A large cloud of smoke and dust appeared in front of Min Qiande's eyes, and then he saw a large number of people with knives and guns walking in the fields and acres on the official road and the Huai River.

Min Qiande frowned, and said with little pressure: "The enemy's main force has arrived. ”

Li Kecheng glanced at it a few times and said: "The cavalry is in the middle of the official road, and the infantry is walking on the bank of the river and the acres of fields on the right side, and in the path. It seems that it is a chaotic walk, but as General Min expected, most of the guest soldiers who come are miscellaneous soldiers, so there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

That being said, Li Kecheng is a little afraid and scared.

Just watching the crops on a large field and acres being wasted, although a lot had been harvested before, Li Kecheng still couldn't help but feel distressed, and scolded: "It's not painful for the cub to sell the master's field, these dog-day beasts, I am afraid that they were also born as farmers back then, and now they are soldiers, so they spoil the crops like this." These lands will belong to our Lord Min in the future, but they have been wasted. ”

Min Qiande, Li Kecheng and others are all on the city tower of the city of Qianhu, together with the city wall more than three zhang high, the city tower more than two zhang high, adding up to a height of more than ten meters, in this era when there are no high-rise buildings, it is not uncommon for people with good eyesight to see more than ten miles away.

On the open plain, the few villages that had been on the outskirts were empty.

In addition to the hundreds of households being covered by the trench position, the peripheral households and villages were also ordered to move and hide in advance.

In the face of the great disaster, everyone avoided it, but fortunately, the city of Qianhu and the various earthen cities accommodated a part, and some fled to the north bank.

Min Yuanqi allocated hundreds of stone grains to the people of several households and villages as refuge rations, but it caused a lot of sensation, and his benevolent image was even higher.

There are also a large number of strong men in the households, originally guarded in their own villages and land, unwilling to go to the military households to make a living, this time afterwards, I believe that a large number of strong men will enter the barracks, or go to the salt pond, construction sites, workshops to make a living, which is equivalent to expanding the source of Min Yuanqi's strong men, which is a good thing.

The countryside of this era was unusually closed and conservative, so the gentry and students, who held the power and knew the written class, had the greatest right to speak.

After the rise of the 300th household, the gentry and student class were not cold, and even faintly hostile, which could not have had no impact on the peripheral private villages and market towns.

The most important thing is that these gentry want to compete for the idle wasteland among hundreds of households, although the yield of untreated saline-alkali land is extremely low, but as long as a large area is cleared, each family will have hundreds or thousands of acres of land, and the income from using tenant farmers to grow is still considerable.

Over the years, the gentry have seized a lot of land in the guards, and after the rise of Min Yuanhu, especially after worshipping the guerrilla generals, these lands have been recovered one after another.

If it weren't for the fact that this was the time when the warlords were in power, more than ten years ago, I am afraid that there would have been officials and gentry who had secretly colluded, squeezed out military households and battalion soldiers in the local area, and spent money to buy ginseng in the imperial court, so that the imperial history would impeach Min Yuanqi in the matter.

The harvest of this war is that a large number of gentry around fled, but they knew the truth that the jade was burned under the fire, and there was absolutely no possibility of staying to take risks, these officials and gentry and landowners had already packed up and fled, and the people around them fled, plus a lot of them were used by Min Yuanqi.

Li Kecheng also knows this truth, after this battle, Liu Zeqing will be vigilant and cautious even if he comes to attack, and he will not come again without a few months of planning and preparation.

During this period, it is completely possible to build a fortress in the outer villages, divert and block the guest soldiers, and use the cloud ladder to pass here here in the north is the Huai River, the south is the Guan River, and behind is the terrain of the sea, as long as the west side of the periphery is dug widely, and more camps are set up, I am afraid that tens of thousands of guest soldiers will not be able to please it.

In this case, it will be a big expansion after the war.

"Let's win this battle." Min Qiande is much more stable than Li Kecheng, although he is distressed, he has not yet regarded those familiar places as existing ideas.

This is also related to the different styles of the Min family and the Li family, this large area, from Guanyun to Guannan to Yuntiguan, hundreds of thousands of acres of land, were divided by the head of the guard army and the gentry, and the rest was divided by middle-level military attache families such as the Min family and the Li family.

The thirst for land is imprinted in the bones of these officer families, even if he knows that it will belong to Min Yuanqi afterwards, Li Kecheng still can't help but be greedy.

The Min family is more restrained in the land, and they also treat the military households more favorably, which is also the reason why the Min family and people outside the Min family are not surprised after the rise of Min Yuanqi, and the inheritance of this family is like this.

"It's nature." Li Kecheng nodded greatly, but he still couldn't help but say: "I don't know why, I just feel that this battle has been won." ”

Min Qiande shook his head at first, and then a smile appeared on his face, and he also smiled: "Actually, I also have the same thoughts, which is really weird." ”

Li Kecheng said: "Could it be that Yuan Zhi's nephew's cavalry attack was too successful?" ”

"And that's not all." Min Qiande said: "Many defenses have been completed, plus the elite battalion soldiers, it can be called a strong soldier, and it is strange that this battle can be lost." ”

"General Min has led his troops out."

