Chapter 159: Great General of the Cavalry, Who Else But You?

“Big, big, big Chief, big Chief, something terrible has happened.”

“Big Chief, something terrible has happened, Old Three has rebelled and brought the government soldiers to attack us.”

“Big Chief, the foot of the mountain is now full of government soldiers.”

Inside the Water Bandit stronghold, in a crudely built temporary Stable, two minions stumbled in and shouted urgently at a figure not far away.

“What did you say?”

The Big Chief, who was originally feeding the horses at the front, almost dropped all the fodder in his hand. He turned around, rushed toward the ragged Water Bandit minions, and grabbed one of them:

“Say that again, what happened?”

“Old, Old Three, he betrayed our stronghold and led many government soldiers up the mountain.”

As the minion’s voice fell, the Fourth Chief, who heard the noise from further away, also walked out: “Big Brother, what happened? What happened to Old Three and the others?”

“Old Three and the others!”

The Big Chief just wanted to speak, but the sound of shouting and killing already reached his ears, and his face immediately changed again: “Follow me, let’s fight it out with those government soldiers!”

“Government soldiers?”

The Fourth Chief asked in surprise, but the sound of killing that quickly reached his ears, combined with what Big Brother just said, allowed him to guess the general idea.

Old Two and Old Three, who went out, must have gotten into trouble, and they actually led the government soldiers into the stronghold.

After the two bandit chiefs left the Stable in a hurry, they soon saw the Water Bandit being forced to retreat step by step by the Rattan Armor Soldier in the distance.

Water Bandit were Water Bandit after all; they could not compare to the Rattan Armor Soldier in rank, and in mountain combat, they were even less of a match for the Rattan Armor Soldier. Moreover, the Rattan Armor Soldier had Li Ji and Li Guang leading the charge, so they were much stronger than the uncommanded Water Bandit.

“Do not retreat, all of you, go up and kill them!”

“Boys, follow me and kill these government soldiers back!”

The arrival of the two bandit chiefs barely stabilized the defeat of the Water Bandit, but the battle situation still pushed toward the mountain top. The Spearman and the Rattan Armor Soldier advanced their attacks one after another, and the Water Bandit, who barely organized a Defense, could not resist at all.

“Archer, shoot toward the rear of the Water Bandit for me.”

“Disrupt their formation!”

Unknowingly, Mo Xiaobai was pushed to the periphery of the entire battle again. There were still nearly a hundred Archer around him. Based on the principle that superior troops should not be wasted, he immediately ordered the Archer to shoot freely.

He only stared at the rear to shoot, and his purpose was not to kill the enemy.

Mo Xiaobai was just taking advantage of the chaos to create an illusion, an illusion that the Water Bandit had nowhere to escape.

Sharp arrows left the bowstrings, immediately causing a commotion in the rear of the Water Bandit.

Seeing that the two Water Bandit Chief could not take care of both the front and the rear, Li Ji and Li Guang’s attacks increased a lot.

Although the Water Bandit who died directly at the hands of these two might not exceed a hundred, the two of them used absolute strength time and time again to crush the counterattack that the Water Bandit had organized with great difficulty, allowing the surrounding Rattan Armor Soldier to fight more freely.

A slaughter went from the mountainside to the mountain top.

When the howling gale began to weaken and the sudden rain gradually stopped, at this moment, the hundreds of Soldiers of Daming Village had already surrounded the remaining Water Bandit in an open space on the mountain top.

“Those who surrender will live.”

“Those who resist will die.”

At this time, Daming Village had occupied an absolute advantage. The Rattan Armor Soldier guarded the front, and behind them were the Archer Village Soldier who had already opened their long bows. Mo Xiaobai stood in the center of the Soldiers, and the Baron’s Sword in his hand was also dyed blood red.

“In your dreams!”

