Ships of different sizes sailed on the Puyang River, the speed of the boat down the river was very fast, but it was also very bumpy, Peng Feng leaned against the bulkhead of the ship, holding a javelin in his arms, and his two hands wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes.

"Nervous?" Liang Sheng on the side asked funny, "Boy, let me tell you, the Qian family's guards have been swordsmanless in the past three or four years, and the southeastern armies are not as elite as us, don't lose face!" ”

"Who's nervous!" Peng Feng muttered, but was startled by his dry throat.

"Spit." Wang Yi on the other side patted Peng Feng's shoulder, "Spit out." ”

Peng Feng pursed his mouth stupidly, his throat moved, and then he froze there, unable to open his mouth.

"Raw melon and eggs." Liang Sheng laughed and said: "When you are nervous, there is no saliva in your mouth, Brother Wang is laughing at you." ”

Wang Yi smiled and turned his head and swept his eyes, all the people who came to him with a smile were old people, those who pursed their lips and secreted saliva were all newcomers, and there were also a few newcomers who spit on the board of the boat in a demonstrative manner...... After all, there are not many such stupid boldness, Liang Sheng, who joined the team last year, is this kind of person, and he was promoted to Wang Yi's deputy for most of the year.

"Where are you spitting?" Liang Sheng kicked over, "Be bold now, don't shrink back when the time comes, don't rush forward recklessly, don't lose your head and don't say that grandpa didn't warn you!" ”

"Yes, yes." A new guard smiled and said, "Remember." ”

Others teased: "Of course I remember it, my ass has been cocooned!" ”

"That's not as thick as yours!"

In the gossip and laughter, the tense atmosphere slowly faded, Peng Feng didn't seem to be so nervous, took a deep breath, held the javelin in his hand tightly, and made an assassination motion.

Peng Feng is a native of Pengxi Town, his grandfather is a Juren, he died tragically four years ago, his father was also cut off his right arm by the Japanese Kou that year, and two of the three brothers died on the battlefield.

He told himself in his heart...... I am not afraid of death, grandfather, father and brother's blood debts are recovered by my own hands, although since childhood hard to read the scriptures, limbs are not diligent and grains are not divided, but in the past two months, he has been impressive during the training in Yiwu, the strength is not great, but the army can often win with weapons and training.

Outside, the long trumpets sounded one after another.

"Full Sail ......"

"Full Sail ......"

Liang Sheng estimated the time in his heart, got up and walked to the center of the cabin, "It's almost here, all ready to prepare, they are all training in Yiwu for more than a month, Yang Wen and Zhang San are all known as the elite under their command, and this battle will definitely defeat the Japanese Kou." ”

"But just now Lao Tzu said that the elite of the southeast, the Qian family's guards are the first, don't drop the chain, there is no shortage of silver, land, and pensions after the war!"

A loud echo rushed out of the cabin, causing Yang Wen on the boat next to him to turn his head and smile: "Look, it's Liang Sheng's ...... again."

"Look, it seems to be the young master!" Zhang San next to him interrupted and pointed to the oncoming ship in front of him.

Qian Yuan, who was pulled onto the boat, was out of breath, and just stood still and said: "You can't go to the Xixing Canal, it's blocked by the Japanese Kou!" ”

Qi Jimei was surprised: "The battle situation is already so bad? San'in ......"

"Map."

Qian Yuan pushed open the water cylinder handed by Zhang San, "There are White Lotus cultists in Huzhou and Jiaxing, Yu Dayou captured and killed the thief leader, and the rest fled to Shaoxing by sea and gathered on the Qianqing River, but this morning they were blocked at the mouth of the Xixing Canal and the three rivers of the Qianqing River and the Puyang River.

Wu Baipeng, the governor of Zhejiang, led his army to attack, but found that there were Japanese robbers coming from the Xixing Canal by boat, and the city wall of Shanyin collapsed, and he was in danger......"

"Abandon ship and walk?"

"Yes, walk to help San'in." Qian Yuan unfolded the map, "In front is Puyang Town, get off the boat and walk to the northeast, about forty or fifty miles to reach Shanyin." ”

"The ordnance?"

"Carry it!" Qian Yuan said sharply: "Shanyin City is broken, the situation is collapsing, and the Japanese are swarming in, and it is out of control!" ”

"Order, just get off the boat in Puyang Town, I have asked people to collect mules and horses in the town, and prepare dry food and water."

"You are responsible for the marching army, but the Qian family's guards are at the front."

