The Julu Army completely took the lead. The Julu Army's defense plan left enough margin. Li Mengxi's plan was very simple and crude. He started from Yuwang County, where the bandit rebellion started, and directly expanded to the surrounding areas.

Manpower was deployed far away from the county to stop the enemy's invasion before the enemy's advance.

Nine out of ten of the Julu Army's plans were successful. Most of the Julu soldiers who arrived in various counties had already organized defenses before the enemy troops arrived.

The progress of each department is different. If the progress is slow, the trenches and earthen fortifications have been properly prepared. For those with a slightly faster progress, the food, troops and armor have been basically prepared and the training is on the right track.

It's the 25th day of March. Since the army was divided into three groups, Guan and Zhang rushed to the aid of the counties, this is the tenth day.

In the Hejian territory, the enemy's front was finally ushered in.

Under a clear sky, on a rural dirt road, an old man was collecting firewood in a ditch on the side of the road. Suddenly he felt the road shaking. The old man looked towards the distance in surprise and saw a group of black cavalry roaring towards the end of the road.

The old man who was collecting firewood was stunned for a moment and suddenly woke up. He didn't care about picking up the firewood anymore and ran back quickly.

The old man was too far away from the village and was caught up by the cavalry before he could escape and was hacked to death with a knife.

At this time, the Julu Army's assisting defense place was located in the school field on the wasteland next to the village. Rows of rural soldiers were lined up like a wall, training in full swing.

At the entrance of the village, there are several horse-blocking fences in the middle of the road. Connected by the horses blocking the road, the array of carts connected end to end extends to the left and right. Further and further away, there are dug trenches. The trenches are being dug.

The inconvenience is that piles of wood are piled up.

Although the fortifications built in the countryside are rough, they are tight and leak-proof. The fortifications extend from the entrance of the village to the east and west, and the end is nowhere to be seen.

There were people on guard at the intersection. Two idle old men were chatting while looking at the horses. The rebels were very fast. When the two old men on guard heard the sound of horse hooves, the rebel cavalry was about to arrive.

The military situation suddenly came.

"Something is going wrong! Something is going wrong! The thieves are coming! The thieves are coming!" The panicked exclamations disrupted the peace of the village.

In the training ground, the Julu soldiers who were practicing their formation suddenly heard the enemy's situation. They were stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized, "Get the weapons! Get the weapons quickly!"

The Julu sergeant was facing such a large battle alone for the first time, and he was a little panicked. He was hurriedly directing everyone, and he was talking in knots.

The rural soldiers were even more panicked than the Julu soldiers. They hurriedly took their weapons, crowded around the instructor, and waited nervously for the instructor to give orders.

The instructor Zeng pulled out his knife and yelled, "Go!"

The only thing the Julu Army had to take action was the formation, and once the troops were united in formation, they were always in a disadvantageous position.

But when an emergency occurred, the well-trained formation was gone, and the rural soldiers rushed to the entrance of the village in panic to defend themselves against the enemy.

No matter what, there are standing troops in the countryside who can respond in time, which is enough.

The entrance to the village was blocked by horses, and even the entrance to the village was blocked by horses, as well as chariot formations, trenches and other messy things. Although for the rebel cavalry, such shallow fortifications could be passed by in one rush if no one was guarding them.

Because there were fortifications lying across here, it finally made the rebels afraid, so they did not dare to rush in immediately.

It was during this delay that the local soldiers who were close to Chi Chi came and killed them.

The two sides looked at each other from a distance of two to three hundred paces. A brave man among the village soldiers proposed to go out and kill the bandit soldiers. The instructor, who was in a daze and had no idea, suddenly heard this suggestion and almost agreed in a flash.

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"...No!" the instructor hurriedly refused. He looked at the crowd of rural soldiers around him and couldn't help but cursed, "They are all crowded together. Let's disperse. The crossbowmen come forward! The crossbowmen come forward.

