In the dim light of the sky, a long serpentine army was taking advantage of the last light to step up its march. The rolling hills and winding paths make the long queue neither head nor tail visible.

This was the westward reinforcement led by He Zengshan, including the headquarters of the 1st Regiment, the 1st and 10th Battalions, the 12th and 13th Battalions, and a platoon of the 2nd Artillery Company and the 2nd Artillery Company, totaling about 3,500 men. Their destination is Guangmenpu, which must pass through Guang'an to Yuechi and Nanchong.

Guangmen, as the name suggests, is the gateway to Guang'an. This Guangmenpu is a big town, in the west of Guang'an City, about 15 miles away from Xiuping Mountain. Guangmen Pu is expected to be Zi Mountain in the north, there is Xiufeng Mountain in the south, there is a "U" shaped gap between the two mountains, the width is less than one mile, it is like a heavenly gate, it is called Da Yakou, and it is called Guangmen. Guangmenpu is sandwiched in the middle of the big pass. The half-mile-long town stretches along both sides of the official road from Shunqing to Quang An.

The occupation of Guangmenpu severed the connection between Yuechi County and Guang'an Prefecture. It can not only copy the White Lotus bandits in Guang'an from the east, west, and south, but also attack the local tyrants who occupy Yuechi County, Wang Gao and Wang Guangxing, who occupy Yuechi County, from the east and west, and can also open up the road communication line between Dingyuan County and the Third Regiment, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

He Zengshan arrived at Dingyuan County nine days earlier, on the 11th day of the lunar month. Four days ago, he led the first regiment to return to the old city of Dingyuan, leaving only a newly formed squadron of Huzhuang in the county seat. Three days earlier, he had led his army across the Yuechi River and set up a large camp on the left bank, while leaving a newly formed squadron of Huzhuang in the old county town.

Yesterday, that is, on the 19th day of the lunar month, Song Zhenzong's third regiment launched an attack on the right bank of the Qujiang River.

When He Zengshan was a teenager, he followed Master He to fight in the south and the north, and he was very familiar with the terrain in this area. Seeing that the attack order of the prince did not call for the capture of Guangmenpu, but only asked him to bring his army to the city of Guang'an to join Song Zhenzong, he immediately wrote a letter and asked the messenger to pass it on to the prince, explaining his future actions and the reasons for insisting on capturing Guangmenpu.

The terrain around Gingake Pond resembles a cauldron nestled between the hills. It is surrounded by rolling hills, but the county is surrounded by fine paddy fields. From the old city of Dingyuan to Guangmen, there are two roads in the north and south. The northern road crossed the mountain into the small basin of Yuechi, and then launched an attack from the eastern end of the Guangmenpu Pass; The south road does not climb the mountain, but follows the southern foot of the uplift around the small basin of Yuechi until the west of Guang'an City, and after taking the official road, it turns back to the west and launches an attack from the west end of the Guangmenpu Pass.

In order not to expose his intentions, He Zengshan naturally chose the South Road as the route of the march. Because it is not over the mountain, the road condition is better, but it takes an extra twenty miles.

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The cavalry platoon of the 1st Regiment searched in front, and the regimental headquarters followed the 1st Battalion, which served as the vanguard.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and a figure rushed out from behind He Zengshan. He Zengzhi didn't need to look back to know who it was.

"What do you have to say?" He replied lukewarmly. He deliberately pronounced the word "again" very heavily and long.

Li Cunhao didn't seem to understand the meaning of He Zengshan's words. He smiled shyly: "Ben Qincha remembered a few more questions, and I came here to ask for advice!" ”

"Don't dare! Please tell me if you have something to say! He Zeng didn't move his head, still maintaining a straight riding position.

Li Cunliang blinked and asked, "The prince ordered you to leave two companies to garrison the new and old county towns of Dingyuan, why don't you carry out the military order?" ”

He Zengshan sighed in his heart. Don't look at the gentleman in front of him, he has no actual combat experience, but he is very smart.

After Li Cunliang left Chengdu Mansion, he marched with the infantry brigade, first pestering Shu Guoping and Sun Hong to ask questions, and then pestering himself to ask questions, like a curious baby along the way. At the beginning, Li Cunliang asked funny questions. Like why not a horse per person? Why don't soldiers wear iron armor but leather armor? Why do soldiers have to tie their legs (leggings)? Why...... In short, there are 100,000 whys.

But why after too much, He Zengshan found that this curious baby's question was more difficult to answer, such as this one now. But although He Zengshan was reluctant to answer, he still had to say a few perfunctory words. Because Li Cunliang has been appointed by the prince as the deputy chief of the National Protector Army and the supervisor of the first regiment, he is not only his partner, but also his boss.

