At this time, Li Shiyao, who had just put on the armor of his own soldiers, turned his head and asked with some surprise, "Do you know how many of them there are?" ”

"General, because there are many anti-thieves and there are scouts wandering outside, our people don't dare to get too close. I just know that there are quite a few people. The scout explained

"Okay, got it." Li Shiyao waved his hand to let the scout retreat. Then he turned his head to Chen Muqing, who had arrived at the account camp early, and said angrily:

"I really didn't expect that we weren't ready to fight those thieves in the past, and they would turn around and beat us first. What are they doing here? Conceited or look down on us? ”

"General, I don't think they are anything, they are just here to find death!" Chen Muqing said with a gesture

"Haha... Master Chen said it too well. Li Shiyao didn't expect Chen Muqing to say it, and his depressed mood suddenly became happy.

"Let's go, Master Chen. Let's go and see how the thief is going to die. After speaking, Li Shiyao walked towards the door of the tent,

"Yes, General." Chen Muqing replied again.

After a cup of tea or so

The drums were beating loudly in the camp of the Qing army

Beat the drums and gather the generals to point the troops

After the three-way drum, those who do not show up can be killed.

After last night's discussion, the generals unanimously agreed with the idea of sending troops to fight the thieves today. So when the drum sounded, all the generals arrived.

At this time, no one dared to challenge Li Shiyao's authority. After all, Li Shuyao's name as a general is not something they can offend, plus Li Shuyao's family power and he is also quite loved by the emperor.

If anyone dared to be late, Li Shiyao would really dare to cut off his head to set an example. Those who are cut can only do their own thing, and there is no place to cry out for injustice.

No one wants to make a big mistake in this small matter, and naturally the time to gather the army is very fast.

After the three-way drum, it means 30 minutes

Li Shuyao stood on the high platform and looked at the rows of sergeants below, feeling very good. So he began to speak before the extraction:

"All of you present are warriors of the Qing Dynasty, and it is the duty of our soldiers to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism. I won't say much else, everyone knows that there is a gang of thieves who are committing chaos and acting very arrogantly. ”

"As loyal soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, it's time for us to make a contribution to the Great Qing Dynasty, sweep away these anti-thieves, and lay a peaceful foundation for my Great Qing Dynasty."

"This time, the sergeants who suppressed the bandits, this general gave two taels of silver." Li Shuyao shouted loudly.

This opening silver was added by Li Shiyao temporarily, although he felt a little painful about this opening silver in his heart. But as long as this gang of thieves can be defeated, what if it is tens of thousands of taels? Besides, isn't there Yang Yingju!

Coincidentally, Yang Yingju, who was in Zhang Rui's camp at this time, suddenly hit a "hello". Then he softened his nose with his hand and said, "Could it be that Zhang Rui is thinking of any way to deal with me?" ”

The green battalion soldiers who had been listening to Li Shuyao talk a bunch of nonsense and listless had their eyes lit up when they heard that there was a silver draw, and they all knelt down at Li Shuyao and shouted, "Thank you, General Li." ”

As soon as Li Shiyao heard this strong voice, his confidence suddenly increased a lot. Then he continued: "This crackdown on bandits is an important thing. If there is any soldier with outstanding military merits, I will play the Ming Sheng, and promote his family to carry the flag and enjoy the treatment of the Eight Banners. ”

If the "opening silver" in front is just a "small prize", then the "entry to raise the flag" that Li Shiyao said later is the "grand prize". If you enter the Eight Banners, you will be able to take "iron crops" for generations.

The green battalion soldiers who heard Li Shiyao's promise all lit up their eyes at this moment. This is a real benefit for future generations, and it is necessary to work hard to kill the enemy no matter what.

"I am willing to die for the general, and I am willing to clean up all the thieves for me."

Under the leadership of some generals, the more than 14,000 Qing troops below shouted one after another

Li Shiyao looked at the morale below so high, and praised his wit in his heart.

In fact, it is not very difficult for him to raise a small number of people to carry the flag. But being able to raise the morale of the Qing army below so high really surprised Li Shuyao, and Li Shuyao felt that it was too cost-effective no matter how much he thought about it.

Li Shiyao was even wondering if Kangxi, the "Holy Grandfather" of the year, also used this trick when he was quelling the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories". Therefore, the green battalion soldiers who couldn't beat Wu Sangui later became so unafraid of death.

"Good. In this way, the thief is not far ahead, and after we kill the thief without leaving a piece of armor, we will come back and distribute the silver and reward the meritorious deeds. Now give me the command, and pull it out. Li Shiyao shouted confidently

"Tiger, tiger, tiger..."

After three sounds, the Qing army officially set out.

The mountainous land in Guangxi is not just talking, but there are not many flat places. So there aren't many places for the big legions to fight.

It is precisely because of this that Guangxi has always been a place of trouble for many imperial courts. If you want to engage in a large-scale battle, you can't find a suitable place to start a battle, and if a small army comes over, you will be attacked by all kinds of sneak attacks.

Thus, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles. The practice of most imperial courts was to avoid conflicts with local tusi as much as possible to reduce the difficulty of management.

At this time, the scouts of the bandit army and the Qing army had a small-scale fight. As for the damage, there are very few, after all, both sides are fighting each other to find a suitable position for most of the two sides.

Ultimately. Three miles away from the Qing army, he found a relatively flat and open grassland.

Both sides met there and lined up.

War pays attention to "winning with the right and winning by the odd." ”

Although the use of "surprise soldiers" sometimes has unexpected effects, the real victory on the battlefield comes from the strength of the front. If one side "crushes" the strength of the other side, then the other side's "surprise soldiers" are in vain no matter how well they are used.

Zhang Rui still brought 2,000 musketeers, more than 600 pikemen and 200 cavalry, and more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers who surrendered.

The platoon formation is the two main phalanxes, but it is different from the battle of Qingyuan people. In the front phalanx were musketeers and pikemen, and in the back were green battalion soldiers, and their weapons were varied.

Zhang Rui's cavalry was used to guard the Chinese army, and was placed behind the Green Battalion soldiers.

Li Shiyao's 14,000 soldiers and horses only formed three phalanxes due to the terrain. Because he knew that Zhang Rui's musket was powerful, every phalanx that Li Shiyao also placed was a large phalanx. Trying to crush the past with a large number of people.

Both sides are quickly arranging and arranging the phalanx, after all, whoever is one step ahead of this thing has a better chance of winning. No one will be stupid enough to wait for the opponent to get everything done before going to war.