"Sigh the law ......"

A sturdy pond horse kicked up a cloud of dust beside the post road, and the herald with the command flag on his back went straight to Zhao Rongsheng and Li Zhengjing, and said in a loud voice: "Mr. Zhao Qian, Mr. Li Qian, Sun Du has sent a message, can you let the pace of the army march faster?" ”

"Add a fart, Sun Du doesn't know the marching regulations, the new army walks fifty miles a day, it is the most suitable, and there are problems if it is fast or slow...... There are rules in advance, how can you change them? The march is not child's play, as much as it should be, pass on Lao Tzu's words, and go so much today! ”

Captain Li waved his hand and sent the herald away, and Zhao Rongsheng beside him smiled and said, "Lao Li, the regulations say so, but the tone of your voice ......"

Li Zhengjing disagreed: "Lao Tzu has always spoken like this...... Besides, that Tangma is stupid and won't embellish Lao Tzu's words? ”

Zhao Rongsheng laughed, Li Zhengzheng looked at Zhao Rongsheng, and slapped his thigh violently: "Damn, from the Tangma camp just now?" What's it called, he won't pass on Lao Tzu's words to Governor Sun in their original form, right? ”

Hearing Zhao Rongsheng's laughter even louder, Li Zhengjing was heartbroken, and he complained loudly: "I said Lao Zhao, don't you think you are a brother, and I don't know how to remind you?" ”

Zhao Rongsheng didn't agree, and shouted: "How do I know how stupid you are, you don't talk without a ......."

The two quarreled, Li Zhengjing was the old armor commander of Chen Sheng, Ju Yiwuren, etc., and Zhao Rongsheng was the armor commander of Mu Dachang, Han Kaihui and others, and now they are also in the position of Qianzong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although one of the two is in his thirties, the other is in his twenties. But each other's temper and personality are quite in line with each other's appetites, and this time they became mercenary officers to aid Shaanxi, and along the way, they became acquainted with each other, and they became New Year's friends.

However, both of them were hot-tempered people, and often quarreled with each other, at this time the two rode their horses on top of a mountain bag, and some of the guards who also rode horses were scattered around the dirt bag, and on the dry official road below, the red soldiers flowed. It spreads from the west. The Wei River in the distance is like a belt.

Not long ago, when the news of the approaching thieves came, Sun Chuanting urgently summoned Feng Shikong, the governor of Shaanxi, Jian Renrui, the prefect of Xi'an, Huang Xun, the envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, Tian Shizhen, and some soldiers, as well as Wu Zhengchun and Gao Xun, the mercenary generals of the Jingbian Army. Praise Wen Shiyan and others for deliberations.

At the same time, Sun Chuanting urgently passed on the generals of Shaanxi. The new Shaanxi commander-in-chief Gao Jie, Guyuan commander-in-chief Zheng Jiadong, Lintao commander-in-chief Niu Chenghu, Yulin commander-in-chief Wang Ding, and Ningxia commander-in-chief Fumin came to Xi'an.

Finally, the outcome is agreed. With Shaanxi Governor Feng Shikong guarding Shangzhou, followed by Wang Ding, the chief soldier of Yulin, and the general officer of Ningxia Fu Min, the rest of them defended Tongguan with him. Jian Renrui, the prefect of Xi'an, and others were responsible for transporting grain and wages.

The news came, the thieves took Liu Fangliang as the general, and commanded 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Shangnan, Shangzhou, although it is not far from Nanyang to the west, most of them are lofty mountains, cliffs, and nearly a thousand miles of mountain roads to Shangzhou, which is extremely difficult to walk, let alone attack.

Therefore, generally from Henan to Shaanxi, take the Tongguan line, especially with the vehicle baggage.

However, Sun Chuanting did not dare to take it lightly, in addition to being guarded by the governor of a province and the general army of the second town, he also asked Wu Zhengchun to send the mercenary army of the second class soldier, led by Huang Wei, to temporarily serve as Feng Shikong's Fubiao battalion as a supervisor and reserve.

