After Lei Ben entered the battle, he immediately saluted Xiao Jingxuan.

"The last general Lei Ben saw the general, and the last general was transferred to the general under the command of the military department."

Looking at Lei Ben who was kneeling on the ground, Xiao Jingxuan hurriedly walked over and helped Lei Ben up.

"Haha, Lao Lei, you came at the right time. Sit down, and tell me about the situation in Toyosu first. ”

Lei Ben sat down with a grin. told Xiao Jingxuan about the situation in Fengzhou.

The two chatted and chatted, and then talked about the current war.

"Lao Lei, you came just in time, now, this Funiu Mountain is really stumped for me, and now it's just right, I'll hand it over to you."

"General, how can a small barberry mountain stop the general?"

"Hehe, although Pingzhou is a border city, there is no war, the army is slack, I want to clean up the army, strict military discipline, and set rewards and punishments. This Funiu Mountain was the first stepping stone for the armies. ”

After hearing Xiao Jingxuan's explanation, Lei Ben was thoughtful, and then gave up his order.

After getting Lei Ben's consent, Xiao Jingxuan convened a military meeting and handed over the command of the army to Lei Ben, and at the same time, in order to increase Lei Ben's prestige, Xiao Jingxuan gave up the position to Lei Ben temporarily.

After being humble for a while, Lei Ben immediately began to give orders, first sending soldiers to find nearby hunters and mountain people to see if there were any paths to go up the mountain.

Then he began to select the death squad from among the infantry, but the bravery of the infantry clearly exceeded Lei Ben's expectations, and although there was a good reward, only forty of the two thousand troops were willing to join.

Seeing that there were so few applicants, Lei Ben's face turned green, and he had no choice but to increase the reward.

Unfortunately, there is still no warmth.

Lei Ben had no choice but to turn around and find Xiao Jingxuan.

Seeing the depressed Lei Ben, Xiao Jingxuan knew what he meant when he saw it, so he took the lead in speaking.

"You see it, I know, that's what I'm trying to do with my army."

"General, these people can no longer be called soldiers, they have lost their courage, even if they are trained, they will not be of great use."

Xiao Jingxuan sighed.

"Lei Ben, do you think we are in Fengzhou? Do you know how much it costs to get rid of a soldier? Do you know what retrenched soldiers usually do? ”

After hearing Xiao Jingxuan's words, Lei Ben was silent for a while before receiving the order to retire.

Helpless, although Pingzhou is a border city, but bandits are rampant, if the soldiers are cut today, tomorrow, there will be many more bandits in Pingzhou.

Moreover, the silver needed to reduce the troops and return to the fields was not something that Pingzhou could afford.

After returning to the infantry camp, Lei Ben was also speechless after looking at the soldiers in the barracks.

After several days of searching, Lei Ben finally learned of a path leading to the mountain bandit village through the mouth of a medicine picker.

However, the trail is very rough and can only be navigated by small troop forces.

However, it is enough, there are a total of four checkpoints on the road from the foot of the mountain to the main village of Funiu Mountain, as long as you get to the main village, then everything is easy to say.

There are not many guards in these four levels, there are only about fifty or sixty people in each level, and if you add rotation, it is estimated that you only need to deal with about forty people.

However, for the sake of safety, Lei Ben still transferred twenty people from the guards to set off together.

This time, Lei Ben's purpose was to start from the path, and the large army would attack from the outside, while the death squad would launch a surprise attack on the checkpoint from the path.

The time of the battle was put on the ugly hour, and the death squad set off in the afternoon, and after taking position, they launched an attack at the same time as the large army in the ugly hour.

The whole battle was personally commanded by Lei Ben, and Xiao Jingxuan led the cavalry to supervise the battle.

The night is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to kill, and seeing that the agreed time is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere of the big war is becoming more and more tense.

Looking at the appearance of the infantry under his command, Xiao Jingxuan was really a little speechless.

Although he has not led the infantry in Fengzhou, the cavalry recruits have not been so unbearable when they go to the battlefield for the first time.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the Xiaowei guerrillas on the left and right, Xiao Jingxuan said: "Remember, these infantrymen, no matter who they are, as long as they dare to take a step back, they will be killed, if they let go of a deserter or bandit, military law will be engaged." ”

For these people of Xiaowei, Xiao Jingxuan actually doesn't like it very much, and it's not very easy to use.

As the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, most of the soldiers of Xiaowei are the children of good families who come to the vicinity of the capital division in Italy.

Life at home is still good. Moreover, as a cavalry in the guard, military salaries and food are not comparable to the infantry.

Therefore, these cavalry teams of guards are still dissatisfied with the dispatch of Pingzhou. On weekdays, he is also full of complaints.

This is also the major matter that Xiao Jingxuan wants to solve at present.

Soon, the ugly time came, Xiao Jingxuan sat on his horse, watching Lei Ben command the infantry to attack.

The first is that the archers kept firing rockets to suppress the mountain bandits on the city tower.

Then the sword and shield soldiers began to attack.

In fact, the infantry attack is still full of monotony, back and forth is like that. Nothing new.

Xiao Jingxuan frowned and looked at the battle situation, although the infantry attacked fiercely, but Xiao Jingxuan saw that the infantry was a little afraid of the battle.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the left and right majestically, and the four guerrillas who were guarding the left and right hurriedly swung their horses forward.