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After the village soldiers dispersed towards the defense line in a panic, the crossbowmen gathered and the battle formation was formed. Only then did the rebel cavalry begin to press.

At the beginning, more than a hundred of the bandits' cavalry scattered in all directions. This single movement by the enemy army greatly increased the pressure on the commander of the Julu Army.

The corps commander took a look at his own defense line and saw that all his soldiers were scattered nearby. No one was watching in the distance. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was about to drill through the hole, the corps commander was shocked and said, "Quick, stop it! Don't let the thieves."

Soldiers come over!"

At this time, the shortcomings of the rural soldiers were exposed. After all, the training days of the rural soldiers were short, and they had not experienced any other commands except queues. When the order was issued suddenly, the rural soldiers were unable to respond for a while.

Fortunately, there was more than one Julu sergeant. Seeing that the village soldiers were not moving, the corps leader called to his fellow corpsmen to quickly lead the troops to defend in the distance.

The soldiers shouted to more than a dozen people and rushed away. At this moment, the bandit army suddenly attacked.

Whoosh whoosh!

The sound of arrows struck.

The rebel cavalry were skilled in riding and shooting. When they were within thirty paces of running at top speed, their bows and arrows were fired quickly.

An arrow flew over the top of his head, and the captain shrank his neck in fright, "Shoot! Attach the arrow and shoot him!" the captain yelled at the top of his lungs. He was too nervous and his voice was straight.

The rural soldiers huddled behind the carts, each holding a crossbow and hurriedly drawing their bows and arrows to fight back. The rural soldiers were inexperienced in battle, and many of them accidentally shook off their arrows because they were too nervous, or they lost their bows when they were nervous.

The arrow was shot out before it was opened, and the arrow flew out weakly.

At this time, the advantages of the crossbow came to the fore. The crossbow is indeed a weapon suitable for soldiers with insufficient training. As for bows and arrows, when soldiers have poor psychological quality and are too panicked, bows and arrows are prone to errors and their power is greatly reduced.

No matter how panicked the soldiers are or how trembling their hands are, as long as the crossbow arrows are placed on the crossbow and the crossbow string is buckled, the crossbow is already at full power.

In addition, it is easy to aim the crossbow. The soldier set up the crossbow and hurriedly aimed at the enemy, then pulled the trigger of the crossbow, and the crossbow flew towards the enemy who was swaying to the left and right with almost perfect accuracy.

The sound of hoofbeats was like a chaotic drum, and the rebel cavalry rushed back in front of the formation like a flock of crows. The number of enemy cavalry was not more than two hundred, but they had the power of thousands of troops.

Arrows from both sides kept going back and forth, and the sound of arrows was constantly ringing.

The enemy's force outside the formation was astonishing. The country soldiers huddled behind car formations, horseback, obstacles piled up with wood, stacks of firewood, and slopes made of mud. Many of these country soldiers were unarmored and poorly armed.

The hand holding the gun was shaking because of nervousness.

Fortunately, there were fortifications as a guard of honor. Otherwise, if they fought in formation, the mere rural soldiers would not be enough to fight against the rebel cavalry.

The fortifications played a vital role. With the protection of the fortifications, the rural soldiers were able to cover their bodies. During the exchange of fire with the enemy, they had the upper hand.

It is unclear who has the advantage between infantry shooting and cavalry shooting. It seems that neither side has the advantage. The cavalry moves too fast and it is extremely difficult for the soldiers to aim and shoot. At the same time, the cavalry bow is weak and the arrows are slow.

The shooting accuracy is poor, and the killing efficiency of both sides is not high.

After a while of probing, the bandits found that they couldn't handle the village easily. The leader of the bandit cavalry shouted, and the cavalry roared back.

The enemy troops were gone, and the team leader who was guarding behind the car formation breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly found that his hands were wet with cold sweat.

