Because of the participation of a large number of Yuan cavalry in the war, how to deal with the Yuan cavalry more securely, Yu Zhilong specially brought Ming Xiong this time, and briefly introduced Ming Xiong to Liu Zhengfeng and the generals, after Liu Zhengfeng agreed, Ming Xiong stepped forward to give the generals a general explanation of the tactics and countermeasures that the Yuan cavalry may use, and put some tea bowls and stones on the big table on the spot, indicating the explanation, which attracted Liu Zhengfeng, Liu Qi, Wan Jinhai, Yu Shichang, etc.

This kind of method of cramming Buddha's feet in a hurry, Yu Zhilong is also helpless. All the departments are new troops, lack of training, but there is no strong cavalry on their side to deal with, except for their own hurried foot soldiers to simply practice how to face the cavalry, most of the rest of the generals' soldiers have no experience of facing the cavalry.

Now let's just give these generals an impression of the lead, hoping that under the pressure of the Yuan Qi, these generals will not behave at a loss. Fortunately, most of these generals and captains have seen the power of the Yuan Cavalry, although they have not fought head-on, they have some impressions and are easy to accept Mingxiong's explanation.

After the end, Liu Zhengfeng and the generals revised it again and determined the battle plan for tomorrow, and only after the generals understood it did they disband and return, and used the most time to prepare for it.

The sun sets, and a new day comes. When the morning sun rises high, a few fast horses generally come from the north, run to the north gate of the city, jump off the horse, throw the reins, and run up the city gate tower with a kick, Liu Zhengfeng and others are here to help the battlements to look north.

"Tell King Shun that the Yuan army is less than twenty miles away from here, and the forward Meng's righteous army is under the banner of managing the army and deputy ten thousand households, and there are four thousand households in the team. The number of the Guanyi army was around 3,000. The Yuan cavalry is embellished in the last two miles, and there are many flags, estimated at two or three thousand! The scout trotted all the way to Liu Zhengfeng and knelt down on one knee to report.

"What about the Chinese army in the rear of the Yuan army?"

"Yushun Heavenly King, the enemy's army is about five or six miles away from the cavalry, except for the forward Yuancai, the rest are mostly foot soldiers! The little one came back early, and it is estimated that the Chinese army is at least more than 3,000, and the brothers in the back will have news later! ”

"King Shuntian, the enemy army is so closely connected before and after, it seems that the Yuan army is in the heart of a decisive battle with me here, in this case, our army should also line up to meet the enemy!" Yu Zhilong stepped forward and said.

"Well, give the order, all the armies assemble and line up in camp! Brothers, today's war is related to everyone's future, and I, Liu Zhengfeng, will live and die with you! Liu Zhengfeng clenched his fists and solemnly saluted the surrounding generals. The generals returned the salute one after another, saying everything.

"Bring the wine!" Liu Zhengfeng waved his hand.

There were already more than a dozen soldiers who took out a few wine urns, took out dozens of large bowls, and filled them one by one. Liu Zhengfeng picked up a bowl casually and held it high: "Brothers, you and I will drink a bowl today, drink this bowl of Zhuangxing wine, and kill the enemy on the battlefield without mercy!" Dry! ”

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"King Shuntian, just look at it, see how our brothers kill the enemy!"

"Don't worry, the big guys are not bad breeds!"

"Brothers, whoever is strong and who is weak will compare today! King Shun Cheon is a witness! After the generals drank it all, they threw the bowl on the ground, clang, clang, clang, and quit Liu Zhengfeng one after another, went down to the city gate, and returned to the team to gather subordinates.

Liu Zhengfeng stopped Yu Zhilong and said: "Brother Yu, we are a lifelong friendship, there have been rumors in the middle of me recently, I must have heard of Brother Yu, I don't believe these words." Now that the war has begun, I, Liu, will also give you a heart-wrenching word, the big guy hugged me and called me the king of Shuntian, but if I think about it for the past few days, I still understand how many catties and taels there are. There are so many brothers, and the most discerning ones, I am only optimistic about the younger brothers. ”

When Yu Zhilong heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "King Shuntian said that he was laughing, how can the kid be so virtuous, can he be such a grand talk?" ”

"At this time, there are no outsiders, and when Brother Yu Hai was there, he praised me many times for you. This time you entered the city, you didn't care about property with Liu Qi and others, and divided the fields and land, abolished slavery and military households, etc., which are all good methods, and they are also a posture for achieving great things, I really admire it in my heart. In today's battle, I am invincible, I regard Brother Yu as a brother, and you don't want to see me! We brothers still need to work together on this battlefield! ”

"Brother Liu, don't worry, little brother, I will do my best to fight the enemy to the death!" After Yu Zhilong solemnly saluted, he said goodbye to the city and returned to the headquarters.

