Xiangyong's individual combat ability is not strong, but they are very grouped, and they are extremely loyal, in order to protect Zeng Guoquan, intercept Mai Ke one by one, fight to the death, and rest!

Mai Ke was anxious and sighed!

He lamented that you should know the true God, be loyal to the kingdom of heaven, and fear God!

What he was anxious about was that this Zeng Guoquan was particularly difficult, and if he let him go this time, he didn't know how much trouble he would cause in the future.

In order not to let the tiger return to the mountain, Mai Ke rose up, got rid of these Xiangyong entanglements, and then reached Gaodu, identified the direction and direction of Zeng Guoquan's escape, and then a harrier turned over and went straight to Zeng Guoquan.

Zeng Guoquan is running desperately, not as fast as Mai Ke, the distance between the two is rapidly shortened, Mai Ke has a hidden weapon in his hand, and he has made up his mind that if he gets closer, he will give him a round of strafing first!

At this moment, with a snort, Zeng Guoquan was swept into a cave, where there have been several people guarding, it was not visible before, but now it is clearly known that there is a cave there.

The entrance to this cave is not big, and I don't know where it leads.

When Mai Ke saw the cooked duck, he really let him fly away, gritted his teeth, and plunged into the hole!

But he went in and came out faster!

Not only did he come out on his own, but he was accompanied by whistling iron arrows.

It turned out that after Mai Ke plunged into it, he encountered these iron arrows head-on!

I don't know if it was when he went down, what organ message was triggered.

Or to be seen by others. He was greeted with a cluster of iron arrows, at least more than twenty of them.

Listening to the sound of the wind and looking at the speed, Mai Ke knew that this was the powerful city crossbow.

For some reason, he felt that this kind of city crossbow had a familiar connotation.

On the ground, Mai Ke may block such a city crossbow, and in the air it is a little powerless.

Therefore, he spun around in circles, turned around, and hurried back. And the iron arrows flew out of the hole.

Mai Ke regretted it. Or let Zeng Guoquan run away!

Looking back, all the sneak attacks on Xiangyong were all settled, not killed. It's captured. There were three hundred and fifty people.

Although he ran away with Zeng Guoquan. The Celestial Army still won a great victory, and the enemy's dangerous attack came to naught.

And Zeng Guoquan finally managed to escape. But the loss of so many elite backbones still makes him heartbroken!

If the average Xiang Yong Su zhì is equivalent to a hundred generals, then every Xiang Yong who participated in the sneak attack with him today is equivalent to a thousand generals!

Such a person lost more than 300 people, and his heart was so painful that he wanted to cry without tears!

It's himself, if it weren't for Zhang Long's response, he would have died in Yuzi.

After this battle, his psychological shadow on Mai Ke has thickened again!

He knew very well in his heart that if it weren't for Mai Ke's sudden appearance, he would most likely have completed the expected goal!

Mai Ke was also not in a good mood, although the enemy's attack was broken and the enemy returned in vain, Zeng Guoquan inside fled, and the siege outside also disappeared, and it still caused heavy losses to the Heavenly Army.

Mai Ke thought further, this sneak attack, just in time for him to catch up, what if he no longer did? I'm afraid the world has been turned upside down now.

Looking at the criss-crossing trenches outside, a name suddenly floated out of Mai Ke's thoughts-Zeng Iron Bucket!

Zeng Iron Bucket?

This seems to be Zeng Guoquan, right?

Could it be that this bucket of iron used his siege tactics here?

Mai Ke couldn't help but think that his approach of besieging the city with the army outside and the black tiger digging out the heart inside is that the current heavenly army is more difficult to resist, let alone the ordinary Taiping army?

Besides, this kind of complicated process is far beyond the ordinary siege of the city, is there a battle formation with everyone involved? Could it be that this Zeng iron bucket is also a strengthened version?

Suddenly, he remembered the familiarity of encountering the Iron Arrow, wasn't it the same Iron Arrow he had encountered in the crypt at the beginning?

That's right, it's all city crossbows!

It must be that Zhang Long!

He drove out of Zhang's house on horseback, didn't he just defect to Zeng Guoquan?

It looks like things are getting more complicated.

One is the famous Zeng Iron Bucket in history, a terrifying nickname almost as famous as Zeng's shaved head, and the other is Zhang Liang's descendant, Zhang Hu, who is proficient in the secret path mechanism, especially the improved version of the ambush on all sides!

The combination of the two will make Zeng Tiedong's reputation even bigger, very likely!

Interesting!

In the future, it will depend on whether my heavenly army breaks your iron bucket, or whether your iron bucket binds my heavenly army!

In other words, although this battlefield is located in the middle of nowhere and the scale is not large, it has important guiding significance!

For Zeng Guoquan, his famous Zeng Iron Bucket reputation, by mistake, originated here.

