Tengger's eyes, which had been squinting, stared at the wooden plaque at this moment, as if he wanted to burn the door panel into a deep hole with his fierce and cruel gaze, and the expressions of the Mongolian knights around him were extremely complicated, both resentful and worried. [Full text reading]

What kind of opponent is it, it is so easy to wipe out the 4,000 Zhili Green Battalion stationed here, and they have already explored inside and outside Yangerzhuang, but they have not found a single enemy's corpse, perhaps, those dead enemies are also among those corpses that have been burned to bones.

But no matter what, after the other party annihilated the four thousand Zhili Green Battalion, he actually dared to insert cards here so arrogantly, what does this mean? This can only mean that they are either stupid enough to scare off the enemy, or they have infinite confidence and great combat power, and they are eager to fight an enraged enemy.

At this moment, Tengger pulled out the scimitar on his waist that was as bright and cold as the eternal cold ice pulled out of the ice gap, and a terrible knife light appeared, making everyone as dazzling as if they had seen the red sky leap into the sky.

The next moment, the door panel that was divided into two collapsed, and the scimitar in Tengger's hand was raised high, and then pointed forward: "Kill all those Han people, cut off their ears and noses, let them know who is the strongest warrior in the world, cut off their heads, tie them around the necks of our horses, and let the wind and frost of the steppe dry their heads......"

Countless scimitars were drawn out and stood in the wind, like a forest of cold knives, and their howls of excitement were as terrible as those of hungry wolves, shuttling through the alleys of the Yangerzhuang, which had long been depopulated, and spreading far in the endless wilderness......

And on a low hill a few miles away from Yangerzhuang, a figure dressed in a suit that is very close to the color of the gray-yellow earth, is slowly retracting the telescope in his hand, and then after quickly writing something on a small note, he opened a birdcage that he carried with him, and in it, there was a pigeon that had been chirping, and soon, the pigeon with a note tied to his leg fluttered its wings from the man's hand, and flew high towards the endless sky, and then turned around, swirled south, and flew straight away, Soon, only a tiny black dot remained, and at last, it disappeared from sight of the gray figure, and everything was quiet again, except for the howling wind, and the thick dark clouds in the sky seemed to rush southward, and the fluttering fine edelweiss gradually dispersed.

"The first snow of the year came early enough." After muttering a word, the earthy figure seemed to be submerged in the land again, and there was no trace of anyone to be seen......

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On the side of the Xuanhui River, a large number of volunteers and those fathers and villagers, with the help of those black-clothed soldiers, are silently passing through the temporary five-way pontoon bridges, and the people who have crossed the pontoon bridges have not looked back, and under the urging of those righteous soldiers, they are trying to take their tired steps and go forward, because only the front is safe.

Behind the retreating rebels and villagers, a large number of black-clothed soldiers were quickly using their military shovels to dig shallow pits on the road, and then buried the mines that had been prepared long ago into the soil, carefully opened the insurance, and then buried them gently.

They were the same Marines of the First Fleet who were covering the retreat of this large force of the rebels. Here, three battalions have been gathered, except for one battalion that is laying mines, and two battalions are setting up fortifications on the periphery of this tidal flat where there are still about 10,000 rebels and villagers.

And the barbed wire alone stretched four lines, and unfortunately, this kind of obstacle, which was quite effective against the cavalry, there were only so many, and it could only defend a cross-section of about three hundred meters. But it was enough for them, and there was a constant stream of dead grass that the soldiers had pulled from all around, and reeds by the river, carefully covering and spreading them on the top.

On the left, there is a high cliff, and the tidal flat under the high cliff extends directly into the river, the terrain is gentle, and the water is wide after the water spirals under the high cliff, which slows down the river and is conducive to the placement of pontoon bridges. However, the terrain in front and on the right side was very flat, and there was enough open territory to be very unfavorable for the assault of the cavalry.

And those barbed wire fences were used to defend the right flank all the way into the tidal flats, so that three thousand men could defend a distance of about 300 paces wide.

However, time was of the essence, and they had to dig out the trenches and bunkers as quickly as possible, in any case, in such an era, without the invention of machine guns and without the premise of strong artillery support, it was a bit of a fool's dream to try to knock down thousands of enraged elite Mongol iron horsemen with only a few dozen mortars.

