Outside Wangjiazhuang, Wang Weizhen, the officer of the management team, wore a cotton armor with good workmanship and rode on a war horse, beside him was Jia Hongyu, the chief flag officer, and behind him were fifty elite family members.

In front of Wang Weizhen, the people and horses of Yandun and Tunbao have all been assembled, with one hundred and thirty soldiers from the Wangjiazhuang Hundred Households Official Hall as the center, and the dun troops everywhere have been lined up. There are more than 200 soldiers and horses in these places, but there are more than 100 people in the Dapanbao army led by Liu Yan alone, accounting for about half.

However, at this time, the eyes of the chimney piers and the commanders of the tunbao and the officials in charge of the tun were all focused on the soldiers and horses of Dapan Fort.

I saw Liu Yan wearing iron armor, standing in front of the team with his head held high, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, and Xu Ming, the three small flag officials, also wearing iron armor, standing behind Liu Yan, their hearts stirred, looking at the eyes around them, the three of them were very proud in their hearts.

The Three Banners Dun Army dispatched by Dapanbao had a total of one hundred and eight dun soldiers, all of whom were wearing armor, and this alone made everyone's eyes widen including Wang Weizhen, not to mention the dozens of excellent bird guns, as well as more than thirty handsome war horses that did not collect the flag at night, not to mention Wangjiazhuang, even the entire Lingshan Wei was a top-level existence.

"It's just that the number of troops is too small, only about a hundred people!"

After Wang Weizhen was excited, he sighed again.

Originally, Wang Weizhen knew that Liu Yan had trained his troops well, and he had also trained a lot of dun troops, but he didn't expect Liu Yan to train a new ironclad army, but the number was only more than 100 people.

What Wang Weizhen didn't know was that Liu Yan only pulled out half of his troops this time, and there were more than 100 equally elite dun troops in all parts of Dapan Fort, and Liu Yan already had plans to continue to expand, and was ready to at least double the existing strength.

It's just that Liu Yan hasn't freed up his hands yet, but he is already planning for the establishment after the expansion.

"The soldiers and horses of Dapan Fort are really strong, how rich Liu Yan should be, those dun soldiers are all wearing armor!"

"Who says it's not, now even those elite battalions in the Jimo Battalion, Wendeng Battalion, and Dengzhou Battalion can't do everyone wear armor."

"And those bird guns, I've never seen such a fine bird gun, the jet-black gun tube, at first glance, it is forged from fine iron, Liu Zongqi is really generous!"

The surrounding armor commanders were all talking in a whisper, and even Shen Tuo couldn't help but take a few more looks, especially when he saw the more than thirty war horses that didn't collect the flag at night, Shen Tuo's eyes could see the flickering essence light, and his eyes were very hot.

Wang Weizhen coughed lightly a few times, and then said loudly: "Okay! Now that the men and horses have been assembled, let's set off now, and the army will march north towards Tiepu Mountain! ”

The men and horses of various departments began to march north one after another, and the soldiers of Dapanbao led by Liu Yan were arranged at the rear, next to the Wangjiazhuang men and horses led by Wang Weizhen of the Chinese army.

At the forefront of the army, is the pier army of Huangshan Dun led by Shen Tuo, the number of about 20 people, although the clothing and equipment of these dun troops are not very good, just like the people in Dapanbao at the beginning, but these dun troops are in a good mental state, and the formation is strict when marching, and the comparison with the rest of the people and horses is obvious.

"It seems that this Shen Tuo still knows how to train soldiers?"

Liu Yan thought secretly when he was marching, and then he heard Jia Hongyu shouting loudly in front of him, so he hurriedly rode his horse to follow.

"Mr. Liu, the master of the team called you over."

"Okay."

Liu Yan followed Jia Hongyu to ride a horse to the Chinese army, and Wang Weizhen also rode a horse at this time, insisting on riding a horse and marching with his subordinates in the cold wind, which also made Liu Yan impressed, whether it was superficial or not, at least Wang Weizhen's move was very useful in the hearts of those Dun soldiers.

