Yang Sisun sat cross-legged, surrounded by a dark night and a black cart, the torches were burning non-stop, making bursts of crackling sounds, the oil smoke from Songming hurt people's eyes, but no one would extinguish the torches, there were not only torches on the periphery, but dozens of fires piled up into a few people high enough to burn until dawn.

In this era, in fact, the possibility of night battles is very small, many people have night blind formations, and when they fight at night, they can't distinguish between friend and foe at all, that is, they just cut indiscriminately.

There were no horses' hooves outside, but there was a wolf howl.

Beside Yang Sisun were two bureau chiefs, plus the captain of the cavalry flag, several flag captains of the firearms flag team and the flag team of the soldiers were sitting cross-legged, and the shopkeeper and several deputy shopkeepers who were prepared to be sent to Inner Khalkha by Yusheng were also there, and Zhang Ziming and other businessmen from the Chamber of Commerce were also sitting by the fire, and their faces were very solemn.

It's been a whole day since they were blocked, and Su Nang and Bu Nang really learned smart this time, they didn't blindly run over and storm the car formation, and then retreated after the last group of people died...... This was the usual pattern in the past few months, and as soon as the two sides met, it was certain that this script would be the same.

This time, Bu Sang and Su Sang were obedient, they blocked the future, thousands of herdsmen and cavalry were distributed, cutting off the future, and even in the nearby water source there were armor guards, so that the convoy could not fetch water, today a day of water storage is almost exhausted, if there is no way to retreat.

A deputy Bai said: "Can you rely on the car formation to slowly attack forward?" ”

"Nope." The cavalry flag captain said: "The advantage of cavalry is that it is flexible and mobile, the specialty of our vehicle formation is to hold it steadily, with our attack speed, the enemy does not even have to react, we can advance ten miles a day, it is good, they can disperse and harass, camera attack, as long as our vehicle formation accidentally shows a flaw, it is likely to be broken by the enemy's superior forces, and then it will be all over." ”

Yang Sisun nodded, attacking with a car formation is a stupid method, and it is not advisable.

The people and merchants in the crowd and Yusheng listened quietly, and no one interjected, this was a military meeting, although it was a matter of life and death for them.

"Tartar is a good learner, and he has found the shortcomings of our car formation, and he can't wait for them to rush like he did half a year ago, Qingcheng Si waits for work, sticks to the car formation, and waits for them to rush." A cadet sent by the General Staff Department said: "Our style of play must change with the changes of the enemy, and we cannot remain the same. At this time, it is not appropriate to stick to the car formation or advance with the car formation, and it is not appropriate to retreat, not to mention the importance of the adult's plan and the establishment of the business road, as well as the prestige of us and Yusheng on the grassland...... Now the tribes and tribes are waiting for us to show signs of weakness, those Taiji say that they are not horse bandits, in fact, they are also a pack of hungry wolves, as long as we are soft, they will swarm up and bite! ”

The student's words were loud and sonorous, and everyone was attracted by his words...... Although the man did not say a conclusive word, the meaning of the words was very obvious.

"What do they mean now?" Zhang Ziming asked everyone quietly.

Everyone is a businessman, who can understand, at the moment is shaking their heads.

Zhang Yansheng said: "This staff officer said that it is not appropriate for the car formation to move forward or backward, I listened to the meaning of his words, it should be to use the infantry team with the bird gun to fight directly." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Ziming was taken aback and said, "How is this possible? We only have two and a half rounds of infantry and a cavalry flag team, and there are only more than 300 soldiers. ”

"yes, you can't fight."

"Don't be impulsive, that little staff officer knows a fart, and the hair on his mouth hasn't grown yet."

Everyone was talking about it, and at this moment, Yang Sisun finally stood up, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Yang Sisun was a little nervous...... It was the first time he had been faced with a decision made by himself.

In the past, he was just a dart master, and he followed the instructions to act on his superiors, even if he encountered trouble, at most he would beat away some bandits who were not open-eyed, and later became the general manager of the bureau, and there was a general manager and Zhang Han at the top, and he just acted in accordance with the military orders.

This time he took with him hundreds of soldiers, hundreds of coachmen and accompanying merchants, and goods of great value, all of which were at stake, and the responsibility was too great.

But when Yang Sisun really got up, looked around left and right, and looked at all the people in the field, his heart calmed down...... In the past few years, everything under Heyusheng and his banner has been invincible, Yang Sisun and others have long had more confidence than ordinary people in their hearts, and it is difficult for people in the military system created by Zhang Han to lack self-confidence.

"Brothers, the wolves are in front, we may be bitten when we retreat, we expect the chariots to be protected, but this time they have become cunning, we can only rush out of the chariots and confront these wolves...... Are we afraid? ”

All the archers stood up together, Li Shouxin, the captain of the Bird Gun Banner, and Zhang Chunniu, the deputy officer of the team, all of them seemed to have become a whole in an instant.

