He Bai intended to make Le Peng his own messenger, so he was worried about the dowry for several days. However, at this time, He Bai sent six soldiers and horses for several days, and finally began their own plans to suppress thieves.

The number of soldiers and horses of the Six Routes was already more than the thieves that the counties needed to deal with, and the ability of the generals was not bad, so He Bai didn't pay much attention to anything, just the final result. This is also to cultivate the ability of the generals under his command to independently lead the army in advance, so as to prepare for the future hegemony of the world.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before the military information of the generals was reported one after another. First of all, Lu Ping, who boldly divided the troops and drove the Jingling thieves to one place with a bluff, and waited for the thieves to be at ease, beheaded a total of 78 levels, captured 244 enemies, and destroyed the Jingling thieves. The soldiers and horses on this road lost three people and injured fifteen people, which is not bad.

After that, Cheng Qi, led the troops to forcibly march to the outside of the thief village, and took advantage of the thief's surprise to wave his troops to attack the thief's village, and the thief was broken with a drum. A total of 126 beheadings were made, 307 enemies were captured, and the thieves were killed. Seven soldiers and horses were injured and thirty-six were injured, some of which made He Bai a little unhappy.

Then there is Yuhua, Yuhua soldiers are divided into two roads, one way the men and horses deceive the defeat to lure the enemy, all the way the people and horses sneak attack the thief village, when the thief army is in turmoil, the two armies are flanked before and after, and the thief army is defeated. A total of ninety-three beheadings, 358 enemies were captured, and Wu County thieves were destroyed. One soldier and horse on this road were not damaged, and only seven people were injured, which made He Bai quite happy.

Che Jing first showed the enemy weakness along the way, and then sent people to persuade the thieves to surrender, and after the thieves did not obey, he induced the thieves to agree on a battlefield battle. When the thieves were unaware, they boldly sent troops, and Che Jing broke through the thief formation with a tun of soldiers and horses, and surrounded by other three tuns of soldiers and horses, and the light cavalry continued to shoot the thieves. In the end, the thieves were defeated, a total of 151 beheadings, 377 enemies were captured, and the thieves were destroyed. The soldiers and horses on this road lost one person and injured twenty-three people, which made He Bai quite pleased.

Fu Xing's military situation was later than Che Jing's, and Yu Li's thieves held the mountain high fort and ignored Xing's persuasion to surrender. After a defeat in a small battle, he retreated into the dock fort and held out. Fu Xing couldn't, so he had to send people to build ten trebuchets and constantly attack the thief's dock fort with huge stones. The thieves were terrified, and the whole army went out to fight Fu Xing in a decisive battle.

However, the thieves lost their morale, and after more than 40 people were killed and wounded, they all surrendered. A total of thirty-three levels were beheaded, and 582 enemies were captured. Fu Xing's department was not damaged, only a few people were slightly injured, in the end, He Bai's chief general.

Yu Li thief was originally a local tyrant who was strong and disobeyed the control of the court, although there were officials who forced the people to do the opposite, but Yu Li's thief was also a big reason for being tyrannical. Fu Xing saw that Yu Li's thief and thief Chu Hu's martial arts skills were good, and he was still a celebrity, so he summoned him. He also ordered Chu Hu to summon more than 30 brave warriors from among the thieves and join the army, and was leading the troops back at this time.

It was He Bai's most reassuring soldiers and horses, but there was a big problem with Li Ping's department who went to the Zi clan to suppress the thieves.

Li Ping, as the leader of the Ma family's guards, led nearly 200 cavalry guards from Ma Yi to the north to sell horses all the year round, and had many wars with thieves from all over the country, and was full of experience in marching and fighting. In addition, Li Ping is over 40 years old, he is very sophisticated, and his energy is also vigorous.

Since he was specially summoned by He Bai to be appointed as the marquis of Yiqu, Li Ping, who made a comeback in the second spring of his life, can be said to be grateful to He Bai, and has made great efforts to understand the soldiers and horses of this song. During the time of marching all the way south, Li Ping not only forcibly remembered the nearly 200 officers and guards at the middle and grassroots level under his command, but also shared the weal and woe with the 500 soldiers, regarded them as brothers and sisters, and was quite single-minded. In a short period of time, Li Ping was able to command the 500-strong army.

"Report ...... The military marquis, the city of Zishi has arrived, and the forward light cavalry general will ask for an order, will the army enter the city? ”

Li Ping looked at the Ci City close in front of him, shook his head and said: "The lord sent me to the expedition this time, the purpose is to train the army, this camping is also a kind of learning, our army is not proficient, and more training is needed." The order was given to the light cavalry south of the city to explore the places where the army could camp. Another person was sent into the city to inform the chief of the Zi clan that our army had come to suppress the thief, and asked the chief of the Zi clan to provide the army with food, grass, vegetables, vegetables, and meat. ”

"Obey."

