The Tartars are coming! Whether it was the generals on the hill or the officers and soldiers under the mountain, they all said silently in their hearts. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info.\\ When the Qing army had not been discovered before, and only heard the news that Tanma kept sending back its momentum, everyone had some apprehension in their hearts, but now that the arrival of the Qing army was confirmed, the hanging heart was slightly relaxed. But soon, the soldiers were deeply shocked by the strict and huge momentum of the Qing army.

At this time, north of Mianxi, the distant wilderness has almost completely been shrouded in smoke and dust, and the scenes of desolation have replaced the vibrant spring scene. The whole earth seemed to tremble in the muffled thunder that swept in, and even from miles away, it was enough to feel the earth-shaking momentum of the iron hooves rolling and thousands of troops surging forward.

The experienced officers of Huguang Town had already heard that it was the momentum of tens of thousands of cavalry galloping forward together, and their faces became even more grim at the moment. The enemy army is several times its own, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry alone, which is the first time that Huguang Town has encountered since the opening of the town, and the next battle is destined to be more fierce and bloody than any previous one.

Although the recruits who were entering the battlefield for the first time did not think about it as much as the officers, the slight trembling of the ground under their feet and the rumbling sound in the air that rushed to the eardrums also made them understand the unusualness of this enemy army, one by one their faces were tensed, their weapons were clenched, their eyes were wide and they looked ahead, and even their knuckles were white without realizing it.

The sea of flags looming in the dust continued to advance towards this side for a distance, and finally stopped three or four miles away, and the overwhelming sound gradually subsided in the shortest possible time. In the end, all that remained was the hunting sound of military flags in the wind.

Before long, the dust fluttering in the air dispersed, and the formation of the Qing army gradually became clear in the sight of the soldiers of Huguang Town. When I looked up, I saw the boundless, colorful flags on the opposite side. The Qing soldiers dressed in various colors of armor lined up in a strict and orderly phalanx, stretching far from east to west, and not to the north. Although it is standing still, it is silently showing a strong military demeanor.

It's not easy! Pang Yue, who put down the binoculars, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that some of them hit this time!

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In the Qing army array, under a few conspicuous golden dragons, Duoduo and the surrounding Qing generals were also silently looking at the Ming army camps and fortifications opposite.

Riding on a white steed, Duoduo looked blankly ahead, his brow furrowed thoughtfully.

"Prince Yu. Is it to send some warriors to attack the puppet army first? Tempting the truth and the false? The white flag solid mountain Ezhen Ilden asked.

Duoduo raised his eyes slightly to glance at the sky, and shook his head: "No! It was getting late now, and with the long march of our army to this point, the men and horses were already tired. However, the puppet army on the opposite side was waiting for work and had already taken precautions. The camp was also very well built. If you force the attack, you will definitely lose the warriors in the army. ”

Although the war had not yet officially begun, what he had seen before had made Dodor realize that the Ming army in front of him was by no means comparable to the rabble that was about to collapse at the touch of a button. In the morning, when Duoduo led his army past the small village called Dingjia Village. The vast area of blood-stained land around the village and the large number of broken limbs scattered on it that had not had time to be cleaned up brought him an incomparable visual impact, and it was obvious that a weak army would not have achieved such results, at least not the Ming troops he had encountered before, who were accustomed to fleeing from the wind.

Later, the small army of the Ming army that swaggered over and provoked made Duoduo feel some surprise and puzzlement while being angry. There were only about 200 people, but they dared to rush to the tens of thousands of troops and shout "dare to fight". This kind of courage is even better than the most elite Eight Banners Iron Cavalry. If the puppet officers and soldiers on the other side have such courage and courage. Then you really have to be careful.

After continuing to look in the direction of the camp in Huguang Town for a while, Duoduo ordered: "Spread the order of the king of this book, the whole army will be encamped on the spot, and send men and horses to defend it strictly, so as not to give the puppet Ming army a chance." Let's rest for the night, and wait for tomorrow's army to recover its strength before fighting the puppet Ming army. ”

Duoduo's military orders were passed down layer by layer, and after sending some vigilant troops in the direction of the Ming army camp, the Qing army units began to camp in full swing.

At night, torches were lit in the camp in Huguang Town, and teams of officers and soldiers patrolled carefully in and around the camp, not missing every clue. Behind the low walls above and below the mountain, a large number of officers and soldiers on night duty are waiting, and a wooden pole is erected at intervals, and lanterns are hung on the wooden pole to prevent the Qing army from sneaking attacks.

Although the Qing army did not immediately attack, how could the soldiers of Huguang Town dare to relax their vigilance? In the brightly lit camp, almost everyone is doing what they are doing in an orderly manner.

In the tent of the General Staff Division, Zhang Yunli and a group of staff officers were deducing various battle situations that might occur tomorrow, and formulating corresponding response plans for Pang Yue to review.

In the tent of the medical department, the accompanying soldiers and medical auxiliaries were counting all kinds of medicinal materials, gauze for bandaging, etc., preparing for a bloody battle that might break out tomorrow, hoping to rescue more wounded with their own efforts.

The battalion officers also summoned their officers in their tents and explained to them various precautions on the battlefield......

Even the officers and men of the battalions who had returned to their tents to rest were unarmoured, placing their weapons near them or pillowing them under their heads, ready to go to battle at any time at any time.

As the supreme commander of Huguang Town, Pang Yue did not rest at this time, but led a group of personal soldiers to patrol the fortifications in and around the camp. On the eve of the approaching war, he couldn't sleep, so he simply took advantage of his energy to come out and do more things.