Huang Wei has a lot of power, although he is a guerrilla rank, but the staff general Hao Shangren, deputy generals Sun Shoufa, Sun Zhixiu and others of the Fubiao battalion have to listen to his moderation.

Feng Shikong had no objection to this, first, he did not dare to disobey the order of the powerful governor Sun Chuanting, and second, he now knew that Sun Chuanting was a hired soldier of the Jingbian Army.

The strength of the Jingbian army is famous all over the world, and between the overall situation of Shaanxi's gains and losses, Feng Shikong naturally knows the choice, although he has a soft temperament, he is actually a famous official, not a person who does not know right from wrong.

Subsequently, Sun Chuanting sent the generals back to the town to prepare, in addition to giving them the time limit to arrive, he first led the standard battalion and 20,000 new troops to Tongguan, and made defensive preparations in advance.

Sun Chuanting's deepest impression of the Jingbian Army was the regulation of all sides, so he also made such attempts in the New Army. It's just marching and fighting, how simple is it to make regulations? If there are few literate people, the understanding of the regulations and military regulations will be superficial, and if there are few literate people, some basic experience can only be passed on by word of mouth.

According to word of mouth, a slightly bigger defeat, as soon as the old soldier seed is gone, the new soldier is at a loss, and the original experience is likely to be lost, even if these experiences are exchanged for blood and life by the original army.

Therefore, at this time, the role of the famous general is very large, because he knows some basic experience and knowledge, and even uses this knowledge as a family secret method.

The Jingbian Army's practice is to take war training as a drill and compile the lessons and regulations of the past into teaching materials, so that no matter how many soldiers are consumed, they can be born again in a steady stream.

Of course, it is difficult to say that it is simple, after all, the education of the Jingbian Army and the education of the entire Xuanfu Town are incomparable to other places in the Ming Dynasty, and now the military heritage is also very profound. For example, the praise paintings that are now taken for granted in the Jingbian Army, Sun Chuanting is very lacking.

Literati don't know soldiers, warriors don't learn words, how to read the sand table, how to read the map, how to read the account book? How do you know the plan, how do you know the plan? There is no way but to fight a swarm of bees.

There is also the sand table map, the basic surveyors and mappers, Sun Chuanting is suffering from shortcomings. The staff he had painstakingly collected over the years were scattered all over Shaanxi, and they disappeared like a drop of ink in a big lake in a blink of an eye, and he deeply felt that it was not enough.

Therefore, many of the plans for this war relied on hired personnel from the Jingbian Army.

There are also marches, camps, grain and grass supplies, etc., and most of them are planned by the officials in the Jingbian Army, although Sun Chuanting knows the soldiers, but compared with the Jingbian Army, he feels that the logistics and food supply are very chaotic, after all, the executive group cannot be compared, and the Jingbian soldiers have to be arranged to deal with it.

The chores such as the march and camping of the new army were also planned by these hired generals of the Jingbian Army, and in particular, Wu Zhengchun appointed Zhao Rongsheng and Li Zhengjing to lead the two departments to supervise and take charge.

There are not many requirements for the Ming Dynasty to march at this time, and the biggest requirement is to arrive on time. At this time, the generals were receiving the transfer card, in order not to miss the deadline, or they were unable to unify the whole army, anyway, the generals and leaders ran wildly.

Thousands of troops were dispatched, and they ran for one day and lost a third of their men and horses, and for two days, they lost two-thirds of their horses and ran for three days. I don't know how many people are left.

Finally arrived on time. Except for two or three hundred Ma Jiading, the rest of the team is sparse, and it may take ten days and half a month to arrive one after another. The biggest situation. In all likelihood, a third of the centaurs are missing. I don't know where to look.

Of course, this kind of marching situation cannot be tolerated by the Jingbian Army, and they also demand that the deadline be reached. However, this kind of arrival is basically the arrival of all employees. Even if there are soldiers who are left behind, sick, or unaccustomed to the soil, they will not exceed one percent of the entire army, not the kind of 3,000 troops sent and only 300 in the end.

