155. Lewdness

Ma Gang's spear was beaten, and a drummer standing behind him began to beat the drum, which was tied to the waist and the size of a face plate, and the drum beat was just a "one, two, one" tune.

As a result, he thought of using drums to control, but the folk drummers were not willing to have anything to do with the officers and soldiers, and Li Meng could only train from the soldiers and pay high salaries, but fortunately, the tone was relatively simple and he could master it quickly.

There was a drum for 400 people, and there were four teams led by Ma Gang, and the drum sounded at the same time after Ma Gang's movements, and the soldiers also marched forward.

For the Jiaozhou battalion, this is just a march on the battlefield, for the Xiajin County thieves on the opposite side, this kind of soldier is the first time to see it, the psychological pressure suddenly increased, the original noisy thousands of people suddenly became quiet, after a little quiet, the Xiajin County rebels began to be restless again, but this time it was not the kind of arrogance that had just opened, but a little panicked and afraid.

But at this time, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion and the Yanding did not even put the weapons in their hands flat, and still maintained the queue when they marched, just stepping on the rhythm of the drums and moving forward step by step.

Li Meng and a few people around him rode on horses to watch the battle from a high place, Li Meng brought a hundred horse teams this time, although this horse team was not many in number, but Li Meng believed that these people were enough to change the situation on the battlefield.

"These rebels really have some ways, although they are flustered, they don't retreat, could it be that this Nanshan thief really has some talent?"

As he spoke, the two sides were already close to thirty paces, and according to the discipline of the Jiaozhou battalion, if they took another ten steps, they would start to march and charge quickly.

The spear in Ma Gang's hand shook slightly from side to side, the drum beat changed, and when he heard this rhythm, the queue began to slowly disperse, and the distance between the first four rows of spearmen slowly widened. The sword and shield men in the middle of the group rushed out at a trot.

Twenty steps, the restless but unretreating thieves of Xiajin County suddenly shouted in unison, a few people raised their bows and arrows, and more people raised their arms and waved fiercely.

A piece of stone smashed with the sound of the wind, which was really unexpected, but the sword and shield men stood at the interval between the spearmen and the spearmen when they charged, just to cover their companions with their shields.

Seeing the opponent's stones thrown, almost at the same time, the shields of the sword and shield hands were raised, and there was a rapid sound of "dangdangdang", and the stones smashed on the shield, and all of them fell to the ground. There were also a few scattered pieces that were not blocked, and they leaked through, and the soldiers' wide-brimmed felt hats also played a role in interception.

At present, the distance between the two sides is not too far, but for throwing stones, the strength of the human arm is still a little small, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion and Yanding also have a few unlucky ghosts who were hit by stones, but at most they left a bruise on their faces, and there was not much damage.

This sudden stone attack really scared Ma Gang and Li Meng, who was watching the battle on the hillside, jumped, but because the sword and shield hand advanced according to the drill code, he defended against this wave of attacks.

In fact, when charging in a foot formation, Li Meng's queue will always have a similar arrangement, in case the opponent's long-range attack exerts its power when charging, of course, if the opponent's weapon has bows and arrows in it, the musketeers in the Jiaozhou battalion will open fire and disperse, and they still have to focus on hand-to-hand combat training in front of them.

It seems that in the past, such child's play of throwing stones and attacks played a great role, but in the past, when dealing with officers and soldiers or people, they were generally thrown out only when they were about ten steps closer, so that the power was the greatest.

And this time, the neat queue of the Jiaozhou battalion advanced, which put a lot of pressure on these chaotic people in Xiajin County, which was to throw out the stones in advance, but then it was the performance time of the Jiaozhou battalion.

Ma Gang's spear was flattened, and the spearmen in the first four rows also flattened their spears, or put their spears on the shoulders of their comrades in front, the rhythm of the drum began to speed up slightly, and the soldiers of the four Jiaozhou battalions and Yan Ding began to run in small steps, rushing towards the front.

After the stones were intercepted, there were already chaotic people running towards the back, seeing that the other party was killing with a spear, the chaotic people in Xiajin County actually quieted down first, that is, in a short moment, Ma Gang thought that the other party was going to fight with him, and he was just about to shout an order. The rebels on the opposite side collapsed.

This kind of rout is not a retreat, there is no organization at all, to put it mildly, not even two people running in the same direction, just like headless flies.

"Master Li, how about letting your subordinates lead the horse team to chase and kill?"

