Just three days after Xu Renjie had allocated his troops, the officers and soldiers finally arrived at the foot of the No. 3 sub-village.

Like all generals with a steady style, Du Wenhuan did not immediately start attacking the mountains as soon as he arrived at the place, but first began the work of setting up camp.

The officers and soldiers first cut two rows of tree trunks, one long and one short, and buried half of the trunk in the soil after scorching the bottom of the trunk, the long trunks were arranged in a tight row outside, and the short trunks were lined up in a row, and then a wooden plank was erected between the two rows of tree trunks, which was divided into two layers, so that the part of the long trunk became a parapet, and the upper layer of the wooden plank could allow soldiers to patrol and post posts, and the lower layer could store defensive weapons and let soldiers rest.

After the wall was erected, tents were set up in the wall, and the tents of the officers and soldiers were arranged in pairs, and every four tents formed a camp area, in which 100 soldiers lived, and their 100 households were responsible for commanding them...... The 100 soldiers in each camp are relatively readable, and it is strictly forbidden for soldiers to wander between the various camps, and tents are not allowed to run around in the camp.

Drainage ditches should be dug around the camp tents and between the barracks, and a public toilet should be dug in each barracks, and the location of the toilets should be very important, far away from the water source and the place where the grain is stored, and a certain distance from the barracks, but not too far, so as not to prevent the officers and men who go to the toilet from returning to the team in time.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Renjie, Desperate Saburo and others stood on the top of the No. 3 sub-village, watching the whole process of the officers and soldiers camping under the mountain, not knowing if they didn't see it...... This Du Wenhuan's method of camping is almost exactly the same as ours, has he learned from you? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly in his heart, if you want to say that Du Wenhuan learned from me, it is not wrong. The armies of the whole world are all inherited from the army established when he founded the country.

His focus was not on these things, but on the deep-seated things reflected from the superficial phenomena, and said to Xu Renjie with a somewhat heavy face: "Have you found it?" This Du Wenhuan has a very good set of rules for governing the army, and it can be seen from the camping that his foundation is very solid. ”

Xu Renjie nodded: "This barracks is decent, there are no flaws, the camp is clean and tidy, the soldiers are all left in their own barracks and do not move around, they are in good order, just look at this barracks, you know that Du Wenhuan is not a mediocre talent...... At least...... Better than me! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Renjie blushed a little and said: "I can't manage the soldiers like Du Wenhuan, they often run around in the camp, although I caught a few to play the board, this trend has not stopped, and still has not completely solved the problem of soldiers running into the camp, I feel ...... They didn't seem to be too afraid of me. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, then nodded and said, "You do have this problem...... The key lies in your temperament, usually laughing and laughing, talking nonsense in battle, vain and exaggerated, such a surname is bound to be unable to suppress the soldiers, they will feel that you lack majesty as a general. ”

"Huh? So how can I subdue them? Xu Renjie hurriedly asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "This kind of thing, can't be rushed...... When you command a few more battles and have a bloody killing aura on your body, you will not be angry and arrogant, and no matter how fierce the soldiers are, they can only be obedient in front of you. ”

Xu Renjie pursed his mouth: "The result still depends on experience?" Zhu Bugs...... I don't understand a question here, you were a young man at the time of the Whitewater Uprising, eh...... Even if you're young now, why don't you need experience to be so good? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless, this can't be explained, just don't explain, he kept silent and pretended not to hear.

Xu Renjie was bored, so he had to continue to look at the military formation of the officers and soldiers, and after a while, he saw something interesting, so he pointed to the position in the middle and rear of the barracks and shouted: "Look...... It was the camp of the Divine Machine Battalion. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and Desperate Saburo looked over with his fingers, and saw that there were two distinctive camps in the officers and soldiers camps, and the flags planted in these two camps were very bright, the red flag was red, the yellow flag was yellow, and the red and green flags were very eye-catching in a gray-white barracks. You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, dyeing technology was not something that commoners or poor people could enjoy, and many poor scholars could only wear moon-white (that is, colorless) clothes. The only thing that can be explained by such a brightly dyed barracks is that it is not an ordinary army stationed in it, but an army that is of a relatively high grade in the imperial court and is highly valued by the commanders.

In the clearing in the middle of the multicolored camp, there was also a strange thing, which was covered by a huge tarpaulin, and from the top of the hill only the outline of a car model could be seen.

"That's a cannon......" Xu Renjie pointed to the thing, and said with a smile: "I saw it up close once in Whitewater City, and it is estimated that it is a thousand catties of Franc cannons...... It is not easy to transport this thing into the mountain, and this time Du Wenhuan spent an unknown amount of manpower to get a cannon into the mountain. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression sank, and sure enough, the Shenji Battalion was carrying cannons...... For the current Huanglong cottage, this thing is too terrifying, and Zhu Yuanzhang believes that the initial battle will be defeated, mainly because of this cannon.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Renjie and Desperate Saburo lacked fear of this cannon, and the two of them actually looked relaxed, pointing at the cannon and laughing.

