The three bandit leaders plan to fight to the end with the officers and soldiers, but Xiao Luo under his command doesn't think so, they are bandits, but they don't know what loyalty is, and now the officers and soldiers are fighting back and forth, they don't want to die here in vain.

Soon after the two armies came into contact, the bandits were defeated, and the more bandits escaped from the battle at night, the bandit leader couldn't stop drinking at all.

"Whoever lays down his arms will not be killed." Hua An rode into the cottage and persuaded the bandits to surrender.

"Whoever surrenders will not die." The soldiers also echoed loudly.

This trick of psychological warfare is still very effective, many bandits threw away their weapons and squatted on the ground to show surrender, and the strength of the bandits' side was suddenly greatly reduced.

At this time, there were less than 1,000 bandits still resisting, and Hua'an understood that these nearly 1,000 bandits must be bandits who had done a lot of evil, and they did not dare to surrender for fear of sanctions.

Dealing with such a bandit, Hua An naturally would not be soft, he brandished the glaive knife in his hand, rushed forward, and fought with the bandits who resisted to the end.

Half an hour later, nearly 1,000 bandits were completely annihilated, and the 3,000 army of Hua'an was only killed by less than 30 people and wounded by hundreds of people, which can be described as a complete victory.

Hua An severely criticized and educated the thousands of bandits who surrendered, and only let them go when the thieves sincerely confessed their sins and swore that they would never dare to be bandits again in this life.

As for some of the bandits who escaped, Hua'an did not send troops to pursue, but released a message to warn them not to be lucky, as long as they do not become bandits in the future, they can not blame the past, and if they return to their old business, they will not be spared.

Before setting fire to the bandits' lair, the soldiers found hundreds of women in the cottage, about fifteen years old, who had naturally been looted by the bandits from nearby villages, and Hua'an sent a detachment of men to return them to their respective homes.

After solving the three nests of the three bandits connected in the largest area, the nearby bandits had already been frightened, and the bandit leaders who did a lot of evil did not dare to touch the tiger power of Hua'an, and fled away one after another, and those bandits Xiao Luo were even more scattered like birds and beasts, and they returned to their hometowns to farm.

This surprised everyone that the parents and people of the surrounding counties of Moshan went to Hua'an's temporary residence to express their gratitude to Hua'an.

Some of the biological parents of the rescued women took their daughters to the military camp to kowtow to Hua'an to thank them, and even, in order to express their gratitude, some parents wanted to give their rescued daughters to Hua'an as slaves and maids, and serve Hua'an for the rest of their lives.

There is no shortage of slaves and maids in Hua'an's house, so he naturally declined this kindly, and wished them to marry a good family.

After solving the bandits of Moshan, Hua'an's 3,000 soldiers and horses stayed at the foot of Moshan for three days, and after three days, they pulled out the camp and headed for the capital.

Although the battle was still not too fierce, and the combat effectiveness of the bandits was not strong, this was a real battle after all, and the soldiers had killed people and seen blood, which was much stronger than the actual military drill conducted in the big battalion.

Hua'an fought and pacified the bandits in Moshan, and after this matter was reported to the imperial court, it set off a wave again, and the Manchu civil and military forces were shocked and respected Hua'an more and more.

When King Situ saw his son-in-law so competitive, he was even more overjoyed, and Emperor Sima Yan naturally praised Hua'an.

On the top of the main hall of the capital, Sima Yan looked at the excerpts sent by the front line of Moshan, his face was happy, and after reading it, he gently put the excerpts on the case, and said with great joy: "Thousands of enemies were annihilated, less than 100 self-losses, and the Moshan bandits were pacified in a battle, this Hua'an is really amazing, and he did not disappoint me, reward, I want a great reward." ”

"Dajin has such a good general, it is the blessing of the community!"

"This is the emperor's blessings, congratulations to the emperor."

"With General Hua here, the emperor can sit back and relax."

The ministers burst into compliments.

Sima Yan smiled slightly, and said: "It's late autumn now, and there is still a whole year before my Great Jin Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, since Hua'an has a good way of leading the troops, I think Hua'an should be allowed to lead more people, and the Northern Expedition will be better to make more contributions to my Great Jin in the coming year, what do you think." ”

"The emperor is sage, and the old minister thinks it is feasible." Situ Wang Dao hurriedly replied.

The emperor has made up his mind, and Situ of the current dynasty also expressed his support, and Hua'an's military exploits and the strength of leading the troops in battle are there, although the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are not convinced, they do not dare to raise objections on the surface.

Seeing that no one objected, Sima Yan issued a holy decree, allowing Hua'an to command the soldiers of the three armies with a total of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to the first army of the headquarters, the other two armies let Hua'an recruit by himself, in addition, a reward of 100,000 yuan and a thousand silk horses.

In this way, Hua'an, who returned to the camp victoriously, began to recruit soldiers on his own.

In order to build a strong enough force, Hua'an avoided the towns and chose the location of the recruitment in the countryside.

The reason for this choice, Hua'an is deeply considered, the victory or defeat of the battle, in addition to the commander of the general to be wise, the soldier's bravery and obedience to orders are also very important.

There are many slippery people in the city, and their selfishness is heavier, and it is difficult to persuade them to sacrifice their lives to serve the country.

The people in the countryside are more simple, on the surface they are a little vulgar, sluggish, and do not know the etiquette, and it is difficult to win the favor of the generals, but the plasticity is much higher than that of the urban slippery people, as long as they have more training, they can do the ban.

Of course, Hua'an also has requirements for the physique of soldiers, and for people who are weak and sickly, thin as firewood, and have yellow faces and thin muscles, they must not be included in the barracks.

In order to recruit soldiers in the shortest possible time, Hua'an let his subordinates disperse and recruit men and horses in the four counties of Danyang, Biling, Wuxing and Xuancheng.

After nearly a month of conscription, nearly 7,000 men and horses have been assembled in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army near the capital, and Hua'an has officially started training after reorganizing them.

Hua'an's command, originally only 1,500 horses, two bandits captured more than 1,000, during the conscription, and collected more than 1,000 horses from the mountains and wilderness, in order to better train the soldiers' riding skills, after the conscription was completed, Hua'an borrowed more than 1,000 horses from Han Qian, so far, Hua'an's command has nearly 5,000 horses.

Hua'an's adjutant Wang San led a thousand horses from the pro-army battalion, 3,300 soldiers from the first army of the thunderstorm, one for each of them, and the second and third armies of Zhao Wu and Tie Niu, except for the pro-soldier brigade, which was fully horse-ridden, the remaining three battalions of soldiers were all infantry.