readx;?“ Lord Baihu, there is a boundary town ahead. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ.d.” An Annan soldier trotted all the way over and reported to Zhou Ruiyu, "We are about to arrive." ”

Zhou Rui nodded quietly, and said to an inconspicuous soldier next to him, "This is here, wait for you to go to the camp with us first, and then go to find relatives, so as not to find us again if you can't find your relatives." ”

"Hmm," Yun Qian nodded slightly, and then walked forward with the group.

In such a chaotic army, it is not difficult to get a military uniform, and the current soldiers all have long hair coiled on the top of their heads, so Yun Qian's long hair did not attract attention at all. In addition, Yun Qian's face was also smeared with a lot of pot bottom ash, and she looked like an inconspicuous soldier at this time. She followed Zhou Rui's suggestion, changed into the clothes of Annan soldiers and mixed in the army, although many Annan soldiers knew that she was a woman, but these Annan soldiers almost all saw that Baihu spent two taels to redeem her, and they all thought that Baihu had taken her into the house, so no one dared to come to rub oil. As for the Maidno people, they have severe face blindness for these Oriental faces, and they only need to turn around and don't recognize them, so Yun Qian is almost absolutely safe here.

The team soon came to the bottom of the city. As an important border town in the north and south of An, Jiezhen is always facing possible attacks in North Annan, so it can be regarded as armed to the teeth. Zhou Rui quietly measured it with the naked eye, the city wall is about eight meters high, the city tower is ten meters high, the city gate is five meters wide, and the thickness of the city wall should be about three meters from the width of the city gate hole. He couldn't help but sigh that this town was really not given in vain, just this city wall, ordinary people would never be able to climb it, and they had to take a ladder. In addition, the entire city wall is made of bluestone bricks, which is extremely strong, and if you want to bombard it with artillery, you are afraid that the damage it can produce is relatively limited, and I am afraid that you must use infantry to plant explosives in the vicinity.

Sun Yuandi is not cool, and he hates war and trouble

Sun Yuandi is not cool, hating the war and making trouble, at this time, a veteran who is also wearing a red robe and silver armor appeared at the head of the city, although this veteran looks a little old, but he is full of anger when he speaks, obviously without raising his voice, but he can also let the people nearby hear it clearly, "Zhao Ximin is here to wait for the friendly army of Maidno for many days, and today I finally look forward to it, your army is neat and well-trained, well-armed, and it is indeed the head of the strong army!" As he spoke, he arched his hand towards the position of the officer corps in the distance, "I don't know which one is the general, can you come out and talk?" ”

There were several flags fluttering on the castle tower, one was the banner of Emperor Li, and the other was the blue surname banner of Zhao Ximin himself. A cannon is mounted at the head of the city, which at first glance looks very similar to the two cannons captured during the capture of Shabak Fort. He had heard the intelligence report, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen said that a Maidno sea ship sank outside the port of Champa that year, and most of the sailors drowned, so they organized personnel to fish out more than ten guns on the ship, but only four of them could still be used, so two were placed in the port of Champa and the other two were placed in Jiezhen. The area wrapped by the city wall of Jiezhen is not large, but it is also full of more than 5,000 people, including the yamen of Jiezhen and some shops. The function of the yamen to manage the place has long been deprived by Zhao Ximin, and at this time, even the trial of the case was arranged by the military judge under Zhao Ximin. The shops mainly deal in food and daily necessities, and their main duty is to buy food, because the number of ordinary people in the whole town is very small, except for the two large households, only the poor people are left. People who have no skills behind them are easy to be looted by soldiers when they open shops, and they often lose all their money, and they are tossed and fallen by this group of mounds one after another.

As for the capable shops, they didn't intend to sell anything to Qiu Ba at all, what they did was just the opposite, they bought all kinds of looted things from this group of Qiu Ba, including but not limited to drifting grain, gold and silver, and the like. These things are very cheap to buy from Qiu Ba, but after being sent to the big cities of Hue, they can directly double their value. So the people in this town became two kinds, either the poor ghosts who were so poor that they jingled, or the black-hearted merchants who were so rich that they were oily.

At this time, there were nearly five hundred soldiers standing at the gates, although they were dressed in tatters, and it was obvious that many of them were malnourished, thin and short, but they were all holding weapons at the gates. The leader was dressed in a red robe and carried a spear. Seeing the arrival of the Medeno army, the soldiers were visibly flustered. This is entirely understandable, the Medeno army was neatly dressed, dressed in brand new uniforms, and the muskets and axes in their hands were polished and shiny. They were generally more than 1.6 meters tall, but now they wear tall hats with bird feathers on them, making them even taller. Compared with them, the army of the Annamite people is simply like a rib spirit, and if the Annamite people fight, they will definitely suffer.

