The cavalry brigade is stationed twelve miles away from the county seat of Jingxian County, divided into two large blocks, each block is stationed with two battalions of troops, this attack is the third battalion and the fourth battalion stationed outside Xiaolizhuang and Majiapo, they are the only troops stationed outside the city, since Zhao Liangdong moved the military battalion to the county seat of Jingxian County, the Fifth Army in addition to leaving two musket battalions stationed in Wuniu Mountain to guard the grain road, other infantry, artillery and Langzhong battalions and so on together into the city fortification, in order to operate this bridgehead in Shanxi, the Fifth Army in addition to the local strong men, More than 6,000 militiamen were also dispatched to dig moats and strengthen fortifications, so as to make this small county town fortressed in the shortest possible time, and in this construction process, the cavalry brigade, as the only mobile unit of Zhao Liangdong's department, naturally assumed the task of vigilance, reconnaissance, search and rapid response outside the city.

When Zhao Liangdong led the main force to the cavalry brigade station, the battle was already over. This time, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly killed, hit the Han army by surprise, the small village requisitioned by the garrison was in a mess, the corpses of people and horses were piled up, and the arrows inserted several inches deep could be seen everywhere on the corner board wall, although the Han officers and soldiers made every effort to put out the fire, but half of the houses in the village had been burned down, especially since the smoke curled at this moment.

Seeing the banner of the main general, the cavalry brigade commander Mu Chengdong hurriedly gathered a group of officers to greet him, "Mu Chengdong has seen the military gate!" ——The ineffective management of the army by his humble duties has given the Tartars the first hand and frustrated the spirit of my army, which is really a crime that deserves death, please punish the crime! ”

Zhao Liangdong snorted, looked the cavalry colonel up and down, his face was faintly noncommittal, seeing that the main general refused to speak, Mu Chengdong knelt on one knee and kowtowed deeply, trembling in his heart, but he didn't dare to shirk the blame, for a while, the atmosphere in the barracks was solemn, and the officers and officers lowered their heads together, trembling and not daring to speak.

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Liangdong nodded and said, "Lord Mu, please get up—everyone, please get up," and when everyone stood up cautiously, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Mu, how many soldiers have been damaged?!" ”

"Back to the military gate, the Tartars are cunning and ferocious, in the early hours of this morning, the Tartars' sharp soldiers sneaked into Xiaolizhuang and Majiapo, strangled our rangers and sentries with lassoes, and then broke in, slashing and burning the camp at the same time, and the third and fourth battalions were caught ......off guard."

With a "snap", Zhao Liangdong lifted the horsewhip, slammed it on the chair, and said angrily, "Bastard!" I ask you how many people died!! ”

Mu Chengdong's body trembled, and he knelt on the ground again, "Go back...... Returning to the military gate, the cavalry brigade lost 326 soldiers, and 200 war horses instead of 2 ......"

"Which Tartar is it?! How many of them are there? Who will the Lord be?! ”

"Back to the army, these Tartars are all Hui soldiers, I really can't see how much military strength there is, but I guess that there are about two or three thousand people," Mu Chengdong thought for a while and continued, "Although I was stunned when I came up, our brothers didn't let them take advantage of it, and the Tartars were even killed and wounded, and they also lost two or three hundred lives!" ”

Zhao Liangdong agreed with this statement, and he had inspected the battlefield just now, and it is fair to say that the battle of the Mongol army was indeed very bad, and under the advantage of occupying the advantage of a surprise attack, as the side that launched the attack, their casualties were actually equal to the side that hastily defended, which is very revealing.

Seeing that the boss's face softened, Mu Chengdong hugged his fists and said, "My lord, although the Tartars have taken the lead, but our brothers are fighting very fiercely, as soon as the Hui soldiers enter the village, the third and fourth battalions will gather the startled horses while organizing a counterattack, and in less than a quarter of an hour, we will fight against them, the enemy army is very chaotic, and the team will disperse after a few circles, and there is no use for our officers!" ”

"Oh?!" Zhao Liangdong was slightly surprised, shook his head and chuckled, "Not necessarily, this seat is from Gansu, and he has been back and forth since he was a child, as far as I know, the Hui soldiers can still fight, this time I didn't beat you, one is because the enemy army is mainly harassing and guerrilla, and has no intention of fighting, and the other - cavalry fights in street battles, how can there be any reason not to suffer?!" - Hehe, Lord Mu, please get up! ”

"Your Excellency!" Mu Chengdong stood up, but he still bowed half-bowed, and said cautiously, "The Hui soldiers are indeed not afraid of death, but our soldiers are also fighting very steadily, although the enemy army suddenly attacked, but everyone is not messed up, this time the third battalion commander and the fourth battalion commander are not chaotic, and they are the first to ......."

