On the ninth day of the first month, in the morning.

The weather has improved in the past few days, and the sun has been out for a few days, and some snow has melted. But the earth is still white, especially the northwest wind blows from time to time, and it is extremely cold to the bone.

The defenders of Tianyue Village are still patrolling and guarding, and the north wall of the special military village is easy to see the movement of the official road in the northeast. A large number of soldiers dressed in soldier armor, iron helmets, and crimson cloaks glared at the side of Tongjing Avenue from time to time.

The Tongjing Avenue, which has a lot of residual snow, spreads to the north, and the willows and locusts on both sides are covered with snow.

They became alert, and when they looked carefully through the willows beside the road, they saw some black spots looming on the long dragon-like official road, accompanied by a looming shrill howl, and the sound of horses' hooves becoming more and more urgent.

The black shadows are getting bigger and bigger, more and more, and you can see the red tassels on some knights' helmets, their yellow armor with red trim, especially the savage and ferocious aura on their bodies.

"There are Tartars!" Several soldiers shouted, and a captain wearing a general's armor with a cloak up to his calf stepped forward, and he looked at it carefully for a while, his expression very serious.

He instructed up and down, left and right: "Immediately sound the gong to warn and notify the whole village to be on alert!" ”

The gong kept ringing, the whole Tianyue Village was alarmed, and in the sound of the gong, Yang He hurried to the north of Tianyue Village, looking at the official road from here. Beside him, Zhang Chugong, Chen Qiuao, Minister Yang, Han Daxia, Ninth Master Qian Zhongyong and others were embraced, and they also looked to the north.

At this time, the Yellow Flag Brigade went south, riding on foot, and constantly converging under the northern mountain range more than a mile away from Tianyue Village, and their forward vests continued to travel south.

They rushed in groups of three or five, and from time to time they ran to the front of Tianyue Village, circling and screaming, roaring again and again, and seeing the defenders in the village secretly frightened.

Although Zhongwuzhai's victory greatly boosted the morale of the Xin'an Army, it had not been fought after all. Looking at their fierce and vicious looks, and their eyes touch, they are all barbaric and ferocious, without the slightest humanity. It seemed that in the face of a beast that was not human, but fangs and claws, a chill came out of my heart.

They leaned on the upper and lower walls, and the black and dull two-style Xin'an Gong was facing them.

Luo Xianjue coughed, for the first time he felt that Zhang Songtao was not easy, he looked into the distance, and said loudly: "This is not the group of people who attacked Zhongwu Village, this is the soldiers and horses with yellow flags in Tartars, look at their banners, there are as many as a Jiala." They also had some white armor in their ranks, either the Manchurian white flag or the Mongolian white flag cavalry. They also had white-armored soldiers, dozens of them. ”

Ninth Master Qian Zhongyong looked at it, his eyes were sharp, and he said: "The remnants of the Tartar Zhenglan Banner are also inside, and it is estimated that there are 1,800 of them, and there are twenty shield carts. ”

He kept counting: "It is estimated that there are 500 armored soldiers and about 200 horse armor in the Yellow Banner of the Tartars. There are also 500 unarmored soldiers, and 500 coated auxiliaries or something. There were 100 cavalrymen wearing white cotton armor, 50 white armor soldiers in silver and white iron armor, and about 200 remnants of the blue banner. ”

Everyone admired his eyesight, this distance can be seen in such detail, this is the eye of an eagle, right?

Minister Yang gritted his teeth and said: "1,800 people, 1,200 soldiers, it is best for them to attack the military village, just like Zhongwu Village, and break the blood flow when they meet." ”

Yang He watched some yellow flag vests run to the front of the wall for a hundred steps to provoke, all of them have superb riding skills and heavy armor. He was not worried, they were indeed elite, but they did not look at firearms enough, as long as they dared to rush forward, they would be shot by firearms.

He looked at the Qing army's big array on the other side of the mountain range next to the official road, and thought to himself that it was best for them to attack, so that Tianyue Village could repeat the great victory of Zhongwu Village.

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Dozens of horsemen came over on the residual snow, climbed a small hill by Huangchao Lake, and looked at the Tianyue Village in front of them from 200 steps.

Jialazhangjing Chen Tai was wearing three layers of heavy armor, steadily on the war horse, the wind was strong by the lake, and the wind was blowing, like a knife cutting, he didn't care, grabbed the reins with one hand, and just looked at the Tianyue Castle in front of him.

The people around him are all wearing heavy armor, wild and ferocious, it is the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner Baya Lazhang Jing Eshuo, the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner Jialazhang Jingming Andali, the Zhenglan Banner Niu Lu Zhang Jing Suohun, the Kabush Sage Warrior Korkun, Chen Taijia Lazhong several Niu Lu Zhang Jing, some guards of Goshha, Bayala and so on.

Yesterday, they bypassed Zhongwu Village and went south, and after about 30 miles, they camped and rested by the river opposite Que'er City. I set off early this morning, and at this hour, the whole army had already arrived outside Tianyue Village.

"Interesting." Chen Tai grabbed the reins with his left hand with horsehoe sleeves, and pointed to the big banner on the military village with his right hand, "It's this Pizhou Lian General Yang again, so many ironclad soldiers, such a strong walled fort, it is actually a Lian Zong." This Yang Lian of Pizhou should not be underestimated. ”

Everyone has a feeling, the military village in front of them, built next to the official road by the lake, about a mile away from Tongjing Avenue, the east is the bank of the vast Shu River, and the west is the undulating hills. The walled city is built on a hill, there are lakes in the north and west, and there are many mountain streams and springs in the south.

