"Haha, the village does not organize manpower training on weekdays, but Yan Bao has two hundred direct descendants around him. They all wear iron armor and hold steel knives. Even the officers and soldiers who came from Xindu are not their opponents. They were able to
They were responsible for repelling the encirclement and suppression of the official army several times. Moreover, this unit never participated in other things, just training every day and eating meat every meal. Because of its high combat power, other brothers in the village would not say much.
What, they are considered special cases in the village."
Guo Daxian smiled bitterly and said: "If I also had those equipment, how could I be forced into such a situation by Yan Bao."
"Are those people from your village, or did Yan Bao recruit them from outside?"
Zhu Hansan frowned, Guo Daxian's words made him very interested.
"Yan Bao found them all by himself, but I don't know where he found them."
Guo Daxian shook his head and replied.
"What about the other people in your cottage? How strong are they?"
Zhu Hansan knew that he had encountered a hard idea, so he asked next.
"The only others who can fight are the forty cavalrymen under my command. However, they have been captured by your Excellency. As for the rest, they are used to being lazy on weekdays, waving flags, shouting, and beating drums to cheer. If they are against Your Excellency,
The officers and soldiers under my command are not worth mentioning, they are not worth mentioning."
As Guo Daxian was talking, he did not forget to flatter Zhu Hansan a little.
"Where are the weapons?"
Zhu Hansan didn't think much at this time, he was just thinking about it in his mind while asking.
"As for weapons, because Yan Bao has a way, all the brothers in the village have a ring-headed sword, dozens of sets of spears and shields, five sets of crossbows, and twenty bows. As for armor, except for Yan Bao's two
Except for the Hundred Lineage, no one else has one. As for the leather armor, there are still twenty or thirty sets."
After Guo Daxian thought for a while, he replied carefully.
"As expected, there are people supporting you, and everyone is given a ring-shaped sword. Are you robbers? In my opinion, this supporting equipment is no less generous than ordinary local infantry."
Zhu Hansan said with some envy.
"I also envy you, sir. You have become the lord of a county when you are only seventeen or eighteen years old. You are much more powerful than us."
Guo Daxian said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, don't say any more unnecessary words. Just tell me, where will Yan Bao go?"
Zhu Hansan rolled his eyes and thought to himself, are you saying this as a compliment? You dare to compare me, who is so handsome and has the aura of a great god, with bandits like you. Doesn't it mean that I have a sense of superiority because I am doing better than you?
"Yan Bao is cautious by nature. After he did such a cruel and inhumane thing, he will know that the government cannot ignore it. According to my understanding of him, he should be on his way back to Shangtai Mountain now, or maybe he has already returned to the mountain."
Guo Daxian said firmly.
"Are you so sure?"
Zhu Hansan was stunned when he heard this. The New Year is coming soon. Even the poorest families will choose to buy two taels of meat and three taels of wine during this season, and the family will celebrate the New Year happily.
Logically speaking, this is definitely the time when people are hoarding the most supplies in their homes. Why would they just go down the mountain to dip in the water and leave? This does not seem to be consistent with common sense.
"Yan Bao is ruthless in doing things, but he is also extremely cautious. On weekdays, he can endure it and lie dormant for a long time when he leads people down the mountain to rob. No matter how much he robs, he will do it once and then go back to the mountain. Now he has robbed several villages in a row.
He even slaughtered one place. It was probably because someone forced him to do such a thing. Otherwise, according to his nature, he would stop after grabbing the first place. Now that he had slaughtered the village, he would definitely not dare to wander outside again.
"
Seeing Zhu Hansan frowning and looking puzzled, Guo Daxian quickly helped analyze it.
Not to mention, Guo Daxian knew Yan Bao's character very well. At least he could judge that he was under the instigation of others through the things Yan Bao did. Zhu Hansan guessed Liu Xu's identity as soon as he thought about the relationship between Liu Xu and Yan Bao.
Some plans, he probably wanted Yan Bao to take action, and then force Zhu Hansan to send troops to encircle and suppress Taishan. However, others knew about his own affairs. Zhu Hansan knew that the soldiers under his command were not good enough, and when the time came to encircle and suppress the bandits, Liu Xu would be able to take advantage of them.
He acted as a hindrance and took the opportunity to interfere in the affairs of the county.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hansan was secretly glad that he could put aside his grudge and use the children of the local wealthy Ma family.
With forty Ma family knights joining, they can be regarded as a rare force. I am afraid Liu Xu did not expect that Zhu Hansan would have such courage, and Yan Bao might not have expected it even more. The lack of guarantees can really achieve miraculous results for Yan Liang and the others. At this moment,
Zhu Hansan was already looking forward to what Yan Liang and the others would gain.
It is said that while Zhu Hansan and others were dealing with the funeral arrangements of the victims in Taoyuan Village, Yan Liang and his thirty riders were getting closer and closer to Mount Taishan.
"Commander Yan, look at the flying dust and billowing wind ahead, there must be a large group of people moving forward."
Ma Chuang had sharp eyesight. As soon as they turned a corner, he saw the situation hundreds of feet ahead and said quickly to Yan Liang.
"Maybe they are the people we are looking for, brothers, I will catch up with them."
Yan Liang also noticed something strange at this time. He drove a hundred miles from morning to noon. He was planning to give up, but the reluctance in his heart made him decide to catch up to the foot of Shangtai Mountain to take a look. Unexpectedly, he still
They really caught up with the bandits hundreds of feet away from Shangtai Mountain.
