"Ready...... Put! ”

Mao Yanliang, who has the demeanor of a master on weekdays, lost a trace of tranquility at this time, and turned into a fierce and vicious appearance.

As soon as the words fell, a rain of arrows swayed out of the air. Long-range projectiles, close-range direct shots, countless Novgorodians wrapped in animal skins fell in front of the formation.

But the cold weather caused the tendons to shrink, and the bow and arrow were less powerful during the season.

And the hides on the Novgorodians turned into solid shields, and even if they were hit by arrows, most of them were wounded but did not die, and they also aroused their ferocity.

Lin San looked at the steady stream of enemies that popped out of the woods, and said to Tang Sai'er with some worry: "Sai'er, the enemy is prepared, this time will be the biggest crisis we face." Thou shalt organize the women to boil water and cook for the brethren, and thou shalt not slack off. ”

Tang Sai'er smiled calmly: "Third brother don't worry, although the enemy is powerful, they have their own plans, as long as the attack is unfavorable, they will retreat." That's when we'll be able to do our best. ”

Lin San looked at Gao Yang'er in the distance, Hao Yunzhong and them, and said in a low voice: "Stand on your heels, Brother Gao's hearts will be scattered, and you must prepare them to work without contribution." If it weren't for their several delays, they would have brought the enemy together. ”

Tang Sai'er had a different opinion and said: "These stinky people are our common enemies, it is true that they have their own thoughts, but don't put the blame on them." In the future, even if they are separated, they will have common interests and common enemies with us. ”

Lin San looked at Tang Sai'er's face, shook his head, checked the musket in his hand, and said, "You go back and boil water, we will deal with it here." ”

Tang Sai'er nodded, glanced at the enemy who had not been able to attack, and turned back to the camp.

She knows very well that her husband is a good person with a delicate mind, but the pattern is too small and there is no room for people.

If it weren't for her mediation, this group would have dispersed years ago.

It was too cold in the far west, and it was difficult to develop a new camp now, so everyone settled down temporarily.

Mao Yanliang joined the army in his early years, but quit the military camp and entered the Jinyi Guard for more than ten years.

Now in this Tanglin City, there is a rabble, although there are a few recruits from Yulinwei, but they are also mainly surveying the terrain and drawing maps.

They have not been on the battlefield, they have no experience, and no one dares to believe in their abilities.

At this time, Mao Yanliang, who had always been a military advisor, was pushed out and served as the commander of these people.

No one thought that in the coldest season of the year, these barbarians living in the extreme north launched an offensive against Tanglin City.

They should have been preparing for a short time, gathering tens of thousands of people to attack them.

Tanglin City is nominally a city, but in fact it is just a camp by the river. Due to the short period of time, no walls have been built here, but a ring of walls has been built out of logs.

Hundreds of Ming people were sent back, and they only had four thousand people now, and these barbarians were infinitely large and incapacitated, so they could only defend passively now.

Although there were muskets, they were now running out of ammunition and could only be used on blades.

Gao Yang'er and Hao Yunzhong were originally bandits, and it was not the first time they had fought with barbarians, and they knew how many catties and taels they had, so they could only hope for Mao Yanliang at this time.

The enemy was not afraid of death and had already rushed into a range of fifty meters.

At this time, fifty muskets came in handy.

Yulin Weixue Hou Qiang, who was in charge of commanding the musketeers, gave an order, including Lin San and Gao Yang'er, and these bigwigs immediately divided into two batches and took turns shooting.

There was a loud bang, and a puff of white smoke rose from the position, leaving dozens of screaming enemies beyond the wooden walls.

This slightly reduced the enemy's offensive and boosted the morale of the own side, but on the battlefield, the balance of forces was still very different.

Mao Yanliang watched the opponent's attack slow down, slightly frightened, and said to Hao Yunzhong beside him: "Hao is in charge, we need to send a strong attack team to harass the enemy and disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm." ”

Hao Yunzhong shook his head and said, "Master Mao, these stinky people are physically strong, I can't risk the lives of my brothers." As far as I can see, it is more effective to let the musketeers go out and harass. ”

Mao Yanliang wanted to say that the musketeers were the last barrier of the camp and could not be moved. But he also knew very well that these three forces now had their own intentions, and no one was willing to take risks if they did not send musketeers.