For the Heavenly Army, Mai Ke is designing and training a new type of six-element army here, and one of the goals is to break the iron bucket, whether it is surnamed Zeng or Zuo.

The regional goal of the Celestial Army is to cut off the Xiangxi Corridor, and the goal of Xiangyong is to open up the corridor to Xiangxi.

The two families do not give in to each other, and to achieve their goals, they can only show their magic and fight hard!

Mai Ke stood there for a long time, thinking about a way to break the situation.

The depth of the enemy's trench is about ten meters to the left, and the depth of the large array is at least fifty meters!

Fifty meters away, there are low hills, rivers and other natural landscapes, and a road in the middle is the way for Xiang Yong, and of course it is also the way to retreat.

If that road is broken, it should panic the enemy, right?

Expand it a little more, and cut off the whole eastward direction, whether it is a road, or a hill, or a river, how will the enemy perceive?

Will their first layer of encirclement still be so iron-clad?

As for the ways and means, Mai Ke already knew in his heart.

To put it simply, it is to treat others in the way of others!

After making up his mind, Mai Ke made some arrangements, and before the arrangements were in place, there was a period of free time, and Mai Ke began to heal the wounded soldiers of the Heavenly Army.

They had all been gathered together, waiting for the spirit to move and be treated.

To talk about the superiority of the Celestial Army. This is the real thing, no matter how serious the injury is, only the head is lost, there is no damage to the brain, there is no key organs such as the heart, liver and lungs are missing, and the spirit can generally be used as a spring.

Moreover, each diagnosis and treatment can also allow the injured part to get the best substitute, so as to improve the overall strength of the person, and the improved process can reach 20%!

That's it. A war down. Although a small number of people died, the overall combat effectiveness was often greatly improved.

Mai Ke cured 900 people, and only 100 died of their injuries.

And these deceased, not their heads were cut off on the spot. It's like cutting the waist of the barricade. Cut it in two.

These treatment processes. It is also an educational process for all soldiers!

The healing of the Heavenly Army is very powerful, as long as it is not a fatal injury on the spot, there is a good chance of survival!

From another point of view. No matter how fierce the fight is, you must not let the enemy pick the scoop!

After healing the wounded of the Heavenly Army, Mai Ke also took treatment measures for those Xiangyong who attacked secretly.

The mortality rate of these people is greater, because in the battle, as long as they still have a breath, they will be entangled in the heavenly army, and the heavenly army has to be ruthless to them, otherwise it will not only affect the pursuit of the enemy, but also cause life danger due to their soft hands.

Therefore, there are many of them who lack arms and legs, and there are about a hundred of them in all.

Of course, there are two hundred and five, and they are even shorter, basically with short heads.

These people will not have to bother to cure them.

After one side of the treatment, these people recovered as before, but not with that 20 percent increase.

This is deliberately set by Mai Ke, they must be enemies, if they don't repent, they will still be enemies of the Heavenly Army, isn't it asking for trouble to improve their abilities?

Of course, Mai Ke can't do it in vain, he has a purpose!

One of the main purposes was to get to know some of the enemy's situation through these people.

Many people may not know about valuable situations, and many people do not say anything even if they know and adopt an uncooperative attitude.

However, Mai Ke naturally has some unique methods to extract information from even die-hards.

Mai Ke's intelligence work is strong, which is mainly reflected in his comprehensive collation.

Tong guò some casual chats, collect some information that does not seem to have any secrets, and then use a certain way, organize it into a number of jù, and then use it for different occasions.

Through these methods, Mai Ke knew that Zhang Long was indeed in Zeng Guoquan's team, and when they came to attack, they especially temporarily acted as the commander of the outside troops.

This information, which seems to have little value, is of great use in Mai Ke's hands.

For example, his first qiē countermeasures must be aimed at the five-shaped formation, the ten-sided ambush, and so on, at least let him go.

At the same time, I also know that Zhang Long and Zeng Guoquan have a very strong relationship with their classmates, at least to the point of putting their hearts in their hearts and trusting each other very high.

These uncooperative quilts were enjoyed, and Mai Ke was of course not polite, and each of them was rewarded with a miniature self-confinement system, about the Heavenly Prison, but it was executed outside of prison.

And those who have already cooperated with a certain amount of Cheng Dù, but have not returned to the New Heavenly Kingdom, Mai Ke can't let go, and all of them are handed over to Zhang Tianci for supervision.

They captured thousands of Heavenly Army, and they all had places to store them, and there was no problem with these few people.

By the time Mai Ke had dealt with these things, the people needed for its further arrangements had arrived.

These new troops include two parts, one is the ordinary regular troops of the Celestial Army, led by Wang Quanzhou, the commander of the field army!

This is a strengthened corps formation, with a total of three field divisions and one engineer!