Therefore, in addition to weekday training, food supply, and medical preparation, the planning of the march along the way is very important, how many miles the whole journey is, how many miles should be walked every day, where you can go to the camp, where there is a water source, and when you can set off, there are special arrangements and strict implementation.

If you are not in a good state today, you will walk more, and if you are not in a good state today, you will walk slowly.

According to the situation of the thieves learned by Tanma, as well as the road conditions ahead, the praise painters have already planned, from Xi'an to Tongguan 300 miles, walking 50 miles a day is just right, so Sun Chuanting asked the army to speed up the pace, and the two Jingbian troops to supervise urged, but Li Zhengjing refused.

He and Zhao Rongsheng rode their horses on the dirt bag, fluttering behind the two thousand flags, watching the torrent of soldiers, from west to east, those soldiers were all young and strong, they were wearing red armor, red tasseled felt hats, feet with Xingteng, wearing cloth shoes.

However, the gunners wore red cotton armor, the spearmen wore red waist-length armor, and some of the spearmen also had arms and hands and iron-inlaid cotton armor. However, as an elite soldier in the gun battalion, he stood in the front row when he was about to fight, and he was brave and skilled in training, and he was regarded as a strong man in the army, and his monthly salary was also one or two or five dollars.

At this time, it was past the beginning of summer, the weather was warmer, and sometimes it rained, but the weather was generally dry, and the brigade of people and horses stepped on the official road, stirring up dust in the sky.

Seeing the soldiers carrying their spears and arquebuses concentrating on the road, many of them were covered with dust and sweat, and they didn't bother to wipe them, because next to the official road, there were horses running back and forth, supervising and guiding these people's march.

"Attention, the back team keeps up with ......"

"Be careful, the front team avoids the baggage ......"

"Be careful, don't let the drums fall."

Under the two thousand headquarters, each responsible for a part, guiding these recruits to march, that is, the officers and generals of each battalion, must also obey the arrangements of these Jingbian Army B and other troops. As the beginning of a new army, they are all newcomers and need to learn from scratch.

As the first large-scale continuous march, there were too many problems with the 20,000 new troops, and the two thousand generals saw that their respective subordinates, Luo Liangzuo, Lai Dexiang, Chen Sheng, Han Kaihui and others, were all tired.

Zhao Rongsheng saw his friend Luo Liangzuo passing by, he was on the horse, his fat body writhed on the horse, and he said in a voice as thick as Pavarotti: "The soldiers are doing well, come to a military song to lift your spirits." ”

Under the accompaniment of drums and military music, the military song with the Qin dialect sounded, which began to be chaotic and slowly became neat: "The desert is dusty and the sun is dark, and the red flag is half rolled out of the gate." The former army fought in Taohebei at night, and has reported that it has captured Guhun ......"

Luo Liangzuo's voice came from afar: "Very good, let's do another song." ”

"Why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures? Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis. ”

In the roar of the military song, the mighty army continued to pass in front of the mountain bag, the fiery red river, it seemed to pour continuously, those Shaanxi new army passed in front of the earthen bag, when they saw Zhao Rongsheng and Li Zhengjing, they all cast awe-inspiring eyes.

Most of the recruits of the new army were simple people in the countryside, who were naturally afraid of officials and, in the words of later generations, afraid of the government.

They are very strict with these Jingbian soldiers who served as instructors during training, and they beat them with sticks at every turn.

At the same time, the new army respected them, and although they were strictly trained, they were kind to them when they were resting on weekdays, and from time to time they talked about some new topics, so that these peasant children who were digging in the soil could know the world outside.

Let everyone have a kind of eye-opening feeling, it turns out that the world is so big, there are so many interesting things, and the instructors have also left an impression in the hearts of these people that they are knowledgeable and both civil and military.

The instructors sometimes invite them to go down to the restaurant for a meal and drink. If there is any difficulty at home, he will also help generously, so he is quite popular in the new army.

At the same time, the treatment of mercenaries also made them very envious, ordinary soldiers of the second class army, each soldier also had five yuan per month, and the silver yuan was a good thing...... And their armor, their muskets, and their spears. All very well-made.

