Yang Hong shouted while rolling on the ground: "Shield protect me, go to people, catch the ...... who released the cold arrow"

From here, it can be seen that there is indeed a difference between an army with a command and an army without a command. The army without command encountered cold arrows, and everyone squatted on the ground like quails and hid. But when someone commands, they know that while protecting themselves, they divide their troops to fight back.

Yang Hong's soldiers protected him to the death, and the soldiers on the periphery raised their shields under Yang Hong's orders and went straight to the hiding place of Wang Er and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wang Er was taken aback by the soldier's quick reaction, but Zhu Yuanzhang had already prepared for it, pulled Wang Er hard, jumped into a ditch next to him, and hurried away. There were still thirty-five elites scattered in the ditch, and everyone escorted Zhu Yuanzhang to retreat quickly, and kept throwing down animal traps along the road.

The soldiers ran a few steps in this direction, and saw Zhu Yuanzhang and others fleeing in the ditch, so dozens of soldiers shouted and chased over, but they didn't chase far, someone stepped on the beast trap, screamed and fell to the ground, and then there was a chaos in the chasing group, and everyone involuntarily stopped. This chaser will actually step on the clip, how risky is it...... The soldiers didn't have that kind of hard work.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er ran for a while, and when they saw that the soldiers did not chase after them again, Wang Er breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The soldiers are really troublesome, and they react so quickly, they are not comparable to the rabble." ”

"Of course!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the soldiers were still competitive, and he didn't know whether he was happy or excellent, the best thing was that the soldiers were enemies now, and the good thing was that his Ming Dynasty was not too bad, although it was now the end of the Ming Dynasty's strong crossbow, the soldiers still showed considerable quality.

Wang Er was a little frustrated, and said in a low voice: "This arrow didn't hit Yang Hong, alas, if it hits, the soldiers will definitely retreat...... It's a pity that he will be more careful in the future and it will be harder to shoot. ”

"Don't think so!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly with relief: "It is difficult to assassinate the other party's generals in this way, you see that in the wars throughout the ages, how many times have the generals been assassinated and failed?" You can't count the number of such cases on your fingers. Your two arrows today have already played a big role, and you will see the effect soon. ”

Wang Er didn't understand very well, but for the next few days, he and the soldiers monitored the soldiers, and finally understood what the two arrows did. The soldier now walked very slowly, and every few steps he had to reconnoiter up and down, front and back, high and low, far and near, and at the slightest place of confusion, he would raise his shield and drag forward as if he were guarding against some kind of flood beast. Especially Yang Hong in the middle of the team, no matter what he was doing, he was accompanied by a few family soldiers, and the huge shield was always held in all directions that could shoot cold arrows.

Because this way of marching is very slow and tense, the morale of the soldiers began to be constantly low, and no one can stand the life of worrying all day long, not only to beware of whether there are traps under their feet, but also to beware of cold arrows that may be shot at any time in the distance, not to mention soldiers, even the special forces of later generations cannot withstand such pressure for a long time.

The soldiers began to complain bitterly, the military discipline of these Ziqiu eight soldiers was already very lax, and in the face of such pressure, the military discipline was even worse, and there were often people who did not listen to Yang Hong's orders, and they would sit on the ground and not leave, and they would reluctantly get up with a whip. Sometimes, when passing by a small clear lake, all the soldiers, even Yang Hong's family soldiers, were reluctant to continue advancing, so Yang Hong had to stop and let the soldiers rest and camp on the edge of the lake.

Whenever Wang Er shot a cold arrow from a distance, whether it hit or not, all the soldiers would stop and stay where they were for at least half a day, and only after confirming that there would never be any more cold arrows around them, would they continue to move forward slowly.

Whenever the morale of the soldiers is so low that they really don't want to leave, Yang Hong is forced to come out and say a few words to boost morale, he probably only has a few words over and over again: "Our enemy is a group of rabble rogue, not vulnerable at all, our current difficulties are all from Huanglong Mountain, as long as the obstacle of the mountain is engraved, to the enemy's cottage, we can easily exterminate the rogue, just like last year to deal with Zheng Yanfu, after going back, he will be promoted and rich, and he will be rewarded with a lot of silver, You can use it to marry a wife and eat enough! Okay, get it all up for me, and move on......"

These words had a certain effect, and the soldiers cheered up and continued to move forward under the temptation of promotion and wealth...... Then, at the corner of a certain mountain wall, the trap pit laid by Zhu Yuanzhang led people twice, and Wang Er shot a cold arrow, the morale of the soldiers dropped back to freezing point again, and Yang Hong had to stand up again and give an impassioned speech.

It's been entangled over and over again, and the ranks of soldiers have gone through I don't know how many hardships and hardships...... After suffering an unknown number of grievances and bullying, I finally came to the foot of Zhu Yuanzhang's cottage after more than half a month......