Not every bandit chief was as spineless as Old Three who surrendered before. At least the Big Chief in front of him was a counter-example. As for the other Fourth Chief, he had already died under Li Guang’s blade half a quarter of an hour ago.

“Fire!”

The other side did not surrender, and Mo Xiaobai did not bother to waste words. He directly signaled the Archer to release arrows.

As the sharp arrows flew through the air, the sounds of “thump thump thump” spread out. The remaining mountain bandits, fewer than a hundred, just fell in front of the battlefield weapon revealed by Daming Village.

As the last mountain bandit fell, Mo Xiaobai glanced at the entire stronghold and shook his head: “Why bother, selling your life for those great clans, thinking they would promise you glory and wealth?”

“Maogong, let the Soldiers clean the battlefield, and send people to search everywhere for the stronghold’s hidden stash. Such a large stronghold is not like the broken mountain bandit camps we captured before; there must be many good things.”

“Flying General, come with me. Let’s go check the movement at the back. I just heard the sound of horses neighing.”

After giving instructions, the Soldiers on the scene immediately acted separately.

Some looted the bodies, and those searching the stronghold courtyard also scattered to look around. Li Ji went directly to the residences of several Chief to search, while Li Guang followed Mo Xiaobai to the spacious Stable located at the rear of the stronghold.

The neighing warhorses seemed to be frightened by the killing outside. But they were all tied by reins, so they could only stomp their four hooves restlessly.

Mo Xiaobai swept his eyes over them, and his face immediately blossomed with joy.

Just counting them would take a good while; there were over a hundred good horses!

This time, they really made a huge profit!

Looking at the horses one by one with Li Guang, Mo Xiaobai could not help but ask: “Flying General, how are these fine horses from the north?”

Li Guang’s eyes were filled with excitement as he replied: “Most of them are top-quality Xiongnu Horse from the grasslands, enough to form a Personal Guard Cavalry for My Lord.”

As a cavalry general, Li Guang had not touched a warhorse for a long time. Let alone seeing a full hundred of them in front of him, how could Li Guang hold back?

“My Personal Guard is not in a hurry to form now. On the contrary, Flying General, you haven’t tasted the feeling of commanding Cavalry for a long time, have you?” Mo Xiaobai smiled, and then spoke of his plan:

“The reason I only called you over, aren’t you clear about it? Commanding the Rattan Armor Soldier was just a temporary measure. If Daming Village has Cavalry, who else but you, Li Guang, can be the Great General in command? Take these warhorses back and take good care of them. I am waiting for you to train Daming Village’s first Cavalry Unit.”

Flying General Li Guang was, after all, meant to command the Cavalry.

Without Cavalry, how could Li Guang be called the Flying General?

“Thank you, My Lord!”

Li Guang was different from others; he would not decline or be polite. He indeed wanted to command the Cavalry.

Now that the opportunity was there, it was impossible for him to disdainfully decline. He, Li Guang, just wanted to be a General on horseback, leading a strong army of ten thousand galloping horses.

“I have heard too many verbal thanks. You just need to show me, that is the best repayment.” He patted Li Guang, who was still excited, and Mo Xiaobai turned around and walked out of the Stable.

He came over just to confirm the quality and quantity of the horses.

Now that what he wanted to know was very clear, he naturally would not have too much attachment to one or two hundred warhorses.

In Mo Xiaobai’s eyes, these warhorses were just the beginning of Daming Village’s development of Cavalry. The scene of thousands of troops and horses in the future would definitely appear in his hands.

Regarding this, Mo Xiaobai had no doubt.

When Mo Xiaobai walked out of the Stable, the large number of Water Bandit bodies in the open space in front of the stronghold courtyard had been moved to both sides. Various usable swords, spears, and arrows had been gathered again, and several open boxes were piled up, most of which contained copper coins.

Although the value of the coins was not large, the number was huge.

Mo Xiaobai roughly estimated that if all were exchanged for Gold Coin, there would be at least tens of Gold.