Zhu Yuanzhang's army was stationed outside Bishui Pass for a long time, from early winter to deep winter, and slowly figured out all the surrounding situations, at this time Hong Chengchou was still suppressing the rebellion of officers and soldiers in Xining, and it would not arrive for a while, and the thieves were taking advantage of this opportunity to gather desperately.

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang and other leaders have been further stationed in Xingyang, began to prepare for the venue for the conference, tables, chairs, materials and other things, the 36th battalion sanitation in the vicinity of Xingyang, in addition to dozens of "Yangtze River back waves" are also constantly gathering, because there are too many people coming, everyone can not count how many rebels have come, so they are uniformly called 13 families and 72 battalions......

In late December, everyone finally couldn't wait for the new rebel army to arrive, it seems that the rebel army in the whole world has been assembled here at this time, or there is no condition to come, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang finally stopped waiting, and sent someone to send an order to thirteen families and seventy-two battalions, each with representatives, to hold a meeting on the plain under the city.

In order to prevent hundreds of thousands of thieves from crowding together, King Chuang wanted to order the leaders of the rebel army to bring only a few henchmen to the scene, but he also knew that there were many heroes among these leaders, and they were very crisis-conscious, and they didn't dare to hand over their heads to other people's armies. had to order each leader to rush to Xingyang City with 500 soldiers, so that even if each battalion of the thirteen families and 72 battalions brought 500 people to participate, a total of 30,000 to 50,000 people could only be gathered, and such a number could be placed in the plain under Xingyang City.

As soon as this order was issued, the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life were gearing up, wanting to show the five hundred most powerful people in their army to others.

Xu Renjie jumped up and down happily, triumphant. He found Zhu Yuanzhang in the Chinese army, and said urgently: "Brother Zhu, let's be the first to go, five hundred heavy infantry, scared the group of thieves to pee......"

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to reply, Xue Hongqi glanced at him first: "Fool, the more powerful you are, the more you have to appear later, so that more people can see the power of your appearance. ”

Xu Renjie was scolded by her. I wasn't annoyed, I thought about it, and grinned: "It's rare that you have such a smart time." ”

As a result, Xue Hongqi kicked him and put him to the ground.

On the day of the Xingyang Conference, King Gao Yingxiang stood on the tower of the west gate of Xingyang, looking at the open space below like a military parade, and then the rebels from all walks of life began to enter in turn. The first to appear was indeed some small shrimp, like some Hengtian King, Mixed 100,000, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian King and other messy little stupid thieves rushed into the scene with five hundred minions. There are also a few familiar faces that have actually appeared, full of stars, rampant wolves or something. It also appears sequentially.

The minions they brought out were all elites who thought they were very remarkable, but in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and others who had seen the world. I just feel that their minions are vulnerable.

People are so strange, the more people who are half a bucket of water, the more they want others to know that they have half a bucket of water, so they shake it with a clanging sound. On the contrary, people who have goods in their stomachs are very calm, because they know their own strength, even if they are not in the limelight, they don't have to worry about others looking down on them.

After the chaotic thieves entered more than a dozen battalions, the scene finally changed a little. An army in neat armor walked into the field, almost all of this army wore mandarin duck battle jackets taken from the officers and soldiers, and in order to distinguish them from the officers and soldiers, they tied a white scarf around their necks. Not only did all of these people have spears, but many of them also wore swords and bows, and in terms of equipment, they were obviously far superior to ordinary thieves. And they have a fair degree of training. As we walked around, five hundred people lined up in a beautiful rectangle, and no matter how we walked, the four sides did not waver.

Xu Renjie was slightly moved: "This army is good, it seems to be quite powerful." ”

Xue Hongqi also nodded: "This army asked my cavalry to charge." It's going to be hard......"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly: "This army, I'm a little familiar with it......"

As the three of them were talking, a big banner was erected in the army, with two big characters "Cao Cao" written on it.

"It turned out to be Cao Cao's army, no wonder!" Everyone was relieved together, and Xu Renjie actually learned Cao Cao's tone and said: "Xue Hongqi, will you marry me?" Hahahaha......" The laughter behind was interrupted by a flying kick.

After Cao Cao's army, there were more than a dozen chaotic armies, and Zhu Yuanzhang kept his troops standing still and did not rush to follow up. But I saw that a rather large phalanx suddenly turned around next to it, and it seemed that there were 2,500 people. The leaders of the rebels couldn't help but shout: "Who brought so many people? Isn't it stipulated that you can only bring five hundred? ”

Wang Er and Miao Mei also stretched out their heads and roared: "Why don't you follow the rules?" ”

But when he saw that five flags were erected at the same time among the 2,500 people, it turned out that the five rebel armies came from a joint camp, so it was no wonder that there were as many as 2,500 people. When the leaders saw the five flags erected at the same time, and figured out what was going on, they shut up and stopped shouting, but watched quietly. I saw that the five flags were written on them: "Lao Huihui", "Ge Li Eye", "Zuo Jin King", "King of the World", and "King of the World".

