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These people have known each other for many years, but now that the military situation is urgent, there is no need to be so polite when discussing matters.

As soon as everyone arrived, He Yilong said: "The Tai army has arrived too fast. We will definitely not be able to leave directly unless we abandon the new soldiers and elite infantry and only bring the elite cavalry from our respective old battalions."

Gezuo's five armies of 60,000 to 70,000 troops, nearly half of which were new soldiers, coupled with the looted food, grass and baggage, would inevitably march slowly and could easily be chased down by elite troops.

Several people have been fighting for many years, and they all understand this principle.

He Jin asked, "How many soldiers and horses have come from the Yi army?"

"Well, detective horses have been sent to investigate. I believe there will be news soon. They came so quickly, I guess there won't be too many people."

Lin Chengcheng said: "If we can win, would you still leave?"

He Jin shook his head, "Even if we win, it will only be a small force in our army. We will definitely mobilize more soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress them. We will still lose in the end and must leave."

He Yilong said: "It's useless to think about it now. It's better to wait until after the battle. If we want to win this battle, our old battalion's elite cavalry cannot be mixed with the new recruits. They must be concentrated and used."

Ma Shou responded: "What's the point of discussing this? Go back and dispatch your troops."

He Jin nodded, "Then we will meet five miles from the south city gate."

After speaking, several people dispersed.

Soon the bandits from various camps inside and outside Hefei City began to move.

The infantry were still gathering supplies and preparing for a long march, but the cavalry was gathering towards the South Gate.

Two quarters of an hour later, the leaders of each department met at the agreed place.

He Jin asked: "Tan Ma hasn't come back yet? Is there any accident?"

"Impossible!" He Yilong said, "Those detectives here are the best among the best. The oldest ones have been with us for ten years. There is absolutely no way anything will happen!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a group of elite cavalry in front of him, about twenty or thirty people.

As I got closer, I realized that several people were lying on their horses, and they were indeed seriously injured.

He Yilong looked ugly.

He sent nearly a hundred elite soldiers to explore the horse, why did he come back so late?

He immediately shouted at the leader, Tan Ma, and asked: "Ma Hou, why are you guys back here? Where are the others?"

Ma Hou looked sad and said: "Ei Jun's exploration of Ma is too powerful, and everyone else has failed."

When the other leaders heard this, they all looked at He Yilong with strange eyes.

Who said just now that nothing would happen to his men?

The slap in the face came too quickly.

He Yilong was so angry that he whipped the horse monkey and said: "More than a hundred people have come back and only twenty or thirty of them have come back. Isn't it true that the Yi army's scouting horse has three heads and six arms?"

Ma Hou explained, "Weibu Tanma's horse riding and archery skills are not as good as ours, but they have short muskets, are small and can defeat thousands of people, and are well-armored. We didn't know how powerful they were at first, but after they faced each other, they were eaten." Big loss.”

Short gun?

A small man who can be defeated by thousands of people?

He Jin and other leaders looked at each other in shock after hearing this. They did not expect that the Yi army Tan Ma relied on new weapons to win.

"Then have you found out how many soldiers and horses the Wei army has?"

"We didn't dare to get too close, but looking from afar, both teams looked like they had about 10,000 people."

He Yilong was confused, "Two teams?"

Ma Hou nodded, "One from each side of the east and west came to meet at Luogang."

"Are there no other Wei troops around?" He Yilong asked cautiously.

"Gone."

He Yilong immediately looked around and said loudly: "Everyone, Commander Yang of the Wei Department underestimates us, he dares to come to Hefei with only 20,000 people!

We have an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people, including 30,000 elites. If we are really scared away, we will die and make the heroes of the world laugh out loud! "

Ma Shouying, Liu Xiyao and others were relieved to hear that there were only 20,000 troops in the Tai army.

Even if you don't count the new recruits recruited in the past month, there are still more than 30,000 of them. They are all elites who have been trained in the Dabie Mountains for two or three years. Isn't it obvious where the advantage lies?

The other party brought such a small number of troops to defeat their 60,000 to 70,000 people. They even divided the army into two groups before, which really made all the leaders feel that they were being underestimated.

Immediately made a loud statement——

"You look down on these people so much, you must let them know how powerful you are!"

"We brought most of the Luzhou Prefecture to join us. We didn't give any benefits, and we still wanted to disperse our troops. How can this be reasonable? We must defeat these troops today and make that Liu regret it!"

"Yes! They are all rebels, who is afraid of whom?!"

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Suddenly, the five major leaders of the Gezuo tribe and a dozen minor leaders angrily denounced Liu Sheng and the Yi tribe, which can be said to be high in fighting spirit.

There were only two or three people including He Jin, who felt a little uneasy thinking about the short muskets mentioned by Ma Hou and the small people who could defeat thousands of people.

But under the current circumstances, they had no choice but to defeat the coming Wei army - they couldn't all act as cowards and surrender unconditionally, right?

All the leaders had experience fighting the Ming army, and He Yilong and others were even more experienced. After some deliberation, they quickly came up with a battle plan.

He Jin, Lin Chengcheng and Liu Xiyao led the infantry of various ministries to form a formation in the southern suburbs to meet the enemy.

The cavalry of various ministries were temporarily handed over to He Yilong and Ma Shouying, who each led more than 3,000 cavalry as flankers.

As for more specific plans, there are none.

As rogue bandits, they prefer to adapt to circumstances.

After allocating the troops, He Yilong and Ma Shouying discussed it and headed south with six to seven thousand cavalry. They wanted to see if there was any chance to attack while the Wei army was marching.

Not long after heading south, the two first met the scout horse (reconnaissance cavalry) of the Yi army.

Seeing that the rogues were in large numbers, the Yi army's reconnaissance cavalry retreated south decisively. At the same time, they also brought back information about the attack of thousands of rogue cavalry.

By the time He Yilong and Ma Shouying saw the large force of the Yi Army, the two brigades of the Yi Army had already set up a defensive formation.

The two immediately rode to a place about two miles away to watch.

After looking at it for a few times, He Yilong smiled and commented: "This Wei army's military formation looks neat, but in fact it has no advantages.

Lao Ma, do you think we should give it a try? Maybe it was destroyed directly? "

Ma Shouying frowned slightly and said, "I heard that the Wei army has many firearms, so we should not be careless. It would be better to send a small group of cavalry to test it out first."

"Forget it, let's do it."

He Yilong immediately selected more than 300 cavalry from several small leader cavalry and asked them to test the Wei army's formation from the side.

In the Weibu army formation, Yang Heqing imitated Liu Sheng's behavior in the past, looking upstairs with a telescope.

This telescope was rewarded by Liu Sheng after he captured Huangzhou Mansion.

Although other teachers received the reward one after another later, he was the first to receive this reward after all, which is a rare honor.

The most important thing is that this thing is really useful on the battlefield!

Seeing that the bandits only sent more than 300 cavalry to test, Yang Heqing couldn't help but curl his lips, "The few people we sent are not enough to fill our teeth." He ordered the commanders of various ministries not to use cannons against these more than 300 people, and the musketeers could only use them. Use half of it to see if the fish takes the bait."

Following Yang Heqing's order, these more than 300 rogue cavalry rushed straight to the front of the Wei army's formation a hundred steps away!