Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

In order to kill these little cherry blossoms, Mo Shoucheng and Zeng Shaoqing followed the method given to them by Lin Yi and arranged defensive positions outside Shen City.

This kind of defensive position was arranged by Lin Yi based on the classic positional warfare during the First World War in later generations.

That is to dig some communication trenches and trenches extending in all directions, and then lay out barbed wire fences every 100 meters starting from 20 meters outside these trenches.

In this way, four lines of barbed wire defense can be deployed.

Then a large number of Maxim and light machine guns were deployed on the position.

According to the experience of later generations, without the assistance of tanks and blasting tubes, if Sakura wanted to pass through these barbed wire defense lines, she would not be able to touch the soldiers of the First Legion without paying three or three times the casualties.

Lin Yi wanted to see how powerful these little Sakuras who dared to attack him were.

Let's see if it's their heads that are hard or his Maxim's that is hard.

And just when Mo Shoucheng and Zeng Shaoqing built the Shencheng defense line, Qian Hongtao cooperated with the Beijing camp to attack the Liaozhou Peninsula, and Zhou Chuanjun led the Jiaozhou Army to land in Incheon.

In the county government hall in the small city of Ji'an, Zhang Yanyu, who was sent to retreat by Lin Yi, was also sitting carelessly on a tiger leather chair, looking at the dozens of horse bandit leaders in the room, large and small.

As I said before, before Zhang Yanyu followed Lin Yi, he was also a horse bandit, and he was the most powerful band in the four provinces outside the Pass. There is also a nickname on the road called "King outside the Pass".

Lin Yi told Zhang Yanyu before he left that he hoped he could recruit those horse bandits along the way.

On the one hand, he wanted to replenish Zhang Yanyu's troops so that he would have enough troops to garrison the Goryeo city he occupied along the way.

On the other hand, I just want to find something to do for these horse bandits who are active in the areas outside the customs, so that they can feel more at ease, so as to provide a good public security environment for Lin Yi to develop outside the customs in the future.

Therefore, after Zhang Yanyu separated from Lin Yi, he posted hero posts widely and asked these horse bandit leaders to meet in Ji'an.

It has to be said that Zhang Yanyu has a very high seniority and reputation among the green forests outside the customs.

The horse bandits who received Zhang Yanyu's invitation rushed to Ji'an non-stop.

Zhang Yanyu frowned slightly as he looked at the noisy hall.

I didn't think so before, but now I suddenly feel that these horse bandits are really a ragtag group of people, unorganized, undisciplined and chaotic.

However, Zhang Yanyu's dissatisfaction was fleeting, and no one in the presence of the horse bandit leader noticed it.

Zhang Yanyu saw that the time was almost up and everyone had arrived, so he stood up and knocked hard on the table in front of him.

Hearing the knocking sound, the entire hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Zhang Yanyu.

"Cough cough."

Zhang Yanyu cleared his throat, and then continued: "Brothers, first of all, thank you all for giving me Zhang Dapao face and coming to Ji'an to meet me."

"Lao Zhang is also a rough man. I can't say any polite words, so I drank the bowl of wine first to thank all the brothers for their compliments."

With that said, Zhang Yanyu picked up the wine bowl in front of him and drank it all in one breath.

"The boss is as generous as ever and still as powerful as before! This bowl of wine. I, Li Mazi, will accompany you!" said a tall and thin leader with many pockmarks on his face and two pistols stuck in his waist.

After saying this, Li Mazi also raised his head and drank all the wine in his bowl.

With Zhang Yanyu and Li Mazi taking the lead, the remaining bandit leaders also drank all the wine in their bowls.

Zhang Yanyu saw that everyone was very considerate and drank the wine in the bowl, then he put the wine bowl heavily on the table with a smile.

At this time, a short and thin leader suddenly stood up, looked at Zhang Yanyu, and said, "Master, please forgive me for talking too much."

"Master, didn't you join the army? Why do you have time to come back and drink with your brothers now?"

"Is it possible that the boss is no longer willing to follow the army?"

"Hey, little kid, what you said is that the boss is always our boss. Where does he want to go? Does it have any business with you?"

"However, I think it's good if the boss doesn't follow the army. I've heard that the newly formed officer is called No. [-], and the military regulations there are very strict."

"You can't drink, you can't gamble, and you can't play with women. Men can't stand such strict rules."

"If you ask me, if the boss comes back this time, don't leave. Just like the brothers, it's so comfortable." Li Mazi looked at Zhang Yanyu and said loudly.

The surrounding leaders also applauded after hearing Li Mazi's words, hoping that Zhang Yanyu could break away from the army and continue to lead them.

Zhang Yanyu was not angry when he heard what Li Mazi and Xiaojia Que'er said, but just smiled.

He knew very well what kind of character these people were.

To put it simply, they are used to being free and loose and cannot be restrained. It can also be said that they are short-sighted and cannot see the situation clearly.

No matter how many shortcomings these people have, there is one thing that Zhang Yanyu admires very much, that is, these people are very loyal and committed.

Why is Zhang Yanyu so sure? The reason is also very simple. These leaders have followed him before and have fought with the people of Sakura country with real swords and guns.

As for the reason for going against the Sakura people, it is also very simple and pure.

These people are all horse bandits, and their usual activities are to steal money, food, and homes, but generally, they will not hurt people's lives.

At the same time, they are also very principled, that is, they only go to the same village twice a year.

One summer harvest and one autumn harvest.

After they are done, they will hide in the mountains and will not take the initiative to come out to cause trouble for the common people.

If the village where they often rob grain is robbed by other horse bandits, they will also come forward to help the village solve the trouble.

This is a bit like the horse bandits collecting protection fees from the village, and then they need to protect the safety of the village.

At the same time, what the horse bandits want is not too much. If it is divided equally among a village, it is within the affordability of the villagers.

If a group of horse bandits goes too far and plunders unjustly, not only will other horse bandits despise this bandit, but they will also have internal disagreements.

To sum up, in the area outside the customs, a delicate balance has been formed between the horse bandits and the people here.

Both sides are trying their best to maintain this balance.

Logically speaking, this kind of balance has formed the rules on the road, and no one would dare to destroy it wantonly.

But the people mentioned here refer to the horse bandits, not those from the Sakura Country.

After the Great War, the forces of the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Sakura Kingdom penetrated into the four provinces outside the Pass. How would those foreigners know the balance between the horse bandits and the local people?

As a result, whether they were Rakshasa people or Sakura people, they plundered wantonly. They were not as restrained as the horse bandits, but they robbed as much as they had.

He even raised his butcher knife to kill all the people who dared to resist him.

This violates the taboo of horse bandits.