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Chapter 18 ‘Cruel’ War

 The earth-turning dragon is very unhappy!

After only a few months of running to Funiu Mountain, officers and soldiers came to the door so quickly.

When the sentinels in the periphery reported the news, they were all in a hurry because the person who came was not good.

Not many people came, probably only a few dozen people. However, many of these people were wearing armor, and they came with horses. The weapons and equipment they used were also complete, and they were not used.

Most of them are still wearing the uniforms of officers and soldiers.

When the sentry saw these people, his first reaction was that elite officers and soldiers were coming to fight.

These people really look like elite officers and soldiers.

Are officers and soldiers knocking on the door?

This made Gundilong very unhappy. These officers and soldiers were so full that they were still struggling with themselves.

In the past, when bandits were robbing homes and buildings, they were often chased by officers and soldiers.

Last year, a large number of rebels came to Nanyang Mansion. Seeing this, he changed his mind and led a few old brothers to rebel.

First he defected to those big bandit armies, but he was not very lucky. As soon as he defected to a bandit army, he was encircled and suppressed by the government army.

In desperation, he could only take his old brothers to escape again, gathering other bandits on the way. As he ran, he found that he had dozens of people under his command.

Although none of these dozens of people even have a knife in their hands, they are still dozens of people.

He felt that it would be better to live by himself than following others, so he called himself an earth-turning dragon and raised the banner of rebellion. Along the way, he kidnapped more than a hundred young men and robbed a group of women and children.

Dodging encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, burning, killing, looting and running to Funiu Mountain.

After entering the mountains and getting rid of the officers and soldiers, his ambitions expanded even more. He directly occupied Sanshui Village, a small village deep in the Funiu Mountains, and became a bandit, and began to frequently plunder surrounding villages.

He calculated that if this continued, it would not take long for him to recruit thousands of people. Who would dare to say that he, the Earth-turning Dragon, was not the True Dragon Emperor?

But I didn't expect that just a few months after these good days, someone reported that the officers and soldiers would come to kill me.

"Don't be afraid, there are only dozens of officers and soldiers coming. Let's go, I will lead you to stop the officers and soldiers." He said this, but Dilong himself didn't have much confidence.

After talking about the scene, Fan Dilong immediately ordered his troops and prepared to fight the officers and soldiers.

After a while, he had gathered nearly two hundred people.

There are only about 200 young men in their group, and there are also dozens of women who have been plundered and brought up the mountain for everyone's entertainment.

As for the old and the weak, there are none!

Fan Dilong led the people all the way out, and it didn't take long before he saw a group of officers and soldiers in front.

"Are these really officers and soldiers?" After looking at it, Fan Dilong was a little afraid to confirm.

Fan Dilong is also a well-informed person. He has seen many officers and soldiers, and he has also seen those elite cavalry.

But, these people in front of me don’t look alike!

The main reason is that their clothes are messy. Although many of them are wearing uniforms of officers and soldiers, more of them are in casual clothes, and there is no official official sitting in the sedan.

What Fan Dilong and the others saw was naturally Luo Zhixue and his group.

Fan Dilong and the others mistook this group of people for officers and soldiers, mainly because Luo Zhixue and his group were rebels who were originally officers and soldiers.

Not only do they have many mules and horses, but they also have armor on them, and they also have all kinds of weapons, including knives, spears, and even bows and arrows.

This is not the image of an ordinary thief!

Naturally, Sun Chengli and Luo Zhixue would not go up and talk to Fan Dilong about the origins of these people in detail. After they arrived outside Sanshui Village, they had already begun to prepare for the battle step by step.

This group of people were originally officers and soldiers. Although they have become rebels now, they still have the proper rules for fighting.

Sun Chengli quickly arranged the team. After everything was ready, Sun Chengli rode his horse back and forth in front of the queue. At the same time, he said loudly: "Listen up, everyone, this time we are here to grab the territory.

This Funiu Mountain is a good place. If we occupy this place, we will be able to enjoy spicy food in the future."

"And there is still a lot of food in this village that they have stolen. If it is not for this territory, even if it is for food, they still have to do it."

"Also, there are just a bunch of thieves inside. We have killed not even 10,000 but also 8,000 of these thieves before, so everyone should take it easy when they rush up later, but don't get caught in the hands of these little thieves.

The boat has capsized, otherwise I will laugh my front teeth off!"

Sun Chengcheng was shouting back and forth in the queue. His words were not organized and all he said were random words. But in summary, he said: The opposite side is a bunch of scum. Brothers, follow me to grab food, guns, and women to grab territory!

At this time, Luo Zhixue looked at Sun Chengli in the front who was conducting a somewhat unusual pre-war mobilization.

No matter what he said, everyone's morale was quite good, which gave Luo Zhixue a lot of confidence in the upcoming battle.

After Sun Chengli talked a lot of nonsense, he returned to Luo Zhixue.

Then with a wave of his hand, he officially ordered the attack to begin.