The excited soldiers saw that the ground had arrived, and their morale was lifted, but the torture they had suffered in the mountains for most of the month was still reflected in their bodies, everyone's clothes were covered with mud and dust, many of them had mud on their insteps, and there were more than a dozen bodies behind the team, all of whom had fallen from the wounded who had been plotted in the mountains.

Even Yang Hong and Ma Qianjiu were disgraced and miserable.

"Fuck, this time Lao Tzu shouldn't have taken the initiative to invite soldiers to suppress the bandits!" Yang Hong couldn't help but scold: "This Huanglong Mountain is really not a fucking place for people to come. Set up the camp for Lao Tzu, damn, within five days, break through this broken cottage, go home early. ”

The soldiers were actually quite happy, they worked hard for more than half a month, and finally arrived at the ground, hoping that the rogues would be as vulnerable as Zheng Yanfu, so they happily built a camp.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Er, and thirty-five elites, including Ma Xiaotian, had also returned to the cottage, and like the soldiers, they were also discouraged, all of them were exhausted, and the soldiers played in the mountains for more than half a month, they didn't get a good night's sleep, and the clothes on their bodies had not changed for more than half a month, and they were covered with mud and dust.

As soon as they returned to the cottage, several soldiers fell to the ground from exhaustion, and they could only return to the cave where they lived with the help of their companions. Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to have a good rest, but he was still not idle, so he hurriedly summoned Desperate San Lang and asked how the defense in the mountains was prepared.

"Brother Zhu, when you went out to play hide and seek with the soldiers, the preparations in our cottage had already been completed! You see the piles of rocks over there, all of them are carefully selected, and each one is just enough for our brothers to pick up and smash. Look at the rolling logs over there, we cut down a large forest under the mountain, and got nearly 100 rolling logs up the mountain. When Saburo said this, he was quite nervous, the soldier had already reached the bottom of the mountain, and he would inevitably remember the experience of the last failure, so he had a considerable fear of the soldier.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but pat him heavily on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we will definitely win this time!" You won't repeat the same mistakes as last time. You have to fight your spirits because you're a leader, and if you're all in that mental state, it's even worse for the soldiers. That's right...... After the news that the soldiers were coming, what was the mood of the villagers and soldiers in the cottage? ”

"This ...... The morale is okay, everyone says that Zhu Bugling is very good at fighting, and it is right to follow you. Desperate Saburo said with a strange expression on his face: "But...... Cough...... It's strange that single men are actively campaigning to propose marriage to families with daughters, especially soldiers, all of whom are eager to marry a wife. And families with daughters are also vying to marry their daughters. ”

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled dumbly: "Competing to marry a wife? Ha ha! ”

It turns out that this is also a characteristic of ancient times, whenever there is a war, the people will compete to marry first, and actively prepare for marriage, and the man who reaches the marriageable age will be anxious to ask for a daughter-in-law, and the woman's family will also be anxious to marry off the daughter.

Why?

Because of the war in ancient times, the consumption of men will be very large, and after a major war, the labor force will be greatly reduced. Soldiers are worried that they will die in battle and leave no offspring, so they will actively marry their wives before the war, and strive to leave a little blood in the belly of their newly married wives before they go to war, so that even if they finish playing on the battlefield, the bloodline can be continued.

And the woman's side...... It is because the man is in a hurry to marry at this time, the conditions will be relaxed, and the requirements for the woman will be reduced a lot, such as dowry. Many poor families who "can't afford to marry" their daughters hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to sell their daughters. Moreover, after the war, the number of men decreased, and women were more worried about getting married, and their worth would drop sharply...... Hawkers, in general, it's a bit like the stock market crash, and everyone is desperately trying to sell together.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Desperate Saburo said, and the corners of his mouth opened with a smile: "Haha! After this battle, those who are in a hurry to sell their daughters should regret it, because we will definitely not lose many men in this battle. ”

At this time, Wang Er dragged his tired body and leaned over, although he was tired, his spirit was still very good, and he asked with a smile: "Brother Zhu, the officers and soldiers are camping at the foot of the mountain, should we take advantage of their camping to take people down to kill them?" Maybe a battle will determine the winner! ”

"No way!" Zhu Yuanzhang said decisively: "After a lot of hardships, the soldiers finally arrived at the bottom of our cottage, and now they have walked through the dawn, and the moment they just saw the dawn, their morale is extremely high, and they can't be right at this time!" ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Desperate Saburo with great speed, and said seriously: "And there must be many of our soldiers who are afraid of officers and soldiers, and they must not directly engage with officers and soldiers...... Have a good rest today, let the officers and soldiers set up camp, the first thing we have to do is only one word: guard! ”;