On the tenth day of August, autumn is high and cool.

The bright sunlight pours into the world, like a gurgling stream flowing between the mountains and fields.

Above the valley, thousands of Yan troops lined up and waited, looking at the Seven Star Gang cottage built between the two mountains in the north.

Du Min, the former military supervisor and pioneer general, was in armor, and his cold gaze was from left to right, taking in all the defensive facilities of the cottage.

The earthen walls and wooden fences were slightly stronger than he imagined, and the existence of the battlements and arrow towers also showed that the Seven Star Gang was by no means ordinary bandits, and they already had a certain amount of strength, if they were allowed to develop like this, they might indeed become a stubborn disease in the heartland of the Yan Dynasty.

Behind the battlements, the defenders with guns and bows could be faintly seen, numbering about four or five hundred.

Du Min held the knife in his right hand, strode to the front of the formation, and said loudly: "Soldiers, take this cottage, I would have asked for credit for you!" ”

"Yes!"

Thousands of people held their chests and stomachs together, and their voices were high.

Du Min said again: "A first-class reward of two taels of silver, with the right ear as a certificate, can you hear clearly?!" ”

"Hear me clearly!"

The sound shook the sky, mixed with fervent greed.

For the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, fighting as a soldier is similar to scavenging in the field, the difference is that the former is more risky and may lose his head at any time, so if there is no rich enough reward, morale will inevitably fall into a depression.

Du Min knew this very well, but at this moment he was a little curious in his heart, how did these bandits on the other side forge a military heart?

Manager Xu said that Nanqi Lu Shen was like a fairy, as if this person only needed a few casual words, and the thousands of bandits in the mountains would become veterans of a hundred battles who were born to die, which was really ridiculous.

It's okay, let me Du someone test this person's quality today.

As soon as he thought of this, Du Min took a deep breath and pointed forward with a knife: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

Thousands of Yan soldiers shouted in response.

The cottage opposite is not a big city in the world, not even as large as those ordinary county seats, only a width of more than 100 zhang from east to west, even if there are some auxiliary defense facilities, but in the eyes of Du Min, this kind of fierce general is just better than nothing.

The Yan army rushed forward like a tide.

The Seven Star Army on the wall of the wall visibly became nervous, and more than a dozen archers cast arrows at the hundreds of Yan troops who rushed to the front, but these scattered more than ten arrows could not cause effective damage at all, but only fueled the arrogance of the Yan army even more.

If it weren't for the tense and solemn battlefield, the Yan army that rushed to the front would definitely burst into laughter, and even so, there were many people with mocking faces.

In the sunlight that looks like crushed gold, the two sides of the noisy battlefield present completely different scenes.

On one side, the Yan army charged towards the walled wall with three arrows, and they could barely maintain a neat formation during the run, sprinting in line according to their respective subordinates. Even if the counterattack on the opposite side was too weak, the Yan army did not become sluggish because of this, on the contrary, the momentum became more and more majestic.

On the other side is the Seven Star Army on the wall, which is so nervous that their faces are pale, even though they have received the strictest training in the past two months, but at this moment, in the face of the surging Yan Army, facing the oppression brought by this charge of thousands of troops, many people involuntarily swallowed their saliva, and their hands holding weapons trembled slightly.

Not to mention the gap in equipment between the two sides, although the Yan army is not as good as the old soldiers of the Jing Dynasty, it is also the elite transferred from Dongyang Road, especially the combat power of these 4,000 pioneers is quite good. Their weapons glowed with a cold light, and they were mostly wearing light leather armor, which could completely ignore the scattered arrows fired from the opposite side.

Although the Seven Star Army is basically equipped with sharp weapons, there are very few people who are qualified to wear armor, which is very different on the battlefield.

Whether it is troop strength, military appearance, morale, or battlefield experience, the two sides are not at the same level.

More than ten simple ladders were set up on the wall, and the Yan army climbed up quickly like ants in a nest.

The white-knuckle battle soon began.

On the valley, Du Min squinted and looked ahead, the blood in his heart was gradually ignited, and he shouted angrily: "Kill me and take this village!" ”

Hundreds of people around him responded with a bang.

The progress of the war was smoother than Du Min expected, this kind of cottage could not resist the impact of the regular army at all, and only one of the bandits was forced to retreat, and the gate of the fortress was immediately opened.

"Kill!"

The Yan army frantically pushed forward.

A man in his thirties in the Seven Star Army array shouted in a hurry: "Withdraw! ”

After less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, the Seven Star Army fled north like headless flies. The houses in the cottage are connected to the left and right, which is not at all in line with the neatness that a military city should have, which was originally very unfavorable for the organization and movement of the defenders, but at this time it gave them room to retreat.

The Yan soldiers were forced to disperse and pursued forward from the road between the houses.

"Report! General, this village has been taken, and the enemy is fleeing north! ”

A team member was walking quickly in front of Du Min, happily bowing, and at the same time there was a little regret in his tone.

The Seven Star Army ran too fast, and the Yan Army won very few, with a total of only a dozen heads.

Although this first battle was fought cleanly and beautifully, the vast majority of the Yan army had a feeling of unhappiness, and since they came to the battlefield, they definitely hoped to make meritorious contributions.

