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This is the rule of the merchant army, and it is also something that an elite army must adhere to.

"Go to the Huanghugou area today." Zhang Yansheng said to everyone: "Be careful and be on guard, close to the enemy area." ”

Now the Karaqin tribe is stationed in the middle of the Angulinao and Kaiping area of the army from the north to the south, the west also has the existence of the merchant army, the whole tribe from north to south, from east to west, is compressed in a very small area, that is, from the Bauhinia Pass to the Xifengkou, less than 200 miles from north to south, less than 300 miles from east to west, once prestigious, occupy a considerable territory of the Karaqin Department has declined to the point of being comparable to small tribes such as Balinaiman.

Lu Sidao: "Our task is to exterminate the horse thieves, and the squadron leader must pay attention to the fact that the attack on the Karaqin Department is the overall deployment plan of the military department. ”

Zhang Yansheng really has a plan to make a blockbuster, dozens of people defeat a thousand people, capture a Taiji or something, it's all fun to think about!

However, when Lu Si said this, if Zhang Yansheng was still stubborn, the Judge Advocate General's Department would not be able to spare him.

Lu Si said softly again: "The day before yesterday, a large number of military judges had rushed to the old Kaiping area, you don't want to touch your head at this time, right?" ”

The other party was kind, Zhang Yansheng pressed his dissatisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, we still focus on hunting and exercising, and we will stop at the west side of Huanghugou." ”

Everyone agreed, Lu Si actually didn't want to go to a place close to the enemy, but since it was on the west side, about 20 miles apart, and the military secretary also sent a ranger patrol, the danger was not great, if even this was dissuaded, then Zhang Yansheng might turn his face, he was only a sergeant major, just put forward suggestions, and it was not appropriate to speak too much on commanding military affairs.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Si was inconvenient to say more.

The destination is more than 40 miles away from this small Buddha temple, everyone first rode slowly and trotted, Zhang Yansheng also kept issuing commands, adjusting the queue of the cavalry squadron, the cooperation and distance between the team members, between the squad and the squadron, the overall formation of the entire squadron must be constantly adjusted, how to maintain the queue at different speeds such as initial speed, medium speed, and three speeds is also an extremely important subject, the cavalry knows that this is the foundation of life, and no one resists such training.

Most of the soldiers are tied to the heavy armor on the horse, in fact, if the actual battle, at least two or three brigades of soldiers follow to assist in logistics, each lancer has a cavalry, from the cavalry will help the lancers carry armor and excess weapons, will also take care of the horses of the heavy armor knights, on the battlefield to help the cavalry guard the war horses and change horses, and even if the war is unfavorable, the lightly armed cavalry can also meet the defeated heavy cavalry, which is explained in the code, but the lancers of Yusheng are rarely trained to be received from the cavalry...... All the heavy cavalry had the same feeling, and if they fell to the point of being picked up by themselves from the cavalry auxiliaries, it would be better to die in battle.

The cavalry of more than fifty people kept galloping on the grassland, the speed was sometimes fast and slow, when the speed was raised to the highest, people were holding riding spears or sabers, roaring forward, everyone felt the heaven and earth spinning, the earthquake trembled, the blades of grass seemed to be shaking, the ground made a rumbling sound, people felt that they seemed to be incarnated as thunder, all of them became a part of the power of heaven and earth, although the cavalry team was small, but whenever the three speeds forward, the four squads lined up in a dense formation to rush forward, everyone roared, I feel like I can take all the obstacles in front of me and step into powder!

When the cavalry came to the vicinity of Huanghugou, the speed of the cavalry slowed down.

People were sweating, but no one complained.

This is to join the army, and to be in the army is to sweat in peacetime, and not to shed blood in wartime.

This concept is also completely deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one contradicts or opposes it.

After the squadron slowed down, the horses were panting violently, and the horses' backs were covered with sweat.

One of the team officers laughed and said: "When you really charge into battle, you have to wear armor all over your body, and the war horse also has to wear cotton armor to defend against arrows, and the power is much greater than now." ”

Zhang Yansheng said with fascination: "If there are tens of thousands of northern captives in front, we will rush forward with the rest of the squadron, surrounded by comrades in armor, and when the guns and spears rush towards the enemy formation, that feeling is really fascinating." ”

Zhang Yansheng's most regrettable thing is that he has been in the army for many days during the battle of Xiaoheihekou, but he did not catch a real fight on the battlefield, and what makes him even more heartbroken is the strong combat effectiveness of the lancer regiment, the lancers led by Zhou Yao have become a legend on the grassland, more than 3,000 people forced 100,000 northern captives to dare not cross the river to fight, one by one pastures were swept away by the lancer regiment, the northern captives had no choice but to flee from the wind, and even as soon as they saw the military flag of the lancer regiment, a large number of herdsmen chose to surrender, I don't even have the courage to fight with it.

