"Do you remember? When you drill later, you should be more serious, just as if you are the real enemy in front of you, show all the skills we have usually practiced and learned, and the general is watching us, so we can't make any mistakes, so as not to fall into the prestige of our cavalry, and you can keep a clear record? Liu Renjie repeatedly admonished his subordinates.

"Second Master Liu, you, just put your heart in your stomach, don't you know what kind of strength we have? Let's complete the task and tell the general to see, our cavalry is not only outstanding in combat power, but also first-class in every scene. He Yaozong pointed at himself with his thumb, raised his head slightly, and said with a smile.

"Yes, second master, you can see it, we will complete the task." The cavalry patted their chests and assured.

"Okay, you will listen to my orders later, and behave well." Liu Renjie nodded again and again.

"Yes, Second Master Liu." The cavalry replied in unison.

When Liu Renjie was telling his subordinates about the requirements of the exercise, Zhang Tieniu was also making the final mobilization, only to see him gather his subordinates together and order: "Brothers, after a while, you will use the one-stone strong bow we usually use to shoot at the firecrackers hanging on the left side of the king, but remember, the general said that we should fight more truthfully, so that our firecrackers can be trained, so you just shoot hard at them." ”

"Master Zhang, if you accidentally kill a few firecrackers, how can you survive?" An archer asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, we can't kill them, we only use light arrows, not heavy arrows, they are all wearing three layers of heavy armor, how can ordinary bows and arrows penetrate? If this can kill them, it can only be said that these firecrackers are too useless! Zhang Tieniu said with a smile.

"Master Zhang, if you accidentally kill a few, will the general kill us?" One of the archers didn't seem to be very reassured, so he asked again.

The archers are very concerned about this matter, because the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the bow and arrow are ruthless, if you really carry it yourself, it is not impossible to accidentally kill a few robes. Therefore, they must ask whether there will be unforeseen serious consequences if they fight seriously, such as killing people to resist their lives.

When the archers of Zhang Tieniu's command, who were tasked with attacking the firecrackers, heard this question, they all felt that this question was very good, so they all looked at their generals with blank eyes, and saw how their generals replied.

"Damn, I forgot to ask!" When Zhang Tieniu heard this question, he was stunned at first, and then he frowned and thought for a long time, and muttered for a while, "Why don't you ask the general?" "Still don't use it." In the end, as if he had made up his mind, he said resolutely: "Death is death, let's do what the general ordered, if we can shoot them with such bows and arrows, I don't think they need to go to the battlefield, you can rest assured, if a firecracker is shot to death, the general blames it, and I will bear it." ”

I'm waiting for your words!

When all the archers heard this, they all said in unison: "We will definitely do our best to do a good job in this exercise." ”

"Okay, the brethren are ready, let me go and ask how this battle will be fought?" After Zhang Tieniu finished speaking, he went straight to Liu Renjie to speak.

It is said that when Zhang Teniu's men and horses were still worried about the firepower of their teammates, Liu Renjie's cavalry did not care about this problem, because during the whole exercise, they were only responsible for charging and scaring the firecrackers, so they didn't care about whether they would miss and kill their allies, they only cared about how to act realistically when they were hit by clay projectiles and fell from their horses.

In order to be able to perform better, some cavalrymen even began to discuss their acting skills, such as how to fall after being shot, so that they can fall just right, look good, and not hurt themselves.

When the cavalry was enthusiastically discussing the performance skills, Zhang Tieniu found Liu Renjie and asked loudly: "Renjie, the general said that this exercise will listen to you, what kind of tactics do you dare to use?" ”

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, don't say that, the general said, let's discuss everything, but you don't listen to me." Liu Renjie said politely.

"Oh, I said nephew, the general said that he wanted my iron bull to listen to you, just listen to you, you just give orders, what are you doing so much, say quickly, how to fight this battle?" Zhang Tieniu asked grinningly.

"Okay, since Uncle Zhang said so, then my nephew will be ugly, Uncle Zhang, the general of the law of war has already said, let's just do it. As soon as the firecrackers appeared, we were divided into two groups, I led people to rush first, lured them to shoot, Uncle Zhang, you led people to shoot arrows in the back, if their array did not collapse, you and I led people to rush for a while, and it was over. It's as simple as that. Liu Renjie said with a smile.

"Okay, it's up to you." Zhang Tieniu smiled and agreed.

*****

'Bang, bang, bang,' the sound of the armor piece crashing sounded rhythmically, and Wang Zuohang's fire guns were getting closer and closer to the place where Liu Renjie and Zhang Tieniu's men and horses had laid an ambush in advance.

"The terrain here is open, suitable for cavalry charges, I wonder if this will be a place for exercises?" Wang Zuohang looked around at the terrain here, and muttered to himself in his heart.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, his men saw a number of cavalry suddenly appear on the hillside to the west, dressed as Mongols.

"There are enemies!"

"It's a Mongol!?"

There was a slight commotion in the whole team.

"Damn, Mr. Qian, how did the Mongols appear here, and what did those people in the cavalry battalion do to eat!?"

