This is a small village, located in the northwest of the moon peak about ten miles away in the spring of Dequan, although the scale is not large, but the watchtower is complete.

Outside the only west gate of Xiaozhai, a dirt road leading to the northwest has gradually emerged - people and cars come and go so often that the knee-high grass has been trampled on, and the yellow-brown soil is exposed, which is very conspicuous.

In the open space in front of the walled gate, a huge army of craftsmen had just finished breakfast, and they were driving towards Yuelang Peak in a chaotic manner; And before them, there were three battalions of more than 1,000 people, carrying birds and spears on their backs, and they had already gone a long way; In front of and on both sides of the infantry dragon, there are knights in bright armor, who seem to be in groups of three or two, but in fact, there is a hidden mystery, which is the fish scale formation commonly used by cavalry;

"My son," Quan Zhinan sat on a horse at the gate of the village, and was teaching Quan Xiaoxian face-to-face, and he was spoiled in seriousness, "I will go to Yuelang Peak to settle the village, and everything is based on stability...... You need to remember that this trip is fundamental, and if it is not necessary, do not waste it...... If that Mingkou really dares to go out of the city to invite the battle, you have all the horses, you only need to form a formation and hold the position, and the Mingkou will return in vain...... We must not be greedy for merit and rush forward, be taken advantage of by the enemy, and lose the spirit of our army...... Although Ming Kou shows me to be weak, his strength cannot be underestimated, and my son must not wait for idle thieves to look at it......"

He babbled a lot, nothing more than being afraid that Quan Xiaoxian would be young and vigorous and greedy for merit, but it was his inner words, which were very different from what he usually said to the generals.

This advice lasted for a long time, and Quan Xiaoxian was about to fall asleep when he heard it, and after repeating the promise a few times, he had to get out and chase after his team.

Regarding his father's caution, Quan Xiaoxian was quite unimpressed. This is related to the current high morale of the Hebeichuan camp - after the shrinkage of the Ming Kou, Quan Zhi Nan seized this opportunity to trumpet that the Ming Kou was a rabble, just a group of pirates who had never seen the world, and they were already frightened in front of the royal court soldiers, which really greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and even the old soldiers in Gyeonggi Province were ready to try.

Like most soldiers, Quan Xiaoxian is the age of blood and strength, and he is already a kind of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world" mentality, and now in such an atmosphere, it is even more inflated; In addition, the cavalry under his command was simply walking sideways on Mingkou's territory during this time, which made him feel that Mingkou was indeed vulnerable, where could he still listen to his father's words!

Looking at his high-spirited back, Izumi Zhinan's eyes were full of confusion, and the advice just now was actually the veteran's true heart--he felt that he really couldn't see through this Mingkou now.

From the battle for dominance at sea to the contact with the patrol posts, Ming Kou gave him the impression that this was by no means the "rabble" that he often talked about, and his orders were strict and well-trained, and he was not even under the head of his most elite battalion!

But what makes Izumi Tomio most puzzled is that Ming Kou has such a strong army, why did he completely withdraw as soon as he made contact, giving up the initiative on the battlefield? Even let his cavalry be bullied directly to the Yuan Forbidden City?

Most obviously, the last three consignments of men and supplies that the conquest army had shipped from Mokpo suffered almost no losses - the once menacing Mingkou seemed to have disappeared without a trace overnight!

After thinking about it, the veteran felt that he had found a few of the most reasonable conjectures: first of all, Mingkou's troops were limited and could not withstand a war of attrition - no matter how strong Mingkou was, there were only more than 1,000 people who could fight.

Moreover, most of the internal contradictions of the Myeongko are full of contradictions - after so many years of the founding of the DPRK, there are still disputes between land and water; It's no wonder that there are no internal contradictions in a newly emerging force like Mingkou! This is most likely the fundamental reason why the Mingkou Sea is no longer harassed!

