Chapter 54
The Qingjiang River is a song, and the shade of trees shines on the water.

In early spring, Jiangning Mansion becomes the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

There are willows and old golden threads beside the bridge, crossing from the south bank to the north.

After the Wanping Army retreated, even the weather improved a lot.

Cao Su was in the government army, training soldiers all day long.

He had made great military achievements in the war before, and he was firmly seated as the centurion.

Now he is tall and mighty, no one thinks he is a 17-year-old boy, all the soldiers worship him, and the troops under his command are very powerful.

Ranked in the forefront of Wang Meng's account.

Wei Tao became a patrolman of the Jiangning Mansion, and assembled a large army to wipe out the bandits.

According to Tan Ma's information, besides the troops of the Wanping Army, there are also three bandits in Jiangning Mansion that are roaring in the mountains and forests.

The most recent group of bandits is active in the border of Wucheng, south of Pingcheng.

Wucheng is now captured by the Wanping Army.

Wei Tao personally led the army to fight against the bandits, but at the same time he also had the intention of recovering Wucheng.

If you can take Wucheng and then go westward, you can occupy the Qingluo River Ferry.

The Qingluo River runs through the north and south of Jiangning Mansion, and it is also one of the Wanping Army Food Roads that now occupy Jiangning Mansion City.

a few days later.

The army of the government army came out from the south gate, mighty and mighty, and went straight to Wucheng.

On Xiaoyun Mountain.

The man in black robe holding the sword showed thoughtful eyes.

"Wei Tao really went to suppress the bandits?"

Beside him stood a middle-aged man in a blue Taoist robe.

On the top of the mountain, there is a vast mist.

The middle-aged man took out the creed sent by the flying pigeon, shook his head and said: "Wei Tao's army has already walked out of the south gate of Pingcheng. It should be true to go to wipe out Wucheng Guanyan."

"An eyeliner said that he saw Wei Tao riding a tall horse and sitting in the army."

"The other generals of the three armies are Liu Chuang, Wang Meng and Xia Song."

"Wang Meng and Xia Song are the school lieutenants who were recently promoted by Wei Tao to be other generals."

The information was very detailed, and the middle-aged Taoist robed man had a clear understanding of Pingcheng's army formation.

The man with the sword showed an "unbelievable" look.

It was like hearing some joke.

"Wei Tao, a dog that guards the house, will take the initiative to send troops to suppress bandits."

"I can't believe what happened to him."

"Or, is this a conspiracy at all?"

In the words of the sword-wielding man, he still looked down upon Wei Tao.

But he quickly denied his words.

"If it's a conspiracy, what is it for? There must be a purpose, right?"

"Could it be that the weak city defense is used to attract the Wanping army to attack, and involve the main force of the Wanping army in Jiangning Mansion?"

The man with the sword couldn't figure it out.

He held the sword in his left hand, and had a strange fingerprint on his right hand.

Then the bamboo tube hanging on his body made two "bang bang" sounds.

After the lid of the bamboo tube was opened, a puff of green smoke came out.

Then a small flying insect emerged.

The little flying insect shook its head, a little confused.

"go with!"

The man with the sword issued an order.

The little bug flapped its wings lazily and took off. After circling twice in the air, it found its direction and flew into the depths of the foggy forest.

"Know the incense worm?"

The middle-aged man in the cyan Taoist robe smiled slightly.

He also has some understanding of the methods of the man with the sword, and it is not uncommon to be able to cultivate this level of incense-sensing insects.

"Going out of the city to suppress bandits will cost money and food."

"Pingcheng is already in ruins, where did Wei Tao get the money and food?"

The man with the sword shook his head, still puzzled.

"I do know this. It is said that the money and food are paid by the big households in the city."

"Since Wei Tao became the inspector of the Jiangning Mansion, his rank has risen, and there are more big families in Pingcheng who want to flatter him."

"Wei Tao raised a lot of money and food, and went out of the city to suppress the bandits."

"There are big households taking the lead, and some wealthy small households also voluntarily donate money and food for Wei Tao's suppression of the bandits."

The man in the cyan Taoist robe said.

The man with the sword smiled and said, "I understand that."

"Wei Tao shouldn't be collecting money in the name of suppressing bandits, right? Now that Pingcheng's resources are all in his hands, if he returns without success, the money and food will probably not be returned to big and small households."

The man in the cyan Taoist robe heard the man with the sword say this.

There was a hint of disdain.

"If this is the case, then Wei Tao is really short-sighted and worth mentioning."

The army pulls out.

Divided into front, middle and rear armies.

After Wang Meng became the other general, he hadn't accomplished an inch, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to be a vanguard officer.

As the centurion under Wang Meng's tent, Cao Su was naturally among the former army.

The former army of the government army can also be called the vanguard army.

Keep a distance of several miles from the Chinese army.

The army headed south all the way, taking the official road of Xiaoyun Mountain.

The official road of Xiaoyun Mountain was narrow and rugged, and the marching speed slowed down.

The army can only travel twenty or thirty miles a day.

Most of the soldiers left for the night and were still in Xiaoyunshan area.

The fastest Cao Su and others have already approached the Baishui River area.

