The "children" are struggling on the road.

The procession, which was too neat and too fast, formed a long snake-like array, and at the same time made a neat rustling sound.

Although most of the people were in armor, due to the lack of mules, horses and convoys, and the distance was too close to the local battle, Min Yuanqi considered mobilizing some people and convoys to help pull the armor and weapons before the team set off, and the soldiers were lightly armed.

However, considering that it would take time to assemble and wait, so as not to be preempted by the enemy, it was decided to tie up the armor in the barracks, and the soldiers should carry their own weapons and set off again.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is heavy armor, although the chain mail of the weapons workshop has not yet been mass-produced, but the armor produced before also has 200 collars, plus the Min family's treasury and purchase income, more than 3,000 battalions have more than 1,000 bundles of armor to move forward, this ratio, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is heavy infantry.

Of course, it is also relative to the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Tang and Song dynasties were replaced, such armor and cotton armor, as well as leather armor and chain mail, at most they were internal armor, and they had nothing to do with the word reloading.

In the Tang Dynasty, inheriting the afterglow of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the heavy cavalry was the standard configuration from the early to the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and the heavy armored knights, plus the war horses wearing vests, and the heavy knights with the integration of men and horses, were the standard configuration from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

100 people are equipped with 60 horses, which is also the standard configuration of the Tang army, the early Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks and Tuyuhun, there was no heavy cavalry, how to compete with those plugged string control cavalry.

Li Jing with a small number of fine cavalry, that is, heavy cavalry with light cavalry, easily broke the Turks, and then the Tang army went north to control the entire grassland to the extreme north region, and the Beiting Protectorate controlled part of the grassland and half of the Western Regions, covering an area of more than one million square kilometers.

The Yunti Pass Banner Army in front of him, not to mention the heavy armored cavalry, can be regarded as a light cavalry, that is, only fifty cavalry, and it is already placed on the periphery, and it has played a big role.

Of the more than 3,500 people in front of him, there are about 1,500 people who are bound with armor, chain mail, leather armor, and cotton armor, and the remaining 2,000 are unarmored soldiers.

Most of the armor and chainmail were sword and spearmen.

Clothed in cotton armor, leather armor is mostly spearmen and musketeers.

Most of the pikemen were unarmoured, including a large number of boring handles and firefighters.

Min Yuanqi, the boring handle, feels that it can be replaced, the battle is not as good as the spear, and the defensive cavalry is not as good as the sword and stick, but now it will be too late to be caught off guard for a while, and it can only be continued.

More than 3,500 people lined up in a queue several miles long, about seventy percent were pikemen, and the rest were firearms, knives, and boring handles.

All weapons are made of fine iron, and the cold light flickering, and the cold light of the armor light and the flickering of the weapons obscures the sky and the sun.

Min Yuanqi walked in front of the queue, and in front of him were Min Yuanzhong, Li Junxun, Wang Wumai and others.

The rest of Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng, Min Zhiyuan, Han Sen, Xu Wenhuan, Guo Shangyi, Xie Xiang, Shen Liang and many other generals, bureau presidents.

Shen Liang, Chen De, Li Tiansheng and other craftsmen, Zhu Wen and other officials, Li Guoding, Wang Sanyi and other original hundreds of households, a large number of salt pond workers and workshops, and the strong men on the construction site either held weapons on the edge of the long trench and stood guard, or when the flag army team left, they silently watched from their respective posts, hoping that the army could return victorious as soon as possible.

Min Yuanqi pressed the waist knife in his hand, wearing a body of iron scale armor weighing more than 30 catties, an iron helmet on his head, a necklace, and arm guards, iron gloves, iron skirt armor, shin guards, and iron mesh boots combined with more than 50 catties.

Although the weight is extremely heavy, the distance of more than ten miles away is more than fifty catties, which is not too difficult for Min Yuanqi.

Every morning, I have to run ten miles lightly, and every few days it is ten or twenty miles with full loads, and sometimes fifty miles or hundreds of miles of pulling and training marches, which has formed an inertia for everyone, and the body has long been adapted to such a long-distance march with a heavy load.

Although the spirit is slightly nervous, sweating is much more than usual, after walking a few miles, he has adapted to it, and he only feels that when he walks around, he is energetic, but Min Yuanqi is also quite experienced, and he knows that the more he is at this time, he wants to save physical energy, and even creates a slight sense of exhaustion.

If you throw off your arms and stride forward regardless of your physical strength now, after a few miles, the fatigue will return, and it will be quite difficult to recover your physical strength at that time, unless there is a considerable period of recuperation.

Most of the banner army is also the same as Min Yuanqi, although after walking a few miles, their spirits have come up, and their physical strength is extremely abundant, but everyone is saving their physical energy and has not taken the liberty to speed up.

A small group of cavalry galloped west on the bank of the river, a small number of sentinels rationed by the army, and most of the remaining cavalry were handed over to Min Yuanzhi, who was to act in a unified manner.

In the rustling footsteps, there was silence everywhere, no one said or laughed, private conversation was forbidden in the army, only the occasional shouting of the officers reminded everyone that this was a long training march that was going forward to meet the enemy and preparing to engage a strong enemy, not an ordinary long-distance training march that made everyone feel extremely tired.

Thinking of this, some people feel lucky.

In any case, this battle was in the vicinity of Sennosho, and it was not a long journey, which means that the level of hardship will be greatly reduced.

For many ordinary banner soldiers, the kind of heavy march of more than 50 or even 100 miles, and the long-distance training that lasts for several days are even more arduous and unbearable.