It's still flint. There is no need for a fire rope, but a sword, which can be stabbed and shot, and each soldier has a horse. Isn't it enviable?

Be a man and do your part. There's really nothing to say. Therefore, the battalion of Jingbian Army hired by this battalion inadvertently became a target example for many people in the Shaanxi New Army, and they also rose up to recognize the righteous brothers. I hope to find a mercenary to be the big brother.

The simple faces shook in front of Zhao Rongsheng and Li Zhengjing, and the respectful and fearful gazes they cast became a frozen picture, which seemed to remain forever.

Li Zhengjing sighed rarely: "Before they have finished training, they will have to face a big battle...... I hope there will be fewer deaths, Lao Tzu...... Lao Tzu always felt that these people were like our sons, and they really didn't want to ......."

Zhao Rongsheng is also rarely silent, when he was a small soldier, he just wanted to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and when he became a captain, he knew the responsibility on his shoulders.

I am no longer a person, but for the sake of my brothers in Jiazhong, the higher the military rank, the heavier the burden on his shoulders, how can he be without feelings when he trains the Shaanxi New Army for a few months? He also sighed: "This battle is just the beginning, these Guanzhong disciples will have a lot of battles to fight in the future...... I am afraid that there will be a lot of people who will die. ”

Li Zhengjing said: "Yes, there will be a lot of deaths." ”

Then he slapped himself on the head, causing a metal rattle on his helmet, and he scolded, "What did Lao Tzu say about this? When the soldiers enlist in the army, they prepare for the day of the horse leather shroud, how can there be immortals in the war, and say these depressing words plainly. ”

Zhao Rongsheng also laughed, and said heroically: "Yes, Lao Li rarely tells the truth, we are soldiers, and fighting a war is our duty!" What is death, our Jingbian Army is fighting for the peace of the world, and with the general, the banner is pointing everywhere, and the ugliness of the group will inevitably disappear. ”

Li Zhengjing scolded: "It's Lao Tzu who is telling the truth, okay, you are full of runaways......"

"You're the ......"

The two continued to argue again, and the guards under the dirt bag shook their heads when they heard the two scolding each other, looked at each other, and shook their heads.

……

Perhaps the Shaanxi New Army, or other armies of the Ming Dynasty, is still in the stage of serving as soldiers, eating food, taking pay to fight, and giving orders from officials, but many people in the Jingbian Army have entered the period of taking the initiative to seek war, and have their own ideals and goals, a sense of mission and responsibility.

Many people already have an idea to follow the great generals and fight for the peace of the world and the better survival of the people of this land.

A steady stream of soldiers went east and then east, their mighty torrent, from the east to the west, from the west to the east, one after another Sun Zi flags, rolling in the wind......

At the eastern end of the plain, hundreds of horsemen were watching the fiery red river pass by, all wearing long armor with thick copper nails on the armor, which gave people great oppressive power, and their eight-petaled iron-tipped helmets, which shone with a metallic glow in the sun.

Not far from them, a large pole of Sun Zi was erected high on the plain, and Sun Chuanting was riding on a white horse, his whole body armor, with bows and arrows, swords, and cloaks, and he was listening intently to the news from the pond horse.

Beside him, there were some staff members, as well as some local officials who were praised paintings, Wu Zhengchun and Gao Xun, as well as the battalion clerk, the praise painting officer, the town officer, the medical officer, the comfort officer and other horses.

The mercenary battalion department that aided Shaanxi was even larger, and the praise painting was expanded from the first army to the first class, the doctors were expanded from the second class to the first team, the Zhenfu soldiers also had the third class, and the Tangma army had the second class, and their praise painting chief officer was Wen Shiyan, who had just returned from Henan and ran to Shaanxi.

At this time, he was wearing a hat, a tight-fitting green shirt, a sharp sword at his waist, and a short-sleeved shirt on the outside, his image was elegant and heroic, and he was also listening to the report of the Tang horse with a smile.

