But the situation on the side of the official army is different, including Zu Kuan, everyone was frightened by the firing of such a row of guns from the Xingtian Army, and no one expected that the firearms of the Xingtian Army were so sharp and fierce, even the iron armor on their bodies was like paper paste in front of their birds, and the arrogance when they first arrived here was immediately swept away.

It's not that the Guan Ning army is afraid of death, they have gone south to defend Henan in the past two years, and they were originally a guest army, and this year under the deployment of Lu Xiangsheng, the ancestors have led them to fight with the thief army that entered Henan, basically it can be said that they will win every battle, so everyone slowly gave birth to a kind of arrogance, and they have already become a group of arrogant generals, and there is nothing to say about going into battle to fight.

But after all, they belong to the guest army in Henan, and they have to rely on the local supply of Henan for eating, drinking, and sleeping, but after several years of military disasters in Henan, they have long been dilapidated, although they dare not say that they are a hundred miles away, at least the villages in many places are gone. Therefore, it is also very difficult for the Henan Political Secretary to maintain their use, and it is inevitable that there will be some arrears, and they are all northerners, if they win the war, there is nothing to say, but for the loss of their lives in Henan, no one is willing, and they always hope that one day after returning to the north, they will return to the command of Zu Dashou and return to their hometown, and not many people are willing to spill their blood to this place.

Therefore, after the defeat in the contact battle, for this group of Guanning generals who have always had their eyelids turned upward, the blow was still quite small, especially in the face of such a Xingtian army that had never fought before, and they couldn't find any way to deal with it for a while.

Zu Kuan stared at the large array of the Xingtian Army and thought for a while, and several plans surfaced in his heart, but they were all vetoed by him one by one, after all, the kind of dense firepower that the Xingtian Army showed them just now made him quite apprehensive, he didn't want to capsize in the gutter here anyway, the soldiers and generals under his command were all northerners, he didn't want to fill these brothers in this place in Henan, Daming At this time, the generals actually saw it a little, as long as there were soldiers and generals at hand, then they were the masters, The Ming Dynasty has always been heavy on literature and light on military force, and now after the troubled times, the imperial court gradually began to rely on them to maintain it, and gradually began to appear that the generals around the country supported the army and respected themselves.

And defeating the battle is nothing, when the court really holds accountable for this, if you want to spank, it is often slapped on the butt of civil officials at most, for them who have heavy troops, but they really don't dare to go too far, didn't Cao Wenzhao also suffered defeat in Datong, and later said that although the court ordered to fill the army and distribute it, it was still protected by Wu Fu, and led the troops into battle as usual?

So since Zu Kuan has gone from a small family slave of the ancestral family to this step of relying on his military exploits to become a general, he will not fill his capable soldiers into the battlefield and let them bleed no matter what, but now in this battle, he can't help but fight, if he doesn't fight, he can't explain anywhere in Henan Governor Chen Biqian, but how to fight?

After thinking about it for a while, Zu Kuan's mind flashed, and he suddenly summoned his subordinates and said to them: "I didn't expect this thief weapon to be so powerful, it seems that we still underestimated them when we came, I'm afraid it will not be easy to solve them by rushing into battle like this, so we still have to win in battle!" If you want to sweep away the thief army in front of you, the wooden fence in front of them must be pulled out! Pass my general order, transfer those auxiliary troops who came with the army, push the thief army with the infantry army, and order the auxiliary army to immediately make some oars on the spot and put them in front. As long as the foot soldiers can pull out this wooden fence, then the cavalry will be able to overturn their large array, and no matter how powerful their firearms are, they will never be able to stop our iron cavalry! ”

After listening to the generals, they all felt that this method was good, they were all people who knew the soldiers, and they had already seen the terrain here, this time the thief army chose this terrain to block them, the terrain was relatively flat, but the lack of virtue was that the flat width of the battlefield was very narrow, and they Guanning Army was mostly cavalry, and they needed more room to hover on the battlefield, but there was no far north of the mountains and forests, and to the south was the Luohe River, and they had no way to play tricks except for the frontal charge. Seeing this army of thieves across in front of them, they knew that the infantry army was moving slowly, and as long as they broke through from the flanks, then this thin wooden fence would not bring them a little trouble.

Now Zu Kuan wants to let the auxiliaries fight on foot to uproot the wooden fence in front of the thief army, which is also a good way to reduce the casualties of their main cavalry, not to mention that these auxiliaries are borrowed from Wang Shaoyu in Henan, and it is their job to suppress bandits in Henan, and it is natural for them to go into battle, even if they die, they will not feel distressed.

So the generals immediately nodded in agreement with Zu Kuan's proposal, and some of the soldiers immediately ran to the back and called the subordinate generals of Wang Shaoyu who accompanied the army.