Qin Debin, the deputy general manager of the fire gun, said in surprise and anger at Wang Zuohang.

"Damn, how do I know, I'll talk about this later, now let's face the battle first, fight with the Mongols for a while, remember that the Mongols are good at riding and shooting, and the bow and arrow are very powerful, so quickly put on the armor and defend in a circle. The pro-soldier team is waiting by my side, and when the situation is critical, we will attack again, quickly! Wang Zuohang's acting skills are not bad, and at this time he pretended to be extremely anxious and ordered.

"Yes, Mr. Qian." When the officers received the order, they hurriedly ordered their soldiers to quickly switch from the marching state to the circle state.

At this time, all the firecrackers, except for the 108 personal guards directly led by Wang Zuohang, the rest of the firecrackers moved quickly, stood in three rows, and formed a concentric circle, surrounding Wang Zuohang and his personal guards in the middle.

"Mr. Qian, how many enemy troops there are, we don't know, we are all infantry, no one can go to ask for help, this is troublesome, I said my Mr. Qian, why don't you take the horse team out, if we are surrounded now, there is no one to report?" Qin Debin complained anxiously to Wang Zuohang.

"The general has an order, the officer must share weal and woe with the soldiers, the soldiers are on foot, how can I ride a horse?" Wang Zuo hung solemnly and said.

"Alas! Without the help of cavalry, we may all explain here, damn, why did this group of Mongols come when we were marching, and the time is so accurate, even Liu Qianzong's cavalry has not had any news coming, it is not ....... ”

"Qin Debin, you are fighting, when are you still thinking about this, now it's better for you to don't think about anything, just give me a good life to fight, look, the Mongols are rushing over, don't hurry up and command the soldiers to fight."

Wang Zuojiao thought that his subordinates had a conspiracy at every turn, so he impatiently interrupted the other party's words and shouted.

"Yes, Mr. Qian." Qin Debin agreed, and then shouted loudly: "Charge, load, charge, light the fire rope, the first row is ready, and the second and third rows are ready." ”

In the face of the enemy army that was about to roar, the vast majority of the firecrackers were able to make pre-battle preparations in an orderly manner according to Qin Debin's orders, and only a few soldiers had earthy faces and clumsily spent a long time clumsily reloading the ammunition.

"Aim." Qin Debin hissed and shouted.

"Aim," the rest of the captains shouted.

At this time, Wang Zuohang looked at the 'enemy army' that was getting closer and closer, and thought of what Liu Renyu said that if someone released the guns in advance, or escaped from the battle, he would not be spared, so he kindly reminded loudly: "Brothers, the enemy is present, you must be stable, you must obey orders, do not release the guns without authorization, do not flee from the battle, otherwise you will die, you will be charged, and your family will also be implicated and expelled from Jingbian Fort, you remember." ”

"Mr. Qian, if we all die here, how can they know who escaped? ......." When Qin Debin heard this, he originally wanted to take the opportunity to complain, but he didn't watch out for Wang Zuohang, who suddenly pulled out the Tang knife he wore in his waist, his eyebrows were upside down, his beard was open, and he shouted: "Qin Debin, the enemy is now, if you mess with our army's heart again, you will not spare it!" ”

"Uh, yes, yes....! Qian is angry, don't I say it's not possible? Qin Debin was intimidated by Wang Zuo's momentum, and involuntarily replied with a smile.

"If it weren't for the fact that you are my brother, I would have beheaded you a long time ago. You have to talk nonsense again, now give me the heart to fight. Wang Zuo said angrily.

"Yes, Mr. Qian." Qin Debin said yes, and then looked back at the 'Mongolian' cavalry that was about to gallop in the distance.

*****

"Yes, this Wang Zuo is very good at training, he is not surprised, he is decent, his soldiers are also very good, his reaction speed is very fast, and this formation is also very good. I think Wang Zuohang's soldiers are very well trained, what do you think? Liu Renyu looked through the clairvoyant mirror for a while, and then smiled at Yang Desheng and Ma Wenshan beside him.

"General, although these firecrackers have been thieves in the past, they are all the foundation of the old border army, and this old border army was also considered elite in the past, so with a little training, they are very powerful. As for the fighting spirit, the general treats them and their families well, and they should also have the will to fight to the death. Ma Wenshan put down the clairvoyant mirror and replied.

"Well, what Wen Shan said is very reasonable, if you say this, I would like to ask you, when the 'Mongol' cavalry charges later, will there be people who can't stand the heavy pressure and don't listen to the order and let go." Liu Renyu asked with a smile.

"This .......," Ma Wenshan was silent for a while, feeling that this matter involved so many people, and it was not easy to say it anyway, but he thought of what he said before, and felt that it was impossible not to express his position, so he had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "I think that our firecrackers used to be border troops, and they should have some foundation, but now that the fighting spirit has been stimulated again, they will naturally strictly abide by the military order, and no one will disobey the military order and release it in advance." ”

"Yes! Let's move on, and see if you're right? Liu Renyu smiled slightly and continued to look at the battlefield.