About five or six miles away in this place, there is a stone mountain, the stone mountain is not high, about only about 100 zhang, all the way to the east, the mountain stone is getting higher and higher, all the way to the northeast, hundreds of miles away, it has become a majestic mountain, this is the remnant of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, or the Changbai Mountain.

This stone mountain is not high, not big, but the terrain is very dangerous, is facing the south, is a stone wall more than 50 zhang high, steep and abnormal, standing majestically. In front of the stone wall, there is a shallow rocky beach with a radius of 100 zhang, scattered with large and small pebbles, and in front of the rocky beach, there is a wide river. The river is not very fast, and the water is shallow, flowing slowly eastward until it flows into the Guru River.

To the south of the river, as far as the hills where Tang Gu had laid an ambush, the middle area was overgrown with weeds that withered and yellow in autumn, and occasionally mixed with some dwarf trees and shrubs, the ones on which had fallen off, and showed a desolate color.

At this time, a group of cavalry came from the south, dressed in bright red three-layer cotton armor, with long sabers hanging from their waists, and flintlock pistols with slender barrels in their hands.

This group of cavalry is half a small banner, only five or six people, but it is quite elite, with flintlock pistols and sabers, and they are all well-trained, wearing three-layer foam nail cotton armor, in this northeast land, it is already very sophisticated equipment. At a glance, it is very elite, can be far and near, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

In fact, such a cavalry, among all the cavalry of the Wu Yi Army, such a cavalry. It can only be ranked in the third sequence.

The sequence represents combat effectiveness, and combat effectiveness is a mixture of elements such as experience, strength, equipment, tactics, morale, and so on.

In fact, the strength of the cavalry of the Wuyi Army can be seen from the equipment - the strongest combat effectiveness is naturally the dragoons in Lian Zining's personal barracks, who are wearing rotten silver plate armor and bright red cloaks. The war horse is also covered with a three-layer foam nail cotton vest that is not very heavy but the defense is definitely not a problem, and it is equipped with five thunder god machines and sabers, as well as a powerful god arm crossbow. The long-range ability can be said to be unparalleled in the world, extremely strong, and the number of cavalry is about eight hundred. It is absolutely not a problem to deal with more than five times the enemy cavalry. The second is the team of people and horses wearing foam nail cotton armor, such as the fourth guard Yang Husheng's department, and parallel to it, there are two wild Jurchen cavalry guards, these wild Jurchen soldiers have no strong equipment, only wear leather armor, but their strong physique plus heavy mace and other heavy weapons make their offensive ability extremely terrifying, like a heavy hammer. Slammed into the enemy's chest, killing him with one blow.

Again, there are the scattered cavalry of the guards, they are all wearing cotton armor, and the war horses are not protected. But all the cavalry of the Wu Yi Army. A flintlock pistol can do it with one person.

This half of the cavalry of the small banner is a scout under Zhang Qiu's command, in fact, Zhang Qiu is a very cautious person, this way, he did not be careless because there was no emergency, considering that he was mostly a foot soldier. He divided the only cavalry under his command and scattered it to the south, south, north, south, and west, to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

It turns out that his caution is not unnecessary.

Five or six scouts rode their horses to the front of the river beach, looked around, and one of the scouts said loudly: "My lord, there is nothing around, let's rest?" ”

"That's it!" The little flag pondered for a moment and said, "Go to the front again, walk a mile ahead, if there is no situation, you will go back and report!" ”

"Why am you me?" The scout who had just spoken curled. …,

The little flag slapped him on the back of the head behind him, and scolded with a smile: "Why are you still not happy?" Tired of such a little walk? When Lao Tzu followed his uncle to sweep the north, he went west from Salhu to Wensar City, traveled 500 miles in two days, swept fifteen Jurchen villages, and slaughtered seventy-nine Jurchens under the knife alone! Defeat Wensar City, Lao Tzu is the first to climb the head of Wensar City! I didn't close my eyes for three days and three nights, and finally I was so tired that I fell asleep on the horse, are you kid still tired? ”

This small banner was still a cavalry under the hands of the pro-military battalion a few months ago, followed Lian Zining to sweep the north, and made a lot of meritorious contributions, after returning to Zhenyuan Mansion, he built ten new guards, he was also promoted, and he was transferred to the eighteenth guard to serve as a small banner, which can be regarded as having an official body.

Accompanying Lian Zining to conquer the north is the greatest glory of his life, and if he has nothing to do, he loves to talk to the soldiers under his command about the expedition to the north.