Walking out of the tent and feeling the cool breeze with the slight aroma of green grass, Pang Yue felt that his mood was much more relaxed. Of course, if there was no war, he would be in a better mood.

In the center of the camp, the officers and men of the Huashan Battalion had set up several lookout pole wagons for monitoring the enemy's situation, and high lookout poles were erected on the cars. There was another bucket on top. If a large army is out fighting and there is no suitable place to set up a lookout post around, this kind of pole car can be extremely useful. During the day, the guards in charge of the lookout stood on top of the hanging bucket more than ten meters high. You can clearly see movement within a radius of several miles. At present, although most of the lookout posts in Huguang Town are located on the hills on the west side, these watchpost cars also have soldiers on duty to take care of the area near the camp.

Walking to the pole car, Pang Yue wanted to go up to inspect the situation in the direction of the Qing army camp in person, but considering that it was too troublesome to put down the bucket and hang it up, he gave up this plan, and walked straight towards the hill on the west side, where the field of vision was wider, and he could also inspect the vigilance of the officers and soldiers on the top of the mountain by the way.

The hill on the west side of the camp is not far and not very high. It's about forty or fifty meters tall. After a while, Pang Yue and his soldiers climbed up.

On duty at the top of the hill were the officers and men of the Agni Battalion. According to the original plan, five Hongyi six-pounder guns, ten three-pounder guns, and twenty Furlong medium guns were deployed here. There were more than 200 gunners, loaders, lookouts, and other members of the artillery crew, 200 musketeers, and 300 sword, shield, and pikemen.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were all in full array. Pang Yue was very satisfied, personally encouraged them, and then walked behind the "anti-artillery wall" to the north, and looked condescendingly towards the Qing army camp in the distance. I saw that the dense lights stretched almost all the way to the sky. Patrols with lanterns were constantly moving around and around the camp, apparently heavily guarded.

Subsequently. Pang Yue looked in the direction of Shitangchong in the southeast of Wanshou Bridge and Lijiawan in the southwest, and saw that these two directions were also faintly flickering with a large number of fires. This camping information from friendly forces reassured him a lot.

It's just that, looking at the stars and fires in the three directions, Pang Yue almost had a sense of confusion in time and space, feeling as if he was not in the troubled era of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but returned to the twenty-first century, the era when the city that never sleeps.

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Descending the mountain, Pang Yue unexpectedly met Zhu Dadian outside the camp, and he was also wandering around under the protection of several personal soldiers, and it was estimated that he couldn't sleep.

Seeing Pang Yue, Zhu Dadian retreated from several personal soldiers around him and beckoned him over.

"I've seen the Overseer!" Pang Yue stepped forward to salute and then smiled: "Inspector, it's so late, you haven't rested yet?" ”

"Hehe, I'm getting older, and sometimes I can't sleep even if I want to." Zhu Dadian twisted his beard and said with a smile, "Now that it is the enemy again, where does the old man still have the heart to sleep?" While your mind is still clear, come out and take a look. Seeing the orderly preparation of the soldiers in Huguang Town, the old man was deeply grateful. To be able to train such a well-trained teacher, Mu Yuan, you are indispensable! ”

"The superintendent has won the award, and the end will be deserved!" Pang Yue hurriedly excused himself.

Zhu Dadian smiled and didn't say anything about this matter, and then looked at the stars in the sky with his hands and sighed: "Counting, the old man has not led tens of thousands of troops to the battlefield like today for many years. Well..... last time was Chongzhen for three years. At that time, the old man was trusted by Emperor Lie, and served as the imperial envoy of the right capital and the governor of Shandong, and led 30,000 horse infantry troops to quell the rebellion of the traitor Kong Youde. In the blink of an eye, it has been a full seventeen years. ”

"At that time, the superintendent led an army of 30,000 to destroy the main force of the traitor Kong Youde, and killed the thief generals Chen Shi and Li Jiucheng, and returned with a great victory. ”

"But he still let Kong Youde's rebel thief run away, so that this thief is still rebelling against the court and acting for the tiger to this day!" Zhu Dadian shook his head and said with a little unwillingness, and then a trace of gloom appeared in his eyes: "At that time, although the world was also in war, the old man never thought that one day the Ming Dynasty would be ruined to this point, and Dongyu would have such a trend. Speaking of which, we courtiers have failed to do our part! ”

"The superintendent doesn't have to blame himself so much," Pang Yue persuaded, "Although Jiannu is raging for a while, I still have thousands of loyal ministers and righteous men in the Ming Dynasty, and the Holy Son of Heaven is in the court, as long as the monarchs and ministers are single-minded and the soldiers use their lives, there will always be a day when the rivers and mountains will be recovered." ”

For this kind of problem, Pang Yue just said such clichés, once he said it deeply, it would involve too wide a wide range, and it would not have a good impact if it was spread, and it would even bring unnecessary trouble to himself.

After listening to Pang Yue's "standard" answer, Zhu Dadian did not make any comments, but stared at Pang Yue and asked another topic: "Then tell the old man, what are the chances of our army winning in the next war?" ”

This one...... Pang Yue thought for a while, met Zhu Dadian's gaze and said: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and as for the chances of victory, it is not difficult to determine the final general. However, on behalf of the 20,000 soldiers under his command, the last general can assure the superintendent that no matter what the odds of victory are, our generation will devote themselves to the battlefield with great confidence and energy to kill the enemy for the country! Worry about you! ”。。 )