There were many arrows scattered on the battlefield. The captain looked to the side and saw a war horse lying on the battlefield in the distance.

(Hey, shoot one to death.) The corps commander felt happy.

After the war, when the casualties were counted, it turned out that our own casualties were even greater. One enemy cavalry was shot dead, while two of our own were shot dead and three wounded.

The corps commander was a little serious about the battle loss ratio, but the rural soldiers were not. Although more people died than the enemy, the rural soldiers felt that they had defeated a powerful enemy. This was an incredible victory, and the morale of the rural soldiers was greatly boosted.

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The country soldiers cleaned the battlefield, collected the arrows that had been shot, and carried back the dead horses. They only needed to find the butcher to deal with them, and there would be meat to eat.

There are also corpses. Needless to say, the corpses of the rebels can be thrown into the ditch at will. Two people were killed in the battle, so they should be disposed of properly.

The corps commander and his fellow corps members were discussing how to deal with the dead. They looked through the combat manual, but it was not written in the combat manual. One soldier looked at the brothers and said, "Commander, why don't we raise some money and food and give some pensions?"

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The corporal commander thought this was reasonable. He thought about it, got up and got the baggage, and took out a thick stack of banknotes from the baggage and counted them.

After counting about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, I thought that two people were killed and three were injured. This amount of money was not enough, so I took out a thicker wad and added more than 210,000 yuan.

The corps commander handed the banknotes to one of his fellow corps brothers and said, "Brother, please go and exchange some money and food so that we can pay for the dead and wounded."

The young soldier who was called younger brother nodded and took the money.

The use of banknotes is a problem in most places. The young soldier took the banknotes to visit a powerful family in the village. He explained the purpose of his visit, saying that the rebels had come to kill him a moment ago, and a local soldier had been killed, so he wanted to raise some money for compensation.

Casualties.

In the past, the wealthy and powerful families were unwilling to accept so-called paper money at all. This time, the attitude of the wealthy and powerful families has changed greatly. The young soldier originally wanted to visit the next house after failing, but he was prepared to be declined. As a result,

In this first household, the owner not only accepted all the more than 200,000 yuan in banknotes, but also cashed in 200,000 yuan in food, and generously gave away chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, cloth, wine and other items.

The young soldier didn't understand why, so he stupidly declined the chicken, duck, pig, sheep, and wine.

The host said, "A village soldier died while protecting the country, how can our village deny him compensation?"

The pension matters initiated by the Julu Army resulted in raising far more money, food, and even wine, meat, and cloth than expected.

After the money, food and supplies were collected, the corps commander first rewarded the wounded. After giving the injured a lot of money, food, wine and meat, he loaded the remaining large amount of supplies into the truck, took the corpses of the fallen soldiers, and led the way with the corpses along with the pensions.

One piece should be sent to the family.

When one of the funeral teams arrived in the village, they found the family. The family heard that their head was dead, and the adults and children burst into tears.

At this time, any words of comfort offered by the corps commander were in vain.

The corps commander sighed and asked people to bring money and food. The corps commander went over to help the old woman who was kneeling and crying, and comforted her, "Auntie, there is no resurrection after death. If you join our army, one day you will join the army, and one day you will die."

Brothers in our army.

Our army has raised some money and food as compensation, please accept it."

The pensioner came to the door, with five large carts of grain, half a cart of money, one pig, one sheep, and no less than twenty chickens and ducks. There were also ten pieces of good cloth facing up, one piece of silk, and a good jar.

There are more than ten jars of wine in it.

Such abundant supplies immediately stopped the family members from crying.

In these troubled times, human life is worthless, so with such a generous pension, the family members themselves feel that the death of the head of the family is worth it.

This first wave of pensions is probably the most generous. It has the right time, place and people. There is no doubt that the enemy army has attacked for the first time, the rural soldiers have won a great victory for the first time, and the first wave of those killed in battle, regardless of their reasons,
To be continued...