In the afternoon of the same day, the commander and lieutenant Zi ordered more than 100 county soldiers to drive 30 truckloads of supplies to the army to work in the army. After Li Ping invited the two of them to the big tent of the Chinese army to sit down, he asked: "Captain Zi, Captain Zi, our army came to Guixian to suppress thieves this time, and the time required is uncertain, and the grain and grass materials brought are insufficient, and I hope that Guixian can replenish them." ”

Zi Shichang frowned, and said: "Li Junhou, if it is not for the intention of this county to shirk, since this county was attacked by the White Wave Thieves in March, the materials in the county have been very embarrassed. Although a season of corn was replanted after Lord Duwei put down the thief, it could only barely get the whole county out of hunger and cold. This time, the fifty trucks of supplies were scraped from the county treasury before they were sufficient. ”

Li Ping nodded and said, "When our department came this time, Lord Lieutenant had already anticipated this matter, and specially allocated one million dollars for military expenses to our department. If your county has any shortcomings, please go to other counties to buy, and our department will pay the baht. Besides, there are only more than 300 thieves, and our department will suppress them. Maybe before these thirty truckloads of supplies are used up, our department will be a big thief. ”

Captain Zi smiled bitterly and said, "Li Junhou, you don't know, before yesterday, there were only more than 300 thieves in this county. This morning, however, the number of thieves had swelled to 3,000. Before noon, these 3,000 thieves had trapped the Zishi City until your army entered, and the thieves left in a hurry, far away from the twenty miles south of the Zishi City. ”

Li Ping was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the forward light cavalry general to enter the account, and asked, "How far is the distance of your sentinel today?" ”

The light cavalry general wondered: "The marquis of the army, a total of twenty horsemen were sent to the outpost today, one team from the front and one from the left and right, and the distance between the sentinels was twenty miles. ”

With a radius of twenty miles and a radius of ten miles, it is no wonder that the traces of these three thousand thieves cannot be detected. I saw that the city was attacked, but I thought it was the mark of more than half a year ago, and I didn't think it was a new thief coming.

Li Ping said with a heavy expression: "The thief's situation has changed, quickly go to the south twenty miles away to investigate the new thief's situation, no, you need to send sentries on all sides, and the sentinels can reach the entire territory of Zishi County to see if it is the white wave thief who has entered the county again." The order sent a herald to report this situation to the lord. ”

"The subordinates have orders."

An hour later, the whistle sent back the news one after another, in this hour, Li Ping can be regarded as tasteless, but he didn't expect that he would encounter several times the thief when he first led the army. If you can't beat the Ma clan, you can escape with the speed of a horse, but this time, as an official soldier, it won't work. Exterminating thieves is originally their own mission.

It wasn't until midnight, after all the news from the sentinel was returned, that Li Ping breathed a sigh of relief. There were only more than 3,000 white wave thieves, and there were no other thieves. This thief army is led by a thief general surnamed Xu, and his combat strength is unknown, but he heard that the thief's camp is quite strictly controlled, which shows that the thief general is not a mediocre person.

Li Ping summoned the five generals under his command to discuss and asked, "The thieves have recently increased their troops to more than 3,000 people, which is not in line with the original thieves. The number of thieves is six times that of our army, whether our army is advancing or retreating, fighting or defending, what insights do you have to teach me? ”

The general of the Chinese army arched his hand and said: "Junhou, although there are many thieves, most of them do not practice military affairs, but they are just a rabble. Our army has the victory of Fenshui in front of it, and the bloody battle of the Southern Huns in the back, coupled with the careful training of the lord, the morale is quite strong, and it is possible to defeat the thieves in one go, so why retreat. ”

The other tun generals nodded yes one after another, only the forward light cavalry tun will have different opinions, although the number of light cavalry tun is only one team of fifty-two people, but the combat power is above each tun. In addition, most of the sentinels are handled by light cavalry, so they know a lot about the enemy, and they naturally gain more opportunities for retreat.

The light cavalry general arched his hand and said: "Everyone, today our sentinel learned that the thieves in this department are different from Li Le's thieves half a year ago. At that time, Li Le's thief department had just risen, and the thieves' orders were unclear, and the thieves' hearts were different, so they were broken by our army. However, the rise of the White Wave Thieves has been in July and August for seven or eight months, and most of them are fighting against officers and soldiers in Hedong. I'm afraid that the thieves have learned more about military affairs, and they are not a rabble. In addition, according to the report of the sentry, the thieves' camp is quite strictly controlled, and there is no sound of running and noise in the camp. It can be seen that they are a team of thieves, and they should not be underestimated. ”

After hearing this, the four foot guards nodded again and again, and said: "I see, since they are thieves and six times as large as me, they should not be underestimated. ”

The left-wing general arched his hand and said: "Having said that, our army came from afar to suppress the thieves, but without fighting, they retreated to defend themselves, which really hurts morale." In my opinion, it is better to go south tomorrow to make contact with the enemy and see what the combat power of the thieves is. If our army is strong, we will destroy the enemy with one blow. If the thief is huge, he will fight and retreat, and retreat to the city of Zi to defend the city. Wait for the lord to lead the troops to come, and then break the enemy with one blow. ”

Everyone nodded in response, "Good." He looked at Li Ping again.

Li Ping caressed Xu for a long time before he said: "Since you are determined to fight the enemy tomorrow, then you will have a good rest tonight." However, the matter of the vigil, tomorrow the left wing, the right flank, and the middle army will be the main force, and the rear army needs to serve as the main force in the possible retreat, and the vigil will be hard again. Tomorrow's battle will be watched by light horses, and when our army is defeated or defeated, we will go out to support the battle. ”

"No."

Early in the morning of the second day, the army started to make food, and left the camp at the hour, the banner was held high, the war drums were beating, and Li Ping's battle force reached 458 people. Li Ping instructed the light cavalry general: "I will lead the troops to fight this time, I don't know the outcome of the battle, you can contact Captain Zi, first dismantle the camp, and let the military doctor prepare for treatment in the city." An hour later, the light cavalry went to the battlefield again to support. ”

"The subordinates have orders."

Li Ping turned around and got on his horse, and with a wave of his big hand, each tun immediately formed a long line of four and marched along the main road.