Faced with Zhao Huan's inquiry, Sun He couldn't help but be stunned: "The night attackers are indeed local bandits. How did the prince know?"
Of course, Zhao Huan would not predict the unknown. This was also due to the fact that the Tianji Pavilion Military Exercise Department had already rehearsed all the dangers that might be encountered along the way.
According to Zhou Boyu, banditry is serious in Xingzhou. Although they are just a mob and would never dare to attack the army easily, they still have to beware of Cai clique members secretly adding fuel to the flames.
In the end, Zhou Boyu really got it right.
Because he was mentally prepared in advance, Zhao Huan did not panic at all and directly put an arm on the car window, pretending to be watching the excitement.
"Thousands of thieves are no longer bandits, but rebels against the party."
"If there is really a rebellion in Xingzhou, Wang Zhen will definitely send troops to destroy it. Therefore, it can be concluded that these thousands of bandits are just a temporary mob."
Speaking of this, Zhao Huan looked at Sun He who was full of admiration outside the window and wrote lightly: "Does the other party have horses?"
Sun He shook his head: "No..."
Zhao Huan asked again: "Do you have armor?"
Sun He shook his head again: "Probably not. According to the warrior sentry, this group of thieves is very fast. If they wear armor, their speed will be greatly reduced."
The corners of Zhao Huan's mouth raised slightly: "In that case, are there any armor-breaking weapons?"
Facing Zhao Huan's series of questions, Sun He seemed to just shake his head and answered mechanically: "It doesn't seem like it, right?"
"If you are equipped with armor-piercing weapons, there is no reason why you should not be equipped with armor."
The smile on Zhao Huan's face became even bigger, and he waved directly to Xiao Yan'er: "Here, bring me the dried fruit."
Xiao Yan'er was a little nervous at first, but seeing Zhao Huan so relaxed and carefree, as if she had taken a reassurance, she suddenly smiled.
Zhao Huan took a can of dried longan, threw it into his mouth and bit it, using his flexible tongue to separate the pulp and swallow it, while the skin and core were spit out through the window.
"What are you still doing? Go and improve your record!"
ha?
Sun He looked surprised. Although he had followed Zhao Huan and participated in the hunting of Gao Tuo Mountain in Yizhou Prefecture, he was considered to be the pinnacle of joining the army.
But speaking of it, this peak battle has a lot of content.
After all, they were heavily armored against light armor, and they also had Zhao Huan, a brave and capable general, as the vanguard to boost their morale.
Follow Zhao Huan and push up, and then win...
At this time, I have to personally take charge of a defensive battle, and it is a night attack. In addition, the gap between the enemy and ourselves is ten times.
Sun He, who lacked actual combat experience, still became uncontrollably nervous.
result……
Zhao Huan didn't pay attention to the thousands of thieves at all, as if what was rushing over were not desperadoes, but a large group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Seeing that Sun He was still in a daze, Zhao Huan hated that iron could not become steel, so he directly picked up a dried longan and threw it on Sun He's head.
"If you say you are stupid, you are not smart!"
"This group of thieves brought us to our doorstep, but there is no shop like this after passing through this village."
"The more you kill, the better your resume will be, which will be of great benefit to you in the future."
After Zhao Huan's prompting, Sun He finally came to his senses. He quickly turned around and divided his soldiers into two teams. One team stayed to protect the convoy, while the other team went straight to the direction of the enemy's attack.
By the time Sun He arrived at the predetermined position to defend against the enemy, Wang Ben had already finished dressing up, carrying a long-handled ax on his shoulder, with one hand on his hip, and he was ready to kill everyone.
Seeing Sun He and his people coming, Wang Ben couldn't help but wave his hand: "No need for help, just go back and protect the prince."
Wang Ben's self-confidence made Sun He a little puzzled: "Master Wu, although the brave warriors are brave and good at fighting, there is a gap of more than thirty times between thirty people and a thousand people. Isn't this a bit exaggerated?"
"Let's join forces together, maybe..."
Before Sun He could finish speaking, Wang Ben interrupted directly: "You have too little actual combat experience and won't save your energy. If you collapse from exhaustion, won't you lose your life in vain?"
"If you really want to fight, then stay behind. If there are any fish that slip through the net, I will leave it to you to deal with."
Wang Ben was not blindly confident, but the sentry had figured out the situation of this group of thieves.
No war horses, no armor, no broken armor, they are simply a group of three-no products.
Such a rabble, let alone a thousand, as long as the brave warriors still have physical strength, they can kill from day to night, and from night to day, killing endlessly.
The huge advantages brought by armor and armor-piercing weapons cannot be made up for by numbers and combat skills alone.
At this moment, I heard bursts of strange screams coming from the distance. Following the sound, I saw dense crowds of thieves coming towards me like a wave.
Sun He's heart suddenly became tense. After all, there were too many people on the other side, and they were also babbling and screaming, and their momentum was extremely intimidating.
But when Sun He looked at Wang Ben, he found that Wang Ben had inserted the long-handled ax into the ground, took off his helmet, and scratched his unbearably itchy head. There was no sense of tension at all on the eve of the battle.
Not only Wang Ben, but the rest of the brave warriors also looked relaxed, talking and laughing.
"The brother who was on guard just now said that there are thousands of people in this group of thieves!"
"Hahaha, that's a good relationship. I can save more heads in my hands."
"It's a pity that the heads of these thieves are worthless, unlike heavily armored soldiers, whose heads are worth several taels of silver."
"Although it's not valuable, it's delivered to your door after all. It's just like making a little extra fortune."
The calmness and ease of the dare warriors simply overturned Sun He's cognition. At the same time, he also clearly realized how big the gap was between the royal soldiers and the dare warriors...
At this time, the bandit army was less than 300 steps away from the convoy.
The leader of the thieves responsible for this plan to kill the king is named Zhang Erhe, nicknamed Iron Beard. He has been around Xingzhou for more than ten years and is known for his ferocity and cruelty.
Although under normal circumstances, Zhang Erhe would not go to the army to cause trouble, but this time the employer gave him too much.
As long as you kill Zhao Huan, you can get five thousand taels of silver.
Zhang Erhe directly summoned all the bandits he could contact in the local area and formed the largest bandit army in local history.
Looking at his ocean-like army, Zhang Erhe's face was full of pride.
"Haha, the first king of the Song Dynasty? The most violent prince in history?"
"Today I will tell you what it means to be strong but not to overwhelm local snakes."
"I have more than a thousand brothers under my command. Even if one of them spits out foam, they can drown you."
"Brothers, whoever kills Zhao Huan with your own hands will be rewarded fifty taels of silver!"
Under the temptation of huge sums of money, the thieves became even crazier, especially when they discovered that there were only a few dozen guards standing in front of them. They all knew that the battle would be over soon.