After Zu Kuan led his troops to Yiyang County this time, Wang Shaoyu could be said to have breathed a long sigh of relief, he knew that the soldiers and horses under his command were absolutely unusable, and he also knew some things about the Xingtian Army, so he didn't dare to lead his troops to Yongning County to confront the Xingtian Army that had captured Yongning County.

When he and Zu Kuan discussed the plan to enter the army, Zu Kuan came up with a way to fish, although he was worried that the more than 1,000 subordinates he sent would be eaten by the Xingtian Army, but he thought that Zu Kuan should respond, even if he lost more than 1,000 subordinates, he would go back and recruit again, so he agreed to Zu Kuan's plan, and after blocking the news, he sent a subordinate general named Liu Dapan to cooperate with Zu Kuan.

Although this Liu Dapan was slanderous, he had no choice but to lead his troops out of Yiyang County and march to Liuquan Town to garrison, using his more than 1,000 soldiers and horses from Henan Mansion as bait, wanting to transfer out the Xingtian Army and let Zu Kuan do it behind his back.

But he didn't expect Zu Kuan's plan to be exposed because of Xiao Tianjian's caution, so Zu Kuan had no choice but to wave his army to attack Yongning directly, and the more than 1,000 infantry troops of Henan Mansion led by Liu Dapan also became the auxiliary soldiers of Zu Kuan's department.

Originally, in Liu Dapan's view, there were Guan Ning Tie under the command of Zu Kuan to rush in front of him, and their main soldiers of Henan Mansion didn't have to go into battle at all, just follow and pick up cheap in the back, although the credit is Zu Kuan's, but they can also share some of the profits, and they still have to take some of the reward when they turn back.

So he was beautifully embellished behind Zu Kuan's department, swaggered out of Liuquan Town, and followed him to this battlefield.

When he saw the fierce firearms of the Xingtian Army beating those Guanning iron horsemen in rows, he was suddenly taken aback, and secretly shouted luck behind the team, secretly shouting that fortunately, the Xingtian Army did not have the bait to bite him, if so, it is estimated that he will not be spared under such a sharp cannon of the Xingtian Army.

But he didn't expect Zu Kuan to propose to let him lead the foot soldiers to push up, for Zu Kuan's department to pull out the wooden fences in front of the Xingtian Army, after listening to Zu Kuan's orders, Liu Dapan was almost scared to pee his pants, he knew very well what the virtues of these soldiers under his command were, for a long time because of the salary of the soldiers was deducted by Wang Shaoyu, these soldiers had no intention of fighting at all, but now Zu Kuan asked them to come forward to the Xingtian Army and clear those wooden fences, isn't this equivalent to letting them go to death?

So he suddenly looked embarrassed and wanted to find a reason to quit the job, but when Zu Kuan saw Liu Dapan hesitating, his face sank, and he asked him unhappily: "Could it be that Liu Qian is always unwilling?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Dapan to explain, the surrounding Zu Kuan's generals scolded one after another: "Your surname Liu, don't forget that we are a guest army, we are here to help you, this is originally your job, but now let Lao Tzu do it for you, you have also seen that Lao Tzu's soldiers have died a lot, are we all dog lives, and the lives of your soldiers and generals in Henan Mansion are human lives?" Can we die, and you can't die? If that's the case, I'll stop doing it, and you should fight this battle, and look back to see how good your skills are! ”

After listening to the scolding around him, Liu Dapan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back, when Wang Shaoyu sent him, he said it clearly, let him listen to Zu Kuan's scheduling, if he said not to do it, it would be disobedience, even if Zu Kuan didn't kill him, Wang Shaoyu couldn't spare him when he went back, and he also knew that these Guan Ning troops were not easy to mess with, and if they were annoyed, they would really do anything.

I think that when their old boss Zu Dashou followed Yuan Chonghuan back to aid the Beijing Division, because the current saint caught Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen ordered Zu Dashou to send troops to rescue the Beijing Division, Zu Dashou was stunned and dared to resist the decree, and now if he doesn't agree, Zu Kuan really wants to lead the troops to withdraw, then he is the only one to bear the blame, and he Liu Dapan is just such a head, how can he be cut off!

So he hurriedly said with a smiling face: "How dare you!" Since the ancestor has an order, how can the humble post not obey, but this time we came in a hurry, there are very few big shields in the army, and we have to build some turrets on the spot to be able to go into battle, and I hope that the ancestor will give the humble post a little time to prepare, as long as the turrets are made, the humble will personally supervise the formation, and sweep the wooden fence of the thief army for the ancestor! ”

Zu Kuan glanced at this Liu Dapan coldly, nodded and said, "Cheng!" As you say, I'll give you an hour to prepare, and an hour later, you'll lead your troops into battle! Remember, there is only one hour, it is not late at all, you and I are both people in the army, you should know that military law is ruthless! ”

Liu Dapan's back was in a cold sweat, and he nodded again and again: "Obey orders!" Obedience! Humble and get ready to go! ”