I don't know who took the lead in roaring, and then everyone roared together: "Don't be afraid! ”

"We have the best training, we have the best weapons, we have armor that the border army does not have, we have military doctors, we usually take a good salary, and eat food that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, all of which are given to us by Lord Zhang, and the time to test us today has come...... These people in front of us also need our protection, and to be a soldier is to be able to rise up at a critical time, and the greatest honor of a soldier is to protect everything we should protect'...... That's what adults teach us! Yang Sisun roared with all his strength, his voice quickly became hoarse, but the tone was getting higher and higher, roaring to the end, Yang Sisun felt that the blood veins in his whole body were swelling, and he finally used all his strength to roar: "Tomorrow morning, put on armor and go out of battle, and fight the enemy!" ”

"Kill!"

All the archers waved their weapons and roared along.

The businessmen and the coachman were all watching quietly, and no one made a sound, and after half a sound, Zhang Yansheng suddenly said: "Dad, I want to go to Li Zhuang to sign up as an archer." ”

"Nonsense." Zhang Ziming shook his head and gently reprimanded his son.

If Zhang Yansheng dared to say this before, Zhang Ziming would definitely scold him with his head and face, a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail, but just now he heard Yang Sisun's words with his own ears, the archers went to war, mainly to protect these people in front of them, "The honor of a soldier is to protect everything that should be protected", the words are still in his ears.

The archer of the merchant group is already a profession with a great sense of honor, at least in the places where Yusheng can radiate to, people already have this kind of cognition, the high status is not only in the beautiful military uniform and generous military salary, but also the military and political department has been constantly publicizing, the archer protects the business, guards the safety of the merchant, so the concept of fighting hard has been accepted by many people...... This is also the reality in the first place, but the truth may not be so noble.

"I must go." Zhang Yansheng muttered in a low voice...... He knew that his father wanted him to be able to inherit his father's business, but he really felt that being an archer was much more exciting than being a merchant!

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When the sky is still bright, the north wind is strong, there are already some traces of yellow traces of dew on the tips of the grass, the cooking soldiers began to cook when it was still dark, they piled up ridges and dug pits, buried dozens of cauldrons, at dawn the soldiers began to assemble, and when the teams were assembled, the team officer and the deputy team officer took people to carry the soup bucket back, everyone drank hot egg drop soup with wheat cakes, and each person's lunch box also had some pickles to accompany the meal, although it was a meal on the battlefield, it was also a particularly sweet food for people to eat.

As the last of the water was used up to ensure the food of the archers, the merchants and coachmen drank a small amount of cold water and ate the same bread as they got up, and they did not show a look of discouragement or worry on their faces, but kept talking to the soldiers.

Yang Sisun got a vacancy and pulled Zhang Ziming aside and a few people who could call the shots.

"Lao Zhang," Yang Sisun said: "We will send troops for a while, the sappers will stay behind, if the battle situation is smooth, of course, there is no need to say anything, if the battle situation is not smooth, our infantry will not be able to escape the cavalry, it is unlikely that we want to retreat, we will leave some firearms for the sappers, you cooperate with them, and use the vehicle formation to slowly retreat." I sent cavalry to Qingcheng yesterday to ask for assistance, as long as you are not easily rushed into the formation, slowly retreat, looking for water sources, you will definitely be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive. ”

Zhang Ziming said: "We stop in place, you can always get to the car formation when you retreat, isn't it good for everyone to defend the formation together?" ”

"No." Yang Sisun smiled and said, "After we go out of the formation, you must close the car formation tightly and never open it!" ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Sisun grabbed his iron helmet and got up calmly.

The soldiers have had breakfast and have made a short rest, and now people are helping the soldiers to put on chain mail or iron armor, the bird gunners have already loaded the first round of medicine, the flag bearers hold the battle flag in their hands obliquely, standing in place straight, the few jumping soldiers have less than one flag team, they wear the heaviest armor, the new plate armor is actually very suitable for them, but now the plate armor should be given priority to equip the cavalry team, the infantry sequence should be a little back, the soldiers are still wearing heavy iron scale armor, Coupled with the weight of various protective gears close to fifty catties, fortunately, they are used to this weight, and they are still joking with each other while wearing armor, if they also become cuirassiers in the future, their bodies will be twenty pounds lighter all of a sudden, I am afraid they may not be able to adapt to it.

After last night's mobilization, although there was a war with an enemy who was more than ten times more numerous, the archers could not see the slightest nervous expression on their faces, and a military attache of the military and political department at the level of deputy hundred generals with his assistants in the team to collect the suicide notes of the soldiers, which were all written temporarily last night, this time the battle made people feel more than auspicious, even if the morale was high, and Yusheng had never fought this kind of disparity in a war that was too high.