On the road that must be passed to Daliang Mountain, a fast horse galloped past. When he reached the hillside, he was blocked by a fence across the road.

"Take me to call you captain." The rider on the horse took out a bronze medal from his arms and shook it in front of the person who intercepted him.

Among the people who stopped him, someone glanced at the bronze medal and said, "The captain is in the village, come with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked ahead to lead the way, and walked up the mountain.

The road up the mountain was a little rugged, and there were so many stumbling weeds on the ground that it was difficult for the horse to run, so the rider had to jump off the horse's back and lead the horse up the mountain.

With the people from the village leading the way, the rider was never blocked by the guard post on the mountain and came to the village smoothly.

Training is underway in the open space in the village, and teams of musketeers are training to set fire to fire muskets.

The training of muskets requires from loading to cleaning the pot, and finally reloading, and repeated step by step to ensure that every musketsman has a subconscious reaction after hearing the order, so as to avoid being unable to fire muskets in time due to panic on the battlefield.

Long-term repeated training not only prevents musketeers from making confusions on the battlefield, but also allows musketeers to save loading and driving time, so as to fire the musketeers for the second time in the shortest time.

The person responsible for training the musketeers is Deputy Captain Marin.

He saw a stranger leading his horse up the mountain, stopped Yao Xin who was walking in front of him and asked, "What's going on?"

Yao Xin, who was walking in front of the rider, stopped and said, "Report to the deputy captain, this person is here to deliver the letter and want to see the captain."

"Okay, you can take it here!" Malin waved his hand and signaled that the other party could go over.

At this time, Cao Guang was in a house in the mountain village, and there was also Zhang Hongtu, the staff officer of the First Brigade.

The two of them were talking in the room, and they heard someone outside the room say, "You wait, I'll go in and report."

As he finished speaking, the door of the house was pushed open. Wang Dazhuang walked in from outside, stood in front of Cao Guang, and said, "Captain, Yao Xin, who is on duty at the foot of the mountain, is back. He also brought a stranger up the mountain."

"Bring in." Cao Guang said.

Soon, Yao Xin and the rider were taken into the house.

"Captain Cao, I am from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. This is the message our shopkeeper told me to send." As soon as the rider entered the house, he immediately opened the point and handed the bamboo tube up.

Wang Dazhuang took the bamboo tube and sent it to Cao Guang.

Cao Guang did not doubt that the other party said that he was from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. The person who was paying whistle at the foot of the mountain naturally saw the bronze medal of this person, otherwise it would not have been put on the mountain, and Yao Xin would not have taken it up the mountain in person.

After pulling out the plug on the bamboo tube, Cao Guang took out a rolled piece of paper from it. After opening it, he saw what was written on it.

After reading it, he handed the note to Zhang Hongtu on the side.

Then he said to Wang Dazhuang: "Dazhuang, take this brother from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to rest and prepare some food by the way."

"Thank you, Captain Cao." The rider said, "The letter has been delivered, so my subordinates will not leave it. Let's say goodbye."

Cao Guang nodded slightly and said, "Then I won't keep you anymore. Yao Xin, you can send him down the mountain."

"Yes." Yao Xin agreed and immediately said to the rider, "Come with me, I'll take you down the mountain."

The two left the house, and Wang Dazhuang also retreated outside the house to continue to stand guard.

Cao Guang then looked at Zhang Hongtu and said, "Do you have also called Vice Captain Ma and discuss how to deal with the official army coming to Daliangshan this time?"

"Okay, I'll go find him." Zhang Hongtu agreed, stood up from his seat, and walked out the door.

However, before he could walk out of the house, he saw the door being opened and Marin walked in from outside.

"I was about to find you, but I didn't expect you to come here first." Zhang Hongtu said with a smile.

Ma Lin smiled and said, "During training just now, I saw someone coming to find the captain. I guess the other party should have come to our Daliangshan to suppress the bandits for Fubiao Camp. So, I came here by myself."

"Your nose is really good, you guessed it right all of a sudden." Cao Guang cursed with a smile, and then said, "That's right, the person who just came was from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and sent news about Fubiao Camp."

Zhang Hongtu, who was next to him, handed the note in his hand forward and said, "Look, this was sent by the person from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau just now."

"After waiting for so long, there has been some movement in the Fubiao Camp. How many days have passed? If it were our Tiger Flag Warriors, it would have been delayed for so long. They would have long since settled the camp into Daliang Mountain." Ma Lin said, taking the note handed over by Zhang Hongtu.

Zhang Hongtu smiled and said, "The troops from Fubiao Camp came to Daliangshan to suppress bandits. To be precise, they came to suppress our bandits. You are better, and you still hope they will come soon."

Malin spread his hands and said, "I'm here to train us. We have been training in the mountains for so long, and we just used the soldiers and horses of Fubiao Camp to practice our skills."

"Wow, your tone is really small." Zhang Hongtu smiled, "I will practice it for you to practice with the great Ming Dynasty. If you don't know, you will think we are the government army and the other side are bandits."

Ma Lin curled his lips and said, "The soldiers and horses of Fubiao Camp are really not as good as those of the soldiers in our parish. Even if the elite border troops from Datong Town come to the parish to suppress the bandits, I am not afraid. If we say that the only ones that can pose a threat to our parish are the only personal soldiers raised by the border general. Ordinary camp soldiers will not be our opponents."

Zhang Hongtu did not refute this, but nodded in agreement.

In addition to logistical factors, when measuring the strength of an army, it mainly depends on discipline and military armor, as well as the quality of the army.

In terms of discipline and military armor, there was no army in the entire Ming Dynasty that was comparable to the war soldiers with the tiger flag. Even the second-level war soldiers like Daliangshan, they had to surpass the battalions of the border troops in military armor.

Good soldiers can increase the probability of a soldier's survival on the battlefield, and excellent discipline can ensure the combat effectiveness of an army.

No matter which aspect, the war soldiers with the tiger flag are better than the battalions of the border troops.

Ma Lin looked at Cao Guang and said, "Captain, coming to Daliangshan, this Fubiao battalion is suitable for us to train troops. It is better for me to lead two squadrons to ambush the mountain and will definitely win a great victory."

Zhang Hongtu said: "In the past, when the bandits in Daliangshan came to suppress the enemy, they retreated into the forest and came back when the enemy retreated."

Cao Guang turned his head to look at Zhang Hongtu and said, "What you mean is that we retreat to the forest, avoid its edge, and not confront the government army head-on."

Zhang Hongtu nodded.

"You can't retreat." Marin spoke out and immediately said, "This time is a very good opportunity to train troops. I missed this time. I don't know when I will have to wait for a practical battle."

Zhang Hongtu frowned and said, "The three squadrons on our mountain have not been fully integrated yet. At this time, they will easily suffer losses if they fight with the official army."

Malin shook his head and said, "When will our brigade of soldiers truly mature and become a qualified soldier without experiencing real fighting."

One of the two chose to fight Fubiao Camp, and the other proposed to retreat into the mountains.
Chapter completed!