"Report!" A fast horse galloped from the front, and the officers and soldiers on the road got out of the way.
The cavalry finally stopped in front of Mr. Xie's horse.
"General, a large group of bandits were found five miles ahead, with more than ten thousand people and thousands of cavalry." The man on horseback reported to Mr. Jie Shigong.
Mr. Jie Shigong narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's explore again."
The quick rider turned his horse's head and turned away.
"It seems that the bandits know that we are here and are preparing to fight us halfway." Vice Lieutenant Li will tell Mr. Jie Shigong.
Mr. Jie Shigong sneered and said: "If these bandits refuse to defend the city, I will think more highly of them. With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, they dare to fight against my army in the field. Huh, it is simply a matter of life and death."
He snorted coldly.
"It's better to be cautious. The bandits have thousands of cavalry. If they are all the armored cavalry we encountered before, they will still be a threat to the army." Vice General Li was worried that Mr. Jie Shigong did not take the bandits seriously and couldn't bear it. Always give a verbal reminder.
"Haha, Lieutenant General Li is overthinking." Mr. Jie Shigong laughed loudly and said immediately, "Do you really think that all the bandits wear armor? Do you know how much silver it costs for thousands of cavalry to wear armor? If we don’t catch the rebel sentries we encounter, they are already the elite among the rebels. It would be great if the remaining rebel cavalry can wear armor. It is simply impossible for everyone to wear iron armor."
He didn't believe that everyone in the rebel cavalry could wear a suit of iron armor.
The cavalry is a big spender of money. Raising one cavalry is enough to support seven or eight ordinary soldiers. To the bandits, having more soldiers is more important than spending all the money on the cavalry.
"Before they committed rebellion, this bandit was a Datong company. They have been in contact with various tribes in the grassland all year round. It is said that they have made a lot of money. Maybe they are really willing to use the money to build a suit of iron armor for each of the cavalry." Lieutenant General Li said.
Having fought against bandits, he felt that the bandits in Datong were different from other bandits. Things that ordinary bandits would not do, the bandits in Huziqi might not be able to do.
Mr. Jie Shigong glanced at him and said: "Businessmen pursue profits. They only rob when they see benefits. It is impossible to use the money they earn to supplement. I think you are afraid of being beaten by bandits. You are always bragging about bandits." powerful."
"This!" Vice General Li looked stunned.
Looking back on this journey, he did talk a lot about the power of the bandits, but he understood that he just wanted to remind Mr. Jie not to take the bandits in Datong seriously, so as not to suffer in the end.
Mr. Jie Shigong continued: "I have my own ideas on how to deal with the bandits. Lieutenant General Li will not say more. If you destroy the bandits in the future, I will ask the imperial court to take credit for you."
"I'd like to thank the general first." Lieutenant General Li saluted Mr. Jie Shigong on horseback.
He understood that this was a warning from Mr. Jie Shigong, and he did not want him to interfere in the suppression of bandits again.
"Report!" A fast horse galloped from the front.
"speak!"
"General Qi, the bandits are already arrayed five miles away," the sentry knight said.
Duke Jie Shi asked: "Do you know who the leader of the bandits is?"
"I don't know yet." The Sentinel Cavalry shook his head and said immediately, "The flag of the rebel bandits is a black flag with only the word "tiger" on it. The other flags have the names of the personal division and the first and second battle barracks, and there is no leader. banner."
After listening, Mr. Jie Shigong sarcastically said: "The Caotai team can't stand on the stage, and without the flag of the general, how can they command the army? You just let such a Caotai team take down Datong City!"
He said the last sentence to Vice General Li next to him.
Lieutenant General Li looked embarrassed and said nothing.
It was indeed a bit embarrassing to be defeated by the bandits and lose such an important military town as Datong City. After all, Datong is one of the nine borders, and there are border troops stationed there. Unlike the state capitals in the mainland, the soldiers and horses are mainly guard posts and patrols. Prosecutor.
"Order the army to speed up the march." Duke Jie Shi ordered.
The flag officer ran to the front of the army to deliver the order.
Jie Shigong turned his head and said to Deputy General Li who was following him: "I will deal with this bandit, and then I will go to Datong City to eliminate other bandits and capture the bandit leader Liu Heng."
"The general will definitely be able to plow the court, sweep holes, and wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop." Lieutenant General Li gave a small compliment.
Mr. Jie Shigong Lanxu laughed loudly.
As the army marched forward, it got closer and closer to the tiger-shaped flag army in front.
Ye Bushou, who was an official sentry, had already appeared in front of the tiger banner army. The distance between the two sides was less than one mile, and each other was visible to the naked eye.
"These damn bandits are probably even comparable to the elites of the frontier army." Looking at the neat army with tiger-shaped flags in front of them, one of the soldiers was dumbfounded.
"It's not like we haven't seen the elites in the border army before. I'm afraid they can't compare with this one." Another Ye Busuo next to him answered.
They often fought against the bandits, and for the first time they saw the bandits in neat formations, with all their armor in place, and cannons clearly placed in front of the formations.
If they hadn't looked at the flags and confirmed that they were bandits, they would have thought that some frontier army had come to Xi'an Fort without incident.
"This battle is not going to be easy." Youye sighed.
They were all veterans of wars. One look at the formation in front of them and they knew how many people would die in this battle.
Half the time for burning incense has passed.
The officers and soldiers from Taiyuan finally appeared in front of the Tiger Flag army.
Mr. Jie Shigong, who came here with the army, saw the army of bandits for the first time.
hiss!
Mr. Jie Shigong took a breath of air.
To be able to become the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, he did not just use money to recruit Shangguan. In exchange for the black gauze hat, he was also a general who personally killed bandits and quelled military chaos.
Although I haven't fought any big battles in the past few years, I still have good eyesight.
The army of bandits in front was large but not chaotic. It didn't have the messy feeling of ordinary bandits. Not only that, everyone on the bandits' side was wearing armor and uniformly dressed. Looking around, there was almost no motley.
Such a large army cannot simply be regarded as causing chaos among the people.
You know, even the Taiyuan soldiers and horses he brought were dressed in a variety of colors, especially among the soldiers in the camp, who wore everything.
Compared with the gangsters, I feel like I am the gangster.
"General, this is the bandit in Datong." Lieutenant General Li was stunned when he saw Shi Gong, and cautiously reminded him from the side.
After coming back to his senses, Mr. Jie Shigong said with an ugly face: "These should be the most elite troops of the rebels!"
"These are just some of the bandits in front of me. There are at least tens of thousands of bandits like this." Vice General Li said with a bitter look on his face.
Compared with the army of bandits when they attacked Datong City, there were far fewer bandits in front of them.
Jie Shigong pursed his lips hard.
At this time, he already regretted that he should not have been in such a hurry to enter Datong. He should have waited for other armies to arrive and entered Datong together.
