The plot on the periphery of Zhaohugang.

The potatoes planted by Master Ma really sprouted, although the germination rate was a little low, but after all, they grew. Master Ma can finally say goodbye and leave. After inspecting the ten acres of land, Master Ma said goodbye to Li Yan, who also came to inspect.

"Li Gongzi, these potatoes have grown, and I'm about to leave." Master Ma said. After that, the translator was translated into official dialect by Li Yan.

Li Yan hurriedly said: "That's not good, it's just seedlings now, it's still far from the harvest, how can you go?" ”

After listening to the translator's words, Master Ma immediately shook his head and said, "I have handed over the watering and fertilization to these farmers in the middle, and I have to go back." You're too chaotic here, it's too dangerous, I'm going to leave right away! ”

Li Yan assured: "You can live here with peace of mind, no one can hurt you." I've got food here, and soldiers, and I'm not going to let you get hurt. ”

"At this time, the most dangerous thing is the food that has it." Master Ma still shook his head and said.

As soon as they were talking here, a soldier rode a horse to report: "General, there are displaced people who have gone south from Kaifeng and have entered the county border. ”

"How many?" Li Yan asked.

"A lot, no less than five thousand." The soldier replied.

"You see, I told you not to take in those who have escaped. Okay now, right? Those guys saw that there was an opportunity, and they all came to us to eat, can we raise it? Li Mu complained quietly.

Li Zhong glared at Li Mu, and then said, "We have to find a way to stop them." The wheat is about to be harvested, and it would be a pity if they were to be destroyed. ”

Li Yan immediately ordered: "Assemble the team!" The crossbowmen had two quivers each, and the three-eyed gunners had sixty rounds of ammunition each. Inform Minzhuang and prepare to transport arrows and ammunition forward! ”

"Where are we going to intercept it?" Li Zhong asked.

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "Go to the edge of the old road of the Bianhe River and block them there." ”

"Great idea!" Li Mu nodded and said, "Further north, there is no land for us." ”

"Will there be an opinion from the county honor?" Li Zhong reminded.

Li Yan said: "Ignore him first, our wheat can't be ruined by them!" The second brother left a hundred people to guard the county seat, and the Su County of the province was afraid of causing chaos. Leave a team of people in each stockade, and gather the rest. ”

Li Yan's team refers to thirty-three people, consisting of three ten people, one team officer and two deputy team officers, and they each command a team. This is also the basic unit of Li Yan's troops, whether it is pikemen, crossbowmen, or gunmen, they are all in a row of ten people, and a unit in three rows. Only the knife players are in a single row, giving the pikemen some cover in front. The composition of the weapons used is different, and the tactical formations used are also different, so the military system naturally needs to be changed accordingly.

After that, everyone went to prepare, and it took three quarters of an hour for the team to assemble in front of Qili Village. This is the first time that Li Yan's team has assembled after the expansion, with a total of nearly 1,000 people. Under the leadership of the team officer, each team lined up in a line, stood in three lines on the official road, and when marching was a column, when it was time to fight, it immediately turned into a horizontal line with the team officer as a dot.

At this time, a two-mile-long queue was lined up on the official road, and the people of Qilizhai looked at it in surprise, but they never knew that their children would be so majestic and mighty when they gathered together. Their sons stood neatly on the edge of the official road with spears, crossbows, three-eyed guns, and swords and shields. Each of them has an eight-petal iron helmet, and their uniform blue clothes make people look neat.

Li Yan rode on a horse, running back and forth in front of the team. He shouted loudly: "There are homeless people coming from the north and trying to destroy the wheat in our field, what should we do?!" ”

"Kill them, destroy them!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

Li Yan nodded, waved his hand, and ordered: "Target, Bianhe Old Road, go!" ”

The cavalry set off first to reconnoiter the enemy, followed closely by the infantry. At this time, the sound of passwords and the footsteps of soldiers sounded on the official road.

"I didn't expect Li Gongzi to make so many soldiers at once!" In Qili Village, an old man said with emotion: "When we came, there were only thirty or fifty people. ”

Wang Dejiang said with a smile: "Now there are five villages alone, with nearly 10,000 acres of land, and it is not surprising that there are so many people." ”

The old man said sourly: "Your Wang family is proud, several of them have entered the eyes of Li Gongzi, and they will soar in the future." ”

Wang Dejiang smiled and arched his hand: "You always joke, the children themselves are willing to go to the army to do things, and I have no choice." ”

The old man shook his head and sighed, "You still have a way, so many clansmen can get together and escape." Our Tian family, as soon as the food is eaten, we will go our separate ways, who remembers that everyone is the same ancestor? Alas, people's hearts are not ancient! ”

When Li Yan and the others arrived at the edge of the Bianhe River, which had long since dried up, it was reported that the group of displaced people was still two miles away.

He asked Huang Desheng to lead two teams of three-eyed gunmen to line up at the intersection of the official road and the river, and the other teams to rest first, ready to expand to the sides at any time to prevent the displaced people from continuing to advance south.

In fact, this time there are plans to test the newly equipped Three-Eyed Gun. Although the three-eyed gun is easy to operate, it still takes a long time to master the appropriate ignition time. Especially in the case of actual combat, the psychology of a soldier can be very tense, and all sorts of problems can arise. It is also good to take this opportunity to let these three-eyed gunners who will be cavalry in the future hone and hone their skills.

Because these three-eyed guns were meant to be used by the cavalry as mallets after shooting, they could not have a fine firing device, otherwise they might not be used again after a single shot. However, this is still Li Yan's predetermined tactic, and everything must be tested by war to know whether it is suitable or not.

The gunners lined up in three rows on the official road, waiting for the arrival of the homeless. At this time, they all used the strip to push the three-eyed gun that had already been loaded with ammunition and pushed the projectile inward, and then checked whether the lead had fallen out. Then they checked to see if their fire medium could burn well, if they didn't have it, the three-eyed gun in their hand would only be used as a mallet.

The homeless people were still moving slowly along the official road, and although they had seen the soldiers on horseback sentry around, they were still moving slowly. They have no food to eat, although there will be human flesh to eat, but after eating human flesh for a long time, they become like the walking dead, their eyes are blood-red, they have no normal people's ability to think and act, and they are slow to do anything.