People who have motivation in their hearts will naturally be more heroic when fighting, not to mention the soldiers of the Hongtang army, in addition to motivation, there are other things.

Reading and reading, originally in Lu Xuanwu's opinion, it was a matter of taking off his pants and farting - a matter of doing more, these soldiers are not adults in their twenties and thirties, their energy and memory are not as good as teenagers, and their personalities are determined again, where can they endure such a boring thing.

However, with the gradual contact with the learning culture, under the leadership of the teachers who are also the class leaders and platoon leaders, everyone not only reads and writes, but also vents and exposes the various unfair encounters that everyone has experienced over the years, which resonates with the peers around them, and there will also be class leaders and platoon leaders to point out to them why they have such a miserable life.

The once deep-rooted concept of the supremacy of imperial power, under the guidance of the gentlemen one by one, everyone gradually began to have doubts; What was once justified now seems so unfair.

Why do you have to bear heavy conscription and pay all kinds of taxes to the death? Why should they not be cared for by the Kingdom after all the taxes have been paid?

The book says that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, is it necessarily correct? Should they, the royal relatives and relatives, enjoy the glory and wealth without the slightest contribution?

All kinds of thoughts that everyone dared not think of in the past, but now under the guidance and explanation of these educated gentlemen and superiors like Hongtang, they are now taking root in the hearts of the warfighters, and they are beginning to think about all kinds of unfairness in this world.

In the Hongtang army these days, although they are training in the army, the lives of the ordinary people are also seen by Lu Xuanwu.

Regardless of gender, the elderly are allocated the same amount and quality of land according to the head of each household, and are provided with interest-free loans and improved seeds, which once appeared in the hands of the government, but now in the hands of the so-called government established by Hongmen, they have given the people benefits in a down-to-earth manner.

There is no so-called forced labor, there are not too many heavy taxes, and these things alone are enough for the Hongmen government to quickly gain the support of the people.

And the government agencies really serve the wisdom of the people, under the personal efforts of the young and friendly staff of the Hongmen government, let the people know that many things they can't solve can seek the government's help, not like the government of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a variety of comparisons, how not to let the military and civilians return to Hongmen, although they only occupied Liaodong for two or three years, but in this short period of time, let the people and local soldiers of Liaodong sincerely obey Hongmen, and are willing to let Hongmen carry forward and pay their own strength.

Lu Xuanwu and their sense of ownership are inseparable from the Hongtang army's opening of their people's wisdom, when they find the hope of life and the goal of struggle, the combat effectiveness that they can exert on these ordinary soldiers is more than that of other Ming soldiers who are still ignorant.

Hand-to-hand combat, under the guidance of Shang Kexi's intentions, fought and retreated, creating an illusion: it seemed that the musketeers of the Hongtang army were not as calm as when they were shooting with their guns, and it was so difficult to win.

Unconsciously, the Hongtang soldiers had already withdrawn from their previous battlefield more than three miles away, and they were already six or seven miles away from the northern city wall of the Beijing Division.

The 30,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, which followed the Hongtang army step by step, had lost more than 7,000 people at this time, but watching the Hongtang army gradually withdraw from the Beijing division under the attack of its own army, it also made Cao Bianjiao, who went out of the city to fight, quite complacent.

At least for now, it seems that the real combat power of this Hongtang army is not as strong as the battle reports they have gathered. In addition to the fact that the opponent's artillery weapons were really sharp, which caused heavy losses to their own side, the melee strength displayed by the opponent when entering hand-to-hand combat was comparable to that of the soldiers of their Ming Dynasty Xuanfeng Battalion and Fenwu Battalion.

Although the Hongtang army was forced to retreat, Cao Bianjiao also tried his best, the team behind the opponent was neatly arranged, and there was no reserve team that had participated in the battle so far, and even if they retreated, there was no sign of panic, indicating that their combat effectiveness was not as unbearable as in front of them, but had other plans.

Therefore, although Cao Bianjiao, who had lost seven or eight thousand soldiers, the last 10,000 reserve forces in his hands had not been easily moved, so he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this Hongtang commander.

Cao Bianjiao thought to himself that as long as his 10,000-strong army did not act rashly and was ready for battle, then no matter what happened in the next battle, the main force of his two battalions of soldiers would have no worries about advancing and retreating.

However, it is obvious that Cao Bianjiao was negligent a little, that is, Hong Tang fought and retreated, in fact, there was no other conspiracy that was too deep, they just needed to exchange space for time, so that when their soldiers really launched a counterattack in the future, they would not let the opponent's main force retreat as soon as possible because of the proximity to the defense of the city of Beijing.

"Infantry ready!"

The Hongtang army, which has been fighting on the front line in order to lure the enemy into the bait, is a musketeer that is more like a close combat, so that they can be so realistic when they all retreat.

Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the Jingshi, and luring the other party to pursue them was likely to be discovered by the other party's main general, Shang Kexi finally began to implement the plan they had made temporarily at this time.

"Attack!!"

The military flag was unfurled, and the Hongtang Chinese army, which had been quiet for a long time in the rear, began their movements, and the long knife on their waists came out of the body, and the cold light shot towards the main battlefield of the two sides that were in the middle of the battle.

"Hey, it's just in time!"

Cao Bianjiao was in the Chinese army, and he saw the movements of the Hongtang army clearly, and in the face of the local change of formation, he did not rush to use the Chinese army, after all, his greater task this time out of the city was to fight with the Hongtang army, understand and understand the combat strength of the other party, and by the way, boost morale through the battle, do not ask for a victory, but at least not too much loss, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when you go back.

Anyway, the Hongtang army has 40,000 troops, and it is famous, and its two battalions are inferior to others in terms of the number of troops and equipment, so they have to stabilize one or two.

However, soon, Cao Bianjiao's calm mentality was broken, and the whole person's back began to chill, and at the same time, he began to quickly adjust the battle formation, preparing to deal with the changes in the other party.

(End of chapter)