The upper and lower two walled walls meander, wrapping the whole military village into it, although there are three walled gates, this village is not like the front of the military village like the layers of trenches surrounding, but the slope is not easy to walk, the shield cart can not push up, there is no cover in the face of their sharp fire, if the strong attack, it must be the result of heavy casualties.

Their military village is still vast, presumably hoarding a lot of grain and grass, there are water sources on both sides of the north and west, there is no shortage of drinking water, and they cannot be besieged, so it can be said that they have taken advantage of the geographical advantage.

To everyone's horror, the guards were well-armoured, all wearing silver-white iron helmets and iron armor, shining in the sun, eye-catching, and they were also covered with a cloak of crimson wool collar, giving people a unique sense of toughness.

Everyone was secretly surprised, under the command of General Lian, they should all be township soldiers, but what do you see in front of you, what do those defenders look like township soldiers? There are still so many of them, far more than one Lian Zong, strange, who is Yang Lian Zong?

The firecrackers held by the guards are all self-generated styles, without fireropes, Chen Tai can't see clearly from a distance, I don't know if their firecrackers are still in the style of thunderbolts, loaded with the rear, and the shooting is very fast.

He had already heard Suo Hun and Colcoin talk about their firearms, and he was keeping an eye on them, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly from this distance.

But even so, the strict garrison and strict protection of the military fortress have dispelled all their undesirable thoughts.

Looking at the sound of hunting with the word "Yang" on the wall, Chen Tai said indifferently: "If you don't enter the strong city, it is useless to attack this village, so you can bypass it." Of course, if they chase after them, Ben Jiala doesn't mind fighting them in the wilderness, for fear they won't dare! ”

The people beside him, E Shuo, Ming An Dali and others all laughed, the strong military village in front of them is indeed not easy to attack, but if they go to the field, it is naturally the world of Qing warriors.

Suo Hun didn't laugh, he always felt that things were not so simple, but he had no right to speak after losing troops under Zhong Wuzhai.

Colquin stared at Tianyue Village, his fists clenched and his muscles burst out, is this the old nest of those Nanban a few days ago? Sure enough, the village is full of fierce warriors like them, especially the equipment and firearms are very sophisticated, but it is a pity that they can't fight with them.

As for Chen Tai's statement that the defenders of the walled city did not dare to fight, I am afraid that it may not be possible, whether they are so easy to fight when they arrive in the wilderness, and it is not likely.

But although he was a soldier of the Kabush Xian Battalion, Chen Tai and the others naturally had no part in his speech. And because of him, Suo Hun Niulu suffered serious losses, and it was good that he was not punished.

"The order went down, and the vest continued to monitor the walled city, and the rest set up camp and went to Shuyang according to the official road."

Chen Tai took a deep look at Tianyue Village, passed down the order, rode his horse down the mountain, and headed towards his big array.

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"Tartar this?"

"It's not good, they want to bypass the military village and not come to attack."

Minister Yang, Luo Xianjue and others shouted on the wall, looking uneasy, they could see clearly, the Tartars set up a camp, still according to the marching posture, this is to go directly to the style, ignoring the style of Tianyue Village.

"Xianggong, what should I do?" Zhang Zhugong and the others watched anxiously, and their eyes were looking at Yang He, waiting for his final order.

The surface of the Yang River is sinking like water, the worst situation still happened, although there are plans, there are exercises, but the defense of the city is the best, out of the city field battle, he is always a little worried in his heart.

The Xin'an Army has been formed for too short a time, and the enemy in front of it is a famous murderer, and many veterans who have fought for more than ten years or even decades. In the past few decades, they have been invincible, I don't know how many elite soldiers and strong generals of the Ming Dynasty have been destroyed, and they have been unstoppable several times, and it seems that field battles have become their patents.

With such a powerful field group, can it really be fought against in the wild?

Just do your best, isn't it just for today? If you don't dare to fight today, you won't dare to fight tomorrow, won't all your plans become empty?

If you don't work hard today, how can you have a chance to work hard in the future? This level must be passed, do not dare to fight in the field, how to become a strong army, what is the use of building a strong fortress?

And today is a good opportunity, although out of the city to fight, at least it can be said that fighting according to the city, at other times, the Qing soldiers are mostly cavalry, have the initiative on the battlefield, and they are more passive.

"Or do you bring those Tartars alive and cut them down in front of them, and provoke them to attack the city?" Luo Xianjue grabbed his chin hard and came up with a plan.

Ninth Master Qian Zhongyong shook his head: "I won't raise troops because of anger, this Tartar general seems to be a calm person, I'm afraid he won't be fooled." ”

Yang He suddenly made up his mind: "Just go out of the city to fight, according to the original drill plan, the ninth chief Lin Guangguan will stay, and the rest will go out of the city with me to fight!" ”

He pulled out his horse chopping knife, and the blade made of stainless steel shone with a sharp metal cold light in the sun: "There is no advance or retreat in this battle, and my Xin'an army will win!" ”

"Victory!" Minister Yang drew his heavy sword and roared.

"Victory!" Luo Xianjue pulled out his goose wing knife, his face hideous.

"Victory!" One by one, the generals drew their weapons and howled, dissipating their fears and worries in the roar.

"Victory!" Soldiers everywhere on the wall, they also waved their weapons, roaring with all their strength, and in an instant, they were flushed faces, staring at the biggest eyes.

Looking at everyone, Yang He knew that there would be many casualties and sacrifices in this battle, and many familiar faces would never be seen again, but he had to fight.

He shouted: "The cavalry will immediately go out and shoot the position, and the rest will attack with me and go out of the city to line up!" ”