After passing the Baishui River, it is the boundary of Wucheng.

"Cao Baifu, do you know what the big bandits in Wucheng look like?"

"Today I heard soldiers from other episodes comment that the bandit Kou is nine feet tall, six arms long, with a blue face and long fangs, and a wrought copper stick weighing a hundred catties is as light as a lamp grass in his hands."

When stationed at night, Cao Su and another centurion in the army were on duty together.

There were eight centurions in the former army, and two centurions led the soldiers to take turns on duty.

The centurion talking to Cao Su was named Deng Bing.

He is not young anymore, he is also from Pingcheng, and has been in the army for more than ten years.

During this batch of city defense battles, many centurions and even chiefs died.

Deng Bing was only a senior officer before, but he was promoted to be a centurion after the war. He is currently in the realm of three breakthroughs in energy and blood. If he can't break through to the realm of strength in martial arts, then this centurion is the limit of his military career.

He is a passionate man with a broken mouth, and he speaks nonsense.

Cao Su responded with a smile after hearing this.

"When I first became a centurion, many people in Pingcheng also rumored that I was a strong man with a height of eight feet, murderous like hemp, and bloodthirsty like life."

"It turns out that I'm a peaceful young man."

"It's not my wish to fight and kill."

Deng Bing laughed when he heard what Cao Su said was interesting.

"My brother was General Wang's disciple before?"

Deng Bing knew that in the expansion of the government army this time, many warriors came from the martial arts school. Upstarts like Cao Su must generally be from the martial arts school.

Cao Su nodded, acknowledging his heel.

"Before, I was apprenticed to a master in the martial arts hall, and I learned iron fist with the master Wang for a few days."

"The iron fist is really fierce. Speaking of which, I have also learned the iron fist. On the battlefield, relying on the iron fist of Xiaocheng realm is enough to protect myself."

Deng Bing waved his hand and punched, piercing his body with all his strength, which was exactly the "straight punch" in the iron fist.

The momentum is not small, but it is also in the realm of small success.

However, Cao Su's iron fist is already at the level of mastery, if he is allowed to strike this straight punch, it must be a combination of hardness and softness. Compared with the straight and straight punch, it has more skill.

"Although the iron fist is fierce, the consumption of body training is relatively high. If ordinary soldiers cannot break through to the Xiaocheng realm, it will be difficult to complete the breakthrough of energy and blood."

Cao Su commented on the promotion of Iron Fist in the army.

In fact, most of the government troops did not practice iron fists.

Although iron fist is also a basic body training method, it is not something that ordinary soldiers can afford.

"So the first step in the practice of ordinary soldiers is to build up energy and accumulate energy and blood."

Deng Bing nodded, the process of training soldiers in the army is indeed like this.

He smiled and said: "At least the government army has practiced. These thieves who claim to have more than [-] people are really peasant troops. Compared with the Wanping army, the combat effectiveness of these thieves is even more unbearable."

"I'll wait for tens of thousands of people to attack. No one in Jiangning Mansion can stop it except Wan Ping Army."

Deng Bing is very confident in the attack of the government army this time.

It also represents the simple thinking of most of the middle and lower class officers in the government army.

But Cao Su just smiled and didn't say much.

Silent all night.

The next day, the army continued to march.

The vanguard easily crossed the Baishui River.

Once across the Baishui River, it is the boundary of Wucheng.

Wucheng has "three mountains and three rivers", and Baishui River is one of them.

The big thieves are active in "Tiefeng Mountain".

Tiefeng Mountain is different from Xiaoyun Mountain. Tiefeng Mountain is a big mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles, across the southwest side of Wucheng.

If you don't go into the mountains, you can go straight west from Wucheng to the Qingluo River.

Entering the mountain is another route.

Of course, no matter how you go, you must pass through the city of Wucheng.

Winning Wucheng is equivalent to winning the best supply location.

When the Wanping Army abandoned the Eastern Front, it was equivalent to abandoning Wucheng.

Long before Wei Tao arrived, he took away most of the supplies in the city.

There are not many defensive forces in the city.

The government army in Pingcheng took Wucheng easily without any effort.

After Wei Tao's army arrived in Wucheng.

Wei Tao sat in the city lord's mansion in Wucheng.

Then he ordered the army to prepare for war.

In Wucheng, I spent another ten days of the month.

He never looked like he was going to go to the army.

The people of Wucheng were relieved to see that after the Pingcheng army entered, new court officials took control of the situation.

At the end of the month, the war-torn Wucheng actually regained some popularity.

Incredible.

"Wei Tao took the recovery of Wucheng as his military exploit!"

It was only then that Cao Su understood Wei Tao's operation. Under the guise of suppressing bandits, he regained Wucheng. Now that Wucheng has been taken down by him, it is tantamount to another great military exploit.

As for the matter of suppressing bandits, in their eyes, maybe it is not important at all.
These sanctimonious court officials are indeed exquisite egoists.

He just went out for an outing.

Look at the people and customs of different places.

A few days later.

Suddenly news came from the north.

It is said that Wanping Army enemy traces appeared near Pingcheng.

As expected, Wei Tao "don't say anything else", and immediately led the army back again.

This bandit is finished
(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like