The Chu army has always attached importance to the training of civil engineering, and compared with other armies in this era, the Chu army can be regarded as a qualified engineer if he pulls out an ordinary soldier casually.

When Wang Kefan came back from Guangdong, he specially invited a few skilled blacksmiths, and then collected a group of blacksmiths from all over Huguang, and established his own ironware workshop in Jinggangshan, which imitated the first generation of military sapper shovels in later generations and equipped them in the hands of every Chu army soldier.

These sapper shovels are made of fine iron, and steel is used at the front cutting edge, although I dare not say that the iron is cut and the gold is broken, but it is much tougher and sharper than ordinary shovels, and it is very suitable for digging trenches.

One hundred and ten soldiers each looked for cover and began to dig under them, first in a kneeling bunker, then into a three-dimensional foxhole, step by step connected into a line, connected into a net...... More soldiers joined in, and in order to expand the working area, they began to dig on both sides of the road, and when they encountered thick tree roots, they slowly cleared them with pickaxe saws.

Seeing that the trenches of the Chu army were slowly approaching, the Qing army in the stockade began to panic, and did not stop firing guns and cannons, smashing down the rolling wood and stones, but the trenches of the Chu army effectively protected the soldiers inside, and all the attacks were in vain.

Hold back!

The Qing army was too small to go out of the village to meet the battle, and watched the trenches dug under their noses, and the musket team responsible for covering had almost nothing to do.

Wang Kebin held a flintlock pistol and aimed for a long time, and finally saw a reckless Qing soldier showing half of his body on the wall, he was just about to pull the trigger, but there was a crisp gunshot in his ears, and the body of the Qing army swirled. planted the wall headlong.

"How are you going to grab my target?" Wang Kebin is young and vigorous, and his attitude is not friendly.

"Isn't it free fire?" The big bull looked dazed, and white smoke was still emitting from the muzzle of the flintlock pistol.

Encounter this natural stay. Wang Kebin had no choice but to hold back his anger and look for the next target.

Luckily, the target appeared quickly, Wang Kebin closed one eye and aimed, ready to shoot, only to hear a bang in his ear, and the Qing army disappeared from his field of vision again.

"You did it on purpose, right? Deliberately against me! Wang Kebin finally got angry. Fly into a rage.

"It's not." The big bull shook his head again and again, looking at him with innocent eyes.

"I'll aim at one, you hit one. And said it wasn't on purpose! Wang Kebin said loudly: "I know that you think my marksmanship is too poor, and you have always looked down on me as a deputy officer, and deliberately want to embarrass me!" ”

"I really didn't mean to! The order given by the general commander of the king just now. Free fire all over. When I saw the Tartar popping up, I couldn't help but shoot...... "Da Gu Niu is a little scared, but Wang Kebin is the top boss."

Seeing the two of them bickering, the officer in charge hurriedly stopped, there was still a fight here, and the king of heaven was not allowed to make a loud noise, let alone quarrel.

With a shout, the Chu soldiers jumped out of the trenches. Carrying a simple ladder to the wall, the first soldier jumped on the wall. The Qing army lost the courage to resist and turned around and fled backwards, the camp changed hands, and the Chu army captured Caixia Peak.

"Hey! God Bless Bing is so famous, it turns out that when the limelight is not right, he will also lay soft eggs, and he will be in a uproar! With a smile on his face, Gu Zongfu shook his head again and again, sighed with emotion, and said to Wang Yi half-truthfully: "No! Lao Tzu has lost a lot of money in this deal, and half of your credit is too much, so let's discuss it again. ”

"It's okay to say that it's good, but it doesn't make sense to regret it now." Wang Yi said with a smile: "Caixia Peak's Tartar forces are too small, as long as their geographical advantage is broken, they will naturally be vulnerable, but when you turn around and meet the main force of the Tartars, you will know the usefulness of our musket team." What do you think? Are you really reluctant to work with me? ”

"You little guy, you're just too slippery, and you've learned to blackmail others!" Gu Zongfu glared and scolded twice, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, a small village, whose credit is it, what's the matter?" Let's hurry up and cross the river, and it is only right to enter Hengyang as soon as possible......"

In the evening of the same day, the Chu army set up a pontoon bridge and forcibly crossed the Xiangjiang River.

As the vanguard of the whole army, the Ji'an battalion suddenly attacked and attacked the Caoqiao area in the suburbs of Hengyang.

During dinner, Wang Kebin and Da Guniu had another dispute.

There are many veterans in Hengshi in the Chu army, and more than half of them are surnamed Wang, so after Wang Kebin came to the musket team, except for Wang Yi, the ordinary officers and soldiers did not know his identity.

The officers and soldiers privately speculated about Wang Kebin's origin, and felt that although he was young, he had the fame of a martial artist, and he was only a deputy in the second musket team, and he was not a prominent official position, so he was just an ordinary member of the Wang family, such as Wang Kefan's brother.

If he is really a close relative of Wang Kefan, he would have to be a deputy of the sentry battalion or something, or find a noble and safe position in the staff department and the logistics department, there is no need to risk being placed in the front-line troops.

