Some time ago, Zhao Shi was busy suppressing bandits everywhere, preparing and supervising the training of various departments, collecting and building weapons everywhere, etc., and he didn't care about the preparation of the shield hand song, not that he didn't pay attention to it, but that he was busy with everything and didn't seriously consider it for a while.

"This military shield is time-consuming, and it is impossible to make enough shields for a while, and we have used wooden planks temporarily, which is simple, and now we can use this method?" Zhao Shi thought about the proposal for a while.

Shield, also known as "dry", is the same as Ge as a tool of war, so there are words such as "dry and ge". Later, it was also called "brand", "Peng Pai" and so on. The materials are mainly made of gold and wood, and the outer skin is also made of rattan.

There are many types of shields, and they come in different shapes. In terms of shape, it is divided into rectangular, trapezoidal, round, and dovetail-shaped, and the back is equipped with a handle to hold. The shield in the hand is generally no more than three feet long. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were special people holding shields on the chariots to shield the arrows and stones. There are many shields on the head of the city as protective equipment for defending the city.

Yu Zhilong nodded: "That's all." You can choose a tall and healthy man in the army as a shield bearer, and form a team of three hundred people for the time being. Pair it with pikemen and archers, so that it can be attacked and defended, and it is suitable for advancing and retreating. Who does Brother Shi think can be the person who is the main general of this book? ”

"Mu Chun is strong, courageous, and can be a general!" "Let him be the commander of the shield department." Yu Zhilong agreed, "order him to form the ministry on the same day without delay." ”

Zhao Shiying said: "I'll tell him to choose someone when I go back." The two continued to chat. Zhao Shicai said goodbye and left.

Yu Zhilong sent Zhao Shi out of the tent, looked up at the sky, it was already full of stars, and a bright Milky Way crossed the sky. There was also a faint sound of chirping insects outside the camp. The soldiers of each department have been busy for a day, and now most of them have fallen asleep in the tent, Yu Zhilong's big tent is located in his own middle army, and dozens of small tents are standing next to it.

Sun Xing saw Yu Zhilong come out, and stepped forward to ask him if he was resting, as the captain of the pro-guard team, Sun Xing had been by his side.

Yu Zhilong stretched his waist, except for Zhao Shi who could be exempted from training in the Jing'an Army, it was Yu Zhilong, even if it was a noble baggage team, he had to take turns to practice for an hour every day.

"I'm tired today, so let's rest. There is nothing to do in the army, you can wait and rest more, you don't need so many people to guard. Yu Zhilong yawned and ordered.

"Adults have been working hard for days, and they have barely closed their eyes, so why should I wait for this little hard work!" Sun Xing didn't care, and asked a guard to hand Yu Zhilong a bowl of warm water to drink, and then sent a basin of water to the tent, waiting for Yu Zhilong to lie down and rest after washing. Sun Xing pressed his knife and patrolled left and right outside the big tent. Several guards stood guard in front of and behind the big tent according to Sun Xing's orders.

The big tent was built next to the small tents of the guards, and then outward were the tents of the various departments.

The night is getting darker, the autumn breeze is cooler, and there is a chill in the bones. Sun Xing has been inspecting back and forth for nearly an hour.

He thought of the encounters before and after entering the city, and couldn't help but think up and down, he was originally a fugitive slave, after entering Yu Hai's scout team, because he was alert and brave in battle, he was selected by Yu Zhilong as the captain of the guard, if he can really defeat the Yuan army, Yu Zhilong will divide one side, and his future future is of course unlimited.

Just thinking about it, Sun Xing caught a glimpse of a figure shaking in the shadow of the tent near the left, and he was surprised in his heart, so he tightened his grip on the handle of the knife and led one of his subordinates over.

"Who? What to do here? Sun Xing asked in a deep voice, and at the same time, in the distance, a team of patrolling soldiers patrolled all the way with torches, and the first person was Chang Zhi.