Du Min glanced up at the expressions of the people around him, and said with a leisurely smile: "Herald, send the battle report to Chief Manager Xu and ask him to send troops to take over here." All the soldiers will continue to pursue with me, and we must kill all these hundreds of bandits who dare to resist. ”

All the generals were overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Obey the order!" ”

From this cottage to the north, it entered the belly of the Baotai Mountains, and there were several roads ahead, and the Seven Star Army routed along the main road in the northeast to flee in confusion.

The Yan rank was in quick pursuit, and Du Min personally commanded his subordinates to keep approaching the distance between him and the other party.

"General, could this be the other party's trick to lure the enemy?" On the way to the pursuit, a partial general cautiously reminded.

Du Min sneered: "From the very beginning, Manager Xu thought too highly of the strength of these bandits of the Seven Star Gang, and was even more afraid of Lu Shen in Nanqi. I don't know why he was so cowardly, maybe it was because the battle last year scared him out, and he trembled when he heard the name Lu Shen. ”

He glanced at the defenders of the Seven Star Gang who had collapsed in front of him and were about to be overtaken by his own soldiers, and sneered: "Today's battle has proved that these bandits are nothing more than a rabble that can't support the wall. I knew there must have been something strange about their defeat so simply, but even if there was an ambush on the other side, it would be only a few thousand at best. Our army has 4,000 vanguard elites, can't we defeat an enemy with a close number of people? ”

The crowd was awe-inspiring.

Du Min said coldly: "It's better to have an ambush, today we will defeat the enemy's main force in one fell swoop, this battle merit belongs to each of us, and we don't have to share the profit with those behind us." Command the whole army, bite the enemy for me, and be sure to win the battle at the end! ”

Everyone was excited, and they said excitedly: "Obey the order!" ”

When Du Min led the vanguard army of 4,000 elites in pursuit, the herald also came to the Yan Army's Zhongjun tent and said quickly: "Qi Qi Chief Xu, Du Dujian led the army to capture the Seven Star Gang cottage without much effort, the enemy was defeated and fled to the north at the touch of a button, Du Dujian led the army to continue to pursue to the north, please send troops to the cottage!" ”

When he finished the first sentence, Xu Cun and the other generals in the tent were happy, but after he finished speaking, Xu Cun's face changed suddenly, and Huo Ran got up and said, "This idiot! When will Ben allow him to lead the pursuit? ”

The herald froze.

Xu Cun said angrily: "The general made it very clear that this battle only needs to win the cottage!" ”

The other generals were also experienced in battle, so they naturally understood the danger that Du Min's reckless move might encounter, so they frowned one after another.

Xu Cun looked to the side and said in a deep voice: "Eunuch Wen, you immediately lead your subordinates to the north, bring back Du Min, a reckless man, to the general, and tell him that poor Kou Mo chases this truth!" ”

Wen Xiguang immediately got up and responded: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Then he strode out of the tent.

Xu Cun looked at his back, and a heavy look of irritability appeared between his eyebrows.

Du Min, who was dozens of miles away in the north, naturally didn't know Xu Cun's anger, and even if he knew, he wouldn't take it too seriously.

In his opinion, nearly 30,000 elite troops are approaching the mountains, and a cottage is not yet captured, the most important thing is that he is not satisfied with this battle and just takes the cottage.

For the Seven Star Gang, the area in the mountains is vast, and it doesn't hurt to lose a cottage, anyway, these people are like beasts in the mountains, they have a strong ability to survive, and they must have hidden living materials everywhere in the mountains.

Therefore, it is necessary to annihilate their living force, and with each additional person killed, the Seven Stars will continue to bleed until they are completely dead.

"These bandits are really fast."

A partial general scolded hatefully.

Du Min said: "Manager Xu has a saying that is right, these green forests and grass have a good kung fu, even if they are vulnerable on the frontal battlefield, their physical strength is far better than that of ordinary people, and they can run faster when they run for their lives." If these people can be subdued and trained strictly, they can build an elite army. ”

The general looked forward and said with some concern: "Commander, how can the last general think that these routs are deliberately hanging our army?" If they scatter for their lives in the mountains and forests, we may not be able to catch up. ”

Du Min's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said indifferently: "It seems that this group of bandits really wants to lure us, pass on the order, and all departments maintain a formation to pursue forward, ready to meet the enemy at any time." Let the scouts stay and wait along the road, and Governor Xu will definitely send troops to meet us. Now I hope that there is an ambush on the other side, so that I don't have too many dreams at night. ”

"Obey!"

The two armies marched rapidly through the mountains and fields, one after the other, and were getting farther and farther away from the first sub-fortress to the south.

On a hill to the east, dozens of people hid in the woods, and although they were shielded by the branches and leaves of the trees, they hid with extreme care, lest they be detected.

The vanguard of the Yan army continued to pursue north from the western road, gradually disappearing from their sight.

The forest was quiet, and after about a stick of incense, a figure stepped on the grass, and after approaching quickly, he whispered: "Captain Lu, the brothers in the south have sent a secret message, and another Yan army is coming through the cottage to the north!" ”

In the crowd, Lu Shen, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes suddenly, and a sharp light flashed.

(End of chapter)