The general with a spear drove forward, arched his hand at the Medeno and said loudly, "Is your general here, please come and speak!" ”

After far from being uncool, the enemy is the most defeated by the moon finger battle

Russell ignored him and yelled at one of the staff officers beside him. The staff officer saluted, and began to give orders in loud voices.

At this time, the soldiers of the axe-gun squadron in the middle of the line began to step first, and then the soldiers of the musket squadron in front of them also began to walk. The squadron leaders drew their command knives and began to form the team according to the orders of the staff officer while shouting the command.

Three musket squadrons began to spread out at the gate of Jiezhen, slowly forming a three-row formation, and then the axe-gun squadron marched forward, forming a double row in front of the musket squadron's array, and then half-knelt down, ready for defense. At the command of the squadron leader, the musketeers put their weapons up and began to reload the barrels with ammunition.

The musket squadrons in the center, although they did not begin to load, began to form their formations, forming several phalanxes behind the musket squadrons lined up in front. With the neighing of mules and horses, the Annan soldiers were frightened, and the two groups of dragoons rounded the road to the left side of the confrontation line, and the dragoons unhurriedly loaded their cavalry muskets with ammunition, and the loaded dragoons placed their muskets under the saddle, and took out the spears fixed under the saddle, and began to check the stability of the spears.

The Annan soldiers at the gate of the city obviously began to panic, they only received orders not to allow the Medenor people to enter the boundary town, but they did not expect that the Medeno people were pretending to be real, and really began to prepare for battle. They only had about five hundred men, while the Medeno not only numbered thousands, but also had elite muskets and cavalry, and once they really fought, they would definitely not have the upper hand.

"There are people on the walls!" As the lookout man in charge of the lookout made a loud report, two or three hundred archers appeared on the city wall, and the archers, with bows and arrows in their hands, ran quickly up the city wall along the horse path, lined up in front of the battlements, and then bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows pointed directly at the Meedno people under the city.

Zhou Rui knew that it was going to be bad, although they came with the Medno people, but if the Maidno people were going to fight with the Annan people right now, they would definitely not be able to distinguish the difference between their side and those Annan soldiers. And those Annan soldiers will definitely not open up because their side belongs to Annan - you are all standing with the Maidno people, how can you choose to be clean? Although the Medenor people have a slight upper hand at the moment, the position of the Jiezhen side is condescending, and the city gate can be closed at any time, so if the Medeno dragoons are not able to quickly break through the defensive formation at the gate and rush into the city, it is likely that a breakthrough battle will be turned into a siege battle. These Medeno people did not have siege weapons and obviously did not take much advantage.

He was about to ask his subordinates to withdraw one after another, when he heard a hearty laugh from the castle tower of Jiezhen, which confused the people in front of him and looked up at the castle tower.

At this time, a veteran who was also wearing a red robe and silver armor appeared at the head of the city, although this veteran looked a little old, but he spoke with a lot of anger, obviously did not raise his voice, but he was able to let the people nearby hear clearly, "Zhao Ximin has been waiting for the friendly army of Maidno here for many days, and today I finally look forward to it, your army is neat, well-trained and well-armed, and it is really the head of the strong army!" As he spoke, he arched his hand towards the position of the officer corps in the distance, "I don't know which one is the general, can you come out and talk?" ”

Only then did Russell drive his horse to the rear of the musket squadron and shouted at the castle tower, "You are Zhao Ximin?" We have come all the way to Jiezhen to assist Annan in the border area, why do you still have swords and guns against us? Order your soldiers to lay down their arms and not be in a mood for resistance, or we will attack! ”

Zhao Ximin's face turned blue and red for a while, he originally wanted to give this Maidno army a dismount, and then let them vacate the boundary town for themselves and station it in the camp of the original Ito army. Who knew that these Medno people with a tendon brain didn't even say a word, and directly began to prepare for the attack. He knew the combat effectiveness of the Maidno people, they dared to fight thousands of Nanban with hundreds of troops, and he won the battle, if his legion went to fight the same number of Nanban, he was afraid that even a draw would be a luxury. He couldn't help but sigh quietly, and forced a smile to say, "Your army doesn't need to worry too much, we have no malicious intentions in the first place, and we will all lay down our weapons." ”