Three or four sergeants turned out of the shadows, and before Sun Xing approached, one of the sergeants walked out quickly in small steps, and Shi Li said with a smile: "Back to the adults, a few small ones are in a hurry to come out and solve the problem, I slept in a daze just now, and I wanted to be a little farther away from the camp tent, but I couldn't find my tent for a while, and I was afraid of disturbing the silence in the camp, so I looked at the road here, and I didn't want to go here!" ”

This sergeant was about the same age as Sun Xing, dressed in a cloth shirt and wearing a bun on his head.

Sun Xing approached, stood still in three steps, and the follower behind stepped forward and raised a torch to shine on the sergeant's face, and a young and delicate face was blurred. Four sergeants followed him, nodding and saluting Sun Xing.

"Where do you belong?" Sun Xing was displeased, and the tightening of the grip of the knife slowly loosened.

"The little ones are all subordinates of the high school captain, and they are resting at the nearby baggage team." The sergeant replied a little flustered, and he looked around, and saw a patrol sergeant approaching, and quickly looked around, and casually pointed to the location of his camp, which was the baggage camp.

The noble department was stationed behind the Zhilong tent, not far away.

Sun Xinghu looked at these soldiers suspiciously, he was a captain of the guard, and he usually had the least chance of going to the noble department, and recently Gao Shang has also summoned nearly a hundred people, many of whom are attached to the people, and Sun Xing cannot be familiar with them. These soldiers seemed to have some impressions, Sun Xing couldn't remember when they joined for a while, seeing these people dark and restrained, slightly flustered, and thought that they were caught by the commander and left the tent without authorization.

The leading sergeant carefully explained: "The toilet in my department is almost full, so we should not use it; I have eaten a bad stomach again today, and I have already leaked several times, because I am worried about smoking my companions, so I want to stay away, I really do not intend to disobey the military order, please be merciful! “

"The army has issued an order, you are not allowed to move around at will after nightfall, even if you go out of Gong, you have to be in the nearest designated toilet, you should not violate the order, you should not have worked hard for the past few days, this time forget it, leave quickly!" Sun Xing knew that the hard work of the noble ministry in the past few days was no less than the training of the soldiers of the various departments, so his heart softened, and he raised his hand to let him go.

"Thank you for your grace, your Excellency!" As if they had been granted amnesty, several sergeants hurriedly bowed and retired, and returned to the baggage camp.

Chang Zhi led the team over, and when he saw that Sun Xing was still on guard, he said hard to each other, and asked casually: "I saw you talking to a few sergeants just now, I don't know what?" ”

Sun Xing waved his hand and said: "A few sergeants from the baggage battalion had diarrhea and lost their way at night, so I ordered them to return." ”

Chang Zhi hehe: "The general once ordered Gao and Tong to pay attention to the diet in the army, why did his subordinates still have stomach trouble, ridiculous!" When you turn around, you must make a fuss. ”

The two men were chatting, and the sergeants hurried back to their tents, listened carefully, and found that there was no movement outside, and a few panicked hearts calmed down a lot. There are only a few of them in this tent, and it is very convenient to talk.

"It's really unlucky today, I finally took the opportunity to be discovered by the thief, fortunately, Brother Qi was clever and made up a pretext, otherwise, the brothers would have confessed here tonight!" Meng Liu said fearfully.

Several people took out daggers and short blades from their bosoms, placed them under their respective futons, and glanced at each other.

Meng Qi sighed: "After careful observation in the past few days, I finally found that this thief is resting in the camp, today this thief is still resting early, there are only a few personal guards, but that Sun Xing is really alert, plus it happens that a team of patrol soldiers came over, maybe he will kill this thief tonight!" ”

These are all Meng's children of the Meng Rebellion, and when they were injured, they all pretended to be willing to join the gang, and temporarily lived in the baggage camp. Now that his injuries have basically healed, Meng Qi and the others are thinking about avenging their relatives.

They stayed here for a few days, inquired in many ways, and knew that it was Yu Zhilong who met by fate and led his troops to an ambush in the mountains, killing the Meng rebels to the ground, and even Mengjiashan died in this battle. Later, he seized Linqu at night and made meritorious deeds again. Now in Linqu, Zhilong's subordinates are the strongest, and if they take advantage of the gap to kill Yu Zhilong, this rebellion is tantamount to being cut off an arm.

