ten people, the first batch of firearms equipment for a platoon......

Coming ashore from the Yangzhou dock, with the help of the guards of Yangzhou City, they left Yangzhou City and headed for their first target......

After listening to the detailed explanation, the company commander directly showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

He didn't think long about it, though.

Because there is a problem at hand, it must be solved immediately. That is the first time to find a foothold for the nine brothers under him......

Thinking of this, the company commander directly asked the driver who was driving the car next to him: "Brother, what is the specific situation of this Cangyunling you are talking about...... After all, there are only ten of us, and if the opponent is too strong and there are casualties, it will not be worth it......"

The coachman, who knew the identity of the company commander, hurriedly replied: "Company Commander Wang, rest assured, the bandits on Cangyun Ridge have just been pulled up, although there are seventy or eighty people, but there is not a single firearm, not even a bow and arrow...... With the firearms in the hands of the brothers, it is absolutely easy to extinguish them......"

"In addition, most of the people in Cangyunling are people who can't survive, as long as we kill a few leaders, the others will definitely be able to transform into our brothers soon...... As long as we give them food and their families can live, they will give us their lives......"

"Good ......" While the company commander breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but shout loudly.

Under the gaze of nine subordinates at the same time, he decisively decided: "Since this is the case, then we will take Cangyunling and use Cangyunling as our base ......"

The end result was no surprise, ten muskets, one musket fired only one lead bullet. The Cangyunling bandits, who had killed eight people, were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Tiger and Leopard Army......

In this way, the ten people got a piece of land of their own, and also harvested fifty-three qualified prisoners......

Just when the ten Haw Par troops began to train more than fifty captives, preparing to show their strength in Yangzhou.

In the two provinces of Gansu and Ningxia, a new army of more than 20,000 people is fiercely attacking a county seat.

Judging only by the deafening explosion of musket fire and the deafening explosion of gunfire, it can be concluded that the whole offensive battle must have been fought very fiercely.

However, on the battlefield completely shrouded in gunsmoke, this is indeed the scene......

The attacking new army of the imperial court stopped at a position of 200 steps outside the city, and kept firing guns into the sky......

Grenades emitting white smoke are constantly being thrown into places where no one is exploding......

As for the screeching bullets, they are also shot wherever there is no one......

The sound of such dense gunfire and explosions lasted for about half an hour, and finally slowly stopped.

Subsequently, hundreds of tiger and leopard troops broke through from the other gates of the county, and the new army of the imperial court that launched the attack occupied the county very easily...... (To be continued......)