"This seat has been recorded," Zhao Liangdong's expression became warmer, he patted Mu Chengdong's shoulder gently, flicked his nails, casually bounced off a few bits of dry mud, turned his head to look around, and said to the officers in the barracks, "This time this seat was ordered to send troops to crusade against the Geldan thieves, the Tartars are all elite iron cavalry, but our main force is the infantry army, to be honest, this battle is really not easy to fight, hehe,......" He smiled, and then said, "We want to win them, how to win?" - How do you say that the reader says, 'Husband fights, and courage also'? - This is the spirit of the battle, as soon as the guns go out, our lords will go up, and the head has a big scar, our prince uses the infantry to fight the cavalry every time, and every time he wins, this is the method used, if you want me to say, the Tartar cavalry looks fierce, in fact, it is not a big deal, as long as we are more fierce than them, they will have nothing to do! ”

"Well said, my lord! We are the king of the Han Dynasty, the destiny is in me, just a Tartar thief, how can we do it?! Cui Weiya praised with his palm, and arched his hand towards Zhao Liangdong, "But the Tartars are cunning, this sudden raid failed and hurriedly retreated, I am afraid that there will be a follow-up!" ”

"According to Tsui-sama, what tricks will the Tartars have?!"

"Returning to the general, I think that the Tartar army may have arrived in Jing County, and the information that Lord Ni's so-called new annexed army still has two days to participate in the battle is mostly a plan of the enemy army to confuse the enemy," Cui Weiya looked solemn and frowned, "This time I used a small group of cavalry to harass our army's camp outside the city, could it be a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?!" ”

Zhao Liangdong shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, not necessarily," he patted the chair and said in a deep voice, "Jing County has been repaired and strengthened by our army for many days, and now it is very strong, even if the main force of our army leaves the strong city defense, it is still close to the strong men of the Ten Thousand People's League to guard, and the Tartars are all light horses. ”

"Then ......" Cui Weiya exchanged glances with the staff officers around her, "What does the general mean?!" ……”

Zhao Liangdong did not answer this question directly, he shook the horsewhip in his hand, and took the lead out of the barracks, at this time, the attacked garrison had not been cleared, and the corners of the village streets were still full of human and animal corpses, and the left weapons, broken knives and guns could be seen everywhere, and the blood stains were frozen into black and purple ice, "Master Cui, I often hear you say on weekdays, the so-called 'know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles,' then do you know, what is the difference between the Tartar soldiers and us?!" ”

"This ...... Please also ask the general to instruct ......"

"This seat is from Gansu, before joining the army, often dealt with the Mongols, Huihui, these people are very fierce in battle, not afraid of death, and all of them are skilled in riding, it is really difficult to deal with," Zhao Liangdong smiled, "But they are not impossible to deal with - as far as our troops are concerned, they are not well trained, the equipment is very poor, and fighting is like hunting for them, so they are fighting with a force, the longer the time, the less stamina they have, and what is more terrible is that their team is a soldier, Fathers, sons, uncles, and brothers are all in battle, and most of the officers are relatives and elders, and it is rare to have someone who really knows how to do it......"

"This ...... The so-called fighting tiger brothers and fathers and sons in battle, isn't it good to be such an officer?! A young staff officer couldn't help but argue.

"Hehe, there is the courage of flesh and blood, but it is not only flesh and blood to fight, otherwise, then what else do we do?!" Zhao Liangdong shook his head, "Such a force can fight hard and fight with the wind, but it is easier to be scattered, and the battle of dozens of hundreds of people can still be handled, if it is thousands, if it is a little frustrated, it will be difficult for the main general to control the team!" Therefore, their way of playing has always been to divide the army into pieces, divide them into a number of capable small units to harass and exhaust the enemy, and when the enemy army rushes to help and is in distress, they are waiting for an opportunity to attack and win the game in one fell swoop - this is diametrically opposed to the big Han of our Han people, the more neat our Han army, the stronger the strength, and the more people there are, the more advantageous, but once dispersed: such as infantry, artillery, and cavalry scattered operations, then it will not be able to exert combat power at all, and it is easy to be broken by each of them. ”

Cui Weiya suddenly realized and said happily, "So this time they assaulted the cavalry brigade, the purpose is not to take advantage, but to mobilize our army and exhaust our army?!" ”

"Yes, you calculate this account - take the musketeers as an example, a brother carries guns, gunpowder, bullets, drinking water, and food rations, and seventy-seven eighty-eight add up to twenty or thirty catties, and the county seat of Lijing County in Xiaolizhuang is twelve miles, our army is burdened and rushed, and people are tired enough to choke all the way down, and when they get to the ground, maybe they will have to fight for a few hours, if the enemy army lingers, our soldiers will have to cut down and set up a camp, and fight against it, you say, we will lose this battle?!"