Zhu Yuanzhang only glanced at it and understood: "This is the fifth battalion of the left revolution!" ”

"The Fifth Battalion of the Left Battalion?" Xu Renjie, Xue Hongqi and others asked curiously, "What is it?" ”

"It's five rebels who have a special relationship and often fight together." Zhu Yuanzhang introduced seriously: "You should be careful and optimistic, the battle of these five battalions is very extraordinary, and the achievements in the future will be not small. ”

The Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left was a very important group army in the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, extremely heroic and good at fighting, they were led by Lao Hui Ma Shouying, and fought in the area of Henan and Hubei, and have always been the backbone of the rebel army, and was once the most powerful one in the rebel army. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, there was infighting in the rebel army, and Geli Yanhe Yilong in the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo was killed by Li Zicheng, and King Zuojin, King Zhishi, and King Zhengshi were annexed by Li Zicheng. The old Hui Ma Shouying endured humiliation and burden, took into account the overall situation, did not fight with Li Zicheng, but went south to refuse to defend Jingzhou, and died of illness in the spring of the seventeenth year.

Xu Renjie and others listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's solemn words, and they all carefully looked at the fifth battalion of Gezuo.

I saw that the five battalions in the forefront were the five hundred people of the old Hui department, these five hundred people were all cavalry, and more than half of them were more than three hundred Hui cavalry, they were wearing white robes, white round hats on their heads, and their weapons were mainly scimitars, which were very similar to the cavalry of Xue Hongqi's department. The other small half of the more than a hundred cavalry was a little interesting, they were all tall Mongolian herdsmen, and they also carried scimitars on their waists, and bows on their backs, and some of them actually carried two bows. Although the horses were not fast when they entered the field, the leaders could tell from their leisurely movements that they all had superb horsemanship.

"It's the Mongol cavalry!" Xue Hongqi was moved.

"That's right, Mongol cavalry!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "This kind of cavalry with two bows on its back, or even three bows, is a typical Mongolian archer cavalry, a very troublesome thing." They shoot arrows when they charge, they shoot arrows in hand-to-hand combat, they shoot arrows when they retreat and flee, and they shoot accurate arrows all the time, and they hate ...... very much."

Xue Hongqi bit his lower lip: "Brother Zhu, my cavalry is training in the way of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, isn't it innate to be restrained by the Mongolian cavalry?" ”

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "If you encounter Mongolian archers, you should be cautious in your battle." ”

"That'...... Is there any way to restrain the Mongol archers? Xue Hongqi asked a little unwillingly.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "Don't think too much, it's not that other people's tactics restrain you, they will definitely be able to defeat you." War is a very complicated thing, with endless variables, the quality of soldiers, morale, supply, command, the timing of cutting into the battlefield, everything is knowledge, the Mongolian cavalry in the founding battle of the Ming Dynasty is no worse than these cavalry of the old return, they were not driven back to the prairie by the Ming soldiers? ”

As he spoke, he also gestured to the action of a firecracker firing, and said with a smile: "What's more, we have this now...... It is not certain who will shoot first and who will hit first. ”

Xue Hongqi heard this, and his mood calmed down a little. Xu Renjie next to him stretched out his head and grinned: "Sister Xue Hongqi, do you want my retortor musket, take it in your arms, and you won't be afraid of Mongolian archers." ”

Xue Hongqi glared at him, and rarely did not get angry, but said in a low voice: "If I am defeated by the Mongolian cavalry, you can use crossbowmen to help me avenge ......"

"What do you think, so quickly treat Lao Hui as an enemy?" Xu Renjie smiled: "You may not be able to hand him over......"

The five hundred cavalry of the fifth battalion of the Gezuo were really majestic, and when they saw the Mongolian archers, not only Xue Hongqi was startled, but also many leaders of the rebel army also changed color, no one was a fool, and they all knew the power of the Mongolian archers. Lao Hui was in the limelight for a while, and many people cast admiration for the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left.

However, the other four battalions behind Lao Huihui were much worse, although their infantry was also well-equipped, but their training level was far worse than the 500 people of "Cao Cao", and they couldn't walk in an orderly queue, so it seemed that they could only rely on Lao Huihui to help them save face.

At this time, Wang Er suddenly roared angrily, and said in a heavy tone: "That guy is here......"

Everyone was surprised, who actually made Wang Er show an angry face? They followed Wang Er's fingers and looked over, only to see a tattered and blood-stained flag fluttering, with a row of big characters on the flag, written with teeth and claws, showing arrogance.

The Eight Kings of Xiying!

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong's troops appeared...... No wonder Wang Er showed this expression, he still remembered the scene when Zhang Xianzhong drove the people to attack the city...... It was a scar on his heart, and it could never be easily erased.

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