Soon, the horns sounded everywhere in the camps, and the various departments in the camps outside the city gathered one after another, sorted out the formation, and gradually left the camp under the personal leadership of the officials of each department, and took place according to the predetermined position. The defenders in the city also made some preparations on the city wall, most of these soldiers were the weakest part of the combat power, and they could not participate in the decisive battle ahead, so Liu Zhengfeng simply let them be responsible for defending the city. With the wood, stones, and hot oil on the city walls, you can kill and injure the besieging enemy forces as long as you have the strength.

The ten cannons on the head of the city have long been placed, and all the artillery in the city is located at the north gate, these equipment are heavy and cannot be used in field battles, so it is just right to do defense!

The defense of the entire city was left by Liu Zhengfeng with a lieutenant named Qu Bo and hundreds of soldiers and messengers. Schelling also climbed the city wall at this time and stood with Qu Bo. Ming Shijie temporarily led the patrol city elementary school and obeyed Xie Lin's orders.

Listening to the continuous horns outside the city, Tian Lie, who was standing in the courtyard, had a sad face, he looked at the sky in the north outside the city, the blazing sun sprinkled warm sunlight all over the world, but Tian Lie's heart was full of coldness, he didn't know if his choice was right, these worries will be decided today.

From time to time, there are soldiers and people on the street carrying stones, trees and other things, which are transported to the city wall.

Listening to the chaotic footsteps, Tian Lie felt uneasy in his heart. The dozens of soldiers Yu Zhilong left in the school to learn characters are now on the city wall for defense, and only dozens of children of different ages remain in the school. Those soldiers were Yu Zhilong's treasures, and they were reluctant to let them go to battle, but just let them defend in the city.

At this time, these children gathered outside the church to listen to the movement outside the city.

Tian Lie gathered his mind and said to the dozens of children under the stairs in front of the hall: "People have duties, they should fulfill their responsibilities, you are all students at this time, and you should focus on your studies!" The battle outside the city has been done by all the soldiers, and you are here to waste your time, and follow me in, and each of you recites the Three Character Sutra four times! ”

Most of these children were some beggars or orphans taken in by Yu Zhilong and Yu Lan in the city, and they could not be placed in the army, so Yu Zhilong specially asked Tian Lie to temporarily take them in and teach them to study.

The military families in many courtyards in the city are silently packing up their clutter and preparing for the medical treatment. Together with her mother, Xin, Yu Lan and her sisters cleared out many houses and beds, and the wounded were received at all times. The solemn atmosphere of the war weighed on their hearts, and this war will be a battle that will decide the fate of tens of thousands of people.

Seeing Yu Lanxiu's eyebrows frowning slightly, Xin relieved her and said: "Since we have been running around with your father, we have often been looking forward to the day when we will have a decisive battle with the Tartar army, and I don't know how many relatives and neighbors have died under the Tartar knife over the years. ”

Xin thought that Yu Lan was worried about Yu Shichang, so he comforted him.

Yu Lanqiang smiled, took his mother's hand, shook it gently, and said in a coquettish voice: "Mother, we have made so many preparations, I believe that this battle will be won!" My brother will definitely return safely! ”

Knowing that her mother was comforting herself, Yu Lan didn't know that Xin's heart was even more concerned about Yu Shichang, but at the beginning of the war, people's hearts should be stable, although Xin was a woman, she also knew this truth, so on the surface, she still looked steady and slowly packed up the sundries with everyone. She is Yu Hai's wife, and most of the ladies and daughters of various families take her as the leader, seeing that she is not impatient or afraid, everyone's hearts are invisibly settled a lot.

Yu Lan clinged to her mother, hugged Xin's waist, put a pretty face against Xin's cheek, and rubbed her mother's skin. Her eyes wandered, looking in the direction of the outside of the city, and a heart was still concerned about another person at this time.

"Yu Lang, take care! Lan'er can only pray for you now, may you be victorious and safe and sound! ”

Meng Qi and the others were arranged in the camp, and the noble task was to hold the camp, be alert to possible enemy forces nearby, and if necessary, respond to the defeated own troops and withdraw safely into the city, and delay the pursuing enemy troops as much as possible. Therefore, some of the elites of the baggage battalion were specially left in the camp by Yu Zhilong, although they lacked iron weapons, but it did not prevent many obstacles and traps from being laid inside and outside the camp.

Watching the teams of Shuntian troops out of the camp and lined up, Meng Qi finally despaired in his heart, it seemed that the Meng Wu sent must not have succeeded, otherwise the performance and movements of the Yuan army should not be so slow and sluggish.

Eighty percent was because Meng Wu had an accident and did not pass the news to Yidu City. But it's strange that no one has come to arrest them until now? Didn't Meng Wu fall into the hands of the Shuntian thief?

What happened to Meng Wu? Meng Qi was puzzled, the absence of one person in the ministry was a major event in the army, but fortunately, now that the two armies have begun to fight against each other, the minds of commanders at all levels are focused on the battle ahead, and the various systems and regulations in the army are not yet complete, and Meng Wu's absence is fortunately not discovered.

