At last, the army of rogues came to a halt in the wilderness more than a mile outside the West Gate. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

They are hierarchical and divided into several major parts.

At the front is the sword and shield hand in the foot pawn, and the proportion is about 20%.

They are considered the elite of the infantry army, all of them have a strong murderous aura, and they are very good at hand-to-hand combat and assault. Many of the sword and shield bearers also carry javelin bags, simple javelins, and standard javelins.

Then there are the archers, the proportion is about 30%, each carrying double inserts, the bow bag hangs on the left side of the belt, and the quiver bag hangs on the right side of the belt.

They bow left and right arrows, generally use small bows, bow power five or six forces, six or seven forces, only a very small number of people, use eight force strong bows, these people's quivers, loaded with heavy arrows.

The archers are followed by the firearms men, and the proportion is about 10%.

Some people use three-eyed guns, and some people use bird guns, and select the better quality firearms in the army and gather them into the army. They carried birds' guns, three-eyed guns, and they were covered with things, such as lead bags, which were packed in the horns of oxen, or in pots.

There is also a gunpowder belt, if the bullet belt of the later generations is the same, there are copper pipes or bamboo pipes on it, each tube is just filled with a gun, the fixed thinking left by the Qi family army was widely used in the Ming Dynasty at this time.

They all had fireropes wrapped around their guns, and fire folds were stuck in their waists, and some of them were armed with firearms such as four-eyed guns and winged tiger guns.

Finally, there are the spearmen, with a proportion of about forty percent.

Some of them were armed with sticks, palladium, hook and sickle, etc., and were considered the elite of the spearmen.

Most of these spearmen were once officers and soldiers.

In several arms, archers and firearms bearers are all technical skills, and it is not easy to use swords and shields, and they have been increasingly occupied by surrendered officers and soldiers. Most of the homeless people who were eliminated from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain became spearmen, and some were sword and shield hands.

A small amount of original Orion something, became archers.

However, from the beginning to the present, the backbone combat force among the rogues is still the original "border thief", and the current surrendered officers and soldiers.

The Liukou have grown up to the present, and the infantry battalion is basically the main force in the war, driving out the hungry people, and they are generally the ones who come.

Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Wang Long came to retaliate with a total of 4,000 foot soldiers, and the proportion of troops was 800 sword and shield hands, 1,02 archers, 400 firearms hands, and 1,600 spearmen.

At this time, the rogue foot soldiers lined up in front.

Behind them are horsemen, these are the elite infantry on horseback, they have all kinds of weapons, all of them are skilled in equestrianism, but basically can not gallop and chop on the horse, nor can they ride and shoot on the horse, and they still have to dismount when fighting.

There were 1,000 of them, and they were still in red and blue, and the two camps of Cao Ying were merged.

Finally, there are fine riders, not to mention skilled equestrianism, all of them can gallop and chop on horses, and some people can also ride and shoot.

These people are the elite of the rogue battalion, the typical of the old battalion, and generally until now, they are rarely in battle, only roaring out in all directions, scouting everywhere, or intercepting enemy men and horses that may burst out from behind the two wings.

Behind the horsemen, there were still a large number of fed and hungry people gathered.

They came and went, shoulder-to-shoulder, piling up large bags of mud and dirt, ready to charge and fill the trenches.

There are also pots and stoves, burning rice and baking cakes.

Mountains and rivers Sheji altar, "Chuang, Luo, Li" and other banners will be fluttering, hundreds of wearing cotton armor, inlaid with iron cotton armor of the fine horsemen surrounded, they are fine riding a total of 1,000, at this time only about two or three hundred horses gathered here, the rest are divided into multiple shares, longitudinal horses out of all directions.

On the altar, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Wang Long and other thieves were discussing tactics and how to arrange the attack with their troops.

"If there is a hole to rush into, the wall trenches at both ends of the low wall do not need to be filled, but the trenches in front of their low walls must be filled, otherwise the brothers will not be able to use their forces."

"Fill in the trenches, and let the hungry people go up, and the sword and shield men, the archers, and the firearms men will be behind them."

"Look at the low wall, which is 200 paces long, not very wide, and there are too many people to squeeze in. The five thousand hungry people were divided into five waves, each with a thousand people, and the drums did not stop, and they were not allowed to retreat, and those who dared to retreat were killed. The first three waves can try to rush through the gap, and if you can't rush in, you won't be in a hurry, and you will wait for the trench to be filled. ”

"The last two waves of the main attack on the gap, pouring in from the filled trench, the wall more than one person high, rushed down and entered."

"Brother Xie, you come to command the attack on the front and give you this opportunity to make meritorious contributions."

"Brother Zhang, you come to fight the right wing, Brother Li, you fight the left wing......"

The tactics are mainly arranged by Yuan Zongdi, he is a drama thief, and he is an old fox, he has great experience on the battlefield, and all kinds of arrangements are at his fingertips, so that Li Guo, Wang Long and others next to him have nothing to say.

In Yuan Zongdi's arrangement, he asked Xie Junyou to command the attack on the front of the earthen wall, and atonement for his crimes.

Xie Junyou has been following him for a long time, and in history, he will soon be General Zuo Guoyi in his former battalion, and Yuan Zongdi naturally wants to give him this opportunity.

Yuan Zongdi asked Zhang Neng to attack the right flank, Zhang Neng can be regarded as a general under the command of Li Guo's brothers, and he will soon be the general of Zuo Guoyi in the rear battalion, and he needs to be given this opportunity to make military achievements.

