Under a tattered and blood-stained banner, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of Xiying, led five hundred soldiers to walk in slowly, they did not walk fast, and they did not deliberately discharge the formation, the five hundred people walked so casually, and if they did not form a formation, they naturally lost a little power, at least it seemed that they lacked a sense of majesty.

Their equipment is not very good, and they wear mandarin duck jackets captured from officers and soldiers, these jackets do not seem to have been carefully cleaned, each one is dirty, and many of them even have dried blood clots on their bodies. The weapons used were also chaotic, with some carrying spears, some with knives, some with bows, and even with firebolts on their backs......

Rather than saying that they are like an army, it is better for them to embody the authentic "thief" spirit, the kind of thief taste that cannot be concealed even if they have become soldiers.

Logically speaking, "thieves" are definitely inferior to "soldiers", but these 500 people give people no worse feeling than "soldiers", because even if they are thieves, they are also the best among thieves, and they are fierce thieves among thieves. But there was a smell of blood on his body...... Only a murderous person can seep out the smell of the body.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this army from a distance, and suddenly frowned: "This army is not easy to deal with!" ”

"Huh?" Xu Renjie Qi said: "What's so difficult to deal with this kind of messy army? Forming a spear formation can make them cry and cry for their mother......"

"But the enemy may not have the opportunity to form a spear formation! They belong to the kind of people who ignore life and death and do everything, for this kind of people. Orthodox tactics are often tied up and difficult to implement. For example, drive some people to use them to disrupt your spear formation in front of the formation, or use the people as shields to break your crossbow formation......" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Can you parry?" ”

Xu Renjie wiped a cold sweat: "Regarding this matter, you taught me last time in Zezhou City, I will not hesitate to shoot the people, I ...... I...... I can afford ...... too."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard him say the words "shoot the people", his voice trembled, where did he seem to be able to afford it? Stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's not talk about this extreme tactic, let's talk about fighting in the mountains and forests, and when the spear formation is inconvenient to swing out, we will encounter this army." It's also not pleasing either...... And the eight kings of Xiying like to hang out in the mountains the most. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is not nonsense, and later Zhang Xianzhong's favorite place to wander is all kinds of mountains and forests, and the Daxi regime he established was chosen in Sichuan, and it seems that he is also very clear about his strengths and weaknesses.

Xu Renjie was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang whispered to him: "Go back and teach you the tactics of the white pole soldiers in Sichuan, maybe you can deal with the eight kings of Xiying in the mountain and forest warfare. ”

Xu Renjie's eyes lit up: "White pole soldiers? What tactics? ”

"A peculiar weapon suitable for mountain warfare." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I will tell you slowly when I go back." ”

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's troops had already entered the field and stood up. In the distance, another troop came forward, holding a large flag trimmed with silver rimmed. This banner is embroidered very beautifully, and one of the words "Chuang" is swaying in the wind, which looks very powerful and domineering. This is the banner of Li Zicheng, he is the same as Gao Yingxiang, the flag is a word, the difference is that the flag of Gao Yingxiang is inlaid with gold edge, and Li Zicheng's flag is inlaid with silver edge.

It is also a 500-strong infantryman, and this infantry team is very neatly armoured. It seems that Li Zicheng, like Zhu Yuanzhang, snatched the mandarin duck jackets of the officers and soldiers, and dyed them black. Judging from this point alone, we know that Li Zicheng led the army in a good way, and he understood the importance of uniform more than other rogues.

The 500 men lined up in a very neat formation and walked into the field at a very slow pace. They didn't take many steps, and they didn't deliberately step out of their momentum, but from their faces as steady as Mount Tai, there was not the slightest confusion. The firm footsteps brought out a wave of confidence and momentum, as if there was no enemy in the world that they could not defeat.

This army actually gave a great shock to the other leaders, and many people talked in low voices. The five old men of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution also got together and whispered: "The general's subordinates are good. ”

"This is the famous Old Eighth Team, right?" (Note: When Li Zicheng first joined the Righteous Army, he ranked eighth in the Northern Shaanxi Righteous Army, so Li Zicheng's descendant troops have always been called the Old Eighth Team, which is recorded in the history books.) ）

"Yes, that's the old eighth team, it is said that it is the old folks that General Chuang brought out when Mizhi was in trouble...... Look at the first one in the line, that is the general under the command of the general, the chief whistle Liu Zongmin......"

Many people in the crowd sighed, it seems that the name of the old Eighth Team is already well-known in the world, and it is the most famous unit in the 36th Battalion.

Xu Renjie rubbed his eyes and said blankly: "If it weren't for the fact that our people had already changed into iron armor, I would have thought it would be our old first team and second team." ”

Wang Er and Miao Mei next to him laughed: "Generalissimo, you went to Guangdong, and you don't know your brother anymore." This army can only be said to be very similar to our old first and second teams, it is the previous one! ”

"Before?"

"Well, after the recent period of training, our old first team and second team have completely changed, and when we play in a while, you can see for yourself."