"When subordinates carry out Shangguan's military orders, they must first understand the general intention of Shangguan's military orders, so that they can be accurately implemented. The prince ordered two companies to be left in the old and new cities of Dingyuan, with the general intention of ensuring the integrity of the Jialing River defense line and ensuring that the local tyrants could not cross the Jialing River and scourge the counties on the west bank. Without these two companies of 360 people, hundreds of miles of river from Qingju to Hezhou would be a big gap.

When the prince gave us the order, he probably didn't know that Mr. Li Yongjing had recovered the people of the official government in Dingyuan County, so he had to leave the army to defend. If we had simply carried out the order of the prince, we would have lost two companies of troops in the battle. Now that Mr. Li has found the people of the government, he will select a thousand strong people to form an army. The remaining 400 men were led by 50 officers and non-commissioned officers to defend the old and new cities of Dingyuan; The remaining 600 men were organized into three new companies to supplement the shortfall in the battalions of the regiment. In this way, we can not only ensure the integrity of the Jialing River defense line and the peace of the people of a county, but also ensure that the combat strength of the regiment will not be weakened. ”

"Oh, Benchin cha understands!" Li Cunliang nodded, but he immediately asked the next question, "General Yin said, the prince promised to incorporate the fire company into his tenth battalion, why did you veto the prince's will and make a new company for him?" ”

"The whole regiment has only one artillery company and half an artillery company and three guns, and they will be used where they are most needed, and they cannot be placed in the formation of ten battalions."

"Then there will be more guns and cannons, so you can be incorporated into the battalions?"

"Firecrackers do, but can't."

"Why?"

"Because the prince wants to organize the artillery into battalions independently, under the unified command of the regimental level."

"Why?"

"The artillery is too troublesome. Each artillery company had dozens of mules and horses, and it also needed a large amount of artillery and gunpowder supplies. It is difficult to command in the infantry battalion. More importantly, artillery needs to concentrate fire on the main points. Shizi once said that in the future, in the big battle, it is necessary to concentrate several, dozens, or even dozens of artillery battalions to fire together. ”

Li Cunliang suddenly wowed. He Zeng smiled in his heart. How many teenagers of this age age can be as old and shrewd as Shizi?

"General He, I heard that you have been fighting for many years and are still a family member?"

"Ben is still a family member!" He Zengshan was a little angry. Li Cunliang is obviously not opening which pot to mention.

"You've seen a lot of dead people?"

"The corpses are piling up like a mountain, and the blood is flowing and drifting!"

"So many people will die in a war, no wonder the people of Dingyuan don't want to fight!" Li Cunliang's eyes were big, and they were exceptionally bright in the darkness, "When he left the city, Ben Qincha looked at the people in the city kneeling on the side of the road and crying bitterly, and his heart was very uncomfortable. When Ben Chin left Beijing, the capital was in the midst of a great epidemic, and the same was true of the people who had died of their families. ”

Li Cunliang's words made He Zengzhi silent for a while, and he seemed to recall many things in the past. After a long time, He Zeng said slowly:

"Lord Chincha, fighting a war is the most abominable thing in the world; As a general, he is the most virtuous person in the world!

As the saying goes, one will make ten thousand bones dry. We have fought for decades, how many people have been killed, how many homes have been destroyed? I can't count them all!

Now the prince is the first to advocate 'protecting the country and the people, and the world is peaceful'. Only then did Ben Jiang understand that Ben Jiang is killing people now, killing the wicked, and saving the good. Killing one person and saving a hundred, a thousand, is not a sin, it is a merit! Even if he goes to hell for this in the future, Ben will be willing! ”

Li Cunliang nodded and said to himself: "No wonder! ”

"What's the wonder?" He Zengshan asked.

Li Cunliang did not answer He Zengshan, but asked: "The first article of military discipline in the Protector Army is 'all actions are subject to military orders'. If you have a wrong understanding of the intention of the prince's military order, and you ruin the great affairs of the prince, will you be beheaded by the prince? ”

"Yes! Chincha-sama! He replied with his eyes closed.

"General He has great righteousness in his chest, no wonder he is not even afraid of cutting off his head!"

It's completely dark.

The avant-garde cavalry platoon reported that a Zhuangzi had been found on the official road ahead. He Zengzhi retracted his mind and no longer paid attention to Li Cunliang. He ordered his troops to rest on the side of the road and eat dry rations on the side of the road. After a quarter of an hour, the troops continued to advance. The 1st Battalion of the avant-garde troops surrounded and searched this Zhuangzi, and found that the enemy was immediately attacking. After the occupation, a warning was released to the north and east; The 10th Battalion was changed to the forward, and the troops advanced according to the white and gray signs left by the soldiers in front of them on the branches on the roadside, and captured Guangmenpu as quickly as possible; The cavalry platoon sent scouts to search southeast for Shizi and the troops of the 3rd Regiment.