These bandits will never become a big climate!

He looked at Hou Qiang's side, and after a little hesitation, he asked the herald to go and give the order.

Although Hou Qiang has never been on the battlefield, he has always received the most rigorous study in Yulin Weixue. He knew very well that he now had only fifty muskets on his side, and the deterrence of these fifty muskets was more useful than the actual killing effect.

So having received the order, without the slightest hesitation, he raised his right arm and gathered fifty musketeers.

Most of them are middle- and upper-class bigwigs, and muskets are very important to anyone, and of course they have to control them in their own hands.

Passing on the order, he spoke: "Now that the enemy is numerous, we can't always be passive on the defensive, we must find the opponent's command center and disrupt their offensive rhythm. Now Master Mao has let the musketeers go out, the strategy is not wrong, if anyone dares not go, quit now. ”

This is very heart-wrenching, even if there are timid people, they dare not retreat at this time. If he dares to withdraw today, Tang Lin City will have no place for him tomorrow.

Lin San said: "Don't say such things as Hou Qian, all brothers are not cowards. Behind this wall are our brothers, our wives and daughters, and no one will be afraid. ”

Hou Qiang nodded and said, "The enemy didn't use horses, and their center of this meeting must not be too far away." Fifty of us rode out, not to fight, but to protect ourselves. ”

Lin San asked in surprise, "Isn't it the first thing to kill the enemy?" ”

Hou Qiang said with a smile: "The deterrence of muskets is far greater than the actual killing. As long as the enemy's heart is scared, our mission is accomplished. ”

Tanglin City, built on the river, has a lake on one side and a river on the other, and only in the north can there be enemies. But now the rivers and lakes are frozen, and the men and horses defending the city do not dare to be negligent, so they can only defend in an all-round way.

The two rows of horses that ran next to the river were pulled apart, and fifty heavily armed musketeers, on horseback, rushed behind the enemy along the area with the least number of enemies.

Fifty people is not worth mentioning for an army of more than 10,000 people, but the insertion of these fifty people has turned the enemy's offensive momentum upside down.

Muskets in this era are simply not comparable to any weapon.

They have been on the outside of the battlefield, not engaging in grappling with the enemy, let alone allowing themselves to be approached. They pinned down the enemy by far more than they did, and also made the enemy dare not attack with impunity.

However, the pressure on Mao Yanliang is even greater, because he knows very well that his side must respond so that they can play a greater role.

If their own side does not respond and keeps defending passively, these 50 people will not be able to become a force to change the battlefield.

On the contrary, if they are entangled and eliminated, the impact will be even greater, because Lin San is also among them.

Although in Tang Lin City, Lin San's role is not as good as Tang Sai'er, but he is the leader of everyone after all.

Until the imperial army's troops arrived, his safety could not be compromised.

So the first time Lin San and the others rushed out, Hao Yunzhong in the city also moved.

Wooden horses and walls can't stop the fire attack, and it's not a good strategy to be passive all the time.

If they wait for the other party to launch a fire attack, they will be more passive.

Two thousand heavy shield armor soldiers armed with broadswords and spears, led by Gao Yang'er, went through a slightly hectic formation and prepared to meet the enemy.

These two thousand people are the most important force of their rabble, and most of them are bandits who originally occupied the mountains with Gao Yang'er.

Although Gao Yang'er has always been selfish, in the face of a strong enemy, at this time, there is no longer the idea of preserving strength.

He and Lin San have a common enemy, and now they are in a relationship of both prosperity and loss.

In order to facilitate command, they did not ride horses, but formed a shield formation, a spear formation, to meet the battle.

The Ming Dynasty's infiltration of the Golden Horde was not enough, and it was too far away from the Ming Dynasty, even if some spies were sent out, it did not play a big role in this unfamiliar place.

What's more, after being here for almost half a year, they have a bad relationship with the surrounding small yellow tribes, and they know even less about the Novgorod Republic.

And this period was the most glorious period of the Novgorod Republic.

The current Grand Duke of Moscow, Vasily I Dmitrievich, has a long term of office, and he has been in office for thirty-two years until now.