"How far are the Mongol cavalry from here?" A crisp and pleasant, but cool voice slowly spat out from the mouth of Shi Xianggu, who was standing on a high cliff and dressed in a straight admiral's uniform.

"The reconnaissance post has found a large number of rangers. It is believed that their large force will not be more than ten miles away from here. Standing at the bottom of Shi Xianggu, Chen Xiaoyang replied respectfully.

"Ten Mile Road...... To make the soldiers work harder, we must make all the arrangements before they appear in our sight. Shi Xianggu's good-looking eyebrows raised lightly, and commanded in a deep voice. After Chen Xiaoyang received the order proudly, he strode down the cliff, and began to cheer loudly at the busy soldiers, and at the same time, he also rolled up his sleeves, and shoveled the dirt quickly with those soldiers, and the two trenches, under their movements, gradually took shape, and the distance between the two trenches was strictly calculated, so that the enemy was likely to plunge headlong into the hideous wooden stakes erected in the second trench after jumping over the first one.

In short, this kind of almost overlapping trenches would be very uncomfortable for the Mongol cavalry. Fifty meters behind those trenches was a trench in which soldiers had poured in and grenades had begun to be distributed.

Strategically despising the enemy and tactically valuing the enemy is a phrase that Liang Pengfei often mentions to his subordinates, and Shi Xianggu and her First Fleet Marines did exactly that. For those who still wield scimitars and bows, these Marines, armed to the teeth, are sure to be able to outwhelm them.

However, the other party is cavalry after all, and the four thousand cavalry rely not only on the weapons in their hands, but also on their ability to maneuver like the wind, and the impact of men and horses after galloping, which is the problem that worries the officers and men of the Marine Corps the most.

In order to destroy the enemy at the lowest cost, the pre-war defense work must be done, and it must be done to the best, so after the 3,000 members of the naval road corps covered the withdrawal of the large army of the rebels to the tidal flats, they began to build and arrange the defensive positions without stopping, although they were also very tired, but in order to ensure that these rebel troops could evacuate safely, at the same time, they had to slap a shave on the face of the Qing court, so they had to do it.

Many of the soldiers in the rebels also wanted to stay and help build defensive positions, but the Marines gently but resolutely refused.

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"General Shi, Wu's subordinates really want to help these brothers in the Marine Corps, they have been almost sleepless for the past two days to help us retreat, at this time, let my men do these jobs, and ask General Shi to agree." Standing beside Shi Xianggu, Wu Ping looked a little nervous.

Yes, in the retreat of these two or three days, Wu Ping realized how big the difference between his subordinates and the other party was, not only in terms of morale, but also in terms of discipline, those soldiers of the Marine Corps, in order to make everyone able to keep up with the large army, even many soldiers took the initiative to stand up, carrying those old people and children who had no cars to sit on and no mounts to ride, even when they were camping, they always left food for the old and weak in the rebel army first, and then ate last.

At night, they would rather be cold themselves, and leave the blankets in their marching bags to the old folks. Their every move seemed so natural, as if this rebel army was their kin, their father and brother.

Wu Ping was vigilant from the beginning, to silent, and finally deeply moved, he once asked the battalion commander Chen why their soldiers were willing to do this, and the answer he got was only a very short, but let Wu Ping sigh for a long time: "Our adults once said that we soldiers are the children of the people, so we have the responsibility and obligation to protect the safety of our compatriots." ”

"The three words of the soldier have exhausted the spirit of this division of entanglement, since ancient times, I am afraid that only the Yue family army can mention it together." Wu Ping had said so to his henchmen, and when they heard this, they only agreed, and none of them had any objections, even if the face and expression of the White Lotus Sect Leader were extremely ugly, they could only be silent.

And when he knew that the leader of this unit was actually the wife of the adult, the shock also made them feel dizzy, and when they heard that Shi Xianggu's name was actually the female pirate who had turned the Liangguang Sea upside down, and even sneaked into the mainland in person, and stabbed the enemy, the shock at the beginning turned into a kind of admiration and respect.

(To be continued)