"Commander Yan, looking at this scale, the opponent must have a lot of people. We only have thirty riders, so we won't be able to catch up with them!"
After hearing Yan Liang's excited and rash words, Ma Chuang's expression changed slightly and he advised, "How about we wait for Mr. Zhu to arrive with reinforcements before we make any further calculations!"
"Ma Chuang, I am the commander of this cavalry. Do you want to disobey me?"
Yan Liang believed that he was very brave and had the experience of breaking into bandits' dens alone. In his opinion, the hundreds of bandits in Shangtai Mountain were just a bunch of chickens and dogs, and they were nothing to be afraid of.
"My subordinates dare not!"
Ma Chuang gritted his teeth, lowered his head and replied.
"Is it because you, the Ma family, are afraid?"
Yan Liang sneered, glanced at the surrounding cavalry, and said mockingly: "If you Ma family members are afraid, you can wait here. There are only hundreds of people, and one general is enough."
The cavalry stopped because of the quarrel between the two. Everyone stared at Yan Liang and Ma Chuang with big eyes. After hearing Yan Liang's words, the Ma family's children all showed dissatisfied expressions, but no one
After explaining aloud, everyone looked at Ma Chuang, expecting him to clear the name of the Ma family.
From this point of view, the children of the Ma family have extremely high battlefield literacy. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will not speak out in public before the battle. Not only will it affect morale, it will also weaken the prestige of the commander. This
Perhaps this is also a way for Ma Yuan to manage the family. When away from home, everyone must obey the leader's words. Even if the words are wrong, they have to return home to say it.
"Hmph, my Ma family has never been to the grasslands in the north, the desert in the west, the mountains and rivers in the south, and the sea in the east. Aren't they just hundreds of bandits? As long as you dare to pursue Commander Yan, then my Ma family will accompany you.
So what if I rush back into the enemy formation?"
How dare Ma Chuang ruin his family's reputation in front of outsiders? He immediately gritted his teeth and replied.
"Okay, he's a man, what about you?"
Yan Liang smiled happily, looked at the other cavalry and asked with a smile.
"I am willing to follow the leader into battle."
The other Ma family members responded loudly.
"Okay, okay, we are all good men, so let us kill them today and let those unscrupulous bandits pay with their blood."
Yan Liang held a big sword and his bold words boosted morale.
"Charge with me!"
Yan Liang's eyes gradually became sharp, and his whole body exuded a courageous, bloodthirsty and fierce aura. After making a trick, he rushed towards the bandits who had stopped in front of him.
"He is indeed the number one hero in Jizhou. In terms of his courage alone, it is difficult for ordinary people to match him."
When it comes to courage, Ma Chuang is very brave, but he has some scruples. Facing so many opponents, his scruples are even worse, and it is difficult for him to resist. However, Yan Liang's heroic actions deeply stimulated him.
When he saw that Yan Liang had already charged, he quickly raised his pistol and shouted: "Brothers, follow the commander and charge. We want the savages in the mountains to know that there are some places they cannot come to, and there are consequences for doing some things.
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The leader of this group of bandits was Yan Bao, the second in charge of Huya Village. He originally didn't want to go down the mountain to plunder, but with King Anping's order there, he had to go down the mountain to do something.
Yan Bao had no choice but to go down the mountain with 300 minions. Under the instructions of the royal envoy, Yan Bao robbed three or four villages one after another. When he got to the last Taoyuan Village, the royal envoy even killed Yan Bao.
Yan Bao didn't dare to disobey an order to massacre a village, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and let his men massacre Taoyuan Village.
Based on Yan Bao's understanding of Liu Xu, no matter what happens in the future, Yan Bao will definitely be the first person Liu Xu is ready to abandon. Knowing that he can no longer stay in Jizhou, Yan Bao flatly refuses the royal envoy to continue.
After receiving the order to plunder the village, he quickly led his men back to Shangtai Mountain.
They thought they could return to the mountain stronghold without incident, but when they were approaching the foot of the mountain, they were chased by a group of cavalry. Yan Bao, who knew the power of the cavalry, quickly asked his men to stop setting up defenses.
"The second master, there are only dozens of people on the other side, so he shouldn't come here to die, right?"
A young man dressed as a scholar walked up to Yan Bao and said with a smile.
"Haha, the terrain here is flat, and there is still a distance of more than 200 feet from Shangtai Mountain. Although the opponent only has dozens of cavalry, the cavalry is cavalry. In addition, we did not bring crossbows when we went down the mountain this time, so there is nothing we can do against them.
"
Yan Bao glanced at the young man next to him with disdain, and explained coldly: "If the opponent directly charges into the formation, then we can still rely on the strength of our numbers to eat up this group of cavalry. If they don't charge into the formation, we can only
If we resort to wandering and harassing people, our two legs will not be able to catch up with their four legs. For the current plan, we can only form a formation first and then retreat slowly. After returning to the mountains, the group of cavalry will naturally have no use for them.
land."
Yan Bao was experienced and experienced. He was originally from the border army. He could see the advantages and disadvantages of both sides at a glance and made reasonable responses. He thought it was foolproof. However, when he saw the appearance of the leader of the other side, he was immediately frightened.
His face was pale and he almost fell off his horse.