"I've seen adults."

Liu Yan clenched his fists on the horse, and Wang Weizhen said with a smile: "Before, Shen Zongqi detected that there were signs of thieves' activities in the Tiepu Mountain, but Shen Zongqi searched for it, but he didn't find the thieves' lair, and it is estimated that even if there are thieves, most of them have left the boundary of our Wangjiazhuang." Let's go over and take a look this time, if we encounter a thief, we will fight and kill some heads, if there are no thieves, we should come out and take a turn. ”

Then Wang Weizhen added: "If it really starts, these good soldiers under Liu Zongqi will have to act as the main force." ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, adults, you should be like this!" ”

Half a day later, Wang Weizhen saw that the men and horses of the various departments were exhausted, so he ordered to rest on the spot and let Shen Tuo lead people to the front to explore the way.

After Shen Tuo received the order, he set off with a few of his subordinates, and Wang Weizhen had just dismounted, but he saw that more than 130 Wangjiazhuang soldiers and horses under his command, as well as more than 100 dun troops everywhere, were all sitting or lying, and they all fell in a disorderly manner.

The fifty family members led by Jia Hongyu were better, although they did not all fall down to rest, but they were also staggering, and even many people began to curse in their mouths, completely looking like ruffians.

You must know that these family members are all riding war horses, and they don't need to travel on foot at all, and even the equipment on their bodies is on the war horses, even so, these family members are complaining that they are too tired.

But when Wang Weizhen's eyes fell on the Dunjun of Dapanbao, his eyes suddenly widened.

I saw that more than 100 Dapanbao soldiers were still standing in place at this time, all of them were standing upright, and even the formation was very neat, without a trace of chaos, and they looked like a strong army.

You must know that these Dapan Fort troops all walked all the way, including the more than 30 cavalrymen. And all of them are wearing iron armor, holding swords, fully armed, each of them has dozens of catties of weight, such consumption, everyone after getting the order to rest, still in place, the cold wind blows, as if blowing through a tall bamboo forest, standing still.

"That's how it is!"

Wang Weizhen realized at this time what kind of strong army Liu Yan held in his hands, and his heart for Liu Yan's subordinates had begun to change from looking down to looking at him.

Jia Hongyu, who was next to him, sighed in a low voice: "I heard that Qi Shaobao led the Zhejiang army to the north to defend the border, and the three thousand Zhejiang troops stood still in the torrential rain, and immediately deterred the unruly border army in the north. Today, when I saw the Dun Army under Liu Zongqi, I already had the demeanor of the Qi family army back then! ”

Over there, Liu Yan deliberately disbanded the formation slowly, in order to let Wang Weizhen and the commanders of various places take a look, so that they could all know the strong military demeanor of Dapanbao.

At this time, the goal had been achieved, so Liu Yan said loudly: "All! Rest in place and sit! ”

Wang Bo, Wang Yue, and Xu Ming, the three small flag officials, roared in unison: "All of them!" Sit down! ”

I saw more than a hundred Dapanbao soldiers holding their swords in unison, and then withdrew their left legs, sat down directly on the spot, and then everyone put their blades flat beside them.

More than a hundred people sat down on the spot, almost for a moment, neatly and uniformly, and after sitting down, there was silence.

At this moment, everyone was frightened, such soldiers have exceeded everyone's understanding, and now there are such elite soldiers in this world, it is really unheard of!

Just when Wang Weizhen, Jia Hongyu and others were still immersed in shock, they suddenly saw Shen Tuo running back in a hurry with two subordinates, and the three of them looked a little panicked.

Liu Yan frowned, before Shen Tuo obviously set off with three dun soldiers to explore the way, but now there is one less person, and looking at the appearance of Shen Tuo and the three of them, it is obvious that they have been fighting, especially the two dun soldiers, whose clothes are obviously damaged, and one of them has a bloody mark on his face.