For the vast majority of the people of the Ming Dynasty, cannons are not a strange thing, this thing has been installed in slightly more important cities, such as the head of Xi'an Mansion, where several cannons have been installed, Xu Renjie and Desperate Sanlang, have been this thing. But...... They had only seen this thing at the head of the city, but they had never seen the power of this thing to bombard the enemy......

The ignorant are fearless! Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but shake his head lightly, but this is also inevitable, this time the defeat of the first battle should be regarded as a lesson to these two about the power of cannons. Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang was already mentally prepared to give up the No. 3 branch.

"The enemy camp is finished!" Xu Renjie spread his hands and said to the desperate San Lang next to him: "Look at this camp, we don't even have the slightest chance of sneak attack, so let's do it!" Let's start with the first battle. Brother Saburo desperately, this time you have to rely on your defensive command ability. ”

"Hmm!" Desperately Saburo nodded with a heavy face.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't plan to stay in the No. 3 sub-village, and went straight back to the main village.

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Du Wenhuan did not send people up the mountain to spread the word or anything, nor did he let the soldiers persuade them to surrender or curse at the bottom of the mountain. Two days after the officers and soldiers set up camp, the attack on the mountain began!

Not all of the 3,000 officers and men left the camp, half of them stayed in the camp to rest, and the other half left the camp and set up a military formation at the foot of the No. 3 sub-village. This squad is all shield soldiers, and they put their shields on top of their heads, forming a shield formation that cannot be splashed by water, and slowly advancing towards the mountain road.

The fifty defenders stationed at a defensive point halfway up the mountain fired the first wave of arrows at the group of officers and soldiers attacking the mountain, and under the dense shield defense, they did not hurt a single hair of the officers and soldiers.

"Don't shoot arrows! Save arrows! Desperate Saburo immediately issued the corresponding order: "This wave of enemy forces is a tentative attack, and their main purpose is to waste our defensive materials...... Just use a small amount of rocks for me to force them back, and don't consume a lot of supplies. ”

"Yes!" The order was soon spread throughout the army under the multiple transmissions of military bands, heralds, and command flags, and a small number of defenders lifted stones and threw them down at the officers and soldiers attacking the mountain, while most of the defenders took a wait-and-see posture.

The group was quickly defeated, but they suffered few casualties, only a few were bruised by stones, and everything else was intact.

After a while, another wave of 100 officers and soldiers climbed the mountain road and advanced towards the mountain road in exactly the same way......

"A small amount of stones, pay attention to saving materials!" Desperately Saburo issued the same order again.

After a while, this wave of officers and soldiers was repulsed.

Time passed bit by bit in such a consumption, three hours later, the military formation at the foot of the mountain opened slightly, and Du Wenhuan, who was dressed all over his body, walked to the front of the formation with the support of his own soldiers, he looked up at the steep mountain road, and snorted coldly: "The Huanglong Cottage of Baishui Zhuba is really a bit of a doorway...... It seems that it is very difficult to attract them to waste a lot of rolling logs and stones with a small force! This thief leader who is responsible for guarding the mountain seems to have a lot of experience in defending the cottage! Is there any information on him? ”

"Report to the General!" A confidant adjutant general said: "According to the report of the spies, the leader in charge of defense in the Huanglong Cottage is named Desperate Sanlang, who defeated General Yang Hong's mountain attack troops in the second year of Chongzhen, and there is further news that this person is the remnant of Dongziya......"

"Huh? What is Dongzi Cliff? Du Wenhuan said curiously.

"Uh...... It is the name of the cottage where Zheng Yanfu was stationed during the uprising in Chengcheng......" The henchman reported: "This guy called Desperate San Lang may be the remnant of Zheng Yanfu's cottage...... Other words...... He had a ...... with the officers and soldiers in the seventh year of the Apocalypse."

"Tsk, Zhu Ba's subordinates are really a bit troublesome!" Du Wenhuan frowned: "From the seventh year of the Apocalypse to the present, doesn't this person called Desperate Saburo already have more than four years of combat experience?" Such a guy...... Hey...... Sure enough, it's different from ordinary bandits. ”

He raised the command flag, waved it, and said to the herald beside him: "Now start to increase the intensity of attacking the mountain, and while the small force is attacking the mountain, order the large army behind the formation to pretend to move forward, and make it appear that we are going to attack the mountain in a big way...... I'd like to see if this desperate Saburo can calmly issue an order to save supplies under such circumstances! ”