"Aren't you stationed in the city? Where did the bandits come from?" Shen Yunfan asked.
The Imperial Guard soldier knelt on the ground and said in fear: "General Di refused to let us inform you last night and took us out of the city to suppress the bandits. Unexpectedly, we fell into a trap. I managed to run back!"
Shen Yunfan was furious when he heard this and kicked the table next to him.
"If you act without authorization, I will kill him!"
"Then you have to rescue them first before you can kill them." Zheng Wanyi whispered, "Don't be angry, organize the manpower first. I'll go with you, it will be an opportunity to recruit surrender."
Shen Yunfan nodded and ordered: "General Hu, there is no need to capture Wang Tong. Immediately gather your troops and follow me out of the city!"
"Yes!" Hu Chun hurriedly went out.
…
Outside Jiaozhou City, in a plain earthen village.
The Royal Forest Army was trapped in a narrow village, surrounded by bandits holding fire sticks!
The fire stick is a special weapon they use, with flames burning on it. In such a narrow environment, the effect is extraordinary!
If they hadn't brought water in advance according to Shen Yunfan's instructions, they and the forest guards might have been burned to death long ago.
Of course, now they are trapped here and are hungry and thirsty. They have already suffered thousands of casualties and will be annihilated sooner or later!
"General, what should we do?"
"Damn it, it's all that boy's fault for not letting us bring long guns. What use are these daggers and daggers?" Di Xingchang cursed.
The soldiers at the back looked strange when they heard this, thinking that this general was too good at scapegoating. In such a narrow place, it is impossible to use long weapons, so why don't you let people play to death?
Today's daggers and daggers can at least resist.
This time he fell into a tight siege and had nothing to do with Shen Yunfan. It was obviously because Di Xingchang underestimated the enemy and was arrogant.
Of course, they did not dare to refute their general, and could only urge: "Let's quickly find a way to break out!"
"Breakout? No one can escape alive today!" the bandits outside sneered.
This time, people from the three gangster dens gathered together, and a total of 4,000 people were present.
Most of them are remnant soldiers of the Zheng Kingdom who have escaped. Therefore, they hate the Imperial Guards so much that they want to skin them and cramp them right now!
At the critical moment of life and death, the sounds of galloping and charging war horses were heard not far away.
The bandits outside turned around and saw the cavalry rushing towards them on the plain. They were frightened and said in surprise: "The Jiaozhou defenders are here? Aren't they afraid of the barbarians taking the opportunity to rob them?"
"Don't worry so much, quickly meet the enemy!"
The bandits quickly formed their military formations to prepare for the cavalry charge.
Across the plain, a cavalry force of less than a thousand people was rushing towards the Tuzhai.
Hu Chun shouted: "Master Imperial Envoy, you don't have armor, just wait here and don't charge with us!"
"Okay. Remember, the opponent is a light infantry with no heavy weapons, so it is not a big threat. But you are also a light cavalry, so don't charge head-on. Use your mobility to tire them out and then attack them when they are tired!"
"I will obey your orders!" A trace of surprise flashed in Hu Chun's eyes.
This imperial envoy from the imperial court is quite familiar with these tactics on the battlefield, and he doesn’t look like a young master from the capital at all!
The cavalry charged forward, and Hu Chun followed the tactics and began to detour with the bandits.
The plains were dominated by cavalry. The bandits did not have heavy weapons such as heavy crossbows, large shields, or swords, and they were helpless against the galloping horses. For a while, they were dragged to exhaustion, and then they were beaten to death. Discard the armor.
"No, quickly return to the stronghold and defend it!" someone shouted.
"There are imperial guards in the stronghold, we can't enter!"
At this moment, the Imperial Forest Army who had been surrounded turned out to be the killer move pressing on their weak point.
Seeing that the bandits were defeated, Di Xingchang immediately called on the remaining imperial guards to rush out and beat up the drowned dog!
Zheng Wanyi was watching the battle situation not far away, and said at this time: "It's almost done, I'll go and recruit them."
"Okay, little one
Accompany the princess." Shen Yunfan chuckled.
"Slick tongue." Zheng Wanyi pouted.
The two men rode forward, and Zheng Wanyi announced her identity and began to persuade him to surrender.
These remnant soldiers were already mentally broken. Now when they met the princess of their country, it was as if they had found a backbone, and they surrendered immediately without saying a word!
The two of them ran across the entire battlefield, with more and more people following behind them. A group of remaining soldiers even shouted slogans.
"The Prince Consort is a thousand years old! The Princess is a thousand years old! You will return as soon as possible!"
"This is not the Prince Consort, this is Young Master Shen." Zheng Wanyi rolled her eyes, then looked at Shen Yunfan who was smiling, and said seriously: "Don't have any evil thoughts, we can't!"
"Princess, don't be so heartless." Shen Yunfan smiled.
The two men ran through the battlefield like this, and finally surrendered more than 3,000 people.
In addition to Zheng's remaining soldiers, many bandits were also brought to surrender.
As for the remaining bandits, they were all stubborn bandits. They were all handed over to Hu Chun and most of them were killed on the spot.
Di Xingchang gathered his troops and came over and said with a smile: "Brothers, we succeeded in suppressing the bandits today, everyone has contributed!"
"What achievements do you have?" Shen Yunfan sneered and cursed: "Your greatest achievement is that you were locked up in an urn like Wang, and then you lured all the bandits to kill you!"
Hu Chun, who was standing next to him, half-smiled but said, "If this bastard hadn't been used as bait, we wouldn't have been able to catch all the bandits in one go."
Di Xingchang's face turned green and red, and he muttered: "Isn't this also gong?"
He really had no excuse for what happened today.
But he was arrogant and unwilling to admit that he was wrong.
"I'll treat you when you get back." Shen Yunfan glared at him.
Di Xingchang lowered his head, waited for Shen Yunfan to leave, and then said coldly: "No matter what, the suppression of the bandits was successful, wasn't it? This kid is so self-reliant, what is he pretending to be?"
The group of people returned to Jiaozhou City.
As soon as they arrived outside the city, they saw black smoke rising from the city.
Hu Chun stepped forward to inquire, and then he learned that the barbarians took advantage of the empty defense and rushed to Jiaozhou City to plunder. This plundering resulted in the loss of a lot of property.
Shen Yunfan stared at Di Xingchang and asked: "Do you know now what mistake you made? If you were not impulsive, we would not have to rescue you, and Jiaozhou City would not have to be robbed! And the Yulin Army would not have to suffer for no reason. loss."
"Acting without authorization should be dealt with by military law. But I won't kill you for the time being. You will stay on duty to check, and I will give you a chance to make up for your mistakes! Starting today, the Imperial Guard Army will be temporarily in charge of the deputy general!"
"I...I..." Di Xingchang was speechless.
This time, he was indeed wrong!
But he didn't mean to admit his mistake. Instead, his face was gloomy, and he felt a little more resentful towards Shen Yunfan!