Annan soldiers, look at me, I look at you, after a while, they all put down the weapons in their hands, Russell waved his hand, "Prepare to enter the city!" ”

Zhao Ximin is depressed now, how can he be so anxious? This is into the city? Hurriedly rushed down the road to the city tower, and went directly to the city gate to stop the Medeno people who were about to enter the city. Russell drove his horse over, stopped beside Zhao Ximin, and asked him, "What does General Zhao want to stop our army from entering the city?" ”

Zhao Ximin scolded Russell ten times in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it on the surface, so he said, "The place in the city is not big, if the people of your army want to enter the city, it may be difficult to have enough area to live." Why don't you ......."

Before the words fell, Russell glanced at him, Russell was riding a tall horse at this time, and his figure was originally taller and stronger than him Zhao Ximin, and Zhao Ximin was coerced to be a head shorter for no reason. Russell didn't intend to consider Zhao Ximin's majesty at all, but said lightly, "Isn't your army about to go to Zhancheng Port to fight the rebellion?" Your army is leaving, our army is stationed, it is justified, could it be that General Zhao still plans to leave the army in Jiezhen, and it is disrespectful to resist the order? ”

"No, no, no......" Zhao Ximin was about to say a few words, when he saw Russell wave his hand, "Drive everyone in the way out of the way for me and enter the city!" ”

The enemy's land and geography are connected to the cold department

The axe-gunners of the axe-gun squadron in front raised the sticks of their axes and guns, and with a crackling crackle, the Annan soldiers who had not yet reacted to block the city gate screamed, and they jumped to both sides of the city gate. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, although Zhao Ximin himself was not beaten, but his subordinates were driven away like a dog, and this master naturally has no face. Before he could break out, he saw several generals with soldiers draped all over their bodies, holding elite-looking weapons in their hands, and they were rushing from the city to the city gate with great momentum. The soldiers, numbering more than six hundred, stopped the advance of the Medeno on the narrow road.

The axe-gunners in front once again half-knelt down at the command of the squadron leader, and the axe guns in their hands poked diagonally upward, once again preparing for defense. The musketeers in the back, because they were located at the gate of the city, were very narrow and could not spread out their firing formations, so they lined up at the gate in several square formations, which stood firmly in the open space at the city gate, and the muskets that had already been loaded pointed in all directions. The atmosphere is tense, like a powder keg, and a battle breaks out on just one spark.

"Good! The old man admits planting! Zhao Ximin stomped his foot viciously and waved his hand at the reinforcements coming from behind, "Go back!" Then he bowed his hand to Russell, "The old man has set up a reception banquet in the general's mansion, and invited the generals to the banquet." ”

Russell smiled noncommittally and instructed the staff officer behind him, "Put away your weapons and prepare to enter the city." Then he turned to Zhao Ximin, "General Zhao, where is our army stationed?" ”

It didn't take long for the Medeno people to successfully settle in Jie Town. A squadron of musket soldiers quickly ascended to the top of the city, and the fluttering surname flag was quickly lowered, and then the flag of the Medeno Marine Regiment was immediately raised.

Zhou Rui looked at this scene and couldn't help but secretly feel funny, Zhao Ximin, known as the commander of the South Bank Army, with more than 100,000 people under his command, actually confessed in front of more than 1,000 Maidno soldiers, how weak are the combat effectiveness of these Annamite people? He didn't have time to think about it, followed the Medeno people into the boundary town, and secretly began to scout the situation in the boundary town.

As he walked, there was a sudden crying sound around him, which surprised Zhou Rui, and he turned his head to take a look, only to find that it was Yun Qian who was crying secretly, so he hurriedly leaned over quietly and asked in a low voice what was going on.

Yun Qian wiped her face gently, and her tears mixed with the ashes at the bottom of the pot wiped her face. "Lord Baihu, the little girl can't stay in this boundary town, can I go to that place with you?"

Yun Qian is a smart woman, it would be better if the Maidno people didn't enter the boundary town, at least if they didn't go out and hang around, they wouldn't be captured by the Medno people. But just now she also saw that the Maidno people rushed into the boundary town with great momentum, even if she succeeded in joining her relatives, she would not be able to be found and captured by those Maidno people, she didn't want to try that kind of dark day anymore, since she was desperate now, it was better to simply follow this hundred households to that legendary good place.

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