In the midst of the discussion, the intruder army has already entered the scene. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "It's time for us to enter......"

"Great!" The leaders perked up and began to greet the soldiers, ready to enter.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to go out, an army in the oblique stab rushed out first and raised the banner in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Renjie was greatly dissatisfied and muttered, "What kind of person? At this time, you still dare to run out and steal the limelight? ”

Everyone was curious, and looked at the big flag over there, only to see a big white character on the flag, raised in the wind.

"White? Who is this? The crowd resounded with a lot of discussion, and many of the "back waves of the Yangtze River" were at a loss, and they had never heard of such a person. On the contrary, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, who was standing at the head of Xingyang City, changed his face slightly, and the leader of the rebel army, who was relatively old and qualified, like Lao Hui and Lao Shouying, also had a sudden look on his face.

"Yes...... White jade pillar? ”

"Ah, it's the right white jade pillar of the thirty-sixth battalion!"

"The white jade pillar that was as famous as Brother Zijin Liang at the beginning!"

Everyone was in an uproar, and then, a scolding sounded in the crowd: "Bai Yuzhu, do you still have a face?" ”

"After Brother Wang Jiayin died, didn't you go to the officers and soldiers? Now you actually have the face to participate in the Xingyang Conference? ”

"Kill the shit!"

The group of heroes roared, and Bai Yuzhu was suddenly scolded so much that his head was bloody, and his head was full of bags. Soon, Bai Yuzhu appeared in front of the five hundred people, and shouted loudly to the surroundings: "What is there that Lao Tzu can't descend? Breaker, you haven't descended? The Eight Kings of Xiying, haven't you ever descended? Not long ago, you surrendered to the government on the Hanzhong Plank Road, what happened? In the winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen, when King Zijin Liang used his eldest brother to die in battle, all the leaders of the 36th battalion surrendered to the imperial court in Wu'an County, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan, what happened? ”

When he roared, everyone was speechless.

Indeed, Bai Yuzhu surrendered once after Wang Jiayin's death, but the buttocks of everyone in the 36th battalion were not clean, and when King Zijin Liang died by himself, the 36th battalion also surrendered once in Wu'an County. Not long ago, Chen Qiyu surrounded King Chuang and the eight kings of Xiying on the Hanzhong plank road, and they surrendered again, if everyone hated the surrender faction at the beginning, but at this time, everyone understands that when they can't fight, surrendering is the way to survive.

At this juncture, no one is qualified to say that Bai Yuzhu is wrong.

The confidence of the leaders was suddenly gone, so they had to shut up and watch Bai Yuzhu enter. At this time, they looked closely at the five hundred soldiers of Bai Yuzhu, and only then did they feel surprised, it turned out that his military appearance was very neat, all of them were wearing bleached mandarin duck battle jackets, they looked clean and clean, and the equipment was also very uniform, each soldier's spear was the same length, and the position of the waist knife on his waist was exactly the same, and the five hundred people walked together, as if a mold was reflected.

It turned out that after Bai Yuzhu was taught a lesson by Zhu Yuanzhang, he hid in the mountains and learned from the pain. After all, he was a person who surrendered once, and was named a thousand households during his acceptance by the imperial court, and obtained a full thousand complete sets of mandarin duck battle jackets, as well as the standard equipment of the imperial court. I also saw some training methods and management methods of the regular army of the imperial court, and after returning to the mountain, I applied these newly learned things to my own army.

Five hundred soldiers followed his orders, and took a unified step, walking upright, steadily, and steadily.

Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, watched him enter the arena, and his heart was a little unhappy. Because Bai Yuzhu's status in the rivers and lakes is extremely high, before he surrendered to the imperial court, he was the second left and right man with the same name as King Zijin Liang himself, and he was the right-hand man of Wang Jiayin's eldest brother. In the past, everyone said that he was a capitulator, which ruined his reputation, but now surrender is not a thing, and his reputation can be restored at any time. As soon as he drilled out, the position of King Gao Yingxiang was a little precarious, and if he didn't make it, the head of the 36th battalion would have to be replaced by another person.

Gao Yingxiang's brows furrowed deeply...... It wasn't until Bai Yuzhu's five hundred people merged into the crowd that he hurriedly put on a smiling face again, thinking to himself: Don't come any more heavyweights, originally I joined forces with my nephew Li Zicheng to win the support of the Fifth Battalion of the Left Battalion of Shangge, which was enough to control the righteous army in the world. But as soon as Bai Yuzhu came out like this, the situation became complicated, if there was a heavyweight who joined forces with Bai Yuzhu to disagree with me, what I said might not count.

He was thinking of this, and suddenly saw two big flags coming together, the front flag said "Yulin Xue Hongqi", this doesn't matter, Xue Hongqi is also his niece, so there is no need to worry. But on a big flag at the back, there were four big characters written "Baishui Zhu Ba", and Gao Yingxiang sighed: This guy is also here?

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