The slave army was stationed near the Yingye outpost and Song Ziyu did not immediately launch an attack on Shoujiang.
Because I need information.
Song Ziyu never likes to fight unprepared battles. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.
Where does the information come from?
Of course it came from the mouth of the captured prisoner.
However, the captive Iron Alliance soldiers under his command were not generally strict with their mouths, and ordinary interrogation was of no use to them.
At this time, Song Ziyu missed Tang Jian a little.
If the old hunter with interrogation skills was here, it might not be difficult to get some useful information from these guys.
Just when Song Ziyu was helpless, a turning point appeared.
The troops ambushing on the only way captured a soldier who came to Takano Outpost to check the situation.
This soldier is different from the veterans stationed at the outpost. This is a soldier recruited locally in Longshan.
When the soldier saw Song Ziyu and Su Zhen, the soldier's mood fluctuated extremely violently!
The soldier fell to the ground and crawled in front of Song Ziyu. When he raised his head again, tears were streaming down his face.
"Boss Song...did I read that correctly?" the soldier choked and shouted.
Song Ziyu was very surprised. After asking, he found out that this man was one of the 1,500 militiamen initially recruited that year.
It is precisely because of the salary given by Song Ziyu that the soldier supports his family and allows him to stand out from the hungry people.
Song Ziyu was very surprised by the reaction of the soldiers. After talking with him, he learned that after the Northern Steel Alliance army conquered Longshan, most of Longshan's high-level managers were unlucky, but for the soldiers at the grassroots level, the changes were not that big. .
In these troubled times, soldiers must work hard wherever they go.
So this soldier followed the crowd and became a leading soldier under the invaders, carrying guns and eating food.
But as a native of Longshan, the soldier named Lao Yan knew very well that ordinary people in Longshan had a steelyard in their hearts. Lao Yan, leaders of several generations, had experienced that the only one who really did not exploit everyone was Song Ziyu.
When Song Ziyu was still in Longshan, everyone was not deeply impressed. However, when Song Ziyu disappeared inexplicably and took the curtain call from the stage, others came on the stage and continued to sing. Especially after the old Northern Steel Alliance, as the invader, came to power, they imposed exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. ...Everyone thinks of Song Ziyu well, and the nostalgia is truly beyond words.
It is precisely because of this that Lao Yan would be so excited and lose his temper when he saw Song Ziyu.
on the spot!
Lao Yan "rebelled"!
No, this should be called turning from darkness to light.
Lao Yan Zhi, who had returned to Song Ziyu's command, was very talkative and directly confessed all the information he knew.
When Song Ziyu heard this first-hand information, he was also shocked.
According to Lao Yan's account, currently stationed in the Shoujiang settlement is a Type B battalion of the expanded fifth regiment of the third division of the former First Army of the Northern Steel Alliance, with about 300 people.
"The composition of the B-type battalion is complicated, and most of them are ruffians who are difficult to discipline. These people have ideological problems, so their combat effectiveness is quite low." Lao Yan explained: "The environment in Shoujiang is too difficult. These soldiers are the same as those in Shoujiang. In exile, everyone has exhausted their patience and is on the eve of mutiny..."
Song Ziyu was suddenly startled when he heard this, and then asked: "Why 'original'?"
Song Ziyu keenly captured the unusual place.
Lao Yan said: "Boss Song, you don't know something. The troops currently entrenched in the wasteland area have escaped the control of the Northern Steel Alliance. I heard that these people have been declared rebels by the Northern Steel Alliance."
These words made Song Ziyu so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
This time the handsome army returned, Song Ziyu was already prepared to be the enemy of the whole world, but he did not expect that he was not the only one who wanted to be the enemy of the world.
God helps me!
But Song Ziyu was still puzzled, so he asked Lao Yan: "What on earth is going on?"
Lao Yan shook his head and said: "Boss Song, my level is not high enough. This kind of thing is not something that a big-headed soldier like me can know about... Don't say I don't know, even those soldiers from the north don't know what's going on. I have inquired many times but have not received any information.”
Song Ziyu nodded, believing what Lao Yan said.
At this time, Lao Yan said again: "Boss Song, I also have a very important piece of information, which is not very accurate. I heard it when I was chatting with the veterans of the Steel Alliance."
"Tell me about it." Song Ziyu became interested.
Lao Yan lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the main force of the Third Division is not currently in Shoujiang, or even in Longshan."
Song Ziyu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then where are they?"
"In Jiehe!" Lao Yan said: "The commander of the Third Division, Zuo Zhen, is leading the main force of the rebels to fight with the troops of the Northern Steel Alliance in Jiehe. Currently, there are only a small number of defenders in Longshan maintaining the rule of Longshan."
"How much is a small amount?" Su Zhen asked at this time.
Lao Yan thought for a while and said: "Their Third Division headquarters has less than 2,000 troops. Under the command of deputy division commander Yu Ke, the rest are servants recruited from the wasteland."
Song Ziyu nodded thoughtfully. This information was very important and related to his next action plan.
After understanding all the information, Song Ziyu immediately appointed Lao Yan as a deputy battalion commander under his command. He would first practice in the management position before planning for the next promotion.
Lao Yan was hungry for the first half of his life. After serving as a top soldier for two years, he was a cannon fodder-level existence. Now he has soared to the top and managed hundreds of people. He can no longer be described as being promoted to the third level.
"Thank you, Boss Song, for the promotion. I will never give up even if I die." Lao Yan was so excited.
"You deserve this!" Song Ziyu said.
It's nice to have someone remember how you feel.
Then he offered advice and advice: "Boss Song, there are less than 400 defenders in Shoujiang. We might as well attack directly, take Shoujiang as a stronghold, and then Tulong Mountain!"
"This is a good strategy!" Song Ziyu nodded, but he didn't expect that Lao Yan was still a good strategist.
Such a person is lost in the wilderness and is almost buried.
Immediately, Song Ziyu prepared to mobilize troops to attack the Shoujiang settlement. If he was lucky, he might spend the night in the Shoujiang settlement tonight.
Shoujiang is only seventy miles away from Longshan. He is one step away from returning to Longshan to dance tango at the foot of Tang Sanzang's Lingshan Mountain.
Thinking of this, Song Ziyu felt very excited.
There is someone who is even more excited than Song Ziyu, and that is Su Zhen.
The Su family has always been the manager of Shoujiang. Su Zhen's grandparents have been in charge of Shoujiang. She left her hometown unexpectedly. Now she is about to return to Shoujiang. Su Zhen's eyes are bloodshot with excitement.
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Just when Song Ziyu was about to direct his troops towards the Shoujiang settlement, the scouting horse from the front suddenly came to report.
There was a troop rushing towards the Takano Outpost, numbering about three to four hundred people.
Hearing this, Song Ziyu laughed like a pig.
Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that before I took action, the enemy would come to my door.
"Boss, how do we fight?" Zhang Song asked.
Song Ziyu touched his nose and said: "How to fight? Of course, fight directly, four thousand against four hundred, the advantage is mine!"