The camp by the Yuechi water is about 90 miles away from Guangmenpu, and they have already walked more than 70 miles. It is less than 20 miles away from Guangmenpu.

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The hill opposite Biaozi Mountain.

Finally waited until it was dark, Cui Chengru hesitated for a long time, but still ordered the soldiers to open the dry food. The dry food brought out by the fourth battalion from Luzhou was sorghum rice that had been crushed and then cooked and dried. This thing is better than the fried noodles that Renju brought from there, but it is a bit stainy.

It was already dark, and Choi Sung-ru ordered action. Quan Lian touched the mountain beam in the darkness and came to the bottom of the wall.

Liu Xi and Cheng Zhu, who were good enough and brave, took the lead in climbing the walled wall under the gaze of the soldiers of the whole company. As soon as they were on the wall, they immediately lay on the ground and listened to the movement. But after listening to it for a while, I didn't hear a bright hall.

Cui Chengru's heart was pounding, and he shouted in a low voice: "You two, go to both sides of the wall!" ”

The two guys ran out a dozen steps with a wrinkle, but there was still no movement.

"Fuck it!" Cui Chengru squeezed his fist fiercely and made up his mind. He whispered to the group of uneasy soldiers behind him: "One, two, three rows, take the ladder up; Four rows of people touched the wall to the right and walked through the gate. Remember, don't fucking make a fuss! ”

The four platoons left under the leadership of their platoon commander, Choi Chengjian. Cui Chengru put his hands on the wall, squatted down, and then said, "Give it to Lao Tzu!" ”

Climbing the wall with a human ladder is the basic training subject of the caravan. The two of them overlapped, and with a pair of outstretched arms, the one-foot-high city wall was no problem. If it is a higher city wall, such as the five-foot-high city wall in Dazhu County, if the person is short, you need to build a three-story ladder, two people at the bottom, and one person in the middle and one at the top. As long as your fingers are clasped on the edge of the brick wall, you can use the strength of your arms to carry your body up. The stone wall is less than eight feet high, and the easiest two-story ladder is enough.

The starving ghost didn't hesitate, and he stepped on the shoulder of the company commander. The company commander waited for him to stand firm, and with a soft hey, he got up from the ground. The starving ghost stretched out his hand and tested whether the stone by the wall was strong, and then used his arms to carry his body up the wall. When he stood up from the wall, he found that in the darkness, more than a dozen comrades-in-arms had climbed up to the top of the city. At this time, an angry curse came from the right: "Damn X!"

With this angry curse, all action immediately stopped.

The starving ghost crouched on the wall, his eyes looking vigilantly into the quarry of the black 魆魆 (QU). Fortunately, except for the slightest wind on the mountain, the surroundings are extremely quiet.

"Be quiet, violators!"

Cui Chengru repeated the military order in a stern tone, and then slipped to the right against the wall. There is no road to the right of the wall, only a gentle slope. If you accidentally slide down, you will be a cliff more than ten zhang high under the gentle slope.

"What just happened?" Cui Chengru asked the soldier who was left behind in the fourth row.

The soldier scowled and twitched in the darkness.

The platoon commander arched into the gate of the village...... Hit a bunch of! ”

The whole company climbed into the wall. Choi Chengru commanded his soldiers to surround the only four stone houses in the stockade. He shouted angrily, and the soldiers immediately rushed in with short spears in hand. But in a few moments all the soldiers came out.

"Big brother! It's full of dead people! Cui Chengjian ran to report, with a foul smell from head to toe.

"Dead people?" Cui Chengru didn't believe it. He saw with his own eyes that there was a figure shaking on the wall. Cui Chengjian also reported that a guy came out to pee.

"Light the torch!" Cui Chengru roared.

Cui Chengru walked into the house, and in the light of the torches, he saw dozens of skinny people crowded together in a pile of grass. He went up and touched his nose, and then cried out, "These people are not dead, they are still alive!" ”

Sure enough, as soon as the dazzling torch shone on it, one person snorted twice and twitched his hands and feet.

"Why are you alive again? I poked with a short spear just now, but I didn't see any movement. "Starving ghosts are weird.

"What's alive again?" Cui Chengru said impatiently, "I'm all fucking hungry!" ”

Hey? The Starving Ghost is even stranger.

"Aren't they magical? Isn't there a mountain of rice and a mountain? ”

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