"Master Pipe!"

Shen Tuo panted and ran to the front, and said loudly: "The subordinates led people to meet the thieves and scouts in front, and there were more than a dozen enemies, and the subordinates withdrew in battle, killed three people, and the subordinates also broke a brother!" ”

"What! Is there really a thief up ahead? ”

Now Wang Weizhen is a little uncalm, originally he just wanted to lead his troops to inspect the area of Tiepu Mountain, but he didn't expect that there were really thieves here.

Jia Hongyu frowned and said: "There are more than a dozen scouts alone, which shows that the number of thieves in this group will not be small." My lord, are we still heading north? ”

Wang Weizhen also hesitated, then looked at Liu Yan and asked, "Liu Zongqi, what is your opinion?" ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said, "Congratulations, my lord, I am going to have military merits in my pocket again." ”

Wang Weizhen was slightly stunned, and then laughed, he has more than 100 elite soldiers under Liu Yan, so what are the thieves afraid of!

"Haha, Mr. Liu said it well!"

I saw Wang Weizhen wave his big hand, and immediately ordered all departments to assemble the whole team and continue to march north towards the depths of Tiepu Mountain.

"Shen Zongqi, you take all the dun troops of Huangshandun, and then go to the front to investigate, it is best to find out the exact location of this thief's lair!"

Shen Tuo had just experienced an encounter, and although he was superior in force, not everyone in his dun army was like this. And the superior force does not mean that Shen Tuo likes to be born and die.

But at this time, since Wang Weizhen had already given the order, the commanders everywhere looked at him, and Shen Tuo also took the order with his fists, and set off immediately with more than 20 dun troops from Huangshandun.

A moment after Shen Tuo's headquarters set off, Wang Weizhen ordered the whole army to set off.

However, this time Wang Weizhen changed the marching order of the army, with the Dapanbaodun army led by Liu Yan as the vanguard, Wang Weizhen himself led nearly 200 people from Wangjiazhuang, and the rest of the people gathered together and followed at the end.

At nightfall that day, Wang Weizhen led his troops to the bottom of a valley in Tiepu Mountain.

The bottom of this valley is gentle, and although it is surrounded by high mountain peaks, it is not steep, and the vegetation on the mountains is not very lush, and it is basically impossible to hide a large group of people.

So Wang Weizhen ordered the brigade to rest at the bottom of this valley for the night, and asked the chiefs of various places to arrange for men to be on duty at night, and all the chimneys and tunbao nights were scattered on the periphery of the camp to prevent the bandits from raiding at night.

By the time we settled in, it was already completely dark, and campfires were lit all around the makeshift camp, and dozens of torches were planted everywhere to illuminate the camp all around.

Wang Weizhen was resting in the middle of the camp, and Jia Hongyu had just prepared a tent for him to sleep in, when he heard Wang Weizhen say: "Let the commanders of all places come over immediately, and we will discuss the battle strategy together." ”

Jia Hongyu said: "My lord, let's take a rest first, now I don't know where the thieves are, and it is not important to discuss it, so let's wait for Shen Zongqi to come back." ”

Wang Weizhen sighed and said: "I naturally know, but now I am irritable and can't sleep." ”

After speaking, Wang Weizhen remembered Liu Yan and asked, "Where is Liu Zongqi stationed?" ”

"In the north, I just went to take a look, Liu Zongqi is really talented, the camp tent of the Dapan Fort Army is not only regular, but also dug a simple trench around the north, if there is not enough wood here, I estimate that Liu Zongqi will also arrange the antlers to reject the horse outside!"

Wang Weizhen sighed: "This Liu Yan, just a hundred people, but he commanded thousands of troops!" ”

Suddenly, a small flag officer said outside the camp tent: "My lord, Shen Zongqi is back!" ”