It's just that those soldiers still don't get tired of listening to it, and they are enthusiastic about listening, and they can't wait to follow Wu Yibo to conquer the north at the beginning, so they pester him every time. No, one of the scouts said with a greedy face, "My lord, why don't you tell us more about the incident when you entered Wensar City?" ”

"Tell me?" This little flag also wants to show off!

"Tell me!" Everyone else was instigating.

"Well, let's talk about it!" This Xiaoqi laughed: "Where did you come from last time?" ”

The scout who spoke first said, "Speaking of which, my lord, you entered the city of Wensar and kicked the gates of the ten thousand houses guarding the city of Wensar with one kick. ”

"Yes!" This little flag clapped his hands, and stretched his voice in the same tone as when he heard Mr. Storyteller talk about old things in his hometown in Leling County when he was a child: "I kicked open the ten thousand households at that time, drink, the one in it is so beautiful!" The red flowers, the green trees, the palace, layer upon layer, drained for miles, and I don't know how many! As soon as we broke in and drank, those Jurchens were all panicked, the little girl who was waiting, the old mother was running around, crying while running, like something! Let's take a look, happy, aren't these Jurchens fierce and evil, those little girls take a closer look, they are all quite pleasing to the eye! How many years has Lao Tzu been holding back? Since I was fifteen years old and got the little widow of the old Liu family in my family, I haven't seen meat for eight years! Hey, let me tell you, the fire in Lao Tzu's head at that time came up after rubbing, and his eyes were all red, and he couldn't see anything! It's called burning! ”

This little flag laughed lewdly: "At that time, we couldn't care about anything, so we pressed a little girl to the ground." Poke hard, hey, guess what? It's still a chick! See red! Hey, hey, hey......"

Everyone let out a burst of obscene laughter in understanding.

As he spoke, the five horses had already stepped into the river, and the water depth was about one foot, and the war horses galloped on all fours, splashing countless flying flowers and jade. Colorful colors are refracted in the sunlight.

More than ten zhang away, there are dense bushes, and at this time they are already a patch of earthy yellow. Like the wild grass behind, this shrub is still quite thick, so that there are a few people hiding behind it. These scouts of the Wu Yi Army were all undiscovered.

Several pairs of eyes showed vicious expressions, staring at the Wu Yijun who laughed and scolded loudly.

Their faces were all the faces of Jurchens, and one of them, with a beard on his face, scolded in a low voice: "These damn Han dogs are really haunted." ”

Next to him, a young man who was covered with fine weeds, but a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy whispered: "Lord Baihu, what should I do?" ”

"Why don't you go and ask Lord Abai." Before the hundred households could speak, a person next to them said.

"Ask a fart!" The hundred households slapped the head of the person who had just spoken, lowered his voice and scolded: "Walk fifty steps further and go around this cliff." These Han dogs will be able to discover the 3,000-strong army that Lord Abai is hiding there, and what will they do when they scatter and flee like frightened wild birds? Lord Abai asked us to come out on guard, the errand is not completed, and it will be finished by then! ”…,

He beckoned. He whispered, "Brothers, pay attention, prepare to shoot arrows!" ”

"Yes!" There was a low pandering sound behind him.

At this time, a few Wu Yijun scouts were still unaware, and a few people surrounded the small flag, just laughing.

A scout grinned. asked: "Boss, that little girl made you hard, what happened later?" ”

Xiao Qi clicked his lips, with an unfinished look on his face, and the words he said were actually a little sparse: "What else?" When I was done, I made two more fires and dragged them to the prostitute camp. There are rules in the army, these captive women, you can go on the spot, no one cares, the uncle also spoke, the brothers are fighting hard, they should be happy, but they can't be greedy, you are lucky to be on the one, but after the play, the tenth guard has to unify these people into a book. Except for officers with more than 1,000 households, they can't be monopolized, even if they are 1,000 households, there are also places, and they can only occupy three at most! Hehe, later this little girl entered the military prostitute camp, and I went to find it two or three times, and there were more people to play, and her body became more and more tender, but it had a different meaning when she played. ”

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp roar sounded in the air, and the scouts turned back in horror to see several sharp arrows shooting towards them.

But this Xiaoqi is the most experienced, and he shouted at the moment: "Bow your head, bow your head!" ”

At this time, you can see that behind the bushes of the right one, a dozen or so Jurchen soldiers stood up, stretched out their bows and arrows, and kept shooting towards this side. After hearing a loud roar in the air and seeing the movement here, dozens of Jurchen soldiers also stood up around the path that the scouts had to pass, shooting arrows from all directions.