Tang Er, who was on the hillside, asked with some eagerness, the discipline of the Jiaozhou battalion is that the formation is not chaotic, and it is easy not to disperse to pursue the rout, the current situation of dispersion, the infantry team that maintains the formation, but it can't catch up with too many chaotic people, and it can't expand the results, the role of the horse team is here, you can chase and kill the enemy, and increase the victory as much as possible.

Li Meng shook his head as he looked at the battle situation, and said indifferently:

"It's all poor people, do you think they can get together again after we take Xiajin County, they have long been scared, but the one lying on the bamboo bed, I want to see it."

Zhang Chengye was lying on the bamboo bed, looking extremely calm, Ma Gang also thought that this person was weak, and he wanted to grasp the simple one, seeing that the person was almost scattered, more than a dozen sword and shield hands came out of the queue and ran towards the bamboo bed, ready to arrest people.

Who would have thought that this middle-aged scholar in a brocade robe turned over and got out of bed, and ran wildly in the direction of Xiajin County, his movements were agile, and his running speed was also extremely fast.

Li Meng, who was watching on the high slope, and the cavalry behind him were dumbfounded, and Tang Er whispered there:

"It's so fast, maybe this horse can't catch up!"

Then a group of people laughed, since they couldn't catch up, Ma Gang didn't chase after him, just now it was still a chaotic battlefield, after a while, only the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion were left, and the ground was full of discarded wooden sticks and farm tools and other things, Ma Gang's interest was not high, and this kind of combat committee really didn't show any level.

At this time, Li Meng had already run over from the high slope on horseback, and said with a smile:

"You have trained well, and I can't tell the difference between new recruits and veterans."

Hearing this evaluation, Ma Gang was a little happy, Li Meng looked at the discarded wooden sticks and farm tools on the ground, shook his head on the horse, and said:

"Now the Jiaozhou camp is thirty-five miles away from Xiajin County, and it is estimated that it will be dark in the past, let's camp on the spot, you can arrange it."

Ma Gang nodded and agreed, Li Meng called a few cavalrymen here, and gave a few simple orders, and those cavalry also galloped away from their horses in the direction of Xiajin County.

"If you don't fight this inexplicable battle, I will send someone to the city to shout rewards, the leader of those thieves is five hundred taels, and that Zhang Nanshan is three hundred taels, whether they live or die, they will always mess with their hearts first."

Li Meng smiled and explained to the soldiers around him, everyone felt very relaxed about this battle, after camping at night, there was no need to go around to find firewood and grass for this fuel, these farm tools and wooden sticks discarded on the spot were enough, and the soldiers were still talking about the rumors that the military salary was changed from cash to land.

Everyone was very excited, even Zhang Liang asked if he had anything to do at dinner, Li Meng was very satisfied with this effect, but he just let out the wind and would not reveal anything.

Xiajin County is slightly colder than Jiaozhou, even if there is a charcoal brazier in the tent at night, it will not play a role, but everyone marches and fights is not out to enjoy the blessings, except for the people who are sentry, the rest of the people are going to sleep as soon as possible, and they will attack the city in Xiajin County tomorrow.

Not long after Li Mengcai fell asleep, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, the people in the Jiaozhou camp were only 2,000, the camp was not large, and there was a voice outside, and the Chinese military tent could hear it clearly.

In this case, Li Meng was extremely vigilant, and when he heard the voice, he had already lifted the felt, and he was completely asleep outside, and he would not take off his clothes at all.

The whole camp was in a little commotion, although Li Meng was vigilant, he was not nervous, but if other Ming army generals were here, I am afraid they would be scared to death, and the army camped at night, what was required was to be quiet and silent, even if there was a little sound, it was afraid of causing huge chaos, and the entire army might collapse, the so-called "camp roar".

However, the training of Li Meng's army was completely different from that of his contemporaries, and in the barracks and groups, the soldiers would only feel at ease and calm, and that kind of mental collapse would not suddenly appear.

It didn't take long for several soldiers guarding outside the tent to greet and light the brazier outside, and the soldiers reported outside:

"My lord, the brothers on duty at night said that this person shouted outside the camp, asking to see Lord Dusi, and hurriedly reported something important, let's see that he is a scholar, and he doesn't dare to call the shots."

Li Meng was also puzzled in his heart, and said:

"Bring it in!"

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and a person was thrown directly to the ground, of course, the soldiers were angry in their hearts, and they wanted to sleep well and were inexplicably woken up, and they were nervous and guarded for a long time, and no one would have a good temper.

Li Meng was stunned when he saw this person, the soldiers may have been focused on fighting and lining up during the day, but Li Meng was holding a clairvoyant mirror on the high slope and looking down.