"The North Captives are nothing." The deputy squadron leader said: "It's still the Donglu who is fierce, and the first regiment of the cavalry is also an elite division of a hundred battles, and this time it's not the Donglu that suffers." ”

"It's not that our soldiers can't fight." Zhang Yansheng said with some annoyance: "The upper echelons of the military department have said that the main reason is that the power of riding a gun is not as powerful as a bow and heavy arrow, so it has suffered some losses. With less strikes and more tactics, the tactics are taken advantage of by the enemy, and it is already very good to fight like this! ”

The deputy squadron leader knew the young man's temper, and he didn't compare with Zhang Yansheng, but just smiled tolerantly.

Instead, Lu Si said: "What the squadron leader said is right, the military secretary said so. There are also rumors that the upper authorities are interested in changing the tactics of the cavalry, not just to strengthen training or change equipment, but to cancel the formation of the cavalry regiment and replace it with other arms. ”

People couldn't accept Lu Si's news for a while, and the officers shook their heads slightly.

Zhang Yansheng said: "The cavalry has made great achievements and is invincible against the northern captives, how can it be canceled directly because of a small defeat, I don't believe this news." ”

Lu Si also did not insist, not long after the news of the First World War of the Bahrain Ministry came back, there was a lot of mud and sand, a lot of news and confusion, and sometimes the real news was released, but it was easy to be covered by a bunch of fake news.

After resting for a while, when the sweat on the horses had dried, they were fed some water and bean feed, and then they rode slowly and scattered, blowing their horns to drive away the wild beasts that lurked in the grass.

The lancers' firecrackers are not a standard ration, but most people will buy a riding gun or a handgun, and when hunting, someone keeps sounding the firearms, but the lancers' firearms are not accurate, and often fails, but fortunately, almost everyone has one, and if it is a row of guns, after a few rounds, finally overturned a few yellow sheep.

The cavalry jumped off their horses and burned grass in the pasture to make a clearing and find some firewood, which was a rolling hilly area, with a ravine several miles wide winding eastward, and the hills were sparsely wooded, and firewood was easy to find.

What was lacking was a source of water, and there were no small seas or rivers for miles, so the people had to peel the yellow sheep with water from the water in the water bladder, and after a little cleaning, they were smeared with salt and honey and roasted on the racks.

After a while, the smell of meat spread, and everyone divided into small teams and divided the meat in a circle, and everyone talked while eating, and they were already very familiar with each other.

Zhang Yansheng couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, this was the first time he led troops independently, but the effect was very good.

At this moment came the sound of horses' hooves from afar, and a black steed appeared first in everyone's sight, and then the knight on the horse, less than two miles apart, this knight was dressed in a fat jacket, wearing a big hat, and carrying an quiver on his back and side, although it was still far away, it could still be seen that the quiver was full of arrows decorated with white tail feathers.

The man did not carry a long weapon such as a broadsword or spear, but a riding bow with a short knife hanging from his waist.

"The Northern Capture Scout." Zhang Yansheng stood up suddenly.

All the cavalry stood up, and at this time the cavalry did not panic, but first trampled the fire under their feet.

At this time, there were cavalry from the other side of the hill constantly climbing over the upper hill, all dressed in the same way as the first scout, among the dozens of people, only a few of them were wearing cotton armor, and a few people did not hold bows, but held various kinds of long weapons in their hands.

"There are already more than a thousand."

Zhang Yansheng's face turned pale, and he took out the telescope from the leather pouch on the right side of his waist to observe his left and right sides.

Sure enough, in the hills and grasslands in the distance, there were obvious signs of the activities of the northern cavalry.

No matter what, there was no sign of the cavalry activities of the merchant army from a distance.

Zhang Yansheng was sweating profusely, and when he just came over, he clearly saw a small number of rangers on guard, but now they are all gone, and then he faintly realized that the people he had led had run too far.

At this time, the mountains were full of northern captives riding forward, black and gray robes almost like a surging tide, and the tips of spears and iron spears reflected a cold light in the midday sun, and flickered constantly on the high hills in the east, almost like lying on the ground at night looking at the starry sky.

Zhang Yansheng said: "This battle can't be fought, the difference in strength is too great, squadron, retreat with me!" ”

Everyone agreed, and Lu Si said at this time: "Squadron leader." ”

Zhang Yansheng was troubled and annoyed in his heart, regretting not listening to Lu Si's words and going deep into the border, he thought that Lu Si was going to ridicule himself, and immediately said sharply: "What's the matter!" ”

Lu Sidao: "You can't retreat." ”

Zhang Yansheng's face turned red, and he said: "You can't retreat, can you win the ability war?" ”

When answering Zhang Yansheng, Lu Si had no nervousness on his face, and the deputy squadron leader who was born as a horse thief was not flustered, and the rest of the soldiers were better experienced than those pure recruits.

Lu Si continued: "We are twenty miles away from the military fort, the war horse has been running all morning, and the strength has not yet recovered. ”