Chapter 306: Showing his edge and swearing to Liaodong
The Yong'an Army came to the aid of Liaodong, and the people put down their farm work, and the city of Ulzhou was densely packed with people, all of whom were soldiers and civilians who came out to send each other. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In front of the people, there were the soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion who had already lined up for miles on the bluestone official road, and they looked at the veterans of the Yong'an Army who had made great contributions to Liaodong with Xiao Yi in their helmets and armor.
In addition to envy, he silently set a goal for himself.
At the front, Li Erniu, Yuan Shaogong, and Zhou Ding had been waiting for a long time on horseback, and Wang Zhan, the governor of Ulzhou, who was beside him, also came to lead a group of officials to see him off, and greeted Xiao Yi politely.
Seeing that Xiao Yi's flag was carried over by the soldiers of the Yong'an Army, the people on both sides silently lowered their heads and followed silently.
Li Erniu had already talked to Xiao Yiche last night, and at this time, he just followed Xiao Yi wordlessly, Yuan Shaogong and Zhou Ding stepped forward and hugged their fists at Xiao Yi.
"General..."
I wanted to say something, but my face was full of emotion, but I couldn't say a word.
Seeing that Yuan Shaogong, who was usually cynical, turned out to be the same, Xiao Yi was relieved, and at the same time, he looked at the three of them one by one, and said with a smile: "Three brothers, after I leave, the military and civilians in this hundred miles of Ulzhou will be handed over to you to take care of." ”
Hearing this, the three of them nodded firmly.
"General Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be able to return victorious!"
"I wish the general a smooth journey and a meritorious service to the Tartars!"
Although there was a sea of people, it was silent, and many women had tears in their eyes when they looked at these heroic Ming soldiers.
On this expedition, I don't know whose male can return with meritorious service, and whose male will die on the battlefield again.
Due to the urgency of the war, the routine school field staff was exempted, and Xiao Yi also believed that the soldiers of the Yong'an Army must have no one to flee cowardly, and the army rumbled outside the school field and went straight to Datong Town.
Riding on a tall horse, looking at the soldiers marching in a solemn line behind him, and the soldiers and civilians on both sides who were speechless.
Xiao Yi's eyes were also slightly moist, and the soldiers and civilians were so united that he had worked hard in Ulzhou for two years.
The soldiers who followed the expedition were the same as Xiao Yi, Huang Yang, and Shi Lu, although they were reluctant, they were all stiff in front of the people who sent them off, and only let their families see their tenacious side.
Under the pier platform on the border of Ulzhou, Li Erniu and the three of them rode on horses, and the surrounding area was densely packed with Zhenwei camp and the people who sent each other off.
Yuan Shaogong looked at the backs of the soldiers of the Yong'an Army, the sea of dense armor and banners, and many chariots accompanied by baggage, and suddenly hugged his fist at Li Erniu: "Lord Li, the general has handed over Peach Blossom Fort so heavily to me, don't slack off, this is going to be armed, if a thief dares to enter the territory of Peach Blossom Fort, he will be killed!" ”
Zhou Ding followed, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "I hope that Lord Li will not live up to the trust of the general, Yong'an Fort is the initial place of the general, I am not talented, this achievement depends on the general's reuse and support, and I will protect it with this body, so as to wait for the general's victorious return!" ”
After speaking, he turned to Lerma and led his subordinates to Yong'an Fort immediately.
Li Erniu looked at the two people who didn't look back in a daze, Yuan Shaogong, who used to take care of things, was able to say such a thing this time, which had to surprise him.
looked at Yong'an Jun, who already had only one black line, and exclaimed: "Xiao Yi, he is really a rare hero in the world, and the husband should be like this!" ”
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In Datong Town, Han Shimeng, the chief military officer, Meng Xiping, the guerrilla general of the West Road of Datong Town, Ge Fuquan, the guerrilla general of the Middle Road, and Ren Quan, the guerrilla general of the North Road, led the army to wait.
According to Xiao Yitang's newspaper, you can reach the town today.
Han Shimeng and the other three went to see the drill of the Zhenwei Battalion, and naturally they wanted to see the demeanor of the Yong'an Army even more, and now they are all waiting here, and the governor Cai Jiahe also led the civil officials of Datong to wait here, and Nie Kegang, the military reserve of the East Road, was also among them.
During the greetings, Meng Xiping and the three of them talked about Xiao Yi's official career, more than a year ago, Xiao Yi was just a small tun in Datong for the first time, with two or three hundred miscellaneous soldiers.
Now he has been charged into a guerrilla all the way, and he is at the same level as the three of them in terms of position, and he has been able to meet the saint, and he is envious of Xiao Yi's strong official luck.
The impression of Xiao Yi's sergeants is still stuck in the drill code half a year ago, and now most of the soldiers in those drills have joined the Yong'an Army.
Meng Xiping kept admiring that the Zhenwei Battalion was a place to be prepared, and in terms of momentum, it was almost the same as his Biao Battalion, and he couldn't help but wonder, is the Yong'an Army more elite than the Liaodong Army?
Perhaps, on the way out, it is time to ask Xiao Yi for some advice on how to train soldiers.
Just thinking about it, a big banner with the word Xiao appeared in the distance, and a group of Datong generals looked under the banner, and at the same time, they saw five generals behind Xiao Yi, all of whom were bears and tigers, and they were powerful and powerful, which made people feel afraid when they looked at the past.
The soldiers behind him even walked neatly and consistently, all of them were tall, looking at it, they found a little different, shiny.
Ge Fuquan exclaimed: "It's all iron armor, this Yong'an Army is actually all iron armor?!" ”
Han Shimeng said in a deep voice: "According to Xiao Yi, the Yong'an Army has two thousand members, is it all ironclad, how is this possible?" "They are only a few hundred people in the Biao Battalion who have iron armor.
The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and everyone had to believe Han Shimeng's conjecture that every soldier who went out with Xiao Yi was wearing iron armor.
In addition, everyone even saw that Xiao also had cavalry, and it had only been less than a year since the guerrilla was added, and there were cavalry.
These cavalry are different from the horse team in their hands, one person and one horse and the armor is outdated, Xiao Yi's cavalry is one person and four horses, with two layers of heavy armor around him, fully armed from head to toe, Xiao Yi uses this as the sharp knife of the whole army.
This... This is the Yongan Army...
Nie Kegang opened his mouth wide: "Wizard... Wizard! ”
Ren Quan, a guerrilla on the North Road, frowned at this time and said: "How did Xiao Yi do it to such an extent, in the three towns of Xuanda, I am afraid that only the Tianxiong Army of Lu Bingbei can be compared." ”
Cai Jiahe, the governor of Datong, was surprised by a martial artist for the first time, and said softly to Nie Kegang: "The saint once said that he was brave and crowned all sides, and when I first heard that Ben Futai didn't believe it, I saw it today, and this four-character Xiao also deserves it." ”
While the generals were shocked, they couldn't help but think, with such a strong army coming to the aid together, maybe they could fight with Jiannu?
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The march to the town took more than half a day, and the speed of this march was not slow.
The speed of the whole staff under the iron armor naturally has an effect, and there are also artillery carriages and baggage battalions in the army.
Fortunately, most of them were dragged by horses and mules, and only a few soldiers pushing wheelbarrows had to endure some hardship, but they all had gloves, and they could rest under the rotation of batches.
With these baggage and artillery carriages, it is inevitable that the marching speed will be slowed down, but if compared with the other armies of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the marching speed of the Yong'an army can be among the first.
After meeting with Han Shimeng and others, there was still nearly half a day before nightfall, and more than 30,000 officers and soldiers from Datong Town gathered in the school to swear to help.
In the evening, Xiao also found that the speed of the Yong'an Army was actually the fastest.
Although the marching speed of the Dubiao battalion under Han Shimeng and others was almost the same as that of the Yong'an Army, the rest of the guards were procrastinating, demoralized, and gloomy, which greatly slowed down the speed of the army.
However, when it was almost nightfall, he still traveled more than 50 miles and entered the territory of Xuanfu.
Under the order of the chief officer Han Shimeng, the whole army camped by the river, and the sergeants of the guard station suddenly made a mess, shouting and shouting.
Suddenly, a carriage stumbled and ran wildly, and the soldier driving the car was overturned and died on the spot, but it was Han Shimeng who sent a horse team to stabilize the situation, and the carriage still killed and injured several people all the way.
Xiao Yi's night was not closed when the army had carefully scouted this place an hour before, Xiao Yi chose the most suitable place to camp and defend, and ordered to camp by the river.
Xiao Yi's military orders were quickly transmitted to the ears of every soldier from the mouth of the officers, and each soldier set up camp on the spot, dug trenches, set up horses to resist, and took out tents and distributed them according to the camp.
The faction was stable and orderly, and several small groups of soldiers went out to dig large pits in several divided places, so that the soldiers could and pee, and lay out drainage ditches.
The only fly in the ointment is that the surrounding terrain is all flat and flat, there are no woods, no wooden walls can be set up, and Xiao Yi's march is naturally impossible to carry wood.
Although he was in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he could not relax, and Xiao Ye was still laying trenches everywhere, rejecting horses, and arranging sergeants to take turns to keep vigil.
When the officers and men of the Yong'an Army arranged everything in an orderly manner, there were still people shouting and neighing in the Meng Xiping military camp not far away, and there was a lot of noise.
Meng Xiping was in the big tent of the Chinese army that had been set up, pulling his neck and roaring and giving orders, but it was still disorderly and chaotic, and he didn't know how long it would take to set up the camp, and suddenly a non-commissioned officer of the supervising battalion pointed to the front.
"Look, there's the camp of the Yong'an Army."
Meng Xiping looked over and saw the curling smoke rising, and he was a little surprised at the moment, so he took a closer look.
Xiao Yi's side had already set up the camp, and at this time, the sergeants were sitting around the pot stove talking and laughing loudly, eating hot flour cakes, and serving a meal of meat every night, and the broth was fragrant.
Around the campfire, the soldiers who had already eaten were wrestling in iron armor, and the surrounding sergeants sat around, talking and laughing while eating, and cheering loudly.
At the same time, there was no slackening in the defense, and there was already a dense night patrol team with torches to and fro.
Xiao also did not rest in the big tent, but led the guards to patrol back and forth, which made Meng Xiping and the generals beside him dumbfounded.
Smelling the fragrance blown by the wind, the soldiers who were still building the camp suddenly felt empty in their stomachs, gurgling and rolling, licking their lips and looking at the Yongan military camp, there was actually a trace of meat fragrance wafting by.
Meng Xiping reprimanded: "What do you see, don't hurry up and set up the camp and cook in the pot!" ”
After speaking, Meng Xiping's family officer said to him: "General, we haven't eaten meat for half a month, why don't... Just go to Xiao Yi to ask for some meat, and you can... It can also make everyone fight bravely to kill the enemy. ”
"What? Do you want to grovel to Xiao Yi? Meng Xiping was very reluctant, and immediately glared at the Ding team officer.
But seeing the earnest eyes of the soldiers of the supervising battalion around him, he smelled the smell of meat wafting in the wind.
As soon as you grit your teeth, grandma is a bear, go and go!
"I'm going to go over there and take a look, build it quickly, or I won't have a place to boil when I come back." Although he said this, Meng Xiping was not sure if Xiao Yi could 'give' himself some meat, after all, it was quite a luxury to be able to eat a meal of meat at this time.
The surrounding sergeants were overjoyed and said, "Thank you, General!" ”
After saying that, even the speed of building a camp was a few points faster.