Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen looked excited, and he immediately ordered his troops:

"Wu Bing!"

"Here." Wu Bing immediately stood up straight, waiting for Zhu Youzhen's military order.

"The 1,000 infantry of the headquarters have set off from the east gate of Linzi to ambush the west of the ambush circle. Be careful not to let the horses roll up dust and alarm the pirates too soon. At three o'clock in the afternoon, they launched an attack on the Japanese invaders, paying attention to attacking from a long distance with bows and crossbows, not seeking to annihilate the Japanese invaders, as long as the Japanese retreated to the east. If the Japanese do not retreat, it is time to test you, and the cavalry Qian Limin Department will also provide you with assistance in due course, if the Japanese retreat, do not chase after them, only follow them slowly, and shoot them with bows and crossbows from a long distance. ”

"Yes." Wu Bing saluted and sat down again.

"Zhang Heng!"

"Here."

"Lead the headquarters of 1,000 cavalry, set out from the north gate of Linzi City, bypass the Japanese invaders, and cut off the retreat route for the Japanese to flee eastward in the east of the ambush circle. You also attack at three o'clock in the afternoon, killing the enemy with your bow and crossbow as much as you can. Whether the Japanese can be completely annihilated depends on whether you can cut off the retreat of the Japanese invaders, and Wang Qiang will cooperate with you at the appropriate time. If the pirates retreat westward, do not chase them, but follow them far behind, consuming them with bows and crossbows. ”

"Li Xing, Jiang Gen."

"Here."

"Each of you led a thousand soldiers and horses from your headquarters, and went out of Linzi City to ambush from the south and the north respectively. If the pirates flee to your defense area, they must already be frightened birds, and you are not required to destroy them all, but only shoot them with bows and crossbows, and let them return the same way. ”

"Qian Limin, Wang Qiang."

"Here."

"You each lead the men and horses of your headquarters, take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry, patrol the northwest and southeast of the ambush circle respectively, keep a firm eye on the Japanese robbers, if there is danger in a certain place, you immediately go to the top, be sure to plug the gap."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the honor and disgrace of the Fenwu Battalion, in one fell swoop, it is up to you whether you can completely annihilate the Japanese and fulfill the will given to us by the emperor. You must fight with all your strength and play the majesty of the Fenwu Battalion, the people of Shandong are watching you, and the court is watching you. If there is a fear of the enemy who does not fight or even flees, he will be killed. ”

"Yes, we will fight to the death with all our might, and we must destroy all the Japanese invaders." The six thousand commanders agreed, and then they strode away from the tent to command their respective soldiers.

"Wang Mujiu, the special combat team will attack with me and settle the battle before dark." Zhu Youzhen felt that he was like Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms, it turned out that commanding the war was so comfortable, and it would be even more pleasant if he could have a feather fan.

"Your Highness, what about me? I can't guard the empty camp, can I? Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was about to leave the camp, Qin Yongnian euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction, the whole army attacked, and he, the supreme commander of the Fenwu battalion, had nothing to do, if this battle was won, would he have his own share of the credit?

"Commander?" Zhu Youzhen also didn't know how to arrange this supreme commander, rushing to kill on the battlefield, and the supreme commander generally didn't have to go into battle to kill the enemy in person, as long as he commanded the army well. Zhu Youzhen led the special combat team, not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but as a reserve, there are 2,000 Japanese robbers, if they are in a hurry, desperately break through from a certain direction, he really doesn't know if the Fenwu battalion can resist, after all, most of the soldiers are on the battlefield for the first time.

"Well, I'm not going to attack. I'll just watch with you. Qin Yongnian saw that Zhu Youzhen was decisive in killing, carefully calculated, and had the style of a general in the dispatch of troops, and he was more confident in Zhu Youzhen, he just wanted to see first-hand information, how the Fenwu Battalion defeated the Japanese Invaders, and he didn't do anything to pick up credit for nothing.

"In that case, the special combat team will be deployed by you and me and used as a reserve." Zhu Youzhen thought about it, he, the prince, had gone to the battlefield, and it seemed unreasonable to let Qin Yongnian stay in the camp.

It was time to go, and Wu Bing's troops were the first to encounter the Japanese invaders.

The Japanese team, basically two columns, marched slowly on the plains of Shandong.

Because they carried a large amount of looted supplies and silver taels, the formation of the Japanese was relatively scattered, stretching for several miles, and it was really not a regular army, and the regular army would not march so loosely.

The leading Japanese robbers tie their hair on the top of their heads, holding a flowering bun to the sky, while ordinary Japanese robbers only have some loose hair on the top of their heads, and their heads are shaved on all sides.

They hold Japanese swords in their hands, wearing wide gray burqas, some burqas are torn, and the exposed mouth can be used to get into a rugby, and some of them may be too badly damaged, and they are wearing a Han robe casually, which looks very different, I don't know which unlucky talent or official's clothes, because according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary farmers and merchants are not allowed to wear robes. All the coats were stained with blood, and I don't know how much blood would be on the ground.

At the back of the procession were the convoys of the pirates, carrying them on their shoulders and some carts, loaded with the goods and silver taels they had plundered along the way.

In order to increase the width of the attack, Wu soldiers divided the soldiers into teams of fifty people, and arranged four teams of soldiers to the west, northwest, and southwest of the Japanese Kou, standing horizontally, with two teams in front holding crossbows and two teams in the back holding bows.

Another 400 men on horseback, and if the crossbowmen were unable to repel the pirates, the cavalry would attack, both to repel the pirates and to protect the crossbowmen who had not had time to retreat.

The Japanese finally discovered the Ming army in front, but they didn't care at all, the cowardice of the Ming soldiers they had fully seen, as long as a charge, they would definitely be defeated, some timid officers, before they saw their shadows, just the legend, they were scared to pee their pants.

They are not worried about themselves, but about the Ming army, these Ming troops do not dare to come up to fight, even the speed of escape is as slow as a snail, and when they will rush up by themselves, they really don't know where they are running.

They have no interest in slashing and killing the army of the Ming Dynasty, these poor soldiers, they have no oil and water on them, killing them wasted their strength in vain, it is better to rob the people, even if there is not much silver taels, there are always some young Jiao # Niang, it is best to be officials, both silver and women, that is their favorite, so they like to break the city, there are officials in the city, and there are things they like.

The pirates chatted as they walked, and because of their extreme contempt for the Ming army, they did not intend to kill indiscriminately, nor did they intend to change their walking routes. They were not prepared for the upcoming battle at all, they didn't even put down the looted property in their hands, and held a knife in one hand, in their opinion, the threat to the Ming army was the same, and even the name of the Japanese was a threat to the Ming army.