This engineer is specially responsible for building bridges and roads, opening mountains and breaking ground, and is most suitable for siege warfare.

These four divisions are all fully staffed, with a total of 40,000 men.

This is the configuration of Maike according to the standard of two to one.

When he observed the enemy's situation just now, he estimated that the enemy's besieging force was about 18,000 to 22,000, so he directly transferred 40,000 people.

These 40,000 people have special missions!

These 40,000 people came directly from the pivotal route of the Heavenly Army, let Hou intervene from the Xuefeng Mountain Range, and finally turned a corner in the place corresponding to the straight line of Dayong City, and drove all the way to Dayong City.

Although Zeng Guoquan's trenches tightly surrounded the east, south, and north, the key places in the west were in the hands of the Celestial Army, including the passage of the Xiangxi Corridor. Including this 3-in-1 hub route.

Therefore, no matter what kind of movement the Celestial Army makes, it will remain unimpeded.

The second group of people is its six primordial camps.

In the recent battle of the Crypt, the mixed battalion showed great strength, and at the same time, it also showed super adaptability and can deal with various situations, so Mai Ke decided to continue the successful combination of the experiment!

Not only will the test product be maintained, but it will also be greatly expanded!

Knife Sharp as the captain of the 1st Special Mixed Battalion. Configured on the Dayong city wall. As a defending force.

Although there are not many of them, they are all the best special personnel selected by various specialized battalions, and they are the only ones with experience in mixed operations, and their combat effectiveness is not trivial.

Special mixed battalion of the second echelon. then there is another task.

Together with Wang Quanzhou's large army, they went outside the encirclement built by Xiang Yong. A group of trenches was also established. Counter-encirclement of them.

Their mission is to use their special features to quickly find the best countermeasures in the event of a threat to a large army. Eliminate these threats and protect these forces from those particular threats.

Of course, they can't replace the big army to fight, that's the mission of their big force itself.

As for how to transport these large troops outside, Mike had other arrangements.

For this task, Mai Ke transferred all the 3,000 people of the Tuyuan Su battalion, he called the battalion commander Tuyuan Yao over, and admonished him in his ear, he nodded, led his 3,000 men and horses, and after a short walk, they were divided into eight teams, each choosing a direction and galloping away.

Knowing this time, Mai Ke had the opportunity to sit down with Wang Quanzhou and catch up on the old days.

Mai Ke pulled out a bottle of wine and asked, "How about it, brother, have a bottle?"

Wang Quanzhou's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Of course, the brothers are always worried about your wine! ”

Mai Ke also smiled: "Good idea, when the Manchu Qing is destroyed, this request can be considered! Come, dry this bottle first!"

The two brothers slammed, touched it vigorously, and then killed it in one bite!

He said that he had read the Bible every day in accordance with the schedule of the annual scripture, and that he had now read the book of Deuteronomy, that is, before Moses died, he restated his commands to the Israelites.

There is a question all over the continent, why did God give these commands to the people of Israel before this, and now they have to be repeated by the elder Moses?

Mai Ke replied that he didn't know the specific reason, but in fact it happened. Some of my explanations are just my inferences, not the reasons for being absolutely infallible. Brothers need to keep this in mind.

"Well, I know this, only what I say is absolutely accurate, and what you and I say is the result of our efforts to understand God. However, what Brother Mai Ke said must be much more likely to be correct than my understanding, haha! This will never be wrong. Jeonju slapped him with a sycophant.

"Uh-huh! this fart is a good shot, haha!" Mai Ke laughed.

He then gave his own explanation of why the book of Deuteronomy was written.

One of the main reasons is that his repetition, although it is repetition for himself, is not repetition for those listeners, at least not completely.

You know, according to the traditional practice in Israel, Moses was supposed to stand before the congregation to do this, and the congregation should have bowed their heads and responded with 'Amen.'

"Do you know what that means?"

"You're talking about 'Amen' when they say it? That's 'I wish it was,' right?" replied Wang Quanzhou in the affirmative.

"You're right about Amen, but what does the procedure mean when I ask. ”

"I really don't know this very well, I'd like to hear about it. Wang Quanzhou is really confused about this problem.

"Okay! I'll tell you what I understand.

"This whole process is a covenanting process!

Moses' reiteration was to read the terms of the covenant to the audience, including the responsibilities, benefits, punishments, and so on of the Israelites.

And when the people listened to Moses' repeated commands from God, they received these terms that God had given them.

"The last Amen, on their behalf, agrees to such terms.

This means that observance of this clause will result in the reward that God has set in the middle of the month, and that breaking these terms will result in punishment under the provisions of the covenant. ”

Mai Ke saw that Quanzhou listened very seriously. I smiled and asked him, do you understand now?

