Lu Xu was walking swaggering along the official road. How did he know about the many changes behind him?
That's right, he was just strolling! Since he knew that Pei Junxiong could not let himself reach the border of Qinfeng Road safely, Lu Xu didn't need to go too far. After all, if he walked too far, the journey back would become longer, so he
It will be even more difficult to rush back to Qinzhou after the war.
Half a day later, Xie Zhen sent back a message: "Sir, there are suddenly many bandit spies around us. It seems that they can't bear it anymore!"
Lu Xu nodded: "Brothers, cheer up, this is the end of the job. We can go back after the fight! If you want to get credit, you have to work harder this time!"
Xie Zhen was overjoyed: "Okay!"
Before setting off this time, Wen Yuanzhong had already made a promise. Regardless of whether the government wanted the heads they beheaded this time, they were regarded as military merits in suppressing bandits, and he would never be stingy with the reward!
Wen Yuanzhong was also a man who would never let go of the rabbit before he saw it. This time he made such a heavy promise. It was obvious that he had hated the bandits for a long time.
The people of Wei'anbao have been waiting for this battle for a long time! But in the past few days, they have only been traveling, and they haven't even seen a bandit's hair. Now that they finally have to see the money, they are all extremely excited.
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When the escorts of the Longmen Escort Bureau heard that the bandits were coming, they all became very nervous. They used to be honest coolies. They were afraid of bandits, not to mention the more aggressive gangsters. Many people heard that the bandits were coming.
Come on, the calf muscles begin to twist!
This is the disadvantage of using coolies as soldiers. This group of honest coolies have good physical fitness and strong obedience, but their mentality is far different from that of soldiers. As long as the conditions permit, generals will not choose this group of people to serve as soldiers.
manpower.
But there was nothing Lu Xu could do in his eagerness to form an army! Fortunately, Lu Xu had already thought of a solution before he formed an army.
He mixed the Wei'anbao militia and young soldiers to form a vanguard force. He asked Luo Yingyan and other young soldiers who had seen blood to be his general reserve team and supervising team.
He had already made an agreement with the Longmen Escort Bureau in advance that if someone deserted on the battlefield, Luo Yingyan and the others would shoot the deserter on the spot!
After this period of practice, Luo Yingyan and others' shooting skills have improved a lot, and it is not difficult for them to shoot deserters.
And more importantly, the escorts of the Longmen Escort Bureau also know that their identities are in the hands of others. As their slaves, they are not in line with the master's wishes. The master just kills the bandits.
Killed. In addition, they had seen what Luo Yingyan and others were capable of, so no matter how scared they were, they never thought of becoming deserters.
This is enough for Lu Xu! He will not care whether these people under him are afraid or not on the battlefield? No matter how docile a person is, as long as he sees blood a few times on the battlefield, he will grow into a
Qualified veterans.
At this stage, he only cares about whether these people can be deserters? Can they faithfully carry out orders? Now it seems that the coolies can undoubtedly do these two things. Then Lu Xu dares to drag them to the battlefield.
Not long after Lu Xu had prepared for battle, Xie Zhen's spies had already discovered a large group of bandits in the mountains and forests.
Lu Xu made a quick decision and immediately ordered everyone to get off the car and prepare for the battle!
Pei Junxiong originally wanted to make a sneak attack on Lu Xu. Now seeing Lu Xu starting to prepare for battle, Pei Junxiong knew that he had no chance after all!
But he doesn't care. Whether he can win this battle is no longer a problem for him. He only cares about handing in the certificate of surrender!
So, he didn't talk nonsense to Lu Xu, and directly ordered the entire army to attack Lu Xu.
Of course, this entire army does not include his cronies!
For any bandit leader, if he wants to secure his position as the bandit leader, he must have trusted cronies. These cronies are not only the bandit leader's lackeys, but also the supervisory team and the bandit leader's personal bodyguards.
When they are fighting, they often do not need to charge with the large troops. They only need to supervise the troops and protect the troops in the rear.
This is also an established rule among the bandits. Therefore, the other bandits had no objection to Pei Junxiong leaving his cronies behind, and they did not notice anything wrong.
And when they charged, Lu Xu also saw clearly their true strength!
What I have to say is that the power of Pei Junxiong's men was a bit beyond Lu Xu's expectations.
Although the bandits did not have any formations or square formations, it became inconvenient for Lu Xu to calculate the strength of his opponents. But this was not the first time Lu Xu saw bandits armed. He found that Pei Junxiong's men were obviously more numerous than Zhao Feiyi
More troops were mobilized for the previous siege of Fort Wei'an.
Lu Xu estimated that the number of troops dispatched for this wave of attack alone must be about 2,500 or 6,000. Moreover, Lu Xu also guessed that the bandit leader must have a reserve team. Then the total number of bandits may be
Close to three thousand people!
This is already the upper limit of the number of armed bandits that Lu Xu had estimated. Lu Xu originally expected that the bandits were at their weakest now, and it would be good if they could maintain two thousand troops.
But even though they were already so strong, such power was still not enough for Lu Xu.
Because Lu Xu was walking on the official road now. Although official roads are often relatively spacious, this is the Qinling Mountains after all, and even the official roads shuttle between mountains and forests.
So the bandits came out of the mountains and forests, and they were already approaching a place not far from Lu Xu's troops.
Lu Xu once again imagined the same situation as before. It was obviously impossible to solve the battle with only the eagle bow. He placed the people from Wei'an Fort at the front of the formation. These people all held their swords tightly and were always ready to fight.
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They all wear armor, and they have a tight phalanx. The threat to them from bandits is limited.
Behind them, the escorts of the Longmen Escort Bureau have prepared their eagle bows. They only need to use upward shots to project firepower at the enemy!
What bandits are most afraid of is the phalanx of the official army, which is also one of the biggest differences between civilian armed forces and officers and soldiers. Except for the highly disciplined officers and soldiers, civilian armed forces often do not have phalanx formations to use.
When the two sides collided, the gap immediately became apparent! Although the bandits were menacing and high in morale, their violent attacks did not have the slightest impact on Wei'an Fort's phalanx.
Facing an infantry or cavalry charge, the best response is to use a spear to push back the enemy's impact!
Although the Zhanma Sword has limited lethality when thrusting, it is more than enough to withstand the enemy's impact. When the warriors in the front row withstand the bandits' impact, the killing moment officially begins!