Despite this, the influence of the Wang family in the Chu army is still very great, most of the veterans in Hengshi have become middle-level officers, and they can pull out a distant relative of the Wang family at random, and ordinary soldiers like Da Gu Niu can't afford to offend.

In Da Guniu's mind, Wang Kebin is the top boss in the end, and he is a member of the Wang family, and there is no good fruit to eat if he stiffens with him, so Baba came to Wang Kebin to make amends.

Wang Kebin was scolded by the team officer during the day, and he was still holding his breath in his heart, looking at the big bull was not pleasing to the eye, and his attitude was a little bad, but fortunately, the big bull was a good-tempered soft man, and he made amends vigorously, and Wang Kebin's face looked better.

Along with Da Gu Niu were Wu veterans and Zhu Huaqi, Wu veterans looked at their faces, saw the stitches, and persuaded: "Deputy Wang, your old status is precious, why bother to meet with the brothers." Our ordinary soldiers expect to earn some rewards by virtue of military merits, but you will be designated for promotion in the future, and this credit will be won by Da Gu Niu. ”

Wang Kebin shook his head like a rattle: "No! It doesn't matter what the reward is, but the big bull robbed me of my military merits, so you have to give me an explanation! ”

Today is Wang Kebin's first time on the battlefield, he is full of anger, ready to make a blockbuster start, and make a great contribution to Wang Kefan, what makes him very angry is that several excellent opportunities were destroyed by Da Guniu, of course, this matter can't be so simple.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Da Guniu was scared and said: "I killed two Tartars today, otherwise I don't want this military merit, and it will be recorded on the body of Deputy Wang......

Wang Kebin was furious: "Are you pickling me?" As long as you don't make trouble, I can kill those two Tartars! ”

Da Gu Niu was even more flustered: "Then what should I do?" Otherwise, I'll kowtow to you to make amends? ”

As he spoke, he was about to bend down and kneel, but suddenly a hand reached out next to him and pulled him up.

Zhu Huaqi, as the concubine of the king of Tongshan, couldn't get used to Wang Kebin's son-in-law, so he pulled the big bull and said coldly: "Don't say so much, let's go!" If you earn military merit by your ability, why should you be inferior to others. ”

If you want to talk about the temper of Brother Gongzi, Zhu Huaqi's background is much deeper than Wang Kebin, but after the tragedy of the destruction of his family, he has become mature and stable, and he is like two people back then, but the arrogance of the royal family in his bones has not disappeared.

"Don't go! What do you mean by that? Wang Kebin was annoyed, and stepped forward to grab Zhu Huaqi. He grew up under the protection of his father and brother, and it was basically smooth sailing, and the young man was sensitive and self-respecting, and when he heard the contempt in the other party's words, he immediately reacted strongly.

Zhu Huaqi's face flashed with anger, and with a snap, he slapped his hand to the side: "Deputy Wang, please respect yourself!" ”

The sound was crisp, Wang Kebin lost face, became even more annoyed, and shook his fist to fight back without thinking about it, and the two immediately fought together.

In the past few years, under the supervision of Wang Kefan, Wang Kebin has been practicing martial arts, and he is much stronger than ordinary people in his fists and feet.

The more angry the two of them became, the heavier and heavier their hands became, Zhu Huaqi looked at the vacancy, and smashed a punch into the corner of Wang Kebin's eye, Wang Kebin kicked Zhu Huaqi to the ground, and followed closely forward with punches and kicks.

"This kid is so ruthless!" Veteran Wu was terrified, Wang Kebin saw that he had already lost his temper, his eyes showed a fierce light, and his hands were black and heavy, as if he was going to fight hard. Old soldier Wu hurriedly stepped forward to pull the fight, but he couldn't hold him back, seeing that something would happen if he continued to fight, he gritted his teeth and suddenly pulled out his saber, and the tip of the knife pointed directly at Wang Kebin's chest.

"Deputy Wang, I don't dare to offend you, but if someone dies today, everyone will be a capital crime!" With the character of a veteran Wu, he didn't dare to show his sword to Shangguan, but he knew a little about Zhu Huajue's origins, so he mustered up the courage and stopped the brawl with violent means.

Forced by Xueliang's steel knife, Wang Kebin finally calmed down, looked at Zhu Huaqi, who was covered in blood and couldn't get up on the ground, only to realize that he had made a big mistake, and sat on the ground with a dejected ass, regretting it in his heart.

After hearing about this incident, Wang Yi didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly reported it to Wang Kefan and asked for punishment. He must be responsible for the lax management, but the matter involves his own brother, as well as the son-in-law of the king of Tongshan, in line with the principle of being strict with himself and being lenient with others, Wang Kefan only criticized a few words verbally, but called Wang Kebin to his account overnight.

Although Wang Kebin won this fight, he also suffered several heavy blows, especially the punch in the corner of his eye, he didn't feel anything at the time, but at this time, his whole eye was like a goldfish, bulging cysts and cysts, and he couldn't open his eyes at all, so he could only squint into a line and look out. (To be continued......)