At this time, the scouts had just crossed the river beach, and they had not had time to explore this section, and at this time on the river beach, the speed of the war horses was not easy to add up, and it was difficult to escape.

There were forty or fifty arrows that shot at this side, forty or fifty sharp arrows, and they shot viciously at the five people on this side, covering all angles of men and horses.

However, tens of meters is the distance at which the Jurchens' bows and arrows are most powerful, and the cotton armor is not plate armor, although it has a certain defensive function, but it is simply unable to block the shooting of the hard bow at such a close distance.

Although everyone was lying on their horses to dodge, at this moment, except for the small flag that was surrounded by everyone in the middle, the other four people were all shot into chicken feather blankets.

Huge amounts of blood flowed from the sharp arrows, and they only had time to let out a short, painful cry, some lying on their horses, some tumbling down, and all of them were dead.

At this time, the Jurchen soldiers who had finished shooting a round of arrows had already pounced like wolves and tigers, obviously with the idea of capturing the enemy alive.

But that Xiaoqi is also a veteran who followed Lian Zining to the north. When I joined the army in Shandong, I had a lot of experience, and I immediately understood what I should do - bring the news back to the commander in time! He immediately turned his horse and fled frantically towards the way he came, and at the same time, with a stretch of his hand, he scooped up the corpse of a robe.

The side of this corpse has been shot into a chicken feather blanket. On the other hand, there are still no scars, only some powerful clusters of arrows. Shot through his body, coming through this side.

The little flag didn't care about it, and directly draped the corpse on his back like a cloak.

I saw him running frantically. The Jurchens who couldn't catch up let out an angry roar, and the hundred households shouted: "Shoot, shoot this dog mongrel!" ”…,

The dense cluster of arrows was fired at him again, but with a corpse on his back as a barrier, these arrows were all shot at the corpse's body, but they did not affect the small flag.

Feeling a tremor from the war horse under his crotch, the war horse let out a painful neigh, obviously it had been hit by an arrow. Seeing that the war horse of his partner is like this, this little flag is heartbroken, but this is not the time for a woman's kindness. He frantically beat his horse and roared loudly. The horse endured the pain, neighed in pain, and ran forward with all his might.

And taking advantage of this buffer time, this small flag has already escaped dozens of meters. These foot soldiers Jurchens scolded angrily in the back, but in order to hide, they did not ride war horses, and saw that the small flag had already crossed the river, and they could no longer catch up!

The hundred households slammed the bow in their hands on the ground and scolded, "Damn it." This Han dog is running very fast! Brothers, go, hurry back and report to General Abai, our whereabouts have been revealed! ”

So saying, the group ran quickly behind the mountain wall, and turned the majestic cliff, but there was a considerable grassy slope, and the mountain had sunk into a great depression here, forming a warm open field, overgrown with weeds and low shrubs. Thousands of cavalry are gathering here, the war horses are leisurely gnawing on the yellowed weeds, and the soldiers are also relaxed, some are leaning on their horses, and some are lying on the ground, with a grass root in their mouths, looking at the sky, and some are soaking the water with a cloth, wiping their weapons.

Some of the knights at the front were surrounded by a military general in his thirties with a gloomy face, and all of them were dressed in heavy armor and looked like a crutched horse, which showed that his status was extraordinary.

This military general is a powerful Qianhu Abai under Tang Gugu's hands, but Abai is now the deputy general of Wanhu under Tang Gugu, commanding 2,000 cavalry, this time ambushing the eighteenth guard, Tang Gu even assigned half of his troops to ambush here.

The hundred households hurriedly went up to salute and said loudly: "Lord Abai, just now we found those Han dog scouts, and we were afraid that they would find the traces of the army, so we shot them to death, but unfortunately, let one Han dog escape back!" What should I do, my lord? ”

Abai's face turned cold, he waved his hand, and said fiercely: "Someone!" If you don't do it well, you will be killed! ”

"Yes, sir!" The two knights immediately turned over and dismounted, and clamped the arms of the hundred households.

The hundred households were shocked and angry, and shouted loudly: "Lord Abai, you can't kill me!" I was appointed by Lord Tang Gu, you can't kill me! I didn't make a mistake......"

Before the words fell, he was smashed on the head by a knight's mace, and suddenly, the skull was shattered into several pieces, and the entire Tianling cover was already dented, red blood, white brains, splashing everywhere! His eyes widened and he stared at Abai, but the whole person fell to the ground.

