After the soldiers worked overtime overnight, the next day, at least 200 thunderbolts were placed in the warehouse, which almost consumed the gunpowder hoarded in the arsenal.

Gunpowder in the arsenal, like weapons, is infinitely raw material, but it also needs to be synthesized and manufactured by workers themselves, and stored in the warehouses of the arsenal.

The source of ammunition for the soldiers was also completely dependent on the arsenal, without which it would not be possible for a few days for the rifled guns in the hands of the line infantry to be more wasteful than a burning stick.

At the same time, Li Daotai also visited the gentry and landlords in the county, personally persuaded them, exaggerated the brutal acts of the Qing army, and demanded that every household contribute money and efforts to provide some help for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Perhaps because of the approach of the Qing army, this time, the response of the squire and landlords was not as enthusiastic as last time, and they were worried that they would not be settled after the autumn, so each family only symbolically provided a little grain and grass to show their hearts, and Su Yan did not expect to get another large handful of wool from them, so he gave up.

After determining the battle plan, Su Yan did not plan to divide his troops to capture the remaining two key passes that were still under the control of the Qing army, and after the soldiers of the Zhongwu Battalion of the three companies withdrew from the key passes of Tianma Mountain, on June 28, the combined forces of Su Yan and Lin Zhong swore to march outside Dehua City.

In this expedition, Su Yan left only one group of militia to defend the county seat, and the rest of the troops included a team of volunteer cavalry, two teams of line infantry, a long team of spearmen, five hundred conscripted spearmen, sixty loyal military battalion archers, and two hundred and forty loyal military battalion sword and shield men, a total of 1,205 people.

In addition, there are more than 800 rebels under Lin Zhong's department, most of these more than 800 rebels have experienced a hundred battles and have rich experience, among which the 300 rattan soldiers in the Chinese military camp led by Lin Xingzhu are the best, these 300 rattan soldiers are all holding rattan long knives, wearing iron cotton armor, which can resist firearm shooting, almost invulnerable, and are the elite troops that Lin Zhong relies on.

It was also after learning of the existence of rattan soldiers that Su Yan remembered the deeds of Lin Xingzhu, a famous general in the Qing Dynasty, who led the Fujian rattan soldiers to resist the invasion of Tsarist Russia after the Qing Dynasty, and made great achievements.

Therefore, Su Yan's attitude towards Lin Xingzhu was closer, and he was also thinking about how to dig Lin Xingzhu from Lin Zhong.

Counting Lin Zhong's team, there were just more than 2,000 people in the army on this expedition, but the real combat effectiveness of them still needed to be subtracted from 500 people, and at least 2,500 people were used to fight against the Qing army with more than 1,500 people.

Carrying enough grain and grass, the army arrived at the Tianma Mountain Pass the next day along the main road leading to Yongchun, which must pass through the Tianma Mountain Pass.

From the mouth of Chen Shenggui, who was stationed here, it was learned that Ma Degong was not in a hurry to go north to quell the rebellion, and he even took advantage of the fog two days ago to sneak attack Xiqing Village in Yongchun, slaughtering more than 100 people in the village and plundering a large amount of money and grain.

After learning of Ma Degong's atrocities, although Lin Zhong and the others were not surprised, they couldn't help but grit their teeth and feel deeply angry.

At this time, the system also released a new task to Su Yan in time:

[New mission released: Annihilate the Qing Army's Ma Degong Division.]

Mission Rewards: Basic Military Technology×1, Any Class×5

(Note: The difficulty of this task is slightly higher, so the task reward will be increased)]

Seeing this new task, combined with the previous task, Su Yan summed up the law of the system releasing new tasks, generally speaking, as long as it is before the war against the Qing army, the system should release the task, just like the battle against Xu Yujing, the system has no movement at all.

As for whether it is the same as Su Yan guessed, it depends on the new tasks released in the future.

……

After repairing the key pass of Tianma Mountain for a day, according to the plan, Su Yan did not have any preparation to cover his whereabouts, and directly led a thousand soldiers and horses to drive out of the key pass, along the winding and rugged road, into the territory of Yongchun.

Behind Su Yan, Lin Zhong led the 800 men and horses of the headquarters to follow from afar with 200 thunderbolts, until he walked out of the mountains, and then suddenly turned around and marched quickly to the ambush point.

This is also the most critical part of the battle plan discussed by Su Yan and Lin Zhong, they must ensure that the ambush men and horses arrive at the ambush circle without being discovered by the Qing army, otherwise the horses will be prepared in advance, and the effect of the ambush will be greatly reduced.

On the other hand, Ma Degong didn't expect that Su Yan would dare to leave Dehua County, and take the initiative to enter Yongchun to find trouble for himself, so he immediately counted the soldiers and horses, led the army north, and prepared to teach the "arrogant" Su Yan a lesson.

At the same time, he also kept an eye on it, and sent scouts to investigate the soldiers and horses brought by Su Yan, and after learning that the number of soldiers and horses of the thief army was consistent with the intelligence, he was relieved to go straight to Su Yan.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ma Degong's army intercepted Su Yan's army at Guishan.

Looking at the "Su" banner held high on the opposite side, and seeing the young general standing under the military flag from a distance, Ma Degong licked his lips a little excitedly, but still sent a horse, ready to persuade the thief army to surrender first.

In a short time, the cavalry he sent ran back, followed by an extra arrow from the cavalry, which directly rejected Ma Degong's persuasion to surrender, and revealed his determination to resist.

Seeing this, Ma Degong no longer hesitated, and with a wave of his hand, he sounded the offensive trumpet.

"Whoever kills the head of the thief will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"

He shouted loudly, and the corporal under his command immediately became like a rainbow, roaring angrily and killing Su Yan's side with a neat military formation, looking at the tight military formation of the Qing army, Su Yan couldn't help but think of the film and television dramas he had watched in his previous life, under the poison of domestic film and television dramas, many people mistakenly thought that ancient wars were a group of people rushing up in chaos, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Retracting his mind, Su Yan pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Array to meet the enemy!" ”

At this time, he was wearing repaired scale armor, his defense was max, and he was not afraid of cold arrows at all.

Under Su Yan's order, the five hundred conscripted spearmen centered on a team of system spearmen, chaotically in front of the army, although the five hundred conscripted spearmen performed well in training, but when they were on the battlefield, the huge sense of oppression still made them tremble in their legs, their minds were blank, and they were at a loss.

While the spearmen were in a panicked formation, two hundred and forty line infantry were already in front of the line, and they were urgently reloading their smoothbore guns with no mistake or error.