“……”

"Right?! And this may not be a head, our reinforcements arrived, and they fled in a hurry, and then returned to the army to harass Jingxian or other camps, then we might have to run again - this back and forth is more than ten miles! ”

"Then ......" Cui Weiya thought for a while, "I think that the three armies should be ordered, strengthen the barracks, hoard grain, and deep ditches and high bases to reject them, and the main force of our Chinese army is stationed in the county seat, and attack cautiously!" ”

"!!" Zhao Liangdong didn't smile, "Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, maybe a few thousand men and horses will be over a moment late, the Tartar army is full of 10,000 people, if he really wants to attack with all his strength and eat a part of our army, then what?" He turned his head and glanced at Mu Chengdong, "If we don't reinforce the cavalry brigade today, and watch our brothers and brothers annihilated by the Tartars, will the army still have morale?" How can this battle be fought?! ”

Cui Weiya was sweating profusely and said tremblingly, "That...... How does the general think that our army will cope ?! ”

"There is no other way, only to attack against attack," Zhao Liangdong put away his smile and turned his head to look at Mu Chengdong with a solemn expression, "Colonel Mu, how many people do you still have in your troops?!" ”

Mu Chengdong was clever, hurriedly landed on one knee, and arched his hand, "Back to the military gate, the officers of the department and company lead the soldiers, and there are still 1,654 soldiers and 2,000 and 22 war horses!" ”

"Okay, I'll make up for you now," he beckoned, and the soldiers behind him bowed down and obeyed the order, "Lao Tzu's battalion of personal guards and cavalry will all be handed over to you, and I will order your troops to go out immediately, march towards the prefecture, and sweep the Mongolian army everywhere along the way to supply and baggage!" ”

Mu Chengdong was startled, raised his head and looked at Zhao Liangdong in a daze, and stammered, "...... My lord, there are more than 10,000 Tartar cavalry, and there are tens of thousands of traitor soldiers, this ...... This...... Cough...... Ahem......"

"Hehe, Colonel Mu doesn't have to be frightened, this seat doesn't want you to fight with the Tartar soldiers, your partial division is 'spoiler', if the Tartars are outnumbered, you will flee, if you encounter a large group of traitors, you will take a detour, in short, if you have a advantage, take advantage of it, and leave if you have a hard stubble, I will give you more guides - if the Tartar soldiers really want to concentrate on encircling and suppressing you, it is a big deal to retreat to Jing County!" Zhao Liangdong stroked his short beard and chuckled.

Mu Chengdong put his mind at ease and bowed his head to answer.

"The Tartar soldiers have always been one man with many horses, and after the soldiers are the grazing lambs, cattle and horses, although they are used to plunder, but the cost of grain and grass is also extremely huge, and the task of your department is to find out their herds to supplement the grain - kill, burn, rob, and try to contain their main force!"

"Listening to the meaning of the military gate, it seems that they want to drag the war down?! ......" Cui Weiya finally reacted and asked cautiously.

"Yes, the Tartars have played such a trick this time, that is, they want to fight a quick battle, stop our army from outside Shanxi, and buy time for Geerdan's siege of Taiyuan," Zhao Liangdong said solemnly, "So Lao Tzu must drag them here, they can't advance, they can't retreat, they can't retreat, they can't retreat, he is guerrilla on all sides, I will harass his rear, and when his army comes to attack, I will wait for the huge cannon of the city, so that he will lose his ground and be at a loss!" ”

"That'...... In the event that the enemy army escapes to Jinzhong, what will happen to our army?! ”

Zhao Liangdong looked at Cui Weiya strangely, and smiled dumbly, "What is it?" Will Lao Tzu still be polite if he runs away, of course, the soldiers will enter Daizhou and Baode, and take the northwest of Jin into his arms," he shook his head and patted Cui Weiya on the shoulder, "Cui Juncheng, it seems that you are still a scholar, the Tartar soldiers are brave and brave, how can they run away without a fight?!" If you escape, how will you explain to Geldan?! - If Colonel Mu sends troops to fruition, I expect that the traitor army will inevitably wait and see each other, hesitate to advance, and dare not confront our army head-on, and the Tartar East Route Army has only two choices, one is to retreat to Daizhou Capital City, consolidate the city defense, and wait for our army to attack, and the other is to gather the main elite and fight a decisive battle with our army in Jingxian!! ”

He shook his horsewhip and said with a smile, "What Lao Tzu wants is a decisive battle!" ”