Dead and solid.

Abai glanced at him coldly, his eyes were full of sarcasm, this little hundred households, relying on being Tang Gu's relatives, repeatedly worked against him, and made a lot of stumbling blocks openly and secretly!

"Hmph, when I don't dare to clean you up? Look for death! Now that Tang Gu is relying on me, he will kill you, what should I do? ”

The soldiers who went out together were also terrified for fear of being blamed, but they didn't expect that Abai didn't pay attention to them at all, but shouted loudly: "Brothers, get on your horse at once, we are going to kill people!" ”、

"Kill! Homicide! The soldiers became excited, quickly turned over and grabbed their weapons, and adjusted the formation of the queue.

The mace in Abai's hand pointed forward, and he led thousands of troops to rush out frantically!

The fleeing Wu Yijun scout Xiaoqi gritted his teeth and ran forward, he threw the corpse behind him to the side, the corpse fell to the ground, making a heavy bang, he didn't look back, just secretly read in his heart: "Brother, brother is sorry for you, wait for these Jurchens to be destroyed, brother invites you to drink!" ”…,

He frantically beat his horse, and soon, he saw the banner of Wu Yijun not far away, and the ligature flags were flying in the air with the wind.

At this time, he was still more than a hundred steps away from the eighteenth guard army, and Wu Yijun was still seventy steps away from the place where Tang Gu's ambush was!

The scout was already shouting frantically: "Commander, commander, there is an ambush ahead, there is an ambush!" ”

It just so happened that Zhang Qiuqiu was also patrolling in front, and he saw a scout running frantically, with blood all over his body, and shouting that there was an ambush in front of him. ”

With his order, the eighteenth guard of the Wu Yi Army immediately stopped, after all, they were well-trained elites, and the combat method of suddenly encountering an attack on the way and immediately taking over the battle had also been trained many times in their months of training.

Although Wu Yijun's recruit training only lasted a few months, the entire training method was summarized by Lian Zining by combining the experience of later generations with the training methods of Britain, France, Switzerland and other Western European military powers brought by Qi Wei and others. As soon as Pu was selected as a recruit for the Wu Yi Army, the officers selected the roles they would play according to their respective body types - the most physical, tall and strong men naturally went to sit on the halberd soldiers, followed by pikemen, and the rest were artillerymen and flintlock musketeers. From the moment they are determined, they are trained according to all the qualities required by their respective roles, and almost do not set foot in the field of other arms, such as flintlock musketeers, which are all day long training aim, shooting, three-stage strikes and other tactical tactics, and other types of troops, even if they are involved, they are very rare.

The training is very specialized, and what a branch of the army needs to do is naturally more than all of them, and there are far fewer all-round arms that take care of all corners of the battlefield -- of course, the soldiers trained by the Ming Dynasty may not be the all-round arms with strong combat effectiveness, but the training methods are the same for all people, so the time is long and the efficiency is low.

In this way, the training time of Wu Yijun's recruits has been greatly shortened, but the effect has not been weakened, but enhanced. The four major infantry arms, plus the cavalry, each with its own duties, combine to form a natural whole, like a sophisticated machine, giving full play to everyone's abilities and making the enemy unable to resist.

Of course, there are some events that all arms have trained, such as long-distance training to exercise physical strength, such as the 2,000-kilometer cross-country long-distance run that must be done once every morning, and for example, how to deal with critical moments.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Qiu's order was issued by all the heralds, the entire eighteenth guard of the Wuyi Army immediately moved, and they immediately got rid of the current formation, and on the basis of the current long snake formation, they all turned to the right side of the body, and became a formation facing the northeast direction.

Then the pikemen stood still, and the flintlock musketeers with flintlock muskets on their backs ran to the front of the pikemen, and the halberders lined up behind the pikemen, and the artillery was divided into two groups, four of which were tiger squatting artillery and artillery in a hundred households, which were mixed with the pikemen of the second order. Basically, between every dozen pikemen, there is a tiger squat cannon gun crew, which is planned according to the firing range of the tiger squat cannon, the width of a tiger squat cannon can radiate, exactly the width of a dozen pikemen, in such a distance to distribute a gun group, just to be able to seamlessly connect the firing range of each gun group, become a piece.

The remaining four Franc machine guns are divided into two phalanxes, which are on both sides of this large phalanx.

It's just a cup of tea, and a huge phalanx has been formed, accompanied by two small phalanxes, combined with each other, and the big phalanx, the front is about three hundred people wide, and the thickness is about twenty people! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )