At this time, Ding Shoutie came over and said with a distressed face: "General, thanks to your clever plans this time, Cao Xiyuan can come up with the old bottom, but why did you ask for five hundred taels of silver and fifty military horses." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWe're a big loser! ”

"Shoutie, take a long-term view in the future, don't learn that you are as calculating as your father." Ziren deliberately tapped his subordinates, and seeing that he seemed to understand or not, he curled his eyebrows and explained: "I have a relationship with Cao Xiyuan, and this grandson will go to General Li and Governor Gu to sue me." Spend his money to pull Sun Shoujing, Feng Wensheng, and Jin Guan into the water together, do you say that this transaction is a loss? ”

After that, he didn't wait for Shoutie to answer and turned around and went back to the camp to make the final preparations before the battle.

In the turn of the day, Ziren ordered the fourth watch to make rice, and the fifth watch to send troops, and led the troops to help with Sun Shoujing. Before leaving, Gu Zixing was promoted to the general, and let him stay in Pingyu Fort and lead the headquarters to defend the city.

After Cao Xiyuan saw that the two of them led the troops to help, he slowly set off with his fifty family members and more than 100 horsemen. He was responsible for luring the enemy this time, and it was inconvenient for the foot soldiers to get out and stay in Upper Yulin Fort.

Yesterday, after investigation, it was found that there were only a small number of Mongolian Tatar sentinels on the south bank of the Pu River. In order to avoid foolproof, Ziren and Sun Shoujing still widely spread reconnaissance horses. During the march, Sun Shoujing led his troops to the front, and Ziren led his troops to the rear because of the large number of artillery. The two sides are about 100 paces apart, and they can not disturb each other when they march, but also take care of each other.

This trip may encounter Tatars at any time, and Ziren discharged the 'matchmaking array' created by the Taiping Army in later generations. Along the way, walk in a column similar to a modern march. Zhou Daqi led a division of infantry to the front, Wang Shouguan led a division of infantry to the rear, Ziren led a heavy cavalry to guard the firearms division in the center, and one team after another advanced. Wang Mingqiang and Ma Shinan led the light cavalry to patrol the sentry around.

According to the terrain, the wide road is divided into two rows, and the narrow road is one-way. The advantage of this formation is that when marching, once encountering the enemy cavalry, the drums and trumpets will be sounded immediately, so that the two ends of the formation will be hooked and hooked, and the soldiers and horses will be gathered in an instant to form a circular formation, relying on the chariot to maneuver around the enemy.

Once the battle is unfavorable, the gong is used as the signal to still defend the battle formation. The terrain is spacious, and it can be divided into four or eight rows to retreat. When retiring, the soldiers are not allowed to walk diagonally, and must retreat in a hurry. Retreating in an orderly manner, the enemy often does not dare to pursue it. Even if it is caught up by enemy cavalry, it can quickly turn into a phalanx and defend to the death.

This array can be changed slightly, and it can be transformed into a crab array, also known as the "lotus tail copying array". With this formation, the Taiping Army almost shook the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the case of low quality of soldiers, which has its own uniqueness. However, Ziren's training in this formation has not been long in this formation, and he can exert a few percent of his combat power when he is about to fight, which still needs to be tested in actual combat.

Along the way, along the Pu River, accompanied by the sound of the river flowing, the soldiers were in good order. In the reeds by the river, a few waterfowl flew out from time to time. Ziren looked at the fertile land on both sides of the river, which was overgrown with grass because of the Tartars' soldiers, and the fighting spirit in his heart gradually grew, and he secretly held back his strength to let the Tartars understand his own interests.

The army marched for almost two hours, and when Ziren and Sun Shoujing saw that they were halfway through the road, they found a small mountain bag and let the soldiers repair here for a while, and at the same time took out dry food to replenish their physical strength.

Sun Shoujing's department, the dry food carried is ordinary fried rice, that is, rice, millet and other grains are ground and fried, although it can withstand hunger, but in terms of taste, it is really difficult to swallow.

In comparison, the pancakes distributed in Zirenying not only have a much better taste. According to the preferences of the soldiers, they can also be smeared with sweet or salty bean paste, plus meatballs, so that the soldiers can eat with relish. A large amount of salt, sugar, and protein intake is also very helpful for soldiers to replenish their physical strength. As the fragrance wafted in, Sun Shoujing, who was hungry, drooled, but he couldn't pull his son over to ask for it.

Ziren carried enough grain and grass, and after seeing Sun Shoujing's embarrassment, he took the initiative to take out five hundred pancakes and send them over with the same amount of meatballs. provoked Sun Shoujing to thank him repeatedly, and his subordinate soldiers also praised Ziren, and the distance between the two armies suddenly shortened a lot. Sun Shoujing also asked Ziren about how to make pancakes, and planned to use them as military rations in the future

After half an hour of repair, the army set off again, heading straight for the battlefield.

At this time, the sound of killing shook the sky on the head of the city of Puhesuo, and the roar of firearms and the sound of fighting were intertwined, resounding in the sky.

The brain is big and sees that the main forces of the Ming army are in the north and south gates, and at the same time sending troops to attack the two city gates, he sent the essence to turn over the city from the east and west, and Han Yuanshan, Cao Xixuan and others who led the troops to help.

After a long period of fierce fighting, the defenders of the city suffered more than 100 casualties, and the loss was nearly 20%. After a series of bloody battles, the rest of the soldiers were also covered with scars. Seeing that there were more and more Tartars ascending to the city, Han Yuanshan and Cao Xixuan had no choice but to lead their families around.

Han Yuanshan shot through the chest of a Mongolian Tartar who had climbed up to the city, and gradually felt that his strength was weak, and he couldn't support it when he saw it. Then I heard a shout from under the city.

"General, don't panic, I, Fan, led the fathers and elders in the city to help in the war." Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw Fan Nan, the instructor of Puhe Academy, leading hundreds of sturdy men to rush to the city with all kinds of sharp weapons.

Puhe is the throat road connecting Shenyang Wei and Tieling Wei, the merchants and people in the city gathered, Fan Nan saw that the city was about to be broken, and took the teachers and students in the academy to mobilize the gentry in the city and organize five hundred townships to participate in the war.

Most of the village warriors were guards who guarded the store, and their combat strength was not inferior to that of ordinary guards, and the soldiers and civilians worked together to resist the enemy, and finally drove the Tartars off the city.

At this time, it is a mile away from the city of Puhe, and the brain hair is in the middle, and Changang and Baihong are on the left and right. The Mongolian army was in a strict formation, in the center of the formation, and the big flag behind the big brain was fluttering in the wind. Seeing that his subordinates were defeated and retreated, his brain was big but he didn't show any anger.

touched his beard and said with a smile: "I only sent three hundred elite soldiers, and I made the Ming people in the city scramble. It seems that they are already at the end of their crossbows, and after the city is broken, they will definitely be killed in a river of blood, so that Ming Gou will know the fate of angering my Mongolian iron horse. ”

"If you have the ability to break through Pingyu Fort, let's talk about it." Duoyan Minister Ang, who was standing beside him, although he was quite disdainful of this in his heart, said quietly on his face: "Thanks to Taiji's good command of the army, I can only have this great victory today." ”

"Hahaha!" Seeing someone praising himself, Brainhair laughed out loud.

Suddenly, Gong Tu came galloping with more than ten horsemen and horses, and shouted loudly: "Brother, there are hundreds of horsemen and horses of the Ming army coming to the rescue in the direction of Pingyu Fort. According to the report of the sentinel cavalry, the soldiers who came with bright helmets and armor seemed to be the generals defending the city and their subordinates. ”

Seeing that the Ming army dared to come out of the city to help, he smiled and said: "What a group of Ming dogs who don't know whether they are alive or dead, Gongtu, you lead the troops to continue to attack the city, and watch me kill them all." ”

(The next chapter will be updated by 8 p.m. tomorrow night) (To be continued.) )