"Add a fart, Sun Du doesn't know the marching regulations, the new army walks fifty miles a day, it is the most suitable, and there are problems if it is fast or slow...... There are rules in advance, how can you change them? The march is not child's play, as much as it should be, pass on Lao Tzu's words, and go so much today! ”

Natang Ma conveyed Li Zhengjing's words in their original form without change.

The first requirement for the Jingbian Army in selecting Tangma is that it is old-fashioned, and the words of all parties cannot be freely modified. Otherwise, it is difficult to say what the meaning of the Dao order will become in the end. On the battlefield, this can lead to catastrophic consequences.

For this Tang Ma, his responsibility is to pass on the word, and other things are not something he should consider, and the requirements of the Jingbian army are also to fulfill his duties first, and then consider other things, so he passed Li Zhengjing's words word for word.

Listening to his words, everyone in the audience looked at each other, the staff next to Sun Chuanting, and the local officials who were praised for painting. Many people looked displeased. After the mercenaries arrived in Shaanxi. Intentionally or unintentionally, the tentacles are stretched in all directions, which has caused many people to be dissatisfied.

Who is Sun Du in particular? He is the governor of the three sides, and you are only a thousand generals, even if you are a thousand generals of the Jingbian army. How can you speak to the top in such a tone? These Jingbian troops. It's really getting more and more arrogant.

Gao Xun raised his eyebrows. At this time, he was wearing the short armor of an officer, with a battle skirt underneath, and the shiny scale armor made him even more heroic. However, his expression did not move, and he did not mean to blame Li Zhengjing, and Wu Zhengchun beside him frowned.

He is an orthodox Jingbian soldier, even if Li Zhengjing's words are reasonable, but this kind of tone of speech is suspected of being disrespectful and inferior, and it will also affect the relationship between Jingbian Army and Sun Chuanting, this matter can be big or small, he shouted: "How did Li Zhengjing speak? Sun Du, the last general will recruit Li Qian to reprimand. ”

Sun Chuanting laughed: "It's okay, Li Qian is always a temperamental, and the governor appreciates it very much, and it is the governor Meng Lang." Under the military law, it should be strictly enforced, and this matter is the fault of the governor, and Li Qian always has no fault. ”

Wen Shiyan stroked his beard and smiled, and gave Sun Chuanting a sycophant: "Sun Du is humble and vain, a model for my generation, and the lower officials admire him." ”

These words made Sun Chuanting laugh, and he was in a happy mood, and his mustard for Li Zhengjing disappeared even more, and the staff members around him also laughed, and the atmosphere returned to harmony.

Seeing the soldiers and horses below passing by, Sun Chuanting raised his horsewhip and said excitedly: "According to the itinerary, after three more days, our division can reach Tongguan." And basically all of them arrived, except for a few soldiers who were left behind and sick. This is all the work of General Wu, General Gao, Wen Zanhua and so on. ”

Wu Zhengchun and others said a few polite words, Sun Chuanting's belly and heroism surprised them, I have to say that this crazy man is still very charismatic, he is very arrogant, but more hidden in his bones.

Sun Chuanting looked at the marching team below with emotion, in his eyes, the army marched in an orderly manner, and this kind of marching efficiency was ...... There's still a lot to learn.

Seeing the sun slowly setting westward, and the people and horses below were like a tide, the pride in his heart filled his chest and abdomen, and he couldn't help but come to the original side. Seeing his men and horses, the new army of Shaanxi below couldn't help but look at it, and a deep voice sounded: "Attention, all soldiers, greetings to Sun Duchen!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

A field of spearmen passed below, and all the pikemen soldiers raised their spears in their hands and cheered to Sun Chuanting on the original.

"Wan Sheng!"

Another group of gunners raised their firearms and cheered.

"Wan Sheng!"

There was another group of soldiers, and bursts of cheers echoed over the road on the south bank of the Wei River, and the sound of the tide overshadowed the waves.

All the new soldiers of Shaanxi who passed by the original army greeted Sun Chuanting when they saw him, with admiration and gratitude in their eyes. Sun Du is their food and clothing parents, giving them land and land, so that their families can live a good life, and giving military salaries and family silver, they are willing to fight for Sun Du.