During his reign, the Golden Horde continued to weaken, but the principality under his rule was able to maintain stability and bribe the Mongol nobility and the Mongol Great Khan with a lot of money to get them to agree to annex the Grand Duchy of Nisgorod to Moscow.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Vasily I marched into the Novgorod Republic, seized a large part of it, and garrisoned troops in Novgorod.

This turned Muscovy from three forces into one large power, and it became the beginning of their take-off.

And Vasily I also became the prince of Novgorod in the sixth year of Yongle, uniting the three forces to deal with the Lithuanian Grand Duke in the west.

The question of sovereignty from the Orthodox Church was the biggest problem in Muscovy at the moment, since he and the Grand Duke of Lithuania appointed the head of the Church at the same time, but in the end the Byzantine Archbishop decided to appoint Vasily I as the Orthodox one.

When Lin San and the others first arrived in Tanglin City, Vasily I knew that a group of Ming people occupied a lake and a river at the southern foot of the Ural Mountains.

But at that time, he was fighting to the death with the Grand Duke of Lithuania for the Orthodox Church, and it was not until the beginning of winter that he temporarily ceased war with the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Then, taking advantage of the cold weather in winter, he launched an attack on Tanglin City, wanting to wipe out these 4,000 people in one fell swoop.

The Ming people did not have them to resist the frost, and they would not be able to shrink in winter. Another advantage of attacking in this season is that the cold weather can make the Ming Dynasty's bows and arrows lose their advantage.

Although Lin San and his 5,000 men only received fifty muskets, the imperial court did not treat them badly in terms of other weapons and materials.

Cotton armor that can prevent bows and arrows, all kinds of light and heavy cold weapons, because of the elimination of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, the number is very sufficient.

When it comes to weapons and equipment, although Lin San and them are a ragtag army, their weapons far surpass those of the Novgorodians.

Even without muskets, thousands of long and short bows were still invincible weapons for them, and although they also had bows and arrows in their hands, they were far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.

The bowstring of the bow and arrow is boiled with beef tendon, six glues (deer glue, horse glue, cow glue, mouse glue, fish glue, rhino glue), and silk threads.

Severe cold can make the bowstring lose its elasticity and make it less powerful.

That's why they're attacking this season.

However, the enemy underestimated the resilience of these rabble, and did not know how to attack the heart. In the original history, these people dared to kill officials and rebel, and now for a common goal, they have traveled thousands of miles to settle down here.

Although the weather is cold, it can also grow some food, and it is full of forests, minerals, and countless prey.

Now that they are in the treasure land, Lin San is of course reluctant to give up, and the enemy has put up a position at the beginning, wanting to annihilate them all, and they will not be given any way to live, so that the hearts of these people have also become united.

When these people are united, no matter how many enemies there are, they are nothing more than a fight.

What's more, they also know that the number of people on the other side is only twice their own, the ethnic groups here are mixed, and the Mengyuan people have been beaten cold, they have always thought of the east, and most of the tribes have taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and now they will naturally not oppose the Ming Dynasty.

These White Horde tribes alone cannot afford to lose on their own. If there are more dead people, they will not be able to suppress the other tribes around them, and they will lose power.

The two thousand heavily armed soldiers were fronted by shields, followed by spears, and assisted by archers from the walled city, who quickly fought the enemy who rushed upon them.

Although the physical strength of the Ming soldiers was slightly inferior to that of the other party, the neat military formation made up for this gap, and the sharper weapons slashed countless enemies in front of the formation.

The battle lasted from the afternoon until dark, and the enemy, who had left hundreds of corpses behind, finally retreated.

And Lin San and the others also smoothly followed the passage opened by the Ming people and returned to the camp. Although there were only fifty of them, not a single one of them was wounded, and the number of enemies killed and wounded was far outnumbered by several times.

And more than 300 of the Ming athletes were injured, and more than 100 people closed their eyes forever.

Although the battle was won, the atmosphere in the camp was very gloomy, these were their fathers, old folks, brothers, who stayed on this land forever for a better life.

In the south, which was still hundreds of kilometers away from them, Chen Cheng sat in a light carriage and watched many Uzbek warriors brave the wind and snow to move forward, and his heart was extremely worried.

"I hope you can hold on until I pass, and don't give up on Tang Lin City."