In the fourth year of Yongli, the twenty-fifth day of June.

More than 2,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters of the puppet Qing Dynasty Fujian Right Road were meritorious, and a total of 500 troops and horses were ordered on the second line of Anxi and Yongchun, and they entered the territory of Yongchun, hoarded grain and grass in Yongchun, and sent scouts to explore the terrain and prepare to attack Dehua in the north.

After hearing this news by the scouts of the Zhongwu Battalion, he was sent to Su Yan as soon as possible, and learned that the Qing army was attacking on a large scale, and the number was far more than double that of his side, Rao is Su Yan couldn't help but panic for a short time.

This is the regular army of the Qing Dynasty, even if it is not the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty, it is also the Eight Banners of the Han Army whose combat effectiveness is higher than that of the ordinary green battalion.

Yongchun Dehua is mountainous, rugged, and has few roads, which is not conducive to the march of large troops.

In addition to the Tianma Mountain Pass, Yongchun leads to the Dehua Pass and has several places, namely the Yingshan Pass located in Sukeng, the Tiger and Leopard Pass located in Dajuling, and the Kuzhu Pass and Shangshe Pass, Sukeng Su Yan had been there by shuttle bus in his previous life, and it was less than half an hour's drive from Dehua County, which was the closest one to the county seat among these passes.

Just when Su Yan was looking at the map of Dehua and Yongchun counties and thinking about how to deal with the Qing army, Liu Wenmin and Li Daotai both got the news and hurried over.

"General, the Qing army is about to attack in a big way?" As soon as Liu Wenmin stepped into the room, he asked with a solemn expression.

Lee Do-tae followed behind him, and although he didn't speak, his expression also revealed his nervousness, worry, and uneasiness.

"The general soldiers and horses on the right side of the puppet Fujian have made meritorious contributions, led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and the military horses of Anyong and Yong, and have arrived in Yongchun County at this time." Su Yan nodded and said.

"General, it's time for us to contact Pingding Bo Lin Zhong, please Pingding Bo and join us in fighting against the Qing army." Liu Wenmin proposed.

"That's what I mean, the so-called cold lips and teeth, as long as Pingding Bo is not a short-sighted person, it is impossible to stand idly by." Su Yan said, "However, we can't rely on the army of Pingdingbo, before the Qing army acts, we must first send troops to take down the Yingshan Pass in Sukeng, and build the first line of defense to defend Dehua." ”

After speaking, he looked at the two of them and continued: "During this period, the two of them stabilized the hearts of the people in the city and provided sufficient military rations for the soldiers of our army.

And Li Xiancheng, I hope you can lobby the gentry and landlords in Dehua's hometowns, and let them contribute money and efforts to help resist the Qing army. ”

When Li Daotai heard this, a somewhat hesitant look appeared on his face, and said, "General, what if they don't want to?" ”

"Well......" Su Yan just wanted to say that he would raid the house directly, but after thinking about it, at this sensitive time, didn't he force them to push them to the side of the Qing army by attacking the squires and landlords, even if they didn't want to resist themselves, as soon as they did this, there would be several more half-hearted forces inside.

Thinking of this, Su Yan retracted the words that came to his lips, and said: "Just be willing, those who are willing to cooperate with us will write it down, and they will be given certain benefits after the war, and those who are not willing to cooperate will ......" He said this, paused, and said: "Let's write it down first." ”

In just six words, a layer of goosebumps grew uncontrollably on Li Daotai's back, and he had a premonition in his heart that after this battle was over, the Qing army's attack would be thwarted, and Dehua County was afraid that there would be another bloody storm.

Su Yan saw his thoughts from the gloom in his eyes, chuckled, and reassured: "Don't worry, I'm not a murderer, whoever I kill should be killed." ”

"Who knows what your killing standard is." Li Daotai couldn't help but slander in his heart, but he was also a lot more relieved, after all, from Su Yan's entry into Dehua to the present, he has indeed not killed innocent people, and everyone who died directly or indirectly in his hands has a reasonable reason.

Li Daotai has studied the book of sages since he was a child, but he is not a pedantic person, which can be seen from his willingness to do things for Su Yan, a group of rebels who do not even belong to the Ming Dynasty in name, and he also has a standard in his heart, as long as Su Yan does not kill innocents indiscriminately, he is willing to continue to do things for Su Yan.

But once Su Yan broke this standard, he would not hesitate to turn his back on Su Yan and join the side he thought was suitable.

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After sending the two away, Su Yan sent someone to contact Bo Lin Zhong of Pingding in Tianping City, invited Lin Zhong to lead the army to come, and expressed his willingness to provide food and wages.

If it was just to provide food and grass, it might not be enough for Lin Zhong to come out, but if it was added to the military salary, Lin Zhong, who was especially short of money, might not be able to stick to his heart.

In addition to contacting Lin Zhong's army, Su Yan was not limited to the system, he ordered the conscription of 600 strong men through conscription, of which 500 people will be sent to the Xiangyong camp for emergency temporary training, and the other 100 people are country hunters who responded to the call, they bring their own bows and arrows, in addition to superb archery, they are also good at hand-to-hand combat.

These 100 hunters did not need to be trained, they were directly sent to the Tianma Mountain Pass on the front line, and replaced with a company of archers and two companies of sword and shield men - the Tianma Mountain Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only needs to maintain a small army.

The next day, Lin Zhong led the headquarters to drive to the outside of Dehua County, he has not yet come out of the influence of being encircled and suppressed by Ma Degong last year, and brought only about 800 soldiers, although everyone is not strong, but they are rare in good spirits and high morale.

In order to show his sincerity, Su Yan personally went out of the city to greet Lin Zhong, and took this opportunity to also observe the battle-hardened rebel army under Lin Zhong up close.

It is rare for the soldiers under Lin Zhong's command to be able to do most of the armor, although it is only a little shabby looking chain mail and leather armor, as well as Fujian's local specialty rattan armor, their weapons are basically a combination of swords and shields, roughly speaking, there should be more than 100 archers in the army, and there are only about a dozen firearms.

Such a humble comparison of firearms and equipment, compared with a rifle on Su Yan's side, it seems that Su Yan's soldiers are different, and the soldiers under Lin Zhong's command are also curiously looking at the strangely dressed soldiers opposite, commenting on them from time to time, and at the same time being surprised that all friendly troops are equipped with firearms.

"I haven't seen you for many days, but the demeanor of Pingding Bo is still the same."

Lin Xingzhu, who was following Lin Zhong, was looking at the line infantry when Su Yan's voice drew his attention to the former and Lin Zhong.

"What is the name of Uncle Pingding, it's really out of sight, if you don't dislike it, you can also call me the third brother with them." Lin Zhong said with a smile.

"Third brother." Su Yan didn't shirk it, knowing that this was Lin Zhong's gesture of goodwill to him, so he was kind and called him the third brother.

Lin Zhong responded with a smile, and then introduced to Su Yan: "My brother Lin Xian will not be introduced, this is the general of my military camp, Lin Xingzhu Lin and Liang." ”

"And Liang has seen General Su." Lin Xingzhu replied with a fist, and then looked at Su Yan unabashedly, seeing that the other party was about the same age as himself, he couldn't help but be a little more surprised.

"Su Yan, Su Anguo." Su Yan also replied with a fist, and introduced to the other party the table he gave himself, An Guo.

The table word is what people with names and surnames in this era will have, and Su Yan wants to stand out on the big stage in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in the future, and a good table word is naturally indispensable.

Therefore, he used the stability of the country as his own expression to always remind himself of the purpose of coming to this world.