"Brother Qi, what should we do now?" Meng Liu leaned over and asked softly. Seeing that the plan had changed, these people were frustrated and anxious.

"Let's see how the war goes, so I have to improvise!" Meng Qi sighed.

At this time, several people in a large mansion in the city stood under the eaves, listening carefully to the movements outside the city, and walking back and forth in the courtyard from time to time. This is a rich merchant's house, and these people have been hiding here for several days.

"Brother Pan, this thief has exhausted his main force, but I don't know if the official army can exterminate him? It's hard to wait here now! A yellow-faced man said.

"It's been so many days, let's wait and see." The man called Pan Ge said in a deep voice, "I don't believe that these thieves can resist the king's master. ”

The yellow-faced man smacked his mouth, thought about it, shook his head again, and said softly: "I'm really a little worried about seeing the thieves thriving these days. ”

"Idiot! You have also seen the majesty of the gathered officers and troops in Yidu City, which can be compared to these mud legs? Pan Ge said disdainfully, "Don't forget, there are also guards from the Jingshi!" ”

"I'm worried about those rebels, I heard that they have a lot of people this time, but I'm afraid that they won't be able to help. Just look at the original volunteers in Linqu City. ”

"How can that compare! These rebels are the men and horses of General Meng Jiangjun and Tian, and I heard that they are accustomed to fighting. You think it's those rookie volunteers near the quarry! ”

"That's a good feeling, this time our buddies went deep into the tiger's den and the credit for spying on the military situation is decided!" The yellow-faced man steadied himself and said.

When the Meng's rebel army in front began to appear in front of him, Liu Zhengfeng's main army forces had already completed their formations in the field, Liu Zhengfeng was the Chinese army, facing the direction of the Yuan army, and Yu Shichang's department followed close to its side. Liu Qi, Qin Zhanshan, and Wan Jinhai are arranged on the right side in turn, or in front or behind, and Yu Zhilong is arranged on the left side.

After all, the soldiers were simply trained, and in addition to knives, guns and wooden shields, there were bamboo guns, wooden sticks, axes, hoes, etc., but fortunately, the morale was acceptable, and when they saw the layers of Yuan troops coming like a tide on the opposite side, they could still obey the orders and stand still.

The drumbeat of the march slowly came from the dragon-like array of the Yuan army, and in the face of the Shuntian army, which was already in full array, the various units of the Yuan army slowly entered the battlefield without hurrying. Although the Meng Rebellion was a local armed force, Meng Qing led the troops to have his own system, and everything was in accordance with the regulations of the Yuan court.

Under the gaze of the 10,000 people of the Shuntian Army, the layers of Yuan troops gradually unfolded their formations, the flags were unfurled, and the snare drums were frequent, gradually forming a large horizontal plane and placing it in front of the Shuntian Army.

When the Yuan army was arranged, there were already 2,000 Tang Wuwei cavalry galloping behind the army formation to press the formation for their own side. Some of the elite cavalry even roamed around in small groups, close to observe the reality of the Shuntian army, and teased its patience.

Even a few strong leaders dared to gallop directly at the large array of the Shuntian army, and when they arrived, they opened their bows and arrows and shot an arrow at the military column or banner, and when the Shuntian army shot arrows to drive him away, or sent cavalry to drive him away, they laughed arrogantly and laughed wildly, and after making a superb ride, they left in the dust.

Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Zhilong, Zhao Shi, Wan Jinhai and others were pale, and the riding and archery skills of these Yuan Riders were obviously better than their own. Liu Zhengfeng and others sent several batches of cavalry out to drive them out, but they were shot to death by several of these cavalry, and the defeat in this pre-war battle inevitably affected the morale of the army.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers were destitute leaders, and the pre-war mobilization understood the significance of the battle, and most of them had already had the consciousness of deciding to die.

Wu Side's department was hidden in the camp of the Jing'an army, and he could not see the formation of the Yuan army, but could only faintly hear the horns of the array from the Yuan army.

Wu Side himself is now behind Yu Zhilong, and at this time, seeing these arrogant Yuan Riders showing off their might on the field, he couldn't help but be angry, and asked Yu Zhilong to fight: "My lord, let my sons go up, rush at these dogs, and kill the arrogance of the Tartars!" ”

"Don't worry, they're just probing my reality, calm down and steady! Order, all departments stick to the array, and do not move rashly!"

Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Zhilong and others did not want to strike first, but the battlefield conditions dictated, although the Shuntian army tried its best to practice for more than ten days, after all, the time is too short, it is okay to fight a defensive counterattack, if you take the initiative to attack, you will soon lose your rules, if the enemy is tenacious and does not retreat, entangled with yourself, once the enemy counterattacks, your side will inevitably lose its effective command. Moreover, with thousands of Yuan riding on the sidelines, the Shuntian Army was simply unable to parry the other party's cluster charge.

"The enemy formation has ended, Captain Wu, after you understand, immediately return to the camp and stand by!" Yu Zhilong commanded.

"No!"

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