Watching the generals below wave their weapons, the crowd of people rushed by, and the overwhelming sound of "Wan Sheng" continued one after another. That kind of passion is full of passion, which makes Sun Chuanting's heart hot for a while, only the new army has this kind of passion, only the new army has this kind of strength, not the kind of stagnant and insensitive old army can be compared.

Sun Chuanting involuntarily waved his hand and greeted the soldiers below, which caused a lot of noise.

The staff behind him were also infected with tears, and one of the staff members muttered: "Even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you must also train the new army." ”

Wu Zhengchun, Gao Xun and others also watched, and the commander in the camp said: "The scene is still a little smaller, and the momentum is a little insufficient." ”

The soothing officer beside him said, "It's already rare." ”

The army rolled past the original front, and the long marching column could not be seen far at a glance, and red flags flew over the road. The sun on the west slope has turned into a setting sun, and the warm sunlight is sprinkled, giving a golden glow to the marching team and Sun Chuanting on the original.

This scene will forever be engraved in history.

……

Towards the evening of the same day, the army camped on the banks of the Wei River, and the new army in Shaanxi followed the example of the Jingbian army. The 20,000 men were divided into six battalions, including a special baggage battalion. Each department also has a cooking car, which rushes to the camping place in advance, boils water for cooking, and so that as soon as the soldiers arrive, there will be hot water to wash their feet and hot meals to be served.

As far as the Jingbian Army is concerned, when conditions permit, it is a necessary military discipline to provide as much hot water as possible for the soldiers to wash their feet when they settle down. In this way, the blood flow in the feet is active. The next day you can go further. At least keep it in shape, and at the same time reduce the number of patients.

Eating hot meals when camping is a necessary requirement, of course. to the Shaanxi New Army. For Sun Chuanting and his staff. It's pretty fresh. However, after a few days, they also felt that this kind of practice was much better, at least for a few days of marching. Few are left behind, and even fewer are sick.

Under the guidance of the mercenaries of the Jingbian Army and under the guidance of the flags in their respective directions, they went down to camp in an orderly manner, assembled, set up horses, trailers, set up tents, ate, rested, and were in an orderly manner.

"Look, this is well-trained, everyone, without the guidance of the Jingbian Army, the new army is a rabble......"

Sun Chuanting quietly watched the army camp, and the generals and officials of the Jingbian Army beside him were already busy, and there were only some henchmen and staff left beside him.

He looked at the red sky over there with some distraction, and said in a deep voice: "Just now, you waited for President Li Qian to be disrespectful to the governor, and the border army of Yan Jing intervened in the new army, and the deeper the meddle in Shaanxi, but didn't let them interfere, did we do a good job?" ”

He looked a little sad: "We started too late, our talents are too few, and they are extremely insufficient in all aspects, if we don't rely on Yongninghou's subordinates, who do we rely on?" If you want to prevent others from criticizing, you have to be strong yourself, and then ......"

A staff member behind him said bitterly: "Sun Gong rest assured, they are every bit of it, the students are all in mind, and they are included in the case, and there will always be a day to catch up." ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "The future of Shaanxi and the future of the Ming Dynasty still depend on the princes." However, now the training of troops to fight, or the civil affairs of Tuntian, are different from the past, the governor suffers from a lack of talents, I heard that the Marquis of Yongning now allows students to ......"

He paused, how did the word "international student" feel weird.

However, Wang Dou always made some strange things out, and he didn't care about it when he thought about it, he said: "This governor will negotiate with the Marquis of Yongning, and strive to send a group of people to enter the Xuanfu Town Military Academy and Civil Academy, as well as the qualifications to study at the Normal University. ”

All the staff members nodded vigorously, although they were enthusiastic and willing to follow Sun Gong to do a great cause, but when the matter came, they found that a group of staff members were not enough to lead all aspects, and they also needed a large number of hard-working grassroots personnel and outstanding talents in all aspects.

After the mercenaries of the Jingbian Army arrived, the more they came into contact with each other, the more they understood, and the more they felt the gap between them. So no matter how reluctant you are, it's just wishful thinking to not let them interfere, unless you are at the same level as Xuanfu Town in all aspects.