Yu Zhilong stayed in the military camp at night, Meng Qi and others were overjoyed, and slipped out to observe every night, and found that Yu Zhilong stayed up all night for several days, either talking with the generals, or writing and thinking in the tent by himself, often close to dawn, before lying down to rest.

Yu Zhilong did not rest, many guards naturally followed him outside, Meng Qi was small, and he did not dare to openly break in and attack Yu Zhilong in the camp, so he had to hold his eagerness and crouch carefully outside.

Today, I don't know who accidentally moved a little more in the shadows, and was discovered by Sun Xing.

"Fortunately, Sun Xing has never been suspicious, if we are searched, these sharp blades on our bodies will inevitably be discovered, and then we will have to break the net!" A sergeant sighed in rejoicing.

The baggage battalion lacks weapons, especially spears and bows and arrows, in order to have some self-defense capabilities, Gao Shang specially collected some short weapons and equipped some elite subordinates. Meng Qi secretly found a few daggers and other things in private, which could be regarded as a weapon per person.

"Unfortunately, it didn't work out! Cheap this thief. Meng Liu said regretfully.

A sergeant said: "It depends on the situation, the officers and soldiers of this Yidu will come over soon, as long as we wait carefully to find an opportunity, there will always be a way." ”

Another sergeant disagreed: "These days, there are too many people coming here to attach thieves, and in just a few days, there are tens of thousands of people!" If the officers and soldiers of Yidu come ten days late, I am afraid that the number of thieves will be more than tens of thousands, and it will be useless to have fewer officers and soldiers at that time. Besides, the combat strength of the officers and troops in Yidu City is known, everyone knows that if it is really compared to our Meng Shuai, the difference is not 108,000 miles! ”

Since the establishment of the Meng Righteous Army, it has fought many times with various thief armies, winning more and losing less, and many internal generals call Meng Qing Meng Shuai.

"It's just some village and no mountain man, and after picking up the weapon, they are still farming! In terms of combat power, how can it compare with us? Meng Liu bared his teeth in the darkness and said fiercely.

Meng Qi shook his head slightly, and said softly: "These days, I have carefully observed the drills and morale of the various units of the thief army. In the Shuntian army, the thieves Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Shichang, and Yu Zhilong are the most elite and have the strongest morale. Those villagers will be able to familiarize themselves with the arrangement and transformation of the battle formation in a few days, and it is really good! In particular, most of the generals among the thieves are experienced bandits, and they have a tacit understanding with each other, and it must be a lot of effort to deal with them on the battlefield. ”

Meng Liu and the others were silent for a while when they heard this. They were in the baggage camp, and during the day, they often lit fires and cooked for various departments, and even cleaned up the camps, repaired roads, and built camp fences, etc., and there were many opportunities to get close to the drills and observe the drills of various departments on the spot.

As Meng Qi said, Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Zhilong's subordinates were the most powerful in the Shuntian Army, and another characteristic of Yu Zhilong's subordinates was that most of the officers at all levels were filled by people with combat experience. In this newly established army, these officers played the role of backbones.

It was precisely because they found that the combat power of Yu Zhilong's department was rapidly improving, and Meng Qi and the others were worried about the future war, so they decided to sneak attack Yu Zhilong tonight, assassinate him and then escape, but they didn't care whether they could escape successfully.

"Why don't I try again in a while?" Meng Liu asked Meng Qi.

"That's it, after this time, Sun Xing must be alert, if it is not harmonious, not to mention that it has harmed our lives in vain, and the great revenge cannot be avenged, isn't it a lifelong regret?" Meng Qi thought about it repeatedly, but still rejected the proposal, "Wait a little longer, as long as we are careful, there will always be a chance." Today, everyone rested, and the weapons were still hidden. ”

Meng Liu and the others wrapped a few daggers in cloth, dug a pit in a corner of the tent, buried them, and sprinkled some withered grass on them. Only the two short knives that were noblely assigned were left in hand.

When Meng Qi was about to fall asleep, he secretly made up his mind that if he couldn't find another opportunity, he would let people sneak back to Yidu City and report the situation here to Yidu.

Yu Zhilong didn't know that he was lucky to get out of the house tonight, so he fell asleep in the tent.