When Zhou Dunji and the others were fighting fiercely, the infantry and cavalry forwards of more than 1,000 people led by Han Xu were still on the way to Shenyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Baitapu is more than 30 miles away from Shenyang, there are several avenues leading directly to Shenyang, Han Xu and others walk the most direct avenue, they are about five or six miles away from the main force of the rear, this distance is enough time to warn, of course, it also depends on who the opponent is, if the Eight Banners cavalry is overwhelming, the forward is a small snack, people eat and wipe their mouths and continue to pursue, there is no belief in victory and the will to fight the 50,000 Northern Army, I am afraid it is just a slightly larger dish.

Fortunately, the forward is very important, several general soldiers are picked out of the battalions of the Lengtou Qing, more than ninety percent of the combination of birds and guns in the Northern Army is also an outlier, in the Apocalypse years, Sun Chengzong for the superintendent of the division to vigorously build the Northern Army car battalion, at that time the main force of Lao Liao Town has died in the previous wars, Sun Chengzong intends to train forty battalions of the Guanning Army, of which the veterans are less than one percent, the old habits of the Northern Army are gone, Sun Chengzong trained the car battalion at that time is the same as Qi Jiguang, the big car plus all kinds of artillery and birds, the car battalion is almost pure firearms troops, It is really ahead of the times, but the old grandson can not solve the training problem of the battalions, although the Ming army has serious quality problems, but the bigger problem is still in the training of the battalion soldiers.

Han Xu led the headquarters, walking on the left side of the Liaozhen battalion, and on the right was the surging muddy river, when it came to noon, everyone was a little tired, and they had walked more than 20 miles, and it was already very close to Shenyang.

It is not very difficult to travel lightly and walk all the time, walking more than 20 miles in two hours.

If you are marching with baggage and horses, you also have to worry about negotiating with the local government about food and logistics. Twenty miles a day is not bad. After all, after the camp was raised. It is difficult to say whether we will be able to eat that day, and the thought of marching hungry, going to the same hungry as the place, and having to find a camp to settle down, no one will have high morale.

Han Xu talked with the infantry guerrilla for a while, and decided to rest for a quarter of an hour on both sides of the road, while waiting for news from the sentry ahead.

Many people smoke cigarettes while drinking water. Everyone took out dry food to eat, and Han Xu's subordinates were drinking horses and feeding beans before they could take care of themselves.

People sat on the abandoned and barren ridges on the side of the official road, or on the top of the ditches, and the empty water bladders went down to fetch water, and all wore felt hats, and the black and old red tassels gathered together like strange wild flowers blooming from the beginning.

Many people leaned their firearms on the side of the road or on the trunk of a tree.

Han Xu had no intention of managing the military discipline of these battalion soldiers. It was already rare for them to have the courage to strike, and he had someone fetch a bird's gun and hold it in his hand to watch. The bird gun is very well made, the handguard is very light, and it feels very comfortable to lean on the shoulder, this bird gun looks to be old, but the maintenance is still very good.

In Han Xu's view, the barrel of the musket in his hand is very long, the cast iron is rolled into the barrel, and then the gun is ground through the machine, and then the handguard is added, such as triggers, arquebuses, and then handguards, as far as he knows, the level of firearms in this era is not much weaker, and more than ninety percent of the West at this time uses this arquebus, and the flintlock is used, but from the appearance to the use, there is still a long way to go. But the Spaniards, the British, and the Portuguese used this arquebus and spear to conquer the whole of South America and Southeast Asia, and now the British are developing in India, and they are also peeping into the South China Sea, and they will grab Taiwan with the Dutch, and Malacca and Macau with the Portuguese, no matter who wins or loses, no one else has anything to do. In terms of the battle in front of him, the phalanx of 15,000 Spaniards, with dozens of field bronze cannons, the eastern captives had no choice but to flee from the wind.

China once led the world for thousands of years, is the overall lead, whether it is culture or economy, medical care or culture and education, of course, more important is military strength, pre-Qin, China's army structure and composition, training and recruitment, not weak in the same era of ancient Greece, the two Han Dynasty is not weak ancient Rome, but now, is the overall backward.

In the case of this firearm in Han Xu's hand, it is not much behind, but the people who use it are already too far behind.

"My lord, I found a Jurchen sentry ahead."

He Qingyun led a few people to scout in front, and while Han Xu was pondering, he led his horse back.

Han Xu soon discovered the traces of the Jurchen Sentinel Cavalry, which was a large plain, with only a few trees and shrubs, and very few things that blocked the view.

First there were five or six horsemen, and then more cavalry appeared on the horizon, numbering about two hundred.

Seeing the Jurchen cavalry, the infantry was in a commotion, and the officers at all levels were also very anxious and began to form a team.

The Jurchen cavalry over there also discovered this Ming army, and they stationed their horses in place and did not rush over at the first time. There are more than 1,000 Ming troops here, all of them on foot, and it may be that the leader of the Jurchen sentinel cavalry over there is also hesitating.

"My lord, will you tell your subordinates to bring people over?"

He Qingyun and Ren Shangwu and others all had a look of eagerness for a battle on their faces, in the past few days, everywhere was unfavorable, the army of more than 100,000 people was beaten by tens of thousands of people, and a strong city like Shenyang was lost in less than a day, and all kinds of unfavorable and exciting He Qingyun and other pure martial artists were almost crazy, and finally saw the traces of the enemy, and everyone had a feeling that they couldn't hold back.

"They're going to rush over." Han Xu waved his hand on the horse, his face was very calm, and he didn't look too excited, Donglu has won many battles, even if the generals are a little cautious, but under the stimulation of the big war many times, they will never be willing to return in vain, if this is the main force of the Northern Army, maybe these Dongyu will transfer their horses and leave, but there are only more than a thousand Ming troops in front of them, and these Dongyu will not go.

Sure enough, as Han Xu expected, after a moment's effort, the Jurchen cavalry formation over there began to gallop towards this side.

The infantry team of the Ming army was also completed, although the guerrilla had an ugly face, he didn't say anything, and all the infantry teams had a happy look on their faces when they looked at Han Xu and the others.

Han Xu's reputation is very great, he is recognized as a brave general of 10,000 enemies in the Ming army, his subordinates are iron cavalry wearing heavy armor, and his temperament is like a heartbreak, with this cavalry team on his side, the morale of the infantry team has not fallen to the bottom.

"If you want to come, then fight."

Han Xu ordered the cavalry not to line up in three rows of arrays as usual, but divided into two wings, scattered on both sides of the infantry team, he ordered the infantry to convex forward, after one round, the cavalry attacked, and only one round of a thousand firearms was released, and there were many casualties.

"Calm down, everyone calm down, wait for this one in my hand to sound, you follow it, I won't release it, you must not worry." Han Xu held a firearm in his hand, rode his horse and ran in front of the soldiers, his tone was steady, his breath was calm, under his comfort, there was no tension in the army. (To be continued.) )