On the same day, Wang Dou returned to the state city, and he was in a very happy mood along the way, Xie Yike and others heard that Lu Xiangsheng promoted Wang Dou as a guerrilla general, and they were all elated.

The news spread, and there was an endless stream of people congratulating them, and I don't know how many people were jealous. Of course, not everyone thinks that Wang Dou's promotion to guerrilla is something to be happy about, and Li Zhenling, the governor of the security guard, said in private: "Lord Lu has promoted Wang Dou as a guerrilla general, and he must lead the army into the guard, and the slaves and thieves are numerous. ”

Back in the state city, Wang Dou nervously prepared for the war, no more than other Ming troops who were afraid of the war, and the sergeants of Shunxiangbao, everyone wanted to fight.

After Chongzhen's nine-year war, they did not have the slightest fear of fighting against the Qing soldiers, "The new army that was newly trained last year was also full of enthusiasm under the influence of the veterans. They also want to fight, fight for military merits, and receive rewards.

All thousands of generals and generals competed for the quota to fight, and no one wanted to stay in the state city, which made Wang Dou both relieved and annoyed.

Wang Dou now has 3,000 troops, including 3,675 people. There was also a battalion headquarters guard, which was not collected at night, and the artillery corps and the baggage corps were counted as six hundred and twenty-five men. And there was a convoy of four hundred horses, and a troop of two hundred men bowed. The total is about 5,000 people.

However, it is impossible for these sergeants to go out with Wang Dou, Baoan Prefecture is their base camp, Chuancheng and Shunxiang Fort, a total of 1,000 sergeants need to be left to guard, and there are 1,000 gold and 89 people here. In Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion, he also left four teams of soldiers and horses. Wang Dou had a total of four troops, and here a total of three hundred and twenty-four sergeants went.

In the autumn, the 5,000 new troops had just been drilled, and they were facing fierce Qing soldiers, and they must not be allowed to fight and die now. After suppressing the bandits for several months, he fought for thousands of miles, and his subordinates also suffered nearly 100 casualties, and he calculated that he could eventually lead 3,500 soldiers into battle.

His own appointment has not yet come down, so Wang 4 has not yet decided to go with him to fight the personnel and generals, but the relevant grain and grass equipment, armor and firearms, etc., he is nervously prepared. At the same time, he also sent a large number of night guards to go out to probe the enemy's situation, keep abreast of the movements of the Qing troops, and show the battle situation. At the beginning of October of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Fangshan territory.

Not far from Zhuozhou and Lianshui, on a mountain where the local human rights are Dafang Mountain, there are a few people lurking quietly, and in front of a few big trees, a young man with an unattractive appearance is staring intently into the wilderness below the mountain

The weather in October in the Ming Dynasty was already quite cold, and he wore a thick sheepskin coat and a felt hat on his head. On the first day of the tenth month of the 11th year of Chongzhen, they were ordered to come out, and they had been outside for two days.

Standing beside Long Er for two nights, one nicknamed "Bench" and the other nicknamed "Big Tooth" are all young people under the age of thirty. The one called "Bench" grew extremely stout at night, caught long and fought, and because of his irritable personality, he would use the bench to smash people at every turn, so he got the nickname of "Bench". However, when he was a sentry, he was extremely calm and good at grasping the fighters, so he was selected to stay in the team at night.

The one who was also dressed in a sheep robe and felt hat, sentimental, and nicknamed "Big Tooth" was the one with two huge tiger teeth, but he was the tallest person in their ranks. Although the combat skills of the horse are counted last in the army, the crossbow arrows shot are extremely accurate, and the survey of the map terrain and the transmission of intelligence secrets are all Qin Qiang's ability in the army.

Ryuuji left the night buster nicknamed "bench" and continued to look at the sentry on the mountain apricot, and walked down the mountain depression with the young night bush nicknamed Big Tooth. There was a stream that was drying up, but it was fine enough for the pedestrian to drink.

On the edge of the brook were a dozen horses and mules, all the tall, mane and tail of the kind that were tall and mane and tail, and were serving them for two nights to drink and eat. Those two nights are nearly thirty this year, burly, and his face is quite arrogant. Nearly forty years old in one night, he is tall and thin, with high and bulging cheekbones, giving people a gloomy feeling.

They also wore sheep robes and felt hats, dressed by ordinary local households, but both of them carried a long knife on their waists, and carried a lacquered cowhide quiver, which was full of carved arrows. The alfalfa sac was covered with knife wounds and arrow marks, as if to signify the long years of the quiver's owner's war, and the cold wind blew away their robes, revealing the thick nail leaves inside.

Compared with a few years ago, Wang Dou is now in the army. Plant 1. The equipment is still the most sophisticated in the whole army, and originally did not collect one person and two horses every night, due to this year's crackdown[::; -There are a lot of ten horses, in order to strengthen the motivation of the night not to collect, each night does not collect has been increased to -:,. Depend on. ：； "Horses.

Although they wore sheep robes and felt hats, ordinary people dressed up, but the robes and felt hats all had iron helmets and breastplates, the finest iron leaves, and each of them was equipped with a thick shield, and the protective effect was outstanding.

The night nicknamed "Bench" did not close: "Long Wu Chief, those Tartar soldiers have been gone for a long time, can they catch up?" ”

Ryuuji had no expression on his face, and he said, "Those Tartar soldiers swaggered and didn't hide their tracks at all, it was too easy to try to kill them. ”

He was good at tracking, and it was not difficult to chase a few Qing soldiers, so he took out a refined oilskin ring from his bosom, but pulled out a map from the inside. After he spread it out, the four of them discussed softly with the map.

In addition to their outstanding combat capabilities, they also need to master all aspects of reconnaissance knowledge, even weather and geography, flags and golden drums, etc. In the army of Long Er, even everyone is rough back to the Manchurian and Mongolian languages, and they have mastered a variety of dialects from all over the Ming Dynasty.

Ryuuji carefully looked at the map for a while, and finally judged: "According to their horsepower, today is nothing more than spending the night in the two places of Shilou and Sipu." Period. He snorted: "These Tartar soldiers are too arrogant, Lun Ri, it is their death Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Long Er's eyes. The bench rubbed his hands and laughed roughly: "Happy, happy, having drawings is convenient."

He praised: "My lord is clever, let us detect all parts of Zhuozhou early and draw a map, he is an old man, how do you know that the Tartar soldiers will come to these places in Zhuozhou?" ”

Now it is rumored in the army that Lord Wang has the ability to predict the future, and it seems that he can expect the war in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, because Wang Dou set up a camp stronghold in Liujing Fort between Yizhou and Laishui County, which provides great convenience for these nights.

Ryuuji smiled a little and said, "If you can know his old man's thoughts, you won't be a mere army that doesn't collect at night." The bench laughed roughly, and Ryuuji restrained his smile and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, get on the horse." ”