An hour later, outside Puyang Town, Wang Yi led two hundred guards to go first, and Liang Sheng also looked back at Yang Wen and Zhang San, with a triumphant appearance crossed over his waist.

Rows of soldiers passed in front of Qian Yuan, with thirty people as a team, all armed with blades, javelins, short spears, and long weapons were placed on carts dragged by mules and horses.

"A total of 1,200 people were brought in, half of whom were veterans of the Jiaxing War last year." Qi Jimei said in a low voice: "It's a pity that Zhou Ze is still in the sea with the bird gun, otherwise he can help." ”

"You can't fight without a bird's gun?!" Qian Yuan snorted, "If you can save Shanyin and make war achievements, I will protect you as a guerrilla general within a year, and if Shanyin City is broken, you will go back to Ningbo for me!" ”

"That's a big shame." Qi Jimei's face is a little stiff, he has always been unfamous in history, although the official is the chief soldier, but he has always been covered by the light of his brother Qi Jimei, in this life Qi Jimei left Qi Jiguang, and appeared in the two wars of Jiaxing Mansion.

I have to say that in this hundred years of backward information dissemination and no large-scale wars, it is still the most likely military talent to produce generals, Qi Jiguang, Lu Bo, Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, and Hou Jigao are all from Wei, and Lu Bin and Qi Jimei, who emerged in this life, may be slightly inferior to these famous generals in history, but in general, they are on a horizontal line.

The two hundred Qian family guards went first, leaving a squad of thirty guards for Qian Yuan, and more than a hundred wolf soldiers transferred half a month ago surrounded the outside.

More than 1,200 soldiers are divided into four posts, each post is led by a general team, wearing iron armor, with a red tassel on their heads, each post has six teams, each team has 30 people, with a chief and deputy captain, wearing leather armor, and the soldiers are equipped with all kinds of ordnance.

Set up a personal guard team around the general side, mainly wolf soldiers, supplemented by the recruited township bravery, about 50 people, there should have been a logistics baggage team, but they all stayed in Taizhou, this battle is not able to catch up, can only temporarily recruit some young and strong people from Yiwu.

"What's that?"

Hearing Qian Yuan's question, a guard took a closer look before saying: "The dry food brought by Yiwu, as well as some meat, rice, and pots, can't even fit the ordnance on the cart, so I can only let the strong man carry it." ”

"Carry it."

"Young Master?"

Qian Yuan pulled up the hem of his shirt and tucked it into the waistband of his trousers, walked over quickly, picked up a sack, and lifted it upside down and carried it on his shoulder.

Qi Jimei followed in a panic and persuaded: "Zhancai, why bother, I'll get a carriage again......"

"More than a thousand troops, where should you be?" Qian Yuan said coldly.

Qi Jimei was stunned, withdrew the hand that had already touched the sack, hesitated to walk forward, and took a few steps to give the guards around her a look.

"The Lord will die, and all the guards will be killed." Qian Yuan pointed to the front, "The same is true of the Qian family's guards, leave the four people down, and the rest all go to the front." ”

Qi Jimei's guards were a little hesitant, but the Qian family's guards walked forward quickly without hesitation, and Peng Feng, who had been pushed, sped up his pace, and couldn't help but look back at the figure with the sack on his back.

It was difficult for Peng Feng, who once dreamed of being promoted to the entrance examination, to imagine this move, but when he walked quickly to the front of the whole army, Wang Yi and Liang Sheng already knew about it.

Peng Feng looked back, like a long dragon-like army, except for the sound of footsteps, only occasionally the sound of weapons colliding, and an invisible murderous aura soared into the sky.

How to maintain morale in the military?

For any general, this is a problem, so the flying general Li Guang and the champion Hou Huo will acquiesce and even instigate the plundering of the soldiers under their command, and the Mongol army that swept the world will break the city for three days without washing their swords.

Nowadays, more than 1,000 soldiers have to cross mountains and mountains to run dozens of miles of mountainous terrain, and then fight against the murderous Japanese who are at least no less than their own number, and the ethereal post-war reward can hardly have an immediate effect on morale.

But Qian Yuan believes that there are many ways to boost morale, and sharing weal and woe is also one of them.

To put it another little darker, Qian Yuan drove Qi Jimei's personal guards and the Qian family's guards forward, just to let them spread this move to the whole army.

In many cases, unless the roots in the army are rotten, as long as the main general and the soldiers share joys and sorrows, as long as the main general is willing to move forward desperately, the combat effectiveness of the army will not be too bad.