The generals of the cavalry walked back and forth in the ranks of the cavalry, shouting loudly, "Pass the general's order, fight not to advance, behead, and those who retreat without a fight, behead." ”

With the orders of several cavalry generals, all the cavalry began to draw their swords, ready to shoot at the infantry who were not long-sighted.

Maybe it's the role of the Warlords, or maybe it's the sneak attack of the death squads that has made a difference.

The first hurdle was quickly overcome. After that, the army continued to attack the second level.

However, due to the rugged mountain road, the cavalry could not go up the mountain at this time.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Jingxuan said to Xu Ce beside him: "General Xu, I will order you to take everyone in the personal guard battalion to supervise the battle. Remember, the Guards Battalion is not allowed to participate in the battle, but is only responsible for supervising the battle. ”

After Xu Ce received the order, he set off with the personal guard battalion, and looking at the personal guards who departed, Xiao Jingxuan ordered the cavalry to start preparing for the celebration banquet.

In this battle, there is no suspense.

Sure enough, at about three o'clock, Lei Ben began to lead the army back to the camp.

Looking at the prisoners escorted by the army, Xiao Jingxuan was slightly surprised. There are a lot of old and weak women and children.

For the barbarians, although Xiao Jingxuan can't bear it, he will not hesitate, and the saber in his hand will not stagnate because of the old and weak women and children.

However, the people in front of him were all the people of Dawei, and Xiao Jingxuan didn't know what to do.

At this time, Lei Ben stepped forward and began to talk about the battle situation.

When the army broke through the four checkpoints and came to the enemy's main village, it faced the siege of the army. The bandits only held out for two rounds before surrendering.

Hearing Lei Ben say this, Xiao Jingxuan was a little curious, and after some inquiry, he learned that it turned out that most of the people in this village were fellow villagers, for the sake of their families. The bandit leader had no choice but to surrender.

After Xiao Jingxuan learned about it, he had a plan for these captives.

Xiao Jingxuan ordered that the entire cottage be burned, and at the same time, he sent people to Changli County and ordered the county magistrate of Changli County to come and see him immediately.

After meeting the leader of the cottage and other leaders, Xiao Jingxuan found that although these people were bandits, they were not too harmful. This is just the sadness of the times.

Xiao Jingxuan told several leaders of the bandits that he would make arrangements for the old, weak, women and children, and as for the young and strong among the bandits, Xiao Jingxuan incorporated all these people into the auxiliary army.

As long as the bandits are effective, they will be exempted from capital crimes. They are even allowed to make meritorious contributions.

After the Changli County Decree arrived, Xiao Jingxuan handed over the more than 300 old and weak women and children among the bandits to the county magistrate.

Looking at the county order kneeling on the ground, Xiao Jingxuan sternly warned him that he must properly settle these people.

Although there is a difference between civil and military, Xiao Jingxuan can still handle it at will.

After arranging these, Xiao Jingxuan began to hold a celebration banquet with the soldiers.

Although in Xiao Jingxuan's view, this is just a small achievement, but in the face of this group of soldiers under him, he also has to appease one or two.

The hustle and bustle outside the big tent did not affect Xiao Jingxuan, looking at the list in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan was still satisfied.

The casualties of the death squad were not small, the death squad of forty people, nineteen died, and the rest were more or less injured.

After reading the list in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan looked at the seized list again. There are still a lot of treasures in Funiu Mountain, in addition to some of the weapons captured, there are also a lot of cloth, grain, gold and silver.

Except for a small part of it for the placement of the old and weak women and children in Funiu Mountain, Xiao Jingxuan can handle the rest by himself.

Whoever is a death squad will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver for those who are alive, and fifty taels for those who are dead.

As for the other battalion leaders of the infantry, except for a few who fought bravely and were rewarded heavily, there was no compensation for those who died under the sword of the overseer.

In this battle, more than 100 infantry were killed, of which more than 30 died under the sword of the supervising team, which had to make Xiao Jingxuan angry.

Among the more than 30 people, there are six team chiefs and one team leader.

After Xiao Jingxuan arranged the bereavement matters, he planned to adjust these infantry under his command.

The first is to promote those who survive the death squad, and all of them will be promoted to chiefs. And to add these people to the guard camp.

At the same time, more than twenty people were selected from the guard battalion and sent to various ministries.

The pro-guard battalion is already of relatively high standard, and each of them has accumulated military merits in the military merit book. The chief is the lowest existence in the guard camp.

After the celebration banquet is over, then the next target is placed in front of you, but the second fire bandit is not easy to eliminate.

There is a group of horse bandits entrenched in Xinchang County, and it is understood that these horse bandits are all rout soldiers who escaped from the Yan country.

These people are all cavalrymen, there is no fixed stronghold, and the whole horse bandit team is not old, weak, sick or disabled, they are all elite soldiers.

These people are also considered thieves, and they only do it to the landlord's old wealth, and for the common people, it is not a crime.

Moreover, even if it is a landlord's old wealth, as long as it is not for the rich and unkind, and for the sake of evil, he generally only takes the finances and does not hurt his life.

However, it is often the local tyrants who are most disgusted by this kind of thief. It is said that before Xiao Jingxuan arrived in Pingzhou to take office, the government of Xinchang County and Pingzhou County organized several encirclement and suppression of this gang of horse bandits.

However, because the maneuverability of this group of horse bandits is too strong, they have returned several times in vain.