Jiangnan Province Dongjing County Soldier General's Mansion, Han Jin sat on the chair, he was nearly forty years old, he was a four-grade general on the border of Shu before, because of his combat courage and brains, he was recommended by Shangguan, and in the eyes of His Majesty, in recent years, Jiangnan Road bandits have been rampant, especially in Heijiaozhai to occupy the geographical advantage and respect, the previous soldier general was removed because of incompetence, and he was replaced. In the two years since he took office, he has been training troops and running in with yamen in various places, but there have been no major battles with Heijiaozhai, and some small-scale surprise attacks have been carried out to familiarize himself with the terrain.

This Han Jin is usually known for his seriousness and rarely comes and goes, but at this time, there is a guest in front of him who is dressed in black and wearing a hat

"When is General Han going to send troops?" The guest raised his head slightly and looked at Han Jin, revealing the scar on his cheekbone.

"Originally, according to my previous plan, I still need to wait for the soldiers from other places to jointly suppress the bandits, and it may take half a year for the operation, but I don't understand why the imperial court did not interfere in my plan before, and now it sent Jackdaw, one of the six masters of Ouchi, to supervise. He called the guest across from him by name, apparently unhappy with Jackdaw's criticism of his profession. He was still haunted by the ambush of the three people who had nothing to do with Heijiao Village a few days ago, and he listened to the jackdaw's orders at that time.

"So far, haven't you found any clues?" Saying this, Han Jin was puzzled, he who had been fighting against Heijiao Village in the past few years, really had little time to think about other things.

The man with the hat, Jackdaw, went straight to the point and continued: "I was taken captive by Zhao Kai, the third prince of Dafeng, and the assassin at that time was one of the three people you led your troops to encircle and suppress a few days ago. ”

Han Jin stood up suddenly, it was not that he was unaware of the prince's abduction, but this matter involved a wide range of things, and the forces behind it were not something that he, a small general, could get involved. At this time, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, according to the spies who came to report that the three people with strange combinations of rivers and lakes have now entered the Black Horn Village, so it means that the three princes are likely to be among them.

"I have already sent the manpower of the police to investigate everywhere, and it turned out that this morning I found traces of the appearance of the three princes in a valley more than ten miles away from Heijiao Village. According to the spy's report, the portrait of the three princes is completely consistent with the young man in the old man's mouth, and according to the old man, the young man went to Heijiao Village. The jackdaw said what he had gotten.

"One thing doesn't make sense, since the third prince was alone at that time, why didn't he go to the nearby government, or come directly to the warrior yamen, could it be that he had been bewitched. ”

Suddenly, Han Jin only felt a fierce cold light hit his body, although he had been a general for nearly fifteen years, but he was good at killing in the battle array, and when he met Jackdaw, one of the six strongest masters in Ouchi, he really didn't even have room to fight back, and he quickly saluted to make amends.

"What are the chances of winning according to the general's current layout?" Jackdaw asked directly.

Han Jin replied truthfully: "If you wait a few more months and unite with other generals and soldiers, you can have an eighty percent chance of winning." But now, even if it is cleverly arranged, no matter how good the timing is, it is only sixty percent. Heijiaozhai occupies a favorable location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, thirty-six commanders, each is a hero, nearly 70,000 bandits under his command, according to the intelligence collected by the spies, although the management of Heijiaozhai is relatively relaxed, but there is a special method, which can make the scattered bandits spend a lot of time training every day, which is even more difficult to do. ”

Jackdaw thought for a moment and said, "I can't delay it, please General Han make a plan to prepare to send troops, as for contacting the soldiers of other provinces, I can send my men to do it." Try to be as fast as possible and spend as little time as possible. ”

Han Jin knew that it was useless to delay any longer, and it involved the prince, and the situation was complicated and could not be delayed any longer, so he hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "I'll go and prepare." ”

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In the magnificent wall of Heijiao Village within a radius of 20 miles, the ditch river is vertical and horizontal, and the water and grass are overgrown, and the minions under the command of several commanders are hiding in it, and they train on time every day, in fact, Heijiao Village is not completely dependent on looting people's property to survive, and there are family members in the village who are responsible for farming and raising vegetables, which can make nearly 70,000 bandits obey the orders of the commanders, one relies on the reputation in the green forest, and the other is the sense of belonging that can be created by the hard work of the commanders.

The thirty-six commanders of Heijiaozhai, the great commander Du Ying, needless to say, is extraordinary in ability and bearing, although the black-faced evil star Gao Gan looks rough, but he is delicate and strong in martial arts, as a think tank, Wu Chuanduo, who is a brocade talent, is vigorously promoting military training, creating a loose policy outside and tight inside, creating a reputation and a sense of belonging, so that many green forest strongmen have joined the force, in addition to the jade-faced Langjun Yeyun is a light skill, Zhang Guangrong is good at poisoning with hidden weapons, and the pattern leopard Shi Ping's riding and archery skills are close to gods, etc., etc., each commander has his own field of expertise, and his minions are also tacit understanding after several years of running-inIt can be said that today's Heijiao Village has entered its heyday and cannot be shaken.

In addition to following Yang Xiao to practice deeper swordsmanship recently, Zhao Kai also followed Du Yanran around in his spare time. He entered the strange dream twice, but there was no substantial progress, according to what Wang Qi said that day, if he wanted to crack the black iron evil fruit, he had to start from the golden light in the dream, but he had no clue, and in the two dreams, he couldn't even fully control his body.