They were just fighting a group of bandits in the wild mountains, and these bandits only temporarily lived in a small village in the valley. There was only a low wooden fence in the village.

Everyone knows that hiding in the village is unreliable, so they ran directly to the outside of the village with their people, trying to resist on the slopes halfway up the mountain.

Before launching the attack, Sun Chengli personally observed the terrain ahead and came to the conclusion: It was just a matter of fighting a hundred or so thieves. There was no wall on the opposite side, so just rush over and be done.

Because the terrain was complex and there were no large areas of flat land or roads for them to charge, they did not even ride horses when attacking, but directly dismounted and fought on foot.

The battle that followed was exactly what Sun Chengli had expected, and it couldn't be simpler.

Wang Dazhuang led the Chinese army to press forward, Lin Dongsheng led the left army, and Xu He led the right army to make a detour.

After a moment, the distance between the two sides was relatively close. After about a hundred meters, Wang Dazhuang and others in the front gave the order to shoot arrows.

The men under them are all cavalry, and many of them are proficient in horse archery and can directly engage in mounted archery. Even the cavalry who cannot engage in mounted archery can still dismount and hold a bow and arrow to shoot.

Except for Luo Zhixue and Lin Ahyu, the sixty or so of them all have two sets of bows and arrows, one for riding and one for walking.

Now they all go into battle with walking bows.

As the cavalry under Sun Chengli began to shoot arrows with their rifle bows, screams were heard from time to time from the bandits in front, and Luo Zhixue could see clearly from behind.

Because the distance was quite far, there weren't many stray thieves hit by arrows on the other side, and only six or seven of them were killed.

But...

The next scene was beyond comprehension for Luo Zhixue.

Because after six or seven of the bandits on the opposite side were hit by arrows, they collapsed!

First a few people turned around and ran away, then dozens of people, and then all of their 200 people turned around and ran away.

At this time, the cavalry closest to them was still forty or fifty meters away.

Lin Dongsheng's troops and Xu He's troops, who were planning to attack the flanks by detouring on both sides, had only gone halfway and were far from reaching the intended position.

However, the opposite side has already collapsed under the sporadic rain of arrows.

Not an organized retreat, but a collapse.

Even if he is not very proficient in military affairs, Luo Zhixue can actually see that the two hundred people on the opposite side turning around and running away are definitely not an organized retreat, because an organized retreat can never be so chaotic and run around everywhere.
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The two hundred people in front of me really collapsed.

But...

They haven't officially come into contact with each other yet!

In fact, the cavalry only killed six or seven people with their arrows.

Only a few people were killed and injured, and the other side collapsed?

Such a scumbag?

To be honest, this far exceeded Luo Zhixue's expectations.

Originally, he thought that even if the fight went smoothly, he would still have to rush forward and fight.

Moreover, he had previously thought that even if Sun Chengli and the others were superior in combat, they would inevitably suffer a few casualties. Even Luo Zhixue had people prepare healing medicines in advance, and also collected and prepared them in advance based on his own knowledge of future generations.

A bottle of fire.

During the previous breakout in Yiyang, the battle between everyone and Chen Zhibang's cavalry still left a deep impression on him.

When the two armies were fighting, their swords clashed, their horses screamed, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. In just ten minutes, dozens of people were killed or injured.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue has a very deep understanding of the cruelty of war in this era.

But...

What you see now is different from what you saw before!

Looking at the enemy's retreat, Wang Dazhuang and his cavalrymen, not to mention dead and wounded, have not even used up much of their strength.

No wonder Sun Chengcheng was so casual when he was doing pre-war mobilization just now. He even joked that everyone should take it easy and don't capsize in the gutter, which made him laugh his teeth out.

Looking at the current situation, if someone is really injured in this battle, I am afraid that Sun Chengli will laugh his teeth out.

With surprise, Luo Zhixue couldn't help but murmured: "So innocent?"

Sun Chengcheng laughed loudly: "Mr. Luo, there are just a group of bandits on the opposite side. They don't even have a few knives, armor, or strong bows. Of course, you can easily capture such bandits."

Luo Zhixue said: "These bandits are so weak in combat, why can't the army and the army be encircled and suppressed after many years of encirclement and suppression?"

Sun Lili said: "Not all thieves are like this. Most of the thieves are actually just refugees who have been kidnapped. If you rush against them, they will disperse on their own!"

"But some big bosses will basically have such a backbone of elites. Most of these bandit armies have many mules and horses, sophisticated weapons, and most of them are old thieves. In a real fight, they will not be much worse than the elite of the official army. It's just that

There are only a small number of people. If they didn't have such an elite backbone, they would have been able to survive until now. They would have been wiped out long ago!"

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Thanks to the following people for their support: Nervous Big Cat; Qi·Changqingchangjing; A man who combines kingship and founding of the country; Mid laner little monster; Book friend; Kyogory Feng; Pale Tao Shang; Classmate Shi;

Yue Yangyue; Du, Xiaobai.
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