Li Kecheng looked away from the guest soldiers nearly ten miles away and turned in the other direction.

Originally, at the 300th household more than ten miles away, a large number of elite battalions had all been driven out of the 100-household barracks area.

It may be that Tangma has already reported that the guest soldiers are less than ten miles apart, and it is only past noon, so it may not be able to fight today, but in the sound of the snail horn, the elite of the flag army of the three hundred households has also been pulled out, and the formation has been completed, and along the official road in the direction of the city of Qianhu, they have gathered.

At a glance, it is really a long spear like a forest armor dazzling, more than 3,500 banner troops are drawn out in a column of three people and a platoon, the team of more than 3,000 people stretches for several miles, in the surrounding farmland and embankment have scattered knife players and beam horses, in front of the team is a small number of outpost troops, although it is in their own defensive position, it is still a complete marching army, if the enemy ambushes and raids, you can make a change of formation defense in the shortest possible time, or change to a sharp array assault.

In addition to the first battalion of the flag army, all the 100 households, including the long trench barrier, were also bells.

A large number of guards flocked out from all over the hundreds of households, also armed with knives and guns, and rushed to the vicinity of the long trench in groups and began to garrison the key areas.

Many archers carry longbows, quivers or pockets, or carry a large number of throwing spears to climb the tower-like arrow towers.

Cut into a round rod with short wood, equipped with a spear head, and a throwing spear more than three feet long is made, this thing is very easy to make, and the weapon workshop has made more than a thousand in just a few days, which is a supplement to the lack of archers.

As far as the naked eye can see, the battlefield less than ten miles wide from north to south can be almost swept away.

A large number of nearly 10,000 garrison and field troops have all been dispatched, at least above the tower of the city of Qianhu, and there is an extremely spectacular scene in front of them.

On the one hand, there are more than 10,000 Shandong town guest soldiers, on the other hand, there is a local mobilization, to defend against foreign strong enemies of the guard flag army, the Ming recruitment system of the battalion soldiers and the hereditary system of the guard army, at this specific time and specific place, because of the birth of a traverser, a war of more than 20,000 people is about to break out.

This had a strange impact on everyone's mood, and there was no doubt that the people of Senhusho Castle were hoping to win.

And these guest soldiers are humanoid beasts, when they kill, Min Qiande and even Li Kecheng and others have no mercy, and they are eager to kill them all.

Not only the soldiers, but also the ordinary people who were requisitioned on the city wall to help defend the city, I am afraid that they all hope that these guest soldiers from other places can be killed.

Even so, when he thought that he was a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Min Qiande's heart was also sad.

It has only been a few months since the death of Emperor Daxing, and the legal system of the Ming Dynasty has been newly established, and the world has become like this.

The earl of the Ming Dynasty, the chief soldier, and the strong domain, did not swear to the Ming Zhi to crusade against the eastern captives who had occupied the capital, or to resist the rogues, but sent the army to the territory of the Ming Dynasty's guards, intending to crusade and forcibly occupy the land and salt ponds of the guards.

Such despicable acts really have no lower limit or lower limit.

Min Qiande thought about it so far, and he could only smile bitterly.

However, the people of Qianhusuo City, including several earthen cities two or three miles away, broke out into thunderous cheers one after another.

As soon as the elite of the flag army came out, the people were bold, which was also the reason why the flag army must go to the perimeter to defend and engage the enemy.

If it is only defended by the manpower of the city of Qianhu and the garrison department, the enemy army may not be able to break through at once, but if there is no flag army as the god needle of the town, the will and morale of these people will be greatly affected, even if there are multiple long trenches and sharp pile arrow towers to defend, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold for a long time.

Only when the flag army is in the center and forms a whole with the left and right flanks can there be a truly solid defense.

This is also a situation created by Min Yuanqi forcing the guest soldiers to come up to fight, there are only more than 3,000 banner troops in the center, and the two wings are difficult to attack, but there is still a chance in the middle.

If he retreated like this, Liu Zeqing would be furious, and the battle with the flag army, the battlefield reserved in the middle was less than three miles wide, and after the flag army was opened, the guest cavalry wanted to separate the attack from the left and right flanks, or the space for a surprise attack behind the flank formation was almost zero, so as to limit the use of the enemy's cavalry power to the greatest extent.

The so-called time, location, and people are the battlefield that lies in front of the city of a thousand households, and it is also the exhaustion of the organs, and the use of the advantageous things on their own side is extreme.

It is no wonder that Min Qiande, Li Kecheng and others all have a feeling that their side seems to be winning, and even has a feeling that they have won.

It's not surprising that if everything isn't ready, people feel uncertain in their hearts, and they feel like things are going to go bad.

This feeling is not confident, and it is also that I am not prepared, and generally speaking, the development of things must be in a bad direction, and that kind of good luck is not possible.

Just like the battle of the water, it seems that it is a matter of life and death, but after being prepared and observing and understanding the internal situation of the enemy, there is a kind of confidence that the victory is in hand.

The so-called being able to play chess and watch the children break the enemy is from the self-confidence in the bones.

Min Qiande had no intention of playing chess with Li Kecheng, but he couldn't help but say: "The big war is about to start, let's see my children in Yunti Pass break the enemy." ”