Yang Xiao and the others were not in a hurry to leave Heijiao Village, after all, it was too difficult to find another place like this where they could rest and recuperate and be free every day. Just yesterday, Zhao Kai finally got in touch with Longyou Doll again, according to Longyou Doll, at that time, after Zhao Kai was knocked unconscious and taken away, it didn't take long for a black-robed man who looked like a wizard to temporarily seal it, so it didn't know what happened after that. Now it still lives in Zhao Kai's trick to recuperate, and only occasionally appears when the four people who know each other are alone.

Zhao Kai, who has followed Du Yanran these days, has also come into contact with some of the leaders of the village and many minions, which is different from what he thought when he did not enter the village before, although these people robbed money, but from the words in Du Yanran's mouth, it is speculated that they did not do things such as killing people and setting fires, abducting women, but only occasionally ganged up to go up to the Qinglou to vent their anger, in addition, they can even gather by their respective commanders at a fixed time period every day to practice slashing similar to the military formation, you know, the reason why the bandits are not easy to exterminate is that although most of them do not know the formation, they are fierce and abnormal, and they all go up the mountain to fight for Kou There is no way out, one-on-one fighting with officers and soldiers is even more ferocious. At the beginning of the founding of Dafeng, both civil and military were emphasized, but now it is the military attache who is even more despised, so this can be regarded as a loophole for the green forest bandits.

If you want to say that the people in this village have any shortcomings, it may be that under the policy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, everyone is very relaxed every day in addition to training and going out to work, and three or five friends are looking for something to do. Of course, this finding to do is also constrained by the rules formulated by the commanders, but it is only to put an end to too bad behavior, and the groups of minions either go to the ring to show their strength, or take two jars of wine with a few dishes of side dishes to brag and fight the autumn wind. Although this made some minions unable to participate in the next day's training, the commanders did not deliberately control it, but only punished those who were bad. For Zhao Kai, the commanders and minions he met in the village were very kind to him, joking from time to time, without malice. Such a stockade and such an atmosphere made Zhao Kai feel that the bandits were quite cute. The strong human touch is something that Zhao Kai, who has been in the palace before, has never felt.

However, while everyone was immersed in the vibrancy and vitality of the stockade, a huge storm was brewing.

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In the Iron Sand Ridge, several small minions in the woods are lying on the ground, observing the movements around them and carrying out the necessary vigilance tasks. There was a rustling sound, several people exchanged glances, a small minion leaned down, and went to investigate, but in the next moment, a ray of blood sprayed out from the back of his neck, and the rest of the people were startled, and just wanted to get up, swish, several arrows shot into their heads accurately, and the rest of the secret whistles were also solved so simply. After a few dense and muffled rounds of arrows, only a series of rustling sounds were heard in the woods, as if a giant snake of astonishing length was passing through the forest.

Qilu River Baima Ferry, although it has lost a lot of merchants because of its close proximity to Heijiao Village, but because of its special geographical location, it belongs to the traffic lifeline of Dafeng, and there are still many people who venture to do business here, which supports the prosperous business here. But now there are many soldiers and armor here, the ferry has been blocked, no one is allowed to enter and leave, to prevent the transmission of news, and the cargo ships docked on the shore have disappeared, replaced by mighty five-story warships, with a total of six poles on the left and right, and the ships are lined up with spears, flags fluttering, and they are heavily guarded, like water fortresses.

On a tall war ship with a particularly special flag in the center, Han Jin stood at the bow of the ship, dressed in iron armor, and was talking in a low voice with a jackdaw wearing a hat in black next to him.

"The 30,000 elite soldiers of the iron sand ridge in the east of Heijiaozhai and the 20,000 Denglai naval army here are the main force of this attack, the west of Heijiaozhai across the fine water area of the Qilu River, in recent years, several of their water commanders are very attentive, although there is no warship compared with the Denglai naval army, but it is better where the reeds are thick, familiar with the terrain, conducive to small boats, can not be attacked, I arranged tens of thousands of armor soldiers to display ambushes on the shore, plus some sailors in the past, the use of small warships to constantly harass, can confront for a period of time, and although the south is besieged by the city, but also need someone to set up a defensive line, we are not enough, can only rely on Guangling Road。 With that, he looked at the jackdaw.

"I have sent someone to inform the generals of Guangling Road and Anning Road with the temporary transfer talisman and holy decree given by His Majesty, and then I will rush to the battlefield here as quickly as possible, and at the same time set up a defensive line according to the plan. ”

Han Jin nodded, but sighed secretly in his heart, this preparation was too hasty, according to the plan, before the complete encirclement and suppression, at least a big battle with Heijiaozhai was planned to see blood training, but at this time, the soldiers had only experienced several small-scale battles and were familiar with the general terrain, many soldiers had not even experienced actual combat, let alone think that they would have any correct judgment on the strength of Heijiaozhai, such a march was too reckless. But the prince is still in the Black Corner Village, time waits for no one, and there is no room to retreat since he has already set out on the expedition.

He waved his arm forward and shouted, "Let's go!" The order was passed down layer by layer, and dozens of mighty warships rushed to the battlefield.