From this point of view, Ming Kou was indeed forced to fight to the death with himself under the Yuan Forbidden City, and this was also the ending that Quan Zhinan wanted to see the most - five thousand against one thousand, he wished that the other party would fight later!

"Marshal Qiqi, our troops have all arrived, and we can enter the camp to garrison." Jun Zhinan was thinking about it, when he heard an open-minded voice sound, turned his head to look, and saw a face without a nose.

This is one of Jun Zhinan's personal guards, who was sent to the Yuan Palace to send a letter of persuasion by Jun Zhinan a month ago, but was driven back by Ming Kou with his nose cut, and brought back a message of "decisive battle under the city"; Because of this merit, this personal guard was promoted to a commander, and led more than 300 people to garrison this small transfer village.

"Good!" Quan Zhinan glanced at the more than 300 people carrying bird guns on their backs, as well as the two 6-pounder Buddha cannons in front of the battle, nodded and said, "You remember, this village is the last transfer village of our army, and it is also the closest transfer village to Mingkou...... If Mingkou comes to attack, you only need to close the village and guard it, and the wolf smoke will rise, and the kung fu cavalry with a stick of incense can come to the aid from the Yuelang Peak camp...... Although this village is small, but the wall is high and the trench is deep, and you have such sharp weapons as birds and artillery, let go to fight, as long as you wait for yourself not to mess up, Mingkou must not get close...... When our army returns to help, internal and external attacks, why worry about Mingkou not breaking? …… What I'm most worried about is that you can't stand the excitement, eat the temptation of the Mingkou, and abandon the village to fight...... If you really lose your camp like this, cut off your head and see it yourself! ”

The guard bowed deeply and said loudly, "Don't worry, the last general doesn't know the danger...... In any case, we will never abandon the village! ”

"Good! Then I'll hand over this stockade to you! Izumi said with a wave of his hand.

"Order!" The guard bowed again, jumped up and waved at the soldiers, "Brothers! Enter the camp! ”

More than 300 people rushed to the front, crowded one by one, walked in front of the Quanzhi male horse, and rushed into the small village of transshipment; From time to time, some people laughed and scolded, shouting to give Ming Kou a good look, and it seemed that the morale was quite high.

This scene made Izumi Tomo both relieved and proud.

Since the army was assembled in Seoul, the morale of the whole army has been declining day by day; This is unavoidable in this era - leaving the comfortable station, going through the hardships of a long journey, and arriving in Seoul you have to look at people's faces and receive things; In addition, the amount of silver is either not enough, or the quality is insufficient, and anyone who changes it will be angry.

When they arrived at the camp in Hebeichuan, the morale was even more unbearable - not to mention anything else, the bumps in the sea alone made this gang of soldiers languishing and sleepy for several days!

Izumi has long known this. There is no diamond and no porcelain work, and it is not the first time to lead an army, so he has long been familiar with what to do.

As soon as he landed on the shore, he picked up the black yarn of Jeju Mansion Yin, severely shocked the Jeju officialdom, and took Jeju City firmly in his hands, so that he no longer had to worry about someone disobeying the yang and yin and throwing his soldiers into small shoes.

Then there is the plundering of the soldiers, so that these soldiers can beat the tooth sacrifice enough first - this is also a helpless thing, how can there be a good place to have soldiers since ancient times?

Ask yourself, Izumi Zhinan feels that he is already very merciful - at least he has given orders several times, and the abduction is still tolerable, and the **** will not tolerate it!

In the end, it is to use Ming Kou to motivate morale - step on Ming Kou to raise himself, so that the soldiers feel that Ming Kou is vulnerable is only the most basic means, and Quan Zhinan's most proud wrist is one of his orders: Break through the Yuan Xing Palace and seal the knife for three days!

Now it seems that all these methods are effective, and nearly 10,000 troops have been agitated by the legendary Jinshan Yinhai to scream, and they are red-eyed and waiting to rush into the city to vent wildly!

Turning the horse's head in a circle, Quan Zhinan looked in the direction of the Southeast Yuan Palace, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued.) )