Early the next morning, the eight main regiments of the militia, eight auxiliary regiments, and two youth regiments all gathered at the entrance of Wangjiadatun Village. At the same time, the squires who were going to Yishui County to watch and cheer also arrived.
Shang Yi also wore a helmet and armor. This time he was completely dressed like an ancient general. He stood on a temporary general platform made of several Eight Immortals tables and looked at the sixteen small square formations neatly formed under the stage.
Loudly said: "Folks, it has been more than two months since the militia groups of our three villages were established. In the past two months, we defeated the attack of the Qinglang Peak bandits and completely wiped out the Qinglang Peak bandits."
, protected our homeland and our relatives. Moreover, the size of the militia has more than doubled compared to when it was first established. Now there is another group of bandits, the bandits from Shahugou, who are coming to invade our homeland again.
What do you think we should do?"
The soldiers below immediately shouted: "No, we can't let them succeed." "Beat him and drive them away." "They must not let them take away the food we have worked so hard to grow."
Although this battle was to demonstrate the capabilities of the militia in front of Zeng Hualong, it was also fought to resist the bandits and defend the village. Therefore, before mobilizing reinforcements before the war, Shang Yi still used the defense of his homeland to inspire the fighting spirit of the regiment.
.And after the Qinglang Peak was annihilated, the self-confidence of the regiment soldiers was also greatly improved. At the same time, the reward and punishment system established by Shang Yi was also very fair. As long as you perform meritorious service, you can get rewards, and you can get medical treatment if you are injured, even if you die in battle.
Family members can also receive pensions from the militia, which also relieves everyone's worries. Therefore, the morale of the militia is extremely high this time when they go to war.
Shang Yi also nodded with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Okay, let's go."
An hour later, the militia team arrived at the edge of Yishui County, and the reconnaissance team also sent people to report back to Shang Yi. At this time, the bandits who killed Hugou were only a dozen miles away from Yishui County, and Zeng Hualong and others were already there.
The walls of Yishui City were strictly guarded. Therefore, Shang Yi ordered the militia to form a formation outside Yishui County, waiting for the arrival of the bandits. He and other squires went into the city to see Zeng Hualong.
At this time, Zeng Hualong also saw on the top of the city that the number of people in the militia group was at least more than 1,500, which was more than a thousand-household village. He couldn't help but be shocked. He didn't expect that a militia group could have so many people.
However, considering that it is a three-village group, and now it has expanded to five villages and towns, it is not difficult to recruit more than 1,500 people. However, the more people in the militia group, the better, and the greater the certainty of winning this battle.
How does he know that if all the militiamen are sent out, the number of people will be doubled again.
The generals around him saw that at least half of the soldiers in the militia had armor, and the quality was quite good. There were also many cavalry among them. With such an assembly, except for Liu Tianxi, several other thousand-household soldiers
It can't even reach this level.
After seeing the ceremony, Zeng Hualong also nodded and said: "Shang Yi, you came in time, why didn't you bring the militia into the city?"
Shang Yi said: "Reporting to your lord, according to the grass-roots people who sent people to inquire, the bandits are less than ten miles away from the city and will arrive in an instant. Therefore, the grass-roots people want to form an array outside the city to fight the bandits without entering the city."
"Oh!" Zeng Hualong was a little surprised. Judging from the experience on the city, there were cavalry and archers in the militia. Is it possible that they would not be closed at night? It seems that the arms are very complete. At this time, there are
Sure enough, I saw dust rising in the distance, getting bigger and bigger. It was obvious that a large group of people had arrived. It seemed that the vigilante group's night report was quite accurate. So he said: "Shang Yi, I heard that there are more than 2,000 people in this group of bandits.
Everyone, your militia is fighting against the bandits alone. Do you feel that you are outnumbered? Do you need help from the government and the army?"
Shang Yi knew that Zeng Hualong had good intentions, but he did not have much hope for the officers and soldiers, because at this time, in addition to Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were also under Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu.
Our army still has some fighting capacity, and other armies can only help. We can't speak too harshly now, because we are not afraid that we will not be able to defeat the bandits, but that we will easily offend others.
Therefore, Shang Yi said: "Please don't worry, sir. Our militia will be the first to fight in a while. If we rely on your power to defeat the bandits, I will only ask you to cheer for our militia in the arena. If we lose to the bandits, please send officers and soldiers to support us."
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After hearing this, the generals felt a little better, and their faces said: In the end, it depends on the expressions of the officers and soldiers. At the same time, they also calculated in their hearts that even if the bandits defeated the militia, their losses would not be less.
, when the officers and soldiers go out to fight again, they can take advantage of it and show their face in front of the governor.
Zeng Hualong also nodded, feeling that Shang Yi was speaking truthfully, and said: "Okay, you can go ahead. Don't worry, I have my back-up."
After Shang Yi left the city, the group of bandits was only a few hundred steps away from Yishui County, and it could be seen very clearly. According to the report of the reconnaissance team, the number of the bandits should be about two thousand.