The body is extremely tired, and there is not much time to rest.

He carried his own armor, as well as his marching blankets, water bottles, lunch boxes, dry rations, flints, and knives, all of which he carried on his own belongings.

They marched from morning to night, and at night they found an open space to camp and slept directly in the field, with no way to wash and no hot food, just cold water and dry food.

When I got up in the morning, my whole body was cold, and I continued to drink cold water and eat dry food to hurry.

After such a few days of training, everyone has to lose several pounds, and it is not uncommon for some people to lose more than ten pounds of meat.

This is much harder than fighting, especially now everyone is eager to kill a few more guest soldiers, although Yunti Pass is located in the border area of the sea frontier, but more or less some relatives and friends live in various market towns and county seats, the evil deeds of the guest soldiers are really too much to hear, and people have long felt extremely resentful.

Originally, he was full of resentment towards the guest soldiers, and when he heard that the guest soldiers were coming to invade the country, this hostility and hatred burst to the top.

Morale does not need to be boosted, and the morale of the flag soldiers who protect their families and friends in their hometowns cannot be higher.

Min Yuanqi would only look up at the sky from time to time, it was already past noon, and the contact between the two sides was estimated to be around two o'clock in the afternoon or later.

Will the guests choose to rest for the night and look for fighters again tomorrow morning, or will they take advantage of the situation and choose to meet the banner army at Yunti Pass this afternoon to win a decisive victory.

Min Yuanqi is not the main general of the guest army, but thinking about Liu Zeqing's strict orders, as well as the prestige of the more than 10,000 guest troops, as well as the delay halfway and the embarrassment after being harassed by Min Yuanzhi, it is estimated that the psychology of the guest soldiers should be eager to solve the battle in front of them.

In any case, it is estimated that in the hearts of the guest generals, the battle in front of them is still a lion fighting a rabbit, as long as the fight starts, victory is in sight.

Since the psychology of the other party is like this, it is better to give them this chance, both sides feel that they will win, this battle will start immediately, and the victory or defeat will be decided quickly.

The enemy in Min Yuanqi's heart, even if it is Li Zicheng, cannot be Liu Zeqing in front of him.

He has always looked down on this rat, and when he crossed once, he took Liu Zeqing as an imaginary enemy, but he really looked down on himself, and he wasted such an opportunity to cross.

Only Dolgon and the Eight Banners behind him, as well as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the Great Western Army behind Zhang Xianzhong, and possibly Zheng Chenggong in the future, these heroes of the world, and even Wu Sangui, a shameless traitor, these people can be Min Yuanqi's imaginary opponents, Liu Zeqing is just a rat, not to mention the incompetent people under his command.

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"It's finally here."

Yao Wenqian sighed, looking at the Thousand Households City outside the city, he was also quite emotional.

Liu Kecheng, Liu Zerun and others also had the same feeling, but they all endured it and did not express their position.

However, Liu Zhigan looked proud, and said viciously: "It's just a small city, and Min Yuanqi is among them?" I don't think we need to pull out the city, take down the surrounding areas, a few people are trapped in the city, first cut off its foundation, how much grain can be stored in such a small city, and we are not afraid that there will be no chaos in the city every ten days and a half. When the time comes, I will tie Min Yuanqi's neck with a rope, lead him all the way back to Huai'an, behead him in front of my uncle, and take the shame of snow all the way. ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy." Yao Wenqian smiled bitterly, and did not take it seriously.

Liu Zhigan said: "How can you say, could it be that we have more than 10,000 troops and more than 1,000 elite horsemen, and we are still afraid of the mud legs in these guards?" ”

"People are already prepared." Liu Kecheng couldn't help but point to both sides, and said in a deep voice: "On that side is a series of cities, echoing each other, let's attack one, if there are elite soldiers in the rest of the earth cities, we will definitely be difficult to take care of." And there is a large trench on the right side, and I see that there are a large number of sharp piles on the edge to defend it, and it is quite difficult to clear the right side and go straight into those hundred villages. Those turrets are tall and wide, and there are many garrisons and archers on them, so we must not attack too much. Only the front is less than three miles wide, it is quite difficult for our army to swing away, and it is even more difficult for the cavalry to gallop and flank, or to go around behind the enemy's formation, such terrain is quite unfavorable for our army, the large number of large troops, the strength of the cavalry elite is difficult to play, the enemy can rest assured that his left and right flanks, peace of mind to fight against our army, but our army has to put a lot of soldiers and horses to prevent the enemy on the left and right flanks from outflanking and disturbing the ......"

"No matter what, this battle still has to be fought." Liu Zhigan said: "The more desperately the enemy cavalry attacks, the more its confidence is insufficient. ”

"That's right." Yao Wenqian, Liu Kecheng and others agreed, Liu Kecheng said: "I led the cavalry on the right flank, once the enemy appeared gaps and gaps, it was the time for the cavalry to make a final decision." ”

"Let's fight." Yao Wenqian pondered again and again, and finally said: "If you can break the enemy today, the previous losses and humiliation can be recovered in one battle." ”

After several main generals made up their minds, dozens of big drums from Liu Zeqing's department rang out.

Generous and high-spirited, there is no lack of tragic drums sounded on the south bank of the Huai River, and then a large number of beams and sentinels haunted the wilderness and fields, and the front team of more than 1,000 people began to move towards the south side of the city of Qianhusuo, and at the same time, the main force of the banner army of Yunti Pass was also facing the attack.