Seeing that the staff were a little frustrated, Sun Chuanting laughed again: "If you have gains, you will lose, it's not a big deal, in other words, if there is no Jingbian Army in this battalion, we wouldn't even have the current situation." ”

Yang Sichang, Ding Qirui, Hou Sui and others have all supervised the division, but they often fail to dispatch well, just because there are no direct elite soldiers.

The current governor Hou Sui, living in Kaifeng Mansion, heard that there is no one except for dozens of people from Chen Yongfu, and now the city is like a wood carving clay sculpture, and the officials will be polite to him on the surface, but in fact, no one should treat him as a thing.

If he hadn't hired these 3,000 elite soldiers, who knows what would have happened when he returned to Shaanxi?

Will there be a situation where everything is said and everything is done? Will there be 20,000 recruits and trains, and the prospects are very good? Sun Chuanting believed that as long as he gave himself time, the new army in Shaanxi might not be able to compete with the Jingbian army in the future.

Looking at the sunset on the horizon, he said eagerly, "Everything will be fine." ”

He led his staff to inspect the camp, and the soldiers of each battalion had quickly settled down, because it was an internal march, there was no need to set up a village, only some trenches were dug, and some important places were sprinkled with thistles, and there were night watchmen.

However, at this time, the baggage battalion was still in a steady stream of transportation, from Xi'an to Tongguan, the Jingbian army praised the paintings, and set up a number of grain storage sites, not only to supply the marching troops.

Most of these baggage troops were wheelbarrows, which were light carts, made of hardwood, with ribs and holes, so that they could be plugged in and guns rejected when facing the enemy, but Sun Chuanting tried his best to add some carriages to the battalion to increase the transportation capacity.

The battalion's budget for grain and grass statistics is also in charge of the baggage team of the mercenaries, who are good at calculating. It can be well coordinated for the army, and when necessary, the prefect of Xi'an, etc., must obey their command.

Sun Chuanting gathered the great general Franc machine guns in the whole province, and also built an artillery battalion with 50 general cannons, 20 mortar guns, and 100 small and medium-sized Franc machine guns.

Sun Chuanting believed that he could fight the artillery battalion of the thieves, if they were brought in artillery.

From the intelligence shared to him by the Jingbian Army. Sun Chuanting was also surprised to know. The thieves actually had a huge battalion, with the new troops of the original surrender as the backbone, and most of them were equipped with captured firearms from the East Road. aroused Sun Chuanting's attention.

He bought a lot of equipment from Wang Dou. In addition to firearms, armor, military uniforms. There are also many 10,000 enemies, poison bombs, ash bombs, etc., which are operated by the baggage at this time. The rockets in Shaanxi's inventory, such as throwing knives, flying guns, and hundreds of tigers running together, have also been collected by ancient brains.

Sun Chuanting believes that he will definitely be able to defend Tongguan.

……

On April 16, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting took his staff to praise the painting, as well as the mercenary generals, and the two general first-class armies, arrived at Tongguan half a day earlier than the brigade, which is known as the first pass in Yongzhou.

They enter the city from the west gate, Tongguan has nine city gates, nine gates, each gate has urn city, city gate, arrow tower, the west gate because of the connection to the official road of Xi'an, the front of the city wall is relatively flat, but there are also city towers and arrow towers, as well as the inner gate and the outer gate.

When entering the gate, the front of the city gate was already bustling, a large number of grain transport teams continued to enter the city, heavy, full of heavy grain and grass wagons and wheelbarrows, under the vigorous drag of the baggage soldiers, the fish penetrated.

The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the importance of grain and grass does not need to be questioned, Sun Chuanting and others could not drive away the grain cart and let themselves go first, they waited for a long time before they could continue to advance.

Hanging the guerrilla military position, the hired officer Yang Hu and the local Tongguan guards greeted Governor Sun and his party. A sergeant led by Hu Ye, the first general chaser and the third general hussar, under the order of the battalion headquarters, rushed to defend one step ahead, and they were also in charge of sentry.