About five hundred. There were about five or six hundred armored men, including more than a hundred cavalry, and more than fifty large vehicles. It was also reported that the bandits basically had no queues and their discipline was average.
Because of his experience in dealing with the Qinglang Peak bandits, Shang Yi knew that the bandits in Shandong were not as good as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong who had become climate giants. They were basically still in the primary stage of becoming bandits. Although there were many people, in fact,
They are all a bunch of rabble. They are not difficult to deal with. Therefore, they are full of confidence. But now that we have seen the bandit team, it is indeed uneven. There is basically no organizational discipline at all, let alone a queue.
Because he comes from a later generation, Shang Yi attaches great importance to intelligence collection and reconnaissance of the enemy. Now the militia does not need any intelligence department for the time being, but reconnaissance of the enemy is regarded by Shang Yi as a top priority, requiring the reconnaissance team to find out the enemy's situation.
The movement, number of people, troop strength, as well as the enemy's organization and mental state are also the key points of reconnaissance. Therefore, the training of the reconnaissance team was personally handled by Shang Yi. Now I can see that the reconnaissance team did report more accurately. It is not in vain.
The intensive training given to them over the past month has produced obvious results.
Therefore, Shang Yi immediately ordered: "Get ready to fight the bandits."
After the three village leaders from Shahugou led the team out of the mountain, they broke into three villages on the way and also grabbed a lot of money, food and people. The three of them were very happy.
According to the Mountain Rat's intention, he would give it up as soon as it was good. Anyway, he had robbed a lot of things. He could have a good year and just go back. But the Mountain Tiger was a little carried away and planned to go to Yishui County to rob.
. Because this time I went out to the mountain, I got some news, it seemed that Qinglang Peak was really wiped out by a vigilante group. Naturally, the mountain rat would not admit that his calculations were wrong, so he tried his best to argue that this was
The rumors created by the government created such a militia group to scare themselves so that they would not dare to attack Yishui County.
But this arrival aroused a lot of interest in Jueshanhu, and he also planned to get Qingchu. So he decided to attack Yishui County. If it was really the Qinglangfeng that the militia had wiped out, then he would attack Yishui County himself. They will definitely go out to fight again, just in time to compete with this militia group, avenge their colleagues in Qinglang Peak, and at the same time eliminate an enemy for themselves. If it is like what the mountain rat said, there is no such so-called militia group at all. Then take a handful of Yishui County and grab all you can this time.
As for the officers and soldiers of Yishui County, they have not taken any notice of them. This is also true. If the officers and soldiers were really powerful, then these groups of bandits in Qingzhou Prefecture would have been wiped out long ago.
But it doesn't matter to the backer Xiong. He never does things without thinking. Anyway, the eldest brother goes where he says and robs whoever he says. However, every time there is a war or robbery, he always counts on his best efforts.
When they arrived at Yishui County, the three of them also found a group of people lined up outside the county town, so they also stopped the bandits from advancing. However, the bandits were in chaos. From the time the order was given to when they stopped completely, they started to attack again. He advanced a distance of twenty or thirty steps.
Jueshanhu took the horse and looked forward. Although he was still nearly two hundred steps away, he could still see that the formation of the team was very neat. There were two big flags in the middle, one with the words "Three Villagers" written on it. Group", and the other side said "Protect the environment and protect the people." These words were recognized by Jushanhu. He turned to the mountain rat and said: "Third brother, it seems that you made a mistake. This is obviously a militia? "
The mountain rat still said aloud, "Brother, have you ever seen such a militia? Can a militia have so many people? Can there be so much armor? Can they stand so neatly?"
Jue Shanhu also nodded and said: "Lao San, you are right. Even the officers and soldiers are not like this."
At this time, the backer Xiong spoke and said: "It's not an official army or a militia, what is it?"
The mountain rat said proudly: "In my opinion, brother, this is still a trick of the government. Because they knew we were coming to attack Yishui County, they deliberately created such a fake militia group. In fact, it was just to scare us."
Backer Xiong said again: "Brother, Third Brother, it doesn't matter whether he is an official or a militia, let's just go up and beat them to a pulp. What more words are needed?"
The time spent in Shahugou and Qinglangfeng was short, because they had been fighting small chaos in Qingzhou Prefecture. After the rebellion of Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde in Shandong, the local military equipment was very weak, and the imperial court could not take care of them at all. It is impossible to send a large army to destroy such small bandits. Therefore, in the past few years, several groups of bandits have roamed Shandong, fighting so hard that the officers and soldiers dare not respond, and they have become somewhat invincible. Hu and others also looked down upon the officers and soldiers.
Although the people and horses in front of them are a little different from the officers and soldiers they have seen before, and they seem to have some combat effectiveness. But it can also be seen that the number of people is much smaller than themselves, so Jue Shanhu and others do not take them seriously at all. .Immediately give the order to launch an attack on the opponent.