Chapter Thirty-Three: Preparing for Battle

  "Big trouble, big trouble, something big has happened!"

  Lu Bao's bandit lair. A bandit stumbled in: "Big Brother, Yu Lao Ye and his whole family have been captured!"

  "What?" Lu Bao Yin, who was drinking at that time, suddenly stood up: "Big Brother Rui Xiang has been caught? Is it clear?"

  "A large group of guests has arrived. It's been clarified that they are from Rong County. They are the troops led by Wang Hengyue, who was rumored to have beaten up foreigners earlier! Now, Old Master Yu and his family are all being held captive."

  "Damn it, is this a clear sign that you're going to go against me?!" Lu Bao Yin burst into anger: "First, they spread rumors to get rid of us! Now they've even caught Rui Xiang's brother!"

  On the other side, Er Huai Ke Sun Gou frowned: "Big Brother Ke, this is a trap. Rong County's so-called new army is just the former Green Camp. Although there are many people, they don't have the ability to break through here at all. So Wang Hengyue captured Yu Lao Ye this time, trying to lure us out and then annihilate us in one fell swoop!"

  "I know." Lu Bao's eyebrows were tightly knitted together: "But Rui Xiang big brother has a life-saving favor to me, and I must save him. Otherwise, if it gets out, who will still trust us? How many people did Wang Heng Yue bring this time? What about the weapons?"

  "Returning to the main hall, there were about two hundred people, with almost no weapons, only a few rifles and the rest were big knives and broadswords."

  "He's just a M.A., what new army!" Lu Bao Yin cursed with a smile: "Beat him to death! I have seventy people, thirty guns, and I'll contact Yu Jia's Ding Hu Zi, Fuxing's Jiao San Pao, Shuangshi's Hou Lao Tai. Tell them, as long as they take down Mo Lin, rescue Rui Xiang big brother, I'll give each of them five guns, let them plunder Mo Lin for three days! With me and them together, we have over two hundred people, I don't believe those damn government soldiers won't be afraid!"

  "Yes!"

  Lu Baojin suddenly stood up: "Brothers, Rui Xiang big brother has a favor for me, now he's in trouble, I must take care of it! Everyone follow me to set out, conquer Mo Lin, and bloody wash the government soldiers!"

  Ink forest.

  "Sir, Lu Bao Yin has made his move!"

  "Oh?"

  "It's not just Lubao Yin who has made a move, we also see the bandit lair sending out fast horses, respectively heading towards Yu Jia, Fuxing and Shuangshi."

  "Sir, these three groups of bandits are all small factions. They look up to Mo Lin and Lu Bao as their leaders, and they each have a few guns. I think Lu Bao must have promised them something good, so they've joined forces to attack Mo Lin. With the four groups of bandits combined, our only advantage in numbers is gone. Moreover, Lu Bao has around thirty or forty guns, and with the other bandits added in, we're at a disadvantage in both manpower and firepower."

  "We must fight back, I will not retreat to Rong County with my tail between my legs." Wang Hengyue's words left no room for negotiation: "Besides, if the new army runs away with its tail between its legs after being intimidated by bandits in its first battle, what kind of dignity is that?"

  Pete suddenly asked: "Wang, you also returned from the United States, have you heard of Francis Marion, the dwarf who made the British tremble?"

  "Francis Marion?" Wang Hengyue hesitated for a moment: "The Swamp Fox who influenced the American War of Independence?"

  "Yes, it was Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, who never failed and saved the fate of the American Revolutionary War!" Pitt nodded vigorously.

  Wang Hengyue had always looked down on those so-called "military experts" in the United States, but he still had some admiration for this nickname "Swamp Fox", Marion.

  He could repel the attack of nine British warships with an unfinished work; he could also defeat the last organized anti-British armed forces in South Carolina, and at Wekks House, where the pro-British troops were defeated, the American Southern Independence Movement was on the verge of destruction. In a desperate situation, he relied solely on a "beggar" army to defeat the British army and save the crumbling American situation.

  Pete suddenly mentioned this person, Wang Hengyu looked at him and Pete said with a rare seriousness:

  "Marion's troops, each with no more than three bullets, yet he kept winning because he never clashed head-on with the enemy when at a disadvantage. Instead, he chose the enemy's weakest point and launched a surprise attack!"

  Wang Hengyue nodded slowly.

  What is the weakest link? Where is Lü Bao's weakest link?

  "Ass! Son of a bitch, Lu Baojin wants to slap Laozi's face, Laozi will slap his ass!"

  Wang Hengyue suddenly said fiercely: "Gather all the good guns we can use! Dong Liu, you command the entire team in Moline, and I'll stop Lu Baojin!"

  "Yes!" Xie Shui responded loudly.

  Yu Lei took people to see Yu Rui's family in the countryside. Li Yifeng, Xu Mu, Deng Xia, Liu Sihai, Pi Te, Ma Xiao, you all come with me out of Mo Lin. When the bandits launch an attack, fight them together with me! I don't believe that Lu Bao Yin, that son of a bitch, is not afraid!

  "Yes, I obey!"

  "Hold on, Lord Wang, don't forget about Kleiman." Kleiman hastily called out: "Old Kleiman can also fight!"

  Wang Hengyu glanced at him and cursed, "Damn it, bring up Pete and Kleman, have they become the Sino-US Allied Forces?"

  Wang Hengyue made up his mind to fight this battle, and the first team and armed guards quickly began to deploy defenses at the main entrance of Muling. As for how well this new army would perform in its first battle, no one was really sure.

  The villagers of Moline also looked at these people with curious eyes.

  Lu Bao Silver's reputation here is really too loud, these soldiers who came from Rong County Town, their weapons are not even a few good ones, can they defeat Lu Bao Silver?

  "It's started, old master and mistress." Yu Lei sat in the seat that Yu Rui Xiang should have occupied, holding the teapot used by Yu Rui Xiang: "It was easy to lure Lu Bao Yin over. Once Lu Bao Yin is defeated, the master will surely remember my merits and hand you over to me for punishment. Old master and mistress, this opportunity has been awaited for ten years."

  Yu Rui village couple trembled with fear, although they did not know how Yu Lei would treat them.

  "It's not just you, there are many people I will go one by one to take revenge on." Yu Lei said slowly: "In Leshan, someone spat at me, that person's name I remember; in Chengdu, someone scolded me as a swindler in front of many people, this person's name I also remember. Old master and mistress, you are just the beginning."

  Yu Rui's couple's bodies shook even harder. Yu Lei smiled:

  "It's better to offend a gentleman than to offend a petty person. A petty person has a small mind and will surely retaliate with resentment. Moreover, what petty people can't stand is having power in their hands, and once they have it, they will be lawless and unscrupulous. I am just such a petty person, and an extremely shameless one at that!"

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