Quan Zhou was still pondering, and when he heard Mai Ke speak, he retracted his thoughts and said: "Thank you so much, Mai Ke! I'm still having a headache for those boring provisions! It's good now, it turns out that these are all covenant provisions that must be observed! At that time, there were no such convenient books, and not everyone was literate when there were books, so it all depended on listening to others read them out once, if I remembered them wrong." It's a big problem!"

"That's right. Then let me ask you another question, what do we have in common with the Jews?"

"It seems that there is nothing the same in our Christian faith, even in the New Testament. There doesn't seem to be such a detailed provision. There also doesn't seem to be a covenant ceremony. Am I right?" Wang Quanzhou didn't seem to think much about this connection.

"Haha. Fundamentally, this answer is not much, but on the surface. It seems to be the case again, so it is understandable and excusable that you have made this mistake, brother, but it must also be corrected, otherwise it will be difficult for you to say that you are a Christian, because you have not yet understood some of the most basic beliefs of Christianity. ”

"I'm ashamed, I really have to listen to you about this!" Wang Quanzhou said ashamedly.

"I can't go into detail about this, but I'll give you a few points.

"First, we have covenants, even covenant ceremonies.

In 1 Corinthians 11:24, the Lord Jesus said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood.' This new covenant is the covenant between Christians and the Lord, so we are superior.

The core of this covenant is that the Lord Jesus is our Lord, and we are His disciples and servants, so we are to obey all His commands, because He is Lord.

This obedience is dictated by the nature of this covenant, and since we have entered this month, there is only one choice, to obey the Lord's commands.

And the Lord's command, summed up according to the Lord Jesus himself, are two—to love God and to love others. ”

As a Christian, you can only love God and love people, and without that, you are not a Christian. Haha, okay! Mai Ke, thank you!"

"It is very good to see that my brother understands what the Bible teaches, and understands the responsibilities of Christians and how to behave. Okay, so I'm going to touch on a little bit of the form of covenant making, which is baptism and the sacrament. ”

The important meaning of baptism is to show that you are willing to die and be buried with the Lord, and thus with the resurrection.

As for the Lord's Supper, it shows that you have established an inseparable life relationship with the Lord Jesus, and you have the same life with Jesus, and only on this basis can you have the remembrance of the Lord Jesus in every Eucharist.

"To remember the Lord Jesus is to think that the Lord Jesus has completed the redemption, and that this salvation is united with our personal life through the sign of our baptism, and to remember the Lord Jesus is to remember that we are a Christian, and that God expects us to fulfill it in order to glorify God. ”

"Well, let's say a prayer!

"Thank you, Lord, for your redemption and for your supreme grace that inspires us to walk in the heavenly ways and be salt and light in this world. Lead the way ahead, and in this battle below, keep your presence and do your will! Amen!"

"Amen!" Wang Quanzhou knelt on the ground leisurely.

At this moment, Tu Yao ran in and reported to Mai Ke that the eight troop transport passages were completely open, but they could be used immediately!

Without delay, Wang Quanzhou immediately divided the 40,000-strong army into eight routes, with 5,000 people on each road, and entered the troop transportation channel.

Mai Ke also went with him, accompanied by Tuyuanyao the commander of the Tuyuan Su Battalion, Wang Quanzhou, the commander of the Field Army, and all the members of the Second Special Mixed Battalion, and the engineer division commander Zhu Qianqiu was also on the way, which was specifically requested by Mai Ke.

Because Mai Ke has not seen him yet, and this engineering division is also the first characteristic division of the Heavenly Army to focus on engineering construction.

Mai Ke and Zhu Qianqiu exchanged greetings first, and inevitably exchanged admiration for a long time before getting to the point.

Zhu Qianqiu roughly introduced the current situation of the engineer, as well as what problems existed, and asked Mai Ke for guidance.

From the question asked by Mai Ke, Zhu Qianqiu felt that Mai Ke was a senior expert, and since then, he has become a genuine long-term admiration from a polite long-term admiration.

The instructions for these things are at least one hundred and fifty years more advanced than Chikuaki, so revealing them a little will benefit Chikuaki immensely.

The two agreed to talk later, and then moved on to the urgent matter.

During the march, Mai Ke once again arranged the specific responsible aspects of everyone.

All kinds of mixed battalions are responsible for security guards next to Wang Quanzhou, paying special attention to possible attacks from underground.

The Tuyuan Su Battalion was responsible for digging a trench to surround the enemy, and within half an hour, completing the second ring ring moat and enclosing all Xiangyong inside.

The engineer is responsible for constructing all kinds of fortifications, so that the enemy can only obediently huddle in their trenches, and come out to deal a severe blow.

In the end, Wang Quanzhou's 30,000 field troops were responsible for confronting 20,000 Xiangyong!.

(To be continued......)