According to the introduction of the tiger master, on the opposite side of Wangyuan Ditch, scattered thieves and sentry horses have appeared.

However, it is estimated that it will take at least five to ten days for their main force to reach the vicinity of Tongguan. After all, according to the route, from Xiangyang to Tongguan for more than 1,000 miles, their foot soldiers walked 30 to 50 miles a day, and it took at least 20 to 30 days to reach their goal.

However, there are many thieves and horses, and some sentry cavalry troops have appeared one after another, and the tiger master has killed at least dozens of them with his subordinates these days.

The tiger master does not accept his body at night, and the chasers under his command, everyone has a riding gun, and they can shoot on a horse, and the shooting range is farther than the horse bow, and they all have good horses, they run on the horse, and the local sergeant is a guide, and the ghost is elusive, and the thief sentry is helpless against it.

However, there are more and more thieves and horsemen, and the tiger master has reined in the past two days, and he does not want to lose his strength in vain.

In fact, the thieves attach more importance to intelligence than the officers and soldiers, and the post stations from Huguang to Henan have basically been deposed, and when the Shaanxi side gets the news, most of the thieves have already gone far on the road to Henan.

But after all, it is the main land, and the side still has advantages in defense and other aspects, and their sentry cavalry team cannot have the ability to siege the city, so there is no need to worry, but from today onwards, it is urgent to step up the defense of Tongguan.

Sun Chuanting listened quietly, and after Yang Hu finished speaking, he cordially took the hand of the tiger master and praised: "Thanks to Mr. Yang Qian, my master can know the thieves well." ”

Hu Ye quietly withdrew his hand, hugged his fists and said: "Sun Du is too famous, this is what the last general should do." ”

Then Sun Chuanting ignored the fatigue on his body, waved his hand to stop the staff from resting and persuading, and led everyone to the west gate, the situation of Tongguan is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, and the whole city looks like a saddle and like a gold ingot, Sun Chuanting is also ready to inspect the whole city from west to east and south.

When they went up to the west gate, the local garrison was already on guard, and the walls were full of patrols.

Everyone along the city wall to the north, soon see the Wei River, this section of the city wall all the way to the north gate, has been built on the side of the Wei River, the city wall is not far from the river bank, the widest point is less than a mile, when the water rises, the city wall is used as a river embankment.

Then arrive at Beiguan, here is the confluence of the Wei River and the Yellow River, the river is even wider, stand on the high city wall, see the Yellow River flowing mightily eastward, the line of sight is extremely broad, everyone has a sense of open-mindedness.

A staff member sighed: "How can the great rivers and mountains fall into the hands of thieves? ”

Everyone nodded.

And here, the walls are narrower from the river bank, generally less than a mile, and many of them are still muddy river stalls, and if the thieves attack, it is impossible to assemble in large numbers in these small areas in front of the gate.

The artillery on the city wall can even hit the river and break the enemy who comes to attack the city into sections.

The defenders of the city attacked again, and the enemy who attacked these walls and gates had no other way out than to run into the Yellow River.

Moreover, the walls of these sections are generally more than five zhang high, and if the enemy wants to climb the city wall, they must first be tired and half dead.

The gates of these places are still on the inner side, like the side of the horse's face, and the besieging horse team rushed here, unconsciously slowing down. And after turning here, the defenders of the city can also effectively kill their team in the waist.

The small north gate is the water pass, the Tong River passes through the city, echoes with the south water pass where the river water enters the city, the two water passes have built the view tower, the arrow tower on the culvert, can effectively defend the enemy from attacking the city from the water surface.

On Xiaobeiguan, you can already see the opposite Shanxi Province, the Fenglingdu on that side, as well as the Fenglingdui and Zhongtiao Mountain. At this time, some ferries on the Yellow River were coming and going, but they were the defenders of Tongguan, echoing and communicating with the Shanxi defenders of Fenglingdu.

Wu Zhengchun took out his clairvoyant mirror to look at, followed by the people in the clairvoyant mirror, as well as Sun Chuanting, who also took out the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the other side of the Yellow River. (To be continued.) )