Yuan Zongdi also put Li Rugui in charge of the left flank, which was a general under Cao Ying, at this time Wang Long and others watched, Yuan Zongdi naturally did not favor one over the other, and also gave them a chance to set up a fighter, so that they could have the right to speak in the spoils of war.

Soon Yuan Zongdi finished arranging, and everyone thought it was no problem.

Soon there was a commotion in the rear, and about a thousand hungry people, men, women, and children, were driven up.

These hungry people are basically the people of Lingbi County, Lingbi City has been captured, the city walls have been bulldozed, all the young and strong have been coerced away, and the rest of their families, old and weak women, naturally have to follow.

But once you join the gang, it is impossible to quit.

Those who run away are called falling grass and cutting it down.

These coerced people, among whom there are craftsmen, cowherds, grooms, and other skilled people, are okay, and they directly become supporters.

The rest of the people who have no skills, ordinary people, must be eliminated by life and death, fill in the trenches several times, and chisel the wall tiles several times before they can be regarded as voting for the name and can become their own people.

After they fought a few battles, the weak ones could choose to be the guards, and the strong ones were chosen to be the infantry, and even the women also entered the ranks of the guards to do some things such as washing and sewing, such as sewing clothes and cotton armor.

Of course, when there is a shortage of troops, it is also necessary to fill in the trenches.

Children generally work as supporters, and those who are brave are chosen as child soldiers.

At this time, these hungry people were only roughly divided into teams, dozens of people, more than 100 people, many neighbors, acquaintances gathered together, identified by the old battalion, designated some strong people in each team, and those with prestige as the general leader of the post.

More than a dozen groups of hungry people were driven up, all carrying bags and soil, with yellow faces and thin muscles, ragged clothes, and miserable.

They stood numb and afraid, and soon some sword and shield men came out of the camp and stood behind them in groups of three or five, supervising the drive.

Their eyes were cold and merciless, and their eyes looked like pigs and sheep, and when the drums beat together, if the hungry people were afraid to retreat, the overseer's foot guards could cut them down.

It can be said that from this moment on, the control of their lives has been handed over to these sword and shield hands.

Even the leaders of the sentry chiefs of the hungry people's teams looked terrified.

The foot soldiers who supervised the war stood behind them, and their voices were louder: "Brothers and sisters, the elders of the township, the government has no way, Fengtian advocates the general, and the general Weide who cares for the people on behalf of the heavens is to fight in righteousness, this is to live a good life for our poor people, and also let more people not pay for food." ”

They confessed loudly: "When the drums are beaten, everyone will rush forward as hard as they can, just throw the earth into the trench, and when they go back, they will have bread to eat, and they can go back to the camp and lie down." If you dare to retreat, the infantry brothers who supervise the battle, you will have your heads cut off on the spot. My righteous army is highly disciplined, that's not just a casual talk, the villagers and elders should remember it, so as not to be beheaded, and finally blame me for not making it clear. ”

There was a commotion among the dozen or so teams of hungry people, and the foot soldiers who supervised the battle just stood with expressionless faces, and there were some people behind each team of hungry people.

At first, the rogues drove the hungry people to fill the trenches, and the hungry people were in front and the infantry in the back, but the more cities were cut off by artillery, now the hungry people are mixed together.

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"It's a shame!"

On the polder wall, Gao Qifeng, the magistrate of the county, said hatefully: "It's to drive the hungry people to fill the trenches again." ”

The main bookkeeper Zheng Shixin shuddered: "What should I do? Hungry people rush in, to fight or not to fight? ”

Liu Zunhe, the county leader, and Zhou Mingyuan of the head office wanted to speak and stopped, but he still said: "Be cautious, very momentary, you can't be merciful." ”

The officials continued to be speechless, Yang He looked outside in a daze, and the eyes of others came, especially several court officials, waiting for him to make an idea.

He knows that the thoughts of the officials, killing the hungry people, it is very easy to cause criticism, and if it is serious, it will affect the career of the official, and the officials can not speak if they do not speak, but ......

He said lightly: "There really can't be mercy, behind us are the people of Suining City!" If they are attacked by thieves, how many villagers in the city can survive in the end? ”

Looking at the officials who were still silent, even Gao Qifeng, who seemed to him to be quite bold, hesitated, and he made a decision: "The hungry people outside the city, if they dare to turn back and fight the thieves, they will not kill them." Those who don't dare are a gang of thieves, and they don't need to be merciful. ”

He looked around at the crowd: "The people of Suining have a saying that is right, I am the star of heaven killing, not a gentleman who can be bullied, people also need to save themselves, and outsiders can save them." ”

But there is a sigh in my heart, this is the shortcoming of civilized people compared to barbarians, whether it is the Qing army or the rogue, killing the people without mercy, everyone is also accustomed to it. But civilized people need to look ahead and backward, and even tie their hands and feet in many cases.

But he can't show mercy, there are the people of Suining City behind him, and there are also his soldiers and brothers.

He summoned the guards from all sides to arrange, especially the cavalry team of the Ninth Master, so that they should not defend to the death, and attack more often, and attack the weak positions in the Liukou formation, especially the men and horses of the Cao battalion. Yang He believes that the breakthrough is on their side.

However, he felt that his troops were still small, and he came to Suining, but there were only 650 people, and there were some non-combatants among them.

During this period in Suining, there were nearly 40 casualties, more than 20 people were killed in special battles, and several were seriously wounded.

But to start a war, you can only fight desperately.